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The patent issue
The discussion quickly got steered into the patent problem. Miguel is very aware of the patent situation in US today and the dangers this [will] mean for Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS). He acknowledges that most patents today should be invalid, as they were filed over trivial technical solutions, but the US patent office seems to be doing a poor job seperating the valid ones from the trivial ones. This situation creates many lawsuits every year in US and according to Miguel, this will only get worse with time. Apparently, for many companies, this is a fast way to make some easy money by suing other companies (over trivial technical matters sometimes). The F/OSS developer community hasn't had the problem upon them yet, but as F/OSS becomes more and more popular, Miguel believes this will eventually become a real problem.
Regarding Mono and the Microsoft .NET patents, Ximian is now splitting the "non-free" parts of .NET in Mono, and so OS providers can decide if they want to include in their products the "non-free non-ECMA" portions or not. Apparently, even without the non-free portions, Mono is fully usable, complete with the GTK# bindings, database and other free parts. Miguel knows that a completely "clean" Mono will still find resistance from some OS/distro makers for political reasons, rather than legal or technical ones, and he is prepared for it.
Ximian met with Microsoft executives a few months ago -- as part of a symposiuym -- and it's not a secret that Microsoft is aware of the Mono developments. Miguel explains: "If there is indeed a new technology that Microsoft holds a patent to and they do not explicitly allow us to use, we will remove that code, or rework the code in a way that does not infringe the patent. We do not like the current patent environment in the US, but we have to play by the rules." Miguel also gave us a number of technical examples around Corba having technologies for years that Microsoft only now starts to be using in their products. "Longhorn's Indigo or Avalon, all was done before by us and others", said Miguel. "Most of the new technologies in Longhorn have existed in the past in one way or another, but they failed to get shipped with a vehicle as Microsoft Windows to users, so they live only on CVS repositories, old research papers, and old systems." He has so many such examples it that makes him sleep tight at night and not worry about such things. Besides, "it doesn't make sense to not create something just out of fear that it *might* infringe on some patents somewhere," he said, meaning that if developers would be driven by this fear, no developer would be able to develop something today with this huge number of patents in US. But software development does go on, if more carefully than in the past.
Taking over the world
Because patents will most probably be the cancer of the tech industry in the near furure in US, Miguel is having an alternative plan on how to 'take over the world': starting with the third world. "Poor countries don't have the money to buy and maintain Windows; this is where open source software is becoming a real and powerful alternative," he said. More developed countries also use Linux: Miguel mentioned the 200,000 Debian machines in Spain running Gnome and many other smaller projects using Linux and OSS at many levels: schools, government applications, servers, even on home desktops. And long as EU won't adopt similar patent laws like US currently employs, Miguel sees Linux (and F/OSS in general) becoming a major power in the industry, competing head to head with Microsoft in a few years. "Even the Linux desktop is almost usable today", he said semi-joking and continued "if the whole world is using Linux in the future, US will have to 'switch' eventually too, regardless of patent problems. And when that happens, there's no stopping".
But Miguel's world take over plan doesn't only go through the third world first, but also through Windows. He believes that what matters are the applications (and the OS as an extension), and if people are using F/OSS applications on any operating system, this is a win-win situation for the F/OSS future. He mentioned the Mozilla, OOo and Gimp examples, applications that thrive on Windows as well as on Unix. Ximian is working on a native port of Evolution 2.0 to Windows using the WIMP engine to make the application look XP-native. Having replaced --with capable alternatives-- the browser, the office suite and now the corporate mail client/PIM application on Windows, this situation can drive adoption of F/OSS faster. Miguel realizes that while, for example, OOo doesn't have all the MS Office features, "it's good enough" and that's a great start for the majority of users.
- "Chatting with Miguel, Page 1/2"
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Russia Takes US Diplomatic Parking Spots in Ongoing Spat
By Michael Harthorne
September 13, 2017
It appears US diplomats in Russia will be spending less time trying to smooth relations with that country and more time circling the block after Moscow revoked diplomatic parking privileges in two cities, the AP reports.
According to a report from Russian state-owned TV, officials painted over parking spots outside the US Consulate in St. Petersburg, turning them into a pedestrian crossing. They also removed special parking signs from outside the US Consulate in Yekaterinburg.
Vice, citing a Russian newspaper, reports Russian officials are also considering removing special diplomatic parking spaces near the US Embassy in Moscow. Moscow is said to be the third worst city in Europe for drivers, and New York reports St. Petersburg isn't far behind at seventh.
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Salvete, amici!
So, having a Mac, I would use Safari as my browser almost all the time. Recently I used Firefox and also Flock (my new favorite browser) to look at http://www.ScorpioMartianus.com/ — and I find it's totally messed up!
All font color, italicization, font type, and even tables for formatting (!) are all missing in Firefox/Flock, but not in Safari. Why is this so? What can I do to make ScorpioMartianus compatible with Mozilla-based browsers?
Gratias in anticipatione!


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This post has been updated. Please see below for details.
Stars under the stars is what the Hollywood Bowl is all about. In the 2014 Bowl season announced Tuesday by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a number of them – namely, the cast of "Hair" -- will be briefly nude and spouting some salty language.
And Gustavo Dudamel, the star most fundamental to the Phil's fortunes, will conduct a composition of his own for the first time in L.A.
The cluster of names assembled for the season also includes Esa-Pekka Salonen, making his first Bowl appearances since stepping down as the Phil's music director and taking up his lifetime baton as its conductor...


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NEW YORK — A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to GOP bosses to let him run for mayor of New York City as a Republican.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called it an "unappetizing smorgasbord of graft and greed" that reveals a New York political culture defined by a single rule: "Show me the money."
Malcolm Smith, 56, who has served at times as the state Senate's majority and minority leader since becoming a senator in March 2000, was arrested along with Republican New York City Councilman Dan Halloran, 42, and four other political figures.
Smith, who was removed Tuesday from his leadership post in Albany, had not yet officially launched a campaign for mayor — the first New York City mayoral race in twelve years without Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Smith "tried to bribe his way to a shot at Gracie Mansion," Bharara said, referring to the official mayor's residence. "Smith drew up the game plan and Councilman Halloran essentially quarterbacked that drive by finding party chairmen who were wide open to receiving bribes."
A criminal complaint said that in meetings with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer, Smith agreed to bribe up to five leaders of Republican Party county committees in the five boroughs of New York City so he could run for mayor as a Republican, even though he was a registered Democrat.
Bharara said $80,000 in cash was promised or paid to Bronx County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Savino, 45, and Queens County Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, 46, who were both arrested Tuesday. The government said Halloran told the undercover agent that he wanted to get his "mortgage situation resolved" and to be named deputy police commissioner if Smith were elected mayor.
Smith said in a statement that he'll be vindicated. His lawyer, Gerald L. Shargel, said his client denies wrongdoing.
"Malcolm Smith is a dedicated public servant who has served both the state of New York and his constituents in an exemplary fashion," Shargel said. "He steadfastly denies the allegations that are contained in the complaint."
Outside federal court in White Plains, N.Y., Shargel said the allegations in the criminal complaint "do not tell the full story."
Halloran's attorney, Dennis Ring, said: "The councilman denies all allegations and looks forward to clearing his name and returning to court."
Representatives for Savino and Tabone did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On Tuesday evening, Halloran was stripped of his committee assignments and money-allocating authority in the City Council. Earlier in the day, Smith was removed from his committee assignments and leadership post in the breakaway group of five senators that formed a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.
Running as a Republican in the New York City mayoral race is an attractive path for candidates because it is easier to get on the GOP primary ballot in a city crowded with Democratic politicians. The tactic was popularized by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who switched from the Democratic to Republican parties shortly before his first successful run for mayor in 2001. At least three current candidates for mayor switched their party affiliation to get on the GOP ballot.
