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As a former philosophy major turned criminal defense attorney and someone who is very interested in that quaint and ancient custom called “the rule of law,” I’m continually amazed at criminal defense attorneys who don’t think it’s important to know the law. If I had a nickel for every time some attorney came into my office and said, “You don’t need all these books,” or for every attorney who told me I didn’t have to read as many judicial opinions as I do, I could buy myself lunch. Well, at least at Taco Bell. Still, that’s a lot of nickels.

The point is, if the law matters, then you must read and know the law to be an adequate attorney. To be a really good attorney, you must have some theoretical understanding of the law.

As TheAnthroGeek (quoting Leonardo da Vinci) points out, the concept is not new:

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

You can get pretty far in life — even as a criminal defense attorney — without ever learning the law. One of the more well-known, well-respected and best attorneys in Fresno (may he rest in peace) “readily admitted that his knowledge of the law was not his strength.”1 And because of overcrowding in the courts, even those few judges who know the law frequently overlook it in order to keep things moving. After all, forcing the State to prove its case can take time, especially in a county where prosecutions are hastily- and sloppily-considered and thrown together.2 So long as no one with any power complains, nothing is done.

Nevertheless, even as jaded as I fear I’m becoming — and it only takes one or two encounters with the Fifth Appellate District Court to strip an attorney of the belief laws actually matter — a good knowledge of the law can make a difference.3 This is because the concept of law, if not the laws themselves, still counts as persuasive authority.4 For that reason, it seems to me even more important for defense attorneys to keep current on the law. The more knowledgeable and certain the attorney is, the more likely she or he will be able to counter any false statements of law made by the prosecution — and, trust me, the prosecution will make false statements of law, either knowingly, or from ignorance.5

The moral of this story? Well, there’s actually more than one. We must work against the increasing tendency of our system to sacrifice substance to status. People with the money and the right social status to hire the right attorney fare better than those who do not have money or social status. As the recent Genesis trial re-demonstrates, who you are matters as much to the outcome of your case what the law says. (I didn’t discuss that in this posting because I’m trying to write shorter articles.) If, however, the laws actually mattered, this tendency would be reduced by retaining lawyers who care enough to learn the law.6 There’s probably a political aspect to solving this problem, but I don’t have time to explore that in this article.7

Another approach is for attorneys to push back when courts ignore the laws. Yes, it’s harder. Yes, it takes more work. Before you can convince others to follow the law, you must know the law. The better you know the law, the greater the chance you can convince the courts to follow it.

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  1. Chris Collins, “Noted Attorney Ernest Kinney succumbs to cancer at age 63″ (April 30, 2008) formerly found at http://www.fresno (no longer available as of August 8, 2008, so I guess you’ll have to trust me). []
  2. District Attorney Elizabeth Egan essentially admitted this. She told the Fresno Bee that the reason the acquittal rate is so high is because the office cannot properly handle their duties — almost half the “least serious” cases are being “lost,” meaning the accused person is found not guilty by a judge or jury. (See Andres Araiza, “Fresno District Attorney Defending Low Trial Conviction” (June 19, 2008) ABC30, found at (last visited August 8, 2008.) [“solution is simple [sic] give her more money”].) By the way, shouldn’t the “least serious” cases be the easiest to handle? []
  3. Lest someone from the Fifth read this and actually have the sensitivity — and gall — to be offended, you could prevent this by giving reasons (how quaint is that!) when you contradict well-settled law such as that found in People v. Jordan (1990) 217 Cal.App.3d 640, 646 [266 Cal.Rptr. 86]. Postcard denials do not count as “reasons” and provide no confidence that the Court either understands, or is concerned for, the law. In the absence of an opposing brief, there’s not even a hint as to why that California Supreme Court case should not be followed; there is not even the comfort of assuming the Court accepted opposing arguments, because none were submitted. []
  4. The technical definition of “persuasive authority” is “all primary authority that is not mandatory and all secondary authority.” (John K. Hanft, Legal Research in California (5th ed. 2004) § 1.3, p. 4.) The same text notes that “[p]rimary authority is the law itself….” and “[a]uthority that must be followed is called mandatory authority. Authority that may be followed is persuasive authority. (Id. at §§ 1.2-1.3, pp. 2-3.) These days, the courts pick and choose which law to follow in virtually all cases, making even what it “technically” primary authority merely persuasive. Yet because some courts honestly believe they honor the law, a solid understanding of the law can give a defense attorney a slightly better chance of convincing the court. In other words, as I said, the concept of law — or, more accurately, the concept of the rule of law — still has persuasive power if the attorney’s legal argument is well-grounded in actual laws. It’s no longer the guarantee it should be, but it helps. []
  5. In one recent trial in which I assisted another attorney, the prosecutor repeatedly argued that Crawford v. Washington (2004) 511 U.S. 36 [124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177], forbad the introduction of non-hearsay statements the defense wished to introduce. The defense argument was that the statements were not admitted for the truth of the matter asserted and thus were not hearsay. They were offered to show the state of mind of the defendant. The prosecutor told the court that “Those are all barred by Crawford. There’s no evidence here that there’s been some ruling that it’s not barred by Crawford.” As I pointed out to the court, “the California Supreme Court says that Crawford is evidence that there’s been some ruling that it is not barred by Crawford.” (People v. Mendoza (2007) 42 Cal.4th 686, 698 [68 Cal.Rptr.3d 274].) The California Supreme Court actually said these words: “[A]s the high court acknowledged in Crawford, the Sixth Amendment is not implicated by the admission of nonhearsay statements.” (Ibid.) In keeping with what I said above about actual laws now being reduced to persuasive authority only, the judge agreed with the prosecutor. If it were not for the numerous briefs I submitted on the matter, I would chalk this one up to ignorance; because of the briefs, it clearly was a knowing refusal to follow the law. []
  6. There’s still a lot of leeway for discretion — as there needs to be — even within a properly-functioning system. Thus, in addition to following the law, we need judges who will work within themselves to treat those with less social status similarly to those with more; to treat, for example, someone with a drug problem similarly to someone who abuses their high position to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from taxpayers. []
  7. I don’t mean — or at least I don’t just mean — rioting in the streets, as Pakistani lawyers did when President Musharraf ignored the rule of law. (See here and here and here.) []

