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Photographer Richard Copley in Memphis on March 18, 1968. In his first paid job as a photographer, Copley was sent to the Mason Temple, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. rallied a large crowd of sanitation workers. It was the same location where King would later deliver his famous "Mountaintop" speech.
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Photographer Richard Copley with the Rev. Cleophus Smith, who was a young man when he participated in the sanitation workers' strike in 1968.
By Christina Caron, NBC News
Richard Copley was just 22 when he got his first paid job as a photographer. But that assignment propelled him into one of the most significant historical events of the 20th century -- and his career.
"I had no idea what I was stepping into," he told NBC News during his first media interview from his home in Fisherville, Tenn. "I guess the biggest story of my life and ironically the first."
As the photographer for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union, Copley was initially asked to attend the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March 18, 1968, speech in Memphis, Tenn., (pictured above) where the civil rights leader spoke to thousands of sanitation workers who were fighting for better pay and improved safety standards after two Memphis garbage collectors were crushed to death by their truck's trash compactor.
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The most famous of Richard Copley's sanitation strike photos featured the iconic "I Am a Man" posters carried by striking members of Memphis Local 1733 during the march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on March 28, 1968.
King promised to come back and lead a protest across the city, and on March 28, he did. At the march Copley captured what is now his most famous image: the sea of signs reading, "I Am a Man." It didn't take long, however, for things to turn violent.
"You could hear the glass breaking.… I knew all hell was breaking loose. I will have to say it was exhilarating and terrifying all at once," said Copley, who got pepper-sprayed during the event.
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The National Guard arrived in Memphis on March 29, 1968, after the sanitation workers' strike turned violent.
King was quickly pulled out of the protest as the violence escalated, and the next day the National Guard showed up.
"It was frightening – it looked like a war zone. It was just a show of force, obviously, and ... in my mind it was overreaching. But on the other hand you have to consider the time – it was 1968, and there had been riots in other cities, so I'm sure the 'powers that be' thought it was necessary," Copley said.
During the peaceful march held on March 29, Copley shot the image that would become his favorite, the one he called "Dignity": a photo of two men holding poster boards in their best Sunday attire.
That combo of their formal dress and "the stern looks on their faces" has always stood out in Copley's mind, he said.
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Sanitation workers the Rev. Theodore Hibbler, left, and Ted Brown march in downtown Memphis on March 29, 1968, the day after the famous sanitation strike march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shattered by violence.
King returned to Memphis on April 3 and was assassinated the following day from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.
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The King family at the April 8, 1968, memorial march for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which was attended by an estimated 42,000 people and led by his widow, Coretta Scott King.
Now, 45 years later, the 67-year-old photographer still has a camera in his hand. Now, though, instead of a 35mm, he shoots video in 1080i HD. As a freelance photographer, his work has appeared on several network news broadcasts, including "Nightly News with Brian Williams."
Although he has covered several major events such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, Copley says his most memorable assignment was in Memphis in 1968.
"What these men did was incredible," he said. "They were courageous. This was 1968, … and to do what they did makes them heroes."
Richard Copley's photography is currently being featured at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. The exhibit will be moved to Memphis City Hall later this month.
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During the April 8, 1968, memorial march to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been shot four days earlier, Richard Copley captured this image of a white man holding an African-American child. Labor groups from all over the country showed up to pay tribute to the Memphis workers and King.
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1. If a crime is not specifically stated in the information or is not a lesser included offense of the crime charged, the district court lacks jurisdiction to convict the defendant of the crime, regardless of the evidence presented.
2. In determining whether a crime is a lesser included offense of another crime, we compare the statutory elements of both to assure that the elements of the lesser included offense are within the statutory elements required to prove the principal crime charged.
3. K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) clearly requires a showing of involvement of a third party. The language of the statute, following comparison of this subsection with (a)(3)(A), requires a showing of soliciting a child to engage in any lewd fondling or touching of the person of another, not merely the perpetrator or child.
4. The mere fact that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) does not affect the jurisdiction of the trial court to convict and impose a sentence for a proper lesser included offense.
5. When addressing the admissibility of a statement containing double hearsay, the district court must be convinced that exceptions applied to each of the hearsay issues presented.
6. This court may not reverse a verdict or finding by the district court absent a timely and specific objection of record.
7. It is not improper to argue in a child sex crime prosecution that the manner and circumstances of a child's allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct by the defendant lend credibility to the child's testimony. It is permissible to urge the jurors to use their collective knowledge of 4-year-old children to determine whether a child's statements were false or rehearsed.
8. While it is improper for the prosecutor to generally discuss the vulnerability of a child in a prosecution for a sex crime involving a child, under the facts of this case the few improper statements were not so gross or flagrant as to prejudice the jury and deprive the defendant of a fair trial.
Appeal from Shawnee District Court; JAN W. LEUENBERGER, judge. Opinion filed November 4, 2005. Affirmed.
Randall L. Hodgkinson, appellate defender, for appellant.
Robert D. Hecht, district attorney, Amy Memmer, assistant district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before RULON, C.J., GREENE, J., and BRAZIL, S.J.
GREENE, J.: Bobby L. Johnson appeals his conviction for aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, alleging that the district court lacked jurisdiction over the offense, that the district court improperly refused to admit impeachment evidence, and that prosecutorial misconduct prejudiced the jury. We affirm.
Factual and Procedural Background
Johnson offered to take two children of his girlfriend to the park so that their mother could rest. After 4-year-old D.M. "peed [her] pants" she returned to Johnson's truck, where he seated her either next to him or on his lap, pulled his pants down to his shoes, "wiggled" his "private," and masturbated in D.M.'s presence, "leaking" some of the seminal fluid on D.M.'s clothes. D.M. initially told her mother that Johnson also asked her to "drink the milk," but she did not confirm this aspect of her story at trial. Upon hearing her story, D.M.'s mother called authorities, and their investigation included taking DNA samples from D.M.'s shorts, which were consistent with Johnson's DNA obtained from a saliva sample.
The State originally charged Johnson with aggravated indecent liberties with a child under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(A), but ultimately filed an information with an amended charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B). At trial the State proposed a lesser included instruction on aggravated indecent solicitation of a child under K.S.A. 21-3511, but never filed an amended complaint charging Johnson in the alternative. Johnson's counsel did not object to the lesser included instruction and, in fact, agreed that it was proper.
The jury acquitted Johnson of aggravated indecent liberties with a child but convicted him of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child. Johnson appeals his conviction.
Did the District Court have Jurisdiction to Convict Johnson of Aggravated Solicitation of a Child?
Johnson's principal challenge on appeal is to the district court's jurisdiction to convict and sentence him, because the statutory elements of the lesser included offense were "not identical to some of the elements of the charged crime," citing State v. Dickson, 275 Kan 683, 69 P.3d 549 (2003). If a crime is not specifically stated in the information or is not a lesser included offense of the crime charged, the district court lacks jurisdiction to convict the defendant of the crime, regardless of the evidence presented. State v. Horn, 20 Kan. App. 2d 689, Syl. ¶ 1, 892 P.2d 513, rev. denied 257 Kan. 1094 (1995).
The amended principal charge against Johnson was aggravated indecent liberties with a child as defined in K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B). The material subsections of the statute state:
"(a) Aggravated indecent liberties with a child is:
. . . .
(3) engaging in any of the following acts with a child who is under 14 years of age:
(A) Any lewd fondling or touching of the person of either the child or the offender, done or submitted to with the intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the offender, or both; or
(B) soliciting the child to engage in any lewd fondling or touching of the person of another with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of the child, the offender or another."
