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Ulrich Receives Society's Kennedy Medal
Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich was awarded the Massachusetts Historical Society's John F. Kennedy Medal on Wednesday night at the Society's 60th annual dinner. Ulrich, the tenth Kennedy Medal honoree, is the first woman to receive the medal, the Society's highest possible honor.
"Throughout her career Professor Ulrich has mixed very distinguished scholarship with an ability to cross conventional academic boundaries, which has greatly enriched our understanding of history," stated Bill Clendaniel, chair of the Society's Board of Trustees. "In addition, she has helped make American history relevant and thought-provoking to a wide audience through her PBS documentary and the popular use of her phrase 'well-behaved women seldom make history.' That she is the first woman to receive the Kennedy Medal also gives the Society particular pleasure."
Shortly after President Kennedy's death, the Society received several gifts designated for use in any appropriate way to perpetuate President Kennedy's memory as an active member of the Society and a great friend of historical scholarship. The MHS determined to create a medal in President Kennedy's name and commissioned eminent artist and MHS Fellow Rudolph Ruzicka to design the medal. Since then, the Society has presented 10 honorees with the Kennedy Medal, awarded from time to time to persons who have rendered distinguished service to the cause of history. It is not limited to any field of history or in fact to any particular kind of service to history. The previous recipients of the medal are Samuel Eliot Morrison (1967), Dumas Malone (1972), Thomas Boylston Adams (1976), Oscar Handlin (1991), Edmund S. Morgan (2002), Alfred DuPont Chandler, Jr. (2003), Bernard Bailyn (2004), John Hope Franklin (2005), and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (2006).
Professor Ulrich, the 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University, delivered a talk at the dinner, "A Mormon Apostle in Boston: Sightseeing, Riot, and Martyrdom."
The Harvard Gazette features a story about the award.
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January 24, 2013
WR James Clark of New Smyrna Beach, FL plans to take two more visits before making his decision his coach said Thursday. Clark will visit Ohio State this weekend for his final official visit, and he plans to visit Florida unofficially the following weekend. "It has been his plan since May to take all of his visits," coach Lance Jenkins said. "He's weighing all of his options and will announce on Signing Day. Nebraska, Northwestern, Florida, Clemson and Ohio State are all in it, they are all equal. He wants to take all the visits before he decides." Ohio State coach Urban Meyer visited with Clark Wednesday night and Florida coach Will Muschamp will meet with him tonight. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has not made his in home visit yet according to Jenkins. Clark make his official visit to Clemson last weekend. He has also been to Purdue, Northwestern and Nebraska.
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STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers weren't the only winners during Super Bowl Weekend. Copps Corp. deli party trays scored, too.
The delis in half of the retailer's 17 stores racked up record single-day sales on the Saturday preceding the big game, chain officials said. The best-selling category was party trays, but sales of fried chicken and wings soared as well, said Kurt Krahn, Copps' deli director.
"I feel like sending the Packers a thank-you note," said Krahn. "It's been better than Christmas. If there was another winner here, it was the grocery industry, particularly the delis. People were buying all the finger foods. We expected good sales increases, but these were extreme."
He added that Copps' delis posted sales for the month of January that are up 15% over the same period a year ago. Krahn attributes that to the tremendous number of parties people were having all month.
"We had stellar sales all through January," he noted. "There were parties every weekend. There were three playoff games that involved the Packers, and even for the one that didn't, there were parties. People had friends over to watch the games on TV."
The chain has two stores in Green Bay, and Krahn said it was no surprise that they were among the single-day sales record-breakers. But one store here -- 90 minutes from Green Bay -- sold 250 mini party trays between Saturday afternoon and midday on Super Bowl Sunday, Krahn said.
"It's a medium-volume store, and they weren't moving the trays as fast at they had wanted to, so the deli manager began sampling them Saturday afternoon," he added. "The rest of the day, they were selling 25 trays an hour."
The mini party trays, overwrapped on a nine-inch round of cardboard, contained sliced cheese and sausage. The retail price was $6 to $7.
Krahn sent out a memo to all deli managers early in January to remind them to create "substantial" displays of the best-seller mini trays. They were displayed in the self-service deli case. To make room, deli managers cut back on prepacked sandwiches and salads, and consolidated other products in the cases.
"At least one manager told me his department made up more pre-ordered trays for Super Bowl Sunday than they did for New Year's Eve," Krahn said.
In past years, retailers have told SN that they lost sales to sports bars on Super Bowl Sunday, but that apparently wasn't the case here.
"We have sports bars here, but obviously not everybody was watching the games at them or we wouldn't have shown the increases we did," Krahn said. He added that many people seemed to be having small parties at home.
