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Humiliation comes in many flavors: decline, disgrace, resignation, ridicule, shame, stigma, and upset.
During nine years of my corporate career I was employed by a prestigious and globally recognized design firm where I held the esteemed position of Director of Executive Service. One of my fundamental responsibilities was to manage the execution of, or, if requested, provide service personally to guarantee the success, without fail, of any kind of celebration that a partner requested or attended. For example, one client favored Scotch Whisky so I was asked to produce a Scotch Whisky tasting of 35-year old Scotches: Bowmore, Tamnavalin, Berriach, The Macallan, and Laphroaig and pairing them with: smoked salmon, black bread, Roquefort cheese, venison, smoked duck, and Dagoba organic dark chocolates. Another wanted me to hire handsome male and beautiful female models clothed in Hugo Boss black suits and Adrianna Papell cocktail dresses so that his guests were surrounded by classic beauty and modern design. Yet another wanted a nine foot by nine foot parcel of the reception area to display five hundred forced Paper Whites in full bloom during one of the harshest winters on record, so he could capitalize on his design theme, Fresh Air, and subtly reinforce his theme and that we're capable of just about anything, including any ideas they may entertain. Paper Whites naturally bloom in spring, so we had to force them to bloom (by replicating a spring-like environment) early. But there are no guarantees when forcing bulbs to bloom. But lo' and behold all five hundred bulbs bloomed creating an intoxicating fragrance throughout the hot house, or so I was told by the gardener downstate moments after he informed me that their truck carrying my Paper Whites was caught in a white out, spun off the road, and landed chassis deep in fresh snow where my lovely Paper Whites shivered as they slowly froze. But as luck would have it, the potential client canceled their appointment. Rumor has it that they'd all ready selected a firm, and we were just a curiosity. But my all-time favorite: Four hundred and ten Shamrock Shakes delivered precisely at 12:00 noon on St. Patrick's day.
The occasion at which I was disgraced and ridiculed by friends and colleagues was a simple party thrown by a partner who wished to celebrate the winning of a new commission in China with his design and marketing team. The celebration started after work hours which required me to stay late as my supervision was requested by the partner. As team members began to leave and the last partner to depart for the day was the host of this party. On his way out he bellowed, "give them anything they want! Anything!" A senior designer approached me to ask if I might open the partner's private stash. (When I was promoted the Managing Partner said to me, "Your job is quite simple: First, make all the partners happy; Second, never question or deny a partner's request no matter how preposterous it may seem.)" So began my study of each partner from alcohol to zany; I interrogated their assistants to drill down to expectations, tolerance for substitution, and the senior assistant's castigation should he/she book an airline ticket in the unbearable and reprehensible middle seat in coach. I stockpiled their favorite liquors, pop, snacks, and wine as a precaution. Most employees and partners were aware of the liquor cabinet but didn't know its location, yet knew that I possessed the only key. I followed my instructions and wheeled out a trolley cart filled with the nonpareil of spirits and wines that ever passed their lips.
And then the fateful question: "Hey, I hear you've got top-shelf snacks! Like those thumb-sized cashews for Adriel," (at $28.00 per pound, you bet they're for the senior partner I thought to myself.) We want some of those to go with the liquor. By now it was close to eight o'clock and I was beginning to tire as I unlocked the file drawer directly beneath the partner's private fax machine. I removed a two pound sack of cashews, opened it, and delivered it to Lacy, the marketing rep for the project. Lacy and I had always been friends, the tit-for-tat type of friend. She, like several others, based their success and traded in information. My success was based on character, trust, and top-level confidentiality. She failed to pluck any morsel of intel from me.
By the time Lacy stuck her petite paw into the bag of cashews, a small crowd gathered round. At almost the same moment they all realized that the cashews were very warm (from sitting in a file drawer directly beneath the partner's private fax machine. And then Lacy said it first followed by taunting laughter; then another said it; then a small group in unison; and the wave of ridicule and disgrace rose higher and higher then tumbled, crushing me with its demeaning vitriol. I grabbed my briefcase and left the office quickly hearing slowed apologies backed by more laughter. The firm boasts about a zero-tolerance policy for harassment so when I filed my formal complaint against Lacy I was told by the HR manager that she'd already heard about the incident and that Lacy will face her comeuppance. Oh yes, and that I should forget she said:
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For my first official post (YAY thank you mods!), I'm going to tell you all about an awkward encounter I had this evening while Out On The Town.
I was out with some friends at trivia night - which was awesome, by the way. Did you know that okapis are most closely related to giraffes? I did! 10 points, oh yeah. After trivia the guy running it came over to our table and started chatting with us. He was pretty cool, but the entire time we talked I was going nuts trying to figure out why he looked so familiar. Maybe it was the Seth Rogen curly hair and square glasses?
At one point the conversation turned to local bands, and Trivia Dude took the opportunity to hand out cards promoting his band's new album. I slammed my hand on the table, pointed at him (which in hindsight was kind of rude) and yelled, "I KNEW YOU LOOKED FAMILIAR!" Turns out Trivia Dude is the frontman of the band my ex used to play in. I saw them play in dive bars around the cities for close to a year. We even went to Perkins together once after a show!
What do you say after that? "So, how is [ex] doing? Still dating that girl I knew about back when I still facebook creeped?" (Apparently not. Also, don't judge me GT.) What kind of weird world is this that we're having this conversation?
So, yeah. That was my weird run-in of the night. I guess it just kind of happens when you live in the same place for the majority of your life. Any weird small-world awkward meetings for you people lately?


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EXCERPT #2 from BLIND SIDED by Lindsay McKenna
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COWBOY JUSTICE 12-pack, 4.5.16
"Raw pain shot up through Kara's face as she sat down on a chair in the day care center, gripping her cellphone in her hand. Her attacker had left. Or had he? Warily, she looked around, but her gaze was fastened on the opened door and entrance to the day care area. Stunned and hurting after regaining consciousness, she'd crawled to the chair and pulled her phone from her pocket to call 9-1-1. Dizzy, her ears ringing, she tried without success to stop the blood from pouring out of her left nostril. It felt as if half her face had been ripped off. The heat, swelling, and pain making her whimper. She was hunched over, praying that someone, anyone, would get here fast to help her.
The woman on the 9-1-1 line said a Kenedy County sheriff's cruiser was on its way. How far away was it though? Her hair hung like curtains on either side of her face as her bloody, slippery fingers carefully pressed against her nose. The pain was excruciating, so she stopped trying to examine the extent of her injury.
Shattered by the attack, Kara kept worrying that her assailant would come back. But everything was quiet in the day care center and out in the hall beyond it. The rain was slacking off, the thunder moving farther east, the storm passing quickly through the area. She heard the front door open and then close. Who was it? Her heart pounded hard in her chest. Was it the man coming back to finish her off? To kill her?
