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Judge Stoner explains the problem with the current system in Marion County where the slating process by the political parties can cost a judicial candidate $25,000:
"This results in lawyers who have to be already wealthy to run, and the appearance about all these judges raising that much from lawyers," he said. "We simply don't want a system where a litigant feels they've won or lost because their lawyer gave or didn't give as much as the other side."
The Indiana State Bar Association also backs merit selection of judges and made its proposal to the Commission on Courts this past year. Editorially, the Indiana Lawyer has come down on the side of merit selection:
We fail to understand anyone's attachment to such a blatantly and overtly political means of putting judges in office.As an elected precinct committeeperson, I will have the opportunity at the next scheduled election of Marion County judges to vote on which candidates to nominate for the Republican Party. Yet, I am willing to give up that voting right in favor of a more sensible, merit selection system. I don't know how anyone can look at how last year's slating of judicial candidates in Marion County took place and be comfortable with what occurred. It wouldn't be so bad if the slated candidates actually faced a November contest, but the current system ensures the election of all of the slated candidates of the respective parties, save one. Most of the precinct committeepersons who vote at the slating caucus aren't elected. Because there are so many vacancies, the county chairman gets to appoint precinct committeepersons of his own liking. In the case of both political parties in Marion County, the respective county chairmen are employed by two major law firms. The GOP's Tom John works for Ice Miller; the Democrats' Ed Treacy and his predecessor, Mike O'Connor, are affiliated with Bose McKinney.
We were once admonished by the head of the Marion County political parties that we didn't fully understand and appreciate the slating process because we'd never seen it work. We were encouraged to get involved in the process before criticizing it.
Of all the government reform measures the legislature might take up this year, I can think of none more important than merit selection. I hope the legislature ignores the pleadings of self-serving political leaders in both parties and pulls the plug on an outdated and unfair political system for choosing judges. As the Indiana Lawyer warns, "Nothing less than the credibility of our judiciary is at stake."


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The way that you put together your teams matters. Creating a properly structured organization chart ensures that you've got the right people as supervisors, and the right teams configured to get work done.
How to Create Organizational Charts in PowerPoint With Templates
An organization chart, or org chart, helps you illustrate how your company is structured. Showing "who reports to who" gives outsiders a sense of how the structure and decision-making process works.
One of the best ways that you can build and document an org chart is with a PowerPoint diagram. With a documented PowerPoint organizational chart, employees can reference how your company is put together and who to contact for subject-area knowledge.
In this tutorial, you'll learn to build an org chart in PowerPoint. We'll use a combination of SmartArt for flexible org charts and custom PowerPoint templates to create great-looking organizational charts.
What Is an Organizational Chart?
Organizational design is an art. How do you put together your company so that the most work possible gets done? Who needs to report to who to best enable them to move effectively and accomplish work?
Much of this comes down to organizational design. Every company has a different way of thinking about this, but the most important part is that they actually do the thinking about structure.
The way that you document this is with an organizational chart (org chart). An org chart is simply a graphic that shows the reporting structure of a company. It's organized as a hierarchy, showcasing the reporting structure. The top of an org chart shows the highest-ranking manager, with each box under it
Check out the organizational chart example below:
Org charts can be used by practically anyone within a company to understand the reporting structure. Frequently, employees in other areas of the company may start by checking the org chart to determine who to speak to about an issue. Let's learn how to build our own.
Use SmartArt to Create Organizational Charts
SmartArt is one of my favorite features in PowerPoint, and I'll show you why in this section. Think of SmartArt as a way to build out interactive charts. While you might have used graphic design apps like Photoshop or Illustrator to build graphics in the past, you can actually build impressive graphics with PowerPoint alone.
SmartArt is a feature that you can use for a variety of graphics, including building an org chart in PowerPoint. Let's take a look at how to do just that.
To get started with SmartArt org charts, jump over to the Insert tab on PowerPoint's ribbon. Click on the SmartArt menu option to open up the SmartArt builder.
On the SmartArt window, you've got a variety of chart types that work well as org charts. Go ahead and select the Hierarchy category to browse the choices that work best as organizational charts. For this example, let's try out the basic organization chart.
Once you press OK, you'll see a new chart on your slide. You'll also see a text box on the left side in outline form where you can build out the structure of the company and see it auto-populate the SmartArt chart.
Simply type in these boxes to fill out the PowerPoint organizational chart. Each bullet point in the list will show as a box on the chart. A second level bullet point will show underneath the higher level bulleted item.
For most org charts, it's ideal to list not only the employee's name but also their role in the organization or job title. You can add a line break with Ctrl + Enter to create a second line with the job title beneath the name.
If you've never used PowerPoint for charts and illustrations, you might be surprised by its flexibility. Thanks to its easy-to-use interface and drag-and-drop design tools, you can build out practically any visual in PowerPoint. Check out this example of 15 templates that you can use to build infographics in Excel to tell stories with data:
Microsoft PowerPoint15 Best PowerPoint Presentation Templates—With Great Infographic SlidesSean Hodge
How to Create an Organizational Chart Using PowerPoint Org Chart Templates
How can you get ahead on building presentations of your own? The answer is to start off by using templates from other graphic designers to skip the work of designing new slides from scratch.
One service that I subscribe to is ThemeKeeper Elements. If you haven't already heard about Elements, it's one of the most cost-effective solutions to build out practically any type of creative project. There are over 600,000 assets included, and PowerPoint presentations are just one category of them.
In Elements' lineup, there's truly a PowerPoint template for everything. You use these templates instead of starting from a blank slate to save the time involved with designing slides.
The advantage of Elements is that it's a flat-rate service. One subscription nets you all of the assets for that single flat-rate fee. And for me, one of the single largest values is the ability to build PowerPoint presentations using starter design slides that are built into premium templates.
When you start with a pre-built slide, you only have to fill in your own details to complete the design. Add employee names, titles, and headshots to show a finished organizational chart.
If your budget only allows for a one-time download, we've got you covered for that too. GraphicRiver has thousands of PowerPoint templates for you to choose from, including many great org chart PowerPoint templates.
In this tutorial, we're going to use the Organizational & Data Chart presentation template that's included as part of an Elements subscription. This template has some excellent choices for PowerPoint organizational charts that we'll customize below. Let's walk through those steps.
1. Select the Slide to Use
In the Organizational & Data Chart template, you'll find a wide variety of styles for readymade PowerPoint organizational charts. Every organization is structured differently, so it works best if you choose a slide that's most similar to the structure of your own company.
Not all companies are organized exactly the same, so check out all of the slide designs to see the potential org chart designs that you can create in PowerPoint.
No matter which slide design you choose, you can drop your own company's details into the PowerPoint org chart template. In this tutorial, I'm going to use slide design 10 in the original deck to customize with example details.
2. Build the Structure
Every organization is going to be organized a bit differently, and you need to customize the structure so that it matches your own.
Of course, many companies won't be able to fit the entire organization on a single slide. Consider building out a slide deck to break down a large organization, with each slide representing a different group.
For this example, let's use slide design 10. This is a pretty simple PowerPoint org chart template design that includes photo placeholders for the employees.
For now, let's keep it simple by filling in the names on this slide. If you need to, you can click on any of the boxes and delete them if the pre-built structure doesn't fit your organization.
At this step, focus on just building out the structure of the company to match your own. You might need to duplicate boxes as well to add more employees to the team.
3. Add Team Information
After you lay out the basic slide structure with the organizational structure, you'll want to add some more explanatory details. This is one of the advantages of using a completely custom template.
The slide template that we chose above has placeholders for job titles as well as photo thumbnails. Putting a name with a face on a PowerPoint organizational chart will help anyone who's browsing the org chart to know key team members when they see them in the hallways.
Be descriptive when it comes to titles. Many times, new employees will be browsing the org chart to learn more about what each person does. You can even use that title box to list out key areas of expertise to contact that employee about.
Just click on the job title description box to add your own job titles to the slide. Also, make sure to click on the photo thumbnails to browse to and add your own employee photos.
4. Publish and Share
Now that you've built out the perfect org chart in PowerPoint, it's time to publish and share the finished file with others.
First, make sure that the PowerPoint organizational chart is shared or stored somewhere that everyone can access it who needs to. That might be stored on your intranet or distributed periodically.
One recommendation that I want to make is that you save this file in a format other than a PowerPoint (PPTX) file format. In fact, saving it as a PDF is often the best way to ensure that everyone can open and view the org chart regardless of the device they're viewing it on.
