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The Peace Corps has been a calling for generations of CU-Boulder students and alumni as they've planned for and implemented civic engagement and global citizenry through volunteer service.
Meg Ross has already done a lot in her academic and professional careers. She's an ambitious go-with-the-flow type, she says -- a good fit for adventurous journeys. She's one of the first to pursue the newly offered Master's International program at CU-Boulder, allowing students to incorporate Peace Corps service as credit toward graduate studies.
Nick Canfield shows his Micronesian community favorite traditions from his own culture and takes in theirs, with music being one of the greatest common connections. Before long, through dedication to service, he'll no longer be the "white man," but rather "Nick," he says.
After graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2010, Natalie Ziemba joined the Peace Corps and served in a rural village in Samoa, an island in the South Pacific Ocean. The two-year experience was equal parts challenging and rewarding while she taught English and reading to enthusiastic 4th through 8th graders.
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CU-Boulder is ranked No. 5 in the nation – up one spot from last year – for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 53 alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced Feb. 18.
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CU-Boulder ranks No. 5 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers - February 18, 2016
CU-Boulder ranks No. 6 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers - February 17, 2015
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CU-Boulder ranked No. 1 for Peace Corps volunteers for second straight year - January 25, 2012
Peace Corps director to visit CU-Boulder Jan. 25 - January 24, 2012
CU-Boulder ranks No. 1 nationally for Peace Corps volunteers - February 01, 2011
CU-Boulder Ranks No. 2 Nationally for Peace Corps Volunteers - February 04, 2010
CU-Boulder Rises to No. 2 on Peace Corps' Annual Top Colleges List - January 12, 2009


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I'm reading a book which states that:
for each generator of a global symmetry transformation, there is a current $j^{\mu}_{a}$ which, when evaluated on a classical solution of the equations of motion $\phi_{cl}$, is conserved. I.e. $\partial_{\mu}j^{\mu}_{a}\vert_{\phi=\phi_{cl}} =0 $
I get the general principle, but I'm uncertain about the bit I have made italics. Can anyone shed some light on this?

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Cancelling Lufthansa flight bookings
If your travel plans have changed and you want to cancel your booking and get your ticket refunded, an online refund function is available for this purpose. This enables you to cancel flight bookings* quickly and easily up to 24 hours before the start of your journey.
This is how it works:
- Clicking on 'My Bookings' takes you directly from the Lufthansa homepage to the login page of your booking summary.
- Enter your last name and the booking code to retrieve the cancellable booking. If you are already logged in, the refundable bookings will have a "Cancellation and Refund" button next to them in your booking overview.
- Click the "Cancellation and Refund" button next to the booking that you wish to cancel and confirm your choice on the following page.
- You will now automatically receive a confirmation e-mail, the booking will be cancelled and the amount to be refunded will be transferred or credited to your credit card.
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I love bread. All types. Choosing the right bread to go with your BBQ meats is an important part of the meal. I believe in the perfect ratio of meat to bun. I hate getting a sandwich that has 2 x or more bun to meat.
In lieu of plain old white hamburger buns (my go to bun of choice for pulled pork and shredded brisket) I have to tell you about two others I ? dearly.
I have a fondness (understatement) for Kings Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. They come in original, honey wheat and savory butter. They are seriously addictive with the perfect texture of yummy fluffiness and with a touch of sweetness that really compliments BBQ meats. In fact you could put anything on them and they would be good.
Available only in the US. (Pictured above my freezer stash)
Next up a product that has a chewier texture but a really satisfying flavor once again going well with all BBQ'es meats. Presidents Choice Mini Ciabatta pre-sliced burger buns. I like the fact they don't get as soggy as some other buns and I think they are terrific for parties if you are making platters of sammies up for a crowd. From sausages, burgers to pulled pork and even grilled veggies options these mini buns are just perfect. Available widely in Canada.


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Team Sandtastic out of Sarasota is taking on a big challenge in West Palm Beach.
They are creating a 35-foot Christmas tree made from 500 tons of sand.
Mark Mason has been making a living creating sand sculptures all over the world and when the city called and told them their idea, he knew it would be a challenge.
"I thought they were crazy, crazy in a good way," said Mason.
Six team members started the project on Saturday and they are hoping to be finished by Thursday.
The city is encouraging people to come out and watch the transformation.


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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Target is teaming up with the United Way for the 22nd consecutive year to bring families in need some holiday cheer.
Target stores across the country will donate more than $200,000 worth of holiday trees to the charitable organization, as part of the Target Share-a-Tree Program. The United Way and its volunteers will distribute the trees to families in need, shelters, community centers and childcare programs.
"United Way is proud of our longstanding partnership with Target on this special program that makes the holidays a little bit brighter for families," said United Way Worldwide president and CEO Brian Gallagher. "We appreciate Target's leadership in communities nationwide and hope Share-a-Tree inspires everyone to find unique ways to give back and lift someone else's spirit."
Target employees also got into the spirit of giving, and volunteered more than 475,000 hours in 2012 in communities across the country.
"The holiday season is about sharing with others, especially those in need," said president of Target Community Relations and Target Foundation Laysha Ward.


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23 May 2012 12:17 PM #51
I took the code, and tweaked it to support ST1. It doesn't seem that the implementation supports an 'id' field which is set independently (e.g., such as a server). Is that supported under ST2? If I try to set it up that way on ST1, the server id's do get written to sql properly, but the getInsertRecordFunc and getUpdateRecordFunc overwrite the id in memory to the rowid. So now there is no reference to the server id. But if I re-read the data from sql, it will set the id properly, since applyDataToModel calls 'new Model(data, rowid)', which will set the id to the server id and internalId to rowid.
UPDATE ON MY QUESTION ABOVE: I just came across the following thread post which answers the question - http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...l=1#post805349. Basically, the id field is "reserved" to store rowid, and a server record id should use a different name. It would certainly be nice if the proxy could be smart enough to allow developer use of id and use a different mechanism to track rowid.
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28 May 2012 10:38 PM #53
i want to say this is GREAT work, but i have encounter a problem, do you have any idea if this proxy can be use with list paging? i have tried , but none of them works, it always display all record or some record that come with "LIMIT X",
var p = store.getProxy(); p.queryDB(p.getDb(), 'SELECT * FROM master_site WHERE condition = \'' +my_condition + '\' ;',querySuccess); store.load();
{ xtype: 'list', id: 'siteList', ui: 'round', store: store, plugins: [ { xclass: 'Ext.plugin.ListPaging', autoPaging: true } ] }
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sqliteproxy for SQLIte database
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@mobileDev1600 , ST2 has its own proxy for SQLite databases, check the docs and here http://vadimpopa.com/sencha-touch-2-...xy-for-sqlite/Github https://github.com/vadimpopa
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Last Modified: July 24, 2013
Skin cancer is the number one cancer diagnosis in the United States - more common than all breast, prostate, and lung cancers combined. The majority of cases are caused by sun damage to skin cells, and therefore are largely preventable. Every year in July we recognize UV Safety month to remind people of the importance of sun safety. These facts will give you a better understanding of the disease.


