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Attention art (and sculpture) enthusiasts:
Have you registered yet for the 23rd International Sculpture Conference? We know that you appreciate art, but you may not know about the 23rd International Sculpture Conference in Chicago this October 4th – 6th. We want to invite you to dive deeper into the world of sculpture, the arts, and to meet other like-minded people! This year's multi-track conference, Process, Public, Patron offers something for everyone, whether you are a working artist, teacher, administrator, collector, patron, or simply love sculpture!
Conference events include:
Conference panels and keynotes will be held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and the Chicago Cultural Center, and the week of activity promises to be packed with lots to see and do. Register now as optional tours, workshops and activities are also gauging interest levels – either they fill to capacity or will be cancelled. Don't miss out on this experience. Register today!
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Photo by Kevin Shelton / Chicago Loop Alliance
The Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA) is at it again. The organization behind Tony Tasset's memorable EYE and CARDINAL (2010) and Kay Rosen's interactive GO DO GOOD (2011) is bringing a whole lot of color to Chicago this summer. Chicagoans have been watching the initial phases of Jessica Stockholder's Color Jam installation slowly start to transform the loop during the install process for the past few weeks, and tomorrow, June 5 is the official opening date for the third installment in the CLA's award-winning Art Loop series.
Visitors will be immersed in the bright, new installation at State and Adams as they walk on, in, and through the canvas of renowned multi-media artist Jessica Stockholder. Commissioned by CLA, Color Jam saturates building façades, sidewalks, and crosswalks in bold colors in Chicago's largest art installation. Color Jam is also the largest contiguous vinyl project in the U.S., composed of over 76,000 square feet of colored vinyl – think the equivalent of 50,000 vinyl records, or enough material to wrap 130+ city buses or cover 1.5 football fields!
In creating Color Jam, Stockholder envisioned a "three-dimensional painting", spilling out of windows, through doors, and into the surrounding landscape."The fictive potential of surface, so thoroughly cultivated through the history of painting, is always ready to burst, spilling forth imagined richness, full of emotional, subjective resonance, and wandering focus is here woven together with the more mundane everyday surface of the street corner. ["Color Jam"] celebrates and demands that the evocative surface of this Chicago street corner be expanded. The corner is canvas, stage, pedestal, and frame against which the public can view a parade of shifting color relationships."
On display through September 30, Color Jam invites the public to participate in a series of programs - or "jams" - taking the form of concerts, talks, and happenings throughout the Loop. In addition, several Loop businesses are offering Color Jam-themed specials, ranging from color-tinis to hotel discounts. For more information about the artwork, public programs, and special offers from Loop restaurants, retailers, and cultural institutions, visit www.ColorJamChicago.com.
The CLA also coordinates monthly First Thursdays Gallery Walks. For the third summer, Pop-Up Art Loop galleries stay open late and invite the public to their spaces for open houses and receptions on the first Thursday of each month. Walks are free and open to the public, running from 5-8pm. Mark your calendar for upcoming walks this summer on June 7, July 12, August 2, September 6 + October 4. For more details and a list of participating spaces, visit popupartloop.com.
Tags: Chicago, Chicago Loop Alliance (CLA), Installation, Public Art
Installation | Chicago | Public Art
If you're like me, you have been anxiously anticipating the day that Chicago's government would take its art and culture more seriously into consideration as vital resources for rejuvenating and revamping the city's social economy and community. Well, the time has finally come; and it looks like my prayers (and perhaps yours, too) have been thoughtfully acknowledged and answered. Starting in February, Chicago has begun the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012, a process that has taken the intiative to examine the structural set up of arts in Chicago. The plan strives to engage the community in a conversation that addresses building a stronger cultural plan to further enhance the city and its development. For the first time, since former Mayor Washington's administration, in over 20 years, current Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Cultural Affairs is asking residents to come together and share thoughts and ideas on strategic methods for action regarding how to best position art and culture in such a way that will strengthen neighborhood community and refocus attention to Chicago as a major art center and attractive destination for the arts. While the last plan in 1986 made some groundbreaking adjustments, such as the renovation of Navy Pier, transformation of downtown's Randolph Street into a theater district, and created more incentive and opportunities for film projects, a more consistent and contemporary inspection of Chicago's cultural capital has since been overdue. Much to my own surprise, Chicago impressively holds the 3rd largest creative economy in the U.S., generating over $2 billion a year, with 24,000 art enterprises, and over 600 non-profit organizations.
This first step could be an exciting and revolutionary transgression to integrating notoriously segregated communities, improving the quality of education and demand for art in schools, and bringing vibrancy to both thriving and still developing areas in Chicago. As a creative thinker and avid participant in art and art-making here in Chicago, I, for one, am most enthusiastic and looking forward to the growth and improvement of my home city. I find it especially encouraging that the people of Chicago are continuing to be persistent with voicing and expressing their opinions and concerns for what's happening in their own backyards.
Below I've listed the next few upcoming meetings with Chicago Cultural Plan: Tuesday, March 13, 20125:30 - 7:30 PMDouglas Park - Field House1401 S. Sacramento Dr.
Wednesday, March 14, 20124:00 - 5:00 PM Student Conversation6:00 - 8:00 PM Community ConversationDePaul UniversityLincoln Park Student Center LPSC Room 120 B2250 North Sheffield Ave.Thursday, March 15, 20125:30 - 7:30 PMAustin Town Hall Park5610 W. Lake St.
To become a part of these fundamentally crucial conversations, visit the Chicago Cultural Plan's website and reserve yourself (and a friend!) a ticket. I just reserved mine. All events are free of admission.http://www.chicagoculturalplan2012.com
Tags: Chicago, blog, Public Art, community, culture, Artists
Artists | CGN Blog | Chicago | Chicago Art | Public Art
Friday, November 18th at 7pm, the National Museum of Mexican Art will be hosting a world book premiere for Chicanas of 18th Street, a collection of testimonies from six Pilsen-based female activists. Meet the authors and take this opportunity to gain access to lessons learned from this movement and what it means for today's Latino community.
