Bangor Humane Society Runs Back To School Special - WABI TV5

Bangor - As we approach the dog days of summer.

The Bangor Humane Society has more dogs than they do adopters.

And they are full with cats also.

They have more than 100 cats and kittens up for adoption, and another 50 dogs available.

And there is a waiting list for both dogs and cats to be surrendered by their current owners as well.

And it is problem that can quickly grow, according to Stacey Coventry the Public Relations Manager for Bangor Humane Society

"Cats can have four litters a year, they have multiple kittens per litter, and then kittens can start having their own litters by four months of age, and people don't realize once you start to do that math and this warmer season we just start to get lots of babies in."

To help ease the amount of animals they are running a back to school special for the month of August.

All cats seven months or older have an adoption fee of only five dollars.

Adult large breed dogs seven months or older are a name your own fee with a minimum of twenty five dollars.

If you'd like to find out more about the program or the animals they have, you can visit their website.

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Australian opposition pledges carbon tax will go

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks during a press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Prime Minister Rudd called an election on Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that is now fading.(AP Photo/AAP, Lukas Coch) AUSTRALIA OUT

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks during a press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Prime Minister Rudd called an election on Sept. 7 and said Sunday that it will be fought over who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it transitions from a decade-old mining boom fed by Chinese industrial demand that is now fading.(AP Photo/AAP, Lukas Coch) AUSTRALIA OUT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ? Australia's conservative opposition party is casting the looming election as a referendum over a contentious carbon tax, pledging on Monday that scrapping the tax would be its first priority if it regains power.

The major political parties as well as the public are bitterly divided over whether Australian industrial polluters should be forced to pay for the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases they produce. Australians are among the world's worst emitters of such gases on a per capita basis.

The issue rose Monday when Virgin Australia, the nation's second largest airline, blamed a carbon tax bill of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($44 million) for blowing up its forecast loss for the last fiscal year to as much as AU$110 million.

It was the first full day of campaigning after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday set a Sept. 7 election date.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott said he told the head of the Prime Minister's Department in a letter on Monday to make arrangements to repeal the tax so "we can move swiftly, if elected."

"If this election is about anything, it is about the carbon tax," Abbott told reporters.

"Getting rid of the carbon tax is fundamental to our plan for a stronger economy," he added.

But while the letter might have demonstrated Abbott's resolve, he is unlikely to win the Senate majority he would need to be certain of repealing the tax.

Rudd's predecessor as Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, created the carbon tax in a deal with the minor Greens party whose support enabled her to cobble together a minority government after the 2010 election.

By breaking a pre-election promise never to introduce such a tax, Gillard triggered angry protest rallies and damaged her center-left Labor Party's standing in opinion polls.

Disastrous polling led to Rudd ousting her in an internal government leadership showdown in June. She had replaced him in similar circumstances in the face of a polling slump three years earlier.

Rudd has now promised to tinker with the carbon tax law if re-elected to reduce the cost to polluters.

The tax is due to be replaced in 2015 by an emissions trading scheme. Rudd has pledged to bring forward the scheme linked to the European market by a year to July 2014, slashing the cost of producing a ton of carbon dioxide to less than a quarter.

But Abbott's Liberal Party-led coalition opposes any charge for greenhouse gases. It plans to reduce the nation's emissions by paying industry taxpayer-funded incentives to reduce pollution.

The conservatives dumped their own policy of making polluters pay after a United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009 failed to agree on a global pact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

An opinion poll published in The Australian newspaper Monday found that support for the government trailing the opposition 48 percent to 52 percent.

But Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking former diplomat, held a commanding lead over Abbott, a former Roman Catholic seminarian, as the better prime minister. Rudd had 47 percent support, Abbott 33 percent and 20 percent of respondents were undecided.

The poll by Sydney-based market researcher Newspoll was based on a random nationwide telephone survey of 1,147 voters at the weekend. It has a 3 percentage point margin of error.

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US posts in Muslim world will remain closed

Map shows U.S. embassies and consulates that will close; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;

Map shows U.S. embassies and consulates that will close; 3c x 3 inches; 146 mm x 76 mm;

A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat'' of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

A Bahraini armored personnel vehicle and personnel reinforce U.S. Embassy security just outside of a gate to the building, surrounded in barbed wire, in Manama, Bahrain, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a ``significant threat'' of an al-Qaida attack. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

A ,man walks past the U.S Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans, the first such alert since an announcement before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 strikes. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Bangladeshi police stop a motorist for checking in front of the U.S. embassy building that remained closed due to security threat in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans, the first such alert since an announcement before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 strikes. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said Sunday, citing "an abundance of caution."

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the decision to keep the embassies and consulates closed is "not an indication of a new threat."

She said the continued closures are "merely an indication of our commitment to exercise caution and take appropriate steps to protect our employees, including local employees, and visitors to our facilities."

Diplomatic facilities will remain closed in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, among other countries, through Saturday, Aug. 10. The U.S. has decided to reopen some posts on Monday, including those in Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad.

The Obama administration announced Friday that the posts would be closed over the weekend and the State Department announced a global travel alert, warning that al-Qaida or its allies might target either U.S. government or private American interests.

