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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – An Ashland woman will spend nearly four years in a federal prison as punishment for her role in a conspiracy to keep a mentally disabled woman as a domestic slave and a virtual prisoner in a squalid apartment house for nearly two years.
Dezerah Silsby testified at the trial of two co-defendants last month that she used ice cream to lure the victim into the home of Jordie Callahan and Jessica Hunt, and that she crushed the victim's hand with a rock so they could steal her narcotic pain medication.
Silsby, 22, testified that she felt threatened by Callahan and Hunt, and that she acted out of fear of having her child taken from her.
U.S. District Court Judge Benita Pearson rejected Silsby's pleas for mercy, however, and sentenced Silsby to 45 months in prison.
"This defendant physically hurt another person as a way to get drugs and played a role in denying the victim and her daughter freedom," said U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach. "The conduct in this case is profoundly disturbing."
"Dezerah L. Silsby admittedly inflicted pain and stole from a person being held against her will in order to feed her own drug habit," said Stephen Anthony, special agent in charge of the FBI's Cleveland office. "This sentence is well deserved for these cruel acts."
After a two-week trial that ended March 7, Callahan, 27, and his girlfriend Hunt, 32, were convicted by a jury of forcing a 30-year-old woman to work for them by use of force and threats from 2010-12.
Callahan and Hunt are scheduled to be sentenced July 22 and 24, respectively. Because the jury determined that kidnapping was an element of the labor-trafficking charges, the defendants could receive up to life in prison.
A fourth co-defendant, Daniel Brown, 34, also testified against Callahan and Hunt as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, and was sentenced by Pearson to five years in prison for his role in the forced-labor conspiracy.
The victim in the case, who has the mental acuity of a 13 or 14 year old, testified that she felt imprisoned by Callahan and Hunt. She accused them of beating her, and of threatening her with guns and of losing custody of her 5-year-old daughter if she failed to comply with their demands. She accused Callahan of raping her.
Callahan contended that the woman voluntarily sought to live in his apartment with her daughter, and was unrestrained from leaving at her leisure.
Prosecutors accused Callahan and Hunt of forcing the woman and her child to spend their days in the squalor of their dirty, cold and padlocked basement. They were forced to sleep on floor in the midst of pit bulls, pythons and their own excrement, with no access to food, water or bathrooms, prosecutors said.
Sometimes, Callahan and Hunt forced the woman to stay in a cage, to wear a dog collar and to eat dog food, the victim testified. Once, Callahan pointed a gun at her head and threatened to kill her if she did not perform work around the house, the woman testified.


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A 48-year-old man was pistol-whipped this morning when a group of assailants shoved their way into his home in Staten Island's Charleston neighborhood.
The perpetrators -- cops say there were four or five in all -- may have been impersonating police officers or flower deliverymen, according to sources.
Once they got into the Gaynor Street house, they assaulted Robert Adamo, striking him in the head with a gun. Adamo, who was seen bleeding profusely after the attack, was taken to Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, for evaluation.
One of the assailants was arrested a short while later at the Dunkin' Donuts location on Huguenot Avenue and Amboy Road.
The incident occurred at approximately 10 a.m.
Cindy Campanella, a neighbor, heard Adamo's wife scream, then saw the man run across the street.
"He ran to my house," Ms. Campanella said. "I made him sit down... he was covered in blood.."
According to Ms. Campanella, the victim said: "I got shot... I don't know what happened... I can't remember... I think I got shot."
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- Utica Proctor High School receiver DeAndre Preaster told me last week that Syracuse coaches have suggested Orange receiver Mike Williams will turn professional after his junior season. Preaster made a verbal commitment to sign with Syracuse a few weeks ago. His high school coach, Jerry Fiorini, thinks Preaster is the best athlete to ever come out of Proctor.
- All kinds of skeletons rattled around the closets during the evaluation process that led to the decision by Syracuse University to give head coach Greg Robinson another year. Here's one worth sharing - in discussions with agents and all sorts of people on the sidelines during the process, I had someone tell me that Dennis Erickson inquired about the Syracuse job after Paul Pasqualoni's dismissal. My guess is the chancellor nixed that one, just like I understand she would nix any feelers in the future from Central Florida coach George O'Leary, whose resume issues grew legs during his stint on the Orange staff.
- Injuries to Pat White at West Virginia and Dennis Dixon of Oregon illustrate just how much one player at one position can have on one team. Watching West Virginia's horrific choke the other night against Pitt made me wonder just how flawed that team was when White is taken out of the equation. Same thing happened earlier in the season when White was injured and couldn't play against South Florida. I'm a big fan of Pat White and wanted to see West Virginia roll into the national championship game, but that loss proved the Mountaineers had no business in New Orleans. Heck, even really bad officiating couldn't help the Mountaineer cause. Please, no more whining from West Virginia fans about the Marvin Graves game after that one. So good for Pitt and former Orange running back and Pitt assistant David Walker, who got some serious TV love during the wonderful final seconds before victory. The good news in all of this is that Pitt showed the depth of the conference to go in and win a game like that. It also showed that West Virginia might be a much different team in another year when Pat White has left the building.
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so when the cops do nothing they are wrong and when they do something they are wrong also? They actually stopped a crime in progress and you fault them? I guess they should have just filled out a report and filed it away. Maybe this stopped the kid from stealing more phones and creating more crimes, this might even be what turns this 19 year old strait and causes him to change his ways. If that is the case then I say money well spent.
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I'm hardly a fan of Obama but I would have to say the the real idiot is the kid to his left who made the "I". If Obama took his cue from the kid to his right making the "I" then he would be correct in making an "H". Either way with all that is going on in the world, is this even news worthy?
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Newly-acquired pitcher Trevor Bauer, a key piece of the three-team trade with Arizona and Cincinnati last month, met with the Cleveland media for the first time today. He began the Q&A session with his story of how he first heard the trade news: while he was in the middle of eating a Chipotle burrito.
"My agent called and said 'you were just traded, and we need to talk about some stuff.' I said, 'OK, but can I go inside and eat my burrito real quick and get back to you?' He didn't let me finish my burrito – I only got through half of it."
On coming to Cleveland:
I'm excited to be here. I'm excited to come to a city that has very passionate fans, and an organization that I feel is very welcoming, and very excited to have me and really going in the right direction. So it has kind of been a blessing this off-season and I am excited for it.
On what he learned in his time with Arizona:
I think the biggest thing was probably the importance of throwing Strike One, and getting into advantage counts, attacking hitters and putting pressure on the hitters to swing the bat. The one start that I had the best success, I was ahead in the count all the time, and it just makes pitching a lot easier.
On his unique warm-up routine and pitching style:
I think I'm an exciting player to watch because the things I do are a little bit different…I throw the ball far [in warm-ups – see here for an example] – that's one of them. I wave a black rod around, which not many people do, so that's a little different. My first warm-up pitch of every inning I do a crow-hop on the mound and throw as hard as I can to get in the feel of being aggressive. My mechanics are slightly different – it's a little bit more of an aggressive delivery than a lot of the other deliveries out there right now. So it's just little things, little differences, that make me fun to watch – I hope, anyway.
