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By Susan Belasco
When Harriet Beecher Stowe died in 1896 at the age of 85, an obituary published on July 2 in The New York Times declared that Stowe's death was "one of the closing leaves in an era of our century." Remembered primarily for her blockbuster novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852) and its role as one of the causes of the Civil War, Stowe was among our first celebrity authors and one of the most famous people of 19th-century America. She was the author of more than two dozen books, including novels, works for children, short story collections, books of essays, a book of poetry and a travel narrative, as well as a prolific contributor to both newspapers and magazines.
Born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1811 to Roxana Foote Beecher, the well-educated and artistic granddaughter of a Revolutionary War general, and Lyman Beecher, an evangelical Presbyterian minister with a strong interest in Puritan theology, Stowe was raised in a household in which religion, reading and writing were considered a vital part of childhood. At the age of 9, she won a school prize for an essay. Years after Stowe was an established writer with an international reputation, she recalled that her father's pleasure on that day was the proudest moment of her life.
After Lyman Beecher moved to Cincinnati in 1832 to take a position as the head of a theological seminary, both Stowe and her sister Catharine joined him with plans to start a school. There Stowe published her first book, "Primary Geography for Children." She also became involved in the Semicolon Club, a literary society in which members shared their writing. A story that Stowe first presented to the club won a prize in a local contest and was later published in The Western Monthly Magazine. She continued to sharpen her skills as a writer, publishing a second book, "The Mayflower," a collection of stories and sketches, and frequently contributing to magazines.
Becoming an Activist
In 1836, she married Calvin Stowe, a teacher at her father's seminary, and for the next several years, Stowe was busy with her growing family. After the Stowes moved to Brunswick, Me., in 1850, however, Stowe began to consider writing about slavery. The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 that made all citizens responsible for upholding the institution of slavery turned her into an activist. With the encouragement of her siblings, she published "The Freeman's Dream," a parable in which a farmer fails to help a runaway slave and is condemned by God at judgment day.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
That sketch paved the way for the first installments of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," envisioned by Stowe as a three- or four-part story for The National Era, an abolitionist newspaper. The story, which began running on June 5, 1851, was so popular that readers wrote to the newspaper begging for more, and the circulation of The Era doubled. When "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published as a novel in the spring of 1852, it instantly became a bestseller and was also quickly adapted for the stage. Performances of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" toured the Northeast, and Uncle Tom, Eliza, Little Eva, and Topsy became characters everyone knew. Stowe found herself an international celebrity—but not a rich one. Little thinking that her book would be so successful, Stowe had refused a contract with her publisher that involved some risk and instead had signed a standard contract that gave her just 10 percent of the sales of the book.
Now regarded as a major player in the abolition movement, Stowe accepted an invitation from antislavery societies to make appearances in Great Britain and to accept a formal antislavery petition signed by more than 500,000 British women. Eager to counter criticism from southern Americans that she knew little of the slavery system, Stowe published "A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin," a collection of documentary sources about slavery, just before she sailed for England in 1853. She was enthusiastically received wherever she travelled and met a number of famous British writers, including Charles Dickens. She later published a book about her travels, "Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands.
In 1856, Stowe published another book about slavery, "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp," and undertook a second journey to Europe where she met Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Lady Byron, the widow of the famous poet. Although she participated in antislavery meetings, she was also eager to establish a British copyright for her new book. In the absence of international copyright laws, she had earned nothing from the huge sales of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" abroad. Now savvy about business matters, Stowe was determined to reap the financial rewards that had eluded her with the publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
By the late 1850s, Stowe was firmly established as a major American writer. She was writing regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and she turned increasingly to domestic themes and stories, often drawing on childhood memories. While she continued to help with the antislavery cause, on the eve of the Civil War, she published "The Minister's Wooing," a historical novel set in Puritan New England. During the war, she met with President Abraham Lincoln, encouraging him to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. According to family accounts, Lincoln greeted Stowe by saying that she was the "little lady who started the big war," but no historical record confirms this conversation.
After the War
In the aftermath of the war, Stowe turned resolutely to New England society and history for her subject matter, publishing novels, collections of stories, poems, as well as "The American Woman's Home," a guide to middle-class domestic life, co-written with her sister Catharine. But her career underwent an abrupt change after a book about her friend, "Lady Byron Vindicated" (1870), shocked British and American audiences with her frankness about Byron's incestuous relationship with his half-sister. Even worse, her famous brother, the minister Henry Ward Beecher, had a scandalous affair with one of the members of his congregation. In the aftermath, Stowe mostly retreated from public life and lived at her homes in the Nook Farm area of Hartford, Conn., and in Mandarin, Fla. She was honored by her publisher Houghton, Mifflin and Company with a large birthday party in 1882, in which over 200 guests attended, including many major living writers of the 19th century, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Greenleaf Whittier. Stowe died on July 1, 1896, surrounded by her surviving family members.
Stowe Scholarship
In the years immediately following her death, Harriet Beecher Stowe and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" largely faded from view. But negative racial stereotypes of Uncle Tom and her other characters lived on in adaptations of the novel in minstrel shows, early movies, and on stage. During World War II, Helen Hayes starred in "Harriet," an historical drama about Stowe's life that mixed fact with fictional characters from "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Just as the Civil Rights movement was beginning to emerge in the early 1960s, James Baldwin published a scathing commentary on "Uncle Tom's Cabin," calling it a sentimental novel that had engrained racism into white American consciousness.
In the 1970s, the rise of the feminist movement and the resulting feminist criticism that developed in American colleges and universities recovered Stowe and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" for the classroom and as the subject for scholars, who probed earlier assumptions about race, gender and sentimentality. New projects, including an annotated "Uncle Tom's Cabin," edited by Henry Louis Gates, one of the foremost African American scholars in the United States; a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography by Joan Hedrick; and a major electronic archive, Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture, directed by Stephen Railton and housed at the University of Virginia, reveal the extent to which Harriet Beecher Stowe and her controversial novel are a vital—and certainly complex—part of American history and literature.


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Sony just won the console war for this generation. Not only is the PS4 going to be cheaper, Sony's CEO gloated on stage last night at E3 with the biggest possible grin as he detailed that all that nonsensical DRM crap that Microsoft is pulling, like blocking used games sales and stuff like that? Yeah, Sony's PS4 will have none of that. Sony even made an instructional video to explain how sharing games works.
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RE: Incredible to watch.
by jweinraub on Tue 11th Jun 2013 13:32 UTC in reply to "Incredible to watch."
I didn't get a chance to watch either, but what was Microsoft thinking? I had always been a Nintendo/Sony person. Never cared for the Xbox, not just because it is a MS product but I felt it was a clunky device, never mind the red rings of death, etc.
But Sony more or less admitted last week they weren't going to do DRM. Did Microsoft really think Sony would had followed suit and done the same? Those number crunchers at MS certainly effed up big time, a lot of heads will roll and I really can't seeing them do a HUGE ass u-turn on their policy now, can they?