The weekend closure of nearly two dozen U.S. diplomatic posts resulted from the gravest terrorist threat seen in years, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss said "the chatter" intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies led the Obama administration to shutter the embassies and consulates and issue a global travel warning to Americans.

"Chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning that's going on ? very reminiscent of what we saw pre-9/11," Chambliss, R-Ga., told NBC's "Meet the Press."

"This is the most serious threat that I've seen in the last several years," he said.

Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC's "This Week" that the threat intercepted from "high-level people in al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula" was about a "major attack."

Yemen is home to al-Qaida's most dangerous affiliate, blamed for several notable terrorist plots on the United States. They include the foiled Christmas Day 2009 effort to bomb an airliner over Detroit and the explosives-laden parcels intercepted the following year aboard cargo flights.

Rep. Peter King, who leads the House Homeland Security subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence, said the threat included dates but not locations of possible attacks.

"The threat was specific as to how enormous it was going to be and also that certain dates were given," King, R-N.Y., said on ABC.

Rep. Adam Schiff, a House Intelligence Committee member, said the "breadth" of the closures suggests U.S. authorities are concerned about a potential repeat of last year's riots and attacks at multiple embassies, including the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed.

In addition, Interpol, the French-based international policy agency, has issued a global security alert in connection with suspected al-Qaida involvement in several recent prison escapes including those in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan.

Those prison breaks add to the concerns about an attack, said Schiff, D-Calif., also noting the approaching end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

"So you have a lot things coming together. ... But all of that would not be enough without having some particularly specific information," he said.

The Obama administration's decision to close the embassies and the lawmakers' general discussion about the threats come at a sensitive time as the government tries to defend recently disclosed surveillance programs that have stirred deep privacy concerns and raised the potential of the first serious retrenchment in terrorism-fighting efforts since Sept. 11.

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman has scoffed at the assertion by the head of the National Security Agency that government methods used to collect telephone and email data have helped foil 54 terror plots.

Schiff said he has seen no evidence linking the latest warnings to that agency's collection of "vast amounts of domestic data."

Other lawmakers defended the administration's response and promoted the work of the NSA in unearthing the intelligence that lead to the security warnings.

"The bottom line is ... that the NSA's job is to do foreign intelligence," Ruppersburger said. "The whole purpose is to collect information to protect us."

Added King, a frequent critic of President Barack Obama, "Whether or not there was any controversy over the NSA at all, all these actions would have been taken."

Friday's warning from the State Department urged American travelers to take extra precautions overseas, citing potential dangers involved with public transportation systems and other prime sites for tourists. It noted that previous terrorist attacks have centered on subway and rail networks as well as airplanes and boats. It suggested travelers sign up for State Department alerts and register with U.S. consulates in the countries they visit. The alert expires Aug. 31.

The statement said al-Qaida or its allies might target either U.S. government or private American interests.

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Associated Press writer Michele Salcedo contributed to this report.

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Amid Speculation That Yahoo Was Sniffing Around, Blinkx Acquires Video Content Syndication And Ad Platform Grab Media

Amid speculation that online video syndication and advertising platform Grab Media could be on Marissa Mayer's Yahoo acquisition list, AIM-listed Internet Media platform Blinkx has moved to acquire the property in an "all cash transaction" with Grab Network Holdings Inc. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, though in a statement Binkx CEO S. Brian Mukherjee tellingly calls the acquisition "modest".

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Cedar Hall Health, Beauty and Fitness Day : City-County Observer

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To help students get ready to head back to school, Cedar Hall Community School is hosting its 15^th?annual Health, Beauty, and Fitness Day Monday, August 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school. Multiple community organizations will be in attendance and there will be free haircuts thanks to Roger?s as well as free school supplies, free hygiene products and there will be uniform-style clothing for sale. Last year, more than 260 people attended the event.

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President: Obama turns 52

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Instead of "Hail to the Chief," President Barack Obama is most likely hearing strains of "Happy Birthday" this weekend.

Obama turns 52 on Sunday and is spending part of the day at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.

The White House said little about how he's celebrating. He played golf Saturday with friends from his days in Hawaii and Chicago. Some of them joined him at Camp David.

Obama is scheduled to return to the White House on Sunday afternoon. His week ahead includes travel to the West Coast to discuss plans to help homeowners, appear on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno and visit with troops at Camp Pendleton.

He also has a White House meeting Thursday with the prime minister of Greece.

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Buying Real Estate ? Advice That Will Keep You From Making ...

Purchasing a home is a huge step for any person, though this especially true for a first time buyer. The commitment and expense can be very stressful. In the following paragraphs, you?ll find tips that can help any buyer make a good purchase, and will make the process of purchasing property a little less stressful.

Real estate agents should contact those who they have helped buy or sell a home once each year. When you contact them, they will recall how you helped them with their real estate experience. Give them a friendly reminder that you make money through referrals, so you would be pleased if they could mention your name to others.

If you are planning to move to another area, go on the Internet to research the neighborhood in which the property is located. Almost every town has plenty of information online. Before you spend money on relocating to a town, make sure you think about the economic situation there.

TIP! When negotiating with real estate purchases, always use a moderate approach. Often, people who are too aggressive about trying to make the best possible deal work against their own best interests.

