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Jurors weighing the fate of an alleged teenage killer were left with a whodunnit Thursday afternoon, when Crown counsel and defence lawyers offered closing arguments.
If they're to see things the way Crown counsel Murray Kaay presented them, the 18-year-old standing trial for the 2010 murder of Ashlee Hyatt is the only option.
In terms of DNA, Hyatt's blood could be found on the accused teen's pants, sweater and boots.
Testimony from witness Michael Baxter—the only sober teen at the party— places her in a one-on-one melee with Hyatt, 16. He testified he saw her holding a knife before the fatal wound to her neck was inflicted.
In the preliminary hearing he said she told Hyatt, "I'll stab you" from a distance of six to eight feet away.
"Was it reasonable for (the accused) to raise a knife in a potential fist fight?" Kaay asked?
"She was not getting beaten senseless by Ashlee Hyatt. I'd suggest she brought the fight to another level."
Kaay surmised that the actions of the accused were motivated by anger—despite her assertions to the contrary—not self defence.
She had, after all, been drinking heavily and verbally battling Hyatt and the other girls all night long, after they said she'd been unfaithful to her boyfriend.
She pointed out when she testified that she was frustrated that nobody was listening to her, but when she fled the scene and found a friend who was offering a sympathetic ear, "she was deliberately vague."
On cross examination, the teen told Kaay she was evasive with her friend's questions because "there was a crap-load of confusion."
He offered the jury an alternate suggestion in closing.
"She was confused because she'd yet to figure out her story," he said. "Her story is one you should not believe."
In defence of the teen, lawyer Donna Turko pointed out that the accused was actually very coherent in her only presentation to the jury.
"(She was) forthright without hostility and no sense of entitlement," said Turko, adding she answered the questions in a straightforward manner.
And she was facing an unmanageable situation. The accused had been ganged up on that night, she said. Then she was forced to fight Hyatt and the party host in an act of self-defence, when things went awry. And in the aftermath, she was unfairly railroaded into the role of killer by the group of closeknit friends who were seeking justice for Ashlee.
Who would have better deserved the scrutiny, she said, was the party host and her little sister.
By Turko's estimates, the sisters were key players in the drama that took Hyatt's life.
"Our theory is that (the youngest sister) brought the knife, (to the fight)," she said, surmising it was done to "impress her sister."
Then the party host, in the middle of the tussle between her, Hyatt and the accused, was the one who likely delivered the fatal wound—albeit by accident.
A drop of Hyatt's blood was on her clothing as well, and Turko said that indicates she was nearby as it fell.
Turko also said there's no reason to believe that the party host had been assaulted by the accused—as has been asserted— as cuts to her arm and hands weren't reflected in blood evidence on the knife.
Further testimony by adults who came upon the scene, she said, were also suspect as they were all influenced by their relationship with the party host.
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Eli Stokols launches a Sunday morning politics show on Fox31
The setting is hip (although a drab old studio would have allowed for better audio), the introductory graphics and local images are lively, and the topics are of the moment: "#COpolitics from the Source" debuts June 1 at 9 a.m. on Fox31 with Eli Stokols firmly in charge. Credit KDVR with trying something new. And the timeslot, up against "Meet the Press," gives Sunday mornings a local voice.
The opening roundtable looks at Colorado's life with legalized marijuana. "Five months in" the transition couldn't have gone more smoothly, Stokols notes. Jack Finlaw, general counsel to Gov. John Hickenlooper agrees, allowing that edibles remain troublesome. Video from dispensaries and grow houses accent the piece, breaking up the talking heads.
Joe Hodas of Dixie Elixirs, which manufactures 30-40 edible cannabis products, complains about the difficulties the company faces now that regulators are "changing the rules midstream." How's business? Hodas doesn't give numbers but notes "we underestimated how popular edibles would be." Across the market, he says, demand outpaces supply.
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter observes the national perception of Colorado as a stoner state: "It is on people's minds," he said. "I've got to get past what I call 'the chuckle factor'." More seriously, he notes, federal law is in conflict with state law. He'd like to get the two align.
Stokols concludes with a one-on-one interview with Rep. Jared Polis about current oil/gas ballot measures.
We won't expect the kind of ratings NBC's David Gregory gets on Channel 9, but Stokols and Fox31 are adding to the thoughtful discussion of local issues. That beats canned syndicated fare, whatever your politics.

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Statement from Secretary of State Todd Rokita
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Indianapolis, IN -- "Our Indiana Election Division developed a tool similar to those used across the nation to help Indiana's local election officials identify possible deceased voters to aid them in cleaning up voter rolls and maintaining accurate lists. Explicit directions accompanying the list made clear that county election officials, and only county election officials, have the authority to remove voters from their respective lists. The instructions explained the degree of probability that each name on the list might match a name on the county's voter registration list. The instructions further outlined that in the unfortunate case a voter was removed in error, he or she could be reinstated by a certificate of error issued by the county voter registration office.
"The list provided by my office was a research tool to help all counties make those independent decisions. This step was undertaken in a legitimate, proactive effort to help county officials more accurately maintain voter registration lists that have become bloated, as recently reported by the media. The information the Election Division has at this time from other counties is that they have had very few problems stemming from the list."


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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior Corwyn Gordon blocked an extra point with 46 seconds left and Dickinson edged the Bullets 21-20 to win back the Little Brown Bucket at a sunny Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium Saturday afternoon in a Centennial Conference affair.
After junior quarterback Kody Smith scored on a 2-yard touchdown run, Gordon got his hand on senior Rob Pennella's point-after attempt. The ball fluttered in the air before bouncing off the crossbar and back into the end zone. The Red Devils then recovered Gettysburg's onside kick attempt and were able to run out the rest of the clock.
The Bullets had won the Little Brown Bucket – which has been awarded to the winner of the Gettysburg-Dickinson game since 1938 – with a 28-24 victory in Carlisle last season.
It was the final home of the season for Gettysburg, which honored its 19 seniors in a ceremony before the game.
Dickinson (4-5, 4-4 CC), which scored 21 unanswered points after falling behind 14-0 early, rushed for 306 yards. Senior tailback Mike Shimkin ran for 139 yards on 18 carries while sophomore fullback Kyle Smith gained 115 yards and one touchdown on 17 rushes. Freshman quarterback Cole Ahnell rushed for a touchdown and also threw the go-ahead touchdown pass with 7:12 left.
Senior tailback Ted Delia led Gettysburg (5-4, 5-3 CC) with 99 rushing yards while senior wing John Pesce scored a pair of touchdowns – one rushing and one receiving. He finished with six catches for 73 yards – both career-highs.
Sophomore receiver Aden Twer made six receptions – including an acrobatic 43-yard grab that set up Smith's touchdown – for 78 yards while becoming just the second player in Gettysburg history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in a season.
Smith finished 13-for-23 for 152 yards while senior Kyle Whitmoyer was 6-for-13 for 75 yards.
Pesce scored on each of Gettysburg's first two drives, first on a 30-yard pass from Whitmoyer, then on a 16-yard run. However, Dickinson's defense would hold the Bullets scoreless until the game's final minute.
The Red Devils got on the scoreboard with a 38-yard touchdown run from Smith with 45 seconds left in the first half before tying it on a 1-yard run from Ahnell with 8:55 remaining in the third quarter. Dickinson then scored what held up as the game-winning touchdown when Ahnell connected with a wide-open Matt McDonald in the middle of the end zone, capping off a 15-play, 93-yard drive that lasted 7:48 Ahnell's TD strike was just his second pass attempt of the march.