On the purpose of his unique routine:
It's designed to prevent injury. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you can't stay healthy and on the field, then it does you absolutely no good. My first and foremost goal is to be durable and that's the only way you can actually increase your talent.
On meeting and playing for Terry Francona:
He seems really welcoming and open-minded and really just a pleasure to talk to, which is still kind of surreal for me. I watched baseball growing up and remember Terry Francona managing the Red Sox and they win a World Series and now I'm sitting here shooting the breeze with him – it's kind of a cool moment for me.
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Everybody wants to be part of the major league team, and I'm no different in that aspect, but I really try to focus on the things I can control, and the only thing I can control is getting better. I'm young still (ed. Note: Bauer turns 22 next week). Sometimes I don't feel very young, but I am young, and if I get too caught up in: 'am I in the big leagues? Am I not in the big leagues' then it doesn't do me any good, and I get distracted from what I should be focusing on, which is building up and improving myself, so I can pitch for a long time, which is what I want to do.
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Nathan Longacre was 15 when he read Shakespeare for the first time. He was supposed to read a scene from "Macbeth" for his drama class at Westside Christian High School in Tigard.
But instead of reading just the assigned scene, Longacre read the whole play. Then he read it again, and again. Now 18 and a senior, he estimates he's read the tragedy about the Scottish general 45 times.
Longacre said he wishes he could go back and feel the same excitement that came with reading the play for the first time, but for now, he's content with sharing his love of Shakespeare with others.
In April, Longacre will present "Taste of Shakespeare," a minimalist production comprising four scenes from three Shakespeare plays.
The proceeds from the two productions will be split between the Aloha Community Library and the Edwards Center, an independent living community for people with developmental disabilities.
- "Romeo and Juliet" Act 2, Scene 2
- "King Lear" Act 3, Scene 2
- "Macbeth" Act 5, Scene 8
When: 7 p.m. Friday, April 11, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13
The Edwards Center will receive some of the proceeds because the productions will be held at the center, but Longacre chose the Aloha library as the other beneficiary because of a personal connection and his love of literature.
"It is my passion to promote literacy and learning, especially Shakespeare, that being my favorite," he said.
So when it came time for Longacre to choose a senior project, he reached out to family friend Doug Hoy, who heads the library's board of directors.
Hoy said he was pleased when he heard Longacre's idea, and he's looking forward to the show.
Longacre is directing and acting in the production alongside several other area teens. They've been rehearsing since late January under the guidance of George Ellis, a 59-year-old marine electrician from Beaverton.
Ellis, who has mentored Longacre in his literary journey, said he's a scholar in his spare time. As the students rehearse, he helps them make sense of the words and themes of Shakespeare.
Ellis also has a black belt in Aikido, a martial art, and was a fencer for 20 years. This experience comes in handy when the students need direction during the fight scene in Macbeth. Ellis said he's proud Longacre is fostering his passion for Shakespeare.
"He got Shakespeare between his teeth, started chewing, and liked the taste," he said. "… I think he's found an interest exploring culture, and a bit of talent."
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My friends gona go buy LOZ tomorrow but hes thinking it might be hard considering most people who buy Wiis will want LOZ.
Tomorrow I'm up at 3. I'll be at best buy first with a friend, and if they don't have any at 5, I'll rush over to walmart, circuit city, and/or toys r us (after calling to find out if they even have any wiis left). After that, if those stores don't have any, I'll line up outside target till their opening at 6, and if THEY don't have any, then I'm going to a nearby mall and waiting till 7, when gamestop/eb games open. And if I can't get any tomorrow, I'll be outside best buy sunday morning.
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My friends gona go buy LOZ tomorrow but hes thinking it might be hard considering most people who buy Wiis will want LOZ.
im gonna go to best buy between 3:30 - 4:30, sprint to the video game section in search of a wii. if that fails, im heading over to the mall thats just five minutes away to wait for the gamestop AND ebgames there to open at 7. im gonna try to convince my dad to leave me at the mall and wait at another gamestop near my house.
total, thats four shots at finding a wii, so im gonna be real pissed if i dont get one.
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Im thinking there gonna have a ton of wii's out for sale on black friday. You all should be fine.
we're just playing it safe, because we know that there are still tons of people who want a wii, especially after the amazing reaction that everyone who got a wii at launch had towards it.
That's what I thought too, but all the calls I made this week (and I made many) resulted in either "We won't have any on Black Friday" or "I'm not sure." So, while I have a sneaking suspicion that some of them may have been lying, they haven't really left me much to go off of as to which store has the best possibilities of getting a wii. So I figure, why not just hit them all? Luckily, a nearby mall has a Best Buy, EB Games, and a Gamestop, a strip mall across the way has a Circuit City and a Walmart.
8:30 - Go to school
2:30- Finish School
3:00- Play games on computer at home
10:00- Sleepy i go to sleep
7:00 Wake up
9:00 go to the mall
9:30- Hope there is still some wiis left.
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Im gonna show up and see if they have em.. I dont know.. And if they dont then ill go back in a few days.. To best buy or Gamestop or Walmart or Target or the Mall..
Wii Came, Wii Conquered.
Good luck, hope we all get our wiis tomorrow or saturday!
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This little guy is part of my family (second cousin something or another), which explains the resemblance he and Sam have. It's crazy comparing photos of the two of them -- they're only a few months apart and both alike in so many ways. Not to mention the two of them are oh-so cute and in the fun talking stage of toddlerhood. Love this little kiddo and his sweet smile!
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those eyes. he is adorable. he does look like sam!!ReplyDelete
So cute, Hannah! That last one...ah, the eyes. :)ReplyDelete
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I was thinking that he looked like Sam. What a cutie!ReplyDelete
Aww! He's so cute! I especially love that photo in which he's sitting on the chair with his little boots on! :)ReplyDelete
eve @ essence of eve
Oh, my goodness, look at that sweet baby boy. He and Sammy could almost be twins! He's so precious -- you're so blessed to have such cute little ones in your family =)ReplyDelete
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Awwee, he's adorable. and you captured his cuteness very well, as always.ReplyDelete
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Cohen is completely adorable. So sweet!ReplyDelete
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so sweet, Hannah. my favourite photo is the first one, but all are good and adorable.ReplyDelete
happy weekend!
uh, he is pretty much the cutest little kid i've ever seen!! Adorable!ReplyDelete
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i actually thought it was Sam when i opened the tab but i quickly knew the hair was too dark blonde ;) he's a cutie, nonetheless.ReplyDelete


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NORTH BEND _ For many of the 7,000 or so visitors who made
their way across the Eastern Washington desert, over the Columbia River
Gorge and through the Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90 this summer, Ed
Stow and Betty Gildersleeve were the first to smile and welcome them to
Western Washington.
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a
week, either Stow or Gildersleeve or both can be found inside the small visitor
information center in North Bend, at the intersection of Bendigo Way and
Park Street.
