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Social Security Administration Extends FOIA Restriction to 100 Years
A recent blog posting by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak's includes a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) regarding obtaining Social Security Applications (SSA-5). The letter states the Administration has extended the restriction to 100 years from date of birth of the applicant, therefore, one would only be able to obtain records in an unaltered state (includes parents names) for those born prior to 1912.
After reading Megan's posting it was found on the SSA website that this went into effect on July 27, 2011 see: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0203350005 scroll down to "I" under "extreme age requirements": where it states: "Under this policy, we assume that a person is alive unless their birth date exceeds 120 years or we have proof of the person's death... We normally do not assume that an individual is deceased without proof of death (e.g., death certificate, obituary, newspaper article, or police report)….However, for extreme age cases we can release an SS-5, in its entirety, including the parents' names of the number holder (NH), in response to a request in the following instances:
• the NH's birth date exceeds 100 years and we have proof of the NH's death; or
• the NH's birth date exceeds 120 years and no proof of death exists."
To our knowledge there was no public comment period for this new Administration determination.
This policy is to "protect" the parents' names of the SSA-5 applicant. If the person who is applying for the Social Security Administration application can prove the applicant is deceased, and their birth date exceeds 100 years, they will be able to order the SS-5 without redaction of that information.
To read Megan's blog, and view the letter to her from the Social Security Administration go to: http://megansmolenyak.posterous.com/. There is no rationale included with the letter, other than it is policy, signed by the acting executive director of privacy and disclosure. The letter's author stated this was a final decision, but can be reviewed by a district federal court or mediation with the office of Government Information Services.
Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
US Senator Calls For Removal of All Social Security Numbers From Genealogy Websites Posting SSDI
On November 13 I posted to this blog about protected state death records being removed from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) effective November 1. Additionally, Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) would be calling for hearings on removal of SSN's sometime in 2012. Now we have learned that the there is a movement to remove all Social Security numbers from all genealogy web sites as a US Senator believes having them posted on the Internet are a cause of identity theft. (The precipitating issue is the same- a deceased child's identity was stolen- they are two different deceased children involved).
There are many newspaper articles on computer hacking into government and financial services organizations where Social Security Numbers (SSN) are stolen—there have not been any known reports that theft occurred due stealing SSN's from genealogy websites that post the SSDI. A recent news article where theft of computer tapes with 4.9 million Tricare beneficiaries SSN, birth dates, phone numbers etc. have been stolen is another proof that there is a different source, than genealogy sites of SSN used for identity theft http://tinyurl.com/bnwlj33
Original url:http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tricare-military-beneficiaries-being-informed-of-stolen-personal-data/2011/11/23/gIQAcRNHtN_story.html
Thanks to Rand Fishbein, a member of JGS Greater Washington and a member of the JewishGen Board of Governors, who shared a letter, addressed to "Dear Colleagues" by US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) encouraging Members (of Congress) to support an initiative to end the posting on genealogy websites of Social Security numbers belonging to deceased individuals. Quoting Rand: "The Senator believes that such postings contribute to identity theft and are an unwelcome infringement on the privacy rights of citizens. Needless to say, if this effort succeeds, it is sure to have a significant impact on the family history research community. "Senator Brown serves as the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Social Security. Paragraph 7 below shows the lack of understanding of what genealogists require and why! As the letter is not posted to an accessible website I am copying it below: (I purposely did not mention the name of the constituent) [Note: the Death Master File is the basis of the Social Security Death Index]
Sherrod Brown
US Senate
November 14, 2011
"Dear Colleague:
I encourage you to join me in writing letters to genealogy websites urging them to remove and no longer post the Social Security numbers of deceased individuals.
Earlier this year, I learned of the plight of my constituent, XXXX. In the wake of her three-month old daughter's death, XXXX discovered that her daughter's Social Security number was posted on various genealogy websites and that her daughter's Social Security number had been fraudulently used on an IRS Tax return filing.
In response to XXX situation, I sent letters to the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Chief Executive Officer of Ancestry.com. I encouraged the FTC and SSA to investigate the practices of websites like Ancestry.com, and asked the FTC to work with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure victims of this
type of tax fraud are provided with a prompt remedy.
Social Security numbers of deceased individuals are available to the public through the Death Master File (DMF), which contains information on more than 82 million deceased individuals. The SSA created the DMF as the result of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit where the court held that, based on the Privacy Act, an individual's privacy rights are extinguished at
death and required the SSA to release the Social Security number, surname, and date of death of deceased individuals.
The SSA provides the data that compromises the DMF to the Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service (NTIS), which sells the data to various entities such as Federal, state and local governments; financial, investigative, credit reporting, and medical research organizations; and public customers--including genealogy websites.
Many DMF purchasers use the data to prevent fraud by updating financial information and freezing deceased persons' accounts. But, DMF data can also be used for fraudulent purposes. We are all aware that identity theft is growing problem, and posting such personally identifiable information on publicly available genealogy websites is an easy mark for criminals.
Genealogy websites are not violating the law in posting Social Security numbers, but genealogical research must be balanced against the need to protect individuals and families from identity theft and fraud. Given the breadth of information available on these websites--full names, birth dates and death dates--Social Security numbers provide little additional benefit to family history researchers.
Please join me in the effort to educate genealogy websites about the unintended consequences of making Social Security numbers readily available to the public. Letters will be sent to the following companies due to their disclosure of Social Security numbers on their websites:
Ancestry.com; Genealogy.com' Familysearch.com; GenealogyBank.com,
Genealogy.About.com, Ssdi-search.com, Familytreemagazine.com, vitalrec.com
If you would like to sign onto the letters or have any questions, please contact Erin Richardson in Senator Brown's office at 202-224-2315 or email@example.com
Sherrod Brown
Unites States Senator"
Accompanying this was a model letter to Ancestry.com asking them to remove and no longer post Social Security numbers on their website as it leads to identity theft.
The IAJGS is taking these recent access issues very seriously. When there is more information on either of the proposed hearings --House Ways and Means and Senate Appropriations it will be posted.
Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
After 66 Years, Holocaust Survivor Reunites With Family That Saved Her
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World's oldest known Holocaust survivor, born in Prague, turns 108
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Odessa KehilaLink Update
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Announcements: JGS of Cleveland
New Project: Stowbtsy, Belarus Yizkor Book
Project Synopsis
Key AudiencesJewish genealogists seeking to trace their roots in Steibtz or the vicinity constitute the primary audience for the material. However, the material has the potential to be of broader appeal to scholars interested in the region or specializing in Jewish history and society.
