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PATRICIA B. WINDLE, and
This cause comes before the Court on the following matters:
1) Defendant William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 8, filed August 3, 1999); Defendant William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 9, filed August 3, 1999); Plaintiff, Jane Roe, II's Response to Defendant William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 17, filed August 23, 1999);
2) Defendants, Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc., Edward W. Windle, Jr., Patricia B. Windle, and William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Doc. No. 12, filed August 16, 1999); Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Doc. No. 13, filed August 16, 1999); Plaintiff, Jane Roe, II's Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Doc. No. 19, filed September 7, 1999);
3) Defendants, Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc., Edward W. Windle, Jr., Patricia B. Windle, and William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Motion to Strike (Doc. No. 14, filed August 16, 1999); Defendants' Memorandum of Law in support of Motion to Strike (Doc. No. 15, filed August 16, 1999); Plaintiff, Jane Roe, II's Response to Defendants' Motion to Strike (Doc. No. 18, filed September 7, 1999);
4) Plaintiff, Jane Roe, II's Motion to Proceed Anonymously Together with Supporting Memorandum (Doc. No. 24, filed November 12, 1999); Defendant William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed Anonymously (Doc. No. 26, filed December 1, 1999); and Defendants, Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc., Edward W. Windle, Jr., and Patricia B. Windle's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Proceed Anonymously (Doc. No. 25, filed November 22, 1999).
On March 29, 1997, Plaintiff went to Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc. (the "Center") to obtain an abortion.[1] See Doc. No. 1. During the procedure Plaintiff experienced severe pain and made repeated requests that the Aware employees call an ambulance "to take her to the emergency room at the local hospital."[2] Id. at ¶¶ 17, 20. Plaintiff alleges that, before the ambulance arrived, the Defendants held her down, preventing her from leaving the Center. See id. Plaintiff concludes that Defendants' actions during the abortion amount to a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 248 ("FACE"). Id.
All four Defendants, William P. Egherman, M.D., Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc. ("Aware"), Edward W. Windle, Jr., and Patricia B. Windle, have moved to dismiss Plaintiff's complaint. The Defendants contend that Plaintiff has not and cannot allege a violation of FACE based on the events of March 29, 1997. In addition, Defendants object to Plaintiff bringing her claim anonymously.
For purposes of a motion to dismiss, this Court must view the allegations of the complaint in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, consider the allegations of the complaint as true, and accept all reasonable inferences therefrom. Jackson v. Okaloosa County, Fla., 21 F.3d 1532, 1534 (11th Cir. 1994); Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 236 (1974) . Furthermore, this Court must limit its consideration to the pleadings and written instruments attached as exhibits thereto. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(c); GSW, Inc. v. Lonq County, Ga., 999 F.2d 1508, 1510 (11th Cir. 1993}. A complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts that would entitle her to relief. Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957); Hunnings v. Texaco, Inc., 29 F.3d 1480, 1483 (11th Cir. 1994) .
Conclusory allegations and unwarranted factual deductions are not accepted as true. Gersten v. Rundle, 833 F. Supp. 906, 910 (S.D. Fla. 1993) (citing Associated Builders, Inc. v. Alabama Power Co., 505 F.2d 97, 100 (5th Cir. 1974)). "However, when on the basis of a dispositive issue of law, no construction of the factual allegations of the complaint will support the cause of action, dismissal of the complaint is appropriate." See Executive 100, Inc. v. Martin .County, 922 F.2d 1536 (11th Cir. 1991) .
The Defendants argue that Plaintiff's complaint should be dismissed because it "falls outside the plain language and construction of [FACE] and therefore, Plaintiff is not entitled to pursue a civil remedy under the Act." Doc. No. 12, at ¶¶ 4 & 5; see also (Doc. No. 8, at ¶¶ 4 & 5) (citing Cheffer v. Reno, 55 F.3d 1517, 1519 n.2 (11th Cir. 1995)). Defendants also contend that Plaintiff's complaint must be dismissed because it fails to allege that Plaintiff "was seeking to obtain reproductive service and was prevented from doing so by some person . . . . [nor does it allege] in any respect that any person or group prevented her from obtaining reproductive health services." (Doc. No. 9, at 4 & 2)(emphasis provided)[3]
In order to determine whether the Plaintiff has successfully alleged an action under FACE, the Court must first set forth the elements of a FACE claim. To discern the elements of this relatively new cause of action, the Court will look to the text of the statute, i.e. legislative history, and relevant case law.[4]
FACE provides in relevant part:
(a) Prohibited activities.--Whoever -
(1) by force or threat of force or by physical obstruction, intentionally injures, intimidates or interferes with or attempts to injure, intimidate or interfere with any person because that person is or has been, or in order to intimidate such person or any other person or any class of persons from, obtaining or providing reproductive health services;
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shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (b) and the civil remedies provided in subsection (c) . . .