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While it was tricky travel on the roads Friday, those who chose to walk didn't fair much better.
Every surface in Downtown Bowling Green was covered with a thick layer of ice.
Outside the old Warren County Courthouse workers tried their best to salt and scrap away the build up.
Those who had errands downtown learned quickly that it wasn't very easy to get around.
"I was trying to keep her from falling. I mean she was having a hard time so I thought I would help her out a little bit there. I woke up and looked outside and I said, 'Man look at my car. It's all covered with ice.' I had to go out and put some de-icer on it," says Doug Nichols.
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I unplugged my Time Capsule today to tidy up the wires. After plugging back in it refuses to start.
- Have tried resetting by sticking pencil in the back
- Tried leaving, it's been stuck in Amber for 3 hours now
I believe it's third generation, that's about it.
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Date: Sunday, February 23, 2014 Time: 4:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
Location: Kellogg Center Stacks (2nd floor)
A true Albion College tradition, the annual Taste of Blackness is sure to be a celebration. Join our students for an evening of African and African-American culture through food, music, dance, and art. This Year's Theme is Motown/ "Our past is our present"
Tickets will go on sell in the Kellogg Center during the week of 17th-21st. Tickets are $3 in advance & $4 at the door.


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The 6 Creepiest Things Discovered by New Homeowners
#3. Walls That Ooze
Walls that ooze blood has to be one of the top three signs of household demonic possession. If your walls start oozing slime, that's not much better -- you're clearly in a Ghostbusters ectoplasm situation. Really, under non-ghost circumstances, your walls shouldn't be oozing anything.
But when Debbie Hill moved into her Colorado home, on a hot summer day something brown and sticky started running from her walls.
A vicious haunting has never tasted so sweet.
Wait, What?
At first she was unsure what the mysterious, sticky liquid was. But then, after deciding to take the leap and give it a taste (finally putting a face to the formerly ambiguous category of people we have to thank for knowing which mushrooms are safe to eat) she found out it was ... honey.
Not to be outdone, this intrepid reporter had a taste, too.
There was some foreshadowing for this situation. Before buying the home, she had heard about how the previous owners had to exterminate a massive beehive that had been found in the walls. Hill wisely called Gregg McMahon (apparently Denver's Bee Guru), who swooped in with the full explanation:
"Bees' wings in summer act as fans, which keep the hive and its honey cool in warm weather. With this string of 90-degree-plus weather and no bees to keep the honey cool it begins to, in effect, pour as if at a Saturday morning pancake breakfast."
It tastes of insulating foam and decay, if you're wondering.
So, Debbie Hill's new life in her new home had become a Saturday morning pancake breakfast, upon which a golden shower of honey was being drizzled. Which is one of those things that would be awesome in a cartoon, but in real life mice and ants love Saturday morning pancake breakfasts, so her home was on the verge of being a massive hunk of bait for an apocalyptic swarm of vermin.
It's the sort of thing that's not easy to fix, either; it involves the massive cost of nothing less than tearing out the freaking walls and rebuilding. A cost that the local news outlet at least tried to help out with by putting out a collection for Hill.
If you choose to watch that news report, beeware of an avalanche of puns.
#2. An Old But Live Artillery Shell
The thing about finding slime or corpses or snakes in your home is that, while weird, none of those things are going to kill you. As far as "terrifying things to find in your home" goes, really they're all better than finding, say, a bomb.
So you can imagine what it would be like to be sweeping through your new home, only to go into the basement and find something green, heavy and distinctly bomb-shaped.
It's a conversation piece. The conversations tend to be quite short and question the existence of a loving God.
Wait, What?
Linda DeForest of Goshen, Indiana, is the one who found a foot-long piece of hot ordnance that she at first informed her husband was a torpedo.
Upon going downstairs to inspect what he probably thought was just another stereotypical case of the missus getting all worked up for nothing, he found out that she was totally right, and then proceeded to dutifully fulfill his bungling husband stereotype by picking it up and toying with it a little, reporting: "I knew it was official because it was so heavy."
"Also when I threw it to the wife she screamed, so I guess it must be dangerous."
The DeForests consulted family friend and army veteran Joshua Blankenship, who kindly explained that it was either a round for a mortar or a lightweight anti-tank weapon and, more importantly, that it showed no signs of ever having been disassembled and disarmed. Finally, and most helpfully, he advised them to put the fucking thing down and not touch it.
Or to save it for July 4th.
And so that's what the DeForests finally did, allowing an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit to come in and take it away, after evacuating the family to a neighbor's house down the street. In the end the DeForests chalked the incident up to a previous resident who must have been an avid war memorabilia collector, who on moving day presumably said, "Damn, I'm not packing up that one! That shit could explode at any moment! Better just leave it so the next owners can start their own collection."
#1. The Mummified Body of the Previous Owner
OK, so earlier we pointed out how horrifying it would to be to find out your house was built on top of a bunch of centuries-old corpses. What could possibly be worse than that?
How about walking into your new home and finding a mummified corpse staring at you?
Man, and all that the previous owners left us was the mummified remains of a cheese sandwich.
Wait, What?
Imagine you're Jorge Giro. You buy your new house in the seaside town of Roses, Spain. And what a deal you got on it, too. It was a foreclosure, after the previous owner mysteriously disappeared years ago.
So you twist the key and cross the threshold of your new home. As you step into the living room to admire the view of the Mediterranean, you realize that someone is already there: the dried-up corpse of the previous owner.
"Thanks for the help moving. I bought you all jerky."
Yeah, when we said "mysteriously disappeared" it turns out that means "passed away peacefully and nobody bothered to check in on her." You'd think the bank in Barcelona would have done a basic walk-through after they seized the house for failure to make mortgage payments. Or, you'd think someone from the real estate office would have taken a look around the place before they resold the house at auction. But you'd think wrong. Because basic procedures such as that would have fallen out of line with the greater cosmic scheme ... to terrify the shit out of Jorge Giro.
"Got you! Hahahaha -- oh. My jaw's fallen off."
No one knows how long the corpse sat there, but the mortgage payments had stopped six years prior. Then, the home's proximity to the coast and salty sea air contributed to the natural mummification of the former owner's body. So it was there for years, untouched, just waiting for the unfortunate new owner to stumble upon it. Enjoy your mummy curse, Mr. Giro!
Jason Edward Harrington is a writer based in Chicago. For more, follow him on Twitter or check out his blog.
For more on disturbing homes, check out 6 Real People Who Turned Their Homes Into Death Traps. Or check out the coolest house ever.
And be sure to check out Cracked's Page of Horror for hilariously horrifying articles like 6 Signs You're About to be Attacked by Zombies and Dealing With The Guy Who's Clearly Hiding a Zombie Bite.