Some of Copps' increase could have been spurred by the hoopla orchestrated in-store. Krahn said the stores went all-out right after Christmas in decorating for Super Bowl month.
"Here everything was green and gold [the Packers' colors]," he said. "We had banners and ribbons and balloons everywhere and we encouraged our associates to wear the colors, Packers' garb. There was a lot of team spirit."
A Super Bowl giveaway dinner helped bring customers in, Krahn said. Copps called attention to the drawing, which took place in all its stores on the Wednesday prior to Super Bowl, with in-store signs and in its newspaper ad.
The dinner for 25 people included a 10-pound cooked pit ham, ham rolls, chips, potato salad and a case of soda. "We received vendor sponsorship for it all," Krahn said. The company also gave away two official NFL footballs in the drawing.
The bakery and meat departments at Copps also got into the swing of things for Super Bowl month. The bakery sold a lot of cakes with licensed images of Packer quarterback Brett Favre on them, Krahn said. And some of Copps' meat departments sold green-and-gold shrimp cocktail trays. The shrimp were dyed with food coloring.
"You have to realize this whole state went a little crazy when the Packers made it to the Super Bowl," Krahn said. "We've been waiting for this for years. Now, in the aftermath, I think there's a little post-Super Bowl depression setting in."


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Design Paul Fillingham, photograph Dom Henry
The Alan Sillitoe Committee was one of fifty three organisations selected to produce content for The Space, a new multimedia platform funded by Arts Council England in collaboration with the BBC. We are the only litracha organisation outside of London and proudly rub shoulders with the likes of the London Review of Books and Faber and Faber. Also commissioned from the East Midlands are UK Young Artists and Vanilla Galleries, so let's get out the bunting and celebrate the world that exists beyond the M25.
Our project will explore the literary landscape of Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958), a novel about a cunning Raleigh factory worker called Arthur Seaton whose reward for a week's hard graft at the lathe is to neck a few pints at the weekend and mess about with married women. We hope to broaden the reach of literature by making this seminal novel accessible to newer audiences and in a variety of formats. It's why we're so chuffed to have Derrick Buttress as our first commissioned writer. Who would have thought a man having his first short story collection published at eighty would then become a pioneer for what promises to be the future of digital technology and broadcasting.
The Space signifies the end of the one-size-fits-all model for broadcasting. Now it's all about You. It can be accessed via mobiles, ipads, and the internet. Even through the red button on that whacking great TV on your wall. Maybe even a light switch, give it time. Our content is just as versatile, delivered through videos, audio, photography, illustrations, music and text as well as the obligatory natter through social media. This is how we do it...
Mobile Phone App
This year sees the 125th anniversary of Raleigh so we are creating a QR-coded cycle trail for smartphone devices that explores key locations and scenes from the novel. Each location is being illustrated by students at NCN as part of their Foundation in Design coursework. Users will be able to navigate the App either from the perspective of two Swaddies chasing Arthur Seaton around town or by a modern day Arthur Seaton in 2012. We will be challenging local cycling groups to find the quickest and best routes around our trail which we hope will one day turn into a yearly competition. The App will also provide a smaller walking tour of city-based locations which will create work for local storytellers and generate tourism. We are currently in negotiations with a very supportive Councillor John Collins to get quotes from the book etched into slabs which will draw stonemasonry into our literary web.
Book/downloadable PDF
Not everyone has got a fancy phone so we will also be producing an authentic, 1950s style Raleigh manual that details the literary trail. We're calling it a 'physical book with a digital heart' as it will literally write itself as the project goes along, dependent upon content generated on The Space, through our social media channels and through the Sillitoetrail.com. We need you to get involved or else it will be a book of blank pages so follow the links at the bottom of the page and help us remind London that even people in Nottingham write books.
The Space
We will take you on a virtual tour around Sillitoe's Nottingham by focussing on five featured locations from the trail. Each location will have a specific theme and quote from the novel which will be addressed by Nottingham-based writers, including our very own Mr. Notts, Al Needham. These are: Old Market Square ('don't let the bastards grind you down') The White Horse (The death of the British pub and community) Raleigh (What's the modern day lathe?) Trent (Solitude: Is it possible in the digital age?) Goose Fair (Is Reality TV the modern freak show?)
Design by Paul Fillingham of Think Amigo. Paul is co-running the project with James Walker
Arthur Seaton will be joining us on our journey, popping up at the end of each featured location to offer his own interpretations of the writers' work, ensuring nobody takes themselves too seriously. These will be audio files, read by a variety of people. We're hoping, in a similar spirit to Todd Haynes Bob Dylan movie I'm Not There (2007), to capture the essence of our favourite drinking outlaw by asking a variety of people to take on the Seaton persona.