To save a copy as a PDF, go to the File menu, choose Export, and then Create PDF / XPS to save a PDF edition of your org chart.
Also, make sure that the PowerPoint version of the presentation is carefully stored and monitored for needed updates. Teams are always evolving and changing, and the org chart needs to stay updated to match. It's best if you've got someone assigned to keep the chart up-to-date with the current team structure.
Keep Learning
PowerPoint presentations can take a variety of forms. In this lesson, you saw the power of using PowerPoint to build an org chart that documents how your organization is structured. Sharing this with new hires or within your organization is an easy way to document how you've aligned the company.
Org charts in PowerPoint create an understanding about how the company is structured. Most importantly, you might even reconsider how your company is structured in the process of setting up your own org chart in PowerPoint!
Want to learn more about building beautiful slide decks with PowerPoint? All of the following tutorials and roundups have something to offer. Make sure to check them out to see more PowerPoint templates and techniques:
Microsoft PowerPointHow to Make Professional PowerPoint Presentations (With Templates)Andrew Childress
Microsoft PowerPoint20 Best Pitch Deck Templates: For Business Plan PowerPoint PresentationsSean Hodge
Microsoft PowerPointHow to Quickly Customize a PowerPoint Template DesignAndrew Childress
How do you build your own org charts? Do you use PowerPoint or another app to showcase how a company is structured? Let me know in the comments section below.

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Monday, April 28, 2008
Supreme Court Upholds Indiana's Voter ID Law
27 comments:
When I voted in the special election the people manning the poll never asked for my Photo ID or the dozen or so people in front of me or who came in after I did that I saw.
I had to call downtown and let them know about it. When my wife went to vote several hours later they were asking and checking photo ID's
- Flynn said...
Really we all knew an identification requirement would be upheld. The only question was whether Indiana's was too restrictive.
- legaldiva said...
Just for clarification...there were no cited instances of voter fraud, so it wasn't an attempt by the dems to allow any type of fraud. The dissenting opinion is actually quite brilliant and truly captures the essence of what the plaintiffs were trying to get across. This law disables the elderly, handicapped, and the poor, not the criminal element. Last time I checked they weren't making a bee line to the polls anyway. While getting to the BMV may not cause much of an imposition to the average person, it is a true inconvenience for the above mentioned demographic. I guess the repubs are happy they can count on the fact that a large number of folks will be disenfranchised by default. The unfortunate reality is that it affects both parties.
- Lance Rasmussen said...
It's the right decision.
But, can we do something about absentee voting? Maybe get a paper trail on those voting machines? If we really cared about election safety, this is what our elected officials would be focusing on.
- True Conservative said...
A major problem with this law is the involvement of the BMV. I recently had an elderly lady come in who was born in Tennessee whose birth records were destroyed in a fire and before the state kept such records. The BMV played the typical bureacratic game of not telling her what she needed but that she just didn't have what she did need. She took them her social security paperwork that had her correct social security number and date of birth but that was not enough. They told her she needed a an offical document like a court order stating her date of birth. Now remember this lady was nearly 70 and had had an Indiana driver's license for decades. After calling the social security adminsitration and being on hold for over half an hour and then disconnected I thought I would call the state line to explain how ridiculous their rules were. Only then did the person tell me they accept the medicare card as proof of name and date of birth (actually he called it a medicaid card for people over 65). Of course, non of their literature or web site mentioned this. My hope is the fact this lady was black did not enter in to it.
If a house is listed as vacant from several years ago and it is still vacant now in the Indygov database and someone claims that address as their home address but never lived there and votes is that fraud ?
- Aaron & Alaine said...
I do not believe the argument that this law is unduly burdensome on the right to vote is a particularly strong one. Because the fundamental right to vote is whats involved here, you can certainly make the argument that we ought to weigh the issue of placing burdens, impediments or any level of inconvenience on the exercise of that right very carefully. Nonetheless its a tough argument to make that asking of people to show photo ID as we do in order for them to do a whole slew of other everyday activities is so unduly burdensome as to rise to the level of a constitutional violation of the basic rights of citizens. Moreover, the solution is pretty simple which is that people should do something they ought to do in any event which is to obtain legal ID. For those of us who worry that people will be disenfranchised by this, mobilizing ourselves to make sure that the vast majority of the community is empowered with ID to cast their vote is what we should be doing. Legislatively, there is no reason that the law cannot be amended to make its provisions regarding provisional ballots and mechanisms for obtaining ID easier and more convenient.
Having said all that, lets also keep it real. This law was intended to suppress votes. It was championed by the republicans, ostensibly to prevent voter impersonation fraud, a crime which has never been committed and which as a potential corruptive influence on elections is really a fairly remote possibility. As a practical matter, you are not going to get enough people to participate in a conspiracy to affect an election by impersonating voters which would have any appreciable effect. So the republicans fought hard and we spent state dollars to defend a law that doesn't solve a real problem. That means that it was really intended for other purposes and that purpose was to suppress a class of voters who are typically expected to fall into the democratic column.
Now that the Supremes have upheld it, we can expect to see a slew of similar laws around the country that are put forward by republicans ostensibly to prevent voter impersonation, but as this is an imaginary problem, are really being passed for their effect of suppressing some voters. I will not be surprised to see other types of restrictions or requirements passed which use other types of potential vote fraud as justification. The result within a few years may be a slew of restrictions which when viewed as a whole operate to suppress a significant number of voters. This kind of rigging of democracy is quite frankly, evil. We as republicans should stand for the expansion of the franchise, not its suppression. This is the type of dubious legislative action which keeps me a reluctant republican.
- Sir Hailstone said...
"This law was intended to suppress votes."
Dems can't find any examples of voters disenfranchised because of Voter ID. Except a woman registered to vote in two states.
Suppress votes from the Crown Hill precinct, yes. I prefer voters be alive and breathing, and voting ONCE.
(complaints about discrimination against the living challenged begin in 5..4..3..2...)
- Indy4U2C said...
The decision was right & proper.
The frivilous claim of the Democrats that filed it resembles the college student "wet Kleenex" prank in which (as entertainment), a soggy wet tissue mass is thrown against the dorm room
wall to see if it will stick.
In the context of this much more serious matter, the Democrats are engaged in a similar exercise – throwing facts against the courthouse wall
simply to see what sticks.
NOTHING! (Except wasted litigation.)
- Indy4U2C said...
-remember the Democrats listed as a party to the case a BMV employee, who had a driver's license!!!
- Aaron & Alaine said...
You can cite democratic foolishness in the pursuit of the lawsuit against this law as much as you want. Their protestations didn't have particularly good arguments. In my mind, thats all very irrelevant. Voter impersonation simply isn't a real problem. It doesn't happen. Even if you assume it does happen, the likelihood of voter impersonation happening on a scale meaningful enough to actually affect the outcome of an election is vanishingly remote. The motivation for this law was the suppression of votes by groups of people presumed to vote democratic more often than not. I won't pretend that the burden arguments made by the laws opponents rise to a constitutional violation, if everybody else will just come clean that the intent of this legislation is voter suppression. It is an exercise in BS to act otherwise.
Voter impersonation simply isn't a real problem. It doesn't happen. Even if you assume it does happen, the likelihood of voter impersonation happening on a scale meaningful enough to actually affect the outcome of an election is vanishingly remote.
You obviously have not been paying attention in the last few elections. We have seen many elections on different levels being affected by 10-20 votes. That is plenty of votes that if a group of three people are going around and voting under their relatives names, they could easily affect an election. I have older relatives who I know don't vote all the time, yet they are registered. Under the old system, I could have walked right in, voted, and no one would have known (note: I likely would have told my relatives, telling them I wanted to help so and so candidate. How many elderly would really care what their grandson/daughter voted?) It seems that with older folks, they either are very strong in voting every election, or may vote every so often and don't really care too much about the process. The fact that I could have done this with ease is proof enough that it happened and needed to be addressed. If the state/locals are not going to purge the entire rolls, compare the new registrations with address records, death certificates, etc., what other option is there? If an ID is that much of a burden, then maybe we should set up a system where folks have to register to vote every single year? These records would be compared with death certificates, government records on housing, etc. etc.. That might have helped the problem.
Also, since it never happened, why do we always hear reports of poll workers in certain precinct (mostly heavy Democrat) not showing ID till someone calls and complains. The law has been in effect for two years now, yet even today there was talk that during early voting downtown, IDs were not being checked. This is the type of flagrant ignoring of the law that makes it seem that maybe there was some fraud going on and still is today.