I for one cannot wait to get my PS4!
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oh boy, my bros n mine r falling for the same tamagotchi-- my sister's! when we both connect to her we both have 4 hearts as closeness level.... i wonder who she'll choose.... (mine has an advantage because it's older and he has to wait another day.)
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The Empire State Building has been shining its tower lights with "tennis ball yellow" color throughout this year's edition of the U.S. Open (partly to commemorate the 40th year of Open tennis at the event). The tower first got lights in 1932, to alert people for 50 miles that FDR had been elected president of the United States.
The building currently lights up for major holidays, including EU Day (blue and yellow), Lunar New Year (red and yellow), Veterans' Day (red, white, and blue), and Earth Day (green).
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Annotated edition of a January 1, 1808 sermon by Absalom Jones, of the St. Thomas African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, commemorating the end of legal importation of slaves into the United States. Digitized by the Antislavery Literature Project.
See also: Teaching Guide to Early African American Antislavery Sermons, Joe Lockard
Absalom Jones (1746-1818), together with Richard Allen, were among the earliest ordained black ministers in the United States. Jones was born in Delaware and sold to a Philadelphia storeowner at age 16. He later purchased freedom for both his wife and himself. Both Jones and Allen were educated by Quakers in Philadelphia, where they were students at antislavery activist Anthony Benezet's school. See Henry Cadbury, "Negro Membership in the Society of Friends," Journal of Negro History 21 (1936) 2:154. Following the segregation of blacks in an Episcopal church in Philadelphia in 1786, Jones and Allen founded a black congregation, St. Thomas African Episcopal Church. This was the 'mother church' for what became, beginning in 1816, the African Methodist Episcopal Church movement. Jones functioned as a minister in the Philadelphia community until his death, becoming one of the major African American figures to emerge from the eighteenth century.
Jones preached the Thanksgiving Sermon on January 1, 1808, the date upon which the United States outlawed importation of foreign slaves. This holiday became one of the central antislavery celebration days among free black communities in the antebellum North. See William B. Gravely, "The Dialectic of Black Consciousness in Black American Freedom Celebrations, 1808-1863," The Journal of Negro History 67 (1982) 4:302-317. Jones begins by comparing African slavery in America to the events of Hebrew slavery in Egypt recounted in Exodus, adducing "that the deliverance of the children of Israel from their bondage, is not the only instance, in which it has pleased God to appear in behalf of oppressed and distressed nations, as the deliverer of the innocent, and of those who call upon his name." (p. 10) He asserts that God has witnessed the events of African slavery, but divine intervention also brought an end to legal importation of slaves. Jones proposes that the duties of the faithful are devout gratitude for divine intercession against slavery; prayers for divine influence to bring further legal sanction against slavery; personal industry and integrity by blacks to remain deserving of divine deliverance; gratitude towards antislavery societies and individuals for their work against slavery; and annual celebration of New Year's Day as an occasion for historical commemoration of slavery and liberation.
For further discussion of Jones, see Joanna Brooks, "The Early American Republic and the Emergence of a Black Print Counterpublic," William and Mary Quarterly 62 (2005) 1:67-92; Philip Gould, "Race, Commerce, and the Literature of Yellow Fever in Early National Philadelphia," Early American Literature 35 (2000) 2:157-186; Thomas E. Will, "Liberalism, Republicanism, and Philadelphia's Black Elite in the Early Republic: The Social Thought of Absalom Jones and Richard Allen," Pennsylvania History 69 (2002) 4:558-576; Jacqueline Bacon, "Rhetoric and Identity in Absalom Jones and Richard Allen's Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, During the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 125 (2001) 1-2:61-90; and Ann C. Lammers, "The Rev. Absalom Jones and the Episcopal Church: Christian Theology and Black Consciousness in New Alliance," Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 51 (1982) 2:159-184.
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12 oz. chorizo sausage, 1⁄4-in. slices
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3⁄4 cup green olives, pitted and sliced
Salt and pepper, as needed
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and the guy with the coolest job in the hot rod world, gets to work on all those archives!
Anyway, I asked to be put in his will as the next guy with his job, and he said he'd already been paid off to put someone else in his will for it. Damn. The beat me to it.
I guy can dream right?


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PYONGYANG, North Korea – A foreign tour agency has released the first public photos from inside the tallest and most notorious building in North Korea: the 105-story, pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which remains unfinished more than 20 years after construction began.
Beijing-based Koryo Tours got a peek at the interior of the hotel in Pyongyang, the capital. Photos taken by the company Sunday show a bare concrete lobby, as well as sweeping views of Pyongyang from a viewing platform.
North Korea began building the Ryugyong in the 1980s but stopped when funding ran out in the 1990s. Exterior construction resumed three years ago, but few have been allowed inside. Koryo says it will open in two or three years.
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Excuse this small bit of personal indulgence, but it's been so exciting that I just have to say how excited and thrilled I am for Margareta Osborn.
Having been fortunate to work with Margareta on her website (http://www.margaretaosborn.com.au) - which was the best fun - you can't imagine the thrill of knowing that her new book BELLA'S RUN - is selling like hotcakes.
At one point over the long weekend, BELLA'S RUN peaked at Number 1 on the iTunes chart (missed the moment blast it!), but Margareta is currently off in Southern New South Wales, book touring to some of worst of the flood affected areas, which hopefully will be a bit of lift for those poor people who have been through so much.
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With Boro on a five game losing streak but usually strong at home and set to face a Leeds side who have struggled on the road this season, that game looks one to swerve.
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Hull v Derby
Hull welcome Derby to the KC Stadium, with Steve Bruce's side knowing they need to pick up their form if they are to secure second place and with it, automatic promotion.
The Tigers are on 53 points with Leicester and Watford, with Crystal Palace just one off that trio and all four clubs will be desperate not to face going through the play-offs to make the Premier League.
Hull are without a home win in three games, but will fancy their chances against a Derby side who haven't triumphed on the road in four attempts.
This one could be a close game, like it was at Pride Park over Christmas when Hull won 2-1, but the Yorkshire outfit can address their form with victory here at evens (2.0).
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Brighton welcome Blackburn to the Amex Stadium with just two points separating the sides in seventh and eighth position.
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Ex-Salvadoran general appeals deportation order
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — In the 1980s, the U.S. government considered Salvadoran Gen. Eugenio Vides Casanova a hero, twice awarding him the Legion of Merit for leading a battle against left-wing rebels in his country. Now, the U.S. government considers him a pariah, and wants him deported for his role in a series of human rights abuses.
Vides Casanova on Thursday appealed his deportation order to the nation's highest immigration court, arguing that his removal would be unfair because the aggressive tactics of the Salvadoran military were tacitly supported by the U.S.
"El Salvador was at the forefront of the battle against communism in our hemisphere," his lawyer, Diego Handel, said during arguments. "The things that happened far from our country during a civil war in which our government was an active participant on the side of the Salvadoran government. ... Any war, there's going to be a lot of deaths, a lot of unfortunate things that happen."
