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Washington D.C., Jan 25, 2014 / 03:29 pm (CNA).- Scholars from across a wide field of inquiry discussed the framing of abortion as a private matter, challenging that the issue affects all of society, rather than just a woman and her child.
Scholars from a variety of fields challenged the notion of abortion as a private matter at a recent panel discussion, saying that the issue affects all of society rather than just a woman and her unborn child.
Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life, said that the language surrounding the abortion debate – particularly the framing of the pro-life movement as engaging a "war on women" – "helps to show us why we cannot accept that they would like this to be a private issue."
"A war is an extremely public event," Yoest said, "particularly for us as women."
Christopher Tollefsen, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina, said that "abortion is the most public wrong in excising a person from the human community" because it involves taking a human life.
There is, he continued, "nothing more centrally public than the taking of human life."
Yoest and Tollefsen spoke on Jan. 20 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. They took part in a panel discussion entitled "Publicly Pro-Life: Why Abortion Is Not a Private Issue" at Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life, the nation's largest student-run, pro-life conference.
Speaking along with Yoest and Tolleffson were Hadley Arkes, the Edward Ney professor of jurisprudence at Amherst College, and Thomas Farr, director of the Religious Freedom Project at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.
Arkes criticized the current legal approach to abortion, noting that most of the arguments in favor abortion can apply to living people too – including to the old, the young and the elderly.
He emphasized a need to have concern for the "pain of the child," saying that in situations of abortion "there is a real human being there suffering pain," which should be a human- not private issue.
Tollefsen explained that the "taking of human life" is a necessarily public issue because it "disrupts the fabric of the human community."
"Abortion is the most public wrong, it seems to me," he said, because it concerns a "matter of what binds us together as a human community."
A pre-born human is a human being because it contains "all the genetic and endogenic information" as persons in other stages of life. The question of abortion raises the question of if a human being deserves "the same fundamental forms of moral protection" as other persons.
"Each of us here should be immune to arbitrary forms of violence," Tollefsen said, because "you and I are beings that have capacity for rational and free choice," and there is a "special dignity in the forms of those capacities."
However, he said "abortion interferes with that capacity," by categorically denying it to one kind of person.
Yoest continued, adding that abortion raises the very question of "what does it mean to be a human" and to be a woman.
"It is completely indisputable that before we are born we are human," she said, pointing back to the biological facts concerning pre-born life. However, she continued, the promotion of abortion places what it means to be human in conflict with what it means to be a woman.
"What does it mean to be a woman is very much in play in our culture today," Yoest said, explaining that those who have promoted abortion "have defined being a strong, successful woman of the century," in having the ability to abort her child.
These activists "say you have no hope of succeeding in our culture without abortion," she said, and that "we will be less feminine if men take away abortion rights."
This language, she said, goes against both the state's interest in a healthy, inclusive society, as well as a broad acceptance of humanity in all forms.
"Moving to talk about humanity is important," Yoest said, urging students to talk about abortion as more than just a women's issue. Talking about abortion as a human issue "is deeply important," she said. "It is the opposite of patriarchal."
Farr discussed the threats abortion places to religious freedom and human liberties – and thus society as a whole.
He explained that the founders of the United States did not intend for religious beliefs to be separate from public life, but instead "designed to invite religion into public life and protect it from the power of the state."
However, recent political shifts have created an atmosphere in which "personal beliefs are privatized," he said. The believe that persons have a right to life has been one of these views that has been and discounted as a "dogma of a religion."
"They believe that because they hold these views religiously, it is somehow unconstitutional to make those views publicly," he continued, allowing opponents to dismiss them as irrational and trivial.
This understanding, Farr said, "is simply preposterous."
"We no longer understand what religious freedom means – health of the individual and health of society," he said, urging students "to make those arguments" against abortion and from religious principles.


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Wednesday was just another night to come out and write about greatness and the Clippers. Write that a few years ago and the men in white coats would come and get you.
Right now, in the entertainment capital of the world, they are the best sports entertainment.
For the moment, Lakers Showtime gathers cobwebs. The once great and celebrated lost their fifth straight in San Antonio and the separation the two teams are achieving in public perception is becoming startling. That loss, combined with a Clippers' victory, had the Clippers leading the Lakers in the Pacific Division by 12 1/2 games. Unheard of. Not on anybody's radar. Ever.
Ralph Lawler, who has been doing Clippers play by play for 34 years, describing for the faithful the years of the ugly and the years of the even uglier, has the right word. He calls what is happening now "surreal."
"My wife and I wake up in the morning, look at each other and look at what is going on," he says. "We aren't the best team in the Pacific or the West, but the best team in the entire NBA. The record [28-8] measures that. That may change, but it's the way it is right now."


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A new flaw in the Android mobile operating system leaves the personal and financial details of users since 2010 at risk to hacking, a mobile analytics firm has claimed.
Called Fake ID and discovered by security firm Bluebox Security, the malicious software, or malware, can impersonate other apps in order to gain access to secure areas of your phone and sensitive data that it holds, without the user becoming aware.
Android is the operating system developed by technology giant Google.
In a blog post on the Bluebox website, chief technology officer Jeff Forristal, said: "The vulnerability allows malicious applications to impersonate specially recognised trusted applications without any user notification. This is a widespread vulnerability dating back to the January 2010 release of Android 2.1.
Mr Forristal also suggested the malware could gain access to "financial and payment data by impersonating Google Wallet", an app which utilises mobile payments, leaving thousands of user accounts at risk.
However, Google has moved to calm any fears by confirming they have been alerted to the problem and issued a fix to protect users.
"We appreciate Bluebox responsibly reporting this vulnerability to us. Third-party research is one of the ways Android is made stronger for users," said a Google spokesman.
"After receiving word of this vulnerability, we quickly issued a patch that was distributed to Android partners, as well as to the Android Open Source Project."
The technology giant also said that they had scanned their app store and found no apps that are currently exploiting the vulnerability.
Craig Young, security researcher at online firm Tripwire said that as long as users stick to official apps from the Google Play Store, they are unlikely to be in too much danger.
"All is not lost for owners of unsupported devices as long as they stick to applications obtained from the Google Play store and do not enable apps from untrusted sources," he said.
"Users without access to Google Play or who want an added layer of protection should install a mobile anti-virus product to detect this and other malicious apps.
This was a view echoed by Jonathan French from web security company AppRiver, who suggested that the bug might not have even been known to hackers.
"Probably not many people will already be affected by the flaw. Security flaws do go unnoticed by companies but that usually means they go unnoticed by hackers as well. It's very possible that this vulnerability was already being used in the wild but my guess would be even if it was, the impact would be pretty low.
"It seems Google is aware of the flaw now and monitoring for any apps that attempt to use this vulnerability. So if you get your apps from the Play Store, you should hopefully be ok. If you get apps from elsewhere, it should go without saying that you are potentially putting your device at great risk. Bluebox is releasing their own app too that checks whether the host device has been patched for the problem or not."
The news of this flaw is the latest in a wave of recent vulnerabilities that have been reported online. The Heartbleed bug that affected the SSL certificate used to encrypt user information on the web was discovered earlier this year, and led to a host of major websites having to issue patches to protect users, and UK parents' forum Mumsnet announced they were hacked as a result of the flaw.
E-commerce giant eBay was another high profile victim of hacking earlier this year, when millions of user passwords and other data was compromised after a flaw was discovered in its security.
Bluebox has confirmed that it will be releasing it's own app that will scan a device to check whether it is at risk to the vulnerability.
