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Corporations and Criminal Responsibility: Holding Enterprises Accountable for Human Rights Violations Committed by States
I. Introduction
Every individual has the right to human life, a principle found in every international human rights treaty, convention, and national constitution. Furthermore, every individual has the right to self-determination: the right to freely pursue his or her economic, social and cultural development.1 Nonetheless, these basic human rights are often violated by state actors in conjunction with corporate entities through forced labor, kidnapping, false imprisonment, genocide, sexual assault, and even murder. When enterprises knowingly assist states in committing human rights abuses, enterprises should be held criminally responsible under the aiding and abetting principle. Moreover, states should use the Nuremberg Charter, the International Criminal Tribunal of the Former Yugoslavia Statute, and the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda Statute as exemplary models when drafting state legislation to hold such corporations liable for their humanitarian crimes.
a. A Historical View of Personal Liability of Human Rights Violations
As a result of the systematic annihilation of approximately twelve million people by Nazi Germany, known as the Holocaust, victors of World War II, including the U.S., France, Great Britain, and the former Soviet Union, coordinated to develop the War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany in 1945.2 At Nuremberg, Nazi war criminals were prosecuted for the commission of crimes.3 The Nuremberg Charter established the legal basis for individual criminal responsibility under international law, which was composed of three categories of international crimes: crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.4
The War Crimes Tribunal not only indicted living military officials of the Nazi party, but also sought prosecution of industrialists whose businesses assisted the furtherance of Adolf Hitler's programs and racial extermination agenda. Most notably included in these indictments were twenty-four executives of the German company, I.G. Farben, which allegedly contributed to Nazi Germany's military-economic war preparations.5 On May 3, 1947, the indictment filed by the U.S. alleged the company and corporate executives' involvement with the Nazi machine, accusing the board members of "planning, preparation, initiation and waging of wars of aggression and invasions of other countries; plunder and spoliation; and, slavery and mass murder."6 The indictment further alleged that I.G. Farben was responsible for assisting Nazi soldiers at the Auschwitz extermination camp. According to author Joseph Borkin, "Farben, in complete defiance of all decency and human considerations, abused its slave workers by subjecting them, among other things, to excessively long, arduous, and exhausting work, utterly disregarding their health or physical condition. The sole criterion of the right to live or die was the production efficiency of said inmates."7 Moreover, due to the large amounts of suicides and exterminations, sometimes accounting for over 100 deaths per week, I.G. Farben assuredly secured Auschwitz with a continuous supply of new inmates in order to maintain complete production, and manufactured the poisonous agents used for asphyxiating inmates in Auschwitz gas chambers.8
The corporate executives of the German industrial company, I.G. Farben, were held accountable for the aforementioned war crimes, issuing individual responsibility under international criminal law. The Nuremberg trials successfully determined that individuals may be held personally liable for human rights violations committed by the state. A violation of human rights occurs when a state or other legally obligated party fails to comply with international human rights norms or treaties, and consequentially gives rise to domestic or international remedies for the breach of such obligation.9 Thus, under the individual criminal responsibility principle, an individual who "participate[s] in the planning, preparation, or execution of acts that constitute violations…such as genocide or war crimes, are subject to criminal prosecution and punishment as individuals without regard to their belonging to, or acting on behalf of, a state armed force or any other entity."10 Based on the individual criminal responsibility theory established during the Nuremberg trials, personal liability of corporate executives as criminal accomplices has been a long-standing principle.11
Today, several human rights organizations call for immediate action against corporations who continue to commit human rights abuses, often implemented by the state. For instance, the company Coca-Cola was accused of human rights violations during 1989 – 2002, when eight union leaders of Coca-Cola bottling assembly plants in Colombia, were killed after protesting the company's labor practices and workers who joined the workers' union were kidnapped, tortured, and detained for purposes of intimidation and preventing unionizing.12 In addition, in Turkey, Coca-Cola truck drivers and their families were severely beaten by Turkish police hired by the company, after protesting a layoff at a bottling warehouse in 2005.13 Ford Motor Company is also accused of human rights violations for allegedly removing indigenous people from their land and destroying thousands of acres of rainforests, and fueling wars for oil (i.e., Iraq); therefore, attributing to the death of thousands of U.S. troops and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians.14 The company is also accused of climate change and economic degradation by allegedly polluting cities, endangering the health of citizens which have resulted in health complications, such as asthma.15
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- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights art. 1, Jan. 3, 1976; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights art. 1, Jan. 3, 1976.
- See, H. Victor Condé, A Handbook of International Human Rights 56, 100 (1999).
- Id. at 100.
- Id.
- Joseph Borkin, The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben (1978), http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_igfarben02f.htm#I.G. at Nuremberg (last visited Aug. 23, 2011).
- The aggressive warfare charge alleged that I.G. Farben executives were in alliance with Hitler and the Nazi party, participated in Hitler's preparation and direction of Germany's economic mobilization of war, participated in creating and equipping Nazi soldiers with a military machine for war, participated in weakening Germany's potential war enemies, and carried on intelligence and propaganda activities. The U.S. declared that the plunder and spoliation count included the company's prepared agenda for the acquisition, through the assistance of the Nazi party and military force, of the chemical industries in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, France, Russia and other countries. Finally, the count of slavery and mass murder alleged that all twenty-four defendants, acting through the instrumentality of the company, participated in the enslavement and concentration camp of prisoners, and the torture and murder of enslaved persons. Id.
