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Professor JOHN NOCKLEBY, director of the Civil Justice Program and the Journalist Law School , has been a professor at Loyola Law School since 1989. Nockleby received his B.A. from the University of Montana , and his J.D. from Harvard Law School where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review . After graduating, Nockleby clerked for the Honorable Francis D. Murnaghan Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Before joining Loyola Law School , he spent several years as a civil rights lawyer in North Carolina and California , focusing extensively on discrimination, constitutional and tort issues. From 1993-95, Nockleby served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, and from 1995-2000, he helped create and teach an innovative first year program at Harvard. Nockleby has also taught at the Northeastern University School of Law, the Southwest Institute of Law and Political Science in Chongqing , China , and Loyola's summer program in Costa Rica . Professor Nockleby is interested in the impact of new technologies upon privacy, the First Amendment, and Torts. His recent work includes a Torts textbook, forthcoming in 2007; several essays on the First Amendment commissioned for the Encyclopedia of America Civil Liberties , forthcoming in 2006; "What's a Jury Good for?," published in Voir Dire magazine; " 100 Years of Conflict: The Past and Future of Tort Retrenchment," published in the Loyola Law Review; and an online textbook entitled CyberPrivacy , published by the Berkman Center of Harvard Law School.
Professor LAURIE LEVENSON is a regular legal commentator for NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, CourtTV, BBC, and international networks from Germany to Japan. She also served as the official legal commentator on the O.J. Simpson trial for CBS. While in law school Professor Levenson served as the chief articles editor of the UCLA Law Review . After receiving her J.D., Levenson clerked for the Honorable James Hunter III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Camden , New Jersey . In 1981, she was appointed Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Section, where she worked as a trial and appellate lawyer for eight years, attaining the position of senior trial attorney and assignment division chief. From 1982-89 Levenson was a member of the adjunct faculty at Southwestern University Law School . She joined the Loyola Law School faculty in 1989, and from 1996-99 she served as Loyola's associate dean for academic affairs. Her recent scholarship includes "Detention, Material Witnesses & the War on Terrorism," published in the Loyola Law Review and "Drug Experts" published in the National Law Journal . In addition to her work at Loyola and her extensive media work, Levenson is an attorney representative to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and a Special Master at the Los Angeles County Superior Court and United States District Court.
Professor KARL MANHEIM has extensive experience as a consultant for legal pundits. He began teaching at Loyola in 1975, served in the Santa Monica City Attorney's Office from 1980-1984, and returned to Loyola in 1984. He currently serves as the director of the Program for Law & Technology at the California Institute of Technology and Loyola Law School . He also taught at the University of Southern California Law School (1996) and at the University of International Business and Economics in Bejing , China (1992). As a volunteer attorney with the ACLU of Southern California, Manheim has litigated cases at every level of state and federal courts. He has handled cases in civil rights and civil liberties, environmental law, takings, municipal law and federalism. Manheim received his S.D. degree from Bradley University , his J.D. from Northeastern University , and his L.L.M. from Harvard Law School . His recent scholarship includes "An Economic Analysis of Domain Name Policy," published in the Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal, and "Biotechnology. The Legal, Practical and Ethical Implications of Patenting Human Genomes," published in The Intellectual Property Strategist.
Professor ALLAN IDES graduated summa cum laude from Loyola Law School in 1979. After graduating from Loyola, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He then clerked for the Honorable Byron R. White, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Professor Ides joined the Loyola faculty in 1982, having worked as an associate with Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley after his clerkships. At Loyola, Professor Ides served as Associate Dean for academic affairs from 1984-87. From 1989-1997, Professor Ides was a member of the law school faculty at Washington & Lee in Lexington, Virginia. He returned to Los Angeles and to Loyola in the fall of 1997. He is currently the holder of the James P. Bradley Chair. He has published extensively in the areas of Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure, including three books co-authored with Christopher N. May, the most recent holder of the James P. Bradley Chair. Professor Ides has also engaged in a wide range of pro-bono projects, and was honored this year with the Distinguished Professor Award by the ACLU of Southern California. Professor Ides and his wife Cindi have been married thirty-four years. They have three children, two dogs, an unruly garden and all the usual aches and pains. "Our system of laws is premised on the human capacity to engage in rational thought. At its heart, therefore, the study of law is the study of rational discourse."


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Duke Nukem Forever Court Documents Reveal Allegations of Offshore Banking Hijinks
Do readers here realize that filed lawsuits are entirely one-sided statements, based on knee-deep BS and with more spin that[sic] a top?3DR has been in nearly a dozen lawsuits (including against Warner and Fox). We're always innocent, and we always win. This one is no exception. Give it a year, then the truth will come out.
Original: More documents relevant to the ongoing courtroom drama between Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms/Apogee Ltd. and publisher Take-Two have been released, shedding new light on the circumstances that lead to the termination of the game's dev team and the subsequent lawsuit over the game's incomplete state.
The team handling the long-in-development shooter was let go on May 6, with 3D Realms later explaining that this stemmed from funding issues after negotiations with Take-Two fell through and the publisher made an "unacceptable" last minute proposal "to acquire the Duke Nukem franchise and the 3DR development team."
The court documents reveal that those negotiations were related to an Xbox 360 port of the anticipated game, which Apogee subsidiary 3D Realms was crafting for the PC.
In early 2009, Take-Two "solicited" 3D Realms to see if the studio could co-develop an Xbox 360 edition. In the following negotiations, 3D Realms apparently "demanded that Take-Two fully fund Apogee's reaching certain milestones" if it was to co-develop an Xbox 360 edition alongside the long-coming PC version.
Duke Nukem Forever was formally announced in 1997, with the game then expected the next year. Since then, the title has suffered from numerous delays and setbacks.
Take-Two was reluctant to fully fund the game "in light of the extensive delays in development of the PC version," and says it offered to fund half of the "concurrent development" costs "up through" 3D Realms hitting the "Alpha Milestone," with the remaining half to be paid upon completion of the game.
Take-Two claims that 3D Realms rejected the above proposal.
3D Realms paints a slightly different picture of the above scenario. In a recent press release, 3D Realms stated that Take-Two, after months of negotiations, "materially changed the parameters of the proposed funding agreement" into something 3D Realms could not "financially afford," with 3D Realms then rejecting the "unacceptable" proposal Take-Two made for the franchise and development team.
With the game's development now halted and its development team disbanded, Take-Two says that 3D Realms "breached its commitment" to deliver the "completed source code of DNF in a timely manner," a move that also prevents Take-Two from porting the game to consoles, such as the Xbox 360.
As part of a 2000 agreement to "promote and exploit" Duke Nukem Forever, Take-Two claims it has "exclusive, irrevocable and worldwide rights to develop" DNF for consoles. Take-Two further adds that the agreement allowed the company to "independently develop" console ports once 3D Realms had delivered the PC source code .
