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I'm posing the question "Should Women Be Afraid to Blog?" The recent support and outcry that arose when Kathy Sierra explained that the reason she canceled her keynote address and workshops at ETech was because of death threats she received on her blog, brought me to this question. Should harassing comments, pointed posts, threatening emails deter women from starting their own blogs, expressing their opinions and sharing their deep knowledge of the industries they specialize in?
As a woman and a blogger, I was saddened by Kathy situation. It saddened me because not only has it deterred her from speaking and demonstrating that women in our industry are just as knowledgeable and talented as our male counterparts, but it might deter her from sharing her knowledge to her vast audience from henceforth - and that's a great loss to the industry.
There's been speculation that Kathy's over exaggerated the situation, there's been an outcry against the people who encouraged the behavior that led to Kathy's decision. Either way, Kathy's fear, exaggerated or not (I'm not hear to judge that), the point is that it is/was very real to her. Real enough for her to take drastic action. But should everyone limit themselves because of this kind of fear?
I'm of the opinion that, no, women should not be afraid to blog, share their knowledge and speak at conferences. However, that said, women should expect to hear the occasional crass comment, hit the occasional "glass ceiling", and be prepared for some negative feedback in the form of sexism as they put themselves out into the "limelight." It comes with the territory, and with it comes lessons in what topics you should approach with caution and others to go full throttle at.
I wanted to give you more than my opinion though, so I asked a few of our past Women of Internet Marketing this question - "Should Women Be Afraid to Blog" and to add their comments to that. I first saw Kim Krause Berg's comment on SEOMoz and asked her if I could quote her, as well as her additional comments:
" ... Threats on the 'Net have been going on for years, esp. when you write an unpopular opinion or speak your mind. Blogs are the medium now, but back in the days of Usenet and newsgroups, they came via email. I received two death threats in the 1990's and one other one was broadcast across an email list I moderated to all of the members there. The latter was made by a homeless man from a public library. (I did a lot of investigating for that one.)
I have changed my house locks. I've been forced to alert the schools my children had attended because they were in grade school at the time of the two threats I got. Both times it was because I wrote about "blackhat" SEO and ways to know if you are being scammed.
There are topics I will not write about now, and opinions I no longer share online. As much as some people like to believe in a "free" Internet, and free speech rights, there is no such thing as long as there is fear.
Incidentally, I don't think my being a woman has anything to do with my own experiences. The support from men I've rec'd far, far outweighs the relative few who wanted to be creeps."
Kim also adds this about her view on this topic and her comment on SEOMoz:
"In relation to women and blogging, plus I have different views when it comes to women business owners too. For example, publishing a business address is considered a credibility factor, but for women who work from home, I feel it is not worth the risk. This is why I pay for a post office box. Only recently did I start to admit the town I live in, but after this event and another one at the forums recently, I feel unsafe all over again."
Deb Mastaler of Alliance-Link and the Link Spiel Blog feels:
"In a perfect world NO ONE should be afraid to blog. But this isn't a perfect world and if you put yourself out there you should expect a modicum of resistance and difference of opinion. Does that include death threats? Absolutely not and doesn't include pointless, and totally uncalled for comments like these either. "
I posed the same question to Meg Walker of Network Solutions and EbuzzMaster Blog:
"I am appalled by the threats against Kathy Sierra. The same rules that govern civilized behavior IRL should be those that people exercise in the blogosphere. Civil discourse, debates, disagreements, even arguments are acceptable – but what benefit comes to those people who are abusive and break federal laws with death threats? It's not funny. It's not entertainment. It's illegal"
Becky Ryan (WebMoxy) of Trellian answered:
"If I was getting the threats and they crippled me to the point I was housebound and not going to a show.. What I would want to look into was to securing myself and passing laws to protect others from these type of incidents. "
Finally, Tamar Weinberg of RustyBrick & Search Engine Roundtable contributed:
"I really don't understand why anyone would go after such a respected individual unless they were jealous of her popularity. Is it a popularity contest? "
In general we all, both men and women, should know there are inherent risks when we all enter the internet space and utilize it to market ourselves. Women should know they can encounter these types of situations, but that shouldn't stop them from totally shutting down, preparing for the possibility though, is probably the best course of action that we can all take.


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Current Insights In Treating Diabetic Foot And Ankle Trauma
The management of diabetic foot and ankle injuries has raised significant debate and controversy over the last few years. Unfortunately, there is still no clear consensus on treatment protocols that necessitate surgical intervention. The main reason for this controversy is because there is no single correct way of treating even the most commonly encountered diabetic foot and ankle fractures and/or dislocations.
The treating surgeon needs to be able to provide the most successful management and avoid potential inherent complications that are common in the diabetic population. A wide spectrum of injuries can occur that include neuropathic and non-neuropathic fractures, dislocations or both. In addition, concomitant soft tissue injuries present further unique challenges for overall surgical management.
Evaluating And Addressing The Compromised Soft Tissue Envelope
The foot and ankle have a limited amount of soft tissue coverage. Therefore, one needs to pay particular attention to minimizing wound healing complications when managing diabetic injuries. When it comes to patients with diabetes, one needs to ensure medical optimization in order to avoid any potential effects from diabetes, anemia, cardiac, renal, vascular and/or pulmonary disease. The presence of multiple comorbidities can have a deleterious outcome on the wound and bone healing process, and further complicate the patient's overall medical status throughout the treatment course.
The utilization of supplementary oxygen to prevent tissue hypoxia and appropriate glucose control are some measures one can initiate in order to reduce the risks of infection and wound healing complications.
Successful management of diabetic foot and ankle trauma is dependent on detailed knowledge of the vascular anatomy of the foot, ankle and lower extremity. Understanding the boundaries of each angiosome of the foot and ankle, and how it relates to its source artery provides the basis for logical surgical incisions. When treating this patient population, surgeons need to understand that a source artery may be occluded secondary to peripheral vascular disease or trauma, which may lead to a compromised angiosome.
Accordingly, podiatrists may need to utilize Doppler ultrasound, basic non-invasive vascular studies or pursue further vascular imaging and intervention preoperatively in order to determine if definitive fixation through planned incisions is feasible. A plan for definitive treatment may become challenging when multiple or extensile incisions are required to achieve the necessary osseous reconstruction desired.
Often, surgeons may need to stage incisions and their associated procedures in order to prevent postoperative skin necrosis and deep infection. Examples of this concept include the use of limited incisions to perform percutaneous plating and/or internal fixation, use of only external fixation, or employing a combination of the two to achieve fracture reduction while minimizing soft tissue compromise.
In certain situations, it may be better to utilize staged procedures that allow for more direct incisions once the patient's lower extremity edema subsides. An example of this concept is the management of diabetic calcaneal intra-articular comminuted fractures. In the diabetic patient with a compromised soft tissue envelope, it may be preferable to obtain initial reduction of the calcaneal fracture with external fixation and stage a primary subtalar joint arthrodesis as opposed to performing an open reduction and internal fixation through an extensile lateral incision.

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D-Doghouse Uses iPads to Serve Hot Dogs
D-Doghouse uses iPads as menu and entertainment system. |
Though we've seen iPads used as point-of-service (POS) systems on food trucks, allowing some tech-savvy truckers to accept credit cards and manage inventory, D-Doghouse is the first restaurant in Miami to incorporate Aptito, a system that provides digital menus and POS systems to restaurants via iPad and Android tablets.