In Smith's case, authorities say, he wanted to get on the Republican ballot but keep his Democratic party affiliation, a move that would require written consent of three of the city's five Republican Party county chairmen.
In court papers, the FBI detailed numerous meetings over the last year among the defendants, the undercover FBI agent and the cooperating witness, who pleaded guilty to federal charges last month in a deal aimed at winning leniency at sentencing.
In a Jan. 25 meeting in Smith's car in Rockland County, the cooperating witness told Smith that buying the help of Republican county committee leaders would cost "a pretty penny" and asked if it's "worth any price," the complaint said. The FBI said Smith responded: "Look, talk to me before you close it. But it's worth it. Because you know how big a deal it is."
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, speaking Tuesday at an event in Buffalo, called the arrests "very, very troubling."
"We have zero tolerance for any violation of the public integrity and the public trust," Cuomo said.
New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox said the arrests were "deeply concerning."
"The integrity of the electoral process for the voters of New York City must be preserved," Cox said in a statement.
One candidate for mayor, billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, said the arrests "point to a culture of corruption that permeates our city and state, corruption fueled by career politicians who put personal advancement before public service."
Tabone is a lawyer for Catsimatidis' Red Apple Group, which owns the Gristedes supermarket chain and other businesses, and Tabone also is a consultant to the billionaire's campaign. Campaign finance records show Tabone has been paid $3,000 so far.
Catsimatidis' campaign said on Tuesday that Tabone has been suspended from the business and his association with the campaign has been terminated.
If convicted of conspiracy, wire fraud and violation of the Hobbs Act, Smith could face up to 45 years in prison. If convicted, Halloran faced the same potential penalty on charges of conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud. Tabone and Savino were each charged with conspiracy and wire fraud, which carry up to 25 years in prison. Jasmin and Desmaret were charged with mail fraud, which carries a potential penalty of 20 years in prison.
Besides the mayoral plot, authorities said the investigation also revealed a scheme in which Halloran received $18,300 in cash bribes and $6,500 in straw donor campaign contribution checks to steer up to $80,000 in City Council money to a company he believed was controlled by those who paid him the bribes.
In a third plot, prosecutors say, Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin, 49, and Spring Valley Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret, 55, agreed to accept financial benefits so that Smith could use his power as a senator to help obtain state funds for road work in the Rockland County village outside New York City that would benefit a real estate project that Smith believed was being built by the undercover agent's company in Spring Valley. Jasmin and Desmaret were arrested Tuesday.
Representatives for Jasmin, and Desmaret did not immediately respond to comment requests.
The defendants were all released Tuesday on a $250,000 bond.
Pols charged in NYC bribery plot
NEW YORK — A Democratic state lawmaker was arrested along with five other politicians Tuesday in an alleged plot to pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to GOP bosses to let him run for mayor of New York City as a Republican.


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All In The Family... And What I Think About It...
Today after church, we stopped at Burger King for a quick sandwich before running some errands. With gasoline so expensive, I'm trying to limit my trips to town, especially now that Isaac's out of school for the summer.
As we were getting ready to leave, a man was standing at the end of the counter apparently waiting for someone. I noticed him because he looked a bit like a man from our church and for a moment, I thought I knew him. Other than that, there was nothing striking about him. He appeared to be in his sixties, and he had gray hair.
Then a little boy burst through the doorway, followed by his mother. "Grandpa!" he exclaimed, and ran toward the gentleman at the end of the counter. The man turned and his face lit up like sunshine. He held out his arms and the little boy ran into them and they shared a joyful hug. When we left, the grandpa was holding the little boy in his arms, and the little boy had his arms wrapped around his grandpa's neck.
The love between that grandfather and grandson touched my heart.
The incident reminded me of the photo below. It was taken in early 1989. Keely was three years old. She was trying on my wedding veil one day during a visit at Grandpa and Grandma's house. My dad was watching her and the look on his face is poignant to me. My dad really loved his grandkids.
Unfortunately, we always lived so far away that our visits to Grandpa and Grandma were semi-annual pilgrimages. My sister and brother lived nearby, and their kids enjoyed a wonderful relationship with their grandparents.
I hope that I have the opportunity to see my grandchildren often. (When I have grandchildren, that is, because it's not yet time for them.)
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Nationally-ranked No. 5 MIT defeated No. 9 Rivier College, 25-16, 25-19, 25-22, en route to winning the championship of the MIT Men's Volleyball Invitational on Sunday afternoon. The Engineers also swept Emerson College (25-17, 25-22, 25-13), Stevenson University (25-22, 25-20, 25-13), and York College (N.Y.) (25-17, 25-23, 25-17) to capture their second consecutive title and their fifth overall in the eight-year history of the tournament. Sophomore Ken Siebert (St. Louis, Mo.) was selected to the all-tournament team while senior David Thomas (Carlsbad, Calif.) earned Tournament MVP honors for the second year in a row, becoming the first player to accomplish this feat.
Junior Matt Hohenberger (St. Louis, Mo.) powered MIT with 10 kills and a .750 hitting percentage in the opener with Emerson on Saturday. Freshman Brad Gross (Centreville, Va.) registered six kills and four digs as classmate Alex Klein (San Diego, Calif.) added five kills and two blocks. Thomas, junior Patrick Vatterott (St. Louis, Mo.), and freshman Chris Omahan (Mount Vernon, Ohio) each posted four kills while Thomas and Vatterott contributed three and two blocks, respectively. Freshman Andrew Busse (Mount Prospect, Ill.) generated four blocks in one set as senior Jeremy Velazquez (Chelmsford, Mass.) collected eight digs. Senior Daniel Sngiem (Long Beach, Calif.) bolstered the defense with four digs while Siebert earned two aces. Sophomores Evan Wang (Saratoga, Calif.) and Paul Syta (Fairport, N.Y.) both distributed 17 assists as Wang totaled six digs.
Against Stevenson, Hohenberger notched 11 kills, four blocks, and an ace while Siebert had 10 kills, a .435 hitting performance, and six digs. Klein recorded eight kills, a .471 hitting percentage, and two blocks as Thomas rounded out the attack with seven kills. Syta tallied 34 assists, nine digs, and two blocks while Vatterott finished with six digs, four kills, and two blocks. Velazquez amassed a team-high 13 digs as Sngiem chipped in four of his own.
Graduate-student Malcolm Bean (Rochester, N.Y.) led a balanced attack versus York with nine kills and a .471 hitting percentage to go along with two blocks and an ace. Gross recorded six kills, a .417 hitting performance, four digs, and two blocks as Klein totaled seven kills, a .400 hitting percentage, and four blocks. Wang and Thomas both earned three aces while Wang dished out 20 assists, followed by 10 from Syta. Velazquez led the way with nine digs as Omahan contributed four.
In the finale with Rivier, Siebert paced the Engineers with 15 kills, a .448 hitting performance, and three blocks. Hohenberger posted 14 kills and a .458 hitting effort while Klein had seven kills on nine errorless attempts in addition to three blocks. Syta compiled 36 assists, four digs, three blocks, three kills, and an ace as Vatterott registered three blocks. Thomas led the defense with eight digs followed by seven from Sngiem.
Next up for MIT (9-3) will be a trip to Elms College on Wednesday, Feb. 15.


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On Tuesday November 14th we will be heading south for SES Chicago. This will be my second SES event and I am looking forward to attending sessions to continue to educate myself in online marketing, and share it with our readers, all while hanging out in the city of Chicago. I will be live blogging along with fellow TopRank-ers – Jolina Pettice, Evan Prokop and Miranda Miller.
When planning any trip, one of the first things I do is map out the stops which are a MUST SEE. Conferences are no different. We follow online marketing best practices, and always have a game plan to ensure we can get the most out of the time spent at conferences.


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Lori Schultz interview
Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 11:00 a.m.