In terms of compensation, Take-Two believes it is entitled to the incomplete source code--which would help "in the development of the Console Versions of DNF"--along with "damages equal to...lost profits caused by Apogee's failure to timely develop and deliver" DNF PC and "an award of damages equal to the DNF Advances with accrued interest."
3D Realms received two advances for Duke Nukem Forever: $400,000 from former publisher GT Interactive in 1998--a debt Take-Two assumed when it acquired the DNF publishing rights--and $2.5 million from Take-Two Interactive in 2008.
According to Take-Two, that second advance was provided with the stipulation of "7% per annum" interest after September 2009, and an agreement that the sum would "become immediately due" if Duke Nukem Forever was not released by October 22, 2012.
Perhaps most shockingly, Take-Two claims that "upon information and belief, [3D Realms/Apogee Ltd.] has title to a substantial amount of funds deposited in an off-shore account, which Take-Two believes Apogee can use to fund its outstanding obligations."
Take-Two further notes that, in the event of "any future development of the Console Versions of DNF," 3D Realms and Apogee are "required to cooperate"--suggesting that there may still be a chance of Duke Nukem Forever, in some form, hitting store shelves.
Shacknews has contacted 3D Realms for comment, with the company having already expressed its belief that "Take-Two's lawsuit is without merit and merely a bully tactic to obtain ownership of the Duke Nukem franchise."
If you're interested, the full 20-page court document can be found over on FileShack.

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text: The Marseilles Tarot is an 18th century creation of obscure origins. It predates the occult symbolism of the Rider Waite deck by roughly 200 years, giving the readings a unique and rustic flavor. Many swear by this deck as the true oracle of the common man. If you would like your own copy of the Marseilles Tarot, you can buy it now!


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Agora 2012, Biennal of architecture, urbanism and design "Heritage: Legacy/Heresy"
In the framework of the 40th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, Agora, Biennal of architecture, urbanism and design of the city of Bordeaux will present its 5th edition from 13 to 16 September 2012 at Hangar 14, with parts of the event in all areas of the city.
Agora aims to honor contemporary architecture and the urban dynamics of Bordeaux with those who create, build and live in the city (architects, urban planners, designers, builders and residents). The commission of the main exhibition in 2012 was given to the architect Marc Barani (Equerre d'Argent Prize 2008). This exhibition is designed around the theme: "Heritage: Legacy/Heresy".
Seven seminars and debates will take place in the spirit of the city dweller/citizen perspective. They will deal with themes such as "How can older buildings remain sustainable?", "Heritage and memory", and others. International architects and experts will participate, among them Bernard Reichen (architect, Great Prize of Urbanism 2005), Rudy Ricciotti (architect, Great National Prize of architecture 2006), the Russian film director Alexandre Sokourov and Francesco Bandarin (UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture).
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I know. I am killing you with the suspense.
While you're waiting, I have a favour to ask. Go check out these posts by Joy and Mad – spectacular examples of meta-blogging at its finest – and give them some thought and leave your comments and maybe – maybe – write your own post. (Leave a comment for me if you do so that I can link to you. ) I'll be weighing in later this weekend – once the Sauvignon Blanc has worked its way out of my system – and will be soliciting links to posts on the general topics of whence the mommyblogger? whither the mommyblogger? what, the mommyblogger? and WHY? in preparation for our conference panel in Kentucky (hell yeah!) later this month and other academibloggy projects. So, you're in, right? Share your thoughts?
To get you started (feel free to consider any or all of these questions; suggestions for questions are more than welcome):
1. Who are we? What is a mommyblogger? What kind of mommyblogger (parent blogger) are you?
2. Who are we writing to? Who is our audience?
3. Why are we writing? What is our purpose?
4. What is the context for our writing? What are we saying? What is our message?
5. How does the medium of blogging affect all of the above (that is, does, or how does, the communication of our messages through blogs, bear upon the message itself? Bonus points if you leave Mcluhan out of it.)
6. What kind of citizen are you in the parent blogosphere? How and why do you comment? Link? Give awards? How important is 'off-blog' (or inter-blog) activity to the parent blogging community?
7. What are some tried and true hangover remedies that you know?
There you go. Discuss amongst yourselve. Am going to go curl up in a dark corner now…


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As they're told, we'll point to some of the stories about the 12 people who died and the 58 who were wounded last Friday when a gunman opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. As you see others, please share the links in the comment threads.
-- "Mother Says Daughter Stood Up To Holmes." ( Denver's KUSA-TV)
Rebecca Wingo, 32, was a single mom with two daughters. She was killed. Her mother, Shirley Wygal, tells KUSA-TV of her daughter's life and — proudly — what she says she's heard about how the young woman died.
"Rebecca was facing her shooter," Wygal says, "and that's Rebecca. 'If you're going to shoot me, you're going to look at me and do it.' I'm so proud of her for the life she lived; for the dignity she died with."
-- "Alex Sullivan's Life Is Framed In Touching Memories." ( The Denver Post)
Reporter Kevin Vaughan writes of Alex Sullivan, 27, "a gentle bear of a man" who was also a friend. Sullivan died in the attack.
"He was the newborn at my wedding, the smiling 3-year-old petting my dog, the 10-year-old hockey star whacking me in the shins as we played in the street, the polite teenager, the newlywed whose hug took my breath away. ...
"Today, the people who loved Alex will gather to say goodbye to him. There will be tears. But there will also be Alex stories. 'We're going to keep doing it,' [his father] Tom says. 'We'll be talking about Alex forever and ever. There's no reason to stop — and that's just the way it's going to be. ... When I hear a new story, it will be a new adventure. I will have met him again that day.' "
-- "Colorado Shooting: The Long Road To Theater 9." ( The Washington Post)
Stephen Barton, 22, just happened to be in Aurora that day. He arrived in the afternoon. The Denver suburb was a stop on a cross-country bicycle ride he's on with a friend. When the gunfire began, and he was hit in the neck and face with buckshot, he thought to himself "there's no way it's going to end here. There's no way I biked 3,000 miles to come to this theater and get killed in it."
Barton survived this incredible rendezvous with tragedy. His riding partner Ethan Rodriguez-Torrent was unhurt. The friend they went to the movie with, Petra Anderson of Aurora, has an amazing tale to tell as well. The Post writes that:
"She had emergency surgery, and doctors discovered that the shotgun pellet in her head had traveled through a tiny tube of fluid, a small cavity in her brain that had probably been there since birth. Like a BB through a straw, it apparently carried the pellet through her head without inflicting any serious brain damage. Doctors and friends have said she is walking and talking and expected to make a strong recovery, according to news reports and a Web site set up to aid the family."
NPR's Deceptive Cadence blog told Anderson's story earlier this week.
Update at 3:15 p.m. ET. It Was The Path The Pellet Took, Not Any Cavity, That Saved Anderson, Doctor Says.