Tom Keeling will kick-off proceedings with a softer, slightly camper interpretation having recently played Seaton in the musical adaption of the novel. But we're also interested in what a female Arthur Seaton might sound like as the book could quite literally have been written from a female perspective. Female factory workers of the period would have felt a greater sense of injustice than our iconic anti-hero given that a shift down at Raleigh was replaced by a shift at home sorting out the family. We suspect that the limited time they would've had to 'have a good time' would create far more outlandish behaviour than falling to the bottom of some stairs.
The Space is just one of many projects and events that the committee is involved in as we try to raise enough money to have a statue of Alan Sillitoe built in the city. You can support us by donating at www.sillitoe.com or better still, coming along to one of these events we've got lined up over the next couple of months.
June 13 Al Needham will be examining the death of the British pub with a themed quiz at the Golden Fleece. Don't worry. His Nana will still be there fiddling on her organ. The BBC will be swinging by with a camera crew so best not turn up with your knock-off. 9pm
June 30 Saturday Night at Nottingham Contemporary 7pm showing of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (£6) followed by free music in the café from 9pm with The Sleaford Mods, The Smears + DJ Mista Shotta.
July 1 Sunday Morning at Nottingham Contemporary. Brunch with some free jazz. 11am – 3pm
Check us out on The Space website
Help contribute to our book by visiting our Sillitoe trail website
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Monday 25 June 2012: Maja Mihajlovic
Well Dressing is back on the agenda in Bakewell and well under way.
The clay has been put down and the fiddly (it's all fiddly) task of drawing out the design in wool.
The contemporary design has been drawn up by local artist Maja Mihajlovic and as usual it will be fab.
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Kevin Romar takes a break from filming NYC Magic: Supra in the city to let you know what he rides. Peep this edit from Transworld and stay tuned for the tour video dropping this Friday.
Our fine friends at TWS have just released the trailer for their latest motion picture endeavor. The Cinematographer Project features the unprecedented collaboration of 15 filmmakers for one epic video. Stay tuned for more.
In part two of a day with Walker Ryan, the crew heads to a vineyard for a wine tasting. After that the newest Organika pro finishes up his day at the St.Helena skatepark for a session under the light. Via Transworld.
Transworld recently sat down with Jahmal Williams to talk about his history as a skateboarder and artist. Jahmal talks about how Ed Templeton pushed him to design his own board graphics and upcoming plans he has for his skateboardcompany, Hopps.
In the final Nicasode, Steve Nesser talks about being a fellow shop owner and the crew puts on a demo at the new concrete skatepark in Masaya. Filmed and edited by Blair Alley.
Arto Saari recently held a backyard bash that included some barbecue, lights and a night pool session. Check out this edit from Transworld featuring Lance Mountain, Christian Hosoi, Eric Dressen, Louie Lopez, Andrew Langi, Steve Caballero, and more.
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The 33rd Hood Games took place last Saturday in San Francisco, California at the African American Comunity Complex. Once again Karl Watson and friends turned out an awesome event for the local urban communities. This was the biggest Hood Games yet! One of the kids was even awarded a scholarship to Woodward. Nyjah Huston and Walker Ryan were hanging out all day skating with the kids. So have a look at this project that's improving kids lives and their communities through skateboarding. Via Transworld.
The CPH Pro finals went off with a bang this year. Columnist Blair Alley was on hand and brought back this sick edit from the finals. Luan Oliveira took home 1st place for the second year in a row with Dennis Busenitz and Chris Cole rounding out the top three. Via Transworld.
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Well, I'm not going to argue with you.
I was actually referring more to the folks that put it directly in front of the driver, I've seen a few that were actually blocking the driver's immediate forward view completely. But, an obstructed view is an obstructed view and even those tags hanging from the rear view mirror are illegal in most states when the vehicle is being driven.
Cyber Gray Metallic VOLT
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I would personally consider the Bose system a downgrade from the standard system, but I'll also admit to an anti-Bose bias. This is both because I'm an 'audio guy' (not to be confused with 'audiophile'), and also because my previous vehicle, a Nissan Murano, had the most gawd-awful sounding 'upgraded' Bose system I've ever had the displeasure of being stuck with.
I really don't consider myself that picky when it comes to car audio, since unless you're willing to spend big bucks (either to get a factory-upgraded top of the line system, or to get aftermarket components) you can expect 'acceptable' sound from most stock stereos - not great, but not bad. The no-name stock 6-speaker system in my mid-level Nissan Altima, which I had before the Murano, was vastly superior to the Bose system in every objective and subjective way.