The two teams then exchanged punts, and the Bullets took over at their own 20 with 3:39 left before Smith went to work. He completed 6-of-7 passes, culminating with a 43-yard bomb to Twer at the Dickinson-4. After a Delia two-yard run, Smith took it in himself to set up the dramatic finish.
Junior linebacker Mark Covington made a game- and career-high 11 tackles for Gettysburg while also forcing and recovering a fumble. Junior linebacker Larry DelViscio also made 11 stops while senior defensive end Chris Douthett tied a career-high with nine tackles.
Sophomore linebacker Dave Wald added eight hits while senior safety Peter Hak made seven tackles to go with his first collegiate interception.
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The battle for the starting center spot was perhaps the most heated competition in training camp for the Dolphins.
And the winner is ... Joe Berger.
Didn't I tell you guys that on Aug. 18? Here it is right here in case you missed it the first time.
The interesting thing is that Berger has won the starting job for the regular-season opener. But this is a battle that may continue throughout the season.
The fact is Jake Grove doesn't seem 100 percent healthy as he nurses a shoulder injury. So Berger, who has played well and is healthy, gets the call versus the Bills.
But Berger must continue to play well even as Grove returns to health. Once Grove is 100 percent healthy, the Dolphins will re-evaluate the situation. At that point, it could be that Grove is the better call. At that point, it could be Berger is playing so well the Dolphins won't make a switch.
I cannot predict the future so I can't tell you what will happen then. I can tell you Berger is the Dolphins starting center against Buffalo.
I'm off today (Sunday). Follow Jeff Darlington for all the latest Dolphins news today. I will be back to work Monday morning on my radio show, Armando and the Amigo, on 640-Sports in South Florida. If you're not in South Florida, you can listen here every weekday 6-10 a.m.


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New IBM Chip Moves Data at Light Speed
Mar 26, 2007 11:17 AM PT
IBM researchers are touting a new, tiny optical transceiver chipset that can move data at speeds up to 160 GB per second, which is eight times faster than previous optical components.
The new chipset generates fast data transfer rates because it uses light pulses to move data instead of sending electrons over wires. If the infrastructure is in place to do it, the new technology can enable one to download a typical feature-length high definition film in a single second, according to IBM.
For most consumers, however, this new chipset is only a glimpse of the future. The first use of this technology will most likely show up in business computing solutions well before consumers get a chance to move movies at the speed of light.
Matching Speed
"The achievement here is to pack an incredible amount of aggregate bandwidth into a very small optical transceiver chipset," Marc Taubenblatt, senior manager of IBM's optical communications group at IBM's TJ Watson Research Center, told TechNewsWorld. The chipset is only 3.25 by 5.25 millimeters.
"From an IBM perspective, we're interested in making ever more powerful computer systems, and to do that you've got to connect up the microprocessors in the system with ever-increasing bandwidth," Taubenblatt explained.
"As the microprocessors increase in performance, you've got to connect them with bandwidth to match that -- and that starts getting increasingly difficult. What we're looking at is an era where we're going to have to hook up microprocessors almost entirely with optics," he added.
Instead of connecting high-powered computer systems with optical cables, IBM is shooting to connect at the microprocessor level -- essentially on the same card. The new chipset would appear first in IBM's supercomputing solutions, but it will take a few years.
"There's a big industry out there to make electrical printed circuit boards, and we need that industry infrastructure to make optical printed circuit boards," Taubenblatt noted.
Future Fun?
Even though the chipset would support downloading a movie in a single second, there are many hurdles to overcome before anyone will see household use.
"An interconnect such as this wouldn't really have much, if anything, to do with movie download times," Gordon Haff, an analyst for Illuminata, told TechNewsWorld. "Those are limited by the bandwidth of the pipes in the telco or cable company infrastructure -- especially the 'last mile' to home or business. The connections within a server, optical or copper, serial or parallel, really have nothing to do with the speed of these networks."
While IBM doesn't intend to do any consumer-related development, the company says the low-cost, small-size nature of the chipset would allow others to build on it.
"In terms of the technologies that have gone into this optical chipset, the CMOS technology is here, the lasers, the photo diodes, a relatively well-known solder technology -- all of it exists today, and a market could develop that's more integrated with fiber and could enable low-cost transceivers in the future," Taubenblatt added.
Until then, we can only dream about one-second HD movie downloads.


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Jacqueline Mirabal-Martinez: boosting electrical safety performance
First Woman to Chair the Lab's Electrical Safety Committee.
Physics Division research technologist and electrical safety officer Jacqueline Mirabal-Martinez is dedicated to health.
The first woman to chair the Lab's Electrical Safety Committee, she led her division to the highest level of excellence in electrical safety performance, exceeding the performance of 40 other divisions. This achievement is especially monumental given the electrically challenging experimental work of her division.
A Mother of Four and Breast Cancer Survivor
Mirabal-Martinez obtained two associate degrees from Northern New Mexico College, where she studied microelectronics technology before she had to abandon school so she could support her family.
A mother of four who works full time, Mirabal-Martinez recently returned to college and is working towards her electrical engineering degree from the University of New Mexico.
Mirabal-Martinez is a breast cancer survivor, and she lost her mother to the disease. Cherishing life, she adores family adventures and is also a bustling volunteer for cancer awareness and prevention organizations.
Recipient of one of the Lab's Women Who Inspire awards, Mirabal-Martinez was nominated for her extraordinary courage, accomplishments and work ethic.


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Authorities have surveillance video showing a United Airlines employee stealing stranded luggage from passengers diverted to other airports because of the Asiana Airlines crash, officials said.
Sean Sharif Crudup, 44, a United Airlines customer service agent and his wife, Raychas Elizabeth Thomas, 32, both of Richmond, Calif., are charged with felony grand theft and two counts of commercial burglary for allegedly stealing the bags from San Francisco International Airport amid the chaos that followed the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214.
Surveillance video allegedly showed Crudup going into an airport baggage office, taking a piece of luggage, bringing it out and handing it to Thomas. He then returned to the office, collected another bag and handed it to a second woman, not yet identified, Wagstaffe said. The group later left the airport.
"Ms. Thomas had taken a bunch of the clothing to Nordstrom to sell it back," said San Mateo County Dist. Atty. Stephen Wagstaffe. "A search warrant was issued for their home in Richmond, and a large number of the items were found there."
Crudup and Thomas were arrested at the San Francisco airport where the thefts allegedly occurred. They were heading to Hawaii on July 25 -- Crudup's birthday, three days before Thomas'.
"Whether we'll have future charges [against the couple], law enforcement will let us know," Wagstaffe said. Either way, "Thievery when no one's around, I find it deplorable, especially if they're taking advantage of a case like this.... I find it a serious breach of trust."
The pair are out on bail and are scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 26. If convicted, each could face up to four years and four months in prison.
"On July 8 our victims were flying home to SFO from the Cayman Islands," Wagstaffe said. "Their luggage, several pieces, which contained an extensive amount, $30,000 of clothing … went on an earlier plane and landed at SFO before the crash."
But the victims' plane was diverted, Wagstaffe said in an interview, first to Houston and finally to Los Angeles, where they rented a car to drive north. But when they arrived at the luggage area at SFO, their baggage was nowhere to be found. The prosecutor did not identify the victims.
Wagstaffe said it is still unclear whether such theft was an ongoing practice or whether "it was an isolated incident, taking advantage of the hectic world of SFO that day."