Reader "Alex Tarlowski" in our comments thread led us to this story from NBC News, in which Dr. Michael Rauzzino, the neurosurgeon at The Medical Center of Aurora who operated on Anderson, says:
"Her brain was no different than anyone else's. ... What made her so fortunate was the trajectory of the bullet as it passed through."
The story is still amazing. According to NBC:
"[An] MRI reveals a faint trace of the pellet's path after it entered the left side of Petra's nose, broke through the front of her skull, and passed through her brain, before lodging in the back of her head.
" 'It would be hard to create a path similar to this where it goes all the way from the front to the back and misses every single blood vessel, doesn't bother any of the major structures, and leaves her able to talk and move everything and not be paralyzed or dead,' [Rauzzino] added. 'Never in my entire career have I seen a case where a bullet has traversed the entire brain like this and not caused severe damage or death.' "
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At the end of another demoralizing and unproductive Washington week, it struck us that the messaging of failure is a very delicate business — for members of both flailing parties.
New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer's straight-faced characterization of the House GOP's rejection of his immigration bill as "encouraging" best illustrated the problem.
For nothing was hopeful and nobody was a winner in the nation's capital this week.
Certainly not Schumer, who emerged from a White House meeting on immigration Thursday to utter this mind-boggling assessment: "If I had to choose a word for yesterday's House meeting, it would be 'encouraging.' "
It was also a bad week for Republicans, who may be reflecting the reality of their base by pushing back on an immigration overhaul that includes a path to citizenship, but who are increasingly seen by the nation's voters as responsible for Washington gridlock.
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Republicans this week also managed to write out of the farm bill the food stamp nutrition program used by 15 percent of Americans.
The move, certain to be squelched by the Senate, is largely symbolic. GOP messaging seemed a bit awkward: "What we have carefully done is exclude some extraneous pieces," said Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, about taking the food program out of the farm bill.
Voters may be forgiven, however, for finding their "who-to-blame" calculation more complicated this week, especially after a filibuster rules snit-fest Thursday morning on the Senate floor involving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
A taste:
Reid: "Senator McConnell broke his word. The Republican leader has failed to live up to his commitments. He's failed to do what he said he would do — move nominations by regular order except in extraordinary circumstances. I refuse to unilaterally surrender my right to respond to this breach of faith."
McConnell: "No majority leader wants written on his tombstone that he presided over the end of the Senate. Well, if this majority leader caves to the fringes and lets this happen, I'm afraid that's exactly what they'll write."
Reid: "If anyone thinks since the first of the year that the norms and traditions of the Senate have been followed by the Republican leader, they're living in Gaga Land."
Look forward to more in the coming week when on Tuesday, the conservative Washington Times reports, there will be a "dramatic showdown in which Republicans either will have to accept seven of President Obama's controversial appointments or watch as Democrats change the rules and end filibusters of executive branch nominees."
(The "controversial" Obama nominees the Senate Republicans have been blocking are his picks for Labor Department secretary, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, heads of the Export-Import Bank and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and three members of the National Labor Relations Board.)
Who's Reasonable? Radical?
So, who could really blame Schumer for taking a stab at being seen as someone "encouraged" by the dismal week, and for seeing a bridge between the rival camps, whether it exists or not.
Not those in the business of public relations.
"The Democrats don't want to be seen as divisive and controversial," says Peter Himler, founder of the New York-based PR firm Flatiron Communications.
"The goal is to get a comprehensive immigration law passed. And the question for Democrats is, 'Do we expedite that by disparaging the Republican-led House? Or do we do begin by sounding encouraging?'"
Schumer and his party have chosen the path of trying to get more with honey than vinegar, Himler says. (Well, at least when it comes to immigration. As for the GOP farm bill, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee press release blared: "House Republicans Ram Through Radical Farm Bill.")
In the wake of Schumer's optimistic take. Paul Hartunian, a New Jersey-based public relations man, half-jokingly suggested adding the phrases "fantasizing victory" or "illusioning victory from defeat" to the lexicon of Washington. But he says he doesn't blame Schumer, or any other politician, for trying to turn a losing moment into a winner.
"I'm going to put a lot of blame on the general public," he said, for intellectual laziness, and not calling out politicians when they "put lipstick on a pig, put that pig in a kissing booth, and hope nobody notices."
Think about whom and what you are kissing, he advises, especially during a week like the one that just was.
A week during which, Schumer insisted, "we're moving forward."
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Or, "the poor little friand that stood alone". Because the friand on the photo was the only one I could remove from the pans – all the other 6 got stuck! :(
I'd just received the book by mail and quickly looked for a recipe calling for spices (because of this month's Sugar High Friday). I'd been meaning to try friands for ages and thought I'd found a great excuse for that (as if I needed an excuse to bake...) :D
My brand new small brioche pans seemed perfect to prepare such precious treats. Too bad it didn't turn out as I had planned. I did butter them beyond generously, but...
These friands tasted amazing and were tender. I wish I'd gone the simple way and used my muffin pan.
This is my entry for this Sugar High Friday, a sweet and delicious event created by Jennifer and this month hosted by the talented and lovely Anita, who has become a book author!
White chocolate and pecan spice friands
from Little Cafe Cakes
100g unsalted butter, room temperature
100g white chocolate, chopped
1 cup ground pecans
6 egg whites, lightly beaten
1 ½ cups (210g) icing sugar
½ cup (70g) all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
Preheat the oven to 190ºC. Grease well – very, very well – 10 individual cake or muffin pans.
Place butter and white chocolate together in a bowl and microwave on medium for 1-2 minutes, mixing in 30 second intervals, or use a double-boiler – you want the ingredients to melt, but do not let the butter burn.
Place all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir until just combined.
Spoon mixture into prepared pans; they should be just over ½ full. Bake for 25 minutes.
Let stand in pans for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
Makes 10 – I halved the recipe and still got 7


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53 comments:
- Scary Mommy said...
That first pair? I want.
- December 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM
- Scope said...
I could see you in the first two.
I sure the hubs would love you in the third pair.
But the 4th pair is what you'll be wearing the next 4 months or so. - December 16, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- LadyFi said...
It's not fair - little girls get all the funnest clothes and shoes!
- December 16, 2009 at 7:58 AM
- Kat said...
Too adorable!!! LaLa and those girls would soooo get along!
- December 16, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- Petra a.k.a The Wise (*Young*) Mommy said...
- December 16, 2009 at 8:05 AM
- The Good Cook said...
I want the first pair for myself!!
- December 16, 2009 at 8:06 AM
- Cassandra said...
Pair one and two, I NEED them
So so pretty - December 16, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- Jan said...
OMG - I WANT that first pair!
- December 16, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- mo.stoneskin said...
your feet are much smaller than I thought they would be
- December 16, 2009 at 8:20 AM
That is innocence and beauty in footwear.
Secretia - December 16, 2009 at 8:32 AM
- S3XinthePantry said...
I love when parents let their kids dress themselves.