- Id.
- Id.; See, Colin Kearny, International Human Rights – Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Statute – Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 621 F. 3d 111 (2D Cir. 2010), 34 Suffolk Transnat'l L. Rev. 1, 1 n. 1 (2010).
- Conté, supra note 1, at 156.
- Id. at 67.
- Doug Cassel, Corporate Aiding and Abetting of Human Rights Violations: Confusion in the Courts, 6 Nw. J. Int'l Hum. Rts. 304, 307 (2008).
- http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/corporateHRviolators.html.
- Id.
- Id.
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someone somewhere here put up an explanation and diagram explaining tuck under but I can't find it ... can anyone enlighten me on tuck under (and stem length and head angle effect) please
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I believe it's this: The trail shortens as you turn the bars because the longitudinal distance between projected steering axis and contact patch gets shorter. Eventually it becomes a negative distance (contact patch in front of steering axis) at which point the steering tends to jack-knife instead of self-centring.
It always seemed to me that steeper head angles were more prone to tuck under, but it will also be affected by fork offset, rake etc and also your position on the bike and riding style as to whether you really experience it.
Gary Fisher introduced his G2 geometry to keep steering stable but quick, so that might have a little blurb in and amongst it on tuck under?
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Video Shows Ohio Cop Grow Irate During Arrest ~ threatens to kill motorist
This was a big story on FoxNews and I watched it. Looks like this cop has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, I know he's doing his job and maybe it's a bit of profiling on his part, I don't know. But he did say some pretty surprising things. Looks like the guy tried to say that he was carrying a concealed weapon, but he got cut off. Then when he got around to it, the cop freaked out and talked to this guy like he was a gangbanger who just did a drive-by.
What does everyone think? I know we have some cops and former cops on the site, thoughts?
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Yeah, not good for a cop to have someone in custody and threaten them and ask them if they want a gun put to their head.
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Plus, calling him a stupid human being ... well, that's just comical. Looks like this dude needs some R&R and maybe some anger management classes. Might be a good cop, but he crossed a couple of lines in this exchange.
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sigh ... I guess there is no two ways around it. The cop said that he was going to execute a cuffed prisoner in the back of his squad car.
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I'm typically one to give officers the benefit of the doubt, because of their job and the stuff they have to put up with and the dangers involved. You couldnt hear much in the beginning but it did look like every time he tried to say something the cop did cut him off, but he should have kept at it in my opinion on informing the cop.David
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ASS...Complete ASS. That cop has no right to act that way. If he'd a done his job right, he would not have had to freak out like that. I'm not a cop but everyone knows you secure all the individuals before climbing into the back seat. I know it's a tuff job but give me a break. Hope he was
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He was justified in arresting him according to Ohio law, but he did a bunch of things that are not acceptable at all, and in fact he could face charges himself.
First, he did not appear to read the driver his miranda rights. That may have been done after he was got back into the car, but he told the guy that he was going to face a felony, which means that he was going to arrest him. Right then and there he should have read him his miranda rights, so the driver could have had the opportunity to refuse to answer questions at that point. This is a MAJOR civil rights violation if it did not happen, I hope for the sake of the officer that it did.
Secondly, no one can threaten to harm or kill someone without due cause, not even a peace officer, especially when the suspect has been neutralized and is in custody. Now, in the "heat of conflict" an officer (or a homeowner) can tell someone that they are about to get shot if the situation calls for it - and I think we can come up with any number of situations that call for it from protecting human life and property and more. But for a police officer to tell someone that what he should have done was execute him and not lose any sleep over it ... that's just going beyond the pale of what is acceptable behavior in society.
Carrying a concealed weapon in the state of Ohio is legal. Therefore, when the person came out of his vehicle with his hands up in the air, and notified the police office that he was carrying a concealed weapon, the officer did the right thing and took control of the situation and he felt like the driver did not notify him soon enough ... but he's a dumbass if he only thinks that there is the possibility of being shot if the driver gives notification. He's also a dumbass if he forgot that he was being recorded when he lost his cool. Oh, and let's not forget the illegal search and seizure of property that appears to have been caught on tape.
Plus, he threatened one of the passengers and said that he was going to put some "lumps" on her. Meaning that if she was otherwise peacefully living her life and being outside (which she has the right to do) then he would assault her to the point of causing lumps, I assume with his fists or nightstick.
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This cop needs to go to a mental institution. He acted completely out of hand. I've experienced policeman before and they were *******s to me, but never like this. Telling your going to execute someone is just crazy! Maybe the cop should do proper procedure next time and let the driver talk especially after he is asked a question. Your definitely not going to get the truth from someone when you don't let them speak. I could go on and on about this video, but bottom line he acted way out of hand!
Law enforcement is like any other job in the sense you always have the ones who you sit back and ask "how did this idiot get hired?".....you have em where you work!