Washington resident Lori Schultz was a lifelong friend of Monica Drum and is the executor of Ms. Drum's will. Detectives Murphy and Parker interviewed her at the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department the morning after Mrs. Schultz reported finding what appeared to be a safe deposit box key hidden at Ms. Drum's residence. The interview was recorded with the witness's knowledge and consent.
- Detective S. Murphy
- Detective E. Parker
- Lori Schultz
Detective Murphy: Thank you for coming, Ms. Schultz. I'm sorry if I appeared to be staring for a moment, but you look very familiar ... like someone I may have seen on television?
Lori Schultz: Julia Louis-Dreyfuss. I hear it all the time.
Detective Parker: I'm not sure who that is.
Lori Schultz: You know, Elaine on Seinfeld?
Detective Parker: I've never seen it. Anyway, for the record, please state your name and address.
Lori Schultz: Certainly. I'm Lori Schultz, and I live almost at the end of County Road 117 just north of Soap Lake, Washington.
Detective Murphy: I thought you lived in Ohio.
Lori Schultz: I still use my parents' address for a lot of things. I came to Oxford from Ohio.
Detective Murphy: Where do you spend most of your time?
Lori Schultz: At work in Soap Lake.
Detective Murphy: OK. What were you doing in Ohio before coming to Oxford?
Lori Schultz: I wanted to tell my parents about Monica, and I went to the funeral there.
Detective Parker: Did they know her well?
Lori Schultz: Since the day we were born.
Detective Parker: You two shared a birthday?
Lori Schultz: Yes, January first! I would have been the first baby born -- not just in Kent but in all of Ohio.
Detective Murphy: Would have been?
Lori Schultz: Yeah. Monica beat me by five minutes. Five minutes! I think it affected her.
Detective Murphy: How so?
Lori Schultz: You sound like my waiter at the Chinese restaurant last night. Monica always, our entire lives, kind of treated me like a little sister. We wouldn't have even known each other had we not been born so close together on New Year's Day. The photographer from the newspaper took both our pictures. Well, he took one photograph, but it had one title: "Number one and number two." I think Monica always just took it upon herself to look out for me because we were born on the same day.
Detective Parker: This was in 1972?
Lori Schultz: Yes.
Detective Parker: So you and Ms. Drum grew up together.
Lori Schultz: From day one on. If we talk about her too much, I might get emotional. I'd rather not talk about her too much.
Detective Murphy: I understand, but your friend was murdered and we have to talk to those close to her. So Ms. Drum looked out for you as you grew up?
Lori Schultz: Yes, Monica looked out for me. And I probably encouraged it. Whenever I was having a problem, Monica knew just what to say. Especially about guys. It's just like she knew just what was going on in their heads. More than they did! If it were not for Monica, I'd probably be married ten times over by now.
Detective Parker: Who did Ms. Drum go to with boy problems? You?
Lori Schultz: No ... I don't think she ever had any boy problems, to be honest with you. Well, Bobby was a problem, I think, but nobody knows where he is, anyway. I was going to let him know about Monica's ... passing, but I don't know how to find him.
Detective Parker: Who is Bobby?
Lori Schultz: This guy she met when we lived in California.
Detective Murphy: You lived with Ms. Drum in California?
Lori Schultz: Yeah, I followed her out there, really. She had just talked me into breaking up with my boyfriend, and I didn't feel like being in Ohio when she was going to California. Monica went to a very good school out there.
Detective Murphy: Yes, Berkeley is a good school. I haven't heard anyone else speak of Bobby. How long did he and Ms. Drum know each other?
Lori Schultz: I guess it depends on how you look at it. They weren't really together in Cincinnati. At least, she never mentioned his name when we talked on the phone.
Detective Parker: Wait, Ms. Drum and Bobby knew each other in Berkeley and Cincinnati? What's his last name?
Lori Schultz: Upshaw. Yeah, they knew each other in both places. Well, I never heard of Bobby going over to Berkeley, but she met him in San Francisco.
Detective Parker: Tell us about their relationship, their history.
Lori Schultz: Well, I was working – bartending – at the San Francisco Brewing Company. Monica came over from Berkeley to sit at my bar and have a few drinks. I actually met Bobby first. He was wearing an Ohio State letterman's jacket, so I asked him if he played for the Buckeyes. He said he didn't, that he had gotten the jacket from a player that owed him a lot of money.
Detective Murphy: Did he say why the player owed him money?
Lori Schultz: No. I figured he just loaned the guy money, and he couldn't pay him back. I could see he was a big sports fan.
Detective Murphy: Why?
Lori Schultz: Because he was watching the TV and writing down all the scores. He told me Deion Sanders was going to meet him there, but I never saw him.
Detective Murphy: And Monica met Bobby that night?
Lori Schultz: Yes. And I could see right away she thought a lot of him.
Detective Parker: How could you tell?
Lori Schultz: Women just can. You know. I introduced them, and they really hit it off, although he sure wasn't the kind of guy you would think Monica would be attracted to.
Detective Murphy: How so?
Lori Schultz: There you go again. Well, Bobby was focused on drinking and sports. Monica focused on people. Conversation, stuff like that. She didn't really like the Brewing Company, said it was too yuppified. It had an old piss trough in the floor right in front of the bar from back in the 1850s when it was a sailor's bar. Bobby pointed it out to her, and she thought it was interesting. They ended up leaving and going up the street to Vesuvio, next to that bookstore. Later she told me he didn't like that place. and he liked the next place even less.
Detective Parker: What was that place?
Lori Schultz: A coffee shop! She took him to a coffee shop! Here this guy was drinking and watching sports and she took him to Caffé Trieste, which was one of her favorite places, but he hated it, she told me. They ended up compromising and going to the Saloon. they came back in the Brewing Company at closing. Then Bobby and some guy went in the manager's office for awhile, and while they were in there, Monica just went on and on about how "real" Bobby was. He just seemed like another guy to me, but I wasn't going to say anything. Monica usually just criticized men.
Detective Parker: What was their relationship like?
Lori Schultz: Well, Monica was flat-out in love. Bobby, he was consumed by whether the 49ers won and by how much. He kept telling Monica, "As soon as football is over, we'll go away on a trip."
Detective Parker: Did they?
Lori Schultz: No. When the season was over, he just went back to Cincinnati. He'd been flying into town from there every weekend there was a game, but when the season was over, he didn't show up in San Francisco anymore. It tore Monica up. I had never seen her like that, especially over a guy. She started looking for a job in Cincinnati and found one pretty quick, she left grad school just like that. She went to work for a newspaper and went after Bobby. I don't think he would have too much to do with her though. We talked on the phone about it a little, but she didn't seem to want to talk about it too much. By then, all she wanted to talk about was work.
Detective Murphy: So you stayed in California?
Lori Schultz: Yes, I met Scott, who is now my husband. I didn't change my name. Scott and I have a antique store in Soap Lake. Well, he already had it and he was in San Francisco on a buying trip and we met and here we are. Or there we are.
Detective Parker: Don't you work for the tourism council?
Lori Schultz: Oh, yes. But that's not a full time job. I do both: tourism and the store. They're kind of connected, if you think about it.
Detective Murphy: Did your husband know Ms. Drum?
Lori Schultz: They never met, and I'm sorry about that.
Detective Murphy: So Mr. Upshaw and Ms. Drum, they did or didn't have a relationship in Cincinnati?
Lori Schultz: No, I don't think so. I think all of a sudden she pretty much lost interest, and she got engaged to this other guy who worked at that Cincinnati paper. He was older. She might have just done it to make Bobby jealous – she did that kind of thing – but I don't think so. Once she began working for the newspaper, that was her life. It was all she talked about, and I don't think she's dated anyone outside the business since then. Anyway, when she broke up with this guy she was engaged to, she quit that paper. Then, I don't know, she had a couple of other boyfriends in Cincinnati, a photographer, I think. Anyway, after she'd broken up with the last of them is when she got this job in Mississippi.
Detective Parker: What do you know about Rick Hughes?