Project ImportanceThe prayer of Yizkor, or "May He Remember", is recited in the Synagogue not only as a memorial to the deceased, but also as a rededication to the spiritual heritage of one's ancestors. Thus, after World War II, émigrés and Holocaust survivors authored Yizkor books in order to remember the towns whose Jewish populations were destroyed in the Holocaust. Yizkor books contain narratives of the history of the town, details of daily life and residents, religious and political figures and movements, religious and secular education, and stories of the major intellectual and Zionist movements of the 20th century. Many Yizkor books contain maps, photographs and illustrations and are unique sources of information of once vibrant towns, primarily in central and Eastern Europe. Stories of survival contain names of Righteous Persons yet to be documented. The necrologies and lists of residents are of tremendous genealogical value, as often the names of individuals who were taken to extermination camps or shot in the forests are not recorded elsewhere. Usually written in Hebrew and/or Yiddish, these important books are not accessible to most users, who cannot read these languages. Yizkor books were printed in limited runs as the authors then felt that only the survivors or descendants from that particular town would be interested. Some of these Yizkor books are rare and difficult to obtain. The translation and on-line publication of Yizkor books into English unlocks all of this information to researchers all over the world. The JewishGen Yizkor Book Project received the award in 2002 for outstanding contribution to Jewish genealogy by the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
Stowbtsy, Belarus is located in Eastern Europe 45 miles Southwest of Minsk on the Neman River at 53.29 North latitude and 26.44 East longitude. Other names are Stolpce (Polish) and Steibtz (Yiddish). The region was part of Poland until 1793 when it became part of the Russian Empire. Following the Russo-Polish War in 1919 Stowbtsy again became part of Poland. In 1939 Stowbtsy became part of the USSR. The area was occupied by Germany from 1941 to 1944. After WWII Stowbtsy remained part of the USSR until 1991 when Belarus declared its sovereignty and independence. Jews began to settle there during the end of the 16th century Jewish merchants of Stowbtsy are referred to in legal archives of Minsk (1678) and in the supreme tribunal of Lithuania (1704) as traders in salt and salted fish. During the 18th Century Jews there engaged in the export of agricultural products, such as flax, and lumber, which were floated down the Niemen River to Konigsberg in East Prussia. Imported products were salt, spices, and cloths. The Jewish population numbered 259 in 1811, 1,315 in 1847, and 2,409 in 1897, which was 64% of the total population. In the second half of the 19th century, the Jews developed the timber trade, and in the 20th century founded sawmills, which employed some Jewish workers. Zionist activity commenced in the beginning of the 20th century. A Bund group was organized in Stowbtsy in 1905-06. In the same period Jewish youth and workers in Stowbtsy organized self-defense against pogroms by the population of the neighboring villages.
During World War I about half of the Jews of Stowbtsy left the city. Those remaining suffered severely from the struggle for control of the area between the Red Army and those who opposed it during the civil war in 1919-20. In 1921 Stowbtsy was incorporated within Poland as a border town. There were then 1,428 Jewish inhabitants (48% of the total population). The Jewish economy was severely affected as a result of the city being cut off from its previous markets, the hostile attitude of the anti-Semitic government, and organized Polish competition.
Holocaust Period. After the outbreak of World War ll, during the period of Soviet rule in Stowbtsy (1939-41), the Jewish community institutions were disbanded and all Jewish political activities were prohibited. In the spring of1941 Jewish youth were mobilized in the Soviet Army, and later fought against Germany. After the outbreak of war between Germany and the Soviet Union (June 22, 1941), groups of Jewish youth attempted to reach the Soviet interior, but were prevented by the Soviets. At the beginning of the German occupation there were more than 3,000 Jews in the town. As early as July 1941 about 80 of them were executed. A ghetto was established at the end of 1941. In February of1942, hundreds of Jews were murdered at the local Jewish cemetery. In the spring of 1942 an underground resistance group was organized in the ghetto, and attempts were made to acquire arms. On May 15, 1942, the first group left the ghetto for the forests to make contact with the partisans. In September 1942 most of the Jewish population was killed, with about 500 skilled workers remaining in the ghetto. Some were sent to the camps at Baranovichi and Minsk. A few Jewish groups escaped to the forests, joined the partisans, and carried out important combat operations against the Germans and their collaborators. Reference Cited "Encyclopedia Judaica", Volume 15. "Stolbtsy" Stokes, Rose Pastor, pp.411-412. New York: Macmillan, 1972.
Project DescriptionAs funds become available, all Hebrew and Yiddish pages will be translated. To accomplish that JewishGen will hire a professional translator. The project coordinator will select the order in which the chapters will be translated and will work closely with the translator to ensure a grammatically correct and idiomatic translation. Specific tasks the project coordinator will perform include proofreading, editing, and preparing the work for submission to the Yizkor Book Project.
Lost cousins unite thanks to Holocaust database from Yad Vashem
[Belarus] Synagogue Vandalized In Babruysk
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[USA] Social Security Death Index No Longer Contains Protected State Death Records
Most genealogists doing US research rely on the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The death master file (DMF) is developed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
(http://www.ntis.gov/products/ssa-dmf.aspx), which has been notified by the Social Security Administration (SSA) of an important change in the Death Master File data. NTIS, a cost-recovery government agency, disseminates the DMF data on behalf of SSA. As stated on their website, use of the SSDI actually "prevents" identity theft.
"Protected" state records, are to the best of our current information, those states that have waiting periods to access death records. In other words, if a state has a waiting period for public access to death records, such as 25, 50, 75, 100 or more years, they are considered "protected".
SSA receives death information from sources in addition to states supplying death records,such as funeral homes, financial institutions, family and others. Only the information provided by protected state death records are being removed and future information from protected state death records will not be added.
Effective November 1, 2011 the DMF data that NTIS receives from SSA will no longer contain protected state death records. The historical Public DMF contains 89 million records. SSA will remove approximately 4.2 million records from this file and add about 1 million fewer records annually. (http://www.ntis.gov/pdf/import-change-dmf.pdf).
The rationale as stated by SSA is the following:Section 205(r) of the Act prohibits SSA from disclosing state death records SSA receives through its contracts with the states, except in limited circumstances.
(Section 205r link - http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title02/0205.htm)
Per the article noted at the end of this paragraph, Congressman Sam Johnson of Texas (R)called for a hearing on how a dead child's SSN was stolen which was the impetus for the withdrawal of many protected state death records.
As soon as we know details about such a hearing details will be posted.
Congressman Johnson chairs the very influential House Ways and Means Committee on Social Security. It oversees the Social Security Administration. Chairman Johnson has already held a field hearing in Texas, on child identity theft and Social Security in September http://waysandmeans.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=257211
Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
IAJGS Chairperson, Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
109 Years of American Jewish History Goes Digital
The Journal of Jewish Communal Service (JJCS) (http://tinyurl.com/bnnksbc) is now available in digital form on the Web thanks to the work of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
The JJCS collection spans from 1902 to the most recent issues of the Journal, providing a window into American Jewish organizational life with unprecedented breadth and depth. The Journal of Jewish Communal Service was established by the National Conference of Jewish Charities, forerunner of the Jewish Communal Service Association.
The reader is also able to download the publication . There are over 4100 articles on this site
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Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Pennsylvania SB 361 Scheduled for a vote in House Health Committee November 15
I have previously written about Pennsylvania SB 361 which would open access to birth and death records after 105 and 50 years respectively. After that time period the records would be kept by the state archives. The bill passed the Senate unanimously and is scheduled to have its first hearing in the House Health Committee on November 15.
For those who do research in Pennsylvania this bill would enable the public to access birth and death records after a specified time (see above) making access to records easier. Currently, Pennsylvania birth and death records are restricted and a limitation is placed on whom may access them--genealogists are not included. The state began requiring birth and death records in 1906. Information is from http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access-statesall.htm .