Vides Casanova, who was his country's defense minister, has been living in Florida since immigrating in 1989. In 2012, an immigration judge ruled that he could be deported for his role in multiple acts of killings and torture committed by the Salvadoran military, including the slayings of three American nuns and a lay churchwoman in 1980.
Government lawyer David Landau said U.S. support for the Salvadoran military at the time does not excuse Vides Casanova's actions. He said the record is replete with pleas from U.S. ambassadors and even then-Vice President George H.W. Bush demanding that the military clean up its human rights record.
Instead, Vides Casanova "protects the people who have committed the torture," Landau said.
In one case, a torture victim testified that Vides Casanova was in the room personally while the victim lay bloody from beatings and other torture. In another case, he kept a victim in jail for years on a false confession that was beaten out of him. The victim confessed he had murdered U.S. military advisor Albert Schaufelberger. The victim languished in prison despite explicit pleas from the U.S. that he be freed, Landau said.
Carolyn Patty Blum, a senior advisor at the Center For Justice and Accountability, a human rights law firm that has pursued civil claims against Vides Casanova and other world leaders accused of torture, said the two victims' stories are "a good representation of what Vides Casanova could have done" to curb abuses had he been so inclined.
As for the murder of the U.S. churchwomen, the judge who heard testimony at Vides Casanova's 2012 deportation trial found that Vides Casanova set up a sham investigation that muddied the waters and delayed justice in the murders.
A three-judge panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals, the nation's highest immigration court, heard Vides Casanova's appeal at its headquarters in Falls Church. Vides Casanova did not attend.
Board members questioned whether Vides Casanova could properly be held responsible for acts committed by his underlings.
"Is he responsible for rogue units? Was his position too far up the chain to control those units?" asked board judge Michael Creppy.
Landau countered that Vides Casanova himself testified at his own trial that he kept tight control over his subordinates.
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The Reds' nightmare injury toll continued this weekend as they lost another two backs during the 23-13 loss to the travelling Stormers. One of the injuries came from this great hit by Stormers center Juan De Jongh.
The Stormers got their season back on track with another win, the first by a South African team in Brisbane for three years. While they themselves were missing Springboks Shalk Burger, Jean De Villiers, and Andries Bekker to injury, it's the Reds that have been hit hardest this season.
With Quade Cooper still out and a string of backup playmakers injured, the Reds were relying on young Sam Lane, from Cape Town and playing against some old school mates, to steer the ship.
That plan went belly-up in the first few minutes of the game as he badly damaged his knee when attempting a jinking step. He is set to undergo his second knee reconstruction in a year.
"Sam has done his anterior and lateral ligaments. It couldn't get much worse for a knee," said Reds caoch Ewen McKenzie. Five minutes later centre Ben Tapuai hobbled off after he was smashed by little Juan De Jongh, owing no favours to the proverbial hospital pass from Radike Samo.
"You lose two backs in the first 10 minutes and it's a challenge. We fought pretty hard and still had our moments but were not polished enough to take them," added McKenzie, who said that they'll have to go looking for players again, something they've become accustomed to this season.
The good news is that Digby Ioane, who was out with suspension for a dangerous tackle, will be back next week. Lane however will be out for the rest of the season, and Tapuai out for 10 weeks with a broken collarbone, ruling him out of possible selection for the Wallaby's midyear Tests.
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Our friends at RealClearPolitics have posted David White's "inside story" on the process that resulted in Yale's taking a pass on Juan Cole. White's account seems to me accurate and straightforward:
According to several insiders, Cole's scholarship, which several professors deemed insufficient, was the decisive factor in the final decision against his appointment. Cole faced strong opposition from some of the most senior, influential, and highly-regarded members of Yale's history department, including prominent Yale historians Donald Kagan and John Lewis Gaddis. And that was kiss of death, because the Senior Appointment Committee wants a faculty vote that's nearly unanimous.
One factor that White's account omits is Cole's unfitness for the specific position in issue. As Michael Rubin writes in a message commenting on White's piece:
Cole's field of academic expertise was wrong for the position. The search was for someone to be based primarily in the Yale Center for International and Area Studies to bridge the gap between academics and policy. Being a commentator is not enough; what Yale was searching for was someone with academic depth but practitioner experience, the type of person that normally winds up at the Fletcher School, Georgetown, or the Woodrow Wilson School.
One other salient point that is evident in White's account and implicit in the opposition of Professors Kagan and Gaddis reported by White to Cole's appointment: Cole is a vulgar nut.


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I just had a guy ask if atheists celebrate xmas on twitter.. I replied that I do indeed celebrate the holidays in the context of having the opportunity to have time off work, spend time with family, give/receive gifts, eat and drink loads and generally have a nice time.. he was pretty annoyed by my response and stated that this was hypocrisy.. he also had an issue with the fact I would receive gifts from friends/family as this time of year was to celebrate Jesus birthday only.... for me to inform him I would be partaking in the holiday season, yet stating in no way religious, I was dismissed as having double standards.
Do you celebrate xmas, this holiday period? what are your thoughts? Is it hypocritical to receive gifts and partake in family dinners? Personally I take full advantage of a lovely time of year.. CHRIST does not come into it!
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Since this is the first Christian holiday I will be spending as openly an atheist, I've realized that I've lost most of the connection to the holiday. I still love Christmas trees, but more for the fact that they represent winter to me than the birth of some nobody who may or may not have been born 2,012 years ago (which they really don't represent at all). I was never big on the giving and receiving of gifts, and rather looked forward to spending time with family especially since I don't get to see them anymore. I really am not seeing it as Christmas time anymore, but as more of a Winter Week. I think we should make a holiday week for every season!
Personally, my best friend's birthday is on the 25th of December and when it comes down to it, that's the birthday that's always mattered most to me on that day.
I do agree - the holiday season need not be a complicated blow-out...but it typically is so I avoid it.
My grandfather once told me that Christmas dinner was really special in his childhood because it was about the only meal where the entire family could count on eating meat, potato, bread, vegetable and also getting some sort of dessert. After saying that he reflected that we seemed to have come to a point where we ate Christmas dinner every single day. I suggested that perhaps a day of fasting during the holidays would make more sense, to remind us just how much we really have.
What I hate most about the 'holiday season' is the ridiculous traffic that makes life less pleasurable for me, even using public transit. Then after the holidays I get irritated with all the people who whine that they can't do anything because their cards are all max'ed out. It really is a Gluttonfest these days.
What really bugs me is that xmas starts in the middle of September. I can hardly get through the fruit and veg store to buy some bananas (opposable thumbs rock) without hearing jingles f**king bells even on Halloween night. It is so blatantly commercial that I am amazed that the Theists are not complaining more than us. Then the virtuous talk about making it special for the children. WTF is that. Make them feel special all year long instead rather than making them compete in a festival of commercial greed bribing them to "be good or Santa won't come". It gets even worse for those kids that Santa seems to have no time for.