The Asiana crash July 6 killed three young Chinese students and injured nearly 200 passengers and crew members. It also wrought havoc on airline operations in the Bay Area for several days, canceling outgoing flights and causing a large number of incoming flights to be diverted.
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And Now She's Retired: Megumi Fujii Loses Final Fight After Eye Injury From Repeated Pokes
Megumi Fujii, perhaps the greatest female mixed martial arts fighter of all time, lost her retirement fight Saturday night at Vale Tudo Japan 3rd against Jessica Aguilar in a second round stoppage. Fujii was twice poked in the eye by Aguilar in the first round and sustained a serious-looking injury because of them.
"Mega Megu" decided to fight on despite the injury but in the second round, Aguilar began to take control of the fight and hurt Fujii more. In between the second and third rounds, a ring side doctor inspected Fujii and decided to stop the fight. The fight between Fujii and Aguilar was a rematch of their 2012 Bellator bout which ended with a controversial decision win for Aguilar.
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Veterinarians employ different approaches to care for the country cat and the city cat
Her community is mostly rural and low-income—the Section Eight housing capital of the county, she says. "I know what they're up against with their finances," Burk says. Within a five-mile radius of Middletown, the median household income is less than $50,000. Burk says not a day goes by when she's not talking to someone about how to manage payment or provide the best treatment they can within their means. "Nevertheless, people try to help their pets," she says.
In a former steel town where the largest employers are now big-box stores like Walmart, Sears and Target, Burk has realized that to get more pet owners through the door, she has to play the big-box game. "If you offer something at even a little bit of savings, even if it's not a lot, people really pick up on that," she says. The reality is that people see value in discounts, coupons, "BOGO" (buy one, get one) deals and loyalty rewards.
Burk holds the vaccine clinic once a month and is already seeing it generate new clients. There is no exam and therefore no exam fee, just the cost of the vaccine. Right now she says the clinic is drawing about 80 percent dogs, but she hopes it will catch on with more cat owners as well.
As with the vaccine clinic, Burk knew she would be providing a needed community service—at the very least, the neuter day might put an end to the seemingly endless litters of black-and-white kittens being dumped in the area. "Somebody's tomcat was having a field day out there," she jokes. But it was also a deliberate move to get cats she knew were not getting regular—or any care—into the exam room.


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Agudas Israel to focus on nursing
Agudas Israel Congregation in Hendersonville is establishing a congregational nursing program with a grant provided by BJH Foundation for Senior Services, based in Greensboro.
The program is modeled after one in Greensboro. A registered nurse will work in the Jewish community to address the health needs of senior citizens. The congregational nurse will provide clients with health and wellness coaching, case management and education using a holistic approach that includes sensitivity to the religious needs of the Jewish senior population.
BJH Foundation recently awarded more than $200,000 in grants to 19 programs that focus on improving the lives of Jewish senior citizens in North and South Carolina. In the past six years, BJH Foundation has awarded more than $1.2 million to qualifying nonprofits.
For more information, visit www.bjhfoundation.org.
Fall activities at Good Shepherd
BREVARD — Fall is around the corner, and many church activities will resume at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 22 Fisher Road.
u Wednesday: WAGS (Wednesdays at Good Shepherd), an after-school program open to elementary students in the community, includes Bible study, crafts, music, snacks and outdoor play. Adult forum and low-cost suppers will also resume Wednesday and are open to the community.
u 6 p.m. Sept. 28: Good Shepherd's popular Oktoberfest returns. Tickets are on sale at the church.
Call 828-883-3680.
Jewish High Holy Days services
BREVARD — Jewish Community High Holy Days will be at Sacred Heart Church, 100 Brian Berg Drive, Brevard. A list of the services follows:
u 7 p.m. Sunday: Erev Rosh Hashanah
u 10 a.m. Monday: Rosh Hashanah morning
u 6 p.m. Sept. 25: Kol Nidre
u 10 a.m. Sept. 26: Yom Kippur morning
u 5 p.m. Sept. 26: Yom Kippur afternoon
u 7 p.m. Sept. 26: Havdalah and Community Break the Fast
Call 828-883-9572.
Churches to 'Celebrate Jesus'
More than 50 area churches are banding together to sponsor a "Celebrate Jesus" afternoon from 3-6 p.m. Sept. 23 at Jackson Park.
The community is welcome to enjoy fellowship, food and music popular with all ages. The music will range from youth praise bands to Hispanic favorites and Christian rap.
There will be free snow cones, cotton candy and popcorn, with paid concessions also available.
Those planning to attend are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or a blanket and picnic food. To avoid scheduling conflicts, many local churches plan to cancel Sunday evening events.
Call 828-696-1168 or 828-693-4274.
Former WMU director to speak
Ruby Fulbright will present the main Sunday morning message at 11 a.m. Sept. 23 at Main Street Baptist Church, 202 S. Main St.
Fulbright recently retired as executive director/treasurer of Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina.
She worked for WMU of N.C. in various positions for many years. She was educated at Mars Hill College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
She and her husband, the Rev. Ellis Fulbright, were full-time missionaries to Zambia from 1974 to 1986.
For more information, call 828-692-4132 or 828-693-1076.
Choral Evensong at St. James on Sept. 30
The Choir of St. James Episcopal Church will sing Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels at 5 p.m. Sept. 30. The church is at 766 N. Main St., Hendersonville.
The choir will sing "Magnificat" and "Nunc dimittis" by Charles Wood, Psalm 150 by Charles Stanford, and "Prayers and Responses" by Richard Ayleward.
The service will be followed by a recital by Charles Higgs, music associate and organist at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta. Higgs is a frequent recitalist in area churches and most recently played at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta.
At St. James, he will play "Trumpet Tune" by Nicholas Bowden, "Elegy" by Sir George Thalben-Ball, Trio in G Major by J.S. Bach, and Sonata 4 in B flat Major by Felix Mendelssohn.
The service and recital will be followed by a candlelight reception in the parish hall.
For more information, call 828-694-6925; email Brad@ stjamesepiscopal.com.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Council on Disability (NCD) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today jointly released two new publications addressing how to ensure that mediation of equal employment opportunity disputes is accessible to people with disabilities. The publications are available on all three agencies' web sites, at www.eeoc.gov, www.ncd.gov and www.ada.gov.
"More than ever, employers and employees are turning to mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution to resolve EEO disputes," said EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez, who has made expansion of voluntary mediation a top priority. "These new materials will help ensure that the benefits of mediation can be available to everyone."
The documents, entitled Questions and Answers for Mediation Providers: Mediation and the Americans with Disabilities Act and Questions and Answers for Parties to Mediation: Mediation and the Americans with Disabilities Act, address the obligations of all private and public sector mediation providers, including employers that offer their employees mediation as a benefit of employment. The documents are written in a question-and-answer format and consider topics such as:
"These documents will enhance the use of mediation by people with disabilities to resolve employment disputes and will highlight the importance of reasonable accommodation in the alternative dispute resolution process," according to NCD Chair Lex Frieden. "NCD is pleased to combine with EEOC and DOJ to use our experience and expertise in providing technical assistance on disability issues in the mediation of employment discrimination disputes."
