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This is the post I never thought I'd ever write. A post where I am actually promoting a Martha Stewart recipe. Ugh. I don't even know what I was thinking about when I started poking around on the web looking for some interesting summer sips and ended up on the Martha Stewart website. It began so innocently - just me looking for a summer drink that wasn't sugar-laden or bland or Coors Light. When I take my cocktails al fresco, I'm just looking for what everyone else is: something cold, crisp, fresh, and flavourful. And of course, Martha Fucking Stewart has just the perfect thing.
God damn.
Before I get to the drink, I have to come clean and tell you that Martha and I have a bit of a well, long history together. I hate crafts. I don't just 'whip-up' a carrot cake. I cannot envision how sewing projects are 'easy' and/or 'fun'. AND - I have managed to survive just fine without a hot glue gun all these years. I lack the patience, fine motor skills and mental fortitude to create and exectue much of that profiled in her magazine or on her website. About the only thing I do in the same league as Martha Stewart is hang my laundry out on the line and fold like a professional. But if you look at Martha's website, you don't see 'Laundry-Folding Technique of the Day' alongside her 'Craft of the Day', 'Organizing Tip of the Day' or 'Cookie of the Day'. Let's face it: Martha has been making me feel inadequate for years.
A few months ago I was
vindicated comforted by fellow-blogger Sid's post on the do-it-yourself (DIY) trend and how (as Sid says) people in the DIY business are actually wickedly talented, well-trained professionals pretending to be normal people. And yet here I am, a few months later promoting a recipe by the Queen of DIY herself, who, let's face it, probably has a whole army of these sick people working for her.
God damn.
On Tuesday I hosted a summer solstice BBQ for my fantastic colleagues and served them Martha's Cucumber Ginger Fizz. What attracted me to this recipe was the use of cucumber infused vodka (which you do yourself, in advance), as well as ginger simple syrup (same deal - make it yourself, in advance). Sparkling water (bubbles!) and a squeeze of lime (fresh!) are added to this. And as much as it hurts me to say this, this drink was dead easy to make and loved by all. It was beautiful!
Before you go check out the recipe, I just want to tell you that I actually infused the vodka with cucumber for much longer than the one hour recommended in the recipe. You could probably leave it for overnight in the fridge, actually (or leave it to taste). And also - make sure you use the full amount of ginger that the recipe calls for to make the simple syrup. I had (what I thought was) a decent-enough sized piece of ginger at home, and just threw that into the simple syrup. When I tasted the syrup straight up the ginger taste definitely came through, but some folks around the BBQ told me that it got a bit lost in the drink. Others said they could totally taste it. Ginger flavour or not, careful use of the syrup adds just the right amount of 'sweet' to the drink without making it taste like Kool-Aid.
Last thing I want to say about this is that when you infuse alcohol, it takes the boozy edge off (make sure you taste your vodka before and after). The cucumber infusion makes for a nice pleasant drink. But if you want to 'taste' the vodka - I would put in more than what's recommended by the recipe (really, Jen? You would put in more vodka?). I would up it to 2 oz (I used 1.5 oz originally). I also froze some mint leaves and viola into ice cubes and put them in the drink which went nice with the cucumber ribbon and lime that also go into the drink. The only thing that would have made this drink better is if the cucumbers came from my garden.
Scroll down and check out my pictures in the post below!
So there you have it. A fabulous summer drink that's easy to make, and easy to drink. Damn you, Martha.
I recently received an email from faithful reader VA, who, two and a half weeks post-partum, sent me an email
begging asking for cocktail recipes (smart woman):
"The reason I'm writing is that I'm looking for a good pear martini recipe. When we were in Paris, we went to Bar Hemingway at the Ritz Hotel and I had a Pear Martini which was fantastic. My husband made me a pear martini this past week but it wasn't as smooth and now that we have Pear Vodka, we must find a nice cocktail in order to enjoy the remaining bottle minus the 2 oz used this week! Therefore, I am turning to you for a recipe which we could try at home and would go down easily :)"
Bar Hemingway at the Ritz! Sigh. How romantic! I for sure know that adapting to the twenty-four hour clock, spit-up, and diapers will conjure up the fondest of fond vacation memories. So if a pear martini is going to put you back there and channel memories from a more well-rested time, I am your woman! Just don't ask me to babysit.
OK - I was thinking about how to get you a pear martini that was super smooth, and the only thing I could come up with was…baby food! Yup, just a little pear puree in a cocktail, and you are good to go. Mushed up pears was one of the very first foods I gave to both my babies. And let me tell you, mushed up pear in the manual food grinder is only the beginning! Before you know it, the blender is going to become a permanent fixture on your counter-top as you puree an assortment of fruits and veggies for your baby: one ice cube tray after glorious ice cube tray.
But why not stock that freezer for Maman as well? Over at Viva La Cocktail (my new favourite cocktail website), I came across a straightforward recipe for pear puree that is totally suitable to include in cocktails, and totally freezable (is that a word?). Also over at Viva La Cocktail was the recipe for the Yazi Ginger Peartini which I would say is very smooth. I didn't have all of the ingredients, so made a couple substitutions. Below is how I made it:
The Mix - Ginger Peartini
1 oz Canton Ginger Liqueur
1+1/2 oz Absolut Pears vodka
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
1 tablespoon fresh pear puree
Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain (actually, I would double strain it for a smoother cocktail) into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a pear slice and a light dusting of fresh nutmeg.
This recipe called for ginger vodka (which I am quite certain you can get at the LCBO) I just didn't have any on hand, and couldn't justify buying a bottle, what with the Hoarders incident and everything.
Another cocktail I found that included pear puree has a totally different and a dry flavour:
The Mix: Pear Martini
2 oz vodka (sorry, it's not pear vodka - I know this doesn't help you)
1 oz pear puree
1 oz apple juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz simple syrup
2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
Combine the simple syrup and a sprig of rosemary in a shaker and crush using a muddler (ya got one?). Add the vodka, pear puree, apple juice, lemon juice to a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a sprig of rosemary and pear wedge.
I tried out both of these on the Jock, and he preferred the first one, I preferred the second (fairly typical). We were not in Paris.
You are also in luck because the LCBO just recently came out with its summer cocktail recipe book, and there is a recipe in there that calls for pear vodka (no baby food):
The Mix: Poire Basil Martini (it even has French like right there in the name!)
1 1/2 oz pear vodka
3 oz pear juice (you can get it at the Herb and Spice)
Basil leaf
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a basil leaf.
Wow - so like three cocktail options, one blog post! The only thing missing is the French Cafe CD from Putamayo. So put that on and, and voila! You are back in Paris. Just with a baby this time.


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Check out the sit down interview above! Kanye West not only revealed the first image of his and Kim Kardashian's beautiful baby North West, he also opened up about living with the Kardashians. He actually 'can't wait to get home to his family' when he's out! Awww! During the hour-long video Yeezus speaks about his love for Kim. "I could have people say, 'This is going to damage your credibility as an artist or designer.' And I say, you know, I don't care, I love this woman," Kanye tells Jenner. Profess it Ye! Enjoy the interview loves! xo @rozOonTheGo
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So, you all know that the marketing genius Kris Jenner has her own daytime talk show now right? Well, her daughter and North West' mommy, Kim Kardashian checked in last week sending her love and praises. So sweet! Of course, Kris got all teary eyed saying, "You did make me cry .. Thanks Kimmy! Her Co-host for the day Sean 'Diddy' Combs was there to dry her eyes!