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The Nemaha County ballot Tuesday includes three contested seats for the Auburn City Council and a contested race for mayor of Peru.
Also on the ballot is a decision on whether to dissolve the weed district board.
For Auburn's second ward, incumbent Frank Critser is challenged by Rick Janssen.
Janssen, a chairman of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce, and Critser both say they expect to listen to both sides of city issues.
Candidates for an open seat in the third ward are Chris Erickson and Jeffrey J. Jeanneret.
Erickson had previously served on the first ward, but resigned when he moved to the third ward.
Both he and Jeanneret said city spending must be controlled after the recent upgrade to the water and wastewater treatment plants.
For the open seat in the first ward candidates are Thomas D. Clark and Dennis Goering.
Candidates to fill the post of Peru Mayor Leslie Ryan are Brian Maher and Jay Moran.
Mayor Ryan nominated Moran to fill a position on the council in 2010.
During the campaign this year, Moran said the Peru water plant is the top issue for the mayor.
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We Tried It: Deborah Lippmann Punk Rock Collection
This textured polish made a splash during Fashion Week. Does it make the runway-to-everyday transition?
Related:Yep, You'll Be Wearing This Punk Polish Soon
This may look like your average nail polish in the bottle, but when dried, the polish turns textured -- a gritty texture ... gritty like cement. Sounds exactly like what you want on your nails, right? I was apprehensive, too, but the polishes dry ridiculously fast -- an instant, edgy look with zero effort. And the texture adds dimension and personality to a manicure without turning into a nail art sideshow.
I tried "I Fought the Law," a rich navy, and "Pretty Vacant," a ghostly grey. The third color in the collection, "I Wanna Be Sedated," is ... chartreuse. I'm not gonna lie -- I'd have to be sedated to wear that shade out in public. There were collective groans of "ewwww" around the office when we saw the color in the flesh.
But mark my words: this quirky polish is dead-on for Fall 2013's punk revival. It worked on runway models during Fashion Week, and it'll work on trendsetters, but this is not a polish you'll be wearing to board meetings or PTA gatherings. The new Lippmann collection sells for $19/bottle, which is steep, but categorically, "affordable luxury." It's available online and in select stores, including Barney's and Nordstrom's.
MakeupWe Tried It: The New All-in-One Eyeliner/Mascara Combo Product
MakeupWe Tried It: A Bronzer That Actually Works on Every Skin Tone
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How can I approach this task:
I need to design diffraction-limited lens for monochromatic light (~1nm line width, so I guess no need to correct chromatic aberrations), geometry aberrations are also irrelevant BUT maximal lpmm required over as wide as possible area (i.e. coma need to be corrected for example) and NA should be at least 0.3-0.5.
How should I approach this task? Is Zemax is state of art software for that kind of tasks? What kinds of lens designs should I start to look at?
Manufacturing is not a problem (provided that there are no aspherical elements).


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Interior Designer & Lifestyle blogger
This is a platform where I share/focus on unique interiors, cuisine, entertainment and general lifestyle antics that appeal to me.
I graduated at BHC school of design with an HND in Interior Design and went on to complete my Btech in Interior Design at the Cape Peninsula university of Technology. I have since gained experience in furniture design, hospitality design/service and creative direction and management.


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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.
This verse is often used as a basis for cessationism, which argues that completeness came at the end of the apostolic age. Is this what Paul was intending?
This passage appears in a discussion on the nature of love, what is the meaning of completeness given the context of this discussion?
What are some meanings given the original Greek word?


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I have a basic WordPress site set up with the Suffusion theme and the WooCommerce plugin. This is working well for the most part, however when I have folks click / hover over the "Shop" menu icon I would like this to dynamically drop down with the product categories I have defined.
How do I make this happen? I'm sure there is documentation on this subject but I'm not sure what to look for. I'm primarily a systems administrator.


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My name is Collin and I'm a senior acting major here at UArts. I have been acting since I was about nine years old and I love pursuing an education in something I'm really passionate about. Philadelphia is an amazing city and working for UArts has really given me a personal connection with this city and the university.


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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 9, 1985 file photo, first lady Nancy Reagan kisses actor Larry Hagman, playing Santa Claus, at a showing of the holiday decorations at the White House in Washington. Actor Larry Hagman, who for more than a decade played villainous patriarch JR Ewing in the TV soap Dallas, has died at the age of 81, his family said Saturday Nov. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)


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Screwed! LP: How Foreign Countries Are Ripping America Off and Plundering Our Economy--and How Our Leaders Help Them Do It (Large Print / Paperback, Large Print)
The bestselling authors return with a blistering exposÉ of how America is being ripped off by friends and enemies alikewith the help of our own ruling elites.
Our jobs go to China. Foreign aid goes to our enemies. Pakistan uses our money to fund terrorists who attack us. Saudi Arabia, which our soldiers have defended with their lives, funds 90% of the world's Islamic fundament-talism. The UN is awash in corruption; its bureaucrats steal the money we give it with total impunity. Fifteen hundred brave American soldiers have died defending the regime in Afghanistanrated the second-most corrupt in the world! Meanwhile, European bankers and bureaucrats are taking over our economy and preempting our sovereignty.
How do they get away with it? By hiring our own political leaders, as soon as they leave office, to lobby for them to rip us off.
In Screwed!, bestselling authors Dick Morris and Eileen McGann lay bare the unvarnished facts as never before and suggest real, immediate, and specific steps to stop those who undermine our interests and take away our jobs.
About the Author
Dick Morris served as Bill Clinton's political consultant for twenty years. A regular political commentator on Fox News, he is the author of ten New York Times bestsellers (all with Eileen McGann) and one Washington Post bestseller.
Eileen McGann is an attorney who, with her husband, Dick, writes columns for the New York Post and for their website, dickmorris.com. She has written extensively about the abuses of Congress and the need for reform.