Oh Reg, you are such a killjoy, we do celebrate the real "birthday boy" too you know.
Yeah right, before or after you stuff your faces and get drunk? Did he not consider drunkenness and gluttony and greed to be sinful? I suppose you will all soon be celebrating him dying in a few months' time so those sins can be forgiven? Any chance I won't see chocolate eggs in January? Nope, didn't think so.
Celebrate xmas? C-e-l-e-b-r-a-t-e ? No, sorry I don't know what ye faithful are talking about.
It's a bit like how watching a violent thunderstorm from inside can make you substantially more grateful for having shelter.
That is so true, Kris - what a nice way to put it.
Nothing hypocritical about celebrating Christmas in a secular manner. If anything, they are the ones with an issue since Christmas is a conglomeration of stolen pagan traditions. The trees, wreaths, the gift giving, the feast, and even the date are all stolen from pagan and Roman holidays (and the Winter Solstice). And if he has a problem with celebrating that time of year under the banner of Christmas, then surely he doesn't recognize Thursday since it is named for Thor's day... Or any of the days of the week, and most months for that matter.
When I milked the interwebz from my home office, I used to pride myself on not spending more than 6 to 8 hours in public in the month of December (cross country skiing didn't count as 'public'). Now that I work hospitality, I can't believe what assholes people turn into for the 'holiday season'. I've already had 2 people get very gruff with me about turning down their reservations (both for over 20 people) on Christmas day because we'll be closed. Somehow I'M the scroodge for working for a company that actually gives me Christmas day off.
I should also mention that 'very gruff' is much more serious in French than in English. It's really the equivalent of barking obscenities, especially when phoning for reservations.
My family doesn't celebrate Christmas, we have a New Year Gift Exchange.
I don't celebrate Christmas. I have a festivus pole, and "celebrate" winter.


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GlaxoSmithKline said it paid nearly $15 million in fees in the second quarter to US healthcare professionals for speaking and consulting services.
A 121-page report posted yesterday by the Anglo firm highlights amounts given to 3,700 KOLs and other providers. Payees received $3,909 on average. The highest-paid recipient on the list was a specialist in rheumatology-allergy and immunology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who received $99,375.
Such fees are often made in exchange for talks or consulting services in therapeutic areas that coincide with a company's marketed products. GSK's asthma/COPD treatment Advair Diskus was the fourth best-selling drug in the US in 2008, according to IMS Health.
Deirdre Connelly, GSK's president North America pharmaceuticals, said: "These are professionals who should be fairly compensated for the services and expertise they provide. There are strict guidelines about how we work together."
GSK and other drug firms have been drawing back the curtain on payments to doctors ahead of legislation that could make such disclosures mandatory. Both the healthcare reform bill that cleared the House earlier this year and the Senate bill nearing passage include language meant to increase public disclosure of payments.
Earlier this year, Eli Lilly became the first major drug company to provide a detailed list of consulting and speaker fees when it posted its faculty registry, disclosing $22 million in first-quarter compensation paid to almost 3,400 US physicians and other healthcare professionals.
Next up was Merck, which said it shelled out $3 million in speaker fees to US doctors during the second quarter. Pfizer has also pledged to publicize amounts given to support influential doctors.


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Friday Early Morning Spring Bird Walks in Central Park
Eight Fridays, April 4 - May 23, 2014
Eight Fridays, April 4 - May 23, 2014
Observe the vibrant spring migration of birds in Central Park with ornithologists Paul Sweet (Tuesdays and Fridays) or Joseph DiCostanzo(Wednesdays and Thursdays). Learn how to use field marks, habitat, behavior, and song as aids in identification. Birder field cards included. (For tickets, see Tuesdays, Session I.)
All birdwalks start across from the Museum on the northeast corner of Central Park West and 77th Street. Walks are limited to 15 people per series. Be sure to bring a pair of binoculars, and wear comfortable shoes. Please note: These walks are more than an hour long, with steps, slopes and wood-chip paths.
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Rockets' Harden out with sore foot
Houston, TX – Houston Rockets guard James Harden will not suit up for the team's matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday.
The Rockets' leading scorer is dealing with a sore foot and is coming off one of his worst performances of the season. Harden was held to his lowest scoring total in over four months, finishing with just seven points in Friday's loss to Memphis.
The 23-year-old out of Arizona State is averaging career highs with 26.0 points and 5.8 rebounds in his first season in Houston.


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Judge John E. Jones III, who presided over the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, was interviewed by Jane Gitschier for PLoS Genetics.
The fourth issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach — the new journal aspiring to promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience — is now available on-line.
The popular film critic Roger Ebert reviewed the creationist propaganda movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed in a December 3, 2008, post entitled "Win Ben Stein's mind" on his blog on the Chicago Sun-Times website — and he pulled no punches.
Kevin Padian, who serves as president of NCSE's board of directors, is continuing to speak and write in enthusiastic defense of the teaching of evolution.
Selected content from volume 28, number 2, of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on NCSE's website.
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With just two weeks until the congressional August recess begins, it remains unclear if the 2012 Farm Bill will come to the House floor this summer.
As of Thursday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who effectively controls the floor schedule along with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), had not made a decision about floor time.
Pressure is on from agriculture leaders in the House, including House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), and through a Dear Colleague letter urging floor consideration, led by Rep. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.).
"The House Agriculture Committee has done its work and we now ask that you make time on the floor of the House to consider this legislation, so that it can be debated, conferenced and ultimately passed into law, before the current bill expires," the letter said, referencing the legislation passed by the Ag Committee on July 12.
"We need to continue to tell the American success story of agriculture and work to ensure we have strong policies in place so that producers can continue to provide an abundant, affordable and safe food supply."
Calls for House consideration of the bill this summer, which is necessary to finalize new farm and food policy by the time current law expires on Sept. 30, also continue to come from farmers and rural constituents through Hill visits and calls, media interviews and social media using the hashtag #farmbillnow.
NAWG joined 45 groups in writing to Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) late last week, telling them "time is short" to get the new bill passed.
"While representing a wide range of interests, we are united in our view that the bill should receive floor time and be finalized this year, on schedule," the groups wrote.
"We reject calls for delay and believe that extension of the current bill does not adequately address the needs of farmers, ranchers, foresters, those in need of food assistance at home and abroad, conservation, rural communities, or food and agricultural research."
NAWG President Erik Younggren told RURAL TV on Monday that "our winter wheat guys will be planting here in August, and we're encouraging our lawmakers to keep working just like farmers do. We don't stop, and we don't think that the lawmakers should stop either."
NAWG is continuing to work with other commodity groups and Hill officials to determine a path for the 2012 Farm Bill this year. NAWG encourages all readers to contact their Members of the House and House Leadership to express the importance of quick farm bill action.