"Hey mom, I just wanted to say congratulations on your new show. I'm sorry I couldn't be there in person, but I'm just loving life a little bit too much at home right now. But I watch you every single day and you are so amazing. You really are born to do this. I just want to say I love you and have an amazing show." [Watch & Read More]
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The Kardashian-Jenner clan has much to celebrate with the birth of Penelope Scotland Disick, the second child for Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick.
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Via Celebuzz
VIDEO: KRIS JENNER sits with Lee Hawkins of The Wall Street Journal to discuss THE KARDASHIAN/JENNER Business.. excuse me Empire!
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Michigan judge delays marriage ruling
Timothy Kincaid
March 7th, 2013
Today U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman heard arguments from the couple who want to adopt each other's children as to how the Michigan marriage laws unfairly discriminate against them. But while Judge Friedman noted that their argument was compelling, he's delaying his decision.
Friedman said he would benefit from seeing how the U.S. Supreme Court handles cases involving a gay marriage ban in California as well as the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Arguments are scheduled later this month in Washington.
An immediate ruling in Michigan "would not be fair to either side," Friedman said while holding court in front of students at Wayne State University law school.
"They're going to give us something to hang our hat on," he said of the Supreme Court.
Which, disappointing as it is, may be the most logical decision.
Same sex marriage passes vote in Michigan and could soon be legal
Timothy Kincaid
March 6th, 2013
… but only if you are Odawa. (Petoskynews)
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians inched closer to becoming the third tribe in the nation to legally recognize gay marriage Sunday.
A 5-4 tribal council vote Sunday passed an amended statute allowing same-sex couples to wed and be recognized by the tribal government, according to draft tribal minutes released Tuesday afternoon.
The statute now goes to the tribal chairman, who can either sign the statute into law, or veto the proposed changes.
Two other native tribes recognize same sex marriages, the Coquille in Oregon and the Suquamish in Washington.
Michigan enters the race for 10
Timothy Kincaid
March 6th, 2013
All year it's been up in the air which state would be the tenth state to achieve marriage equality. The most likely have been Illinois and Minnesota, but Hawaii and Rhode Island have teased us. Even Wyoming briefly toyed with the idea. But now a dark horse is making strides.
You may recall back in August 2012 when two lesbians seeking to adopt each other's children were told they had the wrong complaint. The judge in the case told them that their problem wasn't adoption law, but marriage law. It is perfectly reasonable (from a legal perspective) for a state to decide to restrict joint adoption to those people who were sufficiently committed to each other to get married. The discrimination in this case wasn't in adoption, it was in that they couldn't marry.
So the ladies refiled their challenge as a marriage discrimination complaint. They had to; they have kids they need to look out for.
And now the judge is ready to rule. (ABC)
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman will hear arguments in the case Thursday at a Detroit law school, although he hasn't indicated when he'll make a ruling. If he concludes the amendment violates the U.S. Constitution, gay-marriage supporters say same-sex couples would immediately be allowed to wed and adopt children.
Friedman was appointed by President Reagan.
"queers can…", part 2
Timothy Kincaid
November 7th, 2012
Remember Janice Daniels, Mayor of Troy, Michigan? The one who was elected last year. And then was discovered to have posted "I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there" on Facebook. Yeah, that Janice Daniels.
Remember her? Well you can forget her now.
Because the lovely Ms. Daniels is mayor no more. She lost last night in a recall election. (Daily Tribune)
It was a tight race throughout, but the effort to recall Troy Mayor Janice Daniels officially passed early Wednesday morning.
With all 31 precincts reporting, the yes vote won 20,763 to 18,993.
I hope she didn't get around to throwing out her I Love New York bag cuz she may need it to pack up her mementos of her days of public service. And I'm sure there is still a spot for her in the world of real estate.
[Update: to get a real sense of the lovely Janice - and the moment in which her fate was probably sealed - check out this video]
Michigan marriage challenge update
Timothy Kincaid
September 7th, 2012
A lesbian couple, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, sued the state of Michigan over its adoption laws. Their lawyer explains: (Detroit Free Press)
One of their lawyers, Dana Nessel, pointed out that the state of Michigan certified DeBoer and Rowse to become foster parents together but won't allow them to both adopt. Michigan law only allows singles or married couples to adopt.
"The state gave them children who had been abandoned and surrendered at birth to raise," Nessel said. "And they are raising them with all the love, nurturing, care and affection that any parent would give to any child. But the state then rewards these women by telling them while they are good enough to foster as a couple, they aren't good enough to adopt as a couple. We submit that this is pure and utter insanity."
Yep. Insanity.
But the judge in the case surprised them by noting that they were fighting the wrong battle. Their issues would be over if they married and it's really the marriage ban that is causing them to be subjected to discrimination.
Personally, I get that. I can see how a state could argue that if a couple was unwilling to make the legal commitments binding themselves together that they were not ideal to jointly adopt children. But it can't then turn around and refuse to let the couple make such legal commitments.
So April and Jayne have updated their petition.
DeBoer and partner Jayne Rowse decided to take the battle they're already fighting in U.S. District Court in Detroit one step further today. They amended their complaint in front of Judge Bernard A. Friedman that asks for the right to adopt as a same-sex couple, instead challenging Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Attorney General Bill Schuette and Oakland County Clerk Bill Bullard Jr. to declare Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage and partnerships unconstitutional.
"This is totally not what we expected by any means," Rowse said today, away from the podium during an announcement in the Penobscot Building. "We wanted to keep the kids' rights at the forefront, the rights that any other child has."
Lesbian couple suing for adoption rights are told that they have the wrong issue
Timothy Kincaid
August 29th, 2012
April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, both nurses, have three children: (Detroit News)
DeBoer adopted a girl, born in February 2010 to a 19-year-old mother.
Rowse, meanwhile, adopted two boys, ages 3 and 2. One was surrendered by his biological mother and the other was abandoned by his mother, a drug-addicted prostitute
But Michigan state law will not allow them to adopt the children jointly, thus giving the children the extra rights and security that come from two-parent adoption (which are considerable). They asked U.S. District Court Judge Bernard A. Friedman, a 68 year-old Reagan appointee, to overturn the state's law as unconstitutional.
He said, "no". Or, at least, "not yet". Because they really were focusing on the wrong issue:
Friedman said Wednesday he'd consider arguments from both sides before rendering his decision, but will first allow the plaintiffs ten days to consider amending their complaint to include a challenge to the state's ban on same-sex marriages.
"That's the underlying issue," Friedman told attorneys, noting that he's "not suggesting they do it."
"Both arguments are about marriage and how broad or narrow it should be. That's the bottom line."
Oh. Well, come to think of it, that would be the real issue, wouldn't it?
Of course, just because Judge Friedman correctly noted the real discrimination issue doesn't mean that he will find the ban unconstitutional. But it does suggest that he correctly understands DeBoer and Rowse's underlying problem. So I think it is at least likely that he's sympathetic to giving the marriage issue a fair hearing. And we seldom need more than a fair hearing to point out the obvious.