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One of the goals of Tastebridge is to promote food and beverage hacking in the wider community. We believe that sharing "the fruit of our efford" is the way to go. Because of this philosophy we have been for example participating in Underground Markets in Oakland and San Francisco, promoting our brewing products inviting people to join us at our classes. We have been also doing the food and beverage support of 5 min of fame, monthly event at Noisebridge. We are always looking forward for new experiences so if you know about something fun or you would like to participate, please let us know!
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FORT HOOD (March 6, 2013)--The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in an attempted child abduction in February at Fort Hood.
Authorities released a sketch of the man they're seeking who's black, in his late 40s or early 50s, about 5-foot-10 with an average build and possibly a tattoo on the right side of his head.
The man was driving a newer model four-door sedan that may have been a Mercedes-Benz.
The attempted abduction occurred on Feb. 15 in the Kouma Village/Liberty Village area on post, but further details weren't released.
Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the Fort Hood CID office at (254) 287-2722 or (254) 715-6996 or Fort Hood military police at (254) 287-4001.
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NCSF Statement on Professional Dominatrices in New York
February 11, 2009
NCSF has been contacted by over a dozen concerned members of the BDSM community in New York about the arrests of dozens of professional Dominatrices in Manhattan that started in early 2008.
The pro-Domme community in New York City, which has been a vibrant part of the BDSM community for decades, has been ravaged by these prosecutions for prostitution and for promoting prostitution, resulting in the closure of a number of pro-Domme houses.
NCSF contacted the Manhattan DA's office in order to clarify what sort of "for-pay" BDSM activities are considered legal in New York State. On February 5th, Susan Wright, along with outside counsel, met with ADA Leroy Frazer and Lisa Friel, head of the Sex Crimes Unit, to get their legal opinion.
Pro-Dommes have traditionally considered their BDSM-for-pay to be legal. One case decided by a local misdemeanor court, People v. Georgia A., 163 Misc.2d 634 (Crim. Ct. Kings Co. 1994), supports this position, holding that "sado-masochistic acts such as domination, foot licking, spanking and submission" are not "sexual conduct" prohibited by the prostitution statute. However, that decision is not binding even on other misdemeanor courts, and Ms. Friel described it as "not worth the paper it was written on." Also, as stated in Georgia A.: "The term sexual conduct is not defined in the statute but has since been described in various cases. That conduct includes acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact of the person's clothed or unclothed genitals, buttocks or a woman's breast. ( People v Block, 71 Misc 2d 714 [1972].)"
According to ADA Frazer, their office does not make prosecution of pro-Dommes a priority. However, according to their interpretation of the law, any form of "payment in exchange for touching in an intimate place either over clothing or nude" would constitute prostitution. This includes any touching of the genitals, anus, and breasts.
Under Georgia A, certain BDSM activities such as humiliation, role-play, foot worship, D/s, service activities, and bondage were found to be exempt from the prostitution statute, as long as no other sexual activities were involved. Ms. Friel opined Georgia A is based on a misunderstanding of the scope of the prostitution statute and that "sexual conduct" should be defined as what is arousing to the participants, not what is arousing to the outside "vanilla" observer.
Therefore, activities such as flogging, CBT or genitoture, spanking, body worship and nipple torture, in addition to more overtly sexual activities, would fall within the Manhattan DA's understanding of prostitution when they are done for pay and either party is aroused by them.
NCSF opposes the prosecution of pro-dominants under prostitution laws. Consenting adults engaging in safe, sane, consensual SM, fetishes, and cross-dressing services do not pose legitimate health or safety issues for local communities. What these adults agree to do in private is no one else's business.
For Immediate Release:
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Prop 8 protests heard around the country
November 16, 2008 - This week, members of the BDSM-leather-fetish, swing and polyamory communities joined protests in cities all over California against the recent passage of Proposition 8 which outlaws same-sex marriage. In addition, dozens of NCSF board members, staff, volunteers and Coalition Partner representatives attended protests staged nationwide on November 15th by Join the Impact.
NCSF urges community members to go to http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com to submit your photos and stories about the demonstrations.
"NCSF has close ties and relationships with LGBT organizations and has always supported equal rights for everyone," says Susan Wright, spokesperson for NCSF. "We support gay marriage not only on behalf of our own LGBT members in our communities, but also because marriage is a fundamental right that shouldn't be denied to anyone. These protests are an important way to show the world that we stand up for those rights."
NCSF supports the freedom of consenting adults to discover and to practice the intimate relationship structure that best meets their emotional and human needs. We champion the basic human right to do so free of governmental, societal or institutional coercion or favoritism.
A joint Project of NCSF and ITCR: The Foundation of NCSF
September 2007 to August 2008
The NCSF Media Committee reviews, edits, and refines the documents that NCSF distributes. The media committee is chaired by Susan Wright, spokesperson for NCSF, and consists of Levi Halberstadt, Keith Richie, Lisa Vandever, Lolita Wolf, and Howie Z.
In 2003, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) once again took the lead in defending the rights of individuals and groups in the SM-leather-fetish, swing and polyamory communities. NCSF's coalition of 38 educational and social groups is committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression.
Leigha Fleming directs NCSF's Incident Response team. In total during 2003, NCSF responded to more than 500 cases, with more than 1,300 contacts between NCSF and individuals, groups, attorneys, prosecutors, and businesses that requested assistance. Some incidents required only one or two phone calls, but many evolved into much larger projects such as the attacks by religious political groups against SM conferences.
In 42% of the incidents, NCSF assisted individuals. The largest category of incidents involved parents who were engaged in child custody and divorce cases. Parents continue to experience difficulties gaining child custody due to their interest in SM, swing or poly activities. NCSF worked with a number of attorneys representing parents accused of being unfit because of their alternative lifestyle interests. In many cases, because of information we were able to provide, the courts decided that alternative sexual expression alone was not cause to impugn a parent's ability to be a good parent.
We also helped families dealing with child protective services because of their alternative lifestyle interests.
NCSF saw a sharp rise in the number of requests for help from individuals experiencing employment discrimination because of their involvement in alternative lifestyles in 2003. Individuals also consulted with NCSF on a variety of other issues, including: the legality of obscene materials, guidelines for posting sexually frank information on websites, the law regarding private parties, criminal cases, dealing with law enforcement and dealing with personal media exposure.
In 2003, NCSF also opposed zoning and other local regulatory measures against those who practice some form of alternative sexual expression. NCSF assisted the swing communities in Illinois and North Carolina by working with them to fight back against punitive zoning restrictions. In addition, we extended our outreach to the polyamory community in 2003 by working with individuals impacted by discrimination against their relationship style.