- Flynn said...
Legaldiva, that's a very disingenous argument. The fact is we had no way of catching voter fraud of this type because there was no ID requirement. So trying to claim the result of not having the ID requirement as proof it wasn't needed is indeed very intellectually dishonest.
I can't believe in this day and age we're actually debating whether you should have to show your ID to vote. With the old signature system, we had no way of ensuring people were who they said they were when it came to voting. If you work the polls you find out very quickly that about 20% of the names on the list are of people who are dead or who have moved years ago. Unfortunately, Motor Voter makes it virtually impossible to eliminate those names of non-voters. So you have a huge pool of people on the voter registration lists that aren't going to cast votes (because of death, moving), a ripe situation for fraud...for people to step in and claim to be those people.
- Bart Lies said...
For all the money they blew fighting the law, every so-called 'disenfranchised voter' could have been given a round-trip cab ride to any license branch in the state, or the license branch's mobile office could have visted THEM. And probably had enough money left over to serve tea and cookies to all of them.
- legaldiva said...
I suppose the dissenting justices are intellectually dishonest as well, as they too noted the fact that there wasn't a single documented case of voter fraud. The mere fact that it could happen doesn't mean that it did happen. To make that statement is intellectually dishonest.
FYI, I have worked the polls. I realize that there some of the information is outdated. BUT, I haven't witnessed anyone voting multiple times, etc. I'm all for reform, but when it prevents people that have voted for years from voting because they cannot access the proper documentation, it's problematic.
- Indy4U2C said...
Aaron & Alaine voter impersonation did happen in Center Twp. I worked the polls. I spoke to them.
Challenging someone impersonating prior to Voter ID was impossible for practical purposes.
I've seen Tony Duncan (gun strapped) walking inside the chute with Julia at a polling place that had 4 precincts during an election....and the Dems told me "she always does that" when I protested, as if my demanding the election law be followed were foreign...
On what do you base your false statement that it did not exist?
- Aaron & Alaine said...
I'll stipulate that we don't have any verifiable way of determining whether or not voter impersonation has been occurring on some regular basis. I'll stipulate that it is possible to commit this type of fraud. However, there is no argument for the law's necessity based on the possibility of voter impersonation. Presidential vote mess of 2000 aside, by and large voting typically produces a clear winner the vast majority of the time and the problems we have had recently with controversial vote counting scenarios has more to do with the basic inadequacies of our voting practices and technology which in many places has not been updated.
I don't really have an argument about voter ID in terms of the burden it imposes. It does impose a burden, but not one that rises to the level of a constitutional violation. The burden argument is a poor one.
My problem with this law is that its actual intent is voter suppression, not the prevention of fraud. You don't base a law like this which affects a fundamental right of citizens based on scant anecdotal evidence of voter impersonation. The law was pushed for on a partisan basis primarily because it will have the effect of suppressing some number of votes that are presumed to fall into the democratic camp.
Arguments for prevention of fraud and the lightness of the imposed burden are fine as far as they go, but just like WMD was not the real reason for going to Iraq, fraud prevention is not the real driving rationale behind this legislation.
What will now occur, since the Supremes have blessed this backdoor approach to voter suppression is that similar legislation will be pursued by republicans across the country aimed at any variety of potential voter fraud scenarios. They won't be related to actual evidence of a serious problem, they'll pass because they sound reasonable enough. And we will look up one day only a few years hence I predict and find many places where enough such restrictions have been put in place that they have the aggregate effect of suppressing a significant portion of the vote.
As such, its rigging democracy and I find it despicable. As republicans, we have better ideas for governance. We don't have to rely on rigging democracy and when we do, then that means we are bankrupt of the democratic principles we proclaim.
- Indy4U2C said...
Aaron & Alaine:
You wrongfully call Voter ID "voter suppression." Where did you get that from?
The Democrats were not able to provide a single example of a voter who did not have/could not obtain ID. This is 2008. ID is a requirement for many things. I can honestly say that I do NOT know anybody who does not have ID.
Can you please identify a single person who does not have and cannot obtain ID to vote? You can't? -I figured.
Please, Aaron & Alaine, keep the discussion in the land of reality.
- Aaron & Alaine said...
Can you provide documented evidence of widespread voter impersonation in any election in this state, the supposed rationale for this law? No, you can't and neither could the state make any such showing at the Supreme Court.
If you put in place rules which have the effect of discouraging voters from exercising the franchise or which make it more cumbersome to do so and those voters are deterred, you have suppressed their votes. Voter suppression is a loaded term, so I understand you want to react to that, but its an accurate term. The fact that someone can obtain ID doesn't mean you can't suppress their vote. Someone who has no ID on election day, gets a provisional ballot, but decides that they don't want to go through the rigamarole of going to the county clerk to do the affadavit thing because they just think its a hassle, thats a vote that has been suppressed, as they would have otherwise cast that vote.
Now you can make arguments that well, they should not vote if they don't want to do that, or if they don't want to get the ID and thats all very fine. But that is a separate issue from what the intended effect of this law is.
The law has been put in place in order to prevent voter impersonation fraud, a crime of which there is only anecdotal evidence and no evidence that when it may have occurred, that it has been of any material effect.
I'm not arguing about the issue of burdens and so forth. I don't think those arguments are strong. I'm simply saying that we need not engage in the fantasy that this bill was pushed forward on a partisan basis because there was this terrible problem that needed remedy. It was put forward because while it will indeed significantly deter voter impersonation, its primary affect will be to deter some number of voters who are presumed to vote democratic. And in fact, with its successful defense at the supreme court, it paves the way for similar legislation all over the country that can place a variety of small, on their face reasonable impediments, restrictions and requirements on the exercise of the vote. As that stuff piles up, it will amount over time to significant levels of voter suppression, by simply making it more inconvenient to cast a vote. There are people who will be deterred from voting by such things which includes the elderly, the disabled and others cited in the lawsuit.
I'm a republican and I'm not stupid. The rationale behind this is perfectly clear and I'm simply saying to everyone, lets cut the BS that this law was to fix the problem of voter impersonation, which can only be anecdotally shown to exist and even that quite scarce. Sure, it will deter that, but its also going to deter people from legally voting who might otherwise do so. That effect is understood and its intended and its the real reason for this law.
- Indy4U2C said...
Aaron & Alaine: The reason voter fraud could not be proven is because without Voter ID, it was rampant and undocumented (like Monroe Gray's ghost employment with the fire department). Voter ID stops it from taking place. Your attempt to say there is "voter suppression" is nothing more than propaganda.
Sorry, showing ID does not suppress anything...but fraud. It gives the tool to assure validity of elections.
Presidential vote mess of 2000 aside, by and large voting typically produces a clear winner the vast majority of the time...
I disagree.
Warren Township Trustee race
Orentlicher's first race
The recent Muncie Election
I can't believe folks say that the burden for an ID is very low, yet this is about voter suppression. That totally contradicts the argument. If Republicans wanted voters to be denied the right to vote, why make it so easy to get an idea for 99% of the population out there?
You are refusing to take off your political correctness glasses and see this for what it really is: The poor are more likely to vote for Democrats. I also see the poor, especially those involved in crime, living on the backs of other taxpayers, etc. having a moral standard that is much lower than other hard working folks, even the working poor they call their neighbors. These people have a moral code that causes a lifestyle vastly different than what you see in the suburbs, in Geist, etc. etc.. Their moral upbringing is based upon fraud, having no care about taking other people's money to live on ("Welfare is a right!" type logic), etc. etc.. Is it really such a bad thing to come out and say that people raised this way are more likely to engage in voter fraud than people who may have been raised that it is not OK to steal, that living on government cheese is OK in emergency situations, etc. etc..?
I find it funny that with technology today, the leftist fringe of the supreme court still wants to hold voting like it was back in the 1700s. These same judges will be the ones to take away guns because we are now in the 21st Century, not the 1700s. They have sided with government being able to take your property and giving it to another private individual so that person, and the government, can make more money. They claim it is because this might be the need for progress. Why don't they want progress when it comes to voting? We all know why. Voter fraud occurs more in the strong, lower class Democrat areas where undereducated people are lied too and those raised with poor moral values have no problem committing voter fraud.
- Aaron & Alaine said...
