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Brian David Mitchell Case Goes to Jury

Salt Lake City, UT – After hearing weeks of conflicting testimony, a jury is now deciding whether to find the alleged kidnapper of Elizabeth Smart guilty, not guilty, or insane and therefore not responsible for his actions. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports.

Brian David Mitchell is accused of kidnapping Smart in 2002, and transporting her across state lines for sexual purposes. In closing arguments yesterday, prosecutor Diana Hagen said Mitchell took Smart's dignity and freedom and held her captive as a "sexual plaything." She said Mitchell is not a prophet, but a predatory chameleon with the cunning to adapt his behavior to serve his needs and desires. Defense attorney Robert Steele told jurors that Mitchell was delusional and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. He said Mitchell believed he was above everyone else, and had a sustained, long-term belief to take plural wives and fight the anti-Christ. If the jury decides Mitchell believed he was acting under the direct command of God, he could be found not guilty by reason of insanity. Dueling psychiatrists were also on the stand yesterday. Dr. Michael Welner is a New York City psychiatrist hired by prosecutors to evaluate Mitchell.

WELNER: My diagnosis of him was pedophilia, narcissistic personality disorder, anti-social personality disorder with psychopathic features.

But not delusional which would meet one of the requirements of an insanity defense. Utah professor of psychiatry Dr. Stephen Golding disagreed with Welner's analysis. He evaluated Mitchell in 2003 and found he suffered from a narcissistic delusion. The jury deliberated for about three hours last night before adjourning. They return to the courthouse this morning. I'm Jenny Brundin,


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Counting Travis County's Homeless Population

Jan 28, 2013

Across the United States, groups are attempting to get a firm count of the number of homeless people living in their midst. In Travis County this past weekend, the count was led by a group called Ending Community Homelessness or ECHO.

For the first time in the history of the count, volunteers reached the Travis County limits in order to get more accurate numbers.

"Every year we try to make changes that will help us to get a more accurate picture of who's out there. We've been working towards that and, this year, we had enough volunteers to send to the furthest areas of the county," count coordinator Tera Bock  says.

The data determines the level of federal funding the area will receive and also helps organizers find out what services need improvement.

"The amount of people in our community who are poor has increased to a certain degree and any time there's a downturn, as we experienced recently, there's more adversity effected by that downturn," longtime ECHO volunteer Rick Rivera says.

This year, ECHO had a record number of volunteers—about 300. That's up from 200 volunteers last year.

ECHO is set to release the raw data from this past weekend in a couple of weeks.

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Lite’s Review Room – Weekend Movies: “Wanderlust” “Act Of Valor”

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This weekend is all about the movies.   The Oscars are Sunday night and what better way to get ready for the awards show than to head out to the theater and catch a film.

Julie Fisk, our Queen of the Silver Screen and member of the DFW Film Critics Association, took a look at our first movie for this weekend.

“Wanderlust” stars Jennifer Anniston and Paul Rudd as a couple who abandon the city and take up life on a commune.
There are many of us out there who can relate to this married couple, George and Linda, who are trying desperately to move forward with their lives.

[photogallerylink id=74173 align=left]They’re looking for a nice home and trying to advance their careers but instead they end up completely unemployed. George gets help from his family but then they have to deal with annoying relatives. Who wouldn’t want to run away to a commune after that? It might be fun to spend the day farming for food and then partying all night with a bunch of attractive hippies. Well that’s how George and Linda end up at the commune called Elysium.

Unfortunately, that’s also when things get exponentially more predictable and ridiculous. How you feel about “Wanderlust” after this point all depends on your threshold for vulgarity. As it turns out, my threshold is VAST so I’m giving “Wanderlust” a B-.

It is goofy, gross & predictable but I laughed like crazy and related to this couple on various levels. Especially during their extended road-trip fight. I have to send out a “congrats” to Jennifer Anniston for finally finding a movie that moves above mediocrity. It’s nice to meet her boyfriend Justin Theroux too, even though he plays a dirt-bag. But Paul Rudd steals the show. He’s adorable, even after producing some of the grossest dirty talk to ever hit the big screen. Ew, I’m cringing just thinking about it.

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Everybody has that one friend who always looks incredible. My friend’s name is Christine and she always looks like perfect but in a way that seems totally by accident, which makes it even more enviable. She doesn’t even wear any make-up (bitch). I would be tempted to hate her for this if she wasn’t also so cool and funny that you almost forget how great she looks. I am especially fond of everything she wears, so I’ve started copying her.

I could try to make it sound cool by calling her my “muse” or “fashion icon” but that’s a lie. The truth is that I see her wearing something I like and I go out and buy something just like it.

This isn’t always intentional. I decided I wanted a really short haircut and started researching them online. I found this killer Mandy Moore ‘do & sent the link to my hairdresser. He ran with it and I walked out of the salon with what I thought was an awesome Mandy-Moore-Look. Until, of course, I saw Christine and realized I had totally copied her hair.

She doesn’t seem to MIND that I do this and openly offers up where she buys her clothes. “Oh yeah, I got these shoes from Zara,” she says as I quietly map out my next trip to the Galleria (maybe they’ll be on sale now!).

We don’t see each other on a daily basis so it doesn’t usually matter that I’m copying her…until today.

I ran into Christine while we were both leaving the grocery store and I realized every single piece of clothing I had on was something I’d copied from her, even down to my nail polish (which is a perfect shade of Tangerine). I stood there in front of her, looking like a carbon-but-not-quite-as-cool copy, trying to hide my fingernails and feeling wildly embarrassed.

Maybe she didn’t notice. Maybe she was reminded of that Bridgette Fonda movie where the roommate goes insane. Or maybe she’s like that friend in high-school who accused everyone of copying her (“Did you SEE her? She totally wants to BE ME!”). Hopefully she’ll just be flattered that someone who lacks a sense of style adopted hers, which is really all that it is.

At least I THINK that’s all it is…but if I start using a stiletto heel as a weapon, please somebody stage an intervention.

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L.C. Greenwood, Part Of Pittsburgh's 'Steel Curtain,' Dies

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The death Sunday of L.C. Greenwood means just one member of one of the National Football League's greatest defensive lines is still with us.

Greenwood, 67, died of kidney failure at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, the city's Post-Gazette reports.

Greenwood, "Mean" Joe Greene, Dwight White and Ernie Holmes formed the front line for what became known as the "Steel Curtin" defense during the Pittsburgh Steelers' glory years in the 1970s. The team won four Super Bowl titles in six years.

Holmes was killed in a January 2008 car crash. White died in June 2008 at the age of 58, after having "suffered a pulmonary embolism after routine back surgery," according to the Pittsburgh Tribune. Greene turned 67 last week, and was a Steelers special assistant for pro and college personnel until May of this year.

"L.C. was one of the most beloved Steelers during the most successful period in team history and he will be missed by the entire organization," team Chairman Dan Rooney and President Art Rooney II say in a statement. "He will be forever remembered for what he meant to the Steelers both on and off the field."

As NFL.com notes, "Greenwood was a six-time Pro Bowl pick and two-time All-Pro during his career from 1969 to 1981, and he was honored on the NFL's All-Decade Team for the 1970s."

The Post-Gazette adds that "nicknamed 'Hollywood Bags' and known for wearing golden shoes, Mr. Greenwood quickly established himself with the Steelers [after being drafted in 1969]. In 1971, he had five fumble recoveries, which tied for the NFL lead. In 1974, he posted a career-high 11 sacks."

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Zoo Staffers Gave Panda Pro-Pregnancy Pep Talks

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Panda Mei Xiang hadn't given birth in seven years. After five attempts of trying to help her get pregnant, workers at the National Zoo were worried. So they started talking to her. One panda keeper told Mei Xiang, "I know you can do this." It worked — she gave birth Sunday night.