Along with a microwave, a couple of chairs, a desk and a filing
cabinet, the two share their cramped space with hundreds of brochures and
informational materials. From the Salish Lodge and Resort to Mount Si,
from Pike Place Market to British Columbia, they point people in the right
As employees of the Bellevue-based East King County
Convention and Visitors Bureau, to which the cities of Snoqualmie and North
Bend contribute funds, Stow and Gildersleeve meet people from
across the United States and around the world. Contained in a
spiral-bound notebook used to log visitors to the center, are the names of cities
and countries dotting every continent.
Thumbing his way through the logbook, Stow pointed to the
home countries of some recent visitors, including Brazil, Japan "A
weekly occurrence," he said Ethiopia,
Finland, Romania, Luxembourg and Denmark.
"You just cannot believe the people we get," he said.
Stow has worked at the visitor information center since 1986. For
26 years before that, he was a traveling salesman, whose territory
covered much of Western Washington and British Columbia. Upon retiring, his
wife gave him an ultimatum: Either find something to do, or she would find
it for him. Soon after that, he had an interview for a position at the
visitors information center.
"I came up here, and I was one of 10 people and one of three they
hired," he said. "It's not a demanding job."
But some would say Stow is being modest. Gregarious by nature
and possessing an anecdote for seemingly every situation, the Fall City native
has seen it all, from "Twin Peaks" mania to the flood of people relocating
to Western Washington.
"Ed runs the show," Gildersleeve said. "I just do what he needs me
to do."
Gildersleeve started at the information center two years ago, filling
in on Thursday afternoons. This was her first full summer working at the
center. During the winter, Gildersleeve, of North Bend, works as a
substitute teacher for Snoqualmie Valley School District No. 410.
"The people that are stopping here, we're their first contact; we're the
first person they see in Western Washington" she said.
"I've had a dream summer job. I couldn't ask for a better job
I'm being paid to have fun."
She said the two most common questions visitors to the
information center have are: "Where's the
trailhead to Mount Si and where are the falls?"
The two questions are so common that Stow and Gildersleeve drew up
a small map that they Xerox and hand out to those needing directions.
And in the event the person manning the booth has to step away for a few
minutes, they'll tape a map to the front door.
During an interview with a reporter, Stow took time to answer
a visitor's question about how to get to Snoqualmie Falls. He dug out one
of his Xeroxed maps and showed the man.
"I could tell you to follow Highway 202, but then I wouldn't need
to be working here," Stow quipped.
While much of the information the two disperse comes in the form
of maps and brochures stashed inside and outside the A-frame booth, because
of their knowledge of the state, Stow and Gildersleeve are often able to
give firsthand accounts of how to get places and what to do once a visitor
gets there. And it's that added personal touch that make visitors leave the
information center with a smile.
"It helps people if you can personally say, `I've been
there,'" Gildersleeve said.
"It really makes you feel good to think you can solve those
problems," Stow said.
In his 14 years at the information center, Stow has helped solve
thousands of problems, but one of his favorite recollections is about an
Illinois man who drove across Washington five years ago. Upon arriving in
North Bend and stopping at the visitor information center, the man
asked, somewhat incredulous, "Do you know there's a desert between here and
Susan Hankins, director of the Upper Valley Chamber of
Commerce, said Stow and Gildersleeve are naturals at their jobs. The
Chamber helps select people to work at the information center.
"They're just treasures, they truly are," she said. "You really do need
a personality that loves people.
"So many people are given information that they could never get if
they didn't stop and talk to these people."
Stow said during his first eight to 10 years on the job, 30 percent of
the people who stopped at the center were fans of "Twin Peaks." An extra in
the pilot episode, he said the fans of the television series and movie _ the
show was cancelled in 1991 continue visiting the area to this day.
Many of them have visited the Valley area more than once. Stow
said a woman from England has been to North Bend three times, the first
two times with her husband and once by herself. Recently the mother of a
teen-age "Twin Peaks" fan pulled Stow aside and thanked him for his help
after telling her son where different scenes for the television show
were shot.
A few days before closing up the center for the summer,
Gildersleeve said the last three months have
passed quickly.
"I can't believe the summer's over," she said.
"I've already told Sue, `Sign me up for next year.'"
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Hotel was closed down, apparently for weeks, upon arrival, due to an electrical issue. Was not notified prior to arrival...decided to cancel rather than agreeing to stay at their replacement Marriott which was further from downtown and not rated as well.
Easy access, location, covered parking, clean place.
Great location, very clean and new hotel. Off street parking, easy check-in and friendly staff. Walls are a little too thin, slow elevators.
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New land for Public Works given go-ahead after divided vote.
POULSBO — A decision to approve the purchase of new property sparked debate on the city's handling of capital projects in conjunction with its budget Wednesday night.
Poulsbo city council members batted on the issue of purchasing new land for the Public Works department while simultaneously constructing a new city hall.
The council landed in favor of the purchase and preceding environmental study of a $1.05 million, 4-acre parcel on Viking Way north of State Route 305 in two 3-2 votes.
Council members Kim Crowder, Connie Lord and Ed Stern sat in favor of the purchase and study; Linda Berry-Maraist and Becky Erickson stood against it, calling into question the responsibility of the city's spending.
Council members Jeff McGinty and Dale Rudolph weren't in attendance.
Berry-Maraist expressed concern at purchasing the property without a definitive plan to build on it while still waiting for final numbers on the cost of a new city hall.
"I think that it's really important that we set a budget before we spend $1 million of taxpayer money and see how all these projects fit together," she said. "I cannot understand how we can commit ourselves over and over again to large projects without a budget."
Erickson urged the reexamination of the city's capital improvement projects and their connections, and said it concerns her as projects continue forward without confirmed price tags.
"We're operating outside of our existing budget lines," she said, later adding, "We are talking about the capital improvements for the city and they are all joined at the hip."
Erickson also noted a rise in the cost of the new civic structure — from roughly $12 million to nearly $17 million in estimations — is a sign projects may be passing too quickly through committees and need to be looked at in totality.
The $1.05 million purchase wouldn't include any structural additions to the land; Poulsbo Mayor Kathryn Quade said it could be five to 10 years before a building is constructed. According to current cost projections, which department director Barry Loveless said need to be updated, a new building would cost $7.53 million.
Nonetheless, Loveless added, the land purchase would be immediately beneficial for the city, providing a place to consolidate materials and equipment.
If not purchased, the land would likely not be available in the future, Poulsbo Mayor Kathryn Quade contended.
Crowder said statements referring to the city's lack of budgetary readiness painted the city in a bad light, and she championed the purchase as finding plots of land suitable to industrial needs isn't easy. It could always be sold in the future, she added; Erickson countered the city has seen declining appraisal values within the last year.
Funding for the property will come primarily from Public Works funds, with about $233,000 coming out of the city's general fund, which isn't expected to affect the city hall project. Stern said he felt financially the city could afford both.