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DETROIT – A New Jersey-based trucking company violated federal law by firing a female truck driver just hours after learning of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit (Case No. 2:09CV13116), filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the discrimination victim, a 30-year-old woman from Detroit who worked for Decker Transport Co., Inc., informed the employer of her pregnancy after a trip to a hospital emergency room. The company immediately put her on temporary leave and told her not to return to work until after she "got rid of the problem." When the female worker refused, the company terminated her employment.
Pregnancy discrimination is a form of gender discrimination which violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. The EEOC is seeking an injunction to prohibit the company from engaging in this type of discrimination in the future, as well as monetary relief on behalf of the victim.
"This is a straightforward case of pregnancy discrimination based on unfounded assumptions about the abilities of pregnant women," said EEOC Trial Attorney Lauren Gibbs. "When discrimination like this goes unchecked, especially in male-dominated professions such as trucking, it only allows false stereotypes about women and pregnancy to perpetuate."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.
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Students have worked in a variety of setting for internships, including adult and juvenile probation, drug rehabilitation centers, the Attorney General's Office, local centers for battered women, the county Health Department, Planned Parenthood, and AIDS Services of Austin. Students interested in academic internships should contact Maria Kruger, Director of Internships in the Office of Career Services at least one semester prior to the planned internship and should submit a resume and complete all paperwork with the Office of Career Services.
As with Honors Theses and Independent Study, students must complete an Internship form for the Registrar's Office. This form will identify the faculty member who will serve as the internship supervisor and will specify the academic requirements of the internship. As a general rule, students are expected to spend 120 hours at the internship site for 3 hours of academic internship credit, with academic requirements being in addition to the 120 site hours.


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A download for the new SampleTank 2.2 is now available, providing compatibility for IK Users with Mac Intel Core Duo Systems. SampleTank 2 L and XL users may download this software update for free on the IK Web site. Along with Mac Intel compatibility, there are also several enhancements that have been implemented into the SampleTank 2.2 update.
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2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel Officially On Sale
- Cruze Diesel now available at dealerships
- Fuel economy is 27 mpg city/46 mpg hwy
- Pricing starts around $25,500 with shipping
The 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel is officially on sale. Chevrolet recently announced the Cruze Diesel is now in showrooms, marking the first time in decades that Chevrolet has offered a diesel-powered car.
Dubbed the Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel, the new model returns 27 miles per gallon in the city and a whopping 46 mpg on the highway. That makes for a combined rating of 33 mpg.
Those gas mileage figures easily top the base-level Cruze, which returns 25 mpg city/36 mpg hwy. They even beat out the Cruze ECO, which is tuned for maximum fuel economy. That model returns 28 mpg city/42 mpg hwy with its standard 6-speed manual transmission.
But the Cruze Diesel's fuel economy gains come at a price. Fitted with its diesel engine, the small sedan starts around $25,500 including shipping. That's a big jump over the base-level Cruze, which starts around $18,000. It's also a hefty premium over the Cruze ECO, which starts around $20,500.
Chevrolet says the premium is easy to justify. One reason is the Cruze Diesel comes standard with a 6-speed automatic transmission. That isn't true of the base-level Cruze or the Cruze ECO.
It's also not true of the Cruze Diesel's top competitor, Volkswagen's popular Jetta TDI. That model starts around $23,500 in sedan form and offers 30 mpg city/42 mpg hwy. Drivers interested in a Jetta TDI automatic have to pay an extra $1,100, which makes pricing much closer to the Cruze.
Chevrolet also says the Cruze Diesel boasts more equipment than competitors. That's also true, as the Cruze includes leather seats and GM's MyLink infotainment system. It also trumps the Jetta's highway fuel economy figure by 4 mpg. But many shoppers looking to save at the pump may not be willing to pay a premium for the Cruze.
The last Chevrolet available with a diesel engine was the 1986 Chevette. Sourced from Isuzu, the Chevette's engine was a 1.8-liter 4-cylinder that made just 51 horsepower.
What it means to you: The 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel provides an American alternative to the popular Volkswagen Jetta TDI.


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Detailed extensively in Wistia's "The State of HD Video Viewing in America" report, approximately eighteen percent of Americans are unable to stream high definition video due to poor download speeds. The comprehensive look at download speeds within the United States defines 2 Mbps as the minimum download speed to receive a high definition video stream. Wistia representatives choose the 2 Mbps mark for streaming high definition video as any speed below this level likely requires continually buffering and may simply cause the user to abandon the video due to the delays. People that fall into this category could include anyone from consumers that live in rural areas without broadband to employees working in a metropolitan area, but the company's network is stretched too thin for high definition video streaming.
As a video hosting company, Wistia was able to collect and analyze millions of video-viewing events within the United States. After analyzing several weeks of data, Wistia discovered that 17.9 percent of people watching videos weren't able to finish a high definition video stream without significant buffering.
Nearly ten percent of the entire group was watching video with an average download speed of 0-1 Mbps. When looking at the data by state and region, Wistia discovered that the Northeast United States has the least amount of people that couldn't stream a high definition video smoothly. States like New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland only had 10 to 15 percent of people that didn't have download speeds of at least 2 Mbps.
On the flip side, the amount of people that can't stream high definition video smoothly increases when moving west across the United States. In states like Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, Montana and Wyoming, the percentage of people with less than a 2 Mbps download speed can reach up to 40 percent. More generally, people living within the mid-West area of the country are less likely to have fast download speeds. In addition, large states like California and Texas scores high on the amount of people without HD capability due to the large amount of rural areas in each state. When compared to a recent FCC study on download speeds, Wistia discovered that the data from this study correlates to the FCC's findings.
In order to analyze the workplace more significantly, Wistia took a sampling of 25 organizations which included four Internet companies, five universities, eight Fortune 500 companies, three government organizations and five technology companies.
Across the entire sampling, approximately one quarter of the workforce at those organizations weren't able to stream a high definition video without buffering. More specifically, the technology companies came in at the lowest rate with only 14 percent unable to stream HD video and universities also did well at a rate of 18 percent.
Interestingly, the Internet companies and Fortune 500 companies had the highest percentages of people without the ability to stream in high definition. Both groups had an average rate above the 30 percent mark, however it's possible that these organizations put a cap on Internet speeds in place in order to curtail streaming of non-work related videos on YouTube, Hulu and other sources of online video entertainment.


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NEW YORK – The Heat's Game 7 win over the San Antonio Spurs drew the second-highest preliminary television rating for the NBA Finals on ABC since the network took over the series in 2003.
Miami's 95-88 victory Thursday night earned a 17.7 overnight rating. Game 7 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics in 2010 had an 18.2 overnight.
The series averaged a 12.4 overnight, up 5 percent from last year's Heat-Thunder finals, which went only five games.
Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned to a program. Overnight ratings measure the country's largest markets.


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In the fall of 2009, Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell played what Webb calls "probably the concert of our lives."
In the fall of 2009, Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell played what Webb calls "probably the concert of our lives."
