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Editorial : WHO WILL BELL THE CORRUPT FEW AMONG INDIAN JUDICIARY & INDIAN POLICE ?
When the fence itself eats into the crop which it has to protect , when the doctor himself kills the patient whom he has to treat , when the mother supposed protect her child kills it herself , when the king supposed to protect his subjects himself kills them , WHEN THE POLICE & JUDGE SUPPOSED TO GIVE JUSTICE , PROTECT HIS CITTIZENS HIMSELF MEATS OUT INJUSTICE , where to appeal ? it is nothing but anarchy. These corrupt few are also bringing disgrace to the august institutions they occupy & are also making contempt of those very offices they hold & making contempt of citizens of India.
Who will dare to bell the fat , corrupt cats & save democracy in India.
Your's sincerely,
The corrupt among public servants always give a ruse , reason to escape from accountability. Recently government of Karnataka under president's rule has enacted a rule limiting the number of informations sought in RTI application to 3 . already bureaucrats are successful in exempting official file notings from RTI purview. These file notings are the basis on which official decisions are taken by superiors , so if one wants to know the intention behind an official decision it is imperative to know all the notings.
Police apply 3rd degree torture on accussed , ask questions for hours in the name of extracting truth , the same police are afraid to answer questions lest the truth come out.
In the courts of law , numerous questions are asked , cross examination done to extract truth . if one remains silent it amounts to confession / agreeing to all charges leveled. In courts of law , during cross examination one must give straight forward answers , one cann't give vague answers nor state excuses for not answering a question. If one doesn't give straight forward answers that also is considered as agrreing to the charges levelled. The courts go to any length to extract answers to it's questions , take for example rape cases in the backdrop of our Indian tradition. In the courts of law , the rape victim – woman who has already suffered injustice , shame is made to depose before male judges , lawyers who are total strangers and made to repeatedly explain how the crime of rape was committed. So once again the victim is made to suffer more shame in the society. For the courts answers to questions , cross examination , legal procedures is more important than honour of woman. The very same judges are afraid to answer questions , cross examination under one pretext or the other lest the truth come out.
Even our people's representatives – MPs , MLAs , etc are afraid to speak out truth , to honour RTI act citing legal privileges , etc. in India , during appointment of persons to government service back ground check & clearance by police is mandatory & during appointment into sensitive defense , space , atomic energy establishments , etc apart from police verification , investigation by intelligence agencies is a must. No such thing for our MLAs , MPs . However now criminalization of politics is almost in India , some of the accussed are drafting laws like IPC , Indian defense rules , police code , purviews of judiciary , etc. they are drafting laws to legalise their crimes. The election commission of India is not properly verifying the affidavits of candidates , also the vigilance authorities , lokayukthas are not properly verifying the affidavits of sitting MLAs , MPs , etc.
More than RTI ACT , to seek information is part of every Indian citizen's fundamental rights & human rights , RTI ACT is just fulfilling that right partly & fixing a time frame. Nobody , no constitutional functionary is higher than Indian citizens , nobody's privileges or any laws prevailing over the fundamental rights & duties of Indian citizens is constitutional , just or legal . The shame is that even after 60 years of independence , FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & DUTIES OF INDIAN CITIZENS is observed more in breach than implementation , by our public servants including the judiciary .
Hereby , we urge all the public servants – judges , police , people's representatives to honour RTI ACT , to honour Indian citizen's fundamental & human rights and to facilitate them to perform their fundamental duties. The silence of public servants to the questions asked or vague answers , ruses by public servants amounts to confessions , agreeing to the questions , charges leveled & crimes committed .
Let the TRUTH prevail. Jai hind. Vande mataram.
Your's sincerely,
Judiciary under RTI Act, says parliamentary panel
New Delhi, April 29
A parliamentary committee today held that judiciary comes under the purview of the Right to Information law with regard to all activities of administration except "judicial decision making." "Except the judicial decision making, all other activities of administration and the persons included in it (judiciary) are subject to RTI Act," said the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Law and Justice.
The opinion of the committee headed by E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappanan comes against the backdrop of a raging controversy over whether the judiciary comes under the RTI purview. Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan had recently said the CJI is a constitutional authority and does not come within the purview of the RTI Act.
The committee, which went into the demands of grants for the personnel ministry and discussed the interpretation of Section 2 (h) of the RTI Act, that is, definition of public authority, said the provision is very clear that all constitutional authorities come under the definition of public authority. The committee had examined in detail every clause of the RTI Act, 2004 and was conscious of the fact that all wings of the state, executive, legislature and judiciary, are fully covered under this Act since all organs of the state are accountable to the citizens of India in a democratic state. "It is more so since the judiciary is having a dual role as (i) administrative function and (ii) judicial decision making.
We at e-voice of human rights watch has requested for following information ( ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ) from honourable CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA , SUPREME COURT OF INDIA , NEW DELHI , UNION HOME SECRETARY , GOI , NEW DELHI , DG&IG OF POLICE , GOK , BANGALORE , COMMISSIONER , BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY , BANGALORE & COMMISSIONER , MYSORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY , MYSORE , as per RTI Act . All of them have failed to provide complete truthful information to us.
Full Case details are given at following web page,
http://crosscji.blogspot.com/ , http://crossexamofchiefjustice.blogspot.com/ ,
http://crimesofsupremecourt.wordpress.com/ , https://crosscji.wordpress.com/ ,
http://crossexamofchiefjustice.wordpress.com/ ,
http://crosscji.blogspot.com/ , http://crossexamofchiefjustice.blogspot.com/ ,
http://crimesofsupremecourt.wordpress.com/ , https://crosscji.wordpress.com/ ,
http://crossexamofchiefjustice.wordpress.com/ ,
http://crosscji.blogspot.com/ , http://crossexamofchiefjustice.blogspot.com/ ,
http://crimesofsupremecourt.wordpress.com/ , https://crosscji.wordpress.com/ ,
http://crossexamofchiefjustice.wordpress.com/ ,
http://crimesofmuda.blogspot.com/ , http://manivannanmuda.blogspot.com/ ,
http://crimesatmudamysore.wordpress.com/ ,
http://crimesofbda.blogspot.com/ , http://bdacrimes.wordpress.com/ ,
Hereby , we do once again request you to order the said public servants – to comply with RTI Act & to provide the full information to us at the earliest. JAI HIND. VANDE MATARAM.
Your's sincerely,
In India , justice , equality & democracy an illusion . all those words are only there is in statuette books , but not in practice . the rich & mighty crooks are committing gravest crimes & escaping from the hands of law by manipulating evidences , by bribing the public servants to create favourable government reports , records. Poor
people who have suffered injustices are not getting justice due to lack of evidences & government reports , records to prove their case.
The corrupt public servants are more cruel , damaging criminals than our previous british oppressors or dawood ibrahim & other under world dons. The gravest threat , damages to india's security & national integrity is more from these corrupt public servants than Pakistan or china or other terrorist outfits. These corrupt public servants can stoop to any level in their greed for money. The present state affairs is a shame to our political & legal system and a barometer , indicator to their efficiency.
Recently , we have seen in the media , how people of bihar meated out mob justice to a criminal , that will be the fate of corrupt police , doctors , other officials in the future. But the violence is not the answer , that will only lead towards anarchy. We must establish true democracy of bapuji's dreams , true freedom , equality for all in practice for which so many of our fore fathers , freedom fighters sacrificed their life for.
THE ANSWER LIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC SERVANTS , ALL CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONARIES INCLUDING JUDGES , TO THEIR PAY MASTERS – MONARCHS OF DEMOCRACY ie CITIZENS OF DEMOCRATIC INDIA. Hope this will dawn on our public servants that they are PUBLIC SERVANTS NOT PUBLIC MASTERS.
Failure of RTI Act in India
– In the clutches of corrupt public servants mafia
In the courts of law , every statement to be valid must be supported by evidences. That too, the statements of public servants / government officials & their reports in government records are considered as sacrosanct , the ultimate gospel truth by courts of law.