Opposition to SM events based on religious concerns continued in 2003. The host hotel for My Vicious Valentine (February 14-16) received calls from Concerned Women for America at the end of January. The CWA attack against My Vicious Valentine fizzled out, in large part due to the extensive education about SM events that NCSF did for local authorities in 2002. Only one reporter called NCSF from the hotline number posted on MVV's website.
The Tribal Fire conference (April 4-6) in Oklahoma was again targeted by religious groups who took out ads in the local papers denouncing SM practices and threatening to picket the event. Tribal Fire's organizers met with the police detective and the hotel to ensure the event would go on as planned. However four Mennonites held a prayer vigil in the hotel lobby for 72 hours. NCSF staff members attended Tribal Fire and spoke out about the importance of standing up for our rights.
When Concerned Women for America attacked International Mr. Leather (May 30-June 1) they quoted the Illinois State Health Department as saying there is a higher rate of STDs in homosexual men. CWA proclaimed that IML was therefore a danger to employees and guests at the host hotel. Susan Wright contacted the Illinois State Health Department, and the AIDS/Infectious Diseases department declared they would speak to any media outlet to debunk the CWA's absurd claims. IML was held as planned.
The Black Rose conference (November 11-14) was forced to move from Ocean City, Maryland, back to their former host hotel in New Carrollton, Maryland when two churches in Ocean City led a grass-roots movement to prevent the event from taking place in their rural resort town. There was a great deal of initial confusion regarding Black Rose's media response, and as a result, there were many misrepresentations and prejudicial and inaccurate descriptions included in the articles in the Maryland Coast Dispatch and the Daily Times of Salisbury which inflamed the situation. NCSF attempted to mediate the situation by providing accurate and unbiased information on SM/leather/fetish to the local media.
Fetish in the Fall (November 20-23) scheduled to take place in Kenner, Louisiana (part of metropolitan New Orleans) was moved after it was attacked by the Kenner police chief. Police Chief Nick Congemi urged hotel managers to decline any request to hold the event in any Kenner hotel. In his letter and press release to the media, Chief Congemi stated that "allowing the event to take place would seriously jeopardize the family atmosphere for which Kenner is noted." Congemi had already announced his run for mayor of Kenner (election held in March, 2004). For many years prior to this, Congemi had allowed his police officers to work as off-duty security for the adult swing conference in Kenner, N'awlins in November, produced by the same company that produced Fetish in the Fall. NCSF was called in immediately and was able to generate positive media coverage of this incident.
NCSF also opposed zoning and other local regulatory measures against those who practice some form of alternative sexual expression. NCSF assisted the swing communities in North Carolina and Illinois by holding open-forum discussions about how to affect zoning regulations and current litigation against lifestyle clubs. NCSF also worked with the Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA) to lobby against the Washington DC's Alcoholic Beverage Control regulation 905, which has been used to prohibit SM play in local establishments with liquor licenses even when liquor isn't being sold or consumed. In response to an Action Alert created and distributed in conjunction with D.C. Sexual Minority Advocates (DCSMA), NCSF received over 130 cc'ed letters from community members stating they were concerned that this regulation will prevent SM community spaces from existing in Washington D.C.
The Labyrinth in Denver, a community SM space, was shut down by a restraining order because of zoning violations. The undercover investigation took many months. The Denver community organized an ad hoc group called COSMA (Colorado SM Advocates) to fight for their right to have an SM club. NCSF conducted multiple interviews with the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Lakewood Sentinel, Channel 7, ABC affiliate, and KHOW 630 AM radio during this incident.
NCSF gave 67 media interviews in 2003, with Susan Wright, Spokesperson, giving 49 interviews and Sue Gould, Swing Spokesperson, giving 18 interviews. Clubs and businesses regularly contact NCSF to receive media training for incidents or prior to holding an event.
NCSF began working with John Cloud, a reporter with Time Magazine in November 2003 on an article about the SM community, its history and practices. NCSF assisted in locating appropriate people in the SM community to be interviewed. Several SM conferences considered allowing the reporter into their event, but concerns over privacy prevented that. The positive article was published in January 2004.
In Indianapolis, a female professional dominant gave an interview with the local newspaper and Channel 6 News in May. This caused serious problems for her because she was located near a church-school and ran a home-based business (a D/s and role-play salon) with no business license or permits. The media and police received an anonymous tip about her illegal business operation. NCSF encouraged her to seek proper zoning, educated her about dealing with the media, and responded to media inquiries for her.
In March, NCSF was contacted by concerned community members about the Black Party's promo image, which showed a young man with a black eye and split lip. NCSF protested to the producers of the Black Party in NYC that this image doesn't portray SM but rather shows abuse. The NYC Anti-Violence Project, the National Coalition against Violence and other groups joined in this effort, writing to the producers protesting this image.
In one media incident, a nonprofit club in Muncie, Indiana, was threatened with closure along with a nearby strip bar until the media was educated about safe, sane and consensual SM. NCSF also gave media assistance to a swing club in Connecticut which was closed because of zoning issues.
Another media incident involved Nerve.com when they published a series of articles in June entitled "Letters from Leather Camp." The Nerve reporter infiltrated a private event, Leather Retreat. Leather Retreat didn't have a clause in their release form preventing reporters from writing for a commercial media outlet. Susan Wright negotiated with Michael Martin, Editor-in-Chief at Nerve.com, and sent out Nerve's statement and apology in NCSF's Media Update covering the articles. The comments section of Nerve.com was reinstated so SM community members could respond to the articles, and the articles themselves were purged of their most reprehensible comments.
Job discrimination continues to be a problem for individuals. NCSF helped more than a twenty people draft and file formal complaints with their employers regarding employment discrimination claims. One West Virginia woman lost her job because she belonged to a leather club. One Texas woman was sexually harassed by her supervisor when he found her website on the internet. She was initially terminated from her job when she complained about the harassment. NCSF worked with her and her husband to draft a formal grievance and helped her find a sympathetic attorney. She was rehired.
A number of discrimination complaints continue to be made regarding Paypal and E-bay regarding their policies for dealing with adult oriented vendors. Paypal and E-bay are deleting accounts that sell adult oriented merchandise. NCSF has contacted the parent company, E- bay, regarding their discriminatory practices. These companies continue their "no-adult content" policy in large part out of fears of prosecution for obscenity.
NCSF was contacted by individuals, attorneys and prosecutors on a variety of criminal cases, including: several cases of false rape, three different cases involving death of a participant, and two murder investigations. NCSF also made referrals to resources and the appropriate authorities in several domestic violence incidents. In three cases, NCSF was able to help the victim obtain protective orders and find appropriate counseling.
NCSF is here to help you -- the SM, swing and polyamory communities. If you have a problem with discrimination, persecution, or harassment because of your sexual expression, please call NCSF for assistance. If you are contacted by the media, please call NCSF immediately so we can assist in educating the reporter about SM, swing or polyamory.