Sure, the Murano's Bose system had a subwoofer (built into the spare tire's well), but it was terrible - easily the worst-sounding implementation I've ever heard of a subwoofer in my life. It literally had one note, and could not reproduce anything else. All it did was shake the body of the vehicle, which while admittedly cool at times, is really kind of worthless for audio reproduction.
While I can't honestly say that the base stereo in the Volt, which I have, is anywhere near being the best stereo I've heard in a car, it's nowhere near as bad as my previous Bose system. And as you've read elsewhere (and this is true), a 'Bose system' isn't really anything different from the standard system in terms of hardware, other than the sub - it's just a software EQ tuning designed to emulate the 'Bose sound' (which, if you care for my opinion, is just terrible - like listening to the most compressed FM radio station you can find).
Of course YMMV, and I'm well aware many people are perfectly happy with their Bose stereos, be they in cars or their homes. It's just that for someone like me who's used to enjoying all the details in their music without anything missing, there are different levels of compromise; the Volt's base radio is an acceptable compromise, while IMHO the Bose system is by definition far too much of a compromise.
And as others have pointed out, you'll get the 3 years of free OnStar turn-by-turn nav, which can be programmed remotely from your smartphone, so you really don't need the built-in nav unless you expect to use it heavily beyond those 3 years.
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The in-dash nav system will always be overpriced, because they have you over a barrel to have that much bigger screen. I try to ignore the price, because you'll NEVER justify it that way. It's apples to oranges. Sure, my smart phone is great if I only care about staying on one path...and I started with a destination, too. In-dash nav is just great to click on and see what interstates you encounter to go around some city along your thousand mile journey (for example). It is definitely SAFER to deal with that screen for such whimsical information acquisition (while driving), then to focus on a two inch screen to do the same thing. My wife LOVES the Bose; me, I drive in silence most of the time...but if mom's not happy...nobody's happy.
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Just purchased a 2012 with Bose and Nav. Would have opted out of the Nav but we wanted most other upgrades (and specific color) and couldn't find one local without Nav. That said, I'm starting to appreciate the Nav in dash rather than doing it all from my phone, especially since I use my phone for music (e.g. Spotify, Songza) so I don't have to flip back and forth between apps and look down as much. You'll still use the phone maps for finding things, trust me.
Didn't compare the Bose to base system but do think the Bose is nice even though the equalization still pumps bass through the door speakers. Not a big deal unless it's hard hitting stuff.
Final though. Keep in mind the car will sell for a bit more later since the Bose and Nav add KBB value to the car. Not a huge return but some.
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pchapman, do you like listening to a certain type of music while driving? If so, bring it with you to the dealer and play it in both Volts. If the standard sound system does a good enough job, then go with that. If you prefer how the Bose sound system handles your music, then go with that one. If you haven't heard either one in person, why spend extra for the Bose when the standard sound system sounds good to your ear?
I have a 2011 Volt so the Bose+Nav was standard, and I like having both in my car. I tend to keep my cars a long time, so when I buy them, I like to get them pretty much loaded. Some people think, "That's just more stuff to break!", but I really like having plenty of nice options to use.
Congrats on your new Volt!
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i went with no nav on my 2012 volt. i just couldn't justify it at 2k. seemed crazy expensive, especially considering the on star turn by turn directions are free (and awesome i might add).
i did spring for the bose system, thinking that was the top of the line audio. didn't seem that expensive either. i am very happy with the sound, but feel really cheated since i assumed (my mistake) that the bose would automatically include the 100 my link option. i am still scratching my head on how 15-20k cars have infotainment systems that are miles better than the one in the volt. and don't get me started on the frustrating, slow, clunky voice command of bluetooth phones. i drove cars 2 years ago with better voice command interfaces. the info-tainment system is by far my biggest complaint. i would feel much worse if i had sprung for the 2k nav and was still stuck with no my link and the crappy voice command. JMHO.
HOPEFULLY in the near future, GM will release some type of patch (hell, i'd even pay for an upgrade) for the substandard voice command/bluetooth.
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About coLAB Arts
coLAB Arts is a New Brunswick, NJ based non-profit arts organization who's mission is to cultivate a hip, mindful, and inclusive Hub City community of artists, audiences, and critics empowered to create inspired and inspiring art. We support a variety of artistic endeavors, including THEATER, DANCE, FILM, VISUAL ART, WRITING.
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Program Update:
Our full staff of Teaching Artists will return for the 2012-2013 school year teaching a full semester in the New Brunswick H.S. Theater Department.
In addition to our curriculum in Writing, Acting, Ensemble Performance, and Lighting Design this year will see the addition of Costume and Set Design all taught by alumni of Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts M.F.A Alumni.
