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Texas voter ID fight returning to federal court
The feds have no right to bar implementation, Texas will tell federal judges
WASHINGTON — The decades-old legal battle between states' rights and civil rights returns to a familiar venue - a federal courtroom - on Monday as lawyers for the state of Texas try to convince a panel of judges that the U.S. Justice Department has no legal authority to block the state from immediately implementing a voter ID law.
Civil rights groups contend that Texas' 2011 law requiring voters to provide identification with a photo issued by the state or the military discriminates against minority citizens and violates the federal Voting Rights Act. They say it harkens back to state laws designed to disenfranchise minorities, such as poll taxes and literacy tests.
"The effort to suppress the vote is not a new thing," said Leon W. Russell, vice chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors. "What we've seen in the last two years, though, is the most egregious effort to compound and collect every single method that anybody could think of that would discourage a person to vote and put it in a piece of legislation and inflict it on our community."
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott argues that the state has a responsibility to guard against election fraud, and that its new law is not subject to Justice Department review under Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, which has angered Southern conservatives for decades, requires jurisdictions with a historical pattern of discrimination to win federal "pre-clearance" from the Justice Department or a federal court in Washington, D.C., before implementing changes in voting laws or political lines.
Southern states, led by Alabama, have argued that Section 5 is a violation of states' rights. Texas Republicans have charged that President Barack Obama's Justice Department has manipulated its powers under the Voting Rights Act to benefit Democrats.
"Instead of attacking Texas for enforcing the law, the Department of Justice should learn from the Lone Star State and focus its resources on protecting the integrity of the electoral system nationwide," said Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, of Humble.
50 vote fraud cases
Thirty-one states require voters to show identification at the polls, including 15 that require photo ID. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of states to require identification cards in a 2008 Indiana case, but the Justice Department has rebuffed laws in two states covered by the Voting Rights Act, Texas and South Carolina. New ID laws in Mississippi and Florida are awaiting Justice Department action.
While the National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks voter ID laws, reports there is little evidence to bolster claims of voter fraud or discrimination, Abbott cites 50 election fraud convictions in Texas and more than 100 defendants prosecuted by the Department of Justice in the past decade.
"I know for a fact that voter fraud is real, that it must be stopped, and that voter ID is one way to prevent cheating at the ballot box and ensure integrity in the electoral system," Abbott said in an interview. "It's time for politics to be put aside and allow the Texas voter ID law to be put into effect, just like similar laws that exist across the country."
The current legal battle is the 24th time Texas has sued the federal government since Abbott took office in 2004. The disputes have ranged from environmental enforcement to education mandates. Texas Gov. Rick Perry made states' rights a central plank in his platform during his unsuccessful 2012 campaign for president.
Texas' legal challenge has drawn strong opposition from civil rights leaders, who argue that the Texas law was designed to reduce voting participation by minorities, young voters and the elderly, who are less likely to have acceptable identification cards. They note that the law was written to allow voters to use a concealed gun permit as an acceptable form of identification, but not ID cards from universities or colleges.
"Texas' discriminatory photo ID measure demonstrates why, in the face of persisting obstacles for minority voters, the Voting Rights Act is still necessary," said Natasha Korgaonkar, an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which is representing African-American students from Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M University, among others.
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State Rep. Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, dismisses the law as a "purely political" move by Texas Republicans to disenfranchise Democratic voting groups. The law is "unnecessary," he added, because proponents of the legislation "have never been able to provide widespread voter fraud."
"It's purely an electoral strategy for the Republican party to preserve their political power," Castro said.
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The protracted legal battle over Texas' voter ID law resumes Monday at the federal courthouse in Washington. Adding to the heightened tension around the case is sharp conservative criticism of the Justice Department for using the data firm Catalist, a firm with strong Democratic ties, to analyze the impact of the ID law. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, joined with Poe last week in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling the use of a Democratic firm "unacceptable" and a "conflict of interest."