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Apparently these guys are trying to operate around recent case law decisions. I would never conduct a wingspan search like that unless I had a cover officer with the occupant, and even then I'd be hesitant. The driver obviously had the hooker's pimp in his car and was working out the details when the officer pulled up. And contrary to popular belief, Miranda isn't necessary for all arrests. Anyway, the officer blew a gasket and his partner should've pulled him to the side and taken over for him. Everybody gets mad and has a bad day, and unfortunately for him...his bad day was caught on camera. He needs to learn self control.
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Well, Miranda is a safeguard against having a case thrown out becuase we have a constitutionally protected right to non-incrimination per the fifth ammendment, so if being asked questions by the police, reading Miranda to the suspect/arrestee in custody means that they have simply been told of their rights.
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What I find alarming if the way that the officer talked to this motorist. Even if he was guilty of the crime of solicitation, and even if he failed to notify the officer of the fact that he was legally carrying a concealed handgun ... still does not give the office the right to tell a person who is confined to his patrol car that he should have executed him on the spot, for a misdemeanour nonetheless.
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the cop was right to act the way he did, but was totally wrong about how he approached the vehicle in the first place... doing his job was second on his mind IMO, first was intimidation and thats what lead to the problem.
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AMESBURY — As part of The Daily News coverage of the upcoming city election, the newspaper is publishing profiles of candidates for office.
Today's profile is Robert Lavoie, who is unopposed for the Ward 4 council seat.
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Address: Country Lane
Age: 59
Years in Amesbury: 53 of 59 years (born at Amesbury Hospital)
Family: Wife: Nancy, who has worked at Anna Jaques Hospital for 35-plus years; both of our families have lived in Amesbury for 150-plus years. We have two adult children, Andy and Ashley, both of whom are proud graduates of Amesbury High School who have gone on to earn college degrees and who work locally and still live in Amesbury.
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Political and public service: I have served for the last 8 years on the Amesbury City Council representing District 4 (Friend Street/Lions Mouth Road/Whitehall Road); president of the City Council, 2010-11; co-chair of Amesbury Master Plan Steering Committee, 2002-04; Master Plan Implementation and Oversight Committee (2005); former chairman, now vice chairman of the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission; board member and Executive Committee of Merrimack Chamber of Commerce; Merrimack Valley Legal Services; Neighborhood Legal Services; former president and now a member-at-large of Yankee Clipper Council, Boy Scouts of America; appointed by Supreme Judicial Court to Access to Justice Commission (2005-10)
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
From the other side of the planet
Hi everyone!
Here's a quick post from the other side of the planet. My family and I are in Australia for two weeks (a trip planned and paid for prior to the crazy car crash) and having fun catching up with friends and family.
Two things for you today. The first of these are pics of Kor'asso Khan. Here's the model I showed you a few posts back, now resplendent in his painted White Scars finery. I hope you like him.
Item number Two is my first real foray into teaching classes at a convention. I'll be at BoLSCon in Austin, TX, at the end of July, running three classes as part of what will hopefully build towards a great hobby "Mecca" over the coming years. For information on the classes, you can check out the announcement here.
Take care folks, and enjoy the good things in life!
Friday, May 14, 2010
The Big Bad(don)!
With all the Primarchs I've worked on recently, it was fun to work on a classic character at regular scale. Abaddon, right-hand man of the Warmaster during the Heresy, and now wearing the Warmaster's Talon. The original metal model, released 14 years ago, is still a great model. He's just a little undersized for the slow but inevitable scale creep.
My client was looking for a fairly simple solution in plastic that he could add to his growing Black Legion. Wonderfully enough, the Chaos Lord in Terminator Armor has a lot of bits that match the stylings of the original Abaddon armor. There was quite a bit of kit-bashing, some brass rods (from GF9), and a bit of putty work to clean up the Talon and create the screaming faces on his daemon weapon, Drach'nyen
This one was a conversion only job, I hope you like him!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Just another Thursday night.
Let me begin by saying, this Hydra is NOT mine. It was built by a mate of mine in New Zealand. Hagen has been building kick-ass armies for years (most notably an excellent Space Wolves army and an even better IG army). Hagen liked the truck design that Thomas and I came up with that he built his own variant half-track Hydra. The tracks are from the Ork Battlewagon, and the Hydra autocannons are those from the Aegis Defence Line box set.
I've got to say, it looks awesome. I'm going to have to steal it ; )
On to what I've been working on this week. I wrapped up these five Blood Angel Storm Shields for a commission. Some fun little sculpting bits.
And I've done some more work on the Tanith Scouts unit. The keen-eyed amongst you will notice that I have added cloaks to all the models now, and switched out a few of the helmeted head for hairy (and other) heads. While this may seem like a capitulation, it isn't. After chatting with Mr Abnett, the conclusion was that Gaunt's Ghosts do indeed wear helmets that would be part of the standard IG kit. The Tanith were less likely to do so, The Verghastite probably more so, and the Belladon are very fond of their headgear. Plenty of opportunity for mixing and matching ; )
So, I hope you all had a great week. Have fun.
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Welcome to the "Conference Room" of The National Chocolate and Dessert Show (NCDS).
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Welcome to our home!
My family and I live in a craftsman home in Seattle, WA, surrounded by tall evergreens and glowing green gardens (our neighbors', not ours). Home is important to us, we spend a lot of time here. We've made our mark and added our personality through DIY projects and pieced together hand me downs and thrift store finds. (Many of the DIY projects I have shared with readers and can be found here.)