How very fascinating it would be for DeBoer and Rowse to sue for adoption rights only to find that they've overturned the state's marriage ban.
Shirvell's unhappy day
Timothy Kincaid
August 16th, 2012
Andrew Shirvell certainly can't be very happy about the results of his trial. (Detroit News)
A federal court jury Thursday awarded $4.5 million to a gay former University of Michigan student body president who accused a former state attorney of stalking him, according to the lawyer.
Deborah Gordon said the jury came back with the verdict late Thursday afternoon. The civil case involved Andrew Shirvell, the former assistant attorney general fired in 2010 after he criticized Christopher Armstrong, an openly gay former University of Michigan student.
But I guess the upside is that unless Shirvell's a trust fund baby, he has an excuse to keep in contact with Armstrong for the rest of his life. I have no idea as to Shirvell's employment status, but I suspect that it would take him approximately 1,875 years to pay off that award.
Shirvell's lawyer had a fool for a client
Timothy Kincaid
August 15th, 2012
Do you remember Andrew Shirvell? He was the Michigan assistant attorney general who became obsessed with Chris Armstrong, the University of Michigan's student body president, and starting stalking him and ranting on a blog about him. Here's a reminder from September 2010:
Of course eventually the Attorney General fired him and he was sued by Armstrong for inflicting intentional emotional harm.
Well finally Shirvell had his day in court.
And do you recall the old phrase about the lawyer who represents himself having a fool for a client? It turns out that it's true.
Shirvell, who is representing himself, questioned himself on the witness stand for more than an hour this morning, trying to convince the jury he was upset by Armstrong's push for gender-neutral housing at the school. Shirvell graduated from U-M in 2002.
"My blog was political speech," Shirvell testified. "I viewed my blog as a movement to get Mr. Armstrong to resign. I personally felt Mr. Armstrong was too radical for the position."
And though he rambled about Armstrong's "radical homosexual agenda", Mr. Armstrong's attorney got Shirvell to admit that he hadn't written about any of the others involved in pro-gay policies. Or lurked in their bushes. Or even complained to the school's administration.
I think we all can surmise why it is that Shirvell focused his attentions on the rather handsome Armstrong. In fact, I think the only person who Shirvell has fooled is himself.
Big Centralized Government is a Michigan Republican Value
Timothy Kincaid
December 27th, 2011
The Michigan Republican Party claims the usual litany of principles that most state Republican Party organizations claim. Their listing of beliefs speak a great deal about equality and nearly every point uses the word "individual". The two beliefs that stand out as defining characteristics of Republicans, those that really differentiate from Democrats, are probably the following:
I BELIEVE the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations, and that the best government is that which governs least.
I BELIEVE the most effective, responsible and responsive government is government closest to the people.
Reading the full eight statements of belief, one might believe that Michigan Republicans believe in small government, individual self-determination, and equality under the law. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In reality, Michigan Republicans believe in utilization of state power to coerce compliance by counties and local governments, dictated values, and a class system based on religious dogma. And nothing illustrates that truth more effectively than House Bills 4770 and 4771.
The synopsis of HB 4770 pretty much says everything that needs to be known about its intent or the mentality of those who passed it:
A bill to prohibit public employers from providing certain benefits to public employees.
This bill prohibits local governmental employers – county, state, fire departments, etc. – from providing local governmental employees – librarians, firemen, teachers, lifeguards, etc. – with benefits under certain conditions. It removes from the 'government closest to the people' the ability to make decisions that reflect the values and needs of the people and puts the state in the position of dictating the terms and conditions of local employment contracts.
Specifically, the Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act (yes, this really is it's name), dictates that "a public employer shall not provide medical benefits or other fringe benefits for an individual currently
residing in the same residence as an employee of the public employer" unless they are an opposite-sex spouse or a dependent (or an intestate successor). Those gay employees of villages or towns who receive the same compensation package as their heterosexual office-mates will now be stripped of a portion of their pay.
The sole purpose is to impose the beliefs of the state legislators onto those municipalities that do not share their beliefs. Unable to convince local communities to engage in anti-gay discrimination, Republican legislators will now use the power of the state to force them to do so.
Companion bill HB 4771 adds the following language into the collective bargaining law: "(11) Health insurance or other fringe benefits for any coresident of an employee of a public employer on terms that conflict with the Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act."
I will give them this much: they are not pretending that this bill is anything other than what it is. As the bill puts it, "that group of employees" is it's target. And while the bill would strip unmarried heterosexual couples eligible for domestic partner benefits (should any municipality provide such coverage), there's no pretense that this is not a blatant attempt to strip gay people of equal pay.
Earlier this month, the Republican majorities in the House and Senate passed HB 4770 and 4771 on a party line vote (with the support of one Democrat) and on Thursday, Governor Rick Snyder (R) signed the bills into law.
[L]ead sponsor Rep. David Agema, R-Grandville, praised the governor's decision, saying, "Time and again, Michigan residents have said 'no' to paying for the health benefits of the roommates and unmarried partners of public employees, and the governor's signature today gives the people's voice the rule of law."
I don't know of any municipalities that provide domestic partnership benefits to roommates and I don't think Agema does either. Rather, I suspect that is just his way of demeaning gay people by pretending to think that long-term committed same-sex relationship are just "roommates". Having imposed his religious views on those who do have different beliefs, he now is blaring his contempt for you.
And Agema is quite clear that it is truly his intention to impose his religion on the land, regardless of the beliefs or desires of others. Describing himself as a servant of "God, family, and country" (in that order) Agema runs Saboath House Ministries, a dominionist organization.
In today's language, Sabaoth means "Taking Back God's Property". That is what Sabaoth Ministries is all about…going into the city and taking back God's property.
Looking back over the past few years, it is clear that Michigan Republicans have become increasingly known for their anti-gay activism (and bizarre antics). Which is fine, I suppose. If the Michigan Republican Party truly wishes to be the political vehicle for extremist dominionists who seek to impose a talibanish form of theocracy, then they should have the right to present those views. If they want to be the party of strong centralized government and dictated social policy, that's their right.
But I do object to them claiming to be the opposite. It's time they give up the pretense of favoring the rights of the individual or the principle of smaller, local, less intrusive government.
Lewd or immoral acts in Michigan
A Commentary
Timothy Kincaid
December 14th, 2011
Laws are funny things. Generally created out of some panicky necessity (usually the necessity of a politician to appear to be statesmanlike), they linger on long after the need has passed and often to the point of absurdity.
But sometimes rather than amusing and fairly harmless laws that reflect a cultural reality that has long passed, they become tools for abuse by police or other authorities who seek to achieve their own personal goals based in their own prejudices or ill intent. And that appears to be happening in Kent County, Michigan. Sheriff Larry Stelma is using a law written to address prostitution to "clean up" county parks.
750.448 Soliciting, accosting, or inviting to commit prostitution or immoral act; crime.
Sec. 448.
A person 16 years of age or older who accosts, solicits, or invites another person in a public place or in or from a building or vehicle, by word, gesture, or any other means, to commit prostitution or to do any other lewd or immoral act, is guilty of a crime punishable as provided in section 451.
Sec. 451.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person convicted of violating section 448, 449, 449a, 450, or 462 is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.
Stelma has decided that this is his justification for ridding the parks of gay men. And he's taking a very broad interpretation of the code to do so.
