Man Gropes 11-Year-Old Girl in Line at Ross Clothing Store

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NDUSTRY, Calif. (KTLA) -- Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl last month while she waited in line at a local Ross clothing store.

It happened Dec. 8 at a Ross store at 1600 South Azusa Ave. in the City of Industry.

An unidentified man stood behind the girl in line, according to a news release issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
While the man waited behind the girl, he grabbed her buttocks and rubbed them for several seconds, according to the news release.

The girl's mother saw the contact while she walked up to meet her daughter in line and began yelling at the man.

The man left the store and quickly walked away, officials said.

Sheriff's officials don't know the man's name ,but store surveillance cameras captured his image.

He is described as a Latino man between 30 and 35-years-old, 5 feet 5 inches or 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing between 200 and 220 pounds.

Anyone with information on the man is urged to contact Special Victims Bureau Detective Alfonso Lopez at 562-619-2046 or Sergeant Nancy Drake at 562-619-1853.
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IDG: 91% of IT and business professionals use iPad for work

On Monday, research firm IDG published a global survey examining Apple’s tablet in the business world. The survey found that 91% of IT and business professionals used their iPads for work, even though only a quarter of the devices had been supplied for corporate use. Like consumers, business professionals use the device for media consumption, but they use their devices on the road far more frequently than anywhere else. Some 79% of IT professionals said they always use their iPads on the road and 54% use the device at home. IDG notes that the iPad hasn’t really prompted the majority of IT and business professionals to abandon any other devices, however, with only 12% saying that their iPad has completely replaced their laptops and just 6% saying it has supplanted their PCs. However, 72% said they were using their notebooks less because of the iPad, with 83% of corporate users describing themselves as being loyal to Apple’s device.

    IDG Connect Report Shows 91% of Worldwide IT and Business Professionals Use Their iPad for Work Communication

    IDG Connect’s iPad for business survey based on interviews with IT and business professionals across every continent, reveals that more professionals always use their iPad for work communication than personal communication.

    Nearly a quarter of respondents even have their iPad supplied by work, a statistic which climbs sharply in continents like Africa (47%) and Europe (40%). In addition to this, a surprising 51% of those surveyed always use the device at work, almost as many who always use it at home (54%). This is especially true in the Middle East and Africa, where over 70% always use it at work and less than half always use it at home.

    The results also show stark changes in content consumption, and provide evidence that B2B marketers should tailor information to the tablet medium:

      *  97% of professionals use the iPad for reading
      *  70% + now buy fewer physical books and newspapers
      *  72% of iPad owners carry their laptop less
      * 66% say the iPad has partially or completely replaced their laptop
      * The survey revealed a robust loyalty to Apple with 83% globally stating they would not consider buying a different tablet device next time.

    Kathryn Cave, editor at IDG Connect International said “This research shows the tablet is fast becoming a true work device, provided by employers and used in the office for business communication. It also highlights some startling regional variations, emphasising the need for marketers to adapt content to local markets as well as new mediums.”
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Tangled Ever After (English Movie)

Director    Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
 Music    Kevin Kliesch
 Release Date    13-Jan-2012

About Movie:- Tangled Ever After is upcoming Walt Disney,s movie directed by Nathan Greno and  Byron Howard. Movie is about the Royal wedding of Rapunzel and Flynn. The Kingdom is in a festive mood as everyone gathers for the royal wedding of Rapunzel and Flynn. when Pascal and Maximus, as flower chameleon and ring bearer, respectively, lose the gold bands, a harried search and renewal task gets happening. As the anxious duo tries to find the rings before anyone discovers that they’re missing, they leave behind a trail of comical diarray that includes flying lanterns, a flock of doves, a wine barrel barricade and a very sticky finale. Will Maximus and Pascal save the day and make it to the church in time? And will they ever get Flynn’s nose right? Its all about Tangled Ever After……
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Mayor: Cruise ship rescue operations suspended

The U.S. Embassy in Italy, on its Twitter feed, said two of the 120 Americans who were aboard the ship still had not been accounted for. It was not clear Sunday as to the nationalities of other missing people, with CNN affiliates having reported Italians, Peruvians, Brazilians, French and Britons were all represented on the ship.

All 109 Russians on board have been accounted for, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced late Sunday.

There were fears the death toll could rise as rescuers searched the ship, which was nearly 50% submerged and had a gash in its hull, authorities said.

Questions and criticism continue about what caused the shipwreck and the adequacy of the response.

Speaking on Italian television, the ship's captain insisted the rocks that the Concordia hit were not marked on his map.

"On the nautical chart, it was marked just as water," Schettino said, adding that the ship was about 328 yards (300 meters) from shore.

But Nicastro, the Coast Guard spokesman, insisted that the waters where the ship ran aground were well-mapped. Local fishermen say the island coast of Giglio is known for its rocky sea floor.

"Every danger in this area is on the nautical chart," Nicastro said. "This is a place where a lot of people come for diving and sailing. ... All the dangers are known."

He said the Coast Guard was investigating why the ship took the course it did.

"We know where the ship was," he said. "We know it was too close to the island. ... We don't know why."

Italian prosecutors seized the ship's data recorders Saturday. Costa Cruses said Sunday that it can only access that information with authorities' permission.

Built in 2006, the Concordia had been on a Mediterranean cruise from Rome with stops in Savona, Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Cagliari and Palermo.

The ship was carrying about 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew members when it ran aground and began taking on water Friday night.

The crew kept going because they believed the vessel could continue sailing normally, said Nicastro, the Coast Guard spokesman. Realizing there was a significant safety problem, the commander steered the Costa Concordia closer toward the port of Giglio, he said.