Stifling a cry, she straightened, tense in the chair, unable to walk much because her knees were feeling so weak. Her breath hitched as she saw a sheriff's deputy appear in the entrance, his revolver drawn. A gasp tore from Kara—she couldn't believe what she was seeing. The man wearing the black Stetson, dressed in a deputy's uniform, was none other than Cade Patterson! She'd heard through the county grapevine that he'd come home two years earlier, but she had never run into him or seen him. His shoulders were so broad that she longed to simply lay her head on them and collapse into his arms. His light brown eyes were large, wide set, and assessing her, holding her distraught gaze.
"Kara!" He looked as shocked as she did. "What happened? Is there anyone else here?" he asked urgently, his head swiveling to take in the room.
"A man attacked me from behind…I-I don't know why…" Her voice sounded young, like a scared child, not her normal alto tone. She saw that his eyes were filled with concern.
"Okay, stay where you are for a moment. I have to clear every room to make sure no one is still in here."
She nodded. "I'm not going anywhere. I can't walk. I'm dizzy."
"I'll be right back," he promised.
Huge tears of relief squeezed out of her eyes. Kara wrapped her arms around herself, the blood dripping continuously down onto her white blouse, forever staining it. Cade was like a silent shadow, disappearing from her view as he moved down the hall, pistol drawn. Was her attacker still in here hiding? Waiting to jump her again? She felt so cold. So alone. And yet, Cade was here! He was the last person she'd ever expected to see and she was infinitely grateful it was him.
Kara had been hoping to see him on the street, maybe catch sight of him at the local diner or run into him at the grocery store. But she never had, until now. Gulping, hating the metallic taste of blood in her mouth, she swallowed, her stomach roiling.
Cade's voice was so close to her, she snapped her head up, gasping, not hearing him return to her side. He stood before her, sliding his revolver into the holster and safing it.
Her hand flew to her throat as she stared up at him. How tall he was! She remembered the boy of eighteen. That was the last time she'd seen him. Even though Cade had played football, the coach was always after him to put on more muscle, but he never had. Her gaze traveled up, from his narrow hips encased in dark blue gabardine trousers to the light khaki-colored shirt that stretched across his broad chest. And those proud, straight shoulders of his that looked as if they could carry the weight of the world on them. She knew from Cade's hard, younger life, that he'd carried his mother who had been so broken by her husband's unexpected death.
Words stuck in her tight throat as he crouched down close to her, placing his hand tentatively upon her upper right arm, his gaze melting into hers.
"Broken nose?" he asked gently.
"I-I think so…he hit me. That's the last thing I remember."
"I'll call an ambulance," he said, his hand reluctantly leaving her arm so he could make the call from his shoulder radio.
She looked beyond him, panicked, as he ended the call. "Is he still here, Cade?"
Shaking his head, he said, "No, no one's here. We're alone. Are you hurt anywhere else, Kara?"
Just the low warmth, the concern in his eyes, brought more tears. She choked and sobbed, "I-I don't think so…I didn't expect this…I don't know who he was. He attacked me from behind. I got a look at him after I smashed his foot with my heel, just for a second before I tried to run from him." Cade's hand was stabilizing as he lightly moved it up and down her upper arm, as if to comfort her.
"We can cover all that later."
"God, I wish my nose would quit bleeding." She held up her bloodied fingers.
"Hold on," Cade murmured, rising. He pulled out a white linen handkerchief from his back pocket, slipping it into her hand. "Press two fingers gently against the root of your nose and pinch the area as much as you can without causing yourself more pain. It should slow and stop the bleeding," he said, crouching next to her once more.
Needing his comforting touch, she closed her eyes and held the handkerchief against her nose with one hand and pinched the root of her nose with the other. "I-I'm not hurt anywhere else. Bruised knees maybe, that's all."
Kara began to shake uncontrollably, barely holding herself together. Some of the bleeding was slowing down and that was good. Absorbing Cade's masculine nearness, she felt like a thief stealing his light, his energy. Listening to the low timbre of his voice as he spoke to the Sarita dispatcher requesting a forensics team and back up, she once more felt that powerful swell of protection embracing her. And yet, Cade was not even touching her! Missing his hand on her arm, she needed to connect with him once again. It was a wild, unbidden thought and she couldn't stop any of her rampant, twisting feelings from barreling through her right now."
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The table arrived [well packed] 6 days after I place the order. The shipping manifest says 240 lbs. for the box, so yes, it is heavy! It's about 190 lbs assembled. We unpacked it in the garage and carried the two table halves and all the parts boxes down to the basement separately. Much easier to handle that way but you still need two strong folks to carry the table halves.
Count on an hour to unpack the boxes and attach the plastic bottoms of the corner ball-holders, and then the 8 bolts, washers and nuts that hold the T-Rail legs on. Carefully flip the table halves over, level the table and attach the net. You're done. Use a socket wrench and a regular wrench [not pliers] for the bolt heads and nuts to tighten them up. The net has the string with balls-that-fit-in-a-slot device to tighten the net. Adjust the net height with the turn-screw to 6" if you are a rules fanatic!
This table is a great choice, looks cool and has a nice consistent bounce. Have fun playing!
This is an excellent, sturdy table. We bought this one specifically because we liked the corner ball storage that the Tour 1800 didn't have. Having done a ton of research on various other tables it is really worth noting how easy it was to set this table up. All you have to do is attach the t-bar with the caster wheels already attached to the table. This only took about 15 minutes. If you read reviews of other tables at some other sporting good web sites you'll see a lot of mentions about having to do all the assembly yourself and it takes 2+ hours with 2 people. We love this table!
The table arrived about 10 days after purchase, delivered by a courteous driver. Boy, was it heavy! Had to unpack it before moving it inside in pieces. Right away, I noticed that it was missing parts - the ball holders and magnetic scorers. Then started assembling it, and ran into a nightmare called a nylon screw nut. To install this, I would need two spanner wrenches of the exact size, which the package did not have! It would have been helpful of Joola to spend an extra $1 and provide cheap versions of these like most furniture deliveries do. Anyway, I managed to scrounge these even though one was not the exact size. So it took me more than two hours to assemble the table. The instruction booklet was sub-par and it was not possible to do some of the things mentioned e.g. locking the legs after installing the wheels. There were also inconsistencies with the video on the website, indicating need for significant process improvements at the company. A card in the package said that I could email the company if anything was missing and I did, only to get a response asking me to fill in a web form, to which I got an email response asking for some of the same info I had filled in the form! Anyway, after this they shipped me the missing parts, which I tried to put on the table. Turns out they had sent me ball holder tops and bottoms, while I needed only the bottoms with this table, so that took me another 15 minutes to figure out! One of the holes in the plastic had gunk left over from the molding process and the screw wouldn't go in, so I had to hammer it in - poor quality control. In all, took another 45 minutes to put in the ball holders. The table is beautiful and plays well. I only wish Joola had their processes in order to make the customer experience better.