"I'm quite comfortable with the numbers I've heard," he said.
Quade offered assurance the city is keeping tabs on its numbers, and will continue to do so.
"It's not like we're putting our heads in the sand," she said.
She added it won't impact the city hall project "one iota."
The city's purchase agreement expires Oct. 15, leaving time for Parametrix to conduct a study of the property before Quade's final signature.
Time is relatively of the essence, as in 2006 the city developed an agreement with the Suquamish Tribe to restore part of Dogfish Creek. The current Public Works building sits in the creek's floodplain at the corner of Iverson Street and Eighth Avenue, near the Poulsbo Library. Part of the agreement stipulated the existing Public Works would be moved from the area by 2012.
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Tech Crunch's Sources announced some days back that facebook is going to create its own cell phone. As they found out that they have planned to build an operating system and they have tasked one hardware manufacturer to do so. All this has happened after getting the Google phone out in market. They have started their plan for facebook phone. In fact more news has come up. Tech Crunch said that two of the employees are leading the charge in OS development. These two employees Joe Hewitt and Mathew Papakipos are the former Firefox browser and Chrome OS builder respectively. They have decided to launch facebook phone that would be useful to all.
But there has been recent updates made on this news by Tech Crunch and facebook spokesperson Jaime Schopflin has said that no such news is correct. He has out rightly said that this social networking site is not coming up with any kind of phone. He simply said "building phone is not what we do". The entire thing denying the origination of news that facebook phone is coming up has been described. The whole story that TechCrunch revealed is not at all correct. Facebook is not coming up with any idea of building a phone. Their major concern has always been to make phone and apps more social in terms of using and bringing people together.
The current project that facebook is busy including everything from HTML5 version of the site. It also include major apps on some of the main platforms to get full connect support with SDKs to deeper integration with some of the manufacturers. To enable some of the technicalities inside the existing platform would be surely going to get ahead in market. All experiences would be sure to get ahead in social networking site. Although they believe that building a facebook phone would be great but the spokesperson denies that there is any reality in building facebook phone. They say that whenever they talk about any of their work that they do on deep integration then media name it as facebook phone. So this upcoming technological advancement would surely not be any kind of facebook phone. "We are not in to any kind of phone making" is what facebook insiders say.
But rumours are still pouring in all even when many of the facebook insiders have denied this fact of coming up with facebook phone. There had been some recent news that there was a tweet from Joe Hewitt's account that said they discovered someone who did not like android and iPhone. But nothing has been clear from any of these two employees from Facebook. Hewitt may have heard and tweeted about some problems with android. But all these are speculating for Facebook coming up with their own phone. Nothing can be still confirmed until there is some official announcement being made by facebook insiders. Time will decide whether facebook is going to surprise us with a facebook phone or just another technological advancement.
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 25 (UPI) — More than 90 percent of workers in India, Mexico, Poland and Portugal say it is their employer's job to create a healthy environment at work, researchers say.
The survey — commissioned by the World Heart Federation and conducted by Opinion Health — says 32 percent of employees say their workplace hinders their ability to lead a healthy life.
Dr. Kathryn Taubert, senior science officer at the World Heart Federation, says approximately 17.1 million lives are claimed each year globally by the burden of cardiovascular disease, even though most heart disease and stroke is preventable.
"As many of us spend over half of our waking hours at work, the workplace is the ideal setting to encourage behavior changes to minimize a person's risk of cardiovascular disease," Taubert says in a statement.
The World Heart Federation and World Economic Forum are encouraging employers and employees to promote a heart-healthy workplace by adopting programs such as gym memberships, cycle to work programs or smoking-cessation programs.
Eleven percent of workers say they do not agree that their employer supports a healthy workplace and 80 percent rate health insurance as important or very important when choosing an employer.
Total sample size was 4,000 men and women working in Poland, Mexico, India and Portugal completed in July-August. No further survey details were provided.
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It's that time of year again when the TSN Kraft Celebration tour donates $25,000 to improve a deserving Canadian community.
Last year, as you may remember, Prince Edward Island held its own competition between the communities of Abrams-Village and Georgetown. As I recall, Abrams-Village needed the money to replace the rink that had burned a few years ago, while Georgetown needed the money to renovate the Three Rivers Sportsplex. Abrams-Village won the $25,000 and in true P.E.I. fashion, donated $5,000 of their winnings to the community of Georgetown.
This year, there are no communities from the Island involved in the contest and because of that, I have heard little about the contest in general. However, does that mean that we shouldn't support other deserving communities of the prize? Perhaps we can take a few minutes from our day and give a small community the help in which they need.
This year, I will be voting for Ingonish Beach, Cape Breton, N.S. Perhaps you have stopped in to visit while traveling on the world famous Cabot Trail. Maybe you have even stayed the night at the Keltic, a beautiful resort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
However, I bet you didn't know that Ingonish Beach in home to one of the finest ski hills in Altantic Canada. Hills like Wentworth, Martock, and yes, even Brookvale, pale in comparison to the sheer magnitude of the Cape Smokey Ski Hill in Cape Breton.
A friend of mine, an avid skier I may add, told me about Cape Smokey Ski Resort and I thought that I would check it out for myself. This past winter some friends and I drove up to Ingonish to check out the mountain. Now, let me go on record; yes, Cape Smokey is one large ski hill. However, my excitement was cut short when the clerk at the counter told us that only half of the hill was open. They said that the ski lift that was supposed to take skiers to the very top of the hill was broken.
Rather than let sleeping dogs lie, I decided to spark up a conversation with one of the workers of the ski hill. I just couldn't understand why the lift wasn't working. I thought that with the lift working, they could get more tourists, and therefore, create more profit for the ski hill.
Clearly, I knew little about not only this particular ski hill, but also about this community.
As it turns out, the ski hill has fallen on hard times over the past five years. Owners have come and gone, envisioning grand plans for the hill, only to see their ideas wash away like the changing of the seasons. The hill, as it stands now, is entirely operated by volunteers from the community.
Even the man to whom I was speaking was taking time out of his day to run the lower half of the ski lift. Everywhere around him, volunteers made an effort to keep this hill going for the children of the community. I got the sense that this ski hill is a pillar in the community.
It was during that conversation that I realized the fundamental truth. The ski hill is essential for every member of that community. It creates a sense of community and belonging that far exceeds its pull as a tourist attraction.
When I saw the list of nominees for this year's contest, I was overwhelmed that Ingonish Beach had made the list. I could not have picked a more deserving community myself.
The ski hill has become the cornerstone of their community, much like the rink in Abrams-Village, and the SportsPlex in Georgetown.
Perhaps, as Islanders, we can help support a community that just needs some help; much like Islanders did one year ago.
Please take 30 seconds out of your day and vote for this worthy community.
The vote takes place on Friday, July 22, at 1 p.m. and ends on July 23, at 1 p.m.
To vote visit: www.kraftcelebrationtour.ca. And vote at the top of the page.