He has decided that "accosts, solicits, or invites another person" includes responding to solicitation by an undercover police officer. And "commit prostitution or to do any other lewd or immoral act" includes flirting, holding hands, or inviting another person home or to another private location to pursue sexual activities. Or rather, it does if the target is a gay man.
And Stelma acknowledges that his officers are not interested in following the letter of the law, and especially not the spirit of the law, but in harassing targets that he knows full well are not committing a crime: (Mlive.com)
"There is a range of discernment there, but whatever that act or suggestion was has to be considered by a judge or jury as being lewd or immoral," Stelma said. "Our community has invested heavily in the parks and they expect us to keep them safe, family-friendly places and that's what we're going to continue to do."
So Sheriff Stelma will arrest those whom he deems not to be "family-friendly" and parade them in front of the community for public shaming and condemnation. Oh, and if it was unwarranted, well then a judge can let them off the $500 penalty.
At Box Turtle Bulletin we do not endorse or defend sex in public or suggest that such acts should not be discouraged or punished when they occur. Half of the arrests reviewed by the ACLU were for activities that were criminal and that is appropriate.
But we also do not accept the assumption that being gay is a crime or that there is anything "family-friendly" about targeting gay people. And if an officer or police force is arresting gay people for things for which one would never arrest a heterosexual, they are engaging in criminal behavior themselves and are violating the civil rights of citizens.
Such tactics are not uncommon and the reason is clear. There is very little disincentive for police to engage in this form of selective and creative enforcement. Seldom are police chiefs reprimanded, much less fired. And there is little social cost resulting from their abuse of power.
Those who are hateful or fearful are happy that "that element" is remove from a "family park" and those who object are smirked at as being soft on crime and a seedy element themselves. And, of course, there is the internal reward of harming people whom the officer or leader considers inferior or less human. Truly, bigots love a good "round up the homos" police sting.
But the cost to their victims can be huge.
Often those who resort to meeting in a park are men who are closeted and afraid to go to a bar or look online. They will do anything, say anything, to avoid having their secrets become public. And it is on just such a fear that corrupt officers and police forces rely; the sheriff can hold the threat of being listed as a sex offender over their head to keep them from any public objection.
I'm really sick of this.
It has reached the point now that when I hear of any dispute between an officer and a civilian, I assume that the officer is simply engaging in police brutality. And sadly, I'm very seldom wrong.
And even more frustrating is the mindset that is universally shared by the police community: protection of their own before protection of the community. Even in the most extreme of cases. (OC Register)
Earlier this month, six Fullerton cops surrounded and savagely attacked an unarmed, 37-year-old Kelly Thomas until he was dead. By the time the cops were done, Thomas' face looked like it had been put through a meat grinder.
Multiple witness say the cops repeatedly beat the 135-pound homeless man with their weapons, fired multiple Taser shots into his body, kicked his face and head with their boots and then, long after the man was subdued and on the ground, slammed their knees into his throat, apparently crushing it.
Thomas had committed no crime and it appears that the murder was for sport. Not one officer in the police force objected. The six were not put on suspension or reprimanded or even frowned at as a consequence of their action. In fact, it was not until the man's father went to the internet and got the support of local radio hosts John and Ken that anyone knew about it or the department took up an investigation. And when John and Ken began reporting, the families of other police officers actually called up and tried to make excuses.
This was a murder committed on police time, in uniform, with police recorders running, and people watching. The victim was threatened and taunted and then beaten to death. And they didn't care that they would be turning in "reports" or that their department would have access to the recordings. They already knew that they were protected from any consequence to any action – even murder – because they were police officers.
And when the Fullerton community erupted in anger and a few officers were finally arrested, guess who bailed out the primary murderer? Yep, his fellow officers.
This infuriates me.
The thing is that my instinct runs to 'law and order'. I like having a police force to protect me. I like knowing that if someone breaks into my home or threatens me on the street or otherwise harms or endangers me, that there is someone to look out for me. And when people like Kent County Sheriff Larry Stelma abuse their office and bring shame to the process, it hurts those honest officers who try to do their job and protect the citizens.
But honest officers seem to be in short supply. And their honesty seems to come secondary to their loyalty to power and corruption. The "thin blue line" appears to have become an impenetrable boundary that breaks the world into two classes: "good guys" who murder citizens, and "perps" like you and me and homeless schizophrenics and closeted men in Michigan.
And I know that I'll be told that "there are a lot of good officers". Bull. Being a good officer means not only avoiding abuse yourself, but stopping it when others do it. And that simply doesn't occur.
But this only happens because we allow it. We are afraid that if we stop police abuse that it will empower criminals and crooks. Unfortunately, we now are seeing that our fear has already empowered criminals and crooks – the ones wearing the uniform.
It needs to stop. We need to make it stop.
Perhaps it is time to implement a tool that police bullies use against the citizens. Perhaps it's time to create a Police Brutality Offenders Registry and when an officer has been accused of abusing his power he goes on the registry. If you are surly or arrogant or dismissive of a citizen, it goes into the Registry. If someone dies at your hands, it goes into the Registry. If you are on a police board that excuses an officer or finds "justifiable" something that would result in jail time for anyone else, then your name goes into the Registry.
And people seeking to move into a new city or precinct can look up the Police Brutality Offenders Registry, just like they can the Sex Offenders Registry, to see just how safe their new community might be. "Great schools and few sex offenders, but the police are corrupt so we'll not buy here."
And perhaps it is time for society to withhold the respect afforded police until they have proven themselves worthy. They need to decide if they are peace officers or a police force, if they answer to the community first or to their loyalty to the uniform first. It isn't enough, any more, to be honest officers themselves, it's now time for them to insist that others in their ranks be honest or get out. And if their sergeant doesn't like it, go the newspapers.
Until officers and police forces identify themselves as protectors of the citizenry, we must assume that they are not good people. If they cannot condemn the horrific acts in Fullerton in clear and unequivocal terms, if they cannot demonstrate that your civil rights are more important than 'rousting the objectionables', if they think that they are an exception and exempt from laws that prohibit murder, then we must assume that they are the enemies of law and order no different from a street gang.
I hate to assume guilt and corruption… but it seems that few police are willing or able to show otherwise.
"queers can…"
Timothy Kincaid
December 6th, 2011
Janice Daniels is the newly elected mayor of Troy, Michigan. She's also not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Even if the only other tool is a mallet. In fact, Janice is so dense that she thinks she's "a good person."
Daniels – who ran with a motto that surely sent her sixth grade grammar teacher into tears – sought to bring her private industry experience as an associate realtor to Troy so as to protect its limited, constitutional government and the interests of its leaders, We The People. And lest you doubt her "high standard of achievement in communications", she has had her "Guest Opinions" published in the local paper. So there.
And the good people of Troy elected her with 52% of the vote. (I dunno, I don't live there. But was the other smiley white female Republican realtor really a worse choice?)
But Janice has discovered that politicians are held to a higher standard than realtors. Higher, even, than guest opinionizeres. And comments made on Facebook are fair game.
Back in June, before Janice's rise to power, she made a little comment in response to New York's vote for marriage equality.
"I think I am going to throw away my I Love New York carrying bag now that queers can get married there."
And when it was made public this week, the wheels fell off her wagon.