You need a business partner you can trust, when purchasing an expensive parcel of commercial property. This makes the loan qualification process much easier when you go to purchase the property. You may need a co-signer to get a down payment, and credit to buy some commercial real estate.

Keep an open mind about your options. Sometimes you must choose between two major features if the price of having both falls outside of your price range. If you can?t find a home in the area you want, shop for one in a similar area.

Try to get a checklist from your Realtor. Checklists cover each step of purchasing your home. They help you through the process of finding the home, making sure you can afford it and securing a mortgage. This checklist will help make sure that everything that needs to be taken care of is accomplished in time for settlement.

TIP! A realtor should keep in contact during the holiday season with those people that they have worked with in the past. They will be reminded of how you made their home buying experience a great one.

It is vital that you know about the common terms found in lending when you purchase your house. You are less likely to be confused later if you understand upfront how the term of the mortgage influences the amount of the monthly payment and your total cost over the entire life of the loan.

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It is a good time to get invested in real estate. Upsets in the real estate market have resulted in low prices for buyers. You can consider getting out of an apartment and into a house. Over time you can expect the market to go up again, which will turn your investment into profit.

TIP! Properties that require updates and many improvements are usually sold at reduced prices. This can be a money-saver in purchasing the home, with the ability to make improvements as time allows.

When you are trying to find a property broker, have some questions planned for them. Important questions you need them to answer include how many sales they made over the last year, and how much experience they?ve had in the neighborhood you?re looking at. This agent should have the ability to answer each question professionally.

Never close a deal on a house before you have it inspected by an inspection professional. Some homes look fine to the untrained eye, but need a lot of work. Dealing with unforeseen repairs can be expensive and some could be so big that you will have to find somewhere else to live while repairs are being done.

It can be invaluable for you to obtain an authorized letter of approval from a lender prior to beginning your search for real estate. It is very discouraging to find the perfect home only to find you can?t get a loan for it. Securing financing can take a long time, and you don?t want to lose your house waiting for that loan.

TIP! Get a partner that you trust when you want to make the step and buy an expensive commercial lot. When you have a partner who has a good financial standing and reputation, it is much easier to quality for the loan needed to purchase the property.

Always ask real estate agents about the length of time they have resided in the area you are considering. If your agent is not familiar with the area, they won?t be able to inform you about many things you may want to know. Ideally, look for an agent who has lived in the area for at least 10 years.

You must research the neighborhood of a home before you buy. If there are particular services that are missing in the surrounding area, or if the quality of the neighborhood ends up being not as great as you thought, you will end up very disappointed. Your neighborhood will greatly impact your lifestyle because that will be where you meet people, shop, and engage in many of the social events that you will participate in.

Take your time to carefully measure a home you are highly interested in buying. You will feel better once you know that the physical square footage is equivalent to what the seller has listed publicly. These two numbers need to be approximately the same, within 100 square feet. If they don?t match, you must determine what the cause of the problem is.

TIP! Request a checklist from your Realtor to put yourself in the best position before buying. It is not uncommon for a Realtor to bring a checklist containing all facets of a home purchase, including shopping for neighborhoods to obtaining financing.

Get a warranty for the house. When you buy a new house, whether from a previous owner or the builder, ask for the warranty. New home builders normally offer protection for one to three years. Previous owners should be willing to purchase a home warranty for at least a year to help you offset any impending repairs.

Term Goals

Always have your goals at the forefront of your mind as you are preparing to purchase a property. Decide if you have short term goals or long term goals to be met. If the prospective investment does not meet your goals, do not look into it further. There are many property owners that fail to check if there needs will be met, and will have a losing investment on their hands.

TIP! Make sure that you have a little bit of extra money put away in case any unexpected costs pop up when you?re buying a home. Buyers generally expect the closing costs will only consist of points paid to the bank, real estate taxes, and obviously the down payment.

Okay, are you now ready to buy? Hopefully, the tips you have read in the above article has helped to calm your fears. Apply the information that fits your particular circumstances, and you will make the most out of the buying process. You don?t have to have a degree in real estate investment to purchase a home or other property. The idea of owning property is very invigorating. Just be smart about your choices and watch your numbers.

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Al Qaeda embassy threats: Sign of shrinking ambition?

The closure of 19 embassies Sunday and the issuing of a month-long global travel alert for all Americans abroad shows how Al Qaeda's threat to the United States has evolved since 9/11 ? and how the US response has evolved, too.

The closed embassies are all in an arc that runs from North Africa through the Middle East to Afghanistan, and the information suggests that the primary threat comes from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ? the Yemen-based Al Qaeda branch that many experts say is now the movement's strongest.

Officials with knowledge of the intelligence that led to the closures say the intercepts point to discussion of actual operations, not just typical chatter.

Some Obama administration critics have hailed the decision, with Rep. Peter King (R) of New York, who has been briefed on the threat, telling CNN: "I think the government is doing exactly the right thing here."

The closures are both a testament to Al Qaeda's persistent threat and an indicator of how its aspirations have contracted since 9/11.