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Rick Horowitz is a criminal defense attorney with an extreme dislike of the criminal "justice" system which routinely ignores the Constitution, the Law, and the lives it ruins.

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What’s the hottest music ticket once again this summer in Rhode Island? The fact the entire event was nearly all sold out in January before they had even begun announcing performers, it’s pretty safe to say the Newport Folk Festival gets the nod.

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What’s the hottest music ticket once again this summer in Rhode Island? The fact the entire event was nearly all sold out in January before they had even begun announcing performers, it’s pretty safe to say the Newport Folk Festival gets the nod.

For the last half dozen years or so, the festival would begin with a small Friday night show at the Newport Casino. Last near they bumped things up a notch moving to Fort Adams State Park, home of the Saturday and Sunday festivities, for an evening of music headlined by Wilco. The success of that night, and the festival in general, has led to what this year will be three full days of music beginning on Friday morning.
Whereas the headliners on Friday’s bill are known quantities (Feist, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Mountain Goats), festivals like Newport Folk are also about discovery, namely the less familiar acts appearing on the smaller stages on the festival grounds.
For the next three weeks, Ear Bliss will provide an insider’s guide to some of those acts without the clout of a Beck or Jim James. This first week is dedicated to Friday performers. One of the must-see events on Friday is the “Newport Homegrown” stage presented by The Low Anthem and featuring four up and coming Rhode Island acts including Roz Raskin & the Rice Cakes, Last Good Tooth, Death Vessel and Vudu Sister.
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Band: Phosphorescent
From: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Latest album: Muchacho (2013, Dead Oceans Records)
Recommended If You Like (RIYL): My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Deer Tick
Description: My Morning Jacket gone Rhinestone cowboy.
Tidbit: The 2009 album by Phosphorescent titled To Willie was a cosmic country collection comprised entirely Willie Nelson covers.

Band: J.D. McPherson
From: Broken Arrow, Okla.
Latest album: Signs & Signifiers (2012, Rounder Records)
RIYL: Rockabilly legends Ronnie Dawson and Johnny Carroll
Description: Scorching, full-on old school rockabilly with a 100 percent hip-shaking guarantee from one of the hottest combos going.
Tidbit: Rolling Stone magazine named McPherson a top artist to watch in 2012.

Band: The Milk Carton Kids
From: Eagle Rock, Calif.
Latest album: The Ash & Clay (2013, Anti Records)
RIYL: The Everly Brothers, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Blue Sky Boys
Description: Ultra-pure close harmony in the brother duet tradition with an all-acoustic setting and possessing a quiet intensity.
Tidbit: Quickly becoming darlings of the Prairie Home Companion scene.

Band: Kingsley Flood
From: Boston, Mass. and Washington, D.C.
Latest album: Battles (2013, self-released)
Description: The band itself cites everything from the soul and R&B sounds of the Stax Records catalogue to the The Kinks and The Clash as influential in the making of Battles.
Tidbit: December saw Kingsley Flood win the Boston Music Award for Americana act of the year.