The scope of the cause of action provided under subsection (c)[5] is clarified by the following definitions:
(1) Facility. -- The term "facility" includes a hospital, clinic, physician's office, or other facility that provides reproductive health services, and includes the building or structure in which the facility is located.
(2) Interfere with. -- The term "interfere with" means to restrict a person's freedom of movement.
(3) Intimidate. -- The term "intimidate" means to place a person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm to him -- or herself or to another.
(4) Physical obstruction.--The term "physical obstruction" means rendering impassable ingress to or egress from a facility that provides reproductive health services, . . . or rendering passage to or from such a facility unreasonably difficult or hazardous.
(5) Reproductive health services. -- The term "reproductive health services" means reproductive health services provided in a hospital, clinic, physician's office, or other facility, and includes medical, surgical, counseling or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy or the termination of a pregnancy.
18 U.S.C. § 248(e).
Congress set forth its stated purpose in enacting FACE as follows:
Pursuant to the affirmative power of Congress to enact this legislation under section 8 of article I of the Constitution, as well as under section 5 of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, it is the purpose of this Act [enacting this section and provisions set out as notes under this section] to protect and promote the public safety and health and activities affecting interstate commerce by establishing Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate or interfere with persons seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services."
Section 2 of Pub. L. 103-259 (Congressional Statement of Purpose).
B. Elements
Although FACE is a relatively new statute and courts are just beginning to enunciate the elements of a civil action under the statute, at least three of the elements are well-settled.[6] See United States v. Wilson, 2 F.Supp.2d 1170, 1171 (E.D. Wisc. 1998). The first element is the defendant's act: the defendant must physically obstruct or attempt to obstruct a person's access to "a reproductive health facility." Id. The second element is the defendant's intent: the defendant must intend to "interfere with or [intend to] attempt[] to interfere with persons attempting to gain entrance or egress to [a facility]." Id. The third element is motive which requires that "the defendant's intentional interference with persons entering or exiting the clinic was done for the express purpose of preventing such persons from obtaining . . . reproductive health services." Id. (emphasis added).
The Wilson court noted that the motive element is crucial to a cause of action under FACE, and it "makes the FACE law unique in that most crimes require only the proof of an act and an intent to so act. In contrast, FACE not only requires proof of the act and the intent, but also the requisite reason or motive for the intended action; here, to prevent the receipt or provision of reproductive health services." Id. at 1171-72.
The legislative history states that "FACE's motive requirement accomplishes . . . the perfectly constitutional task of filtering out conduct that Congress believes need not be covered by a federal statute." See H.R.Rep. No. 306, at 12; S.Rep. No. 117, at 24; see also Council for Life Coalition v. Reno, 856 F.Supp. 1422, 1427-28 (S.D. Cal. 1994) (holding that the inclusion of a motive element in an action under FACE does not violate the First Amendment). FACE's motive requirement targets specified conduct "while ensuring that FACE does not federalize a slew of random crimes that might occur in the vicinity of an abortion clinic." See United Stated v. DinWiddie, 76 F.3d 913, 922-23 (8th Cir.) (holding that motive is an element of a FACE violation and comparing such motive requirement with the motive requirement imposed in Title VII causes of action) (emphasis added), cert. denied Dinwiddie v. United States, 519 U.S. 1043 (1996). Thus, it is clear that the motive requirement ensures that FACE will only be invoked to remedy "force, threats of force and physical obstruction . . . when such acts are intended to interfere with the right to obtain or provide reproductive health services." See United States v. Scott, 958 F.Supp. 761, 775 (D. Conn. 1997)(holding that the motive element does not render FACE a content-based restriction on speech).
C. The Complaint
Plaintiff's allegation that Defendants prevented her egress from the Center, during the middle of an abortion procedure is insufficient to state a claim under FACE because it fails to allege the requisite motive. Specifically, Plaintiff states that "Defendants violated [FACE] by preventing the egress of Plaintiff from [the Clinic] on March 29, 1997 when Defendants, and/or their employees, did unlawfully 'interfere with' [as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 248(e) (2)], 'intimidate' [as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 248(e)(3)], and use 'physical obstruction' [as defined by 18 U.S,C. § 248(e) (4)] to restrain Plaintiff and render impassable her desired egress from [the Clinic]." (Doc. No. 1 at ¶ 22).
