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Now that Scott Thompson, 54, has resigned as CEO of Yahoo, what could be his next career move? What sort of options does he have, given the reports that for years, he falsified his credentials, claiming that he had degrees in computer science and accounting from Stonehill College outside Boston, when in fact he graduated with an accounting major in 1979, at a time when the college only taught a single computer science course and didn't even offer a computer science degree?
"He should drop back ten and punt," says Dale Winston of headhunting firm Amrop Battalia Winston. "He will not get a traditional job," she adds. Potential employers and executive recruiters, says Winston, "won't touch him with a barge pole." Winston believes that no public company would hire Thompson as a CEO. "That's not to say he won't find consulting with a buyout firm," she adds.
Eric Jackson, a Yahoo investor and Forbes contributor who runs Ironfire Capital, a hedge fund in Naples. Fla., has been a strong critic of Thompson and urged his ouster. "If I were advising Thompson, I'd say, take some time off," says Jackson. "I think he's got to leave Silicon Valley," adds Jackson. "I think it would be easier for him to rebuild his career somewhere a little bit more low key." Unlike Winston, Jackson believes that Thompson could get another executive job, but just not at the CEO level. Jackson says Thompson could find a post at a lower-tier firm, several rungs down the ladder, as president or chief information officer.
Jackson points out that other ousted CEOs have found advocates in companies that snatched them up. Example: Ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, who was hired by Oracle's billionaire CEO Larry Ellison shortly after he resigned from HP in the wake of a 2010 investigation by the board that turned up questionable expense reports which may have concealed a relationship with a former contractor. Hurd and Oracle were tennis partners and had a strong personal bond, and Ellison had been a supporter of Hurd during the investigation, criticizing HP for letting Hurd go. Hurd joined Oracle as a president and director in late 2010.
Thompson has had no such defenders to date.
Kerry Moynihan, a partner with executive search firm ZRG Partners, says that Hurd's hiring was a special case, because Ellison wields such control over the company. Moynihan agrees with Winston that Thompson will have a very tough time landing another job at a public company. "Put yourself in the position of a board member," says Moynihan. "You get to the point where you're putting out the press release and the press is going to be three times as negative as whatever positive spin you might get." For Moynihan, Thompson's troubles are twofold. Though people often embellish details on résumés, Moynihan says, "you don't falsify degrees." Lying about something that glaring opens up a job candidate to the charge that he could lie about other weighty facts.
Second, Thompson tried to cover up his mistake and assign blame. The résumé controversy started May 3, after activist investor, billionaire Dan Loeb, uncovered Thompson's lie about his degree through a simple Google search. Five days later, the Yahoo board launched an investigation. Days after that, Thompson called a special meeting with senior Yahoo executives and suggested that a junior staffer at Heidrick & Struggles, the executive search firm that had placed Thompson at his previous employer, PayPal, had made the mistake on his résumé. Thompson made the dubious claim that he had never reviewed his bio. According to the Wall Street Journal, Heidrick & Struggles got in touch with Yahoo and showed the company material it had gotten from Thomspon, including his inaccurate degree claim.
"The cover-up aspect of this is the worst," says Moynihan. "Instead of saying, 'look, I blew it,' it was like, 'oh no, I didn't know.'"
Thompson will receive no severance pay when he leaves Yahoo, and will lose $22.5 million in potential stock awards, a $1.5 million cash bonus, and his $1 million salary, according to the Journal. But he is still getting a package of stock and cash worth $6.5 million, after just four months on the job.
One other piece of drama in the Thompson story: The Journal reported yesterday that, according to "people familiar with the matter," last week Thompson revealed to the Yahoo board that he has thyroid cancer (which has a high treatment success rate). One source told the Journal that Thompson's cancer contributed to his decision to step down as CEO.
After earning handsomely at PayPal, it's unlikely Thompson really needs a job at this point, observes Moynihan. Unlike Jackson, Moynihan thinks that there is a good chance Thompson could stay in Silicon Valley and put up money as an angel investor in a venture he favors, and then take a non-executive chairman role at that new company.
The four-month Yahoo job certainly won't burnish Thompson's reputation. His predecessor, Carol Bartz, who was CEO at Yahoo for two-and-a-half year, while the company's stock stagnated at around $12, has yet to land a new job. Yesterday Yahoo's stock rose 2.04% to $15.50 after Thompson stepped down on Sunday and the company announced Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's head of global media, would be the new interim CEO. Levinsohn joined Yahoo in late 2010, after serving as president of News Corp's Fox Interactive Media.


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gaia_angelleft When your tears fall its because of happiness, let the notes play with you along your journey,let the staff be your road and strum to it don't be afraid create a one person orchestra with only you and your voice,heart,power,and instruments.
Winding and turn your road map is complex and eccentric unlike others who stay in the staff you go below and above to the area's where the best are.
seeing your creation come alive bring life to you.dancing as long as you live.
But as the song ends so does your life from forte to piano soon calming the crowd as you conduct slower and easier
You age with the song from a bright new born to a brittle old being but something picks up your second wind let it take you it in its wondeross colors spinning and twirling rose petals, dancing leaves , and singing notes
And here is where your song ends the strings play at a soft yet high notes slowly strumming them the woodwinds play the hole notes easing the foundation to a nice calm flat area the tuba's and low brass move like hills and trees of different sizes around your grave and your grand piano your soul plays by its self now in a solo til his notes run out and everything is still. gaia_nitemareright
the days he is there and we talk for ours i feel light as if no gravity was pulling me down. Tall be an inch isn't enough but i can cope he is my best friend and no matter what i'll support him.
He explains things to me in a new way sometimes in a way that is wonderful or a way the is very upsetting. I'd wish he'd give more in our friendship just to see what it's like to have friend like that.
When we laugh its because of the jokes we share many have said that we are cute but we are nothing and i can't get that point across so i let them believe what they want.
the day he wishes to see me be me may never come, he can't i wont it'll change everything.
In the real world things are scary and i always take caution but here where everything is pixels im not afraid to be me.Soon i will express who i truely am in the real world even if i fall i'll stand i'll try and try again no matter how many of them may say i am weak or i can't complete a simple task. I will try.
So many have cut me down almost everyday but soon i will rise and i will fly . spreading my wings across the plain. nothing no nothing will clip my wings i am beautiful, kind, and most importantly worthy.
and to who ever reads this you are to. Never ,Never let something some one put you down! You are who you are and nothing will change that
life as if someone is bigger or better is a life we all live in our strengths and our weaknesses they always challenge us making us all special never think other wise.
when you are called weird or creep you are out of that comfort zone and out of the box that cause cliques when outside in the true world you see, this is you an only you.
days you feel as if they are right that you are to abnormal, hear and mark my words there is no normality only you and who you are challenge your self and become different and enjoy it
i know for many years you think maybe i am to weird and different an very creepy your negativity effects everyone around you for once do not be conceited and think of others switch the words "Weird","Different,and "Creepy" with "special," unique" "bold" turn the negative into positive for others.
Life is tough an most just deal with it but for some just dealing with it is nearly impossible, Some may say " grow up you baby" or" tough luck kid figure it out on you own thats what you did." DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS!!!! You find some one willing to tutor and help you with baby steps all the way to sprinting
You are special, unique, bold and beautiful.....
The nights are brisk the ground is filled with whites grey and blues rolling hills of snow. Lights strung along house to house, mechanical rain dear dance in place to and frow. Such beauty for someting fake.
Help from friends
If i rest, fear strikes and i believe i'll never wake up.
Darkness lurks around me.
My tiny soul that has a bright but small light cannot fend them off alone.
But i must stand and fight alone,
Tonight I'm alive, alert, and ready to fight.
Once i make a single movement as an attack i am surrounded.
Scared i realized my mistake.
You cant be alone and you cant do everything o your own. I regret this as my last thought.
But wait!
My friends pull me out of the dangers
"stay here you've done enough" they said
fighting for me helping me in my time in need i thank them
when its over i cry but tears of happiness because even when i didnt want their help i needed it and now i realize i need my friends.
1/ 18/13
so many...
so many lie
so many love
so many lose
so many gain
so many regret themselves and shove people away
so many forget who the truly are
so many emotions they can't handle, it's overwhelming
so many times we lose battles because we have had doubt in what we can do
Not anymore
we take risks
we take people in
we believe in ourselves and how our strength helps us sadly though they're
So many characters that mean nothing too you but everything too me.
Heart to heart
heart to heart our words seem soft, down to the woods where our loved ones lost
Washed away by the river this day our woes are gone
Let us lay as children this day.
Filled to the brim with Glee and gay for our loved ones sane and safe within our arms.
Our hugs warm us and for ever may
Resting of the angels
The light of this angel guide us through horrid dreams
Pleas save us to night. Shine as our children quake with tears.
Oh holy angel who guides us through we thank thee
The days seem so soft like the clouds you walk upon we ask once more for you help.
These children start with bloody screams please end there pain and sing them into an eternal slumber.
We thank thee oh holy angle
1/ 18/ 13
A Dance with mother wind
As he who gldes with true wind at his wing he knew nothing would/could stop him.
She who grants him with true heart and true soul lend his way to mother wind.
So sure of himself he danced with no regret with mother.
Leading beautifully he gave mother wind new grace and elegance.
Our mother granted him her power over element east.