Marriage records are kept by the individual counties, therefore, are not included in this bill.
It won't be the first time a bill was passed by one body unanimously only to have it die in committee in the other.
IAJGS sent letters to each member of the House Health Committee in early October asking them to hold a hearing and pass the bill. To read the bill go to:
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Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Fold3 WWII Collection Free Through November 20
Fold3, formerly Footnote.com, is offering their WWII collection free, through November 20 in recognition of Veteran's Day. You will find records, documents, stories, and photos, plus you have the opportunity to add your own.
Go to: http://go.fold3.com/wwii/?iid=1239 You may access Fold3's holocaust collection, also free at http://go.fold3.com/holocaust/ You may have to register with your name and e-mail to access either of these
Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Rovno Jews Remember Massacre
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55 Jewish partisans honored for 'extraordinary measures' in resisting Nazis
Hidden Treasures of Cairo Genizah
100-year-old Yiddish letters discovered
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Jewish settlers may have arrived in 1565
But the group that has dubbed itself The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society is exploring the possibility that the first Jews to settle in the United States arrived in St. Augustine during the first weeks of September 1565. In other words, they arrived with Pedro Menendez de Aviles, who established St. Augustine.
Click here to read the entire article.
What Do a Bunch of Old Jews Know About Living Forever?
Irving Kahn is about to celebrate his 106th birthday. He still goes to work every day. Scientists are studying him and several hundred other Ashkenazim to find out what keeps them going. And going. And going. The secrets of the alter kockers.
Wimpels Made Simple
A German Jewish Tradition Has Been Almost LostClick here to read the entire article from the Forward.
World Memory Project unveils first searchable collections
The first collections of records made searchable through the project are now available to the public. The records contain information on displaced Jewish orphans in Germany; Czech Jews deported to the Terezin concentration camp and camps in occupied Poland; and French victims of Nazi persecution.
This means that information on 30,000 individual victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution is now more accessible to victims' families and survivors seeking to discover missing chapters of their history, learn the truth about the fate of their relatives, and honor those who were lost.
These records are available here: http://act.ushmm.org/search-collections
Synagogue Service Highlights Curious Reunion of Long Lost Brothers
Announcement: JGS of Greater Miami
Try not to miss this showing of a special documentary "The Forgotten Ellis Island." The meeting's program will be about Early European Immigration and how the immigrants were cared for on Ellis Island. This will be followed by "How To Do Immigration and Naturalization Research." This is the first of a series of "How To" meeting program that will be our focus for the coming year.
There will be a gift packet of pertinent material for members and anyone who decides to become a member at the meeting. Some of the material came from THE SAVE ELLIS ISLAND ORGANIZATION and the rest of the packet is a compendium of "How To" information from different sources, which should be helpful to genealogists wherever they are in their research. Non-members will receive hand-outs but not the packet.
Guests and their friends are always welcome. There is no admission fee. Come and enjoy the morning of genealogy with your fellow researchers. This should be a very informative session. We look forward to seeing you there to share this with us and for us to share with you.
Joan Parker, President
JGS of Greater Miami, Inc.
JewishGen used in Family Connection
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Did you know there are several sites dedicated to obese people of a gothic persuasion on the internet? Maybe that's where Dundee three-piece Fat Goth got the idea for their name. Or maybe it's some kind of in-joke hovering around the Tayshire borders from whence they originate. Whatever their excuse, one listen to the band's second long player, Stud, would suggest they're more than serious about their art despite the silly moniker.
Having first got together in 2007, it took a further three years for the band to release their debut Mindless Crap to an unsuspecting if mildly enthusiastic loyal band of followers back home. Several releases since not to mention an emigration enforced line-up change; original bass player Allan Mitchell left in 2011 to go travelling, replacement Kevin Black joining founder members Fraser Stewart (vocals/guitars) and Mark Keiller (drums) to complete the trio.
Since then, they've steadily built up a following north of the border largely due to their frenetic, occasionally shambolic but never dull live performances. While obvious comparisons can be made with the likes of Mclusky or Pulled Apart By Horses - the short sharp shock of 'We Film The Champs Elysees' bears many similarities to PABH's first record - there's a lot more depth and studied reference points here than Stud's scrappy surface initially suggests.
Imagine The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster tackling The Jesus Lizard's 'Zachariah' and you're not far off experiencing the guttural retort of 'Surf's Down'. It's not quite garage, never really punk and not self-obsessed enough to be metal yet sits perilously close to all three, shaking several loose hairs and cuts of frayed denim in the process. Meanwhile 'Debbie's Dirty Harry' comes effortlessly schooled in sarcasm and classic rock. Constructed around a gargantuan riff that gradually erupts into a tirade of thunderous power chords, Stewart uttering the immortal line "Rock isn't dead!" during the song's final third.
'Creepy Lounge' could be Killing Joke or even lamented rock'n'roll throwbacks Gallon Drunk in a parallel universe. As for here and now, it sounds wondrous, albeit in the context of a b-movie credits closer. And so Stud continues for the most part, the majority of its nine pieces seemingly in competition to out riff each other with as much menacing brute force as possible.
But it's on the exceptions to the rule - such as album midpoint and ultimate standout 'Pinball Moron' - that Fat Goth come into their element. Taking the form of a semi-acoustic country twang more accustomed to the style of Bonnie Prince Billy than Queens Of The Stage, 'Pinball's male/female vocals work well with Fraser Stewart playing the part of a frazzled Lee Hazelwood alongside Hazey Janes singer-cum-guitarist Alice Marra's Nancy Sinatra. While we're not suggesting for one second that Fat Goth should cut down on the riffage or the decibels, 'Pinball Moron' strikes a chord as a pleasantly surprising and utterly welcome antidote to all that surrounds it.
Closer 'A Nasty Piece Of Work' also opts for a more considered approach, this time in the form of a winsome death march. Which, bearing in mind the eleven-minutes long, three-songs-in-one, monolith that is 'Bang Tidy' has just bludgeoned what's left of one's hearing and senses to their very care, makes it a subtle necessity.
By no means perfect then, but as an introduction to the pun-happy, riff-heavy world of Fat Goth, Stud is an invitingly vigorous place to start.
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Compassionate Friends announce upcoming meetings
The Compassionate Friends will host meetings for bereavement parents who have lost children of any age.
Meetings are held on the first Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and the third Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the hospice building, 643 Teton Trail in Frankfort.
For more information, contact Kathy Wainscott at 502-517-6289.
Anderson County Extension Office
Anderson County Extension Office
Nov. 1 – 'How to Cook Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget' at 5 p.m.
Mom2Mom meeting schedule
Mom2Mom, a faith-based group for Lawrenceburg moms and their children, will meet 9-11 a.m. on the following days this year:
Shelby Christian Church in Shelbyville will be hosting an art and craft
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Edie Sedgwick's status as an icon is undeniable - her influence in style and beauty is still very apparent. The artist who rose above her rich family's stifling grasp into Andy Warhol's infamous muse is intertwined with tragedy for me, her downward spiral that eventually lead to her death never far from my mind.
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PINKALICIOUS Returns to the State Theatre Today
Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe - a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can figure out a way to get out of this predicament.The one-hour musical, with book and lyrics by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann and music, lyrics and orchestrations by John Gregor, is based on the popular children's book Pinkalicious by Elizabeth Kann and Victoria Kann.