The corruption has spread it's tentacles far & wide in the public service. The bribe booty is shared by lower to higher officials. If an official is complained against , his higher official conducts a formal investigation & reports in the record that lower official is not guilty.
The vigilance authorities / Karnataka lokayukta has recently raided on police , tax officials & seized illegal wealth amounting to crores of rupees. Take the recent case where in senior IPS officer , superintendent of police chamarajanagar , mr.srikantappa was arrested by Karnataka lokayukta. The victims spoke to media that he used to threaten them with false cases. In this way , how many victims / innocents were arrested & tortured by his arrest warrants ? how many innocents suffered in false cases ? how many rich criminals got scot free , by srikantappa's filing of B reports leading to closure of cases ?
In the past how many suffered by srikantappa's actions ? has the court subjected to review all the previous actions of srikantappa throught his corrupt career ? if not , why ?
The courts of law has taken the official reports , records of mr.srikantappa as gospel truth & indirectly aided rich criminals & harmed innocents. It is the same case with respect to reports of all government officials � police , labour , tax , etc. the rich criminals buy out government officials & make them write favourable report about themselves. Whereas the poor , innocents suffer from adverse reports & injustices. The courts of law takes the government records at it's face value & meat out injustices to the poor , innocents while aiding the rich criminals.
When a commoner requests for information as per RTI Act , the government officials either give incomplete information , false information or decline to give information under one pretext or the other. The officials are damn sure that the truthful information will be detrimental to themselves & will be taken as evidence against themselves in the courts of law. So information , truth is not given. Even information commissions are failing here. Thereby, the public are denied to seek justice in the courts of law , by lack of evidences.
The courts of law before accepting the records of government officials , must subject it to a "test of truth". When a government report is contested against , a fact finding team comprising members of public , complainant , respondent & the court , must check it out at the ground level. Orelse when a complainant says that the report of a government official � police , labour , tax , etc as false that government official must be subjected to lie detector test , narco-analysis, ertc by court of law. The questionnaire ie the questions to be asked during the scientific test are to be prepared with feedback from both complainant & respondent's side. In that way , impartially truth can be found out. After all , the objective of courts of law is "Quest for Truth", not just giving out judgements based on reports of corrupt officials.
Nowadays , we are even seeing reports of corruption among the judiciary itself. If a complaint against a judge is made out that a level ground is not provided to put up one's case in the court or cross examination of one party is not allowed or lie detector test / narco analysis of one party is not allowed ( in turn taking the lies of that party as truth ), the judge making a varied interpretation of law, the judge not safe guarding the health & life of the complainant in the custody of police leading to 3rd degree torture of complainant by police , etc, in all such cases the supreme court of India must change the presiding judge of such cases , the cases must be thoroughly reviewed & the guilty judge must be subjected to narco-analysis , lie detector test , etc & legally prosecuted. In this back drop , accountability of police & judges to the public ie citizens of India � kings of democracy , is a must. After all , the kings of democracy / citizens of India / taxpayers are the paymasters of all public servants.
We at e � voice of human rights of watch have utmost respect for the judiciary & all government institutions. It is the corrupt few in those institutions who are themselves bringing disgrace to the august institutions they occupy , by their corrupt deeds. The saving grace is that still honest few are left in public service & it is an appeal to them , to legally prosecute their corrupt colleagues.
In India , the private enterprises are the wealth creators of our economy. However , some private enterprises are violating labour laws , tax laws , human rights & fundamental rights of people. In turn harming the public , looting the tax dues. This is creating black money causing various social evils in the society. These huge private enterprises take loans from public sector banks ie take public's money as loans , collect money from public in the form of shares , debentures , sell their product to the public. Still , they are not covered by RTI Act, they don't give truthful information to the public nor allow public inspection of their sites , why ? they buy out concerned government officials & gets them to write favourable report about themselves. There are wide differences between the ground reality & these government reports. If the aggrieved person , victim of injustices meated out by these private enterprises , tries to legally seek justice, these criminal private enterprises buy out police , concerned officials & fixes up the victim in false cases. The police in total disregard to law violates the human rights & fundamental rights of the victim in custody , subjects the victim to 3rd degree torture in custody. The presiding judge of the case doesn't safe guard the rights , health , life of victims in custody. The judge doesn't check out the truthfulness of government reports & passes on judgement making varied interpretation of just remember the case of "local citizens vs coca cola company" in plachimada , kerala.
Is it not right & just in such cases , to subject the presiding judge , police , concerned government officialds & most importantly key officials of that criminal private enterprise to lie detector , narco- analysis tests , to know the truth ? is it not right to conduct the inspection of alleged site , review of all company's records , by a team comprising of members from public , court , complainant & respondent ?
Some of these criminal enterprises threaten to finish off the poor victims . as these company's have money power they can buy out rowdies , police & capable of doing anything. In such cases , if anything untoward happens to the victim or his family , are not the officials of such criminal enterprise liable to pay compensation to the victims's family or survivors ?
In India , do we truly have democracy & freedom ? is this corrupt India � what our freedom fighters dreamt of & fought for ?
History of Corruption in Indian Judiciary since Independence: 1947 – 2003
1949: Mr. Justice Sinha only Judge impeached; courtesy Good Judges & Constitution Framers: Our Fore-Fathers represented by Constituent Assembly of India framers of Constitution of India then in 1949 (year before Consitution came into existence) impeached Mr. Justice Sinha; finding him "guilty of improper exercise of Judicial functions, the cumulative effect of which was to lower the dignity of his office and undermine the confidence of the public in the administration of justice…" [008.07].
Such/ similar acts/ behaviours by whom-so-ever including Judges is since 1971 is covered as an act of Criminal Contempt of Court [041.05 ]. Not a single Judge is either Impeached or hauled-up for Contempt till 1991.
Peoples' Inner Hope Courts to maintain their Majesty & Dignity will prosecute 1000 Judges in context, who have tarnished & undermined the Fair image of Judiciary.
Let Judges relish Jail for months if not years ; to asses personally the convinences-N-comforts provided even to innocent citizens or persons who were not having Rs. 100 to give as Bail. Then they will be in better position to Transform Jails into Reformation Centres. Jailing corrupt Judges by Judges , we hope will instill confidence of people in Courts & law. Who-is-who of India then only will scare to get into any scam nor Criminals will think of becoming Legislators.
1979 : Chief Justice Mr. K. Veeraswami ; Chief Justice of India permitted Central Bureau of India to file case of Dis-proportionate of Income / wealth against Chief Justice Madras High Court Mr. K. Veeraswami ( father-in-law of Mr. Justice V. Ramaswami ). 30 years elaped. Sheltered by Courts' easy-go-tactic. [049.04] [059.05 ]
1991-93: Mr. Justice V. Ramaswami ( son-in-law of Chief Justice Mr. K. Veeraswami [049.04 ] ) : SAWANT COMMITTEE REPORT had held he is guilty of several charges. Supreme Court of India also upheld guilty of 3-4 charges ; & recommended to Parliament for further action. Parliamentarians failed in their Duty to Impeach the Sitting Judge of Supreme Court Mr. Justice V. Ramaswami ; not rising to the Heights of Eminent Constitution makers ; but chose to have unholy alliance with Corruption in Judiciary vis-a-vis Legislature & Government.[008.00 ].
Supreme Court which upheld Charges of Mis-Behaviour also , we opine , failed to prosecute him under Contempt of Court Act & relevant Laws . It also failed " To Do Complete Justice" by invoking Article142 . Criminal Judge was allowed to go scot-free; both by Parliament & Supreme Court !
Good precedent for other Judges ? If so What kind of message to we-innocent-Citizens ? For almost complete proceedings in SC & Parliament: [008.00 ]
1995 A.M. BHATTACHARJEE: The chief justice of the Bombay High Court was forced to resign in 1995 after it was found that he had received Rs.70 lakh as book advance from a publishing firm known to have links with the underworld.
