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1. "In Patient Abuse Cases, Reforms Come Slowly" --- State officials working to upgrade patient abuse investigations at California's board-and-care institutions for the developmentally disabled aim to overhaul the in-house police force while also directing the most serious cases to outside agencies. --- U-T San Diego --- May 2, 2012 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/1JpffY
2. "Jury Awards $2.9 Million Verdict Against DCover Negligent Care of Mentally ..." --- The operator of the group home where Suggs lived previously settled for $900,000. His sister, Carrie Weaver, hailed the verdict last week. "I'm very, very disappointed that it's taken so long," she said in a telephone interview from her South Carolina ... --- Washington Post --- May 1, 2012 (DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) http://is.gd/9w7EGB
3. "Abuse Alleged at Cd'A Daycare Facility" --- She said Schenck would allegedly call the children "idiots," "stupid," "retarded," and make fun of a child that was possibly autistic, keeping the boy in a high chair all day long. "She'd hit them on the head and smack them on the hands," Griswold said ... --- Coeur d'Alene Press --- May 1, 2012 (IDAHO) http://is.gd/GgNIre
4. "Verdict in Ill. Group Home Death Leaves Questions" --- The violent death of Paul McCann led to improvements in how Illinois intends to protect the mentally disabled in group homes, but the trial of the first man accused of killing him suggests to some ... --- Muscatine Journal --- May 4, 2012 (ILLINOIS) http://is.gd/GAW3LE
5. "Parker County Grand Jury Indicts 4 in Abuse of Special-needs Child" --- Four adults whose discipline of an 11-year-old boy with special needs included rubbing his face in ketchup on a wall and holding him down on a kitchen table while two of the adults paddled him with a plastic cutting board have been indicted by a Parker ... --- Chicago Tribune --- May 3, 2012 (ILLINOIS) http://is.gd/NFhtvO
6. "Ex-Hub School Aide Indicted in Abuse Case" --- A former Boston school teacher's assistant was indicted by a Suffolk grand jury yesterday, accused of molesting two young special-needs boys at separate Hub schools last year, officials said. LaShawn Hill, 34, of Dorchester was charged ... --- Boston Herald --- May 5, 2012 (MASSACHUSETTS) http://is.gd/NvKY7W
8. "Suspended Police Officer Plans to Retire" --- Grand Rapids Police say Officer Randal Smith filed for retirement on April 16th, five days after he was suspended for allegedly having a relationship with a mentally challenged woman. Police Chief Kevin Belk says Smith met the alleged victim while on ... --- WZZM --- May 2, 2012 (MICHIGAN) http://is.gd/ZTFfhb
"Special Needs Student Takes Beating from School Bus Aides" ---
Two Darlington, South Carolina elementary school bus aides Tomeka
Self (pictured in blue)and Rosanna Dudley (pictured in white) were
arrested and charged with assault and battery for repeatedly
striking a 10-year-old special needs ... --- News One --- May 2,
13. "Mother Alleges Child Was Sexually
Assaulted on Campus" --- The Brownsville Herald A civil lawsuit
alleging a special needs Oliveira Middle School student was
sexually assaulted multiple times in 2010 was filed Friday in
federal court in Brownsville, long after officials failed to ...
--- Brownsville Herald --- April 28, 2012 (TEXAS)
14. "Paralyzed Woman Gets Eviction Notice
After Complaining of Neglect" --- Operators of a large group
home for the disabled in Fort Worth are preparing to evict a
paralyzed woman from her home of 11 years after she appeared on
CBS 11 News and talked about neglect at the facility. And while
the resident and a former ... --- CBS Local --- May 2, 2012
15. "Ex-principal: 'Never Really Told the
Truth' to Special Ed Parents" --- Sha'Quan Peace-Doldren, 12,
who is blind and nearly deaf, walks with his sister Qua'Aisha
Doldren, 17. The Asbury Park Press has learned that Sha'Quan was
one of the children who former Lakewood principal Sheldon T.
Boxer ... --- Asbury Park Press --- May 2, 2012 (NEW JERSEY)
17. "Legislation Would Require Cameras in
Group Homes" --- A bill was reintroduced in the state
Legislature last week that would require the installation of
surveillance cameras at all entrances and exits of state-run
group homes. The measure would require facilities run by the
state Office of People ... --- Ithaca Journal --- April 30,
18. "He Raped as a
Teenager and Now Works to Stop Sexual Violence in South Africa"
--- Sexual assaults rarely shock anyone anymore, though a video of
a brutal gang rape of a mentally disabled teenager went viral on
the Internet last month. That touched a nerve. As the young
suspects face their day in court, Rebombo spoke with CNN to tell
... --- Local 10 --- May 2, 2012 (SOUTH AFRICA)
11. "Special Needs Student Takes Beating from School Bus Aides" --- Two Darlington, South Carolina elementary school bus aides Tomeka Self (pictured in blue)and Rosanna Dudley (pictured in white) were arrested and charged with assault and battery for repeatedly striking a 10-year-old special needs ... --- News One --- May 2, 2012 (SOUTH CAROLINA) http://is.gd/WaCsRw
13. "Mother Alleges Child Was Sexually Assaulted on Campus" --- The Brownsville Herald A civil lawsuit alleging a special needs Oliveira Middle School student was sexually assaulted multiple times in 2010 was filed Friday in federal court in Brownsville, long after officials failed to ... --- Brownsville Herald --- April 28, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/RRsKtr
14. "Paralyzed Woman Gets Eviction Notice After Complaining of Neglect" --- Operators of a large group home for the disabled in Fort Worth are preparing to evict a paralyzed woman from her home of 11 years after she appeared on CBS 11 News and talked about neglect at the facility. And while the resident and a former ... --- CBS Local --- May 2, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/hXChYD
15. "Ex-principal: 'Never Really Told the Truth' to Special Ed Parents" --- Sha'Quan Peace-Doldren, 12, who is blind and nearly deaf, walks with his sister Qua'Aisha Doldren, 17. The Asbury Park Press has learned that Sha'Quan was one of the children who former Lakewood principal Sheldon T. Boxer ... --- Asbury Park Press --- May 2, 2012 (NEW JERSEY) http://is.gd/R1K4Ry