You begin by choosing a table whose top changes color (think the dance floor from Saturday Night Fever) and then perusing the menu on the attached iPad. Each item has a corresponding picture and description in English and Spanish. Touch the picture to order and confirm your order, which goes to the kitchen. Pay with your credit card or cash and pick up your food.
While you're waiting, the iPad serves as entertainment system where you can check emails, surf the web, log onto Facebook, or access the restaurant's music system, where your choice will play over the venue's speakers like a 21st-century jukebox. D-Doghouse will soon incorporate the ability to store your credit card information via a third party (so you don't have to even bring your wallet when you lunch).
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After two light periods of rain, then a hard shower, Roaring Knob was a little late getting started on Saturday night, but the fast track and exciting action was worth the wait. Feature winners included Billy Holbert, Michael Lake, Scott Bittinger, Ronnie Howard, Cody Colflesh, David Friend, and Matt Wallace.
Brandon Delano looked as if he would pick up his first feature super late model win as he led most of the 25 lap feature. However, Billy Holbert made a late race pass after starting in the fifth spot and held Delano off at the checkered flag. The two drivers traded the lead several times before the checkered flag dropped.Tim Senic started 10th and worked his way through the field but ran out of time and settled for the third spot. Scott Rhodes and Quintin Wyandt rounded out the top five. Heats went to Colton Flinner and Michael Lake.
The twenty-car field of RUSH late models put on a great show for the fans. Young Michael Lake came from the fourth starting spot to take the lead after a fierce battle with his Bobby Lake Motorsports teammate, George Kowatic. The two drivers put on quite a show as they made lap after lap side by side. This was Lake's second victory of the 2014 season. Rick Strickler was waiting for a mistake between the teammates but had to settle for a third place finish. Robbie Marhefka and Chad McClelland were fourth and fifth. Heats went to McClelland, Corey Matheny and Kowatic.
Scott Bittinger won his third straight Street Stock feature even though he is relegated to start 7th after winning the previous week. Greg Hauger fought hard for the top spot but could not hold off Bittinger. Marty Spade, out for his first time in 2014 finished third followed by Cody Colflesh and Michael Duritsky. Heat winners were Bob Nelson and Bittinger.
Saturday night, the Charger field was lacking in numbers but not in excitement as a great battle between Cody Colflesh, CJ Nicola, John Redshaw, and JT Baird brewed for the top spot. Eric Miller came home fifth. The lone heat went to Baird.
The 4 cylinder Roadrunner field grew to 9 cars on Saturday night with David Friend picking up his first win of 2014. Ryan Peer and Steve McMahon were second and third. Peer was the heat winner.
It was the first visit of the year for the Classic Cars as they put on an exhibition race of 25 laps. Matt Wallace of Mt Airy, Md was the winner followed by Roland Brown of Manchester, Md and Steve Clemo of Baltimore, MD. Other drivers entered were Vincent Crocker, Dorsey Weaver, Neal Reamer, Ron Grove, and Steve Cantwell.
There will be an OPEN PRACTICE session on Thursday night, May 8, from 7 � 9 pm. On Saturday, May 10, join us for racing action with Super Late Models, RUSH Late Models, Street Stocks, Chargers, 4 Cylinder Roadrunners and Mod Lites. The OLDTIMERS club will also join us at the Knob this week. Pit gates open at 4:30 while General Admission Gates open at 5. Hot laps will begin at 6:45. For more information check out our website at www.roaringknob.com
Napa Auto Parts Super Late Models � BILLY HOLBERT, Brandon Delano, Tim Senic, Scott Rhodes, Quintin Wyandt, DJ Troutman, Shawn Claar, Gary Dalton, Colton Flinner, Shane Hitt, LC Powers, Bob Gordon, Duane Stiner, Joe Krcelich, Cody Hardesty, Jeremy Hill. Michael Lake, DNS Gary Gellner HEATS � Colton Flinner and Michael Lake
High Gear Speed Shop RUSH Crate Late Models � MICHAEL LAKE, George Kowatic, Rick Strickler, Robbie Marhefka, Chad McClelland, Corey Matheny, Nico Dabecco, Troy Shields, Russell Baird, Jennae Piper, Nolan Dalton, Bill Pluta, Joey Jenkins, Garrett Paugh, Bryan Rankin, Clinton Hersh, Mark Wells, Vince Masi, Kevin Palmer, DNS � Kyle Lukon HEATS � Chad McClelland, Corey Matheny George Kowatic
Hoosier Tire Street Stocks � SCOTT BITTINGER, Greg Hauger, Marty Spade, Cody Colflesh, Michael Duritsky, Barry Faris, Bob Nelson, Joey Wrona, Jason Gibbs, Tom Newman, Allen Fortney HEATS � Bob Nelson, and Scott Bittinger
Fort Necessity Garage Chargers � CODY COLFLESH, CJ Nicola, John Redshaw, JT Baird, Eric Miller, Dan Jackson, Justin Howell HEAT � JT Baird
Krause Electric EMods � RONNIE HOWARD, Jason Fosnaught, Nick Cramer, Greg Beech, Josh Cramer HEAT � Nick Cramer
Newt's York Bar 4 cylinder Roadrunners � DAVID FRIEND, Ryan Peer, Steve McMahon, Todd Detrick, Josh Ringer, Ed Detrick, Bobby Wellman, Robert Fox, Dustin Nutter HEAT � Ryan Peer
MATT WALLACE of Mt Airy, MD won the Classic Racing Series Roland Brown 2nd and Steve Clemo scored his career best finish in the 3rd spot.
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My mother has always complained with back, leg and hip pain for as long as I can remember. No cause could ever be found, so I suppose she just learned to live with it. But recently she had to have several x-rays done for something else and an interesting thing was found.
The doctor asked her if she had ever been thrown from a vehicle or had ever been in a very traumatic accident, to which her answer was negative. He pressed her further, and asked her to think back even to her childhood.
She then relayed a story where she and her brother were riding a mini-bike at full speed and ran headfirst into a tree. It split the mini-bike in two, but both kids just came away with bumps and bruises.
He then showed her on her x-rays where her hips had been knocked slightly out of socket and had been rubbing grooves into her bones since then. We were amazed this had been missed for so long! She's going to have to have hip surgery to correct it.


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Only the River KnowsOnly the River Knows is a brand new, 80-minute fly fishing film shot in New Zealand, Australia, Norway and Sweden. The main part of the film takes place by the legendary Lethe River on New Zealand's wild and wondrous South Island. Back in 1988, one of the most iconic fly fishers of our time, Lars Lenth, spent three months exploring the fabled river and fishing for its abnormally large trout. At night, he would sit down in a remote cabin and write down his experiences in a journal. The entire journal of Lars Lenth has been reconstructed by an extensive and ambitious team of cinematographers and crew members. The young, sensitive and freedom-loving Lenth is played by Danish fly fishing ace and actor Mikkel Poppelhøj, who had to practise four hours daily for six months to be able to cast as well as the role necessitated. Only the River Knows has been produced by Peter Christensen and Rolf Nylinder from Kokkaffe Conglomerate on a very tight budget (called Mastercard). Early reviews have been very positive, and we hope many of you out there will enjoy the film, and share the wonders of fly fishing with us. Here are a few: On our website onlytheriverknows.com you can find dealers or order the film directly through our webshop. Just click the link in the end of the film. Every dollars, dime and cent will go into making new film, and we feel blessed to have received so much support from the fly fishing world already. Enjoy and lots of love,
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October 25, 2012
- Avis Budget Group, the car-rental company, is reviewing its estimated £15 million pan-European advertising account.