According to a 2013 survey, more than 60% of the world's smartphone users have an Android device.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Rosenbloom on Padilla Across the Border
Rachel E. Rosenbloom (Northeastern University School of Law) has posted Will Padilla Reach Across the Border? (New England Law Review, Vol. 34, pp. 327-349, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In Padilla v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court recognized a noncitizen criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to receive accurate advice regarding the immigration consequences of a guilty plea. This Article argues that although Padilla represents a major step forward, its reach will be uneven. Looking at what Padilla will mean for those who have been deported on the basis of constitutionally defective guilty pleas, the author identifies two factors that may limit the decision's impact. First, restrictions on state and federal postconviction relief, combined with the logistical and evidentiary complexities inherent in litigating a claim from abroad, will present significant obstacles to pursuing Padilla claims. Secondly, a deportee who prevails on a Padilla claim may find that the vacatur of the conviction fails to provide her with any basis for regaining her former immigration status. In response to these potential limitations, this Article proposes a set of reforms to bring Padilla's promise to fruition. The proposals focus on making mechanisms for postconviction review accessible to deportees and providing ways for deportees to return to the United States temporarily to pursue Padilla claims and permanently if they are successful in such claims.
June 25, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, June 24, 2011
Erickson on the Limits of Neurolaw
Steven K. Erickson has posted The Limits of Neurolaw (Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy, Vol. 11, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This brief essay is a response to Professor Lamparello's ambitious article in the forthcoming symposium collection in the Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy. Professor Lamparello suggests that cognitive neuroscience might finally provide the criminal justice system with a reliable method of crime control. Unlike previous proposals under the fashionable neurolaw framework, Lamparello suggests that the value of the technology neuroscience brings to the table lies not in overturning the entrenched legal doctrine of mens rea or responsibility, but rather in its utilization to make predictions of future dangerousness. Those offenders who possess neurological abnormalities should be civilly committed after serving their prison sentences, according to Lamparello, just as many sexually violent predators are civilly committed today in light of the Kansas v. Hendricks and Kansas v. Crane. For reasons I discuss, I believe such policy prescriptions are unnecessary and unwise.
June 24, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sklansky on Criminal Justice Work and "The Wire"
David Alan Sklansky (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) has posted Confined, Crammed, and Inextricable: What The Wire Gets Right (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 473, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This short essay, written for a symposium on the television series, "The Wire," uses a particular scene to discuss the show's treatment of the human and moral complexities of criminal justice work.
June 24, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Best on Elements, Sentencing Factors, and the Right to Jury Trial
Eli K. Best has posted Elements, Sentencing Factors, and the Right to a Jury Trial: An Analysis of Legislative Power and its Limits (Yale Law & Policy Review, Vol. 29, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Supreme Court often states that the decision as to whether a given fact in a criminal statute is an element or a sentencing factor is a question for Congress, but this seemingly straightforward statement masks some complicated subtleties. This Comment explores the extent to which Congress is theoretically free to make these decisions, and the extent to which Congress makes them in practice.
June 24, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Simon-Kerr on Pious Perjury
Julia Ann Simon-Kerr (The University of Chicago Law School) has posted Pious Perjury in Scott's The Heart of Midlothian (EMPIRE AND SYMPATHY: GENDER, LAW, AND THE BRITISH NOVEL IN THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES, Alison LaCroix & Martha Nussbaum, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Lying in court was a practice routinely used in the eighteenth century justice system to mitigate the severity of its criminal laws. Dubbed "pious perjury" by Blackstone, witnesses and juries often violated their oaths in order to avoid imposition of the death penalty. The practice was so common that it formed a central piece of the argument for law reform during the period when Scott was writing The Heart of Midlothian. Reformers argued that the laws were being grossly under-enforced because so many juries were mitigating sentences or freeing defendants through pious perjury. True to this practice, the men surrounding Scott's heroine, Jeanie Deans urge her to perjure herself to save her sister, who has been wrongly accused of infanticide. Her sister, Effie, will be acquitted if Jeanie swears that Effie told her of her pregnancy. Jeanie's refusal to lie forms the dramatic core of the novel. By creating a heroine whose major strength is her truthfulness in a public realm, Scott intervenes both in the novelistic tradition of female heroism and in the contemporary discourse on law reform.
June 24, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Stern on the Analytical Turn, and Element Analysis in Criminal Law
Simon Stern (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto) has posted The Analytical Turn in Nineteenth-Century Legal Thought on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This essay seeks to account for the introduction of the analytical method into Anglo-American legal thinking in the 19th century and to identify some of the doctrinal consequences of this mode of problem-solving. I focus on a particular sense of analysis – the disaggregation into components of seemingly unified entities, not previously seen as composites. On this view, a discussion of U.S. law as involving federal law and state law does not involve analysis, but a discussion of privacy as including decisional and spatial aspects would involve analysis. The term "analysis" long predates the nineteenth century, but had previously been used by lawyers to mean "investigation" or "classification" rather than disaggregation. Drawing on research by John Pickstone, I show that the technique, though not unheard of before the 19th century, was taken up in a wide array of scientific disciplines circa 1780-1840, particularly in chemistry. This helps to explain its diffusion into other intellectual spheres, including law.
June 24, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Italian Seismologists Charged with Manslaughter (Kolber)
Seismologists in Italy have been charged with manslaughter for failing to give sufficient warning of a 2009 earthquake that killed over 300 people. According to an article in the Guardian, "The judge said the defendants 'gave inexact, incomplete and contradictory information' about whether smaller tremors in L'Aquila six months before . . . should have been viewed as warning signs of the subsequent disaster."
The defense here seems pretty strong:
Defence lawyers contend that since quakes cannot be predicted, the accusations that the commission's scientists and civil protection experts should have warned that a major quake was imminent make no sense.
"As we all know, quakes aren't predictable," said Marcello Melandri, defence lawyer for defendant Enzo Boschi, a scientist who heads the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
Melandri added that the panel "never said, 'stay calm, there is no risk'".
Manslaughter charges for natural disasters are not unusual in Italy, but they have previously concerned breaches of building codes in areas at risk of quakes.
June 24, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Opinion on relief from sentence on plea in light of subsequent reduction in sentencing range
The case is Freeman v. United States. Here is the syllabus:
In order to reduce unwarranted federal sentencing disparities, the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 authorizes the United States Sentencing Commission to create, and to retroactively amend, Sentencing Guidelines to inform judicial discretion. Title 18 U. S. C. §3582(c)(2) permits a defendant who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment "based on" a Guidelines sentencing range that has subsequently been lowered by retroactive amendment to move for a sentence reduction.This case concerns §3582(c)(2)'s application to cases in which the defendant and the Government have entered into a plea agreement under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1)(C), which permits the parties to "agree that a specific sentence or sentencing range is the appropriate disposition of the case," and "binds the court [to the agreed-upon sentence] once [it] accepts the plea agreement." Petitioner Freeman was indicted for various crimes, including possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base. 21 U. S. C. §841(a)(1).He entered into an 11(c)(1)(C) agreement to plead guilty to all charges; in return the Government agreed to a 106-month sentence.The agreement states that the parties independently reviewed the applicable Guidelines, noted that Freeman agreed to have his sentence determined under the Guidelines, and reflected the parties' understanding that the agreed-to sentence corresponded with the minimum sentence suggested by the applicable Guidelines range of 46 to 57 months, along with a consecutive mandatory minimum of 60 months for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime under 18 U. S. C. §924(c)(1)(A). Three years after the District Court accepted the plea agreement, the Commission issued a retroactive Guidelines amendment to remedy the significant disparity between the penalties for cocaine base and powder cocaine offenses. Because the amendment's effect was to reduce Freeman's applicable sentencing range to 37 to 46 months plus the consecutive 60-month mandatory minimum, he moved for a sentence reduction under
§3582(c)(2). However, the District Court denied the motion, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed because its precedent rendered defendants sentenced pursuant to 11(c)(1)(C) agreements ineligible for §3582(c)(2) relief, barring a miscarriage of justice or mutual mistake.