"Women discuss how education, immigration, religion, identity, and acculturation affected the Chicano movement (University of Illinois Press)."
Through in-depth interviews with the activists we get a look at the unique movements for social reform that took root and grew in Chicago's South Side neighborhood.
"Highlighting the women's motivations, initiatives, and experiences in politics during the 1960s and 1970s, these rich personal accounts reveal the complexity of the Chicana Movement, conflicts within the Movement, and the importance of teatro and cultural expressions to the movement. Also detailed are vital interactions between members of the Chicana Movement with leftist and nationalist community members and the influence of other activists groups such as African Americans and Marxists (University of Illinois Press)."
Mary S. Prado, author of, Mexican American Women Activists: Identity and Resistance in Two Los Angeles Communities comments, "The personal testimonies allow readers to see the dynamics that transform community members into activists. This engaging study appeals to students and scholars of women's studies, political science, sociology, and Latina studies."
19th street mural
Joe Allen, Pilsen resident, and author of People Wasn't Made to Burn says, "Pilsen is a neighborhood that is aware of its own history, where the past is adored on the walls of the buildings and the viaducts that crisscross the neighborhood, but it doesn't do it like a museum does to celebrate the past. [Rather, it is to] remember what has to be done today and the future."
Part of the Barrett Park mural on Cermak road
Activism isn't new to the historically revolutionary neighborhood and this book provides insights that have inspired and paved the way for future community members' fight.
Come a little early and check out the current exhibitions at the National Museum of Mexican Art, Dia de Muertos XXV (Day of the Dead), Neptuno, and Claro y Obscuro.
The National Museum of Mexican Art is located at:
1852 W. 19th Street, Chicago 60608
Normal hours are: Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm
Visits are always free
Call for more info: 312-369-9294
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Artists | Museums | Chicago | Chicago Art | education | lectures | Public Art
Last night was thankfully not like our dreary day today. It was mild and pleasant for the unveiling of SAIC grad Robert Indiana's HOPE sculpture that will be placed outside of the John Hancock Center, on the northeast corner of Michigan and Delaware until about Valentine's Day 2012. KM Fine Arts directors Anna Hollinger and Tom Kivisto welcomed the group and celebrated the fact that this sculpture will no doubt become a fixture of the public's art engagement during the next few months. Crowds of visitors will be taking pictures with and around this uplifting installation.
The artist could not attend the opening after all, as he has been ill the past few months. The 2,000 lb + installation was there in his place. HOPE has travelled to other art institutions and destinations around the country so far, and the 'hope' is that some day it will end up in the Smithsonian. So just in case you're wondering, it's also not for sale.
Following the unveiling, there was a lovely reception for the gallery's Eyes Wide Shut exhibition on the 25th floor of the Hancock. The exhibition features European Masters, as well as work by contemporary Spanish artist Lita Cabellut, whose large-scale portraits crackle with drama and intensity.
The gallery is hosting a second reception this Saturday evening in honor of SOFA. The public is invited to attend to enjoy drinks and food from 6-9pm. Free trolleys will take you there from SOFA (Entrance 2 at Navy Pier) and the MCA (220 E Chicago) from 5-7pm.
Tags: HOPE, SOFA, Installation, sculpture, Public Art, Reception
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Jan 13, 2009 02:56 PM|LINK
I have a default1.master page that contains a background image and menu bar site map. I created a new page and specified the use of the master page during it's creation.
It looks good. I created another new page, and I specified the master page during it's creation but only the menu bar displays, the background image does not???
Any ideas?
Jan 13, 2009 03:09 PM|LINK
Here is another clue, that may help you help me.
If a new web page sits on the root of the application, it appears to use the background image.
However, If I create the web page inside a folder on the root, it seems this is when the background image does not display. Does this make sense?
Jan 13, 2009 03:52 PM|LINK
I found some others who had the same problem. I'm trying to work through fixes but I still can't get the BG image to display on a page in a subfolder.
Currently the image is assigned like this: (displays image on master page, but not on pages in sub folder)
="../MySite/Images/CommonBG.jpg"If I assign like this I don't even get an image on the masterpage:
="/MySite/Images/CommonBG.jpg"This produces an image on the background page, but not on the pages in a sub folder:
background="Images/CommonBG.jpg"Can you assist. Thanks
Jan 16, 2009 06:45 AM|LINK
The image path is basing on its host page. If we use "background="Images/CommonBG.jpg"" in the subfolder, this path expects the Image folder under this subfolder.
To work around it, we can use "~/" to point to root folder and convert it to right path. For example:
<%@ Master Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
   <form id="form1" runat="server"> <asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="SiteMapDataSource1" runat="server" /> <div style="background-image: url(' <%= imgPath %>')">

 <asp:Menu ID="Menu1" style="text-align:Left" runat="server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1" BackColor="#FFFFCC" DynamicHorizontalOffset="2" Font-Names="Arial" Font-Size="14px" ForeColor="Purple" Orientation="Horizontal" StaticDisplayLevels="2" StaticSubMenuIndent="13px" Width="888px"> <StaticSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" /> <StaticMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="8px" VerticalPadding="2px" /> <DynamicHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" ForeColor="White" /> <DynamicMenuStyle BackColor="#FFFBD6" /> <DynamicSelectedStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" /> <DynamicMenuItemStyle HorizontalPadding="5px" VerticalPadding="2px" /> <StaticHoverStyle BackColor="#990000" ForeColor="White" /> </asp:Menu>

  <asp:contentplaceholder id="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server"> </asp:contentplaceholder>

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Jan 19, 2009 01:07 AM|LINK
Thanks for your response.