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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thieves hit an East Austin bagel shop twice in the last month.

Rockstar Bagels has been in business for several years, selling bagels to grocery stores, food trailers, cafes and coffee shops.

When the crooks broke in, the store was forced to close for days.

“It’s a small business,” store employee Travis Nelsen said. “You don’t make much money anyway and we’re new so we’re just trying to get as many customers in as possible.”

“It’s just a terrible thing to have happen because I work in a small business,” one customer said. “I think that we thrive on just the day-to-day.”

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Oregon Wildfires Near Complete Containment

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon’s largest wildfire is nearing complete containment, although continuing high temperatures remain a concern.

The 618-square-mile Buzzard Complex fire in eastern Oregon, the nation’s largest wildfire, remained at 95 percent containment on Sunday.

Incident reports from the fire say containment lines continue hold as crews monitor increased fire activity.

Containment of the Ochoco complex jumped from 69 to nearly 80 percent on Sunday. The complex consists of four wildfires burning 10,000 acres east of Prinville. And the Bridge 99 complex north of Sisters is 74 percent contained.

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Welcome welcome,

Hello greatness and eveything around.

Welcome back Elise and welcome back all. Your house sounds wonderful and I will get to see it ^2^ THat will be great. (the 2 is my big nose)

I hade to do so make up roleplaying for the time that I had missed, I will give you an overview of what happend.

Nova Firestone got fired!

Well that was quick,,,BBf bbf.

Mum left for sydney this smorning I am here with dad. That will be ok I’m sure we will have a good time.

I watched Australian Idole Last night and Cosimo is the best after she sang first noone else sounded that good. she is really great. It was funny becuase the juges were really at each other throut. At the start it was Dicko and mark, then it was dicko and marsha. It was weird. Marck wanted to let….I can’t remember his name but he was the smalion with a angel voice. Mark wanted to let him have a secound chance becuase they gave others a secound chance that night but dicko said no and marsha said they did give him a chance that day. If he knew english he could be perfect, He will be able to a deal but I think he would need to speak english for this idole.

I am not doign to hit the button this time and errase everything I have written If I do I will never speak to myself again.

Oscar….ehh ehhh ehh . She was a pain in the bumhole last night. Me and mum didn’t get that much sleep. She was running around knocking everything over jumpin on my head being a little brat. Don’t you just hate that. I will lock her away tonight somewhere becuase she is crazy.

I think I should do school work very soon becuase it’s important and I don’t want to fail year 11. FAIL FAIl. Sorry just had to tell myself that word a couple of times so I could get my act together. o9o Take that self.

I have been telling everything it’s going to rain laterly. (or giving them the rude finger. That’s what mum said to dad oneday it looks like rain and stuck her finger up at him so that is out joke now) I don’t know why. *shrugs*

I have got the next book in the set of miniture books. That is a total of four now I’m going well. I have to get the little miniture book case it’s $50 but mum said I have to get it becuase it is cute.

I can’t wait Next week I should be getting Paint Shop pro. Then I can really think I can actually do stuff. Could take me 20 millions hours to work it out. Then I could make a fanlisting about………Oscar and how annoying she is. I don’t think I could make a fanlisting becuase they are to….Alot of work they seem to be. I already have……….3 no wait 4 that I try to keep things going all the time. Well one main one no wait to main ones. :S but they are just play ones they arn’t actually any good. But I might start doing that theatre thing and not have time to make websites. I have no idea.

Well I am going to be busy from next month. Becuase I am going to, Tammy, Melbournm sydney each month has somethign exciting. I don’t think we will be going to QLD in december even though I would lovy lovy too. But I don’t know if JASe will be there or not. I mean it’s on Boxing day. :S So what are the chances he will. HE could have his wife with him that would be rood. *looks around* what it would be I’m not lying.

I have been singing all the time again, bloody idole it is a bbb. In tell you it is. Well hmmm what else can be said………………..I think I am boring becuase I cann’t even make conversation with myself you bumhole :S Ohh well what an inslut I am leaving now “good” NO it’s not good you hurt me feelings “o9o” :O you horrible person “Mwuahahahaha”

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“I”m not crazy I’m just a little unwell becuase I said thanks for making me a fighter in this world I feel crazy little miss idenpedent girls don’t like boys girls like cars and money hey sister sould sister let her flow sister you are beutiful stuck on you.”

Well that was musical :) are you proud of me? Well Must troddle of into the outter limits of space and dulge into my inner most feelings in my space minded internal timeframe.

I’m kassandra and thanks for tuning in, Next time we will talk about the daily events that change peoples lives into what they become so untill then looks after you self.

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Posted February 01, 2014 - 11:33 AM

it's not snobbery when someone is arguing about an artist that so obviously was more deserving of an award. perhaps if this was the perfect world, mack got the grammy, he deserved in a different year. everyone would win. unfortunately, it wasn't and the grammys didn't deliver correctly.

"the message was only in one song? wow that deserved a grammy alright. a commercial hit album deserved a grammy? oh yeah lets give it the grammy everyone listens to it.

album was a message itself? not enough listeners, oh yeah lets snub it. "

perfect logic in a perfect world don't you say?  :smh:

done here

It is snobbery when you say your a rap fan since the 80's so I cant have a casual debate with you. By saying that you are implying you word holds more weight than mine and has more truth. At the end of the day it doesn't matter how long you have been listening to music, everyones opinion is just that an opinion.

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Posted February 01, 2014 - 11:26 PM

I have to admit these reviews were exceptional.. I was going to do this in words, which i promised to do (no time college) but this guy this it perfectly. hit every aspect i was going to try and hit. don't hate me for taking a shortcut  :laughing:  :laughing:

he's very profound with these reviews.

Mike D'Antoni is GARBAGE.

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Due to the awkward look and feel of Tauren in the Undercity, guards will no longer permit their entry and have been flagged to kill on sight. Tauren, you've been warned.

Friday, July 25, 2008

More RSS Feed Spam?

Anyways, blog still undergoing some stuff, I'll let you all know if, and when, I may make a permanent move over to WordPress. No worries, mon, no worries.

In the meantime I guess I'll tell you all about my first (omgfirstever!) Karazhan!

I logged on Gal one night to see my lovely little druid Nachos in a raid group with his good friend Feraldruidtankofawesome (aka Swagger). They have feral tank camaraderie foshizzle.

"Gal! Gal! My sweet, my love, my most awesome little baby huntard! We must have another DPS and you would be perfect with your big red death machine* and epic DPS-making bow!"

"Okee dokee!!"

I get summoned to Kara just in time for a million bajillion buffs and two trash mobs to go down. Then it's time for Netherspite!

Which we wipe three times on due to poor communication. But, oh, the sheer awesome fun of wiping!

(I get lost trying to run back after we die and need a lock summon, heheheh....)

We head on over to chess. Also fun, but by the time I figure out how to even move my demon guy, the game is over and we've won.

(By the way, I love Medivh, too, Pike!)

Then we go back to Netherspite and one-shot him. Sweeetness. I am doing near top damage/DPS (top three, bitches!).

Next up is Prince. One-shot. THE bow and my T4 ring drop! I decide to roll on the ring (and I win with a high 93!) and I pass on the bow for the hunter (orc huntress, actually) with a Valanos.

Overall a great night. I look forward to going back!

I have good Karma right now, but don't let me jinx it! Knock knock.

*I never mentioned the outcome of my 70th Ding Spec War, did I?

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What happened to the ALBA-1 undersea cable?

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Associated Press reporter Andrea Rodgriguez, @ARodriguezAP, has published an article stating that "mystery shrouds the fate" of the ALBA-1 undersea cable linking Venezuela and Cuba.

Cuban officials promised that the cable would in use last fall, but Rodriguez finds no evidence that it is use in government offices or elsewhere.  She interviewed a dozen employees of public institutions who said they have seen no noticeable improvement in their work connections.  Some said that download speeds have even gotten a little slower.  She also made "multiple attempts to get Cuban and Venezuelan government officials to comment," but was unsuccessful.