- Merck, the global healthcare company, is set to review its estimated £100 million international media business.
- Clas Ohlson, Sweden's third-largest retailer, is on the hunt for an agency to handle advertising in the UK as it ramps up its marketing efforts.
- The Association of Train Operating Companies has called a review of its media planning and buying account.
- Friends of the Earth is looking for an agency to create a fundraising campaign.
- The Volvo Group is looking for an agency to handle the advertising account for Volvo Trucks.


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The GM's Office: Mark Buehrle
20 starting pitchers who could be traded
June, 14, 2013
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Sarah Glenn/Getty ImagesIf the Phillies falter by July, Cliff Lee could be the No. 1 pitcher on the trade market.
With MLB's trade deadline just six weeks away, there are presently 22 teams within eight games of making the playoffs. This means just eight teams can be considered "sellers" at this juncture. Many of the contenders are looking for elite starting pitching, but the reality is probably only one or two will be traded and contending teams will have to settle for middle- or back-end rotation types.
I'm hearing teams that already have been in trade talks for potential available starters include the San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles. Here is a list of the top 20 starting pitchers who could be traded between now and the July 31 trade deadline:
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Cliff Lee | LHP | Age: 34Contract status: $25M per year through '15 with vesting option of $27.5M
Why Marlins-Jays deal actually works
November, 14, 2012
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Joe Robbins/Getty ImagesPeace out! After only one season, Jose Reyes is leaving Miami and headed to Toronto.
We thought we had seen it all with the super-blockbuster nine-player trade in August between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox.
Then this happens.
Like the Red Sox-Dodgers deal, it's a megatrade that works for both parties as one team rids itself of onerous contracts to another team that's starving to win. Until now, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos has operated with shrewdness and precision. If this deal works out, he'll be on the short list for 2013 Executive of the Year.
Meanwhile, after the Miami Marlins endured a disastrous debut season in their new ballpark, wearing new uniforms, with a new team and a new manager, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria is going back to an old technique: the fire sale.
Regardless of Loria and his track record of gutting his teams, the deal made sense for the Marlins from a baseball perspective, as well as the Blue Jays. It looks lopsided, but the Marlins did much better in this megatrade than people think. By acknowledging they simply weren't going to win with the team they had, they cleared out almost $185 million in payroll and moved a bunch of veterans in one fell swoop.
How it makes sense
For the Blue Jays: Anthopoulos acquired some rotation leadership to mentor the Blue Jays' young starters in Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson. Their presence will be significant for Kyle Drabek and Drew Hutchison as they return from Tommy John surgery as well as helping Ricky Romero bounce back from a horrendous 2012 season.Anthopoulos also brought catcher John Buck back to the team with whom he enjoyed a career year in 2010, hitting .281 with 20 homers and 66 RBIs. Buck had lost his starting job to Rob Brantly, whom the Marlins had acquired from the Tigers. The Blue Jays now will have Buck and fellow catcher J.P. Arencibia to keep the seat warm for top catching prospect Travis d'Arnaud, and trade one of them when d'Arnaud is ready for the big leagues.
I'm not sold completely the Blue Jays will win the AL East outright because of the injury history of Jose Reyes and Johnson, but they have instantly become contenders for the division title if they get reasonably healthy seasons from the players they acquired.
For the Marlins: After recognizing their team simply wasn't going to win with the players they had, selling them off was the most logical next step for Marlins president Larry Beinfest and general manager Mike Hill. They already had begun the process over the summer, dealing Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante.
They had a serious medical question mark in Johnson. For me, Johnson's shoulder must be considered a high risk; it has hampered him since his All-Star campaign in 2010. With only one year left on his contract at more than $13 million, moving him made sense because they certainly weren't going to re-sign him. And the worry would always be if he reinjured his shoulder, what could they get for him then?
In Buehrle they had a solid innings-eater whose best seasons are certainly behind him. And with Buehrle's heavily backloaded contract, the Marlins saw no logic in holding onto the decline for two more years when their team had little chance to contend.
Jose Reyes was the one major piece the Marlins had to give up in order to shed the other two. Reyes will immediately improve the Blue Jays at the top of the order, on the field and in the dugout and clubhouse, where his high energy and enthusiasm is priceless. He is one of the game's best shortstops and was perhaps the one brilliant move the Marlins made last December. But like Buehrle, his deal is backloaded, so the Jays are taking on a heavy financial burden.
If the Marlins truly believe that Johnson and Buehrle's trade value will only go down from here, you can't blame them for making this deal.
What's next for the Marlins?
Shortly after news of the deal broke, Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton sent out a tweet.
@Giancarlo818: Alright, I'm pissed off!!! Plain & Simple
He probably has every right to be upset. With his team gutted, he won't sniff the postseason until at least 2015. New Marlins manager Mike Redmond probably knew this was going to happen -- that's why he got a three-year deal.
Naturally, this got many people wondering: "What is Stanton's fate?" With Stanton ineligible for free agency until 2017, he's not going anywhere and eventually should share the outfield with newly acquired prospect Jake Marisnick and current Marlins top prospect Christian Yelich. However, that doesn't mean the Marlins are done dealing.
Look for them to move right-hander Ricky Nolasco next. Either Henderson Alvarez or Justin Nicolino can take Nolasco's place in the rotation at some point. Alvarez, with improved command and a better breaking ball, can be a solid middle-of-the-rotation arm in time. Likewise, Nicolino's easy delivery and advanced poise and control could easily help him develop into a solid starter.
With what they acquired for Hanley Ramirez and Heath Bell, the Marlins' starting rotation could eventually looking something like this. (For those who don't know, Fernandez is one of the game's best pitching prospects who posted a 1.75 ERA across two levels of Class A this season.)
Jose Fernandez, RHP
Jacob Turner, RHP
Justin Nicolino, LHP
Henderson Alvarez, RHP
Nate Eovaldi, RHP
Another move the Marlins could make is flip shortstop Yunel Escobar to the Oakland Athletics. In the event the A's are unable to re-sign Stephen Drew, the Marlins could spin Escobar to Oakland and play Adeiny Hechavarria -- whom they also acquired from Toronto -- at shortstop. Hechavarria is an exceptional fielder, but his bat lags far behind. Outfielder Logan Morrison also is a candidate to be moved, but he more likely will serve as a stop-gap player until Yelich arrives in Miami.
It's true the Marlins now enjoy massive payroll flexibility and could theoretically afford to sign a free agent for other needs. However, no significant free agent is ever again going to sign with the Marlins without a complete no-trade clause after watching them deal Reyes, Buehrle and Bell less than a year after signing them.
Nats and Marlins rising in the East
March, 14, 2012
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
Drew Hallowell/Getty ImagesHow well Howard comes back from his Achilles injury will heavily impact the Phillies' offense.