My favorite was a pre-school kid a couple of years ago - she came to school with about a million clips in her hair "I'm wearing all of my hairbows for Santa" - December 16, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- The Peach Tart said...
I love the first two. So girly.
- December 16, 2009 at 8:53 AM
- Karen Harrington said...
Those could be my four year old. These days, other people just look at me and say, "She dressed herself didn't she?"
Yup! And I would dress like that TOO if it was socially acceptable. - December 16, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- Christy said...
Adorable! Love them! I totally plan on letting my daughter dress herself. Truth be told, she already looks like she does - we like mixing colors!
- December 16, 2009 at 9:09 AM
The red ones look like a pair that my 7 year old granddaughter wore for her annual picture with Santa Claus this year. Oh, and she wore a pink mini skirt... Wish I could still dress like that and be accepted in this world, but boy... would a 55 year old grandmother get some funny looks.. HA!
The Blue Ridge Gal - December 16, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- Michele said...
so what you are saying is that the shoe whoring starts early in life. In a much nicer way of course.
- December 16, 2009 at 9:10 AM
- Tara@Sticky Fingers said...
And there was me getting all worked up about my daughter wearing her snow boots in the summer. I should just check out your lot every now and again!
- December 16, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- CSY said...
LOVE them!!! Little ones dressing themselves is SO cute!!!
- December 16, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- WeaselMomma said...
Gotta love the fashion pics of 5 year olds.
- December 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- ChiTown Girl said...
I loved this just as much this time as I did last year!!!
FYI-When I opened your page, your follower count was 1234. Pretty cool! - December 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Why didn't they have cute shoes like that when I was little??
- December 16, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- shrink on the couch said...
Oh, I just love this. Shoe fashion on parade.
- December 16, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Ann On and On... said...
Sparkles make me happy!
- December 16, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Joanie said...
I have a pair of ruby slippers at my house. I made them for my daughter!
- December 16, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Pseudo said...
Did I tell you that my daughter's minor is elementary ed and she did an observation this semester in a kindergarten class? Now ican see why she likes it. I think she had ALL those shoes when she was five...
- December 16, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- mepsipax said...
Ah the wordless wednesday. That's all I got.
- December 16, 2009 at 10:46 AM
- Sara said...
This is a large part of the reason I want to have children...
...so I may dress them.
Well, at least for a few years until they start fighting me on it. - December 16, 2009 at 10:53 AM
- Linda said...
Spring, summer, fall, winter?
- December 16, 2009 at 11:05 AM
- Cora said...
Ohhh, looking at the third pic is making me flashback to college when I wore striped tights and doc martens and mini dresses all the time.
I looked like a cross between the wicked witch of the west and a Strawberry Shortcake Doll.
Ohhhh those early 90's. - December 16, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- Aunt Becky said...
Can I get them in MY size?
- December 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Crys said...
Ha ha! I thought of you today when I saw this little girl crossing the street with pink sparkly tights and maroon red ballet flats paired with a green pouf skirt. She also twirled her umbrella and skipped to class.
- December 16, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- SkylersDad said...
I have running shoes and hiking boots. That's it...
I am a real fashion plate! - December 16, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Meeko Fabulous said...
How did you ever talk your students into posting for those?! LoL! I can see it now when they get home later . . . "Mom, Mrs. Vodkamom took a picture of my feet today..." LoL! :)
- December 16, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Vodka Logic said...
I used to feel bad if I forgot to pack their shoes for school making them wear the boots all day..
Great pictures - December 16, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- The Renaissance Chick said...
What? No flip flops in December in Oregon? :)
- December 16, 2009 at 12:54 PM
- Expat mum said...
Agree with you. Those patent boots are a tad risque for little kids - or am I being too naive?
- December 16, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Oh my niece Hailey would love all those;) she got her uncles love of shoes...lol
- December 16, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- Trooper Thorn said...
Taking pictures of little kids feet is also the reason I enjoy my job working at Chevron. But don't tell my supervisor.
- December 16, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Real Live Lesbian said...
If it's not sequined....it's not in!
- December 16, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Anna Whiston-Donaldson said...
BIG SMILE here!
- December 16, 2009 at 5:28 PM
- Jeanne Estridge said...
I might need to find a pair like those first ones for Kylie....
- December 16, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Vodka Mom said...
These shoes are ALL NEW from this year. I've got friends who also like to take pics. :-) And these are NEW Lilly Kellies.
xoxoxox - December 16, 2009 at 6:37 PM
- plainolebob said...
all hippy retro, far out man we are baaaaaaaaaaak - December 16, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- Maureen@IslandRoar said...
Whoa, Emelda Marcos watch out!
- December 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- Mike said...
I thought that it was, "Your Mother wears combat boots"? Not your kid! haha!
- December 16, 2009 at 9:15 PM
- Beth P. said...
Haha! I LOVE every single pair. So adorable, I completely agree. And it is especially cute when they a SO proud of their choices!
- December 16, 2009 at 9:47 PM
- Jenn @ Juggling Life said...
This reminds me of my daughter so much. We were at dinner with friends when my daughter was about 3. She was showing off her new shoes. My husband commented that it seemed like she had a pair of shoes for every outfit.
All the other moms burst out laughing at him. "It SEEMS like she has a pair of shoes for every outfit because she does."
It is still that way. - December 16, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- Nicole said...
Damn, why couldnt I have just 1 girl? Those shoes are so flippin cute! But noooo, I get to dress all of my boys in.....transformer tennis shoes.
- December 16, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- Anne said...
My eldest used to tuck EVERYTHING in... including a cardigan sweater into a skirt. SO cute... I almost had forgotten it...
- December 17, 2009 at 1:12 AM
- Barrie said...
Ahhh....you should see my daughter's shoes!
- December 17, 2009 at 1:34 AM
- Rachel Cotterill said...
I would DEFINITELY wear those first ones, if they came in my size (I have small feet, so I often do buy kids' shoes...)
The last ones look like snowboard boots! - December 17, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Zip n Tizzy said...
Pretty! :)
- December 17, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh my goodness, I'm pretty sure that last picture is of my 5yo's soul twin. Winter boots every day, no matter what. With no socks of course. Pajamas pants when I just don't have it in me to argue anymore. The same dress she wore yesterday...as long as it's not too covered in food.
- February 6, 2011 at 8:49 PM


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I gasped, paid for my shoes, then went over to check it out. It was in rough shape. Hmmm. I didn't have the right vehicle with me, it would need a lot of work, and that price- $99, while fantastic for a dresser of this quality, was one I should probably run by the hubs... not to mention, it was very large. I left.
After dinner I explained to the hubs about the bestest dresser in the whole world I had just witnessed. Expecting him to go into the default speech about not spending money that we both go into when the other one wants to buy something we don't really need, he said "so get it". That was all I needed.