1996 AJIT SENGUPTA: The Calcutta High Court judge made it a routine to issue ex parte, ad interim stay orders on anticipatory bail pleas from smugglers having links with the Mumbai underworld. He was arrested in 1996 for FERA violations after retirement
1994 to 1997: A.M. AHMADI: When he was Chief Justice of India (October 1994-March 1997), his daughter, a lawyer in the Delhi High Court, caused eyebrows to be raised for getting "special" treatment from certain judges. When some members of the bar sought a resolution banning lawyer relatives of judges from staying in the same house, the CJI got members to defeat the motion.
2000 A.S. ANAND: As Chief Justice of India. (a) He was accused of using his position to get the subordinate judiciary to rule in favour of his wife and mother-in-law in a suit that had been barred by limitation for two decades.For more: [049.05] [049.05A] [049.05B] [049.05C] [049.05D] [049.05E ] called as TANGLED PLOT. Also read Ram Jethmalani's " BIG EGOS, small men ". (b) Supreme Court , while he was CJI,directed a CBI probe after a dispute arose over his age in 2000. The investigation report was not made public.This arose due to scan copy published in Ram Jethmalani's " BIG EGOS, small men ".
In November 2002, Sunita Malviya, a Jodhpur-based doctor, alleged that a deputy registrar of the Rajasthan High Court had sought sexual favours for himself and for Justice Arun Madan to "fix" a case in her favour. Justice Mr.· Arun Madan . Case of Lady Sunita Malviya.STATUS: A committee set up by former CJI G.B. Pattanaik found prima facie evidence against Madan, who does not attend court anymore. Judge Resigned
CASH-FOR-JOB :Three judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court sought the help of disgraced PPSC chief R.P. Sidhu to ensure that their daughters and other kin topped examinations conducted by the commission . Judges are M.L. Singh , Mehtab Sing Gill & Amarbir Singh
STATUS: Two inquiry panels indicted the judges. Gill and Amarbir Singh have resigned M.L. Singh continues, though no work is allotted to him.
2002-03: 3 Judges Mysore Sex Scandal ( alleged ) : On Sunday, November 3, 2002, three judges of the Karnataka High Court, along with two women advocates, allegedly got involved in a brawl with a woman guest at a resort. The police arrived but reportedly didn't take action. Judges are N.S. Veerabhadraiah , V. Gopalagowda &· Chandrashekaraiah .STATUS: The three-judge inquiry committee appointed by the CJI filed its report. Gave clean chit.
March 2003 – Delhi High Court Judge resigns: Suspected of collusion with Property Developers. Raids by CBI on corrupt higher officials in Delhi Development Authority (DDA), found Draft Judgement-N-Court Records
E(I)nquiry-in-camera or In-House Inquiry was & is contrary to Law . Is ultra vires Article 14 of Constitution of India: " The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India"
Following Questions / Issues, inter alia , arise
( a ) Enquiry in-camera was held contrary to the observations made by, Constituent Assembly of India in 1949. In its' Impeachment Order had held thus:"While we are alive to the desirability, in the interests of the public, of investigating charges against a Judge in open court, we held the Enquiry in-camera in view of the allegation made in the affidavits and the circumstances of the case. This mode of proceeding should not, however, be regarded as a precedent." [008.07 ].
( b) In the case of similar In-House Inquiry held under the Orders of Chief Justice of India in Jusice V. Ramaswami's case , Justice Ramaswami had held that " Inquiring Committee" as well as " Inquiry" have no basis & force of law. It is reflected in the Report , which was read-out by CJI to Advocates & publicised , submitted by 3 Judges Committee thus" Indeed Justice Ramaswami had made it clear to the Chief Justice that he did not recognise any such Jurisdiction in any body or authority."
(c) It will not be out-of place to mention here that Two of "Three Judges Committee " appointed by CJI in Re. V. Ramaswami's case are alleged to be involved in Judges Plot 4 Plot.[014.00]. It is like Criminal investigating another criminal .
( d ) If so how sure can we be that " 3 Judges Committee " appointed to invetigate " 3 Judges Mysore Sex Scandal " were un-biased or were above Board & have presented an accurate Report ?
Queries to Supreme Court , Parliament of India & Central Government
In Re. Judges' Mysore Sex Scandal
( a)" Will the Supreme Court Publicise Report of " 3 Judges Committee " ( all & sundry material); morefully to know whether any evidence adduced by many in support of Scam is informed to CJI & Supreme Court ?
(b) What is the Guarantee that despite prima facie evidence Judges of Supreme Court which consists of Few corrupt Judges seved in Karnataka are not inclined to take stern action ?
(c) Investigation of a Crime comitted by Minister or anyone lies within Executive Domain like the case Justice K.Veeraswami, in this case CBI . Is it not a case of hushing-up & messing-up of " 3 Pillars of Constitution " ?.
(d) How long will you try keeping suppressed Crimes of Judges of Supreme Court & High Courts when Union Law Minister Mr. P. Shiva Shankar , on 28th Nov.1987 said " Supreme Court is filled with FERA violators & Bride Burners…" ( AIR 1988 SC 1208 ). When Chief Justice Of India Justice E.S. Venkataramaiaha admits that "in every High Court there are 3-4 Judges who are out every evening to Party in Foreign Embassiies or at Advocates' places…drink…dine…" (1990 Cr LJ 2179 ) [041.09].
(e) 20% of Judges are corrupt , indirectly said Chief Justice of India Mr. Justice S.P. Bharucha , in other words admitted that 80% of Judges of India are not corrupt & are above board to be bribed or influnced ? Then why cases are not filed against 20% of Judges ?
LOSS of Confidence in Judiciary : The Actions & Inactions of Supreme Court trying to suppress crimes of Judges has resulted in We, the People of India losing confidence in Courts & given rise to a Question whether at all People of India's Fundamental & Statutory Rights are safe in present set of Judges & Courts and Laws Governing thereof ?
Conscience of Judiciary Shaken: Supreme Court of India: "Police Raj" it said when Judges all over India went on a kind of strike; for the reason that a District Judge in liquor prohibited Gujarat State in 1991; drunk & misbehaved , police acted as per law or so. Conscience of Judiciary was shaken the Court claims. What was it to do with Judges all over India? Have they ganged-up as One to help each other & continue crimes but still go unpunished? Punish Dutiful Police?
"Police Raj" to "Judges Tyranny": Judges serving all over India have formed an Assocition called " All India Judges Association ". At the time when One Party System in Parliament managed by Congress was to give way to Multi-Party System (1989 & 1991 General Elections); Supreme Court gave Judgments in 1992 & 1993 upholding that Judges of subordinate courts of India are not Employees. They are like Ministers / M.L.A.s but not on par of Civil Servants [037.02][037.02A ]. Inter alia Court said Central Govt. should set-up " All India Judicial Services " & " National Judicial Pay Commission ". Supreme Court continuously monitored to see that Pay Commission (FNJPC) is constituted but failed to monitor setting-up of All India Judicial Services [055.02 ]. What Judges want is more Liberty / Perks / Powers but no liabilities / Duties. Un-bridled they want to be as Judges of Supreme Court & High Court. FNJPC was also given power to give Interim Relief to Judges. Non setting-up of National Judicial Academy [008.15 ] & All India Judicial Services is nothing but Fraud on Constitution & Supreme Court
Criminal Politicians Vs Criminal Judges : Hats off for the Judgment of Supreme Court striking-down of Parliamentary Act amending Representatives of Peoples Act. Court said Come Clean Mr. Politicians in relation to diclosure of their Criminal , Financial & other such antecedents so as to help electorate of India to decide whether to vote for good or bad person in elections. But this 50 years belated Judgment came as Bolt from Blue to politicians. In this perod Aliens, Anti-nationals, Criminals & all sundries had a field Day.
But then What about Criminal / Corrupt / Judgment-for-Sex Judges ?: The Supreme Court was unanimous in the Judgment of corrupt politicians. Parliament is not unanimous to Bridle Judges or judiciary. Nor is the Supreme Court ready to find ways & means to Tame / Terminate / Jail the Corrupt / criminal / Judgment-for-Sex Judges. Such inactions of Supreme Court or High Court is nothing short of giving leverage to such of them. It looks as though Supreme Court on its own is eroding faith of Public in Judiciary as a whole. Like Termites these Judges are Constitutional-Enemies-Within-India who are bent upon to disseminate corruption among other Good Judges.