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Using photographs to preserve heritage
Published 7:11 am, Saturday, November 30, 2013
The Mary McCoy Baines Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met Nov. 13, 2013, at the West Texas Wood Fire Grill with regent Linda Reed presiding. She led the group in prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the American Creed. A seated luncheon followed.
Chris Hannoch of Don's Photography presented the program on "Preserving Our Heritage with Photographs." Members who brought old photos were able to ask questions about restoration.
In lieu of the President General's Message, Linda read resolutions from the 122nd Continental Congress. Included were problems facing homeless vets along with possible solutions. The plight of women in the military was also addressed. Supporting the Constitution and resisting threats to it were stressed.
Shirley Scott gave the National Defense Report, which was based on a letter from a woman in Missouri who built a family history on military service by family members.
In correspondence Linda received the NSDAR Resolutions and Officer and Committee duty sheets. She also received the TSDAR information packet, which included information about the state convention March 8, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas. Theme will be Party of Peacocks. Members are asked to bring items to the conference for the Genesis Project which aids women in shelters. Barbara Latham e-mailed that the Amarillo VA bake sale will be held Nov. 27.
In officers' reports, registrar Corky Terrell reported that applications are now being checked monthly instead of quarterly and that Carolyn Courtney has received approval of a supplement. She passed out donation sheets for bricks for the Point of Interest at the Plainview Point. Historian Carolyn Courtney reported on the DAR Workshop at Floydada conducted by Judy Ditmore of Vernon.
Hostesses for the meeting were Linda Reed and Pam Miller. The next meeting will be Dec. 11 with Barbara McDonough and Shirley Scott as hostesses.
— Carolyn Courtney


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"Software companies cannot win under the current patent system. A software product can be so complex that it can require hundreds of patents to cover everything that is unique about the product. If the company tries to file for everything they invent they spend a fortune on patent attorney fees and filing costs. If they don't file then another company will "invent" the same thing and file and the original company can end up being threatened for patent infringement."
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Dr. Steve Greene is now sharing stories, teachings, and conversations with guests who lead with love on Love Leads, a new podcast. Listen now.
I recently spent a couple thousand dollars cutting down and stump-grinding nine trees that I spent hundreds of dollars planting 10 years ago. Seems dumb, I know. But sometimes, that's what it takes.
Perhaps you've seen these trees—they are called Cryptomeria. They grow extremely fast and easily reach 35 to 40 feet and more with a 20-foot spread at the bottom. They are similar to the Leyland Cypress but typically seem to grow larger, more lush, and are deeper green in color.
They are beautiful. I just didn't know they would take over. What was a handsome looking treeline became the monster that threatened to take down the fence, rob the lawn of sun, attack the deck and house all kinds of unknown critters that made strange noises in the night. When they waved in the wind, it was if they were laughing at me. Not so funny was the day they went into the wood chipper!
I suppose I could have planned better by planting something that didn't get that big, but I didn't know. This happens not only in life and landscaping, but also in leadership and ministry. We just don't know. Things that we plant, water, nurture and grow must be taken down for a fresh new start or at least severely pruned. But we often merely prune ministry due to fear or politics when we really need a fresh start.
A few years back, that happened at 12Stone Church. We were using a process for discipleship that grew so large, we had to take it apart and shut it down. Please note that I said that the process got so large, not the results. It was actually the process that took over and consumed all our time and attention. The machine took over the mission. All our effort and energy were in running the machine with very little life change at the other end.
It didn't start that way. It started beautiful and brilliant. Everyone admired the process. It was good, and it worked. In fact, the church grew from 1,500 to 3,000 in attendance during that season. The results were greater than the effort expended. Just like those fast growing trees, it was great!
But then the process took over and began to defeat the purpose. Like those gorgeous Cryptomeria that once provided shade and beauty, they simply took over the back yard.
How about your church? Are there any trees that need to come down? You know what I mean. Do you have any ministries that were once strong, beautiful and productive that now require far more work and maintenance than they produce results?
It might seem crazy at first, but it may be time for the wood chipper.
Dan Reiland is executive pastor of 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Ga., listed in Outreach magazine as the No. 1 fastest-growing church in America in 2010. He has worked closely with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as executive pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as vice president of leadership and church development at INJOY. His semi-monthly e-newsletter, The Pastor's Coach, is distributed to more than 40,000 subscribers. Dan is the author of Amplified Leadership, released in January 2012.
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Weakening U.S. consumer spending, disappointing factory orders and continued high unemployment have nearly stalled growth. Some economists and financial experts say the country may be falling back into recession.
Debt turmoil continues to haunt the Greek economy and has spread to Italy, the third largest economy in the European Union, and Spain. Given the increasing interlinkage of global economies, bad news and weakness anywhere causes troubling waves everywhere.
In the United States, with political opposites ready to resume the trench warfare and a return to stalemate looking assured, the forecast for the coming months would appear to include still more of the nastiness that has gripped Washington for months. Compounding economic difficulties will only solidify the logjam.


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After getting a late start on the warm weather, many Middle Tennesseans now suffer from spring allergies.
Nashville's News 2 recently visited Vanderbilt's Allergy Sinus and Asthma Program Clinic where Dr. Robert Valet explained how healthcare professionals determine pollen count.
A pollen counter, which resembles a weather vane, captures exactly what is blowing around in the air.
"The air gets down through [the pollen counter] and the pollen gets placed on a sticky side and gets caught. Then you can look at it and make the counts," Valet explained.
He said they often capture tree pollen, which affects a large number of residents across Middle Tennessee.
"We joke that if I had a quarter for every time someone says I was fine until I moved to Middle Tennessee, well, we'd have a lot of quarters," Valet laughed.
To help beat seasonal allergies, the doctor said there are a number of options besides over-the-counter anti-histamine medications.
"For people failing those kind of treatments, it might be a good time to come in and see an allergist. Get tested to find out what you are allergic to," Valet explained.
He added that cold temperatures helped delay spring bloom, but he expects to see the pollen counter picking up grass pollen in the near future.
"Later on in the summer, ragweed is an important thing many people are allergic to," Valet said.
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All-Star Incentive?: How to Fix the NHL All-Star GameJanuary 28, 2008
It became apparent that the NHL should adopt Major League Baseball's All-Star game format, if the final four minutes of yesterday's star-studded classic was any indication.
For the first 56 minutes the game featured the usual no look passes, glaring giveaways and defensive lapses. Oh sure, we also saw the highlight reel goals and jaw dropping saves.
But, most fans to the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia would say that the game lacked little in the way of intensity. That was until the game's most valuable player and eastern conference representative Eric Staal tied the match at 7-7 with several minutes to play.
Then, we saw the competitive juices of the most players come out. Hey, we even witnessed the game's first bodycheck on the Thrasher's own Ilya Kovalchuk. You hardly ever see that in an All-Star game.
Like MLB, who awards home field advantage in the World Series to the winning league of its All-Star game, the NHL should do the same. It's something that may enhance the flavor of next year's gathering in Montreal.
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Restless Development has been selected to be the Country lead for the implementation of ACT 2015 phase 2 in Zambia. ACT 2015: one goal – many voices is a movement building initiative that aims to secure a post 2015 development framework that advances the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and HIV response for young people. ACT 2015 also aims to inspire action on the priorities of the youth constituency within national AIDS responses.
ACT 2015 is a collaboration between the PACT and UNAIDS, and is implemented with the guidance of the UNAIDS Youth Advisory Forum.
Restless Development was selected by UNAIDS and the PACT to lead national level implementation of phase 2 ACT 2015 in Zambia which runs between July and December 2014.
On 10th and 11th July 2014, Restless Development convened a strategy planning meeting with youth targeting organisations to build a national youth alliance to strengthen advocacy action on the ACT 2015. 10 youth targeting organisations have been indentified and invited to be part of the national youth alliance.
The two day meeting focused on orienting the partner organisations to the ACT 2015 Campaign concept as well as to develop a roadmap that will guide the alliance's advocacy activities over the next 6 months and beyond.
The meeting further saw the formation of a policy monitoring Technical Working Group (TWG) that will sustainably work towards holding policy makers to account on policy response with regards to SRHR and HIV for Young people. The TWG will be functional beyond the ACT 2015 campaign in Zambia to ensure effective implementation of SRHR and HIV policies and strategies targeting young people.
Over the next few weeks, the national youth alliance will hold follow up meetings to consolidate its work on the advocacy roadmap and immediately roll out its implementation from August onwards.