From your code above, we need to declare that variable in the server code instead of client code, and the example I posted above is using C#.
In your case, we can declare that variable in codebehind class I.E. "Default1.master.vb":
Partial Class MasterPage
Inherits System.Web.UI.MasterPage
Public imgPath As String = System.Web.VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/Images/CommonBG.jpg")
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
End Sub
End Class
Aug 11, 2009 03:01 AM|LINK
it works,,,,i hve tried lot of tricks earlier.....but none of them works...
Dec 11, 2009 01:56 PM|LINK
Thank you very much for your nice answer.
I was looking for this solution since last couple of days.


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Does a duck have a waterproof ass?
Why should our Community-Organizer-in-Chief deviate from the dirty tricks that've gotten him his every success in politics?
It comes out that the voter intimidation case Holder dropped against the Black Panthers involved Barack Obama himself. Think Obama is depending on the Black Panthers again to support him this November as well?
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Rich Matarese 2012/08/07 01:20:58YES [comment as you wish].
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YES [comment as you wish].He will do anything to get what he wants. The man has NO morals of any kind. He was raised by total anarchists. His mother was a nutberger as was the rest of the family. He was mentored by a man on the FBI Communist Watch list, Frank Marshall Davis. He belonged to Communist Groups. Hung out with murderers ie. Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrs. Now he is controlled by George Soros, another sociopath who says the happiest year of his life was turning in his family's Jewish friends to the Nazis. Can't get much worse for America, can it! Satan must be dancing a jig right now.
- Captain-Morgan 2012/08/08 23:26:59
- jackolantyrn356 2012/08/07 15:59:54NO [explain why not].The House must move forward now and remove this charlatan from office today. Will there be bloodshed? I hope not, but it is time for America to do something.
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YES [comment as you wish].He does not care who he gets into bed with, as long as he wins this election. Pray God does not allow the election of any wicked rulers to be put in positions of authority this time. (Now, why can't I hit the "save" button, and have the bar across the top of my reply box turn green and post???? I had had to edit, I had left out a word, and now I can't get it to "save", and "post".)
I had to "edit" my post, and now can't get it to "save" and "post", so will just re-do it. Obama will get in bed with anyone to win this election, and all we can do is pray that God will not allow the election of ANY wicked rulers into any position of authority in the U.S. this time!
- MJP Reeves 2012/08/07 15:08:50YES [comment as you wish].Obama & Holder don't want voters to show their ID's when they go to the polls and so why not have the Black Panther thugs there to intimidate voters. The DOJ don't seen anything wrong the Black Panthers doing that.
- Elaine Magliacane 2012/08/07 12:31:10
- Aksana 2012/08/07 08:52:13NO [explain why not].
- Don Leuty 2012/08/07 06:30:42
- TheTruth1313 2012/08/07 06:22:55
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Yes, draconianregina, I do. Several Presidents have wanted an army like Homeland Security, and Hitler had. Obama has it.
- debrarae 2012/08/07 05:46:43YES [comment as you wish].+2Maybe they'll be denying even more elderly white voters the right to vote?
Or perhaps the Muslims will be working on disenfranchising the Jews as well?
http://buzzbinder.newsvine.co... - Red 2012/08/07 05:31:03
- newhon63 2012/08/07 03:27:02YES [comment as you wish].+1He always falls back on what works for him and what we let him get away with. Wonder if we should arrange for some people to stand outside voting polls with sticks in hand to see if The Black Panthers are there to look pretty or are they willing to cause some crap they may not survive? How far are they willing to go for Obama? How would they react if others showed up "Just to stand there with a club in their hand to greet voters?" I think it would be funny for someone to do that and let one of them walk over to intimidate them and they break out a taser and pop the Panther, then get video of him flopping around on the ground, dancing on the end of a taser wire. It would send a clear message to these wanna-be bad-asses that that crap may have worked in the '60s, but it doesn't hold much water when everyone is out of a job and has nothing left to lose.
- Walt 2012/08/07 03:16:32NO [explain why not].I don't know if he is depending on the Black Panthers or not, but I sincerely hope he is and that he sends some to my neck of the woods. We rarely get that kind of entertainment out here in the boonies. I can guarantee they won't ever come back here if they do show up.
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Excerpt: "The oil-and-gas industry is claiming that closures of land and increased regulations contemplated in the White River National Forest will make drilling "uncompetitive."
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San Jose, Calif., Gaia Interactive, the world-class social gaming publisher of Monster Galaxy, recently announced a partnership with Yen Press to bring the epic Monster Galaxy video game franchise to life through a new series of graphic novels. Monster Galaxy readers will experience all new adventures with their favorite characters while exploring new worlds, meeting new characters and discovering never before seen monsters.
Kurt Hassler, Publishing Director at Yen Press, said of the adaptation, "Monster Galaxy is a fantastically addictive game — as evidenced by the fact that I can hardly pry our editorial staff away from it since we began discussions of an adaptation! We look forward working with Gaia to introduce both existing fans and new readers to new stories set within this marvelously engaging world in an entirely new medium."
Readers will be joining over 25 million other users in experiencing the iconic battles, intriguing characters and fantastical world of Monster Galaxy. More details regarding the Monster Galaxy Graphic Novel will be announced at Comic-Con 2012.
"Expanding the world of Monster Galaxy through graphic novels gives readers the unique opportunity to experience new and exciting adventures including new characters, worlds and monsters while still incorporating classic iconic moments from the games," said Christopher Castagnetto, Senior Marketing Product Manager at Gaia Interactive.
The Monster Galaxy franchise recently achieved a major milestone, crossing 25 million players worldwide, making it among the most widely recognized brands in online gaming. In addition to the upcoming graphic novel, Gaia has teamed up with Radar Pictures to work on an upcoming Monster Galaxy Live Action Motion Picture. Gaia and Radar have partnered with writer Reinhard Denke to develop a unique, fun and action packed script. The Monster Galaxy Motion Picture promises to deliver Gaia's unique characters and fantastic world while leveraging Radar Pictures' vast experience in the movie industry to make the project massively appealing to audiences beyond fans of the game. More details regarding the Monster Galaxy Motion Picture will be announced in 2012.