She is a reporter who is on the ground in Cuba and unable to find evidence of the deployment or application of the cable.

How might we explain this?  I can think of three hypotheses:
  1. There have been claims of corruption, and some of the peple Rodgriguez interviewed corroborate that assertion.
  2. I have suggested earlier that a fast undersea cable would be a strong link in a weak (or nonexistent) chain if Cuba's domestic Internet infrastructure were not upgraded to utilize it.  Skilled networking technicians would also be needed.  Perhaps capital to upgrade the domestic network is not available.
  3. The Arab Spring may have frightened the government.   Raúl Castro opposed the Internet when Cuba connected in the mid-1990s.  In October 1997 he stated that "Glasnost, which undermined the USSR and other socialist countries, consisted of handing over the mass media, one by one, to the enemies of socialism." Perhaps he fears an Internet supported "Cuban Spring."
Or, maybe the answer is none of the above -- or all of the above.  Whatever the reason, it seems that a reported 70 million dollar investment is gathering barnacles and little more.

Is Ms. Rodgriguez wrong?  Does anyone have evidence of the cable being in operation?  I would love to hear about it and, even better, run a few pings and traceroutes.


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May 08, 2012, 13:31 pm  Posted by Lark

I’ve been a jojoba bean picker in the Sonoran desert, copy chief for a busy magazine in New York City, college writing instructor, and managing editor, editor, and author for Lark Crafts. But the hardest and most rewarding job I’ve ever attempted was teaching third graders.

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Looking for a teacher gift idea you can stitch up easily in an evening? Grab some felt and make Lisa Jordan’s sweet Apple for Teacher Brooch from our follow-up to Fa la la la Felt, Heart-Felt Holidays (now available for under $10 on amazon and B&N.com).

My nine-year-old niece Oona sewed one for her teacher last night between dessert and bath time.

Look how great hers turned out!

Download a free PDF with instructions and printable templates: Apple for Teacher Brooch.

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    What a sweet idea!

  • Jackie Rhodes

    Nice! I might just try this with my son. . . Depends on whether I can get him to sit still for long enough! Lol!

  • Lauraboosinger

    So great to have the kids do this for their teachers.

  • Patti Majesky

    Can’t wait to pass this along to my sister who is always looking for things that her kids can make for their teachers!

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    Cute gift for the teacher! Very sweet of your niece :)


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Movie Review: Red Tails
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Published January 27, 2012

Movie Review: Red Tails

By Sam Johnson
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Actor James Earl Jones, left, actor Terrence Howard and producer George Lucas arrive for the premiere of ‘Red Tails‘ Tuesday, Jan. 10,2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)

When talk of doing another film about the Tuskegee Airmen came about in Hollywood, apparently there were not too many producers on board. For several reasons some of which George Lucas discussed in interviews, he was not able to get the funding he initially needed. So, fast forward twenty some odd years and here we have it; an all-star cast, a more in-depth, perhaps, sequel to HBO’s Tuskegee Airmen; most notably, the biggest budgeted film in African American cinema funded by Lucas himself. Ladies and Gentlemen, Red Tails.

The story follows the triumphs and tragedies of the Tuskegee Airmen’s experiences during World War II.  Unlike the first Tuskegee Airmen film, Red Tails digs deeper giving a more up close and personal understanding of the Tuskegee Airmen by allowing its audience to see who they were outside of their uniforms. The film gave the audience loveable characters with sincerity that placed viewers right in the seats of the casualties of war. Whether it was Deacon’s sermons about his belief in Black Jesus, Joe “Lighting” Little’s arrogance to be the best pilot or Martin “Easy” Julian’s determination to be a good leader, Red Tails provides plenty of reasons to smile.

The flight scenes were extremely strong. Lucas was able to give an authentic feel that provided just as much fun as Top Gun. When flying with the Tuskegee Airmen, two things are guaranteed: one will leave the flight feeling proud to have served their country and more so overjoyed to be a part of this 332nd Fighter Group. Embrace Col. Bullard’s  (Howard) fight for his men, respect the stripes of Major Stance (Gooding Jr.) but most of all, embark upon the history lesson about courage and achieving the impossible. As Black History month approaches, Red Tails is a film that should be cherished with great pride, honor and dignity.  The film’s heart and soul is what makes it such a winner. Go grab your tickets and take flight with Red Tails. It’s a great ride.

Release Date: Jan. 20, 2012; Rated: PG-13; Length 120 Minutes; With: Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard & Nate Parker

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071708_Obama_2colIn front of a standing-room only crowd at the annual NAACP convention on Monday, July 14, Senator Barack Obama reaffirmed his message of Black people taking more responsibility for their actions as well as outlining his message as it relates to the Black community

During his first-ever address to the convention, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sen. Obama fired back at critics who accused him of talking down to Black people by telling the crowd that personal responsibility makes the greatest impact on improving their communities.

“It doesn’t matter how much money we invest in our communities, or how many 10-point plans we propose, or how many government programs we launch—none of it will make any difference if we don’t seize more responsibility in our own lives,” Obama said.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee called on the audience to provide guidance for children by “turning off the TV and putting away the video games, attending those parent-teacher conferences, helping our children with their homework and setting a good example.”

“I know that Thurgood Marshall did not argue Brown vs. Board of Education so that some of us could stop doing our jobs as parents,” he said, adding that the Little Rock Nine did not risk going to all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 so that we would allow kids to drop out and pursue gangs for support.

Personal accountability was only part of the message as he spoke on his health-care plan as well as his strategy to improve public education. He also spoke on working to achieve economic justice as well as social justice.

The crowd of over 5,000— nearly half composed of young

delegates due to it being Youth Night—responded to his speech with a resounding standing ovation and afterwards, many had no problems with the senator’s tough talk.

“It was a speech of total honesty and it showed that he cared about all of us,” said Willis Edwards, a member of the NAACP national board of directors and resident of Los Angeles.

Roslyn Brock, vice-chairwoman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, agreed and added that the speech was “riveting, timely and to the point” with a message that resonated with all who were present.

Recognizing the history of the NAACP, Obama began by saying he was humbled to address the convention and remarked he stood in front of them because of “those who marched for us and fought for us and stood up on our behalf” and the “sacrifices that were made for us by those who never knew.”

He encouraged the young crowd to draw inspiration from civil rights heroes who started their journey at similar ages, citing Dr. Martin Luther King and U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-Georgia), who were 26 and 25, respectively, when they assumed positions of leadership.

Obama’s appearance preceded an silimar showing from the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, who addressed the convention yesterday, July 16.

The speech came a week after Rev. Jesse Jackson, in a side conversation with a colleague, chastised Obama for “talking down to Black people” before threatening to emasculate him.

However, those sentiments were not shared by those in attendance, a point that Brock noted by saying it was “one of the most powerful statements of his entire speech.”

NAACP Chairman Julian Bond summed it up best by distinguishing what Obama did with what it means to talk down to someone.

“When somebody says you’re talking down to me, I generally think that means they’re talking at a level lower for me to understand. I thought he talked straight to us,” Bond said

Prior to Obama’s speech, NAACP president-elect Benjamin Jealous gave his first speech to the national membership that outlined his vision for the 99-year-old organization.

The 35-year-old Jealous received a standing ovation from the crowd that anticipated hearing more from him once he begins his term in September.

“It was full of ideas and the kind of fresh thinking that we know he’s going to bring to the NAACP,” Bond said.

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CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 22: Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints drops back to pass against the Carolina Panthers during their game at Bank of America Stadium on December 22, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Saints Need To Forget Road Woes As Philly Trip Looms

The New Orleans Saints have a revamped defense and an offense that appears to have even more weapons than that of their Super Bowl winning team. For some reason though, the Saints just can’t get things going on the road, but they will have to change that for a wild card visit to Philadelphia.

DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 12: Peyton Manning #18 of the Denver Broncos looks to pass against the San Diego Chargers in the second quarter at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on December 12, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)

Behind The Numbers Of Week 16 NFL Playoff Scenarios

There are only two weeks left in the current NFL season as the year has just about come to an end before we even knew it. Still, there is a lot to be decided as 18 teams are mathematically alive for a playoff spot so it’s going to get really interesting this week and next.

LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 01: Head coach Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants shakes hands with head coach Mike Shanahan of the Washington Redskins after the Giants defeated the Redskins 24-17 during an NFL game at FedExField on December 1, 2013 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Around The NFL: Coaches Are The Talk Of The League

Coaches are the talk of the town – and the league – as the 2013 NFL regular season begins to wind down. There is a lot of discussion as to who will be back next season, who won’t be back, and what kind of decisions are being made as a possible playoff run waits in the wings.

ASHBURN, VA - JANUARY 06: Mike Shanahan (C) shakes hands with Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder (L) as General Manager Bruce Allen (R) looks on before Shanahan was announced as the new head coach of the Washington Redskins on January 6, 2010 in Ashburn, Virginia. Shanahan replaces former head coach Jim Zorn who was released January 4 following a 4-12 season. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Around The NFL: Snyder Won’t Interfere, Bears/Eagles Flexed, Chris Johnson Gone?

The playoffs are heating up and there are teams fighting for not only spots, but also positioning in both the NFC and AFC. Aside from that, there are a number of teams dealing with personnel that may not even be around next season.

Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots (Credit, Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Around The NFL: Jets QB Controversy, Nick Foles Excels, Spygate II?

This is yet another “bizarro” season in the NFL but it is in a different way than it was last season when random bad teams were trashing good teams. Now, there is a lot of unexpected news coming out of different NFL cities and the stories may not be explained any time soon.

KANSAS CITY, MO - OCTOBER 27: Wide receiver Josh Gordon #12 of the Cleveland Browns and cornerback Sean Smith #27 of the Kansas City Chiefs battle over a batted pass during the game at Arrowhead Stadium on October 27, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by David Welker/Getty Images)

Around The NFL: Rare Occurrences Fill Up Sunday’s Action

The NFL is full of the expected and also the unexpected, and all of them can be quite entertaining. The rare and unusual though; those are the things that add to the excitement of the NFL, and the Sunday action of week nine brought about three rare happenings that keep it thrilling.

MIAMI GARDENS - AUGUST 10: Center Mike Pouncey #51 of the Miami Dolphins watches his team from the bench against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the NFL Preseason Game at Sun Life Stadium on August 10, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)

Around The NFL: Mike Pouncey Subpoenaed, Mike Vick’s Injury, Jags Lag In London

The NFL isn’t always fun and games as sometimes it can lead to some scary, frightening and downright sad situations. This week was filled with court cases, injuries and Europe getting NFL action that they may not even want anymore.

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Terrell Owens Always Gets Ball In New Sport

Terrell Owens has finally found a sport where he doesn’t have to worry about getting the ball. T.O. wants to be a professional bowler.

CHARLOTTE, NC - OCTOBER 20: CHARLOTTE, NC - OCTOBER Sam Bradford #8 of the St. Louis Rams is carted off the field with an injury after being knocked out of bounds by Mike Mitchell #21 of the Carolina Panthers during their game at Bank of America Stadium on October 20, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Around The NFL: Injuries Take Over Week 7

There were a large number of injuries in Week 7 of the 2013 NFL season, and some of them proved to be quite serious. Some teams are really worried though because a few of the injuries happened to back-up players that were already filling in for injured starters.

KANSAS CITY, MO - OCTOBER 13: A fan screams during one of the attempts for the Guinness World Record of loudest stadium as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Oakland Raiders in the third quarter October 13, 2013 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images)

Around The NFL: Eagles Starting QB, Bills To Look At Flynn, Arrowhead Breaks Noise Mark

Lots of changes need to be made for some teams in the NFL, and it all will depend on what is best for the immediate future. Two teams are looking at quarterback situations that could very well help their seasons while one team is doing so well that they are breaking noise records.


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Las Vegas Surgeon Trains Eye Doctors in Vietnam

Published on Tue, Jul 8, 2014 (3:46 a.m.)

Hon Vu Duong, M.D., a Las Vegas ophthalmologist with Westfield Eye Center, joined a team of 13 volunteer faculty in Hue, Viet Nam this past April for the fifth biennial Imperial City Eye Meeting.

This four-day training conference, conducted by Hawaiian Eye Foundation in partnership with Hue Central Hospital, was attended by almost 300 ophthalmology students and practicing ophthalmologists from throughout Viet Nam.

A wide range of ophthalmic topics were covered, including cataracts, glaucoma, and corneal and retina disorders. In addition to lectures, consultations, and diagnostic equipment demonstrations, the program offered individualized instruction in cataract surgery, operating under powerful microscopes on pigs’ eyes.

Although significant strides have been made in recent years, the provision of adequate eye care is a significant public health challenge in Viet Nam, and training for eye doctors remains a pressing need.

Dr. Duong and fellow faculty members traveled to Viet Nam at their own expense to donate their time. I am humbled to have the opportunity to share with our Vietnamese colleagues. “We are really doing this for the patients of our Vietnamese colleagues,” said Dr. John Corboy, President of Hawaiian Eye Foundation. “They are the ones who benefit from the enhanced skills we impart to their surgeons.”

The non-profit Hawaiian Eye Foundation, based in Honolulu, has sponsored ophthalmic training programs in Southeast Asia since 2006, and for 30 years has conducted humanitarian eye surgery expeditions to Pacific island nations, including Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Palau, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, and Kiribati.

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AFTER having been identified as the ones who extorted foreign tourists on at least two occasions during the Holy Week, two policemen from the Manila Police District-Station 5 were ordered suspended by Mayor Alfredo S. Lim effective yesterday.

Lim gave the directive to MPD director Chief Supt. Alex Gutierrez, who reported that the two, identified as PO2 Reynaldo Faller Olivo, 37, of Blk.5 Lot 11, Model Community in Tondo, Manila, and PO1 Vincent Paul Ubaldo Medina, 26, of 2253 F. Muñoz St., Singalong, Malate, Manila, are currently on floating status while summary dismissal proceedings are being instituted against them.

Lim also ordered that criminal charges be filed against the two before the Manila Prosecutor’s Office.

Prior to the said directive, Korean tourists  Lee Jun Hee and Baek Sung Kyun, accompanied by an official from the Korean Embassy, complained that Olivo and Medina accosted them last April 7, a Black Saturday, for unknown reasons, made them board a mobile patrol car and then took their P20,000 cash.

Several days later, Japanese tourist Iwasaki Kinitchi, 53, filed a complaint at the MPD-General Assignment Section accompanied by Makati policemen, claiming that he too was victimized by Medina and Olivo in Makati City last April 4, which happens to be a Holy Wednesday.

In his complaint, Kinitchi said the two policemen accosted him and warned that he would be charged with illegal stay if he would not shell out money, so he was forced to turn over his cash amounting to P155,000 in all.

Only last Monday, Yukiya Haga, 40, billeted at the Bayview Park Hotel on Roxas Blvd., Manila, claimed that some eight policemen tried to extort P1 million from him last March 19 while he was at the MPD-Station 5 and identified Medina as one of the said policemen.

Haga claimed he was framed up for rape when he failed to produce the amount.

Lim ordered Gutierrez, Station 5 chief Col. Rolando Tumalad and mayor’s complaints and action team director ret. Col. Franklin Gacutan to investigate the claims of Haga and assured the Japanese and Japan Embassy vice consul Yoshikazu Narisawa that such activities are not being tolerated in Manila and that appropriate actions will be taken following the investigation.