Lyndon Oulton


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Renault's purchase of a controlling stake in Nissan in 1999 led to pride and profit in Paris — the Franco-Japanese partnership helping the Gallic group to survive and thrive in the crisis.
However, the idea that Dongfeng could take control of Peugeot Citroën generated outrage in the French capital.
It was one thing for a French company to buy an Asian rival, quite another for an Asian giant to gobble up a Gallic group.
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The third annual Bayou Benepalooza Music Festival will bring a full day of music to Mandeville in support of a cause. The June 14 festival features a full 12 hours of local performers in support of jazz musician Doug Potter, who was brutally attacked on his way back from a weekly gig on Bourbon Street in January. The benefit is to help with Potter's medical bills.
Performers -- representing a variety of musical genres -- will include, Rick Scott, Bicycle Jones, Ernie Vincent, Eli Seals, Nolafied, Tim O'Shea & MoJo Buddha, Band of Brothers, Second Hand Blues Band, Ms. Lady Blues and Mike A. Berger.
In addition to entertainment, the fundraising event also will feature raffles and a silent auction.
Potter was assaulted by two men and brutally beat him as he walked home with his upright bass after a performance. He faced a lengthy hospital stay and amassed bills as part of that hospitalization and subsequent recovery and rehabilitation from injuries.
The Bayou Benepalooza Music Festival will take place on Saturday (June 14) from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Coscino's Italian Grill, 1809 N. Causeway, Mandeville. Tickets are $15.
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There certainly will be no love lost as the Lakers prepare for Saturday afternoon's "Battle of the Valleys" at Lubbers Stadium.
"There's a lot of dislike for Saginaw Valley in our locker room, from the coaches down to the players, and that's just the tradition that I've been through," GVSU senior center James Hardy said. "There's been a lot of dislike for them. I know I don't like them, and I definitely want to go out there and get a win against them."
Last season, the Lakers clinched their sixth consecutive Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship with a 28-7 win at Saginaw, a game that was preceded by plenty of jawing in a corner of the end zone after warmups.
"We were excited to play that game, and they were excited to play against us. This year's going to be the same," GVSU senior linebacker Zach Breen said. "They're going to come in to our house and be ready to play against us.
"They will have some guys out there talking, and we're going to be talking as well. We're going to try to keep it to a minimum, but it's going to happen."
Both teams have more at stake than just pride. With a win, Saginaw Valley (7-2, 7-2 GLIAC) strengthens its resume for a possible playoff berth.
GVSU (7-3, 6-3 GLIAC) is looking to keep its own razor-thin postseason hopes alive while ending the year on a seven-game winning streak.
Lakers coach Matt Mitchell isn't thinking about the playoffs, though. His only focus is the Cardinals.
"I probably sound like a broken record, I apologize, but if we lose it doesn't matter," Mitchell said. "It's all about Saginaw and what we're going to need to do on both sides of the ball and special teams to beat them."
GVSU and Saginaw Valley have their share of similarities. The Lakers average 360.2 yards offensively per game; the Cardinals, 433.4. Defensively, the Lakers allow 353.8; the Cardinals, 349.8.
The Lakers are led by sophomore Heath Parling, the top-rated quarterback in the conference. The Cardinals are led by sophomore Jonathon Jennings, the No. 2-rated QB in the conference.
Both teams lost to Hillsdale and Indianapolis and eked out narrow wins against Michigan Tech.
"We've got a huge challenge. It's going to be very tough game for us on both sides of the ball," Mitchell said. "Our preparation this week will be critical, and I know emotionally our guys will be excited to play that ballgame given all the factors."
The showdown will be the last game played on the grass at Lubbers Stadium. Artificial turf will be installed as a part of offseason renovations that include lowering the field 7 feet and adding about 2,000 seats.
It also will mark the final game for a dozen GVSU seniors, barring an unlikely playoff berth.
"It could be our last regular-season game as seniors out on that field, definitely," Hardy said. "Who knows what's going to happen with the playoff race? It's a jumbled mess for sure, but we try not to think about that. We'll go in to work every day, we know this is going to be one of our last games and we want to go out with a win."
Breen said the Lakers will need to play with a sense of urgency.
"We're going to give it our all because as seniors going out we've got to play for each other, and we've got to play for the underclassmen and help them finish out hopefully the way that we want," Breen said. "It's a big game, two proud programs."
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Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg is given to the art of understatement, and he describes his past two NHL seasons' 76 goals, 84 assists, and 160 points (in 138 games played) very, very sparingly in a discussion with the Detroit Free Press's Helene St. James, who raves about the Red Wings superstar:
October 5, Detroit Free Press: "I think the last two years have been good," Zetterberg said. "I've had an opportunity to play a lot and play in all situations, and it helps the confidence."
During the Wings' run to the 2008 Stanley Cup, Zetterberg put on so dominant a playoff performance (13 goals, 14 assists, 27 points, plus-16 rating) he set a team record for most points in one playoff year, and won the Conn Smythe trophy -- leaving teammates to wonder what this season will be like.
"Just look back to what he did last year," Niklas Kronwall said. "I don't think there's a limit to what he can achieve, what he can do. If you look at his work ethic day in and day out, it doesn't matter if it's on the ice, off the ice, in the gym, he's always doing it 100%. He's so good both ways -- I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him score 50 goals."
The only reason Zetterberg might not reach that number is because of the competition within the Wings; his is the second line behind Pavel Datsyuk's with Marian Hossa and Tomas Holmstrom. The third line -- set to be Dan Cleary, Valtteri Filppula and Mikael Samuelsson -- is worthy of solid minutes, too.
Zetterberg is only just hitting what's considered the prime of an NHL athlete's years, yet he's already established himself as a bona fide superstar. If he equals or betters last season's numbers, he's going to be among the biggest names available next summer, when he's eligible to become an unrestricted free agent. The Wings, though, have made it a priority to sign him before then, and Zetterberg, too, sounds like he'd prefer to stay.
"I really enjoy it here, and it's become a home for me," Zetterberg said. "I can't really see a better place to play hockey, so hopefully we can figure something out that can work for both of us."


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Even though the "Stronger than the Storm" commercials touted the resilience of the Jersey Shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy last summer, many oceanfront communities reported a drop in visitors – partly due to their ongoing recovery, partly due to Mother Nature.
However, officials in some shore towns say that while their communities are still not yet whole again post-Sandy, they are better equipped to accommodate summer crowds this year and are hoping to welcome back their visitors of years past.
"Sea Bright's business district is open for business," declared Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long, adding that with the exception a pair of high-profile establishments - McLoone's Rum Runner and Donovan's Reef, which is expected to begin operating out of a temporary location by July 4 weekend – all of Sea Bright's landmark businesses will be open this summer.
Long said her borough was hit with a trifecta of situations that caused Sea Bright's beach-related revenue to be cut in half in 2013: ongoing post-Sandy construction, post-Sandy parking issues and inclement weather.