And please support NCSF in our effort to change the political, legal, and social environment in the United States. We are a volunteer organization committed to making a difference. Join NCSF as a member or please hold a fund-raiser and donate to NCSF!
September 2005 - September 2006
The NCSF Media Committee reviews, edits, and refines the documents that NCSF publicly distributes. The media committee consists of Susan Wright, Allena Gabosch, Anita Wagner, Lisa Vandever, Lolita Wolf, Howie Z., and Keith, who creates and distributes the NCSF Media Updates.
Susan Wright gave 57 interviews with most of the media outlets contacting NCSF, indicating that NCSF has much higher profile than before the CDA lawsuit. These interviews were given to the New York Times (multiple reporters), Chicago Tribune (multiple reporters), Baltimore Sun (multiple reporters), Boston Herald, Esquire, Daily News, Inside Edition, Montell Williams Show, Maxim, Hustler, Bitch Magazine, and Las Vegas City Life, among others.
Press Releases, Action Alerts and Entertainment Media Updates
NCSF broadcast a press release about the Supreme Court decision on Nitke & NCSF v. Gonzales in March, 2006, which was carried in full or part in dozens of media outlets around the country. Reporters continue to call regarding the case to be the most recent. Salon.com requested an interview with Susan and John Wirenius in mid-August regarding ongoing obscenity prosecutions.
NCSF broadcast a press release in October, 2005, when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced that his office intended to target "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" in pursuing new obscenity prosecutions. NCSF also sent out a press release in January, 2006, supporting Google when the U.S. Justice Department subpoenaed them to compel the Internet search engine to turn over records on millions of its users' search queries.
NCSF sent out an Action Alert in September, 2005, when an evangelical Christian group that targeted Southern Decadence, a world-famous LGBT event, stating "Hurricane Katrina has put an end to the annual celebration of sin."
Lisa Vandever created three Entertainment Media Updates in the last year. Regarding the Montel Williams Show entitled "Multiple Love: Polyamory" airing November 29, 2005, Lisa stated: "The episode did present a good and articulate range of people involved in various polyamorous relationships and a positive understanding of why someone might choose polyamory over monogamy." Regarding Big Love on HBO, Lisa stated: "As a "water cooler show," the series will warrant our continued notice for its ability to coalesce discussion around topics of great relevance to sexual freedom, providing opportunities to interject our experiences and viewpoints through letters to the editor, participation on message boards and even casual conversation. Regarding Dr. Phil's "Twisted Love" which aired on February 2, 2006, Lisa stated: "All in all, the show should be critiqued for its dismissive stance towards polyamory and encouraged to understand that many people are able to enjoy healthy and supportive polyamorous relationships."
Media Incidents
The major media incident of the year involved the New Year's Eve Ball at the Orlando Crowne Plaza Hotel Airport on New Year's Eve, 2006. A number of false press reports were published nationally regarding the conduct of attendees. The producers of this lifestyle event along with Bob Hannaford of the International Lifestyle Association, alerted NCSF and we immediately broadcast a press release correcting the false and inflammatory statements made by "soccer parents." NCSF's press release killed the story and the soccer parents who had been scheduled for a Florida radio show cancelled their appearance and ceased to give interviews to reporters.
NCSF was subsequently informed by two event producers that their contracts with InterContinental hotels to host alternative sexual events had been placed on hold pending InterContinental's investigation of the Orlando Ball incident. NCSF sent a letter to Kevin Kowalski, President, InterContinental Hotel Group Brand, giving them the correct information and protesting their arbitrary hold on the contracts. In subsequent conversations, Stephanie Yudin, PR Manager for the Brand, confirmed that InterContinental found no wrong-doing by the producers or attendees of the Orlando New Year's Eve Ball. Yudin stated that as long as alternative sexual events follow local and state laws, and abide by InterContinental's morality clause which prohibits nudity and sexual activity in the public areas of the hotel, it's up to each hotel's discretion whether or not they host alternative lifestyle events.
Another media incident took place in April, 2006, involving Club Tabu (now an NCSF Coalition Partner). Club Tabu is a lifestyle club in Greater Baltimore county which was targeted by the president of a local neighborhood association. Susan gave a dozen media interviews with print, radio and television reporters emphasizing that Club Tabu had established their club legally and that adults have the right to gather in private. The media publicity died within a week and the club continues to operate normally.
Requests for Media Help from Constituents
Susan receives hundreds of emails from constituents who send news articles about alt sex issues, ask questions about dealing with the media, or comment on NCSF's Media Outreach Project, press releases, Media Updates and Action Alerts.
Susan worked with 26 people (more than double last year) giving them media assistance and in assessing group and event websites. Susan was also contacted by three other sexual advocacy groups for help with their media messaging and for training their spokespeople and board members.
For confidentiality reasons, NCSF can't give the names of the groups or individuals we've helped. Some individuals who were publicized in the media include: Miss Kitty, owner of Kokomo Kinksters; Georgia, a pro-Domme and author who appeared on the O-Reilly Factor; and another pro-Domme, Mistress Jezebel, who gave an interview to a NY Times reporter in July, 2006.
NCSF is here to help you – the SM, swing, and polyamory communities. If you have a problem with the media because of your sexual expression, please call NCSF for assistance. You can visit our Web site on www.ncsfreedom.org or call our media hotline at 917-848-6544.
Please support NCSF in our effort to change the political, legal, and social environment in the United States. We are committed to making a difference.
Join NCSF as a member or please hold a fund-raiser and donate to NCSF!
Please take a moment to support the Alternative Hedonistic Society, of Kansas City, MO (www.ahs-kc.org). Their AHS Obsessive Fetish Ball, which did not include nudity or sexual activities, was cancelled at the last moment by the Holiday Inn Olathe. A reporter from FOX News was tipped off and contacted the Holiday Inn. AHS was completely open about the nature of the event with both the police and the Holiday Inn prior to signing a contract, but the management responded to the reporter's inquiry by canceling the event. AHS is still trying to resolve this situation with the Holiday Inn Olathe and needs your help.
Please read NCSF's letter to the Holiday Inn Olathe, Kansas, then send the postcard attached below. Thank you for your help in fighting for our rights!
Steve Olson, President
Holiday Inn Olathe
Dear Mr. Olson,
We would like to express our serious concerns regarding your cancellation of the AHS Obsessive Fetish Ball one day before the event was to take place on August 13, 2004.
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM- leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression. NCSF directly represents tens of thousands of consenting adults across the US, and supports the millions of adults who do alternative sexual expression.
In the view of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) your cancellation is based on a complete misunderstanding of the nature of this charitable, social event in which no nudity or sexual activities were scheduled to take place. The event organizers had ongoing discussions with the Olathe Police to ensure their complete compliance with city ordinances, and the organizers welcomed the police in walking through the event at any time.