Band: John McCauley
From: Providence, R.I.
RIYL: Deer Tick (duh!), Diamond Rugs (double duh!)
Description: Be it Deer Tick, Diamond Rugs or solo. Mr. McCauley is an absolutely compelling performer with an undeniable stage presence.
Tidbit: These days, McCauley resides in Nashville. This past April he was named to the Newport Folk Festival’s Board of Advisors. His band Deer Tick has a new album due out in September.

Band: The Last Bison
From: Southeastern Virginia
Latest album: Inheritance (EP) (2013, Universal Republic Records)
RIYL: The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes
Description: Mountain music meets chamber music.
Tidbit: The band is a multi-family affair led by Ben Hardesty and includes his father Dan, sister Annah, and brothers Jay and Andrew Benfante.

Band: Vudu Sister
From: Providence, R.I.
Latest album: Household Items (2013, Columbus Recording Company)
RIYL: Nirvana gone freak folk
Description: Alternative anti-folk grunge. Front man Keith McCurdy will grab your attention.
Tidbit: Vudu Sisters’ new release is the debut for the Ben Knox Miller-helmed Columbus Recording Company based out of the Columbus Theater in Providence.

Band: Last Good Tooth
From: Providence, R.I.
Latest album: Not Without Work and Rest (2013, Team Love Records)
RIYL: Avett Brothers, Violent Femmes
Description: Appalachia meets the Garage with jam spread all over it.
Tidbit: The band members of Last Good Tooth met at RISD.

Band: Roz Raskin & the Rice Cakes
From: Providence, R.I.
Latest album: Monster Man (2011, self-released EP)
RIYL: Radiohead gone pop.
Description: Folk-inspired pop music chock full of melody.
Tidbit: Winners of the 2012 WBRU Rock Hunt with a new album planned for release at the end of 2013.

(Dan Ferguson is a freelance music writer and host of The Boudin Barndance, broadcast Thursday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on WRIU-FM 90.3.)

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Education: Why Has Cheating Become An Epidemic?

Pundits routinely assert there is a cheating epidemic in American education.

A few statistics can confirm the extent of the problem. Researchers at the University of Nebraska surveyed students and found that “89 percent said glancing at someone else’s answers during a test was cheating, but 87 percent said they’d done that at least once. Also, 94 percent said providing answers to someone during a test was cheating — but 74 percent admitted to doing it.”

Our_Cheating_HeartPaying someone else to write your course work is also common, and now a big business. More than 100 websites provide essays that students hand in as their own work., a particularly shameless site, flaunts this motto: “It’s Not Cheating, It’s Collaborating….Welcome to, a leading free essay and student resource site. eCheat has an extensive archive of free essays, all submitted and graded by high school and college students. eCheat also has an archive of 60,000 professionally written papers available for purchase.”

One solo scribe bragged in an ad: “I have been making a living doing this work for the last three years….I have graduated with four clients, start to finish, am working with three Masters level clients, and partner with a wide range of clients on an assignment to assignment basis.”

Another hustler said, in a mighty burst of sophistry: “It’s not plagiarism if I write it for you.”

It certainly is. Just as every grade, and every degree, that results from cheating is a lie, and surely constitutes fraud on future employers. (Consult your lawyer. Wouldn’t the cheater and the ghostwriter be engaged in racketeering?)

Here’s the real shocker. According to Educational Testing Services, “only 35% of college officials believe cheating is a problem,” this despite research showing that “73% of all test takers, including prospective graduate students and teachers, agree that most students do cheat at some point. 86% of high school students agreed. But college officials don’t see a problem.” That’s a problem.

Notice the swirling together of academic decline with loss of integrity. It’s long been my contention that our Education Establishment aims low, and hits their target. Nobody learns much but everyone gets a good grade and is promoted. The Education Establishment seems irresistibly drawn to leveling. At some point, however, students run into the real world: exams, resumes, entrance requirements, job interviews. If some students need to cheat, let’s be understanding–that seems to be the evolving policy. Surely, administrators could easily stop the cheating, or much of it, if they really wanted to. In not cracking down on the cheaters, the officials allow an unforgivable pressure on the honest to begin cheating. And once somebody lies or cheats one time, the next time is easier. You think the officials don’t know that? Do they intend to corrupt the society?

The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed an anonymous ghost writer. All the sleazy themes come together in his comments:

“In the midst of this great recession, business is booming. At busy times, during midterms and finals, my company’s staff of roughly 50 writers is not large enough to satisfy the demands of students who will pay for our work and claim it as their own.

“You would be amazed by the incompetence of your students’ writing. I have seen the word ‘desperate’ misspelled every way you can imagine. And these students truly are desperate. They couldn’t write a convincing grocery list, yet they are in graduate school. They really need help. They need help learning and, separately, they need help passing their courses. But they aren’t getting it.