The historic event took place at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, Tenn., where the legendary songwriter and iconic entertainer teamed up with a full symphony orchestra to deliver such unforgettable Webb-penned, Campbell-performed hits as "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston."
"Everybody was just having a good night all at the same time," said Webb, a multi-Grammy Award winner. "That's the way it happens sometimes. That's when you feel history is made."
After Webb returned to his hotel suite that evening, he had begun to wind down from the excitement when the telephone rang.
"My producer, Freddy Mollin, called me and he said, 'We've got to get Glen in the studio in the morning,' " Webb recalled. "And I said, 'What are you talking about?" because we were just celebrating, having a good time.
"He says, 'I mean it, man. I've got Fireside (Studios) at 9 o'clock in the morning. Glen's ready to go. He'll be there. All you need to do is just show up.'"
The next morning, Webb arrived at the studio, where he and Campbell continued to congratulate each other on having such a great concert. Then Campbell went to work, adding his voice to the second verse of a new version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" that Webb had recently recorded.
"I stood there and watched him, and he just got this look on his face," Webb said. "I can't explain it. He looked transported, like he was in another world. And when it was time for him to sing the second verse, he sung it without any lyrics or any Teleprompter or anything."
Webb said Campbell's performance was done in a single take.
"I was sitting on the floor crying," Webb continued. "All of a sudden, I realized that this really wasn't going to last forever, that I wasn't going to be able to work with Glen forever."
That point was probably magnified when Campbell announced in 2011 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and went on a farewell tour last year.
The track appears on Webb's latest album, 2010's "Just Across the River," and it marks the first time Webb and Campbell have sung together on the same record.
"I have to tell you, he sounded a lot better than I did," Webb said. "There's no question about who the winner was. But, as a piece of historical memorabilia or trivia or whatever you want to call it, I think it's pretty significant.
"I think it's something that years from now, people are going to at least be curious about what the two of us sounded like together, and they'll put it on and listen to it."
Campbell isn't the only high-profile musical artist who makes an appearance on "Just Across the River." The star-studded album also includes collaborations with everyone from Vince Gill and Billy Joel to Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt.
One of the highlights is Webb's duet with Americana queen Lucinda Williams on "Galveston," an emotionally-charged song popularized by Campbell in 1969.
Williams "transformed it instantly from essentially a story or a narrative into a dialogue between a man and a woman," Webb said. "All of a sudden, it became a living thing. It became multidimensional, and it became full of all sorts of curves and textures that, one moment before, hadn't been there. … It was just like an epiphany."
Webb described the making of "Just Across the River," his first album to be recorded in Nashville, Tenn., as "a very joyful experience."
"I had more fun than I've had in the studio in a long time," he said. "… It was almost like a bird. If you let go of it, it would fly. It was that kind of spiritual thing. The album had a heartbeat."
Webb, who has been making solo albums since the late 1960s, said he plans to release "Just Across the River: Volume 2" in September.
"Fourteen cuts, fourteen guest artists," he said. "I have Joe Cocker (and) Keith Urban. (David) Crosby and Graham Nash are going to be on there with me. I have a song that I wrote about Elvis Presley, and I have the Jordanaires singing on that one."
Webb added that Carly Simon and contemporary British pop singer Rumer are among the others who will appear on the upcoming album.
"I'm getting to do all kinds of stuff here before I sink into old age," Webb, 66, said. "It's great to have one last go-round."
One of the most prolific songwriters of all-time, Webb has penned classics for Richard Harris ("MacArthur Park"), the Fifth Dimension ("Up, Up and Away"), the Brooklyn Bridge ("The Worst That Could Happen"), Art Garfunkel ("All I Know") and Joe Cocker ("The Moon is a Harsh Mistress").
A member of the National Academy of Popular Music Songwriter's Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Webb also composed the Grammy-winning "Highwayman." This song was famously recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson on their 1985 album of the same name.
According to American Songwriter magazine, "a night with Jimmy at the keys is not unlike getting to hear George Gershwin or Cole Porter live. It's hard to believe one guy could have written all these amazing songs."


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Court has jurisdiction over court related matters for minors. The Juvenile Division is comprised of two units: dependency and delinquency Both Units respond to issues involving children.
Juvenile Justice Center, 2680 Radio Lane, Redding CA 96001 -
Office Hours:8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Juvenile Hall (530) 225-5838
Juvenile Probation (530) 225-5230 Email
Clerk's Office - Main Courthouse, 1500 Court Street, Room 319, Redding CA 96001
Office Hours:8:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Appeals (530) 245-6482
Adoptions (530) 245-6727 Email
Delinquency Clerk (530) 245-6481
Dependency Clerk (530) 225-5449
Juvenile Unit Supervisor (530) 245-6067
The Shasta County Juvenile Court is made up of three distinct types of proceedings: Dependency, Delinquency, and Traffic Hearing Officer proceedings, and is headed by the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court
Dependency proceedings involve the protection of children who have been or are at risk of being seriously abused, neglected or abandoned. The Department of Children and Family Services investigates allegations and is the petitioner on cases filed in the Dependency Court. Unlike Delinquency Court, Dependency Court is entirely centralized at the main courthouse.
Delinquency proceedings involve children under the age of 18 alleged to have committed a delinquent act (would be criminal if committed by an adult) or who are habitually disobedient, truant or beyond the control of a parent. Delinquency proceedings are held at the Juvenile Justice Center.
The Traffic Hearing Officer hears traffic offenses and other status offenses such as loitering, curfew, evading fares, defacing property, etc. The Traffic hearing officer proceedings are heard at the main courthouse. For information regarding citations that do not require a court appearance, refer to Traffic Division Juvenile Citations.
Shasta County Juvenile Court limits access to juvenile court records in accordance with the law and Welfare and Institutions Code Section 827.
Availability of these records is restricted to certain court personnel, the minor, parents or guardian, attorneys involved in the case, and other persons designated by the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court. Identification is required.
Juvenile court records may not be obtained or inspected by civil or criminal subpoena.
Why the Court Was Created
The Juvenile Dependency Court system's primary mission is to ensure that children are safe from abuse and neglect. Whenever possible the Court strives to preserve and strengthen families so children can be raised safely in their own homes. When this is not possible the Court orders the provision of a nurturing temporary foster home and supervises the care. The Court's focus then shifts to ensuring that children receive a permanent home in a timely fashion, either through reunification with their rehabilitated parents or through adoption, legal guardianship or a long-term foster care commitment.
The Dependency Court - What It Does
Most reports of child abuse do not result in any court action. In many situations, the child can be protected without court intervention. In some, reports may be faulty or false. Still others lack sufficient information to adequately support legal action. On the other hand, some reports of child abuse may involve complicated and often confusing procedures and hearings in the Juvenile Dependency Court, the Criminal Court or the Family Law Court, or all three.