Edit: Megaspin's customer service throughout the process was exemplary. In response to my experience, they arranged for Joola to give a credit for some additional products, which were promptly dispatched. All's well that ends well
Hello Ping Pongers! I don't really know a lot about ping pong tables, but I knew much less before I happened upon Megaspin's website! Their comparisons between tables were very helpful and before long I zeroed in on this beauty, the Joola Motion 18.
We purchased the table as a surprise for the kids and we've had it a few weeks now. Everyone comments on how great it looks and how cool the corner ball storage is (that really is a brilliant idea!). It not only looks great, but it plays great also. My son was away at college last year so of course he played a lot of ping pong in the lounge (at least he learned SOMEthing!). He fell in love with this table from moment one. My youngest thinks it's cool to fold up half of the table and use it for practice. My middle son saw the table and said "Dad, now we can't play other things on the floor anymore". We ignored his assessment of the situation. But he's currently playing ping pong as much as the rest of us, so he's ok with it now too. Altough, if we really DID want room to play something else on the floor, the table does fold up and roll into the corner quite easily, so even that isn't an unsolvable problem.
Regarding assembly, my oldest son (20) and I had it together in roughly 30 minutes (once we got it moved to our basement...it's heavy! I would suggest more than two people to move it) so that process was pretty easy and straightforward in general.
Overall quality of the table is first rate. Everything is solid, the wheels are stable and roll easily, and the net isn't loose and it doesn't bounce around like some cheapy thing. When you receive it, it's going to be as good as you hope it will be, I assure you.
The only sticky point was shipping. It seems that Roadrunner lost our package (HOW does one lose a 6' x 6' 200 lb. box??) and it took several weeks to arrive. That part was a bummer, but Ken at Megaspin really went above and beyond to keep the process moving, to keep me updated, and to make things right. I couldn't be more pleased with the table or with the level of customer service I received.
Megaspin is a top-notch company and I would fully recommend both the Joola Motion 18 and Megaspin to anyone looking for a family ping pong experience.
After a lot of research looking for the right ping pong table for my family, I settled on the Joola Motion 18. This is an awesome table, much better quality than you would find at you local sporting good store. Delivery came pretty quickly with no issue and only took about 20-30 minute to get completely set up.I have only had it for about a week but have had several compliments on the professional look from my neighbors. If you are looking for a solid table for a fair price this is for you. I am super pleased with my purchase.
Excellent Table! Love the black color and it is very sturdy in construction. The packaging was perfect and protected the table very well in transit. We are already loving our Joola! Only negative was the magnetic score keepers which fall off quite easily, lost a little magnet within the first day :(
Fantastic table so far. Very easy to setup and the delivery was perfect. I was worried there may be some damage, but Joola packages the tables very well. Beautiful table and we really enjoy the black surface.
Great table! Doesn't take up much storage space, and it's very easy to put up and take down. We've only been using it for a month so far, but it seems sturdy enough to hold up in the school setting. The magnetic life counters are a nice extra, although they fall off pretty easily while moving the table, so I just took them off.
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Attorneys Detail BYOD Issues in Health Care
For the past few years, moving corporate data to the cloud has been the critical data security issue confronting I.T. professionals.
With the cloud transition well underway, focus has turned to securing end-user devices like smart phones and tablet computers, and in particular, the use of employee-owned devices for business purposes--a concept known as "bring-your-own-device" or BYOD. The benefits of BYOD often include reduced hardware costs for the company as well as greater employee satisfaction from using a single portable device for workplace and personal use.
For many companies permitting BYOD, data security concerns generally focus around loss or theft of intellectual property and trade secrets. However, for companies in the health care sector, developing and implementing a BYOD program requires careful planning and development to comply with security standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Moreover, amendments in the HITECH Act in 1999 expanded HIPAA security standards beyond covered entities to encompass business associates--including vendors, contractors, and subcontractors that access, use, disclose, or create PHI on covered entities' behalf. What follows is a brief summary of certain risks associated with BYOD programs, as well as suggestions for developing and implementing a BYOD program.
Failure to properly implement a BYOD program can be a costly error because the HITECH Act also put teeth into HIPAA enforcement efforts in the form of increased penalties for violations and expanded enforcement authority at both the federal and state levels. The HHS Office for Civil Rights, the federal agency responsible for HIPAA enforcement, has certainly responded. In two recent settlement agreements with health care organizations that had data breaches, OCR has revealed its concern about the security risks presented by portable electronic devices and also revealed its approach to security. OCR required Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C., a small cardiac physician practice, to submit evidence of measures to encrypt or otherwise secure electronic protected health information transmitted or stored on portable devices, "including text messaging of ePHI." OCR also required the Alaska Department of Health and Social to "implement device and media controls and address device and media encryption." OCR's actions in these cases reinforce the importance of safeguarding end-user devices, and developing comprehensive policies and procedures governing their use.
The challenge confronting health care organizations--covered entities and business associates alike--is balancing HIPAA security compliance and enforcement risk with BYOD program benefits. These seemingly conflicting goals are not mutually exclusive, provided that organizations approach BYOD implementation and administration in a strategic, thoughtful, and well-planned manner. There is no one-size-fits-all approach. Rather, each organization should specifically tailor its own BYOD policies and practices to meet its own business needs and address its own unique data security risks and vulnerabilities.
Before rolling out a BYOD program, healthcare organizations must complete a comprehensive risk assessment, which serves several purposes. First and foremost, the risk assessment may reveal that employees are already using their own devices for the transmission of health and other work-related information. The risk assessment will also reveal whether BYOD is technically and/or financially infeasible for the organization. Assuming BYOD is feasible, the risk assessment allows the organization to select the best technical means for program implementation, and develop the specific policies and procedures governing BYOD administration and management. Finally, should OCR ever audit or investigate an organization, the risk assessment provides critical documentation supporting its BYOD program development, management and compliance with HIPAA security rule requirements.
So what are some common threats associated with mobile device security and BYOD? While not exhaustive, here are a few to consider. Lack of physical control over the device should be high on the list for every healthcare organization--the baseline assumption always is that the device will be lost or stolen, or at the very least, accessible to unauthorized third parties. Organizations also must consider various technical issues, which include the use of untrusted devices, networks, and/or applications; support for multiple mobile operating systems; installation of security patches and software updates; and interaction with other systems for data synchronization and storage.