Johnson argues that we should construe K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) in a manner similar to the construction of K.S.A. 21-3505(a)(3) embraced by our Supreme Court in Dickson. In Dickson, the Court contrasted similar subsections of the criminal sodomy statutes, K.S.A. 21-3505(a)(2) and (a)(3), which state:
"(a) Criminal sodomy is:
. . . .
(2) Sodomy with a child who is 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age; or
(3) causing a child 14 or more years of age but less than 16 years of age to engage in sodomy with any person or animal."
The Court then reviewed the legislative history and concluded that the subsections must be construed so that one ([a][2]) prohibits the accused's engaging in sodomy with a child and the other ([a][3]) prohibits the accused from causing a child to engage in sodomy either with another person or with an animal. Because Dickson had himself engaged in the wrongful conduct with children but was charged under K.S.A. 21-3505(a)(3), requiring the involvement of another person, the Court reversed his conviction of criminal sodomy. 275 Kan. at 695.
Johnson argues:
"Following the Dickson rationale, a charge under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) even more clearly requires a showing of involvement of a third party. The language of the statute itself requires a showing of 'soliciting the child to engage in any lewd fondling or touching of the person of another,' K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B). (Emphasis added.) And the legislative history behind the predecessor to K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) shows that the Dickson Court's rationale applies in exactly the same way. See Supplemental Note on 1987 H.B. 2010 (noting that subsection that would eventually be K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) was designed to cover fact scenarios 'in which the perpetrator encouraged the child to commit illegal acts with a third party.'"
We agree. K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) prohibits soliciting the child to engage in lewd fondling or touching of the person of another. It is unfortunate that the prosecution elected to charge Johnson under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) rather than 3504(a)(3)(A). Here, as in Dickson, the defendant was charged under the wrong statutory subsection, and had he been convicted, it could not have been upheld. See State v. Houck, 240 Kan. 130, 136, 727 P.2d 460 (1986).
Unlike Dickson, however, Johnson was not convicted of the principal charge but rather a purported lesser included offense under K.S.A. 21-3511(a), which provides:
"Aggravated indecent solicitation of a child is:
(a) Enticing or soliciting a child under the age of 14 years to commit or to submit to an unlawful sexual act."
"Unlawful sexual act" is defined in K.S.A. 21-3501(4) as "any rape, indecent liberties with a child, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, criminal sodomy, aggravated criminal sodomy, lewd and lascivious behavior, sexual battery or aggravated sexual battery, as defined in this code."
Comparing the elements of the principal charge with those of the lesser included, aggravated indecent liberties with a child is established by proof of the following elements: (1) soliciting, (2) a child under the age of 14, (3) to engage in lewd fondling or touching of the person of another, (4) with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of the child, the offender, or another. See K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B). In contrast, aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, as the jury was instructed in this case, is established by the following elements: (1) enticing or soliciting; (2) a child under the age of 14; (3) to commit or submit to an unlawful sexual act. See K.S.A. 21-3511(a). As noted above, "unlawful sexual act" is expressly defined by statute to include aggravated indecent liberties with a child. See K.S.A. 21-3501(4).
Given this strict application of the elements test, we are at a loss to identify any element of the lesser charge (as applicable to Johnson) that is not also included in the principal charge. K.S.A. 21-3511(a) criminalizes any solicitation of a child under the age of 14 to engage in conduct that includes by definition aggravated indecent liberties. Whereas the principal charge here was limited to "soliciting the child to engage in any lewd fondling or touching . . . of another," the purported lesser included offense was not limited to acts involving a third person, but clearly included these elements. Applying the identity of elements test, we have no difficulty concluding that all the elements of the lesser included offense are among the statutory elements required to prove the principal crime charged. See State v. Belcher, 269 Kan. 2, 4-5, 4 P.3d 1137 (2000).
The district court properly provided the jury with an instruction on aggravated indecent solicitation of a child as a lesser included offense of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The mere fact that the evidence was arguably insufficient to support a conviction under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) does not affect the jurisdiction of the court to impose a sentence for a conviction under a proper lesser included offense. Indeed, lesser included instructions are given precisely because the evidence may not support a conviction under the more severe offense. As noted in the brief, the defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence with respect to his conviction under K.S.A. 21-3511(a), he merely argues that he cannot be convicted of the lesser charge if the principal charge was defective.
Contrary to Johnson's argument, however, any error in selecting the principal charge or deficiency in the evidence to support that charge does not divest the court of jurisdiction to convict of a proper lesser included offense. In State v. Kingsley, 252 Kan. 761, 851 P.2d 370 (1993), the defendant was convicted of aggravated arson, in addition to a number of other offenses. The evidence demonstrated that the victim was dead before the defendant set fire to the house. In light of previous case law, the Kansas Supreme Court reasoned that aggravated arson required the presence of a living person within the building subject to the arson. 252 Kan. at 780-82. Because the defendant had killed the victim before setting fire to the house, the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction for aggravated arson, and the district court had not instructed the jury on the lesser included offense of simple arson. The Court stated:
"There was, however, sufficient evidence to support the lesser included offense of arson. Where a defendant has been convicted of the greater offense but evidence supports only a lesser included offense, the case must be remanded to resentence the defendant for conviction of the lesser included offense. State v. Moss, 221 Kan. 47, 50, 557 P.2d 1292 (1976); State v. Smith, 4 Kan. App. 2d 149, 153, 603 P.2d 638 (1979)." 252 Kan. at 782.
Here, Johnson was charged with an offense of which he could not be convicted, according to the reasoning of Dickson. As in Kingsley, the charged offense creates a legal impossibility under the facts of the case. Johnson could not be convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B) under the reasoning of Dickson, but he could validly be convicted of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child under K.S.A. 21-3511, which does not require the criminal defendant to solicit illegal conduct between the child and a person other than the defendant, even though the statute also encompasses such conduct. Under the reasoning of Kingsley, it appears that Johnson could have been sentenced to aggravated indecent solicitation of a child even if the instruction had not been given and he had been convicted of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under K.S.A. 21-3504(a)(3)(B). See State v. Moore, 269 Kan. 27, 4 P.3d 1141 (2000) (insufficient evidence of robbery because no evidence of threat in connection with taking; remanded for resentencing for theft as lesser included offense); State v. Burns, 23 Kan. App. 2d 352, 360-62, 931 P.2d 1258, rev. denied 262 Kan. 963 (1997) (evidence insufficient to support rape, but court had authority to convict for lesser included offense of aggravated indecent liberties with a child).
We conclude that Johnson was properly convicted of aggravated solicitation of a child under K.S.A. 21-3511(a), notwithstanding the legal impossibility of convicting him of the principal offense. His argument that the district court was without jurisdiction to convict him on the lesser offense is rejected.
Was the District Court's Refusal to Admit the Statement of an Unavailable Witness for Impeachment Purposes Reversible Error?
Johnson next argues that the district court erred in refusing to admit the hearsay statements of an investigating officer, who was unavailable due to military service in Iraq. He contends that the hearsay statements were admissible as a statement of an unavailable witness under K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 60-460(d)(3).
The admission of evidence lies within the sound discretion of the district court, and an appellate court may reverse an evidentiary ruling only upon a finding that such discretion was abused, which is to say the district court's decision, under the circumstances of the case, was arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable. If reasonable persons could differ as to the propriety of the district court's action, the decision does not constitute an abuse of discretion. See State v. Holmes, 278 Kan. 603, 623, 102 P.3d 406 (2004).