“For those of you who have ever mentored a student through the writing of a dissertation, served on a thesis-review committee, or guided a graduate student through a formal research process, I have a question: Do you ever wonder how a student who struggles to formulate complete sentences in conversation manages to produce marginally competent research? How does that student get by you?”

This e-ghost provides the perfect anecdote for where we are: “The request came in by e-mail around 2 in the afternoon. It was from a previous customer, and she had urgent business. I quote her message here verbatim (if I had to put up with it, so should you): ‘You did me business ethics proposal for me I need proposal got approved pls can you will write me paper?’ I’ve gotten pretty good at interpreting this kind of correspondence. The client had attached a document from her professor with details about the paper. She needed the first section in a week. Seventy-five pages.

I told her no problem.”

So here’s my summary. The public schools have insisted for decades on doing a mediocre job. The people in charge are endlessly clever at coming up with methods and strategies that seem always to result in less education, not more. Meanwhile, higher education has become a vast multi-billion dollar industry. Follow the money. Who would dare to disrupt the flow of warm bodies to the nation’s colleges, where most presidents make a quarter to a half-million dollars, professors do quite well, and government loans to students keep the whole scheme in business?

To conceal this premeditated or at least permitted decline, and to give ever more students a chance to reach college and beyond, and to keep the higher-ed industry at full boil, all sorts of subterfuges (intellectual and otherwise) must be resorted to. There is real moral squalor throughout the following anecdotes.

ABC’s Primetime heard the same refrain from many students who cheat: “that cheating in school is a dress rehearsal for life. They mentioned President Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky scandal and financial scandals like the Enron case, as well as the inconsistencies of the court system.

’Whether or not you did it or not, if you can get the jury to say that you’re not guilty, you’re free,’ said Will, a student at one of the top public high schools in the nation.

 “Mary, a student at a large university in the South, said, ‘A lot of people think it’s like you’re not really there to learn anything. You’re just learning to learn the system.’

“Joe is a student at a top college in the Northeast who admits to cheating regularly. Like all of the college students who spoke to Primetime, he wanted his identity obscured. In Joe’s view, he’s just doing what the rest of the world does. ‘The real world is terrible,’ he told Gibson. ‘People will take other people’s materials and pass it on as theirs. I’m numb to it already. I’ll cheat to get by.’”

Behold what our Education Establishment has given to the nation–young adults who are cynical, dishonest, and smug about it.

Of course, everyone knows that Atlanta’s huge school system has similar morals. Media reports wondered how Atlanta could “establish such pervasive unethical habits? Apparently some 178 educators, including 38 principals, are named as perpetrators of this educational fraud, and more than 80 have confessed to their roles in the 2011 scoring scam. Cheating took place in 44 of the 56 schools examined in the investigation.” In fairness, many other cites have reported similar scandals. Naturally, you wonder how many of those “educators” had cheated their way through college and grad school. It’s what they know how to do. Somebody suggests having a “pizza party” to alter grades; and these people apparently react: “Sure, why not?”

One ghost writer reports that nurses are a big part of his business. Do some also cheat on their exams? But tomorrow one of them might be emending or evaluating your medical records. Replicate that scene in every direction. Imagine the vast army of phonies and pretenders throughout our society. People who didn’t earn their good grades, didn’t deserve their advanced degrees, and don’t now know their presumed area of expertise. Our society will be less productive and efficient each year.

Is it too late? Can we start over? With the new wave of elementary school kids, for example? Teach them to read, write and do arithmetic. This approach always works. Teach them that honesty is the best policy; and make it difficult to cheat. Meanwhile, teach them foundational knowledge in an orderly systematic way. Then they can pass their tests and advance honestly.

Too many high-level educators seem comfortable with taking away a child’s learning and then a child’s honor.

(For related analysis, see “45: The Crusade Against Knowledge” on the writer’s site


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Economic Issues (and Nader) Continue to Impact 2004 Election

Posted By Barry Ritholtz On March 11, 2004 @ 9:44 am In Finance,Politics | Comments Disabled

As we have previously been discussing, job losses and the economy [1] are going to be the single most important factor in the upcoming election. Additionally, Nader [2] is likely to have an impact, and perhaps a decisive one. From today’s WSJ:

“A new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll documents the current toll on the president from the loss of 2.2 million jobs since he took office, as well as recent Democratic attacks on the issue: diminished support for Mr. Bush and his party, declining economic confidence and applause for rival John Kerry’s call to roll back tax cuts on the affluent. Twice as many Americans say they plan to base their vote on the economy than on the national-security issues that represent Mr. Bush’s greatest strength.”