Texas is among several states challenging the Justice Department's authority to deny pre-clearance under Section 5. Among the other states that have filed suit against the Voting Rights Act was Alabama, which challenged Section 5 in May. The district court rejected Alabama's challenge, with U.S. Appeals Court Judge David Tatel writing that Congress properly enacted the Voting Rights Act to end discrimination in voting, which he called "one of the greatest evils."
Tatel is a member of the three-judge panel that will hear the Texas voter photo ID case.
Priya Anand of the Washington bureau and Joe Holley in Houston also contributed to this report.
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A 31-year-old Port Deposit man was sentenced last week to 12 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
Michael Dean Ragan Jr.'s prison term will be followed by 35 years of supervised release and he will be required to register as a sex offender in the place where he lives, where he works and where goes to school, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, according to the sentence imposed Sept. 4 by U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander in Federal District Court in Baltimore.
According to a plea agreement between the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office and Ragan, on Jan. 30, 2011, law enforcement seized Ragan's laptop computer, desktop computer, camera, hard drive and other digital media during a search in an unrelated counterfeit currency investigation. Ragan later pleaded guilty to state counterfeiting charges.
Approximately 335 images and 17 videos of minors and prepubescent minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including acts of sadism, masochism of other depictions of violence, were found on the seized items, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release.
In addition, a video on a DVD depicted Ragan engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a minor, the plea agreement states. The video was taken without the boy's knowledge. Ragan also admitted to being an administrator on a website dedicated to viewing, sharing and distributing child pornography. Ragan received a video on May 26, 2010 depicting two minor males engaging in sex.
Ragan pleaded guilty to the federal charge of possessing child pornography on June 4.
The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the FBI; Special Agent in Charge Brian Murphy of the U.S. Secret Service's Baltimore field office; and Col. Marcus L. Brown, superintendent of the Maryland State Police.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, Rosenstein's office's news release said.


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From toasty marshmallows to tall tannenbaums to jolly little ones, the atmosphere was all yule — while temperatures hovered in the low 60s.
Women who like western wear — or prefer something not so western — should check out Crystal Cowgirl, a new upscale women's consignment clothing shop in Kittredge.
Located in Adobe Creek, the shop is owned by Kittredge resident Crystal Lovell Harnden.
"I love the idea of recycling and giving women more opportunity to afford something that they might not be able to afford new," Harnden said. "This is something I really wanted to do."
Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce president Lin Browning has begun meeting with local organizations and business representatives to explore ways to encourage people to shop locally.
"The piece that the chamber brings is a natural fit," Browning said. "It's not a chamber initiative," she added.
While talking with those involved in the effort, Browning said it has become obvious that the entire community needs to collaborate in a partnership.
If you're starting to think about presents for hard-to-shop-for friends and family, consider Imagine That! in Marshdale.
The Ice House Cafe in downtown Evergreen has been sold and will be renamed the Muddy Buck.
While it's an unusual name, new owners Diane and Alan Florschuetz think it has a "mountain-y" feel. "Muddy" comes from a word for really dark coffee, and "Buck" comes from the wildlife that Diane is enamored with.
"I researched and researched," Diane said, "and Muddy Buck just seemed to fit."
Keys on the Green restaurant and golf shop at the Evergreen Golf Course has closed effective Nov. 1.
RLR Inc., which has had the concessionaire contract to operate both businesses since 2001, terminated its contract with Denver Parks and Recreation effective Nov. 7. Denver Parks operates the golf course. RLR ended its contract six months early.
On Tuesday, Ron Reif of RLR Inc. was cleaning out the golf shop. The restaurant was expected to continue serving food through Wednesday. There were no signs on the building indicating that the restaurant was closing.
An array of 40 photovoltaic panels strategically placed in the yard of Mike and Joan Spalding's home in Kerr Gulch is generating enough electrical power to keep them warm and take a huge chunk out of their utility payments.
Hank Kaanta of Evergreen Sun Power, who oversaw the installation of the 10-kilowatt solar electric system, estimates that it will produce an average of 15,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) a year, or 1,250 kWh a month.
Construction began last week to double the size of the Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage in Bergen Park, with the expanded store expected to be open by late spring 2013.