The statements at issue here are within a written report completed by the officer shortly after going to the home of D.M. to take an oral swab for DNA comparison. During his visit to D.M.'s home, her mother informed the officer, "B.J. is a con artist, and while her brother's girlfriend was at the house one day, he came outside of a bedroom with no clothes on and was masturbating." During cross-examination of the mother, defense counsel questioned her about this statement and she denied making the statement but claimed that she had told the officer, "I heard that he masturbated in front of his son's girlfriend."
The officer's report contains double hearsay. The officer's out-of-court statement regarding the mother's disclosure to him is hearsay, and this statement includes the hearsay statements made by the mother. Before admitting the evidence, the district court had to be convinced that exceptions applied to each hearsay statement presented in the request for admission of the deputy's report. See State v. Davis, 2 Kan. App. 2d 698, 699, 587 P.2d 3 (1978), rev. denied 225 Kan. 846 (1979).
The defendant argues that the officer's report was designed to accurately record statements or observations as they were perceived, and that the report falls within the hearsay exception provided in K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 60-460(d)(3), which provides:
"Evidence of a statement which is made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing, offered to prove the truth of the matter stated, is hearsay evidence and inadmissible except:
. . . .
"(d) Contemporaneous statements and statements admissible on ground of necessity generally. A statement which the judge finds was made . . . (3) if the declarant is unavailable as a witness, by the declarant at a time when the matter had been recently perceived by the declarant and while the declarant's recollection was clear and was made in good faith prior to the commencement of the action and with no incentive to falsify or to distort."
Even if we concede as applicable the "recently perceived" element of this exception (which is doubtful), the report fails to meet the other criteria for this exception because the statement was made after litigation in this matter had commenced with the filing of a criminal complaint against the defendant.
Furthermore, admission of the police report under 60-460(d)(3) provides no hearsay exception for the mother's statements made within the report. See Davis, 2 Kan. App. 2d at 699. Prior inconsistent statements might be admissible nonhearsay if used exclusively for impeachment without regard to the veracity of the statements, but this argument was never made to the district court. This court may not reverse a verdict or finding by the district court absent a timely and specific objection of record. K.S.A. 60-404. Appellate courts have often refused to consider on appeal a different objection to the admission or exclusion of evidence than the objection lodged before the district court. See, e.g., State v. Bryant, 272 Kan. 1204, 1208, 38 P.3d 661 (2002).
We also note that further impeachment of mother's credibility would not likely have changed the jury's assessment about the facts of this case because her testimony was relatively minor given other evidence. D.M. testified about the defendant's conduct in the park; her brother testified about visiting the park; and two witnesses testified about the physical DNA evidence extracted from D.M.'s shorts. The jury chose to believe the State's version of events. The mere possibility that mother's credibility would be further damaged by the admission of the officer's report is insufficient to cast doubt upon the jury's verdict. The defendant's argument, in this regard, provides no basis for relief. See State v. Flournoy, 272 Kan. 784, 805, 36 P.3d 273 (2001) ("The erroneous admission of rebuttal evidence is not grounds for reversal unless discretion has been abused to defendant's prejudice.").
Did Prosecutorial Comments During Closing Arguments Unduly Prejudice the Jury Against the Defendant?
Finally, Johnson argues that the prosecutor impermissibly buttressed the credibility of the child victim and appealed to the community's sense of value, invoking images designed to inflame the passions or prejudices of the jury.
Our standard of review of such issues is well established. This court first considers whether the prosecutor's comments exceed the wide latitude afforded attorneys to discuss the evidence presented at trial. If the comments fall outside the scope of reasonable extrapolation of the evidence, the court then considers whether, in light of the facts of the particular case, the comments were so gross and flagrant as to prejudice the defendant's right to a fair trial. If such prejudice has occurred, the comments warrant reversal for a new trial, despite the lack of a contemporaneous objection. See State v. Robertson, 279 Kan. 291, 303, 109 P.3d 1174 (2005).
In support of his argument that the prosecutor personally vouched for the credibility of the child victim, the defendant quotes four passages taken out of context from the prosecutor's closing argument. In the context of discussing the victim's testimony, the prosecutor highlighted the circumstances in which the defendant's inappropriate conduct was revealed. The prosecutor then argued how these circumstances supported a conclusion that the victim was not merely repeating a story created by her mother to harm the defendant. The prosecutor stated:
"'Out of the mouths of babes.' You know, children do not use the same words we use, they don't understand the same vocabulary, and they do not understand things unless they've experienced them, themselves. The words of a child in this case I think are--I will submit to you that the evidence is very clear. Milk; what did it look like? It was white, it was milk. 'Drink the milk.' 'He wanted me to drink the milk.' What is this child's frame of reference at the age of four? You must ask yourselves that question when you ask whether she is using a description and words that she would use or that were planted to her."
After mentioning the corroborating testimony of D.M.'s brother, the prosecutor further stated:
"Consider, if you will, the development of this child at four years of age. The concepts of time to a four-year-old. What are they? You all know that, from your common sense and your experience . . . thinking in concrete, not abstract, something is either there or it isn't for a child. Clothing is either on or off for a child. They do not think in abstract terms, timing being an abstract concept. Do children mix days and events? You all know that from your common experience, and a year -- over a year later?
"You must decide the weight and credit to give each of these children and whether you believe they're telling you the truth. The State will submit to you when you consider these things, the credibility of these children is high and they must be believed."
Finally, during her rebuttal argument in response to defense attacks about the inconsistencies in D.M.'s statements as demonstration of K.C.'s influence over D.M.'s allegations, the prosecutor argued:
"And wouldn't you rehearse with this child over and over to make sure that child was going to do what you so brilliantly set up and concocted? To go down this path, the defense wants you to believe you have to believe that [K.C.] planted this seminal fluid on those shorts. To believe that path, you have to go--that just does not meet with your common sense that you all said that you brought. The State would submit that the path that is the truth is the path that really explains how come this defendant's DNA, his seminal fluid, his sperm are on this little girl's shorts.
"It's because he ejaculated on her in that truck and she told the truth when he said he wanted--when she said, 'He wanted me to lick it. He wanted me to lick it, to drink the milk.' That is what that child heard. If we have led her would she have said it? Who knows? She certainly wasn't very rehearsed. If she was so easily suggested, she didn't evidence that to you in court, but you heard her on the tape a year ago disclose what everyone else who she disclosed [it] to described to you, and that is that he solicited her and then he ejaculated on her, and he solicited her with the intent to arouse himself."
Johnson cites State v. Cheeks, 253 Kan. 93, 101-02, 853 P.2d 655 (1993), and State v. Jackson, 239 Kan. 463, 469-70, 721 P.2d 232 (1986), for the proposition that the State cannot operate as a lie detector for the testimony of a child witness. Cheeks and Jackson are distinguishable to the extent that the court in these cases focused upon and disapproved of expert testimony informing the jury whom to believe; here, the claim challenges the prosecutor's comments on veracity. Moreover, unlike the expert witnesses in Cheeks and Jackson, the prosecutor in this case did not personally invest her belief in the child victim's credibility. Rather, the prosecutor argued that the manner and circumstances of D.M.'s allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct by the defendant lend credibility to her testimony. In essence, the prosecutor was urging the jurors to use their collective knowledge of 4-year-old children to determine whether D.M.'s statements were false or rehearsed. This is proper argument.
The defendant also contends that the prosecutor attempted to inflame the passions and prejudices of the jury by speaking of the vulnerability of children. In rebuttal, the prosecutor stated, in part:
"It is easy to select a child. Children are the most vulnerable people in our society. Easy to select a child. They can be discredited; therefore, they have inconsistencies. Everyone knows that, but when you end up with physical proof of seminal fluid on that very child's shorts, what are you going to do? How are you going to explain that away?"