Personnel issues are among the more difficult encountered in BYOD program development. For example, employees may resist the adoption and installation of the organization's security policies and measures on their personal devices, and oppose the use of encryption for local storage and electronic communications. Employees also may not promptly report the theft or loss of a device, which can compromise an organization's ability to respond to a security incident. Organizations also must detect and prevent "jail breaking" of the device where the employee circumvents the organization's security policies and measures.
Making BYOD an "opt-in" program can further several goals for the organization. By using a consent form or other written agreement signed by the employee, the healthcare organization can obtain any necessary consent from the employee with respect to his or her personal device and set the general conditions for participation in the BYOD program. Such consent forms might authorize the organization to, for example: install, update, and administer necessary security software and ensure proper configuration; remotely wipe and/or lock the device if lost, stolen, or otherwise compromised; and enforce the organization's data access, use, and other security policies. The consent form can also serve to notify the employee that violation of the organization's BYOD policies may result in disciplinary action and/or loss of the privilege to use a personal device for business purposes.
Organizations also need to consider the technical aspects of BYOD implementation, and whether and how to integrate mobile devices into existing IT infrastructure. Three common approaches for securing mobile devices are (listed from most to least secure) virtualization, the "walled garden," and limited separation. Under virtualization, the organization provides remote access to its computing resource via the mobile device so that no data or company application processing is stored or occurs on the employee's personal device. The "walled garden" method segregates the organization's data and applications within a secured partition, thereby ensuring that personal data and applications do not intermingle with those belonging to the organization. Finally, limited separation, the least secure approach, permits the comingling of the organization and personal data and applications but still employs and enforces minimum security controls and policies.
Employing a mobile device management ("MDM") solution can help healthcare organizations address the technical aspects of BYOD implementation in a cost-effective way. MDM solutions contain various tools to address certain BYOD security issues. For example, MDM solutions often support multiple mobile device operating systems, employ user authentication mechanisms and secure communication methods, and support remote device management and policy enforcement. A variety of MDM solutions are commercially available, so it is important for organizations to survey the market to select the best fit.
From a policy development standpoint, organizations must define how the use of mobile devices will support its overall mission and business goals, and consider some other fundamental questions and issues. For example, what types of mobile devices will the organization support? Which employees or classes of employees will the organization permit to use mobile devices for business purposes? Will employees be permitted to store and/or transmit ePHI locally on the device and, if so, how will the organization encrypt such data?
Done correctly, BYOD programs can help healthcare organizations meet business and budgetary needs while fulfilling HIPAA security standards. However, significant compliance risk can arise from disorganized or insufficient program development, implementation, and administration.
Dianne Bourque and Stephen Bentfield are attorneys in the health law section of the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo.


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Liverpool could make a formal approach for Benfica's Lazar Markovic within the next week as the Portuguese giants moved to replace the winger.
The Reds have prioritised the Serbian speedster after discovering top target Alexis Sanchez prefers a move to Arsenal or Juventus , and are close to agreeing personal terms on a long-term deal to bring Markovic to Anfield.
But Liverpool have not yet made a formal approach to Benfica for the wideman as any written offer would then trigger the first-option agreement Chelsea have on the player, inserted in his 2013 transfer, giving Jose Mourinho first refusal and the opportunity to sign him instead.
Chelsea have given no indications that they are in the market for a wide forward but the Stamford Bridge club have, in recent years, taken to player trading as a way of generating revenue.
The sales of Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku are likely to have netted the Blues a combined profit of around £25million when the striker leaves this summer, despite only playing a handful of games for Chelsea, and Markovic could be viewed as a similar investment.
However, the indications are that Markovic's preference is for a move to Anfield to play first-team football and that Benfica will sell if Liverpool meet the 20-year-old's buyout clause.
The Primeira Liga side are on the brink of signing Brazilian midfielder Anderson Talisca from Bahia as they look to buy up the next generation of stars from secondary markets, as well as negotiating with Estudiantes de La Plata over Argentine forward Guido Carrillo.
Having already let Ezequiel Garay head to Zenit St Petersburg this summer, Benfica aren't desperate to sell players but will make a significant profit on Markovic if they are willing to compromise on the buyout clause and accept the likely £22million offer Liverpool have prepared.
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Hey! Welcome! It's week #3 of the George Williams George Williams' Top 5 Music Videos Show.
George runs two of the highest rated music shows in Japan: GGTV on Music on TV (which has a webpage See it here.) and BAM! on 76.1 InterFM. But seriously, George Williamses, Er, George Wiiliams'... Oh, never mind... His own site kicks ass and is the only one like it in Japan! See it here: www.georgewilliams.jp
#5 Crocodiles - I Wanna Kill
#4 Authority Zero - Over Seasons
Bonus Video: Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony (1968)
#3 Frankfurt Schoolgirls - Celebrity Twist
#2 The Invalids - Through My Heart
#1 The Hundred in the Hands - Dressed in Dresden


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Wisconsin Elections Administrator Participates in Federal Review of November Election
MADISON, WI – Nathaniel E. Robinson, Elections Division administrator for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, has been invited to participate in an election review roundtable discussion at the December 2 meeting of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (US-EAC) in Washington, D.C.
The roundtable discussion, hosted by US-EAC, will focus on experiences in the November 2, 2010 General Election. Robinson will be joined on the panel by state and local election officials from California, Delaware and Maryland, representatives of voting equipment manufacturers, and by the US-EAC Commissioners
"I am very proud to represent Wisconsin," said Robinson. "Our state witnessed great political change in this election, yet there was virtually no controversy about the electoral process. Recounts in three Legislative races confirmed those results with very little change. I look forward to sharing Wisconsin's experiences in conducting another successful election."
The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board has a strong history of collaboration with the US-EAC, a bipartisan Federal agency created by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 to distribute election aid to states for improving election administration. Robinson serves as Wisconsin's state representative to the US-EAC Standards Board.
Last year, the agency's then-Chair Gineen Beach visited Wisconsin and the G.A.B. for two days, and US-EAC accepted Wisconsin's Legislatively-approved 2009-2014 Election Administration Plan, qualifying the state for an additional $3.9 million in HAVA funds. Also last year, Wisconsin was the first state to submit its H1N1 Flu Contingency Plan to the US-EAC.
Kevin J. Kennedy, director and general counsel of the Board, said the G.A.B. (and its predecessor the State Elections Board) has received $50 million in HAVA funds since 2004.
"We have an excellent working relationship with the US-EAC," said Kennedy, noting that the agency also received a $2 million, competitively-awarded grant for Election Data Collection Improvement in 2008, which is managed by the US-EAC.