17. "Legislation Would Require Cameras in Group Homes" --- A bill was reintroduced in the state Legislature last week that would require the installation of surveillance cameras at all entrances and exits of state-run group homes. The measure would require facilities run by the state Office of People ... --- Ithaca Journal --- April 30, 2012 (NEW YORK) http://is.gd/QgLjjr
18. "He Raped as a Teenager and Now Works to Stop Sexual Violence in South Africa" --- Sexual assaults rarely shock anyone anymore, though a video of a brutal gang rape of a mentally disabled teenager went viral on the Internet last month. That touched a nerve. As the young suspects face their day in court, Rebombo spoke with CNN to tell ... --- Local 10 --- May 2, 2012 (SOUTH AFRICA) http://is.gd/ZTFfhb
19. "Sac County, IA Teen Charged with Abusing Family Member" --- Back in February, a local doctor contacted the Sac County Sheriff to report the sexual assault of a minor girl who was mentally handicapped. An investigation led to 17-year-old Avery Tjossem. --- KTIV –-- May 4, 2012 (IOWA) http://is.gd/64yBhm
20. Man Found Guilty of Molesting Deaf Daughter of Friends" --- The victim, who is deaf and has a learning disability, used to have sleepovers at the home of defendant Robert Ruiz, whose children were her friends. According to court testimony, during those visits Ruiz sexually abused the girl over a period of four ... --- News10.net --- April 30, 2012 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/KTJO5a
21. "Sacto 911: Man Convicted of Molesting Child Who is Deaf" --- A Sacramento County jury has convicted a 38-year-old man of multiple counts of child molestation involving a young victim who is deaf and has a learning disability. Robert Ruiz was a friend of the victim's family. --- Sacramento Bee --- April 30, 2012 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/bseZep
22. "Sonoma Valley Rallies to Help Disabled Man Stabbed, Beaten, Left Alongside Road" --- The well-known and well-liked man made his way around Sonoma Valley on his customized tricycle with its disabled placard and blue-and-red lights. --- Santa Rosa Press Democrat --- April 30, 2012 (CALIFORNIA) http://is.gd/KJIkVy
23. "Officer Cited in Wheelchair-Bound Man's Death" --- St. Petersburg, Florida- A Bay Area lawyer said he was somewhat satisfied with the citation of a St. Petersburg police officer Thursday, for his role in the death of a wheelchair-bound man. Police cited Officer Mehmedin Karic for Careless Driving, ... --- WTSP 10 News --- May 3, 2012 (FLORIDA) http://is.gd/Eqj2d3
24. "Judge Grants Bond to Juveniles Accused of Molesting Boy on Bus" --- Bus driver Ella Holland testified Thursday that she never saw any of the several students she regularly drove to the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf being molested while on the bus despite a confession by one of the boys. --- Atlanta Journal Constitution --- May 3, 2012 (GEORGIA) http://is.gd/MZWn9X
25. "Disabled Man Fatally Stabbed in His Detroit Apartment" --- Their easy going little brother, who was disabled, forever taken away. "My brother was a churchgoing brother. He loved God," said Kimani Watkins. "He just liked to relax and have a good time." Watkins was attacked in his apartment. --- MyFox Detroit --- May 3, 2012 (MICHIGAN) http://is.gd/f7maVW
26. "Group Home Operator Placed on Conditional Licenses" --- The Duluth company that operates four group homes for mentally-ill adults is under close scrutiny by state licensing officials following accusations of emotional abuse and neglect. --- WDIO-TV --- May 4, 2012 (MINNESOTA) http://is.gd/qZxZ9o
27. "Former Group Home Supervisor Accused of Taking Money from Developmentally Disabled" --- Jill Peterson, an employee at Reach Inc., became the Cedarview Group Home supervisor in July 2010. The following year, a Reach employee began looking into reports that Peterson exploited three developmentally delayed men for financial gain. --- KBZK Bozeman News --- May 3, 2012 (MONTANA) http://is.gd/rZEbQM
28. "Man Accused of Robbing Man in Wheelchair Arraigned" --- A man accused of stealing money from a man in a wheelchair appeared before a judge Thursday morning. David Dionne, 39, was accused of stealing about $150 from Chestnut Street resident Richard Robitaille, 75, on Monday. --- WMUR Manchester --- May 3, 2012 (NEW HAMPSHIRE) http://is.gd/rqxjNt
29. "Lawrence Man Charged with Using Stick in Attempted Robbery" ---
Bryan Adam Berard, 19, of 186 Arlington St., was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a stick), assault and battery on a mentally retarded person and attempted robbery, police said. Berard was being held last night at the Essex ... --- Eagle Tribune --- April 29, 2012 (NEW HAMPSHIRE) http://is.gd/oeLzBi
30. "Somerset County Man Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Mentally Disabled Frenchtown Nursing Home Resident" --- A Somerset County man was arrested last week on charges that he sexually assaulted a mentally disabled resident of a Frenchtown nursing home, according to New Jersey State Police. --- The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com --- May 1, 2012 (NEW JERSEY) http://is.gd/NO4ugt
31. "Bartlesville Bully Victim Texts Dad: 'Just Get Me Out Of this School' " --- "They call me retard," the boy said. "They rip up my papers." Then this week, after being jumped, he ran and locked himself in a bathroom stall, texting his dad, "just get me out of this school." --- News On 6 --- May 4, 2012 (OKLAHOMA) http://is.gd/CS8XWT
32. "Autistic Boy's Oregon Trip Investigated"--- Portland, Ore., police said Tuesday it was up to social workers to decide what to do with a 10-year-old autistic boy found riding a light-rail train by himself. Investigators determined the boy discovered on a Portland ... --- UPI.com --- May 1, 2012 (OREGON) http://is.gd/izUT9E
33. "Bullied Boy with Autism Returns to School in Warren" --- A 7-year-old autistic boy whose mother said he has been bullied and beaten up numerous times at school, returned to classes today. Vanessa White, who said her son Saun has been beaten up and bullied at least a dozen times this year, was kept home from ... --- WYTV --- May 1, 2012 (PENNSYLVANIA) http://is.gd/boDjfs
34. "North Texas Mom Accused of Abusing Her Disabled Son" --- Parker County accused disabled boy abusers, mother Gina Murasky (top L), Russell Herrick (top R), Jason Harnsberger (bottom L), and Karen Horner (bottom R). North Texas mother Gina Delynn ... --- CBS Local --- May 3, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/i45jn7