Voter ID was passed in order prevent a crime that you claim was rampant but nobody can document it? But I'm engaging in left wing pc doublethink? At a minimum its a wash since your earlier point was that disenfranchisement could not be proven. But neither can you prove this crime is occurring, even though you claim it is rampant.
Further, get it straight. I AGREE that requiring persons to show ID will deter voter impersonation fraud. I AGREE that the imposition of such a requirement does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation.
I DISAGREE that voter impersonation is rampantly occurring and thus is the main impetus for this law. If it were such a rampant abuse, its proponents would have more than anecdotal evidence for it. You argue that without the law there was no way to know, and I suppose if no cases of such fraud surface during this primary or other elections, you will then claim you wiped out this fraud that you could not document existed? Its conveniently circular.
There are people who are legally entitled to vote who may not because they don't have a state issued ID and for whatever reason, don't obtain one in order to do so, a requirement that did not exist before, but which is now imposed to fight a crime you can't document is happening on anymore than a trivial basis.
Therefor I QUESTION the intent of a law pushed on a partisan basis to deter a crime for which there is no credible evidence that it is occurring more than anecdotally.
You make my case. Your whole argument is based on the premise that the poor (who you stereotype as criminal, as though having money is the standard for moral behavior, an idea refuted by the myriad number of wealthy people who are seriously corrupt) vote democrat, and somehow, these people you stereotype as lazy and amoral(which does not sound like someone who would vote in the first place or would care about influencing the political landscape so much they would commit fraud to vote multiple times) you also think are highly motivated to go out and independently commit voter impersonation fraud? Who are these crazed, poverty stricken voting criminals that you think are doing what...? Feverishly running from precinct to precinct to vote four times or ten to influence the vote for a democrat? Not to mention that they would be doing so alone, and that to be meaningful, there would need to be more than just themselves engaging in this criminal behavior. Or do you believe there are organized voter impersonation gangs out there, lying in wait for elections? A vast left wing democrat conspiracy in which an army of lazy, amoral poor people have enlisted to savage our democracy? Its a fantastical notion.
You said:
"The poor are more likely to vote for Democrats".
You want to deter that and you believe this law will help to prevent some of these evil poor from voting. You want to suppress the vote of people who don't have a lot of money because you think they are morally less qualified to cast a vote. That is textbook voter suppression baby. What a tremendous stereotype and your own statements prove my point. Your concern is that they will vote democratic and you generalize that they are committing voter fraud (a crime with no specific payoff to a poor person who you are now advancing the argument is engaging in voter fraud out of sophisticated political analysis to maintain a welfare state?). Wow.
Your post makes it perfectly that you hope that poor people are deterred from voting democrat by this law, because you figure poor people won't bother to get an ID to vote. You think the law imposes a requirement that will screen out these evil poor people who live in the city so that the pure people of Geist who are morally superior by virtue of having more money can cast their votes unmolested by the unwashed masses.
I submit what you have said is the true INTENT motivating this laws supporters and that is voter suppression. Its rigging democracy to inhibit or condition the franchise in order to deter a class of voters that for whatever reason you don't like. What you've said is the real agenda behind the law. The fear of voter impersonation that people claim is RAMPANT but can't document is a pretext to impose a restriction that you believe will operate to deter poor people that you think vote democrat. You've said it out of your own mouth plain as day. Thats is what those who are vociferously supporting this law are thinking will be the effect of it and it is an effect they desire to have.
That is a subversion of democracy and of the democratic ideals upon which the country is founded. Its despicable. One man, one vote, but apparently in the republic some would prefer, all votes are not to be considered equal. I'm a republican and I find this kind of behavior by our side abhorrent.
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You are making just as any pompous, unsupported claims as teh law you so ignorantly decry.
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Aaron & Alaine: Just what do you base your (wrongful) assertion that voter fraud does not exist (especially in Center Twp)??? Please state your answer.
I have worked the Center polls, encountered voter fraud, and illegal activity (Tony Duncan with gun in the chute with Julia). Enforcement to stop the fraud was not practical without a voter ID requirement! What could I do, challenge the voter??? Would that be practical?
Voter ID is the best thing to happen to elections! I am surprised it took so long.
Aaron & Alaine, are you on a propaganda mission?
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Am I on a propaganda mission? Nope. I just call it the way I see it.
Nowhere have I claimed that voter fraud does not exist. What I have said is that the fraud of voter impersonation which this law is supposed to address is not occurring on the rampant and unchecked scale proponents of this law claim. If it were, proponents of this law would be able to produce evidence of that. Something , anything.The state had to acknowledge before the Supreme Court that they had no such evidence of this supposedly rampant voter impersonation fraud. As conservatives, we are supposed to deal in facts and the facts, observation, study, anything that supports the claim that voter impersonation is a major problem is lacking in this case.
You say you have observed voter fraud. I assume what you say is true, but your evidence is a repeated anecdote about Julia Carson and what you are describing does not sound like voter impersonation, though voter fraud of some kind it sounds like it was.
I don't advance the premise that voter fraud does not exist. But neither do I accept the premise that voter impersonation prevention is why this law was pushed on a partisan basis, or that the motivation for the law is only the purest of concerns about the integrity of voting and devoid of any political motive. We live in the real world where people understand the consequences of their actions. Spooknp's position about the undesirability of poor people voting and his viewpoint that this law will discourage that group is in my view much closer to the true motivation of proponents of the law and I have yet to hear anyone in this forum say that isn't true. You're rushing to beat me back because I say that the real agenda here is voter suppression, but Spooknp cuts loose with a stereotypical diatribe about poor people on welfare with no morals who vote democrat and how this law is going to deter them, and not a one in this forum said, no, thats not what this is about. No one said he's not right. But you want to shout me down because I say its voter suppression, which is exactly what he was advocating.
The law will function to deter a certain portion of otherwise legally eligible voters from voting. That effect is understood and its intended. Proponents of the law in my view have a hard time refuting that conclusion when they claim a reason for the law (voter impersonation) which they can't document in any credible way beyond anecdotes.
The even bigger issue is the precedent now set. Any variety of supposedly reasonable restrictions may now be imposed on the exercise of the vote, and just like here, they will get put in place primarily because of their effect to deter a class of voters considered undesirable or unimportant (like Spooknp's poor people who vote democratic). That cuts both ways, so there is nothing to prevent reasonable sounding pretexts being used to deter voter populations presumed to vote republican.
Its rigging of democracy and a gaming of the system in a way that I believe is antithetical and corrosive to our political and civil life.
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"The law will function to deter a certain portion of otherwise legally eligible voters from voting."
-I gotta call it the way I see it. That statement is propaganda! Presenting ID doesn't deter anything...except fraud. You cannot provide an example.


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The 21st century has a whale of a lot of noise in it. The kids have coined a phrase to help us sift through all of it: signal vs. noise. Signal matters. Noise doesn't. But a lot of what we do in education masquerades as signal, when all it is is noise.
First, we use "seat time" to signal to kids that education is important. That's why the 180-day school year requirement, among other things. There is no strong correlation between seat time and test scores, but that doesn't matter. It's a signal that we care about education. Kids, however, pick that up as a signal that ADULTS care about education, but since adults (kids believe) are mostly morons, and often punitive and dangerously unstable morons, that's not a positive message. In other words, this one is noise.
Second, we use pieces of paper to signal competence. Starting with the high school diploma, and moving onward from there, we signal to each other that graduating students are worthy of employment (and that they are valuable in other ways, as human beings). The high school diploma does not correlate with success at university. University education does not correlate with job security, and its correlation with income is tautological (employers believe a degree means something, so by definition a degree DOES mean something, so this reinforces the idea that a degree means something). The signal is being sent, and received, yet the results do not support the contention of the signal. Again, mostly noise.
Third, we use per-pupil expenditures to signal caring about kids. There is no rational human being that will contend that Utah parents care 55% as much about their kids as Virginia parents do (having lived for over 20 years in each state, I'd argue the reverse quite vociferously), but the Virginia per-pupil is $11,700, and the Utah per-pupil is $6500. It's a signal. The signal is entirely white noise–again, there is no correlation between money spent per pupil and test scores, let alone long-term success.
But as a teacher myself, I think it's exceptionally difficult to measure success in education. I'm not at all sure what the term even means. Test scores? Okay, but do test scores correlate to "life success"? No. They do not. Top SAT scorers are every bit as likely to be unemployed, bankrupt, divorced, and jailed, as other people. So I can teach to the test–indeed, I am all but threatened into doing so–but does that do my students a disservice? I believe it does.