June 23, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Opinion in confrontation clause case involving forensic lab report
The case is Bullcoming v. New Mexico. Here is the syllabus:
The Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause gives the accused "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, . . . the right . . . to be confronted with the witnesses against him." In Crawford v. Washington, 541 U. S. 36, 59, this Court held that the Clause permits admission of "[t]estimonial statements of witnesses absent from trial . . . only where the declarant is unavailable, and only where the defendant has had a prior opportunity to cross-examine." Later, in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U. S. ___, the Court declined to create a "forensic evidence" exception to Crawford, holding that a forensic laboratory report, created specifically to serve as evidence in a criminal proceeding, ranked as "testimonial" for Confrontation Clause purposes. Absent stipulation, the Court ruled, the prosecution may not introduce such a report without offering a live witness competent to testify to the truth of the report's statements. 557 U. S., at ___.
June 23, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1)
"New Age Guru Guilty in Sweat Lodge Deaths"
From the New York Times:
PHOENIX — A jury found James A. Ray, a self-help guru, guilty of negligent homicide on Wednesday in the deaths of three of his followers during a botched sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona in October 2009.
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[The prosecutor] had painted Mr. Ray as a reckless man who continued his ceremony, the culmination of a five-day "Spiritual Warrior" seminar that cost as much as $10,000 a person, without regard for the participants who were falling ill and slipping into unconsciousness.
The defense said the three victims were not coerced by Mr. Ray and may have died from unknown toxins in the sweat lodge, a round wood-frame structure covered with blankets and tarps. Besides the three deaths, numerous other participants were injured during the ceremony, which was intended to push people to conquer their limitations. All had signed waivers warning that death was among the risks, Mr. Ray's lawyers noted.
June 23, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Blume & Paavola on Neuroimages in Capital Cases
John H. Blume (pictured) and Emily C. Paavola (Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School) have posted Life, Death, and Neuroimaging: The Advantages and Disadvantages of The Defense's Use of Neuroimages in Capital Cases - Lessons from the Front (Mercer Law Review, Vol. 62, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The use of neuroimaging in capital cases has become increasingly common. An informal survey of cases produced over one hundred opinions from reported decisions alone discussing the use of computed tomography (CT) scanning, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI, positron emission tomography (PET) scans, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans, and similar technology in capital cases. This article gives practical advice to defense counsel considering the use of neuroimaging in a capital case. We discuss how, in the right case, this technology can be a valuable investigative tool used to produce an important component of a successful mitigation story. However, we also discuss a number of pitfalls we have encountered in our own practice. Using case examples, we elaborate on the serious risks involved, including: (a) errors in analysis; and, (b) overreliance on imaging, and provide specific guidance on how to navigate the pros and cons of the defense's use of neuroimaging in capital cases.
June 22, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Witmer-Rich on Consent
Jonathan Witmer-Rich (Cleveland State University - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law) has posted It's Good to Be Autonomous: Prospective Consent, Retrospective Consent, and the Foundation of Consent in the Criminal Law (Criminal Law and Philosophy, Vol. 5, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
What is the foundation of consent in the criminal law? Classically liberal commentators have offered at least three distinct theories. J.S. Mill contends we value consent because individuals are the best judges of their own interests. Joel Feinberg argues an individual's consent matters because she has a right to autonomy based on her intrinsic sovereignty over her own life. Joseph Raz also focuses on autonomy, but argues that society values autonomy as a constituent element of individual well-being, which it is the state's duty to promote.
June 22, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Birckhead on Juvenile Justice Reform
Tamar R. Birckhead (University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law) has posted Juvenile Justice Reform 2.0 (Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 19, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Before the 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court's exercise of judicial review did not support the notion that constitutional litigation could be an effective instrument of social reform. The Court's principled rejection of racially segregated public education, however, gave new legitimacy to the concept of judicial review, transforming it from an obstacle into a principal means of achieving social progress. Since then, federal courts have impacted public policy in many areas – from housing, welfare, and transportation to mental health institutions, prisons, and juvenile courts. Yet, there are inherent structural challenges to affecting institutional change through litigation: courts are themselves passive institutions that respond slowly to new information; they are oriented toward past events and circumstances rather than the possibilities implicit in future ones; and they graft qualifications onto preexisting law rather than engaging in a fresh consideration of the issues. In his landmark work, The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?, Professor Gerald Rosenberg persuasively argued that in order to overcome these constraints in a particular case or controversy, certain key elements must be present: incentives for the institution to change; costs to the institution for not changing; the existence of parallel institutions to help implement the change; and the use of court orders to leverage additional resources to bring about the change or to serve as a cover for administrators who are willing to act but fear political repercussions.
June 22, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Wright on Portable Minimalism in Sentencing Politics
Ronald F. Wright (Wake Forest University - School of Law) has posted Portable Minimalism in Sentencing Politics (Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 32, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In this response to Erik Luna and Paul Cassell's article, Mandatory Minimalism, 32 Cardozo L. Rev. 1 (2010), I argue that the authors' theory of federal crime legislation is misplaced – in the literal sense that it is directed to the wrong place. A minimalist strategy of finding the available legislative consensus for small reforms will usually not work in the federal legislative process. Any change to federal crime legislation faces many procedural barriers, most prominent among them the use of the filibuster in the Senate. Given this institutional landscape, it is not surprising that Congress hardly ever repeals mandatory minimum statutes. Institutional rules, rather than individual views of legislators, produced this result in the past and will dominate efforts to repeal these laws in the future. The legislative process in many states, however, is not so oriented towards inaction. One can point to a larger stockpile of repealed mandatory minimums at the state level.
The core issue, then, is the portability of minimalism. The social science foundations of the theory posit behavioral rules for individuals, but individuals work within particular institutions, with their particular decision rules and traditions. A theory about individual action, such as minimalism, does offer insights, but it must be filtered through the institutional lenses of the relevant jurisdiction.
June 21, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Roberts on Disparate Impact the (Mis)Use of Batson
Anna Roberts (NYU School of Law) has posted Disparately Seeking Jurors: Disparate Impact and the (Mis)Use of Batson (UC Davis Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This Article . . . uncovers a stark inequality within Equal Protection jurisprudence. On the 25th Anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Batson v. Kentucky, which established a three-step test for assessing claims of purposeful discrimination in jury selection, I present the first comprehensive research on the application by the lower federal courts of Batson's disparate impact analysis. The results are striking. Whereas the test was developed to prevent the discriminatory removal of African American jurors from the trials of African Americans, the courts now use disparate impact analysis only to vindicate the rights of white jurors. In other words, disparate impact analysis is itself being applied disparately.
June 21, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Volokh on Prison Vouchers
Alexander Volokh (Emory University School of Law) has posted Prison Vouchers (University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
School vouchers have been proposed as a way to bypass the political pathologies of school reform and improve school quality by transforming students and parents into consumers. What if we did the same for prisons - what if convicted criminals could choose their prison rather than being assigned bureaucratically?
June 21, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (1)
Seligman on AEDPA's Application to Summary Dispositions
Matthew Seligman has posted Harrington's Wake: Unanswered Questions on AEDPA's Application to Summary Dispositions (Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In this Note, I propose a new solution to the problem of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's application to state court summary dispositions – decisions unaccompanied by written opinion, and so without reasons provided. Summary dispositions are extremely common: I present new empirical data demonstrating that as many as 97.8% of state habeas petitions in California are decided by summary disposition. Under AEDPA, when a state court has already adjudicated an issue on the merits, a federal court may grant a writ of habeas corpus to a state prisoner on the basis of that issue only when the state court's decision was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). This "reasonableness" standard of review seems to presuppose a written opinion memorializing the state court's reasoning, which the federal court can subsequently analyze – and so it is unclear whether, and how, AEPDA should apply in the absence of a written opinion.
June 21, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Podgor on White Collar Crime in Tweets
Ellen S. Podgor (Stetson University College of Law) has posted 100 Years of White Collar Crime in 'Twitter' (Review of Litigation, Vol. 30, No. 3, p. 533, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Despite the fact that Twitter did not exist when the term "white collar crime" was coined in 1939, it is an interesting exercise to highlight the last 100 years of white collar criminal activity using "tweets." In so doing, this Essay tries to capture some of the key events that have been prominent in the white collar world.