Last year, the National League East was a two-horse race, with the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves jockeying for position on the strength of deep starting pitching. The Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins were essentially afterthoughts, but each has made tremendous strides filling out their respective rosters and have nearly caught up to the Phillies and Braves. The NL East pennant race, save for the New York Mets, will be a much closer contest than most realize, and don't be surprised if Miami or Washington comes out on top. Here's why:
Phillies ages and injury
Ryan Howard's Achilles injury will be a major factor and will dictate the Phillies' success. They need his home runs and RBIs and don't have enough at first base and left field when he's not in the lineup. Further, Chase Utley's knees are questionable. Will he have power at the plate and range in the field? Jimmy Rollins and Placido Polanco are getting long in the tooth and could see more decline this season. As Jayson Stark writes today, this once great infield is fading.To continue reading this article you must be an Insider
Grading the offseason: National League
February, 17, 2012
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
AP Photo/LM OteroMarlins owner Jeffrey Loria (right) opened up the wallet and grabbed Jose Reyes.
To say baseball's landscape has shifted this offseason is an understatement. The gap between the top and the bottom isn't as vast in the NL as it is in the AL, but this offseason was a time of reckoning for some teams with ownership troubles (Dodgers and Mets) and a time of emergence for others (Marlins). Here's how each NL team did during the winter. (You can find my AL grades here.)
Miami Marlins – Grade: A
Key Transactions: Acquired RHP Carlos Zambrano and cash from Chicago Cubs for RHP Chris Volstad; signed SS Jose Reyes, six years, $106 million; signed LHP Mark Buehrle, four years, $58 million; signed RHP Heath Bell, three years, $27 million; signed IF Greg Dobbs, two years, $3 million.Bowden's Take
The Marlins hadn't signed a major free agent since they inked Carlos Delgado back in 2005. However, with the excitement of a new stadium and Ozzie Guillen as manager, owner Jeffrey Loria opened up the checkbook. They signed the second-best shortstop in baseball, improved the rotation, upgraded the bullpen and improved the clubhouse by 180 degrees. The Marlins are finally legitimate contenders for the division or a wild-card berth.
Cincinnati Reds – Grade: A-
Key Transactions: Acquired RHP Mat Latos from San Diego for 1B Yonder Alonso, C Yasmani Grandal, RHP Edinson Volquez and RHP Brad Boxberger; acquired LHP Sean Marshall from Chicago Cubs for LHP Travis Wood, OF Dave Sappelt and IF Ronald Torreyes; acquired IF Wilson Valdez from Philadelphia for LHP Jeremy Horst; signed RHP Ryan Madson, one year, $8.5 million; signed OF Ryan Ludwick, one year, $6.78 million; signed LHP Jeff Francis, one year, $2 million; signed RHP Andrew Brackman, one year, $500,000.Bowden's Take
The Reds weren't afraid to trade away four of their top 10 prospects this offseason, but the haul from those deals at the major league club was astounding. Latos is a potential No. 1 starter; Marshall is a shutdown left-handed setup man; and Madson is an impact closer. Ludwick was a solid midlevel free-agent signing who should add some pop in the small confines of Great American Ball Park. The Reds are primed to return to the postseason this year.
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Bowden Bullets: Wilson might decide today
December, 8, 2011
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
Mike Segar/US PresswireC.J. Wilson will make up his mind between SoCal and South Beach today.
• Multiple sources said C.J. Wilson spent Wednesday night visiting with both the Los Angeles Angels and Florida Marlins one final time before making his decision. If the Angels don't add a sixth year to their offer, it appears Wilson will join Mark Buehrle, Heath Bell and Jose Reyes in Miami. The Marlins have six years on the table for Wilson already.
• Rays manager Joe Maddon acknowledged his team has enough starting-pitching depth to trade one starter for a long-term solution at first base and catcher. Following are some scenarios for first basemen who could become available for one of the Rays' starting pitchers (Wade Davis, Jeff Niemann or Alex Cobb):
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Bowden's Bullets: Pujols chase ending?
December, 7, 2011
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
AP Photo/Matt SlocumWhere will Albert Pujols land? Will it be Florida or will he remain in St. Louis?
At the time of this posting, the Albert Pujols mega-bidding war reached its zenith just past midnight early Wednesday morning. The Miami Marlins made a 10-year offer that was so complicated it required the attention of Dan Halem, MLB's senior vice president and general counsel, for his sign-off on some new concepts the Marlins engineered in the "special covenants" portion of the offer.
• The St. Louis Cardinals, facing the possibility of losing Pujols, increased their offer from last January. It is believed to match the 10-year length of the Marlins' offer but at substantially less money. The Pujols situation has a pretty good chance of getting resolved sometime Wednesday morning, with the Cardinals remaining the favorite for Pujols' services.
• Mark Buehrle narrowed his list from 14 to five teams; the Rangers, Nationals and Marlins are acknowledged as three of those teams. The Cardinals could also be one of the teams if they lose Pujols to the Marlins. It is believed the Washington Nationals will try to separate themselves by giving in on a fourth year either as an option or a guaranteed year. The Rangers quietly believe they have a real shot at Buehrle if C.J. Wilson decides to leave them. The Marlins are not willing to include a no-trade clause for Buehrle, and that could end up being a deal buster.
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Bowden's Bullets: Want Andrew Bailey?
December, 5, 2011
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
Kyle Terada/US PresswireBilly Beane continues to shop closer Andrew Bailey and lefty Gio Gonzalez for a young outfielder.
At the winter meetings, things can spin on dime. That's what makes it fun, as well as frustrating at times.
One minute a general manager or team owner will boast -- off the record -- how "on" a particular player his team is, then one bad negotiating session later the agent and player are gone just like that team's chances of signing him. Or, sometimes it's the other way around -- an agent tells you a deal is done, but the GM says it's not so you wait … and wait.
• The Oakland A's are talking to everyone regarding their starting rotation and closer Andrew Bailey trying to get young outfielders in trade. The Kansas City Royals might have a prospect package that could land left-hander Gio Gonzalez, which would be a coup by Royals GM Dayton Moore, if he can pull it off. The A's might ask for a package that starts with top prospect Wil Myers.
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Bowden's Bullets: Bourjos for Wright?
December, 5, 2011
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
Steve Mitchell/US PresswireWould the Angels part with rangy center fielder Bourjos? For David Wright they might.
With free-agent shortstop Jose Reyes signing with the Miami Marlins, the winter meetings have begun with a bang.
• The Marlins are not done, either, as one top-ranking team official insists that Miami is still in on left-hander Mark Buehrle (No. 6 on my free-agent value rankings) and first baseman Albert Pujols. Signing Pujols after adding Reyes and Heath Bell would equal the Miami Heat's coup two years ago when they signed LeBron James and Chris Bosh.
• New Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto will be busy this week. He is targeting starting pitcher C.J. Wilson and closer Ryan Madson, the two best hurlers in their respective markets. He also might be in the market for a third baseman, and the Mets match up well with the Angels. With Reyes leaving the Mets, it only makes sense for Mets GM Sandy Alderson to trade David Wright now and begin the rebuilding mode in earnest. The Mets might be able to get a package of Peter Bourjos and Hank Conger for Wright. Wright would solve the Angels' nagging third-base problem, and they could insert prospect Mike Trout in center field.