While Al Qaeda has by some measures become larger since 9/11, it has become less cohesive, according to a recent study by the RAND Corp., a defense and security consultancy. This means that the goals and capabilities of the various branches have shifted from attacking the American homeland to achieving narrower goals.

?They want to establish Islamic emirates in specific countries or regions, though they may be agnostic about a broader violent jihad,? RAND terrorism expert Seth Jones said in congressional testimony last month.

Attacks on Western embassies in the Mideast fit the profile, with the bolder Al Qaeda franchises hitting the US closer to home ? operations that are both easier to carry out and achieve local aims.

In some ways, this is not unlike the pre-9/11 Al Qaeda. Before the attacks on New York and Washington, Al Qaeda's biggest strike was against the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, which killed more than 200 people.

But post-9/11 political realities have reshaped America's response. Post-9/11 investigations faulted America's intelligence agencies for being fractured and failing to recognize telltale signs of an imminent attack. This year, the Obama administration is still facing congressional investigations looking into whether it failed to adequately secure the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which was attacked on Sept. 11, 2012, killing four, including the US ambassador.

In explaining the embassy closures Thursday, State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters the move was taken "out of an abundance of caution."

That could be the new watchword of US response to terror threats. In Boston, during the manhunt for the surviving marathon bomber in April, police issued a "shelter in place" order for a half dozen cities surrounding the spot where he was seen last ? effectively shutting down a wide swath of the metro area for an entire day. Today, the Obama administration is taking a similar approach with the embassy closures and the month-long travel advisory.

"I think this, closing all of these embassies in the Middle East to North Africa, is in fact unprecedented. At least, I didn't see this during my career," Christopher Hill, a former US ambassador to Iraq, told CNN.

The warnings coincide with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan this Wednesday, as well as a new message from Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri that called on followers to attack American interests.

While Representative King said the intelligence that led to the warnings was "the most specific I've seen," there were no specifics about targets. "We are focused on the Middle East, but it's a potential series of attacks that really could be almost anyplace."

The travel warning, which ends Aug. 31, states: "US citizens are reminded of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure. Terrorists have targeted and attacked subway and rail systems, as well as aviation and maritime service."

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Trade finance: IDB to extend $150m for urea and oil import ? The ...

To provid?e anothe?r ?750m in loans, pressu?re on reserv?es to ease.

Keeping in view the shortfall, a total of 500,000 tons of urea must be imported for the season. At current international prices, this will cost $172 million. PHOTO: FILE

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The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to provide trade finance worth $150 million to help Pakistan import fertiliser and petroleum products to meet its needs, a facility that will ease some pressure on shrinking foreign exchange reserves.

The bank will also extend ?750 million in loans to Pakistan and its first tranche will be released before August 15.

These assurances were given by Islamic Development Bank President Dr Ahmed Muhammad Ali in a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Jeddah on Friday evening, according to a statement released by the Finance Ministry.

Earlier showing reservations about lack of planning for fertiliser import, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), in a meeting held on July 2, asked economic managers to assess the possibility of seeking financing from the Saudi Development Fund and the IDB for urea import.

Members of the ECC ? the top economic decision-making body ? described the urea supply situation as quite alarming, saying if the fertiliser was not imported, a severe shortage would occur in the current Kharif crop sowing season.

They revealed that in order to make speedy imports, the Ministry of Commerce sought permission for floating a gallop tender as well as exemption from Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Rules 2004. However, the PPRA did not agree, arguing that there was no emergency at present.

They suggested that a seven-day gallop tender would be the preferred option in order to provide adequate quantity of urea to the farmers during the Kharif season.

Keeping in view the shortfall of 300,000 tons and the need for a buffer stock of 200,000 tons, a total of 500,000 tons of urea should be allowed to be imported for the season, they proposed. At current international prices, this quantity will cost $172 million.

Showing displeasure with lack of forward planning and coordination leading to a decline in urea stocks, the ECC suggested that all possible sources, such as the Saudi Development Fund and the IDB, should be tapped for immediately financing urea import and saving Kharif crops, particularly cotton, from production losses.

It also underlined the need for the Economic Affairs Division to explore the possibility of commodity purchase on credit. It was discussed in the meeting that import financing from the Saudi Development Fund was an annual feature and last year?s agreement could be extended to cover urea imports.

The ECC was of the view that these arrangements would reduce the pressure on the dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

About the request for exemption from PPRA rules, the committee proposed that the ministry should approach the relevant authority for the purpose. After deliberations, the ECC allowed the Ministry of Industries to import 300,000 tons of urea for the time being.

Separately, the committee asked the Ministry of Water and Power to make arrangements for providing 60 million cubic feet of gas per day, which was allocated to Guddu power plants from Mari Gas field, to fertiliser plants to help them produce 50,000 tons of fertiliser per month to meet the country?s needs in the Kharif season.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 4^th, 2013.

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Supreme Court orders California to free nearly 10,000 inmates from crowded prisons

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Disabled woman who won court battle with mother moves in with friends

By Noreen O'Donnell

(Reuters) - A 29-year-old Virginia woman with Down syndrome who successfully fought her mother's attempt to be her guardian has moved in with friends, according to one of the people she now lives with.

