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You have the right to an attorney. If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.
In the United States this assurance is taken for granted by many – it might seem to have always been the case.
Yet until 50 years ago there was no guarantee that a criminal defendant in a state court would be provided a lawyer. In many states, if you didn't have the money you were out of luck. The United States Supreme Court's Gideon v. Wainwright decision changed that, guaranteeing criminal defendants in state courts the right to an attorney regardless of ability to pay.
On March 18, 50 years to the day after that decision was handed down, President Fred Lawrence and a distinguished panel of legal thinkers and practitioners is coming together at Brandeis University to discuss both the progress that has been made as a result of Gideon and the unmet challenges of providing legal representation for those who can afford it least.
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Clarence Earl Gideon was charged in a Florida state court, but he lacked funds and was unable to hire a lawyer to prepare his defense. When he requested the court appoint an attorney for him, the court refused, stating that it was only obligated to appoint counsel to indigent defendants in capital cases. Defending himself in the trial, he was convicted by a jury and sentenced to five years in a state prison.
Did the state court's failure to appoint counsel for Gideon violate his right to a fair trial and due process of law as protected by the 6th and 14th Amendments?
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court held that Gideon had a right to be represented by a court-appointed attorney. The Court found that the 6th Amendment's guarantee of counsel was a fundamental right, essential to a fair trial, which should be made applicable to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Black called it an "obvious truth" that a fair trial for a poor defendant could not be guaranteed without the assistance of counsel. Those familiar with the American system of justice, commented Black, recognized that "lawyers in criminal courts are necessities, not luxuries."
David Bunis '83, chief of staff to the president, will moderate the panel. Before returning to Brandeis in 2011, Bunis practiced law in Boston for 25 years, serving a wide range of clients including individuals, high tech companies, financial institutions, and colleges and universities throughout New England. He received many honors throughout his legal career including being named a Massachusetts Lawyer of the Year in 2007 and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts in 2010 and 2011.
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Margot Botsford, associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, who was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court in 1989, and then to the Supreme Judicial Court in September, 2007. She has taught at Northeastern University School of Law and Boston University Law School, among others. Among her awards and honors are Judicial Excellence Awards from the Massachusetts Judicial Conference and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and the Haskell Cohn Distinguished Judicial Service Award from the Boston Bar Association.
Fred Lawrence, president of Brandeis University, is one of the nation's leading experts on civil rights, free expression, and bias crimes. Lawrence has written, lectured and testified widely on civil rights crimes and is the author of multiple books and articles. He has lectured nationally and internationally about bias crime law and testified before Congress on several occasions, addressing Justice Department misconduct in Boston and speaking in support of federal hate crimes legislation. Lawrence has been president of Brandeis University since 2011. Previously he was dean of the George Washington University Law School.
William Leahy, director of the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services, who practiced for 10 years as a trial and appellate public defender for the Massachusetts Defenders Committee before he was chosen as the first Deputy Chief Counsel for the Public Defender Division of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) in 1984. He was chosen as the second Chief Counsel of CPCS in 1991. In February, 2011, Leahy began his tenure as Director of the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services, where he has undertaken the responsibility of improving the quality of representation for poor people in the criminal and family courts throughout the state.
Anthony Lewis, journalist and author of "Gideon's Trumpet," who is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Lewis currently writes for the New York Times and the New York Review of Books, among other publications. He won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1955 for national reporting when he worked for the Washington Daily News, for a series of articles on the dismissal of a Navy employee as a security risk, and led to the employee's reinstatement. He has published several books and articles about race relations in America, as well as on other legal issues. He has taught at Harvard Law School, Columbia University and other institutions.
The issue is by no means settled. In his recent New York Times editorial "The Right to Counsel: Badly Battered at 50," Lincoln Caplan contends that "After 50 years, the promise of Gideon v. Wainwright is mocked more of than fulfilled," at times because of the lack of funding for public defender offices, in other cases due to incompetent counsel. He concludes, "There is no shortage of lawyers to do this work. What stands in the way is an undemocratic, deep-seated lack of political will."
As the United States continues to struggle after 50 years with the challenges of Gideon, this panel will discuss the implications and implementation of this landmark decision. "Gideon at 50: the Future of the Right to Counsel" is cosponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life and the Brandeis University Legal Studies Program.
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Geocaching is more than an adventure that takes you to new locations. It's a growing record of specific locations. Currently geocachers can navigate to more than 2 million active geocaches around the globe. Every time you find a geocache it's like making an entry into the diary of a specific location. You record the weather, the view, who joined the adventure, even what animals you encounter (hopefully safe, fluffy, friendly animals). Here's a look at a recent Geocaching Forums post that asked a simple question… "Does anyone know of any other caches that have been in the same spot, same container over 10 years?"
Some geocaches like"da dog 'yaks' were hidden in 2001. Geocachers have captured images of floating the Juniper Creek in Ocala National Forest for 12 years. They've even cataloged wildlife, flowers, and the water level. The geocache owner says the veteran geocache, "… is coming up on 12 years, survived the hurricane flooding, because the tree it was tucked up against fell on it." Although the container on that geocache was changed after the flood, the original log book remains.
There are thousands of active geocaches that are more than ten years old, but there numbers are fading and their geocache containers are (often for good reason) replaced. Hiding and maintaining a geocache is a labor or love that has its rewards.
One geocacher posting in the forum said it perfectly, "WOW, [geocache owners] thank you for doing everything you do for the sport of geocaching, and keeping these older caches active."