I grabbed some flip flops, keys to the truck, one kid, and ran out the door. Goodwill closed in 20 minutes. I made it! As my 4 year old and I opened drawers to see that they all functioned, I spotted the sold sign on top. :( Nooooooooo!!!! I asked to make sure it was really sold. It was. We left sad and dejected (and a little embarrassed because I ran in there like a bat out of hell, opened 5 drawers in front of all these people checking out, then just turned and left.... Weirdo).
Days later I went to Goodwill again (because everyone goes to Goodwill multiple times in one week, right?). It was still there with the sold sign on top. I asked again if there was a policy about someone not picking it up in time. They said they really couldn't do anything since that person had already paid. So I decided to stalk it. I stalked it hard. I went to Goodwill everyday that week. I know they thought I was a crazy hoarder person who buys all the Goodwill stuffed animals (I don't, eww), but I didn't care.
On day 5 a miracle occurred... the sign was gone. It was gone! I don't know what happened but that dresser was mine! I paid for the dresser immediately and brought her home to begin days and days and days of sanding. Persistence (and a little crazy) paid off!
Here is day 1 of the sanding. The neighbors have asked me if I refinish furniture for a living. No really, they have.
I used Minwax Pre-Stain on everything (wood conditioner) then applied one coat of stain with an old cloth diaper after. Pre-Stain makes the stain go on very even. No streaks. I'd highly recommend it... worth the couple bucks. In this picture the top, front dividers, and that one drawer are stained. I had to put it together quickly to see what it was going to look like!
The sanding is the worst part. I did two drawers a night while the kids rode their bikes. The staining goes rather quickly. I chose to apply Minwax 1 Lb Regular Finishing (Google Affiliate Ad) wax to protect it. I think the top has 4 coats, the rest has 1. Also, the original hardware was broken on the center drawers. I came across 4 matching glass knobs at an antique store by my house, so I used those. I think they're a little large for the small drawers but for now they work. I just shined up the larger hardware on the big drawers.
I really love it. My crazy lady from the Goodwill reputation was worth it. My husband claims that his shorts smell like old man when he takes them out. They do, a little... I'm not going to lie, but I don't care. Nothing a little Febreze can't fix. Ha! Let me know if you have a Goodwill find you brought back to life!


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While Gunfire Echoes Inside Syria, A Cry For Help From A City Under Attack
With heavy machine gun fire in the background as he spoke from the Baba Amr section of Homs, Syrian citizen journalist and blogger Omar Shakir told Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne earlier today that "we are asking for [an] SOS" and help from the International Red Cross to stop what he said has been the deadly shelling of his city by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
"There is no one with us," Shakir said.
And during the conversation, he had a message for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is in Syria for talks with Assad. Over the weekend, Russia and China blocked a draft resolution from the U.N. Security Council that would have condemned the Assad regime for the killing of Syrians in the past year and would have urged the Syrian president to step aside. Now Russia is trying to play some sort of diplomatic role in the crisis.
"I just want this Russian guy to come here inside Baba Amr," Shakir said, "and sleep one night if he can. ... We cannot sleep. ... We cannot find food. ... I just want him to come here inside Baba Amr and suffer as we suffer and see what we see."
People there have seen in the past three days, Shakir added, the deaths of "more than 60 martyrs" — Syrians killed in the shelling and gunfire aimed at the citizens of Homs by army forces.
Because independent journalists are not allowed to move about freely in Syria, news outlets are depending on reports from people as Shakir and on information collected by international human rights groups to offer a picture of what's happening inside Syria — where, according to the United Nations, government forces have killed more than 5,000 people in the nearly 12 months since protests against the regime began. Much of what people inside Syria report cannot be independently verified at this time, but they have been able to post a lot of information and videos on the Web to support their accounts. Ahmed Al Omran, a production assistant on NPR's social media desk, is curating news from Homs on his Twitter page.
According to al-Jazeera, "Lavrov began his meeting with Assad by saying that Moscow wanted the Arab people to live in peace. 'Every leader of every country must be aware of his share of responsibility. You are aware of yours,' Russia's state-run RIA quoted Lavrov as saying at the talks in Damascus. 'It is in our interests for Arab peoples to live in peace and agreement,' he continued. Lavrov was expected to use his visit to press Assad into implementing democratic reforms after Russia and China vetoed any UN-backed measures against the Syrian government over its crackdown on the 11-month uprising."


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Yesterday I compromised: British baking recipe (ginger cake with clementine (orig. AmE) frosting), American main course (chicken and dumplings). Since it's hard to get shortening (tip for American expats: Trex or white Flora are the closest things to Crisco--look for them next to the margarine) and lots of other baking-type products, it seemed like the British cake was the safer way to go. But the first ingredient on the chicken recipe brought home the fact that no recipe is safe from trans-Atlantic opacity. It called for a fryer. This is AmE for 'a chicken suitable for frying' (OED), but what it really means is a 'a small chicken'. Larger are broilers and larger still are roasters. Now, I don't know off-hand how big any of these chickens are supposed to be, as in the US, I'd just go to the supermarket and buy the one label(l)ed 'fryer'. So, I have to add a bit to the recipe:
- Preheat wireless modem to 24 Mbps.
- Google 'fryer chicken lbs'
- Translate pounds to kilograms
- Log on to internet grocer
- Order 1.5 kg chicken
how do American names for different cuts of steak translate into English names?"They don't always translate" is the answer to this question. It's not that the cuts of beef have different names in the two places, it's that they are different cuts of meat. Here's the picture of British beef cuts from Wikipedia:
And here's the American:
Then, once you get into particular cuts of steak, there is plenty of room for other differences. I've not found a good source on UK versus US on this, and it's my impression that AmE just has a lot more words for steak types. Here's a helpful guide from someone on answers.com (with the misspellings corrected and all AmE terms in bold):
... rib steak which has bone in or rib eye which is boneless, same cut of meat different name because of bone removed. very good with lots of marble. porterhouse from the hind half with bone in and tenderloin on other side of bone, take bone out and it's a new york strip, t-bone [orig. AmE, now used in BrE too--ed.] same but smaller tenderloin. tenderloin itself lies right under the back bone as is the most tender steak on the cow, because there is no movement of any part of it, therefore it lies there doing nothing, all 3 are very good. sirloin comes from the hip and is the most unpredictable piece of meat, sometimes very tender other times not,it is right above the rump section.We've discussed the pronunciation of fil(l)et here before, but another one to mention is that in BrE one sees fillet steak on menus, but in AmE one tends to see filet mignon as a rough equivalent.
Meanwhile, on the pig:
And the British ones:
I've already discussed bacon briefly elsewhere. The other main pork difference that I can think of is gammon, a word I'd never heard in English until moving to the UK. According to someone else at answers.com (again, spelling is corrected):
[Ham and gammon] are both pork but ham is usually a leg of pork that has been aged, cured, smoked or cooked. Usually in the UK, its wet cured in a brine (salt) solution, then it's cooked. Gammon is the hind leg cut from a side of bacon, so it's cured (again in brine) but it's not cooked before you get it.Basically, if you're served a roasted ham in the UK, they call it gammon, as far as I can tell.