In a case watched carefully by advocates for people with disabilities, Margaret Jean Hatch, who is known as Jenny, had been fighting for nearly a year to be able to choose where to live. She succeeded on Friday.

Newport News, Virginia, Circuit Judge David Pugh decided that although Hatch was not capable of independence and needed a legal guardian, he had to consider the disabled woman's wishes in picking that guardian. He chose her friends, Jim Talbert and Kelly Morris of Hampton, Virginia, for the next year, during which they are to help her gain more independence.

Hatch's mother and stepfather, Julia and Richard Ross, had filed for guardianship. They had wanted her to remain in a group home, which they believed offered the safest environment, the Washington Post reported, citing court records. They asked for the right to decide where she lived, what medical treatment she received and whom she could see.

"We were ecstatic," Talbert said on Saturday of the judge's decision. "We were happy. We were crying. It was an unbelievable victory for Jenny."

Hatch persuaded Talbert and Morris to gather her belongings at the group home immediately rather than wait, Talbert said. She spent Saturday swimming and bowling, he said.

"It's more than just where she wants to live," he said. "I think that Jenny's goal is not to have a guardian and have the right to choose how she directed her life. And obviously you can't do that if you're in a guardianship."

Hatch, who was represented by Jonathan Martinis, the legal director for Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities in Washington, D.C., had worked at a thrift store that Talbert and Morris own. She lived with them in the spring after she was in a bicycle accident.

She wants to return to work at the thrift store, possibly later next week, Talbert said.

"We're not her mother, we're not her father, but she's like one of our family.

If in the future, she wants to move into an apartment, they will try to help her achieve that goal, he said.

Advocates hailed the judge's ruling.

"This decision is a big step in the right direction," Susan Mizner, disability counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement. "Like most people with developmental disabilities - and just like all of us - Jenny will learn, grow, and live best when she has the freedom and responsibility to make her own decisions."

Efforts to contact her mother or her lawyer for comment were not successful.

(Reporting By Noreen O'Donnell; Editing by Greg McCune and Eric Walsh)

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These are the gods commonly worshiped in Pelanious.

Bahamut?(pronounced?bah-HAHM-ut) was the?god?of justice and a subservient deity to?Torm, god of law. Before entering the pantheon, he was an elder draconic deity of good dragons, metallic dragons, wisdom, and enlightened justice (justice tempered with mercy and punishment with forgiveness) known by the name of Xymor.

The dogma of Bahamut is based on Justice, Nobility, Protection and Honor. He taught his followers to always uphold the highest ideals of honor and justice, to be constantly vigilant against evil and to oppose it from all fronts, and to protect the weak, liberate the oppressed and defend just order. The God of Dragons advocated a ?greater justice? that included fighting against evil and toppling oppressive regimes.

He also likes to reward strength of purpose and character in his followers.

His dragon adepts followed the Ptarian Code.?This draconic code of honor was created several millennia ago by the?Gold dragon?Ptaris. Originally intended as a guide to conduct for the lords who attend the King of Justice, ruler of good dragons, the Ptarian Code has since been adopted by other members of the gold species, and even by certain?silvers.

The Ptarian Code was similar to other codes of chivalry adopted by knightly orders of the humanity. It included paying homage to Bahamut, as well to his parents Lendys and Tamara.

Boccob (bock-obb) is the deity of magic, knowledge, and balance.

Boccob's dogma emphasises neutrality above good, evil, law or chaos, and holds magic to be the most important thing that there is. Boccob teaches that magic is the most important force in the cosmos, and that balance between Law and Chaos, and between Good and Evil, should be preserved. Magic, according to Boccobite dogma, is an energy source of finite extant, and may eventually wane.

Corellon?or more fully?Corellon Larethian, whose titles included?Creator of the Elves?and?the Protector, was the patron god of all?fey. He was the creator and preserver of the?Tel'Quessir, governing those things held in the highest esteem among?eladrinand?elves, such as magic, music, arts, crafts, poetry, and warfare. Corellon lived in the realm of?Arvandor. He approved of those who killed?orcs?and followers of?Lolth, blessed those who aided others and became angered at those who defiled the dead, or fled from their foes.

Corellon desires to protect and preserve the elven race, return to his people their lost artistic heritage, and to thwart the schemes of the drow and the orcs. This also means guarding against the corruption within that resulted in the creation of the drow. Corellon advises his faithful to guard against stagnation as well, continually seeking out new experiences. They seek to bring out beauty through art, craft, and magic.

Corellon is surprisingly humble, for a regent of his stature.

Ehlonna?is the goddess of Forests, Woodlands, Flora, Fauna, and Fertility. Ehlonna is known to the?elves?as "Ehlenestra." Her holy symbol is a rampant unicorn or a unicorn's horn.

Ehlonna teaches that the animals and plants of the forests are gifts, and are not to be stolen. She is often the goddess of rangers and druids and opposes hunters and those who would rape the land for fun or profit.

Erythnul?is the??god of hate, envy, malice, panic, ugliness, and slaughter. He is known as the Many, and is worshipped by many?gnoll,?troll,?ogre, and?bugbear?tribes, in addition to humans. His symbol is a red blood drop, or a bestial mask representing Erythnul's changing visage.