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coLAB has received a grant from the Ray Legacy Foundation with matching funds form Drs. Jeffrey Longhofer and Jerry Floersch of the Rutgers School of Social Work to pay for a summer intensive experience for our students at the prestigious Contemporary American Theater Festival. Students will reside at CATF during the 2013 season while seeing shows, participating in workshops, and engaging with artists at the forefront of new theater in the U.S. For more information on CATF's educational residencies check them out at: http://www.catf.org/2012-season/hostel-youth. For more information on how you can create opportunities for emerging artists in New Brunswick contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Moderated by Tom Sabulis
An activist against domestic abuse says our justice system is ineffective with cases like that of Donna Kristofak, who was killed last month allegedly by her ex-husband after he was released from jail early for threatening her with a knife. Two judges respond that protective orders can work, but greater vigilance from agencies and the public are needed to protect victims.
Commenting is open below following the column by Stephen D. Kelley and Peggy H. Walker.
By Stacey Dougan
I read with anguish the article describing Donna Kristofak's public pleas for help just two months before being murdered, allegedly by her ex-husband. In court last October, seeking protection from the man who earlier had tried to stab her in a Wal-Mart parking lot, Donna requested that the "record reflect" she feared for her life.
Cobb County Judge Adele Grubbs struck a sympathetic tone, responding that a protection order coupled with the threat of immediate incarceration for any violation thereof was the best protection the system could provide. Two months later, Donna was dead; her ex-husband, who had promised he'd kill her, stands accused of stabbing her to death in the garage of her East Cobb home.
Contacted after the killing, Judge Grubbs invoked the Newtown murders, saying, "You cannot predict human behavior. After Newtown people ask, 'How can we stop someone before they do something?' We don't do that."
As domestic violence advocate Jean Douglas stated in a Dec. 28 AJC article, "red flags" warned of the threats Donna faced. Red flags appeared through the previous attempted murder, explicit threats, humiliating and intimidating posters placed in her front yard, and calls to her workplace using "vile, vulgar language to her and her coworkers." This was not a situation where the system was waiting for the assailant to do something; rather, it was waiting for him to do more.
The judge's attempt to parallel this homicide with the Newtown case is dangerous, as it creates a mystique around domestic violence that simply does not exist. The death of Donna Kristofak was not an unforeseeable, random act of violence. Like many domestic violence homicides, Donna's killing was explicitly predicted — promised — by the alleged assailant himself.
All of these signs were more than enough for the judge or anyone knowledgeable about domestic violence to know that Donna faced extreme peril. We cannot permit a proverbial throwing up of the hands lamenting that some victims simply can't be protected due to the unpredictability of the violence perpetrated against them.
I also find deeply troubling Judge Grubbs' final comment that the "most worrisome cases are the ones where a woman tells the court that her husband didn't mean to threaten her and she wants him back."
Why would that type of case be more worrisome than one like Donna's, where a victim is facing unrelenting violence and threats of murder? These comments raise the specter of victim blaming, putting the focus on women who "won't leave" their abusers rather than the abusers who "won't let" their partners go.
Random violence happens every day. But conflating the horrific murders in Newtown with what happened to Donna Kristofak is neither accurate nor just. The parents of the Newtown children had no way of knowing what would happen when they sent their children to school on Dec. 14. The danger facing Donna Kristofak was not only predictable, it was predicted — by the alleged killer himself.
Let us not compound the tragedy by pretending there was nothing we could have done before it happened.
Stacey Dougan is board chairwoman of Men Stopping Violence, an Atlanta-based organization that engages men in ending violence against women and girls (www.menstoppingviolence.org).
By Stephen D. Kelley and Peggy H. Walker
The criminal justice system cannot end family violence in isolation. Preventing the epidemic that claimed 123 Georgians' lives in 2012 takes a resolute and sustained effort from the entire community. Every day, police, judges, prosecutors, advocates and probation officers protect many women and children who do not feel safe in their homes.
According to the Georgia Crime Information Center, 23,086 family violence and stalking orders were issued in 2012. Every case is unique, but abusers generally fall into two categories: those who adhere to court orders, and those who blatantly disregard them.
Many victims of family violence are safer with protective orders. A recent National Institute of Justice study found that protective orders worked for half of the victims who obtained them. An overwhelming majority of the other half reported significant decreases in threats, violence, control and fear.
We do not hear from many people who benefit from protective orders. Once victims gain peace from the violence, they move on with their lives.
Highlighting only the failures of the criminal justice system is dangerous. It discourages people in abusive relationships from seeking help. If victims believe that the criminal justice system cannot protect them, they may remain exposed to continuing harm that can be prevented.