And that's what I can tell you about meat. My education in such things has been curtailed by Better Half's vegetarianism. I am ardently plotting my next opportunity to lure friends and acquaintances into our home on the pretext of entertaining them, but with the true motive of cooking meat for myself.


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- 09/10/11, contest closed
On a more serious note, I'm sure many of you have heard about the record flooding in central and southern New York as well as Pennsylvania. The bookstore made it through the rain without any problems, but our family's other shop - a used furniture and antique store - did get quite a bit of water. In fact, we have been unable to get to the shop since Wednesday, as many roads in the area are either closed or washed out. We went through the same thing in 2006, and we'll be fine.
Other communities in the area may not be. Just to the west of us, Sidney, NY is experiencing "catastrophic flooding." It will be a long time before the people and businesses there will return to life as normal. Sidney is also home to the Delaware Valley Humane Society, a friendly little animal shelter where I was lucky enough to meet and adopt my two dogs. Even after adopting my second dog, I make a trip down there every other weekend or so to meet the new arrivals and to give them the proceeds of my clearance sales from the store. They are good people and take good care of animals in need.
I'm not sure how they are faring during this crisis, but I know that they got hit pretty hard in 2006. If you love animals and enjoy the giveaways here at Forgotten Bookmarks, think about donating a dollar or two - I'll post a PayPal donate button below. 100% of the proceeds (and proceeds from bookperdiem.com) will go to the shelter. I'll take whatever is in the account to them as soon as the roads are passable. If you don't donate here, think about donating to Southern Tier chapter of the Red Cross.
Donations are ABSOLUTELY not required to enter.
Thanks for reading this, and good luck on the giveaway!
Proceeds go to Delaware
Valley Humane Society
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After the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the state's governor and President Obama called for stricter gun laws.
In the meantime, at least one small town in Connecticut is drafting new ordinances of its own.
The town meeting in Weston begins with the Pledge of Allegiance. Moving through the agenda, the attendees discuss appointments to the Commission on Aging, there's some talk of the budget and two fourth-graders make their case for eliminating plastic bags.
Item seven is guns. Weston does not have much gun violence, but the shootings in Newtown, just 20 miles away, spurred ordinances to restrict assault weapons.
The plan has three main points — violating any one of them would levy a $500 fine.
"First, is it bans assault weapons and automatic weapons, as well as high-capacity magazines, which are not appropriate in our town for sporting purposes," says Selectman Dennis Tracey, one of Weston's three elected officials. "Second, it requires safe and secure storage of weapons when they're not being used. And third, it requires the registration of all firearms in town."
About 10,000 people live in Weston. In Connecticut, there are no county governments, so towns have a lot of authority. They run their own schools and police forces, and they write their own laws.
Tracey, an attorney and a Republican who helped write the proposed gun law, doesn't think federal or state politicians are getting the job done on gun control.
Democrat Gayle Weinstein, Weston's first selectwoman, agrees.
"I think it's incredibly important that we drive the policy and that we stand up and say this is going to be unacceptable in the town of Weston," she says, "and that we're going to put laws in place to protect the residents of our town when it comes to things like gun control."
About a dozen residents showed up for the public meeting, including city employee and gun owner Mark Harper, who helped write the town's existing gun ordinance in 1990.
The current law bans the use of military-style weapons such as machine guns and the kind of rifle used in the Sandy Hook shootings. But it doesn't ban their possession, like the proposed ordinance would.
Even the 1990 measure faced resistance from the gun community, but Harper says he's dealt with outsiders from the gun lobby before.
"I'm not afraid to speak, and I told them to shut up, they don't live here, and this is our town and we're gonna do what we want to do, so hit the road," he says. "This is Weston; it's a small town. I was born and raised here. I raised my family here. I want the town to be safe. And that's the way it is."
But Harper has problems with the proposed law as it's written. He says gun owners won't register their weapons, and they shouldn't be told which guns they can and cannot own.
"I have a constitutional right to possess whatever guns I want, and you have in here that you're trying to ban the possession of those firearms," he says. "That will be challenged."
There are other questions about the proposal without easy answers. For example, if a gun club in town has a tournament and a guest brings his guns, is he supposed to register them with the town for the weekend? There is also uncertainty about enforcement: Do you go into someone's house to see if their weapons are locked up?
Weston continues to grapple with these issues as the town debates how to keep itself safe.
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UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council responded swiftly to North Korea's latest nuclear test by punishing the reclusive regime Thursday with tough, new sanctions targeting its economy and leadership, despite Pyongyang's threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States.
The penalties came in a unanimous resolution drafted by the US along with China, which is North Korea's main benefactor. Beijing said the focus now should be to "defuse the tensions" by restarting negotiations.
The resolution sent a powerful message to North Korea's new young leader, Kim Jong Un, that the international community condemns his defiance of Security Council bans on nuclear and ballistic tests and is prepared to take even tougher action if he continues flouting international obligations.
"Taken together, these sanctions will bite, and bite hard," US Ambassador Susan Rice said. "They increase North Korea's isolation and raise the cost to North Korea's leaders of defying the international community."
The new sanctions came in response to North Korea's underground nuclear test on Feb. 12 and were the fourth set imposed by the UN since the country's first test in 2006. They are aimed at reining in Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development by requiring all countries to freeze financial transactions or services that could contribute to the programs.
North Korea kept up its warlike rhetoric Friday after the UN vote, issuing a statement saying it was canceling a hotline and a nonaggression pact with rival South Korea.
North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, the country's arm for dealing with cross-border affairs with Seoul, said it will retaliate with "crushing strikes" if enemies intrude into its territory "even an inch and fire even a single shell." It also said it was voiding past nuclear disarmament agreements between North and South Korea.
South and North Korea agreed in a 1992 joint declaration not to produce, test or use nuclear weapons. North Korea has since conducted three nuclear tests.
The resolution also targets North Korea's ruling elite by banning all nations from exporting expensive jewelry, yachts, luxury automobiles and race cars to the North. It also imposes new travel sanctions that would require countries to expel agents working for sanctioned North Korean companies.
The success of the sanctions could depend on how well they are enforced by China, where most of the companies and banks that North Korea is believed to work with are based.
Tensions with North Korea have escalated since Pyongyang launched a rocket in December and conducted last month's nuclear test — the first since Kim took charge. Many countries, especially in the region, had hoped he would steer the country toward engagement and resolution of the dispute over its nuclear and missile programs. Instead, the North has escalated its threats.
Immediately before the Security Council vote, a spokesman for Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said the North will exercise its right for "a pre-emptive nuclear attack to destroy the strongholds of the aggressors" because Washington is "set to light a fuse for a nuclear war."
The statement was carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
In the capital of Pyongyang, Army Gen. Kang Pyo Yong told a crowd of tens of thousands that North Korea is ready to fire long-range nuclear-armed missiles at Washington, which "will be engulfed in a sea of fire."