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With Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day coming up tomorrow, December 7th, I thought I'd put together a quick "The Best…" list of useful resources. I know it's a bit late, but at least you can use it for planning next year.
Here are my picks, not in order of preference, of The Best Sites For Learning About Pearl Harbor (and that are accessible to English Language Learners):
EL Civics has A Pearl Harbor Day Lesson, including online resources and reproducible hand-outs.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston have a Pearl Harbor Interactive.
Scholastic has another interactive on the Pearl Harbor attack.
Learn About Pearl Harbor comes from Pearson.
The National Park Service has many good photos of the Arizona Memorial and ones that were taken on the day of the attack.
How Stuff Works has a series of online videos about Pearl Harbor and its aftermath.
You can find the transcript and audio, along with images, of President Roosevelt's "Infamy" speech at the History Place.
Here's an interactive tour of the U.S.S. Arizona memorial.
"The Attack On Pearl Harbor" is the title of a slideshow from TIME Magazine.
Glencoe has some online clozes (fill-in-the-blanks) on Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor, 69 years ago today is a series of photos from The Boston Globe's Big Picture.
World War II: Pearl Harbor is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.
Here's a short video from The History Channel.
A date which will live in infamy is a Los Angeles Times slideshow.
TIME has published a slideshow on Pearl Harbor.
The New York Times Learning Network has a useful lesson plan.
National Geographic has great related resources.
Pearl Harbor 70th anniversary is a photo gallery from The Boston Globe.
Pearl Harbor commemorations – in pictures is from The Guardian.
Here's an original newsreel about the attack:
Amazing images that show America's steely resolve in bitter aftermath of Pearl Harbor is from The Mail Online.
PEARL HARBOR'S CHILDREN is from the Associated Press.
Here's a map with links to stories from Pearl Harbor survivors.
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Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary is a photo gallery from The Boston Globe.
US and Japan reinforce 'alliance of hope' as leaders meet at Pearl Harbor is from The Guardian.
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Yahoo speaks its mind to a Senate Judiciary Committee that it doesn't wish to be bought up by Microsoft.
Yahoo shares were down 3.7 percent to $21.73 in Tuesday afternoon trading on the Nasdaq. Microsoft shares were up 4.3 percent to $26.22, Google shares were down 1.7 percent to $512.70.
Google and Yahoo have refrained from consummating the revenue-sharing deal while they wait for an opinion from antitrust authorities at the Justice Department.
At Tuesday's hearing, some lawmakers raised antitrust and privacy concerns but did not say whether they would be support or oppose the deal.
"The Google agreement with Yahoo may relate only to text advertisements, but if it stifles competition in this market, it will quickly spill into emerging online ad markets such as delivery to mobile devices," said Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
The deal has raised antitrust concerns since Google by far dominates search advertising while Yahoo is a weak number two. Microsoft is in third place.
Testifying shortly after Callahan, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith pressed the antitrust issue. He told the committee the deal would reduce Yahoo's incentive to compete against Google, would push Yahoo's search advertising platform into a downward spiral and establish an illegal price floor.
"When it comes to the issues before this subcommittee, Google should not be allowed to achieve an outcome through an agreement that it would not be permitted to achieve otherwise," said Smith in his written testimony.
Callahan told the lawmakers those worries were misplaced. He said Yahoo would remain in the search business and "do everything we can to grow our share and also strengthen our competitiveness in search and search advertising."
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Can anyone over 21 purchase marijuana? - Not yet, applications for cannabis businesses begin in December of 2017 and the first permits are expected January 2, 2018. After then, the businesses will start sales. Sonoma seems to have started their sales off last month.
Where can I smoke Marijuana? - You can't consume marijuana in a public place or side walk or around children. Driving and boating are out. Your residence is a fine place to consume and there will also be consumption clubs where you can smoke in a social setting. Magnolia Wellness in Berkeley already is serving patients at their consumption area.
Can I grow marijuana? - Yes, I'm sure these adult use clubs will stock starter clones or seeds and each household can grow 6 plants (more with a med card). Don't carry more than an ounce of dried flowers or 8 grams of concentrate while traveling. At home you're allowed to have the harvest from 6 plants.
What's the price? - The price tends to tumble in states that legalize even if it starts out high. A local favorite here, Flow Kanna brand, already has eights for $35, expect that to drop to $25 or less.
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APME is partnering with The Associated Press and the non-profit Sunlight Foundation to help news organizations more effectively investigate and report the millions of dollars being made available for local transportation projects through federal stimulus legislation. AP and Sunlight have prepared an easy-to-use Excel file of the final list of projects approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation for more than 5,853 projects nationwide. Click here to find the location and costs for individual jobs – more than $19 billion worth, and likely some in your area. Read more about the APME/AP/Sunlight Stimulus Watchdog national reporting project here:
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We begin a long range database project to help you gauge the effectiveness of the federal stimulus program in your market – whether jobs are being created, how much of the nearly $800 billion is being disbursed at home and to whom those payments are going.
The notion is to use federal data to fuel local stories. And if newspapers nationwide use old-fashioned gumshoe reporting to augment the many data sets released during the coming year, our collective efforts will bring meaningful perspective to one of the most important stories of our time.
The spreadsheet linked here and made available for your use is the final list of projects approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation and presents more than 5,853 projects nationwide. Location and costs are broken out for individual jobs – more than $19 billion in all. These numbers were made final in late July. In October, federal officials are scheduled to release numbers of full time-equivalent-positions created for each transportation project.
