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WHEREAS, plaintiff, the United States of America, filed its complaint in this action on April 21, 1999, and plaintiff and Defendants Capstar and Triathlon by their respective attorneys, having consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law herein, and without this Final Judgment constituting any evidence against or an admission by any party with respect to any issue of law or fact herein;
AND WHEREAS, these Defendants have agreed to be bound by the provisions of this Final Judgment pending its approval by the Court;
AND WHEREAS, the essence of this Final Judgment is the prompt and certain divestiture of certain assets to assure that competition is not substantially lessened;
AND WHEREAS, plaintiff requires Defendants to make certain divestitures for the purpose of remedying the loss of competition alleged in the complaint;
AND WHEREAS, Defendants have represented to the plaintiff that the divestitures ordered herein can and will be made and that Defendants will not later raise claims of hardship, contractual bar, or difficulty as grounds for asking the Court to delay or modify the divestiture described below;
NOW, THEREFORE, before the taking of any testimony, and without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law herein, and upon consent of the parties hereto, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED as follows:
This Court has jurisdiction over each of the Defendants and over the subject matter of this action, and Defendants have agreed to waive any objection to personal jurisdiction or venue. The Complaint states a claim upon which relief may be granted against the Defendants, as hereinafter defined, under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 18.
As used in this Final Judgment:
A. "Capstar" means defendant Capstar Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Austin, Texas, and its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and directors, officers, managers, agents, and employees, including but not limited to Hicks, Muse, Tate, & Furst Incorporated ("Hicks-Muse"), a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
B. "Triathlon" means defendant Triathlon Broadcasting Company, a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in San Diego, California, and its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, divisions, groups, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures, and directors, officers, managers, agents, and employees.
C. "Defendants" means Capstar and Triathlon.
D. "Antitrust Division" means the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice.
E. "Radio Assets" means all of the assets, tangible or intangible, used in the operation of the radio stations KEYN-FM, KWSJ-FM, KNSS-AM, KFH-AM, and KQAM-AM, that sell advertising time in Wichita, Kansas, including all real property (owned or leased) used in the operation of these stations, all broadcast equipment, office equipment, office furniture, fixtures, materials, supplies, and other tangible property used in the operation of these stations; all licenses, permits, authorizations, and applications therefor issued by the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") and other government agencies related to these stations; all contracts, agreements, leases and commitments of Defendants relating to their operation; all trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, slogans, programming materials, and promotional materials relating to these stations; and all logs and other records maintained by the operator or owner in connection with its business, except that in the case of KNSS-AM, the divestiture may include only those assets necessary to continue the transmitting, programming, and selling of that station in its present form.
F. "Acquirer" means the entity to whom defendant Capstar divests the Radio Assets.
G. "Wichita" means the Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Survey Area, which includes Sedgwick, Harvey and Butler Counties, Kansas.
A. The provisions of this Final Judgment apply to the Defendants, their successors and assigns, their subsidiaries, directors, officers, managers, agents, and employees, and all other persons in active concert or participation with any of them who shall have received actual notice of this Final Judgment by personal service or otherwise, specifically including any trustee or trustees appointed by defendant pursuant to an FCC Trust Agreement (as defined in Section V(A)) applicable to the Radio Assets.
B. Defendant Capstar shall require, as a condition of the sale or other disposition of any of the Radio Assets, that the Acquirer or Acquirers agree to be bound by the provisions of this Final Judgment.
A. Capstar is hereby ordered and directed in accordance with the terms of this Final Judgment to divest the Radio Assets to (i) an Acquirer acceptable to the Antitrust Division at its sole discretion or (ii) the Trustee identified pursuant to § V at the same time it acquires Triathlon. Unless plaintiff otherwise consents in writing, the divestiture pursuant to this Section IV of this Final Judgment, or by the Trustee appointed pursuant to Section V, shall include all the Radio Assets and shall be accomplished in such a way as to satisfy plaintiff, in its sole discretion, that the Radio Assets can and will be used by an Acquirer as a viable and ongoing radio business. The divestiture, whether pursuant to section IV or section V of this Final Judgment, shall be made (1) to an Acquirer that, in the sole judgment of plaintiff, has the capability and the intent of competing effectively, and has the managerial, operational, and financial capability to compete effectively as a radio operator in the Wichita area; and (2) pursuant to agreements the terms of which shall not, in the sole judgment of plaintiff, interfere with the ability of the Acquirer to compete effectively.
B. Defendant Capstar agrees to use its best efforts to divest the Radio Assets, and to obtain all regulatory approvals necessary for such divestiture, as expeditiously as possible.
C. In accomplishing the divestiture ordered by the Final Judgment, defendant Capstar promptly shall make known, by usual and customary means, the availability of the Radio Assets. Defendant Capstar shall inform any person making an inquiry regarding a possible purchase that the sale is being made pursuant to this Final Judgment and provide each person with a copy of this Final Judgment. Defendant Capstar shall make known to any person making an inquiry regarding a possible purchase of the Radio Assets described in Section II that the Radio Assets are being offered for sale. Capstar shall also offer to furnish all prospective purchasers, subject to customary confidentiality assurances, all information regarding the Radio Assets customarily provided in a due diligence process, except such information that is subject to attorney-client privilege or attorney-work product privilege. Defendant Capstar shall make available such information to plaintiff at the same time that such information is made available to any other person.
D. In accomplishing the divestiture ordered by this Section IV, defendant Capstar shall permit prospective purchasers of the Radio Assets to have access to personnel and to make such inspection of assets, and any and all financial, operational, and or other documents and information, as is customary in a due diligence process.
E. Defendant Capstar shall not interfere with any efforts by any Acquirer to employ the general manager or any other employee of the Radio Assets.
A. In the event that Capstar has not divested the Radio Assets in the time period specified in § IV above, Henry M. Rivera shall, subject to the prior approval of the FCC, become Trustee (the "Trustee") to effect the operation and sale of the Radio Assets pursuant to an FCC Trust Agreement submitted by Capstar to the FCC, as amended, and attached to this proposed Final Judgment as Exhibit A (the "FCC Trust Agreement"). In the event of Mr. Rivera's resignation, incapacity to act, death, or insolvency, the Court shall appoint, on application of plaintiff and subject to such prior approvals as may be required, a Trustee selected by plaintiff, to effect the divestiture of the assets.
B. After the Trustee's appointment has become effective, only the Trustee shall have the right to sell the Radio Assets. The Trustee shall have the power and authority to accomplish the sale pursuant to the conditions of the FCC Trust Agreement.
C. The Trustee shall serve at the cost and expense of defendant Capstar, on such terms and conditions contained in the FCC Trust Agreement or as the Court may prescribe, and shall account for all monies derived from the sale of the assets sold by the Trustee and all costs and expenses so incurred pursuant to the attached FCC Trust Agreement.
D. Defendants shall take no action to interfere with or impede the Trustee's accomplishment of the divestiture of the Radio Assetsand shall use their best efforts to assist the Trustee in accomplishing the required divestiture, including its best efforts to effectuate all necessary regulatory approvals. Subject to a customary confidentiality agreement, the Trustee shall have full and complete access to the personnel, books, records and facilities related to the Radio Assets, and, at the Trustee's request, Defendants shall develop such financial or other information as may be necessary for the divestiture of the Radio Assets. The Trustee shall permit prospective purchasersof the Radio Assets to have access to personnel and to make such inspection of physical facilities and any and all financial, operational, or other documents and information as may be relevant to the divestiture required by this Final Judgment.
E. Afterhis appointment becomes effective, the Trustee shall file reports pursuant to this Final Judgment and the FCC Trust Agreement with defendant Capstar, the plaintiff, and the Court, setting forththe Trustee's efforts to accomplish divestiture of the Radio Assets as contemplated under this Final Judgment; provided, however, that to the extent that such reports contain information that the Trustee deems confidential, such reports shall not be filed in the public docket of the Court. Such reports shall include the name, address and telephone number of each person who, during the preceding month, made an offer to acquire, expressed an interest in acquiring, entered into negotiations to acquire, or was contacted or made an inquiry about acquiring, any interest in the Radio Assets, and shall describe in detail each contact with any such person during that period. The Trustee shall maintain full records of all efforts made to divest the Radio Assets.