The current store, which opened in 2004, will continue to do business during construction. When completed, the expanded store will be about 16,800 square feet.
The new store will be similar to the stores being built elsewhere, said Scott Smith, a representative for Natural Grocers.
High Country Treasures has joined the Evergreen Design Center on Meadow Drive.
The shop, in the space where Rocky Mountain Log Furniture used to be, has a trove of high-end antiques and vintage and designer items.
Owners Deb and Jake Robinson moved the store from Conifer to be in the Design Center to complete the ensemble of home décor businesses. In the center, you'll find furniture, carpets, wall décor, gardening accessories and floral arrangements.
Sandy Kidd knows her way around vehicles.
Over the years, the Evergreen native has worked locally at NAPA Auto Parts, Morse Auto Body, D&J Towing, Jeff's Auto Repair and Tom's Auto Clinic, doing a little bit of everything from towing vehicles to managing the office to wrenchin', which includes basic auto maintenance such as oil changes and tire rotations.
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By Lesley Wroughton Crucial negotiations between the International Monetary Fund and Egypt on a $4.8 billion loan program begin on Tuesday and a top IMF official said an agreement must address the nation's gaping budget deficit without constraining economic growth.
The goal, according to IMF director for the Middle East and North Africa Masood Ahmed, is to phase out wasteful subsidies, especially in the energy sector, and to use the resources for more spending on health, education and infrastructure development as the country emerges from decades of authoritarian rule.
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The IMF talks in Cairo will aim to reach an agreement before the end of the year. The deal is likely to unleash further financing from other international lenders like the African Development Bank,the World Bank. Finacning by regional donors such as Qatar and regional donors.
The Obama administration has also said it will offer Egypt $1 billion in debt relief as well as financing and loan guarantees for American companies and banks to invest in Egypt.
Egypt's economic problems are enormous. A budget deficit has mushroomed to 11 percent of gross domestic product, there is massive youth unemployment and currency reserves are low.
The government has spent the last several months developing an economic program and ensuring political and social support for it at the IMF's insistence. Ahmed said in an interview with Reuters the IMF mission will assess the specifics of the plan in coming weeks.
"The program has to address the challenges that Egypt now faces," said Ahmed.
"These challenges are quite formidable and they are both short-term challenges in terms of strengthening fiscal and external resilience, but also the challenge of laying the foundation for a revival of economic activity over the medium term that is going to provide jobs.
"Beyond the short term problem, the Egyptian economy has to be guided by a vision of inclusive and job creating growth, with more transparency and a level playing field. The future cannot be a return to the past."
Ahmed emphasized that it was important to prevent the budget deficit from widening further through a gradual reduction in energy subsidies, 60 percent of which benefit the wealthy that have more money to spend on energy products.
One proposal is to target the subsidies at Egypt's poorest households through direct cash transfers or vouchers. Cutting subsidies is a political hot button issue and Ahmed said it was important that the government be open and clear about its intentions.
The government, which took office in July, has vowed to push through reform of the subsidies, which consume as much as a quarter of the state budget, but still has to explain how or when it will happen.
"Our experience with subsidy reform in many countries is that such reforms are best done when they are well prepared and phased in rather than implemented overnight," Ahmed said. "I don't think it will be sensible to try to implement hasty changes in a way that aren't fully thought through or risk backlash.
The IMF has estimated that with necessary measures the government will be able to reduce the budget deficit to 10 pecent of GDP in the financial year ending June 2013. It also believes that further substantial cuts in the budget deficit will be needed in 2013-2014 to put the budget on a sustainable path.
Implementing the measures will reassure investors and boost confidence, Ahmed said.
"You have to take measures that are seen as being substantial and credible and have an impact on the outcome, even in the first year," Ahmed said. "At the same time I believe you also have to signal the direction of subsequent actions that will be taken.
"You also don't want to over-reach because if you cut back spending too quickly then you also have an impact on growth -- in a way you're cutting back stimulus - so its a fine balance."
Ahmed said the an IMF program will also help lower interest rates that local banks charge, which have been pushed up by increased demand by the government for financing and growing incertainty. Egyptian government has been borrowing around $2 billion a month from local banks, crowding out financing available for the private sector.