Both EEOC and DOJ have successfully used mediation to further their respective missions and to enhance customer service. More than 35,000 charges of discrimination have been resolved through EEOC's private sector mediation program - the largest workplace mediation program of its kind in the country - since it was launched in 1999. In Fiscal Year 2004, EEOC achieved a record 8,086 successful resolutions through the agency's voluntary national mediation program resulting in $112 million in monetary benefits in addition to non-monetary benefits, such as changes in employer policies and reasonable accommodations for employees. Additionally, EEOC and more than 670 employers have agreed to refer charges filed to mediation as an alternative to traditional investigation with an option to continue with investigation if mediation does not resolve the charge. In some cases, EEOC will also refer charges back to participating employers' internal alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs. In federal sector employment, EEOC has enhanced the use of ADR by providing agencies technical assistance in establishing their own programs and by expanding a Federal Sector ADR web page at www.eeoc.gov
The Department of Justice, through a contract with the Key Bridge Foundation, refers for mediation complaints it receives under Title II and Title III of the ADA. An increasing number of people with disabilities and disability rights organizations are specifically requesting that the Department refer their complaints to mediation. Under the contract with Key Bridge, more than 400 professional mediators, fully trained in the legal requirements of the ADA, are available nationwide to mediate these cases. Over 75 percent of the cases in which mediation has been completed, have been successfully resolved.
"Mediation is an important and effective option for achieving positive resolutions of ADA complaints," said R. Alexander Acosta, Assistant Attorney General for the Department's Civil Rights Division. "Our mediation program continues to be enormously successful in producing tangible benefits for the participants."
EEOC enforces Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities by private and State and local government employers, and Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities who are federal employees and applicants for federal employment. EEOC also enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, color, and religion; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which prohibits discrimination against individuals age 40 and older; and the Equal Pay Act. While EEOC may investigate and resolve charges under the ADA and Title VII against State and local government employers, it must refer litigation of such charges to the Department of Justice.
NCD is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress to enhance the quality of life for all Americans with disabilities and their families. NCD is composed of 15 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Its purpose is to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, regardless of the nature or severity of the disability; and to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.
The Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice is responsible for litigating cases under Title I of the ADA and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, against State and local government employers, and for enforcing Titles II and III of the ADA. Title II prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability with respect to all programs and activities carried on by State and local governments; Title III prohibits discrimination by places of public accommodation. The Civil Rights Division also coordinates the Federal government's enforcement of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability with respect to federally-funded and federally-conducted programs and activities.
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Owston's Civet, Owston's Palm Civet
(Chrotogale owstoni)
Facts about this animal
Chrotogale owstoni is one of the smaller civets, resembling in form and pattern Hemigalus derbyanus.
The head-body length ranges from 51 to 64 cm, tail length from 36 to 55 cm, body weight 2.0 - 3.5 kg. The body and base of tail have alternating and sharply contrasting dark and light transverse bands, and longitudinal stripes are present on the neck. There are black spots on the sides of the neck, the forelimbs and thighs, and the flanks. The underparts are pale-buffy, and a narrow orange midventral line runs from the chest to the inguinal region. The terminal two-thirds of the tail are completely black. The males have an external scent gland between the testicles and the penis, and the females' horseshoe-shaped external scent gland is located around the vulva.
Owston's civets are nocturnal. Though excellent climbers they are mostly ground-dwelling, foraging through leaf litter looking for invertebrates. They mark their territory with their scent glands and urine. After a pregnancy period of 75-90 days 1 to 3 infants are born. Birth weights of 80-135 g have been recorded. The young are weaned at an age of 12-18 weeks.
Owston's civets feed primarily on insects and other invertebrates and take also fruit and other plant matter. Their delicate teeth are not suitable for killing and masticating vertebrate animals.
Did you know?
That the Owston's civet is threatened by the combined effects of illegal hunting and a significant reduction in natural habitat across its range? Indeed the Owston's civet is highly sought for its alleged traditional medicinal properties and its meat.
|Name (Scientific)
|Chrotogale owstoni
|Name (English)
|Owston's Civet, Owston's Palm Civet
|Name (French)
|Civette d'Owston, Civette palmiste d'Owston
|Name (German)
|Name (Spanish)
|Civeta de palmeras de Owston
|Local names
|Vietnamese: Cay van
|CITES Status
|Not listed
|CMS Status
|Not listed
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|China, Laos, Viet Nam
|Densely vegetated habitats near water sources in both primary and secondary forests
|Wild population
|Unknown, but decreasing (Red List IUCN 2011)
|Zoo population
|9 reported to ISIS (2007).
In the Zoo
How this animal should be transported
Animals are best trapped within their nest box to reduce stress from being chased around te enclosure. Transport crates must have sufficient ventilation holes or fine mesh grill to allow adequate airflow, but no aperture should be large enough to allow noses or paws to protrude out. The crate should be sufficiently large to allow the animal to turn around easily, but small enough for the animal to feel secure.
For air transport, Container Note 78 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
The Owston's palm civet is threatened all over its range by illegal trade for meat and traditional medicine. Therefore, a breeding and research facility was established in 1995 at Cuc Phuong National Park. In December 2004, the first six Owston's civets have been sent to zoos in the United Kingdom as breeding loans. The zoos involved support the conservation activities in Viet Nam financially and logistically, and use their animals to raise awareness both nationally and internationally on the plight and conservation of small carnivores.


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5 More Kids' Books About WWI
The Great War (1914-1918) was called great because it encompassed so much of the world. People hoped it would be the War to End All Wars. Unfortunately, it wasn't. The Great War is now known as World War I.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of WWI, I'm compiling a running list of children's books about the WWI-era that I have read, or that you have recommended to me.
The most recent additions to the list are in bold type and annotated.
Picture Books
The Donkey of Gallipoli: A True Story of Courage in World War I by Mark Greenwood, illustrated by Frané Lessac (2008, Candlewick Press)–non-fiction–Jack Simpson, a young British man, joined the Australian Army Medical Corps after WWI broke out. At the Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey, Jack finds a lost donkey who helps him bring wounded men to safety.
The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh, paintings by Layne Johnson (2012, Calkins Creek)–non-fiction–When the U.S. joined the Great War, Moina wanted to help the soldiers. She knitted socks, rolled bandages, delivered books, and hosted a gathering room for soldiers. But, she also wanted to keep their memory alive by wearing a poppy and encouraging others to do the same.
Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon, illustrated by Henri Sørensen (2006, Peachtree)–fiction–Enemy British and German soldiers celebrate Christmas together in December 1914, the first Christmas of WWI.
Doing Her Bit: A Story About the Woman's Land Army of America by Erin Hagar, and illustrated by Jen Hill (Coming Fall 2016, Charlesbridge)–fiction
Knit Your Bit: A World War I Story by Deborah Hopkinson, and illustrated by Steven Guarnaccia (2013, G.P. Putnam's Sons)–fiction–A young American boy learns how to knit and participates in a three-day knitting competition so he can contribute to the war effort.
And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrick Lewis, illustrated by Gary Kelley (2011, The Creative Co.)–fiction–A young Welsh soldier experiences the Christmas Truce on the Western Front during the first Christmas of WWI.
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the Pooh by Sally M. Walker, and illustrated by Jonathan D. Voss (2015, Henry Holt and Co.)–non-fiction–A Canadian veterinarian on his way to the Great War rescues a bear cub before he leaves Canada and takes care of it in England–until he must leave for the battles in France.
Middle Grade
Epidemic! The 1918 Influenza Pandemic by Stephanie True Peters (2005, Benchmark Books)–non-fiction–This book tells about the influenza pandemic that killed millions of people, how the pandemic was both spread and overshadowed by the Great War, and how scientists were able to study the influenza virus in the last part of the 20th Century.
Eyewitness: World War I by Simon Adams, photographs by Andy Crawford (2014, DK Publishing)–non-fiction–This book give an overview of the war by using lots of photographs from the war, as well as photographs of people and equipment from the war.