F. Within four (4) months after the date of entry of this proposed Final Judgment, if the Trustee has not accomplished the divestiture required by Section V of this Final Judgment, the Trustee shall promptly file with the Court a report setting forth: (1) the Trustee's efforts to accomplish the required divestiture, (2) the reasons, in the Trustee's judgment, why the required divestiture has not been accomplished, and (3) the Trustee's recommendations; provided, however, that to the extent such reports contain information that the Trustee deems confidential, such reports shall not be filed in the public docket of the Court. The Trustee at the same time shall furnish such reports to the plaintiff and to defendant Capstar, which shall have the right to be heard and to make additional recommendations. The Court shall thereafterenter such ordersas it deems appropriate to accomplish the purpose of this Final Judgment, which shall, if necessary, include extending the term of the Trustee's appointment after all applicable government approvals are obtained.
G. Upon divestiture of the radio assets, the FCC Trust will be deemed terminated and the Trustee discharged.
Capstar shall provide advance notification to the Antitrust Division when it directly or indirectly acquires any assets of or any interest (including any financial, security, loan, equity or management interest) in any broadcast radio station that sells advertising time in Wichita, Kansas, or enters into any joint sales agreement or any cooperative selling arrangement with any other operator of radio stations serving listeners in Wichita, Kansas. This obligation to provide notice is met under this section when a transaction is subject to the reporting and waiting period requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 18a (the "HSR Act").
Notification under this section shall be provided to the Antitrust Division in the same format as, and per the instructions relating to the Notification and Report Form set forth in the Appendix to Part 803 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations as amended, except that the information requested in Items 5-9 of the instructions must be provided only about the sales of radio advertising time in Wichita. Notification shall be provided at least thirty (30) days prior to the acquisition of any such interest, and shall include, beyond what may be required by the applicable instructions, the names of the principal representatives of the parties to the agreement who negotiated the agreement, and any management or strategic plans discussing the proposed transaction. If within the 30-day period after notification, representatives of the Antitrust Division make a written request for additional information, Defendant Capstar shall not consummate the proposed transaction or agreement until twenty (20) days after submitting all such additional information. Early termination of the waiting periods in this paragraph may be requested and, where appropriate, granted in the same manner as is applicable under the requirements and provisions of the HSR Act and rules promulgated thereunder. This Section shall be broadly construed, and any ambiguity or uncertainty regarding the filing of notice under this Section shall be resolved in favor of filing notice.
Until the divestiture of the Radio Assets required by Sections IV or V of the Final Judgment has been accomplished:
A. Defendants shall take all steps necessary to operate the Radio Assets as separate, independent, ongoing, economically viable and active competitors to the other stations in Wichita, Kansas, and shall take all steps necessary to ensure that, except as necessary to comply with Section IV and paragraphs B and C of this Section of the Final Judgment, the management of said stations, including the performance of decision-making functions regarding marketing and pricing, will be kept separate and apart from, and not influenced by, defendant Capstar in the case of Triathlon stations and defendant Triathlon in the case of Capstar stations.
B. Defendants shall use all reasonable efforts to maintain and increase sales of advertising time by the Radio Assets, and shall maintain at 1997, 1998, or previously approved levels for 1999, whichever are higher, promotional advertising, sales, marketing and merchandising support for such radio stations.
C. Defendants shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the assets used in the operation of the Radio Assets are fully maintained. The sales and marketing employees of the Radio Assets shall not be transferred or reassigned to any other station, except for transfer bids initiated by employees pursuant to each defendant's regular, established job posting policies, provided that Defendants give plaintiff and Acquirer ten (10) days' notice of such transfer.
D. Defendant Capstar shall not, except as part of a divestiture approved by plaintiff, sell any Radio Assets.
E. Defendants shall take no action that would jeopardize the sale of the Radio Assets.
F. Defendant Capstar shall appoint a person or persons to oversee the assets to be held separate who will be responsible for Defendant's compliance with Section VI of this Final Judgment.
Defendant Capstar is ordered and directed not to finance all or any part of any purchase by an Acquirer made pursuant to Sections IV or V of this Final Judgment.
For purposes of determining or securing compliance with the Final Judgment or determining whether the Final Judgment should be modified or terminated and subject to any legally recognized privilege, from time to time:
A. Duly authorized representatives of the plaintiff, upon the written request of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, and on reasonable notice to the Defendants made to their principal offices, shall be permitted:
B. Upon the written request of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, made to the Defendants' principal offices, the Defendants shall submit written reports, under oath if requested, with respect to any matter contained in the Final Judgment.
C. No information or documents obtained by the means provided in Section IX or X of this Final Judgment shall be divulged by a representative of the plaintiff to any person other than a duly authorized representative of the Executive Branch of the United States, except in the course of legal proceedings to which the plaintiff is a party (including grand jury proceedings), or for the purpose of securing compliance with this Final Judgment, or as otherwise required by law.
D. If at the time information or documents are furnished by the Defendants to the plaintiff, the Defendants represent and identify in writing the material in any such information or documents to which a claim of protection may be asserted under Rule 26(c)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Defendants mark each pertinent page of such material, "Subject to claim of protection under Rule 26(c)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," then ten (10) calendar days' notice shall be given by the plaintiff to the Defendants prior to divulging such material in any legal proceeding (other than a grand jury proceeding) to which the Defendants are not a party.
A. Within twenty (20) calendar days of the filing of this Final Judgment and every thirty (30) calendar days thereafter until the divestiture has been completed, whether pursuant to Section IV or Section V of this Final Judgment, defendant Capstar shall deliver to plaintiff an affidavit as to the fact and manner of defendant's compliance with Section IV or V of this Final Judgment. Each such affidavit shall include, inter alia, the name, address and telephone number of each person who, at any time after the period covered by the last such report, was contacted by defendant, or its representatives, made an offer to acquire, expressed an interest in acquiring, entered into negotiations to acquire, or made an inquiry about acquiring, any interest in the Radio Assets, and shall describe in detail each contact with any such person during that period. Each such affidavit shall also include a description of the efforts that defendant Capstar has taken to solicit a buyer for the Radio Assets.
B. Within twenty (20) calendar days of the filing of this Final Judgment, defendant Capstar shall deliver to plaintiff an affidavit which describes in reasonable detail all actions defendant Capstar has taken and all steps defendant Triathlon has implemented on an on-going basis to preserve the Radio Assets describing any changes to the efforts and actions outlined in its earlier affidavit(s) filed pursuant to this section within fifteen (15) calendar days after such change is implemented.
C. Defendant Capstar shall preserve all records of all efforts to preserve the Radio Assets and to divest the Radio Assets.
Jurisdiction is retained by this Court for the purpose of enabling any of the parties to this Final Judgment to apply to this Court at any time for such further orders and directions as may be necessary or appropriate for the construction or carrying out of this Final Judgment, for the modification of any of the provisions hereof, for the enforcement of compliance herewith, and for the punishment of any violations hereof.
Unless this Court grants an extension, this Final Judgment will expire upon the tenth anniversary of the date of its entry.
Entry of this Final Judgment is in the public interest.
Dated _______________


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2014 ToC Awards: Taylor Swift's Phone Call to Dying Girl Was Most Heartwarming Moment of 2013
Odds were good Taylor Swift would take the 2014 Taste of Country Award for Most Heartwarming Moment of 2013. She had two of the five nominations, after all. The star won a record eighth ToC Award, including her second in this category.
As 8-year-old Laney Brown lived out her final days, Swift learned she had a fan in need. So, she phoned and FaceTime chatted with the girl just five days before Christmas. It lifted Brown's spirits as she said goodbye to her friends and family for the final time. Her battle with Leukemia ended on Christmas morning.
Earlier in the year, Swift brought 7-year-old Emma Routh on stage during a concert in North Carolina. Video and photos from the show are enough to bring a tear to one's eye. However, it was Luke Bryan's invitation to a 6-year-old that gave Swift her greatest challenge -- the little girl stole the show, and over 38 percent of the votes went to this pairing, which was enough for second place.
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United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
SEATTLE – An indication of an oil filter problem prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday afternoon, a United Airlines spokeswoman said.
Flight 139 landed normally and an airline maintenance team was inspecting it, United spokeswoman Mary Ryan said in an email statement.
The plane touched down in Seattle shortly after 4 p.m., a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.
United just put its 787s back in the air May 20 after smoldering batteries on two 787s owned by other airlines prompted authorities to ground the planes in January.
In her statement, the United spokeswoman said the crew decided to land in Seattle because of "an indication of a problem with an oil filter."
The airline was providing customers with motel rooms and planned to fly them to Tokyo on Wednesday, Ryan said.
The plane carried about 200 passengers.
Asked whether the latest 787 issue raised any concerns with United after the recent battery issue, the spokeswoman said she did not immediately have any additional information.