The Associated Press compiled the spreadsheet based on data acquired from the feds, and enhanced it with additional information that localizes the data. The spreadsheet can be used to identify all projects in each state, county, metro area and congressional district. It also gives a brief description of each project, the amount of stimulus funds obligated, and classifies the type of work to be done.
So, we begin with Transportation. But in coming months we will send to you data sets including Infrastructure, Law Enforcement, the Environment, Housing, Energy, Health Care, Military Construction, Education and State and Local Budgetary Support (largely aimed at preventing layoffs in the health and education sectors).
We are not angling for an en-masse publishing target as we did last year, when more than 100 newspapers published stories on earmarks in the federal budget. You're free to use the data and story suggestions at will. We would ask that you send electronic copies of your work to Sally Jacobson, so this work can be compiled online.
You may have written about some of these transportation projects when the concept of "shovel ready" was introduced earlier this spring. But this final list gives you the precise amount being spent in your area, and can assist you in doing analysis of nearby states and congressional districts, and how much is being spent on bridges vs. paving, etc.
As you check the spreadsheetthere are some obvious targets:
■If descriptions for the projects are vague (and most are) call state DOT and ask for translation and details. Compare projects on this list to your state's official transportation plan (typically called the TIP or STIP). Do all of the projects make sense? All 50 states beat the Obama Administration's June 29 deadline to have half of their stimulus projects for roads and bridges approved for inclusion in funds distributed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Were projects in your market added in the final hours? If they were not on the original plan, how did they rise to the top? Whose pet projects are they?
■Determine from state DOTs how many of these projects have gone out to bid. Are any being awarded without a competitive bid?
■Background the contractors. What kind of campaign contributions did they make to your governor or other highly placed elected officials. Have they been fined or cited for problems on other jobs? Are they based in the state in which the work is being done? Or is your state creating jobs for contractors in other states?
■Where are these projects being done? Wealthy suburbs? Poor cities? In districts where governors need to shore up support for the next election cycle? In areas controlled by the ruling party but absent from the minority? Compare unemployment statistics to the districts where the work is being done so you can determine if the projects are being built in areas that need the jobs the most.
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Capture One Pro 7 Review
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- Excellent Color Editor
- Logical and visual interface so you can spend less time in the software
- The best tool for metadata management
- Slow and clunky even on the latest Apple computer
- Not as simple to use as Adobe Lightroom 4
- Could not find an easy way to batch edit images.
Quick Take
Capture One Pro 7 is an excellent color editor and one of the best tools for metadata management, but the user interface is not as easy to learn as Lightroom.
Capture One Pro 7 is one of the biggest competitors to Adobe Lightroom and has always been an alternative option for photographers that want to work a bit differently. Back in the older days of digital photo editing, one of their biggest selling points was the ability to shoot while tethered to the computer–therefore allowing an editor to work on the spot. But Adobe quickly caught up.
The latest version includes new features such as better support for Fuji X series cameras and the X trans sensor, better high ISO noise reduction, a better image processing engine and more. But is it enough to dethrone the tried and true Lightroom?
Capture One Pro 7 can be purchased for $299.
Major Features
For those of us not as familiar with the program, Capture One is what Adobe Lightroom is mostly based off of. The program allows the user to import images, apply metadata, organize and catalog shoots, manage multiple shooting projects, make edits to images (sans retouching), and export them for a specific use.
Capture One is very based off of and highly promotes having a workflow–which is a polar opposite of Photoshop, which instead encourages users to focus on a couple of images and gives you the tools to turn them into full art pieces. With this said, it is a program for that is highly targeted to photographers. If you shoot a lot and are mostly happy with your images but instead want to make lots of minor corrections to each, then Capture One is a solution. Most wedding photographers, studio shooters, or still life photographers will end up culling through lots of the images on the import process in order to make lots of minor edits. Only when retouching needs to be done will they move to another program.
Ease of Use
If you're a user of Adobe Lightroom 4 then Capture One will be a relative walk in the park, but you will have a little bit of a learning curve to overcome. To even begin start working on your images, you'll need to import them. Importing comes with a much smaller interface than Adobe's and puts more of an emphasis on what really counts if you're a professional: the files, the metadata, naming conventions, and where the files will be stored. This means that you'll have less work to do in the export phase–where Adobe puts most of the emphasis on metadata management, although they also do it in the editing process.
Beyond this, you'll be exploring panel to panel to see how your workflow affects the image quality. The actions that you perform in Adobe Lightroom 4 may not necessarily affect images in the same way as they do in Capture One. With that said, you'll need to develop a whole new way of editing.
During our tests, we ensured that our Apple MacBook Pro 13″ Retina display laptop was always well calibrated. However, sometimes, we felt that Capture One allowed you too little editing space in its real estate. To counter this problem, we used Apple TV to mirror the screen to a 42 inch television (which also had to be calibrated to match the MacBook Pro.) This eased the problem–and we recommend larger monitors when editing.
We also recommend that you click on the workspace button and try to figure out which template works best for your setup at home or in your studio.
Editing and Workflow
Editing in Capture One has many different interfaces. The main ones for adjusting your images have to do with color, exposure, lens, composition, details, local adjustments, and metadata. Changing these parameters is fairly standard but there are some minor quibbles that make editing a bit tougher. For example, if you want to use the white balance dropper tool, you surely can. But when you're done, Lightroom lets the user click the original tool to turn it off. This isn't the case in Capture One where instead you'll need to click on the mouse button located in the mini interface on at the top of the screen.