Analysts have suggested that one way of boosting economic activity and exports is for the government to educe the value of its currency. Some analysts have estimated the Egyptian pound to be overvalued somewhere in the vicinity of 40 percent.
The debate is a political hot potator and Egypt's president Mohamed Mursi has rejected any notion of a currency devaluation.
"I don't want to get into specific valuations, but the important point is that over the medium term Egypt needs to build resilience and become competitive," Ahmed said when asked whether Egypt will need to devalue its currency.
Popular protests in 2011 chased away both tourists and foreign investors, two of Egypt's main sources of foreign exchange, putting pressure on the currency and helping to widen an already gaping budget deficit.
A weaker pound would encourage exports and stop a drain on foreign reserves.
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this is the reception I get....
Happy Friday, everybody!
Paula, look at your sweet fluffy babies...I call all animals babies. Bless their hearts... they are saying "Hey, we give you eggs... Where's the Treats!".
Where are they living, The Ritz? Boy, those houses look awesome!
Love the sound...music to this city gals ears.
*squeal* Little fluffy bottoms! Awww...bless their hearts, you can tell they've been starved and abused! LOLReplyDelete
I would just love for you to link up with Farm Friend Friday--too cute :)ReplyDelete
Oohhh Paula... That was hilarious:) The POOR things... You can tell they rule the roast, eh?
I just loved it and Sammi (our dog) who is laying beside me... turned his head and looked as if to say "WHAT IN TIME IS THAT??"
Too Funny..
Have a lovely weekend, dear..
lol! that is funny! They are so cute.
Patty H
How cute, Paula...they sure know how to make their intentions known, don't they? :)ReplyDelete
That was so funny and I would be making a lot of noise if I did get my treat on time.
Have a great weekend.
So cute! Thanks for the smiles this morning. Have a great weekend Paula.ReplyDelete
Now those are some ticked-off chicks, Paula! I guess you got your dressin-down for the day! Cute video and very nice chicken pens!ReplyDelete
Hahahahaaa....Get IN there Girl and feed those babies!!!
How Funny!! Love the video Paula!
And you tortured them a little further by just standing there and filming them! Haha, I love it! Very cute.ReplyDelete
Paula this was just way too cute! I'd forgotten how vocal chickens can get when they want something.ReplyDelete
9 little heads turned my way and several even barked back. Too cute!
BTW! I hate word verification!
How cute. I love your coop set up.ReplyDelete
Heeehehehe!!! I love it! Ya think those little fluffy fine feathered friends are just a little spoiled????
God bless ya and have amazing' weekend sweetie!!!
Paula...I love this video ! ! Can I come visit and help feed the chickens? LOL...ReplyDelete
Oh my word! That's a volatile situation--it sounds like they might riot at any moment rather than merely voice their concerns. Heehaw,,that's a good video.ReplyDelete
That is Hilarious!ReplyDelete
They were sure giving you what for Paula!! hahaReplyDelete
I want that divided henhouse! COOOL!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh Paula, I love it. We only have one chicken at the moment. She used to chase our little Buddy all over the place, but now they are friends. It is so cute to see them both romping over the yard. She still lets him know that she is boss, though. LOL We hope to get some more chicks this spring. I miss them. Thanks for sharing this with us. Put a smile on my face, for sure. (grin)ReplyDelete
OK, I'm jealous!
I played it really loud so my husband could hear.....wouldn't move.....oh well.....
Hugs, Ann
Tee-hee, that sounds very familiar!ReplyDelete
I loved it! I hope you realize how much your snippets of farm life cheer up peoples' days! Keep on cacklin'!!!ReplyDelete
Sounds like the girls are excited about something! Maybe they can feel Spring coming too!ReplyDelete
I loved hearing the girls! They seem to be a wee bit unhappy about you being late. Love the chicken house. Lucy came to the laptop to hear what all the squaking was about. She was very concerned! lol! Lucy knows how she hates it when I am late with her treats too.ReplyDelete
That was hilarious! ;-ÞReplyDelete
Love it! Every time we step out, our little free-rangers are talking away to us, checking for treats! I think they got spoiled. :)ReplyDelete
Paula! My son is laughing at the cackling from his bedroom!!!