When it returned the 787s to service last month, Chicago-based United said it planned to use the jets on shorter domestic flights before resuming international flying June 10 with Denver-to-Tokyo service as well as temporary Houston-to-London flights. It's adding flights to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Lagos, Nigeria, in August.
Those long international flights are the main reason the 787 exists. Its medium size and fuel efficiency are a good fit for long routes.
At the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers, including United, for a stretched-out version of the 787.
Boeing announced the formal launch of its 787-10 program at the air show and said it already has commitments for 102 jets from the five customers. The new 787-10 lists at $290 million, making the deal worth nearly $30 billion at full price, although customers often negotiate deep discounts.
United remains the only U.S.-based airline to fly the 787, which is steadily winning customers after being beset with problems concerning lithium-ion batteries on two Japanese carriers. The plane, like its newest rival the Airbus A350, uses lightweight materials and new engine technology to cut down on fuel consumption at a time of rapidly increasing jet fuel prices.
The two battery incidents in January included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. Federal authorities lifted the grounding order on April 19.
The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the grounding embarrassed Boeing and disrupted schedules at the affected airlines.
The 787 uses more electricity than any other jet. And it makes more use of lithium-ion batteries than other jets to provide power for things like flight controls and a backup generator when its engines are shut down. Each 787 has two of the batteries.
Boeing never did figure out the root cause of the battery incidents. Instead, it redesigned the battery and its charger. The idea was to eliminate all of the possible causes, 787 chief engineer Mike Sinnett has said.


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SIMON SANTOW: It's been a tumultuous year in Queensland.
Hello, I'm Simon Santow with a Radio Current Affairs Documentary.
After 14 years in office, Labor was swept aside by a Campbell Newman led LNP (Labor National Party) Government. There have been strikes, political defections and massive job cuts in the public service.
The Government has also indicated it will rollback some laws introduced by Anna Bligh when she was premier. One of those is the Surrogacy Act which currently allows same sex couples and singles to have surrogate children.
The planned changes are being attacked as discriminatory and some gay parents worry about what else is being contemplated.
Nance Haxton in Brisbane has our story.
(Sound of a baby giggling)
NANCE HAXTON: The first sound you hear when approaching the house of Jared Merrell and Michael Knowles, is the giggling of their 15-month-old twins Huxley and Elijah.
(Sound of a baby giggling)
The doting fathers love reading to their children, and the boys lap up the attention.
JARED MERRELL (reading): Peter Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, is that you?
NANCE HAXTON: But it's been a long road to get to where they are today. The two men first decided they wanted to have a family four years ago.
MICHAEL KNOWLES: Both of us are very family orientated sort of people. Being a gay couple, obviously it is not as easy to start a family as it is for heterosexual couples. It just sort of happened one night. Jared was laying there and said you know, did you want to start a family and I said yeah.
NANCE HAXTON: The journey since has taken them to Nevada in the United States and rural New South Wales where they met potential surrogate mothers for their children.
But after many cycles of IVF neither of those relationships produced the family they craved. Rather, through friends of friends in their hometown of Brisbane, they found a surrogate mother who lives close by their house in the northern suburbs.
Michael Knowles says the relationship was meant to be and Rachel, along with her extended family, are very involved in their children's lives.
MICHAEL KNOWLES: She plays an amazingly important role in the boys' lives and will continue to do so. They are over here regularly. Jared babysits when he's at home with the boys. If she's in a bind with her kids, she can drop them over here. She comes over for dinners and play dates and we think that's just crucial for boys' development.
The questions are going to come up when they get older. It's easier to lay it all out from the beginning then there's no awkwardness. The boys know what's going on, how they were created and that's just one less thing they have to worry about.
NANCE HAXTON: They created their family after the Surrogacy Act was brought in by Anna Bligh's Labor government in 2010. That legislation formalised the process for people wanting to enter altruistic surrogacy arrangements.
Altruistic surrogacy is when a woman agrees to become pregnant and bear a child for another person for no financial gain, and transfers the care of that child soon after birth.
In the lead up to the state election in 2012, it appeared the new laws had bipartisan support.
CAMPBELL NEWMAN: We are not making any changes to the laws on those matters.
NANCE HAXTON: Campbell Newman and his LNP swept into power with a thumping majority and what had looked like a rock solid commitment quickly became a broken promise.
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie.
JARROD BLEIJIE: And we will be amending the Surrogacy Act to repeal the provisions with respect to same sex couple, de factos of less than two years and singles.
NANCE HAXTON: Many people were surprised by the LNP's hardline approach and ever since, lawyers and affected groups have been trying to find out the details of the planned changes to the law.
What seems certain, though, is that single people and gay couples in Queensland will be banned from having surrogate children.
Over several months the ABC has made multiple requests to Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie, to explain why the LNP is making the changes, but he has steadfastly refused to talk.
Michael Knowles and Jared Merrell say that while the changes won't affect their family, they feel the need to speak out.
MICHAEL KNOWLES: To create a family and then to be prosecuted for doing so for no other reason apart from your sexuality is so disheartening and disappointing.
JARED MERRELL: I think the changes are quite concerning on a legal level in that by putting all these boundaries in place and all these hurdles and making it illegal and nigh impossible, it is still going to happen.
People are still, if they want to start a family and they've got that desire, if they are going to make it happen and there is always a way to make it happen. And what this means is that those people, whether they are the parents or the surrogate, they are not going to have any rights or any protection and they are going to open to being manipulated, to being exploited and it is just going to be really dangerous and at the end of the day there will be children involved and it is a bit scary to know what situation, what might happen.
NANCE HAXTON: It seems that voters in Queensland are split over what the new Government is doing.
Two petitions have been presented to the Queensland Parliament this year regarding the proposed changes to the Surrogacy Act.
One from the local Labor MP for South Brisbane Jackie Trad called for the Government to maintain surrogacy laws as they are. She received more than 5,300 signatures in two months.
But another petition supporting the amendments to the Surrogacy Act collected more than 10,000 signatures. That petition was supported by the powerful lobby group The Family Council of Queensland.
Group spokesman and Toowoomba-based GP Dr David van Gend says it's a human rights issue, not a religious one.
DAVID VAN GEND: We strongly support the Attorney-General's proposed changes to Labor's Surrogacy Act because it will reaffirm the principle which must guide any such matters that a child should have at least the possibility in life of both a mother and a father. That is a self evident principle. It goes to the heart of our existence of a family with a mother, father and child.
And yet the Surrogacy Act brought in by Labor effectively abolished the birth right of a child to have both a mother and a father.
NANCE HAXTON: So those concerns stand for both single people and for gay couples?
DAVID VAN GEND: Absolutely. I mean, the principle is the same. If you have a single person in Queensland over the age of 25, that single man for example is able to obtain a child of his own by surrogacy and that means getting a woman's egg of course and maybe his sperm and then a suitable surrogate mother who will bear this baby and then give it to him.
Now it becomes his baby and the Queensland laws are so bogus that they will then falsify the birth certificate of that baby to say there was only one parent, that there was no mother. That is the legal fiction that is contained in this current law that must be changed.
NANCE HAXTON: It is perhaps one of the great ironies of this debate that all sides of this complex argument passionately believe that human rights are at risk.
Dr Gend says allowing gay couples and single people to become surrogate parents breaches United Nations declarations on the rights of the child.
DAVID VAN GEND: You can go to the Declaration on the Rights of the Child which says that, just quoting from memory, that the child shall not be separated from her parents except in extreme circumstances.
You know, obviously there are extreme circumstances where a child cannot have both a mum and a dad. We know that. You know, a parent can die, a parent can desert and that little child is left with a life without a mother or a life without a father but that is a tragedy. You wouldn't wish that for a child. You'd never inflict it on a child wilfully.
And yet through the Bligh government's Surrogacy Act the state wilfully inflicts on a child the loss of a mother or if it is two women, wilfully inflects on a child, the loss of a father.
NANCE HAXTON: Surrogacy specialist Stephen Page from Harrington Family Lawyers says the proposed changes would breach the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Federal Sex Discrimination Act.
STEPHEN PAGE: The petition which talked about these changes having to occur relies on wrong information. It cites the International Convention on the Rights of the Child but in fact when you look at it, it doesn't. It actually cites the earlier international declaration of the rights of the child, a 1950s document that uses the tender years doctrine. That doctrine says children of young years should be living with their mothers.