Thankfully, manipulating your images is a simple process of moving a slider back and forth. Don't like what you did? You'll have to resort to the old Control + Z (or undo what you specifically did in some way or fashion.) The Adjustments Clipboard can copy settings from one image and apply them to other images. The clipboard allows you to apply either some or all of the adjustments to selected images. But locating this functionality is much harder to find in Capture One than in Lightroom.
Skin tone control in Capture One is far better than in Lightroom 4.
When you're all done culling through your images and editing them, you can select particular images to be exported and rename them as well–just like in Lightroom.
All done editing? Your catalogs will be backed up upon being prompted.
Tethered Capture
When your camera is connected to the computer, you can use a specific interface (that is otherwise still available) to make the most of the experience. When the images are shot, certain metadata characteristics can be applied and the images can be automatically stored in a specific folder on your computer or hard drive. While the images are coming in, adjustments can be applied to each file. The extra step comes with built-in flash control–where an attached flash can set to front curtain or second curtain accordingly.
If you'd like, you can control the camera's exposure from the computer itself using the according panel–this is best for line shooters with assistants to swap out products when needed. The fact that a Live View feed is also available continues to help photoshoot managers by controlling everything from their desktop. If clients are present, they can also peer over if they want to have input before the shots are even taken.
Capture One's tethering function also works with cameras that aren't totally supported. This function needs to be unlocked using the Hot Folder function. It is a bit of a pain and a slow process when it comes to actually shooting, but it works. We recommend that there be a dedicated editor at the computer when using this function.
Though Capture One has come quite a long way from what it was and includes lots of improvements, interface touches, excellent editing capabilities, and more–it can't convince this Lightroom user of many years to switch over just yet. Adobe has put emphasis on a more simplistic layout that balances power and efficiency. Capture One does the same, but with more clicks–and therefore less speed. However, it does make you think more carefully about how you're editing your images. For that reason, we can recommend it strongly to a photographer that wants to teach themselves the basics of color theory through trial and error. However, if you're still looking to get a speedier workflow with more overall support (such as more presets and plugins) then Lightroom 4 is the way to go.
If Capture One were to open up their software to more companies by allowing them to create plugins and presets, then they could probably be a more substantial competitor to the Adobe Lightroom software.
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- Logical and visual interface so you can spend less time in the software
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- Slow and clunky even on the latest Apple computer
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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in UK said the number of abandoned animals soared 57 percent last year to 11,586 the equivalent of more than 30 a day.
Britons may have a reputation as animal-lovers but they are increasingly dumping their pets as they struggle to cope with the impact of economic downturn.
The number of abandoned cats was up by 50 percent and a third more dogs were discarded, the charity said. Horses, farm animals and exotic pets were also being chucked out.
In addition to the actual numbers being thrown out, there had also been a 52 percent rise in inquiries from the public looking to give up their pets.
Tim Wass, chief officer of the RSPCA inspectorate, said the cause was "everything to do with the economics about owning a pet" from paying for food to veterinary bills.
"It's a huge rise and I'm afraid that we can only point to economics to find a solution to the current problem," he told BBC radio.
"It's affecting pretty much every animal. We're really struggling to cope at the moment." Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Britain's best-known animal refuge centre, located in south London, said in December it was at bursting point after taking in more than a thousand more strays than it had done a year earlier.


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The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia has collected data on occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens from a cumulative total of 84 hospitals in the U.S. since September 1992. Three geographically diverse groups of healthcare facilities have contributed data to the EPINet network over the last decade and a half. The first consists of nine hospitals in the eastern half of the United States (they are not otherwise affiliated). The second is a group of hospitals in South Carolina that are members of Palmetto Hospital Trust Services (PHTS), a workers' compensation self-insurance pool. The third is the Sisters of Providence Health System (now Providence Health System) in the Pacific Northwest, which participated in the EPINet network from 1993 through 2001.
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EPINet Sharp-Object Injury and Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Reports by year (1997-2007, most recent first)Note: The 2005 and 2006 reports were first posted in November 2008; these reports were updated on January 28, 2009. The data changed on the reports were the overall number of hospitals contributing data and the average daily census and number of exposures for teaching and non-teaching hospitals (these data are found at the top of each report). All other data in the reports remain the same.
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(cited in "The Impact of U.S. Policies to protect healthcare workers from bloodborne pathogens: the critical role of safety-engineered devices", Journal of Infection and Public Health 2008;1:62-71.)
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I mean, let's do the math here. Realistically (unless you're Dougie Houser) if I qualified in neurology in 1930, it means I'd be 109 now. I'm not saying it's impossible, but pretty damn unlikely.
Of course, there are exceptions.
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Haha, loved the video! XD
Well, it could work, if your name was Dr. Who...and neurology was your thing instead of, you know, fighting Daleks and saving the planet.
Just jealous aren't you? ;*)
Loved the five years of missing memory part. Hope that didn't include residency and fellowship. Funny video.
When I asked my endocrinologist why he went into endocrinology, he told me about the excitement in the hospital the day Conn operated to prove the existence of Conn Syndrome.
That was in 1954.
I'm not sure if my endo is in his 70s or 80s now, but I can really easily imagine him practicing another decade or even more.
I know YOU want to retire, don't you?
They are probably afraid of being sued for age discrimination if they did not have the complete range of years.
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I worked with a doctor (primary care) who just retired at age 100. 100!! He got his license in something like 1937.
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Sparty appears at about 600 events annually, including campus functions, weddings and parades
By Kim Kozlowski
The Detroit News
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When Ben Hatala walked into Munn Ice Arena at Michigan State University in 2007, people he didn't know came up to hug him, posed for pictures and asked for his autograph. He even got a standing ovation.