This Essay first examines corporate criminal liability, looks next at individual liability, and then discusses key statutes and crimes that have been used in the prosecution of white collar criminal activity. In this regard, mail fraud, RICO, and perjury are examined. Sentencing issues and how they have influenced the treatment of white collar crime are tweeted. The ultimate goal of this fictional presentation is to demonstrate a historical overview of white collar crime happenings and is so doing evaluate its progression over time.
June 21, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sekhon on Redistributive Policing
Nirej Sekhon (Georgia State University College of Law) has posted Redistributive Policing (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 101, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Police departments have broad policy-making discretion to arrest some offenders and permit others to engage in criminal misconduct. The way police departments exercise this discretion has harmful distributive consequences. Yet, courts do virtually nothing to constrain departmental discretion. This is because constitutional criminal procedure is preoccupied with individual officer discretion and assumes that the most significant decision moment an officer faces is distinguishing guilt from innocence. I argue that this framing occludes the vast policy-making discretion police departments wield and the central choice they confront: distinguishing between the guilty. This Article identifies the mechanics and anti-egalitarian consequences of departmental discretion. Departmental discretion has three dimensions: geographic deployment, enforcement priority, and enforcement strategy. Through these policy choices, police departments are able to distribute the costs and benefits of proactive policing within a jurisdiction. Case studies of narcotics enforcement and "quality of life" policing concretely demonstrate how departmental choices create inegalitarian distributive consequences. I argue that courts and other public institutions ought to prevent such consequences. This prescription requires conceptualizing arrests, and proactive policing more generally, in terms of distributive justice. Unlike dominant theories of criminal enforcement, distributive justice offers a normative vision that privileges democratic equality. Distributive justice suggests that, for crimes that are subject to proactive policing, probable cause alone should not justify arrest. Rather, police departments should also be required to demonstrate that a given arrest is part of an egalitarian distribution of such.
June 20, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Reza on Egyptian Criminal Law
Sadiq Reza (New York Law School) has posted Egypt: Criminal Law (HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL LAW, Stanford University Press, 2011) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This chapter presents the substantive criminal law of Egypt according to the sources of that law: the 1971 Constitution, the 1937 Penal Code, and other legislation; decisions by the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC), the Court of Cassation, and other organs of the Egyptian judiciary; and administrative and executive regulations. The evolution of modern Egyptian criminal law is explained, and contemporary scholarly commentary is referenced; also addressed are the constitutional amendments of 2007, and controversial aspects of the law and its enforcement such as the use of emergency and military courts and the prosecution of alleged homosexuals. The chapter thus serves as an introduction to modern Egyptian criminal law and a reference source for scholars and researchers.
June 20, 2011 | Permalink | Comments (0)


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The purpose of the public scoping period is to identify relevant issues that could influence the environmental analysis, including development of alternatives, and guide the planning process, according to a news release from the BLM.
The BLM is considering a proposal by San Juan County for a right-of-way for an all-terrain vehicle trail system east of Blanding. The trail system would include a route in Recapture Canyon. The proposed plan includes 14.25 miles of trails, three trailheads (staging areas) and signage, according to the news release.
The proposal will be available for public review and comment on the Environmental Notification Bulletin Board at: www.blm.gov/ut/enbb/index.php – search for project name "Recapture Canyon Trail-Right of Way Application".
The BLM has extended the response period from 30 to 40 days due to the holiday season, according to the news release. The scoping period began Dec. 18 and written comments will be accepted by letter or email until Jan. 26.
When submitting comments, reference "Recapture Canyon ROW" in the subject line or written letter. The BLM will not consider anonymous comments.
Written comments may be mailed to: Bureau of Land Management, Monticello Field Office, Attn: Realty Program, P.O. Box 7, Monticello, UT 84535, or emailed to:
For additional information, contact Brian Quigley at 435-587-1500.


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Opinion: Don't Stop 'Stop and Frisk'
Manhattan Institute fellow Heather MacDonald on a federal judge's decision to allow the New York Police Department to continue its stop-and-frisk program. Photos: Getty Images
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... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... Manhattan federal court judge Shariah shed one ... by side shot ... the setup ... is aligning the NYPD resume its stock and Frisk program for now ... so the release of many New Yorkers including this one ... Manhattan Institute fellow had in the town is here to explain the contours of this hugely hugely important ... and judgment ... rather what is stopping Frisk ... I and and how long is this stay on him and with it ... there is stuff and this is one of the most basic tools of the police officer has for bringing crime down ... it basically means that an officer up walking this beach ... who see something suspicious ... has the authority to go up to a person ask a few questions the majority of stop and Frisk I'm just questioning ... I ... and ... possibly this stops a crime in PC if you know that there's been ... on a string of robberies on your beat ... and I see some a walking closely behind an elderly woman you let us that Kristin questions euro came the same challenge this practice in New York ... II hasn't been under long standing controversy people claimed its racially ... discriminatory why because the majority of stop and Frisk are directed ... I have meant minority suspects that's because stats for the crime majority of crime in New York occurrence in minority neighborhoods of who is this judge and what white kids that she knew she was up for a federal judges overseeing not one but three cases against the New York police Department ... last month she issued the first of her rulings upholding that ... the police were engaged in unconstitutional trespass stops in the Bronx ... this was the most narrow of all the cases and yet she ... decided against the police based on I think very weak evidence she accepted ... Abe Aanestad to station from ... Columbia law school who I think he uses completely bogus methodology ... of the worrisome thing is not so much in this particular case which is ... narrow ... but how this bodes for the future in the much larger cases ... so she she ruled that the police had to stop making what she deemed unconstitutional ... trespass stops ... outside a particular category building in the Bronx ... she recently stated the decision because the city said ... for us to now follow your remedies which involves retraining whole new chains of command putting the New York Civil liberties Union high in an oversight position of the police when did very costly if this appeal if your judgment itself reversed on appeal ... so she's now given this day for several months while the city takes this up until some incredible hypocrisy at play here right because you've got ... up a large portion ... of the left and politicians saying we're all for protecting ... of the poorest parts of New York a large minority neighborhoods the cash ... that NYPD its racist if you go into those neighborhoods and actually protect them ... even an article for City Journal he actually when the sun these neighborhoods in the Bronx when people there on the grounds have to say ... I found this tough on order female superintendent in the Bronx who said I'd love this program ... it allows me to get up at four am start cleaning my building I don't have to worry about drug ... dealers to be infiltrated ... by and I are hanging on the stairwell ... I'd talk to this ... elderly woman who's lost a foot to cancer ... she is terrified to go into her lobby and less she knows that there's going to be the possibility of a police presence because ... teams come in they start smoking marijuana ... this is the reality ... that people who live in torment buildings in the upper East side can even conceive ... that there is a daily ... for out of disorder coming back into the city ... and the police are the first line of defense and not only is this not racist to ten thousand minority males are alive today ... who wouldn't think dad had crime remains at its early nineteen nineties levels before the New York police Department ... started making practiced obsolete talk about gun control and I'm not ... averse to some ... added regulations but it turns out ... that the most effective government program for saving lives ... is proactive policing including stopping for ... about thirty seconds left near Bloomberg isn't to be in office much longer than any of the leading candidates to replace an inch or stop and Frisk ... only Joe lowdown on who's the mayor of a prodigy of Mayor of Rudy Giuliani or form mare who began proactive policing I think that's New York's best hope ... ok Manhattan Institute fellow haven't McDonald's ... you heard here on Opinion Journal ... watch out in the Bronx watch on a Manhattan watch out on the subways it stop and Frisk is permanently ... stop ...


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(SportsNetwork.com) - Tim Thomas was formally on the other side of Boston's dominance over the Florida Panthers. Now the veteran netminder will try to get his new team a victory over his former Bruins mates in Tuesday night's clash at TD Bank Garden.
Thomas is expected to face the Bruins for just the second time in his career. He enjoyed a ton of success in Boston over seven seasons, twice winning the Vezina Trophy while also capturing a Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe award in 2011.