The chaos of battle is the sacred charge of the worshippers of Erythnul. In all the myriad forms of terror and suffering that war creates, there is a strange kind of unity. This is part of the reason that Erythnul is called the Many. Battle is a test of merit and strength, and living and dying by the sword is the definition of the good life.

Many of Erythnul's worshippers believe that blood spilled in battle feeds their god, increasing his madness and bloodlust.

Chaotic neutral worshippers believe that non-combatants and weak opponents are meaningless, and that killing them does nothing to satiate their god or prove their ability; killing those unworthy of a warrior's death even angers Erythnul, they believe. Chaotic evil worshippers, who are far more common, disagree, believing that all slaughter is a sacrament, and that the dying screams of innocents are music to Erythnul's ears, hymns in the church of the battlefield.

Fharlanghn, the Dweller on the Horizon, is the??god of Horizons, Distance, Travel, and Roads. He is a well-known deity on the world. He wanders that world in person, his petitioners present in spirit form at crossroads and in mysterious oases. His symbol is a disk with a curved line representing the horizon, and an upturned crescent above that.

Fharlanghn insists that everyone travel in order to discover and learn new things. He urges people to look to the horizon for inspiration.

Garl Glittergold, also known as?The Watchful Protector, is a?Lawful good?Greater deity. He was said to have discovered the first?gnomes?while exploring a cavern before telling them a joke and leading them into the world. Garl led the?Gnomish pantheonas the?deity?of luck, protection and trickery.

A sense of humor is an important thing for anyone to cultivate, regardless of their hardships. The inhabitants of a community ought to cooperate for the greater good. Pranks are a sacrament. Authority figures shouldn't take themselves too seriously. The tales and jokes of the gnomish people should be preserved, but change should not be feared.

Gruumsh?(pronounced?GROOMSH) is the?greater deity?of savagery. He was envisioned with one eye by all who named him a god and was a?deity?mainly worshipped by?orcs?and?orogs.

Gruumsh demands that his followers be strong, that they cull the weak from their numbers, and that they take all the territory Gruumsh thinks is rightfully theirs (which is almost everything). He tolerates no sign of friendliness from his people. Unceasing warfare is his creed, though Gruumsh does not object to simple colonization if that can be arranged.

Gruumsh dislikes everything that is not an orc or of orcish make, and he feels particularly spiteful toward?elves?(over the matter of his eye). He feels equal malice toward?dwarves, who contested with the orcs for control of the mountains and won; a state of affairs Gruumsh regards as strictly temporary.

Heironeous?is the??god of Chivalry, Justice, Honor, War, Daring, and Valor. His holy symbol is a silver lightning bolt, often clutched in a fist.

Heironeous sees the world as a deadly place, filled with perpetual challenges and trials for those who battle for justice and defend the weak and innocent. His followers should always act with honor and chivalry, and to uphold justice. Danger is to be faced head-on, with calm and resolve. Those who defeat evil are rewarded with Glory, while those who uphold the tenets of the Arch-paladin are rewarded with Virtue. The Arch-paladin's teachings have been codified in a chivalric code known as the Heironean Code.

Hextor?is the?god of war, discord, massacres, conflict, fitness, and tyranny.

The symbol worn and used by the followers of Hextor is a black, spiked gauntlet holding spiked arrows.

The church of Hextor teaches that the world is a harsh, unforgiving place. The strong rule the weak, and power is the only reward worth having. Cruelty and mercilessness are necessary tools. Order must be forged from Chaos and law from anarchy, but order is meaningless without the will to enforce it. Tyrants are to be obeyed, and dissenters are to be oppressed or killed. Slaves must obey their masters.

Kord?is the?god of Athletics, Sports, Storms, Brawling, Strength, and Courage.

Kord loves physical challenges and contests, and he promotes non-letha; sports as a method for resolving disputes among his followers. His teachings say that the strong and fit should lead the weaker, and that bravery is the greatest quality anyone can have, ruler and citizen alike. Everyone should scorn cowardice, says Kord.

Lolth?(pronounced?LOALTH), sometimes?Lloth?in the?Drow dialect,[3]?the?Queen of Spiders?or?Queen of the Demonweb Pits, was the?goddess?of the?drow, a?chaotic evil?deity who reveled in chaos. She patterned her life and the lives of her worshipers on a regimen of chaotic acts and the veneration of spiders. The way that new-born spider broods tore each other apart to survive especially appealed to her. She promoted this by encouraging her worshipers to kill their rivals, thus ensuring that they were the strongest of the 'brood'. Her love of chaos often made her appear mad but the wise saw her as a calculating individual who was always several steps ahead of those who believed that they could anticipate her. She was cruel and domineering, forcing her will upon her followers and her enemies, a will which instructed the strong to crush the weak in the most torturous way imaginable.

Lolth teaches her children that fear is strength, while love and respect are weakness. She demands that those drow who will not worship her must be converted or slain. She seeks to kill the weak and reward the strong. Disobedient males and non-drow must be sacrificed to Lolth. Spiders are a holy animal in Lolth's faith, and those who to kill a spider is a cardinal sin. Lolth is so chaotic, however, that her commands are ever-changing and often contradictory, so that those who seek to follow them blindly may meet with destruction.