The hubbub wasn't for him, though — he was just the guy inside the green gladiator suit of MSU's iconic mascot, Sparty.
"It was very surreal," said Hatala, who served as Sparty from 2007-2010. "I went from being myself to being a rock star."
Besides getting MSU crowds pumped at every sporting event, Sparty appears at about 600 events annually, including campus functions, weddings, parades, alumni gatherings, charity events and golf outings.
During the 23 years that Sparty has been the face of MSU, he has become a three-time college mascot national champion and evolved into an iconic brand that some say offers immeasurable benefits to the university.
And the position is open, as the university seeks a new student to become the symbol of Spartan spirit.
"Sparty has become the most recognizable face of Michigan State University," said Dan DiMaggio, director of the Student Alumni Foundation, which runs the Sparty program. "We take pride in him embodying all the values we have here at the university: hardworking, humble, always there for you.
"Sparty walks in the room, and you feel like he's part of the family. Everyone is happy to see him."
At a recent meeting outside the Student Alumni Foundation office on campus, 10 students gathered to learn how they could be the next Sparty.
Jason Unold, co-director of the Sparty program, told them they must write an essay, reveal their grades and get ready for an unimaginable experience. During the audition, the applicants present a two-minute skit capturing Sparty's essence and respond to situations that the mascot might face. Later, personal interviews are held before the final selection is made.
The tryouts were successful, and a new Sparty recently was chosen, Unold said.
Unold stressed that being Sparty is an enormous voluntary time commitment that sometimes can take almost 40 hours a week but comes with scores of perks: the best seats at sporting events, the chance to meet many fans and athletes, and opportunities for travel out of state.
Although the mascot gets rock star treatment, the student in the costume must remain anonymous.
"Who's behind Sparty is a secret," Unold said. "You don't tell anyone. It would kill the magic."
About 50 students have been behind Sparty's mask. Most have been men, but at least one was a woman.
Not getting paid didn't matter to many of them, since they regarded their work as a labor of love. But the secrecy can be challenging, since the students never show up at tailgate parties or may disappear for several hours.
But after students retire from being Sparty, they can finally tell their tales.
David Sauter, who was Sparty from 1992-1993, loves recounting how he shook the hand of former President George H.W. Bush and hugged first lady Barbara Bush when they arrived at the Capital City Airport for the 1992 presidential debate at MSU.
"When I met the president, I said, 'Hi. Nice to meet you. This is my once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet you. Thanks for coming to Michigan State,'" Sauter said.
"I talked in the costume, which you are not supposed to do. But it's the president of the United States! I was going to seize the moment."
The role also has created a small fraternity of alumni who stay in touch regularly and get together for reunions. Many are still best friends.
"It's a small group of people that we can't really talk about our experiences when we are in the suit, so we become very close," said Austin Krusec, who was Sparty from 2006 to 2007.
Clad in his green armor, Sparty is a tough guy who high-fives the guys, flirts with women and poses for pictures with anyone who asks. The mascot also is known to be tender with sick children in the hospital and the life of a party.
For the nuptials of his son and daughter-in-law, Jim Krystoff and his wife, Lori, decided to hire Sparty to come to the reception since the couple graduated from MSU and are huge fans.
After the dinner and traditional dances, MSU's fight song was played as Sparty waltzed in, dressed in a tux.
"People were screaming," said Krystoff, a Novi resident. "He danced with the bride and danced with anyone who wanted to dance with him. . I don't think a lot of people will forget (the wedding)."
There are a handful of mascots at Michigan universities, including Western Michigan, Ferris State, Lake Superior State and Albion College.
The rest don't have mascots, including the University of Michigan, which believes it is unnecessary.
Even though U-M athletic director Dave Brandon raised the mascot issue in 2011, it has been put aside for now.
That is unfortunate, especially the rationale for not having one, said Jeff Nemeth, a Sparty mascot from 1995 to 1997.
"It's important in life to have a sense of humor about what you do and about yourself, and not take yourself too seriously," said Nemeth, whose grandmother, father and brother went to MSU.
There was an attempt to create a mascot for U-M a few years ago by the students who don the Sparty costume. During the annual U-M vs. MSU game, Sparty took the unauthorized Wolverine mascot onto the field and beat it during the entire game, Nemeth said. U-M officials asked the Sparty group not to do it again.
"It's probably not in the best taste to create a mascot for a school without permission," said Nemeth. "But in a rivalry, it's all part of the fun."
Sparty can be rented — for a fee. Costs for Sparty appearances can range from $50 for a nonprofit visit to $200 for an on-campus event to $450 for a wedding. All money raised goes back into the program.
Mascots can bring enormous benefits to a university, said Darren Rovell, an ESPN sports reporter and former high school mascot in Roslyn, N.Y.
It's hard to put a figure on it, but Sparty is among the nation's most professional-looking mascots, Rovell said. His worth is intangible, he added.
"Athletes come and go," Rovell said. "People cheer for the jersey. That's the value of college athletics. Sparty is the ultimate player. He is always there through time."