Foyer (hoping all this beige will be painted white over the summer).
Dining room
$25 craigslist bar cart in the dining room holds all the spirits for our traditional Friday night cocktails.
Master Bedroom (quilt is Sunshine Medallions).
Ian's quilt (in case you guys didn't believe me when I said all the kids have handmade quilts).
Ian's room, shelves are for prized Lego structures not to be taken apart.
We redid Emma's room in the Summer of 2012. It went from little girl to teenage girl over the course of several weeks. There is an interview and pictures talking about this process over at Design Mom.
Family room, where we spend an insane amount of time together some days.
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Patio off the family room, where we grill out, blow bubbles, and have morning coffee in the summer.
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OGL closer to Ebenezer coal acquisition
16th May 2012
SYDNEY, May 16 – OGL Resources has cranked up its $A45M and shares acquisition of the Ebenezer Coal Mine and Bremer View Coal Project in Queensland, Australia, via participation in a feasibility study into transporting, storing, handling and shipping an additional 600,000t to 1.5Mtpa of coal through the existing Brisbane port infrastructure.
The company has already received an indicative access proposal (IAP) from QR National, after QR submitted a conceptual operating plan to Queensland Rail, for the railing of up to 600,000tpa for 15 years from the Ebenezer mine about 92km away.
OGL's initial planning is for re‐commencement and development of the Ebenezer mine by the end of 2012 and production of 1Mtpa ROM by 2013.
The Ebenezer Coal Mine has estimated JORC resources of 31.3Mt and a mineable coal reserve of 13.7Mt to produce saleable coal reserves of 8.4Mt.
OGL says it is progressing the acquisition from Zedemar Holdings PL, with proposed capital raising options being reviewed by the company's advisors and strategic investors.
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- Changes coming in Chinese people power
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- Coal could become a factor in northern Queensland wealth
- Sturec resource improved and increased
- Castle builds case for graphite
- Broadening Panoramic adds new site
- Indo cuts too much too soon
- Time for action for last man standing
- Geobrugg forges local production link
- $650M raising for Neo Material acquisition
- 'Climate change' issue goes back to court
- Alcyone cuts capital raising by $1.5M
- Altona's Little Eva is a growing girl
- Anglo Asian plans second Azerbaijan mine
- AngloGold builds buffers against the future
- Aphrodite lifts its indicated resource
- Araguaia nickel project economics this quarter
- Artemis snaps up West Pilbara prospects
- Ascot stays on gold growth course
- Azumah fast-tracks Wa project planning
- 'Shoot-out' to settle Peru project ownership
- Big bucks for Bucko
- Big resource upgrade for Roper Bar iron ore project
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- Brave New World clings to optimistic production targets
- Breakaway stays with Altia project
- Brumby flags Oakover resource increase
- Canaco looks beyond Tanzanian resources
- Canada Lithium works through approvals program
- Cape Lambert takes solid profit from Leichhardt sale
- Carbon Energy puts a target on Surat Basin tenements
- Carpentaria open to offers on Hawsons JV
- Centerra puts production plans on ice
- Chesser outlines first Turkish resource
- Coal plant contract goes to Sedgman
- Code d'Ivoire attracts explorer
- Continental takes Colombian coal option
- Currency protest stops Malawi mine
- Death hits Evander mine
- Diamond production bodes well for 1M carat target
- Doral backs Matilda's Keysbrook project
- DR Congo workers end strike
- Eastern Iron launches scoping study
- Excellent quarter underpins Fortuna's growth strategy
- Explorer calls for Aboriginal heritage reform
- Fire River heads for Alaskan target
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- Kazakh sales breakthrough for Central Asia
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- Magma concedes to Panoramic takeover
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- More plant trouble for Northam
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The family of a missing Zion baby say they know the boy is dead, but they don't want to give up on finding his body.
5-month-old Joshua Summeries disappeared a week ago. Police say Joshua's mother's boyfriend suffocated him, then put his body in a backpack and threw it away. Demetries Thorpe, 26, is charged with murder in this case.
Police mounted a massive search of the landfill near Zion, but found nothing. They called off the search Sunday night.
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A pharmacist from a North Carolina coastal town has been arrested on charges of pill diversion.
Deputies say 39-year-old Christine Busuttil Parker of Newport was charged with Embezzlement of a Controlled Substance by employee on Monday.
A four month investigation showed that over 40,000 pills were missing from Morehead City Pharmacy, where Parker worked as a pharmacist, authorities say.
The pharmacy touts itself as "Eastern Carolina's finest drug store for over 80 years."
An audit of her records over the past year and a half turned up the discrepancy, deputies say.
The Carteret County Sheriff's Office says the investigation is ongoing and additional charges and more arrests are possible.
Parker was placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $2,500 bond. She's already had a first court appearance and has since posted bond.
Parker, who is originally from Ithaca, NY, according to Facebook and been employed at the Morehead City Pharmacy for the past four years.
Lawmen say her pharmaceutical license has been suspended and seized by the NC Board of Pharmacy.