35. "4 Adults Accused of Physically Abusing Mentally Challenged Boy" ---
Murasky's son has been diagnosed as mentally retarded and reportedly functions at a second-grade level, according to the CPS petition. The four suspects gave investigators varying accounts about their own and the others' roles in the boy's discipline, ... --- Fort Worth Star Telegram --- May 2, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/lMfkjq
36. "Special Needs Student Tells Jurors in Patterson Murder Trial of Beating he ..." --- A special needs student who was beaten so severely by Brandon Patterson and another youth that he ended up in intensive care took the witness stand Wednesday to tell jurors about the incident. The student is now 20 years old and is living in a group ... --- Fort Worth Star Telegram --- May 2, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/vF17vC
37. "Mentally Disabled Vet Abducted for Social Security Check" --- A mentally disabled man who served in the Marines says he was taken for a ride by people trying to steal his money. Terry Hoffpauir, 67, was admitted into the VA Hospital in the Texas Medical Center in ... --- KHOU --- April 30, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/x21RHj
38. "Trial Date Set for ETX Woman Accused of Killing Mentally Challenged Person" --- Smith County officials have set a court date for Kimberly Cargill, the woman accused of murdering a mentally challenged woman. Cargill's trial will begin on May 7 in the 241st District Court, according to Smith County judicial records. --- KETK --- April 30, 2012 (TEXAS) http://is.gd/Lxg8mX
39. "Being Bullied Tied to Anxiety, Depression in Special-Needs Kids" --- Special-needs youth with chronic medical conditions or developmental disabilities are at risk for anxiety and depression if they're excluded, ignored or bullied by other young people, a new small study says. --- U.S. News & World Report --- April 29, 2012 (U.S. – NATIONAL) http://is.gd/ddi5N4
40. "Patient Safety is Addressed at LewisGale" --- A patient rape at the mental health facility prompted changes in staffing and security measures. By Sarah Bruyn Jones A rape at LewisGale Medical Center's mental health facility last year exposed lapses in staffing and security that led the hospital to ... --- Roanoke Times --- May 4, 2012 (VIRGINIA) http://is.gd/M8WSUH
42. "Police Considering Murder Charges After Handicapped Man Dies" --- A handicapped Huntington man is dead, and Police are looking to charge his attacker with murder. Otis Clay Junior died at Saint Mary's Medical Center today. He was taken off life support earlier this week. --- WOWK --- May 1, 2012 (WEST VIRGINIA) http://is.gd/zcrRka
43. "VB Mother Claims Special Needs Daughter was Dragged" --- VB mother claims special needs daughter was dragged. --- WAVY TV (VIRGINIA) May 3, 2012 (VIDEO) http://is.gd/nVIpmM
Seeking Improved Support
44. "Disabilities Coalition, Sheriff Settle Suit" --- A settlement has been reached between the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office and the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition. The CCDC sued the sheriff in Pueblo District Court last month for not responding to a Colorado Open Records Act request for copies of ... --- Pueblo Chieftain --- May 4, 2012 (COLORADO) http://is.gd/Dyx9Dj
45. "Georgia Discriminates against Deaf, Developmentally Disabled, Federal Judge Says" --- A federal judge has found that Georgia is discriminating against people who are deaf and developmentally disabled by denying them access to services. US District Judge Richard Story said in a recent ruling that the state has failed to ... --- Florida Times-Union --- May 4, 2012 (GEORGIA) http://is.gd/DBNdfr
46. "Audit Finds Special Education Center Students Too Old" --- Pinecrest is a facility for the developmentally disabled, but has been losing employees and residents as Gov. Bobby Jindal and DHH Secretary Bruce Greenstein move residents into community group homes and lay off state workers. Besides being confined to ... --- Alexandria Town Talk --- May 3, 2012 (LOUISIANA) http://is.gd/6h0WnY
47. "Judge Signs off on Order Moving Young Mainers with Disabilities Out of Nursing Homes" --- Young adults with disabilities will have more choices of where to live after a judge signed off on an agreement this week that settles a class-action lawsuit brought by the families of three young men whose only option was to live in nursing homes. --- Chicago Tribune --- May 3, 2012 (MAINE) http://is.gd/kryqxY
48. "Psychiatric Patients Often Wait Nearly 12 Hours in ER" --- Patients with mental health emergencies wait an average of 11.5 hours -- nearly half a day -- in hospital emergency departments, and those who are older, uninsured or intoxicated wait even longer, a new study says. --- U.S. News & World Report --- May 4, 2012 (MASSACHUSETTS) http://is.gd/SGWLRu
49. "Garrettsville Health Club Agrees to Pay $15,000 to Settle Disabled Woman's Discrimination Case" --- A Portage County health club agreed Thursday to pay $15,000 as punishment for revoking the memberships of a disabled woman and another member. The owners of the Total Lifetime Care Health & Fitness Club in ... --- Plain Dealer --- May 3, 2012 (OHIO) http://is.gd/KJZRlG
50. "Intellectual Disability Advocates Hold Huge Rally at Capitol" --- The Capitol Rotunda was packed Wednesday afternoon for a rally in protest of proposed cuts to programs for the mentally disabled. It was large and loud and raucous. Chants of "No more cuts!" filled the dome as supporters filled the stairway and steps. --- abc27 --- May 2, 2012 (PENNSYLVANIA) http://is.gd/16njwD
51. "Cuts to Mental Health Care Are Mentally Disturbing" --- Nearly 50 years ago Pennsylvania's government made a fundamental promise relative to its role in providing care for those with mental health problems. The state gradually would close most of its mental health institutions but earmark funds for less .. --- Towanda Daily Review --- April 29, 2012 (PENNSYLVANIA) http://is.gd/WlXI7P
52. "Local Reaction to Wisconsin Dropping 17,000 People from Medicaid" --- In a move that will save Wisconsin about $28 million, the feds agreed on Friday to approve state cuts to Medicaid. It's a downsized plan from the original proposal that would have cut many more people ... --- WQOW TV News 18 --- April 30, 2012 (WISCONSIN) http://is.gd/n3agXr