• It would be shocking if the Washington Nationals did not land Buehrle or Wilson. They prefer Buehrle because they feel they can get him for three years rather than the five years it will take to get Wilson. And like the Marlins, the Nationals feel they are well in the hunt for Pujols or Prince Fielder. The Nationals also have interest in Bourjos, as they continue to search for a center fielder. They've talked to the Rays about B.J. Upton, but the likeliest target is Yoenis Cespedes. Still, they're not convinced that they want to meet Cespedes' asking price, which is in the $50 million neighborhood.
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Bowden's Bullets: Wallace to the Indians?
November, 17, 2011
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
AP photo/Pat SullivanBrett Wallace already has played for four organizations, and it soon could be five.
I come across daily tidbits on possible personnel moves straight from the front offices of all 30 clubs. Here's what I'm hearing on Thursday.
Possible trades and signings
• Astros manager Brad Mills says Carlos Lee will be the Astros' starting first baseman in 2012, and that could open up a deal involving Brett Wallace to the Cleveland Indians. The Indians have been discouraged by Carlos Pena's (No. 17 on my free-agent board) high asking price and are not convinced that Matt LaPorta is going to hit well. Wallace has been in four different organizations since being drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2008.
• Multiple teams have inquired about left-hander Mark Buehrle, including the Washington Nationals, who have made Buehrle a top priority. They feel that he could be the perfect leader for their talented young rotation.
• The Chicago White Sox are not confident they will agree with Buehrle on years and salary, so look for lefty Chris Sale to replace Buehrle in the rotation. Further, a source close to the White Sox said not to be surprised to see them deal left-hander John Danks and right-hander Gavin Floyd. Danks will be a free agent next winter, so the Sox could look to move him while he still has a lot of trade value. Floyd's ERA has risen in each of the past three seasons, and the White Sox might try get a decent return before his value bottoms out. A rotation of Jake Peavy, Phil Humber, Sale and Zach Stewart is entirely possible.
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Scouting the agents of the free agents
September, 2, 2011
Jim Bowden | ESPN Insider
Rick Osentoski/US PresswireWhite Sox left-hander Mark Buerhle will lean heavily on his agents at CAA for what could be the biggest payday of his career.
We've discussed scouting out the top free agents this week, but what about the people representing those free agents? Here's a scouting report on the agents who will play an integral part in negotiations for four big free agents this offseason.
Mark Buehrle, LHP, Chicago White Sox
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Economics & Development
Examines the role of institutions, mobile technologies, markets and behavioural change in access to water and sanitation. Research projects investigate approaches to managing water scarcity, water supply and public health, including the use of economic instruments. Researchers analyse how governance regimes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to promote or inhibit improved human development outcomes.
Some current projects
3ksan: Catalysing self-sustaining sanitation chains in informal settlements
The 3K-SAN project is developing and evaluating strategies for catalysing self-sustaining sanitation chains in low-income informal settlements in Kisumu (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda) and Kigali (Rwanda). Identification of commonalities and differences between these areas is being used to develop broader best-practice guidelines for comparable interventions in similar settlements throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Mobile/water for development: mobile payments
Mobile water payments offer a secure, low-cost and inclusive mechanism to improve the sustainability of water supply services. This project investigates the impacts and implications of mobile water payments across urban Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Mobile/water for development: smart handpumps
This project works with the Government of Zambia and UNICEF to examine how a new technology developed by Oxford University that automatically texts information on handpump use can improve reliable access to water services for the rural poor. It aims to understand how the availability of objective and reliable information on handpump performance can accelerate and maintain improved water services.
Mobile/water for development: smart rivers
This project is designing a Smart River System in the Burguret River sub-catchment, Kenya, to automatically measure abstraction on daily time-steps to determine current water use patterns, to enable new allocation systems and to protect environmental flow allocations.
Transforming water scarcity through trading
This project uses a Market Simulator approach to model the impacts of water trading in the UK and study the economic benefits, environmental consequences, opportunities for novel water resource development, and opportunities to obtain payments for ecosystem benefits.
Water security and sustainable growth
Oxford University co-chairs an Expert Task Force as part of a Global Water Partnership and OECD Global Dialogue on Water Security and Sustainable Growth. The multidisciplinary team of international experts will provide new evidence on the linkages between economic growth and water security. The Task Force are developing, modellling and economically assessing a set of water security scenarios at the global and basin level, with the aim to illustrate and compare different strategies and pathways for achieving water security.
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text: Marathon spelling bee ends in a tieBy Dana Ford and Janet DiGiacomo, CNNUpdated 5:13 PM ET, Mon February 24, 2014Just WatchedSpelling bee runs out of ... words?replayMore Videos ...Spelling bee runs out of ... words? 00:49Story highlightsSophia Hoffman, Kush Sharma are competing for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling BeeThey went more than 60 rounds in a contest that was called after organizers ran out of wordsSophia: "Kush worked really hard. I wish we could both go (to the national competition)"E-P-I-C. S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G. C-O-M-P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N.Two Missouri students went more than 60 rounds Saturday in a spelling bee that had to be called because organizers ran out of words.The battle was between Sophia Hoffman, a fifth-grader at Highland Park Elementary, and Kush Sharma, a seventh-grader at Frontier School of Innovation. It was held at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library."We didn't want to just go through the dictionary and give them more words. We feared that someone would get a word that was too easy while the other would get an extremely difficult word. We wanted to be a bit more calculated and neutral, and we wanted to give each an equal opportunity," said Mary Olive Thompson, outreach coordinator for Kansas City Public Library.The original pool of 25 students was quickly whittled to just Sophia and Kush.The two will go head to head again next month for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.The program provides a list of words for contests across the country. Sophia and Kush burned through that list, as well as 20 other words organizers picked from the dictionary when they realized it was possible they might need more words, Thompson said."The officials were fatigued. The kids weren't tired. They had endless energy and were doing an amazing job," she added.Kush can't remember exactly what word was the hardest for him to spell -- something French that started with an "R."He told CNN he will work hard for the rematch and would study every free minute of the day if he scores a place in the national bee."I'm looking forward to seeing how far Sophia can push me and how far my skills can go," he said.For Sophia, the most difficult word was schadenfreude, which describes the enjoyment one can get from someone else's bad luck.She knows how to spell the word, but she apparently doesn't feel it."Kush worked really hard. I wish we could both go (to the national competition)," Sophia said.More from usDean at Boston high school arrested, accused of shooting student in the headObama: We need to respect policeGOP leaders skip Selma MarchPowered by Livefyre


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To see in the New Year in style, we have a number of events planned for January 2013, the jewel in this stone clad crown of a month though, is a live interview with escapee and head of 3D at Framestore Commercials, Diarmid Harrison Murray.
Diarmid has lent his hand to a gourmet platter of cinematic projects over the last few years; most recently, he used his well-honed skills on the opening credits of 2012's smash hit, James Bond: Skyfall, joining the prestigious list of those who have contributed to the Bond legacy since the film series began, half a century ago.
Join us for this live interview as we go over to our friends at Framestore London, where Escape Studios founder Dom Davenport will be asking Diarmid questions about his work in the VFX industry, what it's like to be on the set of one of the most iconic movies ever made, and of course – what it takes to go above and beyond in the business, It's going to be a knock out event and we look forward to seeing you there!