Folks are up in arms that Mayor Janice referred to gay people as "queers". And Janice herself was quick to apologize.
"I may have said something like that," she said. "I probably shouldn't have used that kind of language, but I do believe marriage should be between one man and one woman."
And when local students protested she demanded they "forgive" her.
"I'm a good person, I really am. I said one word that you don't like. One word."
But that particular word selection isn't the issue. Yes it is undoubtedly true that Janice meant the word to be a slur. But calling gay people "queers" isn't the problem.
Had Janice said "Oh my cousin is going to New York to marry her girlfriend. I can't wait to go to my first queer wedding." we'd all be so pleased. And her statement wouldn't have been much better with any other word choice.
And it isn't that Mayor Janice doesn't support equality. She is entitled to "believe marriage should be between one man and one woman." That, in and of itself, is not any indication of hatred or bigotry. Many good people with caring hearts and compassionate spirits have not yet evolved to the point where they see marriage laws in terms of equality.
But words are telling, and this sentence tells us a lot. Janice Daniels didn't post on Facebook that she disagreed with New York's law. Or that she was disappointed. Or that marriage should be defined on her terms. Janice didn't mention the legislature or the law at all.
To Janice the issue isn't over the state's definitions. It's about a certain group of people being allowed to do something. And, let's be real, it's not the "get married" part that has her in a tizzy. It's hard to invest much emotion into weddings which we find objectionable, be it a drunken Vegas stunt, an octogenarian-golddigger match, or a reality show finale.
No, Janice's real objection was that "queers can…"
In fact, Janice so objects to the fact that "queers can.." that she threatened to throw away her carry bag. She so objects to "queers can…" that, for a moment anyway, she no longer loved New York. The state had betrayed her. Not because it now allowed yet another class of marriages of which she didn't approve, but because they voted and now "queers can…"
Janice can declare that she "loves everyone" all day long. But when it comes to discerning poor word selection from heart-felt animus, queers can.
The Daily Agenda for Friday, 11/11/11
Jim Burroway
November 11th, 2011
Veterans Day: Nationwide. This will be the first Veterans Day commemoration since the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which means that this will be the first Veterans Day commemoration in which gay and lesbian servicemembers will be able to participate fully. I know of two cities in which LGBT veterans will be celebrated as part of the mainstream events:
- San Diego, CA: San Diego LGBT Pride extends its welcome to all LGBT veterans, active duty servicemembers, and their families and supporters to walk with us in the San Diego Veterans Day Parade. The contingent will meet at 10am on the west side of the north Parking lot of the Country Administration Building, 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego CA 92101. The Parade will kick off at 11am.
- San Francisco, CA: Today's 92nd annual Veterans Day Parade will be led by San Francisco Freedom Day Marching Band. "It's just the right thing to do," said Wallace Levin, the parade coordinator. "Future generations of Americans will look back on this issue and wonder what all the fuss was about." The parade begins at 11:00 a.m. at the corner of Market and Montgomery streets, and will go down Market Street to McAllister Street and then continue up McAllister to the reviewing stand across from City Hall.
I'm sure there are others. If you know of any, please let us know in the comments.
Lou Engle's TheCall Rally: Detroit, MI. Engle is apparently transfixed by certain numbers when they repeat themselves on the calendar. When July 7, 2007 rolled around, Engle held a TheCall rally in Nashville which he believed would mark the end of a forty year period of rebellion since the "Summer of Love" in 1967. Apparently believe that God conforms himself to the man-made western Gregorian calendar, Engle has managed to read some sort of significance into the date 11/11/11, although what that would be is anybody's guess. Targeting the substantial Arab-American community of Dearborn, Engle's goal for TheCall Detroit is the conversion of "millions of Muslims" to Christianity and what he calls the transformation of "urban communities." And gays. Don't forget the gays, although it looks like he really has his sights set on Muslims this time. He took care of the gays in 2010 at a rally in Kampala, Uganda, where he lent tactical support for the proposed "Kill the Gays" Bill.
Today's rally begins tonight at 6:00 p.m. and continues for twenty-four hours until tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. And Engle has issued some pretty crazy warnings if he doesn't get a massive turnout in Detroit: " If we actually have The Call and you don't sustain prayer ongoing you open a vacuum for demons seven times worse to come in. If black and white can't move together in prayer and sustain it, forget it let's not even go there, you get demons seven times worse." So yeah, there's that to chew on.
Woman Who Posed As Man 60 Years, Dead: 1907. That was the headline in The Trinidad (Colorado) Advertiser above this news item:
Katherine Vosbaugh, who for sixty years posed as a man, wearing male garb, living the rough life of the pioneers in the Southwest and who even "married" another woman, died yesterday morning at the San Raphael Hospital in this city, where she had been a county charge since he secret of her life was discovered by Dr. T.J. Forham, of this city two years ago.
Born nearly four-score years ago in France of a good family, this remarkable woman donned male garb when but a slip of a girl, came to America and worked as a back clerk, bookkeeper, restauranteur, cook, and sheep herder for over half a century without her sex being known.
In July, two years ago, "Frenchy," a cook and sheep herder on the Sam Brown ranch, near this city, was taken with pneumonia and brought to the hospital where her secret was revealed. Even then, this strange woman refused to wear skirts. Clad in regulation man's attire, she has since worked about the hospital and was known by the nickname of "Grandpa."
Katherine Vosbaugh was left an orphan at the age of twenty years. Her father, a well educated man of considerable means, gave her an excellent business education. At hi death she was an expert accountant and spoke her native tongue, English, German, and Hungarian. Her only motive in assuming the disguise at first seems to have been to enable her more easily to secure employment.
She worked in several cities all over the country before settling at Joplin, Mo., where she worked for fifteen years as a bank clerk, and it was in this city where she married. The name of her "wife" was never learned, but the ceremony seems to have taken place for the purpose of saving the woman's good name. A few months after the marriage a child was born to the wife, which died after a few months.
Shortly after the death of the child the two women came to this city and opened a restaurant on Commercial street. Here she was known as "Frenchy" and the establishment was one of the most popular restaurants in the Southwest.
Wheat became of "Frenchy's" wife is not known. She drifted away and her "husband" refused until the time of her death to reveal the woman's name.
After leaving here the woman secured a position as cook on a big sheep ranch near Trinche ranch. The eccentricities of youth became more pronounced as she grew older and more and more she came to look like a man. For years she lived with men on the ranch, cooking for them, assisting them in the ranch work, and sleeping in the same rooms, but her secret was never suspected.
Two years and four months ago she was stricken with pneumonia, and it was then that her secret was discovered. Since then she failed rapidly in body and mind and her death was due to a general breakdown.
From Jonathan Ned Katz's Gay/Lesbian Almanac (New York: Harper & Row, 1983), pages 323-324.
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As always, please consider this your open thread for the day.
Gay, Pro-Gay Candidates Win Big
Jim Burroway
November 9th, 2011
Yesterday was a very good day for gay and -pro-gay candidates throughout the country. Here is a wrap-up. Please let me know what else is out there in the comments.