This passage is in the context of a challenge to the credibility of Johnson's version of events and his attack on the child's credibility. To the extent that these comments seem designed to appeal to a parental inclination to protect children, they were improper argument. See State v. Ruff, 252 Kan. 625, 636, 847 P.2d 1258 (1993) ("The prosecutor is under a duty to insure that only competent evidence is submitted to the jury. Above all, the prosecutor must guard against anything that could prejudice the minds of the jurors and hinder them from considering only the evidence adduced.").
Nevertheless, these few improper statements are not so gross or flagrant as to prejudice the jury and deprive the defendant of a fair trial. In the light of the physical evidence and the persuasive testimony by the prosecution witnesses, there is virtually no possibility that the improper remarks about children's vulnerability played a material part in the jury's deliberations.


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Whenever I am driving in my car in the afternoon, I listen to the Mason & Ireland sports talk radio show on ESPN710 LA. Yesterday, I heard an interesting discussion about sponsored tweets among athletes. They were talking about athletes getting paid for sponsored tweets and pointed out two of the more highly compensated tweeters – former Laker Shaq O'Neil and football player Chad Ochocinco – and also mentioned an article about 5 New Orleans Saints plugging their Twitter feeds for the New Orleans Saints community in the Times-Picayune.
According to Mason and Ireland, Shaq makes about $5 million per year by tweeting to his 4.4 million followers, but he does it with a sense of humor and wit. On the other hand, Ochocinco appears to blatantly plug his products to his 2.9 million followers. You can follow the entire discussion with John and Steve from yesterday's Mason & Ireland show at this link.
For me, it was interesting to hear a social media story spill over into sports talk radio, and the topic generated a bit of debate. They ultimately posed the question – is there anything ethically wrong with paid tweeting?
In the article about the New Orleans Saints' player tweeting for the Times-Picayune, the author stated:
The idea of paying players to promote the news site raised a red flag for media ethics educators who say it can create the appearance of an inappropriate relationship between reporters and the subjects they cover.
Upon further review, I also found an article published this week on CNBC.com by Darren Rovell titled, "Paid Tweets are a Gray Area for Athletes and Celebrities".
[It is a little ironic that Darren wrote an article on paid tweets and his Twitter profile picture includes a Honda logo. Is he a paid celebrity for Honda or did he just like that picture of himself in front a Honda vehicle enough to select it as a profile photo?]
In the CNBC article, Darren writes about Michael Vick tweeting for McDonalds and mentions a Twitter advertising company called MyLikes.com. I had never heard of the company, so I decided to check it out. It turns out that anyone can sign up with MyLikes and begin to monetize their Twitter stream. After registering for MyLikes, a user is presented with a list of possible tweets (and per click payments) that they can then send out to 'endorse' a product or website.
To test the service, I actually sent out a couple of tweets from the platform – and earned myself 18 cents for my efforts (but I won't get paid until I reach a $2 threshold). I liked that I could actually edit the tweets to modify the tweet to fit my style, and then platform automatically adds a link and "-spon" at the end of the tweet. The "-spon" is a flag that indicates a sponsored tweet and signals to others that it is a 'commercial'.
Personally, posting a couple of sponsored tweets feels a little 'dirty' and unethical to me. The little '-spon' added to my tweet could easily be missed and I am sure that many celebrities do not even bother to mention their paid relationship. Legally, the FTC requires bloggers and tweeters to disclose their connections but the rules governing disclosure are vague and do not appear to be prosecuted. As a brand, I also think there are far more creative ways to reach customers than using sponsored tweets.
Since I do not actively follow many athletes or celebrities, I appear to be immune to their sponsored tweets and cannot remember even seeing any such tweets. Or maybe it's because of the way I use Twitter as a personal bookmark and search engine that I don't really run across too many 'spammy' tweets. In any case, spamming and advertising on Twitter are here to stay, just like on any other media platform, but I do not think they are effective and my experiment with them is ending.
So, what do you think about paid and sponsored tweets?
I also found the following articles and points of view while writing this post and want to share them as well:
From NPR.org — FTC: Bloggers Must Disclose Paid Endorsements
From Techcrunch.com — Full Disclosure: Sponsored Conversations on Twitter Raise Concerns, Prompt Standards
From blogger John Bell — Are Paid Tweets Effective?
From BusinessWeek.com — The Art of Advertising on Twitter


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According to the soon to be launched page at Google.org:
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I met Elvis a few years back at a Thom Browne show. I really appreciate his genuine love of style and fashion, he's a real fan.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
The Sartorialist on The Treatment with Elvis Mitchell
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Nice to hear your voice and get your perspective of things!!! Love your blog, keep it up!!!
that scarf is fantastic!!
not pk, but love the cigar – suits the man.
i listened… like the idea of people communicating something about themselves with the way they dress, present themselves – it's a personal statement. & you're trying to pick up that messaging – in a romantic way – showing in your photograph, the message you're getting. that's was my take out anyway :-)
I just love NY, so many personalitys…magical…
am a fan of your blog: great photos, personalities and clothes.
I love your voice, is so calm and gentle! I think all you said is right!
Fashion is personality! Thanx for sharing with us your thoughts.
Yes, your approach is very American, 'suit of happiness' kind of way. Ha!
I love your use of the word romance in the context of style and photography. It highlights the aspirational as well as inspired aspect of personal presentation. I think this focus is what distinguishes the blog.
The interviewer stressed 'physical arrogance', which I liked. I recognize that here, even when people may seem shy or quiet. And isn't it true – there's is no wearing clothes well if you don't feel well in your skin.
Anyhow, great interview.
Great interview about photography, people and style. I'll remember few tips.
What a great interview! It's funny, I knew all the pictures you talked about and this, some way, made me see honesty in you! We can understand why this blog and your work is so beautiful… It's Scott being Scott, you're very sincere.
That military scarf from LV is ueber-stylish
good job! :)
agian Thanks Scott, for giving me something so invaluable… inspiration.
Thank you.
the scarf is dope…
hello i'm gone crazy looking for your book, but I can't
found it, please can you tell me where can I find it in Madrid? thanks
What a nice picture… It's amazing, really love it. Please, visit my blog :)
What a nice picture… It's amazing, really love it. Please, visit my blog :)
2nd that! Love your voice. I really enjoyed listening to the show and your perspective on what you do and what it means to you.
Good interview – your comments add a new dimension to your photographs for me. Thank you!
The Luxe Chronicles
PS I share your admiration for Bill Cunningham. Would you ever consider adding audio commentary to your photographs the way he does on the NY Times site?
wow, great style; I like the gloves with the coat.
Hello Mr Sartorialist!
I am just dropping this comment to let you know that it would be much appreciated if you applied an "older posts" putton at the end of the bloggroll.
I drop by here every once in a while and I keep beeing "bugged" that I have to go in to the monthly archive to go back in time :)
Keep up the good work! It really is a wonderfull world to step into!
Ingvild Telle
love that Elvis..he cuts a great figure…and is very snart
Oh my, to finally hear your voice. Love that you posted this.
Enjoy your weekend
Love the scraf!
Wonderful, wonderful tone. Your aural signature seems as trim and stylish as your visual persona.
I completely agree with you when you say that in time you have discovered just how American you are. It's the curiosity and the openness that make Americans what they are when they travel abroad. What you add to that, I think, is the eye for true excellence. You are curious and open and yet discriminating. You seem to never fall flat on a 'gee,' which is the liability of many traveling Americans. Could we say, that you travel with just a tiny bit of NYC attitude with you? Have you then found the right mix?