Lori Schultz: I don't know him… or do I? That name is familiar.
Detective Parker: He's a reporter at The Oxford Eagle.
Lori Schultz: Oh. yes. That's the guy that shoved her.
Detective Parker: What do you know about that?
Lori Schultz: Just that it happened on the square in front of a lot of people, and that the guy is a jerk. But I guess that's a given, since he was pushing her around, right?
Detective Murphy: She didn't tell you any more than that about the incident?
Lori Schultz: No. I knew she was seeing him, only she called him Richie most of the time when we talked about him. It was her usual thing, up and down. I don't think she was ever really serious about anyone, except in as much as they worked with her. You know? Just office romances.
Detective Parker: What about Shawn Sharp?
Lori Schultz: I don't know him.
Detective Parker: Ernie Parrish?
Lori Schultz: No, him either.
Detective Parker: Nicole Grayson?
Lori Schultz: No.
Detective Parker: Tommy Green?
Lori Schultz: That's the guy she was engaged to for a little while in Cincinnati.
Detective Parker: Did you ever meet him?
Lori Schultz: No. From what I heard, he was just a guy looking to get married without disrupting his job too much. You know, Monica and I both had Tommy Green's father for a teacher when we were at Kent State. English.
Detective Murphy: How long will you be in town?
Lori Schultz: Until the 21st. Scott is meeting me here, and then we're going to Ohio for Christmas. We – I mean Scott and I – we were going to stop by here to spend a few days with Mon before we went to Ohio, kind of like a vacation visit. Now it's all changed. I just can't believe it. I really was looking forward to him meeting Monica. She and I had kind of gotten distant, and I wanted us to be close again. I worried about her.
Detective: Parker Why?
Lori Schultz: Monica never really had any friends besides me. Her parents are really old.
Detective Parker: Do you think Ms. Drum was lonely?
Lori Schultz: No. Well, maybe a little, but I don't think she realized it. I think she was just completely immersed in her work life, you know, and not realizing the toll it was taking on the rest of her. I don't know. She seemed kind of… unbalanced. I was always wondering if she would ever stop.
Detective Murphy: What do you plan to do while you're in Oxford?
Lori Schultz: I've got to do something with all her stuff. And there's a lot of financial and legal stuff to do with her will and her estate and all that.
Detective Parker: If you run across anything else in her effects that strikes you as unusual, we need you to notify us.
Lori Schultz: I understand. I want to help in any way possible. So did you find out anything about that key? If it really does go to a safe deposit box, I'll need to know for her estate.
Detective Murphy: We'll let you know once we have some solid information.
Lori Schultz: Thank you.
Detective Murphy: Thank you for coming in, Ms. Schultz. If your plans change and you'll be leaving earlier or staying longer, please let us know.
Lori Schultz: I will. Bye.
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In Brazil, a country notorious for its staggeringly high C-section rates – numbers in some private hospitals push 99% – protestors participated in a "Home Birth March" last month in the nation's state capitals: Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Maceió, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo and Vitória. The protests followed public criticism levied against the coordinator of the obstetrics department at the Federal University of São Paulo, Dr. Jorge Kuhn, by the Regional Council of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro; Kuhn had recently defended home births, and childbirth in general as a pyshiological – rather than medical – process (kind of our headline here on Natural Parenting). The march, as a result, was held not only to support a woman's right to choose home birth as an option, but also to opt for a vaginal (rather than cesarean-by-default) delivery, as well.
Although Kuhn's, and the protestors', endorsements of homebirth prompted many of the same responses that mere mention of the topic generates here in the States – some people feel giving birth outside of a hospital at all is unsafe, and thus irresponsible – cultural fears around childbirth, in Brazil, go way back, and way beyond, even medicalized, mainstream conceptions of childbirth in America; as filmmaker and activist Ricki Lake shed light on, in her follow-up series to her groundbreaking documentary The Business of Being Born, Brazilian attitudes around childbirth compound into a clusterf*** (I'm paraphrasing) of a C-section epidemic. Extreme fear of the pain of childbirth is inherited, and pervasive, among Brazilian women, who also believe delivering vaginally will cause their bodies permanent harm. The medical system is set up so that private doctors must be on call for their clients around the clock; scheduling C-sections is the most obviously doable way for them to attend to all of those clients' births. And, Lake writes, "most of the current generation of obstetricians believe that cesarean delivery is safer than vaginal delivery and not only impart this philosophy to their patients but also refuse clients who are considering a vaginal birth." The Childbirth in Brasil organization, through its Obstetric Violence Experiment blog, has further highlighted problems in the doctor-patient relationship during childbirth, specifically the unbelievably common occurrence of doctor-to-patient verbal abuse… during labor. (Dang, that's cold.)
It's no wonder some Brazilian women would prefer not to give birth in the nation's public, or private, hospitals. And although awareness is increasing in the Brazilian community around the risks C-sections pose to mothers and babies (C-sections are not at all safer than vaginal births; they significantly raise mortality stats), and the Committee of Brazilian Obstetrics 'officially' states that a natural, in-hospital birth is the most safe choice mothers can make, the majority of policy makers, doctors, insurance companies and moms-to-be in Brazil still run with a C-section-or-bust mentality that makes natural birth nearly impossible for those who desire it.
The protestors, along with an emerging population of Brazilian natural and home birth advocates, hope to change this. Check out the Home Birth March Facebook page if you want to get involved. (Here's Brazilian-born supermodel Gisel Bundchen's perspective on all of this, too, for your reading pleasure).
What do you think of the recent protests in Brazil? Do you think this kind of demonstration will be effective in shifting cultural attitudes? Will it affect public policy-making? Do we have any Brazilian readers in the house? What's your take?


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John Hinton, owner of John's Appliance City on Beville Road, is complaining the house on Westwood Drive was trashed by police during the raid.
DAYTONA BEACH — The rental property of an appliance store owner known for his zany TV commercials was raided this week after investigators received information that a homicide suspect who is also a documented gang member was inside the residence, Police Chief Mike Chitwood said.
But John Hinton, owner of John's Appliance City on Beville Road in the city, is complaining that his rental house on Westwood Drive was trashed by police during a raid at 5 a.m. Thursday.
"They blew the front door off the hinges," Hinton said Friday. "There was glass all over the bed. It looked like a New Jersey shore disaster area.
"This was a bad bust," Hinton said.
Chitwood, however, said two men who were inside the house owned by Hinton in the 100 block of Westwood Drive, are persons of interest in an investigation concerning thefts of guns belonging to law enforcement officers.
The chief also said one of the men — Dustin Sanders — is a murder suspect and a member of the Crips gang. Sanders has a tattoo on his back that shows a sheriff's deputy hanging from a tree.
Chitwood criticized Hinton for renting the house to Sanders.
"He is a slumlord," Chitwood said of Hinton. "He is so busy making TV commercials and he should be looking into the backgrounds of the people he rents to."
Over the years, Hinton has become well known for starring in humorous TV commercials that advertise his business.
He took offense to Chitwood's name-calling, saying the police chief "doesn't even know me."
All three people inside the residence — Sanders, Thomas Robinson and Melinda McCune — were arrested after the raid. Sanders was charged with resisting arrest with violence and possession of marijuana; Robinson was charged with possession of marijuana under 20 grams; and McCune was charged with possession of diazepam.
The arrest report shows that Sanders began yelling and waving his arms when the first officer approached him inside the house. Police said Sanders then grabbed at officer Brian Milligan's rifle and body. Milligan and Sanders tussled and Sanders fell against the edge of a small table, cutting his face, the report says.
As for Robinson, police found a small amount of marijuana in his pocket, the report shows. McCune, meanwhile, had two Valium pills in the master bedroom. She told police the pills belonged to a man named "Wayne," the report shows.
Because Sanders and Robinson are persons of interest in the weapons theft investigation, police searched the trash outside the rental house before Thursday's raid, and found traces of methamphetamine, Chitwood said. Police then obtained a search warrant.