India: Time to end the lethal lottery of India's death penalty system
(New Delhi): The first major study into India's legal judgements on death penalty cases has revealed that the system is riddled with fatal flaws and that the only remedy is to abolish the death penalty completely, said the study authors in New Delhi today.
Amnesty International believes that at least 140 people have been sentenced to death in 2006 and 2007. According to the latest available official figures, there were 273 persons on death row as of 31 December 2005. But this figure is likely to be considerably higher today.
The fate of these death row prisoners is ultimately a lottery. In the first comprehensive analysis of around 700 Supreme Court judgements on death penalty cases over more than 50 years, the authors expose a judicial system that has failed to meet international laws and standards relating to the death penalty.
Amnesty International India and the People's Union for Civil Liberties (Tamil Nadu & Puducherry) have issued the study, Lethal Lottery: The Death Penalty in India, A study of Supreme Court judgments in death penalty cases 1950-2006.
It is the first to examine the essential unfairness of the death penalty system in India by analysing evidence found in Supreme Court judgments of abuse of law and procedure and of arbitrariness and inconsistency in the investigation, trial, sentencing and appeal stages in capital cases. It demonstrates that:
• the administration of the death penalty in India has not been in the "rarest of rare cases" as claimed in the country
• on the contrary, there is ample evidence to show that the death penalty has been an arbitrary, imprecise and abusive means of dealing with defendants.
Dr V Suresh, President, PUCL (TN & Puducherry) said: "While the death penalty continues to be used in India, there remains a danger that it will be used disproportionately against ethnic minorities, the poor or other disadvantaged groups. There is only one way to ensure such inequalities in the administration of justice do not occur: the complete abolition of the death penalty."
Amnesty International welcomes the current hiatus of executions in the country. The relative lack of executions in the last decade — one in 2004 — illustrates that the people of India are willing to live without the death penalty.
"India stands at a crossroads. It can choose to join the global trend towards a moratorium on the death penalty, as adopted by the UN General Assembly last year. It will also then join 27 countries in the Asia Pacific region which have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice.
"Or it can continue to hang death row inmates, when the judicial system that puts them there has been shown by this extensive research to be unfair," said Mukul Sharma, Amnesty International-India Director.
The full report is available at http://www.amnesty.org/en/report/info/ASA20/007/2008 and a summary, at http://www.amnesty.org/en/report/info/ASA20/006/2008
The study of the courts highlights some of the main failings as:
- Errors in consideration of evidence – most death sentences handed down in India are based on circumstantial evidence alone. In a 1994 Supreme Court appeal, the Court noted sarcastically that the main witness's memory constantly improved. His testimony at the trial three years after the incident was observed to be far more detailed than his confessional statement recorded a few days after.
- Inadequate legal representation – concerns included lawyers ignoring key facts of mental incompetence, omitting to provide any arguments on sentencing, or failing to dispute claims that the accused was under 18 years of age at the time of the crime despite evidence to the contrary.
- Anti-terrorist legislation – concerns include the broad definition of 'terrorist acts', insufficient safeguards on arrest, and provisions allowing for confessions made to police to be admissible as evidence.
- Arbitrariness in sentencing – in the same month, different benches of the Supreme Court have treated similar cases differently, with mitigating factors taken into account or disregarded arbitrarily.
- In the Bachan Singh judgment of 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty should be used only in the "rarest of rare" cases. More than a quarter of a century later, it is clear that through the failure of the courts and the State authorities to apply consistently the procedures laid down by law and by that judgment, the Court's strictures remain unfulfilled.
A total of 135 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or in practice, having realised executions are unacceptable. In 2007, only 24 countries carried out executions (China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA were the main five perpetrators, accounting for 88 per cent of all known executions). See http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty
Judicial nepotism rampant in India
April 12, 2007 by CyberGandhi
In the first step in the fight against judicial nepotism, the Law Ministry wrote to the Bar Council of India last month asking it to ensure that lawyers don't appear in cases before judges who are close relatives. However, it appears to have ignored the wider problem of what is called Son Stroke or Uncle Judge, where judges have close relatives practising in the same court.
NDTV discovered that this trend, where two judges or a group of judges have children practising in each other's courts, is widespread. While not everyone takes advantage of what has been described as a mutual cooperative society, many of them do. This problem first surfaced in 2003, when the Bar Council of India demanded the transfer of all judges whose relatives practised in the same courts.
A year later, BK Roy, then Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, issued an administrative order barring a group of 10-12 judges from hearing any case pleaded by each other's relatives.
He quoted eminent jurist HM Seervai: "Experience shows that an impression is created in the public, however unjustified it may be, that it would be advantageous to engage a judge's son as an advocate."
"It was generally believed that A, B, C and D (all judges) constituted a mutual co-operative society, in the sense was believed that each of the four judges (A, B, C and D) would protect the sons of the three other judges."
The order sparked off a protest by judges in Punjab who took mass leave. Justice BK Roy was subsequently transferred, and since then, the order has been ignored.
"Some relatives misuse their connections more blatantly than others, but the problem remains in principle. An especially acute feature of problem of nepotism as it exists here is that apart from relatives of high court judges, children of sitting Supreme Court judges from this region also practise here at Chandigarh."
"The advantages, the benefits that accrue to them from their connections is well known to all and is fully exploited," said Anupam Gupta, Senior Advocate, Punjab & Haryana High Court.
Recently an MP raised the issue of judicial nepotism again and claimed that out of 490 judges of the various High Courts and the Supreme Court, relatives of 131 judges are practising in the same court.
Limited directive
Finally, four long years after the issue was first raised by the Bar Council, the Law Ministry issued a directive. But it was confined to saying that no lawyer shall plead a case before a judge who is a close relative.
It completely skirts the issue of close relatives of a judge practising in the same court – the Uncle Judge or Son Stroke syndrome.
"There are complaints from all over the country that judges' children are practising in the same high court and that is causing grave problem in regard to handling of cases and the judges favouring and one judges son appearing before another judge," said M N Krishnamany, President, SC Bar Association.
Judges are, in fact, expected to follow a code of conduct which points out that: "Close association with individual members of the Bar, particularly with those who practise in the same court, shall be eschewed."
But is this distance really possible?
"If your son, brother or sister is practising in the same court, you can't eschew close association with your son, daughter or brother."
"Therefore, you should not be a judge in the same court; you should opt to be transferred to some other court where a close relative is not practising," said Prashant Bhushan, Member, Committee on Judicial Accountability.
However, as figures show, this is clearly not the trend.
In the Punjab & Haryana High Court, the relatives of eight sitting judges plead cases, while in Delhi High Court, the close relatives of nine sitting judges are practising lawyers.
Also senior lawyers feel that the children of judges are often favoured.
"That instances have come that a relation of a judge having joined only three four years in the practise suddenly his briefs are huge in number so that is what it is under scrutiny because he takes advantage of his position," said Jaganath Patnaik, President, Bar Council of India.
"It is very clear also as I know personally so many judges in the High Courts their children are practising and are being pampered also," said M N Krishnamani, President, SC Bar Association.
The public impression is that in order to get a favourable order, it's better to hire a close relative of a judge to plead your case.
Now the questions that remain to be answered are can the Bar Councils keep a check on this practise and is the Law Ministry seriously concerned about ending nepotism?
Ajmer Singh, Wednesday, April 11, 2007 (New Delhi), NDTV.COM


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Autumn Evenings at Craters
Evening riding at Craters Mountainbike Park, Wairakei Forest.
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Autumn Evenings at Craters
This week I suddenly realised autumn is fast approaching, and with it we'll lose those wonderfully long evenings of daylight saving that are so perfect for riding.