The 39-year-old sat out last season's lockout-shortened campaign before joining the Panthers as a free agent ahead of this season. He is 14-14-3 with a 2.65 goals against average in 32 starts with Florida, one of those coming at home versus the Bruins on Oct. 17.
Thomas allowed three goals on 40 shots in a 3-2 setback, then missed a trip to Boston on Nov. 7 due to injury. The Panthers lost 4-1 and have dropped five straight and 13 of their previous 16 versus the Bruins.
Florida has lost four in a row and eight of its last 11 in Boston.
Thomas, who received a video tribute during the Panthers' last trip to Boston, made 26 saves through overtime and stopped all three skaters he faced in the shootout of Sunday's 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Florida won despite twice trailing by two goals in the third period.
Jesse Winchester, Drew Shore and Brad Boyes tallied in the third stanza for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four contests. All three of those wins have come on the road, including Sunday's opener of a four-game road trip.
Sean Bergenheim also lit the lamp in the victory.
"We certainly didn't do everything very well so we certainly have to clean up those areas, but we're finding ways to win," Florida head coach Peter Horachek said.
Panthers rookie Aleksander Barkov missed his second game in a row with a lower-body injury and did not make the trip to Boston.
The Bruins await the Panthers set to start a four-game homestand and are 19-5-2 as the hosting team this season. They returned home following a 6-3 road win over the New York Islanders on Monday night.
Brad Marchand continued his surge with a goal and three assists, while Patrice Bergeron scored and had two helpers. The duo helped Boston win its third straight and move to 5-1-1 in its last seven.
Reilly Smith, Loui Eriksson, Zdeno Chara and Carl Soderberg added goals to aid a 34-save performance from backup Chad Johnson.
"We got contributions from every line. That's how we win games and what makes us so tough to play against," said Marchand, who has seven goals and five assists over a six-game point streak.
Bergeron (4 goals, 6 assists) and Smith (2g, 5a) are also riding six-game point streaks, while Chara's goal was the 500th point of his NHL career.
The Bruins moved two points ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning for first place in the Atlantic Division and will try to win four in a row for the first time since Dec. 7-12.
Tuukka Rask should start opposite former teammate Thomas and is 9-1-0 with a 0.99 GAA and three shutouts in 10 career games versus the Panthers. He won both previous encounters this season, giving up three goals on 53 shots.


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My students are accustomed to comparing and contrasting lots of things: texts, song lyrics, characters, even menus. A variety of examples helps their practice in the skill improve, not to mention keeping their interest. What they do with this activity is compare an article in their weekly "TIME for Kids" magazine to an actual TIME magazine article (Comparing Magazines worksheet). I like the way the editors at TFK try to relate the articles in each issue just for this purpose. It's fun for the kids to recognize that they're getting some of the same information as adults. With these issues, there were a number of similar articles from which to choose, but I knew the Beatles and the Boy-Band focus in the TIME magazine example would add interest for the kids, especially the girls because the current boy-band of choice, One Direction, is included (TIME and TIME for Kids articles).
I hold up their most recent "TIME for Kids" magazine (in fact we used it in the morning to analyze a news story,) and tell them that we'll be comparing one of the articles in it to an article in another news magazine. I next bring out the TIME magazine. There are surprised looks and one student says, "That's a hard magazine. I can only read the sports parts," and another adds, "It's boring and boring." Despite such "enthusiasm," I soldier on, knowing they'll love what's coming. I tell them there are two articles about the same thing in both of the magazines and it won't be as difficult as they may think.
Next, I turn off the lights and turn on the Smart Board which has a Beatles medley (Watching the Beatles before writing) ready to play on YouTube. Once the music starts, the kids are interested, but still unaware of what's going on. All four minutes aren't necessary to get the point across, about two minutes play before I pass out the "TIME" magazine copies, and tell them they'll be reading articles about the Beatles.
Once we're settled, it's time to begin the reading and comparing. With the Beatles playing quietly on the Smart Board, the kids enjoy the uniqueness of the activity and get down to business (They worked well with the Beatles playing in the background). The headline for the "TIME" magazine is actually, The Boy-Band Blueprint, and the article goes deeper than the one in "TIME for Kids" (Comparing the two texts). It discusses the legacy of the Beatles through the many boy-bands that have followed.
The students are involved and really jump into RI.5.5 as they compare these similar articles while discovering many contrasting elements as well. Using the Comparing Magazines worksheet is such an easy way to help them practice RI.5.5 because they look out for aspects in the examples they otherwise may not have.
Enthusiasm while working encourages productivity -when handled correctly (Jackson 5 interrupted the writing for a short time...). I love including ideas the kids come up with during a lesson- it's empowering for them and adds to the notion that it's their classroom, not just my classroom. To read more on my experience with this, check out my reflection.
After a fabulous lesson experience and a lot of comparing, I asked the kids to turn to those nearby and compare responses, especially with the Venn Diagrams. Although the day was nearly over, we had time for two girls to come up and share their findings (Discussing the Similarities and Differences) as well as record a quick video to describe the activity.
The kids did well with the activity and I'm always on the lookout for examples they'll like to compare and contrast between the two magazines. It's a good idea to collect the TFK magazines from the kids when a really well-aligned article presents itself, so the next group can use the actual magazines. With the TIME versions already a black and white copy it's just nicer.
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finished all the other Silver quest and about 3 Golds. But Thief Silver gives me headaches.
It seems that one needs to find 3 attack-booster to kill a lvl2 guard without quaffing 2potions. Then it takes sometime to reach the lvl2 guards, which is also a waste of black space...
I mean, i get the impression that one must scum for the right setup and then make no mistakes in order to beat the dungeon... And this is getting on my nerves
So if anybody has a strat which is reliable, please share.
But also hints if the other chests are worth the ressource investment (the other lvl1 chest with GETINDARE is nice) would be helpful.


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Mark DiGirolamo 8/1/2004 9:19:06 PMVery good capture. Love the idea and the contrats. Congrats on the new son and the picture.
Dan Holm 8/1/2004 11:15:32 PMFANTASTIC image, Christopher!! Love everything about it! #681546
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Christopher Del Negro 8/2/2004 8:32:29 AMThanks everyone for the very nice comments.
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Joannie Bertucci 9/15/2004 3:46:27 PMChristopher, congrats on your win and I'm sure this is a 1st place win in everyone's heart!
Christopher Del Negro 9/17/2004 6:21:30 AMThanks everyone for your wonderful comments, I am a very happy and proud father.
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What's great about the new mobile version is that the whole OSNews data is offered, we don't cut-out data selectively or only provide a simple special page for mobile devices, but the whole range of functionality and web pages are available (except Phorum and the OS Resources page), fully supported on any device that sports resolution... 120x100 or above! "Fully supported" means that --normally-- no horizontal scrollbars will show on your device making the experience smooth. Other requirements are the ability of the browser to render up to 32KB of webpage size.
Readers with a mobile/textmode device don't have to target a special URL to get the mobile pages. OSNews will autodetect their browser (provided you haven't change your browser's 'user agent') and will serve the "right" pages. This service does not have any ads and it is completely free (although we might add a text-ad per page in the future, usually small text ads are not bigger than 400 bytes).
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Sadly, all the pre-G3 J-PHONE phones (mostly in Japan and some in Europe) have a quota of 12KBs per page and they completely refuse to load a page that's more than 12KB, this is why all J-PHONE users will be redirected automatically to an even lighter version of OSNews -- a list of 15 headlines will be available and you will have to click through to each of them in order to read the actual news item. We will lift this limitation off J-PHONEs around 2005 or 2006, when all J-PHONE phones will be true G3s and won't have this (silly) 12KB quota.