Tragically, a protective order did not save Donna Kristofak's life. Her ex-husband disregarded the law. He repeatedly threatened her, violated court orders and stalked her, and now he's charged with killing her. For many like Donna, the law was not enough.
The National Institute of Justice study confirmed experts' suspicions that protective-order violators, like Donna's ex-husband, who stalk victims are extremely dangerous. The increased risk posed by family violence offenders who disregard court orders suggests that victims of stalking need all of the support and protection they can get from the criminal justice system and other agencies.
Stalking is a crime in all 50 states, yet many criminal justice professionals and victims underestimate its seriousness. We must encourage victims to seek refuge through domestic violence agencies (1-800-33-HAVEN) and the criminal justice system; they save lives. Our courts and law enforcement agencies must take family violence and stalking with the utmost seriousness, swiftly and strongly punishing abusers and stalkers and becoming educated about lethality factors.
The Georgia Commission on Family Violence and other groups are endorsing legislation this year that will give law enforcement officers more authority to arrest offenders who willfully violate court orders for the purpose of harassing and stalking victims. We encourage its support.
There is no one solution for victims. But protective orders, along with coordinated community responses, are much more than pieces of paper for many. They're tools to create safety for victims and their children and to provide accountability for the unacceptable behaviors of perpetrators.
Stephen D. Kelley, chairman of the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, is a superior court judge in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit. Peggy H. Walker is a juvenile court judge in Douglas County.
January 11th, 2013
8:27 pm
What about women who beat/kill/stalk and so on the men they are with? Why is DV ALWAYS made out to be about women being beat? Men get beat and everything like women. So, stop protecting women and start protecting everyone. That to me seems like a better stand for the court and police and everyone else. This makes me made every time people make DV out to be only against women. Wake up. If the police and the court system would see that women do the same thing that men do then we could start to have a better understanding of why PEOPLE do this and why PEOPLE don't care about the ones they are with. This is a PEOPLE issue not a female issue. When a cop is called out to deal with a women that is being aggressive towards the man the cop laughs and leaves. The courts and the cops need to stop dealing with DV half way and start dealing with it fully and we could make progress. They need to see that just because a women calls the cops first that it dont mean they are the victim. Men are victims also. The attitude is whoever calls first is the victim. Also it is the attitude of, almost, everyone that men can't be beaten on. That men can stop it if they want to. So, if men can stop the women how are they suppose to do this? Grab the women, restrain her, or what? Anyway you look at it he will have to touch her, no not beat, and then he goes to jail for touching her. Please tell me I am wrong so that I can show you the reports I have filed where the cops laughed at me because my wife was beating on me and I would not touch her and if I tried to leave there she was with a knife at the door trying to stab me. The cops laugh and say we cant charge her she is smaller than you. Wake up people this is not a female issue it is a human issue. Protect all or protect no one it is your choice. My choice is to protect all.
January 11th, 2013
7:37 pm
Unfortunately, no piece of paper can deter a determined individual, This is another tragic situation. However, the bigger picture is this…If we disarm who will protect us, the police? We see how that can sometimes work against a woman. The supreme court has already ruled some years ago that it is not the responsibility of the police to protect you or I. So then, if that is the case in who's hands do you leave your defense and protection to? Disarming the populace is not the answer, ask any woman how they feel about disarming knowing that a crazy is out there determined to do her harm. We don't need gun control…we need people control !
January 11th, 2013
2:55 pm
I had a protective order when I left my boyfriend after 3yrs. I had to go every couple of weeks for months to get the 2year protective order. His attorney kept coming up with reasons to put it off. In the meantime, I was continually reissued the 30 day temporary until we could get into court. I think in some instances, a protective order does help. Some instances. My ex was afraid of police and jail. And he was afraid of having a record. Go figure. The problem lie in the fact that he felt anything he did (to me) in the privacy of our home, was no ones business. For at least 2yrs, I watched every vehicle that drove past my home. Some nights I slept on the couch within easy reach of the handgun underneath it after spotting him anywhere near. I made it known to people who knew both of us, I would shoot and kill him if he came near me. We do need to rely on our police officers, but we need to do what we need to do to take care of ourselves too. I was done with the abuse and not knowing if I would live to see the next day.
January 11th, 2013
2:54 pm
Why so quick to judge Donna? She had children and a life here – why should the burden be on her to leave the state? What a great solution – if your husband starts threatening you like a maniac, just give up everything you have and move away and quit complaining! What a cold response. Not every conversation has to be about gun rights. We can actually have guns and measures for self-protection as an option, *and* have a justice system that protects women who have been threatened so clearly. Why are we trying to make these things opposed? No one's reported on whether Donna owned a gun – why are we assuming she didn't try to protect herself? That's such an unfair assumption – I'd say going through the legal proceedings she did is a pretty good indicator she wanted to protect herself. I'm all for women protecting themselves. I'm also for judges fulfilling the responsibility of their position and making better choices than this.I'm disgusted that Judge Grubbs has not yet resigned and defended herself so inappropriately. Accept responsibility and step down.