Haga said he went to Manila on March 17 to meet his Facebook friend `Brenda’ and that on March 19, while having some drinks at the Starbucks Coffee at the ground floor of Bayview Hotel where Haga was billeted, Medina and a certain PO1 Ronald Flores came and arrested him and then brought him to Ermita Police Station 5.

There, Haga said he was told that ‘Brenda’, using the name Raquel Eustaquio and who claimed to be a 17-year-old student from St. Paul’s College, had filed rape charges against him, which he vehemently denied.

Haga told the mayor the chief of the precinct’s SIIB whose name he failed to get, approached him along with several other policemen as they all asked him to produce P1 million, along with a certain Luisa who claimed to be Brenda’s sister.

When PO2 Sol Peruda of the Women and Children Protection Center allegedly kept on following up when he could produce the money and he said he did not have that kind of money, the charges were filed against him.

Meanwhile, Haga’s lawyer said that upon their verification, it turned out that Brenda assumed another name and personality in filing the complaint, as they were able to trace the real Racquel Eustaquio.

In an affidavit, the real Eustaquio denied she is from St. Paul’s College and that she knows Haga. She also said that she had not been raped and that she did not have anything to do with Haga. Her mother also stated that Eustaquio does not have a sister by the name of Luisa.

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'Halloween 3D' coming in summer 2010

August 30, 2009 | 10:14 am

HalloweenII "Halloween II" may not have won the box office this weekend, but Weinstein Co. is taking a lesson from the movie that did as it prepares a sequel for next summer.

The independent studio's co-Chairman Bob Weinstein said today that the 3-D sequel, titled, appropriately enough, "Halloween 3D," is in development.

The investment it takes to shoot movies in digital 3-D has proved particularly lucrative for horror films. For "The Final Destination," this weekend's No. 1 movie, theaters with at least one 3-D screen earned 3.25 times as much as those that showed the movie in 2-D only, according to distributor Warner Bros. That's substantially higher than for other recent releases. The equivalent 3-D multiple for last month's "G-Force," for instance, was only 1.7 on its first weekend. For July's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" it was 1.4 andm for June's "Up" it was 2.2. January horror flick "My Bloody Valentine" earned 6.4 times as much from 3-D theaters as it did from 2-D on its opening weekend.

Weinstein said Rob Zombie, who directed "Halloween II" and 2007's reboot of the 31-year-old horror series, won't return for "Halloween 3-D." He said the studio is in negotiations with a new director, whom he declined to name, who has experience in horror and has a "different take" on the franchise.

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Photo: Tyler Mane in "Halloween II." Credit: Marsha LaMarca / Weinstein Co.


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Violist Lauren Nelson believes that music has the power to reach everyone. Growing up in rural New Hampshire, she was a regular participant at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music where she learned how classical music can bring people from all walks of life together, and how specifically chamber music has the power to build communities. Nowadays, she’s building a career that combines performing, teaching and social action to make an impact on her community. A recent graduate of Boston’s New England Conservatory (Graduate Diploma) she is making an impact teaching music to the children of the Haitian community of Hyde Park, MA.

Lauren’s performance career takes her through many musical environments, from Boston’s Jordan Hall, to New York’s Whitney Museum with the Wordless Music Ensemble, from Carnegie Hall, and the Kennedy Center to Sculler’s Jazz Club in Cambridge, MA. Most recently she has performed with The Apple Hill String Quartet, Phillip Ying, David Ying, Mark Fewer and Susan Cahill. Lauren is also a regular sub with the New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami, FL. She is an active freelancer in and around the Boston area and is starting to get involved with local bands. Lauren’s early influences have manifested themselves in extensive work within the string quartet repertoire. While working on her Master’s Degree at the Music School of the University of Kentucky she was the violist in the Niles String Quartet. With this group she worked with the Juilliard String Quartet at their Intensive Quartet Seminar and studied at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta Canada.

Lauren is also a committed educator and arts advocate. She is fully behind the El Sistema movement, and is currently a dedicated teacher at the Youth and Family Enrichment Services after school program in Hyde Park. Here she focuses on musical and personal development through peer-teaching and rigorous lessons and rehearsals.

Lauren studied viola with Roger Tapping at the New England Conservatory. She received her Master’s Degree from the University of Kentucky and her Bachelor’s Degree from the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Deborah Lander and John Graham, respectively.

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Legal Rights: NRIs to Get Tax Concessions

The government of India is all set to extend the legal rights of NRIs pertaining to tax benefits. To promote charity and social welfare, the government has decided to give tax concessions to NRIs. Indians residing in the US can now benefit from tax relaxations on the investments they make in social welfare projects in India.

The Ministry of Overseas Indians has taken this initiative under the India Development Foundation for Overseas Indians. As per the new rule, NRIs willing to build schools or primary health centers or other infrastructure in their native place in India will get tax exemption.

Legal Rights: Overseas Indians to Get Tax Dispensation

To give a new dimension to the legal rights of NRIs, the government has planned the phase-wise registration of the foundation in the US, the UK, the Gulf and other countries. Mr. Vayalar Ravi, the Overseas Indian Affairs Minister, said that the registration process has already started in the US and will come into effect in the next three months.

The Minister further added that the focus will be on millionaires, rich NRIs and average Indian migrants. The project aims to encourage them to contribute towards India’s rural infrastructure development. Also, a minimum contribution of $1,000 per year is expected from an average NRI.

Further, Mr. Ravi said that the objective is to mobilize the resources of overseas Indians. The funds will be used mainly for the construction of hospitals, health centers and primary school buildings and to encourage micro credit and self help groups.

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December 12, 2012

Who Done It?

The November 30th quiz at, the website of BBC Music magazine, offers up some musical mystery fun. Can you identify these fictional and real-life murderers and murder victims? You might have to register (it's free) in order to gain access to the quiz, but the material on the website (including downloads, podcasts, reviews, and essays), is more than worth the price of admission.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

"Canada court orders government to remedy Khadr rights breach"

Jurist has this story on the court's request for recommendation on how to remedy violation of Khadr's rights. He has been held at Guantanamo since his 2002 capture at the age of 15 facing murder and terrorism charges.

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This is an American issue not a Canadian issue. Also Khadr and his family had given up Canadian Citizenship until it was a benefit to them. Canada should not get involved in an American issue. The US has the right to deal with this as they feel appropriate. If Kadr and his family did not want to be in this situation then they should not have gone over seas to train and to fight the Americans. They made choices and now they should have to deal with them. Canada should stay out of this and we should not get involved. I think the court is wrong

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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Call for Papers: Youth and Law

S P E C I A L I S S U E :

The New York University Review of Law & Social Change is soliciting articles, essays, and comments from faculty, practitioners, and students for publication in a special issue on Youth and the Law

This is a broad topic encompassing many potential issues, including but not limited to:

Education | Juvenile Justice | Youth Organizing

Political Involvement | Issues Particular to Immigrant Youth

Family Law | Youth and the Police | Youth and Race

WHY THIS ISSUE? WHY NOW? Courts and legislatures have recently focused on a number of issues related to young people and the law. In November 2006, the New York Court of Appeals rendered a final decision in CFE v. State, a public school funding reform case. Congress is considering a bill (S. 403) that would punish doctors for performing abortions on teens from other states, as well as a non-parent relative’s decision to help the teens. In 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roper v. Simmons, invalidating the death penalty as applied to crimes committed by minors. In December 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments over race-based assignments in K-12 school districts. The Child Status Protection Act (2002) eases naturalization requirements for children of immigrants.

The consequences are complex and manifold, and we believe they are worthy of systematic discussion and analysis.

Articles selected for publication in this special issue will appear in the Fall of 2007.