I don't signal to my students that I care about them, I actually care about them. As a result, many of them do very well on the traditional measures of academic success. But because my school is a magnet for refugees from mainline public schools, I also have a huge number of kids that will never perform well on such measures. Still, I believe they are learning and I believe they're learning because of what and how we teach them.
I see no good way to measure that. I see even less how I could prove it to an administrator. And I suppose it is therefore possible that I am completely bamboozled, and that none of this learning is, in fact, happening. But if it isn't, I guarantee you it wouldn't happen anywhere else any better. In fact, I think that may be true anyway–kids learn what they learn.
Finding the appropriate fit for a kid, where he will learn the most, is not going to reduce down to 50 pages of core standards, or some kind of bar graph. It's as individual as the kid is. But we signal, because 1) that lets people keep their jobs and 2) because we genuinely don't know what else to do. We're spending–literally–nearly a trillion dollars on education annually in the US, the vast majority of it public money. We have to have SOME way of being accountable for all that.
Which is why, in my opinion, government as an education monopoly is a bad idea. Government is a chainsaw, a huge, powerful tool that can take out a tree–or your leg–in a minute or less. But you don't want to use it to remove a blood clot. Most education is logging, pure and simple. Carpet-bomb the basics. A good number of kids, though, aren't going to do well with that, on both sides of the spectrum.
Exceptional kids can and should have access to exceptional opportunity (NOTE: this does not mean "rich kids"), and kids that won't do well in the assembly-line education system need a way to get out and get what they need elsewhere. We currently make that quite hard, in most places, and I think our education system would benefit from making it easier. I also think we could get the same or very similar results with half the expenditures we now have, as they do in many charter schools and virtually all parochial schools (Utah private schools are, for many reasons, bad examples).
Technology won't fix it, or even make a significant dent in the problem. A computer in every class is no solution (again, no correlation between technology and learning, at least not in schools). The problems are systemic. The system was designed to provide workers for defined problem sets–things you can learn to do from a checklist–and we still need a fair number of those workers, though fewer and fewer of them.
The 21st century, by contrast, will need ill-defined-problem solvers, people who can recognize problems that do not yet exist, or that exist but are intractable, i.e. eliminating malaria. Our education system does not provide much hope that those thinkers will come about. I think they will, but mostly from the segment of the population that has opted out of school.
And you know, maybe it wouldn't matter, or matter very much. Maybe kids are going to learn what they're going to learn, and it's irrelevant what we teach them. I think that's possible, and exceptionally hard to prove. Our society is, at any rate, built on the idea that we're going to pen kids up for hours a day so their parents don't have to worry about them, so this isn't changing.
Still. I was in a meeting this weekend, and the facilitator asked how often we were holding meetings in our local units. The acceptable answers were anywhere from "once a month" to "once a week". We all fell into the acceptable bracket. "But," the leader said, "the key here is not frequency, but effectiveness. If your meetings are ineffective, and you're meeting once a week, you should probably drop to once a month." Until we have some solid evidence that spending $700 billion on education every year produces results we couldn't get by spending half that, I wonder if we shouldn't spend half of it.


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What does it mean to be gifted? There are many different characteristics that can be identified in a gifted student. Here are a few:
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- They are problem solvers and complex thinkers, looking for answers.
- They are extremely curious about many different things, and are not afraid to ask questions.
- They are quick to express their personal beliefs and opinions and are very willing to debate.
- The gifted student may have a high I.Q. overall, but only excel in certain subject areas. For example, a math prodigy may desire to spend every available hour on math, neglecting other subject areas.
In addition, many gifted students are underachievers who tend to be over-sensitive and socially inept. Gifted students are more than just bright; they are complex students who need special attention in the classroom.
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A literature-based unit study enables the teacher to use a work of literature, whether it be a classic chapter book or a children's picture book, to teach a variety of subject areas, such as, reading, language arts, science, history, and fine arts. Teaching with literature based unit studies allows you to teach a group of students of various educational levels at the same time, using the same basic lesson plan. The lessons can be easily simplified or expanded to fit the needs of each student.
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There are many literature based unit study guides available from various publishers and on the Internet. Many are written for home schooled students but can be used in the classroom with great success. One such study guide, Five In a Row, is a literature based unit study guide geared towards elementary students, utilizing children's picture books .
The author, Jane Claire Lambert, has written lessons that cover Applied Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Art, while reading a picture book once a day for five days. You read the book each day, and then follow the reading with learning opportunities, both conversational and concrete. An average student may find and color the story's geographic origin on a map worksheet while the more advanced student draws the map and writes a report on that geographic area. Learning becomes real and the gifted student has the opportunity to take control of his/her education. The opportunities are endless!
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Fall is officially here.
This means so many wonderful things: getting to wear jackets outside without melting like the Wicked Witch of the West, there's some new Google phones getting announced next week, and I can break out the fuzzy knee high socks! Woo hoo! Oh, also — PUMPKINS ARE BACK! Now, that may not mean a lot to you, but that's because you've never had my pumpkin seeds. Pumpkins may just be set dressing or photo fodder for most of us, but this tech-loving snacker knows better. The best use for pumpkins isn't chunking them out a cannon, it's for gutting them and baking the seeds…
And wallpapers. They do make really good wallpapers.
Look at this! It's too ridiculously adorable. I think we can all agree it doesn't get more adorably fall than a little black cat with a jack-o-lantern. Now, there are two things about this wallpaper: first, this is a paid wallpaper, and I have no problem paying for it because LOOK AT THOSE EYES! Second, if you're a Chrome browser user, it also comes as an adorable Chrome theme.
Just be careful looking at those eyes, they will cut deep into your soul and drag the biggest AWWW out of you.
Now, in Cinderella we had a glass slipper, but what would've been amazing is if that pumpkin she'd been riding in had turn to glass. I mean, look at that! So shiny, so round… so perfect. Isn't it a wonder? And while it's not a ridiculously bright orange, the dark burnt orange of the wallpaper fits with a broader set of themes and home screens than other, more bold colors.
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This is Halloween, this is Halloween! Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!
Can you keep a secret? I sing this to my pumpkins as I carry them into my house to gut them. The Nightmare Before Christmas may be an odd duck among the Disney portfolio, but there's no denying its distinct and wonderful flair. Jack is the Pumpkin King, and his lovely, skeletal grin has graced many a pumpkin. This dark wallpaper lets Jack share that skeletal grin with your home screen.
There are Pokemon that look like pumpkins. Of course there are! And look at the Pumpkaboo, aren't they just the end of all cuteness? I'd be scared to own one, though, because I'd be afraid it would hide next to the pumpkins I intend to carve. I'd also be afraid of traumatizing it by gutting a bunch of things that looks like it and then baking and eating their guts. Also, this wallpaper will work beyond Halloween if you're the type to not change wallpapers often, because the Pumpkaboo are forming a Christmas tree, complete with a Shiny Pumpkaboo for a tree topper!
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Just a few days after their success at the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Derby, Courtney Yohey and Spot Me Perfect (PT) earned two American Junior Paint Horse Association (AjPHA) World championships. The first came in the Youth Reining 14-18, where the duo marked an impressive 217, besting their nearest competitor by a 6.5-point margin.
After taking their victory lap and picking up their prizes, Yohey and Spot Me Perfect (Mark This Spot [PT] x Shesa Perfect Diamond [PT] x Like A Diamond [PT]) returned to the arena for the Youth Limited Working Cow Horse. Their composite score of 406.5 earned them top honors.
Yohey was ecstatic after both of her wins and said she was proud of her horse for being consistent throughout both of her runs.
"He turned better today than I've ever probably turned him in a pen," Yohey said following her first run. "That's my highest score on him in the reining."
After earning $350 in the NRHA Derby Non-Pro Youth finals, Spot Me Perfect has an Equi-Stat record of more than $1,200, and Yohey surpassed $10,000 in earnings.
In the Youth Reining 14-18, Emory Marsh and JJ Got A Gun (Spooks Gotta Gun x Oh Cay Mary x Oh Cay Quixote) marked a 210.5 for the Reserve title.
Caitlin Witte and Roany Rey Jay (Boonlight Dancer x Rey Janie Starlight x Grays Starlight) picked up the Youth Limited Working Cow Horse Reserve Championship with a composite score of 397.5.
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Underwood, Washington, native Samantha Gross travelled a long way for the AjPHA World Show, and she was not going to leave empty handed. Even though reining is not the discipline she is most comfortable with, she and Vegas Made Me Do It (PT) took home the World Championship in the Novice Youth Reining.