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Hi, I'm John and I've been designing and developing software since around 1993. I did performance analysis and evaluation for mainframe systems since 1984 prior to that, where I was charged with developing realistic workloads and performance evaluation methodologies. I've started learning about object oriented design and programming around 1991. I've been developing software in C, C++ since 1993 and in Java since around 2008.
I came here looking for help in solving a somewhat advanced Java problem, for which I got rapid assistance that guided me to a very nice solution to my problem. After looking around the forum, I thought it would be nice to stick around and help out with answering questions where I can.


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TNT, Britain's largest private mail operator, is pressing ministers to allow it to put its own orange-clad postmen on the streets in a door-to-door service that would further undermine a threatened postal strike, which is due to start this week.
Today the Communication Workers Union reacted angrily to separate Royal Mail plans to hire 30,000 temporary staff to help deal with any strike backlog – threatening to take legal action against "inflammatory" strike-breaking plans.
But TNT, which had its busiest ever week in the run-up to the CWU strike decision, is pressing ministers to go one step further and enable it to offer a complete rival service including so-called "final mile" deliveries.
"If anyone can do it [offer a rival service], TNT can," said Nick Wells, chief executive of TNT Mail UK. "There are going to be operational challenges, we would be ridiculously naive to think otherwise. It's a massive challenge on a huge scale but the reality is we have the customers, appetite and resources," he told the Guardian. The Dutch-owned firm, which recently offered to buy an equity stake in Royal Mail, believes the bust-up will make policymakers acutely aware of the dangers of relying on a monopoly for final deliveries.
Ministers were sceptical about the offer tonight, indicating they were unlikely to make concessions to TNT. They do not believe the union will be weakened by rival letter delivery services, but by the loss of package delivery to rivals, such as DHL.
Like other rivals, TNT still uses the Royal Mail for the final mile of its postal network, but the company has already been experimenting with door-to-door letter deliveries in Liverpool after previous ones in Manchester and Glasgow using postmen in distinctive orange uniforms.
It has said before that it would like to roll out these services nationwide but Wells says those ambitions are being thwarted by an exclusivity contract with the Royal Mail that means it would have to pay a huge surcharge to the state-owned group under the existing penalty clause contained within the last mile contract.
The private operators are also being hampered by the need of customers to pay VAT on their deliveries – unlike Royal Mail stamps which are exempted.
"The regulatory barriers must be removed," said Wells. He said trials in Liverpool had gone well, but it would be no easy undertaking to offer a rival service able to match the Royal Mail's.


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Good quality card stock stickers. Seems kind of pricey for the contents but then I am usually a bargain shopper! But overall, I am happy with purchase
This pack of paper and stickers is exciting!. The quality is wonderful. The paper is almost all double sided and is nice and heavy and the stickers are also cardstock quality. The paper also comes in a wide variety so the uses will be only limited by your imagination. Good scrapping!
I have to admit I had not ever used Melissa Frances products before but after seeing these, I think I am now a fan. I have not yet had a chance to use anything in the kit. It all seems to be high quality tho. With everything that comes in this, I can hardly wait. My imagination is already clicking.
I have never used Jillibean Soup products before, but the unusual colors caught my eye. Since I have not had a chance to do any projects, I am full of ideas. It all seems like nice heavy weight papers.