53. "Report Shows Several Mistakes in Wisconsin Child Protective Services" --- A published report says child protection workers statewide have made numerous mistakes that have led to children being hurt and even killed. A review of state records by Gannett Wisconsin Media found counties failed to meet state child ... --- Today's TMJ4 --- April 28, 2012 (WISCONSIN) http://is.gd/HLijMi
54. "Anxiety: The Hidden Disability That Affects One in Eight Children" --- This invisible disability can greatly affect academic performance as well. Anxiety impacts a student's working memory, making it difficult to learn and retain information. The anxious student works and thinks less efficiently, which significantly ... --- Huffington Post --- May 3, 2012 (U.S. – NATIONAL) http://is.gd/SLL2lO
Proposed Legislation and New Laws
55. "Connecticut Lawmakers Grant Final OK to Bill to Protect Disabled Renters; Now ... " --- Connecticut lawmakers have granted final passage of a bill that would protect renters suffering from a long-term disability from eviction. State Representatives voted 126-to-17 in favor of the measure Friday evening, a week after it ... --- Torrington Register Citizen --- May 5, 2012 (CONNECTICUT) http://is.gd/zQBXYG
56. "Ohio Merging Mental Health, Drug Abuse Agencies" --- State agencies providing mental-health and substance-abuse services in Ohio will be merged pending legislative approval. The administration of Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) says the merger will reduce bureaucratic clutter. --- NECN --- May 5, 2012 (OHIO) http://is.gd/JrKeUh
57. "Va. Congressman Introduces Autism Education Bill" --- … has just introduced legislation that would pay to train teachers to deal with autism. The AUTISM Educators Act (yes, like every other bill these days, this one has a "clever" acronym) would offer grants to train classroom teachers how to identify the ... --- Fredericksburg.com --- April 30, 2012 (VIRGINIA) http://is.gd/M64E0w
International Articles
58. "Disabled Crisis List Soars to over 1,000" --- A total of 1,069 people with a disability are on a critical waiting list waiting for support. Source: News Limited more than 1,000 people are on a critical waiting list for disability support services or accommodation - double the number waiting three ... --- Adelaide Now --- May 3, 2012 (AUSTRALIA) http://is.gd/HBE3OL
59. "Disabled Couple Thrilled They'll be Able to Keep Their Baby" --- "Even disabled people can have sex," Wilton said with a laugh. Wilton shrugged off concerns that because he and Palisoc have slurred speech that the child won't be able to communicate with them as he grows up. "It's just like learning a second language ... --- Toronto Star ---May 4, 2012 (CANADA) http://is.gd/Gc9RSr
60. "Man in Wheelchair Robbed in the Glebe" --- Ottawa police have charged an Ottawa man with robbing another man who was in a wheelchair. Police say the victim, in his 50s, was operating a motorized wheelchair in the 1100 block of Bank Street at about 3 pm Monday when he was accosted by the accused ... --- CBC.ca --- May 3, 2012 (CANADA) http://is.gd/nmXKxR
62. "Man Charged in Bank Street Robbery of Man in Wheelchair" --- An Ottawa man facing is facing charges after a man in a motorized wheelchair was robbed in broad daylight on Bank Street. Clarence Momolu, 34, is charged with robbery and breach of undertaking, ... --- Ottawa Citizen --- May 4, 2012 (CANADA) http://is.gd/wPBFO1
63. "Police Probe Cistern Death of Handicapped Man" --- Police have released little information about the sudden death of a 38-year-old developmentally disabled man who apparently fell into a cistern Sunday night. --- Hamilton Spectator --- May 1, 2012 (CANADA) http://is.gd/kWLKdL
64. " 'Report Disability Hate Crimes' " --- People who suffer from disability hate crimes in West Sussex are being encouraged to report the offences. The Hate Incident Support Service has launched an easy read form to encourage the reporting of such crimes, connected to the victim's perceived or ... --- Lancashire Evening Post --- May 5, 2012 (ENGLAND) http://is.gd/WRX3qh
65. "Birmingham City Council Investigates Claims Vulnerable Disabled Man was Neglected by His Carers" --- Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jones, from the Public Protection Department, said: "West Midlands Police is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a 46-year-old disabled man following allegations of neglect. --- Birmingham Mail --- April 29, 2012 (ENGLAND) http://is.gd/g7D78n
66. "Man Who Cheated Handicapped People Nabbed in Ahmedabad" --- … ---agency: DNA After chasing him for more than a week, Karanj police have finally managed to capture Babu Patel, a physically challenged person who allegedly cheated 15 other handicapped persons. --- Daily News & Analysis --- May 4, 2012 (INDIA) http://is.gd/GZ9Y8q
67. "Locked by Mother, Mentally-challenged Boy Freed" --- After spending five days in a locked house, a 10-year-old mentally-challenged boy was on Thursday freed after the intervention of his neighbours. Neighbours of the boy, Pulli, called police after he was seen shouting for food from a window of ... --- Zee News --- May 3, 2012 (INDIA) http://is.gd/4o23mu
68. "Russia Ratifies UN Convention on Rights of Disabled" ---"Ratification of the Convention will provide additional safeguards to ensure, protect and promote social and economic rights of the disabled, as well as serve as a benchmark for further improvement of legal regulation and practice in the field of ... --- RIA Novosti --- May 3, 2012 (RUSSIA) http://is.gd/oiw74R
69. " 'Disabled Not Understood in Scotland' " --- MORE than a quarter of Scots feel disabled people exaggerate the extent of their physical limitations, with around the same proportion believing they should accept they cannot have the same life opportunities. A survey by the Multiple Sclerosis Society ... --- Herald Scotland --- April 30, 2012 (SCOTLAND) http://is.gd/3ec1wz
70. "Alleged Female Rapists in Court" --- The case of two women accused of raping and sexually assaulting two mentally challenged teenage boys was postponed in the Protea Magistrate's Court yesterday. --- Citizen --- May 2, 2012 (SOUTH AFRICA) http://is.gd/kVdsWj


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If every County/Parish in the Country would follow Osceola County, I believe there would be a halt on illegal foreclosures!