Moradin, pronounced (mor-uh-din),?is the?lawful good?god of the?dwarves?and the chief deity in?their pantheon. A harsh but fair judge, he was strength and force of will embodied. Moradin inspired dwarven inventions and constantly sought to improve that race, encouraging their good nature, intelligence, and harmonious existence with other good races while battling their pride and isolationist tendencies. Moradin's holy day was on the crescent moon and he was worshipped at forges and hearths.

Dwarves?believe that Moradin is the father and creator of the dwarven race and, in many myths, creator of the entire universe. They teach that ceaseless toil and labor are the only fit occupations for a worthy soul. Fire tempers spirits, and wisdom comes from hard work. One must strive to forge strength within. Truth is buried deeper than ore in a mountain, and most of it is slag. Dwarves are expected to honor their god by improving their skills and founding new dwarven lands. They are told to honor the leaders of their clan just as they honor Moradin. They are taught the importance of following tradition and traditional ways.

Nerull?is the??god of?death, darkness,murder, and the?underworld. He is known as the Reaper, the Foe of All Good, the Hater of Life, and the Bringer of Darkness. His symbol is a skull and scythe.

Nerull's faithful believe they will be rewarded for acts of murder, for every living thing is an abomination in the eyes of the Reaper.

Pelor?is the god of the Sun, Light, Strength, and Healing. He is known as the Shining One, and the Sun Father. He is known as the creator of much that is good. His holy symbol is a face in a sun.

Pelorians believe that the life-giving sun is the best cure for all ills. Justice and freedom are brought about through charity, modesty, perseverance, and self-sacrifice. Pelor's priests teach that the truly strong don't need to prove their power.

Pelorians strive to perform so many good acts that evil has no room in which to exist, though they will fight if necessary. Pelor is wrathful against the forces of evil, and is especially opposed to the undead. However, Pelor urges his followers to remember that excessive attention to things of evil can blind one to the truly important things: compassion and goodness. These are what must be emphasized above all.

Pelorian dogma has it that the energy and power of life originates in the sun.

Saint Cuthbert of the Cudgel?is the combative deity of Wisdom, Dedication, and Zeal.

The words of St. Cuthbert are wise,practical, and sensible. Among his followers the word of Cugel is law, and his followers take pains to spread the ward so that all may benefit from St. Cuthbert's wisdom. Weakness in faith and acting against the Saint's teatchingsare intolerable, especially in believers. St. Cuthbert exhorts his followers to make increasing efforts to bring unbelievers to the fold. Honesty, truthfulness, practicality, and reasonability are the highest are the highest virtues, says St. Cuthbert.

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Iranian president-elect's comments on Israel distorted: report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian state television said on Friday reports quoting Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani as calling Israel a "wound that ... needs to be removed" were distorted.

"News agencies distort Iran pres-elect Rohani's remarks on Quds Day," said a breaking news caption on Press TV. There were no further details.

Earlier on Friday, Iranian news agencies reported that cleric Rouhani - who will be inaugurated on Sunday - had described the Zionist regime as "a wound that has sat on the body of the Muslim world for years and needs to be removed".

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High court won't delay release of Calif inmates

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 California inmates by year's end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they're forced to open the prison gates.

The majority of justices refused Brown's emergency request to halt a lower court's directive for the early release of the prisoners to ease severe overcrowding at California's 33 adult prisons.

A panel of three federal judges previously ordered the state to cut its prison population by nearly 8 percent to roughly 110,000 inmates by Dec. 31 to avoid conditions amounting to cruel and unusual punishment.

The panel, responding to decades of lawsuits filed by inmates, repeatedly ordered early releases after finding inmates were needlessly dying and suffering because of inadequate medical and mental health care caused by overcrowding.

Court-appointed experts reported that the prison system had a suicide rate that worsened last year to 24 per 100,000 inmates, far exceeding the national average of 16 suicides per 100,000 inmates in state prisons.

Brown appealed the latest decision of the panel and asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel the early release order while considering his arguments that the state is making significant progress in improving conditions.

The governor also said he cannot further reduce the population without releasing dangerous felons.

"This ruling refusing to block the order doesn't bode well for their overall appeal," said inmate lawyer Don Specter, head of the Berkeley-based Prison Law Office.

Lawyers representing Brown argued in his July 22 appeal that releasing 10,000 more inmates will involve violent criminals and overwhelm the abilities of law enforcement and social services to monitor them.

"No data suggests that a sudden release of inmates with these characteristics can be done safely," the state said in its filing. "No state has ever done it."

The panel of judges and attorneys representing inmates have consistently rejected that argument. They say other states have marginally reduced inmate sentences without sparking an increase in crime.

The governor said the state has already transferred thousands of low-level and nonviolent offenders to county jails, which in turn have been forced into early release of many inmates to ease their own overcrowding issues/

The court rejected Brown's plea on Friday over the objections of Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. who all said they would have granted the state's request.

Scalia, in a dissent joined by Thomas, wrote that the previous order by the three-judge panel was a "terrible injunction" that threatens public safety. Scalia said the state's evidence shows it has made meaningful progress and that such reductions in the inmate population are no longer necessary.