So recently, with my enthusiasm rekindled, I've been hitting the Wairakei Forest tracks to cram in as many evening rides as I can. I'm always surprised at how much decent riding you can get into an hour out at Craters.
While I'm an advocate of pedal power over gas-guzzling vehicles any day, I'll just this once concede that it's worth making the 5 minute drive from town instead of riding out to the tracks if you only have an hour or so of daylight up your sleeve.
You'll leave yourself extra time to enjoy the single track heaven without running into darkness halfway down Coaster and blindly doddering your way back out of the forest.
The Ride
Last night Amy and I rode my 'new favourite' loop. If you're looking for a good fun ride of about an hour's duration then this loop is a good one to try. (We did stop to take photos, yak and admire the view, so this could easily be done in less time if you're gunning it).
Going Up...
We started off from the main Craters carpark, off Karapiti Rd. From there we headed through the tunnel and up Tank Stand. Tank Stand (grade 3) is a steady climb of fairly even gradient and is a nice (gosh, I never thought I'd use the words 'nice' and 'climb' in the same sentence!) way to warm up.
Once you reach the top of the hill there's a short but fun downhill, complete with a couple of tight corners to keep you on your toes, before you reach the start of Grinder.
Take the left hand track up Grinder (grade 4. It's all signposted - thanks Bike Taupo !) and yes, you will grind your way up to the top of the hill! The track does live up to its name I'm afraid to say, but don't be put off.
It's not too long and is worth the effort, even if you have to walk up. The views from the top are spectacular - from Mt Tauhara in the east, across the lake to the mountains of Tongariro National Park in the south, it's a fairly breathtaking panorama.
And now the real fun begins...
Going Doooowwwn...
From the top of Grinder we hit Mr (as in Mr and Mrs, and yes, there is a Mrs track too). I used to think Coaster was the coolest downhill track in Craters, but Mr has definitely surpassed it in my books.
To use the armchair analogy, Mr is like that brand new, slick, all-leather Lazyboy - a bit racy, flowing and smooth in all the right places. Lazyboys aside, Mr (grade 3) is a fantastic downhill ride with awesome flowy corners that make you want to whoop-whoop at the top of your voice all the way down.
There are a couple of little kickers towards the bottom end - wicked for us amateurs to get some air without hitting the big time jumps and ramps (makes me feel just a wee bit younger each time my wheels leave the ground!). So go on, ease off on the brakes and give it a go!
The Gravel and the Grovel...
From the bottom of Mr we turned right and rode down the gravel road. It's a fast ride down and I tried not to think about what would happen if I hit the gravel at 40km an hour with my bare arms and legs!
From the bottom we rode Outback (grade 3). Now here's the trick… we only rode the first half of Outback then cut back down Slalom (grade 3) for a fun winding downhill back to The Connection.
Part way through Outback is Carwyn's Fun Park. It was here I nearly came a cropper the first time, on one of the big dippers. I was too busy yakking about shopping websites to remember to get my line right before taking the drop!
Once you leave Outback and meet the gravel road again, there are a couple of bridges to ride over. Sounds simple, huh. Well once again I wasn't paying attention (possibly complaining about my slipping gears by this stage) and nearly came a cropper the second time.
I just about winded myself on my handlebars as I grovelled up the slippery metal bars of the short, sharp bridge. If you make it over the bridge in one piece (which I am sure you will as it's really quite easy!) you'll find yourself on the bottom part of Slalom.
It's aptly named and a good fun ride in and out of the gums back down to The Connection.
From here we chose to ride Incline (grade 3) so that we could ride Coaster afterwards – always a great way to finish a ride.
Incline is a bit of a grovel, there's no two ways about it. As with most climbs in a well thought-out mountainbike park, it's definitely worth the slog though as the last downhill back to the carpark is a cracker.
Coasting Back...
Coaster (grade 2) for me has become kind of like that comfy old Lazyboy with the checked woollen fabric that my grandmother had – you know all its lumps and bumps and it's an oldie but a goodie.
This is the original smooth and sweet downhill in Craters (OK, Buzzard has been there way longer but anyone who calls it smooth and sweet is a nutter).
I must be spoilt now after riding Mr because I found myself complaining about having to pedal through sections of Coaster.
There are still some wicked sections of downhill bliss though, and the beauty of this track is it will give you a thrill without being overly technical.
It had started to get dark as we rode the last part of Coaster, and I found myself bumping over sticks and pinecones as I picked my way back to the car.
Yes, 'blindly doddering' as I mentioned earlier is probably a good way to describe it! So, make sure you leave yourself enough time to get back before dark, or take a light with you. When it gets dark in the forest it's REALLY dark….ooooooh…..

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Digital Web InterviewJanuary 22, 2004
A new Digital Web Interview with yours truly is now live, conducted by Craig Saila. Plenty of thoughts await on time management, design influences, WaSP efforts, and more on that Garden thing. And so as not to leave anyone hanging, I briefly tell the story I've always wanted to.
Comments open. Feel free to continue the interview here, if you've got any further questions.
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"I recently built a CSS-based, three-column layout, with footer, with full-height background colour, that's not dependent on content length in any one of the three columns."
May we see it please? :)
David: soon. Still in production at the moment.
Keith: Thanks, glad you enjoyed. To answer: if there's anything the past 40 years have proved, it's that even the best technology won't be replacing humans for a long, long time. Spontaneity, creativity, and independent thought are anything but a commodity.
The software will continue to change, and in 10 years hand-coding might be a historical curiosity (though, if I had to predict, I'd say that's not likely). Intricately wrapping my ability around a practice that may not last doesn't seem prudent; so I retain the ability to adapt and stay flexible.
Technology will continue to improve. Will that make today's skills obsolete? Some. Nobody programs in COBOL anymore, but there are plenty of people making a good living off programming in general. Nobody sets type in metal anymore, but designers are still making decent money. Maybe in 10 years we won't need to hand-code, but all the other skills that go along with creating a web site will be more relevant than ever.
What's most important then is keeping your skills fresh. But that's just good sense in any profession.
I found myself identifying with you and asking myself a lot of the same questions you did early on. Great Interview it's kind of nice to know that people you look to for help and inspiration started in the same place you did at one time.
I actually moved from Vancouver to play baseball in the US and I'm not sure if you meant to say "batting a thousand" - batting a hundred means you are 1 for 10.
I just read some of the comments… I didnt before, but…
I interned at Boeing for a few summers as a web developer and it was interesting to see what they were trying to do and that is convert their existing intranet infrastructure over to this new portal software Plumtree. Their vision would be that by using this system, it in essence would cost less and mean that Web Developers wouldn't be necessary because it is basically this huge content managment system. Whether this is in fact feasible, is open to debate.
Managers would no longer need to keep a "web presence" on the corporate intranet because they would have a portal presence that they could easily configure and manage.
I'm not saying that this is going to happen towards the internet but it is one way that advances in technology are costing designers and developers jobs, other than offshoring.
Great interview. I can't wait to see the new brightcreative site. Judging by your past work, it should be a stunner.
One nit to pick:
"So far though, I'm batting a hundred; I haven't been able to do it. I'm not convinced that's a bad thing."
Batting 100 is a 1 in 10 average. I think you were shooting for 1000. ;-)
And on the commoditization of web development, I have shared similar thoughts for quite some time. When I first started writing CGIs in 1995 in perl, I assumed at the time that ALL of this stuff would be automated within five years. There are several CMS products out there that come close to achieving this goal, but the best work is still done by hand. I think there will be a place for us in the future for quite some time to come. Dreamweaver might make things easier, but skilled experts will always be in demand.
Dave – thanks for the answers, just what I was looking for and I think I agree.
Scott – I'll take responsibility for not catching that one! ;) Although I'd hate to put words in Dave's mouth, so, I think we'll leave it. ;)
re: batting a hundred. Whoops. I should just stick to the hockey analogies…
Tim: Thanks for sharing the experience. Content management systems generally aim to cut out the web developer from anything beyond initial site development. In a lot of cases, this is win-win because no one likes attending to the little maintenance jobs. I haven't yet heard of a shop bringing in a CMS and letting a bunch of staff go, instead they re-focus on bringing in new development.