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hola para todos lo de monster galaxy que chevre en verdad que ya haya una pelicula de monster galaxy estoy entusiasmado yo quiero ver la………….=)
I've seen this on my vision way back starting playing the game! I knew this was going to happen! Knowing that it's a fantastic game!
Given that the writers for the game can't correctly use apostrophes, write convincing dialogue, or create even mildly interesting characters, this is going to be a mess. Do they really think they can do this without actual writers? It's pretty clear that they didn't actually hire experienced writing staff for the game, after all – the amount of errors and painful writing is hilarious. I just can't wait for the impending lawsuit from Nintendo.
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To be truly cool, one must genuinely understand the uselessness of logic and reason in a world gone mad.... Eddie Albert (ostensibly sane) spent six seasons appealing to the whacked out citizens of Hooterville to behave in a rational and orderly manner. Naturally, he got just what he deserved--the gradual erosion of his own mental stability. Aficionados of this show like to call it surreal. I call it real life.All one can add to that, to paraphrase the classic title song, is that DVD is the place for Green Acres to be. Hooterville may have been condemned by critics as a vast wasteland, but as the first season demonstrates, it provides fertile ground for bizarre behavior for a gallery of classic characters who rival the residents of Twin Peaks. "Oliver Buys a Farm," the series pilot, is a comparatively tame episode that gives little hint of the weirdness to come. Lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas (Albert), weary of life in New York ("It's a rat race, and the rats are winning!" he declares), buys the Haney place to the horror of his socialite wife Lisa (Eva Gabor), whose ditziness has yet to be established. Look for appearances by Petticoat Junction denizens Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchannan), Sam Drucker (Frank Cady), Hooterville Cannonball engineer Floyd Smoot (Rufe Davis), and everyone's favorite wonder pig, Arnold Ziffel.
Among the season's other episodes, in "The Day of Decision," all of Hooterville wonders whether "she will" or "she won't" as Lisa chooses between life on the farm or returning to New York. In "Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth," Hooterville is beginning to look like Peyton Place when Doris Ziffel (Barbara Pepper) becomes convinced that her husband Fred (Hank Patterson) and Lisa are having an affair. "Lisa Bakes a Cake," in which Lisa lists Oliver in the phone book as an attorney, is about as flat and heavy as one of Lisa's infamous creations. --Donald Liebenson
Some of the episodes have a few film scratches, but they are really minor. The sound is brilliant (no scratches there!) and the color VERY vibrant! I remember watching Green Acres re-runs as a kid, and didn't realize that the hay shoveled by Eddie Albert in the beginning credits was a green color.
Another reviewer mentioned the chemistry between Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor and I must also mention it. Interestingly, upon seeing the two actors names, one would think that Albert and Gabor would have nothing in common and be a disaster, but... something "clicks" between them just right. As the episodes move along, one can see that Eddie and Eva clearly TOTALLY ENJOYED each other and played off each other wonderfully. In fact, watch closely at the conclusion of one of the episodes (I kick myself for not remembering which one), where Eddie and Eva are in bed and Eddie goes to turn off the light (and theoretically conclude the episode). Eva leans over and TICKLES Eddie and he knocks the lamp off the table and he and Eva both laugh in an "out of character" way, all while the scene fades out and the end credits role. You can just see that they had FUN while making these episodes.
The surreal comedy starts to "creep in" to these first season episodes, although it wouldn't be fully explored until later seasons. By "surreal" I mean where the characters "poke fun" at their own show or others similar. One episode starts with Eb milking Eleanor the cow while humming the theme song to the show! Then at the conclusion he "sings" in Eva's voice, "Dahling, I love you but give me Park Avenue!" It's in the later seasons that things like the names of the director and producers appear in the opening credits on Eddie's towel (as he exits the shower), or appear in the darkness in Eddie and Eva's bedroom where she asks him who the names are, etc.
So, watch these episodes... enjoy them. And notice that they are really sophisticated "pokes" at society as we know it. Finally... these episodes (well, the ones halfway through the first season and onward) are REALLY FUNNY! Don't be ashamed to LAUGH OUT LOUD!
Let's hope MGM releases all the other five seasons!
I first heard about this DVD in October and I counted down the days until it was available from Amazon. I was expecting a product only slightly better than VHS quality, but I was pleasantly surprized. The video and audio qualities are quite good.
This comes as 2 disks in a moderately deluxe case. There are indeed 32 episodes including the pilot episode. I am sure I have never seen the pilot and despite what it says on the packaging, I have doubts it was ever broadcast. I know I wouldn't have bought the series based on it. However by Episode 3, the familar format is established.
In order to fit all the content on just 2 disks, the disks are double-sided, double-layered and this might be the cause of some problems with some DVD players. As other reviewers have mentioned, the selection menu requires you to select and view each episode separately. On my cheap DVD player I could only select the first episode on each side. However, there was no problem selecting all the content when I viewed the disks on my computer DVD drive.
I think this DVD set is bargain when compared with the pricing of newer TV series DVDs and I would like to see more of this content available.


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Posted by emmcgi09 on 19th April 2010
On October 16th 2009, at around 8:45 p.m., Paul Matott was walking home from work in Potsdam, as he does every day, when three men dressed in dark clothing attacked him. "One of the men appeared in front of me and attempted to spray me with mace. As I was trying to avoid the spray, someone hit me from behind with a piece of lumber. I turned to face that individual, and I was struck again in the head with the piece of lumber. That's basically how it started." His jaw was broken in two places and he fell to the ground.