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Veteran bridge tender Jim Wellington watches from a control booth above the Miami Avenue bridge. For the past 24 years he has seen the problems of the river float toward him. In 1977 it was a murder victim, legs bound, arms cut off, long dead. In the 1980s, when drug cartel violence exploded in Miami, a jettisoned crate of Uzi automatic weapons washed up. He figures the illegal narcotics that have passed beneath him are worth billions. Starting in the 1980s he saw cramped, wooden-hull Haitian boats arriving. When they docked, smuggled immigrants swarmed out like ants. Then there were the spills. For years he would drop a rock into the river to determine the type of fuel passing beneath him. ("If the rock splashes and rings spread out from the middle, it's diesel fuel. If it stays a solid mass, then it's crude oil.")
For decades the Miami River was a waterway reminiscent of the the settings of Joseph Conrad's novels -- subtropical, multilingual, milling with activity, and largely unfettered, with dark subtexts. Grand juries, government study groups, and local residents all decried the dangerous demimonde inhabiting the river, which runs 5.5 miles through the city from Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. A 1992 Dade County grand jury report called it "a cesspool" of crime and pollution.
Then in 1995 Wellington and other river denizens watched a new Coast Guard official sail upstream and take over the job of head man on the river. Capt. Dave Miller was a straight-arrow career "Coastie," originally from Maine, who looked like a former high school valedictorian. This new head of the Marine Safety Office seemed as different as possible from the often feisty, salty, blunt-speaking river types. They wrote him off. "They figured he was just another federal agency employee who would make some noise for a while and then disappear," says Fran Bohnsack, spokeswoman for the Miami River Marine Group, an organization that lobbies for nineteen of the most powerful businesses on the river. "In the past the Coast Guard people had simply gone away after a while, or the industry had been able to make them back down."
But Miller, whose title is captain of the port, didn't leave or retreat. No one claims the river water is now drinkable, that its ships are drug-free, or that its banks are safe for a midnight stroll. But it is clear that Miller, who retired from the Coast Guard this month after 24 years, substantially changed the river during the past three years. In one fiscal year alone, 1995-96, the Coast Guard carried out 914 inspections of vessels on the river and wrote 3948 tickets for violations, about five times the previous year's total for each. Miller's crackdown resulted from two federally mandated changes. In 1995 inspectors began holding vessels less than 500 tons, including foreign boats, to the same safety and antipollution standards that applied to large freighters. And on January 1, 1997, the Caribbean Cargo Safety Code took effect, implementing more rules than had been on the books in most Caribbean countries in all the years since Columbus landed. Marine safety was improved and water pollution was decreased.
To achieve these results, Miller had to deal with prickly and powerful personalities, indifference from county agencies, political skullduggery, bitter feuds, hidden agendas, and open hostility. He also had to face the tears of Haitian boat owners forced out of business by his strict enforcement of regulations. Their colorful and often unsafe wooden craft, once a common sight on the river, have all but disappeared.
Miller also had to ameliorate the paranoia that has pervaded the river community, an abiding fear that shifty developers in partnership with bureaucrats want to replace the docks with hotels, restaurants, and pricey condos. As Norman Hempstead, age 41, a tugboat operator whose family has worked on the river 70 years, puts it: "I crawled out of a crib when I was months old and fell in this river. It's been my life. Now people want to plant shrubs all along it. Well, I'll fight for my way of life if I have to."
Despite having been posted around the world, Miller says he had never encountered a situation as politically and ethnically complex as Miami's in 1995. He was raised in the coastal town of Scarborough, Maine, where he dug clams, trapped lobster, and imagined a life on the sea. "Maine is like Kansas," he says. "From the time you're a kid, you dream of escaping from it into the real world." He studied at the Maine Maritime Academy, earned a degree in marine engineering, and received a Coast Guard commission in 1974 as an officer in marine safety and investigations. He served in Honolulu, flying all over the South Pacific, the Far East, Southeast Asia, and India inspecting American commercial vessels. (The Coast Guard regularly checks all American vessels, no matter where they do business.) On those assignments he saw small wooden commercial vessels like the ones he would later encounter in Miami. "I saw junks, sampans and craft like that, but I didn't have to inspect them," he says.


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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)'Miracle gas' may reduce brain damage in newborn babies
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December 3rd, 2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Birth asphyxia, where much needed oxygen is needed by babies at birth, often leads to damage. It affects one to two newborn babies out of a 1,000 in developed nations. Now, a "miracle gas," which occurs naturally in the air may help reduce the incidence of brain damage in newborns. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Called Xenon, the gas is already using the gas as an anesthetic. Doctors are now using it in an effort to protect babies starved of oxygen at birth.In response, Britain's Medical Research Council is funding the world's first trial of its kind into the benefits of xenon on at-risk infants. Treatment is currently being offered at three London hospitals; University College Hospital, Evelina Children's Hospital and Queen Charlotte's, as well as Liverpool Women's Hospital. Newborn babies who suffer birth asphyxia risk moderate to severe conditions ranging from learning difficulties to cerebral palsy. Among the many causes are when the placenta, which provides the fetus with nutrients in the womb comes apart, or when the umbilical cord gets wrapped around the baby's neck and infection. Until now, doctors have used a technique to cool the body temperature of babies by a few degrees. This is successful in lowering the risk of brain injury in about half of cases. Experts now believe that adding xenon treatment to cooling could double success rates. Brain cells are extremely sensitive to oxygen deprivation and begin to die rapidly. Inhaled xenon gas treatment is understood to stop areas of the brain "dying" by penetrating the cells and reviving them. The trial is led by Professor Denis Azzopardi, a pediatric specialist at London's Imperial College. "Birth asphyxia occurs in one or two out of 1,000 deliveries in developed countries and may have lifelong implications for the children and their families," one of colleagues Dr. Andrew Kapetanakis says. "We are trying to discover if new treatments can be added to cooling to improve outcomes." The aim is to study at least 70 babies as part of the 18-month trial. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Age of Consent Questions for MarylandQ&A on statutory rape laws, age of consent laws, sexual assault laws for Maryland. Ask your Question Statute Of limitations:: November 25, 2008 20:30Is there a statue of limitations for sex offense in Maryland. Statute of LimitationsMaryland Criminal ProsecutionsCitation: Courts & Judicial Pro. Code § 5-106 Generally, the statute of limitations for a misdemeanor is a period within 1 year after commission of the offense. For felony offenses please check with the District Attorney's office in your area. The statute of limitations is not clearly defined in the information available to us. This could mean the laws are under review for revisions.Maryland Civil ActionsCitation: Courts & Judicial Pro. Code §§ 5-101; 5-117; 5-201
Statutory Rape Questions:: September 04, 2007 10:11My son is seventeen and he is dating a female that is 15 years old. My son turns eighteen in November of this year. I have tried to discourage my son from seeing this girl. I have even went as far as talking to the females parents but they support the relationship between the two children even though my son will be eighteen soon. I have found out recently that they are sexually active. My son is ADHD and has the mental capacity of a fouteen or fifteen year old child. Does that make a difference or not? In Maryland, the legal age of consent is 16. If the 17 year old male is sexually active with the 15 year old female, this is a violation of state law and if it is reported, or if he is caught with the 15 year old in a compromising situation by police, he may be at risk for arrest and criminal prosecution in either a juvenile or adult court. 3-324. §Sexual solicitation of a minor is a felony crime. The 15 year old's parents consenting to the relationship will not over ride state law. Determining how ADHD could be relevant in the defense of a client is something that should be researched by a licensed attorney in the state of Maryland. If case law has not been established, an attorney would have to build a defense based on facts and medical findings. Rape 2nd Degree (3-304):: August 08, 2007 09:42What does Rape 2nd Degree (3-304) actually mean? I have a male neighbor at {edited out address information} 2 houses from me, who is a registed sex offender convicted of Rape 2nd Degree (3-304)and I'd like to know if his conviction was against a grown-up or a child. Thank you The law is outlined below. There is no way to establish with any certainty, the age of the victim by reading the law.