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Surely, some users will rush to change their browser's user agent to match one of the above ones in order to get ad-free mobile version of OSNews, but please note that while this design looks functional and lovely on a small screen device, it just looks crappy on a desktop browser with resolution 640x480 or above. Readers who would like to get rid of the ads on OSNews and get a 4x faster layout (very noticable on 56k modem) they should consider the subscribed version of OSNews for $20 per year. A static, sample page, of the subscribed version of OSNews can be seen here.
We are looking for feedback and screenshots from your device or your simulators/emulators if you have some! We are of course looking for bugs (pages not rendering right etc) and if you do have an HTML browser that belongs in the mobile/textmode/old-OS realm and it does not load the right version of OSNews (if for example you get the ads and the sidebar), please let us know about it. Visit this page with your device and email us with the exact text string that will show up in that page (case sensitively please). This text string is the "user agent" your browser is reporting to a web server, and webmasters can use this information in order to redirect browsers to the right content.
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Category Archives: Brazil
The ten page editorial I shot for the Brazilian magazine "Revista – O Globo"was published today. This story was shot on a beach on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. A huge "thank you"to photog Guto Costa for letting us use his 60's vintage Fusca for this shoot!


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The Fantasite
The Fantasite was a science fiction fanzine by Phil Bronson, published as the "Official Organ of the Minneapolis Fantasy Society".
The first issue ofThe Fatasite was published in 1940 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. until the editor moved to California in 1942. Twelve issues of The Fantasite were released, the last issue appearing in February 1944.
Contributions are by Forrest Ackerman (Voice of the Imagi-Nation), Doug Blakely, R.W. (Redd) Boggs (Sky Hook), Ray Bradbury (Futuria Fantasia), Donn Brazier, Louis Russell Chauvenet, Gerry de la Ree (Loki, Sun Spots), Gordon Dickson, Larry B. Farcasi (The Golden Atom), Joe Gilbert (The Southern Star), Harry Jenkins (Fanart), Damon Knight, Phil Lehr, Walter Liebscher (Chanticleer), R.W. Lowndes, Lew Martin (The Alchemist), Alan P. Roberts, Samuel D. Russell, Louis C. Smith, Bob Tucker (Le Zombie), Basil Wells, and T. Bruce Yerke (The Damn Thing).
Contributions of art work came from Phil Bronson, Morris Scott Dollens, John Gergen, R.A. Hoffman, Bob Jones, Arthur Osterlund, Sherman W. Schultz, and Art Widner (FanFare).
Covers were by Phil Bronson, Ronald Clynes, Morris Scott Dollens, Arthur Osterlund.
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Council bosses have confirmed plans for a multi-million pound Morrisons' supermarket development in Bolsover are due to go ahead with a massive regeneration and jobs boost for the town.
Bolsover District Council selected Morrisons as its preferred bidder to buy its Sherwood Lodge office site, on Oxcroft Lane, and it moved to the Arc, on High Street, Clowne, as part of regeneration, efficiency and cost-saving plans.
A council spokesman said: "We're in discussion with Morrisons and Derbyshire County Council who will be looking into highway changes to finalise contracts and matters are moving towards completion.
"The development will help increase footfall of shoppers into the town, support the economy and help create jobs."
Bolsover District Council hopes the development will create about 200 jobs and training opportunities, and complement and support the town's existing businesses by attracting new businesses and visitors.
The council is eager to bring the development to the town to ensure local shoppers stay in the region instead of shopping outside of Bolsover.
The 20,000sq ft development will include a medium-sized food store, car parking and a petrol station.
Council regeneration plans also include a £2m council, community centre, on Cotton Street, in the town, to continue to provide a local point of contact for Bolsover residents.
The council held a series of exhibitions and public consultations during the Morrisons' planning process to consider residents' views before approving the supermarket giant's planning application in November, 2012.
Morrisons has stated that it was delighted to have been selected for this scheme which it believes will benefit the town with new jobs to be aimed at a local workforce.


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Hampton-based critical health care therapy developer Ikaria will be acquired by Ill.-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners in a transaction valuing Ikaria at $1.6 billion.
According to the announcement, existing Ikaria shareholders, including New Mountain Capital and certain members of the company's management team, will receive a minority stake in Madison Dearborn. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2014, pending customary closing conditions for transactions of this type. The transaction also includes the separation of certain non-commercial products in the Ikaria pipeline that are focused on outpatient therapies, which will be distributed to Ikaria's current shareholders. Two near-term critical care therapies in Ikaria's pipeline will remain with Ikaria, providing future growth opportunities.
Ikaria is being advised on the transaction by Credit Suisse, its lead advisor, and Morgan Stanley. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP serve as legal advisors to Ikaria. Madison Dearborn is being advised by Barclays and Goldman Sachs. Kirkland & Ellis LLP serves as legal advisor to Madison Dearborn. Credit Suisse will lead the debt financing related to the transaction, Madison Dearborn said in a statement.
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Boonville — The American Legion, Boonville Post 52 will hold their Annual Christmas Dinner on December 12 at 6 p.m. at the Boonslick Senior Center located at 512 Jackson Road in the former Radio Shack location.
The dinner is an annual event, which historically has been held in downtown in the former Boonslick Senior Center facility. Last year's dinner boasted a number of American Legion members who gathered to enjoy stories and a meal.


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The Confucius Institute at WKU has awarded its first six sponsorships to the following groups and individuals in an effort to spur originality and creativity for any on or off-campus Asian-themed event, workshop, lecture, materials:
- Dr. Martha Day and Dr. Tadayuki Suzuki – Sky Teach at WKU: Dr. Day and Dr. Suzuki will use their sponsorship to help fund a Professional Development workshop for pre-service and practicing teachers entitled, "Working with students from Asian cultures, a teacher's guide to cultural competence."
- Dr. Paul Fischer – Department of Philosophy and Religion: Dr. Fischer will use his sponsorship to purchase Chinese films and language books for his Confucianism course (RELS 317) in the Spring 2012.
- Dr. Jen-Luc Houle – Department of Folk Studies and Religion: Dr. Houle will use his sponsorship to off-set costs for his Visiting Guest Speaker Dr. David Anthony, Professor of Anthropology at Hartwick College, N.Y. Dr. Anthony's talk will focus on horse domestication in the Eurasian Steppes and how Bronze Age riders helped shape the modern world.
- Dr. Michael Ann Williams – Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology: Dr. Williams will be using her sponsorship to support WKU Folk Studies Graduate Student participation in the 2nd China-US Forum on Intangible Cultural Heritage at Vanderbilt University in April 2012.
- WKU Chinese Music Club has used its sponsorship to purchase a traditional Chinese instrument, the Erhu, so that Club members can practice and perform regularly.
- WKU Department of Theatre and Dance has used its sponsorship to help support its traveling Children's Theatre production of Along Came a Dragon, a play that takes a magical journey to China.
The WKU-CI congratulates all inaugural winners and thanks everyone who applied.
The WKU-CI and Hanban, China's Ministry of Education, work to promote understanding of the Chinese language and culture through children's programming, training courses, cultural workshops and community events. Together, these organizations have Introduced fully articulated K-16 instruction in Modern Standard Chinese into local school systems, serve as a regional center for Chinese teacher training and Chinese curriculum development, and build connections and partnerships between Kentucky and China.
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Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child sex abuse complaints against Jerry Sandusky, making him the third school official to be accused of crimes in the alleged cover-up.
Prosecutors also added counts against two of his former underlings, Timothy M. Curley and Gary C. Schultz, who were already charged with lying to the grand jury that investigated the former Penn State assistant football coach.
Spanier was charged with perjury, obstruction, endangering the welfare of children, failure to properly report suspected abuse and conspiracy. Curley and Schultz face new charges of endangering the welfare of children, obstruction and conspiracy.
�This was not a mistake by these men. This was not an oversight. It was not misjudgment on their part,� said state Attorney General Linda Kelly. �This was a conspiracy of silence by top officials to actively conceal the truth.�
Curley and Schultz have repeatedly asserted they are innocent, and Spanier�s attorneys have insisted he was never told there was anything of a sexual nature involving Sandusky and children. Messages left for their respective attorneys Thursday were not immediately returned.