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This incredible, modern and with dreamlike views villa is located in the hear of Cabo Huertas.
Set on a large plot of 1375 sqm, the property offers a mature garden and a stunning infinity pool.
Inside we can find five ample bedrooms, for of them are en-suite, three extensive terraces overlooking the sea, a modern and spacious kitchen and an impressive 140 sqm living and dining room surrounded by panoramic windows.
The ground floor features two rooms and a garage with capacity for two vehicles.
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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
|My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Werner Herzog
|Produced by
|Eric Bassett
|Written by
|Werner Herzog
Herbert Golder[1]
|Michael Shannon
Willem Dafoe
Chloë Sevigny
Udo Kier
|Music by
|Ernst Reijseger
|Peter Zeitlinger[2]
|Edited by
|Joe Bini
Omar Daher
Industrial Entertainment
Paper Street Films
|Distributed by
|IFC Films
Release date
Running time
|91 minutes[4]
|United States
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? is a 2009 American-German film directed by Werner Herzog and produced by David Lynch, inspired by the story of murderer Mark Yavorsky.[2][5] Herzog describes the film as "a horror film without the blood, chainsaws and gore, but with a strange, anonymous fear creeping up in you."[6] The film is an international co-production between the United States and Germany.
The film was conceived and written in 1995, but Herzog and co-writer Herbert Golder were unable to find anyone to produce it.[7] Lynch eventually became interested, and production was planned to begin in mid-2008, but was postponed in favor of Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.[1] Filming began around San Diego, California in March 2009.[2] Both films were nominated for the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, the first time that two films in one year by the same director were nominated.
The film begins with Detective Havenhurst driving with his partner Detective Vargas. They receive a call and drive to the scene of a murder. As they push their way through the crowd at the crime scene, they see Brad McCullam leaving with a coffee cup. Inside the house, the detectives find the body of Mrs. McCullam, Brad's mother, who has just been stabbed with an antique sword. At the scene are the neighbors and chief witnesses, Mrs. and Miss Roberts. The detectives soon realize that they had just seen the murderer leaving the scene.
The Robertses tell the detectives that Brad was disturbed, and had changed when he went to Peru recently. In a flashback we see Brad in Peru preparing for a kayak trip on a raging river. Back to the present time, the police have learned that Brad has taken two hostages in the house across the street. The police surround the house, and Brad's fiancée Ingrid arrives. Ingrid talks to Havenhurst about Brad's trip to Peru, saying that Brad's friends all drowned on their kayak trip, which Brad had decided at the last minute not to take part in; he later claimed that the voice of God had told him to stay behind. Several more flashbacks follow of Brad and Ingrid in Brad's bedroom, talking with Mrs. McCullam, looking at nearby houses, having dinner. Back in the present, Brad demands pizza for himself and the hostages, along with a car for transportation to Mexico.
In another flashback, we see Brad in rehearsals for a Greek tragedy directed by Lee Meyers. As the pizza is delivered to Brad, Lee arrives at the scene of the crime. Lee talks with Havenhurst about Brad, and we flash back to Lee and Brad visiting Uncle Ted's ostrich farm. Brad convinces Uncle Ted to give him the antique sword which would be used in the crime. Brad uses the sword in more rehearsals for the play, in which he plays the part of a man who kills his mother, who is played by his fiancée Ingrid. Brad becomes disruptive and is eventually kicked out of the production, but still travels to Calgary with Lee and his mother to attend a performance. We see some footage of Brad at Machu Picchu, and then at a Central Asian market.
A SWAT team arrives to take command of the hostage situation, and the detective talks further with Ingrid and Lee. We see a flashback to Brad and Ingrid's trip to Tijuana, after which they go to Bob Wilson Naval Hospital to "visit the sick in general". Brad buys several pillows at the hospital gift shop. Then Brad and Ingrid walk in Balboa Park, and Brad gives away his bag of pillows, keeping one, and leaves his basketball in a tree.
Back at the crime scene, Havenhurst interviews Miss Roberts, who had witnessed the crime. In a flashback to the scene just before the murder, we see the Robertses sitting down with Brad and his mother for coffee. When Brad steps out, his mother tells Mrs. Roberts that Brad has just tried to smother her with a pillow. Brad gets his coffee cup, and then goes to his car and returns with a baseball bat and the sword. He hands the bat to Miss Roberts, saying "Kill me, kill me before it happens". She does nothing, and he draws the sword and holds it in front of his mother. Miss Roberts tells detective Havenhurst that Brad stabbed her, though we do not see the crime on camera.
Ingrid and Lee talk to Brad, urging him to release the hostages and surrender. Ingrid realizes that Brad's hostages are his two pet flamingoes, and the SWAT team moves in and arrests Brad. As Brad is led into the car, we see shots of running ostriches. The final shot is in Balboa Park, where a young boy resembling Brad[7] picks up the basketball.
- Michael Shannon as Brad McCullam
- Willem Dafoe as Detective Hank Havenhurst
- Chloë Sevigny as Ingrid
- Udo Kier as Lee Meyers
- Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. McCullam
- Loretta Devine as Miss Roberts
- Irma P. Hall as Mrs. Roberts
- Michael Peña as Detective Vargas
- Brad Dourif as Uncle Ted
- Dave Bautista as Police officer
- Brad Pickett as Police officer
- James C. Burns as S.W.A.T. Commander Brown
- Noel Arthur as Naval Guard
The film was conceived long before it was eventually produced. The script began as a project of classics scholar Herbert Golder. Golder was inspired from a young age by Jules Dassin's A Dream of Passion, about an actress playing Medea and a woman who enacts Medea's crimes in her real life. Golder heard about Yavorsky's case and began a relationship with him that would last several years, conducting a series of taped interviews which would be used to write a screenplay. In 1995, Herzog joined Golder in the last of these meetings.[8] Herzog described Yavorsky, then living in Riverside County, as "argumentative".[2] Yavorsky, living in a trailer, had erected a shrine to Herzog's film Aguirre, the Wrath of God. This concerned Herzog so much that they did not meet again.[8] Herzog, however, was impressed with Golder's project, and told Golder that he wanted to work on the film. The two returned to Herzog's home immediately to finish the screenplay. Herzog said, "You're not leaving until it's finished, and you're not staying longer than a week."[7][8]
Golder and Herzog decided immediately that their film would deviate significantly from Yavorsky's true story. Herzog decided that they "should not connect much to the real man",[8] and that they would focus on Yavorsky's mental state rather than the clinical facts of his case.[7] Several lines of the script were taken verbatim from records of Yavorsky's case, but Herzog has stated that "About 70 percent of the script is false ... loosely made up."[2] Notably, Yavorsky's name was changed, and the entire hostage situation was invented (Yavorsky surrendered immediately and took no hostages).[7] Herzog said "I wanted to do something intelligent where an audience would know three minutes into the film, would know what had happened. An elderly woman had been killed with a sword. Secondly, you would know who the murderer was. And finally you would know where he was. From then on, you do not know what is going to happen one moment after another."[9]
The film's development stagnated for many years after its writing, when Herzog and Golder were unable to find anyone willing to produce it. The production eventually began in the late 2000s at a meeting with Herzog and filmmaker David Lynch. Herzog and Lynch both expressed a desire for, in Herzog's words, "a return to essential filmmaking" with small budgets, good stories, and the best actors available. Lynch immediately asked "Do you have a project?" and Herzog told him about My Son, which began pre-production immediately.[8]
The main location for the shoot was a real home in Point Loma, San Diego, near Yavorsky's home.[7] Actors Shannon and Zabriskie appreciated filming so close to the story's actual setting, while producer Eric Basset said that the choice of location was for financial reasons, and Herzog says that it was simply "a matter of convenience".[2] Their location was very close to San Diego International Airport, which made shooting difficult at times. Crew members were stationed on the roof with binoculars to alert the crew about flights, which would disrupt the sound recording, as Herzog insisted on using only production sound for the film.[7]
Other scenes were shot on the Urubamba River in Peru, a favorite location of Herzog's which appeared in his earlier films Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo. Herzog originally set the scenes at the Braldu River in the western Himalayas, where the real life Yavorsky had had a life-changing trip,[8] but for safety reasons did not wish to film in Northern Pakistan.[10]
One sequence was shot in a market in Kashgar, Xinjiang province, China. Not wishing to endure the lengthy process to obtain shooting permits in China, Herzog went to Kashgar with Shannon and producer Basset on tourist visas to shoot the scene "guerrilla film style". They brought a small digital video camera which they used to film Shannon wandering around in a crowded outdoor market, in a scene with no narrative ties to the rest of the story.[7]
The film was shot on the popular RED ONE digital camera. Herzog related his frustration with slowness of the camera in interview with DGA Quarterly, saying "It's an immature camera created by computer people who do not have a sensibility or understanding for the value of high-precision mechanics, which has a 200-year history."[11]
The film premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2009.[12] After a very limited festival and theatrical release, a DVD was released on September 14, 2010.
Critical reception[edit]
Reviews for My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done have been mixed. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 49% of 41 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 5.7/10.[13] Jeff Shannon of the Seattle Times called the film "One of Herzog's quirky misfires,"[14] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said the film "Confounds all convention and denies all expected pleasures, providing instead the delight of watching Herzog feed the police hostage formula into the Mixmaster of his imagination."[15]
- ^ a b Gregg Goldstein, 'Herzog and Lynch team for murder drama', Reuters, 2008-05-15
- ^ a b c d e f Lee Grant, 'Inspired by tragedy', Sign on San Diego, 2005-04-05
- ^ Miska, Brad (2009-11-05). "'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done' Gets NY Theatrical Date, Official Poster!'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ^ "MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ^ Borys Kit, 'Done' Deal: Trio joins Herzog thriller', The Hollywood Reporter, 2009-02-08
- ^ 'My Son My Son What Have Ye Done' Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine., Werner Herzog official website, 2009-11-16
- ^ a b c d e f g h Eric Basset, Herbert Golder, Werner Herzog, audio commentary on DVD release of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
- ^ a b c d e f Behind the Madness: The Making of My Son, My Son, featurette on DVD release of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
- ^ Kevin Mcgue, 'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009)', A Life At The Movies, 2010-09-05}
- ^ Jennifer Vineyard, 'Q&A – Werner Herzog on the Madness of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done'[permanent dead link], Film Critic, 2009-12-09
- ^ Jeffrey Resner, 'The Mystery of Werner Herzog', DGA Quarterly Magazine, Winter 2010, accessed 2012-09-10
- ^ 'La Biennale 66th International Film Festival, 2-12 September 2009 Screenings', La Biennale, accessed 2011-04-15
- ^ "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ Shannon, Jeff (2010-04-08). "'My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done': a quirky matricide drama from Herzog, Lynch". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (2010-04-07). "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
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Cult Definition: What is a cult?
Do you know the definition of a cult? In other words, what is a cult?
Sometimes it seems that question has as many answers as there are, well, cults.
Yet the term 'cult' has a precise definition — or rather, several precise definitions.
Which definition is the right one largely depends on the context in which the term 'cult' is applied.
A 'cult wine' is, after all, something different than a 'religious cult.' A rock band with a 'cult following' differs greatly from a 'suicide cult.' And a 'cult following' is not necessarily the same thing as 'following a cult.'
Cult Definition
Let's first look at the definition of the term 'cult' as provided by a dictionary:
1 : formal religious veneration : worship
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator <health cults>
5 a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad
b : the object of such devotion
c : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion
– Source: Merriam-Webster dictionary 1
The dictionary also explains the term's etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate.
Cult: Meanings Vary
The term is confusing because it is ambiguous — infused with a variety of meanings depending on who uses it — and for which purpose it is used.
For example, the term 'cult' can be used in a theological and/or a sociological sense. The word takes on different meanings depending on the context in which it is used.
- Theological
The theological sense is used when discussing major religious differences: a group or movement is theologically a cult if it identifies itself as belonging to a mainstream, recognized religion — and yet rejects or otherwise violates one or more of the central, essential teachings of that religion.
Essential teachings are those doctrines that define a given religion's basic essence.A silly example, but one that illustrates this concept:
You cannot call something a tomato sauce if it does not include tomatoes — because tomatoes are a central, essential ingredient ('teaching' or 'doctrine') of tomato sauce.
A sauce that is made with apples instead of tomatoes but is sold as 'tomato sauce' is a 'cult of tomato sauce', because it rejects one of the essential ingredients of tomato sauce, and thus misrepresents itself as something it is not.
See for instance, What is a cult of Christianity?
- Sociological
The sociological sense is used when discussing behavior or other sociological aspects: a group or movement may be a cult if it acts in ways that are illegal or otherwise unacceptable in a civilized society.Silly example:
A restaurant that serves a perfectly acceptable, genuine tomato soup by pouring it into your lap is sociologically a cult restaurant.
Destructive Cults
When most people hear the term 'cult,' they tend to think about destructive cults they have read or heard about. For instance, Scientology, Branch Davidians, Aum Shinrikyo, Peoples Temple, Solar Temple, the Manson Family, and so on.
Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, M.D., said that cults can be identified by three characteristics:
- a charismatic leader who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose their power;
- a process I call coercive persuasion or thought reform;
- economic, sexual, and other exploitation of group members by the leader and the ruling coterie. 2
Louis West and Michael Langone defined a 'totalist' cult as follows:
A cult is a group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea, or thing and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control (e.g., isolation from former friends and family, debilitation, use of special methods to heighten suggestibility and subservience, powerful group pressures, information management, suspension of individuality or critical judgment, promotion of total dependency on the group and fear of leaving it, etc.) designed to advance the goals of the group's leaders to the actual or possible detriment of members, their families, or the community.[…]
Totalist cults are likely to exhibit three elements to varying degrees:
(1) excessively zealous, unquestioning commitment to the identity and leadership of the group by the members,
(2) exploitative manipulation of members, and
(3) harm or the danger of harm.
Totalist cults may be distinguished from "new religious movements," "new political movements," and "innovative psychotherapies" (terms that can be used to refer to unorthodox but relatively benign groups), if not by their professed beliefs then certainly by their actual practices.
– Source: Cultism: A Conference for Scholars-Policy Makers, Cultic Studies Journal, 1986, Volume 3, Number 1, pages 85-96 3
The characteristics of a destructive cult:
- Authoritarian pyramid structure with authority at the top
- Charismatic or messianic leader(s) (Messianic meaning they either say they are God OR that they alone can interpret the scriptures the way God intended…..the leaders are self-appointed.
- Deception in recruitment and/or fund raising
- Isolation from society — not necessarily physical isolation like on some compound in Waco, but this can be psychological isolation — the rest of the world is not saved, not Christian, not transformed (whatever) — the only valid source of feedback and information is the group
- Use of mind control techniques (we use Dr. Robert Jay Lifton's criteria from chapter 22 of his book Thought Reform & the Psychology of Totalism to compare whether the eight psychological and social methods he lists are present in the group at question)
– Source: Characteristics of a Destructive Cult, reFOCUS 4
Read Cult Formation, by Robert Jay Lifton
Read Ideological totalism: "Isn't this just like brainwashing?" by Robert Jay Lifton
Cults Are Not Always Destructive
Not all groups that could in one way or another be defined, sociologically, as cults are necessarily destructive. For instance, not every high-demand group requires its members to cut off normal contact with friends and family.
A good initial check is to ask: how does this group impact a person's health, wealth, and/or personal relationships?
Demanding Total Commitment
The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) utilizes Benjamin Zablocki's definition of the term cult: "an ideological organization held together by charismatic relations and demanding total commitment." 5
Russel H. Bradshaw — who together with his wife works for ICSA's New York Educational Outreach Committee — notes:
Even in cultic groups that score at the high end of the control/demand continuum, however, not all members are abused or equally affected. […]
In general, some people in the same cultic group will be hurt more than others, some may not be affected at all, and some may actually benefit. Groups change over time and from one branch or subgroup to another; leaders' personalities change, as do the personalities of various members.11 Even persons with secure and intelligent personalities may encounter problems at times, especially during times of transition and crisis—and they may become vulnerable to unethical psychosocial influence and control.
As a result of all these interwoven variables, it is very difficult to say that a particular group, in all branches, at all times, affects all members in a particular way. Nevertheless, trained social workers and therapists know a dangerous cultic group environment when they encounter it—and so treat former members in various degrees of suffering.12 These helping professionals know it is the intense psychosocial dynamic of these high-demand/high-control cultic groups and their charismatic (and often narcissistic) leaders that are at the core of their clients' sense of abuse and trauma.
– Source: Russell H. Bradshaw: What is a cult? Definitional Preface, ICSA Today, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2015, 8-9
What Do You Mean When You Say 'Cult'?
Many people consider 'cult' to be a pejorative or derogatory term — one that is often used abusively in ad hominem attacks.
Some researchers therefore use the term High Demand Group or High Control Group instead.
Others have pushed the use of New Religious Movement (NRM), Alternative Religious Movement (ARM), or Minority Religion — terms they view as 'value neutral' or 'unbiased.'
But as the articles in the first two links underneath this section show, the term 'cult' — properly applied — remains useful.
Using the term abusively is self-defeating at best.
Likewise, when using the term cult in describing a group, church, organization, or movement — without qualifying what you mean by that word — you cause confusion.
At the very least, the term should be placed in context. For example:
- "XYZ is a cult in the theological sense, because…", or
- "123 is a cult in the sociological sense, because…"
See also: The Definitional Ambiguity of Cult and ICSA's Mission — an important article that acknowledges the 'fuzziness' of the term
See also: On Using the Term "Cult"
See also: Characteristics of cults
What is a sect?
The term sect is often used to indicate a group or movement that — while often still considered part of the faith it identifies with — has doctrines or practices not in line with the historical, commonly accepted teachings of that religion.
Unfortunately, the term 'sect' itself is also ambiguous — so much so that it is often used instead of the term 'cult.'
'Sect' has long been used in Europe and elsewhere to denote groups or movements elsewhere referred to as 'cults.' Since the term 'cult' has taken on a negative — some would say 'pejorative — connotation, US media have also started to substitute the term 'sect.'
Cults both theologically and sociologically
A fair number of groups and movements can be identified as cults in both the theological and the sociological sense of the term.
A prime example of a cult of Christianity (as defined theologically) that developed into a full-blown cult (as defined sociologically) is the Children of God, now called The Family International.
Another example of a cult of Christianity (as defined theologically) that developed into a cult (as defined sociologically) is the International Churches of Christ — a notorious example of an abusive church.
The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, whose members are referred to as Jehovah's Witnesses, theologically is a cult of Christianity, and sociologically has countless cult-like elements as well.
Many abusive churches fall in this category as well.
That said, spiritual abuse is not limited to groups that are, theologically, cults of Christianity. Quite a few churches that adhere to the central doctrines of the Christian faith nevertheless engage in abusive practices.
See also: Cult-like tendencies in churches
Variety of Cults
Groups said to be 'cults' are not necessarily religious.
Such is the case with, for instance, political cults (e.g. Lyndon LaRouche), psycho-spiritual or self-improvement workshops (LGAT, Large Group Awareness Training), and hate groups (e.g. Ku Klux Klan, White Supremacists).
Margaret Singer and Janja Lalich, in their book, 'Cults in Our Midst: The Continuing Fight Against Their Hidden Menace,' say
In the United States, there are at least ten major types of cults, each with its own beliefs, practices, and social mores. The list below is not exhaustive, but most cults can be classified under one of the following headings:
- Neo-Christian religious
- Hindy and Eastern religious
- Occult, witchcraft, and satanist
- Spiritualist
- Zen and other Sino-Japanese philosophical-mystical orientation
- Racial
- Flying saucer and other outer-space phenomena
- Psychology or psychotherapeutic
- Political
- Self-help, self-improvement, and life-style systems
An Example From Religion
Those who deal primarily with the sociological characteristics of groups and movements usually find little to nothing in Mormonism and the Mormon Church that would cause them to apply the term 'cult' — because their evaluation is based largely on how the group or movement acts, rather than on what it beliefs. 6
But Christian theologians consider the Mormon Church to be theologically a cult of Christianity.
Here is a concise definition of a cult of Christianity:
A cult of Christianity is a group of people, which claiming to be Christian, embraces a particular doctrinal system taught by an individual leader, group of leaders, or organization, which (system) denies (either explicitly or implicitly) one or more of the central doctrines of the Christian faith as taught in the sixty-six books of the Bible.
– Source: Alan Gomes, Cult: A Theological Definition, in "Unmasking The Cults" 7
Central (or key, essential) doctrines of the Christian faith are those doctrines that make the Christian faith Christian and not something else.
A comparison with historic, Bible-based Christianity, shows that the Mormon Church rejects, changes or adds to the central doctrines of the Christian faith to such an extend that Mormonism must be regarded as having separated itself from the faith it claims to represent, and instead having established a new religion that is not compatible with Christianity.
The 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' (LDS) — the official name of the Mormon Church — claims to be not only:
a) Christian in nature, but also
b) the only true expression of historical Christianity. 8
In reality, the teachings and practices of the LDS church — as well as the documented history of Christianity — shows that Mormonism has plagiarized and usurped Christian terminology and scriptures, creating a new religion that is different from Christianity in key doctrines and practices.
Attempts to present Mormonism as Christian (e.g. the 'restored' church) are as false and wrong as it would be to pass off a fake watch as a Rolex.
Just like you cannot turn a Volkswagen into a Rolls-Royce by placing the latter's iconic ornament on the Volkswagen's hood, you cannot turn Mormonism into Christianity merely by appropriating Jesus Christ and portions of the Bible.
Not a Sect or Denomination
That means the Mormon Church can also not be considered a Christian denomination — nor a sect of Christianity.
In Christian theology the term sect is often used to indicate a group or movement that has doctrines or practices not in line with those of historical Christianity, but usually not to such an extend that it must be considered a different religion altogether.
From a Christian perspective that religion fits meaning #2 in the dictionary definition quoted above, since it is a "religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious."
Important: be aware that the term 'sect' itself is also ambiguous, and — to make things even more confusing — is often used instead of the term 'cult.' 9
Cults in Other Religions
Cults — as defined theologically — can be offshoots of any religion. The definition holds, as long as a certain group claims to be part of, or representative of, a religion while at the same time violating that religion's essential doctrines.
Remember: Essential doctrines are those doctrines that define a given religion's basic essence. Much the same way, say, a tuna salad must include tuna, religions have basic, essential ingredients (doctrines), without which they would be something else.
Cult Experts
Cult experts come from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
While some cult specialists who approach cults from a sociological view generally do not address theological issues, those who deal with cults from a theological perspective often also address sociological issues.
In our view the latter is a better approach, since people's actions are informed by their beliefs.
Religion Scholars
Scholars of religion usually shun the use of the term cult. Most consider it to be a pejorative term — a 'label' that indicates a certain bias.
Most religion scholars prefer to present their own approach as unbiased.
Unfortunately, some religion scholars have presented cults or cult-like groups in such a positive light that they have been referred to — rightly or not — as cult apologists. 10
There has been an ongoing tension between those who actively counter cults 11 and those who claim to merely provide 'accurate and unbiased' information 12
That said, since the end of the last century the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) 13 has promoted the benefits of dialogue "between the so-called 'anticult movement' (ACM) and an interest group of academics, the so-called 'procultists'."
Additional Research Resources
- More information about cults can be obtained at our Cult FAQ web site.
- If you think you may need the help of a cult expert, check CultExperts.org — information that will help you find a reliable cult specialit
- Cult Information Search Engine: find information about cult experts, (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, — as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudo-scientific claims — across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support
Articles of interest
- Cult or Commune? How Utopian Communities Turn Dangerous, by Elizabeth Yoko, Rolling Stone, November 10, 2016: "What's the difference between a group of people that live and work together to achieve a certain standard of physical, mental and spiritual well-being, and a full-fledged cult?"
- The power of cults, by Devanie Angel, Chico News and Review, August 12, 2004: How Professor Janja Lalich went from cult member to author-expert
- When Spirituality Goes Awry: Students in Cults, Professional School Counseling, June 1, 2004: Adolescents are objects of recruitment for religious cults. Identifying new religious movements, cults, and dissenting religious groups, understanding their practices, and discovering reasons for their attractiveness to some students are helpful to the school counselor. Suggestions are offered as to how to identify which cults are destructive, and how professional school counselors can assist students involved with such group.
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- Other dictionaries have similar descriptions ↩
- Robert Jay Lifton, Cult Formation, The Harvard Mental Health Letter, Volume 7, Number 8 February 1981, reprinted in AFF News Vol. 2 No. 5, 1996 ↩
- The term "totalist" is used in the sense of Robert J. Lifton in Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism (W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., New York, 1963). ↩
- See also: Dr. Robert Lifton addresses destructive cults ↩
- B. Zablocki, Cults: Theory and Treatment Issues (paper presented to a conference, May 31, 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as cited in Russell H. Bradshaw: What is a cult? Defenitional Preface, ICSA ↩
- That is not to say the Mormon Church does not have certain cult-like sociological aspects. Many would say it does, but not to the extent that it is a full-blown cult sociologically. ↩
- Take a closer look at this definition ↩
- Mormons claim that the early Christian Church fell into apostasy, and that the LDS Church is God's way of restoring the Church. ↩
- 'Sect' has long been used in Europe and elsewhere to denote groups or movements often referred to as 'cults.' Since the term 'cult' has taken on a negative connotation, US media have also started to substitute the term 'sect.' ↩
- Alternatively, cult defenders or cult sympathizers. Apologetics is the study and practice of the intellectual defense of a belief system. An apologist is someone "who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution." ↩
- whether or not associated with the so-called anti-cult or counter-cult movements ↩
- usually with the stated motive of 'defending religious freedom.' ↩
- ICSA is the primary network of lay and professional cult experts. It is the world's largest and foremost cult education organization. ↩