Mercy! I would not want to face those girls empty-handed! That is one mad flock!!!Their bums are so cute and fluffy!!!!
Love, Debra
I love chickens.....I could just sit and watch them all day!ReplyDelete
*LOL* it all sounds so familiar... yet, still sounds so cute.
I see you have your feeders and waterers up on blocks, do your chickens still throw it out and onto the ground?
I have been searching for maybe a homemade feeder where they have head room only, so there is little to no wasted food.
I think they know you~ I love this sound. Your chicken pens are my dream pens Shelley. I will have to re-watch this video again and show it to my poor husband as I say " see, this is what I want !".ReplyDelete


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In Rebecca Watson's experience a blog comment by Richard Dawkins encourages Atheist men to harass Atheist women, particularly feminists who speak out. I've lost respect for him.
... he left this sarcastic comment on a friend's blog:
Dear Muslima
Stop whining, will you. Yes, yes, I know you had your genitals mutilated with a razor blade, and … yawn … don't tell me yet again, I know you aren't allowed to drive a car, and you can't leave the house without a male relative, and your husband is allowed to beat you, and you'll be stoned to death if you commit adultery. But stop whining, will you. Think of the suffering your poor American sisters have to put up with.
Only this week I heard of one, she calls herself Skep"chick", and do you know what happened to her? A man in a hotel elevator invited her back to his room for coffee. I am not exaggerating. He really did. He invited her back to his room for coffee. Of course she said no, and of course he didn't lay a finger on her, but even so …
And you, Muslima, think you have misogyny to complain about! For goodness sake grow up, or at least grow a thicker skin.
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Steph, that is the point, "you would think he would know better than that." He doesn't! And clearly revealed his bigotry in relation to women. He must be held accountable because he is just the top of the heap of men and women who feel women should not complain, not be crybabies, take it on the chin, forgive and forget. These are all nonsense! As long as we continue to do that we will be victims. Language reveals values that we cannot see. As Dawkins spoke judgmentally to SkepChik, we should use language to hold him accountable, as well as let her know we stand with her on her actions. She behaved honorably and PZ appears to have realized it.
Sexism is just wrong
The definition of mysogyny is 'hatred of women' which is unnacceptable.
The word is used loosely and I don't think Dawkins demonstrates a general hatred of women here.
Recent political debate has raised questions about the definition and the possibility of redefinition by at least one publisher.
The new definition could be watered down in line with common usage.
I don't think misogyny should be restricted to cases of fully overt and intentional hatred of women any more than racism should be restricted to fully overt and intentional racial insult or oppression.
Discounting unintentional misogyny is in itself a demonstration of empathy failure. Who needs the validation of a dictionary definition to know this?
Ruth, stated perfectly and I agree 100%.
well, this has been an interesting exploration; I have read and watched all that is printed, I have written to both Skipchick and Dawkins but have not yet received an answer. I feel I/we deserve to understand what happened and why. As for myself, I have come to a conclusion that comparing one person's suffering with another needs to be challenged. Having one's nose cut off, or clitoris cut away, or locked out of access to education or resources because of gender is always a power issue. When power maintains and perpetuates, it is done through language, attitudes, beliefs, customs, traditions and values. If we want to stamp out racism, sexism, or homophobia, we have to start with language and attitudes. If it is a strange man follows a woman into an elevator and invites her to his room for coffee, he has overstepped his bounds.
I agree it was a minor judgment call, but Skipchick was proper to use it as an example of her previous lecture and to do it publicly. To do otherwise is playing the game of hint and being coquette with "I've got a secret" and not naming names is immature and nothing changes. Just simple manners should have been the issue, and a valid one.
As to Dawkins, shame on him! He should know better. I find his response crude and un-helpfull. He allowed a teachable moment slip out of his hands. How else are we going to put a stop to men following unknown women into an elevator and then attacking them, not just offering a friendly invitation. If he had an invitation for her company he should have offered it before the elevator door opened to let them in.