"Those kids were trying to kill me. They never hit me in the body once. They just kept hitting me in the head," Matott said. "Every time I tried to raise myself back up they would hit me in the head again." The vicious attack initially suggested to police that this might have been a hate crime against Matott, who is covered in tattoos and once worked as the "Illustrated Man" at a sideshow on Coney Island. However, Matott said, "They definitely hated me, whoever it was. No doubt about that. But I don't think it was the tattoos per se. Maybe it was some kind of dare."
Robbery was also ruled out as a motive because neither the $1300 in Matott's pocket nor the laptop he was holding was taken during the assault. Indeed, it was hard to see why Potsdam's well known and universally liked "Tat2 Pauly" should be so mercilessly assaulted in a well-trafficked public area. Matott works as a body piercer at Sleepy Hollow Studios, a place popular with local college students with whom he has a great rapport and a solid reputation. The aftermath required extensive reconstructive jaw surgery at Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vermont, and Matott was left with mounting medical bills and unanswered questions. A possible motive for the attack would soon emerge, when Matott was attacked again, this time by our own St. Lawrence County legal system.
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Six weeks after his brutal beating, Matott was shocked to learn that the St. Lawrence County District Attorney had obtained a grand jury indictment charging him with crimes that could carry up to a 90-year sentence – without ever speaking to him. His 23 year old ex-girlfriend was now accusing him with three counts of first-degree rape. The incidents were said to have occurred in September of 2008, and again in February and June of 2009. This was a travesty, because Matott was in possession of a mountain of evidence suggesting strongly that he was innocent of these charges.
Matott's accuser had never spoken to police about these alleged attacks when they supposedly occurred. Not until November of '09, after Matott had broken off their relationship, and more than a year after the first alleged incident, did she decide to tell investigators that she had been raped. Indeed, Matott and his accuser had been dating throughout the period of the alleged rapes, and had lived together from April to June of 2009, months after two of the alleged rapes had supposedly occurred. The local papers were quick to obtain comments from Matott after his indictment, and publish the allegations of his accuser on the front page of the Potsdam Courier Observer. His initial comments were simply "I never did anything violent to that girl. Never… Not ever."
That was the tip of the iceberg in the torrent of evidence suggesting Matott's innocence. Matott retained Massena attorney David Haggard the day after his indictment and they began compiling the a 176 page omnibus motion cataloging hundreds of explicit text messages and pictures sent by his ex, proclaiming her love and devotion to him. These love notes, received through Matott's phone, were sent throughout the time period of the alleged rapes. She sent more than 30 explicit photos to Matott in February, '09 alone, the very month the second incidence of alleged rape was supposed to have occurred.
On December 16, 2009 Matott's attorney, David Haggard, presented the evidence to the court arguing that the hundreds of text messages and explicit pictures were not covered by the state's rape shield law. This New York State law does not allow a rape victim's character or past sexual behavior to be put on trial because this could unfairly sway the jury. Haggard argued, "The purpose is to highlight the complainant's state of mind on the issue of consent and the defendant's state of mind regarding his own reasonable belief as to (her) intentions." In an interview with these reporters, Matott stated, "Why would she move in with her rapist? It is just common sense."
Along with the hundreds of text and picture messages, Matott had kept several hand-written letters from the complainant, as well as a cigar box commemorating their relationship that had been decorated by her and dated March 22, 2009, shortly after two of the three alleged incidents of rape had supposedly occurred and just before she began living with Matott.
The complainant only made her allegations to investigators months after Matott and the complainant had ended the relationship, ceased living together, and after Matott had been viciously attacked. Matott now believes the attack was an act of revenge motivated by his ex girl friend's tales of his alleged crimes. Based upon the increasing evidence, he also believes that the attack on his life was made by friends of his accuser.
Reason Prevails in the Interest of Justice
On February 17th of this year, all the charges against Matott were dismissed by St. Lawrence County Judge Jerome J. Richards, in part because the District Attorney had brought the complainant's sister and the complainant's sister's ex-boyfriend to testify against Matott in front of the Grand Jury, when they had no direct knowledge of these alleged crimes. Richards wrote, "The only apparent reason for such testimony was to create sympathy for the complainant, and to paint the defendant in an unfavorable light." Matott and Haggard presented hard evidence to the Court while the District Attorney had relied on irrelevant character assassinations to make its case to the grand jury.
Matott was relieved to have the charges removed because he had gone from possibly serving a 90 year sentence to being a free man. However, the last few months have had an impact on the life Paul used to lead. He has been emotionally, physically, and economically affected by the traumatic event, and he will continue to suffer the repercussions of his relationship with the complainant for years to come. His medical costs totaled nearly $14,000, and his legal fees amounted to a year's salary. His name and face have been dragged through the mud on local TV news and in local newspapers.
False reporting of rape is not common. Only 39% of rapes are reported annually and less than 6% of these rape cases are determined to be false accusations. Nor are we suggesting that victims who report being raped should be looked at askance. It takes courage to report this crime, and rape victims should be supported in their efforts to bring their assailants to justice. What we are suggesting is that when false reports do occur, and we think one may have occurred here, they do a grave disservice to all the real victims of rape, because a false report may make prosecutors and jurors skeptical of such reports generally.
Why would the D.A. pursue this case without at least speaking to the alleged perpetrator or other potential witnesses? Paul's case can be compared to the Duke Lacrosse rape scandal because there too the district attorney refused to consider the hard evidence showing the innocence of the accused. In that case, Prosecutor Mike Nifong was eventually disbarred by the North Carolina State Bar Association for his "tragic rush to accuse." Why would our own District Attorney commit such a travesty?
Rape is a very serious allegation and in New York State corroborating evidence is not needed to charge a person with this crime. The current state of the law in NYS coupled with the seriousness of any allegation of rape should give a prosecutor the motivation to see that both sides of the alleged crime are thoroughly investigated before charges are filed or indictments are sought. Was this DA's office attempting to rely on the jury's prejudices, as they had at grand jury, at trial? Did the timing of the indictment cause the investigation into the attack on Matott to lose all of its momentum?