White House spokesman Jay Carney said the US is "fully capable" of defending itself against a North Korea ballistic missile attack.
Experts doubt that the North has mastered how to mount a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile capable of reaching the mainland United States.
The North Korean statement appeared to be the most specific open threat of a nuclear strike by any country against another. Sen Robert Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the threat "absurd" and suicidal.
North Korea also has threatened to scrap the cease-fire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. It has a formidable array of artillery near enough to the Demilitarized Zone to strike South Korean and American forces with little warning.
The top US envoy on North Korea, Glyn Davies, cautioned Pyongyang not to miscalculate, saying the US will take necessary steps to defend itself and its allies, including South Korea, where it bases more than 30,000 US forces.
"We take all North Korean threats seriously enough to ensure that we have the correct defense posture to deal with any contingencies that might arise," Davies told reporters.
Rice said "the entire world stands united in our commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and in our demand that North Korea comply with its international obligations."
China's UN Ambassador Li Baodong said the resolution reflects the determination of the international community to prevent nuclear proliferation, but he stressed that its adoption "is not enough."
"The top priority now is to defuse the tensions, bring down heat … bring the situation back on the track of diplomacy, on negotiations," Li said.
The resolution stresses the Security Council's commitment "to a peaceful, diplomatic and political solution" to North Korea's nuclear program and urges a resumption of the long-stalled six-party talks involving both Koreas, the US, China, Russia and Japan.
South Korea's UN Ambassador Kim Sook said North Korea's threats and inflammatory statements will be dealt with "resolutely."
"North Korea must wake up from its delusion of becoming a … nuclear weapons state and make the right choice," he said. "It can either take the right path toward a bright future and prosperity, or it can take a bad road toward further and deeper isolation and eventual self-destruction."
Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin also warned that "new threats or trying to build up the military muscle in the region … might be taking us away from the need to resume six-party talks," which he added must be an international priority of all countries.
In addition to the sanctions, the resolution bans further ballistic missile launches, nuclear tests "or any other provocation," and demands that North Korea return to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. It condemns all of North Korea's ongoing nuclear activities, including its uranium enrichment.
It strengthens inspections of suspicious cargo heading to and from the country, calls on states to step up "vigilance" of possible illegal activity by North Korean diplomats.
To get around financial sanctions, North Koreans have been carrying around large suitcases filled with cash to move illicit funds. The resolution expresses concern that these bulk cash transfers may be used to evade sanctions. It clarifies that the freeze on financial transactions and services that could violate sanctions applies to all cash transfers as well as the cash couriers.
The resolution identifies three individuals, one corporation and one organization that will be added to the UN sanctions list. The targets include top officials at a company that is the country's primary arms dealer and main exporter of ballistic missile-related equipment, and a national organization responsible for research and development of missiles and probably nuclear weapons.


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By HOPE YEN
In this March 5, 2013 photo, University of Texas senior Bradley Poole, 21, poses for a photo on the campus in Austin, Texas. Poole, an advertising major, became president of the school's Black Student Alliance, seeking camaraderie after noticing he often was the only African-American in his classes. In two pivotal legal cases, one on affirmative action and another on voting rights, a divided U.S. Supreme Court may be poised in the coming weeks to rule that racism is largely a relic of America's past. The question is apt as the nation nears a demographic tipping point, when non-whites become the country's majority for the first time. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
Addressing two pivotal legal issues, one on affirmative action and a second on voting rights, a divided Supreme Court is poised to answer those questions.
In one case, the issue is whether race preferences in university admissions undermine equal opportunity more than they promote the benefits of racial diversity. Just this past week, justices signaled their interest in scrutinizing affirmative action very intensely, expanding their review as well to a Michigan law passed by voters that bars "preferential treatment" to students based on race. Separately in a second case, the court must decide whether race relations — in the South, particularly — have improved to the point that federal laws protecting minority voting rights are no longer warranted.
The questions are apt as the United States closes in on a demographic tipping point, when nonwhites will become a majority of the nation's population for the first time. That dramatic shift is expected to be reached within the next generation, and how the Supreme Court rules could go a long way in determining what civil rights and equality mean in an America long divided by race.
The court's five conservative justices seem ready to declare a new post-racial moment, pointing to increased levels of voter registration and turnout among blacks to show that the South has changed. Lower federal courts just in the past year had seen things differently, blunting voter ID laws and other election restrictions passed by GOP-controlled legislatures in South Carolina, Texas and Florida, which they saw as discriminatory.
"Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes," Justice Antonin Scalia said in oral arguments earlier this year, suggesting that it was the high court's responsibility to overturn voting protections overwhelmingly passed by Congress in 2006.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, part of the court's more liberal wing, countered that while conventional discriminatory tactics may have faded, new ones have emerged. "Congress said up front: We know that the (voter) registration is fine. That is no longer the problem. But the discrimination continues in other forms," she said.
The legal meanings of "equality," "racism" and "discrimination" have been in flux since at least 1883, when justices struck down a federal anti-discrimination law, calling it an unfair racial advantage for former black slaves. Today, justices face the question of whether the nation has reached equality by a 1960s definition or some new standard.
By some demographic measures, America has reached a new era. But the latest census data and polling from The Associated Press also show race and class disparities that persist.
President Barack Obama, the nation's first black chief executive, was re-elected in November despite a historically low percentage of white supporters. He was aided by a growing bloc of blacks, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and gays, and a disproportionate share of women, who together supported him by at least a 2-to-1 margin.
Another sign of shifting times: Among newborns, minorities outnumbered whites for the first time last year, the Census Bureau reported. "The end of the world as straight white males know it," one newspaper headline said on the morning after the November election.
Still, issues linger by race, age and class:
—Jobs and income. Black poverty has fallen by half since 1959, to 27.6 percent, but is still nearly three times the poverty rate of whites. Black and Hispanic men are twice as likely as whites to work in the low-paying service sector. Since the 1970s, the unemployment rate for blacks has remained double that of whites.
—Wealth. The wealth gap between whites and minorities is at its widest since 1984. Predominantly younger minorities were hit hard when home prices fell, while older whites were more likely to invest in 401(k) retirement plans and stocks, which have rebounded since the recession. The median net worth of white households was $113,149 in 2009, compared with $6,325 for Hispanics and $5,677 for blacks.
—Class and education. By some measures, the gap between rich and poor has stretched to its widest since 1967. Globalization and automation have eliminated many mid-skill jobs, leaving a polarized pool of low-wage work and high-skill jobs requiring advanced degrees. About 40 percent of whites age 25-29 graduate from college, compared with 15 percent for Latinos and 23 percent for blacks.
—Racial bias. Prejudice against blacks worsened slightly in the four years since Obama was first elected in 2008, according to an AP poll. In all, 51 percent of Americans expressed explicit anti-black attitudes, compared with 48 percent in 2008. Questions designed to ferret out subconscious bias raised the proportion with anti-black sentiments to 56 percent, and the share of people expressing pro-black attitudes fell.