Gross and her 8-year-old gelding (FPF Lethal Weapon [PT] x Almost Kissed [PT] x Kiss My Zippo [PT]) are much more accustomed to the hunter under saddle and hunter over fences classes, but the duo marked a 187.5 to clinch the reining title.
"I'm ecstatic right now," Gross said. "I just took my pattern horse in there thinking we could come out with maybe third or fourth, so this is all very exciting."
Amanda Nelson and Mr Verifiable (PT) (Artistitc Hot Pants [PT] x Sheza Classy Mr x Mr Conclusion) picked up the Reserve Championship with a score of 183.
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PHILADELPHIA — There they were, cruising along, just another postseason game ready to be pulled in.
The incredible, unbelievable Dodgers breaking out to a 2-0lead, Derek Lowe in control, an easy series-opening victory just a few innings away.
Then the love train was derailed.
Shortstop Rafael Furcal committed a rare error, Lowe almost oddly faltered, the Phillies
did what they do best – drive the ball out of Citizens Bank Park – and suddenly the Dodgers were no longer bulletproof.
Suddenly, the great wave had ebbed. The incredible, unbelievable Dodgers had suffered their first postseason loss.
And are now about to be truly tested for the first time this postseason.
Yes, Boys in Blue lovers, your spiffy new Dodgers get to find out
what they're made of now, get to learn something about themselves they almost haven't had the opportunity to discover.
Champions get tested. Get pushed around and bounce back. Grow in the process.
The Dodgers have been on such a blissful little roll, this coming-back-from-a-difficult-loss thing hasn't been part of the deal. How they battle back today from Thursday's 3-2 loss offers a whole new unearthing of what kind of team they are.
"We'll have to find out," Dodgers catcher Russell Martin said. "I can't predict the future. We have to go out there, get a `W' and split these two games."
If losing the opener of the National League Championship Series is hardly some death knell, it certainly is not a bellwether for great things to come.
In 13 of the previous 16 NLCS, the team that won the opener advanced to the World Series.
Of course, the last time the Dodgers were in the NLCS in 1988 they lost the opener to the Mets by the very same 3-2 score. And that postseason turned out OK.
"This ballclub has come to play every day," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. "(Today) will be the first game we're going after somebody following a loss. And I think I'll get a sense (today) if I feel anything different.
"But my sense (now) is I won't. I think they have a lot of confidence in themselves."
It's easy to be confident when you finish the regular season with the best stretch run in baseball and then sweep the team with the best regular-season record in the NL, the Cubs, in the division playoffs.
Coming back on a quick turnover – today's Game 2 starts at 1:35 p.m. Pacific time – after a fairly heartbreaking loss does not figure to be easy. Will be a whole new kind of test.
"We have to forget about this game and come back (today)," Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez said. "You have to give them credit. They're not going to make it easy for us."
Neither, apparently, will their ballpark.
Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and Pat Burrell a solo shot off Lowe in the sixth, both of which would probably have been outs in Dodger Stadium.
"They took good swings, and we're not in Dodger Stadium," Martin said.
Then there was the first-inning drive by Manny, which somehow managed to find the deepest, highest point in the otherwise cozy stadium.
Manny's drive was a rocket that went over the 409-foot sign in center and about 25 feet up, but a few inches under the top of a short safety fence. Anywhere else in the ballpark, it's gone.
"I guess I'll have to work on my angle," Manny said.
When you're the incredible, unbelievable Dodgers, that ball is easily out. Instead, Manny settled for a double, scoring Andre Ethier, but was then left stranded at second.
The Dodgers scored one more run in the fourth off Cole Hamels on Blake DeWitt's sacrifice fly after a Matt Kemp double.
The way Lowe was pitching, two runs seemed enough. Anyway, it would have been, if you're still on the great playoff ride of your lives.
Instead, Lowe seemed to lose his edge, beginning in the fifth. Until then, he had shut the Phils down two hits. Looked a lot like the pitcher who carried a 0.99 ERA out of his last 10 starts.
But with two outs in the fifth he gave up two-strike singles to light-hitting catcher Carlos Ruiz, and worse still, Hamels.
Then he looked uncomfortable pitching to shortstop Jimmy Rollins, stepping off the mound several times, appearing uncertain and something less than confident.
Rollins flied out, but Furcal sailed a throw for his error to open the sixth and then Utley hit his two-run homer.
One out later, Burrell, Philly's new national treasure, hit a solo shot for the winning run.
"It's a very tough loss," Lowe said. "You feel like you're pitching fairly well and then you're suddenly down a run."
That was it for Lowe. That was it for the game, for the incredible, unbelievable Dodgers' great playoff run.
"We can't do anything about tonight now," Manny said. "All we have to do is come back (today)."
Come back eager for the challenge. Ready to be tested, to steal Game 2 and head back to Los Angeles with renewed confidence.
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After working as a film director and editor for various advertising agencies, Giosuè entered the world of film production in 2013. After working on various productions in Italy and abroad, he decided to produce and direct his first documentary, IMPERDONABILE/UNFORGIVABLE.
Mary Beth has dedicated her life to telling stories of hope. She has worked as a producer on documentaries such as RETURN TO MOGADISHU, MAMA RWANDA, IMBA MEANS SING and TOWER. In addition to IMPERDONABILE/UNFORGIVABLE, her next projects include JUMP SHOT ~ The Kenny Sailors Story, and CLARKSTON: The Most Diverse Square Mile.


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A new study has led researchers to speculate that a certain group of wild cats decided to move in with human servants some 130,000 years ago; not 9500 as previously suggested.
The DNA based study also pinpoints the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East as the spot where this started.
The BBC has an excellent article about this called DNA traces origin of domestic cat.
Also check out the Telegraph article Cats are our oldest friends that mentions dogs have been around people for 15,000 years which means that cats are now man's best friend.
It's hard to imagine how Scoop's ancestors wandered over the China Sea to Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo.
Perhaps his catly ancestors hitched a lift from a headhunter warship expedition. After all, even the best Dayak warrior can learn a thing or two from a cat!
Here's the old fluff, having a wonderful time lying about in bed.
PS: Logomania is out again today: From the classics Greek, Roman and other classic tales have inspired some wonderfully evocative phrases. We take a look at some of the most popular classic allusions used by English speakers today.


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A porn star is hired by a dashing intelligence officer to become a 'Honey-trap' for a dreaded assassin. In doing so, she not only has to confront her bitter-sweet past, but is also forced to make an impossible choice – one that will put her own life in double jeopardy.
Genre: Bollywood, Drama, Thriller
Director: Pooja Bhatt
Actors: Arif Zakaria, Arunoday Singh, Randeep Hooda, Sunny Leone
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2012
IMDb: 3.0


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Slimming pills bought online are "potentially dangerous" and can cause serious health problems, says the UK's medicines watchdog.
Side-effects can include heart problems, blurred vision and diarrhoea, and some contain banned ingredients.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said people should go to their GP for advice first.
A survey of 1,800 slimmers found one in three had bought pills online, with two-thirds experiencing side-effects.
Most of those questioned by the MHRA and Slimming World had bought online because they had wanted to lose weight quickly. About 40% said they had not wanted to speak to a GP or pharmacist.
Sarah-Jayne Walker, 30, saw diet pills as "a quick fix", but they gave her palpitations and made her feel faint.
She bought the pills online and took them for four months, before realising she had no idea what was in them.
"The pills came in a little white bottle with no leaflet and no instructions," she says.
"Looking back, I think, 'What was I doing?'
"I was in a desperate place – my weight had fluctuated for years – and I fell for the promises online."
Sarah-Jayne suffered from light-headedness, sickness and irritable bowel syndrome.
"I knew the pills were affecting my body and I had become dependent on them," she says.
The MHRA said people should take medicines only after a consultation with their GP.
The agency's #FakeMeds campaign warns buying from websites also increases the risk of being ripped off or having your identity stolen.
Top tips to avoid fake medicines online
- Before buying, check if the seller is licensed to sell medicines online, through this checking system
- "Herbal" or "all-natural" products can still contain chemical ingredients that may have side-effects
- Contact the MHRA if you have experienced side-effects from a suspected fake product
- Don't self-diagnose – a doctor can work out the right treatment for you
MHRA senior policy manager Lynda Scammell said: "Quick fixes for losing weight may have serious health consequences in the short or long term, including organ failure and death.