Although Plaintiff has set forth facts which, viewed in the light most favorable to Plaintiff, may establish that Defendants prevented her egress from the Center; Plaintiff has failed to allege any fact which suggests that the Defendants prevented her egress in order to prevent Plaintiff from obsaining reproductive health services. The facts currently set forth by Plaintiff clearly fall into the slew of "random acts" which Congress did not intend to make subject to a federal statute. See DinWiddie, 76 F.3d at 922-23. Absent some allegation that the Defendants acted with the requisite intent and motive, Plaintiff's claim must fail.
Plaintiff has moved to proceed anonymously in pursuing her FACE claim against Defendants. See (Doc. No. 24). Because Plaintiff is given leave to amend her Complaint to state a cause of action, the Court will consider Plaintiff's motion to proceed anonymously. Plaintiff argues that she is entitled to proceed anonymously because this is "an unusual situation in which the violence and abuse inflicted on the Plaintiff should be revealed to the public but the danger of harm to the Plaintiff and the sensitive and personal nature of the wrong require that her identity should not be disclosed publicly." Id. at ¶ 4.[7]
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10(a) requires that the title of a Complaint "include the names of all the parties." The requirement that parties identify themselves when bringing an action in federal court is not lightly discarded because it is grounded in part on the constitutional concerns regarding the openness of judicial proceedings. Nonetheless, a party may proceed anonymously if the need for anonymity is sufficiently strong. See Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 323 (11th Cir. 1992). For instance, a plaintiff may proceed anonymously where the plaintiff is in real danger of physical harm or where matters to be revealed during the case are of the "utmost intimacy." See Id. at 324.
The Court does not find that the "presumption of openness in judicial proceedings" is outweighed by a substantial privacy right in this case. See Id. at 323. The decision to obtain an abortion and the facts surrounding an abortion would certainly be considered a private matter to anyone faced with such a decision. Nonetheless, absent some additional circumstances necessitating anonymity, the privacy surrounding an abortion procedure cannot be preserved in the face of the public's interest in open judicial proceedings and the defendant's right to know the plaintiff's identity. Plaintiff has provided no factual support for her assertion that she faces "additional harm" from Defendants were they to discover Plaintiff's identity. See (Doc. No. 24) .
For the foregoing reasons, the Court RULES:
1) Defendant William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 8, filed August 3, 1999) is GRANTED.
2) Defendants, Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc., Edward W. Windle, Jr., Patticia B. windle, and William P. Egherman, M.D.'s Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Doc. No. 12, filed August 16, 1999) is GRANTED.
3) Defendants, Aware Woman Center for Choice, Inc., Edward W. Windle, Jr., Patticia B. Windle, and William Egherman, M.D.'s Motion to Strike (Doc. No. 14, filed August 16, 1999) is DENIED as MOOT.[8]
4) Plaintiff, Jane Roe, II's Motion to Proceed Anonymously (Doc. No. 24, filed November 12, 1999) is DENIED.
Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. No. 1) is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Plaintiff shall have ten days from the date of this Order to file an Amended Complaint. Failure to timely file an Amended Complaint or the filing of an Amended Complaint that does not comply with the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10(a) will result in dismissal of the Complaint without further notice from the Court.
DONE AND ORDERED at Orlando, Florida, this 3rd day of January, 2000.
PATRICIA C. FAWSETT (signed)
Copies to: All Counsel of Record
[1] An abortion, performed "in a facility" is considered a "reproductive health service" under FACE. See 18 U.S.C. § 248(e)(5)
[2] The emergency room of a local hospital would fall under the definition of a "facility." See 18 U.S.C. § 248(e) (1).
[3] Plaintiff need not allege that she was actually prevented from obtaining reproductive health services in order to allege a cause of action under FACE. FACE plainly covers mere attempts to prevent persons from obtaining reproductive health services. See 18 U.S.C. § 248(a).
[4] The Court looks to cases which have applied FACE in a criminal and civil context because "[t]here is no indication in the statute that the elements of the prohibited activity" should differ. See 18 U.S.C. § 248; Greenhut v. Hand, 996 F.Supp. 372, 378, n.4 (D.N.J. 1998).
[5] Subsection (c) provides in relevant part:
(A) In general.--Any person aggrieved by reason of the conduct prohibited by subsection (a) may commence a civil action for the relief set forth in subparagraph (B), except that such an action may be brought under subsection (a) (1) only by a person involved in providing or seeking to provide, or obtaining or seeking to obtain, services in a facility that provides reproductive health services.