January 11th, 2013
1:20 pm
We live in a social system where laws suppress maybe 40% of illegal activity. If that is the case, then your safety is still pretty much in your own hands. If some crazy man is threatening your LIFE should you even be living in the same state?
January 11th, 2013
12:03 pm
The first poster suggests that the judge should have incarcerated the husband with no bond "and let him sit there". Really, for the rest of his life? How totally absurd.
Protective orders are mostly worthless, the police aren't going to provide bodyguard service 24 hours a day. The aggrieved spouse has to take responsibility for his/her own security, which might include obtaining and learning how to use a gun.
January 11th, 2013
11:17 am
Ms. Dougan's column was, in my opinion, right on the mark. I do not know Judge Grubbs – I've heard of her – nothing more than that. However, I have practiced law for 26 years and for about 20 years sat as a municipal court judge. That's the lowest level of judge there is…no denying that. But I did regularly hear domestic violence cases. Before I make my remarks I will acknowledge that I detest "Monday morning quarterbacks"…or people who know precisely what should have been done after the fact. There are enough of those around; nevertheless if the AJC has reported the facts correctly it seems there was more than enough evidence for Judge Grubbs to have put Mr. Kristofak in jail with no bond and let him sit there. I mean after all – he had threatened/promised/advertised he was going to kill his wife. And he did. I am with Ms. Dougan – to judicially throw your hands up and suggest… "what more could I have done"…..I vehemently disagree. Borders on nonsense.
January 11th, 2013
8:52 am
Interesting. At no point in this discussion has anyone mentioned the Second Amendment… but then, according to the Iiberal philosophy of this newspaper, obviously women are supposed to remain helpless, cowering in fear, until paternalistic government comes along to take care of them.
No, we can't mention firearms as a possible option for self defense from violent abusers. That might empower women to fight back and stand on their own two feet. Are liberals afraid that women's pretty little heads can't handle it? Are women too weak and frail to stand up for themselves? Worst of all, might some of these women fall into a state of confusion where they actually think they might take control of their own lives?
Can't have such dangerous non-liberal thoughts, can we?
January 11th, 2013
12:24 am
We all probably know of cases where spouses lie about the other in an effort to get the upper hand in a divorce case. While all a Judge can do is make decisions based on the information at hand they should begin to charge those who lie or exaggerate to take advantage of the system. If Judges don't have so much misinformation to deal with maybe they can catch the true predators.
January 10th, 2013
5:41 pm
No one knows better than the wife the level of hostility that her husband has and his willingness to resort to violence. It is ludicrous for her to assume the law enforcement and judge will protect her, although they can if the husband is incarcerated until the spouse can find a safe haven.
Well enough of that, many a time when the spouse should hit the road and protect themselves but are reluctant to leave familiar surroundings.


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Some people can't see the forest for the trees, but many can't see them because they're truly disappearing: About 3 percent of forests standing in 2000 were gone by 2005, a new analysis of satellite images reveals.
Forests vanish for a variety of reasons, from agriculture and logging to natural phenomena such as wildfires, storms and insect infestations, says study coauthor Matthew Hansen, a geographer at South Dakota State University in Brookings.
For purposes of forest accounting, researchers classify an area as forest if trees cover more than 25 percent of the landscape. In 2000, forests blanketed almost 33 million square kilometers of land worldwide. But by 2005 more than 1 million square kilometers of those forests had disappeared, Hansen and his colleagues report online April 26 and in an upcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
On a percentage basis, forests are vanishing most quickly in the boreal region encircling the Arctic. More than 350,000 square kilometers — about 4 percent of the forests in that ecosystem — fell victim. Fires caused about 60 percent of those losses, says Hansen. Logging accounted for a substantial fraction of the remaining deforestation, which also included losses due to storms and beetle infestations (SN: 5/10/08, p. 9).
More than 58 percent of forest loss worldwide occurred in just four nations — Brazil, Canada, the Russian Federation and the United States. Together, these sprawling nations account for about 45 percent of the world's forests, Hansen notes.
The new study didn't measure the spread of forests between 2000 and 2005, so recovery from previous natural disasters such as wildfires or storms wasn't included. Also, Hansen notes, future analyses by the group will use techniques better able to distinguish natural deforestation from that caused by humans.
Hansen, M.C., S.V. Stehman, and P.V. Potapov. 2010. Quantification of global gross forest cover loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (in press).