Chitwood said his officers announced their arrival at the house more than once. They also threw a flash bomb through one of the bathroom windows and shattered several other windows throughout the residence.
Hinton said he was told that one of the cops sailed through the bedroom window and landed on top of McCune, injuring her. But Chitwood said his officers entered through the front door after they breached it.
"(I was told) the search warrant was for meth," Hinton said. "And they didn't find any meth."
According to the chief, though, the search warrant also states that Sanders is a suspect in a killing and a gang member. Hinton said he had not seen the actual warrant, although a copy was left at the rental property. There was no information available about the homicide case.
Records show both Sanders and Robinson have served at least two stints in state prison. The offenses for the suspects include robbery, dealing in stolen property, escape and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, among other offenses.
McCune does not have an arrest record in Volusia County.
Editor's note: Daytona Beach police were issued a standard search warrant before a raid of a home on Westwood Drive and not as initially reported.


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Spartak Moscow have sacked coach Unai Emery just six months after the Spaniard was put in charge of the Russian side.
The former Valencia boss has not had the best of times at the capital club, who currently sit in sixth place in the Premier League after 17 games, outside the European places.
They suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Barcelona in midweek, leaving them in fourth place in their Champions League group and eliminated from European competition.
That was followed up with a crushing 5-1 loss to local rivals Dinamo Moscow on Sunday, and general director Valery Karpin confirmed Emery's dismissal at the post-match press conference.
"I have one announcement. It has been decided by shareholders of the club that Emery will no longer coach Spartak," he revealed.
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In the FCS Huddle: Seniors rule FCS QB class
Philadelphia, PA – So many of us watched March turn mad with a lot of college basketball players who we didn't know well.
"The Fab Five" and "one-and-done" are terms that are synonymous with the way freshmen have come to rule the hardwoods.
That scenario, of course, is not a staple across college football, where many freshmen step into a program and basically are redshirted upon arrival.
Championship teams are often loaded with upperclassmen, and it's tough to beat having an experienced senior starting at quarterback.
The class at football's most important position is dominated on the FCS level this season by seniors.
Here are the best going into the season:
Dual Threats
DeNarius McGhee, Montana State. Yes, he's still around. The thick built fourth-year starter has gained more yards (10,017 - 9,116 passing and 901 rushing) than any other returning quarterback in the FCS. Behind his lead, the Bobcats have won a share of three straight Big Sky titles. The three-time Walter Payton Award finalist should be dominant as a senior.
Appalachian State's 6-foot-3 Jamal Jackson stands tall in the pocket and likes to throw down the field to his terrific receivers. But, make no mistake, he can take off with the ball and make things happen. He has thrown for 36 touchdowns and rushed for another 13 the last two seasons. With the Mountaineers prepping to leave the FCS for the FBS next year, they aren't eligible for the Southern Conference title or a playoff berth.
One of the surprises last season was how easily Central Arkansas' Wynrick Smothers replaced two-year starter Nathan Dick and guided the Bears to an even higher level of play. He passed for 3,103 yards and 31 touchdowns and rushed for another 449 yards for the Southland Conference co-champs.
Wind 'Em Up
Cornell's Jeff Mathews actually had a down season from his sophomore campaign yet still ranked second in the FCS in passing yards per game (355.1). With 8,331 career passing yards, the Californian ranks second in Ivy League history, and this season he will soar past record-holder James Perry, who had 9,294 yards for Brown from 1997-99.
Speaking of down seasons, Youngstown State's Kurt Hess had one last season. But he's a talented fourth-year starter who will pass the ball more than ever this year while the Penguins try to make the FCS playoffs for the first time since 2006. He's thrown for 6,698 yards and 53 touchdowns in his career.
Stephen F. Austin's Brady Attaway has followed a Walter Payton Award winner - Jeremy Moses in 2010 - and accounted for himself quite well with one key exception: he must cut down on interceptions. That goes with the territory in SFA's passing offense, but he has 45 career picks along with his gaudy 7,165 yards and 57 touchdowns through the air.
Eastern Illinois changed to a Stephen F. Austin-type offense last season and Jimmy Garoppolo broke out on a national level. He began the season by throwing for five touchdowns in three of the Panthers' first five games and averaged 45 pass attempts per game. A quiet leader, he threw for 3,823 yards and 31 touchdowns, giving him 8,106 and 65, respectively, in his career. He helped wide receiver Erik Lora set the FCS single-season record for receptions (136) last season.
Catch' Em If You Can
If Georgia Southern had won in the FCS semifinals and reached the national championship game last season, Jerick McKinnon might have reached 2,000 rushing yards for the season. He ran the Eagles' triple option to perfection, gaining 316, 171 and 168 yards on the ground in three playoff games. For the season, he rushed for 1,817 yards on 269 carries (6.8 yards per carry) with 20 touchdowns. This season, like rival Appalachian State, FBS-bound Georgia Southern is ineligible for the SoCon title or a playoff bid.
Colgate's Gavin McCarney finished fifth in the Walter Payton Award balloting last season, and rightfully so after he dominated the Patriot League and led the Raiders into the FCS playoffs. He averaged 7.3 yards per carry while rushing for 1,406 yards on 193 carries. He was twice the national co-offensive player of the year in a three-week span.
The Citadel's Ben Dupree shares time under center, but he's played in every game the last three seasons and is the difference maker in the Bulldogs' triple option. He has rushed for 1,671 yards and 18 touchdowns in his career, including 839 and nine, respectively, as a junior.
Don't Sleep On Them
It's possible to overlook what's right before your eyes. North Dakota State's Brock Jensen has appeared in more games (39) with more postseason starts (11) than any other FCS quarterback, and matured into the efficient leader of the two-time defending national champions. NDSU likes to run the ball, but Jensen is big (6-3, 224 pounds), a threat on QB keepers (25 career touchdown runs) and a big-game performer.
When a quarterback completes 70 percent of his passes over a full season, you have to stop and take notice. San Diego's Mason Mills completed 252-of-360 pass attempts last year (for 3,111 yards) and helped the Toreros rally to a share of the Pioneer Football League title. Entering his fourth season as the starter, he has thrown for 7,641 yards and 60 touchdowns in his career, completing 66.6 percent of his passes.
As good as Mills was last season, Butler's Matt Lancaster was named the PFL offensive player of the year in his first season after transferring in from Illinois State. In replacing a three-year starter, Lancaster was second in the league in total offense (3,111 yards) and threw for 21 touchdowns with only three interceptions. He also rushed for eight touchdowns for the PFL tri- champions.
Also from the PFL, Davidson fourth-year starter Jonathan Carkhuff has thrown the most pass attempts (1,390) and completions (855) among the FCS' returning signal-callers. He has 11 career games with at least 50 pass attempts, including six during his sophomore season in 2011. He has 8,479 passing yards in his career, but with an ugly 46-to-41 touchdown-to-interception line as well.
In a 13-team Big Sky Conference, it was probably easy to miss what Seth Lobato did at Northern Colorado last season. The Bears were coming off a winless season in 2011. But the continued maturation of Lobato made all the difference as his team posted a 5-6 record, including a three-game season-ending win streak which led to a 4-4 finish in conference play. In that stretch, Lobato threw for 944 yards and totaled 10 touchdowns (eight passing, two rushing). Over his career, he has passed for 5,283 yards and 36 touchdowns.
Other Key Seniors
Benjamin Anderson, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Brian Bell, Sam Houston State; Dray Joseph, Southern; Andy Summerlin, Samford; Marcus Wasilewski, Maine.


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We stumbled across these custom hand-painted Nissan valve covers by accident, but it turns out they're the artwork of Pres, a fellow Jalopnik. Even if you're not familiar with Aqua Teen Hunger Force or this guy, you can still appreciate the originality of these creations. Hmm... maybe he could do Trogdor The Burninator


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Jarrod Lyle plays 18 holes for 1st time in 14 months in his recovery from leukemia
MELBOURNE, Australia – Australian professional Jarrod Lyle has played 18 holes of golf for the first time in 14 months as he continues to recover from a second battle with leukemia.