Our investigation into this case has led us to other "strange cases" that the DA's office has recently pursued – a series of procedural mistakes, dismissed cases, failures to show up at trial – that seem to raise questions about the competence of the St. Lawrence County DA's office. For example:
The case of Raymond Miller. A high risk sex offender, Miller was charged with failing to register as a sex offender, as he is required to by law. The DA's Grand Jury indictment of Miller was dismissed from St. Lawrence County Court. Among other things, the DA took evidence, without permission, from a transcript that had been sealed by the court and presented it to the Grand Jury. We spoke with a local defense attorney who called this "unethical, even criminal contempt" of the court. In his decision dismissing the prosecution's case, Judge Jerome Richards slammed the DA's presentation for use of "inadmissible hearsay" in front of the Grand Jury, which was "unfair and improper, and cannot be condoned."
The case of Anthony Stark. In our judicial system, prosecutors present their cases first, then the defense rejoins. In the case of Mr. Stark, accused of sex abuse, the judge dismissed the case, and Mr. Stark walked free, before the defense presented its case. In other words, the prosecution's case was deemed to have no merit even before rebuttal witnesses were presented.
The case of Harold Petke. In another case that cried out for competent prosecution, Mr. Petke was charged with three counts of "promoting a sexual performance by a child," on a photograph or video. But once again, the Grand Jury indictment of Mr. Petke was tossed out by Judge Richards, who wrote that the prosecution's instructions to the Grand Jury were "confusing, contradictory and just plain wrong." For one thing, the prosecutor cited a rule of evidence to the Grand Jury that does not exist. "There is no such rule of evidence," Richards wrote.
The case of Terry Derouchie. Mr. D. emerged from Family Court an angry man, and began a confrontation in the parking lot of the Courthouse with a friend of his ex-wife's. When one of the court's security guards tried to calm the situation, Mr. D. punched the officer, breaking his cheekbone. Derouchie was charged with Felony Assault, which carries a mandatory prison sentence. But due to a bonehead procedural error by the DA's office, he was allowed to plead guilty to the minor charge of harassment, and then walk free.
The case of Michael Shaw. Mr. Shaw had signed a confession admitting that he had sexually abused a little girl. But again, procedural errors by the DA forced the court to dismiss the case. At that point, under the rule of "timely prosecution," the DA's office had four weeks to obtain a new indictment. Somehow, appallingly, they missed the deadline, and Shaw walked free.
UPDATE: THIS WEEK: ANOTHER WASTE OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY: On Tuesday, April 20, Judge Richards again dismissed a DA case without waiting for the defense to present its case. Rachael Patterson, an employee at the commissary of Gouverneur Correctional Facility, was charged with having sex with prisoners at the prison in 2007 and 2008. Judge Richards concluded that the prosecutor had failed to show that Ms. Patterson's actions were illegal. "We're extremely disappointed in the outcome," said DA Nicole Duve. To which the voters who elected her might say, "Amen."
What's going on here? Time and time again, cases that should never be prosecuted, are; while cases that should be vigorously prosecuted are passed over, or dismissed for procedural failures, or for lack of timely prosecution, or because an ADA failed to appear at a preliminary hearing. The time of Grand Juries and courts is wasted, as is the taxpayers' money.
Who, if anyone, is training the ADAs making these mistakes?
And where is the DA herself? While previous DA's have done important trials, the current DA, Nicole Duve, has not been much in the courtroom. In fact, in the very important upcoming murder trial of Wayne Oxley, the county will hire a "special prosecutor" to try the case. Taxpayers will bear this cost, in addition to the six-figure salary already being paid to the DA. Why?
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"I'm glad I'm the director, and that I don't have to do that," quipped director Tim Rhoze. "I just sit back with my Starbucks and say, 'Needs to be a little taller, a little wider.' And obviously, it has to be secured, since mountains don't generally have a tendency to wiggle."
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The Oswego Hotel is located in Victoria's James Bay neighborhood, close to Victoria Clipper Ferry Terminal, British Columbia Parliament Building, and Victoria Harbour. Nearby points of interest also include Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and Pacific Undersea Gardens.
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The Oswego Hotel's restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A bar/lounge is open for drinks. Room service is available during limited hours. Recreational amenities include a fitness facility. This 4-star property has a 24-hour business center and offers small meeting rooms and audiovisual equipment. This Victoria property has event space consisting of banquet facilities and exhibit space. Concierge services and tour assistance are available. Guest parking is limited, and available on a limited first-come, first-served basis (surcharge). Additional property amenities include a coffee shop/café, laundry facilities, and currency exchange. This is a smoke-free property.
- Television in lobby
- Smoke-free property (fines apply)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Exhibit space
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Parking limited (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 80
- Fitness facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Concierge services
- Spa services on site
- Event catering
- Secure parking
- Luggage storage
- Currency exchange
- Porter/bellhop
- Parking (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Valet parking
- Audiovisual equipment
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Express check-in
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Fireplace in lobby
- Laundry facilities
- Banquet facilities
- Smoke-free property
- Coffee shop or café
- Suitable for children
- Parking garage
- Tour assistance
- 24-hour business center
- Express check-out
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 10
Room Amenities
80 guestrooms at The Oswego Hotel feature CD players and coffee/tea makers. Beds come with premium bedding. All rooms include separate sitting areas and desks. Refrigerators and microwaves are offered. Bathrooms feature separate bathtubs and showers, designer toiletries, bathrobes, and hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. In addition to complimentary newspapers, guestrooms offer phones with voice mail, as well as free local calls (restrictions may apply). High-definition televisions are available in guestrooms. Rooms also include ceiling fans and windows that open. Guests may request hypo-allergenic bedding and wake-up calls. Housekeeping is available daily.