As to the label, "misogyny" -- it is a bit strong and it is appropriate. Dawkins can be rough at times and in this case he was unwise.
Maybe he was drunk. I make my worst decisions when I'm drunk, it's why I tried to get circumsized...again.
I'm still trying to figure this whole thing out. A part of me has always considered sexism as an explicitly religious attribute so the fact that there are atheist misogenists surprises me. Here's what the gist of what seems to have happened: Rebecca Watson was apparently hit on in an elevator at a conference after talking about how she hated being sexualized at these conferences and she asked guys not to do that. Dawkins then left this blog post on a friend's blog and that seemed to give the seal of approval for a bunch of atheist men to make jokes about Watson being raped and call her a "slut". Maybe it's just my young age that prevents me from figuring this whole thing out. I still respect Dawkins when it comes to the field of biology, he is after all a professor of biology at Oxford. But now it seems that I can't respect him when it comes to civil rights and equality. The irony of course is that while many of the comments suggest that the people who left them no longer have any respect for Dawkins, but look where this discussion is posted. If you don't have any respect for Dawkins anymore, then stop bitching about how he disappointed all of you and leave the group!
I like him just fine - I am sure it was just human error or an oversight - and don't tell us what to do.
WE can discuss whatever we want.
No - I am staying here. So there!!
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Special issue: 16-year-old drivers
All the 16 year-olds didn't make it home
Too young, too soon: sixteen year-olds who never made it back home again
Facts behind faces: 16-year-olds' crashes differ from crashes involving older drivers
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October 8, 1994 |Volume 29, Number 11
Special issue: driver death rates by vehicle make and model
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Insurance theft results show claim frequencies down and payments up during last 15 years
Ricardo Martinez hits snag in confirmation for NHTSA post
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Bumpers on three new models show improvement over competition but could perform better
Bumpers on 1981 Ford Escort still reign as best ever tested
Conspicuity rule for new truck trailers would be extended to all trailers under an FHWA proposal
Beer ads, especially those that air during TV sports, influence youth
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Spinal cord injuries occur from crashes more than from other causes
Urban versus rural comparisons show crashes are the main cause of higher unintentional death rates in rural areas
First with daytime running lights in the United States is General Motors
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Advertisements for radar detectors give away purpose of devices, despite proponents' c1aims
February 19, 1994 |Volume 29, Number 3
International conference on alcohol-impaired driving focuses on reasons for worldwide decline in the problem
Drugs other than alcohol comprise a relatively small highway safety problem compared with alcohol
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Crash costs involve significant expenditures from public coffers
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January 29, 1994 |Volume 29, Number 2
Antilock brakes aren't reducing insurance claims for crash damage, despite impressive performance in tests
Facts about antilocks: what they can and cannot do to help drivers
Studies suggest driver behavior might be reducing antilock effectiveness
Data on double, triple tractor-trailer rigs are lacking, GAO says
Crash rates for single, double truck rigs compared on Indiana roads
Publication for fleet managers is new from the Institute
Correction to Vol. 28, No. 11
January 8, 1994 |Volume 29, Number 1
Low-speed crash test results show seven 1994 passenger vans with bumpers that allow way too much damage
Federal bumper standard for vans and cars should be uniform, eflective
Oldsmobile Silhouette's bumpers outperform bumpers on two other General Motors vans
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S. Afr. j. surg. vol.46 no.3 Cape Town Ago. 2008
An audit of provincial gastroenterology services in the Western Cape
G. WatermeyerI; M. E. C. Van WykII; P. A. GoldbergIII
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IIIF.C.S. (S.A.) M.MED. (SURG.); Division of Gastroenterology, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
BACKGROUND: While disorders such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and inflammatory bowel disease are prevalent among all racial groups in the Western Cape, there is little knowledge of local GI service provision. The state of equipment, facilities and staffing is largely unrecorded and to date unknown. The aim of this study was to audit the availability of GI facilities in the provincial sector, which provides care for the majority of people in the Western Cape.