Show times are today, February 2 at 11 AM & 2 PM. Tickets are $20 (for adults) & $10 (for children 10 & under) and can be purchased by visiting the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or online at www.statetheatre.org. Regardless of age, everyone in attendance must have a ticket. Bringing infants to any performance is prohibited.
Before The Show Enjoy A Pink Celebration With Sweet & Sassy: Enjoy refreshments as your little one gets a pink nail polish and glitter tattoo for the show. Dancing, fun and refreshments included. Space is limited, so reserve your child's place by calling the box office or visiting our website. $15 per child/$5 adults. Tickets to the mainstage performance are required to attend the Sweet & Sassy party.
Victoria Kann is the award winning illustrator and author of the picture book series featuring the whimsical and effervescent character, Pinkalicious. Victoria co-authored and illustrated the first two books, Pinkalicious, Purplicious as well as the play, Pinkalicious The Musical. She wrote and illustrated Goldilicious and is working on several more books about the adventures and antics of Pinkalicious.The Pinkalicious character was inspired by Victoria's real life daughters - two girls with vibrant imaginations who love cupcakes, dress up, playing princess, and all things pink. Recently Victoria's husband, a toy designer, built a tree house for their Princess Pinkerbelles. She often hears galloping in the house and wonders if it's Goldilicious or just her Pinkerbellas.
Elizabeth Kann is a doctor who has yet to see an actual case of Pinkititis. She co-authored the text of Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious The Musical and Purplicious with her sister, Victoria Kann. Her writing has appeared in a variety of newspaper and print publications. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, who is also a doctor, and their three children.
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A select group of experts have chosen a dream team of players from this years ICC Cricket World Cup. The twelve man squad of all-stars were selected based on their individual performances in the tournament. Three players from champion India, four from runner up Sri Lanka, and one each from South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, and New Zealand were selected.
Sri Lankas Kumar Sangakkara was selected to captain this elite group of extraordinary athletes. The selection group was comprised of; David Richardson (ICC General Manager Cricket and former South Africa wicketkeeper), Anand Vasu (Deputy Editor of Sports Illustrated), Aleem Dar (Member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Umpire of the Year 2009 and 2010), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee and former Sri Lanka captain), and Christopher Martin-Jenkins (journalist and broadcaster).
- Sachin Tendulkar (India)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, WK and captain)
- Mahela Jayawardena (Sri Lanka)
- AB de Villiers (South Africa)
- Yuvraj Singh (India)
- Shane Watson (Australia)
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
- Dale Steyn (South Africa)
- Zaheer Khan (India)
- Muttiah Muralidaran (Sri Lanka)
- Tim Southee as a 12th man (New Zealand).
Most notably absent from the all stars was Indias captain M.S. Dhoni, the man who hit Saturdays legendary winning six to seal Indias victory? Of course so many are missing who might have been selected.


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Schneider comes up short of redemption
SAN JOSE — It's Cory Schneider's team and it was again his for the most significant start of the season.
When Alain Vigneault hinted his goaltending decision didn't have long-term ramifications because it's about one game — one win to keep the Vancouver Canucks from being swept aside — he didn't have to reference his imaginary coin or sing a familiar refrain about having two good goalies. He started Schneider on Tuesday night because of his ability to rebound from three soft goals Sunday.
"Cory in my opinion is our MVP and one of reasons why we got into the playoffs," said Vigneault. "He's had great bounce-back games and he's been outstanding and our group has total faith in both goaltenders. They've got a lot of faith in Cory and I've got a lot of faith in him and that's why we're going with him."
Good call.
Schneider rewarded the faith with a stellar 43-save performance in a 4-3 overtime loss that ended the season. And for the starter, it ended in cruel fashion. After making a series of tough saves in the extra session off Patrick Marleau, Dan Boyle, Scott Hannan and Logan Couture, it was a puck he thought he had deflected away that ended the day. Marleau's goal at 13:18 of overtime gave the Sharks their sweep and reason for the Canucks to weep because they seldom played to potential and lost the composure game. In a cruel way, it was fitting the decisive goal came on the power play, even though it came off a questionable boarding call to Daniel Sedin.
"Joe (Thornton) came over the line and had some space and got off a quick shot and I felt it hit my stick and I steered it to the corner and I still don't know what happened," said Schneider. "It kind of dribbled by the net there and I thought it hit me hard enough that I could deflect it into the corner.
"It sucks either way. The group we have here, we should have been better. Their power play has been the difference this series. It sort of broke us down and we ran out of gas. It's just frustrating and seems like a lost year for some of these guys and myself, too."
More importantly, Schneider showed he has more than just the potential to carry a big starting load next season. After allowing three questionable goals in the third period Sunday, he vowed to come back stronger and wanted to send a message to the Sharks and Canucks management. Yes, this is Schneider's team but he needed to erase any doubt. He did just that. A four-minute Sharks power play in the second period in which he foiled T.J. Galiardi, stopped two backhand attempts in tight off Raffi Torres and then dove across to stop Brent Burns off a rebound kept the Sharks from building on a 2-1 lead.
In fact, it took a deft Burns deflection in the slot of a Scott Hannan wrist shot from the point — with Galiardi providing a partial screen — to open scoring at 2:41 of the first period. And when the Sharks kept coming because it was like the penalty-prone Canucks were putting chum in the water for a feeding frenzy. Schneider had to make a power-play save off Torres before a Mason Raymond floater from the point hit Brad Stuart, who was battling for position with Burrows. The goal injected some life into the Canucks. Kesler drew a hooking minor and Raymond then forced Niemi to make a tough right pad save on the power play.
'It was nice to get back in the net and come back from a sub-par effort, but either way the result is the same," shrugged Schneider. "They played hard and deserved to win the series."
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In the movie there is a lady who is caught in a domestic abuse situation and won't leave because she is afraid her husband will hunt her down and kill her.
Last week I had the pleasure of being woken up at 12am by a blood curdling scream from the lady that lives in the apartment across the hall. As I shuffle into the living room I hear my boyfriend on the phone with 911 'I'd like to report a domestic dispute. Yes there is a woman screaming and a lot of bangs and crashes like furniture being thrown or knocked over'
This wasn't the first time the police have had to be called because the chic that lives across the hall and her boyfriend got into a tussle. This was, however, the first time that I actually feared for her life.
They were both 'recovering' alcoholics and she was supposedly on all kinds of anxiety & bi-polar meds and they got into somewhat loud disagreements rather often. On 3 previous times it had escalated to a physical level with them both screaming and assaulting each other at such a volume I called 911. The last time she had lied to the police and said he broke into her house (we all knew he had a key), but when they urged her to press charges and have him arrested she said no. She just wanted him to leave.
A few days later she caught me in the court yard walking my puppy and apologized. She said they'd both slipped and had started drinking again and that she'd stopped taking her bi-polar meds a few weeks earlier and flipped out and attacked him, but that they were both dry again, and she'd gone to the doctor and been put on a new medication. She basically said it was her fault he hit her because she was crazy and they were both drunks.