"Two of those three factors from last year have been taken care of. Our municipal parking lot has been reopened and a lot of the construction projects in the business district have been completed," she said. "But this year our beaches have also been replenished, we have a newly replaced boardwalk and newly planted dunes. Sea Bright is on its way back and we're looking forward to a great beach season, we're just hoping on good weather."
So far Sea Bright is off to a promising start.
The borough's preseason beach tag sales this year surpassed pre-Sandy levels, Long said.
All of Sea Bright's seven beach clubs have also now been rebuilt, which Long hoped would provide a much-needed economic boost the borough's businesses.
"Let's face it, a lot of these small businesses are 'mom and pop' places whose owners literally invested everything they have into rebuilding their business," she said. "This is a crucial year for those businesses, because last year many of their businesses were either not open yet or their regular amount customers weren't there. ... They need to start making money."
In Belmar, Mayor Matt Doherty said the borough's beaches and boardwalk "look better this summer than any other summer."
And while vendors will again be working out of temporarily trailers due to repeated delays in the rebuilding of the Belmar's popular boardwalk pavilions, officials there expect that to have little impact on the success of the borough's summer season.
"We believe we'll have a banner year as long as the weather cooperates," said Doherty, adding the rainy weather hurt the borough's in-season beach tag sales in 2013 after pre-season sales started off strong. "It rained 24 days in June last year, so hopefully that doesn't happen again."
In addition to hoping for sunshine, Belmar is working to make its already popular beaches even more family friendly.
"We want people to have an outstanding experience when they bring their families to Belmar. We call it a 'Disney-like experience' where everyone from the beach tag checker to the mayor and members of council are smiling and in a positive mood," said Doherty, adding Belmar is bringing in customer service personnel from Six Flags Great Adventure this summer to help make the borough's beachfront more visitor friendly.
Another step communities, including Belmar and Spring Lake, have taken to make their beaches more family friendly this summer is to ban smoking on their beachfronts.
"Spending the day at a beach on the Jersey Shore is already an affordable option for families," Doherty said. "We're trying to make our beaches as healthy and clean as possible. And I think people will notice that our beaches are cleaner this year than they ever have been in the past."
Belmar is scheduled to kick off its summer tourism season at 6 a.m. Friday with a visit from WFAN's popular Boomer & Carton morning show and the Gin Blossoms at D'Jais Bar & Grill.
Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to make an appearance on the show at 8 a.m. and then head up to the beachfront at 9:30 a.m. for a grand opening ceremony and walk on the boardwalk.
While most other towns are still working just to recover from Hurricane Sandy, Seaside Park finds itself rebuilding from the storm and a devastating fire that destroyed a large section of its boardwalk and dozens of businesses, including FunTown Amusement Pier, in September.
Yet instead of simply waiting until next year, Seaside Park is getting creative in its efforts to bring visitors back in to the borough and keep them there.
"Everything changed after Sandy. I think for the first year, people felt that there was too much devastation here and found other places to go. And now other than our beaches, which are pristine, some of other big attractions on the boardwalk and FunTown Pier are nonexistent," Borough Administrator Bob Martucci said. "I think what we have to do now is earn back our tourism. We have to give them even more than we did in the past. We have to go over the top to give people an extraordinary and pleasurable experience that will make them want to come back, and tell others that they should check us out."
After ceremonially opening its beaches for the season with a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m., Seaside Park will feature a weekend full of inexpensive family friendly activities - such as horse and buggy rides, antique automobile shows, children's rides and games, live music, face painting and a drive-in movie – that the borough will host regularly throughout the summer.
"We know that if the weather is nice, people will flock to the beach. But we needed something for people to do once their sunscreen wears off. We want them to enjoy their total experience in Seaside and to keep coming back." Martucci said. "Other than that, the best thing we can do as a town is think positive. The storm happened. The fire happened. Some people are still hurting. Those things happened. But we have to find a way to turn the page, to put those things behind us and focus on the future."


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UNO vs. NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
When/Where: 1 p.m. Saturday at Newark, N.J.
Records: UNO 8-15, NJIT 14-11.
Radio: WGSO 990-AM.
Series: UNO leads, 1-0.
Last time out: NJIT defeated Utah Valley, 63-55, last Saturday. UNO lost to Bowling Green, 87-56, on Thursday.
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G Rarlensee Nelson 5-8 Sr. 9.8
G Tradarrius McPhearson 6-1 Jr. 6.0
G Max Banchy 5-10 Jr. 3.0
F Lovell Cook 6-6 Sr. 15.0
F Eddie Denard 6-5 Jr. 5.5
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G Maurice County 6-1 Jr. 2.0
F Cory Dixon 6-7 Jr. 8.8
G Isaac Mack 6-1 Jr. 4.9
G/F Evans Ganapampo 6-5 Fr. 3.9
F Kevin Hill 6-7 Fr. 5.0
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F Daquan Holiday 6-7 So. 5.6
C Sean McCarthy 6-10 Sr. 3.2
G Chris Flores 6-2 Sr. 17.1
G P.J. Miller 6-3 Sr. 9.3
G Ryan Woods 6-5 Sr. 14.4
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G Ky Howard 6-3 Fr. 7.1
G/F Odera Nweke 6-5 So. 4.1
G Nigel Sydnor 6-2 Fr. 4.7
G Mitch Farrell 6-3 Fr. 5.4
F Terrance Smith 6-6 Fr. 5.7
Game notes: This is the second meeting between the teams this season. UNO won the first time, at Lakefront Arena, beating the Highlanders, 96-94, in triple overtime. Since then, NJIT is 5-1 and has won three straight. NJIT is 5-1 in the Great West Conference. The Highlanders make 38 percent of their shots from 3-point range. … The Privateers struggled in almost all aspects during Thursday's loss to Bowling Green. They were out-rebounded, 46-34, and gave up 18 offensive rebounds. They shot 37 percent from the field (20 of 54) and committed 17 turnovers, 10 in the first half. UNO is still seeking its first road victory of the season. The Privateers are 0-11 on the road this season.


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Does anyone have any question they would be interested in asking the collected group of Matt, Ryan, Andrew, Mark, Peter and me? I was thinking maybe we should do a short video Q&A tomorrow before we all head back to our corners of the world. Who knows when we'll all be in one place again, right?
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Michael Pretty
I probably missed my chance of getting this in before everyone started heading home, but I have a concern about the post thumbnail handling. Both support for pages and posts are both tied to 'post-thumbnails' support by the theme. Wouldn't this be better suited if it were post_type specific? Not all themes will have a need for thumbnails for both posts and pages or any other post_types that emerge and if we tie the support of all post_types to one setting the admin will automatically add the post-thumbnail meta box for a post_type even if it's not supported. Just trying to cut this off before 2.9 is official since changing it in the future would break any themes that depended on 'post-thumbnails' support working for both pages and posts.
Denis de Bernardy
I've three…
Firstly: is WP 3.0 really going to merge WP and WP MU?