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Harford County § 3-304. Rape in the second degree.(a) Prohibited.- A person may not engage in vaginal intercourse with another: (1) by force, or the threat of force, without the consent of the other; (2) if the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual, and the person performing the act knows or reasonably should know that the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual; or (3) if the victim is under the age of 14 years, and the person performing the act is at least 4 years older than the victim. (b) Age considerations.- A person 18 years of age or older may not violate subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section involving a child under the age of 13 years. (c) Penalty.- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of the felony of rape in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years. (2) (i) Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, a person 18 years of age or older who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of the felony of rape in the second degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 5 years and not exceeding 20 years. (ii) A court may not suspend any part of the mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years. (iii) If the State fails to comply with subsection (d) of this section, the mandatory minimum shall not apply. (d) Required notice.- If the State intends to seek a sentence of imprisonment for not less than 5 years under subsection (c)(2) of this section, the State shall notify the person in writing of the State's intention at least 30 days before trial.statutory rape:: July 08, 2007 17:03what if the girl lied about her age? We could find no provisions in Maryland statutes that allows an affirmative defense based on general lack of knowledge of the age of a minor. § 3-324. Sexual solicitation of minor. (a) "Solicit" defined.- In this section, "solicit" means to command, authorize, urge, entice, request, or advise a person by any means, including: (1) in person; (2) through an agent or agency; (3) over the telephone; (4) through any print medium; (5) by mail; (6) by computer or Internet; or (7) by any other electronic means. (b) Prohibited.- A person may not, with the intent to commit a violation of § 3-304, § 3-306, or § 3-307 of this subtitle, knowingly solicit a minor, or a law enforcement officer posing as a minor, to engage in activities that would be unlawful for the person to engage in under § 3-304, § 3-306, or § 3-307 of this subtitle. (c) Jurisdiction.- A violation of this section is considered to be committed in the State for purposes of determining jurisdiction if the solicitation: (1) originated in the State; or (2) is received in the State. (d) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or a fine not exceeding $25,000 or both. penalties for statutory rape:: June 30, 2007 08:09what is the penalty for being charged with statutory rape if the male is 10 yrs older than the female The maximum penalties vary depending on the age of the victim and/or whether the person charged with the crime was in a position of influence or authority over the victim when the sexual act took place. Also, a judge has some latitude to set penalties "up to" the maximum allowed; so, the maximums are a guideline and not necessarily reflective of the actual penalties. The penalties can range from "probation & fines, all the way up to 20 years in prison. 3-307 Sex Offense in the 3rd degree?:: June 25, 2007 18:46Information on this? Sex Offense Third Degree (Criminal Law Article, § 3-307) Outlined from the statute below: § 3-307. Sexual offense in the third degree.(a) Prohibited.- A person may not: (1) (i) engage in sexual contact with another without the consent of the other; and (ii) 1. employ or display a dangerous weapon, or a physical object that the victim reasonably believes is a dangerous weapon; 2. suffocate, strangle, disfigure, or inflict serious physical injury on the victim or another in the course of committing the crime; 3. threaten, or place the victim in fear, that the victim, or an individual known to the victim, imminently will be subject to death, suffocation, strangulation, disfigurement, serious physical injury, or kidnapping; or 4. commit the crime while aided and abetted by another; (2) engage in sexual contact with another if the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual, and the person performing the act knows or reasonably should know the victim is a mentally defective individual, a mentally incapacitated individual, or a physically helpless individual; (3) engage in sexual contact with another if the victim is under the age of 14 years, and the person performing the sexual contact is at least 4 years older than the victim; (4) engage in a sexual act with another if the victim is 14 or 15 years old, and the person performing the sexual act is at least 21 years old; or (5) engage in vaginal intercourse with another if the victim is 14 or 15 years old, and the person performing the act is at least 21 years old. (b) Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of the felony of sexual offense in the third degree and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 10 years.Sex Toys in Texas and Alabama:: April 15, 2007 22:30I am doing a project on sex laws and I came across the sex toy ban in Alabama and Texas. Do people still get arrested and face jail time for selling or possessing sex toys? Though I don't think "Obcsene Device" prosecutions are rampent in the states where these laws are on the books (I didn't spend an tremendous amount of time pouring through the statistics) these laws are still in existance, still on the books and in one state, sale of obcsene devices can result in a 1 year encarceration and up to a $10,000 fine. Here are some cases to look at Texas: Constitutional. Red Bluff Drive-In, Inc. v. Vance, 648 F.2d 1020 (5th Cir. 1981); Yorko v. State, 690 S.W.2d 260 (Tex.Crim.App. 1985). Colorado: Unconstitutional. People ex rel. Tooley v. Seven Thirty-Five East Colfax, Inc., 697 P.2d 348 (Colo. 1985). Kansas: Unconstitutional to the extent of potential application to therapeutic use. State v. Hughes, 246 Kan. 607, 792 P.2d 1023(1990). Louisiana: Unconstitutional. State v. Brenan, 772 So.2d 64 (La. 2000). Mississippi: Constitutional. PHE, Inc. v. State, 877 So.2d 1244 (Miss. 2004). Alabama: Read up on the Sherri Williams opinion and all the subsiquent opinions. Williams v. United States District Court for the District of Alabama. Texas code Chapter 43 public Indecency Subchapter B. Obscenity 43.21, 43.22, 43.23 Georgia database was down so I cant get current status of the law. Georgia Official code 16-12-80 Distributing obcsene materials; There's lots of case law on this subject. male rape. how do they get justice:: November 06, 2006 22:46I have a paper to write. The dictionary defines rape as a female being penitrated. What happenes to a male being raped by a woman? How does he get justice? Why is the male rape victim shoned by the public and told to go on about life? -- My hope is that you are at an appropriate age to write on this subject. Though rape involves sexual acts, rape is not about sexual gratification; Rape is about power, fear, intimidation, control, violence, dominance, abuse and sometimes the act of murder. This would be a tough subject to find well documented cases on. You may want to start researching female serial killers. There are very few female serial killers that would fit this scenario compared to males, but, there may be a few female serial killers in history who raped their male victims or where rape was a part of their Modus Operandi - MO. Cases of females raping males are so rare, the general population would have no past experience or information to draw from in order to respond with any sensitivity. It is a rare scenario due to the overpowering physical nature of the crime of rape; also, I would imagine it would rarely be reported by the male victims due to the emasculating nature of the crime and public exposure. About getting justice: A male victim would go through the same criminal justice system the female victim goes through and all the same steps would apply. There should be a medical examination and a medical report of injuries, pictures of injuries, a full statement on what transpired, a criminal complaint filed, a meeting with the DA's office, an investigation; a grand jury testimony; and if the grand jury indicted, they would have to testify in a trial. Can a mariied man be charged with rape of his wife in maryland?:: November 05, 2006 11:53Can a mariied man be charged with rape of his wife in maryland? Yes, a man can be prosecuted for sexual offenses against his spouse in Maryland. Below is a part of the statute that applies. The referenced statute numbers are listed at the end of the response. Forcible rape is covered under 3-318 ( 2) § 3-301-3-324 Sexual Crimes § 3-318. Spousal defense. (a) In general.- Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person may not be prosecuted under § 3-303, § 3-304, § 3-307, or § 3-308 of this subtitle for a crime against a victim who was the person's legal spouse at the time of the alleged rape or sexual offense. (b) Separation or use of force.- A person may be prosecuted under § 3-303(a), § 3-304(a)(1), or § 3-307(a)(1) of this subtitle for a crime against the person's legal spouse if: (1) at the time of the alleged crime the person and the person's legal spouse have lived apart, without cohabitation and without interruption: (i) under a written separation agreement executed by the person and the spouse; or (ii) for at least 3 months immediately before the alleged rape or sexual offense; or (2) the person in committing the crime uses force or threat of force and the act is without the consent of the spouse. (c) Limited divorce.- A person may be prosecuted under § 3-303, § 3-304, § 3-307, or § 3-308 of this subtitle for a crime against the person's legal spouse if at the time of the alleged crime the person and the spouse live apart, without cohabitation and without interruption, under a decree of limited divorce. 3-303 Rape in the first degree 3-304 Rape in the second degree 3-305 Sexual offense in the first degree 3-306 Sexual offense in the second degree 3-307 Sexual offense in the third degree 3-308 Sexual offense in the fourth degree An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 464D; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 266, § 1; ch. 278, § 1; 2004, ch. 524.] what is the jail time for statutory rape.:: October 17, 2006 15:10The jail time and fines for statutory rape in Maryland can range in seriousness from misdemeanor to felony and will depend on the situtation and age of both parties involved. Sentencing is ultimately up to the presiding judge and would be within the sentencing limits perscribed by the statutes relative to the crime committed. These statutes can be located under Maryland Criminal Law Subtitle 3: Sexual Crimes sections 3-301 through 3-324 If you have been charged or expect to be charged with a sexual crime, I would strongly advise that you seek legal representation. |
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The majority of the book is dedicated to historical military kill rates and how they have changed over the years due to the different ways of training recruits....from Civil War style shooting at bullseye training targets to modern man-shaped popup style targets. The gist of the research is that the aversion to killing a real person must be purged via desensitizing the recruit to violence...otherwise, a person will not deliberately aim a gun at another with lethal intent (except for the 2% of people with psychopathic personalities...in wartime, they are the ones who thrive on conflict and are not as affected by exhaustion as the other 98% ).
His study gets into the methods of desensitizing recruits, and, how the increasing violence in our society is due to the same methods of removing taboos....movies, TV programs, and video games that reduce violence to sport and make the "enemy" less than human.
It is an interesting book, and I would give it 4 stars out of 5, only because he concludes at the end that the easy availability of guns in our society is also a contributing factor to climbing violence rates. I simply disagree with that conclusion (but, hey...I'm not a psychologist ).
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Officials urge residents to buy flood insurance
Published: Friday, January 23, 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
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THIBODAUX Terrebonne and Lafourche parish officials are urging residents to buy flood insurance now so theyre ensured a lower rate once FEMAs new flood maps take effect.
The maps are set to replace their two-decade-old predecessors and in many cases will change the designation of neighborhoods from an area not labeled flood-prone to one considered at-risk, which means higher homeowners-insurance rates for most people.
In addition, flood insurance will cost a lot more for people who buy it after the new maps take effect, and stricter construction requirements will likely make some building off limits in the most flood-prone areas and require higher elevations in others.
Officials in Lafourche are actively challenging many aspects of the maps but expect higher insurance rates in some areas regardless. That is, unless you get flood insurance now, which could grandfather you into you current rate.
Officials have less than three months to appeal Lafourches maps, which can be viewed at www.lamappingproject.com.
Terrebonnes maps will be presented to the public during an open-house meeting Feb. 2 and can be appealed until 90 days after that date. Officials in Terrebonne got a look at those maps last month and learned that most of the parish will be placed in a high-risk flood zone, with the exception of much of Houma and areas north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. They have not formulated an official response.
Some low-lying communities would be particularly affected by the new guidelines, which would require new buildings in Montegut, for example, to be elevated up to 14 feet off the ground.
The best advice we can give residents who are concerned about this is to go out and get flood insurance now, said Windell Curole, general manager of the South Lafourche Levee District, who until recently also managed the Terrebonne levees as well.
We have a good, solid system, he said of the Lafourche levees. But even the best levee system could be overtopped by a powerful storm.
The number of federal flood-insurance policies in Lafourche and Terrebonne has risen by about 16,000 since just before hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and totaled 27,000 in October, according to FEMA.
Thats about half as many owner-occupied homes as statistics show existed in 2006, when Terrebonne Parish had about 27,000 and Lafourche had 24,5000, census data show.
Curole contends the maps show overly conservative models to test the 100-year storm, the term for a powerful hurricane with a 1 percent chance to make landfall in a given year, because they were created immediately after Hurricane Katrina.
FEMA has refused to acknowledge the existence of the south Lafourche levee system, which rings the parishs southern reaches and is about 13 feet at its highest point just north of Leeville and as low as 10 feet in other spots.
It hasnt overtopped in the last five major hurricanes.
We are working with the state through the Louisiana Recovery Authority to have new studies completed which will show what we already know: that the south Lafourche levee system is not only adequate but perhaps the model system from which others should be built, Parish President Charlotte Randolph said.
Parish governments have 18 months following the appeals period to adopt the maps.
If the maps are rejected by parish councils, local residents and businesses will be ineligible for the National Flood Insurance Program, the only supplier of flood-insurance policies for homes and businesses.
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Tyler, Texas (KETK) — The court date for Tyler Mall shooter, Ricky Neal, has been rescheduled for December 2, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
Ricky Neal was previously charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police determined that he had also shot Jonathan Lamone Dews, 29, of Tyler.
He is also charged with the death of Chris Mass at Broadway Square Mall in Tyler on February 9, 2013.
Neal allegedly killed Mass following a dispute involving Twitter.
According to Tyler police, around 9:15 a.m., officials were dispatched to a shooting in the mall's parking lot near JC Penny.
Officials say Neal and his girlfriend went to the mall to buy shoes at Champs. As they entered the mall, Neal noticed a group of men, one of which he had an issue with prior about "tweeting" at his girlfriend.
A confrontation ensued between Neal and another man from the group inside the mall and continued in the parking lot.
According to authorities, Neal then pulled out a gun and shot the victim, later identified as Mass, multiple times, killing him.
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WHITE CITY, Ore. — Veterans are dissatisfied after the White City VA promised an open public forum Friday night, but restricted their ability to speak. Residents at the facility were prevented from talking to media or even home videographers unless they signed a waiver. However, waivers were not brought to the meeting in the first … Continue reading »
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