METHOD: All hospitals in the Western Cape providing en-doscopy were evaluated by means of a hands-on audit, to identify available organisational infrastructure. Data including staffing, details and utilisation of existing equipment, maintenance and disinfection techniques and delays in service provision were collected.
RESULTS: Over a period of 12 months, 17 Western Cape hospitals were visited: 3 tertiary, 5 regional and 9 district-level institutions. There are currently 89 GI endoscopes in state service, with an average age of 6.1 years (range 1 - 23 years). While most institutions utilise video endoscopy, in many instances equipment is near the end of its economic life. A total of 26 434 endoscopic procedures were performed over a 12-month period. Overall at least 60% of all adult endos-copy was undertaken at tertiary institutions. The mean delay from consultation until gastroscopy or colonoscopy was 9.25 weeks (range 0.5 - 28 weeks) and 8 weeks (range 1 - 20 weeks), respectively. Only 1 tertiary and 1 regional hospital employed fully trained, registered nurses, and the majority of institutions did not conform to internationally accepted standards for the maintenance and disinfection of endoscopic equipment.
CONCLUSION: While endoscopy equipment is widely distributed throughout the province, it is evident from this study that services in the Western Cape fall short of international standards, with delays in endoscopic provision, lack of adequate equipment, inadequate scope maintenance and disinfection and a shortage of trained staff. As such, much of the population reliant on state facilities has poor access to GI health care. These deficiencies need to be addressed.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Robert Fawcett: Failure
If Fawcett can ever be accused of failure, it would be at remaining an unknown illustrator. Very few artists in the last hundred years of our profession have become more of a "name" than Robert Fawcett. In time he has been bestowed the title of "the illustrator's illustrator" and you could hardly find anyone more deserving.
Whether these early examples of Fawcett's work (courtesy of Chuck Pyle) hint at the greatness that was to come is for each of you to decide. I like them because they are from a period about ten years previous to the quote above. Fawcett's style is already evident...
... but these pieces are far from the seemingly flawless later work we so admire and see most often -- reassuring us that Robert Fawcett didn't spring fully formed into the illustration business. Even "the illustrator's illustrator" had to work at learning his craft.
I return to Robert Fawcett as a topic for the umpteenth time this week because I wanted to help promote a show opening on Saturday, May 22nd at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA. Those fortunate enough to live in the vicinity will be treated to the rare sight of 25 original Robert Fawcett illustrations, from the private collections of Mike Vosburg and Howard Chaykin "and a couple of other collectors in the area," according to Mike.
As well, I decided that this was the right time to check in with Manuel Auad, who has been editing a labour of love and one of the most highly anticipated projects in the community of mid-century illustration afficionados: The Robert Fawcett book.
Manuel kindly sent along the cover scan above and this first spread below and asks that I mention the book is now tentatively scheduled for Fall 2010 release.
"The illustrator's illustrator" failed to remain anonymous during his long and storied career.... but the fickle public did, for a time, forget - not just Robert Fawcett - but just about every illustrator of that "last golden age." Its immensely gratifying to see such worthy talent finally returning to the spotlight to be studied and celebrated by a new generation.
This week, a few more examples and some though-provoking quotes.
* My Robert Fawcett Flickr set.
* Many thanks to Chuck Pyle, Mike Vosburg, Howard Chaykin, and Manuel Auad for contributing art and information to this post!
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Can't wait for that book to come out.ReplyDelete
Now if only someone would do a Al Parker book ....sigh*
Thanks Leif - I never get tired of this topic.ReplyDelete
Robert Fawcett always perks my interest. Some of the stories about his brash sense of humor have become as memorable as his excellent illustrations. Occasionally, I come across those that recall the names and works of the mid century golden age of illustration, and before. They are usually around my age 70, or older. I also find that women are more likely to remember Jon Whitcomb over any other illustrator, with the exception of Norman Rockwell. However, probably with the help of the Internet, younger people involved in fine art and illustration today , are familiar or becoming familiar with many of the giants in illustration.ReplyDelete
Dean Cornwell anticipated the prospect of his fame being 'short lived' and forgotten as an illustrator, so he spent much of his latter years doing murals for very little profit compared to much more profitable illustration work. He felt the murals would be seen by many more people for perhaps several hundred years. Ironically, he is known more for his illustration work, than his mural work.. though at the time of his death, he was considered perhaps the greatest and most experienced muralist in America.
Maybe Barbara Bradley said it best, when she commented that publishing her book on drawing was to be her legacy, but when it was done she realized her children and grandchildren was her true legacy.
Tom Watson
- Chad Sterling9:59 AM
With respect, I dont think Fawcett was worrying about his 'legacy', he was talking about not being 'flavor of the month' this year and forgotten next year.ReplyDelete
This may sound preposterous now, but he was not to know what may lay ahead at the time.And the decline in Leyendecker's fortunes , for example, would hang over the head of popular illustrator's like a sword od Damocles.
I'm always interested to see the early work of illustrators as it shows how much thought and work goes into developing their signature style. Austin Briggs run on Flash Gordon was awful, as were a lot of early Frazetta strips.
One of these days I'll track down something Fawcett did at the very beginning of his career, when he lived in Winnipeg. Can't wait for the book myself....ReplyDelete
Chad, I don't disagree with you, but perhaps I should have prefaced my comment with Leif's significant quote, "..but the fickle public did, for a time, forget - not just Robert Fawcett - but just about every illustrator of that "last golden age." Its immensely gratifying to see such worthy talent finally returning to the spotlight to be studied and celebrated by a new generation."ReplyDelete
When you are no longer 'flavor of the month', chances are your flavor is also no longer remembered in the future after your demise. I don't know if Fawcett was concerned about his legacy as an illustrator, or only concerned with maintaining popularity with the public in his lifetime. I suspect he wanted to be a chocolate flavor, which would more than likely always be popular with most of the public, generation after generation. Hence, his illustrations, unlike Al Parker or Austin Briggs, remained traditionally conservative in his approach and technique.
Tom Watson
- Chad Sterling1:48 PM
I dont think we're too far apart on this.As an illustrator, one can only hope to be remembered in a YEARS time, let alone an epoch.
Stepping back a bit from self-interest, you could ask does anyone working in an ephemeral industry have the right to be remembered 50 years later? After all the current interest in mid-century illustration could just as easily be a cyclical revival to be replaced by an interest in the pop art style of the sixties.
We are all part of a continuum and interests move in cycles.No doubt the development of the internet and excellent forums such as this has greatly assisted the process.
Humph! I had written a lovely long reply to Chad's initial comment and Blogger crapped out on me as I hit 'Publish' - now I don't know if I'm up for trying to rewrite the whole thing.ReplyDelete
However - I did want to say thanks to you, Chad, for returning to commenting here - welcome back! - and to Tom for, as always, his learned insight. Thanks as well to everyone else who takes the time to comment - it makes the effort of assembling these posts all the more gratifying when you share your thoughts and opinions.
And also, to the point of the discussion...ReplyDelete
I think the idea of 'name' is a two-sided coin. Recognizable style on one side, and legacy on the other. By the time Fawcett made that comment about dreading the thought he might become a 'name' illustrator, it was probably already too late - by 1946 his career was firmly established. After all, only a year later he would become one of the founding faculty of the Famous Artists School.
I also think 'flavour of the month' would have been measured in decades, not months back then. (Without the tyranny of the Internet, people could actually focus their attention on one artist's work for more than a nanosecond before moving on to a millionbillion other visual delights). If Fawcett's main concern was being branded as such, he still would have enjoyed a long and successful career before being toppled by the next flavour. I suspect he was being somewhat ingenuous when he made the remark I quoted. I should add context to that quote by admitting right here that Fawcett prefaced his remark with "There is little chance of it ever happening to me, but..."
This book on Fawcett coming out is such great news. For many years I thought, and still do, he is possibly the best illustrator ever, at least from my point of view and what I believe illustration should be about. Also, these text lines out of an interview with him that you are posting here are exceptionally interesting.ReplyDelete
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