I would say yes. Cosmopolite-mid-Western-New-Yorker somehow striking the right tone, and cutting the right figure, all at once.
the GLOVES !!
you are a Scholar and a Gentleman
Thank you for that interview + I hope to meet you one day. Short
How delightful was this interview! A spot of inspiration for a Sunday morning.
Nice interview Scott, thanks for posting it.
Great interview and I love his scarf! xo
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What an interesting man. I love the cigar.
Really Nice Voice..!
Good Morning,
How interesting and charming. I enjoyed this interview so much. It was like listening to an easy conversation. Beautiful, soothing voices! Dang, do I have to go hunting for the Swedish girl mentioned?:)
Oh, and I hope to see some cowboy boots that hit the *romance* quotient for you.. Cowboy hats are also in that category for me. Hard to wear!
Thank you for inspiration!/sunshine!
Brilliant Style for Sure!
Very nice job with the interview. I enjoyed it and found a deeper respect for what you do. Keep it coming.
great interview!
I really enjoyed this!
Love that segment. Thanks for sharing :)
Great interview! So nice to hear your voice.
I have a seen ur work its realy appreciated.its very beneficial for me.its full of filled with information.
I hope other people will gain things from here.
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Loved the voice and ideas that you shared. Thank you :)
I Like The Scarf
I was hoping to hear more about the technical side of what you do and what steps you took to improve the quality of your pictures as you went along, as you say you are self taught. For example, at what point did it go from just "clicking a button" to creating and capturing images you were happy with – both creatively and technically? What were your "aha" moments? Etc. In any case, very interesting interview.
Love your view on things and the way you take your pictures. I've read your book so I immidiately linked everything you said to what you wrote in your book, and all the pictures you described popped up in my head. It's a great way of taking photos, it makes your pictures so special. They're nothing like the emotionless runwaypictures, which will never look anything like your photos despite how beautiful they are or how well they're taken.
What a lucid, interesting and yet romantic interview. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Your blog gets better and better and better.
Thank you for giving your readers this interview~!
In my mind you voice has been exactly so as it is in reality :)
I like your way of thinking. thats what you makes so different. hope you´ll get some time to write soon something, what is in your mind, cuz I enjoy it even more if you write s.th. :)
hope you have a great day :)
very inspireing- thanks for that..but still..don't sometimes think all this to be quiet superficial and not really an important issue ..
I heard it last week on my car radio. I liked what you said about aging, and how people think they can get away from it by ignoring it. Instead you said to work with it. This was the one bright ray of real substance in the entire interview. The rest was both of you sounding kind of nervous…and repetitive.
But I'm glad to see you getting covered by the media. You told me when you were signing your book for me (on your book tour) that you would take your success as far as it will go. I know that will happen.
What a very pleasant interview… I especially liked when you talked about your photography (how you shoot and about getting a sort of idea out of the picture; about it being for you… because in the end they are your shots). As a photographer "in the works," I was very inspired. Thank you very much. It was a great way to see a bit more of you in your shots. Thanks again.
I hope you don't mind, but I would like to leave you a link to my blog, I would appreciate it greatly if you could check it out and give me some feedback. I know you're extremely busy so if it's not possible, no worries. :o)
Elvis Mitchell is a generous interviewer, he got a lot of great ideas out of you. I liked how he framed it at the beginning with you documenting the 'front' and being on the 'frontlines'. Sociologically, your photos capture people's fronts, there's no behind-the-scenes debunking. Here's how people want to present themselves on the streets. And your comment about not being blase' is a keeper.
i loved your interview :)
This is one of the best interviews I've heard. Your subjects are so much more about individuals and culture than even fashion. I do love the fashion, too.
I really appreciate your perspective and fresh eyes–there's so much negativity in the media and these photos seem to be far more uplifting. Grace. Art. Beauty. A sense of hope for the common man.
One things I have always though looking at people as well as your blog was I want to look like that when i get older…great point Scott…
I love his style, it looks like he is a very confident person. And great interview too.
I have been checking your blog daily for months, and thoroughly enjoy it, so it was a thrill to listen to your interview with Elvis Mitchell on KCRW, and find out more about you and your work. Thank you.
This is wonderful – all of your readers get to see the man behind the lens. I really reacted to your saying about the word "sartorialist" – living in NYC, I often walk down the street and only see people through a sartorialist lens – in my mind.
Hey Scott,
I really liked what you had to say about being selfish. I think you are right on.
i love The Treatment, and enjoyed listening to the show in time for nyfw. elvis's personal style exactly matches his conversational intellect. brilliant.
If you're looking for new countries to visit, you might like to try Eritrea. The capital, Asmara, is an Italian throwback to the 1920s. Every evening people parade down the main promenade and hang out in exquisite Art Deco cafes, dressed their best. The elderly gentlemen in particular are very precise with their clothing, hats and unique details are aplenty. Plus, the high altitude of the city and the beautiful architecture make for great photos!
Mr. Mitchell is one of the most stylish, erudite men on the planet. I am madly in love with him.
Great interview Scott. I love Elvis Mitchell, and have enjoyed his Prime Time show on Turner Classics for a long time. Thank you for introducing me to a side of him that I wasn't aware of. Charming interview.
so true about the romantic perspective. it's what makes them so good.
Fantastic interview!
This is a huge treat! Thanks for posting! Again, thank you so much for all your work. This blog has really turned my life around. I am much more mindful of what I shop for and wear and how I wear it. I think I'm doing something right since people are giving me far more compliments now on what I wear than before.
I LOVE the first photo (girl looking at her phone with hat). You have an incredible ability to capture the beauty in the simplest of acts.
Scott, I enjoyed your interview with Elvis Mitchell very much. Thanks for sharing with us. Enjoy the London shows.
Scott, great to hear your take on things.
Elvis has got the style I love- wrecked chic. Solid.
Although your shots of the fashion week stuff are great, the stuff away from the runways and the "in-crowd" are my favs.
God bless.
Wonderful interview! I love your blog, it makes me so happy to flip through these photos on a blue day (or any day really). Your photos make me happy about people and life, and it was great to hear you talk about them.
When will you be visiting Japan??
I must say you have a beautiful voice: gentle, calm, relaxing and very easy to listen to.
The interview itself was very interesting.
Actually i think i like your blog even more now. Of course what you said about personal style, romanticism, dignity ect, was obvious to me from your pictures and your comments, still i feel i understand you and your work a little better now. Needless to say i have began to think of you as a really nice person and not just as an artist whose work i like or admire.
Keep up the good work ;)
two of my favorites.
elvis and scott.
thank you so much.
Oh I did enjoy. Now I can put a face to Elvis' voice and a voice to your face. Cool.
Who knew Elvis had that much style. Again, cool.
Thank you! <3
Great interview. I agree with other posts that it's nice to hear your voice!
Already have the Interview issue, and
have been enjoying Mitchell's conversation with Jay-Z.
Don't know if I would have made the (now obvious) connection with the radio guy and the magazine guy, so thanks for that!
You see the realy voice afther the person of your camera!!
same don't see you in belgium!
Love this interview with you, love the idea of your very urban photography being inspired by Steve McCurry and NG portraiture and reportage. Thank you.
I googled Elvis Mitchell, I know him from TMC, and I just watched The black list on HBO, I wanted to , somehow let him know that an old hippie from TN, living in Las Vegas for 25 yrs, Loved his film, I have had respect for him since I saw my first interview by him on TMC. Lord love a duck, I found your site. I learned that he has a radio show, has great style, and found a wonderful photographer. I will be sharing your blog with all my photo pals. I have been an amature hound for years. great interview, great site. TY my dear. Peace & Love, Melinda
TOO much of everything. He is trying to hard. Over done is my opinion. He looks set up.