Roderick Harrison, a demographer who is black, says he felt pride in Obama's re-election, which to him reaffirmed a historic achievement not only for black Americans but also a broader coalition of racially diverse groups. Still, he worries that demographic change and Obama's success may lead to a tipping point in the opposite direction, where people in the United States are led to assume racial equality has fully arrived.
The strength of minority support behind Obama was aided by the 1965 Voting Rights Act and other protections, he said.
The term "minority" often refers to an unequal or disadvantaged status and isn't always about numbers or counts, said Harrison, a former chief of racial statistics at the Census Bureau. The District of Columbia, Hawaii, California, New Mexico and Texas already have populations of racial and ethnic minorities that collectively add up to more than 50 percent. Across the U.S., more than 11 percent of counties have tipped to "majority-minority" status.
"Minority status is a matter of exclusion from full participation in society, remaining long after a nation becomes 'majority minority,'" Harrison said.
To Bradley Poole, 21, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, racial progress is measured by the little things. An advertising major, Poole became a member and then president of the school's Black Student Alliance, seeking camaraderie after noticing he often was the only African-American in his classes.
"I definitely feel the difference," he said.
The university automatically grants admission to the top 10 percent of students in each of the state's high schools. That helps bring in students of different backgrounds because Texas high schools are highly racially segregated, reflecting decades of segregated neighborhoods.
In a state where blacks now make up 11.5 percent of the population and Hispanics 38 percent, the university's enrollment of 50,000 students never rose above 3 percent to 4.5 percent black and 13 percent to 17 percent Hispanic. So in 2004 it decided to allow students who miss the 10 percent cutoff to be considered for admission based on a range of socioeconomic factors, including race.
The share of black students has since increased slightly to 6 percent, while Hispanic enrollment rose to 26 percent.
The university's affirmative action plan is being challenged in the Supreme Court by Abigail Fisher, a white student who missed the cutoff and was rejected. Fisher says she was denied fair consideration because of her race.
A 2003 Supreme Court opinion said universities may consider race only as one of several factors to promote diversity. The court said diversity benefits everyone because in a global economy it fosters leaders who can relate to people of different backgrounds.
In the last week, justices also agreed to take up a second affirmative action case this year, deciding whether states may pass laws that restrict the use of race preferences in college admissions. That case involves an appeal to a lower court ruling that found a 2006 voter-approved ban in Michigan unconstitutional, reasoning that such bans put minorities at a disadvantage.
The justices' decision to hear the Michigan case next fall — with their decision in the Texas case still to be announced this spring — suggests that the court will not decide in the Texas case to eliminate affirmative action programs in higher education.
In the seven or so states that enacted bans on affirmative action at their public universities, freshman enrollments of blacks and Hispanics almost always fell afterward — as much as 50 percent at UCLA and the University of California, Berkeley — although in some cases they later rebounded. Those states now include Arizona, California, Florida, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Washington. A Supreme Court ruling that further restricts affirmative action could shake up college admissions policies nationwide, perhaps shifting focus to low-income students or low-performing schools.
Before opting to enroll at Texas, Poole says he considered attending a mostly white university in Iowa and a historically black college in Louisiana. The college course he now values the most: an advertising seminar that he attended along with a Hispanic, a female student-athlete and an Asian-American. No one in that class was a "minority," he said, and there was a range of perspectives.
Outside class, Poole says his organization has experienced racial incidents. One white student ran up in "blackface" to where members were gathered on campus, daring them to respond. A legal brief filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on behalf of Poole's group lists other racial incidents in recent years, some of which led to suspensions or public apologies.
"Racial diversity is a conversation we need to have," he said.
Not since the tumultuous 1960s have U.S. ideals of equality been more closely contested. Legal analysts say a Supreme Court holding of a colorblind Constitution, either as a matter of law or practical effect, could begin to emerge in two rulings on voting rights and affirmative action due out by late June. A third ruling in the Michigan affirmative action case will come next term.
The five conservative justices who make up a majority could overturn the 2003 opinion or take a less dramatic step. The court may opt for tighter restrictions that make it difficult for colleges to consider race or rule narrowly that in a situation like Texas, its unique top 10 percent plan is enough on its own to achieve diversity.
In the court's other racial case, a conservative majority may declare the 1965 Voting Rights Act constitutionally flawed for its focus on racism in the South but leave it up to lawmakers to sort it out.
The court could also find a less sweeping, more technical way of deciding the voting rights case, much as they did four years ago. Back then, Chief Justice John Roberts suggested Congress should update the law to reflect improved conditions in the South. Congress hasn't done so.
Prominent legal bloggers are already warning of sharp public reaction, especially if justices strike down federal voting protections.
"If the court rules in a conservative direction, this will be a pivotal year with regard to race in the Constitution and a year that could have a devastating effect on racial diversity," adds Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Irvine law school.
Has the country put its racist past behind it? That question is at the core of the challenge to the Voting Rights Act. The arguments before the court raised questions about whether new, more subtle forms of voting discrimination have taken the place of Jim Crow laws.
In 1870, the Constitution guaranteed blacks the right to vote. But for many decades afterward, whites in the post-slavery South used poll taxes and literacy tests to block African-Americans from voting.
That changed in 1965 with enactment of the Voting Rights Act, which let minorities file lawsuits against voter discrimination. Section 5 of that law went even further, requiring nine states, mostly in the South, and scores of counties and townships in seven other states, all with histories of disenfranchisement, to get federal approval before making any election change. Changes can include everything from a different poll location to a new political redistricting map.
The voting act was renewed by Congress in 2006 for another 25 years. The Justice Department and the federal courts last year used Section 5 to block voter restrictions in South Carolina, Texas and parts of Florida. That saved hundreds of thousands of votes that would otherwise have been lost in November, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Many were cast by blacks and Hispanics who turned out for Obama.
Lawyers for Shelby County, Alabama, which is challenging Section 5, say the tables have turned in a nation that is now much more racially diverse, with minority voters possibly holding an unfair advantage.
"You have a different constituency from the constituency you had in 1964," attorney Bert Rein told the justices. "Senators who see that a very large group in the population has politically wedded themselves to Section 5 are not going to vote against it."
Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Election Law Blog, says the "smart money" now is on the Supreme Court striking down Section 5, leading to consequences for minority voters such as "more brazen partisan gerrymanders, cutbacks in early voting and imposition of tougher voting and registration rules in the formerly covered jurisdictions."
But if the court strikes down "a crown jewel of the civil rights movement," he said, that could spark a public backlash that sends Congress back to the drawing board, with any resulting new law applying equally to all states.
Associated Press writer Mark Sherman and AP Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.
EDITOR'S NOTE _ "America at the Tipping Point: The Changing Face of a Nation" is an occasional series examining the cultural mosaic of the U.S. and its historic shift to a majority-minority nation.