© 2010-19 FORECLOSURE FRAUD | by DinSFLA. All rights reserved.
Posted on06 January 2015.
It's too bad that news reporter did not do his homework. San Francisco County did an audit of foreclosures. And Essex County audited the land records as well.

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Romney: Komen shouldn't fund Planned Parenthood
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday added his voice to the chorus of conservatives who say the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, one of the nation's leading breast cancer charities, should not fund the women's health organization Planned Parenthood.
When asked by talk radio host Scott Hennen in an interview whether he thinks Komen should provide funds to Planned Parenthood, Romney said "I don't think so."
The candidate, who has in recent days taken a much more aggressive stance on issues like contraception, went on to call for the government, as well as Komen, to pull its funding from Planned Parenthood.
"I also feel that the government should cut off funding to Planned Parenthood," Romney told Hennen. "Look, the idea that we're subsidizing an institution that provides abortion, in my view, is wrong. Planned Parenthood oughta stand on its own feet and should not get government subsidy."
Planned Parenthood has in the last several years become a frequent target of congressional Republicans because it provides abortion services in addition to other women's health services while receiving government support. (The government support cannot be used to pay for abortions.)
Romney went on to tout his pro-life credentials: "I am a pro-life individual, I was a pro-life governor, I served as a pro-life governor, I'm a pro-life candidate," he said. "I simply do not want to participate in anything that takes the lives of an unborn child."
The remarks represent an ongoing debate over the breast cancer charity's short-lived decision, announced last week, to withdraw funding from Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings and preventative education. The charity had previously provided the women's health organization between around $500,000 and $700,000 worth of grants annually for those services, according to Planned Parenthood.
The decision, when announced, inspired a ferocious backlash from the left and women's health advocates, who accused Komen of caving to pressure from the right in what they cast as an ongoing assault on the reproductive rights of women.
Komen later reversed course, but the controversy has yet to abate completely. Some on the right have accused Planned Parenthood of using bullying and "intimidation" tactics in its efforts to publicize and protest the issue; many on the left, meanwhile, are dissatisfied with the change in Komen language, which leaves ambiguity as to whether or not Planned Parenthood will actually continue to receive grants from the cancer charity in the future.
Romney, meanwhile, is loudly touting his social conservative credentials ahead of three non-binding nominating contests Tuesday night - particularly with Rick Santorum showing signs of life among the socially conservative Republican demographics of Minnesota and Missouri.


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Albert Galand, born 29 October 1938 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Brussels) and died 22 December 2015 in Liege, Belgium.
Albert Galand will be remembered as a pioneer in capsular IOL design and intra-capsular techniques. He graduated in medicine from the University of Liège in 1964. It was in that city that he pursued his career in ophthalmology, becoming the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology and subsequently Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Liège.
From his early years Galand was convinced of the importance of implanting the IOL in the capsular bag. He designed lenses for capsular implantation at a time when most of his peers either still used anterior chamber lenses or if they used posterior chamber lenses at all they might fix them in the ciliary sulcus or half-in half-out, partly in the sulcus and partly in the capsule. For Galand, the lens had to be in the bag and remain stably there. He recognised that the technique used to open the anterior capsule was key to permitting the lens to enter and then be retained in the bag. To achieve this he developed novel capsulotomy techniques, including the envelope technique. He organized regular meetings in Liege typically with an international faculty, Intercapsula Liège, to promote in-the-bag fixation of the IOL.
The same passion that he showed for intra-capsular fixation he applied to his many lens designs for capsular lenses. The key feature of each design was that it should have long-term stability. Ultimately, he wanted a lens that would fill the bag – to achieve the Holy Grail of making an Accommodating IOL. His inventions in lens design in the 1990s were quickly picked up by European companies: CORNEAL and Rayner especially refined the Galand model. However, his ideas on lenses that fill the bag and thus a lens that accommodates remain unrealised – posing a challenge for future IOL manufacturers.
Prof. Auffarth, Head of the David J Apple Laboratory, said: " Albert Galand was a great innovator in ophthalmology. His passing away in the same year as Jan Worst underlines for me the impressive contribution of the Benelux eye surgeons to IOL development, a tradition that began with Cornelius Binkhorst."
We extend our deepest sympathy to his widow Hafida, his children and grand-children.
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I was recently a judge in Revenge of Eve's P4J (Photos 4 Journals) contest. Candace, being the lovely lady that she is, rewarded not only the contest winner (Beckie from Beckie's Mental Mess) but also the judges. Barb from Bipolar Barb showed off her goodies here, and today I got mine!
The gold foil paradise journal showed up blue in the photo but it's more of teal colour, and it's got a cool P4J ROE stamp on the first page. The Daily Mindfulness guided journal from Punch Studios includes prompts related to self-care, affirmations, and remaining present.
I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what Candace creates with her handcrafted stationery passion project, Not Your Average Chick.
I've been keeping a bullet journal for the last six months or so. I've been pretty consistent with it, and have managed to write in it pretty much every day, even if it's just a daily gratitude entry. I'm finding it very therapeutic, plus it helps me to see patterns that I probably wouldn't notice otherwise because my memory isn't that great. I've actually got 2 journals on the go right now, and because I've added page headings and trackers as I've come up with ideas, it's pretty disorganized. I've got lots of ideas now, though, to set up my next journal more efficiently.
Do you journal, and if so, how do you approach it?
The Mental Health @ Home Store has a FREE how-to guide on creating a bullet journal to support your mental health. My approach isn't about artistry; the key is functionality.


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Message of solidarity from branch secretary Paul McAleer on behalf of the Maritime Union of Australia Sydney Branch.
Venezuela is heading towards an increasingly dangerous situation, in which open civil war could become a real possibility.
Civil war becomes more likely as long as the media obscure who is responsible for the violence and the international left fails to show solidarity with Venezuela's Bolivarian socialist movement.