Scott: thanks!
Hey Dave, the inteview was great. I really had a pleasure editing it. When I was first reading it I had wondered a bit more about your views on the future of Web design and development.
You say, "The technology is going to continue to change, and to a certain degree it'll become commoditized. Once you have Dreamweaver spitting out valid XHTML that works with the major databases and CMS's out of the box, a lot of today's Web development market will drop off."
I was wondering if you could elaborate on that a bit. I've often thought about the same thing and what I'll be doing in 10 years and as far as I can figure, while I think things will be drastically different, there will still be a place for Web design.
It might be something totally different, but I think it'll still be here. I mean things are drastically different than they were 10 years ago, but at the same time, they're the same.
Anyway, what do you think? Will technology eventually make our current jobs obsolete? Also, where do you think us Web designers will end up – where will our skills take us?
Thanks for the great interview, it was a pleasure to read.
"Spending an afternoon cursing out a browser that doesn't exactly support the specs properly (no names, rhymes with "Winternet Hexplorer") can be a trying experience."
Thank you for that, and best of luck on the new company.
Hi Dave,
When you release your 3 columns css driven feat - please let me know. I would say - you have probably achieve what we're starving to see… the end of hacks to work around unequal content divs to have a well structure stable feel.
I want to let our audience know that it is possible.
Carole: for sure. I wouldn't say mine is a magic bullet, because it is somewhat hackish – I used the faux column trick (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fauxcolumns/ ) along with a liberal use of CSS hacks – but it definitely works.
http://www.pixy.cz/blogg/clanky/css-3col-layout/ – Could very well be better than the one I ended up with, and it's available now.
ROFL dahlin' you are way-way-way too humble. So as 'editor' I really-really-really want to cover your example and this is my request.
Perhaps you are not aware but you are really good at integrating successfully disparate possibilities… plainly deserve the recognition.
The interview was very insightful. I found the story of discovering standards very interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of work your upcoming design firm gets.
Bit late with my questions here.
Dave you expressed a love for pure design, citing inspiration from places like K10K. But Craig didn't touch on the issue of Macromedia Flash. What are your thoughts on this medium? Though it may throw standards and accessibility out the window, there's no denying the richness of Flash and the amazing things you can do with it as a result.
Many purely creative types would say "Standards, pah. I don't want my creativity to be limited." And while your zen garden project obviously demonstrates just how much css can do, it is still all fairly limited compared to some of the Flash sites out there.
Is Flash evil? Will we end up with two internets, the accessible network and the Flash sites? Will future versions of CSS ever be able to come close to what Flash does today.
When I see sites like this I definitely wonder whether better mouseovers do in fact make it worth it.
Is it necessary? Maybe not. Do clients love it? Of course. Does it boost the user experience? I think so. It's just all a little more alive and fun to navigate and explore. Don't you think? Not looking at it from a standards-nazi, but as an everyday user who wants to be impressed.
Is it possible to pull something like this off with CSS today? I don't think so. I'm curious as to whether you think it will be one day.
Matt – Flash used properly is great. For things like animated shorts and games, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better tool. Mini-animations embedded in an otherwise HTML-driven page are generally harmless, and sometimes quite interesting. I love what Todd Dominey did for the PGA Championship – http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/
For entire web site interfaces? Well, to pull that off you have to be offering me something I can't get from HTML/CSS. Better mouseovers don't justify the accessibility hit in my mind. An immersive, experiential environment might count, but I'd have to want it to put up with it. There are too many other sources I can turn to if you've done a bad job, and I generally will. I'd give users enough credit to realize I'm not alone in thinking this way.
Incidentally, I don't have Flash plugged into Firebird on my PC. If I hit a site that needs it, I have to consciously load a new browser. I'll do this maybe two or three times out of ten. I quite like browsing this way.
Before this thread dies, I just saw the following at Asterix* which covers the Flash topic well and has spawned a thread that has given me some food for thought on this.


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Looks great Norma. How did the sauce taste? Better than the canned stuff?
Hi Norma,If you can, run the tomatoes through a food mill rather than a food processor. You'll notice a huge difference in the flavor of your sauce.Matt
Matt,I don't own a food mill. I used the 6 in 1 sauce in combination with these tomatoes. I only removed the skin of the tomatoes that were really loose after the low heat bake, which was at 200 degrees F for about 1 1/2 hrs. The rest of the skins, I just processed in the food processor. I didn't even drain any of the 6 in 1 sauce. Thanks for your suggestions,Norma
It's not the skin, it's the seeds. Ground up seeds can make the sauce sour.Matt
another thing i think of is people say tomatoes loose flavor and texture changes being in the fridge. "dont refrigerate tomatoes"how ever i dont think the tomato sauce will stay good for that long out of the fridge but it may taste better if used quickly ?
Thanks for making the sauce and "bumping" the recipe back up. I have some 6n1 crush tomatoes left in the freezer and will make this sauce per the recipe exactly before I run out of the 6n1's. JT
cranky,Thanks for your thoughts in letting the seeds in. I didnt notice any bitter taste with letting the seeds in. I will try out your better half's method of making sauce and see what kind of results I can get with that. I had simmered tomatoes before but didnt add the ingredients your wife did. I can imagine how good that tastes. http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,10535.msg105757.html#msg105757Norma
Wait, does this mean some people don't use fresh tomatos to make sauce?? Seems like I'm the last to find these things out. jokingly, DonI just crush my tomatos with a masher, I have never noticed bitterness from seeds.


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Light-But-Hearty Tuna Casserole
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 25 min.
Makes4 servings
- 3 cups uncooked yolk-free noodles
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) reduced-fat reduced-sodium condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 jar (6 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
- 1 can (5 ounces) albacore white tuna in water
- 1/4 cup chopped roasted sweet red pepper
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Cook noodles according to package directions.
- In a large bowl, combine the soup, milk, mayonnaise and mustard. Stir in the mushrooms, tuna and red pepper. Drain noodles; add to soup mixture and stir until blended. Transfer to an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over casserole. Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until bubbly.
Nutrition Facts1-1/2 cups: 322 calories, 9g fat (3g saturated fat), 32mg cholesterol, 843mg sodium, 39g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 4g fiber), 18g protein.
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Not sure what others are rating. This was a waste and went in the garbage. We aren't picky eaters. Will be taking it out of my Recipe box.
Oct 27, 2015
Very tasty!! Loved all the veggies and even more can be easily added. Will definitely make this one again!!
Jun 22, 2015
This is a very delicious Tuna Noodle Casserole (just as it's written.) I did however, add in a generous handful of frozen peas & carrots, and I doubled the recipe. This one is a definite keeper!
Mar 13, 2015
Didn't have the roated red peppers, so made it without; still tasted great.
Mar 2, 2015
Made a few changes and all around a great dish! I nixed the red pepper and replaced with 1 c. frozen peas(added to last minute of boiling noodles before tossing in) and added diced onions and fresh mushrooms. Also costco tuna is 7oz so it was loaded! Husband loved!
Jul 11, 2014
This was very tasty. I added a can of peas without their juice to the recipe. I will definitely make this again.
Apr 11, 2014
I used a large can of tuna and fresh mushrooms plus a whole jar of sweet red peppers. It was very good.
Mar 7, 2013
I have been weary to try some of the recipes on this sight because I think the pictures could be alot better...more appealable, but I saw the reviews on this one and decided to try it. I did not use the peppers because I knew my kids would complain and I also left out the mushrooms because I think the soup gives it enough. I used 1% milk and doubled the recipe using one can of reduced fat soup and one regular can, real mayo, and I added a small can of peas. I have to say that I have made a million tuna casserole recipes and even have one of my own that I pride myself on, but this one is the BEST I have had. I made two 8in pans because I thought it would not be enough, but it was hearty and delicious and the kids LOVED it! It comes out moist and creamy...very impressive. We have a pan left over and it is calling to me. This one is a keeper. Thank you!