(B) Relief.-- In any action under subparagraph (A), the court may award appropriate relief, including temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, as well as the costs of suit and reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses. With respect to compensatory damages, the plaintiff may elect, at any time prior to the rendering of final judgment, to recover, in lieu of actual damages, an award of statutory damages in the amount of $5,000 per violation.
18 U.S.C § 248 (c) (1) .
[6] Immediately after FACE was enacted, it was subjected to a flurry of challenges on various constitutional grounds. The courts faced with these cases reviewed the legislative history and text of the statute in great detail and opined on FACE's purpose and scope. See e.q., United States v. Soderna, 82 F.3d 1370 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, Hatch v. United States, 519 U.S. 1006 (1996); United States v. DinWiddie, 76 F.3d 913 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 1043 (1996); United States v. Wilson, 73 F.3d 675 (7th Cir. 1995), cert denied, 519 U.S. 806 (1996); Cheffer v. Reno, 55 F.3d 1517 (11th Cir. 1995); see also, United States v. Gregg, 32 F.Supp.2d 151 (D.N.J. 1998); United States v. Scott, 958 F.Supp, 761 (D.Conn. 1997); United States v. Hill, 893 F.Supp. 1034 (N.D. Fla. 1994).
[7] The Court rejects Plaintiff's contention that she is entitled to proceed anonymously under Florida statutory law. See (Doc. No. 24, at ¶ 5) (citing Florida Statute § 794.026 which protects the identity of sexual battery victims). The Court also finds that Plaintiff is not entitled to invoke the physician-patient privilege to prevent disclosure of her name in this suit against her physician. See id. at ¶ 9. Finally, the Court notes that there is no support for Plaintiff's contention that Defendants have waived their right to object to Plaintiff's anonymity. (Doc. No. 24, at ¶ 2).
[8] Although the Court does not reach the merits of Defendants' Motion to Strike, the Court does caution the Plaintiff to conform with the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure requiring complaints to contain a short and plain statement of the claim. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2).


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• March 6, 1857 The United States Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford, commonly referred to as the Dred Scott decision, that people of African descent imported into the United States and enslaved, or their descendants, enslaved or free, were not protected by the Constitution and could never be citizens of the United States. It also ruled that because enslaved people were not citizens, they could not sue in court, that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories and that enslaved people, as private property, could not be taken away from their owner without due process. "The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law" (2010) provides a history of the case and its afterlife in American law and society.
• March 5, 1770 Crispus Attucks, the first martyr of the American Revolution, was killed in the Boston Massacre. Attucks was born enslaved around 1723 and was of mixed African and Native American heritage. He escaped slavery in 1750 and by 1770 was a dockworker in Boston, Massachusetts. On the night of this date, he led a group of sailors against British soldiers who were occupying Boston. Attucks was the first of four men shot and killed during the fighting. On November 14, 1889, a monument honoring Attucks was dedicated on Boston Common. As an African American patriot, Attucks represents the 5,000 African Americans who fought for America's independence. In 1998, the United States Treasury issued The Black Revolutionary War Patriots Silver Dollar featuring Attucks' image on one side. There are a number of schools around the country named for Attucks, including the Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Attucks Middle School in Hollywood, Florida, and the Crispus Attucks Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri. Attucks' name is enshrined in the Ring of Genealogy at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan.
• March 4, 1842 James Forten, abolitionist and businessman, died. Forten was born September 2, 1766 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At 15, he served on a ship during the Revolutionary War and invented a device to handle ship sails. In 1786, he started a very successful sailmaking company and became one of the wealthiest African Americans in post-colonial America. Forten, with the help of Rev. Richard Allen and Absalom Jones, enlisted 2,500 African Americans to defend Philadelphia during the War of 1812. They also worked together to establish the Convention of Color in 1817. By the 1830s, Forten was one of the most powerful voices for people of color throughout the North. In 1833, he helped William Lloyd Garrison and Robert Purvis form the American Anti-Slavery Society and provided generous financial support to the organization over the years. When Forten died, he left behind an exemplary family, a sizable fortune, and a legacy of philanthropy and activism that inspired generations of Black Philadelphians. On April 24, 1990, a historical marker was dedicated in his honor in Philadelphia. His biography, "A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten," was published in 2002.
• March 3, 1807 President Thomas Jefferson signed into law legislation to ban the importation of enslaved people effective January 1, 1808. While the law outlawed the importation of enslaved people to the United States, it did not end the buying and selling of enslaved people within the U. S. That would not occur until the end of the Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution December 6, 1865.