For more information, contact
Reid Magney, public information officer, 608-267-7887


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Break out the figgy pudding, heat-up the chocolate for some cocoa, and grab your holiday themed books because the Ho-Ho-Ho read-a-thon has begun! Kimba the Caffeinated Reviewer and I are delighted to be hosting this fun event. We have a team full of
bloggers elves with challenges to amaze and delight you as you read, visit new blogs and work to win prizes for under your tree. Be sure and use the hashtag #HoHoHoRAT to keep others informed of your progress! What? You haven't signed up yet?!? No worries you can Join Here.
TWITTER PARTY! That's right! Sunday 11/10 from 7pm – 8pm EST, Kimba and I will be hosting a Twitter Party where we can chat about our favorite holiday traditions, figgy pudding AND OF COURSE BOOKS! Oh yeah, and there will be prizes, too! Be there or be the Grinch!
Happy holiday reading, peeps!!
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I have to hand it to my wife, Rebekah; she does everything with a sense of style that most of us could seldom muster.
She can talk to anyone, anytime, about anything; no holds barred.
Perfect strangers tell her their life story; shoppers in the grocery store line bare their souls; people in elevators open up with refreshing sincerity.
To be honest, I am often in awe of her. She challenges me, and her example always seems to make me better. It is her gift.
Recently, pumping gas, she noted the worn and defeated expression another customer wore. "You look terrible," Rebekah observed, as only she could get away with.
"I feel terrible," the man acknowledged, and proceeded to tell her what was going on with his family. It was a sad tale.
"Do you go to church?" she inquired.
"Used to," he replied, "but all they ever did was tell me I was going to hell."
He looked her in the eye. "Lady," he continued, "they don't need to tell me I'm going to hell; I'm already there."
Obviously, that wasn't the end of the conversation.
This week, snarled in traffic, she observed the tension pouring out of so many other drivers. At a long stop light, one driver was especially eaten up with the pressure of his life. As she often does, Rebekah took the scene in, and prayed for this man.
Then, she waved an obviously friendly greeting, made eye contact, and smiled brightly. The man, taken aback, smiled in return. The tension seemed to leave him visibly.
One of my favorite names in the Bible is Barnabas. Barnabas means, literally, "son of encouragement." We need to have a widespread Barnabas movement in every community.
The fact remains: there is too much pain, too much hurt in this world. There is an urgent need for all of us to live the lives of deliberate encouragers.
What better season to get the ball rolling? Here we are, three days into December already; six days beyond our national pause to celebrate with grateful hearts; well into our latest opportunity to get the holiday season focused in proper perspective. Yet, we are surrounded by tens of thousands of people who need our encouragement in the worst, or maybe the best, way.
Don't wait for Jimmy Stewart, when you catch a rerun of "It's a Wonderful Life;" don't delay until a chance viewing of "Miracle on 34th Street" makes you remember to count your blessings; don't be the kind of Grinch who, all of a sudden, remembers at the Christmas Eve candlelight service what this is all about.
The time is now, the opportunity is the gift of encouragement to a hurting world, and the imperative is the same it always turns out to be in this column. "For you were once darkness, but now you are light. Live, therefore, as children of light." (Ephesians 5:8)
Copyright © 2003 Derek Maul, Sunbelt papers. Used with permission.
Derek Maul feels that his life has always been richly blessed and full of grace. He and his wife Rebekah enjoy a positive and challenging family life with their two teenage children – Andrew and Naomi – and several furry animals. Derek publishes a weekly column in several Tampa papers and also writes for the Tampa Tribune – in addition to several Christian publications throughout the country. Visit Derek at www.DerekMaul.com.


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I am very pleased to announce that my latest course from Trainsignal is now available. PowerShell v3 New Features is a course aimed at those of you who have experience with PowerShell v2. I wanted to create something that you could use as a jump-start into PowerShell v3 so the course focuses on what's new, different and exciting.
As with my other PowerShell courses you can expect a lot of demos. Sure, I have slides because they make good references, but I think the best way to learn about these new features, such as scheduled jobs, is to see them in action. Here's a short list of what I cover:
- shell improvements
- the new ISE
- Scheduled jobs
- web cmdlets
- updateable help
- PowerShell workflows
- constrained endpoint configuration
While I developed this course with the assumption you have previous PowerShell experience, you could use it as a complete novice if you are willing to invest some time in reading help or have access to other reference material like PowerShell in Depth. But in any event, this course is not a complete language reference. I focused on the v3 elements I thought most IT Pros would want to take advantage of immediately.
I hope you find the course worth your investment of time and money.


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Topaz ReStyle 1.0.0 DC 04.12.2014 Plug-in for Photoshop
Topaz Labs announces the new Photoshop Plugin "ReStyle".. Make more creative photos by selecting the best "look" for your image.
Apply professional, robust, and customizable effects to your photos! There are plenty of tools that help you achieve a specific look in your photos. But Topaz ReStyle is different – it gets you results that you wouldn't have thought of otherwise. So next time you're staring at an image after making some minor adjustments and it's just not quite there, try using ReStyle to jump-start your creativity.
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ExploraTree: Create Thinking Maps Online
ExploraTree is a web based tool which lets you create thinking maps online and share them with others. It also has a library of thinking guides which you can refer to anytime. The thinking guides are comprehensive and interactive, primarily aimed towards students and researchers who can use them for problem solving and apply them in their projects.
As I mentioned, the set of tools is comprehensive and could be used not only by students but by any professional who needs to formulate the right strategy to solve a problem and document that strategy online.
- Use ready-made thinking maps templates.
- Make a new thinking guide from scratch.
- Print them as and when required.
- Customize: add or change text, shapes, images etc.
- Work in groups on the same thinking guide.
- Free registration.
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Welcome to F.I.E.L.D.- the First Ismaili Electronic Library and Database. Guests are not required to login during this beta-testing phase
Abdallah b. Maymun al-Qaddah
|Publication Type
|Journal Article
|Year of Publication
|In Press
|Halm, Heinz.
|Volume and Pages
|PAGES: pp. 182-183
|Key Words
|English; Bibliography
DETAILS: "'Abdallah b. Maymun al-Qaddah," Encycl. Iranica I, pp. 182-183.
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The above title is also the title of one of our wedding songs:
Father God I wonder how I managed to exist without the knowledge of your parenthood and your loving Care...
I am aware that such a statement would be scorned to intensity by anyone who was not brought up by a church-going family, even by those whose parents did bring to church during childhood and are at present committed atheists, also by those who cannot justify the presence of a "Fatherly loving God" to a world full of suffering, war, starvation, disease, poverty - whilst the few who are well-off financially, who are also well educated and hold a good job - are more likely the ones who attend church and acknowledge a Fatherly loving God. In a city such as London during the 1970's, a man dressed in a business suit walks hurriedly past a beggar besotted by alcohol, pretending not to see him. The beggar is slumped there, not because he was foolish enough to throw away his life, but because of the yet-to-be-recognised mental illness known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.