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1000 Places To See Before You Die : England
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Czech republic NEW YEAR 2012 Jun 29, 2012
It is the only one trip which I was in winter time, but I love it! Cold wasn't so freezing like in Lithuania. In Prague fireworks were the best which I have ever seen! It was a pity that I had only five days there, but I promise I will be back :) Of course, I was visiting not only Prague, but other beautiful cities in Czech Republic too ( Karlovy Vary, Karlstein and some small towns). Also I liked prises! So the next time I will stay longer there and enjoy more Pragues' amazing atmosphere and attractions!
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My tours in England Jun 28, 2012
Last year when I lived in Birmingham I tried to see as much as it possible in the UK. The best things I saw when my mom and brother visited me before Easter. We had a trip in London, Warwick, Coventry and other small towns around Birmingham. I liked London very much. Its old town, Parliament House, Big Ben, Tower Bridge and other buildings is absolutely spectacular. Also in Warwick town I liked the castle from outside and inside.
I was suprised that my journey wasn't so expensive as I expected and it was really great!
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1000 Places To See Before You Die: England Jan 26, 2010
When I first caught the travel bug, I bought the book "1000 Places To See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List" by Patricia Schultz. I have made it my life's goal to see all of these places that she writes about. I wanted to share with you the places in this book that I have visited. I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves to travel. I decided to break up this list of sites according to their country. Please share your thoughts or destinations!
Places I've Visited
- Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
- Canterbury Cathedral (Canterbury)
- London
- Oxford University
- Bath
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Stonehenge
Places I Have Not Been
- Cliveden (Taplow)
- Windsor Castle (Windsor)
- Chester
- Penzance and Land's End
- St. Ives
- Hotel Tresanton and The Seafood Restaurant (St. Mawes and Padstow)
- Chatsworth House (Bakewell)
- Burgh Island Hotel (Bigbury-on-Sea)
- Gidleigh Park (Chagford)
- Arundell Arms (Lifton)
- The Rising Sun (Lynmouth)
- Glyndebourne Festival (Lewes)
- The Cotswolds (Gloucestershire and Worcestershire)
- Chewton Glen (New Milton)
- Winchester Cathedral (Winchester)
- Osborne House (Isle of Wight)
- Leeds Castle (Maidstone)
- Sissinghurst Castle Garden (Sissinghurst)
- The Lake District (Lancashire and Cumbria)
- Chelsea Flower Show (London)
- The Connaught Hotel (London)
- Tea At The Ritz (London)
- Hadrian's Wall (Hexham)
- The Newark Antiques and Collectors Show (Newark)
- Le Manoir Aux Quat'Saisons (Great Milton)
- Cambridge University
- Blenheim Palace (Woodstock)
- Ludlow
- Ston Easton Park
- Cathedral Church of St. Andrew (Wells)
- Cunard's QM2 and QE2 (Southampton)
- Warwick Castle (Warwick)
- Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury)
- Stourhead (Stourton)
- Castle Howard (York)
- York Minster (York)
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POWER, Thomas Charles
In 1867, Power traveled up the Missouri River to Fort Benton, Montana Territory and opened a general mercantile firm in partnership with his brother, John W. POWER. T.C. Power and Brother and I. G. Baker and Company dominated trade and freighting on the northern plains by the mid 1870s. In connection with this trade, T.C. Power and several associates were charged by the United States government with fraud. His associates were sent to prison but Power was exonerated. Power was president of T.C. Powers & Co. and T.C. Powers Mercantile Company of Fort Benton, Montana. After settling in Helena, Montana in 1876, Power started T. C. Power and Browhich, a prominent mercantile company which served the northwestern United States and western Canada. He also served as president of the American National Bank of Helena.
Klasen, Henry C. "Shaping the Growth of the Montana Economy: T. C. Power & Bro. and the Canadian Trade, 1869-93," Great Plains Quarterly, 1991 p. 6 Online: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1609&context=greatplainsquarterly
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Kenai Police arrested a 49-year-old woman for growing six plants of marijuana on Jan. 1 by "following their noses."
Kenai Police Sgt. Scott McBride said the patrolling officers detected the strong odor of unburned marijuana emanating from Karen Barngrover's home near mile 14 off the Kenai Spur Highway just after 4:30 a.m.
They approached the home and found Barngrover, who was startled to see the police, outside, according to McBride. Barngrover was cooperative and led the police to the marijuana plants.
After processing the plants, police estimated they had seized approximately one pound of marijuana. They arrested Barngrover on two charges of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, according to the police report.
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What are you doing today.....Saturday and Sunday?
come tell us...
My youngest daughter is on her way home. I miss her, last time I saw her was about a month ago when we went to the city to see her.
I guess I need to get off of here and wrap up or hide the Christmas gifts!
Enjoy her visit! :)
Quoting rosebud727:
My youngest daughter is on her way home. I miss her, last time I saw her was about a month ago when we went to the city to see her.
I guess I need to get off of here and wrap up or hide the Christmas gifts!
Had some rrands to run this morning. Now I'm home and trying to get Larrys butt in gear so we can get the Christmas lights up on the house while the weather is nice. If he dosen't do it toady HE will be doing tomorrow and he'll just have to miss out on someof his football games.
This evening we're taking granddaughter downtown to be with her classmates at the lighting of our Fetival of Christmas trees. And then they go see fireworks and visit with Santa.
Tomorrow we'll be doing things around the house taking it easy. I have a big pork roast thawing out to cook for dinner. Then with left overs I'll be making some shredded pork BBQ one day this week for dinner.
I trimmed trees and bagged 30 bags of leaves. My back hurts - but glad it is done - for now. I had not cleaned up the yard this fall so I am not surprised it has taken 2 days to get this done. Tomorrow will be a day of cooking for Thanksgiving and vacuuming. For now, I am whipped and going to bed!
Today we went and dug free potatoe's carrots beets and golden beets at a local farm. Took some of our treasures and fish to my bff. Then we went out to dinner and came home and vegin. Tomorrow hubby has to work so my dd and I will be cleaning and getting ready for the crazy madness of this next week. If I feel brave I will do the holiday food shopping tomorrow since hubby and I decided to just go fishing yesterday lol
Woo Hoo!! Ok Ronna I want to know how the date with Jeff goes. Hope you have fun. I went to see a band tonight after the meal. Wow!! I had so much fun. I'm friends with the bass guitar player. They were rock. They are SO good!! I will go see them again. Take care....
Quoting suzeebloch:
Saturday. The day of the week I live for! lol.
I was planning to quit my weekend job - but my favorite doctor is in the queue today so I decided to go ahead and do some typing. I'll probably only type until 3 or so, then do my grocery shopping. Jeff and I plan to meet up around 6 or so this evening.
I want to re-arrange my living room this weekend. If I take the day off Sunday from my typing, I can do that.
That's really about all.
Hope it's an easy day!!!
Quoting LadySaphira:
I will be working
Hope it was a good day!! :)
Quoting atlmom2:
Packing to leave for Indiana tomorrow. Shopping today.
Sounds great! :)
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Judge's ruling on Arizona law a win for Obama
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, July 29, 2010
A federal judge's decision barring police in Arizona from demanding immigration documents from people they suspect of being in the country illegally was a dramatic victory for the Obama administration and civil rights groups that may be hard to overturn, at least in the short run.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton in Phoenix issued an injunction blocking Arizona from implementing the heart of its new immigration law Wednesday, less than 24 hours before it was to have taken effect, and endorsed the administration's argument that the state would be interfering with the federal government's enforcement of immigration laws.
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The law's key provision would require local police to ask for proof of legal residency from people they stop for other reasons and reasonably suspect of being here illegally. Those detained would have stayed in custody until their legal status was verified.
"The federal government has long rejected a system by which aliens' papers are routinely demanded and checked," the judge said, quoting Justice Department attorneys.
Allowing a state to impose such a system, she said, would create "an unacceptable burden" for legal residents who might not have documentation.
There are a number of reasons legal immigrants might not have such paperwork on them, and thus risk being jailed until verification of their status, Bolton said. They could be applying for political asylum, seeking refuge as victims of domestic violence, or simply not carrying their papers when an officer stops them for a minor offense such as jaywalking.
Major provisions blocked
Her injunction also blocks enforcement of state criminal penalties for noncitizens who are not carrying immigration documents, and of criminal punishment for illegal immigrants who seek work. Bolton noted that federal law and an earlier state law punish only employers who knowingly hire undocumented immigrants. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the validity of Arizona's penalties for employers.
Bolton allowed some relatively minor provisions to take effect today, including increased penalties for smuggling, transporting or harboring illegal immigrants.
Gov. Jan Brewer said she would challenge the ruling quickly in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. She said the law, SB1070, was needed "to address a crisis we did not create and the federal government has actively refused to fix."
Bolton cited the state's concerns in her ruling.
Arizona passed the law "against a backdrop of rampant illegal immigration, escalating drug and human trafficking crimes, and serious public safety concerns," the judge said. The state has a legitimate interest in controlling unlawful entry and related problems, she said, but it can't undermine federal policy.
The ruling "cries out for appeal," said attorney Richard Samp of the Washington Legal Foundation, which represented several Arizona legislators.
Stay unlikely
But other legal analysts said they doubted the appeals court would stay Bolton's ruling and allow the law to take effect immediately. That would require the appellate judges to find that Bolton had made a clear legal error, an unlikely conclusion at this stage of the case, said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor.
Although the appeals court or the Supreme Court could ultimately overrule Bolton, courts often defer to a judge who has issued an injunction after hearing from both sides, said UC Davis law Professor Vikram Amar. If the injunction stands, the case will return to Bolton for a final ruling, followed by a year or more of appellate review.
Bill Hing, a law professor at the University of San Francisco, said the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division - headed by Tony West, a former Oakland attorney - had presented an "ingenious" argument that stressed the government's expertise in setting immigration enforcement priorities and relied on a 1941 Supreme Court ruling.
That ruling, which Bolton cited several times in her decision, struck down a Pennsylvania law requiring all noncitizens to register with the state each year and carry an identification card that police could demand to see. The court said the law conflicted with a milder federal registration statute and with the government's overall authority over immigration.
Feds conciliatory
The Obama administration, which departed from its cautious approach to immigration by suing Arizona, tried to strike a conciliatory tone Wednesday.
"While we understand the frustration of Arizonans with the broken immigration system, a patchwork of state and local policies would seriously disrupt federal immigration enforcement," said Justice Department spokeswoman Hannah August.
The city of San Francisco also took part in the legal challenge, joining other local governments in arguing that the Arizona law, if followed elsewhere, would hurt crime-fighting efforts by discouraging immigrants from cooperating with authorities.
Police Chief George Gascón, who formerly held the same job in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa, warned in April that the law would "set back community policing efforts for decades."
Civil rights groups had filed a separate suit arguing that the Arizona law would lead to racial profiling, an issue that Bolton did not discuss Wednesday.
This story has been corrected since it appeared in print editions.
The ruling can be viewed at links.sfgate.com/ZKBJ.