The most common court action resulting from a report of child abuse occurs in the Juvenile Dependency Court. The incidents of abuse and neglect that are assessed as actually or imminently dangerous to children are referred to this Court. This legal process is intended to protect children through the use of the Court's authority. The process is initiated by the filing of a petition by the Department of Children and Family Services under Welfare & Institutions Code Section 300.
During the pendency of a Section 300 WIC proceeding, a child may be detained or may remain in the custody of a parent. The child's situation may be serious enough to warrant court action, but not pose immediate danger to the child. In such a case the child can remain safely at home while an investigation and the court hearings proceed. If the safety of the child cannot be assured at home, the child can be removed from the parents' custody and placed in protective custody.
Following the filing of a WIC 300 petition and the detention/arraignment hearing, the Court conducts additional hearings to determine whether the allegations are true, (the adjudication), and if true, whether Dependency Court jurisdiction is necessary.
At the disposition hearing, the Court decides whether the child may remain safely in the parents' home under Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) supervision (home of parent order) or must be suitably placed. The family may be ordered to participate in activities to help the family overcome the problems that brought the family before the Court. DCFS is ordered to provide services referred to as "family maintenance services" if the child remains at home or "family reunification services" if the child is placed out of the home.
Any case under the jurisdiction of the Court must be reviewed by the Court at least every six months until jurisdiction is terminated. If the child is placed out of the home, the Court conducts a hearing to establish a permanent placement plan within 12 months. The purpose of this hearing is to determine whether or not the child can be returned home or if there is a substantial probability that the child can be returned with an additional six months of reunification services. If so, the Court will continue the permanent placement hearing no more than six months in the future.
If it is determined that the child cannot be returned to the parent, the Court must decide on the most stable permanent place for the child. The Court may consider terminating parental rights and proceed to adoption or, without terminating parental rights, proceed to guardianship or long-term foster care.
A subsequent petition under Welfare & Institutions Code Section 342 may be filed to allege new facts or circumstances, other than those under which the original petition was sustained. A subsequent petition under WIC 300 may add facts or circumstances to a petition that has been previously filed. A supplemental petition under Welfare & Institutions Code Section 387 is filed to change or modify a previous order by seeking to remove a minor from the physical custody of a parent, guardian, relative, or friend and directing placement in a foster home or commitment to a private or county institution. Such a supplemental petition must state facts sufficient to support the conclusion that the previous order has not been effective in the rehabilitation or protection of the minor.
A supplemental petition under Welfare & Institutions Code section 388 allows any parent, or other person having an interest in a child, or the child to state facts sufficient to support any change of circumstance or new evidence that would require a change of previous order or termination of jurisdiction.
This section provides parents and other adults with general guidance regarding questions commonly asked about Dependency Court proceedings. Court employees are available to assist you, but are prohibited by law from giving legal advice. You are encouraged to discuss any further questions with an attorney.
When is the next court date in my case? Where is my courtroom?
Availability of information on juvenile cases is restricted to certain court personnel, the minor, parents or guardian, attorneys involved in the case, and other persons designated by the Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court. Identification will be required by the clerk's office before information about the next scheduled court date and the location of the courtroom is given. The clerk's office is located on the third floor room 319, of the Superior Court.
How can I obtain a court-appointed attorney?
In order to request that an attorney represent you in Dependency Court, you should appear in court on the date of the next scheduled hearing and orally request an attorney.
How can I obtain a court appointed attorney before the next hearing?
If the next court hearing is not in the near future, you may request an attorney in writing and submit it to the judicial officer on the case. Be sure to include your name, the name of the child or children, the next court date, your relation to the child, and how you may be reached. You should explain why you would like an attorney and why you do not want to wait until the next scheduled court date. You may deliver the letter to the court at 1500 Court St., Room 319, Redding, CA 96001. The judicial officer will decide if you are entitled to have an attorney appointed. If you are entitled, the judicial officer may appoint an attorney even without your appearing in court. The attorney will then contact you.
How do I get a different judicial officer to hear my case?
The only way to have a different judicial officer assigned to your case after he or she has conducted a hearing is to file a motion (a formal request) with the court on the grounds that your judicial officer has an actual bias in your case. Specific examples of actual bias are that the judicial officer is related as family to one of the attorneys or parties in the case, he or she has personal knowledge about the case from outside the courtroom, or he or she has a personal financial interest in the case. The judicial officer cannot be removed solely because you think he or she dislikes you, your attorney, or any other party to the proceeding. Instead, you must present specific evidence of actual bias. If you disagree with any orders made by the judicial officer, you should discuss with your attorney whether there are grounds for a motion to remove the judicial officer or to seek a rehearing or review by the Court of Appeal.
What do I do if I did not get notice of a hearing?
If you did not get notice of a hearing, which already took place, you should contact your attorney immediately.
How do I obtain the social worker's telephone number?
The social worker's telephone number should be listed at the end of the most recent court report for your case. Sometimes it also may be found on the cover sheet.
My social worker does not call me back; my social worker does not do anything; my social worker is against me; how do I complain about the social worker?
You should start with discussing any problems you are having directly with the social worker. If you are not satisfied with his or her response, then you should contact his or her supervisor. You may want to put your complaints or issues in writing, specifically describing the problem. If you have or are entitled to an attorney, you also should contact your attorney.
How do I reopen my case?
How you attempt to "reopen" a case depends on how and why it was closed. If it was closed because your parental rights were terminated, there is no way to "reopen" the case. If it was closed because someone was appointed legal guardian of your child and circumstances have changed and you would like to try to regain custody of your child, then you may fill out a "388" petition. (388 petitions are available in the clerk's office on the third floor, room 319, in the Superior Court.) You may also obtain juvenile forms at the following website. Juvenile Forms. If you would like to reopen it because you believe the child is suffering abuse or neglect, you immediately should call the Child Abuse Hotline at 530-225-5144.
How do I get my kids back?
The answer to this question depends on many factors, including the stage of your case. Your attorney should explain your legal rights and the steps you can take to try to have your children returned to your care. The steps may include following orders that you participate in certain programs, visiting your children, and cooperating with the services provided by the social worker.
How do I stop my wife/husband from violating court orders regarding leaving the country with the children, etc.?
If you have an ongoing case in Dependency Court, you should call your attorney and your social worker immediately
What's happening in Court - An Activity Book for Children Who Are Going to Court In California
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For additional information on Families, Children and the Courts please click on the link below for the Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts Center for Families, Children and the Court.
Center for Families, Children and the Court
General Information
Adoption matters consist of petitions and hearings thereon. Examples of adoption proceedings are Petition for Adoption, Petition to Terminate Parental Rights, Petition to Determine Parent and Child Relationship, Petition for Freedom from Custody and Control, and International Adoptions. Statutes that govern adoption proceedings are found in Sections 7660-7670, 7800-7895, and 8500-9340 of the Family Code.