When one looks at the International Convention of the Rights of the Child it says the best interests of the child are the paramount concern, and that should be the approach taken generally in legislation and certainly that under the Surrogacy Act and that's the approach that should be taken to be consistent with the international convention.
NANCE HAXTON: So in the surrogacy arrangements that you have enabled, I suppose, have you seen any issues with regard to the sexuality of the parents that have caused problems or have been an issue that should be looked at by governments?
STEPHEN PAGE: No. Look, the reality is that if you want to have a child through surrogacy it's not as though you're having a one night stand, having sex in the back of the Commodore ute where a child appears by magic nine months later.
It is a terribly difficult, demanding process. It is not a quick process. It takes 18 months to two years. They're asking counsellors to come into their lives about children. They've got a judge coming into their life.
If anything these children are going to be cherished. They're going to be loved and the people that I've seen who have had their children through surrogacy, they love their kids to bits and it makes no difference about whether they are a couple or they're single. It makes no difference about their sexuality. They just love these kids.
NANCE HAXTON: It's not only lawyers that worry about where this is heading.
KATHERINE EASTAUGHFFE: What are you eating there darling? Ah.
NANCE HAXTON: It's afternoon tea time for Daniel and Isaac Eastaughffe after a tough day playing games and running themselves ragged around their inner city Brisbane home.
ISAAC EASTAUGHFFE: Soldiers.
KATHERINE EASTAUGHFFE: Oh, soldiers.
NANCE HAXTON: Katherine Eastaughffe and Una Harkin are the boys' exhausted but proud parents. They've been in a relationship for 12 years, and Katherine underwent fertility treatment so they could bring children into their family.
Katherine Eastaughffe says they are deeply concerned about the wider ramifications of the Queensland Government's proposed changes to the Surrogacy Act.
KATHERINE EASTAUGHFFE: Because when the surrogacy laws first came in, at the same time they allowed two mothers to be on birth certificates. So Una is now on both the boys' birth certificates. It possibly means that Una is no longer recognised as their mother, especially when she's the fulltime carer of our children.
NANCE HAXTON: The Queensland Law Society's family law chairman Alison Ross says the proposed changes to the Surrogacy Act are discriminatory and potentially breach the federal Sex Discrimination Act.
ALISON ROSS: Certainly if surrogacy does become illegal for certain types of people, it will continue. There is really no doubt about that. People will either go overseas to access surrogacy arrangements or it will go underground.
And the difficulty that that leads to is that legally the child remains the child of the birth parent and if that birth parent has a spouse, it is also the child of that spouse even though it may not have a genetic connection to that person.
NANCE HAXTON: It's opening up a legal minefield by the sound of it?
ALISON ROSS: It is opening up a legal minefield and what it does is it forces people to either try and obtain orders from the Family Court for parental responsibility or alternatively, it forces people into adoption where they are required to adopt their own child so to speak.
NANCE HAXTON: Katherine Eastaughffe says they feel betrayed.
KATHERINE EASTAUGHFFE: I remember Campbell Newman saying before the election that they weren't going to make any changes to surrogacy so it's not something they have a mandate to do. And that seems to be kind of saying it is okay to homophobic.
NANCE HAXTON: Do you think that it would have an effect on society's views perhaps of families such as your own as well?
KATHERINE EASTAUGHFFE: Definitely and out of step because the way we live we feel very accepted by our community. You know, the fact that our neighbour' son is over here playing with our son. At Kindy, Dan, mother's day came and Dan made two mother's day presents for both of his mums.
You know, most people don't blink an eyelid and so it seems to be out of step. You know, the Government is sort of saying on the one hand these families aren't equal but the way we live our lives, it doesn't matter to other people that we are two women.
NANCE HAXTON: It's for this reason that Member for South Brisbane Jackie Trad presented her petition to the Queensland Parliament with more than 5,000 signatures protesting against the changes.
She says the ramifications of the proposed amendments are far wider than simply preventing many gay couples from becoming parents.
JACKIE TRAD: And that hurdle is the Sex Discrimination Act. It's one thing not to have had laws in place, it's another thing to take laws away based on people's sexuality. And once the Government starts doing that what they will find is legal challenge because citizens in this country have a right to protest, have a right to challenge discriminatory behaviour, whether that's from their neighbour or whether that's in their workplace or whether it's from the government of the day, which is what we're seeing from the Newman LNP government.
NANCE HAXTON: Is this part of a broader agenda concerning same sex couples?
JACKIE TRAD: I think quite clearly what we've seen from this Government is some very early decisions that many people in the same sex community feel have been specifically targeted at them, whether that was defunding healthy communities which does provide peer education support for those people at risk of contracting HIV-AIDS or living with it, whether it was in fact changing the Civil Partnerships Act to completely water it down and to make it essentially meaningless in today's society and now the touting of the surrogacy changes.
I understand why people, gay and lesbian people in Queensland feel like they have been particularly targeted by this Government. I know many of them are talking about leaving Queensland. I think that they should stay. I think that they should continue the fight. They are valued, they are respected and they are loved by their fellow Queenslanders if not by this Government.
As I go across my electorate I see lots of families, lots of families started by same sex couples, families who are melded from other families. I see a lot of families but the one thing they have in common is love and as the mother of two young boys everyone deserves that love.
NANCE HAXTON: The Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said in a statement that a submission will go to Cabinet early in 2013 regarding the proposed changes to the Surrogacy Act, which will then be introduced to Parliament later in the year.
He said the Government is aware of the strong and sincerely held views by those who oppose surrogacy and those who support it, and will carefully consider those before proceeding with amendments to the act.
Scott Prasser is the professor of Public Policy at the Australian Catholic University. He says the delay in implementing the changes reflects conflict within the liberal and conservative arms of the LNP over the proposal to limit altruistic surrogacy only to heterosexual couples.
SCOTT PRASSER: I think Campbell Newman has a different view on this personally himself but I think he is in a sort of amalgamated party. It's a Liberal and National party combination and there's a very, very strong conservative element philosophically in that party, especially on social issues, and I think that he, this is a battle that he would not win.
I think it would be very hard to renege now. It would upset the conservative elements of the party and I think that would play into the hands of groups who may want to split away or join the Katter Australia Party, those sort of things.
NANCE HAXTON: Because I suppose ultimately, the legislative drafting of this would be quite complicated in that it could leave some surrogate children up in the air and also the future for children in these sort of families would also be vague?
SCOTT PRASSER: Well, that's right. There is going to be issues about what about people who are being affected by existing arrangements, where do they fit? Is the draft legislation going to be available for people to contribute and contact? We hope it will be and we hope the Government is learning about this.
NANCE HAXTON: But I suppose ultimately being a one House Parliament, the consultation is not essential.
SCOTT PRASSER: Look, as we all know they have 90 per cent of the seats. As you say it's a unicameral parliament, it's the most powerful government really in Australia, and it doesn't got to compromise with anyone. It's only problem is it has got to compromise with its own internal structures. So once they make a decision, they can push this through.
(Sound of playing with a baby)
NANCE HAXTON: For 15 month old twins Huxley and Elijah, the politics at play isn't really having an impact on their daily lives.
Their parents Michael Knowles and Jared Merrell though find it hard to be so carefree.
MICHAEL KNOWLES: It's really disappointing that a Government with such a huge majority feels the need to take away those rights.
NANCE HAXTON: Do you feel disheartened as a gay couple, do you think about your future even in Queensland?
JARED MERRELL: It doesn't feel good but I can get through it but the people that I think that it really affects are the young teenagers who are struggling with their sexuality, who may be getting bullied, who are dealing with hormones and everything else that happens while you're a teenager and being gay at high school is not easy.
So to then have the Government put a very clear message out there that you are different, we're not going to let you get married, we're not going to let you have kids because you're different. The people who may be bullying you, it is reinforcement that what they're doing and what they're calling you and what they're saying, the Government is supporting that.
NANCE HAXTON: But Family Council of Queensland spokesman Dr David van Gend hopes that the proposed changes to surrogacy laws will prevent other families evolving in the same way.
DAVID VAN GEND: Two men can and have but you know, can continue to obtain a child of their own in Queensland under the Surrogacy Act, and that means the child will be created in a premeditated way with the absolute foreknowledge that that child can have no mother in her life at all and I consider that as a form of gross abuse of adult power, to so deprive a child of the fundamental relationship in all human existence.
These are deep things from nature that we dare not meddle with, with our interfering social engineering that the Bligh government brought in such as the Surrogacy Act. We dare not violate such deep things and think that the consequences will not be appalling for children.