NOM Loses Big: Same-sex marriage remains secure in Iowa as Liz Mathis won big, 56-44%, over her NOM-backed opponent, Cindy Golding, in a special election for the Iowa state Senate. The National Organization for Marriage threw about $40,000 toward their failed attempt to elect Golding by making same-sex marriage an issue in the race. But soon after it was clear Golding lost, NOM's cultural director Thomas Peters tweeted: "That's what happens when a state GOP nominates a weak candidate." Wow. Talk about your fair weather friends.
Virginia's First: Adam Ebbin became the first openly gay state senator in Virginia after defeating his Republican challenger by a margin of 64-35%. His district, which is solidly Democratic, includes parts of Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax counties.
First Openly Gay, African-American Republican Mayor: At least that's what we think happened when Bruce Harris was elected mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey.
Charlotte's First: LaWana Mayfield became the first openly gay city council member as part of a Democratic landslide in North Carolina's largest city. North Carolina, which will see a marriage amendment on the ballot next year, saw a number of other LGBT victories:
- Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt won re-election with 78% of the vote.
- Lee Storrow, a gay 22-year-old UNC grad won his race for a seat on the Chapel Hill city council.
- Carrboro incumbent Alderwoman Lydia Lavelle was re-elected to another term for city council.
Cincinnati's First: Chis Seelbach became the first openly gay city council member. He worked in 2004 to help defeat Article XII in the city charter which banned anti-discrimination ordinances for gay people.
Indianapolis's First: Zach Adamson became the first openly gay city council member. S
Missoula's First: Caitlin Copple became the first openly gay city council member. She defeated one of only two city council members who voted against the city's anti-discrimination ordinance in 2010, which made Missoula the first city in Montana to provide discrimination protections in housing and employment regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Youngest Mayor: Alex Morse, 22, beat incumbent mayor Mary Pluta in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to become the nation's youngest mayor.
Houston Re-elects: Mayor Annise Parker was re-elected with more than 50% of the vote, a margin which allows her to avoid a run-off. Mike Laster also became the first openly gay member of Houston's city council.
Traverse City Supports Anti-Discrimination Ordinance: Voters in Traverse City, Michigan voted by a 2-to-1 margin to keep an anti-discrimination ordinance. The vote came more than a year after Traverse City adopted the ordinance to prevent discrimination against gays in employment, housing and other areas. Opponents of the measure collected signatures to place a referendum for repeal on the ballot.
And on a final note, there were a number of gains in school board elections around the country which I didn't cover, but I would like to point one out anyway: Daniel Hernandez, Jr., Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's openly gay intern, was elected to as seat on the board of the Sunnyside Unified School District in Tuscon's south side. Hernandez was one of the recognized heros during the January shooting at a Northwest side Safeway which killed six and critically injured Rep. Giffords. And on a more personal note, I couldn't be happier about the stunning news that Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, architect of infamous anti-immigrant S.B. 1070 which was later found unconstitutional, was ousted by voters in favor of a political newcomer in Mesa.
Lou Engle's TheCall Announced for Wasilla, Detroit
Jim Burroway
April 20th, 2011
Lou Engle is taking his dominionist craziness of TheCall Crisis to the capital of crazy, Wasilla, Alaska. Why? "We believe that Alaska is key to the future of this nation," he explains. Citing Oil, earthquakes, and apparently Johnny Cash, all signs point to Alaska as "a place of refuge for our nation." Engle's TheCall is part of a larger 2-day conference set for June 3-4.
Engle, who is transfixed by key numbers when they repeat themselves on the calendar, has also announced a gathering slated for Detroit on "11.11.11." He is also a stealth supporter of Uganda's "Kill-the-gays" bill.
Jackson County, MI, turns human resources over to Crystal Dixon
Timothy Kincaid
March 30th, 2011
On April 4, 2008, Michael Miller, the editor of the Toledo Free Press, wrote an editorial in which he declared his affiliation with and affection for the community of gay people in his life. He expressed his difficulty in understanding anti-gay prejudice and the motivations behind those who advocate for discrimination.
Because I have such intense love and respect for the people in my life who are gay, it never makes sense to me when I hear someone preaching anti-gay rights propaganda. I can never understand why they care.
It's basic Golden Rule territory: don't judge people for the color of their skin or their physical challenges, and don't judge them for their sexuality. I know that is a simplified and naïve statement, but for me, the issue really is that simple.
Miller lamented that his home state of Ohio was behind the curve in recognizing the equality of its gay residents. As an illustration on how gay Ohioans can be subjected to casual and careless inequality and indignity, he discussed a local situation.
The frequent denial of health care benefits leads to horror stories. According to the panelists, UT has offered domestic partner benefits since then-president Dan Johnson signed them into effect. The Medical University of Ohio did not offer those benefits. When the institutions merged, UT employees retained the domestic-partner benefits, but MUO employees were not offered them. So, people working for the same employer do not have access to the same benefits. According to the panel, it may be 18 months before the situation is addressed. Eighteen months is a very long time to live (and work at a medical facility) without health benefits.
Miller's criticism did not sit well with Crystal Dixon, associate vice president for Human Resources at the University of Toledo. So on April 18, the Free Press printed Dixon's rebuttal and allowed her to set the record straight.
But the Free Press' implied criticism of the administration was not her concern. No, Dixon was furious that Miller dared to suggest that the struggle for equality for gay people had anything in common with the struggle for equality endured by African-Americans. How dare he compare her to one of them.
As a Black woman who happens to be an alumnus of the University of Toledo's Graduate School, an employee and business owner, I take great umbrage at the notion that those choosing the homosexual lifestyle are "civil rights victims." Here's why. I cannot wake up tomorrow and not be a Black woman. I am genetically and biologically a Black woman and very pleased to be so as my Creator intended. Daily, thousands of homosexuals make a life decision to leave the gay lifestyle evidenced by the growing population of PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex Gays) and Exodus International just to name a few.
Her letter went on to express her belief that Jesus Christ hates homosexuality, to accuse gay people of violating God's divine order, to complain that "economic data" proved that gay men who have degrees make more money than a non-college educated black male, and to declare that it was "misleading" to note that gay employees were categorically denied benefits when ALL employees of the two schools have "different benefit plans."
To say that this was an embarrassment for the University of Toledo would be an understatement. Not only did her actions threaten her department's employment negotiation possibilities, but it put the entire university in a disadvantage. When considering their options, few prospective college students consider anti-gay advocacy to be a selling point.
So on May 2, Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, the president of the University of Toledo, wrote an op-ed to assure the public that the school does not engage in anti-gay hiring practices, that Dixon's comments "do not accord with the values of the University of Toledo", and that he had personally lobbied the legislature in favor of domestic-partner recognition. He also corrected the impression that Dixon gave about the university's position on the denial of benefits.
As regards the continued asymmetry of benefits packages across the campuses of this university, do understand that we are fully aware that asymmetry that Michael S. Miller spoke of does exist and are working as rapidly as we can to correct this asymmetry. When this asymmetry is corrected, the solution will be reflective of the university value statements above.
And with a cryptic reference to taking action to "more fully align our utterances and actions" with the values he expressed, Dr. Jacobs hinted that Dixon might best update her resume. And, indeed, on the 8th, noting that "personnel actions or decisions taken in your capacity as associate vice president for human resources could be challenged or placed at risk", the University notified her that she had been terminated.