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Campfield Loses on 'Guns on Campus' and 'Guns for Legislators'
A Senate committee joined its House counterpart Wednesday in scuttling for this year a bill to allow staff and faculty of Tennessee colleges and universities to carry guns on campus.
After losing on the "guns on campus" bill, sponsor Sen. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, then tried in a separate measure to authorize all current and former state legislators to carry weapons. That proposal, too, was shot down by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The campus guns bill, SB399, would apply to full-time faculty and staff who have handgun carry permits. The House Judiciary Committee sent the bill to a "summer study" on Tuesday, assuring that the measure cannot pass both the House and Senate this year.
When Campfield brought the bill up on the Senate panel Wednesday, Sen. Douglas Overbey, R-Maryville, immediately asked the Knoxville lawmaker to voluntarily send his bill to "summer study" as well, arguing "going forward really doesn't accomplish anything, given what has happened in the other chamber."
Campfield refused, noting people in the audience waiting to testify on the bill and saying "it would be an injustice not to let them speak." Most of those in the audience were campus police officers from across the state, including University of Tennessee Police Chief Gloria Graham, who prepared to speak against the bill.
But Nikki Goeser of Nashville, whose husband was killed by a gunman who was stalking her, was also prepared to testify in favor of the bill. Goeser said she worked at a college campus and the killer, who killed her husband in a bar where she worked part time, could as easily attacked on campus.
Overbey told Campfield that, looking at the audience, "they'd be happy not to spend another moment in here" if the bill were killed. Several officers nodded their heads.
Sen. Beverley Marrero, D-Memphis, then moved to send it to summer study against Campfield's wishes. Her motion carried 5-3.
"We're satisfied," said Graham as she walked from the committee room.
Moments later, Campfield brought up a bill that, as passed by the House, allows judges to carry guns in courtrooms if they go through 16 hours of training and hold a handgun carry permit.
Campfield moved to amend the measure to also allow all current and former members of the General Assembly to carry guns at all times.
Two senators objected that the bill would be granting legislators special treatment, but Campfield said the move was warranted.
"We may upset people and may need to defend ourselves in situations other than where we allowed to carry at this time," he said.
Sen. Ophelia Ford, D-Memphis, endorsed Campfield's idea, saying "it becomes dangerous when you are a high-profile legislator" and "we need to protect ourselves"
But when Campfield's proposal came to a vote, after considerable debate, it was defeated on a voice vote with only Campfield and Ford audibly supporting it. He then postponed any further action on the overall bill until next week
You just missed it when the guns on campus bill passed a little earlier in the committee.


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Ed spreads his wings for exhibition
6:30pm Monday 16th January 2012 in News
AN up-and-coming sculptor is opening up his workshop for a two-week exhibition celebrating his most successful commission to date.
Ed Elliott, who grew up in Malvern and has a studio at Trumpet Corner, near Ledbury, was commissioned by the National Trust to produce a human-sized wooden angel statue for display at its Mottisfont estate in Hampshire.
It will be on show there until Thursday, February 2, before being moved to Essex where it will form part of a sculpture collection that also includes works by the likes of Antony Gormley and Elisabeth Frink.
To celebrate the impressive commission, Mr Elliott is inviting people to an exhibition, entitled Pieces of an Angel, at his studio.
It will be open until Tuesday, January 31, and will feature a wide variety of work including drawings, sculptures and even a "work in progress" film, shot while Mr Elliott produced his National Trust commission.
"Exhibiting my work with the National Trust was a fantastic opportunity and now having the chance to show the supporting work near my hometown is just brilliant," said the former Chase High School student. "The success of this work has given me great confidence and has been a superb way for me to start the new year."
Mr Elliott is also looking forward to a packed schedule for the rest of 2012. As well as exhibiting across the UK, his work will also be displayed in New Zealand, Italy and Vietnam.


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An eastern South Dakota teacher and coach has been indicted on child rape charges.
Jeff Nolte, 37, was charged with two counts of first degree rape of a child under 13 and sexual contact with a child under 16.
The acts allegedly began back in 2010 in Canton, while he was serving as a city commissioner.
The child in question was only 8 at the time.
Nolte has since moved from Canton to Madison.
He was a math teacher at Oldham-Ramona High School this year and is listed as the school's golf coach.
The victim was not a student of Nolte's.
He was arrested January 9 at his Madison apartment. Nolte is now out on a $75,000 bond.
If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Stay with KSFY News and KSFY.com for updates on this developing story.


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Jeff and Susan Bridges: A Swooning Moment at the SAG Awards
Jan 27th 2010 10:38AM I wasn't glued to the screen so I missed the lip lock. But, was this lip lock long and sexual or just a light closed mouth kiss for the benefit of the audience? And it seems from what I have read and seen that his wife has nothing to fear my dear Kathy. Don't pick apart every little thing that you no doubt have no knowledge of whatsoever anyway. For all we know the entire thing could be a charade for publicity sake. What in the world would fans/observers really know anyway? Everyone just believe whatever is important for you to believe and make you happy. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors....