The 31-year-old Lyle tweeted late Saturday that he was "absolutely knackered now after 75 hits at The Sands Torquay ... hit a couple goodies."
The Sands is a private ocean-side course a few hours' drive from his hometown of Shepparton, Victoria.
Lyle, who was first diagnosed with leukemia at age 17, learned it had returned in March 2012, shortly after the birth of his first child, a daughter.
He underwent chemotherapy and received a transplant of donor blood from umbilical cords.
He has said he hopes to return to the PGA Tour next year.


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An Apple a Day: Apple Accessories That Tickled Our Fancy
Although we cover a range of technologies, we admittedly have a soft spot for products originating from the minds over at Cupertino. And so with the end of the year looming (and possibly the end of the world), we thought it was a good time to gather together some of our favorite accessories for Apple products from 2012. And, no, they are not all iPhone cases.
• Favorite Designer iPhone 5 Cases... So Far
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• 35 Fun, Stylish, & Practical Cases for the New iPad
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Hackers Breach U.S. Voting Machines in 90 Minutes in DEF CON Competition
Newsweek, July 30, 2017
Posted: 2017-08-06 16:37:54
Hackers were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in less than two hours at a competition in Las Vegas. The event exposed glaring deficiencies in the security of U.S. voting infrastructure. According to the Register, the hackers at the DEF CON conference Friday were given voting machines, and competed to access them by physically breaking them open and hacking them remotely. Some devices had remote ports, which could be used to insert devices with malicious software, others insecure WiFi connections, or outdated software such as Windows XP, rendering them exposed to hacking attacks. The machines, manufactured by companies including Diebold, Sequoia and Winvote equipment, were purchased over eBay or at government auctions. In June, the Intercept published leaked NSA documents showing that Russian agents hacked a U.S. voting systems manufacturer in the weeks leading to last year's presidential election. NSA contractor Reality Leigh Winner, 25, was subsequently charged with removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet. "Without question, our voting systems are weak and susceptible. Thanks to the contributions of the hacker community today, we've uncovered even more about exactly how," said Jake Braun, the Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Global Advisors and Managing Director of Cambridge Global Capital, who designed the hacking competition.
Note: Many who follow elections closely have known and spread the word for years about serious vulnerabilities in US electronic voting. Read an enlightening analysis of elections hacking in the US which raises many serious questions. And don't miss the critically important information provided in our Elections Information Center.
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U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba
2001-05-01, ABC News
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba. Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities. The plans were developed as ways to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's ... Fidel Castro. America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," and, "casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation." The plans had the written approval of all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and were presented to President Kennedy's defense secretary, Robert McNamara, in March 1962. But they apparently were rejected by the civilian leadership and have gone undisclosed for nearly 40 years. The Joint Chiefs even proposed using the potential death of astronaut John Glenn during the first attempt to put an American into orbit as a false pretext for war with Cuba. Should the rocket explode and kill Glenn, they wrote, "the objective is to provide irrevocable proof … that the fault lies with the Communists." The scary thing is none of this stuff comes out until 40 years after.
Note: Why was ABC the only major news source to report on this highly revealing story? Read the shocking declassified documents on Operation Northwoods. Many military and political leaders look at the world as a grand chessboard. Sacrificing pawns (innocent civilians) is sometimes necessary to capture the queen. Explore revealing news articles on military corruption. Then check out eye-opening 9/11 news articles.
Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group
2005-09-29, BBC News
How much influence do private networks of the rich and powerful have on government policies and international relations? One group, the Bilderberg, has often attracted speculation that it forms a shadowy global government. Every year since 1954 [they have brought] together about 120 leading business people and politicians. At this year's meeting in Germany, the audience included the heads of the World Bank and European Central Bank, Chairmen or Chief Executives from Nokia, BP, Unilever, DaimlerChrysler and Pepsi ... editors from five major newspapers, members of parliament, ministers, European commissioners ... and the queen of the Netherlands. The chairman ... is 73-year-old Viscount Etienne Davignon. In an extremely rare interview, he played down the importance of Bilderberg. "I don't think (we are) a global ruling class because I don't think a global ruling class exists." Will Hutton ... who attended a Bilderberg meeting in 1997, says people take part in these networks in order to influence the way the world works, to create what he calls "the international common sense". And that "common sense" is one which supports the interests of Bilderberg's main participants. For Bilderberg's critics the fact that there is almost no publicity about the annual meetings is proof that they are up to no good. Bilderberg meetings often feature future political leaders shortly before they become household names. Bill Clinton went in 1991 while still governor of Arkansas, Tony Blair was there two years later while still an opposition MP. All the recent presidents of the European Commission attended Bilderberg meetings before they were appointed. Informal and private networks like Bilderberg have helped to oil the wheels of global politics and globalisation for the past half a century.
Note: Why is this meeting of top world leaders kept so secret? Why, until a few years ago, was there virtually no reporting on this influential group in the major media? Thankfully, the alternative media has had some good articles. And a Google search can be highly informative. Explore many other revealing major media news articles on powerful secret societies. And for those interested, check out reliable, eye-opening information covering the big picture of how and why these secret societies are using government-sponsored mind control programs to achieve their agenda.
[9/11] Hijack 'suspects' alive and well
2001-09-23, BBC News
Another of the men named by the FBI as a hijacker in the [9/11] suicide attacks on Washington and New York has turned up alive and well. The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of having carried out the attacks are now in doubt. Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11 September. His photograph was released, and has since appeared in newspapers and on television around the world. He told journalists there that he had nothing to do with the attacks. He has contacted both the Saudi and American authorities. He acknowledges that he attended flight training school at Daytona Beach in the United States, and is indeed the same Waleed Al Shehri to whom the FBI has been referring. But, he says, he left the United States in September last year [and] became a pilot with Saudi Arabian airlines. Abdulaziz Al Omari, another of the Flight 11 hijack suspects ... says he is an engineer with Saudi Telecoms, and that he lost his passport while studying in Denver. Meanwhile ... a London-based Arabic daily says it has interviewed Saeed Alghamdi. He was listed by the FBI as a hijacker in the United flight that crashed in Pennsylvania. And there are suggestions that another suspect, Khalid Al Midhar, may also be alive. FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged on Thursday that the identity of several of the suicide hijackers is in doubt.
Note: The deceptions in the official story of 9/11 are nowhere more clearly shown than in this important story. The FBI never revised its list of alleged hijackers, and these four are all later listed in the official 9/11 Commission report as the hijackers. Click here and scroll down a little over half way to see their photos in the official report. For more on this, click here. For an abundance of reliable information suggesting a major 9/11 cover-up, click here. For other revealing news articles on 9/11, click here.
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No, Athletes Will Not 'Shut Up And Dribble' — And They Never Have
The new documentary series Shut Up and Dribble, which premiered the first of its three parts this weekend on Showtime, is a response to commentator Laura Ingraham's dismissive February 2018 sneer in the direction of LeBron James. The idea that athletes — or actors, or writers — shouldn't be politically active in the public sphere is surprisingly widely held. The point of the series is to demonstrate that in the case of black athletes, holding the game at a distance from the society in which it's played is not only contrary to history but impossible. And, perhaps, that it would be irresponsible. Shut Up And Dribble uses its first installment to chronicle several of professional basketball's early standouts who collided with the wider world in different ways: Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, and Isaiah Thomas. The next two installments ... consider the era of Michael Jordan and the explosion of endorsement deals — which ... tamped down public discussions of politics as protection of each athlete's personal brand became critical. While it's about activism and racism, much of this series is about power. Power accumulated by players, whether it's the economic power of endorsements or the bargaining power of free agency, directly enables them to use their platforms without worrying that they'll be, for instance, let go from their teams and unable to get new jobs because a political stand they consider crucial proves to be unpopular, or makes them targets.