"It's essential you know what you're buying online and what the risks are.
"If you don't, your weight could end up being the least of your worries."
In 2016, more than 4.6 million fake medical products were seized by the MHRA. The agency also closed down more than 5,000 websites selling medicines illegally.
In the UK, there are no medicines licensed for slimming, although some are licensed for treating obesity.
The MHRA said many of the slimming pills seized contained ingredients that could put dieters in danger – such as sibutramine, which has been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and stroke.
The agency also seizes other fake products regularly, such as dental equipment, sexually transmitted infection, HIV and pregnancy tests and erectile dysfunction medications.


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End of an era as Crean leaves politics
His family has been in the public spotlight for nearly 70 years, but for Simon Crean the past three have been the toughest.
The former Labor opposition leader and senior minister announced his resignation from politics on Monday, joining Julia Gillard, Greg Combet, Craig Emerson, Peter Garrett and Stephen Smith in the queue for the exit.
Mr Crean, 64, said he had decided to call it quits last Thursday, after Kevin Rudd's return to the prime ministership.
But he said his retirement wasn't made because of Kevin Rudd.
"It was about the party and putting the party in a position where it could win office," he said.
"I welcome the fact that the party finally made the change."
Mr Crean said the last three years of minority government and leadership tension had been the low point of his career.
"It's the fact that we haven't been able to crowd out the noise in the last three years to get out the message," he said.
He stood by the decision in March to publicly ask Mr Rudd to challenge for the leadership, he said, despite the fact it left him stranded.
Mr Crean urged his colleagues to return to focusing on policy, rather than internal disputes.
"Get on to the agendas that build on the brand - superannuation is one of them, the National Broadband Network is another," he said.
Despite the lengthy list of departing senior figures, Mr Crean said Labor had a great deal of depth in its ranks.
The son of a Whitlam-era treasurer Frank Crean and the brother of Tasmanian politician David Crean, Mr Crean said his family had left a lasting mark on Australian politics over the past 70 years.
"I'm proud of the legacy and I know many are," he said.
Mr Crean was a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments after first winning the seat of Hotham in 1990.
He was opposition leader between 2001 and 2003, but did not take the party to an election.
When Labor returned to government in 2007, Mr Crean had stints across various portfolios, including trade, education, employment and workplace relations, regional development and the arts.
Before entering politics, he spent six years as the head of the Federated Storemen and Packers' Union and was president of the ACTU between 1985 and 1990.
Mr Crean said he was most proud of playing a role in the signing of the Accord between the Hawke government and the ACTU.
"Myself and others were so instrumental I think in helping set this economy up for a more resilient future," he said.
Mr Rudd said Mr Crean had been an "extraordinary leader" in the labour movement.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said the parliament, the ALP and the nation would be poorer for his absence.


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Moorlands MP, Karen Bradley visited the Police Resolution Centre in Hanley recently to meet the staff and see how the centre operates first hand.
Members of the public and businesses who report non-emergency and non-urgent incidents and crimes can expect a call from an officer or trained investigator from the Force's Resolution Centre.
The Resolution Centre allows officers and investigators to start an investigation much more swiftly than in the past and to keep the member of the public or business up to date with progress either by phone or online. As the investigation progresses, the case officer will continually assess and review whether an officer needs to visit to undertake any activity that he or she is unable to do themselves.
During the early testing of the Resolution Centre, the added convenience and speed of service has been welcomed by the public. For business owners, the ability to upload CCTV and complete other information online has also been positively received.
Karen said,
"It was really useful to visit the Hanley Police Resolution Centre and see how it operates first hand. I am often asked to raise residents' concerns with the Police and it was really helpful to be able to discuss the different types of cases that I try to help with as MP.
"Thank you to Chief Inspector Mark Barlow for showing me around and explaining how the centre works."
Chief Superintendent Wayne Jones said at the launch of the new centre,
"The Resolution Centre will significantly improve the way we serve the public. People now expect that in most cases contact will be over the phone, or even email. For many people the idea of waiting in at home or having to travel to the Police Station to see an officer is an inconvenience - and in most cases just delays the start of an investigation.
"We're really excited to be launching the Resolution Centre and we're convinced it will improve the service our public receive and will provide a more prompt response to victims and those seeking advice or support from the Police."
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For those of you who have followed Musicsourced in the past probably know by now that Jamen and I are huge fans of Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors and all they do. Earlier this week I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Drew's better half, Ellie, had released a brand new solo acoustic EP titled Magnolia.
Ellie wrote Magnolia having been inspired by the book of Psalms, and after listening to the album, one cannot help to feel inspiration and even experience goosebumps. Already having been impressed by her work with Drew and the Neighbors, Magnolia offers a different look into this very talented young artist.
Personally, this past year has thrown a gauntlet of new challenges and hurdles that have sometimes seemed as if I was "treading water" and left me wondering if I would be able to keep my head above water. It's often music that allows me to escape for a while to gain a different perspective on things and again see the bigger picture that isn't always as clear as it should be. Ellie's new album is a great example of that.
I recommend going to Ellie's new website www.ellieholcomb.com and downloading her album. You can even do something great by supporting the Mocha Club. By doing so Ellie is offering a FREE download of her entire EP. Enjoy !


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40 years on, Browne and 'Butter Bug' to celebrate Scouts Rally SA anniversary
Scouts Rally SA next weekend will mark a special anniversary for Jeremy Browne – he'll be competing in the same Morris Cooper S he drove in the 1972 event!
But even though the Adelaide driver doesn't expect to be an outright contender in the national or State championship divisions of the rally, this time he hopes to finish, unlike 40 years ago.
"In 1972 the steering broke, putting us out," Browne recalled.
The Cooper S was nicknamed Butter Bug in honour of Browne's then sponsor, dairy products company Amscol (long since closed), but in 1973 it went into storage in a shed.
Browne continued to be involved in rallying as a driver, co-driver and official, and having established a successful industrial gas equipment business he brought Butter Bug out of retirement in 2005.
Since then he has contested several tarmac rallies in the car, but Rally SA will be its first gravel rally since 1972.
"The Cooper S is better suited to zipping through the mountains on bitumen roads than bouncing along bush tracks, but it should be fine on gravel," he said.
About the only things on it that are different from 40 years ago are the paint job and limited-slip differential, according to Browne. The 1310cc four-cylinder pushrod engine puts out around 100 horsepower (75kW) – nothing to write home about these days, but enough to make the Cooper S a pocket rocket in its day.
"Being a lot lighter than the other cars of the era, it was wickedly quick back then!" Browne said. "It's fun to drive, although it can be a handful if you're not careful. I've rolled it a couple of times ...
"After our DNF in 1972, I'll be trying to finish this time!"
Sitting alongside Bowne in Scouts Rally SA will be versatile co-driver Naomi Tillett.
Although Tillett is best known as tarmac rally ace Tony Quinn's regular co-driver, she has competed in National and State Championship gravel rallies and off-road events, in late model as well as classic cars.
Only last May she contested the Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally with Rob Black in a 1973 Porsche 911 S.
Scouts Rally SA won't be the first time that Tillett, Browne and Butter Bug have teamed up either. In 2005 they won their class and placed second in the Classic division of Rally Burnie in Tasmania.
While Tillett acknowledges that the old cars can't hold a candle to their modern counterparts against the stopwatch, she believes that their technical simplicity is part of their attraction to rally drivers and spectators alike.
"The Classic cars don't have electronic driver aids like all-wheel drive, ABS, traction control and stability program, but that's part of their appeal," she said.
"Most rally drivers like to control a car without a computer 'nanny' intervening – stopping the tyres spinning, the brakes locking, or cutting the power – when they're close to the limit.
"When people watch one of these cars drifting through a corner, they know that the driver is the only one keeping it all together.
"Jeremy has his work cut out in the Cooper S, because being an old-style front-drive car it likes to go straight ahead when he turns the steering wheel.
"I'm glad I'm calling out the pace notes and not driving!"
Jeremy is one of Australia's most experienced rally competitors. He's been involved with the sport in one way or another since the mid-1960s.
"I started rallying in Jamaica in 1965," he recalled. "I drove a Mini, not only because it was the car of the moment, but also because I could borrow my mother's!
"After I migrated to Australia a few years later, though, I discovered that the Mini wasn't the right car for rallying here.
"Back then, Australian rallies were navigation 'trials' held on open public roads. European 'special stage' rallies on closed roads didn't take hold here until the 1980s.