We stood by the door, me peering across the hall through the peep-hole, listening to crashes, bangs and screams for the next 13 minutes. At 12:15am everything went silent. She'd been screaming HELPPP for the past 2 minutes, and as much as Matthew and I wanted to barge across the hall and intervene we knew the best thing to do was wait for the police.
They finally showed up about ten minutes later. Ten minutes after everything went silent, twenty-five minutes after they were called. The police station is about 2 miles from our apartment. Matthew and I peek out the door and tell them what we'd heard and then continue to watch through the peep-hole.
The police knocked on the door and this is what followed...
"Sir, this is the police, please open the door"
"Sir, this is the police, we need you to open the door"
Muffled "Do you have a warrant?"
Mistake #1
"SIR! We need you to open the door NOW"
More mumbling - I couldn't quite make out what he was saying through the door this time, but whatever he said was not appreciated by the now 3 officers standing in the entryway between our apartments.
"Sir, we are not leaving until you open the door. If you do not open the door we will open it for you"
Muffled "You don't have any probable cause" followed by more mumbling
Mistake #2
"Trying to get legal is only going to get you in more trouble sir, you need to open the door NOW. We will not leave until you let us in!"
After about fifteen minutes of trying to get the guy to open the door one of the officers makes a show of 'calling the team' to have the door forcefully opened for the loser across the hall since he seemed to have a problem turning the door knob and they decide to take a different approach. Note - they didn't really call anyone. I guess they hoped the threat would be enough for him to let them in. It wasn't.
Female Office: "Sir, this is officer so-and-so. Can you please open the door and let me in so I can see if I need to begin medical on the female?"
"Sir, please. Please open the door so I can check on the female and make sure she is ok"
There is a loud on the other side of the door, she jumps about 2 feet then runs down the 5 stairs to stand by the entry door. The 3 guy officers that were in the entry way suddenly get real business like. One takes position half way up the stairs to the 2nd floor, one is in front of the entry way door at the bottom of the stairs and one is on landing right to the side of the neighbors door. Guns drawn.
Two of the cops grab the guy and face plant him on the floor while the 3rd handcuffs him. They drag him out dripping blood from his face and all down the stairs. Which we (Matthew) had to later clean. Then I hear the female officer yell.
"Beginning medical on the female!"
She was unconscious on the floor.
It took them around ten minutes to get her to come to. During which Matthew and I used lunch meat to lure Cujo into our bathroom because he kept lunging at the officers and medics that had come in to help. Let me say the ambulance got there a hell of a lot faster than the police did.
Things finally wrapped up around 2:30am. She declined to go to the hospital, I returned her beast of a dog to her and she once again apologized and begged me not to go to the apartment manager and tell them what happened because it may get her evicted.
I did though. Even though he could have killed her and had actually knocked her unconscious I knew that if left up to her he would be back. I didn't want to get her kicked out but I knew he wasn't on the lease and there had to be a way to get him out for good.
So I called our realty company and told them what had been going on. I told them that the people in the apartment above me had actually moved out because of the constant fighting going on in the apartment across from me. I told them that the police had been called at least 3 times in the past 6 months and this time the guy was arrested, the girl was unconscious and we'd had to clean up blood from the entryway. (I later heard the female officer tell the lady across the hall that the blood was from the officers slamming the guy on the floor. She'd asked if they should take pictures of the blood for evidence in case he came back.) I told them that while there was nothing I could do because the guy hadn't assaulted or threatened me, I knew they could take steps to have him banned from the property. The lady said she'd talk to the owner, make some calls and let me know what they could do.
She called me back later that day and said that a restraining order was being placed on the guy and they'd talked to the lady across the hall and told her he was not under any circumstances allowed back on the property. They told me to call them AND the police if I saw him again. He showed up with his mom two days later to collect all of his belongings. After being beaten unconscious the woman still helped him carry his stuff out, crying the entire time, then hugged and kissed him goodbye.
I spent the better part of a year watching my mom get pushed around and abused by a worthless piece of shit alcoholic. He threw my little sister across the kitchen once and threatened to throw me through a plate glass window. I stood up to him and although he talked a lot more crap after he didn't directly threaten me again. Then after swearing that I would never let a man hit me, I spent the next 3 years in an abusive relationship. So when a woman says "but you don't know what it's like... he doesn't mean to do it.. he loves me, you just don't understand..."
I get to call BULLSHIT. I've been there.
If you are with a man who abuses you in ANY way, verbally, mentally, emotionally or physically LEAVE HIM. And I say in ANY way for a reason. My ex-fiance only really hit me one time, but thanks to tactical training with a swat team he was quite knowledgable in inflicting pain in ways that never left a mark. He also beat me down mentally and emotionally until there was almost nothing of the strong woman I once had been left.
I don't care if you drop kick a guy in the face, no REAL man will EVER lay a hand on a woman. Granted if you do something like that you certainly deserve to have your ass kicked but that doesn't mean it's OK for a man to hit you.
You may think,
if I leave it means I failed at our relationship
if I try a little harder he'll stop
if I just don't mess up as much he won't get so angry
if I really love him I'll stay and 'help him' with his issues
There is no reason to stay in an abusive relationship. None. Ever.
In the beginning my excuse was that my ex-fiance had endured horrific things during childhood and just didn't know how to deal with them. Then I couldn't leave because I'm a perfectionist and leaving meant I hadn't been able to make it work, it meant I failed. After that it was that no one else would love me, and it wasn't always bad.. most of the time he was really great.
The number one reason women stay in abusive relationships is fear. Fear they won't be able to make it on their own. Fear that no one else will love them and they'll be alone for ever. Fear that the guy will come after them. Fear that they're actually not worth being loved and may really deserve being abused.
Well let me share something with you that surprisingly enough not many people know.
The opposite of love isn't hate. It's fear.
When you decide that you deserve love, and when you decide to love yourself the fear will go away. It may not be easy and you may have to bust your ass to get back on your feet, but you will make it. Trust me... I've been there. I ended up in a domestic abuse shelter because my ex threatened to blow up the house of the people I lived with. It was all hot air, but they believed him and kicked me out. I had no where to go. But instead of crying in my oatmeal and lamenting about how hard things were and indulging in the 'poor me' syndrome, I sucked it up and decided to take charge of my life, and I made it.
So can you.


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In honor of those crazy kids over at NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), whose challenge I've been known to take, I'm declaring it National Sweater Knitting Month here at knitgrrl.com with a knit-along.
How it works with NaNoWriMo: write a 50,000-word novel in a month.
How it works with NaNoSweMo: knit a 50,000-stitch sweater in a month. Or therebouts. I've never actually thought about sweaters in stitch count terms, that's crazy talk. But if you divide your chosen sweater pattern's rows or rounds by 30, you'll have an idea of how many rows you need to knit each day to make it.
Feel free to swipe the image above or make your own. Ping this post, leave a comment, let us know what you're knitting for NaNoSweMo! I'll post links and/or photos of your completed projects at the beginning of December.
What am I knitting? Umm. I have an idea… haven't cast on yet… (this is usually how my NaNoWriMos have gone, too, by the way).


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If you were to buy Bad Company 2 solely for the single-player campaign, you might come away a bit disappointed. That's not to say it's particularly bad in any way, but it doesn't feel impressive enough to stand on its own as a great experience. Once again, the multiplayer game is the star of the Battlefield show.
