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Erika and Jan are not just a couple that we ‘married’ but they are also a couple of good friends of us.
When we decided a place for this trash session, we agreed to go somewhere where we could have fun all together and that’s not a better place then the Manto in Amatlan de Cañas, a location we know very well as we usually go there to meet with family and to relax in the worm water of the river.
We found this beautiful wood on our way to Amatlan. There’s was an amazing light falling trough the trees and there was this big trunk cut off which I absolutely want to use someway. So I ask Erika to stand there and I took this impotent portrait of her. She really like it!
To create this shot we used a back light. Of course it was a bit risky because of the water but I wanted to get that raining effect that was creating the water falling down the rocks. They had the patience to resist the power of the waterfall.
Jan, who’s usually very stiff in front of the camera, in this occasion had a real fun and couldn’t stop at the end!
Today we publish answers to our Question of the Week: “Do you think the budget-related measures on the May19 state ballot represent a way to stabilize California’s finances, or are they an unfair burden on taxpayers?”
Anyone voting yes on the May Props. 1A and 1B should have their heads examined. Why don’t we bring the state employee, police, fire, school boards and union contracts up to speed with what the rest of the private sector has been dealing with? Isn’t it time that it is no longer business as usual for our government employees? Isn’t it time that they have to sacrifice? We can’t afford the huge school boards any longer. We can’t afford to pay for things like the fire department’s overtime for part-time employees anymore. We can’t afford to pay for police officers who want to get paid more for getting into their uniform. We can’t afford lack of supervision and inefficiencies for street repairs and beautification. Maybe we do need to fire a lot of state employees and let the private sector pick up some of the slack and create some competition.
No. This is the biggest tax increase in California’s history and it is extended for two more years without a real spending limit. The rainy-day fund can be spent for additional purposes and can shift money around to confuse the taxpayers.
The budget propositions, 1A to 1F, will not stabilize California’s finances. Any proposition that is so complicated that it cannot be clearly understood will not do what it is advertised to do. The Legislature, with the cooperation of the governor, will find ways around it. These propositions were written by the Legislature to do, supposedly, what they are unwilling to do – be fiscally responsible – therefore, if they are passed, they will continue to spend. The state’s budget needs to be completely rewritten, contracts renegotiated, entitlements revisited and made to fit the income – not the income to fit their spending desires. Every legislator and senator who voted for this fiasco should be replaced by the voters. I am disappointed with the Daily Breeze supporting 1A and 1B.
Propositions 1A-1E are not designed so much to stabilize California’s finances as they are to paper over the existing problems for another four years until the current legislators have left office. Just read the text. If the measures pass, the budget will no longer be based upon revenue, but “total state resources.” (What are the resources???) And yes, 1A-1E will add another unfair burden on the taxpayers.
Just as Churchill bemoaned that if it weren’t for all the other forms that have been tried, democracy would be the worst form of government. If it weren’t for all the failed attempts at righting the state’s fiscal ship, the May 19 ballot measures would be the worst way to stabilize California’s finances.
The measures don’t adequately stabilize the state’s structural problems. They are indeed unfair and burdensome to taxpayers in the middle of a deep recession, and the cuts – mostly in programs for widows, disabled and orphans – are painful.
However, the only thing worse than passage of these measures would be their defeat. Given the two-thirds threshold for the sustenance of taxes and state budgets, they represent the best compromise available to avoid financial freefall.
Though I am as disgusted with the state’s political leadership as anybody else, I don’t intend to shoot myself in the foot on May 19 to express it.
No new taxes! This state has to learn to live within the budget. If that means less police officers, firefighters and teachers, well let it be. I never hear of welfare or social services being cut. I hope none of these state workers get a raise in the next new months. Have their expense accounts been cut? Let the state go broke.
This state will always spend too much. Please remember, this state has had a lot of foreclosures, but also has a lot of $1 million-plus homes; I think they get plenty from property taxes. And lastly, please remember our schools are at the bottom in the nation.
The politicians have gotten us into this mess along with the unions and need to get out of it with meaningful cuts in government and union contract concessions. The politicians will always think of a way to tax and say they need more but will not plan with any thought process except we need this.
West Covina Police Chief David Faulkner, left, welcomed Officer Kenny Benitez back to duty on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, on his first night of patrol following after being wounded in a gunfight with a suspect three months ago.
Jose Chavez, 47, who allegedly shot West Covina Officer Kenny Benitez during a gunfight and was found hiding in a Valinda garage after six days on the run, appears for arraignment on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 in West Covina Superior Court. The arraignment was postponed.
WEST COVINA >> A West Covina police officer who was wounded in a gunfight with a suspect returned to duty this week after recovering from his injuries.
Officer Kenny Benitez was allegedly shot by 47-year-old Jose Luis Chavez during a May 20 confrontation on Yaleton Avenue, just north of Badillo Street, according to West Covina police and Los Angeles Count sheriff’s officials. Chavez, who was also wounded in the encounter, was captured in nearby Valinda following a six-day manhunt, faces charges of attempted murder of a police officer, assault on a police officer with a semi-automatic firearm and possession of a gun by a convicted felon.
The West Covina Police Department’s briefing room was extra crowded Thursday night as fellow officer and other colleagues attended the briefing to welcome Benitez back to his first shift after three months of recovery, West Covina Police Chief David Faulkner said.
“Ken was severely injured when he was shot in May and his quick recovery is nothing short of miraculous under the circumstances,” the chief said.