In fact, it appears the sole reason your management canceled this contract was because a reporter from the socially conservative FOX News contacted you regarding the event. Perhaps you are not aware that religious political extremist groups regularly attack events held by the alternative sexuality communities. These groups often alert the media to pressure venues into refusing to hold adult events. This tactic is both discriminatory and reprehensible. NCSF expects businesses to abide by the terms of their lawful contracts and refuse to be manipulated in this manner.
Over 250 major events are produced by the SM-leather-fetish, swing and polyamory communities every year in hotels and public venues. In many cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars of revenue are generated for the host venue and local community. Your proactive response to resolving this issue of discrimination will go far in ensuring that our constituents continue to do business with Holiday Inn.
Susan Wright
Please write a letter to the Holiday Inn Olathe protesting their unfair cancellation of the AHS Obsessive Fetish Ball. E-mail is fine, but fax or snail mail is even better. A postcard you can cut and paste follows. For those who don't live or travel to KC, you can write to the InterContinental Hotels Group, the franchiser of all Holiday Inns and say you won't stay in ANY Holiday Inn until this is resolved.
The letters should be sent to:
Holiday Inn Olathe
General Manager - Wayne Heinz
101 W. 151st St.
Olathe KS 66061
Fax (913) 829 8165
Leisure Hotel Group (Corporate Owner of Holiday Inn Olathe)
President and CEO - Steve Olson
4501 College Blvd Suite 275
Leawood, Kansas 66211
Fax (913)905-1461
InterContinental Hotels Group (Franchiser for all Holiday Inns)
3 Ravinia Drive, Suite 2900
Atlanta, Georgia 30346-2149
Dear Holiday Inn Olathe,
I am writing to protest your cancellation of the AHS Obsessive Fetish Ball in August, 2004. The organizers of the ball made sure they would comply with state and local laws, yet without justifiable reason, you prevented this event from taking place.
The fact that you breeched your contract with AHS one day prior to the event caused many problems for the organizers and the attendees, some of whom flew in from other states to participate in this charitable event. You should reimburse not only the producers for the lost revenue, but also the individuals who were unfairly denied access to this event at the last moment.
I will certainly not stay at your hotel in the future, nor will I recommend your hotel to visitors or business associates.
Your Name
"The CDA allows one community to limit what the entire nation is allowed to discuss, to read or to view on the Internet," says John Wirenius, the attorney for the lawsuit. "That is unconstitutional because the First Amendment does not allow any one locality to impose its morality on the nation." For more information about the CDA lawsuit, go to: www.ncsfreedom.org.
Expert witnesses who will be called and cross-examined include Arthur C. Danto, A.D. Coleman, Jeffrey Douglas, Ben Laurie, Seth Finkelstein, Candida Royalle, Tristan Taormino, Charles Moser, Dov Hechtman, Leigha Fleming, and Susan Wright. Their testimony will cover the technological impossibility of complying with the CDA; the artistic and social importance of sexually explicit speech concerning alternative sexual practices; and the chilling affect the CDA has had on artists and writers within the communities served by NCSF.
Plaintiff Barbara Nitke (www.barbaranitke.com) will be making appearances in San Francisco in September for an exhibition of her work, slide show talks, book signings and benefits to raise funds for the CDA lawsuit expenses. Mark I. Chester and Dr. Carol Queen's Center for Sex and Culture are sponsoring "Sex, Art & Politics," the series of events on radical sex photography and artistic freedom to coincide with the Folsom Street Fair. For more information on these events, see the calendar below.
Barbara Nitke is president of the prestigious Camera Club of New York, on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York, and author of a book of fine art photographs, Kiss of Fire (Kehrer Verlag 2003). National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) is a national organization committed to protecting freedom of sexual expression among consenting adults.
Calendar of September Events in San Francisco with Barbara Nitke:
September 7, 2004
Contact: Susan Wright, Spokesperson
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom supports the rights of adults at Iowa State University to maintain their educational and social SM group, Cuffs. NCSF condemns any form of discrimination or persecution of consenting adults who engage in SM educational activities, and calls for Cuffs' organizational privileges to be reinstated and for the assault allegations to be dropped at the March 1st investigative hearing by Iowa State University.
University-approved SM groups serve an important function by providing necessary safe sex education for students. SM is recognized as a normal form of sexual expression and is practiced routinely by approximately 1 in 10 adults in the U.S. To serve these millions of people, there are over 500 educational and social SM groups in the U.S. alone teaching adults about safe, sane and consensual sexual expression.
SM is not assault. SM does not involve inflicting unwanted, offensive or fearful activities on an individual. People who engage in SM activities do so willingly and consensually and they can stop the activities at any time. This is similar to the behavior that is involved in many sporting activities such as Iowa State's Boxing Club or football team.
Regarding assault, Iowa State Criminal Code Section 708.1 states:
"Provided, that where the person doing any of the above enumerated acts, and such other person, are voluntary participants in a sport, social or other activity, not in itself criminal, and such act is a reasonably foreseeable incident of such sport or activity, and does not create an unreasonable risk of serious injury or breach of the peace, the act shall not be an assault."
Cuffs workshops are voluntary and by definition cannot be criminal. "Case law in Iowa does not explicitly define SM activities as crimes or assault; they're simply not offered any special protection under the law," states Susan Wright, Spokesperson for NCSF. "The current controversy over Cuffs has arisen simply because SM involves sexual behavior."
Resources for doctors, lawyers, therapists and other professionals.
Information helpful when considering finding a Kink Aware Professional.
Kink Aware Professionals is a service offered by NCSF dedicated to providing the community with referrals to psychotherapeutic, medical, legal and other professionals who are knowledgeable about and sensitive to diverse expressions of sexuality.
Kevin Carlson
NCSF Board Member
The Kink Aware Professionals Directory (KAP) is a free service managed and funded by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF). For questions and further information, please contact the KAP Coordinator. All material on this site is Copyright © 2011 NCSF and cannot be copied unless permission is granted. Links to this site, however, are welcome.
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With Warren County continuing to grow at record rates, an exploding pet population isn't far behind.
But the county doesn't currently have any animal control ordinances to control that growth.
"Wome of the magistrates have discussed the possible need for enacting some sort of ordinance for subdivisions located within the county, but at this point no action has been taken," said County Attorney Amy Milliken.
Milliken says some magistrates are concerned about limiting animals in rural areas, but that could be avoided by putting more strict rules on subdivisions.
She began researching the issue a year ago, but the Fiscal Court has tabled the issue.
Magistrate Cedric Burnam says he believes leash laws and animal control are important issues to local citizens.
"We do have a lot of those issues, and I've been a strong advocate of animal control. Not only from the standpoint of where you have animals that are just running unlicensed, and dogs and cats. I get a lot of constituent concern about those particular things," Burnam said.
If you would like to voice your opinion on animal control, the next Fiscal Court meeting will come up this Friday morning at 10am in the Warren County courthouse.
To contact the Warren County Judge-Executive's office, call 843-4146.