The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage by Walter Dean Myers and Bill Miles (2006, Amistad Publishing/HarperCollins)–non-fiction–The authors briefly recount the history of African Americans in the American military from the time of the French and Indian War through World War I. But, Myers and Miles focus on the formation of the 369th Infantry Regiment about the time the U.S. entered WWI, as well as the 369th's bravery in combat in France.
Five Children on the Western Front by Kate Saunders (2014, Faber and Faber)–A continuation of E. Nesbit's Five Children and It books when the Psammead–a sand fairy–turns up in the British Pemberton children's gravel pit again right before the oldest boy is sent to the war in France. As the war continues, the other older Pemberton children grow up, one becomes a volunteer nurse, and another becomes a soldier. Meanwhile, the Psammead deals with his past sins.
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (2010, Delacorte Press)–-fiction–In 1936, 12-year-old Abilene is sent to Manifest, Kansas, where she learns what happened to the people of Manifest during WWI.
Remember the Lusitania! by Diana Preston (2003, Walker Publishing)–non-fiction–Eyewitness accounts of the last voyage of the Lusitania, the British passenger ocean liner torpedoed by a German u-boat in 1915.
The Silver Pony by Sonya Hartnett, illustrated by Don Powers (first published in 2014, by Penguin, Australia)–Two French girls, Marcelle and Coco find an English soldier hiding in the woods. As they help him survive and return home to his sick brother, he tells them stories connected to the silver pony figurine his brother gave him to help him "do his best."
Stubby the War Dog: the True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog by Ann Bausum (2014, National Geographic)–non-fiction–Stubby, a stray dog, adopts some U.S. soldiers, accompanies them to the trenches in France, saves their lives, and comes home a hero.
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales) written and illustrated by Nathan Hale (2014, Amulet Books)–graphic novel, gives an overview of the causes, countries involved, battles, and results of WWI.
The Usborne Introduction to the First World War by Ruth Brocklehurst & Henry Brook–non-fiction–(2007, Usborne Publishing)–This book gives an in-depth look at various aspects of the war, as well as internet links for more information.
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (1982, Kaye & Ward)–-fiction–Joey, a British horse, is sold away from his beloved Albert and sent to the battlefields of WWI.
Young Adult
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost (2009, Frances Foster Books)–-verse novel–During WWI, four teens deal with women's rights, dissent, the home front, the influenza epidemic, and the faraway battles.
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (2006, Delacorte Press)–-fiction–In 1917, 16-year-old Hattie moves from Iowa to the Montana homestead she inherited from her uncle. But the faraway war brings trouble even to rural Montana.
Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1921, McClelland & Stewart)-–fiction–Anne (of Green Gables-fame) is grown up, and her children come of age during The Great War. Two of her sons join the Canadian military, but Anne's youngest child, Rilla, contributes on the homefront, including taking care of an orphaned infant.
The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman (2010, Clarion Books)–non-fiction–A thorough look at the causes, the nations, the battles, the technology, the people, and the effects of WWI.
Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics (Women of Action) by Kathryn J. Atwood (2014, Chicago Review Press)–non-fiction–This book features biographies of 16 women who risked their lives–and some died–doing what they could to save lives, fight (literally) for their allies, and inform the public.
What children's books about, or set during, the WWI era would you recommend for my list? Why?


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I posted example scripts to automate RANGE LEFT sliding window maintenance in my last post. As promised, I am sharing a RANGE RIGHT version in this post.
I personally prefer a RANGE RIGHT partition function when partitioning on a data type that includes time. RANGE RIGHT allows specification of an exact date boundary instead of the maximum date/time value needed for RANGE LEFT to keep all data for a given date in the same partition. Another nicety with RANGE RIGHT is that same boundaries can be used in a RANGE RIGHT partition function of any date/time data type. In contrast, the...
I mentioned in my last post that partitioning provides a great way to manage a time-based sliding window. Unfortunately, there are no out-of-the-box tools to facilitate adjusting the sliding window so I decided to share scripts I've developed to automate the task.
Details of a time-based sliding window strategy vary slightly depending on whether the partition function is RANGE RIGHT or RANGE LEFT. The default RANGE LEFT is pervasive so I'll post a RANGE LEFT example here. I'll follow up with a RANGE RIGHT version in my next post.
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(BPT) – When the Navy needs to complete seemingly impossible missions or track elusive targets, the job is often assigned to Naval Special Warfare (NSW) or Naval Special Operations (NSO) teams. These elite men and women work with dedication and intense courage in locations all over the world, and in every possible climate, to neutralize potential threats.
Although the young men and women interested in pursuing a career in the NSW/NSO community do not need to have a college degree to excel in these challenging environments, they do need to be specially trained to work closely and efficiently with other special forces to ensure the successful completion of missions around the globe. The training these individuals go through is truly life-altering: training can include advanced swimming and lifesaving techniques, diver and parachute training, maritime navigation and helicopter operations. Some of the careers individuals can excel in include:
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The motto of the Aviation Rescue Swimmer community is "So Others May Live." The responsibilities vary from rescue and recovery to surveillance and operational support for Sailors who serve as part of this top emergency response unit. AIRRs are typically attached to an aircraft for their tasks, which can include saving pilots of downed aircraft, coming to the aid of civilians during natural disasters, rappelling to reach survivors at a remote crash site, collaborating with other forces on joint rescue missions, jumping out of a helicopter to pluck crewmembers out of frigid waters and conducting surveillance in anti-submarine warfare and drug interdiction operations.
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Training involves 51 rigorous weeks, including various levels of EOD preparation, diver training and parachute training. Duties of EODs may include demolition of hazardous munitions, pyrotechnics and outdated explosives, locating and identifying underwater foreign and domestic ordinances, performing parachute and helicopter insertion operations in support of missions, supporting military and civilian law enforcement agencies, and executing underwater mine countermeasure operations to clear waterways in support of the Fleet.
* Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman (SWCC)
Named the "Quiet Professionals," SWCC provide critical mission support to Navy SEALs. They operate state-of-the-art, high-performance boats. They protect global waters from enemy combatants. This elite team carries out military actions that are beyond the capability of standard forces. These Sailors secure the freedom of global waters via the riverine and littoral environments by operating independently among small units or while integrated with other U.S. Special Operations forces or within U.S. Navy carrier and expeditionary strike groups.
SWCC perform direct action raids against enemy shipping and waterborne traffic, as well as provide rapid mobility in shallow water areas where larger ships cannot operate. They maintain ammunition, weapons, combat vehicles and other equipment associated with SWCC and other special operations missions.
Training for SWCC is as intense as all other NSW/NSO ratings, but Sailors interested in this opportunity may receive specialized training in areas including maritime navigation, radio communications, boat/propulsion systems engineering and parachute and helicopter operations.
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Tanaka says he can walk the streets unnoticed in Manhattan, strolls that are impossible for him to take in Tokyo.
He uses some of his down time to golf and to fish for bass.
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The following is a sampling of calls answered by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office in Wheatfield and Town of Niagara between Jan. 29 and Feb. 12.
Sunday, Jan. 29
•3400 block of Stevenson Court, Wheatfield, mental health. An 18-year-old cut himself because of a recent breakup.
•2200 block of Cayuga Drive, Wheatfield, accident. Vehicle hit pole, now in ditch.
•2100 block of Lockport Road, Wheatfield, check situation. Picketers. All OK.
•8500 block of Porter Road. Town of Niagara, animal problem. Dog keeps barking.
Monday, Jan. 30
•6900 block of Williams Road, Wheatfield, check the welfare. Mother yelling; 9-year-old son locked in bedroom.