Note: For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing civil liberties news articles from reliable major media sources.
CIA's 'surveillance state' is operating against us all
2018-11-05, The Hill (Top newspaper of Washington's political elite)
Over time, the CIA upper echelon has secretly developed all kinds of policy statements and legal rationales to justify routine, widespread surveillance on U.S. soil of citizens who aren't suspected of terrorism or being a spy. Newly declassified documents from 2014 ... reveal the CIA not only intercepted emails of U.S. citizens but they were emails of the most sensitive kind — written to Congress and involving whistleblowers reporting alleged wrongdoing within the Intelligence Community. The disclosures, kept secret until now, are two letters of "congressional notification" from the Intelligence Community inspector general at the time, Charles McCullough. He stated that during "routine counterintelligence monitoring of government computer systems," the CIA collected emails between congressional staff and the CIA's head of whistleblowing and source protection. McCullough added that he was concerned about the CIA's "potential compromise to whistleblower confidentiality and the consequent 'chilling effect'." The March 2014 intercepts ... happened amid what's widely referred to as the Obama administration's war on whistleblowers and mass surveillance scandals. The evidence points to bad actors targeting candidate Donald Trump and his associates in part to keep them - and us - from learning about and digging into an even bigger scandal: our Intelligence Community increasingly spying on its own citizens, journalists, members of Congress and political enemies for the better part of two decades.
Note: The above article was written by Emmy award winning investigative journalist and former news anchor for CBS and CNN Sharyl Attkisson. She has been attacked numerous times for questioning the safety of vaccines and investigating too deeply into the lives of certain politicians. Her top-selling book Stonewalled describes her fight for truth against powerful political forces. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on intelligence agency corruption and the disappearance of privacy.
Whistleblowers need help. This tech entrepreneur wants to provide it
2018-07-12, Los Angeles Times
Public esteem for whistleblowers reached its high water mark in 2002. That's when three whistleblowers were named Time's Persons of the Year. Their employers were the corrupt companies Enron and WorldCom and the pre-9/11 FBI. Since that time, corporate managements and government agencies have become more secretive, making whistleblowing even more crucial for exposing wrongdoing. But the people who sacrifice their jobs and careers to bear witness are commonly viewed as turncoats or even traitors, ending up in jail or exile. Plainly, whistleblowers need help. Gilles Raymond is stepping forward. Raymond is the founder of the Signals Network, which is just beginning operations in San Francisco as a support organization for whistleblowers. The network ... will help whistleblowers find legal help and PR representation, work to build secure communications systems, and provide temporary housing to shield a whistleblower from harassment and threats. Signals ... has reached cooperative agreements with five international news organizations, including Germany's Die Zeit, Britain's Daily Telegraph, and the Intercept, a U.S.-based investigative news source. In the 16 years since that Time magazine cover, secrecy has become not only embedded more deeply in business and government practice, but safeguarded by law and administrative fiat.
Note: Read an excellent essay by CIA whistleblower Kevin Shipp on the many ways the US government prevents its employees from exposing illegal government activities. For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on corruption in government and in the corporate world.
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text: « back to directory print Winnie Taylor Professor of Law 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 780-0644 | Email | CV Areas of Expertise Commercial LawConsumer LawContractsEmployment Law Education B.A., Grambling State UniversityJ.D., State University of New York School of Law at BuffaloLL.M., University of Wisconsin Law School Biography Courses Publications Consumer Protection Law This course is designed to acquaint students with the law of consumer protection. More broadly, this class will provide students with an understanding of how statutes work and how to read them with care. The course covers the development of laws protecting consumers, and federal and state statutes protecting consumers, with an emphasis on the Federal Trade Commission Act and state law equivalents. The course also examines issues related to balancing the marketplace (the need for information, regulation of the bargain) and covers remedies available to the consumer, creditor, and state and federal government. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade with pass/fail option. Final exam. Contracts This course is concerned with the law governing private agreements. The course deals with how contracts are formed; which contracts are valid and enforceable; what constitutes breach of a contract; and what remedies are available when a contract has been breached. Issues relating to the interpretation of contract language, the role of contracts in a market economy, and the policing of unfair bargains are also explored. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade only. Final exam. Sales and International Sales This course is the study of sales of personal property. It focuses on major issues of sales law, both domestic and international, by engaging in a comparative examination of Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The CISG is a treaty which has been extensively adopted throughout the world (including the United States) and has become the international sales law of most major trading nations. Businesses in the United States that export or import goods are increasingly seeking legal advice regarding transnational sales contracts. Grading and Method of Evaluation: Letter grade with pass/fail option. Final exam. Related Links: Faculty News Curriculum


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Cape Girardeau, Mo. - The Tennessee State volleyball team fell to Southeast Missouri on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2-3 (16-25, 25-23, 25-21, 20-25, 10-15).
TSU (10-10, 5-3 OVC) hit just .091 in the match while SEMO (16-7, 8-0 OVC) held a .255 hitting percentage.
A day after having 60 assists in the win at UT Martin, junior setter Erika Moss tallied 57 in the losing effort. She now has recorded at least 30 assists in eight of TSU's last nine matches.
For the second consecutive match, TSU had four attackers reach double-digits in kills, but freshman middle blocker Lindsay Hornsby led the Tigers in this match with 16. Sophomores Naomi Wells and Sherryce Butler each had 13 kills while fellow sophomore Rachel Ambroch had 11.
The Tigers had five players finish with at least 10 digs for the first time all season. Ambroch led all Tigers with 16 digs- her highest output all year.
Moss recorded a kill to start the match and Hornsby later added one of her own to put the Tigers in the lead, 8-6. However, SEMO would fight back and eventually went up 14-10, prompting a timeout from TSU. Three Tiger errors followed and Southeast Missouri increased its lead to seven at 19-12. Tennessee State just couldn't quite get back into the set as SEMO's attackers kept scoring kills.
SEMO held an early advantage in period two until back-to-back kills from Ambroch tied the score at 11. The two sides traded points until a couple of SEMO errors put TSU up by three. Southeast Missouri called time to regroup, but TSU kept adding to its lead with kills from Butler. Eventually, SEMO found its offense again and trailed the Tigers by just one at 24-23. Moss set up dig and Hornsby slammed the ball over the net to give TSU a narrow set victory.
Tennessee State raced out to a 3-0 lead to start the third frame on the backs of three SEMO errors. The Redhawks tied the score at four, but more errors and a kill from Butler made the score 11-6 in favor of TSU. Southeast Missouri got back to within three, but the Tigers then went on a 5-1 run to give them an 18-11 lead. The run prompted SEMO to take its second timeout of the frame, but its 9-7 run to end the set meant that TSU was now up two sets to one.
Southeast Missouri looked like a completely different team to start the fourth frame and TSU quickly found itself down 6-12. The impressive run to start the period forced TSU to call for a breather and a kill from Wells eventually cut SEMO's lead to four. Back-to-back kills from freshman Emilie Sandve Aase and Ambroch made the score 18-16 in favor of the Redhawks. It was SEMO's turn to take a breather and came out of the timeout with a 5-0 run. The run was too much for TSU to overcome and an error from Hornsby eventually tied the match at two sets apiece.
TSU started the tiebreaker with six attack errors and SEMO capitalized by jumping out to a 9-1 lead. From that point, TSU went on a 6-0 run highlighted by three assisted kills from Hornsby. Three more Tiger errors gave SEMO a five-point cushion and caused TSU to call time. The Tigers couldn't trim SEMO's lead and the Redhwaks won the match on a kill from Emily Coon.
The Tigers will tangle with Memphis in their next match which will be at home on Oct. 16 at 6 p.m.