Mother Admits She Doesn't Love Her Daughter
Jan 23rd 2009 11:58AM I can relate to the child. My mother told me when I was very young that she never wanted me. She tried to have a miscarrage. She left me with my grandparents for a couple of years but wouldnt let them adopt me. Someone else wanted me also but she said no. I never felt loved and when my mother had a son that she adored it was so obvious to everyone that I was at best second. I grew up that way. When my mother died a terrible death from pancreatic cancer at the age of 63 I felt that she was being punished for the harm she had done. There is a lot more that I am leaving out because it is too much to write. She was not a loving mother at all. I survived but at a cost that even now at 50 years old I cannot come to terms with. Save the child. Save all the children. There are so many people who should not reproduce at all....
Best Videos of the Week, 1/4/08: Family
Jan 5th 2008 12:58PM This is something I imagine all parents do. I remember being allowed to sit and drive (try to turn the wheel and feel big) on my Granpa's lap. If anyone noticed there also didn't seem to be any seat belts in the side of this vehicle so the child in this case is safer on his Dad's lap with protective arms holding him. Also it isn't like he is 6 mos old either. Put it in perspective TMZ
Toyota and Nintendo Team Up for "Elderly-Friendly" Car
Jan 1st 2008 11:22AM I cannot believe there is a person (Christie) that ignorant. I think the best thing for all of us at all ages young, middle, and elderly would be if that person should just "drop off" was that the way she put it? NOW. Why wait until she is old. Any individual with the lack of brains she has should not be taking up space and God help everyone if she should reproduce. I mean this in the very best way. Thanks for reading.
Toyota and Nintendo Team Up for "Elderly-Friendly" Car
Jan 1st 2008 9:48AM Would this prevent elderly drivers from pullung across an empty lane and right into the side of your car as you are attempting to drive by? This is what happened to me. The elderly person did not even see me driving in that lane. I believe their attention was focused on looking to make sure there were no cars coming and they for got to look into the lane they were going to pull into. Twice has this happened to me recently.


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Boss Hogg Outlawz ft. Slim Thug, Dre Day, J-Dawg - What Up
Missing from our pages since the release of sophomore set Back by Blockular Demand (Serve & Collect 2), Slim Thug's Boss Hogg Outlawz are now getting ready to release their junior effort, the unsurprisingly-titled...Read More
Boss Hogg Outlawz ft. Ray J - Keep It Playa
Last year, Slim Thug's Boss Hogg Outlawz released their group debut, Serve & Collect. While the album was served to the public, consumers were slow to collect the project. And though it received favorable...Read More
Boss Hogg Outlawz - Ride With No Ceiling
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Freshman quarterback has record setting night.
The Americans are playing in their first match of the 2014 World Cup and it could mean big business for local restaurants in Tucson.
Here's what some local businesses are doing to get World Cup fans in the door.
Opening early. Many of the restaurants and bars in the area are usually open around 10 or 11, but for the next few weeks many are opening their doors to fans several hours earlier.
Crowds have been big for the first few games and the crowds are expected to be just as large for the U.S. vs. Ghana game today.
Businesses will also be offering different deals to customers as they watch the World Cup.
FC Tucson has teamed up with Playground Bar to watch a number of World Cup matches, while the Rialto Theater is bringing out a huge screen for fans to watch the game later today.
Game time for U.S. vs. Ghana is 3 p.m. Tucson time.
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FOCUS Hip Fracture Transfusion Trial: Delirium and Other Cognitive Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Ann Gruber Baldini
Affiliation: University of Maryland
Country: USA
Abstract: Proposed is an ancillary study to the Transfusion Therapy Trial for Functional Outcomes in Cardiovascular Patients Undergoing Surgical Hip Fracture Repair (FOCUS) to examine the impact of the hemoglobin interventions on delirium in a sub-sample of 200 subjects (100 per randomization group). FOCUS is a randomized clinical trial of 2,000 hip fracture patients funded by the NHLBI designed to test the hypothesis that a higher blood transfusion threshold does not improve functional recovery or reduce morbidity and mortality. Patients are randomized to receive enough blood to maintain hemoglobin level >10 g/dL versus receiving transfusion if hemoglobin level is less than 8 g/dL or when symptoms of anemia develop (symptomatic strategy). This ancillary study will extend our understanding the effects of transfusion thresholds on delirium. The primary aims are to determine whether a symptomatic transfusion strategy (8 g/dL) is associated with more severe symptoms of acute delirium during hospitalization compared to a 10 g/dL transfusion strategy. Secondary aims will examine whether the transfusion randomization also affects persistence of delirium symptoms at 30 days post-discharge and will examine the association of in hospital and 30-day persistence of delirium symptoms on later functional outcomes. The 200 subjects will be recruited from 16 FOCUS sites. FOCUS subjects are hip fracture patients, ages 50+, with a history of CVD or cardiovascular risk factors, and who have a post-operative hemoglobin level less than 10 g/dL within 3 days of surgery. Subjects will be assessed for delirium pre- randomization, for up to 3 days post-randomization (in-hospital), and at 30 days post-randomization. Outcomes include 30- and 60-day morbidity, mortality, lower extremity function, instrumental activities of daily living, and discharge location. Our sample size projections seek to detect medium effects. Generalized Estimation Equations will be used to evaluate the longitudinal patterns between the two groups of 100 hip fracture patients using all measurement time points. Intention to treat principles will be followed in the analyses. Analyses will be done by randomization group, and sensitivity analyses will examine whether there are differences in important confounders between groups and their effects on the analyses. PERFORMANCE SITE(S): University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Baltimore Research &Education Foundation, Perry Point, MD Clinical Sites: Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ London Health Science Center, Toronto, Canada Mayo Clinic, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, MI Sunny Brook, Toronto, Canada Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore MD Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ University of Ottowa, Ottowa, Canada Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA Emory University, Atlanta, GA Texas Technical, Lubbock, TX Maimondes Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada This is an ancillary study to a large clinical trial (R01 HL073958) that looks at different levels of blood transfusion to treat blood loss after hip fracture surgery, in patients who also have cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors. This ancillary study examines whether transfusion helps prevent short-term (post- randomization) and long-term (30 day) changes in delirium.
