Lawyers reveal mystery victim in Sandusky case

He was the victim whose horrific assault in the football team showers wound up costing Joe Paterno his job, severely tarnished Penn State's image, and brought accusations of a cover-up by high-level university officials.

Law enforcement officials dubbed him Victim 2.

Until Thursday, the boy was a phantom, absent from last month's trial of retired defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and thought to be unknown to prosecutors. His identity was one of the biggest mysteries of the child sex abuse scandal.

Now, for the first time, a man has stepped forward to claim he was the boy in the shower, and his attorneys have promised to sue the university.

"Our client has to live the rest of his life not only dealing with the effects of Sandusky's childhood sexual abuse, but also with the knowledge that many powerful adults, including those at the highest levels of Penn State, put their own interests and the interests of a child predator above their legal obligations to protect him," the lawyers said in a news release.

Along with the statement, the lawyers released voicemails that Sandusky purportedly left for the man last fall ? less than two months before his arrest on child-molestation charges ? in which he expressed his love, said he wanted to share his feelings "up front," and asked whether Victim 2 would like to attend Penn State's next game.

The man's lawyers said Thursday they have done an extensive investigation and gathered "overwhelming evidence" on details of the abuse by Sandusky, who was convicted of using his position at Penn State and as head of a youth charity to molest 10 boys over a period of 15 years.

They did not name their client, and The Associated Press generally does not identify victims of sex crimes without their consent.

Jurors convicted Sandusky last month of offenses related to Victim 2 largely on the testimony of Mike McQueary, who was a team graduate assistant at the time and described seeing the 2001 assault.

McQueary testified at Sandusky's trial that he heard a "skin-on-skin smacking sound" in a campus locker room and saw something that was "more than my brain could handle" ? a naked Sandusky standing behind the boy and slowly moving his hips. McQueary, one of the prosecution's star witnesses, said he had no doubt he was witnessing anal sex.

McQueary reported the abuse to school officials, including Paterno, but none of them told police. An investigative report commissioned by the school's board of trustees found that Paterno and other administrators concealed the attack because they were afraid of bad publicity.

Trustees fired Paterno, who has since died, because he failed to do more about claims against Sandusky. The NCAA this week fined Penn State $60 million, imposed a four-year bowl ban, reduced the number of football scholarships Penn State is allowed to offer, and vacated 112 of the team's victories.

"Jerry Sandusky's abuse of Victim 2 and other children is a direct result of a conspiracy to conceal Sandusky's conduct and the decisions by top Penn State officials that facilitated and enabled his access to victims," the statement from Victim 2's lawyers said. "We intend to file a civil lawsuit against Penn State University and others and to hold them accountable for the egregious and reckless conduct that facilitated the horrific abuse our client suffered."

The statement also said that Victim 2 suffered "extensive sexual abuse over many years," both before and after the 2001 assault.

But it left many questions unanswered, chief among them whether Victim 2 talked to prosecutors either before or during the trial ? and, if not, why not.

The man's lawyers said they would have no further comment, and several messages seeking comment from Sandusky's lawyers were not returned.

Prosecutors had said on several occasions they did not know the identity of the boy, and they offered no reaction to the lawyers' announcement Thursday.

"We can't comment, given both our ongoing criminal prosecutions and our ongoing investigation," said Nils Frederiksen, spokesman for the attorney general's office.

The university said it was taking the case seriously but would not comment on pending litigation.

University President Rodney Erickson and the board of trustees, a school spokesman said, "have publicly emphasized that their goal is to find solutions that rest on the principle of justice for the victims."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/lawyers-reveal-mystery-victim-sandusky-case-062954471--spt.html

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Retiring Ron Paul may distract from Romney fanfare at convention

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For all the drama that surrounded the Republican primary season, the convention to formally nominate Mitt Romney as the party's candidate for president is likely to be suspense-free.

Well, maybe not completely.

Aside from Romney's coronation, the August 27-30 convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum will host another show: Ron Paul's farewell.

The 76-year-old representative from Texas will retire from Congress after November's elections, capping a long and colorful career. He is looking to take some of the limelight away from his former rival in the primaries.

Paul's followers - a small but intensely loyal band - have been collecting small packs of delegates from across the country since the congressman stopped campaigning in May, and they plan to be a forceful voice in Tampa.