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The situation with the Ultimate Edition of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is pretty simple. If you already have a copy of Bad Company 2, you'll likely want to skip this release. However, if you were someone who was hesitant to pick up DICE's latest high-quality creation because a little game called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was still spinning in your disc drive, then Ultimate Edition is certainly worth your time. Keep reading for the reasons why.
This game is fun.For sixty bucks players get what essentially amounts to the full Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition experience (which is to say you get a few weapon and vehicle upgrades along with some fresh maps for multiplayer) as well as the Onslaught co-op mode DLC and the beloved downloadable title Battlefield: 1943. Sadly none of the content in Ultimate Edition is new in any way. Instead, the real attraction of the package is that you get all of this great Battlefield: Bad Company 2 content in one box. It's a bit of an annoyance that you have to enter in three different download codes on Xbox 360 (two on PS3) to get your hands on everything, but that shouldn't be a surprise given EA's new initiative to try to bolster new-game sales through the use of one-time-use codes.
As far as the content itself, everything is just as it was when it was originally released. Given that everything you'll find here earned high marks in our eyes when it first dropped into the hands of consumers, there's nothing to knock. Battlefield: 1943 still has an active online following so I never had trouble quickly finding a game. I did encounter a bit of lag which is strange considering I was playing on IGN's speedy connection, but it dissipated once I switched games. The same goes for Onslaught and the core Bad Company 2 gameplay, which is as enjoyable as ever.
All in all it's a little disappointing not to get some fresh content in this supposed "Ultimate Edition" but it's tough to argue with the sheer abundance of quality that you'll find under this relatively modest (when you consider the fact that you get a free fifteen dollar downloadable game) sixty-dollar price tag. Again, if you played Bad Company 2 when it originally launched then there really isn't enough original (or any at all) stuff to warrant spending the sixty bucks again, but if you skipped out on DICE's second iteration of this popular series and want to know what all the hubbub was about, BF: BC2 Ultimate Edition is your answer.
The single-player campaign follows the story of a rag-tag bunch of soldiers as they traipse around the world on the hunt for a mythical weapon of mass destruction which absolutely must not fall into the hands of the Russians. It's a typical story of unlikely heroes as they attempt to save the world, and it will take you across a great variety of locations that range from frozen mountains to densely packed jungles.
These gorgeous locales are the first thing that will spring out at you as you begin the fight. The vistas and skyboxes look nearly photorealistic in many situations, and DICE did a wonderful job blending the particle effects and game objects in the foreground with the more static backdrops. The result is a sense of depth that few videogame worlds can offer.
Things become more impressive yet when the action kicks in. Returning from the last Bad Company game are nearly fully destructible environments. If an enemy soldier is holed up in a second-story bedroom taking potshots at you, all you have to do is send a rocket at that wall and he'll either wind up dead or fully exposed. The same line of thinking applies to just about anything you see – send enough firepower at it and you can watch it crumble.
Working together in Onslaught is quite fun.Once you're done ogling the smoke trails or mountain ranges in the distance, you'll start to notice that Bad Company 2 has taken a few cues from the Call of Duty franchise. The last Battlefield game was the first to introduce a fully fleshed out storyline and it stumbled a bit in the process. The humor was goofy and over the top, the open mission design was a bit too open, and everything seemed coated in a dense fog. A lot has changed and improved for the sequel.
The big change comes with a more streamlined and cinematic approach to the action. The dialogue is less overtly inane, though it does offer its fair share of humor, and the level design feels more straightforward. While the last Bad Company game couldn't hold my attention, this one kept me interested and having fun from start to finish.
It shouldn't come as any surprise that this Battlefield game has some great mechanics. The guns react well, and sound fantastic. The vehicles handle smoothly and really do a great job of making you feel like the king of the battlefield. The instant-respawns and med kit injections of the last Bad Company have been replaced by the more standard checkpoints and regenerative health bar and that makes the challenge of war feel more realistic.
To top things off, the AI squad mates at your side act like real soldiers in battle. They'll press the attack while you flank and hold off the enemy while you duck behind cover to recuperate. Many games slap you in a squad of largely ineffective soldiers and let you do all of the heavy lifting. Bad Company 2 is a refreshing change of pace in this regard.
Of course, if you want to start nitpicking, there are plenty of instances to call out. Some of the details and little pieces of the environment stream into view a bit late. There still are no arms drawn on screen when driving a vehicle, causing a poltergeist-like steering wheel to move on its own. On the Xbox 360 version, slow loading from the disc causes the player to be locked out for as much as five seconds from throwing grenades or using the knife when picking up a new weapon or changing kits (this issue went away when installing the game onto a hard drive).
These are mostly small complaints and, for me, the campaign's only real troubles rest with the presentation and pacing. The B-Company (known as Bravo Two in this game) squad returns with you filling the shoes of Preston Marlowe. At your side is a crew of largely one-dimensional characters who are good for a laugh every now and then. This cast exists mainly to deliver one-liners and to direct you through the battlefield to the next objective. It's hard to even think of them as people after watching them take a rocket propelled grenade to the face and then get up and go right back into the fight.
Though the action has been streamlined, it feels like Bad Company 2 just missed the "epic" feeling that it seems the developers were going for. Part of the problem is in the direction of the cutscenes, but mostly I feel like it rests with the non-stop high-intensity approach to gameplay. In a given level, you can do everything from sniping soldiers to manning a turret on the side of a helicopter to calling in air strikes – all in rapid succession. You're something of a Rambo super-soldier, well versed in every facet of war. With the constant action, it feels like there is very little tension building outside of the game's opening moments. There's tons of variety to the gameplay and all of it is a great de
al of fun, but it doesn't quite come together to be a top-tier experience.
Ready for action.And with such a frantic campaign pace, it is over in short order. I blew through the game in just a few evenings of lazy play, probably clocking in under six hours. A collectible weapon system does offer a reason to go back for a second or third run, but this isn't the kind of campaign you'll be returning to again and again.
For many, the shortcomings in the campaign won't matter one bit. These people come for the multiplayer online game, and that's where Bad Company 2 delivers. Here the destructible environments of the campaign take on new meaning. Your target might be waiting inside a shack. An enemy squad may be using a tower as a staging point. This can all change with just a few well placed explosives as you literally level the playing field. It adds an extra tier of strategy to the game as you struggle to work through extended fights, adapting your approach to the fight as the world around you crumbles.
That's just the first level of strategic planning this shooter offers those that work well together. Battlefield has long been known and adored by gamers as the franchise that offers epic, large-scale online fights and plenty of vehicles to take into battle. That tradition continues here. Personally, I've always held it in such high regard because of how it is inherently team-based. The very layout of the game is designed to encourage players to work together, straight down to awarding extra points for working with your teammates.
Go boom.Little squads can be created, segmenting larger teams into strike forces which can each play a specific role. Then within that squad, players can choose between four load-out kits that range from the light machinegun toting medic to the heavy weapon specialist engineer. Each has its own weapons and unique tools that allow you to set yourself up as a small but integral part in the team's success. It's a game that requires a cool head and open lines of communication just as much as it does a deft hand, and that just makes the victories that much sweeter.