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Adoption proceedings are strictly confidential and not a matter of public record. All court files, documents, reports, and decrees are processed through the Adoptions Unit. Section 9200(a) of the Family Code states in essence that petitions, reports, and all other documents filed with the court in adoption proceedings are "not open to inspection by any person other than the parties to the proceedings and their attorneys...except upon written authorization of the Judge of the Superior Court and only in exceptional circumstances. In most instances, inquiries on adoption proceedings, including photocopy requests, should be referred to the Adoptions Unit.
There are four types of Petitions for Adoption: Agency, Independent, Stepparent/Domestic Partner, and Adult. All adoption petitions are filed in the Civil Clerks office. The matter is ready to be set for hearing when the necessary documents are in the file which include the Consent and Joinder (in Dependency cases only), the Order of Adoption, the Adoption Agreement, Court Investigator's report and in the instance of an Agency or Independent Adoption, an Adoption Expense Report. When the matter is ready to be set for hearing, the Adoptions Unit will issue any citations and notices, if necessary.
All four types of adoptions require an Adoption Agreement form as prescribed by California Rules of Court rule 5.730. During the hearing, certain parties are required to sign this form in open court. Children over the age of 12 years must also sign. If the adoption is granted, the Court will sign and date the Order of Adoption and the Adoption Agreement form.
You may reach the Adoption clerk at (530) 245-6727 or e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
Also you may find the following publications on stepparent adoptions helpful:
How to adopt your Stepchild in California by Frank Zagone & Mary Randolph
Do Your Own California Adoption, Nolo's Guide for Stepparents and Domestic Partners, by Frank Zagone, Mary Randolph, Emily Dostow & Amy Delpo
General Information
The Juvenile Delinquency Court is an integral part of the juvenile justice system. The term juvenile justice system is generally used to describe the juvenile court and other public and private community and state agencies and organizations that deal with children who may fall within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Other county departments within the system include the Probation Department, the Department of Social Services, the District Attorney's Office, the Public Defender's Office, and police agencies. Other agencies that may assist in juvenile cases include the Mental Health Department and the school system.
Currently, Juvenile Delinquency court is located (see address top of this page)
Delinquency proceedings involve minors charged with committing an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult. Juvenile court jurisdiction over delinquents is described in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 602. If allegations in the petition are found to be true, and if the minor is declared a ward of the court, the minor might remain at home on probation under certain conditions with removal as a possible sanction for probation violation. A minor can be immediately removed from the home and placed in another setting, which can range from a group home to Juvenile Hall or a county camp, or in the more restrictive California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The Juvenile Court continues to give its full support and cooperation to the concerted efforts of juvenile justice system members to reach those youth in the county who are most likely to find themselves in delinquency court in the future. Programs involving education, diversion, parenting and multi-agency approaches highlighted the Court's full commitment to supporting a wide range of community and social services intended to head off the types of problems which take youth from an "at risk' stage to that of full-scale delinquent.
Minors may be removed from their homes to reside in a suitable placement facility. The homes can be foster or group homes, depending upon the appropriate type of setting necessary to maximize the services to be provided to ease the transition back into his or her home and community.
All camps and Halls accommodate schools that are maintained by the Shasta County Office of Education. The schools provide basic education and prepare students for GED testing, high school proficiency testing and SAT preparation.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is the most severe form of detention for youths and is equivalent to a State Prison sentence for adults.
The Juvenile and Traffic Court has as its purpose and goal early intervention and prevention of delinquent and criminal acts. Most of the cases are not related to traffic. They are the misdemeanor and infraction violations which if not corrected early on are likely to lead to delinquent behavior.
What to Do if You Have Received a Citation?
When you receive a citation from a law enforcement officer, you will be required to sign the citation giving your written promise to appear. Failure to appear is a misdemeanor and a warrant can be issued for your arrest.
Extensions and continuances cannot legally be given over the telephone. All requests must be made in person. This is because juvenile matters are confidential and to give out information or to even verify that a case exists is a misdemeanor.
On your court date you must appear with a parent or legal guardian. A legal guardian is a person who has been appointed by the court for minors whose parents have lost custody of the minor or who are no longer living. A friend or relative is not a legal guardian unless appointed by the court.
If you do not appear on your court date, the court may do one of several things. The court may issue a warrant and notify DMV to suspend your driving privileges. The court may charge only a failure to appear and notify DMV to suspend your driving privilege. If the charge is a Vehicle Code infraction, the court may conduct a trial in your absence and, if you are convicted, notify DMV that you have a failure to pay which will cause your driving privilege to be suspended.
When you appear with your parent, you will have the charges explained to you by a judicial officer and you will be asked if the charges are true or false. If you deny the charges the case will be set for a trial on a future date and you will be ordered to return to court on that date. If you admit the charges then the case will proceed to disposition immediately.
If you admit to a traffic violation which has a DMV point you will be offered the opportunity to attend traffic school which will result in dismissal of the charge if completed successfully.
Common Cases Heard in Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court.
The most common non-traffic cases cited by probation or law enforcement are: alcohol and drug violations, thefts, battery, trespassing, disturbing the peace, curfew, daytime loitering (usually called "Truancy"), the various state laws relating to loitering, graffiti, and disturbances or fare evasion on public transportation. Welfare & Institutions Code Section 257 gives the authority to a judicial officer to hear those cases enumerated in Welfare & Institutions Code Section 256 using the Notice to Appear (citation) as the pleading in lieu of a petition.
What Happens If A Minor Demands A Petition?
When a minor demands that a petition be filed the case will be transmitted to the District Attorney. In most cases the D.A. will file the petition in Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court on a special petition form authorized by section 853.6a of the Penal Code. That section allows the District Attorney to file a petition before a Judge of the Juvenile Court, a referee, or a Traffic Hearing Officer for any offense listed in Welfare & Institutions Code Section 256. In some cases the D.A. may decide to file a more serious charge and will file the case in the delinquency court.
When a case is heard on a citation, the disposition is limited by Welfare & Institutions Code Section 258. This limitation applies only to cases heard on a citation and does not address the disposition of a petitioned case. The disposition, regardless of the level of bench officer, precludes incarceration and limits fines to the amount an adult would pay for the same offense unless the offense is defined by age, such as curfew or possession of alcohol.
What Happens When A Minor Fails To Appear?
When a minor fails to appear in court, the citation is checked to assure that it is signed by the minor and that the correct appearance location is marked on the citation. There is a grace period of 24 hours before a failure to appear is charged.
For every charge filed in the Informal Juvenile and Traffic Court a failure to appear may be reported to DMV under the provisions of section 40509 of the Vehicle Code. The minor's driver's license or his right to a driver's license may be suspended. In addition a charge of failure to appear section 40508(a) of the Vehicle Code may be added.
What Happens If The Minor Feels That The Hearing Was Unjust?
Welfare & Institutions Code Section 262 provides that a minor or the minor's parent may petition the presiding judge of the juvenile court to modify, set aside, or order a rehearing of any case heard under Welfare & Institutions Code Section 257. The statement of rights which is read and signed by each minor explains the right to a rehearing. The minor must file a written request to the presiding judge within ten calendar days of the hearing.