Perhaps as many as 500 delegates out of the 2,286 total at the gathering will be Paul loyalists, keen to see the Republican Party accept his message of radically shrinking government onto its convention platform.

This has some Republicans worried that Paul and his often noisy supporters could upstage Romney and interrupt the tightly choreographed convention, just as the party needs to close ranks ahead of a tough fight against President Barack Obama and the Democrats at the November 6 elections.

"If I were Romney, I'd prepare for the worst," Republican strategist Ford O'Connell said. Although he has almost no chance of winning the nomination, Paul is Romney's only Republican rival who has not withdrawn from the presidential race, and he refused last week to endorse Romney.

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A former physician and a congressman on and off since 1976, Paul is no longer the marginal figure in the party that he once was.

His radical ideas about small government and minimal U.S. involvement abroad look more attractive to conservatives in times of a deep budget deficit and war weariness, although traditionalist Republicans balk at his isolationist foreign policy.

In a sign of Paul's influence, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved one of his pet projects, a bill known as "Audit the Fed" that would allow Congress to review Federal Reserve monetary policy decisions, even though the measure will probably die in the Senate.

Paul's supporters will try to force the convention to adopt an Audit the Fed motion on the party platform in Tampa, a symbolic move that would nevertheless put Paul's economic ideas at the heart of the debate over the party's direction.

"We are working very hard to get Fed transparency in the platform and have so far found several receptive ears," said Paul senior advisor Jesse Benton.

The platform is a declaration of party positions rather than a document binding on candidate Romney, but it nonetheless makes a statement about Republican intentions.

Romney and Paul, who is a three-time presidential candidate, were tacit allies against conservatives like Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich during this year's primary elections and are on good terms.

The libertarian is unlikely to rain on Romney's parade by allowing backers, who include some Tea Party supporters and an energetic youth wing, to stage protests or become too rowdy.

"Certainly we're not trying to start a fight or go embarrass folks at the convention," Paul's former Iowa state director Joel Kurtinitis said. "We get a bad rap as rabble-rousers. That's not what we're about. We're trying to take our party back."

The Romney team helped the Paul campaign secure the University of South Florida's 10,400-seat Sun Dome arena in Tampa for a rally before the convention begins, perhaps fearing that Paul supporters might be too vocal at the convention itself without such an outlet.

"Gov. Romney has a lot of respect for Dr. Paul and the energy his supporters bring to the process," Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. "We look forward to broad participation at the Tampa convention and know the Paul enthusiasts will have their voices heard."

Giving Paul's fans some room could be a wise strategic move for Romney, O'Connell said.

"Romney has to take a very Machiavellian approach," he explained. "He wants to keep his friends - his supporters - close, and his potential enemies - Paul supporters - even closer."

CONVENTION SETBACKS

But Paul has suffered a couple of recent setbacks that may dim his ardor at the convention.

Delegates backing Romney were elected at the Nebraska state convention on July 14, denying the Texas congressman the five primary or caucus states he needed to win to earn an automatic speaking slot. This means Paul will not speak at the convention unless the Romney team grants him a speaking role, which is unlikely.

And Paul's chances of influencing the platform became more complicated when Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, a close Romney ally, was appointed head of the convention's platform committee, which writes the document.

When Paul stopped actively campaigning for the nomination in the spring, his supporters began scouring the country for opportunities to pick up more delegates in caucus states, predicting by June that 500 convention delegates would back Paul, even if roughly 300 of those were formally pledged to voting for Romney.

Benton said at the time that the delegates would push for the consideration of Paul policies including those on the Fed and deregulation of the Internet.

The Paul supporters might be helped by complicated voting procedures on the party platform that can see issues go to second rounds of voting.

Paul supporters could take advantage of split votes to push their ideas onto the agenda, said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak.

"There's a question of how intense the non-Ron Paul delegates are going to be," he said. "Are they going to be there? Are they going to be voting?"

If not, Paul's imprint on the party may be more prominent than expected in 2012.

(Editing By Alistair Bell and Alden Bentley)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/retiring-ron-paul-may-distract-romney-fanfare-convention-050209793.html

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Amazon.com meets tiny 2Q profit expectations

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday reported muted second-quarter earnings and projected an operating loss for the current quarter as it absorbs the costs of a warehouse technology acquisition and plans to spend more on order-fulfillment centers ahead of the holidays.