• March 2, 1932 Frank E. Petersen, Jr., the first African American Marine Corps aviator and the first African American Marine Corps general, was born in Topeka, Kansas. Petersen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 as a seaman apprentice. In 1952, after completing flight training, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Petersen served combat tours in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, flying over 350 combat missions with over 4,000 hours in various flight attack aircraft. He was the first African American to command a fighter squadron, a fighter air group, an air wing, and a major base. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree and Master of Arts degree in international affairs from George Washington University in 1967 and 1973, respectively. In 1979, he was promoted to brigadier general, in 1983 to major general, and in 1986 to lieutenant general. Petersen retired from the Marine Corps in 1988. He then managed the corporate aviation fleet for DuPont DeNemours until retiring in 1997. Petersen published his autobiography, "Into the Tiger's Jaws: America's First Black Marine Aviator," in 1998.
• March 1, 1841 Blanche Kelso Bruce, the first elected African American United States Senator to serve a full term, was born enslaved in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Because his father was White, he was able to legally free Bruce and arrange for a trade apprenticeship. In 1864, Bruce moved to Missouri where he established a school for Black children. During the Reconstruction Period, he became a wealthy landowner in the Mississippi Delta. Over the years, he won elections in Bolivar County, Mississippi to sheriff, tax collector, and supervisor of education. In 1874, he was elected by the state legislature to the U. S. Senate where he served until 1881. In 1881, Bruce was appointed by President James Garfield to be Register of the Treasury, making him the first African American whose signature appeared on United States paper currency. Bruce served on the Board of Trustees of Howard University from 1894 to his death March 17, 1898. The Blanche K. Bruce House in Washington, D. C. was declared a National Historic Landmark May 15, 1975 and the Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy School District in Detroit, Michigan is named in his honor. An account of Bruce's political life and that of his descendents is given in "The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty" (2006).
• February 28, 1894 Ernest Judson Wilson, hall of fame Negro league baseball player and manager, was born in Remington, Virginia. Wilson's professional career spanned from 1922 to 1945 and he had a career batting average of .351, ranking among the top five hitters in the league. After retiring from baseball, he worked for a road crew in Washington, D. C. Wilson died June 24, 1963. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
• February 27, 1830 Patrick Francis Healy, the first American of African ancestry to be president of a predominantly White college, was born enslaved in Macon, Georgia. Although he was at least three-quarters European in ancestry, Healy was legally considered a slave and Georgia law prohibited the education of enslaved people. Therefore, Healy's father arranged for him to move north to obtain an education. Healy graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1850 and entered the Jesuit order. In 1858, the order sent him to Europe to study because his African ancestry had become an issue in the United States. He earned his doctorate from the University of Leuven in Belgium, the first American of African descent to earn a Ph. D. Healy was ordained to the priesthood September 3, 1864, the first Jesuit priest of African descent. In 1866, Healy returned to the U. S. and began teaching at Georgetown University. On July 31, 1874, he was named president of the institution. During his tenure, he helped transform the small 19th century college into a major university for the 20th century. He modernized the curriculum and expanded and upgraded the schools of law and medicine. He also oversaw the construction of Healy Hall which was designated a National Historic Landmark December 23, 1987. He left the college in 1882. Healy died January 10, 1910. In 1969, the Georgetown Alumni Association established the Patrick Healy Award to recognize people who have "distinguished themselves by a lifetime of outstanding achievement and service to Georgetown, the community and his or her profession." Patrick Francis Healy Middle School in East Orange, New Jersey is named in his honor. "Passing for White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920" was published in 2003.
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• February 26, 1844 James Edward O'Hara, lawyer and congressman, was born in New York City. O'Hara studied law in North Carolina and at Howard University and served as a clerk for the 1868 North Carolina state convention that drafted a new state constitution. In 1871, he completed his law apprenticeship and passed the North Carolina bar exam. From 1872 to 1876, O'Hara served as chairman of the board of commissioners for Halifax, North Carolina and from 1883 to 1887 served in the United States House of Representatives. During his time in Congress, O'Hara introduced one of the first bills to make lynching a federal crime. He also introduced a bill to prohibit gender based salary discrimination in education. After being defeated for reelection, he resumed his private law practice. O'Hara died September 15, 1905.
• February 25, 1837 Cheyney University, the oldest institution of higher learning for African Americans, was founded in Cheyney, Pennsylvania west of Philadelphia. At its founding, the university was named the African Institute however the name was changed several weeks later to the Institute for Colored Youth. In subsequent years, the school was named Cheyney Training School for Teachers, Cheyney StateTeacher's College, and Cheyney State College. Today, the university has approximately 1,300 undergraduate students, 180 graduate students, and 125 faculty members. Notable alumni include Bayard Rustin, Ed Bradley, Robert W. Bogle, Congressman Curt Weldon, and Ambassador Joseph M. Segars.