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Spring 2016 Podcasting Techniques initiative
Texas Folklife has recently concluded our Spring 2016 Podcasting Techniques initiative. Podcasting Techniques is a series of workshops with teachers and students to facilitate community podcasts. In total, nearly 200 students worked to develop their own recordings through the program, completing 19 school podcasts throughout Austin ISD and Round Rock ISD. The initiative was developed as part of our award-winning radio documentary program, Stories from Deep in the Heart.
New Beginnings at TXF (after several stops!)
It's been a looong journey at TXF to get us settled in our new home, but today we turn a corner - we open up!
Goodbye to Two Texas Fiddle Legends
Two legendary Texas fiddlers passed on this week.
Happy Birthday, Bob Wills
It has been 110 years since the unsurpassed Bob Wills was born on March 6, 1905 in Kosse, Texas. Given the recent ways Texas Folklife has been showcasing its three decades of work documenting and celebrating Texas fiddling on its archival cd release and at the Festival of Texas Fiddling, it seemed appropriate to send along happy birthday wishes! It is hard to imagine someone who has had a more significant impact on both Texas music and on all American music than Bob Wills.
The Sounds of Texas: UT Humanities Institute Research Grant
I am proud to announce that I have been selected as a recipient for a 2015 Community Research Grant from The Humanities Institute at the University of Texas
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At Club Beauty, wander up and down the cheetah-print stairs of the two-story salon and spa for a day of pampering. Head to the pedicure station, where guests relax on the cushioned-topped bench built into the gray tiled platform and soak their feet in the footbath below. Nearby, a purple velvet dining chair relaxes clients during standard and shellac manicures, and a white brick fireplace is the perfect spot for quickly melting off old polish. The vibrant red, modern chairs in the salon area host clients getting haircuts, extensions, and blowouts.