Amazon said its profit was hurt by a $65 million loss related to its acquisition of Kiva Systems Inc., a warehouse technology company that Amazon agreed to buy in March for $775 million in cash. The deal closed on May 1. Amazon is hoping that Kiva's automated systems help boost productivity and improve profitability in the long run.

The Seattle-based company said it expects third-quarter revenue to grow between 19 percent and 31 percent from a year ago. That amounts to sales of $12.9 billion to $14.3 billion. The midpoint is short of the $14.1 billion expected by analysts, according to FactSet.

It also forecast a third-quarter operating loss of $50 million to $350 million.

Chief Financial Officer Tom Szkutak said the projected loss was due in part to investment in the company's fulfillment centers ahead of the all-important holiday quarter. It plans to open 18 new fulfillment centers this year and has opened six so far, he said.

After initially falling, Amazon's shares rose $2.63, or 1.2 percent, to $222.64 in extended trading following the release of the results.

Amazon reported net income in the three months to June 30 came to just $7 million, or a penny per share, a drop of 96 percent from $191 million, or 41 cents, a year ago.

That matched analysts' meager expectations.

Revenue grew 29 percent to $12.83 billion, which was short of the $12.90 billion expected by analysts.

Amazon said that revenue was weighed by currency movements to the tune of $272 million, which the company had forewarned of in April.

Sales of digital goods like Kindle e-books, music and movies rose 13 percent to $4.12 billion, while sales of electronics and other items rose 38 percent to $8.16 billion.

The Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet tailored to handle purchases from Amazon.com, remained the company's top-selling item.

For now, it appears investors are giving the company's lackluster forecast a pass. Earnings for the fiscal year through December are estimated by analysts to be just $1.17 per share, meaning shares are trading at an eye-popping 190 times earnings.

Apple Inc. shares trade at around 13 times earnings while Google Inc. shares trade at around 14 times earnings.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-com-meets-tiny-2q-profit-expectations-202055656--finance.html

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PFT: Peyton shows 'tremendous improvement'

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As Jonathan Vilma marches into a Louisiana courtroom in the hopes of being able very soon to march onto the field with the rest of the Saints, he will bring with him eight potential witnesses.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Vilma plans to call interim head coach Joe Vitt and current/former teammates Scott Shanle, Jonathan Casillas, Roman Harper, Sedrick Ellis, Troy Evans, and Randall Gay.

We?re told that Darren Sharper also could be a late addition, if he can get to court in time.

Not on the list is Drew Brees, who has submitted an affidavit in support of Vilam?s effort to lift his suspension while the lawsuit challenging the one-year ban proceeds.

Also not on the list but submitting an affidavit is Pierson Prioleau, who played with the Saints from 2009 through 2011 and with three other teams coached by former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.? Prioleau explains that Williams? pre-game rantings ?were exactly the same for every team.?? Prioleau says the players regarded the tough talk as a motivational speech, and that the players ?were always reminded to never hurt the team with illegal or selfish play.?

?I?ve never seen anyone rewarded for any illegal action or for injuring another player,? Prioleau says.

Prioleau?s affidavit doesn?t mention whether Williams used a pay-for-performance system that rewarded players for rendering opponents unable to continue via good, clean, legal hits.

Vilma also plans to introduce more than 20 exhibits, consisting of among other things portions of the league?s investigation file and letters exchanged regarding the suspension and Vilma?s decision not to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell before or after the suspension was imposed.

Whether Vilma is likely to eventually win the war is one of the factors that Judge Helen G. Berrigan will consider in deciding the outcome of this key battle.? Others include whether he?ll suffer ?irreparable harm? if he?s suspended now and later wins the case, and whether more damage will be done to Vilma with the suspension kept in place or to the NFL with the suspension lifted.? Also, the ?public interest? is a common, but often nebulous, factor in efforts of this nature.

The StarCaps litigation resulted in the a court blocking multiple suspensions until the litigation was resolved.? In that case, the ?irreparable harm? factor drove the outcome.? It could, in this case, be the determining factor, too.

Judge Berrigan could rule on the motion at the hearing, or she could take the matter under advisement and rule later.? Either way, time is of the essence; Vilma can?t participate in any practices or preseason games unless and until the suspension is lifted.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/25/john-fox-sees-tremendous-improvement-from-peyton-manning/related/

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Types of Affairs ? Aventura Stress Relief Center

Types of Affairs
and What Causes Them

To be clear, an Affair can be defined as a sexual relationship taking place outside of a marriage or a monogamous relationship.