- Hair dryer
- Window opens
- Ceiling fan
- Clock radio
- Iron/ironing board
- Designer toiletries
- Free Wi-Fi
- Climate control
- Free local calls
- CD player
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Flat-panel TV
- Desk
- Sewing kit
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Complimentary newspaper
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Microwave
- Premium bedding
- Welcome amenities
- Wake-up calls
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Voice mail
- Bathrobes
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Separate sitting area
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Separate bathtub and shower
Notifications and Fees
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Pet fee: CAD 25 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Hotel Policies
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- American Express
- MasterCard
- Caters to couples
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Pets allowed
- Check-out time is 11 AM
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In "The No Agenda Myth" Mr. Keller says we should ignore the jaded pundits. If you don't know what to expect from the presidential candidates, you haven't been paying attention. Or maybe just aggressively, willfully ignorant… Prof. Krugman, in "Medicaid on the Ballot," says this much is clear about a Romney presidency: Medicaid, an important and successful piece of the health care system, would face savage cuts. Of course it will. We've got to get those people to stop being dependent… Here's Mr. Keller:
I feel a rising tide of ennui. America is in the last, numbing days of an excruciating slog to Election Day and some of my tribe — the jaded scribes, the blogging sages and caffeinated cable chatterers — have run out of patience, poor babies. Searching for the source of their malaise, beyond the dubious science of the polls and the mean spirits of the campaigns and the emptiness of the slogans and our own limited attention spans, those of my ilk have come up with this high-minded diagnosis: the candidates have No Agenda.
They say: "It's a good time to follow the candidates if you like elections about nothing." And: "Obama's greatest weakness is that his proposals for the future are nonexistent." And: "The president did not lay out a second-term agenda … And that is where he is the weakest." And: "People say, I want to vote for him, but he hasn't told me what he's going to do." And, by the way: "You don't get that from Mitt Romney, either." I've heard it countless times and, truth be told, probably said it myself once or twice. No Agenda!
When President Obama's campaign last week issued a 20-page booklet of its intentions, it was dismissed in my own newspaper for containing "no new proposals," and in The Wall Street Journal as a "glossy" pitch to critics who say "Mr. Obama hasn't fully explained what he hopes to accomplish if re-elected." Romney has made the ostensible lack of an Obama agenda the heart of his closing argument. That's shrewd politics. The No Agenda meme works nicely for Romney. If Obama has no agenda then he is, by default, the candidate of the status quo, and the status quo is a painfully slow recovery, a hovering debt crisis and a worrisome world. Obama's retort is that Romney is trying to hide his agenda — dressing a pack of wolves in sheep's clothing.
But Romney, with or without an agenda, is the candidate who has not presided over a time of national anxiety, and therefore he is the de facto candidate of change. Or as the new slogan has it, "Big Change."
Let us breathe deeply and clear our minds.
There are plenty of legitimate reasons voters (and the media) should be disenchanted by the candidates and the campaign, but the idea that we'll be voting in the dark is not one of them. Yes, the candidates have been reluctant to publish some unpleasant details of their policies. [See footnote 1] Most presidential candidates in modern times don't, for the understandable reason that details can be cherry-picked for attack ads. Yes, identifying Romney's plan requires some guesswork, because he has been at various times all things to all voters. And yes, Obama has been short on grand man-to-the-moon promises and on the pulse-quickening oratory our weary commentariat requires. He sometimes seems to have misread Mario Cuomo's famous guidance: he governs in prose and campaigns in prose.
And yet, can we really say we don't know what to expect from these two men?
With Obama, we can anticipate that the unfinished business of universal health care and the re-regulation of the Wall Street casino will be finished. We can expect investments in education, infrastructure and innovation, followed by a gradual, balanced attack on deficits that includes higher taxes on the wealthiest. (And this time he will have a hefty stick to apply to a recalcitrant Congress: the fiscal cliff, which forces Congress to compromise or share the blame for the ensuing havoc.) We can expect the Pentagon, after winding down two wars, to bank a peace dividend. If Obama is re-elected, especially if he is elected with substantial Latino support, we can expect that he will try to deliver on his postponed promise of comprehensive immigration reform. The fact that these objectives represent a continuation of his first term does not mean he is aiming low. These are ambitious goals.
If Romney is elected, there will be tension between his inner pragmatist and the stubborn extremists in his own party, but we can fairly expect a rollback of universal health care in favor of the rough marketplace, and at least a partial dismantling of regulations on banks, extractive industries and whatever other industries squeal about job-killing red tape. We can expect a lowering of the safety net, especially a retrenchment of Medicaid and a marketization of Medicare. His deficit plan will rely on draconian spending cuts and on the supply-side superstition that tax cuts automatically produce growth. Romney will be somewhat more enthusiastic about oil and coal, and will put less faith in renewables. The military will not want. You can expect another Scalia or two on the Supreme Court, the defunding of Planned Parenthood and a social agenda aimed at appeasing the evangelical base, mainly by letting the states decide. On foreign policy Romney has gravitated toward Obama's caution, and I tend to believe him, if only because whoever is president will have his hands too full at home to embark on a war in Iran or Syria as long as it is avoidable. [See footnote 2]
There's more, but you get the idea. Two agendas; compare and contrast.
The second thing to say is that an "agenda" is at best a rough guide to what a president will do, given the constraints imposed by Congress, curveballs pitched by fate, and what presidents learn on the job. Presidents surprise you, and surprise themselves. Obama really meant to close Guantánamo; he lost that one. I think he intended to reform immigration until other priorities took his energy. Libya was certainly not high on his 2008 agenda.