•6900 block of Williams Road, Wheatfield, hit and run. Complainant has information on other vehicle.
•2200 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, burglary. Locks cut at business.
•Tuscarora Road, Town of Niagara, suspicious vehicle. White Camry following caller for some time.
Tuesday, Jan. 31
•Ward Road, Wheatfield, attempt to locate. A blue, two-door car reportedly almost hit two cars head on.
•2100 block of Cayuga Drive, Wheatfield, attempted burglary. Suspect reported a male in a dark colored, hooded sweatshirt.
•6700 block of Williams Road, Wheatfield, harassment. Business employee being harassed by patron.
Wednesday, Feb. 1
•2300 block of Lockport Road, Wheatfield, fire. Plug stuck in outlet; smoke and smell of electricity reported.
•7100 block of Nash Road, Wheatfield, suspicious vehicle. SUV parked roadside for past hour.
Thursday, Feb. 2
•2700 block of Alder Creek Drive, Wheatfield, property damage. Complainant reports neighbor constantly driving over property.
•7300 block of Balla Drive, Wheatfield, assault. Complainant reports uncle was beaten up by people down the street.
Friday, Feb. 3
6700 block of Nash Road, Wheatfield, check welfare. Elderly female fell in bathroom, struck head.
6900 block of Williams Road, Wheatfield, suspicious person. Male identified self as groundskeeper.
•600 block of C Street, domestic. Physical; patrol separated couple.
Saturday, Feb. 4
3800 block of Slusaric Road, Wheatfield, animal problem. German shepherd loose in yard.
7100 block of Marigold Drive, Wheatfield, 911 call. Dog having seizure; advised to call veterinarian.
•8500 block of Porter Road and 4700 block of Tindale Lane, Town of Niagara, domestic calls. Boyfriend/girlfriend. First incident reported as physical; second as yelling and screaming.
•2000 block of Juron Drive, Town of Niagara, check the welfare. Neighbor possibly using drugs outside.
Sunday, Feb. 5
•7300 block of Townline Road, Wheatfield, property damage. Mailbox smashed; car tracks in front yard.
•3600 block of Trails End, Wheatfield, animal problem. Sick-looking cat sitting on the porch.
•2000 block of River Road, Wheatfield, harassment. Complainant reports getting harassing phone calls.
Monday, Feb. 6
•Baer Road, Wheatfield, juvenile problem. Juveniles throwing oranges at vehicles.
•Shawnee Road, Wheatfield, traffic control. Cars passing school bus.
•6900 block of Elaine Drive, Wheatfield, criminal mischief. Pipes broken.
•4000 block of Crescent Drive, Wheatfield, aggravated harassment. Persistent scam phone calls from unknown male.
•Lee Drive, Town of Niagara, juvenile problem. Kids on a four-wheeler.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
•3100 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, criminal mischief. Windows shot out in vacant building.
•3100 block of Woodland Court, Wheatfield, suspicious person. Unknown male at the door; will not identify self.
Wednesday, Feb. 8
•2100 block of Sawyer Drive, Wheatfield, parking problem. Vehicle parked in fire zone.
•6600 block of Schultz Street, Wheatfield, fraud. Fraudulent charges on credit card.
•Williams Road, Colvin Drive, Wheatfield/Niagara Falls, be in the area. Niagara Falls Police conducting search; body found.
•2500 block of River Road, Wheatfield, larceny. Roof taken from camper overnight.
•8500 block of Porter Road, Town of Niagara, check welfare. Male reportedly wants to harm himself.
Thursday, Feb. 9
•3500 block of Trials End Lane, Wheatfield, front door alarm. Avoidable.
Friday, Feb. 10
•7100 block of Shawnee Road, Wheatfield, stolen vehicle. Red Chevy Silverado.
•6800 block of Plaza Drive, Wheatfield, burglary. Door pried open.
•7200 block of Porter Road, Town of Niagara, animal problem. Dog in hallway bit someone.
•5100 block of Tuscarora Road, Town of Niagara, check welfare. A 9-year-old male reported out of control.
Saturday, Feb. 11
•3100 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, injury accident. Car slid into pole.
•2200 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, property damage accident. Complainant reported being forced off road by blue vehicle heading westbound.
•7200 block of Williams Road, Wheatfield, stolen vehicle. A 2001 maroon Impala last seen in lot previous day.
•Apple Court, Town of Niagara, injury accident.
•3200 block of Military Road, Town of Niagara, unwanted person. Irate customer over a warrantee issue.
Sunday, Feb. 12
•6800 block of Errick Road, Wheatfield, fire. Chair on fire.
•2900 block of Lockport Road, Wheatfield, injury accident. Vehicle upside down in a ditch.


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Dear editor,
I really get a sour taste in my mouth when I read Mr. Blocker's letter.
Dear editor,
I really get a sour taste in my mouth when I read Mr. Blocker's letter.
As a duly elected representative by the people of Crestview, did he think his job was going to be a walk in the park and that no one should voice their freedom of speech and opinions?
What he should do, instead of getting all steamed up, is let his actions in office speak for him. If he does good things for the city, he will earn the accolades he thinks he deserves.
Likewise, if his actions are deemed wrong by the people of Crestview, he will most likely not be re-elected.
I don't feel like he's starting off on the right foot as a new councilman.
And as my grandma used to say, "If you can't stand the heat..."
You know the rest.
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In Google's vision of the future, your phone is your guide to the physical world around you. Information should auto-populate your device based on where you are, and what you're doing. Google Now is the perfect example of how this philosophy can be implemented to boost productivity, while Niantic Lab's new Field Trip application shows us how to use it for fun.
Field Trip is a new app out of Niantic Labs, a company purchased and operating under Google, that aims to be "your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you." The concept behind Field Trip is exactly the futuristically awesome stuff you'd expect to see out of Google, and it couldn't have been implemented better.
Field Trip works like this: points of interest, including "architecture, historic places and events, lifestyle, offers and deals, food drinks and fun, movie locations, outdoor art and obscure places," are all listed on a map. Field Trip runs in the background of your device, and whenever you come near one of those points of interest, Field Trip will notify you and present you with a card featuring information on the location.
For example, I live in Lansing, Michigan, the birthplace of the now out of business Oldsmobile. By looking around on the map in Field Trip, it was brought to my attention that I live less than two miles away from the original Oldsmobile manufacturing plant. I had no idea.
The information on points of interest are provided by Thrillist, Food Network, Zagat, Eater, Sunset, Cool Hunting, WeHeart, Inhabitat, Remodelista, Atlas Obscura, Daily Secret, Songkick and Flavorpill. This in itself makes Field Trip an incredibly powerful app. A one-stop-shop for information, provided by the best companies in their field, on just about everything interesting in the world around you. That information being provided to you automatically makes it even better.
You can tweak how often you are sent notifications on points of interest when you are near them, as well as whether or not you want Field Trip to read information on the cards provided. You can also choose to have information from cards read through Bluetooth audio devices. So let's say your driving around in a new city, on a road-trip for example, and you have your Android device connected to your Bluetooth stereo in your car. You can set up Field Trip to read you information on points of interest through the speakers in your car. Vacations will never be the same.
My only personal gripe with Field Trip would have to be the gratuitous use of textures in the design of the app. The whole thing appears to be written on parchment paper, and looks a little gaudy. I'm going to chalk this up to Niantic, since Google's apps are all clean, modern and texture free. Other than that, I can't get enough of Field Trip.