This chart tells the story:

The Journal notes that “Bush needs to shift the campaign dialogue to friendlier terrain, as he has tried to do lately by embracing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, attacking Mr. Kerry as a waffler and using images of Sept. 11, 2001, in a campaign ad. But the poll shows that Mr. Bush and his campaign advisers face a challenge in moving those issues higher on the public’s 2004 election agenda.”

That’s why there has been little traction on Presidential proposals suchs as a constitutional amendment banning gay marraiges, on Mars exploration or on the President’s “Immigrant Amnesty” plan.

Republican pollster Robert Teeter observed, “In the last analysis, the voters get to choose the issues. You can’t get rid of” concerns over jobs and the economy.

Economic Fears May Threaten Bush’s Job [3]
With Public Less Focused on War, The President’s Support Slips,
But He Still Edges Kerry in Poll

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From six-handed massages to diamond dust skincare, these are spa treatments on the far side of ordinary.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Istanbul

Sultan’s Royal Six-Hand Massage

Istanbul, Turkey

How to make massage more luxurious for those who’ve been there, done that? If you’re The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Istanbul, you add a few extra pairs of hands. This Turkish spa was one of the first to take the cloistered calm of the treatment room to the level of sultan-worthy sumptuousness by surrounding the massage table with a trio of therapists, each dedicated to the same task of reducing the stress of one lucky guest.

Four-handed massages are common enough on spa menus from Bora Bora to Bali. “But there wasn’t a spa offering six-hand massages with three therapists anywhere when we debuted the Sultan’s Royal Six-Hand Massage,” says spa manager Bülent Tüysüz. It’s not the spa’s most-booked service, but dozens of guests perusing the menu comment on the over-the-top treatment and how fantastic it must feel. And the spa’s happy to encourage the idea.

What’s it really like? To make sure that there aren’t too many cooks in the kitchen, your body is divided up, so to speak, among the therapists: Two work in tandem — their job is to coordinate their massage movements in a predictable, synched-up pattern — and the third therapist performs pressure-point work on your face, scalp and feet.

So is it relaxing or stressful to have that much attention paid to your tight muscles and knots? “Some guests are concerned that it will be too much for them,” Tüysüz admits. But those who try it do relax. “It’s an amazing feeling to have six hands moving on your body. The same pressure and movements feels like one therapist has six hands on you,” Tüysüz says. That’s different from a regular massage, where just one area of the body is massaged at a time. During this souped-up treatment, your feet, scalp and back can be worked on simultaneously. Fit for a spa sultan indeed.

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Amelia Island

Heaven in a Hammock

Amelia Island, Florida

Among the most inventive massages on spa menus right now is one that takes place in a hammock. But it’s not your standard-issue “Gilligan’s Island” setup swinging between two coconut trees — this is in another league altogether.
Heaven in a Hammock, offered at The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Amelia Island, takes place indoors, in an “environmentally controlled” treatment room. Everything from the hammock (a tight-weave, hand-crocheted cotton that doesn’t pinch) to the stand, which suspends you 14 inches off the floor, has been carefully considered and tested. You wear loose-fitting clothing and don a pair of tight-fitting eye goggles that “block out white light and stimulate the pineal gland to create a relaxation response,” says Stacy Myers, the spa’s lead therapist and creator of the treatment. Even the soothing music — rolling ocean waves, rise and fall, ebb and flow — is engineered to bring your body into the alpha state, a relaxed condition.

The rhythmic sensation is not unlike being enveloped by a giant, gently swinging cradle — but with your head and feet free. What good can come of a massage (table) that moves? The hammock allows two therapists to work on both sides of your body at the same time. Further proof that it’s serious spa stuff: only four of the spa’s 30 therapists are qualified to give it.

“When the brain isn’t challenged, and the body is weightless and suspended, the cervical spine releases, which is an ideal state for healing,” Myers says. That’s when the therapists move in with multiple massage modalities — Thai, craniosacral and shiatsu — to knead you through, around or over the hammock. They use palms and fists, feet and knees, and shins and toes — though you probably won’t feel the difference. “It’s all about keeping the flow and transition of touch to other movement,” Myers says. Most guests walk out with an amazing sense of peace and calm. “And some experience a profound emotional release,” she adds. “With this treatment, I’ve come to think that if you can totally let go, you’ll be surprised at what can let go.”

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Diamond Magnetic Body Scrub

Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain

As long as there is skin to cleanse, there will be beauty companies devising ways to make the quotidian soap-and-water habit a bespoke spa ritual. That’s the case with the Diamond Magnetic Body Scrub, which uses microfine magnetic particles — and bona fide diamond dust — to purportedly draw the dirt from your pores and negative energy from your body.