And that is why — third point — we don't elect agendas, we don't elect platforms, we don't even elect parties to the presidency. This is not a referendum or a ballot initiative. Indeed, we are skeptical of agendas. If either candidate had announced in his final weeks some grandiose initiative of the kind the pundits prescribe, we'd have mocked it as October-surprise gimmickry, a sign of desperation. We elect the human being we trust to have our best interests in mind. We choose a direction, a disposition, a set of instincts and convictions and competencies.
When voters tell pundits, and pundits tell us, that they are frustrated that the candidates lack an agenda, they are just saying they wish we could foretell the future. If we could do that, a lot of pundits would be out of business.
Footnote 1: The most familiar example of withholding details, of course, is Romney's refusal to identify which tax breaks he would eliminate to offset the revenues lost by reducing income tax rates. He knows perfectly well that tax deductions for things like home mortgages and charitable donations are popular and well defended by lobbyists. But lost in that whole discussion was one of the more interesting ideas of the campaign season.
Romney said that rather than abolish popular tax breaks, he would cap deductions at a fixed amount; at various times he tossed out $17,000, $25,000 and $50,000 as possible limits.
The inescapable problem with Romney's plan, as the impartial Tax Policy Center calculated, is that the math doesn't work. Even if you eliminate all personal deductions, you recoup less than half of the $4 trillion to $5 trillion cost of his plan to lower income tax rates by 20 percent. Capping deductions recoups even less.
But that doesn't mean capping deductions is a bad idea. It is a lot easier than taking on the constituencies and lobbyists defending each specific tax break. It's simple, politically doable and highly progressive. In short, as the Tax Policy Center's Roberton Williams and Howard Gleckman have explained on the center's blog, while it doesn't raise the amount Romney needs to make his math work, it's an excellent way to raise revenues. Obama should think about grabbing it.
Footnote 2: If I had to bet which candidate was more likely to launch airstrikes against Iran or to up the military ante in Syria, I'd be inclined to give a slight edge to Obama. He has already crossed the daunting psychological threshold of dispensing death: surge troops, drone strikes, the Bin Laden raid. Romney talks tough, but has never had to make the hard decision to use force, which is easier said than done.
I think he's wrong in footnote 2. Republicans love them some war. Here's Prof. Krugman:
There's a lot we don't know about what Mitt Romney would do if he won. He refuses to say which tax loopholes he would close to make up for $5 trillion in tax cuts; his economic "plan" is an empty shell.
But one thing is clear: If he wins, Medicaid — which now covers more than 50 million Americans, and which President Obama would expand further as part of his health reform — will face savage cuts. Estimates suggest that a Romney victory would deny health insurance to about 45 million people who would have coverage if he lost, with two-thirds of that difference due to the assault on Medicaid.
So this election is, to an important degree, really about Medicaid. And this, in turn, means that you need to know something more about the program.
For while Medicaid is generally viewed as health care for the nonelderly poor, that's only part of the story. And focusing solely on who Medicaid covers can obscure an equally important fact: Medicaid has been more successful at controlling costs than any other major part of the nation's health care system.
So, about coverage: most Medicaid beneficiaries are indeed relatively young (because older people are covered by Medicare) and relatively poor (because eligibility for Medicaid, unlike Medicare, is determined by need). But more than nine million Americans benefit from both Medicare and Medicaid, and elderly or disabled beneficiaries account for the majority of Medicaid's costs. And contrary to what you may have heard, the great majority of Medicaid beneficiaries are in working families.
For those who get coverage through the program, Medicaid is a much-needed form of financial aid. It is also, quite literally, a lifesaver. Mr. Romney has said that a lack of health insurance doesn't kill people in America; oh yes, it does, and states that expand Medicaid coverage show striking drops in mortality.
So Medicaid does a vast amount of good. But at what cost? There's a widespread perception, gleefully fed by right-wing politicians and propagandists, that Medicaid has "runaway" costs. But the truth is just the opposite. While costs grew rapidly in 2009-10, as a depressed economy made more Americans eligible for the program, the longer-term reality is that Medicaid is significantly better at controlling costs than the rest of our health care system.
How much better? According to the best available estimates, the average cost of health care for adult Medicaid recipients is about 20 percent less than it would be if they had private insurance. The gap for children is even larger.
And the gap has been widening over time: Medicaid costs have consistently risen a bit less rapidly than Medicare costs, and much less rapidly than premiums on private insurance.
How does Medicaid achieve these lower costs? Partly by having much lower administrative costs than private insurers. It's always worth remembering that when it comes to health care, it's the private sector, not government programs, that suffers from stifling, costly bureaucracy.
Also, Medicaid is much more effective at bargaining with the medical-industrial complex.
Consider, for example, drug prices. Last year a government study compared the prices that Medicaid paid for brand-name drugs with those paid by Medicare Part D — also a government program, but one run through private insurance companies, and explicitly forbidden from using its power in the market to bargain for lower prices. The conclusion: Medicaid pays almost a third less on average. That's a lot of money.
Is Medicaid perfect? Of course not. Most notably, the hard bargain it drives with health providers means that quite a few doctors are reluctant to see Medicaid patients. Yet given the problems facing American health care — sharply rising costs and declining private-sector coverage — Medicaid has to be regarded as a highly successful program. It provides good if not great coverage to tens of millions of people who would otherwise be left out in the cold, and as I said, it does much right to keep costs down.
By any reasonable standard, this is a program that should be expanded, not slashed — and a major expansion of Medicaid is part of the Affordable Care Act.
Why, then, are Republicans so determined to do the reverse, and kill this success story? You know the answers. Partly it's their general hostility to anything that helps the 47 percent — those Americans whom they consider moochers who need to be taught self-reliance. Partly it's the fact that Medicaid's success is a reproach to their antigovernment ideology.
The question — and it's a question the American people will answer very soon — is whether they'll get to indulge these prejudices at the expense of tens of millions of their fellow citizens.
I fear that Prof. Krugman has neglected to factor in the IGMFY quotient.


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