text: Early Bob Dylan poem up for auction 12:57 PM PDT 5/19/2009 by Associated Press , AP FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME 16-year-old's 'Little Buddy' could bring $15,000 NEW YORK -- Long before he became famous for such tunes as "Blowin' in the Wind," Bob Dylan's social consciousness and artistry were evident in a poem he penned about a little dog who met a tragic end. Dylan was just 16 -- and still going by his given name Bob Zimmerman -- when he wrote "Little Buddy" in the summer of 1957 for the newspaper at Herzl Camp in Webster, Wis. Now the poem is being offered for sale at a Christie's auction, where it is expected to sell for $10,000 to $15,000 on June 23. Fellow camper and editor of the Herzl Herald, Lisa Heilicher, has decided to sell the poem to help support the camp's $8 million capital campaign. "I kept it with all of my stuff that I collected from camp," Heilicher said in a telephone interview from her home in Minneapolis. "When I realized how famous he had become, I put it in a piece of plastic and stuck it in an encyclopedia" -- under the letter 'Z' for Zimmerman. Written on both sides of a single page, the poem tells the poignant story of Little Buddy, who is killed at the hands of a drunkard, and the boy who mourns him. "He was such a lovely doggy/ And to me he was such fun/ But today as we played by the way/ A drunken man got mad at him/ Because he barked in joy/ He beat him and he's dying here today," the poem reads. "It's a very early example of his brilliance," Simeon Lipman, Christie's pop culture specialist, said. "It comes from the mind of a teenager (with) some very interesting thoughts kind of percolating in his brain." Besides the summer they spent at the 120-acre camp, Heilicher and Dylan both attended the University of Minnesota as freshmen. But after that, they lost touch. So when Heilicher decided to sell the poem, Herzl Camp asked Dylan's nieces and nephews who work for the camp to tell him about her decision. Dylan, who turns 68 on Sunday, told camp officials, "Do what you want with it," said Holly Guncheon, Herzl's development director. Several other pieces of Dylan writing are being offered at the pop culture sale, including his working lyrics for "With God on Our Side," estimated to bring $20,000 to $25,000. Dylan's 1958 yearbook from Hibbing (Minn.) high school is expected to bring $6,000 to $8,000, and contains a typical high school inscription to a classmate. It says in part: "Dear Brenda, Well, I didn't see you too much this year but you know what went on in study hall was just kidding ..." Lipman said there is very little Bob Dylan ephemera available from the years before the singer-songwriter came to New York in the 1960s. In 2005, a collection of poems written by Dylan as a college student sold for $78,000 at Christie's. Of that summer in 1957, Heilicher recalled Dylan "banging on the piano instead of going to the (camp) sessions." He pays tribute to those days on his 2008 CD "Tell Tale Signs," which features a photograph of the 16-year-old Dylan holding a guitar surrounded by other campers. "He was different," she said. "He was way before his time." FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Associated Press firstname.lastname@example.com @thr AP firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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The Aeneid
The greatness of The Aenied lies in its ability to envelope the listener in an aura of spiritual longing, an effect that hitherto had never been accomplished in ancient literature. This was one of the reasons why The Aeneid remained so popular throughout the Middle Ages. Early Christians were greatly impressed by the pious, noble quality of the hero Aeneas, and to them Virgil was an accessible bridge between the pagan world and their own. And his work remained the model for epic poetry right through the Renaissance and beyond. Dante, Shakespeare, and Milton owe a debt of gratitude to Virgil and The Aeneid which can never be repaid.
The Aeneid is organized into 12 books. This recording includes a brief synopsis of the story prior to the beginning of each book in order to help the listener understand the action of the verse.
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- James
- 06/01/2005
An epic in every sense of the word
Now I know why you are supposed to like this poem. It really does have a strong aura of spirituality about it. I thought the entire production was beautifully done. There is a nice introduction about Virgil and The Aeneid to get you oriented. Then, at the beginning of each section there is a short synopsis of the action to give you a heads up on what is coming. I never got lost or bewildered by the story. This is a breathtaking performance on the part of the reader, too. If you like The Iliad or The Odessey, you're going to love this one. I recommend it without hesitation.
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- Scizen
- 31/05/2005
Extraordinary Great Book, Superb Narrator
Wow! I love old great books and the Aeneid is a cornerstone of literature. Griffen is stupendous in his inflection and cadence. If you like this kind of literature, get this version. There is another version of the Aeneid narrated by another that is not nearly as well intoned. It is clear, but not as enjoyable.
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- Jefferson
- 11/05/2010
An Excellent Audio Epic!
"Of arms I sing and the hero, destiny's exile," begins Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid, which I just finished enjoying in the Audio Connoisseur version. Though I am no expert, the 1961 verse translation, by Patric Dickinson, feels natural, clear, and pleasurable. The forty-something-minute introduction is illuminating about the strong points as well as the limitations of Virgil's epic. The Aeneid is not The Iliad (but then what is?), for Virgil has almost no sense of humor and too great a belief in Augustan Rome as the acme of world empires. But he also has a rich, noble, and dramatic imagination.
And Charlton Griffin does as wonderful job here as he does reading The Iliad, varying his pitch and pace to evoke the different emotions and moods of Virgil's many characters and scenes, bringing the poem to life with conviction. Among the highlights are Aeneas recounting the fall of and escape from Troy, Dido despairing, Aeneas finding the ghost of an assassinated Trojan in a mound pierced by spears that have grown into myrtle shoots, Aeneas visiting the underworld, the Trojans trapping the Latin hero Turnus inside their fortifications only to discover they have bitten off more than they can chew, baby Camilla's father tying her to a spear and throwing it over a river, and Turnus asking a last boon of Aeneas. Such scenes are beautiful, terrible, exciting, moving, fantastic, and heroic.
The production is fine, with good sound quality and ancient Mediterranean-type music introducing and concluding the books. But if you wish to hear the story freshly, you should fast forward past the suspense-killing and superfluous five-minute summaries that introduce each book.
I recommend this audio book because it is an influential and good story well read that reveals a lot about how ancient Rome saw itself and its origins and about the weakness and heroism in human nature.