You know, we would object to a pair of celibate monks obtaining a child just to raise because they too, they wouldn't necessarily be homosexual or anything, but any two same sex people cannot provide a child with a mum and a dad.
So that is the principle that we are defending, nothing to do with the sexual orientation or behaviour of individuals involved.
NANCE HAXTON: Jared Merrell and Michael Knowles hope that they can appeal to legislators and the public alike that they are a legitimate family.
JARED MERRELL: There are a lot of different families out there now. There's a lot of single parent families, there is a lot of adopted families, foster care families. There's no formula for it. The only thing that works is love. Our boys are loved, our boys are cared for, our boys were planned. They have everything they need, they're very happy, they're thriving and they will never feel unloved.
MICHAEL KNOWLES: It takes a village to raise a child, they have two parents, their parents are two males. They know their mother, they know their half siblings. They have a wonderful supportive group of friends and family around them. They want for nothing.
We are incredibly fortunate to have them, and I just, I want other people who want to start a family to have that opportunity. I don't want that right taken away from them.
SIMON SANTOW: Nance Haxton with that report. You've been listening to a Radio Current Affairs documentary.
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SIMON SANTOW: It's been a tumultuous year in Queensland.


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Its roster of participants is impressive: former President Bill Clinton, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, three Baldwins, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Simon, Jackson Pollock and Kurt Vonnegut, to name just a few.
Organizers of the annual East Hampton Artists & Writers softball games are a little fuzzy about when they got their start — most peg it to around 1948, when artists including Pollock, Willem de Kooning and others organized casual pickup games on summer afternoons in their yards. Today they have become one of the premier events in the Hamptons, New York's summer resort for the haves and have mores.
"I've played against some of the greatest house painters in the world," jokes reporter Carl Bernstein, making a common, good-natured accusation that his opponents pepper their rosters with "ringers" to gain a competitive advantage.
This year's game, billed as the 65th and slated for Saturday, is expected to draw thousands to watch writers such as Bernstein, Richard Reeves and Mike Lupica play artists including Domingo Zapata and Eric Ernst and actors Josh Charles, Lori Singer and others. With the support of corporate sponsors and deep-pocketed donors, the game is expected to raise $100,000 for eastern Long Island charities.
"Like professional wrestlers, we pretend we want to kill our opponent," says author Ken Auletta, the longtime captain of the writer's team. "We mock how the other side cheats. We act like winning is all that matters. Winning does matter. But so does the camaraderie forged over many games and many after-game beers.
"And most of all, so does the money we raise at the game for needy local charities."
As the game has grown in popularity, celebrities have increasingly clamored to play. Batting practice begins at noon, where competitors are sized up by captains Auletta and Lief Hope, the longtime helmsman of the artists' squad.
Over the years, there have been regular disputes over what constitutes an artist or a writer. Boxer Gerry Cooney once played, organizers recall, because he worked on canvas (nyuk nyuk) and a pair of power-hitting attorneys played one year for the writers, qualifying because they wrote "legal briefs." Another year, the artists squad recruited a couple of semiprofessional women's softball players, including a pitcher who threw laser beams at opposing players.
Paul Simon, who only played a couple of years, is considered among the better competitors. "The line, 'Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?' is self-referential," Bernstein jokes. And former Jets behemoth lineman Marty Lyons is remembered for hitting perhaps the longest home run in the lore of the game. Among the many gags played during the contest is a moment when a cantaloupe or turnip is substituted for a softball and thrown to a batter.
"Recently, the splatter across home plate caused by Willem de Kooning's hit sold for $500,000," jokes Fred Graver, a former National Lampoon editor-in-chief who wrote for David Letterman and Jon Stewart.
To commemorate the 65th anniversary, organizers last month held an art exhibition at East Hampton's Guild Hall, where they displayed works from artists such as Pollock, de Kooning, Ernst and Hope.
A common theme of all games is that precious few keep track of the actual score. Reeves estimates in an essay for this year's game program that in "modern times," the writers have won 28 games, the artists 16 and there has been one tie. Juliet Papa, a reporter for WINS Radio who helps announce the games, notes that two popular Hamptons weekly newspapers often report different outcomes from the same game.
"It's the only game I know of where a play can be contested two innings after it occurs," Graver says.
The roll call of former players numbers in the hundreds, organizers said. Among the more notables are supermodel Christie Brinkley, Alec, Billy and Stephen Baldwin, Yogi Berra and his son Dale, Bob Woodward, Tom Wolfe, Martha Stewart, George Plimpton, Phillip Pavia, Bianca Jagger, John Irving, Clifford Irving, Josh Charles and Chevy Chase.
Publisher Mort Zuckerman, who pitches for the writers' team, said several years ago he persuaded his friend Justice Breyer to umpire. Breyer, Zuckerman said, "was willing to give up a seat on the court in order to get into this game."
Clinton was a little-known Arkansas governor in 1988 when he umpired, hitching a ride to the post-game party with another player. It was a different story last year, when the former president appeared to cheers, halting the proceedings to sign autographs.
Graphic artist Walter Bernard recalls the 1976 contest, when New York Times theater critic Clive Barnes was calling balls and strikes.
"The first pitch of the game, he said, was adequate."


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Night Caching in Portugal – A Lackey's Mega-Event Experience
Editor's note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. throughout the year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories at nearly twenty Mega-Events worldwide. Arne Moen, aka, RandolphAgarn, attended the Lisbon, Portugal Mega-Event 12 years Geocaching – Portugal (GC35GH8). Arne has been a Lackey since 2009 and is a Software Developer. Here's Arne's account of his trip.
Written By: Arne Moen
I was in Lisbon, Portugal to celebrate 12 Years Geocaching Portugal with local geocachers.
I was delighted to meet all these geocachers from Portugal. Of course, I knew that there are geocachers all over the world. But to talk to them in person about FTF's (First to Finds), Multi-Caches, and Trackables in person made it all more real.
Everyone was very kind to me and I was excited to give away some Geocaching.com merchandise like Trackable tags. I strongly suspect I would have felt equally welcome without the swag. I met many interesting individuals and some really sweet dogs. I met a geologist who was born in Mozambique, an underwater archeologist, an Olympic athlete, a C-130 pilot, a cartographer, and many more individuals whose backgrounds we didn't discuss. Each one of them was a treat to talk to.
While chatting with a geocacher, I recalled that a significant amount of the world's cork – as in a bottle or on a bulletin board – comes from Portugal. I had heard that it was the bark of a tree. Though I had seen a lot of bark in my lifetime and I couldn't imagine how the thing in the wine bottle was attached to the outside of a tree.
I mentioned this to my new geocacher friend. He told me cork trees can be found all over Portugal and immediately set off trying to find one in the park. A few minutes later he returned to bring me to a cork tree. The bark was thick, and firm yet spongy. And suddenly I could see where cork comes from.
I found a couple of geocaches at the Mega-Event. But my first evening in Portugal I went out and found some geocaches with some new friends.
We began our evening with a traditional Portuguese meal: cod, ham, and fried potatoes, covered with a kind of hollandaise sauce. We also enjoyed "vinho verde," which means green wine in Portuguese. The greenness in this case is in reference to the newness of the wine. The grapes had been picked, squeezed and fermented in the last year.
After our meal the four of use set out into the streets of Lisbon looking for geocaches. This was in an old neighborhood, between the eleventh century castle perched on the hill, and the Rio Tejo, the river from which some of the great explorers like Ferdinand Magellan and Vasco da Gama began their voyages of discovery.
We started in front of an old cathedral across the street from our restaurant. There was a geocache, Catedral (GCZWBV), just down the street. As the guest, I was allowed to make the first attempt. I was nervous with three experienced geocachers watching me. I was still suffering the affects of from jet lag. I skipped over the geocache at first, then found it a few seconds later.
The next geocache, Portas do Sol (GC1F9NG), was in a little square that overlooked the river. We took several seconds to enjoy the view before looking for the geocache. We found the geocache in one spot and a second log book in another. This was my 100th find and my furthest find east of my home coordinates. It was a fantastic spot to hit a milestone.
Then we went down the hill towards the plaza at the site of the former royal palace. This area of town was relatively new. An earthquake and tsunami wiped out this neighborhood in 1755 so it had to be rebuilt. We knew exactly where the next geocache, No Paço do Terreiro [Lisboa] (GC13Z3E), was hidden from a spoiler photo. Before we were finished signing the log, a police offer walked up to ask us what kind of tomfoolery we were engaged in.