PTSD after spending six years fighting in a global war. Probably knowing that some 383,700 British military personnel had never made it through such a horrible conflict. His thoughts constantly going back to his days at the barracks. His days when he was lean, strong, muscular, clean-shaven, among his closest friends, and maybe with a special friend who was closer than a brother - very much like David and Jonathan. And the one he had to watch die from his war-wounds as he lay in his arms and listening to his last, gasping breath. And forever remaining shocked by such an experience, he never properly adapted to civil life, especially with food rationing lasting some years after that, he remained unemployable and eventually homeless, ending his days forlorn in the streets. Indeed, by the 1970's, the sight of some well-dressed people marching by, holding up high a banner which read, God Loves You stirred only revulsion. Even worse if the banner read, Prepare to meet your God! After such trauma, especially after the loss of such a close companion, anything religious or with any spiritual slant had as much appeal to the beggar as finding a live maggot in your food.
I guess I was very fortunate to have been born during the Baby-Boom generation. Just young enough to miss the obligatory National Service, as the compulsory side to it was abolished by Harold Wilson's Government by May 1963, when I was just eleven years old. Indeed, as I see it, this was God's grace, although many would disagree, blaming the doing away with National Service with the gradual decline of discipline, especially in schools, along with the de-masculinization of the average British man, a trend so deplored by many Right-leaning newspaper journalists and columnists.
Probably I can understand why the love of God towards the world is so misunderstood or so difficult to grasp. By entering a Gothic church or cathedral, whether Anglican or Catholic, yet remains a constant reminder of our own shortcomings, and being in the presence of a holy God, to whom we all will eventually give an account. So, as a boy, conversation was in whispers, as if afraid to disturb God from his sleep (actually it was so not to disturb anyone deep in prayer, often seen in Catholic churches). And the need to dress smartly. After all, the invention of the term Sunday Best was by no means accidental, as if God would be offended at a shirt worn without a tie, the sight of denim, or trousers with a hole at the knee, or the sight of a damp circle under the arms, or for a woman to wear a top or dress with a low neckline, or heaven forbid, she arrives without wearing a hat or bonnet. And dare if you accidentally and embarrassingly let out a belch, or even a resounding fart in church! And so such a concept of who God is, with his rather judgemental, punitive character does not warm the average human heart to himself, but from the more timid he raises fear, or at least some form of apprehension.
And at school, that was exactly how God was perceived, and not only a number of boys became "atheists" but I too. Or to be more honest with myself, a God hater. Could this be the real reason why a biologist, after reading a recently-published book by Charles Lyell, The Principles of Geology, the scene was set to launch perhaps the most anti-Gospel philosophy a man can think of, and after a visit to the Galapagos Islands, he himself wrote, On the Origin of Species, which made its author a household name. No doubt, Charles Darwin grew up in a very similar religious environment as I did, maybe more so, for after growing up as a Unitarian, part of his higher education was at the University of Cambridge to train as an Anglican clergyman. Apparently, he couldn't have been that impressed with the character of God either, with his emphasis of holiness, accountability, and judgement, but rather thin on his love and redemption through Jesus Christ, for he never made it to the profession. So instead, his love of biology grew, and he eventually dared to challenge the record of Divine Creation as revealed in the early chapters of Genesis.
And so his theory of Evolution became the source of truth rather than that presented in Holy Scripture. And it should not be a surprise since Darwin was an Englishman, and even voted as the Greatest Briton of all Time by BBC Correspondent Andrew Marr not long after the turn of the Millennium, and in addition with Charles Lyell being a Scotsman, it's no coincidence that the United Kingdom has become the motherland of Uniformitarian Geology and its younger biological sibling.
The social repercussions of this Lyell/Darwinian theories could not be more devastating. Racism is linked to evolution, which is why in time past, particularly in the 1980's, bananas were thrown at black players at a football pitch by white supremacists and mimicking monkey sounds at the stands. And according to Internet sources, this still happens at parts of Europe to this day. And let's face it, I believe this form of racism is still present here, although in the subconscious rather than outright. Maybe, as I once watched on TV, there were City employers who secretly messaged their agencies not to send black candidates for job interviews. And how could I not mention The Daily Mail columnist Katie Hopkins referring to everyone who would have preferred to remain in the European Union as one of a population of monkeys, as an indication and a yardstick that English patriotism is linked to evolutionary advancement?
And professing ours to be a Christian country as opposed of being Islamic, our culture still lacks the Fatherly love of God engrained in its consciousness, but still rather perceived to be more of a divine bully who has respect for those higher educated toffs who dress well for church, but has little, if any regard, for others who don't quite fit the ideal model. And yet I can hear the pages of the Bible rustle like leaves of a tree rustling in the wind. The apostle James devotes the whole of his second chapter of his letter specifically to this issue. He wrote against showing special favour to the rich man who enters the house-church (as they were in those days) dressed in purple and fine clothing, whilst at the same time showing contempt for the poor man in rags who also walks in. Oh, its all very well believing on the intellectual level that only one true God exists (in contrast to a pantheon of idols and lesser divinities) but what is that to the watching world if showing neglect to the one who is cold and hungry, even to the point of publicly dishonouring God?
James concluded that you see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone, and just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead - (James 2:24, 26). Sure, I'm aware that anybody has the capacity for doing good. Richard Dawkins was quite specific about this. The trouble is: Atheists such as Dawkins evaluate the motives behind these good deeds as more genuine within those who are irreligious, but more out of fear of eternal punishment within the religious group. And I have to say that he is right, at least in part. Because during the last forty-plus of being a Christian believer myself, I have come across teachings indicating that fear should be the correct motivation for Christian commitment, simply because our love for God and for each other is not yet made perfect. And this hadn't come from a church layman but from a Cambridge-educated and Bachelor of Arts graduate, church pastor, itinerant preacher and author of several books. It is unfortunate that although this scholar has given great credit to the Bible, its historicity and truthfulness, I have wondered what kind of impact has he made to the unbelieving world. Are favours and good deeds done to others out of fear or even out of apprehension for the possibility of eternal punishment really that virtuous?
Indeed, this sort of thing brings the whole of the Christian faith into disrepute in the sight and hearing of outsiders. Good deeds done out of fear. This is like petrol fuel being thrown onto the fires of atheism! As I once read in the spiritual section of a gay website, one contributor wrote in the forums that the trouble with religious people is that their so-called "goodness" is done out of fear of Hell, and therefore his atheism is justified, especially where churches hold a high condemnation rate for all homosexuals. I wanted to write a reply to defend my faith in Christ and save its credibility. I wasn't able to write anything. Why? Because I knew that he was right, and I had nothing to say. But even worse than that, the idea of God as a fatherly figure is hardly given any credit, but instead perceived as a strict moralist and a sky-bully. Little wonder that he is looked upon as a kind of spaghetti-god in the heavens, a candidate for the most abusive ridicule from the gay community.