This is no ordinary scrub. First, the therapist sprays the air around you with Diamond Water Mist, then she applies Diamond Dust with massage strokes. Next, holding a magnet in her gloved hand, she lifts off the product section by section, along with your dead skin cells, just as with a regular scrub. Of course, this one claims to take away your bad vibes, too. I prefer focusing on what you’re left with: an iridescent shimmer, thanks to the application of Diamond Body Cream at the treatment’s conclusion.

According to Lulu Katrivesis, spa director at The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa, the head-to-toe exfoliation is just the cosmetic aspect of the process. Its real point is to “energize the magnetic field of the body” — an Old World therapy that’s meant for a New Age spa-goer.

Although the health benefits of magnetics or magnetic therapy have not been confirmed by peer-reviewed studies (nor are they likely to be), the spa plays on the idea that magnets “draw the hidden imbalances of negative energy to the surface, [as they] purify the skin, bringing balance to mind and body,” says Laura Gamboa of Natura Bissé, which makes the Diamond Magnetic Body Scrub.

When I asked how the magnets do that, Gamboa said they have the ability to “counter the effects caused by electromagnetic pollution in the environment (cell phones, TVs, computers, microwave ovens, etc.), relieve stress, and improve cell functioning.” I’m still not sure how the finely ground particles I felt in the jar do that. But the treatment sure does feel luxurious.

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Warming Peat Ritual

Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Mud, seaweed, honey and chocolate have become fairly commonplace ingredients in spa body wraps, those neck-to-toe envelopments that treat your skin to special products that aren’t exactly shower-friendly. But ESPA at The Ritz-Carlton Powerscourt, County Wicklow in Ireland uses a more rarefied material for the job: warmed peat.

You might associate the stuff with your favorite Scotch, but peat has qualities that make it good for soothing muscles and conditioning skin, says Kellie Ann Hayden, spa manager at ESPA. “And it’s an authentically Irish ingredient,” she says. Not to mention an organic one. Still, shouldn’t we be squeamish about slathering ourselves with a material most often used for fuel?

To hear Hayden explain it, peat is a lot like mud. It comes from wetland bogs and is made up of partially decomposed plant matter, which contains minerals and other nutrients. The spa sources its peat from County Offaly, and it arrives in heavy, 5-liter buckets. Nothing is added to the peat in its raw state, says Hayden proudly. “It’s black, has no aroma, and feels damp and soft on skin.”

While the description might inspire a shudder in some spa-goers, ESPA manages to elevate this lowly bogland substance to the cosmetic echelon of Crème de la Mer. The treatment begins with a vigorous salt-and-oil scrub to remove dead skin cells, while the peat is warmed to a very pleasant temperature. Then, just as a Michelin-starred chef might spread foie gras on toast, your therapist lavishes the warm peat over your just-exfoliated skin. Next, you’re wrapped in a heated, waterproof blanket, and, while your skin soaks up the nutrients of the peat (for about 15 minutes), your therapist gives you an Oriental Head Massage. After a shower to remove the peat, you enjoy a 30-minute massage, concluding a full-body ritual that lasts a total of 90 minutes.

Cosmetically, peat performs a detoxification function by pulling debris from your pores — ironic for something that’s akin to dirt itself — and it imparts moisturizing minerals. “We’ve found that it’s wonderful for many skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis, as well as muscle stiffness and joint inflammation,” says Hayden, who adds that by the time guests leave, they’re converts to the treatment. “Because they see a visible difference in their skin and feel reconstituted, they have entirely new connotations of peat,” Hayden says. Will you?


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Widespread northeastern hurricane damage last fall led to a grant opportunity for town officials to finally relocate a historically flood-prone town facility, but actually getting to the money turned out to be like snagging an elusive brass ring.

Hurricane Sandy prompted a wide-scale federal emergency declaration, which included Sullivan County and led to the funding of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants, to be administered by the state’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM).

Earlier this fall, Highland officials learned of the availability of a $1 billion in state-federal money to lessen the impacts of future damage—so called Hazard Mitigation Grants.

They decided to try for funds to relocate the town highway garage, which borders the Halfway Brook in Eldred and was damaged in and rebuilt after the area’s flood of record in 1955. There has been a plan in the works to move it to a town-owned site behind the senior citizen center on Route 55 for some 11 years, but the money has never been available.

So, with word of the Sandy grants available, Supervisor Andrew Boyar learned that Highland was eligible and, at the urging of Councilman Scott Hallock, town officials met with an OEM representative in mid-October. They learned that applications were due by October 30—but applications were not yet available, Boyar told a town board meeting audience on November 12. However, they would have the advice of a state grant technician to help them, they were told.

Town officials and volunteers began the preliminaries and quickly found that the data entry program for the grant was not user-friendly; and the state specialist was never available—a problem that would continue throughout the process, Boyar said.