This can be differentiated from an Infidelity which can be defined as a disloyal or unfaithful act that may or may not include sex; such as an emotional involvement with someone outside of the relationship.

In either case the end result is a breach of trust. How partners deal with that breach and heal from it will be the subject of futures Newsletters.

However, when there is a breach couples would do well to enter therapy. The meaning of the affair needs to be understood not only so that the relationship has a chance to heal but also for the relationship to ultimately grow stronger.

1) Accidental Affairs : This type of encounter can happen when? opportunity and poor judgment are working together. It is often the result of drinking, partying too much and curiosity. Poor judgment can lead the curious partner to stray and enter the realm of the one night stand.

2) Avoiding Intimacy: A partner who has never been able to truly connect with his spouse in a deeper and meaningful way might enter an affair to maintain that distance. He/she may be unaware of? the real issue.

3) Long Term Affair: This type of affair can be ongoing for many years. It may in fact parallel the life of the marriage itself. A partner may even have offspring from such an affair. For example, a former television journalist, Charles Kuralt, was discovered to have raised an entire second family. He led this parallel life for many years and was only discovered after his death.

4) Vengeful Affairs: In this type of affair the motivation is revenge. The partner who steps out of the relationship wants to get back at the other for some perceived wrongdoing. He/she may be holding a grudge about something that happened a long time ago but was never resolved. Perhaps the unfaithful partner has been feeling unappreciated, unloved or even humiliated by the behavior of the spouse and uses this to rationalize the affair

5) Escape Affairs: Here the unfaithful partner has already decided to leave the marriage and uses the affair to make their exit. The thinking is that the marriage could not work so why not use the affair as a transition to divorce.

6) Unhappy Marriage: An affair that emerges from an unhappy or unsatisfying relationship is often one where the complaint may be poor communication, emotional disconnection, and bad sex or even separate lives. Couples frequently dismiss their dissatisfaction as a part of life, argue unproductively over it or just simply learn to live with it. Those strategies typically are not helpful.

7) Fight Phobic or Conflict Avoidant: Some partners are so fearful of causing conflict by either questioning their spouse or requesting better treatment, that they seek someone outside the relationship for relief.

8) Internet Affairs: With the advancement of technology the Internet has been the go to place for almost all things. It is easy to use, can be anonymous and has a seductive quality that can become addictive. Partners engaging in Internet Affairs can find themselves caught up with the reintroduction of a former friend through Facebook or other platforms. They can also become distracted with meeting a complete stranger online whom they might never have sex with but with whom they can carry on a secret emotional connection.

9) Narcissism or Insecurity: There are some who need to feel adored or are so insecure that they need to have sexual conquests time after time to feel good about themselves.? This type of person is often impulsive and is at higher risk to have an affair.(See Newsletter on Narcissism).

10) Sex Addiction: The term addiction as it relates to sex is really meant to describe a compulsive behavior (see Newsletter on Sex Addiction). Sex is used to cope with feelings of extreme anxiety, emptiness or a deep emotional wound. Sexually compulsive individuals have very poor impulse control and are at high risk for having affairs.

An?Affair does not have to end a relationship.?It needs?to be evaluated?in the context of both partner?s lives together.?Seeking help?when an Affair is discovered can make the difference between catastrophe and reconciliation.

If you or anyone you know is dealing with this very sensitive issue you can call or email me for a confidential consultation.

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Architectural Outsourcing | ApostolicCM.com Answers

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Also, to allocate resources to 3d modeling can be a problamatic affair for such consultants and businesses as their core enterprise is construction and not 3d style.

To tap this opportunity a lot of firms have emerged worldwide who specialize particularly in 3d modeling. For an architect or builder to outsource such operate to these specialist companies, is really a proposition of substantial positive aspects. Not only it saves them charges but additionally takes the headache off their shoulders.

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NVIDIA throws support behind Miracast as wireless display standard

TI may have blazed the trail, but today NVIDIA has announced that it'll support Miracast as an integral part of its Tegra mobile platform. If you'll recall, Miracast is a creation of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which aims to create a new standard for wireless displays by way of a reference specification and certification program. There are few concrete details to share at this point, as the Miracast spec has yet to be ratified, but NVIDIA has already engaged a number of manufacturers in an effort to drum up support for the new standard -- think it's reason enough for the WiDi and AirPlay crowds to worry?

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