I felt like I was back in high school, getting caught by an authority figure. Here we were, four adult men, each with full lives running around downtown in the middle of the night. Isn't there something more we should doing with our lives? No, it turns out. We were having an adventure. What could be better than that? We explained we were geocaching. He told us he knew what that was and let us replace the cache and let us go about our evening.
All of the caches we found that night were traditional urban micros. They were good geocaches. But the food, the company, the hunt, the adventure that evening, and the Mega-Event experience, made my trip magical.


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Watch Papa Roach Perform An Acoustic Version of 'Scars'
All has been quiet in the Papa Roach camp since they entered the studio back in November start working on their new disc but singer Jacoby Shaddix recently emerged for a special performance.
Shaddix, who can be heard singing an acoustic version of the Papa Roach hit 'Scars' from their 2004 release 'Getting Away With Murder' in the video below, performed on The Vinnie Langdon Show at the 25th annual Solano Wine & Food Jubilee on April 27 in Vacaville, Calif. According to their website, the event was a benefit for the programs of NorthBay Hospice & Bereavement.
Shaddix, heavily involved in local charitable organizations, talked about giving back in a past interview with Loudwire, "It's a good experience; I think giving back and service to others is one of the highest callings to being a human being."
As for the new Papa Roach record, no word on the status just yet but Shaddix said upon entering the studio that they're hoping to make the album of their career.


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A dear friend recently told me I "come across like the villain in a didactic novella aimed at teen girls." I had just made a callous appraisal of a mutual acquaintance's musical taste that my friend found "cold," deliberately so. He was right: Cold is the temperature at which I function most efficiently. I have never been described as "nice" without an accompanying "…if you know her." I've come to accept this about myself, but it's taken a while.
As a child I was happily weird and witty, inquisitive, daring, creative, and unafraid. But before I reached adolescence, I was tricked into thinking my strongest traits were shameful. Report cards described me as "smart but bossy," two traits that were stigmatized, especially for girls, at my small-town elementary school. Most of the teachers there were suspicious of my preference to work independently; they said I asked too many questions. In the fifth grade, my homeroom teacher rolled his eyes impatiently when I asked how to use a semicolon. Oh, fuck, I thought. Have I asked for too much? And so I learned servility. I became scared of saying too much, of being seen as "too demanding," of asking for respect or knowledge or help. (I still do not know how to use a semicolon.)
Thankfully, my mother—another "nice…if you know her" type—understood that "bossy" didn't have to mean "asking for too much." To her it meant "entrepreneurial." Both of my parents were self-employed, and my mom worked from our home. On the days I didn't go to school (which were frequent thanks to her lenience toward letting me skip), I'd overhear business calls during which she'd dress down male colleagues who dared question her authority. I accompanied her to meetings and appointments, to her lawyer's office, to the bank, and out to lunch; everywhere she went, I watched her command absolute respect from everyone. She approached her work in a way my teachers would have called "disobedient." My mom was bossy.
I respected her fierceness, but she was a grown woman in control, and I was just a kid. I aspired to respect myself the way my mom respected herself—the way she respected me—but figured I'd have to wait till I was well out of school. When I'm 35, I thought. That's when I'll find that confidence.
After all, at my school, bossy girls didn't get respect—we got detention. If you were bright, smart, funny, talented, and/or influential, you were seen as a threat to the status quo. You were called "trouble." Sadly, I've found that the rest of the world often works the same way. Women, particularly young ones, who command attention and respect and who dare question the status quo are all too often seen not as assets, but as threats to those in power, who, not coincidentally, are seldom young or women. So terms like "bossy" get used pejoratively to shame women into thinking agency, autonomy, boldness, and inquisitiveness are actually character flaws. What we should be, we're told, is "nice"—often a euphemism for compliant, amenable, and weak.
I don't mean to suggest that only men use this tactic, nor that it is used exclusively against women. But it's just true that those in power are quick to denigrate anyone who threatens their position, and in our society, the people with the most power, on the whole, are older white (cis) men. And I know that of all the ways that oppressed communities are silenced, being called "bossy" is far from the worst. But the effects of such microaggressions accrue over time, and they can shut people up for life. They shut me up for 13 years, but I didn't wait till I was 35 to find confidence and autonomy, thanks to the examples set by my mom and a bunch of other bossy women: Kathleen Hanna, Karen O, Salt-N-Pepa, Tina Turner, PJ Harvey were all pretty big then, and they all came into their power in their early 20s. When life got particularly stressful for me, these young, strong, mouthy women were the ones who held me up. In their music I heard the strength of those who have overcome expectations and broken rules.
Recently, Lorde has been the same kind of role model for me: She is smart, talented, and outspoken, and seems proud, rather than ashamed, of those qualities. She owns them. She is in love with being queen; she is never not chasing a million things she wants. She knows the value of herself, and she wields that value like a scythe.
It bothers me when Lorde and young women like her are treated with skepticism and disapproval. The impulse to push down any young woman who dares to embrace her own power is born of the same fear of women that landed me in detention for half of my adolescence.
Months ago I saw an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum that showcased the work of the mixed-media artist Wangechi Mutu. One of the most stunning installations in the show was a giant kentauride, or female centaur. I was drawn to that piece because of its name, a message I hope the younger version of me—that bright, bossy girl I lost on the playground then lovingly reclaimed—would be comforted to know I now live by: Once upon a time she said, I'm not afraid, and her enemies began to fear her The End.
These days, I am not afraid of anything, and being called "nice…if you know her" feels OK. I understand that I owe it to myself to be a boss. And when my friend called me a "villain in a didactic novella," I responded like a boss: I said I didn't care. And I don't. ♦
Carly Lewis is a writer who lives sometimes in Toronto and sometimes in New York. Her work has appeared in Vice, the Guardian, Bitch, the Globe and Mail, and The Atlantic.


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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Hey guy, her eyes are up here!
No, keep going up. Now when you come to two huge brown glass circles make a right and then another right. There you go...
Steve Claus sent in this amazing picture of mom Jinny (in vintage Oleg Casssini-style Jackie O glasses) and dad Steve (in a pool of his own drool) in 1972.
6 comments:
- Nicole said...
Guys, they are all the same.
I kind of love the bare feet.
- January 14, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- dad69 said...
Great picture. Looks like a story just waiting to be told!
- January 15, 2010 at 8:48 AM
- Leanne said...
Aww, this is really cute. I love the look of pictures from decades past. I'm loving the idea of this blog, brilliant.
- January 15, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- Queen of Gems said...
My Mom never leaves home without a fantastic pair of sunglasses...and never throws any out, either. Now I shop her closet full of Dior with impunity!
- February 28, 2011 at 3:06 PM
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Hey, Jinny! Did said sunglasses come from Dillard's, Macy's, or where?????????????????
- March 1, 2011 at 12:28 PM
Nice pants, Steve!
- March 2, 2011 at 10:13 AM
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What are the top 10 accessories everyone needs?
The answer to this question does tend to change from time to time—what was considered an "essential" or a "basic" in the '80s is very different than what we want today—but here's a pretty fool-proof list.
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You can get a lot of mileage out of a simple, clean, nude pump. Look for something that's as close to your natural skin tone as possible, and use it to add sophistication to all-white, all-black, or all-over print looks. Think of these shoes as an extension of your gams!
A little clutch or pouch in gold or silver can dress up even a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Think of your little handbag as a piece of jewellery—with function!
Watch trends ebb and flow, but this is one accessory that's simply essential for a woman on the go. Invest in a watch that is classic and timeless in its look, and will mix and match well with everything from your work gear to a summer dress. A nice silver, gold, or even rose gold watch is a no-brainer, while one with a metal face and a good quality leather strap in either black or brown can do the trick as well.
Every woman should own a medium-size cross-body bag that will be your go-to catchall for every farmers market, flea market, sporting event, or vacation you will ever go on. Ideally the bag has a comfortable, long strap and several pockets to help organise your essentials. A nice cognac or saddle brown leather tends to work with everything, but a black one can definitely be a trusty travel companion as well.
If your outfit or necklace is stealing the show, pull out little diamond or diamond-looking studs to finish the outfit in a chic way. A little sparkle feels grown up and sweet, and never goes out of style.
A wide-brim hat in a go-with-anything colour can add insta-style, protect you from the sun, and hide a not-so-great hair day.
A worn-in brown leather belt is absolutely vital when adding that touch of effortlessness. A luggage-brown leather belt, either flat or braided, completes a denim ensemble, adds casualness to an all-black outfit, and helps add interest to a flowy sundress.