• February 24, 1811 Daniel Alexander Payne, clergyman, educator, college administrator and author, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. While studying at home, Payne taught himself mathematics, physical science, and classical languages. In 1829, he opened his first school which he was forced to close in 1835 after South Carolina enacted a law making teaching literacy to free and enslaved people of color subject to imprisonment. In 1840, Payne joined the African Methodist Episcopal Church and in 1852 was elected a bishop. In 1856, Payne was a founding member of the board of directors of Wilberforce University which was sponsored by the AME denomination to provide collegiate education to African Americans. Payne served as president of the university from 1865 to 1877. Payne authored his memoir, "Recollections of Seventy Years," in 1888 and "The History of the A. M. E. Church" in 1891. Payne died November 2, 1893. Daniel Payne College, a historically Black college in Alabama that closed in 1979, was named in his honor. Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio is also named in his honor.
• February 23, 1868 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, civil rights activist, historian and author, was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In 1888, Du Bois earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fisk University. He went on to Harvard University where he earned another Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1890, his Master of Arts degree in 1891, and his Ph. D. in 1895, the first African American to earn a doctorate at the university. Du Bois authored 22 books, including "The Philadelphia Negro" (1899), "The Souls of Black Folks" (1903), and "Black Folks, Then and Now" (1939), and helped establish four academic journals. Du Bois was the most prominent intellectual leader and political activist on behalf of African Americans in the first half of the 20th century. In 1909, he helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and for 25 years served as the editor-in-chief of The Crisis magazine. Du Bois was awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal in 1920. In 1963, Du Bois and his wife became citizens of Ghana where he died April 27, 1963. After his death, the Ghanaian government honored him with a state funeral and the W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Centre which is located in the Cantonments district of Accra. The site of the house where Du Bois grew up in Great Barrington was designated a National Historic Landmark May 11, 1976 and in 1992 the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honor. Several structures at universities around the country are named in his honor. The many books about Du Bois include "W. E. B. Du Bois: Negro Leader in a Time of Crisis" (1959) and "W. E. B. Du Bois, American Prophet" (2007). Du Bois' name is enshrined in the Ring of Genealogy at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan.
• February 22, 1839 Octavius Valentine Catto, educator and civil rights activist, was born in Charleston, South Carolina but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Catto graduated from the Institute for Colored Youth (now Cheyney University) in 1858. He did a year of post-graduate work, including private tutoring in Greek and Latin and then returned to ICY to teach English and mathematics. In an 1864 commencement address, Catto spoke on the potential insensitivity of White teachers to the needs and interest of African American students. He stated, "It is at least unjust to allow a blind and ignorant prejudice to so far disregard the choice of parents and the will of the colored tax-payers, as to appoint over colored children white teachers, whose intelligence and success, measured by the fruits of their labors, could neither obtain or secure for them positions which we know would be more congenial to their tastes." Also in 1864, he was elected corresponding secretary of the Pennsylvania Equal Rights League. He also served as vice president of the State Convention of Colored People in 1865. During the Civil War, Catto helped raise eleven regiments of United States Colored Troops in the Philadelphia area and was commissioned a major. On Election Day, October 10, 1871, Black voters faced intimidation and violence from White people opposed to their voting. On his way to vote, Catto was harassed and shot dead. The man that shot him was not convicted. The Octavius V. Catto Community School in Camden, New Jersey is named in his honor and the Major Octavius V. Catto Medal is awarded by the Philadelphia National Guard.
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• February 21, 1864 St. Francis Xavier Church in East Baltimore, Maryland, the first Catholic Church in the United States officially established for Negroes, was dedicated. In July, 1791, between 500 and 1,000 Black people fleeing the Haitian Revolution had arrived in Baltimore on six French ships. Most of them were free, wealthy, educated, Catholic, and spoke fluent French. In October, 1863, a group of the refugees purchased the church. By 1871, the church was very active with three Sunday masses, a home for the aged poor, an orphanage, a night school for adults, an industrial school, and a lending library. The church moved to its current location in Baltimore in 1968 and continues to operate today.


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As per the other clubs (1000, 2000) when you reach 3000 km sign the register, let us all know about it.
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Unsurprisingly, A1 has gone by it. For us unfortunates on the archaic system, that's 1864mi.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
And now we have Amores Perros in the 3000 bracket. Well done.
And I noticed there are a few others who have passed the mark without public announcement:
Running - cheaper than therapy
Okay, somewhere in the past week I made it into the 3000km club (1,860 miles).