Authorities are looking at why the ship didn't send a mayday during the accident.
Besides the two elderly people, the dead include two French tourists and a crew member from Peru, port authorities in Livorno said. One of the victims was a 65-year-old woman who died of a heart attack, authorities said.

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Fire Rips Through Building at ConocoPhillips Refinery

WILMINGTON, Calif. (KTLA) -- A fire ripped through an administrative building at the ConocoPhillips refinery in Wilmington early Monday morning.

The fire was reported around 4:22 a.m. in the 1600 block of W. Anaheim Street, just west of the 110 Freeway.

A passerby who saw a glow in one of the windows called 911, according to L.A. City Fire Capt. Jaime Moore.
When fire crews arrived at the scene, they encountered flames in the second-story of the building, which had already extended up into the attic, Moore said.

Structural stability was a major concern for firefighters, officials said, because the brick-and-mortar building is over 100 years old.

A portion of the roof collapsed early in the firefight, prompting fire crews to pull back and assume a defensive posture.

About 150 firefighters doused the building with heavy streams of water from ladder trucks.

No injuries were immediately reported.

The blaze was confined to the free-standing office building, and did not affect any other parts of the facility.
"It does not involve the refinery, so we do not have any danger to our residents nearby," Moore said.

Fire officials stressed that it was an ordinary structure fire, and did not involve any hazardous materials.

The LAFD was working in a unified command with ConocoPhillips to shut down utilities and monitor some computer equipment in the basement of the affected building.

Firefighters expected to be on scene for several hours until the fire was completely knocked down.

ConocoPhillips spokesperson Betsy Brien said the fire would not impact shipments or the refinery process.

"We do have contingency plans in place so we will be able to operate," Brien said.

There was no immediate word on a possible cause of the fire.

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Traditional Dances of Sri Lanka – Kandyan Dancing – Sbaragamuwa dances – Pahatharata dance – Wanni Dances

Dance was then initiated in Sri Lanka during the 4th century B.C for the purpose of expelling natural disasters, sickness and greet people and land. At the end of Polonnaruwa period (15th century A.D.), chola influence came into Sri Lanka and was adopted in Sri Lanka folk dancing.

The classical dance forms are associated with the performance of various rituals and ceremonies which are centuries old and are based on the folk religion and folk beliefs going back to times before the advent and acceptance of Buddhism by the Sinhalese people in the third century B.C. These rituals and ceremonies reflect the values, beliefs and customs of an agricultural civilization of Sri Lanka.

With the time, unique dancing forms were developed and varied from each other according to regional and local traditions. Today there are three principal dancing forms that can be seen in Sri Lanka.

Each of the style quite differ from each other from the dress, drums, songs and way of dancing and movements of hands, legs and fingers.

The drum used in Kandyan dancing is known as the GETA BERE, the drum in Ruhunu dancing as the YAK BERE, and drum in Saparagamu dancing as the DAVULA

Kandyan Dancing

Developed from the period of Kandyan kings. The dance imitates movements of animals as there are dancing of elephant and peacock, The costumes of Kandyan dancers are colorfull with white, red, yellow and black mixed. The male dancers with their bare chests decorated with exquisitely silver regalia and spectacular headgear; silver bangles are also worn on the arms and ankles. The performance is companied with hectic rhythms of drums called “gata beraya”. There are 18 main dances in Kandyan Style.

Sbaragamuwa dances

The dances are usually performed in Ratnapura, relating to the worshipping of God Saman much revered by local people. There are 32 main dances in Sabaragamiwa Style.�

Pahatharata dance

Dances in low country are highly ritualistic. This form of dance is performed to appease evil spirits which cause sickness. The dancers wear masks depicting many characters varied in forms of bird, demons, reptiles, etc. There are 18 main dances related to pahatharata style known as the Daha Ata Sanniya held to exorcise 18 types of diseases from the human body

Wanni Dances
Even though not popular a dance form exsit in nothern parts of Sri Lanka by veddha decedents. This form of Dancing involve only few steps and lots of rituals and singing.

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Teenage Girl Sought in High School Soccer Player's Shooting Death

The motive for the shooting is still unknown.

"This was not a random shooting. This was definitely targeted toward a specific individual," said LAPD Det. Dave Peteque.

Police do not believe Rodriguez was in any trouble, and they say he was not involved in any gangs.

Rodriguez's mother says something did not seem right when her son answered a knock at the door, and that he seemed scared when he went outside.Friends and family say Rodriguez did not have a girlfriend. But neighbor Jose Mesa said he had seen him with a redhead recently.

"I had seen a red-haired girl in a green Ford Explorer with Panchito a few months back... I think that's probably the same one," Mesa said.

An emotional vigil was held for Rodriguez outside his home Thursday night, attended by about 100 people.

"Everybody looked up to him," Rodriguez's cousin, Zulema Ortega, said while wiping away tears.

"He was like the best cousin you could ask for. He was a good kid."

Rodriguez's classmates say they are stunned and saddened by the shooting.

"It doesn't make sense," one classmate told KTLA. "No one really disliked Pancho. It was impossible."

"I've played with him, for what, three years?" Rodriguez's friend Sergio Hernandez said. "Just a great kid... Funny... Always cracking jokes... Fun to be around."

"He loved to play the game," said Rodriguez's soccer coach, Ian Kogan."He cared a lot about the guys. He cared a lot about the school. He was a great kid. I loved him."

El Camino's Careers in Entertainment Academy is sponsoring a fundraiser to raise money for the Rodriguez family.

The fundraiser will be held January 22 at Woodland Hills Ice at 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd.

For every person that attends, $5 from the admission price will be donated by the rink to help pay for funeral costs.
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