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With just a few days rest, LA make their first appearance at PPL Park in Philadelphia to face the Union for just the second time ever tonight. Even though this is a Union team that has been eliminated from playoff contention, don't count them out just yet. Head Coach Peter Nowak will make sure that his guys are charged to not only play hard, but to try and make life difficult for LA heading into the final games of the year.
It was a pretty good first half for the Galaxy in their last match, but the second half left me a little unsettled. Yes the ultimate goal is to walk away with three points, and you can also argue that Alan Gordon's goal was clearly offside…but, what concerns me is that the Galaxy have the chance to burry a team early in the second half and Chivas played its way back into the match. Because it is getting closer to playoff time, I want to see the killer instinct from this team. When you have a 2-0 lead at the half, one more goal in the first 15 minutes of the second half, more often than not will kill off the rest of the match.
Like many of you, I was surprised by some of the changes that Bruce Arena made to the lineup. Re-inserting Michael Stephens and Chris Birchall into the midfield seemed to be a good balance with Juninho and David Beckham. You can count on the rookie to always fill in the gaps defensively. Stephens seemed to hit a wall about a month ago, probably due to the fact that the professional season is a longer season than what he encountered at UCLA, but a couple of games on the bench appear to have served him well.
The same can be said for Birchall. Always a competitor on the field, Birchall seemed to really be pressing to tally his first goal in a Galaxy kit, and at times that hindered his decision making, particularly with the ball in the final third of the field. It is akin to a young quarterback in football getting a chance to stand and hold the clipboard for a couple of games, watching how things operate from the sideline, and then when presented with an opportunity to come in and show he has picked up from watching the game with a different perspective. That change of perspective helped both players.
The other noticeable change came in defense, where A.J. DeLaGarza came in and partnered with Omar Gonzalez in central defense. Certainly we know those two players are familiar with each other, not just from last season, but also from their time in college at Maryland. Not to take away from Leonardo or Yohance Marshall, but if Gregg Berhalter is not able to be in the back four, I think that the combination of A.J. and Omar is the best solution for LA. The understanding between the two, the balance of a big powerful defender in Gonzalez, and a speedy, feisty defender in DeLaGarza provides a great blend. It will be interesting to see if Arena agrees with that, we will know as soon as the starting lineup is announced this evening.
As for the Union, they have made steady growth over the season under Nowak. Some of the young players the team was really counting on at the start of the season like Mwanga, McInerney, and Nakazawa have all started to step up. If you look back at the line-ups from early in the year, #1 draft pick, Danny Mwanga was hardly seeing the field, and when he was it was in a second half sub role. With just a few games remaining, Mwanga has worked himself not only into the starting 11 on a regular basis, but is also Philadelphia's second leading scorer. Because Philly is out of playoff contention, the question now becomes will he give some of his other players more time on the pitch to see if they are part of the plans for next year, maybe taking away from giving his team its best shot to win the game?
Once again, their starting lineup will answer that question.
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I guess if there was any question how David Beckham's injury affected his ability to take his patented free kicks…the answer is a resounding "NO!" Great strike from Beckham, and let's hope that is the start of a couple more heading toward the playoffs. That could be a massive weapon in LA's arsenal down the stretch.
Edson Buddle seems to be getting back into form at the right time. It helps that now not just Landon Donovan is on the field, but also Beckham to force defenders away from cheating toward Buddle. As we watch the race for the Supporters Shield continue for the Galaxy, don't forget to keep your eyes on Buddle and his race for the Golden Boot in MLS.
Lastly, I know I always take time to mention the fans and the support they provide for the Galaxy, specifically at the HDC. Well I am urging you to step it up another notch for these final two home games coming up. I just returned from Seattle where I called the 2010 U.S. Open Cup Final, and it is amazing how much the crowd affects the match. I know that you the fans can play a similar role for the Galaxy. So, get your friends, your family, and your co-workers and tell them to come out to the games. Two big Western Conference opponents will be coming to Southern California, and the matches will carry plenty of importance in the final standing. I hope to see you all there in Carson next weekend.
Bruce Arena and Landon Donovan Are Not Savoring Sunday's SuperClaisco Victory
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The AIADMK chief, Ms. J. Jayalalithaa is said to have worked hard to exclude Vaiko's MDMK from the front she now leads because she was assured of a large donation from a business house in that event. Well. Notwithstanding the absurdity, such tales do the rounds with none raising doubts. It sounds absurd because there is no credible reason as to why should Vaiko be seen as a thorn in the flesh by any business house. The MDMK chief, after all, is not known as a crusader against anyone of the business houses. He is, in fact, known to have compromised on many issues for the sake of being in the AIADMK led front.
That none in the AIADMK front spoke for Vaiko is indeed a commentary. All those parties, now with Jayalalithaa, are there to preserve themselves rather than any common programme. And as for Vaiko, his party's strength was tested in 1996, the first ever elections after it was founded. The MDMK then consisted of several leaders who led the DMK in the various districts and had revolted against M.Karunanidhi to jin Vaiko. But then, the MDMK was mauled in the polls. Vaiko himself had contested for both the Lok Sabha and the State assembly in May 1996 and lost both the contests. And in the 15 years since then, he has been with both the AIADMK and the DMK and even while his party won seats in the Lok Sabha and the assembly, most leaders who walked out of the DMK with him had returned to where they came from. Vaiko's isolation and the sense of helplessness is indeed a consequence and Jayalalithaa seemed to have known this when she offered him lesser number of seats than she did to either of the two left parties!
For want of a credible explanation as to why did the AIADMK-MDMK alliance break down and the fact that the talks between the two parties were held, as is now the rule everywhere, behind closed doors rather than after a public debate on policies, it is inevitable that rumours form the basis for a discussion. A rational explanation for the split, however, would be that the AIADMK chief was convinced that Vaiko is dispensable after she managed to have Vijayakant's DMDK in her fold. She had done her arithmetic well in 1998 and in 2001. The AIADMK along with the DMDK, the two Left parties and a few smaller outfits in the fold seems to add up to over 45 per cent of the votes and certainly more than the combined vote-share of the DMK-Congress-PMK front. The PMK was part of the AIADMK fold in May 2009. But lost in all the seven Lok Sabha constituencies it contested even while the AIADMK did well.
The most important accretion to the AIADMK front is Vijayakant. The DMDK was less than a year old when it faced the first elections in May 2006. In a polity that had witnessed political fragmentation to such extent where caste based outfits have tended to determine poll outcomes in a big way, the DMDK secured close to 10 per cent of the votes even while it posed as a party that cut across castes. The party did retain its vote-share in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections too. But then, its performance could be explained as reflecting the quest for an alternative, among a section in Tamil Nadu, to limited choice between the DMK and the AIADMK. That indeed was Vijayakant's claim too. The film hero seemed to have realized that even if he was prepared for the long haul his cadre may not be prepared for the wait.
He may have loved to pose himself as an alternative to both the DMK and the AIADMK if only the Congress was willing to play ball. That did not happen. And that certainly was what Jayalalithaa seemed to wait for. The AIADMK chief seems cautious though. She probably feels that arithmetic alone will not help win elections. The DMK-led alliance will have to ensure a swing of at least ten per cent votes in its favour; a huge task and more so in the context of the 2G Spectrum scam. The fact that all the party's stalwarts decided against contesting from their own citadels in the Chennai city is suggestive.
That explains the reckless announcement of sops in the manifesto. After the DMK's manifesto promised the voters of either a mixie or a wet-grinder, the AIADMK chief has promised both of these and also a fan if her party was elected. And in a sign of the changing times, the AIADMK has also promised a certain quantity of drinking water free. This may be described as competitive populism. Well. Not really so. It is simply a sign of recklessness. A pointer to the changing times from potable water to all as a basic human right to a specified quantity – 20 litres – free as a sop in exchange for votes. The DMK seemed to set the rules this way when it promised free colour TV sets in the last elections and implemented it too.