Kelly said all three �knowingly testified falsely and failed to provide important information and evidence.�
The charges were filed with a suburban Harrisburg district judge, who said the defendants were expected in his courtroom no earlier than Friday.
Sandusky, who spent decades on the Penn State staff and was defensive coordinator during two national championship seasons, was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years. He has maintained he is innocent and was transferred to a maximum security prison on Wednesday, where he is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence.
Curley, 58, the athletic director on leave while he serves out the last year of his contract, and Schultz, 63, who has retired as vice president for business and finance, were charged a year ago with lying to the grand jury and with failing to properly report suspect child abuse. Their trial is set for early January in Harrisburg.
Spanier, 64, of State College, had been university president for 16 years when he was forced out after Sandusky�s November 2011 arrest.
Prosecutors said Spanier, Curley and Schultz knew of complaints involving Sandusky showering with boys in 1998 and 2001.
�They essentially turned a blind eye to the serial predatory acts committed by Jerry Sandusky,� Kelly said.
The grand jury report included with the charges said �the actual harm realized by this wanton failure is staggering,� and listed each instance of abuse that happened after 1998.
�The continued cover-up of this incident and the ongoing failure to report placed every minor child who would come into contact with Sandusky in the future in grave jeopardy of being abused,� jurors wrote.
Spanier has said he had no memory of email traffic concerning the 1998 complaint � which came from a woman who said that Sandusky had showered with her son � and only slight recollections about the 2001 complaint by a team assistant who said he stumbled onto Sandusky sexually abusing a boy inside a campus shower.
The grand jury report indicates Curley, Schultz and Spanier told the university�s lawyer they had no documents that addressed Sandusky having inappropriate contact with boys.
But Schultz did retain a Sandusky file in his office, the jury concluded, and he told his administrative assistant Joan Coble never to look at it.
�She said it was a very unusual request and was made in a �tone of voice� she had never heard him use before,� according to the jury report.
Another Schultz assistant took the file from his office at the time of Schultz�s arrest, made a copy and gave the file to him, the grand jury said. Kelly said it was eventually obtained by the grand jury.
A large section of the presentment outlines how, the report claims, Spanier concealed details about the investigation from the Penn State board of trustees after his grand jury testimony last year, even after a story had appeared in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg. At a May 2011 trustees meeting, he was asked by the board about the matter and did not tell them it involved the school and Sandusky, the jury said.
�Quite to the contrary, Spanier specifically informed the board that the investigation had nothing to do with Penn State and that the investigation was regarding a child in Clinton County without affiliation with Penn State,� the jury wrote. �Spanier also told the board that he could say little more about the matter� because of grand jury secrecy.
Decisions by the three men were criticized in a detailed report commissioned by Penn State and issued by former FBI Director Louis Freeh. That report concluded Spanier, Curley, Schultz and then-coach Joe Paterno concealed Sandusky�s activities from trustees and �empowered� the abuse by giving him access to school facilities.


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PEORIA — The online Indiegogo fundraiser for the group trying to restore Hale Memorial Church closed Tuesday well short of their $30,000 goal, but president Earl Power Murphy was still pleased — they raised $9,474.
"I was really humbled that so many people came out and opened their minds and hearts and wallets to make this work," he said during a phone interview Thursday morning. "We made almost $10,000 in a month's time just kind of putting the word out and getting people excited. I'm very, very happy about the support we received."
Yaku Peoria was created by Hale, 26, and his wife Natalia Villanueva, 32, as a grass-roots effort to save the deteriorating church at the corner of Main and High Streets. The pair purchased the 114-year-old structure three years ago with dreams of turning it into a cultural center.
While $9,474 is not enough to properly re-do the structure's roof, it is enough to do a good patch job which will stop water from getting inside, said Murphy.
"It's about $4,000 to $5,000 for an all over patch-up job," he said. "If we keep the water out, we're much better off than we were in the first place."
Also high on the to-do list is repairing floors, securing doors, removing piles of garbage and getting insurance.
Through the publicity campaign Murphy met several people who offered to help Yaku formulate long-term plans.
"We're in the process of teaming up with a few people and organizations to help us develop our strategic plan," he said. "What's it gonna cost to survive a year and grow a little bit?"
The support Yaku got during the campaign has further solidified Murphy's desire to save the historic structure. Murphy and Villanueva's dream of creating a cultural center for art festivals is secondary to saving the church. Left to the elements for another year, there likely wouldn't have been much left to save, he said.
"I don't want to say it's an obligation, but it's a sense of needing to be successful," said Murphy. "We said 'here's what we want to do,' and everybody said 'lets do it.' So ok, let's do it."
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Remember Republican legislator Cathrynn Brown's bill that would have criminalized abortion on the claim that it would destroy evidence? She scurried to retract it after nationwide public shaming, but now she's revised the bill and is trying to promote it again.
Good news! It no longer threatens women who get an abortion after a rape with a felony charge for tampering with evidence! Yay!
Now it only charges the doctor with a felony for facilitating the destruction of evidence. Progress! Oh, wait…it still criminalizes a legal procedure, and still specifically oppresses the victims of violent assault.
I guess that counts as practically no progress at all. How about the next iteration being a bill that criminalizes lawmakers who attempt to make an end-run around women's rights to bodily autonomy?


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richtek9 wrote:migya wrote:richtek9 wrote:I just found out that my wife's dad just gave us his tickets for this game just now. He has season tickets. His tickets are unbelievable! Dead center, courtside, club. I sit right behind Al Harrington's girlfriend.
She a good looker?
Yah. She's pretty cute. Not the stereotypical model type. More like the really pretty, girl next door type. Very sweet girl. She has a rock on her finger that's the size of a jolly rancher. I guess they are engaged.
Man. To be young and rich.
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The pages below will help you in trying to figure out a number of
key things:
1) Do you really have termites, or some other flying insect like ants?
2) What kind of termites do you have? The treatment options will differ.
3) How did you get them, and how can you stop them in the future?
Do you have them?
Find An Exterminator - If you think you do have termites, it's extremely hard to get rid of them on your own. On this page, you can fill out a quick form and get price quotes from exterminators in your area for inspections, preventative treatments, or elimination of existing colonies in your home. You can also get quotes on inspections for real estate sales (i.e., if you're thinking of buying a place and want it checked out first).
Pictures of Termites - Some more photos to help you identify them.
How to do a Termite Inspection - This page covers how to do a termite inspection yourself, the signs of termites, links to pictures of what to look for and pictures of termites, as well as the basics about getting a professional inspection done.
Basic Information About Termites:
Termite Colonies - Information on the social structure of termites, and how a colony is formed and functions.
Damage from Termites - Info on what kind of damage you can expect if your home has termites.
Keep in mind - there are other bugs that also eat wood and can mimic the signs of a termite infestation. You need to consider the possibility that you've got one of those instead - especially if you're seeing stuff that looks like sawdust. Here's some info on the common ones:
Carpenter Ants
Kinds of Termites:
Flying Termites - This is what people see most commonly and what often prompts a call to the exterminator. It is a caste used solely for reproducing and founding new nests, and is not a different species.
Drywood Termites - This is a specific species of termite that lives in wood, and does not burrow into the soil. They have to be treated differently from the regular kind, because baits and other methods will not work on them.
Subterranean Termites - This is the most common kind, and it lives all throughout the United States.
Formosan Termites - An imported type, this one comes from Asia and lives mainly in the South in the U.S. - it is very damaging to property and can destroy your home much more quickly than other varieties.
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Termite Protection - A list of different ways you can try to prevent termites from infesting your home in the first place. Some of these are natural and non-chemical, so it's a good place to start if you want to minimize pesticide use.
General Ways to Kill Termites:
1) Liquid Termite Treatment - Liquid termiticides are sprayed around your house to kill or repel any termites coming into contact with them.