ABOUT SOCIAL CHANGE. The NYU Review of Law & Social Change was created in response to students’ and faculty’s concerns that the dominant legal discourse in most law reviews failed sufficiently to address gross inequities along the lines of race, gender, class, sexuality, age, and ability. Over the past thirty-five years, Social Change has remained true to that commitment, while growing in scope and stature. Originally an annual publication, Social Change now publishes four issues per year, including articles by nationally recognized scholars, legal practitioners, and activists as well as NYU law students.

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2007

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

High Cost of Caring for Elderly Family Members

"To care for her ailing 97-year-old father over the past three years, Elizabeth Rodriguez, a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, has borrowed against her 401(k) retirement plan, sold her house on Staten Island and depleted nearly 20 years of savings.

The money has gone to lawyers’ fees ($50,000) to win a contested guardianship. It has gone for home-care equipment like the mattress for his hospital bed (about $3,000 in all) and for a food service to deliver meals ($400 a month). It has gone for a two-bedroom rental apartment big enough for herself, her dad and a home aide ($1,600 a month more than a one-bedroom apartment in the same building), and for a wheelchair-accessible van to get him to doctors’ appointments ($330 a trip). Asked to tally the costs, Ms. Rodriguez, 58, said she had no idea how much she was spending. “A shower chair, body cream with no alcohol, new shoes,” she said. “You don’t stop and calculate. You just buy what you have to buy.”

Ms. Rodriguez is among the legion of adult children — more than 15 million, according to various calculations — who take care of their aging parents, a responsibility that often includes paying for all or part of their housing, medical supplies and incidental expenses. Many costs are out of pocket and largely unnoticed: clothing, home repair, a cellular telephone." By Jane Gross, N.Y. Times Link to Article (last visited 12-30-06 NVS)

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Questions Arise About James Brown's Marital Status

"The late soul singer James Brown's lawyer said Tuesday the fact that the woman who'd been described as the late singer's wife was locked out of his South Carolina home after his death is "not a reflection on her as an individual." Instead, the lawyer said that Brown and Tomi Rae Hynie were in fact not legally married and that she was locked out for estate legal reasons.

Brown's attorney said the woman was already married to another man in 2001 when she married Brown, making her marriage to Brown null.He said she later annulled the previous marriage, but she and Brown never remarried. However, Hynie told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she believes Brown's representatives are trying to discredit her so Brown's estate doesn't have to be shared with her. She also said she has the documentation to back up her marriage status." The Link to Article (last visited 12-27-06 NVS)

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Sunday, December 24, 2006

Case Law Development: The Power of A Christmas Card

Some Christmas cards are more important than others...

The Ohio Court of Appeals held this past week that, even though a father's sole contact with his child during the year was a Christmas card and gift card, this was sufficient "communication" with the child to require the father's consent to the child's step-father's petition to adopt the child.

The court's anaylsis was premised on a strict reading of the statutory requirement:

Our reading of the statute indicates that the legislature intended to adopt an
objective test for analyzing failure of communication ***. The legislature purposely avoided the confusion which would necessarily arise from the subjective analysis and application of terms such as failure to communicate meaningfully, substantially, significantly, or regularly. Instead, the legislature opted for certainty. It is not our function to add to this clear legislative language.

In re K.R.G., 2006 Ohio 6705 (December 18, 2006)

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Family Law Writing Competition

"AFCC and Hofstra University School of Law are sponsoring the annual Family Law Writing Competition. The competition is run in cooperation with the editorial staff of Family Court Review, the academic and research journal of AFCC. The subject of entries may be within any area of family law, although topics which focus on international or interdisciplinary subjects of family law are especially encouraged. Articles should concentrate on a current legal issue and must have a strong foundation in legal research. Submissions must be received by March 15, 2007." By AFCC Link to AFCC e-newsletter (last visited 12-20-06 NVS)

Also see the AFCC (Association of Family and Conciliation Courts) E-Newsletter for family law information and announcements. Did you know that AFCC membership has grown 80% since the summer of 2002?

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Eminem Divorces Wife for Second Time

"Rap megastar Eminem and his high school sweetheart divorced for a second time, less than a year after they remarried.Eminem and Kim Mathers agreed to divide property under terms of a private settlement and to share custody of their 10-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade Scott. They told a judge they understood the divorce was final." AP, FindLaw, Link to Article (Last visited 12-20-06 NVS)

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Speed Dating for Book Lovers

"A 150-year old Australian public library has a new true-romance section after introducing speed-dating nights for lovers of classic texts. The state library of Victoria in Melbourne introduced dating with a literary twist after the idea was raised at a staff party. Those who attend must bring a book they either love or loathe as a conversation starter, ensuring there are no uneasy silences during the series of five-minute dates.

"It's speed dating with books. It's designed to bring book lovers together," the library's project manager, Jackie Felstead, told Reuters Wednesday." Reuters, Link to Article (last visited 12-20-06 NVS)

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Use of Mandamus to Review Trial Court's Refusal to Dismiss Child Protective Actions

Texas statutes provide that, a trial court must dismiss a child protective action filed by the state if the court does not render a final order within one year of the appointment of the state Department as temporary managing conservator of a child (with a maximum extension of 180 days).  Two years ago, in a case in which the the dismissal deadline had passed during a trial, the parents filed for and obtained a writ of mandamus with the court of appeals.  The Texas Supreme Court stayed that writ (with the child presumably staying in foster care).  In a decision this week, the Texas Supreme Court held that accellerated appeal was an adequate remedy to address the trial court's refusal to dismiss the action and it was error for the court of appeals to grant a writ of mandamus.  The court qualified its holding and commented on the statute:

We do not hold that a party complaining of a trial court's failure to dismiss a SAPCR within the statutory deadline could never be entitled to mandamus relief, but under the facts of this case, we cannot conclude that an accelerated appeal was not an adequate remedy. Impending transfer of physical possession of the children or a trial court's unreasonable delay in entering a final decree might alter this conclusion, but this record raises neither concern. .... We recognize that in particular cases the statute could work injustice or encourage gamesmanship to push litigation beyond the deadline. We presume the Legislature recognized this also. But the Legislature also recognized that a statutory deadline would expedite the trial of these cases to help provide a modicum of certainty for children whose family situations are subject to the outcomes in these proceedings. It is not the Court's task to choose between competing policies addressed by legislative drafting.

One judge dissented, noting that mandamus has been used in numerous other contexts in which appeal is also available.  The dissenting judge questioned whether the parents would even be able to appeal the trial court's termination of their rights at this point. Under these circumstances, the dissent concluded, "The error was clear, and the solution straightforward — an order directing the trial court to dismiss the case. While the overall effect on the legal system of the trial court’s failure to dismiss may not be widespread, the consequence to the family in this case is
deep and potentially irremediable."

In re Tex. Dep't of Family & Protective Servs., 2006 Tex. LEXIS 1265 (December 15, 2006)
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China Tightens Adoption Restrictions

China is planning to issue new, tighter restrictions on foreign adoptions of Chinese children, which would prohibit adoptions by parents who are unmarried, who are obese or who are older than 50, according to adoption agencies in the United States. The new regulations, which have not yet been formally announced by the state-run China Center of Adoption Affairs, are to take effect on May 1, 2007, and seem certain to slow the rapid rise in applications by foreign parents to adopt Chinese babies.