Grant writers were contracted to expedite the work. They too had their problems with the process. The application was first deemed incomplete, as a score of exhibits sent as a single attachment were misidentified by the program as a single exhibit.

“The grant writers persisted. No one quit,” Boyar said. Everything had to be sent in again, as separate attachments this time.

The preparations went on for two full days, from 8:30 a.m. till late at night, “[The grant writers] were great. We never would have gotten it done without them,” Boyar said.

The application was finally filed and accepted on October 28, two days ahead of the deadline.

“On the day after, we finally heard from the state technician,” Boyar said.

Some 2,000 municipalities are eligible for the funding, and the successful filing does not guarantee funding. If successful, the grant would provide 75%, $1,050,000, of the $1.4 million project.

In a related move, after massaging its language to accommodate emergency management bureaucracy, the town board approved an updated local emergency/hazard mitigation plan, which had to be in place for grant eligibility.

In an unrelated grant action, the board authorized an application for a $50,000 state grant through state Sen. John Bonacic, to plan and develop a community park on town-owned property on River Road in Barryville.


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At-risk children in three Chicagoland area schools use advanced education technology from Hatch Early Learning in their pre-Kindergarten classrooms as part of iStartSmart Mobile tablet pilot programs.

Administrators monitor teacher-student interactions and improvements in classroom and school performance, while teachers use the progress monitoring system to understand each child’s skill level and to refocus learning.

“Teachers play a vital role in facilitating technology use in the classroom,” said Ginny Norton, Hatch president. “These pilot programs demonstrate best practices in implementing technology in early learning, as educators use Hatch technology to inform early intervention and instruction.”

[ Also Read: Tablets to Usher in a New Tech Era in Schools ]

Dr. Laurie Klomhaus, Principal at Todd Early Childhood in Aurora’s West Aurora School District 129, oversees instruction in 11 classrooms with a high concentration of economically disadvantaged students, students with special abilities and English Language Learners.

“I like the simplicity of the whole system,” she said. “I can easily pull reports that show me how often the tablets are used. That insight into what is happening in the classroom helps to guide my decisions about the professional development needs of my staff.”

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The Head Start program at Northwestern University Settlement House in Chicago chose to invest in iStartSmart technology after winning a national grant to make program improvements.

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With the Hatch Report Management System teachers pinpoint areas of difficulty and redirect the software to present activities focused on specific skillsets.

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You can never start planning ahead early enough for the Christmas Season...which is basically upon us according to all your local shops.

Chris from the RR US office pretended to be Santa to scope out the following info. What are members from Stone Sour camp going to be giving this year? What are they hoping to get? The music situation on this front is as follows:

Corey Taylor:
records to give: Nirvana 'Bleach', The Vines, Rolling Stones 'Let It Bleed', The Hives, Local H, White Stripes.
records to receive: '200mph' by Bill Cosby, Frank Sinatra's greatest hits, The Mentors 'Up The Dose', the 1st Cynic's album, new Audioslave record.

Shawn Economaki:
records to give: Lost Prophets, Avril Lavigne, Incubus 'Morning View',
Metallica 'Master of Puppets', Prince 'Purple Rain'.
records to receive: nothing - has all he wants.

Jim Root:
records to give: Blur '13', Radiohead 'OK Computer', Portishead 'Live in NYC', The Haunted 'The Haunted Made Me Do It', The Beatles White Album.
records to receive: Rolling Stones 'Goat's Head Soup', Beatles 'Rubber Sole', Anthrax 'Fistfull of Metal', Deftones 'White Pony', Queens of the Stone Age 'Songs for the Deaf'.

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  • TVAA rolls through week 2

    The Tennessee Valley Athletic Association completed its second week of play and one program remained unblemished. After sweeping Kingston one, the Oliver Springs Bobcats picked up a second sweep over Midway on Saturday.

  • Defense leads HMS past Rockwood

    The Harriman Middle School Blue Devils used solid defense and a pair of big plays on offense to pick up a 14-0 victory at Rockwood Tuesday night.

  • Harriman house fire investigated

    The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s office will be in Harriman to investigate a suspicious fire at 706 Silura St.
    It happened Monday afternoon around 2 p.m. Harriman Fire Chief Brad Goss said the house was unoccupied with no utilities to the home.
    “It had been abandoned for a little while. They (neighbors) had seen people go in and out of it,” Goss said. “Without power, that is very suspicious. That is arson. When there is no power, no electricity, that is arson.”

  • Deputy who arrests firefighter quits

    A Roane County Sheriff’s deputy has resigned after an altercation in which he charged a Rockwood firefighter with resisting arrest.
    Derek Kennedy resigned Monday night, according to Sheriff Jack Stockton.
    Kennedy’s weekend arrest of Rockwood Fire Department Capt. David Mitchell was under review by top brass at the sheriff’s office.