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- Saye
- 20/03/2006
As a professor of literature, I usually eschew audio versions of books for the printed text. However, I have to confess that I found this version and reading to be absolutely captivating. Many nuances in the text are evoked, and a vividness in the tale persists long after the audio is over. Highly recommended!
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- panomanic
- 12/09/2005
An incredible experience not to be missed
I am nearing the end of The Aeneid, and I cannot say enough about the richness of experience this audio book has brought into my life. And believe me, I am hard to please :-) Virgil himself is unquestionably a master of myth, history, human nature and poetry with few peers in the history of humanity. The translator seems to have done a very credible job at transforming a vibrant work into modern and compelling English. And Charlton Griffin has done an absolutely unbelievable job of bringing this work to life. His ability to make the words of gods or men seem terrifying, heroic, pathetic or amusing as the case may be, should not be missed. I shall never forget his interpretation of the gods in their arguments and precious sarcasms, the hissing intensity of oracles, the forthright heroic speeches of Aeneas, and many others.
Thanks to all involved in this production, it is a masterpiece.
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- Craig
- 18/04/2013
Excellent narration added to the experience.
This was VERY well acted, narrated which added immensely to my understanding. I found myself looking forward to a flight so I could listen to a few hours uninterrupted.
Glad I first listened to The Teaching Company "Aeneid" course by Elizabeth Vandiver, else I wouldn't have followed the action. Suspect I would have been lost without that preparation.
Very high body count in books 7-12. I'm still stunned at the variety of ways to describe splattered brains.
Expected this would be a chore, but thoroughly enjoyed it.
Highly recommended.
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- Jonathan
- 28/02/2005
enchanting and addicting
I'm listening to it for the second/third time now, reading along with traditional verse and doing google searches on the names i don't know. What a fabulous story. I totally give this a thumbs up!
Tolkein took a lot from the Aeneid. Listen for Camilla and think about Eowyn and many more examples.
The story of the Trojan Horse is here, not in the Illiad. This is a GREAT work.
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- Benedict
- 02/06/2006
A masterpiece indeed
I have now listened to the Aeneid for a second time and only recently realized the captivating poetry and power of this masterpiece.
Virgil writes line by line that paints a vivid picture of his story.
This story honored Rome and Romans of his day and I wonder if we have a Virgil for our day.
The reader Charlton Griffin is simply wonderful and makes the book "go".
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- Jason P
- 12/07/2015
A great translation, a great narrator, and a great
What did you love best about The Aeneid?
I will listen to The Aeneid again. The narrator, Charlton Griffin, does an excellent job bringing this work to life. This translation is enjoyable. It occasionally uses little spoken or very old terminology but context clues will make its meaning clear. I found it very enjoyable that occasionally this translation used meter or rhyme to conger the feeling of the original latten. Before the book begins there is an outstanding introduction. It discusses the author, the time period, the culture, the impact to literature and ends with a chapter by chapter synopsis of the events of the book. Because of this I highly recommend this version of this book on Audible. I actually bought the Simon Callow narrated version first, stopped listening to it and immediately bought this Charlton Griffin narrated version.
The original Roman author, Virgil, tries to continue from the ancient Greek author Homer's work in the Iliad, but also uses the story to give the Roman State a common mythological origin story.
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- Chris
- 26/06/2017
As epic as the Greeks with a noble touch.
The Aeneid takes the essence of the epic greek poems and enhances it with as much sword and spear as a sense of nobility that sways elegantly through its iambic pentameter.
Moreover, the remarkable Mr. Charlton Griffin and the whole production make of this legacy a true example of mastery.
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Send a command to the host.
More exactly, sends a string to the host, and reads in all received data until is sees the prompt or other matched sequence.
If a block is given, the received data will be yielded to it as it is read in. Whether a block is given or not, the received data will be return as a string. Note that the received data includes the prompt and in most cases the host's echo of our command.
options is either a String, specified the string or command to send to the host; or it is a hash of options. If a hash, the following options can be specified:
the command or other string to send to the host.
a regular expression, the sequence to look for in the received data before returning. If not specified, the Prompt option value specified when this instance was created will be used, or, failing that, the default prompt of /[$%#>] z/n.
the seconds to wait for data from the host before raising a Timeout error. If not specified, the Timeout option value specified when this instance was created will be used, or, failing that, the default value of 10 seconds.
The command or other string will have the newline sequence appended to it.
# File lib/net/telnet.rb, line 678 def cmd(options) # :yield: recvdata match = @options["Prompt"] time_out = @options["Timeout"] if options.kind_of?(Hash) string = options["String"] match = options["Match"] if options.has_key?("Match") time_out = options["Timeout"] if options.has_key?("Timeout") else string = options end self.puts(string) if block_given? waitfor({"Prompt" => match, "Timeout" => time_out}){|c| yield c } else waitfor({"Prompt" => match, "Timeout" => time_out}) end end


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I returned recently from several weeks in Cuba spent at a fascinating time. The Cuban government is in the middle of a gradual series of economic reforms that amount to an overhaul of the inefficient, troubled Cuban economy. The current centrally managed system is becoming one that allows for more freedom of entrepreneurship and private enterprise. I had the privilege of meeting a number of the new entrepreneurs of Cuba – those that have opened bed and breakfast-like operations in a spare bedroom, transformed living rooms into a two-chair hair salon or barbershop, or turned their homes into cafes, bars and restaurants. I also met some of the economists who are at the helm directing the current step-by-step reforms.