You can download Field Trip for free from the Google Play store. For right now, it appears Field Trip is only working in the United States. If you get a chance, let us know what kinds on information Field Trip was able to pull up near you.


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1 guv vetoes eligibility bill, another promises to sign it
Verification measures heating up as legislatures start to take action
Obama on the campaign trail
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer today undid the work of Republican majorities in both houses of her state legislature by issuing a veto of House Bill 2177, the plan to exercise the state's right to run elections and require presidential candidates to prove their constitutional eligibility.
But there's a new proposal already in the works in Louisiana, House Bill 561 by Rep. Alan Seabaugh and Sen. A.G. Crowe, and there would be no veto there.
"It's not part of our package, but if the legislature passes it, we'll sign it," Kyle Plotkin, press secretary to Gov. Bobby Jindal, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Brewer's veto message failed to address the reason for the bill: the uncertainty over whether Barack Obama is a "natural born Citizen," as the Constitution requires for presidents.
"I do not support designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions," she said. "In addition, I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president … to submit their 'early baptismal or circumcision certificates' among other records. … This is a bridge too far."
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Plotkin said Jindal believes Barack Obama is a citizen but would not object to the bill submitted to the legislature.
The bill would require candidates who want to appear on Louisiana ballots to file an affidavit attesting to their citizenship, which would have to be accompanied by an "original or certified copy" of their birth certificate.
The measure in Louisiana, along with a similar effort just announced in Pennsylvania, makes it 15 states that have had such proposals pending just this legislative session.
In Louisiana, House Bill 561 would requires the candidates to "prove" they "meet the requirements for president of the United States prescribed in Article II Section I of the Constitution."
Seabaugh told the New Orleans newspaper he's concerned that of all of the eligibility cases brought to court, attorneys representing the president have prevented any from reaching the stage in which evidence could be obtained.
"Not one of them has ever been decided on the merits," Seabaugh told the newspaper. "As an attorney, that's offensive to me."
In Pennsylvania, it's House Bill 1350.
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe of the 12th legislative district in Pennsylvania said the bill is a matter of the law – and who must follow it.
"This legislation is intended to send the message that even those candidates who are running for our nation's highest office are not above the law," he said in his announcement about the plan. "Final passage of this legislation will provide additional levels of both trust and verification that anyone seeking elected office in Pennsylvania is just as much an American citizen as the voters supporting their candidacy.
"Requiring all candidates for the offices of president and vice president to submit valid proof of natural born citizenship documentation in exchange for statewide ballot access is a fundamental and long-overdue check and balance that must be implemented to further ensure that the Oval Office is never occupied by anyone other than a natural born American citizen," he said.
Arizona's legislative approval came just days ago. Its lawmakers were the first in the nation to adopt a law requiring candidates for president to document their qualifications as a "natural born Citizen."
In Oklahoma, Senate Bill 91 already has been approved by one chamber and is moving through committee to the floor in the second.
Not complicated, it requires that all candidates – not just those for president – shall "provide proof of identity and eligibility to hold the office."
It requires the secretary of state to write up rules to specify the documentation that will be required and mandates that the documents be made available for public inspection.
While opponents cast the idea as a direct attack on Obama, whose long-form birth certificate and other documentation that could shed light on his status have remained concealed, proponents say the 2008 election simply revealed a gap in the election processes in U.S. presidential elections.
"America's founding fathers said it best, 'a well-informed electorate taught to know and prize their God-given rights cannot be enslaved,'" Metcalfe said. "As a veteran and an elected official who takes an oath of office, just like every past and future president of the United States, to uphold and defend the constitutional rights of the citizens I represent, it is beyond perplexing and greatly troubling that a political candidate can ascend to the highest levels of government without providing sufficient documentation verifying his or her place of birth or American citizenship."
The questions have arisen over Obama because while he has talked about his birth in Hawaii, he's offered no documentation but a "Certification of Live Birth" online image of a document that during the time of Obama's birth was available to any child whose parents would state he or she was born in Hawaii, whether true or not.
The New York Times has contended that Hawaii has "confirmed" that the online document is authentic, however no state official has publicly verified it is Obama's Certification of Live Birth. They have said they have Obama's records, but they haven't detailed what information the records contain.
WND previously has reported on other state-level efforts to ensure that candidates for the Oval Office meet the requirements established in the U.S. Constitution.
Such bills appeared this year in New Hampshire, Montana, Iowa, Maine, Tennessee, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas. Some efforts are conclusively out of the running this year, and in some states plans already are being made for next year, which still would give states time to impose a requirement for the 2012 election. Others still could be resurrected in the legislative process.
The Arizona bill would have required presidential candidates to document their eligibility with an original birth certificate or alternative documents such as a baptismal or circumcision certificate, a hospital birth record or a postpartum medical record. Also allowed would be a notarized affidavit from at least two people present at the birth.
The bill was approved in the state House 40-16 and in the state Senate 20-9.
At the time the Constitution was written, many analysts suggest, a natural-born citizen was considered to be a child born of two citizen parents. If that is correct, Obama never would have been qualified to be president, as he himself has confirmed his father was a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, making Obama a dual citizen with Kenyan and American parentage at his birth.
Other definitions regard a natural-born citizen to be a person born of citizen parents on American soil.
There have been dozens of lawsuits and challenges over the fact that Obama's natural-born citizen status never has been publicly documented. The controversy stems from the Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
The challenges to Obama's eligibility allege he does not qualify because he was not born in Hawaii in 1961 as he claims, or that he fails to qualify because he was a dual citizen, through his father, and the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from eligibility. There also are claims that he was adopted by his Indonesian stepfather.
There are several cases pending before courts over Obama's eligibility. Almost all the cases, however, have been impeded by the courts' interpretation of "standing," meaning someone who is being or could be harmed by the situation. The courts have decided almost unanimously that an individual taxpayer faces no damages different from other taxpayers and, therefore, doesn't have standing. Judges even have ruled that other presidential candidates also do not have standing.
As a result, none of the court cases to date has reached the level of discovery, through which Obama's birth documentation could be brought into court.
Obama even continued to withhold the information during a court-martial of a military doctor, Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who challenged Obama's deployment orders on the grounds he might not be a legitimate president. Lakin was convicted and sent to prison.
A year ago, polls indicated that roughly half of American voters were aware of a dispute over Obama's eligibility. Recent polls, however, by organizations including CNN, show that roughly six in 10 American voters hold serious doubts that Obama is eligible under the Constitution's demands.
Orly Taitz, the California lawyer who has worked on a number of the highest-profile legal challenges to Obama, was encouraging residents of other states to get to work.
"We need eligibility bills filed in each and every state of the union … as it shows the regime that we are still the nation of law and the Constitution, that the Constitution matters and state representatives and senators are ready to fight for the rule of law. During the last election there were some 700 more Republican state assemblyman elected all over the country, as the nation is not willing to tolerate this assault on our rights and our Constitution any further," she said.
There also was, during the last Congress, Rep. Bill Posey's bill at the federal level.
Posey's H.R. 1503 stated:
"To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President to include with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution."
The bill also provided:
"Congress finds that under … the Constitution of the United States, in order to be eligible to serve as President, an individual must be a natural born citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 35 years and has been a resident within the United States for at least 14 years."
The bill had more than a dozen sponsors, and while it died at the end of the last Congress, there are hopes the GOP majority in the House again will move such a plan forward.
There also is a petition, already signed by tens of thousands, to state
lawmakers asking them to make sure the next president of the United
States qualifies under the Constitution's eligibility requirements.