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Green Peppers with Asparagus
Aromatic and invitingly green.
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350 grams (0.77 lb) asparagus
150 grams (0.33 lb) green peppers
1 gram (1/6 tsp) salt
1 gram (1/4 tsp) MSG
10 grams (2 tsp) cooking wine
200 grams (15 tbsp) salad oil (only 1/4 to be consumed)
50 grams (3 tbsp) water
15 grams (3 tsp) mixture of cornstarch and water
1. Cut off the top ends of the asparagus and cut into sections 3 cm (1.2 inches) long. Cut the green peppers into shreds.
2. Heat the salad oil until 135-170oC (275-340oF). Put in the asparagus and green peppers and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes. Take out and drain off the oil.
3. Keep 20 g (1 1/2 tbsp) of oil in the wok, add the salt, cooking wine, MSG and, water.Bring to a boiling point. Put in the asparagus and green peppers and stir. Add the mixture of cornstarch and water. Put on a plate and serve.
Features: Aromatic and invitingly green.
Taste: Crispy and succulent.
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Each vm has two disks, a C: drive disk and a D: drive disk image. However, Windows somehow borked the two and now either one won't boot. What appears to have happened is that the D: drive and C: drive have swapped places, so Windows seems to think it needs to boot from D: instead on both devices.
I'm thinking of using virt-win-reg to try and modify the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices and swap the drive letter mappings back and then boot the vm's up again to see if it fixes it. I have already created a copy of the disk image file in case I screw this up. What I need is help on the syntax for the actual command.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post8833695851467183633..comments2017-07-19T19:28:57.242-03:00Comments on Kirsten's Kitchen: of vegan creations: Kirstens Kitchenhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-16585774898620701752012-10-02T00:56:25.821-03:002012-10-02T00:56:25.821-03:00sending you oodles of strength & support beaut...sending you oodles of strength & support beautiful mama. xo jesshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-6576246259486503342012-10-01T00:18:15.174-03:002012-10-01T00:18:15.174-03:00I've had trouble commenting. So, I hope this o...I've had trouble commenting. So, I hope this one gets through.