In a country where personal freedoms have often been limited – and in many cases continue to be – the moves to expand personal economic freedoms are historic. They are promising. They challenge long-standing status quos, and they point to a future for Cuba that is more open-minded and flexible as a younger generation (finally) takes the reins. I watched a number of American onlookers and visitors puzzle that Washington did not seem to recognize what was happening: freedoms are expanding in Cuba and opinions are changing with generational shifts in Miami – why hasn't U.S. policy followed suit?
In the course of a discussion with one Cuban economist who was a 40 year veteran of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, he shared an old African proverb: whether the elephant makes love or makes war, the grass always gets trampled. His point was somewhat counter to the lament that many share about the detrimental effect of the U.S. embargo on the island economy, suggesting instead that whatever U.S. policy does, Cubans will – as they always have – resolver.
The word resolvemos evokes something like we'll figure it out, and it is used liberally in Cuba to refer to the ability to invent, get by, and overcome challenges as they arise. During the "Special Period" following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the word became commonplace in Cuban households. It maintains its place today as a staple in the language.
My husband and I spent a few nights of our trip at the home of a young couple in Viñales. On day two, we returned from our explorations to a bathroom teeming with ants. Hundreds were pouring in through a crack beneath the windowsill, and there was nothing I could see attracting them, no clear way to try solving this on my own. I dreaded breaking the news to our hosts.
It was the weekend, so the young man of the house was not far away. When I found him, I started guiltily with: "Tenemos un problema." We have a problem. I explained the issue, then led him to the bathroom and showed him the scene.
I looked back at his face, expecting to see him upset, perhaps angry with us, and at the very least, worried about an overwhelming ant infestation. He was still smiling. Lo resuelvo, he assured me. And don't worry; it's not your fault, he added. I sighed with relief. So this has happened before? I asked. No, he responded brightly. Never.
Resolvemos. We'll figure it out.
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SAN JOSE— Police arrested a naked man wielding a large Samurai sword after a three-hour New Year's Day standoff in San Jose.
The Mercury News reports (http://bit.ly/S3quzZ ) police received a call about a man with an assault rifle in front of a residence near south San Jose. The man drove away and when officers stopped his car he jumped out of his car naked, brandishing the sword.
During the standoff the suspect shouted several times, "You're going to have to kill me."
The newspaper says officers used a flash-bang device to distract the man, and then rushed him.
Police identified the suspect as 29-year-old Coco Bennett.
Officers recovered a rifle from his vehicle.


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Gibbons ejected from game after reversed call
Blue Jays manager thrown out for second straight contest
NEW YORK -- A controversial call during the seventh inning of Thursday night's game between the Yankees and Blue Jays led to a rare reversed decision by the umpiring crew.
New York designated hitter Ben Francisco attempted to bunt for a base hit and was originally ruled out on a close call at first, but a few seconds later, the umpires converged and changed their decision.
The umpiring crew felt that Blue Jays first baseman Edwin Encarnacion didn't make a clean pick on a throw in the dirt and changed the call to safe, which ultimately led to Toronto manager John Gibbons being ejected for the second time in as many games.
"We saw the ball on the ground, where the ground was assisting the ball staying in the glove while the runner went over the base, and it was after the fact that he pulled it up," said crew chief Jeff Kellogg, who was the second-base umpire.
"You've got to have secure possession in the glove or the hand. That ball is resting on the ground with the glove wrapped around the top of the ball."
The play started with Francisco attempting to take advantage of where Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was positioned on the field. Lawrie was playing deep, which prompted Francisco to lay down the bunt and attempt to beat it out.
The throw was low, and Encarnacion made an attempt to pick it out of the dirt but instead appeared to snowcone the ball. Francisco arrived almost at the exact same time as the throw, and first-base umpire Chad Fairchild immediately called him out.
Shortly after, Kellogg appeared to motion for the umpires to gather at the center of the diamond. Within a couple of minutes, the call was changed, and Francisco was awarded first base.
Gibbons disagreed that Encarnacion trapped the ball but appeared to be most angry over the fact that the umpires consulted with one another despite not being asked to do so by Yankees manager Joe Girardi.
"My big concern was that there was no appeal by the other side," Gibbons said. "I thought the rules say, you know, if there's an appeal by the other side, the umpire making the call can check. That's my interpretation of the rule."
Whether the correct call ultimately was made is up for debate, but Gibbons appears to have a point. According to the official Major League rules, the decision for the umpires to meet must be made by an appeal from the opposing team or by the person who originally made the call.
Rule 9.02 c: "If a decision is appealed, the umpire making the decision may ask another umpire for information before making a final decision. No umpire shall criticize, seek to reverse or interfere with another umpire's decision unless asked to do so by the umpire making it."
Kellogg didn't comment directly on that rule but said that Gibbons' biggest issue was whether the umpires were allowed to meet in the first place; Kellogg didn't seem overly concerned about that.
"Because they didn't argue it, [Gibbons] didn't think we should have gotten together about it," Kellogg said. "Our thought process is [that] we're going to try to get the plays right. That was it."
After angrily making his case and throwing his hat to the ground, Gibbons was tossed. The argument continued for several minutes before he eventually left the field to a chorus of boos.
Although Gibbons was incensed after the play, he was extremely calm following the game. He noted that the call didn't lead to any runs, and added that it's a solid umpiring crew and that he simply disagreed with the whole premise of their meeting.
"I know there's times where you get together and talk about calls," Gibbons said. "I just didn't think that somebody that wasn't involved in making the call would do that unless there was an appeal. Then you get together."


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