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Hello everyone! First of all, sorry for being silent for the last two years. There have been certain reasons for this. Anyway, I am back and I am going to share a portion of what I've learnt over this period.
Before I begin, as usual, a note for nerds: the code in this article is for demonstration purposes only and does not contain certain things, like error checking, that would otherwise be inevitable.
I have recently seen tones of posts about writing kernel module for a pre-compiled kernel on the Internet. Guys are doing good work, but there is one thing that I personally did not like - they all refer you to the configuration file for such kernel, which may be obtained this way or the other. Well, having configuration of the running kernel makes it almost no different from building a module for a kernel you compiled yourself (just almost). The bottom line - you want something to be done your way, do it yourself.
Tools used
Since building a kernel module written in C for the kernel you have no .config for may become a huge pain in certain parts of your body, I decided to go as low as possible and chose flat assembler (the good old flat assembler that may be found here). This wonderful instrument provides you with everything you may need when it comes to x86/x86_64 development (of course, most of your potential projects may be too complex for being implemented in assembly).
Target system
I was brave enough to perform this experiment on my dev machine running Debian with 3.2.0-4 kernel. Obviously, I do have proper kernel sources installed, but made no use of them in this example.
Loadable Kernel Module
I am not going to dive into the basics of Linux kernel structure and the way LKM support is implemented. It is simply irrelevant at this time. What we are interested in, is the structure of a module. To put it simple, the structure of a LKM may be described as:
- .init.text section - contains all the module initialization code.
- .exit.text section - contains all the cleanup code executed right before the module is unloaded.
- Module information.
- All the rest.
While we may keep "all the rest" out of it for now, we do need to take care of proper representation of the init/exit sections and module information. In fact, init/exit sections are not a problem at all - that's just code after all, whereas module information is a bit problematic. But, first things first.
.modinfo section
This section contains some strings that let the kernel identify our module as a one that may be safely loaded and executed.
The first string tells the kernel about how our module is licensed:
You may use other license (e.g. "proprietary"), but that would make some symbols exported by the kernel invisible for your module.
The next one is
here you should list modules your module depends on. Since our tiny module has no dependencies, we leave this string empty.
The last and the most important one is:
"vermagic=3.2.0-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions "
this string tells us (and the kernel) which kernel the module was built for and what LKM handling options are enabled. However, the above string contains information that is good for building a module on my system, but it may (and almost certainly will) be wrong for your system. Don't worry, there is a simple way to get this string - run /sbin/modinfo on any *.ko file in your /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ directory.
__versions section
You can try to build a module without this section and it may even load and do its job, but you will get some nasty complaints from the kernel on being tainted.
The purpose of this section is to make sure your module and kernel are speaking the same language, meaning they use identical symbols. The structure of it is rather simple - an array of checksum/name pairs, where checksum is (in my case it is a x86_64 system) 8 bytes followed by a 56 bytes name (since names are shorter they are padded with 0). It is not as simple to find the proper values if you do not have properly configured kernel sources, though. You would have to simply check some modules for presence of specific symbol. I would suggest doing so in IDA Pro, but any hex editor would suffice too.
.gnu.linkonce.this_module section
This section contains just one structure - module. I would not like to dive into specifics of this structure, after all, you can download kernel source and check include/linux/module.h file for struct module declaration. What is important to know, however, is that this structure contains the name of the module (as it would appear in lsmod's output) and pointers to module_init() and module_cleanup() functions.
Well, seems like we've covered all the most important aspects. Let's get to the implementation itself. The following code may be compiled with flat assembler.
format ELF64
extrn printk
section '.init.text' executable
push rdi
mov rdi, str1
xor eax, eax
call printk
xor eax, eax
pop rdi
section '.exit.text' executable
xor eax, eax
section '.rodata.str1.1'
str1 db '<0> Here I am, gentlemen!', 0x0a, 0
section '.modinfo' align 10h
db 'license=GPL', 0
db 'depends=', 0
db 'vermagic=3.16.0-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions ', 0
section '.gnu.linkonce.this_module' writable
rb 18h
db 'simple_module', 0
rb 150h - ($ - this_module) dq module_init
rb 248h - ($ - this_module) dq module_cleanup
dq 0
section '__versions'
dq 0x2ab9dba5 @@:
db 'module_layout', 0
rb 56 - ($ - @b)
dq 0x27e1a049
db 'printk', 0
rb 56 - ($ - @b)
Hope this article is helpful in some way. Thanks for reading and see you with the next post!
P.S. Updated the source to fit the latest kernel version.
P.S. Updated the source to fit the latest kernel version.


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James North necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 36 diseñadores freelance.
We are a web design company that are creating websites for local councils, so that they can inform the community on whats happening in their area, for example, local events, Local news history etc.
Mainly this logo will be used to brand our company to Community Council members and local public on each site that we sell. It needs to portray that we are part of the community, not a big company.
The brand will be primarily used in digital assets and materials (icons, avatars, fav icon, proposal documents ect.), it would also be used in print assets: business cards, marketing material etc.
The logo needs to seem friendly enough to attract someone with no technical skills while still commanding the confidence of knowing the business.
Not meaning to be cliched but we like "Web 2.0" style logos and it would be good for us to be compared with and associated favorably with Web 2.0 businesses.
* If you could have the name iTown in the logo.
* Using an image of a small town in the background - Somewhat Cartoon like Eg: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-il…-hills.php
* We dont want anything as detailed as this, however something along these lines would be good.
* A play on the i and Town would be great
* We are looking for a progressive brand while still remaining as professional as possible.
* No colour scheme, so surprise us.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo - submissions should be entirely new creations of the designer.
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Automotive Emissions and the Greenhouse Effect
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Greenhouse gas reduction and carbon dioxide sequestration to mitigate climate change
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Human activities have increased GHG levels and altered global climate patterns
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Energy Literacy
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Human demand for energy is increasing.
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Amount of energy used can be calculated and monitored.
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Greenhouse gases affect energy flow through the Earth system.
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- Instructions are provided to the educator for collecting exhaust from a vehicle; this will need to be done prior to class and the educator may wish to seek the assistance of another adult for this process.
- Educators should describe the pH changes that occur when brothymol blue is combined with CO2 (forms an acid), and when an acidic solution is treated with ammonia. (Ammonia is a base and thus neutralizes the acid.)
- Students with a latex allergy should observe this lab, but not directly handle balloons.
- Educators might discuss the relative concentrations of CO2 in air (0.04%), human exhalation (5.5%), automobile exhaust (varies), and pure CO2 (100%) and how these concentrations relate to the amount of ammonia drops added.
- Educators could use dry ice as an opener for this activity or add it to the list of substances to test.
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- The lab's application section walks students through the steps for calculating the amount of CO2 created by 3 different automobiles to understand the difference in contribution.
- The activity uses brothymol blue to indicate the presence of carbonic acid, formed when CO2 from various sources is bubbled through water. Drops of ammonia are used to indicate relative amounts of CO2 present between the samples.
- Correction from expert scientist: The activity states that the CO2 content of the atmosphere of 380 ppm is an unprecedented value. Based on the latest ice core data, this value is unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years; however, prior to 150 million years ago the values have exceeded 1000 ppm - see IPCC AR4 chapter 6.
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- Students will need to construct their own data tables.
- Students will likely need assistance bubbling the collected CO2 through the water in the vials/test tubes.