You would not believe how many outfits and occasions call for a red flat. A little red flat, perhaps in a ballet style, is just the right amount of colour for an otherwise neutral outfit, and can hold its own from summer to winter.
The key to being multi-faceted women is to stay organised in a stylish way! A sturdy canvas tote can hold everything from your computer to your gym clothes. Try a classic—a la L.L. Bean or Lands' End—with a splash of colour and of course, a monogram.
In order to simplify your daily accessorizing, always have a good old pair of classic sunglasses—like an aviator or a Wayfarer—in your arsenal. They never go out of style and look great with your entire wardrobe.


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The recent rupture of an earthen dam in Hawaii should serve as a warning to Oklahoma: It's time to focus on the rehabilitation of local flood control dams, according to the president of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts.
"The dam break in Hawaii should wake everyone up as to the seriousness of allowing dams to fail," said Dan Lowrance, OACD president in Oklahoma City, Okla. "Most Oklahomans fail to realize that our state has more flood control dams than any other state in the Union and that without repair it will be Oklahoma instead of Hawaii in the news."
On March 14, a 40-foot high, 1,800-foot long dam designed to capture runoff from small streams ruptured on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. At least seven people are presumed dead and several houses were destroyed by the floodwater. In addition, a state highway was temporarily closed because of damage from the dam breach.
"This dam was situated in an area similar to many of our states' flood control dams," Lowrance said. "This was a dam originally built in an agricultural area away from people, so it was constructed as a 'low hazard' dam. Over time, people moved below and around this dam, adding to the danger associated with a potential breach, just like many Oklahoma flood control structures – especially those around Oklahoma City. As is the case in many Oklahoma locations, a state highway was in the path of the potential wall of water that would come from a dam breach. In addition, Hawaii was behind in assessing and improving its dams and in Oklahoma we continue to find additional repair work that must be addressed. This should serve as a wake up call for our state."
Lowrance said the state is looking at several ways to address this problem, including additional funding through the legislature.
"Last year we received additional dollars for watershed dam rehabilitation and operation and maintenance," Lowrance said. "This year, Gov. Henry requested up to $10 million through a conservation bond program for rebuilding and rehabilitating our highest priority dams. This is the same bond package that Rep. Don Armes (R-Faxon) and Sen. Jay Paul Gumm (D-Durant) introduced last year. This measure passed the Senate on the last day of session in 2005, but is still before the House. The state House just this week passed a bill by Rep. Curt Roggow (R-Enid) that would earmark money for dam rehab and other conservation practices, and I know this and other conservation issues are extremely important to Sen. Jeff Rabon (D-Hugo), who chairs the Natural Resources Budget Sub-Committee in the Senate, so we are hopeful that more action will be taken this spring."
Lowrance said any funds appropriated by the state to rehabilitate these dams would be matched two-to-one by the federal government.
"Congressman Frank Lucas was instrumental in getting the federal rehabilitation program up and running," Lowrance said. "We are concerned about future funding, but if we can provide our state match this year, we can capture these funds."
According to Lowrance, everyone in Oklahoma should be concerned with dam safety and watershed rehabilitation.
"We need to make sure that our legislators act to ensure additional rehab money this year and that our congressional delegation works to protect the national watershed program," Lowrance said. "Unfortunately some in the federal administration have proposed greatly reducing or doing away with this program. That would exacerbate the problems facing the states. It's too important for that. If you don't believe it, look what happened in Hawaii. We don't want something like that happening here."


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From the pages of Horticulture magazine: Paris japonica holds the current record for the organism with the most massive DNA molecule, a whopping 152.3 picograms, compared with Homo sapiens's genome weight of a mere 3 pg. That's right: This houseplant from the Japanese woodlands is more genetically interesting than you.
An organism's complexity and its genome weight—its C-value—seem uncorrelated, but research goes on. Perhaps Paris japonica has a vastly complex inner life we're not aware of. Maybe she sees herself dancing out by the airport.
So there I was toiling away in the garden when I happened upon an analogue between Paris japonica and another flower of the Orient, the Nissan GT-R. There's just a staggering amount of code invested in Nissan's legendary supercoupe (545 horsepower, 3,829 pounds, 196 miles per hour, zero to 60 mph under 3 seconds). It was among the first, if not the first, of the supersport cyborgs, cars with multimode, fully algorithm-based handling, and powertrain and dynamics control pumped through a fantastically dialed-in all-wheel-drive system. Let's count them off: Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo S, Audi R8 GT, Lamborghini Gallardo, Bugatti Veyron.
The GT-R was Big Data before it was cool.
The difference—besides the GT-R's jaw-dropping price advantage—is that those other (great) cars lack mechanical intensity, not at high speed but at low speed. They are designed to be livable, survivable and tractable in everyday driving. They are, after all, luxury products. The Bugatti is an absolutely phenomenal sports car that feels like a 95-octane sewing machine when you drive it around town.
Not so the GT-R. The vibe of this car is simple, blunt, primitive, deeply mechanical, highly stressed, occasionally argumentative, wide-awake. This thing is a four-wheeled Ducati with a decent windscreen. My God, can there be a higher compliment?
When you press the GT-R's Start button, pumps and lubrication circuits come noisily to life, the forged crank twirls and the aluminum pistons of the 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 pick up the rhythm. The engine—built by a single master craftsman whose name is etched onto a plaque on the engine shroud—falls into an idle like kettledrums at a strip club. When you slip the stubby gear selector (an electric switch, actually), you can hear and feel satisfying mechanical clunks and shudders coming from the six-speed, dual-clutch transaxle, signaling that the fuse is lit. Gear whine, brake chirr, driveline snatch. The turbos trill like a dentist's hand piece. When you make a tight parking-lot turn, the front wheels scrub hilariously. Actually, most of the time the cabin ambience resembles that of a busy machine shop.
The point is, the GT-R's rawness is deliberate, an artistic choice. If the GT-R's engineers had wanted to silence all these rude noises, they certainly could have. It wasn't for want of budget. The GT-R—heir to the Skyline 2000 GT, the near-mythic sports coupe sold in Japan since the 1970s—is the global image tent pole for Nissan NSANY, +1.17% 7201, -1.70% and its development budget is likely well padded by the boys in marketing.
As evidence of Nissan's seeming agnosticism regarding profit, consider the GT-R's improbable base price of $99,590 for the GT-R Premium. Pricing on low-volume imported sports cars is always mysterious, and there's no easy way to calculate the ROI on the GT-R. But speaking as someone who routinely cycles through fantasy sports cars and takes note of their prices, I'd say the GT-R is underpriced in the U.S. by about $50,000.
There's also a GT-R Black edition ($109,330), with murdered-out 20-inch rims and a naked carbon-fiber spoiler, because, yeah, I'm a Sith lord. New for 2014 is the GT-R Track package ($115,710), with a yet-firmer spring-and-shock setup and some slotlike, carbon-fiber brake ducts in the chin spoiler. Everything on that car, from the gold-anodized monoblock Brembo BRBOF, +5.56% brake calipers to the nitrogen in the tires, just rocks so hard-core.
Let's enjoy some numbers, shall we? At the heart of the GT-R is the VR38DETT, a 3.8-liter, aluminum and magnesium V6 with twin turbos outputting 545 hp* and 463 pound-feet of torque between 3,200 and 5,800 rpm. These are large figures, but they don't really capture the range and responsiveness of the engine. At nearly any speed, and in any gear, you jab the throttle and this engine busts through the door like Kramer. It's thick with torque at the low engine speeds, thunderously powerful near its 7,000-rpm redline and full of gristle and muscle everywhere else. The mid-rpm, on-the-boil exhaust note is sharp, blatty and delinquent.
The Track package, shod with barely legal, 20-inch, nitrogen-filled Dunlops, scores an 11 flat in the quarter-mile, results that put the Nissan GT-R squarely in Bugatti Veyron territory.
As for the asterisk: It's an open secret that Nissan understates the GT-R's horsepower ratings, but by how much, estimates vary. It feels like a car with 600 hp, but the official number, again, is 545 hp. On factory rubber, the GT-R bolts to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, says the factory. The Track package, shod with barely legal, 20-inch, nitrogen-filled Dunlops, scores an 11 flat in the quarter-mile, results that put the Nissan GT-R squarely in Bugatti Veyron territory.
If that's not enough, there's a whole industry of Dr. Dementos out there who will be happy to turn up the wick to 700 hp, or even 1,000. This may adversely affect your warranty, to say nothing of your hearing.