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The Broncos have had a couple of mini-camps, the latest of which was in early May. That's when the Broncos' draft picks had the opportunity to work with the team for the first time.
This is part one of a question-and-answer series with some of the Broncos' picks. We had the chance to speak with many of them when they first visited Dove Valley on April 26.
With the twelfth overall selection, the Broncos chose running back Knowshon Moreno from the University of Georgia.
MR: Knowshon, take us through the lead-up to the draft and your emotions leading up to the call from the Broncos.
KM: I waited throughout the week and finally it (the draft) gets here. I think at my place, the atmosphere was really calm and collected. Everyone was just waiting to see what happens because we didn't know. We got that call and he said I'd be going with the twelfth pick to the Broncos and we all went crazy and I'm really enjoying it.
MR: So Coach McDaniels called you?
KM: Yes, he called me before they picked me. I didn't tell my family, though. I kept it under wraps a little bit and let them watch it for themselves. Everyone got really excited.
MR: Did you have any inkling that the Broncos were interested?
KM: I knew they were interested but you never know what's going to happen in the draft. I lot of teams were interested and needed help on both sides of the ball. It was a waiting process for me and seeing what was going to happen and where I was going to be. I'm so happy it's here.
MR: What was your immediate thought when you heard from Coach and you thought, "I'm a Denver Bronco now?"
KM: I said, "Here we go, baby, let's do it!" It's a great place; it's a great organization. I'm so happy to be a part of everything.
MR: You know the history and the great tradition of running backs here. What are your thoughts about potentially trying to fit into that group?
KM: I think that has to do with the players having the opportunity to work with Bobby Turner, the running backs coach, who has been here a long time now. I'm just happy to be a part of this organization and let's see what happens this off-season.
MR: When it comes to how you might fit in or how you might be used, did the coaches give you any indication?
KM: Not yet. It all comes down to me working hard, learning the system, learning from the backs we have here already and then see what happens after that. I want to get into the system and work from there.
MR: With a new coach and with some things changing, even though you weren't here before, can you get a sense of how Coach McDaniels wants to do things and his style, even though you just got here are just getting settled in?
KM: Everyone's focused knowing that we need to win some games this year. We have the players and coaches to do that. Everyone's just really focused.
MR: You came out after only two years at Georgia, yet you obviously felt ready to make the transition to the NFL. What led you to believe that?
KM: Just my preparation and the way I work and also being healthy. I'm really healthy right now. I wanted to take this opportunity and I'm happy I did this.
MR: How would you describe you running style and your game?
KM: Really hard-nosed, versatile, can catch the ball, also run the ball, block, all those things. I can get better at all those but I think I do those things really well and it will be a great attribute for this team.
MR: Georgia head coach Mark Richt has referenced the energy and the enthusiasm, the speed you brought to the Georgia running attack. Is it fair to say you might be able to bring those things to Denver?
KM: Yeah, definitely, definitely. Just the way I play, my energy during practice or in the game also. I love to play the game and I hope to bring the same energy here and hopefully everyone feeds off it.
MR: I have to ask you about one highlight from last year and you know what I'm going to ask you, the highlight where you leaped over a defender (against Central Michigan). Is that something that just happens on the field when you're able to make a move like that?
KM: It definitely just happens on the field. It's instinct. You really can't draw that up; you can't think about that before it happens. It's all instinct and spur-of-the-moment. It was a great play and we went out and got that victory.
MR: What did you know about the Broncos before you got drafted by them?
KM: Not too much, just that is was a great place to be, great atmosphere, a history of running backs. Bobby Turner has been there, great person, great guy. He reminds me of Tony Bell, who's at Georgia right now as running backs coach. That's pretty much it but I want to learn more.
MR: I would imagine John Elway fits in somewhere, too.
KM: Oh yeah. I can't forget about John.
MR: Knowshon, thank you for your time and good luck.
KM: Thank you very much.
Next time, a conversation with the Broncos' other first round pick, defensive end/linebacker Robert Ayers from the University of Tennessee.
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December 1, 2011
9:40 am
Another hurdle in Bucs QB Josh Freeman's 2011 season popped up this today when head coach Raheem Morris revealed Tampa Bay's signal-caller has a shoulder injury and is day-to-day.
What has been a roller coaster season for Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman in 2011 may have hit a new twist when head coach Raheem Morris revealed Wednesday Freeman has a shoulder injury and his status for Sunday's home matchup with the Carolina Panthers is unknown.
Morris talked about the injury.
"Well he hurt his shoulder at the end of the game on that bobbled sneak," Morris said. "He kind of got tackled and kind of hurt his shoulder. It's sore. Right now he's day-to-day.