Secondly: given that, if it does, a rather large number of plugins (and themes) might break or have serious quirks, what are the odds that we can do some suitably massive re-engineering of the bug-prone parts of WP at the same time? (i.e., steering the WP query towards a better MVC implementation, enhancing the way permalinks work, cleaning up the widgets API, etc.)
Thirdly: I'll actually pass on it. I feel like I'm just beating a dead horse…
1. Yep!
2. I don't think it'll break plugins or themes with how it has been proposed. Regardless, we'll probably experiment in a separate branch.
ouch .. merging is for the 3.0 ? Not for the 2.9 thus … ?
" Frame-pressed plugins " is ok for me !


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A close contest should be expected. Happy viewing!
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Attack On Gay Ohio Teen Captured On Video, Posted To Facebook
A 15-year-old teenager at Union-Scioto High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, is left with a chipped tooth and a possible concussion after a classmate brutally ambushed and attacked him earlier this week for being gay. The assault, watched by classmates who did nothing, was captured on cell-phone video and posted to Facebook.
The boy's name is being kept private, but he spoke to WSYX ABC 6 in Ohio. "I covered myself, I shielded my body, but he kept on hitting me," he recalled. "And nobody did anything."
His mother says the three-days suspension his attacker received is not enough and is in discussion with the prosecutor's office about pressing criminal charges. Ultimately though, she says she wants a more peaceful environment for kids like her son to learn in. "All those people who have that hate in their heart—they need to let it go. Because people are gonna be who they are."
The Union-Scioto Local School District does have a policy prohibiting harassment based on sex, race, color, national origin, religion and disability, but not sexual orientation or gender identity. Ohio House Bill 208, currently languishing in the legislature, would amend current laws to require that school policies prohibit harassment, intimidation or bullying based on any actual or perceived trait. "All students, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, have the right to a safe school and education," says Equality Ohio Executive Director, Ed Mullen. "Students should not fear verbal harassment, cyberbullying, or physical assault in our public schools."
People wonder why many of our schools are failing, and then you read that a kid who committed Assault and Battery gets a 3 day suspension?!
That is idiotic, the victims bruises wouldn't have even faded. It would serve the school right if the victim took out a restraining order that prevented the attacker from coming closer than 500 feet, they would either have to expell or put up some temp room for him to sit in.Oct 27, 2011 at 11:40 am · @Reply ·
I'm sorry, regardless of the REASON for the beating, what that other student did was "assault causing bodily harm". He should be arrested and jailed.
The mother of the victim should give the name of the little animal that attacked her kid. let him look over his shoulder from now on. Then she should sue the shit out of the school and the prosecutor if he doesn't bring charges.
This shows the shitty state of our country! If the kid was attached for being Black, Hispanic, Jewish, Catholic, female/male, Asian, European…etc. they would press criminal charges. But it's totally okay to bash the LGBT community and only get a three day suspension. What would be the penalty for attacking an Asian or a Black person or a Jewish kid? You better believe it would be more than a three day suspension. This proves that they think we are just garbage. I for one have had enough of peacefully trying to gain our rights. It is time for the LGBT community to get radical.
the video is disgusting! The animal, excuse me…atacker, needs to be locked up. Three day suspension, are you effing kidding me?
lock him up!
that was fucking appalling. we have people freaking the fuck out about teens seeing a same-sex kiss in a show and no problem at all with them watching on as a kid gets beaten up for REAL?
priorities are fucking messed up. this attacker is a vicious criminal monster.
Everyone, this is a sad and tragic story..even worse most stories like this go unpublished. My friend Caleb has been to D.C. several times and has even met with Obama. He is working tirelessly to have the Obama Administration appoint a Youth Adviser for LGBT kids.
He has only until Friday night to gather the signatures that the Administration asked for in a petition. Would you PLEASE go sign the petition and share it with your friends? It is on the White House site and they may require you to register for the site, but it only takes a few minutes,and you will have the satisfaction knowing that you helped make this happen.
@Cam: I agree. That means the victim could run into his attacker while still reeling from the trauma of the beating. I hope they make the bully's parents pay for the dental work and doctor's bills. It's good to see they are pursuing prosecution for assault. That's the way it should be for any violent bullying.
i'm literally floored that this only resulted in a three-day suspension. this is not "bullying" – this is outright violence inspired by bigotry. it's VIOLENCE – the "kid" should be expelled and charged with assault. children have been sent away to juvie for far less than this.
Sick bastards as usual sadly. Those who stood by are just sociopaths thats the problem with our youth nowadays they are so desensitized to hate and violence they just do not give a fuck period.Whoever was videotaping it is just as vile and despicable as the kids who watched and did nothing.
It's assault and battery. The parents of the victim should march down to the police and file charges.
Maybe the kid that videotaped was just doing it for evidence sake and not big enough to put a stop to it. At least that kid released the video and not posted up for amusements sake. its not as easy to outright step up and stop it. but taping it to show or release to police or schools or the poor mother should be enough. at least lets be thankful for that help, instead of calling the kid taping a monster as well.
but they need to lock that attacker up!
@Jane Doe:
The question still remains why did that person who videotaped it post it to facebook.They sure did not seem interested in getting it to the police considering they automatically posted it to FB instead.Sorry but that does not sound like a compassionate act to me nor a concerned one either.Just my observation.
Of COURSE students watched it and didn't help. In this day and age there is "ZERO TOLERANCE", and anytime you fight, even to defend yourself or someone else, you're in trouble too. I wouldn't help if I were a student, either.
Let me get this straight. A 15 year old kid in Ohio commits an assault that should and him in the hands of the juvenile justice system, but merely gets a 3-day suspension. The school should have expelled him and handed him over to the police.
Meanwhile not all that long ago 6-year-old Zachary Christie in nearby Delaware was suspended for 45 days, with a threat of being sent to reform school, for bringing his favorite camping utensil, which contained a "spoon, fork, bottle-opener and (probably dull) knife to school. Zachary said, "I was just trying to eat lunch with it." Source: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/zachary-christie-suspended-bringing-camping-utensil-school/story?id=8812939 (subsequently, after public outrage at the school district's utter stupidity, Zachary's suspension was ended earlier, but not before emotionally traumatizing him.)
If this relative treatment constitutes "justice,", the term "justice for all" should be banned as false advertising.
No. 15 · Jude wrote, "Of COURSE students watched it and didn't help. In this day and age there is "ZERO TOLERANCE", and anytime you fight, even to defend yourself or someone else, you're in trouble too. I wouldn't help if I were a student, either."
Aside from the obvious – this school does not have a zero-tolerance policy or the perp would have been expelled on the spot – is the suggestion that running out of the classroom and nabbing a teacher to intervene would get one in trouble? Just doing that constitutes helping in some way.
@B: Man, school would have been a hellalot more enjoyable if I had brought a bottle opener. That kid is a genius.
A New York man was sentenced to 11 months in jail for vandalizing subway advertisements.
So, let's do the math: a gay kid has, what — one one-hundredth? — the value of a billboard.
Her is thye facebook link to post your outrage!