The media likes to blame government repression for the recent deaths in Venezuela, but the actual figures tell a different story.
Worryingly, they reveal a right-wing terror campaign involving political assassinations and public lynchings of government supporters, providing a frightening insight into what the opposition would do in power.
While the media reported the results announced by the right-wing opposition for its July 16 national consultation as fact, even its own "observers" have raised doubts as to its democratic credentials.
1. Venezuela's housing mission has built 1.5 million homes for Venezuelan families since 2011. By the end of this year, the government aims to have completed a further 540,000 new homes and repaired 550,000 existing homes under the Barrio Nuevo, Barrio Tricolor mission.
On July 30, 545 delegates will be elected by the Venezuelan people to a National Constituent Assembly (ANC) proposed by President Nicolas Maduro.
The ANC will discuss proposals to reform the constitution, though any official amendments will have to be put to a referendum.
About 50 people gathered on July 8 at the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) offices in Sydney to celebrate Venezuela's Independence Day and express support for the Venezuelan people and their government.
It followed a reception of more than 100 guests organised by the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canberra on July 5, marking the 206th anniversary of Venezuela's Independence Day.
A "Venezuela-Brazil Solidarity" meeting organised by the Latin America Solidarity Network (LASNET) was held on June 8 in Melbourne.
It brought together a wide array of activists, including members of the Socialist Alliance, Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network (AVSN) and trade unionists.
Since April, the people of Venezuela have been under constant attack from violent protests orchestrated by the right-wing opposition to the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela's government and opposition both claimed millions voted in rival symbolic elections on July 16.
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I don't think there will be a fire, flood or storm that removes mankind from the planet.
I think instead, insects are biding their time, planning their take-over, and their headquarters may be my fence line.
There continue to be uprisings, with the termites currently showing real strength and leadership. Or maybe they are just fattening up the troops, courtesy of any wood that surrounds my house. All it needs is a microscope to make it a scene from any of the "Men in Black" films.
I think the only thing that keeps the take-over at bay is inter-species squabbles between the cockroaches, spiders, mosquitos, fruit flies and termites. If they can make nice and decide who will be in power when the coup d'etat comes down, we are all in deep trouble.
It began when we suddenly realized the wooden fence around our yard was being held up by tall grass and the on-shore breeze. Water and rot may have had a hand in it, but the real culprits seem to be the voracious, chewing termites. Our gracious neighbor is replacing the section we share and no sooner did he get a new portion installed then the termites began deserting their former quarters looking for a freshly built meal. That's just discouraging.
I have launched an all-out research effort to find out how and if these critters can be squelched, but I am skeptical. Termites in our neck of the woods include drywood, dampwood and subterranean. That means if one won't eat it, the other will. More bad news. Termites can be long-lived: "queens and kings can live for decades while individual workers can survive for several years." Oh great.
These Spartan warriors do not necessarily even require contact with moisture or soil – just my fence. And the capper is, the desert area of California is home to the most destructive species of subterranean termites. But wait. There's more. "Another destructive species in this group, the Formosan subterranean termite, is now in California but restricted to a small area near San Diego." Yay.
I get the feeling that we are simply putting out wood as a ritual sacrifice, knowing that it may serve as a fence for a while, but its real purpose is to placate our future world leaders. When the time comes, I want to be able to remind them of all the lovely meals we prepared for them. It might buy me a little time before the mosquito Air Force swoops down and finishes me off.
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Discussion in 'HardForum Tech News' started by Megalith, Mar 3, 2019.
Allow me to start another dumpster fire: DLSS for streaming
My old professor just finished the repair / restoration of an Akai 8-track for some rich guy in Seattle, and he said the guy has a monstrous collection of LaserDisc media. He said he keeps LaserDiscs around because he only plays his vinyl when he's having sex.
Ah, to be rich.
With the new ram just send me a SD chip, smaller, faster, easy. Streaming will be the end, but I told my kids when DVD came out that a chip(computer) the size of a credit card would be what they would carry and it would rule them all.
Sneaker net flash storage should replace it.
Same. I always see compression artifacts when I'm streaming something.
Not bothered. Never invested in it. I decided to wait it out. Most people I know just moan about their BD player.
The only problem I've seen with current-generation players is overheating from being placed in an enclosed cabinet. I expect most people around here rip their media with MakeMKV or whatever.
I can understand not being interested in 4k, but the quality jump from DVD/compressed garbage to Blu-Ray is actually quite nice.
I was wondering what the complaints were- I got one of the first Philips that did Dolby Atmos and Vision, and haven't had any problems, but mine isn't 'enclosed'.
So, not played much is your point?
I think there was a joke to that effect, something about not getting as many opportunities to sully the vinyl up. But I'm telling it second-hand.
Three years ago I sold my entire DVD collection for $100, a collection that I put well over a thousand dollars into. I don't miss physical media at all.
So throw the baby out with the bathwater? just look at it as the REAL theater experience. they have previews at the theater to!
I honestly, truly believe that if Sony had built in a UHD Bluray drive in the PS4 Slim/Pro they could have boosted the market for them significantly... I got an Xbox One S SOLELY to play UHD Bluray (cheapest way to do it), as I have PS4 Pro for console gaming, but I'm guessing I'm very much in the minority there.
I personally prefer blurays. Don't get me wrong, I love streaming but with the hollywood license game, etc, you never know if your favorite show or movie will still be available to stream. With a blu ray, i know it's always there.
You know... if you watch them, you can get them for 10-15 each on amazon brand new. The price fluctuates a lot. That's basically the cost of a movie ticket.
Bluray quality is FAR better than DVD. Streaming is a distant third, well behind DVD.
My fiber optic provider gives me 250/250 Mbps service. (Verified at speedtest.net, etc.) My home network is Gigabit: cat5e or cat 6 hardwired. (48 ports going to a patch panel, a dedicated 48 port switch, unifi router.) I have a 4 AP wifi mesh. Looking at my laptop, right now, it shows me with a connection of 390 Mbps via wifi to my network.
I hardwire my AVR, my bluray player, my HTPC, my roku.
I have a 108" screen, 1080p projector, fed/controlled by the AVR.