The true Christian lives in love, love for his heavenly Father and love for others, especially other believers. That is the main emphasis of John's first letter. Even in his Gospel, Jesus is recorded as giving a new commandment for all believers, and this new commandment is to love one another, because through this the world will know that they are Jesus' true disciples, that they love each other as he loved them, right to the point of laying down his life for the one loved, as Christ himself laid down his life for a sinning world - John 13:35.
Perhaps this was what Jesus meant when he says that we are the light of the world and a city built on a hill (Matthew 5:14-16) - so let your light shine so by your good deeds men may praise God in heaven. The only way that God could be glorified is for the sinner to repent - to change his mind from unbelief to believing in his heart that this Jesus is the risen Christ, and so he receives mercy, is justified, and given eternal life. Every sinner saved brings glory to God. And everyone who lives in genuine love can call God his Father, and convert the sinner from his ways.


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Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Burgos
Contributing Editor: Sameera Navidi
Commonwealth v. Burgos, 19 N.E.3d 843 (2014)
I. FactsOn July 4, 2005, Dana Haywood was shot and killed in the Monte Park neighborhood of New Bedford. Three years later, Rico Almeida contacted the District Attorney's office about Haywood's murder. At the time, Almeida was sharing a cell with the defendant, John Burgos, when he found out that the defendant murdered Haywood. Almeida offered to help police by wearing a concealed recording device to get the defendant's confession on tape. In order to secure a search warrant, police submitted an affidavit, which contained information about police officers' prior dealings with Almeida. The affidavit also detailed the background of gang involvement between the defendant's gang, United Front, and Haywood's gang, Monte Park. Additionally, the affidavit stated that police suspected Haywood's death was in retaliation for a United Front member's murder. A Superior Court judge issued the search warrant, which allowed police officers to provide Almeida a recording device to record a conversation with the defendant. The defendant admitted on tape to being one of the shooters that killed Haywood.
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Valentin
Contributing Editor: Sarah Gage
Commonwealth v. Valentin, 470 Mass. 186 (2014)
I. FactsIn July 1991, Timothy Bond stole cocaine from Angel Ruidiaz, who was selling drugs for the defendant's brother, Simon. Ruidiaz paid Simon for the stolen drugs, but Simon told Ruidiaz that he was "still going to get" Bond. Later that same month, while Bond was with a group of friends, including Kenneth Stokes, Simon and the defendant approached Bond from behind and shot him in the back of the head. Bond fell to the ground and Simon shot him again in the head. Stokes testified that the defendant next stomped on the victim's head while making a profane death threat. Then the defendant and Simon fled on foot and, as they were running away, the defendant told Simon, "Man, put the gun away, the police are coming." At the trial, the defendant's primary defense was an alibi, calling three witnesses to testify that he was playing dominoes elsewhere at the time of the shooting. The Commonwealth called four witnesses, including Stokes, who were at the shooting. All four of these witnesses testified that the defendant either "kicked" or "stomped" on the victim's head after Simon fired the second shot. However, only Stokes testified that the defendant made a profane statement while he kicked or stomped on the victim's head. On cross-examination, two witnesses acknowledged they did not tell the police shortly after the incident that they saw the defendant stomp on Bond. Stokes, though cross-examined, was not questioned about his failure to initially tell the police about the defendant's statement. On the second day of jury deliberations, defendant's trial counsel, Robinson, asked for the judge's permission to have her law partner stand in for her. Although her partner had not worked on the case and had only discussed it with Robinson, the judge granted the request without seeking defendant's consent to the substitution.
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Leclair
Contributing Editor: Taylore Karpa
Commonwealth v. Leclair, 469 Mass. 777 (2014)
I. FactsOn May 2, 2012 the defendant was arraigned on charges of assault and battery, following an incident between him and his girlfriend that occurred earlier that day at Matthew Sheehan's ("Sheehan") apartment. The case went to trial on August 1, 2012, and it was on that day that the Commonwealth first disclosed its intent to call Sheehan as a witness. The judge appointed an attorney to represent Sheehan and to counsel him regarding the potential assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. After consulting with Sheehan about the questions he could expect upon examination, his attorney informed the court that Sheehan intended to invoke his privilege. Sheehan sought to assert this privilege in order to refuse answering questions that might expose him to criminal charges for possession of a controlled substance and conspiracy to violate the drug laws. After an in camera hearing on this issue, the judge ruled that Sheehan would not be permitted to invoke this privilege. As grounds for this ruling, the judge stated that Sheehan failed to demonstrate that he faced an actual risk that his testimony would "tend to indicate involvement in illegal activity, as opposed to a mere imaginary, remote, or speculative possibility of prosecution." The case proceeded to trial and Sheehan took the stand as the first witness. During the cross-examination, defense counsel posed questions to Sheehan regarding his use of illegal drugs on the night of the incident. Sheehan responded by invoking his privilege against self-incrimination. The judge then instructed Sheehan to answer the question at which time Sheehan testified that he had used cocaine that night. Defense counsel then proceeded to ask Sheehan further questions regarding his cocaine use. Despite the judge's prior instruction, Sheehan responded each time by invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege and refusing to answer, as instructed by his attorney.
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Guzman
Contributing Editor: Wendy Hansen
Commonwealth v. Guzman, 469 Mass. 492 (2014)
I. IssuesThere are three main issues in this case:
- Whether the imposition of the Global Positioning System ("GPS") is mandatory under chapter 265, section 47 of the Massachusetts General Laws;
- Whether the statutory mandate violates substantive and procedural due process under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Articles 1, 10, 11, and 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights; and
- Whether the statutory mandate constitutes unreasonable search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article Fourteen under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Howard
Contributing Editor: Kristy Wilson
Commonwealth v. Howard, 469 Mass. 721 (2014)
I. FactsOn January 28, 2009, Maurice Ricketts was shot in the head while working at Bay State Pool Supplies in Cambridge. The defendant, Clyde Howard, was a handyman at Bay State. After taking out the trash, the defendant entered the warehouse and spoke with the victim. There was yelling, and the defendant "pulled out a gun, and pointed it at the victim," and then chased him through the warehouse. The defendant fired his gun once, missed the victim, and then continued to follow him out of the warehouse. The operations manager alerted the branch and assistant managers and called 911. The managers ran toward the warehouse and heard two shots fired. They saw the defendant "facing the back of the dumpster with his arm outstretched and pointed slightly downward, and then heard two additional shots." They then "saw the defendant walk toward the back door, stop, return to the dumpster area, and fire an additional shot." After the final shot, the defendant "ran to a white van, and drove away." The victim was found behind the dumpster with a faint pulse and later died at the emergency room.