Contact the school (and superintendent) and let your voice be heard:
Union-Scioto Local Schools District Administration:
Superintendent: Dwight Garrett [email protected]
High School Principal: James Osborne [email protected]
Unioto High School Asst. Principal: Wilma Gillott [email protected]
That student should be expelled. End of story. I hope the mother sues that school district so they are forced to implement better policies. Her son has a concussion, chipped tooth, expensive medical bill, expensive dental bill. And that same bully was harassing the kid on Facebook.
Expel him!
@ Palto thanks for the information ! Anymore updates about this story?
I live in Columbus Ohio. I am young and I deal with this everyday in school… Maybe not physical violence. But discrimination every day :/ it sucks
why the little punk isn't in jail is a mystery? that was pre meditated assault and poss attempted murder.
The mother should have taught him how to defend himself and if he has too pick something up and crack into the bully's head.
Some gay teens should get together and find this kid and beat him bloody
@Bob: As an Asian person, I can tell you that we receive no special treatment when it comes to hate crimes. That is why I always carry a gun on my at all times.
They should find out who did this and then post his name on the internet. No more privacy for hatemongers.
Here are three addresses and phone numbers to make your complaint. The first is general admin, the second is the High School and the third is the junior High. I think that, since the boy is 15, he's from the High School, not the junior High, but check anyway. Here's the details:
Administration Office
1565 Egypt Pike
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
Unioto High School
14193 Pleasant Valley Road
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
Unioto Junior High
160 Moundsville Road
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
740-773-5211 Ext. 111
The attackers are not homophobic. They just have a PREFERENCE for beating up on other white guys. It's ok if a white guy wants to beat up another white guy. That doesn't make him homophobic. Sheesh.
Thanks for the work Jason…I will post this on every blog that I can today.
We should all do the same.
If the family is reading this: Ohio Revised Code 2151.34 "Protection order against a minor."
Since there is no law specifically prohibiting harassing the victim further, the parents should petition for an ex parte order of protection on his behalf at the nearest state courthouse. They can do this without the assistance of a lawyer.
The little asshole who beat the victim us is then subject to legal action if he so much looks at the victim funny.
@Bob: Yes, asses need to be kicked, and heads need to roll over this bullshit. 3 days for beating the shit out of another kid isn't nearly enough.
@Jane Doe: I'm not sure that's it. Why would he or she have videotaped the kid standing there waiting?
well it's bad and i would say that criminal charges should be pressed but what's that going to do ? this kid's just going to start his life of going in and out of the criminal justice system as it more often than not does not reform anyone . So send him from a broken school system . No child ends up hating gays naturally . But putting them in en mass into an institution with strict hierarchy like a school or prison pretty much means that they WILL group together and hate and beat anyone that doesn't fit into one of the large groups unless they are clearly taught otherwise within that institution . So what i'm saying is, the school system is broke, but that doesn't mean that the criminal justice system is any better . unless of course all you care about is punishment .
3 days suspension? That's gross. Expulsion should be a minimum.
This is more B.s. frome the school boards. My daughter was being bullied but she stood up for her self and retaleated. So when here attacker started she was ready for her , she ended up winning the fight but she also got suspended. We tlod the school what was going on and nothing. My sone went threw it for 4 yrs and the school did nother so I told my son that the next the bully bpthers you kick his a-s. So he did and wouldn`t you know I got a phone call that my son was in a fight so I had to go and get him. But back to my daughter, I told her that I was`nt getting anywere as a parent so you need to write the school board, she is an hunor student and studies hard , and follows the rules. We as parents have to start at home with this problem. If your kid is a bully then it is up to ypou to stop it. If not sooner or later they will get paid back in the end. If there is a problem in your school go to the teachers , principal , then go to the school board.
A homophobic, gay-bashing WHITE kid?????
A few things are wrong with this picture.
1) I thought it was the BLACK community that were the perpetrators of senseless homophobia. It frankly doesn't make sense that this kid is white! White folks are gay-accepting…everybody knows that.
2) I thought kids of this generation were sooooo tolerant and accepting of LGBT's, that they deem homophobia as "uncool" and that they were gonna be the ones to save us as they age into adults and the old farts die off.
None of this makes any sense! Fuck you Queerty for ruining my delusion of young white people and how they were going to save the world!
Release the name of the attacker, please
Disturbing, Gut wrenching, heartbreaking, sad, infuriating, sickening, and just down right appalling are just a few words used to describe the vicious and malicious attack. Hi, my name is Casandra, and the young man that all of you have seen being brutally beaten in this Union-Scioto attack is my nephew. He is 15years old and has been avidly discriminated against for years for being homosexual. Every time I even think of this video or the attack I want to vomit. Our family can not even begin to express the magnitude of our appreciation for the support we have received on so many avenues. He, is staying strong and positive. His voice needs to be heard and through all of you and your support that is happening. This attack has changed his life for ever not only emotionally but mentally as well. Today I say to everyone don't be afraid to be who you are, god made you the way you are and just like Lady Gaga says " I was born this way" each and everyone of us were born to be who we are. Again I say the support that we have received for all of you is more than any family could have dreamed of Thank you all from the deepest part of our hearts.
Okay, I'll tell you what happened because people who are close to me were THERE.
Supposedly a gay kid was pummelled simply because he was gay. There's even a video that undeniably shows a gay kid getting hammered.
The truth of what happened is well, boring. And doesn't lend itself in any way to some special interest group advancing their cause with it unless they were to cherrypick details that weren't present in the first place.
Zach Huston (gay students name, as revealed by Columbus newspaper), was secretly taking photographs of boys in study hall and posting them on his facebook with sexual comments about them (btw, in some states this set of criteria lands you as a SEX OFFENDER).
Zach was taunting the assailant about his poverty level, and continually making menacing comments to him.
The assailant, who I have it on good authority is quick to punch for percieved slights of any kind, was provoked to action.
My intimate knowledge of this case is, I have been in frequent contact with the assailants sister, and other Unioto students through facebook. There was even an in-school petition gathering momentum in support of the assialant, BEGUN BY A GAY STUDENT, and gathered numerous signatures. (The prosecuter would later force them to halt this as it pretained to the ongoing case)
My next door neighbor of 5 years, who's a student at that same high school – his best friend was among those being secretly photographed.
But the kicker is, my nephew WHO IS GAY, was absolutely incredulous when he learned (the assailant) was being accused of a hate crime against gays, for as he says "…me and him were best buds at ******* middle school for two years", and would often hang with an "Alex" who was also gay.
The vicious, out-of-control, gay savaging homophobe cover story is losing credibility by the minute.
I'd say, if anything, the assailant might even be a latent bi-sexual. Nonetheless, he stands about 6'2, and if someone that size is dishing out a beating, don't blame the other kids for not being a hero and physically stopping him.
The gay activists jumped on this story with GUSTO. At last, it would seem, they have VIDEO PROOF dipicting how gays are getting treated in society.
But like the vast majority of "cause celebes" they embrace and try to rally their base and sway elected leaders with, it was rooted in untruths and distorted details.