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Invasive Alien Species
The STDF, in collaboration with the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), organized a Seminar on International Trade and Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Geneva on 12-13 July 2012.
The seminar sought to:
The Seminar was attended by approximately 110 participants working in areas related to both biodiversity and SPS measures. The list of participants will be available soon.
Click here to view the workshop programme, as well as the presentations and speeches delivered.
See the STDF Briefing Note No. 9 summarizing the key messages and conclusions emerging from the seminar.


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AUSTIN, Texas — Since Austin Resource Recovery partnered with Catalog Choice in April, Austin residents prevented 71,000 pounds of materials from being developed into unwanted mail.
Catalog Choice is a free Zero Waste service that allows residents to opt-out of unwanted phone books, catalogs, coupons, credit card solicitations and other undesired publications.
Stopping unwanted mail at the source results in a higher landfill diversion rate while reducing the amount of money the City spends on waste collection and disposal. According to Catalog Choice, at a 5 percent household participation rate, the program will generate an estimated costs savings to the City of more than $10,000 a year.
In the first five months of the partnership, over 4,400 Austinites registered for the free service, which protected 556 trees from being destroyed, stopped 200,827 pounds of greenhouse gas from reaching the atmosphere and conserved 483,561 gallons of water.
"It's encouraging to see so many Austinites taking advantage of a free Zero Waste service like Catalog Choice," said Austin Resource Recovery Director Bob Gedert. "By opting out of unwanted mail, residents are actively reducing their waste, saving natural resources and helping propel Austin toward a Zero Waste future."
It is estimated that Catalog Choice will help the City of Austin shed millions of pounds of waste and thousands of dollars in costs. City of Austin residents and businesses can sign up for the mail preference service at https://catalogchoice.org.
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Austin Resource Recovery provides a wide range of services designed to transform waste into resources while keeping our community clean. Services include curbside collection of recycling, trash, yard trimmings and large brush and bulk items; street sweeping; dead animal collection; household hazardous waste disposal and recycling; and outreach and education. In December 2011, the Austin City Council approved the Austin Resource Recovery Master Plan, which is the City's roadmap to Zero Waste. The City of Austin is committed to reducing the amount of waste sent to area landfills by 90 percent by 2040 or sooner.
About Catalog Choice
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The 6'11'', 295-pound, 27-year-old Al Jefferson, who averaged 19.2 points per game, 9.6 rebounds per game and 1.7 blocks per outing last season would be a great addition to this Boston Celtics team that is already vastly improved from last year, now how do the Boston Celtics dream of acquiring the All-Star forward? Well now with our backcourt looking heavily filled with Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, Jason Terry, and Most Likely resigned Ray Allen. We are a team that is built to win now and a major reason Ray Allen is still contemplating not coming back to the team he loves is because he wants to Start, so even if this sets back out rebuilding plan a year or two why not try this trade?
Utah Receives- Avery Bradley, E'twaun Moore, Brandon Bass (S&T), Greg Steisma (S&T)
Boston Receives- Al Jefferson, Future Protected 1st Round Pick
Why it works for Utah- Utah's frontcourt has plenty of depth even including this trade, They still have Enes Kanter, Derrick Favors, Paul Millsap and They will be receiving Brandon Bass & Greg Steisma; That is still one of the NBA's most deep and talented front courts while along with this trade they get younger and get an up and coming talented player in Avery Bradley who will be making one of their weak spots a strength.
Why it works for Boston- Essentially if Boston were to do this trade they would be receiving an All Star Center, so they will be turning their weakest spot on their roster to a strength. This will make their Rebounding and Defense a force. While this does set their future back a bit with losing AB, EM, BB & GS, they will be getting a All Star just about to be entering his prime and a future 1st rounder to help with the rebuilding plan in a year or two. The loss of Avery hurts but it will hurt a lot less if JET & Ray can completely hold down the SG spot by Ray playing 25 mpg and Terry playing 23 MPG at SG & 8 MPG at PG. This trade will also entice Ray to return because he will reclaim his starting job once again
Boston Lineup-
PG- Rondo-Terry
SG- Ray-Terry-Joseph
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Google + Facebook
Opinions are floating all over the internet about Google+ and what it means for Facebook's dominance in the Social Media arena. to quote my friend Zach, The Tech world loves its Cliches.
Well here's mine: Facebook should be sh****ing their pants over Google+, and that's a good thing for everyone.