I loved this post. It was so inspiring. What tremendous resillience you have.

Hugs and kisses from Brisbane, Oz.

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firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-13549672828418337902012-09-26T21:42:29.143-03:002012-09-26T21:42:29.143-03:00sending you so much lovesending you so much lovekellihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-3265789075857099322012-09-26T19:53:57.716-03:002012-09-26T19:53:57.716-03:00Kirsten I'm so sorry that you're going through thi...Kirsten I'm so sorry that you're going through this, I can't imagine the pain and darkness you are feeling right now but know that you have family and friends who are there for you in your time of sadness. I know we've never met in real life but I hope I can be a virtual shoulder for you to lean on. Maggie Mugginshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-60008272692829505622012-09-26T17:32:24.598-03:002012-09-26T17:32:24.598-03:00Oh no! I was hoping the "Broken" post w...Oh no! I was hoping the "Broken" post was a random fluke.
Well mama...although we don't "know" each other...I wish you peace and clarity through these trying times. Sending you vegan hugs and kisses and I hope knowing that your recipes help so many others out there is a bright light for you.
xooxCrooked Moon Mamahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-82075471212800174742012-09-26T12:43:25.260-03:002012-09-26T12:43:25.260-03:00There is in every true woman's heart a spark o...There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire,which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

-Washington Irving Maria Rosehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-23372130983893003792012-09-26T11:19:19.155-03:002012-09-26T11:19:19.155-03:00I know that it is terribly cliche to say, but '...I know that it is terribly cliche to say, but 'It's always darkest before the dawn.' It is amazing and wonderful that you are willing and able to acknowledge the sadness, embrace it, and move through it. This is not an easy decision. I applaud you for looking for the light in the dark. I have no doubt you are going to so much stronger from this. Thank you for sharing!Samantha~https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-86032706629423167132012-09-26T11:14:07.241-03:002012-09-26T11:14:07.241-03:00Kirsten I read your blog often, but I don't co...Kirsten I read your blog often, but I don't comment enough. I am so sorry you are going through this tough time. If it feels good to blog it then do so. You will find support, love, and friendship in your readers.
Children are such bright spots and it is wonderful that you have them. As for the relationship you will make the best of it (or let it go) and then the healing can start.
Rachel @ My Naturally Frugal Familyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-68178582831998888492012-09-26T09:18:51.461-03:002012-09-26T09:18:51.461-03:00Ditto what Sarah said. We've all been there, s...Ditto what Sarah said. We've all been there, so please lean on us for comfort. I know you don't know me in real life, but I'm a fellow woman and I've been through every kind of relationship hell. I can definitely relate. It's always hard, but it always gets better. And eventually it becomes a footnote in your beautiful story. Stay strong, keep breathing, and bake lots of cookies. *hug*Jennifer Manriquez (Bankrupt Vegan)https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160219837553807351.post-41118281056061343172012-09-26T08:43:05.091-03:002012-09-26T08:43:05.091-03:00Blogging is especially hard when you're not fe...Blogging is especially hard when you're not feeling it. Thanks for sharing your honesty. Hoping that you find happiness in the little things and find the strength to persevere what you're going through. All the best! XXXSarah Felderhttp://email@example.com


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Pupusas are stuffed cakes made with the same masa used for tortillas. They are a traditional dish in El Salvador. They're served here with curtido, a pickled cabbage relish.
1 small cabbage, chopped
Boiling water
2 carrots, finely shredded
1 red bell pepper or 4 ajís dulces (sweet red peppers), sliced thin
1 small red onion, sliced thin
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tbsp. salt
1 tsp. dried oregano
Grated beets (optional)
Grated horseradish (optional)
2 cups Maseca Instant Corn Masa Mix flour
Kosher salt
1 cup chicharrón or cooked bacon
1 cup crumbled queso fresco
1 cup refried beans
Cooking oil or cooking spray
1. Make the curtido: Place chopped cabbage in a large heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and return to bowl. Add 1/4 cup cold water, carrots, bell pepper, red onion, vinegar, salt, and oregano Add beets and horseradish if desired. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
2. Make the pupusas: Prepare tortilla dough according to package directions using 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and 1 1/4 cups water. After it's prepared, mix thoroughly to form very soft dough, adding water in small doses if too dry. Form dough into 25 small balls and flatten each with palms until about 1/2 inch thick.
3. In a medium bowl, combine chicharrón, queso fresco, and refried beans and place 1 small spoonful in center of each round. Fold edges of masa up over filling and press edges together to seal. Lightly pat balls until flattened to about 1/2 inch thick.
4. Heat griddle or heavy skillet until very hot. Lightly brush skillet with cooking oil (or coat with cooking spray). Cook pupusas until lightly browned, about 5 minutes on each side. Serve pupusas with curtido.


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"Men still dominate the industry," the IGDA says.
Game industry respondents worked for an average of four different employers in the past five years, and nearly half of all developers earn less than $50,000 annually; 19 percent earn more than $100,000 annually. The average respondent has been in the industry for nine years and has worked on 16 projects. When these developers leave the industry, 39 percent of the time it's to find a better quality of life. Fifteen percent of respondents say they leave because they're burned out.
"Similar to the findings in the 2009 survey, respondents say they feel they need to work more hours than are specifically required or expected," the report says. Fifty-three percent of respondents say "crunch" is not a necessary aspect of game development, and 37 percent report they receive no extra compensation for working a crunch schedule.
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House Republican leaders Boehner, Cantor, and McCarthy won a Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) committee vote moments ago that will authorize the U.S. House of Representatives to defend DOMA, the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, in federal court, after the president last month announced he would no longer defend the unconstitutional law.
Two Democrats, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Steny Hoyer, voted against defending the law.
Speaker Boehner issued a statement saying, "Today, after consultation with the Bipartisan Leadership Advisory Group, the House General Counsel has been directed to initiate a legal defense of this law," falsely adding, "This action by the House will ensure that this law's constitutionality is decided by the courts, rather than by the President unilaterally."
Contrary to what some, like NOM's Maggie Gallagher have recently claimed, the House will be spending additional U.S. tax dollars on these court cases. Currently, there are nine federal challenges to DOMA.
This is an especially volatile decision, and expect many organizations to be flooding email inboxes with requests for donations.
Six leading House Democrats just issued a joint statement condemning the vote, calling it "partisanship at its worst," and adding, "[w]e are extremely disappointed that the House Republican Leadership has decided to actively promote and defend discrimination; and they cannot cloak their intentions with the false assertion that the President or DOJ have failed to execute the law faithfully."
Others, such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) issued this statement:
"With at least nine cases challenging the constitutionality of DOMA, spanning three appellate courts and four district courts in six states, today's vote sets up an expansive and expensive undertaking.
"Apparently, the Republicans' jobs plan is a full employment project for right-wing lawyers bent on defending discrimination," said HRC President Joe Solmonese. "With today's vote, Speaker Boehner has made clear that an anti-equality agenda trumps helping American families in tough economic times, including loving and committed couples who are legally married in their states."
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I have decided to restart this feature in order to showcase some of the lovely books that I have either bought or kindly been sent. These will all be reviewed on the blog soon so do let me know if you have any thoughts on them or any other recommendations!
My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry (Penguin, 520 pages, 25th August 2016) It's the perfect love story. Lily meets Ed at a party, and on their second date, he proposes. She's a lawyer, he's an up-and-coming artist. They own a beautiful flat in London and
mix with all the right people. But Lily has a secret. Something from her past, that is soon to collide with her present. And she thinks her new husband is hiding something too. The vows that they made will soon be tested to the very limits.
The Samaritan by Mason Cross (Orion Books, 409 pages, out now) For years, a sadistic serial killer has been preying in lone female drivers who have broken down. The press dub the killer 'the Samaritan', but with no leads, the police investigation quickly grinds to a halt. That's when Carter Blake volunteers his services. He's a skilled manhunter who shares some uncomfortable similarities to the man the police are tracking. As the slaughter intensifies, Blake must find a way to stop it...even if it means bringing his own past crashing down on top of him,
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Picador, 720, out now) When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel painting pursuing fame in the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity.
Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addictio
n, success and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize is Jude himself; by midlife a terrifyingly talented lawyer yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by a degree of trauma that he fears he will not only be unable to overcome- but that will define his life forever.
A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale (Tinder Press, 359 pages, out now) Harry Cane has followed tradition at every step, until an illicit affair forces him to abandon the golden suburbs of Edwardian England and travel to the town of Winter in the newly colonised Canadian prairies. There, isolated in a beautiful but harsh landscape, Harry embarks on an extraordinary journey, not only of physical hardship, but also of acute self-discovery.