"In trials, the idea was to drive to a series of locations, with a navigator using a compass and maps to plot the correct route from a set of co-ordinates or cryptic instructions.
"It was like orienteering, but in a car instead of on foot.
"The roads we used for trials wouldn't be out of place in an off-road rally today. There were a lot of rough and boggy tracks that didn't suit my Mini at all!"
After putting his Cooper S up on blocks at the end of 1972, Browne continued competing in local and international rallies. Mostly he drove locally built Leyland vehicles – a Kimberley, a Marina and even a P76! – during the once-great British car maker's twilight years.
As a co-driver he won the South Australian Rally Championship four times, and as a driver he took out the Classic division of the 2000 Targa Tasmania in an ex-factory 1972 World Rally Championship Lancia Fulvia.
He has also driven the Lancia in the classic divisions of several European rallies and demonstration tours, including the famous San Remo Rally in 2002 and 2008.
By far the longest rally Browne has contested was the 1977 London-Sydney Marathon. He and two other South Australians finished 12th outright in the gruelling 30,000km epic, driving a privately entered Range Rover.
When he hasn't been competing in rallies he's helped to organise them. He directed Rally South Australia from 2001-03, and the Classic Adelaide tarmac rally from 1997-2001.
Naomi is one of Australia's leading rally co-drivers, with victories in many top-line events to her credit.
Currently she is best known as co-driver with tarmac rally specialist Tony Quinn in the V.I.P. Petfoods Nissan GT-R R35. Their record of five victories in Australasia's two biggest tarmac rallies, Targa Tasmania (2009 and 2011) and Targa New Zealand (2009-10-11) is unmatched.
Naomi has also scored outright and class placings co-driving in national and state championship dirt road rallies, as well as major off-road events such as the Australasian Safari.
Her ambition is to carve out a professional career as a co-driver in international rallying, such as the Asia-Pacific Championship or World Rally Championship.
Career Highlights:
Targa Tasmania – 1st in 2009 & 2011; 2nd in 2012; 3rd in 2010
Targa New Zealand – 1st in 2009-10-11
Rally Tasmania – 1st in 2009
Targa Wrest Point – 2nd in 2009; 3rd in 2011
Targa High Country – 2nd in 2011
Australasian Safari – 4th in 2010
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After taping Tim Russert's program (a full hour, which will air six times this weekend), I left for the Richmond Junior League Book and Author Dinner, where Bennett Cerf and Katharine Graham had gone before. All the indicia of dread were present: large ballroom, lit podium, 1,000 people, many of whom would surely be nodding off after eating the heaviest chocolate dessert I'd seen since Wednesday's Black Russian hot fudge banana split. Thinking the chocolate would have a calming effect, I ate every bite. Slightly tempering my dread was the presence of wine—which always makes those still awake laugh easily—my initial book sales, and a lovely room at the turn-of-the-century old Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Va. How I love hotels! All the fluffy towels I won't have to launder. (I take way too many showers.)
Until I was out of college, I knew the hospitality industry from the back stairs only; I would meet my grandmother after her shift as a maid at the Hotel Washington. An Eloise manquée, I was captivated by the smell of starched linen, the minute perfection of toilet paper folded into a tiny triangle, the standing ashtray imprinted with a coat of arms. But I have some advice for ailing hotels: Lose the magnifying mirrors and scales. They're bad for business. Despite the fact that I'd been eating like a truck driver, I still expected to lose weight during my stay. Confirmation that I hadn't was discouraging. And I certainly didn't want to discover that the bags under my eyes had grown to the size of steamer trunks. While I'm on this tirade, I want another branch of the tourism industry to know that although I feel sorry for the little airport shops going bankrupt, I feel no sympathy for the plight of the corporate heads at the airlines who made customers like me—those of us who couldn't decide 21 days in advance that we wanted to fly to Los Angeles and stay over a Saturday night—pay through the nose. And the president of American Airlines who ordered pay cuts for his workers while he was secretly pocketing a bonus and a pension? There are no printable words for you.
Teresa Heinz has replaced Bill Bennett as the talk of the town. Can someone be too honest? Apparently so. She's being castigated for telling Elle magazine she misses her first husband, who died suddenly (in a helicopter crash) when she was still young enough to be madly in love. By all appearances, she loves her second husband, Sen. John Kerry. But he's running for president, which means she'll be expected either to turn into a potted palm or learn the Nancy Reagan gaze. I'll grant that she shouldn't have said "Doesn't everyone has a pre-nup?" but kudos to her for saying she did—and more uncommonly, for admitting to Botox. She's added Kerry to her name because, if your husband is running for president, you have to. (How many aliases did Hillary have before that Rodham crept back in?) My generation tried the hyphenated route for their kids but, when a second generation is wrestling with four hyphens, something's got to give. There's a school of thought that in politics you're allowed to lie about sex (the Clintons again) and plastic surgery, though the Eighth Commandment neglected to mention these exceptions. Many women I know use Botox; I can't because I wouldn't be able to frown with disgust at Novak on television. But when I get these steamer trunks under my eyes fixed, I hope I look to Teresa's smooth forehead for inspiration and own up to it. If authenticity is good for Bush, why not for Heinz?
Now I'm off to tape Chris Matthews' Sunday show—after that, only two more to go. Like Tim Russert, Chris and I got into political journalism by taking the road less traveled. We went the non-Harvard Crimson route, by way of Catholic school, sentence diagramming, and our parents' pride in JFK. I met Chris and Kathy soon after I arrived in Washington. Along with Kathy's mother, I cooked their wedding rehearsal dinner 20 years ago. Courtney, around six at the time, separated 120 eggs for chocolate mousse cake. Two years ago, on May 5, Chris and Kathy returned the gift by hosting Courtney's rehearsal dinner at their house. Not to mention that "other" author again, but It Does Take a Village.
I'm tempted to do a big sum-up of my week, but I'll simply mention what's still undone: getting to the DMV (did I mention that a building a city-block long had a crumpled scrap of paper Scotch-taped to the door to announce its new hours?) and convincing the Old Georgetown Board to allow me to make changes to the front of my house. I did some research at the library and found that a window was once a door. I took a Polaroid (just like the nice fuzzy ones I've been sending to Slate all week), but sadly the Board wants drawings, so I'm working on them with an intern in my friend the world-class architect David Schwarz's firm. (David built the Texas Rangers stadium and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra's Bass Performance Hall.) I'm doing the dirty work and he's doing the art. Who could argue with that?
Whatever I didn't accomplish this week, it turned out to be the happiest of Fridays because my brother Jimmy got the job he's been hoping for. Although he can't recognize numbers well enough to match grocery carts with cars in the pick-up lane like the rest of the baggers, the Giant grocery in Camp Hill saw that he could make up for that in other ways. Courtney and I shrieked over the news on the phone and argued over which one of us would get to tell him that finally they'd found a jacket and apron to fit him.


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On the themes surrounding the concept and lyrics of Mirror Reaper the band issues, "The title 'Mirror Reaper' is indicative of the Hermetic axiom 'As Above, So Below,' written with two sides to form one whole. The song is both its own and its reflection, as an opposite is whole only with its contrary. Our focus as a band has always been the perception of ghosts and the implied archetype of the dichotomy of life/death therein. 'Mirror Reaper' is a continuation of that concept. During the writing process we were devastated by the loss of our dear friend and former drummer, Adrian Guerra. In love and respect to his memory, we reserved an important yet brief section in the song for him that features unused vocal tracks from our last album. This specific movement serves as a conceptual turn in the piece, or point of reflection. We believe he would be proud of it as well. 'Mirror Reaper' was the first collaborative writing project with the new lineup, and Adrian's death during it brought extra emotional weight. We sought to match the complexity and weight of these events within the composition of the piece."
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Formed by Desmond and ex-drummer/vocalist Adrian Guerra, BELL WITCH released their first self-titled demo in 2011 and partnered with Profound Lore Records for their debut album, Longing, in 2012. The duo's second LP, 2015's acclaimed Four Phantoms was recognized as one of doom metal's triumphs of the year. The band extensively toured in North America and Europe, securing notable festival appearances including Roadburn, Basilica Soundscape, Sled Island, and Psycho California.
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Woodside in the WF Guardian!
An article about the school's improvement has been published by the Waltham Forest Guardian.
The article highlights some of the measures we have taken which will push the school ratings to 'Good' and 'Outstanding' in our next Ofsted inspection!
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