Read the New York Times article on the new adoption policies. (last visited December 20, 2006 bgf)

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Rates of Premarital Intercourse Have Risen

The Washington Post reports on a new study of trends in premarital intercourse over the past half-century.  The study, based on a 2002 survey of about 12,500 men and women,  found that 97 percent of people who were no longer virgins at age 44 had sexual intercourse for the first time before they married. By age 20, only 12 percent of people interviewed had married, but 77 percent had sex, and 75 percent had sex before marriage. By age 44, 99 percent of people were no longer virgins, 95 percent reported having had premarital intercourse, and 85 percent had married at some point.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Donor-Conceived Child Speaks Out

"When she was 32, my mother -- single, and worried that she might never marry and have a family -- allowed a doctor wearing rubber gloves to inject a syringe of sperm from an unknown man into her uterus so that she could have a baby. I am the result: a donor-conceived child. And for a while, I was pretty angry about it.I was angry at the idea that where donor conception is concerned, everyone focuses on the "parents" -- the adults who can make choices about their own lives. The recipient gets sympathy for wanting to have a child. The donor gets a guarantee of anonymity and absolution from any responsibility for the offspring of his "donation." As long as these adults are happy, then donor conception is a success, right?

Not so. The children born of these transactions are people, too. Those of us in the first documented generation of donor babies -- conceived in the late 1980s and early '90s, when sperm banks became more common and donor insemination began to flourish -- are coming of age, and we have something to say. I'm here to tell you that emotionally, many of us are not keeping up. We didn't ask to be born into this situation, with its limitations and confusion." By Katrina Clark, Link to Article (last visited 12-18-06 NVS)

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Shortage of Egg Donors in UK

"British couples desperate for a baby are travelling abroad for fertility treatment because of a shortage of egg donors in the UK. Patients blame the change in the law that gives children born through egg or sperm donation the right to trace their biological parents.

Some UK hospitals have closed their waiting lists because they are unable to recruit egg donors. Women are going abroad or making their own efforts to find egg donors at home." By Helen Briggs, BBC News Link to Article (last visited 12-18-06 NVS)

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Collaborative Reproduction

". . .In the United States, donated sperm is used in 80,000 to 100,000 inseminations each year. In 2003, at least 15,000 in vitro fertilization procedures -- in which the gametes, a woman's eggs and a man's sperm, are united in a petri dish and the resulting embryos are transferred into a uterus -- were performed with donated eggs; that number grows by 20 percent annually. More than 1,000 babies are born each year through surrogacy, in which a woman carries a child for another woman or, increasingly, for two gay men.

These explosively popular science-enabled multi-parent arrangements are altering our understanding of what parents are and how families can be formed. And they're confusing our thinking about genetic relationship and its importance to the parent-child bond. Collaborative reproduction is becoming widespread at precisely the moment when we've become ultra aware of how genes run the show in the unfolding of a human being: controlling everything from physical attributes such as height and hair color to a predisposition for certain illnesses to a tendency toward shyness or a taste for fine wine." By Liza Mundy, Link to Article (last visited 12-18-06 NVS)

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Questions to Ask Before Marriage

"Relationship experts report that too many couples fail to ask each other critical questions before marrying. Here are a few key ones that couples should consider asking. . . " N.Y. Times Link to Questions (last visited 12-18-06 NVS)

December 19, 2006 in Marriage (impediments) | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Team Approach to Child Welfare

"In an effort to correct dysfunctional foster care systems, a growing number of child welfare agencies around the country are reaching outside their ranks to involve troubled families and the people in their lives in wrenching decisions about where endangered children should live. Some agencies find that by enlisting help from grandparents, church members, school counselors and sports coaches, they can reach faster, safer and more lasting decisions that result in fewer children languishing in foster care. Under the practice, known as team decision making, a group is assembled within 24 to 48 hours after a state agency is called into a crisis situation.

Programs exist in at least 21 states. Indiana, Michigan and Tennessee have adopted the team-approach statewide, while other programs are run at the county level. Officials in Denver County, Colo., credit the team approach for a 32 percent drop in out-of-home placements since 2002. In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the program has reduced the number of children in foster care by more than half since 2001. Tennessee has reduced the number of children in state care by more than 1,000 since March 2004, when there were 10,600 in the system." By Lynette Clemetson, N.Y. Times Link to Article (last visited 12-18-06 NVS)

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

New Jersey Legislature Approves Civil Unions

The New Jersey Legislature voted this evening to allow civil unions between same-sex couples.  According to the New York Times article, Gov. Jon S. Corzine, who has supported civil unions, he would give the measure careful review but added, “I think we’re doing the right thing.” The Assembly approved the bill in a 56-to-19 vote; the Senate vote was 23-to-12. New Jersey would be the third state, after Vermont and Connecticut, to establish civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. Same-sex marriages are allowed only in Massachusetts, which has a residency requirement, although many gays and lesbians have married in Canada.

The legislation comes after the New Jersey Supreme Court decision of seven weeks ago (See October 26 Family Law Prof Blog posting) which required that the gay couples be given access to the same rights and benefits as married couples.

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Russian Teen Sues Over Evolution

"A Russian court on Wednesday held hearings in an unprecedented lawsuit brought by a 15-year-old student who says being taught the theory of evolution in school violates her rights and insults her religious beliefs." AP, Yahoo News Link to Article (last visited 12-13-06 NVS)

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Child Workers in India

"Despite a government ban on child labor, Prabhu is one of tens of thousands of children in India who work in horrific conditions in often dangerous industries to support their poor families. Across the country, children stuff explosives into fireworks to be lit during religious festivals and extravagant wedding celebrations, or weave carpets, sew textiles and make everything from footballs to cricket bats to sulphur-tipped matchsticks. Around the town of Firozabad, about 230 km (140 miles) southeast of New Delhi and the hub of India's glassware industry, 50,000 child workers endure lives similar to Prabhu's laboring away in dozens of factories, rights groups estimate." By Palash Kumar, Reuters Link to Article (last visited 12-13-06 NVS)

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Woman Denied Abortion Takes Poland to European Court of Human Rights

"When Tysiac, who suffers from an acute eye disease, found she was pregnant for a third time in 2000, she was told by a doctor that the pregnancy, if carried to term, could leave her blind. She asked for an abortion but approval was delayed until she had passed the 12-week limit for the procedure. After the birth of her third child, Tysiac's eyesight degenerated until she was almost totally blind, unable to care for her children. Now 36, she is registered as disabled.

Tysiac has taken Poland to the European Court of Human Rights saying her rights were violated. But even as she fights her case, a movement within overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Poland wants to make having an abortion more difficult." By Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters Link to Article (last visited 12-13-06 NVS)

December 14, 2006 in Abortion | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Women-Only Taxi Company in Iran

"Iran will launch a women-only taxi company in Tehran aimed at women who feel uncomfortable riding in close proximity with members of the opposite sex, a newspaper reported Saturday.

"The Ladies' Safe Trips" taxi company, due to open for business in the next few weeks, will be the first such private sector firm in the capital. Similar taxi lines have been operating in some provincial cities for several years. The company will only employ female drivers who will wear uniforms and must be married, the Tehran-e Emrouz newspaper said." Reuters Link to Article (last visited 12-13-06 NVS)

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Never Again

An attorney who had withheld from his client a substantial portion of a lump sum workers' compensation settlement and converted the money for his own personal and business obligations was suspended for three years by the Louisiana Supreme Court. A hearing committee and the disciplinary board found that the attorney did not intend to permanently deprive the client of the proceeds. Although he had initially lied to the client, he refinanced his home and paid the client, who found out that the attorney had falsely advised him after he complained to the workers' compensation hearing officer.

The attorney admitted that he "made a bad choice" but "expressed remorse and contrition for his conduct and that he would not convert client funds to his own use in the future." His wife had just been diagnosed with uterine cancer and both he and his son were having shoulder problems, which could have affected the son's chances of getting a swimming scholarship.

Justice Knoll would disbar the attorney. So would I. (Mike Frisch)

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Monday, December 7, 2009

Have Reality TV Creators Finally Gone Too Far?