2) Termite Baits - The other major way to kill termites, baits are placed around your home and gradually kill off a colony by spreading small amounts of pesticides through the workers.
3) Borate Termite Treatment - Borate treatments are applied directly to wood in your house, sort of like a coat of paint. This is best done when the house is being constructed, however.
4) Fumigation - A method that only works on a specific species, the drywood termite, that is common in the Southernmost parts of the United States.
5) Electrocution - This is an option for treating localized drywood termite problems.
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I've been on the hunt for a lighting solution for our little hallway for quite some time… but not many pre-made ideas have a. hit the head on the nail for the right look or b. fit the little budget we have in mind.
Here's that hallway now, badly in need of some cool lighting love.
Especially against the new painter's tape wallpapered wall!
I played with the idea of something large and white and modern, something bright and contrasting in color – maybe with beads??, something in the black or gold or basket variety (see all pinned ideas right over here) and eventually settled on something woodsy. A concept that's a little vague, I know…
I didn't know what woodsy might specifically might be, but I love the look of raw or slightly honey-stained wood and blue. They're so perfect together! Birch and navy (image above) play very well together, or check out the walnut mirror below and how it 'pops' off of those awesome walls! (image) It's hard to tell in the very top photo, but the accent wall in our hallway is blue, actually I suppose all four are blue.
There is just something about blue and natural wood… same goes for gold (image).
I was originally inspired to build a light out of wood veneer (kind of like this one, but I was thinking big and couldn't manage to get the wood veneer sphere to hold its shape once my play pendant grew larger than about 14″ in diameter), here are a few examples of the inspiration I played around with:
The round guy at top is a little dark in color but the shape allows plenty of light in (image) which is crucial for this hallway space at night, the honeycomb version is a very cool idea with its unique design (image) which is sure to make people stare up at it when they walk by, and the third option on my list is one of my favorites with its weaved wood veneer and traditional drum shape (West Elm, but no longer available). I actually thought that guy might be the easiest to DIY.
But I was looking for something a little less ordinary and perhaps a bit more organic in style and shape? Sort of like this one? (image) But maybe not sooo crazy.
Time to DIY!
I should warn you now though that this project failed. Womp womp.
Before you get too excited for me for finding and then DIYing the perfect, most amazing pendant that ever walked this earth… it didn't happen. But I gave it an honest effort. Still shedding a tear over it.
On to the good stuff.
Materials included 4 packs of 3/4″ wood veneer edging from Lowes and a vintage wire lampshade:
That night I stripped that lampshade down to its bones:
And then began using that wire structural design to add veneer strips to the shade. Using office clips, I first outlined several ideas on how this might look, later I could glue my favorite design in place (highly recommend this less temporary solution for any major project while in the 'playing around stage').
I settled on a design with a pattern, though a slightly unusual one at that. Then it was time to glue (I recommend a wood glue for extra support), and be sure to leave those clips on with the glue overnight (though I was careful not to glue any clips, and I moved my pendant out to the garage for the drying portion of this project).
I eventually lined the wires (and top and bottom) of the inside of the shade in veneer as well, so that if you're looking up or down into the body of the shade it looked as if almost all of the wire had disappeared.
This is the womp-womp part of the project… my new shade looked so neat there on the floor all perty and structural and finished!
But as soon as we played with how it would hang in the hallway it became very clear that the shape and size was just not right, and that the color (which looked so cool and birch-like up close) looked much more like raw, unfinished wood from the next room over.
Oh man, so disappointing. But sometimes you just know when a project is not right.
I'm hoping to reuse the shade or materials for something else around the house and to start over on the hallway light. On the plus side, I'm a little wiser on what will look appropriate up there – I'm not opposed to something over-sized or structurally interesting, but now more horizontal, less vertical and perhaps something stained.
You win some, you lose some.


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Chicago Tribune Notices More Accidents Happening At Many Intersections With Red Light Cameras
from the and-again dept
Once again, we're left wondering why people still claim the cameras increase safety, when there appears to be no evidence to support that at all. There is a clear and proven way to increase safety though: (1) increase the length of the yellow and (2) increase the delay (or, for places like California which have no delay, put in a delay) when lights in all direction are red, before switching the new direction to green. Any municipality that puts in redlight cameras without doing those two things above, and then claims its about "safety" is lying. Bizarrely, though, the supporters in the Chicago area are still defending their system:
Even if not reflected in accident statistics, Belwood Police Chief Robert Collins Jr. said he sees drivers being more cautious as they approach stoplights. "Driver behavior has definitely changed," Collins said...Changed for the worse, apparently. Are we to believe the police chief's anecdotal insistence or what the stats actually say?
Roger Pawlowski, a division chief at the Oak Lawn Police Department, said the benefits of red-light cameras can't always be extrapolated from crash statistics.Ah, then what are we to extrapolate the benefits of redlight cameras from? Checks cashed by the city?


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Notes on a glorious mess of an election
A British wag once said of the monarchy, "It makes no sense, but somehow it works." What he meant, perhaps, is that some traditions and institutions possess a grandeur greater than the sum of their parts.
The great religions are like that.
Some families are like that.
It has to do with the traditions themselves. They allow us to stand on the wisdom and sacrifices -- and folly too -- of our ancestors.
Maybe they reveal a certain grace, or simply luck, for which we should be grateful.
American democracy is this way.
Much of it does not make sense.
It is often a mess.
Why can't Florida, for example, get it together and learn how to make voting accessible to people? And then how to count votes? It's a disgrace. It's a civil-rights issue. And, as the president noted the other night, we have to fix this.
But then you see people waiting in line six or eight hours to vote. That is the grandeur, the nobility, of American democracy.
They practice voter suppression in Florida, as a matter of policy, and people find a way to vote anyway.
Why can't the networks wait until all the votes are in to call an election?
Karl Rove was right about that.
But in Connecticut, even after the state was called, voters stood their places in line. And the polling places in this enlightened state stay open until all have voted and the votes are counted that night, even if the counters must stay awake a little longer to do it.
You listen to the talking heads on TV and realize the utter poverty of the national commentariat. Mostly they are pompous fools, ill-informed or half informed. (One complained the president never called him. Another that Mitt Romney took too long to concede. Another said the only Republicans elected president since 1928 were named Bush or Nixon. How about a guy named Reagan? How about a guy named Eisenhower? Another said the majority in the U.S. House would no longer be white men. Several said we would soon all fall off the fiscal cliff, which most of the commentators cannot even explain.)
The public mind has limitless nonsense poured into it daily. And on the fringes, gallons of ink are now spent on political paranoia, contempt, and hate.
And yet more and more Americans simply turn away from all this and do their own digging, via the Internet, the blogosphere, and Jon Stewart.
More Americans read Nate Silver's statistical analysis than watch "PBS NewsHour." And that's a good thing.
One's mind reels at a person like Linda McMahon running for high office. She never did learn much of anything about public policy and she spent $44 million on a losing U.S. Senate race, having spent even more two years previous. How many poor people could be clothed and fed for $100 million? How much low-cost housing could be built? How many civics textbooks could be bought?
And yet McMahon lost.
And it was almost all her own money.
It turns out money alone can't buy a U.S. Senate seat.
Furthermore, the 12 new members of the U.S. Senate are an impressive bunch of people, Democrats and Republicans -- a definite new wave of youth, iconoclasm and pragmatism.
American democracy keeps rolling, keeps renewing itself in spite of itself.
The tradition of liberty lives.
The voting lines were uncommonly long in Connecticut this Tuesday, in spite of there being no real mystery which presidential candidate would carry the state.
People wanted to have their say.
Somehow, it all works.
In his splendid victory speech Wednesday morning President Barack Obama celebrated not himself, his party, or his stunning victory but our democracy. American democracy itself.
And citizenship, which, he rightly said, is a duty superseding election days and party loyalties and is treasured as a blessing by a robust 120 million of us.
Keith C. Burris is editorial page editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester.