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Yesterday, the Justice Department's Inspector General released a damning report about the Voting Section of DOJ's Civil Rights Division. The Civil Rights Divison is run by Tom Perez, President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Labor.
You can read the Report, which exceeds 250 pages, here. I'll provide a few of the lowlights:
[W]e found that starting in April 2009, there were serious discussions among senior leadership in the Division and the Department about removing Christopher Coates as Chief of the Voting Section, at least in part because of a belief that Coates had a "very conservative view of civil rights law" and wanted to make "reverse-discrimination" cases such a high priority in the Voting Section that it would have a negative impact on the Section's ability to do "traditional" cases on behalf of racial and language-minority voters. However, we found no evidence that Coates had declined to implement the decisions or policies of the new administration at the time of this effort, despite his admittedly conservative views and his acknowledged willingness to pursue "reverse-discrimination" cases.
Division leaders also believed, based in part on complaints from career employees, that Coates was a flawed manager and a divisive figure whose removal would improve the functioning and morale of the Voting Section. After career officials in JMD told Division leadership that the then-existing record would not support a performance-based removal, an effort was then undertaken by Division leadership to document Coates's performance deficiencies. Ultimately, however, Coates requested and was granted a transfer out of the Division. We found the manner in which the Coates matter was handled further increased the appearance of politicization of the Voting Section.
The IG was "surprised and dismayed at the amount of blatantly partisan political commentary that we found in e-mails sent by some Voting Section employees on Department computers." For example, a non-attorney employee in the Voting Section wrote in an e-mail to a Section attorney:
[P]ersonally i think that the architects of the [Voting Rights Act] and those who fought and died for it are rolling over in their graves with that perversion of the act … im sorry, but [White people] are NOT covered for a reason.
Voting Section employees also attacked non-liberal colleagues on left-wing web sites. For example:
[A]t least three career Voting Section employees posted comments on widely read liberal websites concerning Voting Section work and personnel. . .Many of the postings, which generally appeared in the Comments section following blog entries related to the Department, included a wide array of inappropriate remarks, ranging from petty and juvenile personal attacks to highly offensive and potentially threatening statements.
The comments were directed at fellow career Voting Section employees because of their conservative political views, their willingness to carry out the policies of the CRT division leadership, or their views on the Voting Rights Act. The highly offensive comments included suggestions that the parents of one former career Section attorney were Nazis, disparaging a career manager's physical appearance and guessing how he/she would look without clothing, speculation that another career manager was watching pornography in her office, and references to "Yellow Fever," in connection with allusions to marital infidelity involving two career Voting Section employees, one of whom was described as 'look[ing] Asian.'"
The IG correctly refused to accept the politically-charged nature of voting rights cases as an excuse for the polarization, discord, and harassment identified in the report:
We do not believe that ideological polarization and bitter controversy within the Section are an inevitable consequence of the high political stakes in some Voting Section cases. Other Department components – including components that specialize in subject areas that are also politically controversial, such as environmental protection – do not appear to suffer from the same degree of polarization and internecine conflict.
We believe the difference is largely a function of leadership and culture, and that steps must be taken to address the professional culture of the Voting Section and the perception that political or ideological considerations have affected important administrative and enforcement decisions there.
In recent years, the leadership of the Voting Section has come, ultimately, from Tom Perez. The IG's report shows that leadership to be seriously wanting.
That report constitutes an additional reason to reject Perez as Secretary of Labor. In upcoming posts, I will discuss yet more reasons for rejecting him.
UPDATE: IG also concluded, as I had, that the decisions reached by both the Bush and Obama administrations regarding the controversial New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case "were ultimately supportable on nonracial and non-partisan grounds."
At PJ Media, Christian Adams has more on the IG's report.


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Samsung Galaxy Camera Debuts at Company's 'Unpacked' Event
Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Camera at its "Unpacked" event earlier today.
This is the first Android-powered point and shooter to be released by the company, who hopes to elevate the experience of photography with this new hybrid device.
The camera has the ability to connect to WiFi/3G/4G (HSPA+) networks and does a great job at integrating Android into itself, according to 9to5 Google who spent some time with the new device.
"We were able to get some hands-on time with the device and were quite impressed.. to say the least," wrote the site. "Put simply, the Galaxy Camera is everything you love about an Android device in a quality point-and-shoot camera (minus voice calling)."
Other specifications on the Galaxy Camera include a 21x Optical Zoom and 23mm wide angle, 16M BSI CMOS, auto cloud back-up, and a battery capable of lasting for 7 hours.
The device can also automatically backup photos to the cloud instantly after they are captured. It builds on the same Share Shot feature available on the Galaxy S3 and can connect wirelessly to other Galaxy Cameras and smartphones to share content.
The main camera features various auto-shoot modes such as casual, Smart Pro, and expert for adjusting detailed settings. The device also has the ability to create smart folders, tag faces, and search for photos and video.
Samsung did not announce when it would release the Galaxy Camera, but it would make sense for the company to have it out before the holiday shopping season begins.
The company also unveiled the Galaxy Note 2 at today's event and announced its launch for the beginning of October.
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U.S. stock futures nudged slightly higher, extending the previous session's rise to record territory, as investors kept to the sidelines ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress. Paul Vigna reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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Nightmares are a common disorder with serious consequences. Recently, the cognitive behavioral interventions Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) and exposure proved effective in a self-help format. The aim of the current study was to compare the following self-help formats to a waiting-list: IRT; IRT with sleep hygiene; and IRT with sleep hygiene and a lucid dreaming section. Two-hundred-seventy-eight participants were included and randomized into a condition. Follow-up measurements were 4, 16, and 42 weeks after baseline. Seventy-three participants filled out all questionnaires and 49 returned the nightmare diaries. Contrary to our expectations, the original IRT was more effective than the two other intervention conditions. Moreover, IRT was the only intervention that convincingly proved itself compared to the waiting-list condition. However, these data should be interpreted with caution due to the low power and high dropout. Yet it seems that in a self-help format, IRT and exposure (which was validated previously) are the treatments of choice for treating nightmares.
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Clint Dempsey believes Tottenham can finish above Manchester City to claim second spot on the Premier League table before season's end.
Dempsey and his Spurs team-mates are currently in third place following a run of just one defeat in their past nine league matches. Trailing City by six points for now, Dempsey insists Spurs will cut the deficit s the campaign progresses.
"That's the goal," Dempsey said of finishing second.
"Everybody wants to be pushing for great things and doing something special in their careers. We have the quality in our team and there's no reason why we shouldn't think that.
"We need to continue on this good run of form and get as many points as possible. You want to keep your feet on the ground and know there's a lot of hard work to put in if you want to accomplish your goals."
Dempsey, who missed two games over the festive period with a groin injury, is happy that he is back among the goals, but insists he can still do better.
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A special Christmas message to all members of the Weekly Internet Meditation Group and to all meditators from Laurence Freeman OSB, Director, The World Community for Christian Meditation, 2002.
As a reminder that there is no false consolation in Christianity, the church's readings for the run-up to Christmas have an apocalyptic quality. At times they seem to be more about endings than the great new beginning about to burst upon the world.
Up to the moment of Jesus' birth we confront the turbulent end of the old world order, the death of the old gods of this world. And old gods, as we know from our personal lives, die hard. What a struggle the ancestral gods and their social 'thrones and dominations' put up as they feel their own passing.
Last night I heard a lecture by an Israeli woman from the Peace Now movement. She described the horrific slide into terror that has happened because of the violence on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide. Intimidation by the Israeli occupying forces is escalating and Israelis taking their children to school are terrified to park near a bus on a crowded street. The majority on both sides favor a non-violent settlement but both sides also believe there is no partner for such a settlement. The old gods are the powers of war and separation, reactive violence, fear and chronic distrust. In the land of Jesus' birth they still seem very much in control.
The woman spoke coolly and rationally, with Jewish humor in the face of tragedy and, above all, with hope. I was reminded that hope is not the fantasy or desire for a good outcome but the inborn conviction, deeper than reason and closer, perhaps, to humor that things will turn out for the best. It is Mother Julian's penetrating insight born from her profound experience of the Cross that 'all will be well and all manner of thing will be well'.
What more powerfully than a child's eyes meeting ours, searching and clarifying our own clouded depths, without fear or distrust, can convince us of this? Politicians and few religious leaders can do so. Philosophers quickly lose the thread. The pious never get it. The divine expresses itself with overwhelming fullness in innocence renewed. Meditation renews our innocence. The birth that took place in Bethlehem also happens, if we allow it, in the manger of our hearts. We have only to say, like Mary, the woman of hope, 'let it be'. Our mantra is just this.
After meditation: from The Gospel of John 1:1-5, NRSV, Oxford University Press.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never overcome it.
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a type of
that occurs when a blood vessel ruptures. Blood quickly fills the area immediately surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This space contains the cerebrospinal fluid. The fluid cushions and protects the brain and spinal cord.
This life-threatening condition requires emergency medical care. The hemorrhage may increase the pressure around the brain. It can interfere with the brain's ability to function.
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage may be caused by:
Factors that may increase your chance of developing subarachnoid hemorrhage include:
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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your cerebrospinal fluid may need to be tested. This can be done with a
lumbar puncture.
Imaging tests evaluate the brain and surrounding structures. This can be done with:
Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a serious condition. It typically requires initial treatment in the intensive care unit. Despite treatment, many people with this condition die.
The aim of treatment is to stop the bleeding, limit damage to the brain, and reduce the risk of it occurring again. If bleeding results from a cerebral aneurysm, a doctor will usually attempt to stop it using various techniques. Patients receive medication to ensure proper blood flow to the rest of the brain. Absolute bed rest is needed to prevent additional bleeding. After the situation is stabilized, patients undertake a vigorous rehabilitation program.
Aneurysms present since birth cannot be prevented. Because they are so rare, doctors do not advise screening for them. If an unruptured aneurysm is discovered by chance in a young person, the doctor may do surgery.
Avoiding smoking and controlling blood pressure can reduce the risk of a rupture if an aneurysm exists. Wearing a seatbelt and using a helmet can also reduce the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage from
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In social media spaces everywhere, today is #TransformationTuesday, a time when people post pictures of them as kids, their dramatic weight loss, new hairdos, etc. But frankly, that's just getting old, so why not take the opportunity to give the idea a little musical spin. From the mind-blowing, to those that make you say WTF, here are 5 of the most interesting song makeovers. Read More


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We continue to receive lots of critiques of our list of 21 best American novels. Christopher Cornell writes:
I cannot BELIEVE you have omitted John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces–winner of the Pulitzer prize for fiction back when that meant something, funnier and more important than just about everything on your list, especially the vastly overrated Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
Historian John Steele Gordon writes:
Uncle Tom's Cabin may be the most historically important novel in American history, but it is hardly in the top twenty for its literary qualities. For that matter, it's not in the top ten thousand. Were it not for its importance as a catalyst of anti-slavery opinion at the time (it was a titanic best-seller) it would have been utterly forgotten well over a century ago.My candidate to replace it: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. It's so compulsively readable that many people think it can't possibly be great. But it is…
Steve St. Clair writes:
The Grapes of Wrath?? No socialist realism for us, thank you!"
So, one of the criteria is "does not offend our ideological sensibilities."
No, one of the criteria is "can't be written in a ham-handed prose style, with cardboard characters," which, combined with a dose of leftism, is what I mean by "socialist realism." And, GoW fans, no need to write again! I admit that characterization is a bit hyperbolic. One "artocrat" writes:
Without a doubt Raymond Chandler is the definitive novelist of the American Century. To leave him off your list is like (R) Dennis Hassert claming special privilage for Congress, wake up and smell the gunpowder.
Um, note that our list includes "Chandler, The Long Goodbye." And, finally, Tom Kelly refers to this post:
I'd take most of the beers listed over any of the novels. But some of the rankings are suspect. Anchor Steam is way too low. Pacifico rated higher than Negra Modelo? Give me a break. Did you know that "Pacifico" is the Spanish word for "Miller"?
So far, around 1,600 votes have been cast. The leaders are no surprise: Huckleberry Finn, followed by To Kill A Mockingbird. But I'm pleased to see that My Antonia is drawing quite a bit of support, and I take Henry James' dismal showing to be another sign of our readers' good judgment–although Scott assures me that it's only the later James that is unreadable, and that Portrait of a Lady is quite wonderful.
You can vote at Power Line News every 24 hours, so if you've already cast a ballot, don't hesitate to return and vote again.
SCOTT adds: Steven Den Beste writes: "Maybe Grapes of Wrath should go on the beer list. For some people it's about as intoxicating."


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OK, read just over a third of these. How many have you read/own? Which ones of the non-highlighted titles would you recommend to me and/or others and why?
Monday, September 05, 2011
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
OK, read just over a third of these. How many have you read/own? Which ones of the non-highlighted titles would you recommend to me and/or others and why?
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- rahkan said...
I really liked Sarraute's Tropisms. It was a very interesting reading experience. Probably too strange to have been readable (for me) at a longer length, but with about 20 thousand word stories, it was perfect.
Also really enjoyed Celine's Journey To The End Of The Night. The style of dialogue is interesting in itself, with its long speeches and frequent ellipses. And the adventures were very entertaining (and very black, in outlook), particularly the parts in the United States.
- James said...
Have read:
The Great Gatsby
The War of the Worlds
Both were part of the curriculum my English teacher threw together at random. Unlike my fellow students, I enjoyed The Great Gatsby and it is the only one from my high school years that I look upon favorably. I vaguely remember being forced to read The War of the Worlds during my senior year, but have no idea if I enjoyed it or not.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Lord of the Rings
My lousy English teacher, whose assignments were random and largely consisted of playing his favorite music and having us write about in our journals, decided to tell us how Nineteen Eighty-Four ended instead of assigning it to us. This, combined with my distaste for dystopian fiction, has stripped me of any desire to read it. However, I did buy a copy a few years ago... just in case.
I attempted to read The Lord of the Rings and only managed to get a little over a hundred pages in. A boring slog with pin-pricks of torture in the form of songs. I may own a copy, but I doubt I will pick it up again.
As with most of the lists posted, my totals are dismal. You get used to it after a while.
- Matthew Cheney said...
What a fun list!
I've not read all of Tristes Tropiques, but dip into it now and then and always find it fascinating and stimulating, with a richness of prose and vision that's astounding. Life: A User's Manual is definitely worth checking out, and virtually impossible to describe. Six Characters is the most famous Pirandello play and so influential that one is tempted to exclaim as an apocryphal student once did of Hamlet: "It's nothing but cliches!" I like some of Pirandello more because it's less familiar (e.g. Henry IV), but it's definitely on a very small list of the most important plays of the 20th century. (Unlike the Brecht. Arturo Ui?! Over Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage, and The Caucasian Chalk Circle?! Insanity!) Breton's Nadja is a head trip and absolutely essential surrealism; also very short, which I like. I love Barthes, but Writing Degree Zero seems a strange choice (Barthes by Barthes or Lover's Discourse would be mine). Renard's Journal is magnificent, just beautiful selections from the everyday life of a writer -- it's a book I once assigned a writing class, in fact, and they liked it. The Theatre & Its Double is some of the craziest theorizing you could ever read, and yet, despite its craziness, it almost convinces me it is sane. Rilke's Notebooks is sort of the prototypical poet's novel, well worth seeking out. And Under the Volcano is logorrheic, drunken stream-of-consciousness -- I read it while staying in Cuernavaca, Mexico, which is where it's set, and had to stop because it was blowing my mind too much; finished it a year or so later, which didn't seem to affect the novel's sense in the least, but made it much more bearable.
Ashamed to admit, though will for the sake of truth and justice, that I've never read The Little Prince. Among others...
- Liviu said...
This superb list is much more representative imho than the usual Anglo stuff but I grew up on French literature so I am biased...
I read 37 of the books there, mostly novels, have and started some 3 or 4 - most notably Belle de Seigneur and The Interrogation, while I am unsure of one or two since the English titles are unfamiliar but I read a lot of say Boris Vian in French or Romanian
The Opposing Shore and Master and Margarita are among my all time favorite novels and I have no qualms about The Stranger heading the list since it is a masterpiece
What a hodgepodge of a list!
Ballad of the Salt Sea, Blake and Mortimer, Asterix, Lotus bleu, Gaston : these are comics, all good, some on the fun side (Astérix, Gaston), some on the poetic side (Ballad :+++)
I couldn't bear Journey to the end of the night nor The man without qualities but that's idiosyncratic. Kundera considers Musil is one of the greatest novelists of all time. So feel free to read them! :)
Remembrance of things past is a great journey : you need time and a quiet mind to dive into such a work.
Tristes tropiques is a favorite. Levi Strauss wrote about his travels in Amazonia and the book begins by "I hate travelling". It's a great achievement as an anthropologist and as a writer.
I have read 10 on that list.
Weird that they have some comics on the list; Asterix and Tintin (Blue Lotus).
Is Camus' Stranger that good?
- Nick said...
I've read eighteen of those listed, five of which I often cite in my "Top 10" works I consider the most important I've read:
1. The Stranger Albert Camus
21. Brave New World Aldous Huxley
28. Ulysses James Joyce
33. One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez
94. The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov
I prefer Kafka's The Castle (part of my aforementioned "Top 10"), having found The Trial quite a chore in comparison. So while I appreciate the inclusion of Kafka on the list I debate the choice of work.
My recommendation from the list is Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello. I was introduced to it by my great aunt who had seen it performed on stage in New York back when she was a teenager. I found her description of it (as simply Pirandello, from which she would recite scenes as she remembered them) fascinating when I was younger.
- Mimouille said...
- If you intend to read Remembrance of Things Past, you should do it with much attention. To a certain extent, it deserves to be studied and analyzed and not only read. The concept of the "Madeleine de Proust" is always with me
- Journey to the End of the Night by Celine is one of my favorite books of all time, such an in depth view of human frailty and misery
- Froth on the Daydream is great if you are into surrealist literature...could not read it as a teen, but it was much better later
- In my opinion, The Counterfeiters by Gide can easily be overlooked...he depicts totally unrealistic characters to fit his troublesome fantasies (older men and young adolescents)
- The Horseman on the Roof is a great read, very comparable in my opinion to Camus' Plague
- Belle du Seigneur is two books in one, a social criticism (which I loved) and a love story (extremely annoying) but which should still be read to discover a magnificent author (Mangeclous is maybe a better place to start)
- Les Vrilles de la vigne by Colette is fine if you like extensive descriptions of the beauty of nature...
- Ballad of the Salt Sea is actually the first in a series of magnificent graphic novels from Hugo Pratt, which must absolutely be read (I love the drawings)
- Confusion of Feelings from Zweig I couldn't get into (I tried it young). I much preferred the Chess Player or Beware of Pity (a masterpiece)
- Gabriele C. said...
OK, now we need a Russian and a German list, too, and I may get most of the books I read covered. :)
And this time I beat Larry. ;) I've read about 70% of books on the list.
Hm... I've read 23 (that doesn't include two I started but couldn't be bothered to finish).
'Gulag Archipelago' should be on your tbr pile.
Asterix... not 'A. the Gaul', the magic duo hadn't quite got into their stride in that the first in the series, 'Asterix in Britain' is much funnier, giving the French take on traditional English eccentricities.
'The Big Sleep' - literature it ain't, enjoyable it is.


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I enjoyed a touch of sewing, but I'm mostly found out in my garden at the moment. So much to do after being off my feet for so long.
Merry Christmas to everyone
I'm officially on holidays now, so I could be back . . . sooner rather than later
Merry Christmas, Annie. Your pillows are lovely!
Gorgeous gifting!!
Merry everything to you Annie xx
You clever Annie! Those are some gorgeous pillows.
Oh those pillows are gorgeous. Love the Union Jack and the last red one especially. Makes me want to sew cushions for Christmas....don't think there's time now..
These are gorgeous, Annie. It was so nice to see you this morning; thank you for dropping in. xx
I LOVE the blue one its gorgeous! Your so clever Annie!
The cushions are beautiful. Have a Happy Christmas.


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With the news of Neil Armstrong's passing this weekend, I thought about giant leaps for mankind and how space and curiosity of what lies beyond earth have not only inspired science lovers but artists of all disciplines, including tattooing. Just a Google image search on "space tattoos" will show how widely popular they are. I also put a call out on Twitter and a number of great tattoo artists sent me photos of starscapes, spacecrafts and astronauts.
One artist whom many associate with cosmic tributes -- as well as bio-organic and trippy dystopias -- is Brooklyn's own Jon Clue. Tattooing since 1993, he became particularly known early in his career for his "new school" graffiti-influenced color bombs. That vivid color saturation is found in his work today, but with less literal and more surreal subject matter. You can see influences of Guy Aitchison, with whom he's worked closely, as well as Aaron Cain and Paul Booth, among others. Prick magazine has a good Q&A with him, although now a bit out of date as Jon is back tattooing in New York.
Check Jon's work on his site and that of East Side Ink.
Tattoo in progress.
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We were just talking about Katy Perry's attraction to John Mayer's "genius". And now here's Mila Kunis, arriving at LAX with Ashton Kutcher yesterday after hitting up Toronto's Just For Laughs Festival where she performed a Family Guy reading with other members of the cast. I feel like Mila's not unlike Katy Perry this way. Both are dating men who've behaved like pricks – and publicly. Both claim to see beyond the superficial, in love with an alleged brilliance that's supposedly buried underneath. In Ashton's case, because he's a self-proclaimed tech mogul? OK.
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Opinion: Why the Saudis Are Steaming Mad
Global View columnist Bret Stephens on how President Obama alienated a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Another National Honor for Bulldog Captain
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale senior forward Aleca Hughes (Westwood, Mass.), whose efforts to help save lives have been inspired by her teammate Mandi Schwartz '10 (1988-2011), was named the winner of the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup Wednesday night in a ceremony held in the Egyptian Ballroom at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. This is the fifth award this month for Hughes, Yale's captain, and all five have recognized her leadership and work off the ice.
Named after legendary UCLA men's basketball coach John Wooden, the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup is presented annually to two distinguished athletes -- one collegiate and one professional -- who have made the greatest difference in the lives of others. The recipients are athletes of excellence both on and off the field, role models both as performers and persons. Pat Summitt, the former University of Tennessee women's basketball coach, was honored as the professional recipient Wednesday night. Previous professional recipients include Mia Hamm, Andrea Jaeger, John Lynch, Peyton Manning, Dikembe Mutombo, Cal Ripken Jr. and John Smoltz. Hughes is the first Ivy Leaguer to win the collegiate award, whose past recipients include Tim Tebow.
The Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup was founded by Athletes for a Better World, a non-profit organization committed to changing the culture of American sports. Wooden, who won 10 national championships as men's basketball coach at UCLA, is universally regarded as one of the finest human beings in the world of sports. When Coach Wooden learned about Athletes for a Better World, he gave permission for his name to be associated with the annual award and spoke at the inaugural event in Los Angeles in 2005. Recipients of the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup are chosen by a committee that includes more than 100 distinguished individuals involved in athletics across the country.
This past March Hughes was named one of five national finalists for the award, along with Josh Nadzam (University of Kentucky, track and field), Roddy Jones (Georgia Tech, football), Tommy Chase (Notre Dame, baseball) and Cody Reichard (Miami-Ohio, ice hockey). The five finalists were all invited to the ceremony Wednesday night. Hughes was joined by Yale assistant coach Jessica Koizumi.
Hughes' story has been intertwined with that of her fallen teammate. Mandi passed away Apr. 3, 2011, after battling cancer for more than two years. She inspired Hughes to start a number of initiatives, including the Mandi Schwartz Foundation and the annual "White Out for Mandi" fundraiser game at Ingalls Rink each fall. The first two "White Outs" have raised more than $50,000.
Hughes has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the value of marrow donation -- and umbilical cord blood donation -- for patients with life-threatening illnesses. She has been one of the driving forces behind the Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale, which is led each April by the women's ice hockey, football and field hockey teams. The first such drive was held in 2009, shortly after Mandi was initially diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. The four drives at Yale have added more than 3,000 potential marrow donors to the Be The Match Registry and located at least six genetic matches who donated to patients with life-threatening illnesses. The 2012 drive took place last week at Commons on the Yale campus in New Haven.
This past fall Hughes started the Mandi Schwartz Foundation to keep Mandi's legacy of helping others alive. In addition to the White Out, the women's ice hockey team raised money for the foundation by participating -- along with the Yale men's ice hockey team -- in the season-long "Goals for Good" campaign. Through that campaign, ECAC Hockey teams competed against each other to see who could raise the most money for charity.
Hughes is also her team's representative for Yale Athletics' Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Program. She has been involved in many team events such as Youth Days and Skate with the Players, and also has volunteered as a coach with Yale Youth Hockey.
Hughes and the Bulldogs also continue to spend time with their adopted teammate Giana, a local 10-year-old girl who had surgery for a brain tumor at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Those community service efforts helped Yale, as a team, earn the New Haven Register's "Dave Solomon Memorial Sports Persons of the Year Award" for 2011.
The 31st person to captain the Yale women's ice hockey team in its 35-year varsity history, Hughes led the team in assists (11) and points (15) this past season. She was among Yale's top four scorers every season of her career, and led the team in goals (a career-high 10) in 2010-11.
Hughes did not miss a game in her career, finishing with 30 goals and 31 assists for 61 points in 116 games. She is in Yale's career top 20 for goals (20th), assists (t-19th) and points (20th). She has twice earned Yale's Mandi Schwartz Award for courage, grit and determination. This past weekend she received two more of Yale's awards at the annual team banquet -- the Bingham Award for leadership and the Brodhead Award as the team's top scholar-athlete.
Hughes has excelled in the classroom and will receive her fourth ECAC Hockey All-Academic honor this year. She is an American studies major and intends to go to business school to learn more about non-profit management after a few years of gaining work experience.
Hughes is a graduate of Hotchkiss School. She was team captain and All-New England at Hotchkiss and also played for the Connecticut Stars, earning two bronze medals and one silver at Nationals.
The Wooden Citizenship Cup caps a memorable April for Hughes. Earlier this month she traveled to Tampa, Fla., where she was named the winner of the 2012 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award, which is open to every male and female NCAA hockey player in Division I and Division III, was presented to her in a ceremony at Channelside Bay Plaza on Friday Apr. 6 as part of the 2012 NCAA Frozen Four.
In addition to winning the Hockey Humanitarian Award, Hughes also earned ECAC Hockey and Hockey East's Sarah Devens Award for leadership. She was presented with that award on Apr. 10 in a ceremony at the New England Hockey Writers' Banquet in Saugus, Mass.
Hughes and the Mandi Schwartz Foundation were also one of three finalists in the "Community Organization" category for the National Consortium for Academics and Sports' Giant Steps Award.
Aleca Hughes, Nan Wooden, Jessica Koizumi and Pat Summitt.
Wooden Citizenship Cup Winners:
2012: Aleca Hughes, Ice Hockey, Yale
2011: Quinton Carter, Football, Oklahoma
2010: Zak Boggs, Soccer, South Florida
2009: Tim Tebow, Football, Florida
2008: Will Bruce, Ice Hockey, Williams
2007: Anna Key, Soccer, University of California
2006: Jacqueline DuBois, Track & Field, Oklahoma
2005: William Betz, Swimming, Brigham Young
2012: Pat Summitt, Basketball
2011: Dikembe Mutombo, Basketball
2010: Mia Hamm, Soccer
2009: Cal Ripken, Jr., Baseball
2008: Andrew Jaeger, Tennis
2007: John Lynch, Football
2006: John Smoltz, Baseball
2005: Peyton Manning, Football
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New year brings higher commuting costs
After a year of lengthy commutes due to Metro-North's backlog of track work, Peter Garneau, a Springdale commuter said the one-two punch of increased fares and a decrease in tax benefits is difficult to take.
Since Metro-North began a stepped up campaign of track and tie replacement on the New Haven Line in the wake of a derailment in Bridgeport that injured 76 people in May, Garneau's commute to New York has been 15 to 20 minutes longer on an average day.
"It's driving me crazy," said Garneau, a commuter since 2005. "My thing is, now we're going to have to pay all this extra money for a service that is basically the worst it's ever been."
After a rough year that included the derailment, the death of a veteran Metro-North foreman, and 13 days of severely hampered service in September due to a power outage, weary Connecticut commuters will face a 5 percent fare increase alongside an automatic cut from $245 to $130 in the amount of pre-tax dollars commuters can deduct monthly on rail and bus tickets and other commuting costs.
Business leaders in Fairfield County and lawmakers are concerned about the dual economic impact of the measures on use of rail and other mass transit following the recent service crises, and in the longer term, Connecticut's ability to keep the New Haven Line in good repair, improve trip times, and compete economically with New York.
"The fare increase combined with the commuter tax benefit expiring is really a double hit and it disastrously discourages train commuting and ridership and generally at a time when we need to bolster it," U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said.
Joseph McGee, vice president for the Business Council of Fairfield County said that the reduced tax credit and the increased fare at the same time undermines long-term efforts to spur mass-transit use and throws a glaring light on Connecticut's transportation shortcomings.
A failure to improve rail service could tarnish Fairfield County's appeal for companies looking to establish headquarters in southern Connecticut and lessen the premium a price that commercial and residential space near rail stations commands, McGee said.
"The loss of the tax credit is really unfortunate because that was put in place in order to encourage mass-transit use but also to equalize somewhat the federal benefit that goes into automobiles through the investment in the highway system," McGee said. "The most expensive property is around the train station in Stamford which reflects the desirability of being near rail, so everything we can do to make the rail system better to provide a safer and better ride is crucial."
The limit on the number of pre-tax dollars that could be set aside for mass transit riders was $120 until 2009, when it was boosted to $230 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. A higher level of benefit has been preserved by yearly congressional action since 2010 but now Congress is considering legislation to make the benefit permanent.
The 5 percent fare increase is comprised of the final of three consecutive 4 percent fare hikes enacted in 2011 and 1 percent fare increases between 2012 and 2017 meant to pay for the state's new fleet of 425 M8 railcars.
Both Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., are backing legislation to try to permanently extend the commuter tax-free benefits.
Himes is co-sponsoring the Commuter Parity Act, which would permanently amend the federal tax code to allow a monthly exemption of up to $220 for any transit pass, $220 for parking, and the same amount for those who drive to work.
"The tax-free benefit for commuters is a perfect example of how targeted and effective federal policy can provide employers with an opportunity to help their employees save money on their commute while saving employers money that can be reinvested into their businesses to create new jobs," Himes said. "Congress should not promote a tax policy that penalizes businesses that do the right thing by offering their employees incentives to utilize a variety of transportation options, which is why I have co-sponsored legislation that will ensure permanent parity for drivers and public transportation commuters."
Blumenthal said he is planning to co-sponsor a bill in early 2014 with U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to extend the commuter tax benefit along with a series of other expiring tax breaks.
Blumenthal said in the long term Congress needs to approve funding to replace century-old bridges and other New Haven Line equipment to ensure safe and reliable service and increased capacity that could help unclog Connecticut's congested highways. The Connecticut Department of Transportation has estimated the New Haven Line needs more than $3 billion in investment in the next decade to simply maintain it in a "state of good repair."
"One of the attractions of traveling by train is not only convenience but increased efficiency and rapidness which makes high-speed rail whether between New Haven and New York or anywhere else attractive to riders, but also to business," Blumenthal said. "Safe and reliable railroads add to quality of life and that is a big plus in retaining and reaching out to new business for the state. Conversely areas that lack safe and reliable rail transport are going to be at a disadvantage."
Jim Cameron, the former longtime chairman of Connecticut's Commuter Rail Council, said the increase would place fares from Rowayton or Stamford to Grand Central Station above $300 for the first time, and more than $450 for New Haven-to-Grand Central customers.
The cumulative effect of Metro-North's mishaps, combined with increased costs, has made commuters restless, Cameron said. "With all the stuff we've seen in the last six months from the derailment to the track foreman and other problems, it just goes from bad to worse," Cameron said. "I can understand the commuter's confusion and frustration when the quality is going down and the fares are going up."
Pauline Foss, a New Haven commuter, said the slower service to Grand Central Terminal has forced her to take earlier trains and she is frustrated with the elimination of the commuter tax benefit.
"I don't know if they understand the level of frustration with the problems riders have had this year," Foss said. "Nobody wants to pay more money for service, especially the way it has been for the last six months."
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Court Upholds Life Sentence In Sheridan Killing
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court has upheld a life prison sentence for a Sheridan teenager convicted of murder in a home invasion killing.
The court on Thursday rejected Dennis Poitra Jr.'s claim that his conviction in the August 2009 killing of Sheridan businessman Robert Ernst violated Poitra's constitutional rights.
Poitra was 19 at the time of Ernst's killing and is one of three Sheridan teens sentenced to life in prison in the crime.
The Supreme Court ruled against Poitra's arguments that he was unable to control his behavior because he had taken antipsychotic medication shortly before the killing.
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RIP to The Bear, Don HaskinsPosted by rtmsf on September 10th, 2008
Over the weekend, we too heard the disheartening news that one of the game's most historically important figures had died. Don Haskins, longtime coach of UTEP (nee' Texas Western), passed away on Sunday at the age of 78.
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Most of Haskins' career was before our time, and it's not like UTEP games were burning up the airwaves anyway, but the 1997 Hall of Fame coach (719 wins) consistently put quality teams into the NCAA Tournament (14 trips) throughout his 39 seasons in El Paso. Of course, Haskins will forever be historically notorious for his 1966 Texas Western squad, who won the national title with an all-black starting lineup against the all-white Kentucky Wildcats. While the real-time impact of that game on a nation embroiled in the civil rights movement can be extensively argued (no major media outlet mentioned this artifact at the time of the game), there can be little question that Haskins' national championship team represents a significant tipping point in collegiate athletics, particularly in the South. No longer could it be argued that predominantly-black teams didn't have the necessary discipline (and coachability) to compete at the highest levels of the game. Soon thereafter, the floodgate of black athletes at SEC, SWC and ACC schools opened.
With that said, we don't presume to know much about Don Haskins other than his role in that game, so we'll leave it to those who did know him and his stories to fill out the remainder of the post. RIP Coach Haskins.
From CBS Sportsline:
We've spent a large part of the past few months hearing about how one politician is breaking barriers and another is putting cracks in ceilings. These are historic times, for sure. But 42 years ago Haskins accomplished similar things in his own little way, only he wasn't similarly celebrated like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin. Instead, he was ridiculed and threatened and, well, I'll just turn things back over to Wetzel.
"His friends asked him 'Don, are you crazy? Are you f—ing nuts?'" Wetzel said. "They said 'If you play five blacks they're going to call you the black coach. Even if you win you'll never get another job. And if you lose and get fired, nobody will ever hire you. And if one of those kids f—s up, then you're done. Your entire career is done and you've got kids to feed. Don't do this. It's stupid.'"
Haskins' response? "He said 'F— that,'" Wetzel said. "He said 'Seven of my best eight players are black, and I'm playing them. I don't care what the repercussions are.'" So he played them, started five of them, and you know the story by now.
From the El Paso Times:
So many people in this city have treasured memories of the man … a friendship, a chance encounter, a vision of the fiercest of them all prowling the sidelines. He touched all in this city, one way or another.
We can never forget the fierce man who stalked the sideline, barking at officials, growling at players. He was, quite simply, the ultimate competitor. He had the quickest basketball mind you ever saw. Practice would be going full steam, 10 guys on the court going 110 mph. Nothing else would do. One of those 10 would be out of place, make some wrong move, and that big voice would instantly come booming through the arena and he would charge out into the middle of the action. The man never used a whistle. Didn't need one. He had that voice.
From the Washington Post:
Recalling the '66 team 25 years later, Mr. Haskins told The Washington Post: "That wasn't the first time I'd started five blacks, and I really didn't think it was all that unusual. What made it so is that Rupp had an all-white team and didn't make a secret of how he felt about it."
Mr. Haskins got his nickname, "the Bear," not only because he growled and grumped a lot but also because of his burly physique. The fact that he threw a player out of practice one day for trying a behind-the-back pass and once kicked a chair so hard he broke a toe only added to his ornery ursine image.
"Lord knows, I hated that man when I first started playing for him," said Nevil "the Shadow" Shed, a native of the South Bronx who played on the national championship team. "He really got after us, but he never killed our spirit."
From Nolan Richardson (ESPN):
"Everyone should remember and never forget that he broke a line that should have been broken years and years before," said former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson, who played for Haskins as a junior and senior at Texas Western in the early 1960s.
"Coach Haskins wanted to win and to do what he did at a young age, that's the kind of man he was," Richardson said of Haskins' starting an all-African-American starting five. "It didn't matter how tall you were, but can you play? Can you take coaching? He was that kind of guy. It's going to be a big loss for his immediate family and all the guys that played for him and learned their coaching techniques from him. There's no question that he had a tremendous influence on my life, as a person and as a coach. He will truly be missed by all of us."
From Bob Knight (Dallas Morning News):
"There is no one who has ever coached that I respected and admired more than Don Haskins. He got more out of his teams and players than any coach who has ever coached college basketball."
"I have had no friend that I enjoyed more than Don Haskins. There was never anyone like him before and there never will be anyone like him again."
"Don Haskins was absolutely a pure golden original. He took a school that had no reason to be a basketball giant and made it in to one."
Haskins' memorial services will be Thursday in El Paso. Billy Gillispie, Nolan Richardson and Tim Floyd are expected to speak.


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Pete Wentz & Bronx Head To A Birthday Party! How ADORABLE Is Bronx?
We can't believe how big Bronx is getting — and we love his rocker style!
Pete Wentz and an unidentified female, who is rumored to be his new girlfriend, took Bronx, 2, to a birthday party in Beverly Hills, CA on Friday, August 19. The rocker, 32, and Bronx's mom Ashlee Simpson split in February, but have been keeping it friendly for the sake of their son, who looks to be doing well!
Ashlee is reportedly dating Boardwalk Empire star Vincent Piazza while Pete has been living the single life — until now!
Bronx is definitely taking after his parents in the style-department — he's a little punk rocker and we love it. (If you want his hi-top Converse for your little guy or gal, get the look here!)
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