In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the state must cut its inmate population to deal with unconstitutional prison conditions caused by overcrowding.

They have said that further delay in reducing prison overcrowding will further the substandard delivery of medical and mental health care and, by extension, lead to more inmate deaths and injuries.

In recent years, the special panel of judges has accused Brown of attempting to delay and circumvent their orders. They threatened to cite the governor for contempt if he does not comply.

The judges waived all state laws in June as they ordered Brown to expand good-time credits leading to early release. They also directed the governor to take other steps, including sending more inmates to firefighting camps, paroling elderly felons, leasing cells at county jails and slowing the return of thousands of inmates now housed in private prisons in other states.

If those steps fail, the judges ordered the state to release enough inmates from a list of lower-risk offenders until it reaches the maximum allowed population.

In its latest filing with the Supreme Court, the state argued that no governor has the unilateral authority to take the steps ordered by the three-judge panel. They would require approval in the Legislature or "judicial pre-emption of California's core police powers," the administration wrote.

Brown has argued that prison conditions have substantially improved and that circumstances have changed since the federal courts' original order four years ago to reduce the prison population.

The state is spending $2 billion on new or expanded facilities for inmate medical and mental health treatment. That includes seven new centers for mental health treatment and the opening last June of an $839 million prison hospital in Stockton that will treat 1,722 inmates requiring long-term care.

The state also has boosted hiring and salaries for all types of medical and mental health professionals.

The judges want the population reduced to 137 percent of the designed capacity in the state's 33 adult prisons by the end of the year The state has already reduced the population by 46,000 inmates since 2006.

More than half of the decrease that has occurred so far is due to a two-year-old state law ? known as realignment ? that is sentencing offenders convicted of crimes considered non-violent, non-serious and non-sexual to county jails instead of state prisons.

___ AP Writer Mark Sherman in Washington contributed to this story.

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OpenGlass uses Google Glass to identify objects for the visually impaired (video)

Dapper Vision's OpenGlass project sees Google Glass' camera as useful for more than just hands-free pictures -- it's a tool for interpreting the world around us. To show that potential, the two-person group has tested two of its Glass apps with visually impaired wearers. The first, Question-Answer, lets the poor-sighted ask both Mechanical Turk and Twitter for help in identifying objects. Memento, in turn, automatically recites notes when the user looks at a recognizable scene; it can warn users about dangerous equipment, for example. Dapper Vision tells us that the OpenGlass apps will stay in limited testing until Google lets developers offer Glassware to the general public, but the company isn't sitting still in the meantime. It's devising a way to reward Question-Answer contributors with BitCoins, and it will demonstrate new Glass-based augmented reality software next week.

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ITC opt to delay final ruling on Apple-Samsung complaint

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Ban on iPhone 4 to go into effect Monday without intervention

Only days before a mysterious ITC ban on the iPhone 4 (and GSM iPad 2, no longer offered for sale) is to come into effect, the same body has decided -- on the day they were to pronounce judgement on another battle, an Apple complaint about Samsung patent infringement -- to delay the decision by a week. No reason for the delay was given. The matter revolves around four Apple patents -- three technical, one design -- and additional patents Samsung was found to be violating. Ironically, if the ITC continue with the preliminary judgement and staff recommendation, a sales ban on Samsung smartphones and tablets may be issued.

The Apple complaint against Samsung, unlike the Samsung case that won the ban, does not involve standards-essential patents (SEPs) -- a factor that has drawn great criticism to the ITC over its decision to bar Apple products over an SEP when it has declined to ban products from other companies found to be violating Apple's non-SEPs. In this latest Apple complaint against Samsung, the preliminary ruling by Judge Thomas Pender found Samsung guilty of infringing four Apple patents, and the full panel also remanded some additional issues to Pender, who found further violations by Android's text-selection feature.

The final ruling on the matter is not assured to be in line with the preliminary ruling, despite it being re-confirmed by the ITC's own Office of Outside Investigations. In the Samsung complaint against Apple, the full panel -- with one dissent -- ignored not only the preliminary findings but its own prior rulings on the legality of sales injunctions on SEP complaints in voting for a ban on Apple's older GSM devices. The panel may again ignore its own precedent, or go along with the recommendations of the OOI and Judge Pender's ruling, which found that a sales ban on the infringing Samsung products would not harm the public interest.

In a bit of further irony, the ITC rejected objections by Google and others that a Samsung product ban would cause consumer harm, noting that there are many manufacturers of Android products. This same reasoning was rejected by both of the panel when it ruled that the iPhone 4 could be banned for infringing on an SEP, even though removing iPhones from the market does, in fact, leave consumers with less choice.

The upcoming ban on the iPhone 4 has been decried by numerous parties, including the two major cellular carriers, US senators and prominent anti-trust attorneys. By design or coincidence, the new delay on the final ruling on the Apple vs Samsung complaint will put the ruling on the same day that the Court of Appeals will hold a hearing on to decide if Judge Lucy Koh -- in an entirely different complaint -- was wrong to deny Apple a sales injunction against Samsung in the high-profile trial last year where the Galaxy maker was found guilty of infringing another six Apple non-SEP patents.

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