What struck me as most impressive with Bad Company 2 is how flexible the multiplayer game is. The class system allows you to choose what your approach to battle will be. It's the maps and modes included in this package that allow you to choose exactly what kind of game you want to play. There is a huge difference between the giant and extended team Rush games – an attack and defend mode which plays out across expansive maps and features vehicles heavily — and the tighter Squad Deathmatch games which can feel just like your standard frantic and close-quarters shooter. If you care for something in between, you can just hop into a Conquest game to try your hand at the classic Battlefield fight over specific areas controlled by raising and lowering flags. Regardless of your mood, it feels like Bad Company 2 has something for you.
And if the game itself isn't enough reason to keep coming back, perhaps you'll find yourself hooked on the class upgrade system. New weapons and gadgets can be unlocked, as well as little perks to give you an edge in the fight. Those familiar with Call of Duty (And at this point who isn't?) will be right at home with the system that rewards players for completing small challenges as well as winning games or simply playing well and getting a lot of kills.
Closing Comments
Those looking at Bad Company 2 as only a single-player game might come away disappointed. It's an action packed, gorgeous, and explosive game but it doesn't quite come together into a campaign for the ages. It more feels like an added bonus to the multiplayer game and for those in search of that, this is a great choice. Bad Company 2 as an online shooter is flexible and engaging, offering several features that the competition can only dream of. If you're looking for a more strategic and team-based change of pace, look no further. This is the game for you.


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[tweetmeme]While reading EdTech Digest, I came across an interesting page of videos that reflect on what it means to be a 21st Century learner. While I had seen most of the clips before, I had not yet seen the one above.
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By Julie Cannold
(CNN) — After three weeks of scouring New York City for a 14-year-old boy with autism who ran away from school, police said Friday they have little expectation of finding him alive.
Sniffer dogs, video cameras, a search of the sewer system, missing-persons posters and fliers filling the streets, subway alerts and messages in city newspapers, and divers with sonar — none of it has led officers to Avonte Oquendo.
"Obviously we have devoted a tremendous amount of resources to the search," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told CNN affiliate WABC. "Unfortunately, we are not hopeful that we're going to find this young man alive, but we are continuing our search."
Avonte was last seen on surveillance video running out of Center Boulevard School in Long Island City on the afternoon of October 4. Three hours later, bloodhounds traced his scent to a marsh near his school, but lost the trail, a source close to the investigation said.
An hour later, the bloodhounds picked up his scent again, this time at a nearby subway station, the source said.
Avonte is fascinated by trains, his family has said. The New York Police Department has focused its search on rail yards, train stations, tracks and tunnels.
All 468 New York City subway stations have been searched, and aviation, harbor and canine units have periodically helped, the NYPD said. Announcements have been made in subway stations urging commuters to keep an eye out for the missing boy.
A mother's worries
The boy's mother, Vanessa Fontaine, told CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" last week that she believed her son was alive and that someone may have been holding him.
"My message to my son is that I love him, and we're going to find him," she said. "You'll come home to your family. And for anyone who has him, please be kind and to let him go."
A reward of $77,500 has been offered for his safe return.
Police said Avonte was last seen wearing a gray striped shirt, black jeans and black sneakers. He is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds.


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UnNews:Class Action suit to sue those in Class Action suit
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18 June 2009
Earth, The Sol System - UnNews Reporters Romartus and Clemens177, as well as Stephen Colbert, John Stewart, the staff of every news agency from the New York Times to the Pitcairn Island Gazette, and Edith Fincher of MySpace are joining with 1,983,443,374 other humorists around the globe in a Class Action lawsuit for plagiarism - against themselves.
Yes, the "swat googled 'round the world" by President Obama has prompted an unprecedented amount of spoof articles, voice overs, satire, humorous takes, amusing references and general funny business from every citizen on Earth with a computer, TV station, ham radio, cb, column, smoke signal and any pretensions to the title "comedian".
In what to the layman appeared to be a simultaneous publication of close to two million articles, shows, skits, columns and blurbs about Obama killing a fly, is now a source of contention as to exactly who first published a humorous take on this wholly minor fly killing event first.
Currently, Soduku Hiroshima of the Japanese Times is claiming precedence, due to his unfair time zone advantage. But in spite of that, there are least 422,565 other claimants in the People's Democratic Republic of China alone. Not to mention another 232,442 claimants in Indonesia. And several hundreds of thousands of more from Russia, Africa, the European Union, Latin America and North America. And thirty two blokes from Australia who are threatening to take matters into their own hands with boomerangs if justice is not done.
And Edith Fincher who says her MySpace site is very popular amongst her daughters and her friend Dee Dee from the bakery she works at. "Oh, they read me every time I remind them, they think I'm a real hoot! At least they tell me that when I ask them! I don't know why all these others would steal my idea about Obama and the fly! But it was mine first! I just thought it was funny, him killing a fly, and I remember thinking, what would PETA think? Or, did the fly have relatives who are upset with him being killed? Or was it really Jeff Goldblum? Or did the fly kill Obama's dad? Just funny stuff like that."
The other 1,983,443,373 of those in the suit are not buying it. "Why would she have had the idea to do a joke about Obama killing a fly at the same time I did?", said Ban *click* Tok of the sub-saharan region of North Africa. "I thought of it, and don't believe she thought of it at same time!"
"Kaffir, bitta!", said Eva Braun of Munich, Germany. "I haff thought uff it ven virst I see it. I blog it right avtervards."
And so it goes. Attorneys around the world are getting ready to pool their efforts and split what they believe will be the biggest reward ever in which everyone wins against themselves and the lawyers collect 33 percent.
- Staff "Obama kills annoying fly, then keeps going in TV interview". The Associated Press, June 17, 2009


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Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. This Editor is used to do a lot of things, from IRC to reading mails and news, along with "basic" editing, advanced macro, remote control, multimedia player, and so on..
This webpage is about EMMS, an Emacs "package" that you use to extend Emacs features to multimedia.
EMMS's appearance is customizable, and can range from a simple "now playing" notice when a new song starts, to a collection browser and interactive playlist.
forcer's minimalist EMMS:
The collection browser and playlist, with cover display, running on an xft-enabled emacs: (click for a bigger
Another screenshot of the browser, in "live" usage: (click for a bigger version)
Another "screenshot" from forcer's, that should be opened in a dedicated window, to feel all the power of EMMS.
William Xu's setup, I quote him : "emms playlist with
last-played time, play-count, artist, title (tree-like for the
same album) and various other info, and lyrics on the mode
line. Fields in a row are (left to right): last played time,
play-count, artist, (tracknumber, title), album, year,
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Devils Win First Shootout Since March 2013
March 10, 2013, a date which was 600 days ago, and 18 Devils shootouts ago. On that date, the New Jersey Devils were at home against the Winnipeg Jets in a game that would be decided in a shootout. The Devils would go on to win that game 3-2, winning the shootout 1-0 with Patrick Elias scoring the only shootout goal between the two teams. Nobody who left that arena that night knew that they just saw the last New Jersey Devils shoot out win in exactly 600 days


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Rage is all the rage today. From the Ukraine to Venezuela to Thailand to Twitter, the world is howling at the moon.