I've been purposefully waiting a bit before sharing my thoughts on G+ and its implications in the Social Media space- partly to see how its adoption is going and partly to not jump the gun on my opinion. Google+ is definitely going to improve our current state of social media, and here's why:
Monopolistic Complacency
Facebook has become a fat and sloppy behemoth since its iconic rise to the top. The problem with a company having a monopoly on something is that it breeds complacency. Products tend to evolve more in a competitive environment. Without any viable competitors to one-up, Facebook really has no need to evolve its products and UX in earnest. As long as no one became a threat to its ad revenue, it could get away with doing the bare minimum.
It's no secret, Facebook's laundry list of issues has become quite long:
- It's lack of compatibility with Chrome is laughable
- the app library is a mess
- developers constantly lament the issues of using Facebook's ever-changing API
- overall user options for fan pages and events are abysmal (and forget about trying to invite a meaningful amount of people to an event in bulk
- Facebook's colossal issues with spammy phishing posts (ex: You won't believe what this girl did when her dad caught her on her webcam!)
- a sub-par messaging system
- Abysmal contact management
- privacy issues are a constant flare-up among the user base and media
I'll stop there, but it's indicative. On top of that, customer service of Facebook-related issues are all but non-existant. Most people aren't paying ad clients on Facebook, so what are they going to do, ask for their money back? At the end of the day, Those issues are minor, and don't get in the way of Facebook leveraging its huge user base into a super attractive avenue for targeted advertising.
And then came Google+. It's look and feel were similar to Facebook, but it felt, well, Google-ier. I've been messing around with it for some time and think it's quite powerful.
G+'s major advantage is that it has the potential to offer google users an unsurpassed level of integration. Google's strength lies in its inter-connectedness of all its products: Search, Gmail, Google Apps, Android, Chrome. Everything can be connected, and each of those products are robust in their own right. The fact is that those products are essential tools that power users have incorporated into their everyday lives. Further integration into a social network construct makes sense and is a win. G+ is going to allow Googlers to tie everything together, and that's a powerful proposition:
Email, messaging, video chat, content sharing, discussion, events, places, and mobile are all going to converge on G+.
Google's approach to creating the network is the complete opposite of Facebook's. Google developed its individual products first, iterating and improving them over time, and then integrating them with one another. the social network came afterwards, and allows for a powerful set of tools to come together. Facebook developed the framework of the social network first, and then added on products ad hoc. The result is that Facebook's individual components aren't nearly as robust, but more people are inherently using them.
For instance, Google's instant messaging feature wipes the floor with Facebook's as it's just an implementation of Google talk. Video chat has been around for ages on Gtalk, and the addition of the hangout feature is a fantastic mash-up of group chat, video chat, Google Wave, and ChatRoulette. It's an innovative implementation of a social communication feature that's greater than the sum of its parts.
Google's use of "Circles" to manage friends is simple and intuitive. It allows people to tailor their content to the right audiences, and its a better implementation that Facbook's groups function. The news streams end up being better sources of content, as the content is now meant for specific groups of people. The Sparks feature also fosters engagement and sharing in specific subjects. That results in improved user engagement.
Google's mobile app is also pretty good. the option to instantly upload all photos taken with the phone to a private album for future sharing is genius.
I also can't tell you how refreshing it is to have a social platform that is (at the moment) free of the games and useless apps. Facebook had become a crowded, messy place. and while you can hide the stuff you don't want to see, it became a pain to navigate. There's something to be said about having a clean slate to work off of.
G+ still has a ways to go, but its path to success is apparent. There's just so much potential for integration. For example, I can't wait for G+ events to seamlessly integrate with Google Calendar. (haven't seen it yet but it can't be too far off). G+ will also have a positive impact on Google's search engines when it inevitably incorporates social listening into its search algorithms.
G+ Challenges
While it's a powerful framework for a social network, G+ still needs to jump a few hurdles before its considered a success: Adoption, brand integration, and Ad revenue are all telling indicators of its success on a business level.
Preliminary reports show that G+'s user base grew to 10 million in two weeks of invite-only field trial testing. A far cry from Facebook's massive population, but it's still significant. I'd also like to point out that those 10 million users should be considered more valuable than the average Facebook user. They are more likely to be tech-forward influencers whose voices are more significant in the online space.
As for brand adoption and ad revenue, it's yet to be seen. Brand accounts should become a reality in the next few weeks, and advertising should come soon after.
And that's what it's all about: Ad revenue. If G+ becomes a dominant platform that captures the attention of a large userbase, it becomes a real threat to Facebook. Google's experience with search advertising is going to come in handy, and I'm curious to see how G+ advertising ties in with the already robust adwords and analytics tools. Zucherberg is no dummy, and the folks at FB definitely see the apparent threat. In the meantime, Facebook advertising is still a powerful, cost effective incumbent for digital advertising.
Everyone wins
Personally, I think G+'s entrance into the social scene is a great thing. It has the potential to enhance Google's existing products through incremental integration. The market can sustain two major Social networks at the moment, provided that they both actively compete for market share by constantly improving and evolving their products. The real benefit comes from G+ being a catalyst for competition with Facebook. That rivalry should spur product development and UX improvements on both sides, which I totally welcome. We'll have Google to thank for Facebook getting better in the next few months. If that doesn't happen, well, +1 to Google.