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Name that country: surging debt, a rapidly falling currency, a sclerotic political system, and a central bank pulling out all the stops to revive a stagnant economy.
If you guessed either Japan or the United States, both would be the correct answer. This week, the similarities between two of the world's economic heavyweights became more apparent, with both starting to resemble ugly twin sisters.
Japan reported a surprisingly deep 0.9 percent contraction in the third quarter, the first time in the year. Meanwhile, initial jobless claims in the U.S. surged to their highest in more than a year, and a clutch of companies announced mass layoffs – the latest sign of how slowly the economy is growing
With the world fixated on the euro zone's debt troubles, Japan this week provided a stark reminder that it's vast economy remains a basket case — which puts it in dubious company alongside Europe and the United States.
"It's the U.S. to Europe that's the best comparison, but in terms of levels of debt, comparing debt proximity to the ceiling, then it's a U.S.-Japan race," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak. (Read More: What Will Save the Japanese Economy?)
As anti-austerity strikes and a deepening recession roil the 17-nation euro club, most economists are quick to point to Continental Europe as an emblem of what ails America: too much debt, sluggish growth and political paralysis.
However, with Japan's "Lost Decade" stretching into a generation, and U.S. lawmakers scrambling to avert economic disaster as the "fiscal cliff" draws nigh, the two countries are starting to resemble two sides of the same tarnished coin. (Read More: Congressional Leaders Voice Optimism After 'Cliff' Talks.)
Both countries have debt levels that match or exceed their gross domestic product.
In Japan, runaway public spending has pushed its debt to GDP ratio above 200 percent, while the U.S. just recently topped 100 percent. The state of affairs has ratings agencies ratline their downgrade sabers at both governments. (Read More: Japan Grapples With Its Fiscal Cliff)
The reasons behind how two colossuses of the global economy were laid low have their roots in crisis. The bursting of Japan's asset bubble in the 1990s unleashed massive public spending and a Bank of Japan committed to rock-bottom interest rates.
Nearly two decades later, the financial meltdown precipitated by America's housing meltdown also opened the public spending spigot, and forced the Federal Reserve to adopt three different waves of monetary stimulus, or quantitative easing, along with near-zero rates.
"The Bank of Japan is now trying to adopt unorthodox quantitative easing policies, and so far it hasn't worked," Dominic Rossi, global CIO of equities at idelity, told CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" this week. "But if you compare those policies to what the Fed has done…it's just not enough."
Wilkinson says there are important differences between the two economies. Japan's debt is mainly held domestically, while the U.S. is deeply in hock to both China and Japan, which are voracious buyers of Treasury debt.
And while Japan's massive manufacturing sector is on the decline, U.S. exports recently hit a record in September, helping to contract the trade deficit.
Still, Japan and the U.S. are confronting the real prospect of having to rein in spending in order to cut its debt. According to many experts, that will drag on the economy at a time when growth is already scarce.
"The real focus is on fiscal policy," Jesper Koll, managing director and head of Japanese equity research at J.P. Morgan, said on CNBC. "Can the [Japanese] government open its purse strings on public spending?"


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94 N. Main Street, Jasper, GA - (706) 253-2457
Morris Haygood
Morris ?Mousey? Haygood, age 69 of Canton, passed away on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 at his residence.
Morris was a member of High Shoals Baptist Church in Dawsonville.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Haygood; survivors include his children, Michael Haygood, Cumming, David Greene, Canton, Donna Holcombe, Talking Rock, Vickie Blackwell, Jasper, and Stanley Haygood, Canton; and brother, Tommy Lee Haygood. Eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 12 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Harold Evans, Danny Evans and Cliff Nelson officiating. Interment followed in High Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Donald Enis
Donald Floyd Enis, age 74 of Jasper, passed away Oct. 2, 2010.
Don was born July 26, 1936 in Waldren, Ar. to James Clayton and Eula Mae Enis. He was raised in Wilburton, Ok. along with his brothers and sisters. Don was best known as a teacher and coach. He began his career at Gaston High School in Alabama. Over the years, he taught and coached at Coosa High School and Armuchee High School in Rome, Ga. as well as Pickens County High School for several years.
He was the founding director of the Pickens County Recreation Department. Later in his career, he was the principal of Tate Elementary School and the superintendent of Pickens County Schools. He retired from his long career in education from North Georgia RESA in Ellijay, Ga.
Don was the teacher of the Sam Tate Sunday School class and a devoted member of the Tate United Methodist Church. He was a beloved husband, father and grandfather. He loved being a member of the Pickens County community where he made his home for more than 40 years.
Survivors include his wife, Gertrude C. Enis; daughters, Donna Enis, Kathy (Mike) Westbrook, Terri (Al) Lawson and Jennifer (Trent) Cluley, all of Jasper, and Lori (Nathan) Keller, Cumming; step-daughters, Sharon (Jerry) Watkins, Ellijay, and Kay (Steve) Lawrence, Jasper; step-son, Greg Cochran, Jasper; and grandchildren, Brian and Andrew Westbrook, Will, Ali and Clay Lawson, Aisling and Sosonna Cluley, Hillary, Jack and Annie Keller, Joel and Michael Silvers, Jessica and Nick Patterson and Lauren Cochran. Three great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held Monday, Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. from the First Baptist Church of Jasper with Robert Bruce officiating. Interment followed in Lake Forest Cemetery in Jasper. The family received friends at Roper Funeral Home in Jasper. Collins Funeral Home in Acworth was in charge of arrangements. Contributions may be made to Tate United Methodist Church Building Fund, PO Box 116, Tate, Ga. 30177, or United Methodist Children?s Home, 500 S. Columbia Dr., Decatur, Ga. 30030.
Helen Dickerson
Helen Tatum Dickerson, age 70, passed away on Sept. 22, 2010.
The daughter of the late Buck and Frances Tatum of Talking Rock, Ga., Helen is survived by her husband, Bob; a brother, Robert Tatum; sisters Teresa Abernathy and Lynnette Whitley; a niece and several nephews.
A memorial service was held on Thursday, Sept. 30 at the Horis A Ward Chapel in Stone Mountain, Ga. The Rev. Ron Cole officiated. In lieu of flowers, the family requested donations be made by mail to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Development Office, 1762 Clifton Road, Suite 1400, Atlanta, G. 30322, or online at: winshipcancer.emory. edu
Sarah Maddox
Mrs. Sarah Maddox, age 91, passed away peacefully at home in Nashville, Tn. on Sept. 11, 2010. Sarah was a long-time resident and business owner in Jasper. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall Maddox in 1971.
Marshall and Sarah moved to Jasper in 1954. Together they opened and operated the Jasper Theatre until the 1980s (61 Main is now in the building). At that time she sold the business and retired to California.
Sarah was very involved in the community and an active member of the Jasper United Methodist Church and the UMW for many years. Friends have shared that Sarah was always ready to help others by driving them to the doctor, to run errands, to the airport or for a visit with family that was far away. She made it possible for many to travel and to visit places they otherwise would not have been able to visit.
Sarah was one of the first Navy WAVES during WWII. She was stationed in New York and at the Atlanta Naval Station during her service.
Continuing her history of service, Sarah donated her body to Vanderbilt University Medical School. She struggled with rheumatoid arthritis in her later years. It was her hope that information could be obtained from her that would help someone else in the future.
Sarah is survived by her daughters, Katherine Maddox, Nashville, Tn., and Kay and Ed Dupont, Niceville, Fl. She had one granddaughter, Kristy Jo Jensen, Sacramento, Ca. Locally, she is survived by her niece, Jean and Ronnie Ray, Jasper, Ga., and her nephew, David (Buddy) Elliott, Franklin, Ga. Many other nieces and nephews also survive.