Watching the video from Caracas or Kiev is like finding a portal back to Victor Hugo's Paris. The people have taken to the barricades, pulling up paving stones, choosing death over a life of subjugation. It's "Les Miserables" without any of the singing or Anne Hathaway.
All revolutions are "Les Miserables."
Tiananmen in 1989 could have been France in 1832. Or Russia in 1917, Watts in '65, or Lexington and Concord in 1775. When people are trapped in a life of unyielding oppression and their government is incapable of, or unwilling to reform, there will always be fire in the hole.
Always. People can take only so much.
For most of human history a child's empty stomach and a father's empty pocket were the banners under which rebels fought. A starving man cares little if his bread comes from the Left or the Right.
The best governments are malleable. Legitimate reform is cathartic and greatly preferable to the chaos and crapshoot of revolution. This is a lesson despots never learn.
From our safe perch in the first world in the 21st century it's hard to imagine leaving our jobs and homes and families to face down a column of soldiers in our own land. Yet, it's happening right now in the Ukraine and Venezuela, Cairo and Homs and dozens of other lesser-known dots on the map.
Most rebellions are crushed by brute force or peter out from lack of popular support. Others, like our dust-up with England, like Nelson Mandela's victory over apartheid, were triumphant epochs in human history. Will the Ukrainians and Venezuelans find a George Washington to lead them not just to victory but to a just peace? Or will they find themselves guillotine fodder for a Robespierre or Hitler or Stalin?
Like I said, things can always get worse.
And things have been worse. Much worse.
Many of you grew up in a world of Dust Bowls and Depressions, World Wars and Cold Wars and Jim Crow. My childhood was a world of assassinations and Vietnam and protests of every ilk. Do today's problems even come close?
These are difficult times not the end of times.
We're living in an age of rapid change and that's always unsettling, but we're not witnessing the apocalypse. You'd never know that watching FOX News or MSNBC.
Fed by the anger industries; political parties, cable news channels, talk radio, newspaper columns, blogs and social media, there's a free-floating rage out there that has us barking at each other like the neighbor's dog at passing cars.
The incredible digital world we carry around in our phones makes it possible to express every thought that pops into our heads. Every slight, every inconvenience, every private disagreement is now posted in public and often times they're fightin' words, dagnabbit!
Everything is an outrage. Every issue is the most important issue. If someone doesn't share our outrage they're an enemy, a coward, an ostrich or a fool. If an election goes against us, the country is populated by idiots. Our reality is the only reality.
We're bombarded with images of sadness; from animal cruelty to child neglect, sexual assaults, homelessness, greed, sloth, all the deadly sins are downloadable 24/7 and I think it's making us crazy. Nobody can care about everything.
Successful revolutionaries pick their fights.
George Washington knew exactly what he was fighting for. "Occupy Wall Street" was all over the map. The men and women risking death in Kiev and Caracaras know what they're fighting for.
What cause are you willing to die for?
I'll have to get back to you on mine. I know it's not Obamacare one way or the other. It's not Hillary in '16 and it's not Bridgegate.
While we have the luxury of watching the world burn on our iPhones, we should never forget how many times our own cities have burned. We've had goofball mayhem after Lakers championships and righteous indignation after jury verdicts seemed to codify decades of racial inequity. Our history is punctuated with turmoil; Bleeding Kansas and Draft Riots, the Bonus Army and the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Is today's cyber anger a precursor of a revolution or a harbinger of necessary reform?
Or is it just nostalgia for a time when great challenges required actual sacrifice rather than re-Tweeting?
Doug McIntyre's column appears Sunday & Wednesday. He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Supreme Court May Take A Shot At Defining The Point At Which Protected Speech Becomes An Unprotectable 'Threat'
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The Supreme Court may take up the question of whether or not communicated threats are still threats even if the person making the statement doesn't necessarily have the ability or the intent to carry them out. In short, at what point does it turn from protectable speech into something the First Amendment won't cover?
The latest case involving the legal parameters of online speech before the justices concerns a Pennsylvania man sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on four counts of the interstate communication of threats. Defendant Anthony Elonis' 2010 Facebook rant concerned attacks on an elementary school, his estranged wife, and even law enforcement.This is a subject we've discussed several times previously. People (mainly teens) have made statements and comments via social media that have veered close to being threats, but once investigated, turn out to be nothing more than stupid kids being stupid. Prosecutors and law enforcement have made some questionable decisions in their attempts to portray youthful indiscretions as the words of would-be killers, such as withholding the surrounding context or willfully misreading the words themselves.
"That's it, I've had about enough/ I'm checking out and making a name for myself/ Enough elementary schools in a ten mile radius/ to initiate the most heinous school shooting ever imagined/ and hell hath no fury like a crazy man in a Kindergarten class/ the only question is … which one?" read one of Elonis' posts.
Elonis' case is a bit more complicated. For one, Elonis is 30 years old. While growing older doesn't necessarily make you immune from stupidity, the expectations are a bit higher in terms of online discourse. It's a little harder to claim you're running on the same high-octane concoction of hormones and blood displacement that teenage boys are. Not that all youthful indiscretions are excusable, but given that age group's tendency towards disproportionate drama in all things, it does make it more understandable.
In addition, Elonis' statements were directed at a variety of targets, any of which would seem to be a viable recipient for his anger. Not only did Elonis mention shooting up a school (specifically a kindergarten), but he also apparently had dire "plans" for his wife and local law enforcement. Again, the post-Sandy Hook law enforcement/judicial mentality further clouds the issue, raising the question that if Elonis had left out the part about the school shooting, would he still be facing 30 months in prison? (Of course, threatening law enforcement tends to create just as much of a legal mess, usually one far worse than simply threatening your estranged spouse does…)
But the odds are fairly long that the Supreme Court will find the ability to carry out the threat matters as much as the perception of everyone else but the person making the statement.
Only one federal appeals court has sided with Elonis' contention that the authorities must prove that the person who made the threat actually meant to carry it out. Eight other circuit courts of appeal, however, have ruled that the standard is whether a "reasonable person" would conclude the threat was real.This long shot is also reliant on another long shot: that the administration will support this appeal. A similar case involving an Iraq War vet was greeted by the White House with a written petition asking the Supreme Court to reject the case. These two obstacles make it unlikely that the judicial system will start treating so-called "threats" any differently than they have in the past. And it's a very long past. David Kravets at Ars Technica points out that the statute being applied to these cases originated in 1932.
There are legitimate threats and these are rightly not treated as free speech. But there are others that are treated as legitimate threats even when there's no evidence the person uttering them has the ability, much less the intention to back up their unfortunate statements. Applying a 1932 statute to the wide open discourse platform that is the internet is doing little more than putting loudmouths and idiots in jail. Those who mean actual harm to others generally don't enlighten their future targets via Twitter, Facebook and forum posts.
By all means, potential threats should be investigated, but the courts need to come to the realization that these statements cannot be entirely robbed of their context (including intent and ability) and presented "as is" to the hypothetical "reasonable person." Reasonable people are completely capable of understanding that not every hurtful word can actually hurt someone, nor do they believe every "threat" is the sign of impending danger. Not only should the statute be reconsidered, but so should the court's "reasonable person" ideal.
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