Naturally, letters flooded in to the editor. Those offended by Dixon's views tended towards relatively polite exclamations of consternation and little lectures on equality and civil rights. Those angry at Dixon's discontinued employment included accusations of fascism combined with a healthy dose of religious entitlement and no small amount of homophobia.
Dixon retained the Catholic advocacy law firm, Thomas Moore Law Center, and announced her intention to sue the university for violating her First Amendment rights. And World Net Daily, never one to let a loon go unchampioned, took up her causeRush Limbaugh and Focus on the Family presented Dixon as a martyr, a victim of liberal godlessness
and soon Crystal Dixon was the darling of the anti-gay industry.
Even wackadoodlery's favorite theologian, Dr. Robert Gagnon, rushed to get a little attention from the controversy. In an open letter to the university full of axiomatic declarations about the obviousness of heterosexuality and amusing assumptions about gay relationships (lesbians have "markedly shorter durations of sexual unions on average, even relative to homosexual males"), he declared that "the closest parallels to adult-committed homosexual relations is not ethnicity or gender but rather adult-committed incestuous unions and adult-committed polysexual unions".
Gagnon decried the school's "full affirmation of homosexual activity" and bemoaned the "environment that provides increased opportunities for and fewer negative sanctions against same-gender sexuality". To not sing Dixon's praises for her honesty and her courage of conviction was, Gagnon declared, a sign of their intolerance. (One thing you have to say about Robert Gagnon, he never lets logic or consistency dissuade him from the certainty of his presumptions.)
In December 2008, Dixon made good on her threat to sue. But after that her trail goes a bit cold. Thomas Moore Law Center waved her flag a bit in their rundraising efforts, but I'm not sure whether her case was heard or if the school settled.
But, meanwhile, Crystal made good use of her down time. She wrote a book, Destiny's Time, which is either "A New Novel!" or a guide to turning your "God-given talents and passions" into "viable businesses as well as enhancing job readiness skills!" Or perhaps both.
And she also started a company to sell shoe laces (with the catchy slogan "keeps shoes tied") and a consulting frim which offers not only business advice but opportunities such as
1.You pre-buy paper-back books directly from the author at a discounted rate of $7.50 each and then you sell each book for $11 (includes tax) to your customers. And/or you can pre-buy audio books on CD at the discounted rate of $12.50 each and then you sell each audio book for $20. YOU KEEP all monies from books you sell and you have books to sell on the spot! (Minimum of 5 books for consultant purchases).
2. With your sales, you automatically recoup your $7.50 investment and also earn a 47% ($3.50) profit on each paper-back book you sell! For audio books, you earn at 66% ($7.50) profit on each book you sell. Share the books at your convenience!
(The third great way to earn extra income appears to be a secret.)
However, it looks like Ms. Dixon may now be returning from private enterprise to the governmental sector work force. The county and city of Jackson, Michigan, have decided to consolidate their human relations departments and place them under one director's control. And they have decided that Crystal Dixon, at a salary of $87,030, is the right person for this role.
Noting that Dixon has spent the past three years "working as a human resources and business consultant", the Interim County Administrator praised her ability to "wear many hats and switch her leadership style based on where she is." (Mlive.com)
Interim county Administrator Adam Brown said Dixon's level of experience and professionalism put her "head and shoulders" above other candidates.
It's tempting to think that if the County representatives are that stupid then they deserve what they get. But there is a bigger issue at stake; Crystal Dixon has been given authority over the livelihood of any gay people that work for the county and city of Jackson.
And while Dixon is certainly entitled to her views about matters of faith, homosexuality, choice, and civil rights, if she is incapable or unwilling to set aside those views, this will undoubtedly result in a culture – and perhaps even policy – of anti-gay discrimination.
And, even before three years of receiving accolades for her anti-gay advocacy, Dixon left little doubt as to whether she considers employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation to be objectionable. She does not. She considers it a divine mandate.
Looking back to where it started, before Dixon was the champion of God, family, and decency, she was a woman responding to a newspaper editor's call for equal compensation for gay employees. And it was in the context of this right that Dixon countered:
There is a divine order. God created human kind male and female (Genesis 1:27). God created humans with an inalienable right to choose. There are consequences for each of our choices, including those who violate God's divine order. It is base human nature to revolt and become indignant when the world or even God Himself, disagrees with our choice that violates His divine order. Jesus Christ loves the sinner but hates the sin (John 8:1-11.) Daily, Jesus Christ is radically transforming the lives of both straight and gay folks and bringing them into a life of wholeness: spiritually, psychologically, physically and even economically. That is the ultimate right.
In April 2008, Crystal Dixon endorsed anti-gay discrimination, saying, "one's personal choices lead to outcomes either positive or negative." Having now been confirmed in her beliefs by the city and county of Jackson, there is little doubt that she will see this as God anointing her to mete out those outcomes.


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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is no stranger to wearing a Pittsburgh Steelers helmet. As you can see above, he's done it twice during the Steelers' most recent runs to the Super Bowl.
On Saturday night, when the Penguins visit the Chicago Blackhawks for their Stadium Series game at Soldier Field, Fleury will again be donning Steelers headgear. In a sense.
With help from long-time mask painter Stephane Bergeron of Griff Airbrush, Fleury's mask for Saturday's outdoor game will resemble that of a Steelers helmet.
The chinstrap and lips give it a freaky kind of feel, not in a Carey Price/Jacques Plante kind of way, but it certainly adds to the whole theme, especially with the football face mask also included. The Fleury soul patch is a nice touch, as well.
Bergeron also painted a mask for Corey Crawford for Saturday's game, but sadly it doesn't look like anything Dick Butkas or Walter Payton would have worn. Not even a Jim McMahon headband on the top.
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2006 Nissan Altima ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING NHTSA Campaign #07V527000
Summary: On certain passenger vehicles equipped with a 2.5L engine, the crankshaft position sensor can overheat causing a brief interruption in the signal output from the sensor.
Consequence: If the interruption in the signal from the crankshaft position sensor is so brief that the electronic control module (ECM) logic does not have time to diagnose the condition, the engine may stop running without warning while the vehicle is driven at a low speed increasing the risk of a crash.
Actions: Dealers will reprogram the ECM free of charge. Certain MY 2006 Altima which have been previously remedied under recall campaign 06V223 (Nissan R0606) are not included in this recall since the reprogramming for 06V223 also included this reprogramming. The recall began on December 31, 2007. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning recall #07V527000 »
2006 Nissan Altima EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS NHTSA Campaign #07E087000
Summary: Certain tyc halogen type headlamp assemblies P/N 20-6644-00 sold as aftermarket equipment for 2005-2006 Nissan Altima passenger vehicles. The photometric were misaligned which does not comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard no. 108, lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment.
Consequence: Misalignment of the lights diminishes frontal illumination which could result in a vehicle crash.
Actions: Genera will notify owners and offer to repurchase the noncompliant lamps. The recall began on October 25, 2007. Owners can contact genera at 714-522-6688. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning recall #07E087000 »
2006 Nissan Altima ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING NHTSA Campaign #06V223000
Summary: Certain passenger vehicles equipped with 2.5L engines may experience excessive engine oil consumption as a result of improper performance of the piston rings.
Consequence: If the oil is not maintained at least at the minimum level, engine damage can occur and in extreme cases result in an engine fire.