I am -NOT- a videophile or movie snob.
When I stream from Amazon, PSvue, or Netflix, I can see banding, pixelating, stuttering, and blocks of pixels which don't update (if they're about the same from one frame to another: obviously not sure what that compression technique is called).
I have a home network which is a bit better than average. I could pay for a higher bandwidth from my ISP, but I already exceed the ability of the streaming services so I would not see any gains. Even with a pretty good network, I am not interested in watching a "good" movie by streaming. I'll watch some shows by streaming and the various artifacts are acceptable (but still visible).
With physical media, I am not dependent on a two other parties having to allow me to view a movie. My ISP and the streaming provider BOTH must be up and running...and agree that I have the "right" to view the product. With a bluray disk, it's in my hand, I drop in my bluray player tray, hit "play", and off I go. No compression artifacts, no problems.
I have not made the jump to 4k, but I'm slowly upgrading with that in mind.
Amen. For the movie franchises I really follow, I typically go to the theater and also buy the Blu-ray. For any other movie I'm on the fence about, I'll just wait for the Blu-ray because 95% of the time, I can get the Blu-ray cheaper than paying for my wife and I to go to the theater AND I get to keep the movie.
I rip all my media to my Plex server and store my media away. When I built my last PC, I got the predictable comments like "LULZ WHY ARE YOU BUYING AN OBSOLETE BLU RAY DRIVE?!?!?!?!" I just laughed them off.
Keep in mind we are an enthusiast forum and probably a piss poor representation of the market as a whole.
Most people I know would not be able to differentiate between a blu-ray and streaming on their garbage $300 55" 4k TVs. A couple of them may have a sound bar, not a single one has real surround sound.
The incoming wave of buyers are accustomed to streaming 480p content to their mobile devices. Hell my GFs kid has a TV in his room with all the standard smart apps but never turns it on. If he wants to watch something he uses his phone, like every other teen on the planet.
I am able to skip through them, not all at once though, with the chapter next button. Im using a PS3 for my blu-ray player so maybe my experience is different.
Yeah, I'm having a good giggle reading some of these responses. There will always be enthusiasts who want the highest quality experience, of course. But every one here is pretty out of touch with your average consumer. With media, easiest always wins, and streaming is easiest.
Samsung isn't the only manufacturer to stop making BD players. OPPO was the first to quit making them citing lack of profit (at $600 per). I'm hoping this isn't a trend, but the downward trend in Blu-Ray sales doesn't sound promising.
I have a great quality 75" 4K display (Sony Z9D), Atmos capable AVR, and an OPPO 203 4K BD player. With larger screens the difference in video quality between streaming and 4K BR is obvious not to mention ATMOS sound adds quite a bit to the experience as well. Going forward I'm really hoping we either continue to have availability of physical media or a way to download full quality (uncompressed) movies.
Don't own and never will own a BluRay movie.
Got fed up owning so much plastic back with DVDs. Built a media server instead!
bluray is dead, baloney! even DVD is STILL alive. my dad buys DVDs and has thousands. I bet there's millions of people like him all around the world still buying DVDs. bluray will stick around too.
I preferred physical media but the hassle of putting in the disc and actually getting to play the what you want to look at is utterly frustrating. Validation or what ever the disc is doing before it displays, then the FBI warning, commercials, some disks won't play unless you update software/firmware. Had a Blu-Ray player (cheapo) that would not play hardly anything but was also only WIFI (bad choice on my part) and it would not hook up to my WIFI no matter what, so could not update - threw it in the trash can. If Blu-Ray and user experience was better, easier and not treat you like you are a criminal from the get go - it would probably do a hell a lot better. When someone want to watch a video, most are not interested in the random stuff, unknown time period before you get what your after on a Blu-Ray disk.
DVD on the other hand you can normally get to the media you want much faster, hence it still is around today and preferred over Blu-Ray on sells.
I have a couple hundred BD movies. I rarely go to theaters, do stream stuff, but some movies are just too good to lose when X streaming service loses the rights. Not only that but some movies really did benefit from going to DVD, and later to Blu-ray.
Compare a good VHS copy of Bladerunner to the DVD to the Blu-ray. Just going from DVD to Blu-ray: Holy cow. The level of detail in the flight to police headquarters is phenomenal, and it was done waayyy back. All of the individual windows lit up. The careful outlines of the buildings on the flyby. Just awesome.
I've seen some movies streamed and the problem with streaming is the variability at times. Now for some movies, yeah, whatever. Some movies, however, are audio/visual masterpieces like Mad Max: Fury Road. Streaming just doesn't do them justice. I can see why some groups might like it, as it may end up with more people wanting to experience a movie in the theater again to get real A/V quality. I even see why some people like it as some movies it really doesn't matter much.
only problem with blu ray is that many movies are not on it. We still buy blu ray. we started replacing all our DVDs with them. I can't watch a dvd anymore, the quality is just so poor compared to the bluray.
Our internet isn't great. we can stream HD but not always the greatest on a 24mb DSL.
I like having physical media for movies. It is nice to have some way to watch good quality video without requiring internet connections. For me if a movie is worth having for life I want a disc of it, not a download for some service ill forget I had in 5 years. Still pull out dvds to watch that I bought back from when I was in highchool.
These optical vs streaming threads are always a denial-fest, with the outliers beating on the irrelevant: "It can't be dead because I have 500 blurays", or arguing technical merits. Most consumers don't care, is the problem.
Calling it "dead" is just hyperbole for slow decline, and optical has been for many years. Thank mobile, streaming, generational shift, whatever - but Samsung getting out is just one more datapoint along that slow decline.
The moment that producing and selling content on optical media is no longer profitable, they'll stop being produced. Simple as that. That said, I have no patience for streamed anything and have been storing optical rips on harddisks for two decades.
Yup, everything you said.
Only on the internet can people agree with an article that says this segment of the industry is generating ~$4 billion with minor growth and it's going to replace this other segment which after LOSING tons of revenue to the other market already is STILL making ~$4 billion.
The article also declares the future is streaming because it grew ~$2.2 billion. Which is basically the kind of money that walked away from subscription cable. Instead of pulling that cash out of about half a million subscribers, streaming options are pulling it out of several million streaming subscribers.