  • Morgan hires Laxton

    Cheryl Laxton has already filled out paperwork to go work for David Morgan in the Roane County Property Assessor’s Office. Laxton was a candidate in this year’s assessor’s race, but she dropped out with about two months to go in the campaign and endorsed Morgan, who would go on to defeat longtime incumbent Teresa Kirkham.

  • Gunman tried to force meth use

    A Rockwood man is behind bars for allegedly trying to force a woman to use methamphetamine.
    Arthur Paul Arwood, 50, was arrested Saturday and charged with manufacturing methamphetamine, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault and possession of a handgun during a drug felony.
    Rockwood police said they responded to Front Avenue on a call about a distraught woman.

  • Kingston triathlon grows on second attempt

    Some of the best athletes in East Tennessee and beyond competed for bragging rights Saturday morning in the second annual Storm the Fort Olympic Distance Triathlon at Kingston.
    Participation was up considerably from last year’s inaugural event, which drew 132 competitors. More than 200 athletes were involved this year, either as full-fledged triathletes or as members of relay teams.

  • Railway Museum to run its last dinner train for season Sept. 15

    Southern Appalachia Railway Museum’s schedule for September includes one-hour narrated excursions on Sept. 1 and Sept. 15.

    The one-hour narrated excursions depart at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. both Saturdays.

    During the ride, passengers will hear the story of the Manhattan Project, which was one of the most remarkable industrial achievements ever accomplished.

    Regular ticket prices are $13 for ages 3-12 and $17 for adults.

  • The Garden Gate: Nature’s getting ready for fall

    The hydrangea is one of the loveliest of summer flowers that linger on into fall.

    It flourishes in either full sun or part shade, and in borders or containers. This old-fashioned bloom has been making a come back in popularity and is again available in a range of cultivars.

    Native to woodlands in both North and South America and East Asia, hydrangeas include more than 80 species of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and vines. Probably the best known and one of the most popular examples is the hydrangea macrophyllas.

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I would strongly recommend attempting to help Dominik get RBUtil
functioning well for those who use screen readers, as with it working
you'll need far less MP3 files. The vast majority of players will need
nothing beyond that program, and the others will just need a few extra
steps beyond it.
I think it will be important for the listening audience, of this program, to
learn to install Rockbox the good old fashioned way, as it will not take too
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I plan on doing an over-view of Rockbox with the presenters to follow with
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Mr. Glendon Earl Dickson Sr., 64 of Marshview Road, Towanda, PA passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, May 30, 2011 after a lingering illness.

Born in Salem, NJ on Feb. 16, 1947, he was a son of Helen Campbell Farney and the late Melvin Alex Dickson. He attended school in New Jersey and moved to Bradford County where he worked for several area farms until he was disabled.

Surviving are a son, Daniel Dickson; granddaughter, Amanda Dickson, Evergreen; mother, Helen Farney, Towanda; brothers, Donald Dickson, Kissimmee, FL, Dennis Dickson, Ocala, FL; Nathaniel Farney, Towanda; sisters, Paula Hicks, Bloomfield, NM, Barbara Strickland, Newark, DE; uncle, Henry (Florence) Campbell, New Albany and a longtime friend, William Mella, Ocala, FL. He was predeceased by a son, Glendon E. Dickson, Jr.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June 11 at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing. Interment will be in the Terrytown Cemetery.

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Santa to visit Rocklin with help from firefighters

Once again this year Santa Claus has requested the assistance of the Rocklin firefighters in escorting him through the local non-gated neighborhoods of Rocklin to visit children of all ages.  Santa rides atop a fire engine and his helpers pass out candy to all the good boys and girls. This excursion is planned for December 3rd -13th, Monday through Thursday (weather permitting) during the hours of 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Santa has so many houses to visit that he will be unable to stop at each one, but he can't wait to see your smiling faces.  Since he will be traveling in a very large fire engine, it will be important that you and your family remain on the sidewalk and not try to approach the vehicle.  Also, please leave your pets in the house so as not to frighten Santa's helpers.

It is Santa's intention to visit the southern half of Rocklin on December 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, and the northern half of Rocklin December 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th.  Occasionally inclement weather prevents Santa from making his scheduled rounds.

Please be fire safe throughout the year, and know that Santa and the Rocklin firefighters wish you and yours the very happiest of holidays.

What: Neighborhood Santa Visits
When: December 3rd -13th, Monday through Thursday (weather permitting)
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Where: Southern Rocklin December 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th; Northern Rocklin December 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th

For more information call the fire department at 916.625.5300.

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