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Thomas
Contributing Editor: Eric Gillespie
Commonwealth v. Thomas, 469 Mass. 531 (2014)
I. FactsIn the early morning of July 6, 2006, a three-story Brockton house erupted in flames. The first-floor occupants were unharmed; however, second-floor residents and guests threw the children out the window to a passerby and then jumped themselves. Those on the third floor could not escape on their own. While firefighters saved three people, including the one-month-old baby, the baby's mother was trapped in the bathroom and later died of smoke inhalation at the hospital. Michelle Johnson rented the first-floor apartment. The defendant, Chiteara M. Thomas, and her boyfriend, Cornelius Brown, stayed in the first-floor apartment with Johnson. Prior to the fire, Johnson demanded that Thomas move out. The defendant, angry at being tossed out, repeatedly threatened "to kill Johnson and burn the house down."
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Vacher
Contributing Editor: Catherine S. Flaherty
Commonwealth v. Vacher, 469 Mass. 425 (2014)
I. FactsOn December 16, 2008, sixteen year-old Jordan Mendes's body was found burning in a pit in Hyannis. Mendes was stabbed in the neck and face twenty-one times, and was shot in the chest. The previous day, he went to his half-brother Charlie's home on Arrowhead Drive after school. The defendant, Robert Vacher, was dropped off at Charlie's home with Charlie and John R. around the same time as Jordan. That evening, Charlie arranged to test drive a black Nissan Maxima that a classmate was selling for $11,000. Charlie, John R., and the defendant test drove the vehicle and had it in their possession for approximately four hours, returning it at 8:00 p.m. At that time, Jordan's friend Diana had expected to see him at the Arrowhead Drive house; he did not arrive, and she telephoned him throughout the night but was ultimately unable to reach him. The next morning, Diana drove Charlie and the defendant to a car dealership in Hyannis, where they purchased a silver BMW for $10,995 in cash. Charlie, John R., and the defendant were later seen at a gas station with the BMW and a red gasoline can. Jordan's grandmother became concerned about his whereabouts because she had not seen him since the previous day. She and Jordan's sister went to look for him, ultimately arriving at a place in the woods where Jordan and his sister often played as children. Jordan's grandmother and sister noticed a fire burning in a pit, and found Jordan's body at the bottom. A certified accelerant detection dog twice alerted to the presence of gasoline.
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Moe v. SORB
Contributing Editor: Kevin C. Mortimer
Moe v. Sex Offender Registry Board, 467 Mass. 598 (2014)
I. IssueIn Moe v. Sex Offender Registry Board, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") considered: (1) whether the July 12, 2013 amendments to the sex offender registry law ("SORL") are retroactive as applied to those classified as level two offenders on or before July 12, 2013; (2) whether the Legislature intended for retroactive application; and (3) if so, whether such application violates due process under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.
II. HoldingThe SJC held that: (1) the July 12, 2013 amendments to the sex offender registry law are retroactive as applied to those classified as level two offenders on or before July 12, 2013; (2) the Legislature intended for retroactive application; and (3) such application violates due process under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights.
Mass. Crim. Dig.: Commonwealth v. Duncan
Contributing Editor: Sean P. Murphy


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For the past several months, UCF kicker Donald De La Haye has been locked in a struggle with the NCAA regarding his YouTube ad revenue. According to NCAA bylaw 12.4.4, a college athlete is only permitted to "establish his or her own business, provided the student-athlete's name, photograph, appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business."
De La Haye's YouTube channel not only portrays his life as a Knight Athlete, but also unfortunately includes his face. This means an athlete is receiving attention (and money) for doing something without NCAA approval. This breach of contract triggered a swift, merciless crackdown from the organization.
The NCAA, renowned for its ability to virtually guarantee players an NFL career and a lifetime of job security, has held strong and fast against De La Haye's interest in his internet popularity.
One NCAA official stated, "We think it's extremely important that student athletes focus on their athletic performance and are not distracted by trifles like grades and money. If this had something to do with gaining experience for his major in Advertising, then it'd be a different story."
This backlash has obviously complicated De La Haye's YouTube ad revenue situation. If he continued to produce content in spite of the NCAA's wishes, he would likely lose his full ride. The problem is while De La Haye's college is paid for, other costly necessities such as a triple-wide jersey to accommodate his last name are not covered.
This is where Google, YouTube's parent company, stepped in. In a chivalrous act, they have presented De La Haye with a counter-offer. They will agree to provide him with a full ride, matching the NCAA's former contribution to his education, under the following conditions:
- Student athlete (hereafter referred to as S.A.) must maintain a consistent YouTube upload schedule;
- All video titles must be completely capitalized; Ex. "YOUTUBER KICKERS BE LIKE"
- S.A. must ask subscribers to like, comment, and subscribe several times per video;
- The intro of each video must take up at least 25% of said video;
- Videos are prohibited from mentioning Bing, Apple, or Amazon products;
- Each video must garner at least one comment that says "RIP Headphone Users," and each comment section must include at least five (5) viewers battling for "FIRST;"
- Anytime S.A.'s computer is not being used to make YouTube videos it must be mining bitcoin in the name of Google.
- De La Haye provides Google with 1 (one) human soul
With this new offer from Google, De La Haye has even more to consider — continue making fire content on Youtube with more direct oversight from Google; focus solely on sports, while letting his creative passion flounder; or do neither and have to pay for college out of his own pocket, but retain his soul.
When asked for comment on the situation De La Haye responded, "I ain't no scrub," while proceeding to put on a dress shirt to attend his next NCAA hearing.
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Ad forms used: Banners and skyscraper ads; Budweiser logo "wallpaper" on CBS MarketWatch pages
Agencies: Tribal DDB unit of Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide; media handled by Busch Media Group (A-B in-house unit)
Target audience: Men 21 to 49
Online exposure: In March 2001, brand Bud garnered 9.6 million impressions; in June, that number was 30.3 million (Source: Jupiter); spending estimated at $131,786 during May on 5.7 million impressions (Source: NetRatings)
Anheuser-Busch Co.'s Budweiser is known for its innovative TV ads, from talking lizards to ordinary guys who shout "Whassup?!" Now, Bud is looking to prove that online can be just as creative, and extend the life span of TV advertising.
In May, Anheuser-Busch and Tribal DDB, New York, won the Best of Show at the One Show Interactive for a site where consumers could hear and download "Whassup?!" in 36 languages. The tool, at Budweiser.com, is catchy, but the real achievement is the way the site and accompanying TV spot-featuring only a few of the translations and a pitch to visit the Web site-worked together to send fans online, allegedly in droves, though Anheuser-Busch won't divulge specifics.
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