No matter how you slice it, people are spending a lot less money for video entertainment than in the past, and they are doing it by more diverse means. If you have a niche audience that wants their video on blu-ray or UHD disks, and you are already doing 90% of the labor to generate it to supply streaming and cable outlets anyway, you leave that market intact.
But it is a niche market, and when you have game consoles intruding on the low end at an effective buy in of "free, cause I game" and on the other end you have to compete with brands that give a crap and are all cinaphiles, well you mihgt just opt out of the middle ground producing mediocre, good enough players.
This, this, and this... Now physical format may need an upgrade and call it what you want but Blu-ray is far from dead.
People like you and I aren't the majority. When I rip a movie that I love to Plex I don't encode it with Handbrake. I leave it raw so that it's as if it were off the BR disc. But let's face it. As data speeds and latencies become better for the consumer hard copies will be less and less frequently used. Eventually everything will be either streamed or digitally delivered. I only hope that what becomes available as a download is BR or better quality and isn't bound to some f-ing service like Amazon or iTunes. Personally I want something I can control myself and throw it into Plex or whatever else I want. Not something that some a-hole like Apple can reach out and delete because their SJWs found it offensive.
There are apps that let you remove the encryption from iTunes movies. I buy movies on iTunes and then use winx mediatrans (there are several other apps that work the same way) to make a drm free copy that works with VLC/serviio etc. It literally launches iTunes and starts the movie for a second and then does it's thing for a minute or two. I believe they are capturing the encryption keys during the launch and then just decrypt it. Anyways, it's a 4-5GB 1080p rip, so nowhere near the blu-ray bitrates, and iTunes doesn't let you download 4k versions so it's only 1080p. But if you can live with both of those negatives it's pretty low effort. I've ripped some of my blu-rays with makemkv but the resulting files are large and need a lot of storage so I haven't done my whole collection. I'd need a new blu-ray drive for my pc and a new blu-ray player for my tv to play 4k blu-rays. As the newer discs often don't include iTunes copies anymore (and we use the apple tv alot) I've mostly stopped buying blu-rays so I probably won't bother upgrading my drive and player to 4k.
So I see you've met my dad.
Except I bought him a 55" 4k tv for Xmas, and he watches the "low" channels as he has them memorized, and they are in "SD".
He sayd he can't tell the difference. He doesn't even watch 720p!
I agree with you that physical media is way better quality, but I'm not going to be convinced that 4K or even 1080 streaming is "well behind" 480p DVD quality.
Amen to that. While shitty streaming quality persists, I see no reason to bother and physical discs will remain. In principle I don't mind if the steam was actual UHD BD quality, heck even regular BD quality would be good but it's far from that and nevermind UHD quality. At least something other than Steam would have seen benefit from a gigabit internet.
I have nearly the same setup as you, 1080p projector, 133" screen, 300/250 Mbps Fibre, etc. All my streaming devices are wired with gigabit networking. But I gotta say I strongly disagree about the streaming being well behind DVD. DVD looks horrible at 133", you can literally see the pixels. I'm using a sony blu-ray player, maybe yours has a way better upscaler. But we stream netflix, prime, crave, itunes, and cbc and I think they all look better that dvd. They aren't equal though, I think netflix and itunes are noticeably better than cbc and crave. I normally use a 4th gen apple tv (with the mouse/microphone remote and 1080p) as my player but I sometimes use a small windows pc (kangaroo pc) and I generally find the apple tv does a better job. Anyways, I'm curious (not trolling) what blu-ray player you are using that you find your DVD's look better than streaming and also curious what hardware you are using for streaming that you get video artifacts on? I'm wondering if just need to try another streaming device.
UHD Blu Rays are all I will buy, and only then I have to have seen the movie and liked it enough to watch it again.
I already mentioned I can't believe DVD's still exist in the Samsung thread. Not even HD is absolutely insane in 2019. DVD's are no better than VHS in my mind, shouldn't even be an existing format anymore.
I used to go to Red Box for BR's all the time, but they disappeared around me and had less and less available anyway. I wish there was a good UHD disc rental service, or a UHD streaming service that doesn't show buffering/banding/artifacts all the time. I have uncapped gigabit, those should be a thing of the past for me.
I don't think BR ever should have separated 1080 and 4k. They should have just always been the 'best possible' image format, regardless of which one you buy. Splitting the same movie into DVD, BR and 4K BR is just milking an already shrinking and confused market. If 4K is available, that should be the only disc you can buy/rent.
I only have a 720 tv, but I'm slowly upgrading DVD's to Blu-ray's, as I find them cheap. I enjoy Netflix, but for family favorite films, nothing compares with the quality of a physical disc.
Also, I OWN these discs and don't have to worry about 'digital rights' issues in the future.
I did move all of my CD's onto MP3 format a decade ago, so I guess someday I'll need to learn to build a media server for films and tv shows.


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AV Equipment Installation Leeds – we have just completed an audio visual installation for West Park Rugby Club in Leeds by installing a professional sound system throughout their rooms and balcony area along with an Epson projector and motorised projection screen in the main club room for displaying Sky TV, Advertising and a laptop connection.
As part of the AV equipment installation we have installed in the lounge four Apart Audio Mask 6 white speakers in the corners of the room along with a Cloud RSL6 remote volume behind the bar so that they can control the volume locally.
In the main club room we installed six white JBL control 26 speakers across the main wall to cover the bar area along with a pair of Tannoy IP rated outdoor speakers on the balcony which are controlled from two Cloud RSL 6 remote volumes behind the bar.
In the equipment rack we installed the three Crown XLi 800 stereo amplifiers, Electrovoice 1250T 100 volt line amplifier, Cloud CX463 mixer zoner and two Audio Technica handheld radio microphone systems which are connected to a Audio Technica antenna distribution amplifier and remote active antennas.
As part of the projector installation we installed a full HD Epson projector and a 3 metre motorised projection screen with connection from the Sky box via Kramer HDMI over CAT6 senders and receivers, advertising is done by connection to the local network and we also installed a VGA over CAT5 wall plate for laptop connection.
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