"What we need are hundreds of thousands of Americans endorsing this strategy on the petition – encouraging more action by state officials before the 2012 election. Imagine if just one or two states adopt such measures before 2012. Obama will be forced to comply with those state regulations or forgo any effort to get on the ballot for re-election. Can Obama run and win without getting on all 50 state ballots? I don't think so," said Joseph Farah, CEO of WND, who is behind the idea of the petition.
An earlier petition had been directed at all controlling legal authorities at the federal level to address the concerns expressed by Americans, and it attracted more than half a million names.
For nearly two years, Farah has been one of the few national figures who has steadfastly pushed the issue of eligibility, despite ridicule, name-calling and ostracism at the hands of most of his colleagues. To date, in addition to the earlier petition, he has:
- erected billboards around the country demanding, "Where's the birth certificate?":
- produced a 40-page special report on the subject;
- produced a 60-minute documentary video primer on the issue;
- manufactured yard and rally signs to bring attention to the topic;
- pledged to donate at least $15,000 to any hospital in Hawaii or anywhere else that provides proof Obama was born there and given you an opportunity to raise the amount;
- created a line of T-shirts you can wear to appearances by the president to raise visibility of the issue;
- created a fund to which you can donate to further the kind of investigative reporting into this matter only this company has performed over the last two years;
- launched a line of postcards you can use to keep the issue alive;
- distributed thousands of bumper stickers asking, "Where's the birth certificate?"
Farah says all those campaigns are continuing.
"Obama may be able to continue showing contempt for the Constitution and the rule of law for the next two years, as he has demonstrated his willingness to do in his first year in office," he wrote in a column. "However, a day of reckoning is coming. Even if only one significant state, with a sizable Electoral College count, decides a candidate for election or re-election has failed to prove his or her eligibility, that makes it nearly impossible for the candidate to win. It doesn't take all 50 states complying with the law to be effective."
If you are a member of the media and would like to interview Joseph Farah about this campaign, e-mail WND.


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After I Stopped My Meds
I was off my meds for 4 days and on the 4th day my symptoms started coming back. It started with starring out locked in my thoughts and then the voices and paranoia came back. I knew I had to do something that I couldn't go on like that. I called my doctor and had him split up my meds dosage so I could better tolerate it. Thank goodness he agreed. A lot of Psychiatrists wont listen and think they know it all, so to speak. I am lucky to have one that will. I am also lucky in a way that I can sense my illness and know when something isn't right. I never used to be that way. I can remember when I always thought I was right and everyone around me was just out to get me or do me wrong on purpose.
Even on my meds though I still don't like going places or being around people. I instantly get anxious if something is out of place. My kids have a schedule and they think it is to teach them responsibility and time effeciancy, when actually it is to keep me straight so I know what is going to happen when. I guess it does teach them good things, but I feel guilty. They have their chore times and tv times and even homework times. They arn't allowed in the kitchen while I am cooking. They think it is because I'm afraid they will get burnt, but it is so I can keep my head on straight and not burn the house down.
I have read a lot of articles that say I am supposed to get plenty of rest and low stress and take it easy. I can't let myself fall into the victim role. I have a husband and kids that need me and they need me to be responsible. It wouldn't do my family any good to fall apart. My husband and I do have a cue if I feel I am going to get out of hand though. I walk away and go into my computer room and shut and lock the door. That tells him I am not okay and I do need to be alone until I can control myself. I decide when I can come out and he doesn't bother me and doesn't let the kids bother me. That seems to work well and the kids don't know anything is wrong. They just think I'm on the computer.


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leo79 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 136 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
I am a software developer from Brazil. I started to work as an independent contractor 10 months ago, and recently I've registered my own company, Tecsupra. It's starting as a one-man company, with perspectives to grow.
Tecsupra is specialized in writing software (web and windows) using Microsoft .NET. My clients are other companies that need custom made software, including other software factories that require help in projects.
Tecsupra needs a logo to use in its website & business cards (and other general use). It doesn't have a website yet, but it will.
The logo should have the company name without a tagline: Tecsupra.
Tec for technology; Supra is latin for "above, over, transcending".
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- The logo shouldn't be complex. It should be simple, clear and straightforward ("something that stands out");
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- It would be nice to have some symbol/image, but it's not strictly required;
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Even if you don't have any international travel plans this summer, these ten refreshing drink recipes will give you a taste of far-off places and keep you cool as the weather warms up. Try tangy papaya lassi from India, Mexican watermelon-lime agua fresca, fun (and chewy!) bubble tea from Taiwan, Italian caffè shakerato, or another of these ten non-alcoholic sips from around the world.
- 1 Papaya Lassi with Cardamom
- 2 Hibiscus Ginger Punch
- 3 Watermelon-Lime Agua Fresca
- 4 Caffè Shakerato
- 5 Vietnamese Egg Soda (Soda Sữa Hột Gà)
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- 6 Coconut-Rice Cooler: Horchata de Coco
- 7 West African Ginger Drink
- 8 How to Make Boba & Bubble Tea at Home
- 9 Matcha Green Tea Shake
- 10 Icy Cool Cochata (Iced Coffee + Horchata)
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It's amazing what a difference a year can make. Last year the annual King of the Ice fishing contest had to be canceled due to lack of ice. This year there was plenty of ice and subzero conditions. That didn't stop nearly 300 ice fishers all looking for the big one to claim their prizes.
It's amazing what a difference a year can make. Last year the annual King of the Ice fishing contest had to be canceled due to lack of ice. This year there was plenty of ice and subzero conditions. That didn't stop nearly 300 ice fishers all looking for the big one to claim their prizes.
Perhaps the cold weather was the reason this year's attendance was down from most years, but Sullivan County's Conservation Club has other motives.
"Being able to hold this wonderful sporting event for the young and the not-so-young makes it a worthwhile venture for us," noted Jay Mendels, a spokesperson for the club.
Paul Faliski of Florida was crowned "King of the Ice" after his winning walleye weighed in at 5 pounds and 14 ounces. According to Mendels, many other kids and adults won prizes or at least a trophy as proof of their ice fishing skills.
This grand ice-fishing contest provides important fundraising for the Sullivan County Conservation Clubs' various youth outdoor programs throughout the year.
For information on their outdoor programs, go to www.sullivancountyconservationclub.org.
The annual Catskill Fly Fishing Center trout season opener will be Saturday, April 6.
The celebrity line for the annual "First Cast" is greater than ever with Donald Trump Jr., actors Rip Torn and Olek Krupa in attendance. Of course, venerable world champion fly caster Joan Wulff will be on hand, along with Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther.
This season also marks the opening of the new Wulff Gallery and the Catskill Rodmakers Workshop, which represents a major building project for the center. A special fundraising luncheon will be held with the "First Cast" crew, so if you want to have lunch with Rip Torn and Donald Trump Jr., this will be your chance. Both are avid fly anglers. Trump is also a trustee of the center.
For information, call 845-439-4810.
Probably the most exciting thing to happen in bass fishing is the widespread use of what is known as the "castable umbrella rig." There are more than a few New York anglers this spring who will be using this unique rig, which allows an angler to cast up to five lures using a single line for their bass fishing. You should know that these controversial rigs are legal in most waters in New York but not all. Under state law, an angler can use up to five lures and not have any more than 15 hook points in total.
While no waters in the Hudson Valley have restrictions on the use of umbrella rigs, there are many northern and western waters that do. Make sure you check the DEC website for regulations at http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/81765.html.
The Suffern World Fishing & Outdoor Exposition runs Feb. 28-March 3 at SUNY Rockland in Suffern. For information, go to www.sportshows.com/suffern.