At the other end of the GT-R's carbon-fiber drive shaft is the six-speed, dual-clutch, rear-mounted transaxle with mechanical limited-slip differential and the all-wheel-drive cogs, all nested in the same housing. The GT-R powertrain is rear-biased, with 100% of engine torque directed at the rear wheels unless and until the rear slips, at which point the car's AWD system, after a hurried consultation with the traction and yaw sensors and the stability control, routes corrective torque to the front wheels.
The GT-R offers three mode settings for the powertrain, suspension and vehicle dynamics (stability/traction intervention), which gives the car a wide range of adjustability; but given the breadth of the car's performance on the street, in Comfort mode, these switches might as well be Christmas lights in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon. Just decoration.
The GT-R is always an interesting car to drive. Because it first came to global prominence by way of a videogame, "Gran Turismo," its fan base skews quite a bit younger than other sports cars'. I have spent many long minutes waiting in parking lots while kids took pictures of themselves with the car. For enthusiasts under 35, this is what fast looks like.
If, somehow, this car doesn't do it for you, chances are you're already into your prime gardening years.
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Proper fit is probably the most important goal of a clothing designer, and Tailored West owner Nanci Kezar said she could see what each room would be used for when they moved from their first location behind Chili's to their current building at 224 Main St.
"It just seemed so fitting," she said. "I could see it, and here we are."
Kezar invites the community to attend an open house to celebrate the debut of her studio. A ribbon cutting will take place at noon Feb. 3.
The dates of the open house are Feb. 3-8 and will mark the first of a storewide sale, which, Kezar said, will become an annual event to celebrate the store's anniversary.
"It's a great time to do it to also commemorate the beginning of Tailored West," Kezar said.
Treats and beverages will be served at the open house, Kezar said.
Now with a location on Main Street, Tailored West also will participate in the 12th annual Chocolate Lover's Walk on Feb. 8 and First Friday events. Each First Friday at Tailored West through 2014 will entail refreshments, entertainment and registration to enter a drawing for a $50 gift certificate.
"Our customers are what made Tailored West happen," Kezar said. "The community embraced us. I'm very gracious they accept and welcome what I'm doing here."
Tailored West employs 25 people, said Kezar, which includes salespeople, bookkeepers, apprentices, one production manager and one custodial person.
Tailored West is a place for everything fashion — design, retail, tailoring and manufacturing, but Kezar said she specializes in couture.
According to Kezar, couture derives from a French word, and in the fashion industry, it means "one individual takes (a design) from conception to completion" and they are "hand-crafted for one individual" or a group, such as a wedding party.
The studio will be open for couture and product development — individuals can come in for the purpose of developing a product they intend to manufacture. Kezar said "all design work will be drafted and conducted" in her studio.
Tailored West's store hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. People can connect with them on Facebook: https://facebook.com/Vereneartist" title="facebook.com">https://facebook.com/Vereneartist or visit their website: http://tailoredwest.net/" title="tailoredwest.net">http://tailoredwest.net/.
Kezar said she "really came to love" Cañon City for its friendliness. She said her customers are not "just buying from Tailored West," but also supporting the community because "we have, in turn, done our business locally." She said they've bought supplies locally and used local painters, plumbers and electricians.
Kezar said she moved to Cañon City less than three years ago, and she's making it her permanent home.
"There's room here to bring the skills I've been cultivating my entire life," Kezar said.


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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Agnes of Rome
Virgin, martyr. Born Rome; died there, c.304. Details of her martyrdom vary, but it is generally agreed that she was about twelve years of age and that she was tortured by fire or decapitated. Her virginity and heroism are renowned, and her name occurs in the prayer "Nobis quoque peccatoribus," in the Canon of the Mass. The catacombs of Saint Agnes on the Via Nomentana grew up around her crypt there, on a small piece of property owned by her family. Two lambs blessed on her feast supply part of the wool of the pallia. Patron of Children of Mary. Emblems: lamb, butcher. Feast, Roman Calendar, 21 January, and a second, 28 January.
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Bad news WoW enthusiasts, Sam Raimi will not be directing the long in-development movie adaptation of sprawling online role playing game World of Warcraft. Of course, this may come as little surprise as the last update on the proposed movie came at Comic Con 2010, where Blizzard Entertainment, the game's publisher, offered weak hope saying the film was still in the "treatment stage." Since then, Raimi produced Starz's Spartacus series and helmed Disney's big budget fantasy adventure Oz: The Great and Powerful.
It was while promoting this picture at Comic Con 2012 that Crave Onlineasked Raimi for an update on the World of Warcraft movie, and he confessed,
"Actually, they don't have me directing World of Warcraft anymore because when I took the Oz job, they had to move on to another director. They had to start making it."
The good news for those of you yearning to see Blizzard's world of warriors and warlocks taking to the big screen is that it seems the movie is still a go…though there's been no word from Blizzard Entertainment on who might replace Raimi, or when the World of Warcraft movie might go into production. However, considering Raimi is now in postproduction on Oz: The Great and Powerful, and that film is due out in March 2013, it's safe to assume Blizzard is hoping to be go production within the year.
It's a shame that Raimi's schedule wouldn't allow for him to helm the WoW movie, because through The Evil Dead and Spider-Man trilogies Raimi has shown a quirky knack for weaving fantasy monsters into entertaining adventures. But now that he's definitively out, who would be a good replacement?
Personally, I'd like to see André Øvredal, who brought legend to life with the Norwegian fantasy thriller Trollhunter, be given this shot. The film centered on a trio of college students on a quest to chase down a mysterious poacher, but once they caught him they discover his prey is the mythic and towering trolls of Scandinavian legend. The effects and design of these beasts was awe-inspiring, and Øvredal balanced thrills with a satisfyingly dry sense of humor. What more could you ask for when looking for a World of Warcraft director?


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A genealogy apprenticeship! It's a perfect idea. I could assist a professional on the Internet steps of research, taking some projects off their plate and allowing them to take more clients. I could shadow them and see the process they use to turn found information into a report for clients. And all FOR FREE. Genealogy is such a lonely hobby and I imagine that this trait transfers to the professional side in some respects as well. Why should we all be lonely? We are reaching out to others through blogging, chat boards and groups, it seems like apprentices are a good route to expand our knowledge.
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Simple black and white paint scheme, with just a touch of red ano to give it some pop
C-dub's choice of build included Enve carbon clinchers with DT Swiss 190 hubs.
Wow that is an awesome bike, what is the price of a bike like this one?
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College & State University golf team have been busy on the links this summer, as six Bobcats competed at last week's Georgia Amateur Championship, while a seventh is a professional on the ECCO Tour in Sweden.
Georgia College had three golfers finish in the top-15 at the State Am, played on the par-72, 7,094-yard Landings Club-Deer Creek course. 2004 All-American Carter Collins (Statesboro, Ga.), now an assistant coach at Georgia Southern University, took a top-10 finish of eighth. Carter Collins finished four-over for the four rounds at 292, with his best round coming in the third, posting a 71.
A pair of current Bobcats, rising senior Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.) and rising sophomore Taylor Smith (Mansfield, Ga.) tied at 11th with a five-over effort of 293. Smith blistered through the course on the final day at a four-under 68, the second-best closing round behind only a 65 put up by tournament runner-up Chase Parker. Shida carded a 71 in round two, followed by 73s in the final two rounds.
Rising senior Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) narrowly missed the top-20 by just a stroke with his second round 68 listed as third-best in the field that day. Young finished seven-over par at 296. Two strokes behind in 26th was incoming freshman Ryan Trocchio (Norcross, Ga.).
Rising sophomore Patrick Garrett (Kennesaw, Ga.) was 38th with a 13-over 301, while current Georgia College assistant coach Kyle Collins (Milledgeville, Ga.) was 62nd.
Carter Collins earned 100 points added to the 50 for his Georgia Four-Ball finish earlier this year. His 150 ranks him 12th in the list for Georgia State Golf Association (GSGA) 2010 Men's Player of the Year.
Four-time All-American Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden) finished his Bobcat golf career in May, but continues on in the ECCO Tour in his native Sweden. His tour began with a seventh place finish at the Danfoss Masters June 9.
Seventh has been a familiar spot for Johansson, as he took that slot at the Golf Experten Open and again in his most recent effort, July 2 at the Willis Invitational – presented by Unibake and Hessel. Johansson has earned a total of 23,161.33 Kronor (the Swedish dollar), with his money total good for 36th in the ECCO Tour moneywinners list, or "Order of Merit".
The GCSU Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.Twitter.com/GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.