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Happy Monday y'all! When I was a little girl I absolutely loved the 4th of July. It's always blazing hot on the 4th and as a kid that meant I was either in a pool, or running around in sprinklers somewhere waiting for the barbeques and fireworks to begin. I distinctly remember however the year I wore myself out with all the festivities and fell asleep missing the firework show. Later that night I awoke in tears asking why no one had come to get me. It was quite tragic. As an adult the Fourth of July is still a special holiday for me. It's a day to celebrate our countries independence and all the delicious American food one can muster…starting with a healthy dose of Apple Pie! This year however no fireworks will be missed.
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Flat Apple Pies- adapted from Pioneer Woman
makes 8 pies
5 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced thin
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 recipe Perfect Pie Crust see below
6 tablespoons butter
For finishing
1 egg beaten for brushing
turbinado sugar for sanding
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In large bowl, stir together the apples, brown sugar, granulated sugar, flour, salt, lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
3. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. Flour a work surface and rolling pin and remove pie dough rounds from refrigerator.
4. Working with one round at a time, divide into four equal portions. Roll each portion of dough out into a roughly 6″x6″ round. (this does not have to be perfect) Place each round on prepared baking sheet and repeat with second chilled pie dough. Each baking sheet should have 4 pie round when you are done…8 total.
5. Divide the apple mixture between the crust rounds mounding the apples in the middle. Fold over the edges of each crust so that it covers the edges of the apples. Dot the tops of the pies with chunks of the butter.
6. Brush edges of the pies with egg and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
7. Bake until the filling is golden and bubbly, about 30 minutes. If the crust appears to brown too quickly, cover the edges with aluminium foil for the remaining baking time.
8. Serve with a healthy scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Perfect Pie Crust
3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks cold butter
3/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 egg
5 tablespoons cold water
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
1. Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl. Add in the butter and shortening. Using a pastry cutter, gradually work the butter and shortening into the flour until the mixture resembles tiny pebbles. This step should take 3 or 4 minutes.
2. Lightly beat the egg with a fork, and then add it to the mixture. Next, add in the cold water and vinegar. Stir the mixture together until it's just combined. Dump the dough out onto a floured work surface and gather into a ball. Cut the ball in half so that you have two equal portions. Flatten each portion into a disk, wrap both in plastic and chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
July 2, 2012
Such a tragic thing as a child to miss the fireworks! I'm making a mental note to always wake any sleeping children for the 4th of July. I love that you chose to feature apple pie here. It doesn't get much more classic American than that, but I don't often associate with the 4th for some reason. A nice twist to the menu


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Guest dancers will include: International Stars : Violeta Angelova, Susan Farrell Ballet-Sugar Plum, Alexei Agoudin, American Ballet Theatre-Cavaler, Mr. Vadim Pijicov, Ballet Mater at L'Etoile, The Russian Ballet Academy of Maryland-Drosselmyer, Ms. Margaret Kudirka- Snow Queen and Arabian dance, Mr. Vadim Bogomolov- Mr.Stahlbaum, Mr. Florian Rouiller-Mouse King.
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I've been meaning to illustrate in a format other than the standard square or rectangle. The circle felt perfect since it's representative of the kaleidoscope viewfinder and it's the shape of a vinyl record so there's an added tie to the music theme. I gave each band member a plethora of colours scattered with geometric shapes and a prism for the kaleidoscope effect. Also in the mix are corresponding music instruments!
The most fun and challenging part was fitting the funky shapes and instruments into the prism while looking like a kaleidoscope and not overshadowing the band members. I practically lived in a kaleidoscope for a week rearranging and tweaking the opacity, tilt and size of each shape. It was certainly a labour of love! Now, back to fondly waiting for their third album…
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For a country widely seen as the world's other superpower, we know shockingly little about the worldviews, values, and socioeconomic policies of the seven men just named the new leaders of China. Unlike American politicians, Chinese leaders carry out their campaigns largely behind closed doors, and they are not chosen by the people.
But this year's once-a-decade power transfer was particularly opaque, clouded by the recent eruption of unprecedented political scandals. One was the dramatic March downfall of Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai, an ambitious and charismatic political heavyweight, toppled amid a murder case involving his wife. Another was the sudden removal of Ling Jihua, President Hu Jintao's chief of staff, from the center of power on the eve of the 18th Party Congress. These astonishing events have heightened the risk of social instability in China and fueled uncertainty over the country's political trajectory. And the composition of the new Chinese leadership may even heighten that risk.
As China's new leaders are unveiled, we can begin to answer some important questions: Are there clear winners and losers? Can the identities of newly promoted leaders help us understand where China is headed?
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