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Loved the red peppers and onions! This was amazing, my boyfriend and roommate loved it as did I. I wish I made more. I added a little bit of cheddar cheese to the top, it probably would have been delicious either way though.
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Very good casserole. I wanted to make this for dinner, but didn't have any cream of mushroom soup. I used what I had in the pantry which was cream of onion. Great taste. Will try with cream of mushroom too.


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The Easter Bunny got a little early help from the MOMS Club of Fullerton East.
The group held an egg hunt at Hillcrest Park on March 28, inviting the public for the hunt.
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Oeuf has created a collection that is completely kid-friendly on multiple levels. First, the all-knitwear line is supercozy and comfy, but it's also incredibly whimsical and fun. Masks, tails, capes, crowns, and more turn everyday dressing into a game of dress-up. And, believe us, your kids will look much more hip in a knitted owl mask or giraffe tail than they ever could in that princess dress or superhero cape. Keep clicking to see some of our favorite looks from the Oeuf Fall line.


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A blend of software and hardware that's a load balancer and a full proxy. It gives you the ability to control the traffic that passes through your network.
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The BIG-IP platform is a smart evolution of Application Delivery Controller (ADC) technology. Solutions built on this platform are load balancers. And they're full proxies that give visibility into, and the power to control—inspect and encrypt or decrypt—all the traffic that passes through your network. And while BIG-IP software runs on BIG-IP or VIPRION hardware or as a virtual edition, it's now also available as per-app VE licensing
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I spend a fair amount of time by myself. One recent day, I worked, read, cleaned my desk, took a walk, made soup and chatted with my best friend on the phone. By evening, I felt productive and content.
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Enjoy jazz, gospel, classical and traditional music performed by some of our finest local talent.
Mon. Dec. 6th Ellis Marsalis
Wed. Dec. 8th Zion Harmonizers
Sun. Dec. 12th Ingrid Lucia
Mon. Dec. 13th Trish Foti Genco
Tues. Dec. 14th Danny O'Flaherty
Wed. Dec. 15th Tom McDermott
Thurs. Dec. 16th Philip Manuel
Sun. Dec. 19th St Louis Cathedral Basilica Concert
Mon. Dec. 20th Waltler Wolfman Washington
Tues. Dec. 21st Irvin Mayfield
Concerts are timed so that you can enjoy a leisurely Revellion dinner following the concert or if you are an early diner, enjoy a dessert of warm beignets and chicory coffee at Cafe Du Monde.
All concerts are free and open to all. They begin at 6pm and last about an hour. The exception is the St. Louis Catheral Basilica Concert which begins at 5pm.


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Whitey Lockman, the New York Giants outfielder-first baseman who set the stage for Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951 and who played in two World Series at the Polo Grounds, died Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 82.
His death was confirmed by Gary Hughes, a Chicago Cubs executive, according to Yahoo Sports, which said the cause was pulmonary illness. Lockman was a former Cubs manager and a longtime member of their organization. The San Francisco Giants and the Cubs observed a moment of silence for Lockman before their exhibition game in Mesa, Ariz., on Wednesday.
Lockman spent more than half a century in baseball, as a player for 15 seasons in the major leagues and as a manager, coach, front-office executive and scout. But he was probably best remembered for his role in the events of a single day: Oct. 3, 1951.
The Giants trailed the first-place Dodgers by 13 ½ games in mid-August that year but came back to forge a tie for first place in the National League. In the finale of a three-game playoff, the Giants trailed the Dodgers, 4-1, going into the last of the ninth inning at the Polo Grounds.
Alvin Dark singled off Don Newcombe, the Dodgers' starting pitcher, and Don Mueller singled Dark to third. Monte Irvin fouled out, bringing Lockman to the plate.Continue reading the main story
A left-handed batter, Lockman was a line-drive hitter, an excellent bunter and a speedy base runner. But he was not envisioning a single when he fouled the first pitch from the hard-throwing Newcombe back to the screen.
"My one thought when I came up to bat in the ninth was to go all out for a homer, although I wasn't that much of a homer hitter, especially against Newcombe," Lockman told Ray Robinson in "The Home Run Heard 'Round the World" (1991).
Lockman connected on Newcombe's second pitch, high and outside.
"My instinct and muscle control took over," Lockman remembered. "I knew it was impossible to pull it for a homer, so I sliced it to left."
The ball landed just inside the foul line, and by the time left fielder Andy Pafko chased it down, Lockman had a double, Mueller was on third base, severely injuring his ankle as he arrived there, and Dark had scored to make it 4-2.
Ralph Branca relieved Newcombe, then Thomson came to the plate. His home run over the left-field wall gave the Giants a 5-4 pennant victory in perhaps the most dramatic moment in baseball history.
Carroll Walter Lockman, a native of Lowell, N.C., made his major league debut with the Giants in 1945. He became a regular three years later and was an All-Star in 1952. He was with the Giants when they lost to the Yankees in the 1951 World Series and swept the Cleveland Indians in the 1954 Series.
In 1958, Lockman was with the Giants when they played in their new San Francisco home. He also played for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Baltimore Orioles and the Cincinnati Reds. He had a career batting average of .279. He managed the Cubs from 1972 to 1974, succeeding his former Giants manager, Leo Durocher.
Information about his survivors was not immediately available.
For all the thrill of Thomson's epic homer, Lockman remembered a down note. He injured his shoulder and neck in helping frenzied teammates lift Thomson over their heads.
"It sure screwed me up for the World Series," he told Thomas Kiernan in "The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff" (1975). "I could hardly throw or swing a bat in the whole Series."Continue reading the main story


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Faithful parishioners at Lutheran Chapel Church in Gastonia can now kneel on beautiful works of art thanks to a labor of love undertaken by Mary Brown Robinson of Dallas.
In January, five needlepoint altar kneelers were dedicated in the memory of her late husband, Robert Edgar Robinson Sr. and in her honor at the church. Robinson, who will turn 84 next week, spearheaded the three-plus years effort as a way to recognize her husband�s lifelong dedication to the church.
Robert had been a member of Lutheran Chapel for 52 years and he was active there as a choir member, church councilman, Sunday school superintendent and scout leader.
Because of the importance her husband placed on faith and the church during his lifetime, Robinson thought it would be fitting to honor him by making new altar kneelers for the chancel, a location considered one of the most sacred in the church.
But since arthritis and poor eyesight robbed her of the ability to do all of the required detailed work herself, she approached friend and church member Lucinda Thornburg in 2009 to help. Together, they recruited four other women � Rebecca Rhyne, Carolyn Lineberger , Avis Taylor and Kathy Finch � to join the project team.
Robinson and Thornburg studied the 184-year-old Lutheran Chapel to identify symbols within the church representative of the essence of Christianity.
The group chose three symbols for each cushion � 15 symbols in all. A fleur-de-les pattern included in the stained-glass windows was used in the edging for the kneelers. The fleur-de-les represents the Trinity. The outline borders for each symbol was a unique cross shape found in the stained-glass windows.
The women began needlepoint stitching the kneelers in spring 2011 and work carried through to last summer. The cushions were finished late last year.
Before they started, Robinson estimated it would take the group at least 500 hours to complete each of the proposed five altar cushions. Ultimately, it took more than 2,800 hours of hard work and teamwork to turn Robinson�s vision into a reality � one that will be a blessing for Lutheran Chapel Church members for years to come.
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Cherie Bronsky, the fitness director of Sun City Hilton Head, answers some questions about what her department has coming up in 2012.
Q. I've heard a lot about the Weigh to Go program. What will I get out of it?
A. Signing up for Weigh to Go will help you reach your health and wellness goals. It's not your typical diet or weight loss plan. Weigh to Go is an eight-week, comprehensive weight management program that includes eating strategies, exercise classes, and learning new habits and behaviors. You will lose weight, learn strategies to keep the weight off and become a healthier person. Besides exercise and nutrition classes, there will be a grocery shopping tour and optional cooking classes offered. Miss South Carolina Bree Boyce is also scheduled to speak to participants. Her story is amazing as she once weighed 235 pounds.