"Not sure who jumped on top of him but he was going down in the scrum trying to get the ball back and that's the shame of it, executing the most simple play in football -- the quarterback center exchange -- and we got a quarterback hurt potentially."
Morris was asked what will determine if Freeman is a go for Sunday.
"We were hoping he would be a full go today, but he was limited," Morris said. "We will have the opportunity to hopefully evaluate him tomorrow and the day after that and get him going to see if he can get the chance to play.
"He's just got to [be able] execute the game plan. If he can go out and execute the game plan and give us the best chance to win, then he'll play. It will be [determined by] practicing. Josh is one of those guys who can go all the way up to Saturday and potentially even Sunday. He's one of those guys who's going to get all the mental reps, all the mental capacity and that type of thing. If he can throw it, then he can throw it. if he can't, then he can't."
Tampa Bay's head coach said he took the advice of many in evaluating how Freeman's practice schedule went today and also how it will go the rest of the week.
"It was an organizational decision," Morris explained. "We get together with [team trainer] Todd [Toriscelli]. I listen to Todd, get together with Free, get together with Mark [Dominik], and we sit down and make those decisions not to put him out there today. We'll get a chance to see if he can lather it up tomorrow maybe or Friday or even Saturday at that point."
"He probably could have thrown it but I didn't ask him to. He went out there and handed the ball off and executed our run plays. He did all that stuff. And then he watched J.J. [Josh Johnson]."
Morris wasn't ready to concede a feel-sorry-for-himself attitude regarding obstacles this season including Freeman's struggles on and off the field.
"It's the National Football League, man," Morris said. "It's the same thing he had to fight through last year. No real difference, except we're not finishing at the end of games. Those three games we're talking about that we lost. All those things are the adversity you have to deal with and you have to learn through adversity. Hopefully that's what he's doing right now. He's 23 years old and he has the ability to grow up right now and grow up really fast and learn from these mistakes that we made in these first couple of games. We're fortunate enough right now that we have five more games. One at a time, one snap at a time [and] go out there and do our job and hopefully make it disappear."


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The one habit that will make you happier
Is the search for happiness over? Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky at the University of California, Riverdale thinks she has the answer.
Lyubomirksy, author of "The How of Happiness," oversaw a series of experiments monitoring what made people feel more optimistic. One that proved successful is the simple act of writing down what you're thankful for once a week.
Lyubomirksy recommends keeping what she calls a "gratitude journal," listing things that happened during the week you are thankful for. The list doesn't have to be all life-changing occurrences. It can consist of small things, such as the chance to catch up with a friend over a cup of coffee.Another route to happiness Lyubomirksy found as a result of her experiments is that people who are more likely to give to others are happier than those who don't. She found that when someone did something kind for someone else, it boosted their mood and made them feel generally happier.


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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center, secretarial services, and audiovisual equipment.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Event facilities include conference/meeting rooms and small meeting rooms. This eco-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, a garden, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary parking is available on site.
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Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
The Orangery Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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After a driver's meeting, some basic instruction, and a few warm-up laps, the driving package will have you racing at thrilling high speeds in an authentic, race-proven stock car with other student drivers. Passing is allowed from the drop of the green flag, along with in-car radio instruction from your spotter. If you're not quite ready to take the wheel, the ride-along package packs plenty of punch for the passenger, as the driver maneuvers past competitors and takes sweeping turns that'll make you feel young, wild, and free.
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The Policy and Planning Team works closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and the military services on strategic and global policy issues. PPT helps to align defense policy with foreign policy by supporting regular exchanges between senior State and Defense Department officials and with the National Security Council. The team also contributes to interagency cooperation by reaching out to Combatant Commands (COCOMs) and coordinating their support to civilian-led tasks.
The Policy and Planning Team facilitates collaboration on political-military strategy and planning processes between the Departments of State and Defense. In this role, PPT ensures that DoD planning and operations fully consider, and are consonant with, U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives. The team coordinates input into DoD's Quadrennial Defense Review, Guidance for the Employment of the Force, Theater Campaign Plans, and select contingency plans. The team also manages State Department input into DoD's global defense posture oversight process. Additionally, PPT assists in the review and staffing of military doctrine and defense planning scenarios by State Department subject matter experts.
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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said it is seeking the public's assistance after receiving a report of an unmanned adrift, black and grey inflatable dinghy offshore
The U.S. Coast Guard reported that it is responding after a 600-foot tanker vessel, Sea Pride, allided with the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, N.H., at approximately 5:30 a.
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