In creating "Jersey Shore" and "Find My Family" reality tv types seem to have crossed some lines. And we thought there weren't any more lines to be crossed. MTV, which is premiering "Jersey Shore," has already run into trouble with advertiser Domino's Pizza and groups representing Italian-Americans. And ABC's "Find My Family," a show about adoptees in search of their biological roots, seems to have run into what looks like a buzzsaw of complaints from adoption advocates. Read more in a New York Times article by Edward Wyatt.

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Wednesday, 14 August 2013

The Burdens of Shaohao are now all out!

The last part of Shaohao's was released at the end of last week!  There are 6, including the prelude in my last post.  We learned a lot through the production of all of them .. for me they get better and better every time.  To watch all 6 in sequence, go first to the prelude I linked before.

Shoutout to Doug Alexander, Lucas Merino, Josh Horst, Micky Nielsen and all the other people who helped to put it out - tons of work went in and I'm just happy to have been a part of it.

  1. Awesome work with wonderful story telling.

  2. You are simply amazing. All of your pieces tell the most powerful stories and all of your characters are memorable and fun. I put your Hearthstone artwork on Reddit!"

    Hundreds have seen it and liked it!

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

New Research - Kuijper

My 3rd great-grandmother's married name in America was Orpha Vandermade. Her death certificate states her father's name as Daniel Kuiper, and her first name is spelled Aafae in some census records. Somehow a while back I figured out that Cooper is an Americanization of Kuiper, and I located Daniel in the census records with a wife named Mary. A researcher in Muskegon also identified an immigration record for me. A Daniel Kuiper had immigrated in 1855 with a wife named Mary Post and several children, one named Antje.  All three were almost the perfect ages for the people I had pieced together from census and death records. At this point, the research went cold since I could not locate Daniel and Mary's marriage nor Aafae's birth record on I believe the research is correct, but the link between Aafae and this specific Daniel Kuiper is weaker than I would like.

Today I made significant progress in this area. I was able to locate Daniel and Mary's marriage record on Daniel Kuijper (note the spelling difference) and Mietje Poth (not Post) were married 04 Apr 1824 in Twisk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. But, birth records are not available yet on for Twisk (and probably neighboring areas as well). So, I have not located any birth records or other evidence of children of Daniel and Mietje.

But, the marriage record contains the names of parents for Daniel and Mietje. So, I have been able to trace back 2-3 additional generations for each of these ancestors and also construct parts of the families from marriage and death records. All of this will be more complete when the Noord-Holland birth records become more complete online.

So, for now, here is what I have learned.

- Daniel Kuijper was born in Twisk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Daniel's parents were Dirk Kuijper, Sr. and Aafje Leeuwrik.
- Dirk Kuiper, Sr. was born about 1773 and died on 27 Jun 1825 in Twisk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Dirk's parents were Jan Kuijper and Grietje Smient. They had at least 3 children (Dirk, Jr.; Daniel; and Jacob)
- Mietje Poth was born in Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Mietje's parents were Volkert Poth and Eva Wilhelmina van Schaeck.
- Eva was born about 1778 and died on 13 Jul 1814 in Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. I believe Eva died during childbirth since her last child died at 0 years and shares her date of death (and her name).
- Volkert and Eva had at least 3 children (Bernardus, Mietje, and Eva)
- Eva's parents were Hendrik van Schaeck and Albertina Maria Bolk.
- Hendrik was born about 1735 and died on 04 Jun 1813 in Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Hendrik and Albertina had at least 4 children (Eva Wilhelmina, Andreas Nikolass, Ida Geertruid, and Dirk Hendrik)
- Hendrik's parents were Andries and Catharina van Schaeck.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

New Research - van der Klok (Part 2)

The neatest part about the recent van der Klok research is the images of original documents from the Netherlands. One of them, the birth certificate of my 3rd great-grandmother Stijntje van Zanten, contains the signature of her father. This is the first signature I have found for an ancestor outside the United States.
Signature of Derk Hendriks van Zanten
Below at left is the original document (Stijntje's birth certificate), and to the right the birth certificate of her husband Tiete van der Klok. I found all of these documents on a website Thea pointed me to for Groningen, Netherlands:

Birth certificate of Stijntje van Zanten
Birth certificate of Tiete van der Klok

I was also able to locate Tiete and Stijntje's marriage license (below). They are the immigrant ancestors for the van der Klok line. It is interesting that almost all of Tiete's siblings remained in the Netherlands.

Marriage license for Tiete van der Klok and Stijntje van Zanten
I can't read them, but they are neat to find nevertheless!

Monday, December 19, 2011

New Research - van der Klok

Recently a woman named Thea who lives in the Netherlands contacted me about van der Klok family history. She is distantly related through a sibling of my 3rd great-grandfather Tiete van der Klok who stayed in Holland when Tiete came to America. She was able to offer some additional information to push this line further back. In addition, she pointed me to a few websites in the Netherlands where one can download original Dutch records for births, deaths, etc. What a blessing!

Things I have learned:
- Tiete's father Steven is the man with whom the van der Klok surname originated. When Napoleon ruled Holland, he ordered that everyone take a surname. (Prior to this, your surname was essentially your father's first name.) Steven Derks chose the surname van der Klok, and that is how we have known his descendants since then. The reason for his choice of surname is not known.
- Steven Derks van der Klok was baptized on 11 Aug 1782 in Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands. This date also corrected his approximate birth date which was apparently incorrect before.
- Steven's parents were Derk Okkes and Anje Stevens.
- Derk was baptized on 30 Jan 1735 in Woltersum, Groningen, Netherlands. He died before 1805. He was married first to Bauke Seebes on 05 Apr 1772 in Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands. He married Anje on 13 Nov 1779 in Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands. Derk and Anje had 7 children.
- Anje was baptized on 17 Mar 1754 in Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands. She died on 29 May 1820 in Huizinge, Groningen, Netherlands. Anje married second Jacob Willems on 19 May 1805 in Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands.
- Derk's parents were Okke Sijmens and Anje Derks.
- Anje's parents were Steven Pieters and Aagtje Jans
- Returning to Steven's wife Menje Reinders, she was baptized on 21 Oct 1781 in Garsthuizen (Stedum), Groningen, Netherlands.
- Steven and Menje were married on 23 Oct 1806 in Westeremden (Stedum), Groningen, Netherlands.
- Menje's parents were Jan Reinders and Aafke Addens.
- Aafke was baptized on 07 Oct 1742 in Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands. She died on 09 Dec 1808 in Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands.
- Aafke's parents were Adde Aijlts and Geertje Rienjes.


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NRL voices support for Storm

The National Rugby League has voiced its support for Melbourne Storm as the NRL partnership ruled against expanding the current competition in 2006.

NRL chief executive David Gallop quashed any suggestion that the Storm?s future was uncertain in Melbourne, citing the club?s licence, which has been guaranteed until the end of the 2011 season at least.

?Melbourne has a licence through until the end of 2011 and while they have got some challenges in terms of their off-field performance, the team is travelling really well and we are going to help in terms of those off-field issues so that the Storm?s off-field performance matches their on-field performance,? Gallop explained.

The partnership ruled out the addition of a 16th team in 2006 but said that the Telstra Premiership should be represented on the Gold Coast, the Central Coast and Wellington some time in the future.

The partnership decided that the issue will be re-examined in 2005 with a view to determining whether a 16th team should be added to the competition in 2007.

Meanwhile NRL Judiciary Chairman, Judge Greg Woods, today denied Danny Williams? application to seek leave to appeal his 18-week suspension handed down last Wednesday.

Williams was suspended for 18 matches for striking Wests forward Mark O?Neill in Round 19 earlier this year and despite receiving a formal submission from Alan Sullivan QC late last week, Judge Woods found that there was no prospect of success for the appeal.

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Statement from Robbie Farah

Wests Tigers rugby league captain Robbie Farah has made a statement about a vile comment he received on his Twitter account last night.

Farah has provided a report to NSW Police who are looking into the matter. The vile comment referred to his mother Sonia Farah, who passed away in June.