Enrollment cost is $120, but if you reach the winner's criteria of losing 10 pounds, you'll get most of your sign up costs back. You can sign up at either the Hidden Cypress or Purrysburg Fitness Center.
Weigh to Go will kick off on Wellness Day, which is Jan. 9 this year.
Q. What is Wellness Day? Can I attend if I don't sign up for Weigh To Go?
A. You absolutely can attend Wellness Day if you are not participating in Weigh to Go; it's open to the entire community. Wellness Day is designed to get your New Year started off on a healthy track. We have a great lineup of speakers from Hilton Head and Coastal Carolina Hospitals. Chef Brooks Rinehart will demonstrate how to make easy and healthy snacks before and after each lecture, and will provide free samples. You can buy your ticket today at either fitness center. Come with a friend and save! Tickets are $3 per person or $5 for two tickets.
More information can be found in your SunSations or in eNews Weekly.
Q. Your department is now named the Health & Wellness Department. What prompted the name change?
A. I want to take the department in a new direction. Fitness is one component of good health. Health and wellness encompasses a holistic approach.
Q. What is the Health & Wellness Series?
A. We are inviting local experts into our community every month to provide health and wellness educational lectures. We plan to include lectures in seven areas of wellness: The physical, spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional, vocational and environmental aspects of aging well. These lectures will be informative and fun! Most lectures will be free but occasionally there will be a small fee to cover food costs.
A schedule of speakers will be available in SunSations and in the Fitness Centers.
Q. Are there any new aerobics classes next year?
A. Yes! We are excited to introduce a number of new aerobics classes. Aqua Zumba® with Chamoni, Basic Yoga with Cassie Kristoff, Fitilates (formally Pilates) with Ray, Introduction to Yoga with Beth Haynes and Yoga for the Rest of Us with John Ryhan will be added to our regular schedule of classes. See your January issue of SunSations for more a description, time, day and location of each class. New classes start the first week of January.
Q. I'm a physically challenged active adult. Do you have any specific programs for me?
A. Ron Zaluski, the assistant fitness director, will conduct a free Physically Challenged Active Adults Fitness Orientation from 1–3 p.m. Jan. 25 at Hidden Cypress in the Okatie River Room. Space is limited, so be sure to sign up at the Hidden Cypress Fitness Center front desk.
Q. Do you offer any other programs besides fitness classes and wellness lectures?
A. We'll be bringing back Chef Brooks Rinehart to demonstrate how to make healthy and tasty dishes. Demonstrations will take place from 6:30–7:30 p.m. each Thursday night from Jan. 12-Feb. 23 at Hidden Cypress Savannah River Room. A sample taste offerings and recipes are included with all demonstrations. The menus include: marinades and vinaigrettes, vegetables, super foods, healthy appetizers, heart healthy, fish and desserts. Class size is limited. Purchase your tickets early at either fitness center. Cost $15 per person.


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"What I propose to do in this book is to take you on a guided exploration of the Catholic world, but not in the manner of a docent, for I am not interested in showing you the artifacts of Catholicism as though they were dusty objets d'art in a museum of culture. I want to function rather as a mystagogue, conducting you ever deeper into the mystery of the incarnation in the hopes that you might be transformed by its power."
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What is Catholicism? A 2,000 living tradition? A worldview? A way of life? A relationship? A mystery? In Catholicism, Father Robert Barron examines all these questions and more, seeking to capture the body, heart and mind of the Catholic faith.
Starting from the essential foundation of Jesus Christ's incarnation, life, and teaching, Father Barron moves through the defining elements of Catholicism - from sacraments, worship, and prayer, to Mary, the Apostles and Saints, to grace, salvation, heaven, and hell - using his distinct and dynamic grasp of art, literature, architecture, personal stories, Scripture, theology, philosophy, and history to present the Church to the world.
Paired with his documentary film series of the same title, Catholicism is an intimate journey, capturing "The Catholic Thing" in all its depth and beauty. Eclectic, unique, and inspiring, Father Barron brings the faith to life for a new generation, in a style that is faithful to timeless truths, while simultaneously speaking in the language of contemporary life.
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Father Robert Barron is an acclaimed author, speaker, and theologian, and the founder of the international media ministry Word On Fire. Through television, radio, podcasts, his blog, and YouTube videos he pursues the simple but revolutionary mission of evangelizing the culture. Additionally, Father Barron is the Francis Cardinal George Chair of Faith and Culture at Mundelein Seminary, and the creator and host of Catholicism, a groundbreaking ten-part documentary series and study program about the Catholic Faith.
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Myra's easy top-down raglan bolero is the perfect first sweater project. She shows you how to calculate stitch counts, fitting as you go. Then you're ready to learn crazy lace, the easiest lace knitting ever! You'll learn a cool creative approach that teaches you "lace logic" and makes lace knitting fun instead of intimidating. Along the way, you'll pick up great techniques like the crochet cast-on and bind-off, magic loop knitting, shaping with ribbing, and fun details like bell sleeves and buttonholes. Make your sweater short or long, lacy or plain, in fingering weight or bulky yarn, in one pattern or "sampler style." You'll finish this class with a new set of skills, a cardigan and a fan bolero!
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Kent Linux User Group (KLUG) is a group of like minded linux, open source and computer enthusiasts . We meet once a month at one of a number of locations throughout Kent. At each meet we try to have a couple of organised talks, a general show and tell session as well as general chat and coffee.
We try to cater for all levels of user from those only just thinking about installing Linux their first distro, to the hardcore uber geek.
As well as these formal meetings we also have an IRC channel and mailing and a monthly pub meet in Maidstone. There are also a number of other meets and projects that happen as a result of friends made at KLUG.


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On a perfect day everything is as it should be. You are free to think about the essential things in life and are simply enjoying the sheer driving pleasure in your BMW. Your child is sitting securely in the rear seats with their toys and books in the Rear Storage Bag, quietly watching their favourite movie on the DVD System Tablet screen. Your sunglasses are within easy reach in the glasses case. You're on the move and everything is exactly as it should be. On a perfect day, even those small details are perfect.
With the ski and snowboard bag you can transport up to 4 pairs of skis or 3 snowboards safely inside your vehicle. Fitted with carrying handles and straps, it also makes an ideal travelling companion outside of the car. Available in the version Standard and Pro.
For your BMW X1 for example.
With its sophisticated yet sporty design, the glasses case with BMW lettering blends perfectly into the interior of your BMW. A simple and flexible fastening to the sun visor or grab handle keeps glasses within easy reach.
For your BMW 3 Series Convertible for example (Available for all BMW models).
The sunblinds fasten quickly and easily to the windows. They keep the interior cool in summer and are particularly effective for protecting passengers in the BMW junior seat. Supplied with a space-saving storage bag.
Available for many models, e.g. BMW 3 Series Sedan, Touring or Coupé (E90/E91/E92).
The coat hanger blends in perfectly with the interior of your BMW and allows you to transport your clothing without creasing or crumpling. Attaches simply and securely to the head rest and can be easily removed.
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Everything stays in place. Two tear-resistant straps secure items in the luggage compartment quickly and safely. Available with two different fastening systems.
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This padded non-slip mat folds out over the loading sill to protect the bumper. It also provides a convenient place to sit when you're putting on your running shoes or ski boots, for example. Easy to fit.
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High pile floor mat with applied BMW wordmark, dirt-repellent and water-resistant. Available in black and Veneto Beige, it adds an elegant note to the footwell.
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In with the bag, jump into the car and off for an adventure in the snow. Up to four pairs of skis or three snowboards fit neatly into the ski and snowboard bag between the rear seats. And there is still space for four persons to travel in comfort. Snap hooks and a compression strap secure the sports equipment swiftly and efficiently. The bag itself can be packed away inside its own space-saving cover. The Pro version can be extended by up to 30 centimetres and offers you inner and outer compartments for smaller implements. Be well equipped before the first snow falls!
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Available for many BMW models