A memorial service was held at Arlington United Methodist Church in Nashville on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Those who knew Sarah know that she was very specific about her wishes. Therefore, her family has asked for memorial gifts to the Jasper United Methodist Church or to Pickens Animal Rescue.
Special Note: Anyone interested in the possibility of being a body donor should call the nearest medical college/teaching hospital for more information.
J. Wayne Walker
J. Wayne Walker of Suwanee, Ga., died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 at the Emory John?s Creek Hospital in John?s Creek, Ga., following a period of declining health.
Born Sept. 19, 1932 in an oil camp outside of Barnsdall, Ok., he was the son of the late John and Effie Oldham Walker. Mr. Walker graduated from Georgia State University in 1958 with a Bachelor?s degree in Business Administration. He worked in the oil industry for 35 years and retired from Phillips Petroleum Company while living in Bartlesville, Ok.
Wayne and his wife Jo Ann moved to Jasper, Ga. in 1998 and recently move to Suwanee, Ga. to be closer to their daughter, Lori Bergquist. His hobbies included golf, piloting airplanes and traveling with his wife of 59 years.
Over the years, Wayne and Jo Ann also lived in Atlanta, Ga., Raleigh, N.C., Baltimore, Md., Tulsa, Ok., Kansas City, Ks. and Minneapolis, Mn.
Besides his wife and their daughter, Lori (Andy) Bergquist, John?s Creek, Wayne is survived by son, Terry (Sue) Walker, Odessa, Tx., and daughter, Cathy (Steve) Keiser, Denver, Co. He was grandpa to Kendrick Morrison, Detroit, Mi., Sarah (Nathan) Beiriger, Evergreen, Co., Daniel Walker, Odessa, Tx., Rachel Morrison, Denver, Co., Kris (Elizabeth) Walker Lubbock, Tx., and Garrett, Abby and Blake Bergquist, of John?s Creek. Wayne was also great-grandpa to five great-grandchildren.
At his request, Wayne was cremated and a memorial service was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 2 from New Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Jasper where he and Jo Ann are members. The Rev. Ben Laughlin officiated. Memorial Contribution may be made to the New Lebanon Presbyterian Church, 389 Bent Tree Dr., Jasper, Ga. 30143, Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, 1400 E. Church St., Jasper, Ga. 30143, or to the American Heart Association, c/o Malenthia Odum at Renasant Bank, P.O. Box 668, Jasper, Ga. 30143.
Ronald MacGregor
Mr. Ronald Allen MacGregor, age 72 of Jasper and formerly of Dawsonville, passed away at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta early Monday morning, Sept. 27, 2010.
Survivors include his son, Troy MacGregor, Eustis, Fl.; daughters and son-in-law, Tracie and Lee Malone, Chatsworth, Kellie Miller, Jasper, and Karrie Williams, Griffin; and brother, Edgar MacGregor, Buffalo, Mi; Ten grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home. A graveside service followed Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Georgia National Cemetery near Canton with Chaplin Victor Wallace, Marine Corps, Dawson County #970 and Pickens County Chapter #47 DAV in charge of military graveside services. Pallbearers were: Troy MacGregor, Lee, Cody and Dalton Malone, Ken Allston and Frank Booth. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Jasper United Methodist Church in his memory.
Bessie Stone
Miss Bessie Stone, age 82 of Heritage Health Care Center, passed Friday evening, Oct. 1, 2010 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, Jasper.
Survivors are close friends Carolyn and Bart Padgett, Jasper.
A graveside service was held Sunday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. at Bethel Church Cemetery in the Big Ridge area of Pickens County. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Aileen Prince
Ms. Aileen Prince, age 75, passed away August 5, 2010.
Ms. Prince was a teacher for 37 years. She taught at Pickens High School in the 1970s.
The service was held Monday, August 9 from Lebanon Baptist Church in Plains, Ga. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Chester Payne
Long-time Big Canoe resident Chester ?Chet? B. Payne passed away Sept. 27, 2010 after a long and valiant battle against cancer. He was born Jan. 18, 1928.
Chet, a Virginia native and a University of Virginia graduate, was a nationally recognized expert in the aeronautical engineering industry. He married the love of his life, Jean Lee Payne?, on August 16, 1950.
Chet began his career with NASA at Langley Field in 1950 testing gust loads and autopilot response. He then worked for Martin Aircraft Company testing aircraft including P-6Ms and B-57s before moving on to Lockheed where he was Division Manager for Flight Testing. He was involved with the testing of numerous aircraft including the C-5A, many versions of the C-130, the Lockheed Jetstar and the vaunted F-22s. During his years in the industry, his work took him to over 100 military bases carrying out his test flight assignments. He participated directly in the flight of the latest aircrafts, often serving as flight crew member and test flight engineer. In 1974, he was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Air Force Systems Command for the successful launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from a C-5A. Chet is the 1985 recipient of the Kelly Johnson Annual Award for excellence in service given by the Society for Flight Test Engineers. It is on display in the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. While Chet enjoyed a distinguished career, he was a gentle and unassuming man who never sought attention for himself.
Chet retired from Lockheed in 1991; however, his career did not end there. After he and Jean built a home in Big Canoe on a mountain lake, where she was the designer and general contractor, Chet was called on often as a consultant through his own private company. Jean traveled with him on many assignments. However, Chet also became a valued member of the multi-denominational Big Canoe Chapel, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees and as Chairman of that Board. He was a long-time member of the Prevent Child Abuse Pickens Board of Directors and he served on many community and church committees and boards.
Much of Chet?s work as a consultant was classified, but it is correct to say that his help was requested from the Pentagon and even from the CIA. After he became too ill to travel, agencies sent representatives to his Big Canoe home to seek his advice and expertise.
In an article in 2002, Chet laughed about the time when he needed to get flight qualified for a C-130 flight testing assignment from the Pentagon. He was 76 years old and showed up at the Flight Surgeon?s office at Wright-Patterson AFB one morning. He was in line with young men with cropped haircuts. When it was his turn, the doctor looked at Chet, did a double-take, and asked, ?What do you want??
Chet handed him his orders and said, ?I want a flight certificate.?
?How old are you?? the doctor asked.
?What difference does that make?? Chet responded.
?Well, none ? I just want to tell my wife about this,? the doctor said. ?But tell me ? how many medications are you taking??
Chet said, ?One baby aspirin a day.?
?Carry on!? the doctor told him.
In addition to Jean, his wife of 60 years, Chet Payne is survived by three daughters, Jennifer Forster, Jill Dunlap and Starr Lindsey and her husband Mark; grandchildren, Mary Shertenlieb, Amanda Forster, John Dunlap, Harry Forster III, Payne Lindsey, Banks Lovett, Chesler Lindsey and Mason Lindsey; and great-grandchildren, Henry Chester Shertenlieb and Maxwell Gary Shertenlieb. Two siblings also survive, Amanda Hall, Scottsville, Va., and Randolph Payne, Arlington, Va. Many beloved nieces and a nephew and their dear children and grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at Big Canoe Chapel on Friday, Oct. 1 at 11:30 a.m. A memorial reception followed in the Broyles Community Center. The Rev. Dr. Jimmy R. Allen officiated and Sen. Johnny Isaacson, long-time friend of the family, also delivered a eulogy. There was no visitation and no interment. Memorial gifts may be made to Big Canoe Chapel Benevolence Fund, 10455 Big Canoe, Big Canoe, G. 30143.