“Officer Benitez is a strong young man and was driven to return back to work in support of his fellow officers in the field,” Faulkner said. “We are very proud of Officer Benitez and how he handled this injury. Ken has set a solid example for our personnel for many years to come.”
Benitez has been a police officer for nine years, but had only been an officer for the West Covina Police Department for a little over a year when he was shot.
On the night of the shooting, Benitez approached Chavez as he walked with a woman, pushing a bicycle. Chavez pulled a handgun and opened fire multiple times, officials said. Benitez was wounded but returned fire.
The alleged shooter, later identified as Chavez, initially escaped the scene but was captured by a sheriff’s SWAT team the following week in the unincorporated county area of Valinda. He was found to have a days-old gunshot wound to his arm.
His arraignment hearing has been postponed four times, and his now scheduled to take place Sept. 6 in West Covina Superior Court, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said.
Chavez is also scheduled to be sentenced for another criminal case on Sept. 6, she said. He pleaded “no contest” in April to possession of drugs for sale, bringing contraband into a jail and possession of a switchblade knife. That case was first filed in December of 2015.
NCAA Tournament West Regional semifinals at Staples Center TV schedule and preview – Whittier Daily News
Gonzaga forward Johnathan Williams eyes the ball under the hoop during a first-round game against UNC-Greensboro in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 15, 2018, in Boise, Idaho. Ohio State won 81-73. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)	
General public sales are sold out, but tickets may still be purchased through The NCAA Ticket Exchange and the usual secondary-market sources. As of Monday morning, StubHub.com listed upper-level seats available starting at $117 each.
How they got here: After opening the tournament with a 73-69 victory over Providence, the Aggies stunned defending national champion North Carolina Sunday in Charlotte, N.C. Seizing control with a 15-0 run in the first half, Texas A&M dominated play inside on its way to an 86-65 victory, handing Tar Heels coach Roy Williams the most lopsided NCAA tourney defeat of his career. It was a big upset based on the seeding, North Carolina’s tournament tradition and the fact the Tar Heels have long been practically unbeatable in NCAA games played in their home state. Yet Texas A&M — a team that peaked at No. 5 in the AP Top 25 in December before going on a wild ride due to midseason injuries and suspensions — made it look easy. The Aggies are moving on to the round of 16 for the second time in three seasons.
How they got here: After a 61-47 win over 14th-seeded Montana in the first round, the Wolverines advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in six years with a dramatic, 64-63 victory over Houston Saturday in Wichita, Kan. Freshman Jordan Poole hit a heavily contested 3-pointer at the buzzer to steal the victory from Houston, which came within a heartbeat of reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time since the last of the Phi Slama Jama teams in 1984. Michigan won despite shooting just 35.6 percent from the field and enduring long offensive lulls in the second half.
“We did not play well, and credit Houston for that,” Wolverines coach John Beilein said. “Sometimes you feel, well, geez, why did we win? But I’ve been on the other end of those many, many times. We got a fortunate break.”
How they got here: The Seminoles beat Missouri 67-54 in the first round, despite not having a single starter score in double figures and making just 18 of 31 free throws (58.1 percent). They reached the round of 16 for the first time since 2011 after upsetting top-seeded Xavier with a furious rally Sunday night in Nashville, Tenn. PJ Savoy made a 3-pointer with 1:08 left to give Florida State its first lead of the second half, and the Seminoles rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat the Musketeers 75-70. The Seminoles trailed by 12 with 10:42 left and outscored Xavier 31-14 down the stretch, including the final seven points of the game.
“We were much better than Xavier in the last two and a half minutes of the game,” Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. “Sometimes when the games are close, that’s all that’s important.”
This was sweet payback for Florida State after then-No. 11 seed Xavier routed the Seminoles 91-66 a year ago in the very same round in the same region. Hamilton lost his top three scorers — two to the NBA Draft — from that team.
How they got here: The Bulldogs, last season’s national runners-up, had to survive a major scare in the first round Thursday in Boise, Idaho. They trailed by two with 1:48 left after squandering a 12-point lead they took early in the second half, then needed a go-ahead 3-pointer by redshirt freshman Zach Norvell Jr. with 20.8 seconds left to advance with a 68-64 victory over 13th-seeded UNC Greensboro. Norvell, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, was just getting started. He had 28 points, hit six 3-pointers and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Gonzaga back into the Sweet 16 with a 90-84 victory over Ohio State on Saturday night.
“I call him our spiritual leader; he gets us going every practice, even the ones they don’t want to be at,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “He’s just a fiery guy with some swag from Chicago and we need that.”
Looking for some office outfit inspiration for the week ahead? Look no further than Vanessa Hudgens, who shows how to pull off rust-coloured trousers in a polished, refined way. Of course, it’s the details that make an outfit, and we can’t get enough of the pussy bow blouse that really pulls the look together.
This biography, by his sister, of the logician and Resistance hero, Jean Cavailles, not only traces the itinerary of an exceptional destiny, it also restores the intellectual climate of a segment of French thought in the 1930s. The biography is based on Cavailles' philosophical, religious and political concerns. In particular, the use made by Gabrielle Ferrieres of her brother's letters demonstrates the essential unity of Cavailles' thought, the man of action married to the philosopher of mathematics, the intellectual recluse of the Ecole Normale Superieure allied to the dynamic leader of one of France's most famous Resistance networks.