Actions: Dealers will reprogram the electronic control module (ECM or engine computer). Your vehicle will also be inspected to determine if it has been consuming engine oil at a higher than normal rate. In a small percentage of vehicles, engine replacement will be needed. On June 9, 2006, Nissan notified owners of the possibility of excessive oil consumption and the importance of maintaining the oil at a proper level. Follow-up letter to owners advising them of the status of the recall was sent during August 2006. Followup letter to owners was sent on November 15, 2006. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning recall #06V223000 »
2006 Nissan Altima SUSPENSION:REAR NHTSA Campaign #06V046000
Summary: On certain vehicles, the rear subframe may have been manufactured incorrectly, which could result in a crack in a bracket which holds part of the rear suspension.
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Actions: Dealers will inspect the rear subframe to determine if it was manufactured incorrectly and replace it, if necessary. The recall began on February 27, 2006. Owners may contact Nissan at 1-800-647-7261. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning recall #06V046000 »
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There is also incredible diversity in resources. Within New York state, for example, we have to plan for reform suitable to one of the world's largest and most complex cities, New York City, as well as for communities in the Adirondacks that are wilderness areas, with tiny towns that can be inaccessible for several months of the year.
There is also enormous diversity within New York state when it comes to supply. Even though overall we have 360 physicians per 100,000 population—which is a third more than the national average—there are communities within the state where the physician to population ratio is 30 or 40 per 100,000. Even in our heavily regulated state, we have an excess of hospital beds. Whereas our tough certificate-of-need (CON) process has kept occupancy rates in New York hospitals at 85 percent or better in the last seven or eight years, that occupancy rate is starting to drift downward and it is now in the mid-70s. We figure we have an excess of about 20 percent in our inpatient acute hospital beds, about 11,000 to be specific. The problem is far different in California where occupancy has averaged about 50 percent over the years. In comparison, occupancy in New York used to be 85 percent, but now it is in the 40s and heading south.
Traditions are also highly variable. As I mentioned, New York has a very strong tradition of regulation in the health care sector, and clearly we would choose a different route to health care reform, given our druthers, than a state that did not have such a tradition.
From that perspective my remarks may not be generalizable, especially given the caveats just outlined. In fact, to give away a little bit of my bottom line, I will say that we will have to come up with a blend of regulation, collaboration, and competition in order to achieve health care reform, and the recipe for that blend is very likely to differ from one part of the country to another and perhaps even within individual states. A strong argument can be made for varying reform agendas to deal with the diversity within states.
Now, to further give you my bias about this effort, I am going to assume that we more or less agree on the goals of health care reform and can start from that premise. There are three goals. Universal access to care is the first goal, and we should not be playing semantic games with the word universal. I mean something very specific by universal access. I do not mean access to insurance or the availability of insurance. I mean access to care with financial and nonfinancial barriers swept away. Every


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Over the last few weeks I watched a bunch of movies.
This is not in order of preference, or in order of when I watched them. This is an unordered list.
Stir Crazy - Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in jail. I wanted to love this movie a lot, but I only liked it a bit. I bet it was insane when it came out, because it's very silly to an almost Marx Brothers like level. But I found myself wanting more of them in jail and less of them dealing with lawyers and competing in the jail rodeo. Oh, there is a jail rodeo.
TrollHunter - I am sick of found footage movies. It feels like they use that concept to keep the story slight. They spend more time with teasing the reveals then developing the characters. And I can't get past moments where they are driving and the camera is on the road in front of them. You'd either drop that camera, or face it towards the back at the GIANT TROLL facing you. Hell in Jurassic Park, everyone was facing the T Rex other then then guy driving. So why is the camera man facing forward?
That being said, I loved the effects of the Trolls. They felt almost claymation-y. Very old school Harryhausen. I just would have enjoyed a more straight forward delivery of these people discovering a troll hunter.
Hausu - batshit crazy. I tweeted about this a lot while watching it and when it was over because I had to talk about it. This is a movie to watch with friends so you can all talk about it while it's happening. It's about some girls who go to a haunted house and get killed. But every scene has weird stylistic choices, the characters are unapologetically just arch types (with names like Prof, Kung Fu, and Gorgeous), and the moments don't generally make much sense.
Here is one of those moments. Kung Fu (who is great at Kung Fu) is fighting off all the inanimate objects that are being tossed at the girls. They realize a picture of a cat needs to be destroyed to stop the madness, but before Kung Fu can do that a ceiling lamp lands on her and eats the top part of her body. So her legs leap around until they kick the picture of the cat, unleashing a torrent of acidic blood.
This movie is not gross despite that description. The effects are bad. Also hilarious.
2012 - I didn't mean to watch this, but I got caught up in it. I wanted to see how John Cusack and his family would survive the world blowing up around them. And then I got enraptured by the design of the destruction. Buildings collapsing, fire balls of earth, cars flying around. And in one moment, while the family is piloting their plane through this madness a train hurtles over them, and the characters stop being scared for a moment and watch it and say "whoa." - as if they don't believe it anymore either.
Taken - This movie is a blast. The scene where Liam's daughter gets abducted is amazing. My only quibble is the 30 minutes leading up to it felt unimportant. Whatever information we learned in that time could have been delivered in 5-10 minutes. The sooner you get to the awesome abduction scene the better. "…what I do have are a very particular set of skills…"
Last Man on Earth - based on the same book as Will Smith's 'I am Legend' and Charlton Heston's "The Omega Man", this one stars Vincent Price. Who is very good in this. The movie drags when it flashs back to before the virus had taken out everyone on the planet. The ending of this movie is cool. A nice reveal, and a nice final moment. It's not great. It makes me wish the Will Smith version was better.
Soylent Green - Really cheezy set designs and some horrible green screening in this movie. And the reveal was already spoiled to me by tons of different things (most notably a Phil Hartman sketch from SNL that I can't find a link to) but I still liked this movie a lot. I enjoyed the dystopian over-populated New York. 40 Million! That is more then 4 times what we have now. People covering stairwells and streets. Church's over run by people with no place to go. And Charlton Heston unabashedly robbing the murdered victim's apartment to get some rare real food, and using it's shower.
Rocky - good. Rocky realizing he can't win, but that he could go the distance is a great moment. Also great, the moment when Rocky floors Apollo in the first round. "He doesn't know it's a damn show! He thinks it's a damn fight!"


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The Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond will stream National Theatre Live's "Skylight" at 2 p.m. in Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music. The production features Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan. NT Live brings the best of British theatre direct from the stages of London to movie theatres around the world. An encore broadcast is scheduled for Nov. 16. Tickets are $7 to $14. For details, call 289-8980 or visit http://www.modlin.richmond.edu
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"Five Women, Five Journeys" shares a uniquely inspiring women's project based on interfaith activity in Detroit. Leaders of the group present their stories and vision's for Detroit's future Thursday, March 15, at 6 p.m. in Albion College's Norris Science Center Towsley Hall.
Women's Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in MetroDetroit (WISDOM) has members and leaders from a number of different faith backgrounds, all interested in supporting revitalization in the Detroit area. Traveling to Albion will be speakers from Baha'i, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu backgrounds, including Sunonda Samaddar, a 1998 Albion alumna.
In 2010, the group published a book, "The WISDOM of Women Creating Alliances for Peace." The book will be available at the program.