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6 Famous Movie Wisemen Who Were Totally Full of Shit
#3. Morpheus
Morpheus is like a really slick lawyer, relying heavily on his cool oeuvre to hide the fact that nothing he says or does makes any sense:
"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy."
This, of course, is added to the film to justify the wanton slaughter of innocent bystanders we're about to witness (including many cases where they clearly had other options).
We've come to expect more from you, Cowboy Curtis.
But hey, we understand that when you're in the Matrix and shit goes down, police and security guards will come at you and you may have to fight back. It is an action movie, after all.
But Morpheus wasn't talking about that. He said, "... Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters." Seems like he is handing Neo a free pass to straight murder just about anyone, you know, for the cause. Hey, terrorism doesn't come without its perks.
"Hey man, you see a pre-school teacher giving you skunk eye. Feel free to cap one on the house."
Since under his philosophy, any death is justified, we can boil down Morpheus' statement to:
"To save the people, we must kill the people."
And that's the creed of every terrorist and war criminal in the history of the species. You could print that on an Al-Qaeda bumper sticker and stick it next to the one that says, "My other car is an exploded pile of rubble." The way terrorism works is they declare an entire group "the enemy" and attack said enemy rather indiscriminately, figuring that even the common folk are supporting the infidels in spirit.
But Morpheus' worldview is actually worse. At least Al-Qaeda makes their targets as specific as "the West" or "America"; Morpheus declares war on everyone on the entire planet. Why? Because they're trapped in a system without their knowledge, against their will and from which they can't escape. It's like Calvinism as taught by John Rambo.
"You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy."
- John "Calvin" Rambo
2 & #1 The Wise Old Men of The Dark Knight
First, we have Batman mainstay Alfred the Butler, a calm, subdued voice of reason to counterbalance Batman's more rash impulses. His first appearance in the film is counseling Bruce about self-restraint, and knowing his own limitations. He's the kind of guy a vengeance-obsessed billionaire vigilante needs to have around. He doesn't try to stop Batman from being Batman, but still tries to be a guiding father figure.
But in a moment of crisis, Bruce Wayne turns to the normally subdued Alfred for advice, at which point we discover Alfred is a homicidal lunatic.
Bruce Wayne: "Alfred... That story you told me, about the bandit?"
Alfred: "Yes?"
Bruce Wayne: "Did you catch him?"
Alfred: "Yes."
Bruce Wayne: "How?"
Alfred: "We burned the forest down."
Don't fuck with Alfred.
If his accent left any doubt, Alfred's preferred solution for dealing with unruly locals leaves absolutely no question about his British heritage. Sure, they could have tracked the guy or bribed his associates or done a better job of protecting the stuff he was stealing. But would that have been as fun as laying waste to an entire ecosystem--and the people trying to live there--for no real reason whatsoever?
And how in the hell was Batman supposed to apply this advice to his situation? Take out the Joker by torching Gotham? Just detonate that building he was holed up in during the climax?
Then we have the other fatherly guiding hand in the Batman reboots, Lucius Fox. He's played by Morgan Freeman, who you may remember played a wise old prisoner in The Shawshank Redemption; a wise old President in Deep Impact; a wise old Civil War soldier in Glory; a wise old detective in Se7en; and a wise old God in the Almighty movies:
He started his career as a wise, old Easy Reader.
Lucius Fox: "You've taken my sonar concept and applied it to every cell phone in the city... This is wrong." And later, "Spying on 30 million people isn't in my job description."
Damn right! See, this is the wise man an obsessed Batman needs. One who'll put his foot down...
"I'll help you this one time. But consider this my resignation."
Ah, OK. Maybe not.
See, Lucius has a strong set of moral guidelines he always follows unless they interfere with whatever he happens to be doing at the present time. We said before that Morpheus' line of reasoning was shared by every terrorist and war criminal, but Lucius' "I stick by my ethics except when it's really important" is what virtually every bad person in the world believes.
Sentences like, "I don't lie unless I really have to," have as much meaning as, "I don't drink beer except for when I drink beer." Any time they feel the slightest like lying, they'll simply declare it a "really have to" situation. It's the same reason it's not OK for cops to fake evidence "when they're really sure the guy is guilty."
"I really enjoy cotton candy, except when I don't."
And the thing is, when you watch the movie you expect the "one-time" breach of ethics to blow up in Batman's face. After all, he spends the finale refuting the Joker's thesis that people are only good when it's convenient (the point of his whole "bombs on the boats" stunt), while actively doing something that proves the Joker right.
So how this hypocrisy come back to bite Bruce? It doesn't! The "unethical" machine works, they catch the bad guy, then they destroy the machine while Lucius stands by and nods approvingly. Everything is fine again! And they'll never violate the civil rights of Gotham's citizens again! You know, until they really, really need to.
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