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Meanwhile Out On The Street…
by Thomas MacMillan | Oct 19, 2010 6:26 am
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Posted to: Legal Writes, Downtown
After police raided a college party at a downtown club, Seth Bannon and Steven Winter spotted their friend in handcuffs outside on the curb. Bannon pulled out his phone to call an acquaintance in City Hall. Winter tried to ask a cop a question. Suddenly, they found themselves arrested, too—for disorderly conduct and trespassing.
Making cell phone calls out in public in the vicinity of police, it appears, might be a crime in New Haven, too.
At least that's the story Bannon and Winter shared on Monday. They said they were wrongly arrested without cause on Oct. 2, in the aftermath of a police action at the Elevate Lounge on Crown Street.
An arrest report released to the Independent offers a different story. Officer Yelena Borisova wrote that Bannon and Winter refused to obey multiple orders to move away and were obstructing the flow of pedestrian and car traffic.
The details of their arrests and of a fifth student—previously unreported—add a new dimension to the unfolding tale of a downtown raid that has turned into an explosive and closely watched case of alleged police overreaction and abuse of civil liberties in the tinderbox of the Crown Street club district.
Bannon, a Harvard senior, is taking time off from school to start a software business with Winter and another Yalie. Winter is a senior philosophy major at Yale who coincidentally worked for Ned Lamont's gubernatorial campaign as a "tracker," charged with videotaping the every move of Dan Malloy, the opposing candidate. (Click the play arrow to see the camera turned on him in a file video.)
Bannon's and Winter's tale is the latest narrative to emerge from a controversial Oct. 2 police action at the Elevate Lounge, where two Yale colleges were holding a dance. The incident resulted in five arrests, followed by an outpouring of complaints about alleged verbal and physical abuse on the part of New Haven cops.
During the raid, police forbade students from using their cellphones, and beat and Tased one student—Bulldogs tight end Jordan Jefferson—who allegedly disobeyed that command. Video from the incident shows police shouting "Who's next?" and "Anybody else?" after subduing someone, possibly Jefferson.
Police said the inspection was a routine part of "Operation Nightlife," the crackdown on clubs in the city's bar district that was prompted by a downtown shootout in September. According to police, Elevate was dangerously overcrowded and police—including two SWAT cops and state liquor control agents—went into the club to check IDs and count occupants.
Three Yale students were arrested inside Elevate: Jefferson, Zach Fuhrer, and a Spanish Yale student. (Read about Jefferson's and Fuhrer's arrests here. Read about the other arrest below.) Bannon and Winter were arrested outside.
The raid on Elevate is one of four recent policing incidents that have resulted in internal investigations of possible cop misconduct. Police are looking into a Crown Street arrest on Sept. 10, the ticketing of a motorcyclist on Sept. 23, the arrest of a Quinnipiac Student on Sept. 25, and the Elevate raid on Oct. 2.
Aside from their association with Operation Nightlife, a common thread running through several of these incidents is the involvement of cell phones or cell phone cameras. It's an important element in the arrests of Bannon and Winter as well.
It was a cell phone text message that brought the two to the corner of College and Crown Streets early in the morning of Oct. 2. And it was a cellphone, they said, that resulted in Bannon's arrest, followed closely by Winter's.
Their arrests have prompted the two to join activists seeking change in the police department. They've started a group called Citizens For Policing Reform. They and some New Haven social justice activists to plan a Saturday march. They said they have four requests: Police should accept civilian complaint forms by mail or email, not just in person. The city should start a pilot program of cameras mounted on cops. Police should use Tasers that record video and audio every time the weapons are deployed. And the Civilian Review Board should be reformed so that it has actual power.
"Get Out Of Here"
Here's what led to their arrests, according to Bannon and Winter:
Around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2, the two were at a dinner party a few blocks from Elevate. They got a text message from a mutual friend saying that their buddy Fuhrer had been arrested at the club. Bannon and Winter left the party and headed down to investigate.
They found Fuhrer and Jefferson sitting in handcuffs on the curb outside Elevate surrounded by about 10 cops. Jefferson looked terrible. He had fresh blood on his face and looked like he'd just been beaten, Bannon said.
"The whole right side of his face was a throbbing red contusion," Winter said. "It was really shocking, especially because Zach was just Zach, he was totally fine."
Jefferson couldn't seem to hold himself up and was slumped over on Fuhrer.
Bannon and Winter stayed about 25 or 30 feet away from the cops, farther away than the closest officer. Police had closed off the street to traffic. There were only a few people around.
Bannon, who grew up in Guilford, pulled out his phone and called an attorney friend of his family to get some advice. The lawyer advised him to keep his distance and said Bannon might have an opportunity to inquire where Fuhrer was going to be taken and how to help with his bail.
A cop approached Bannon, asked what he was doing. Bannon said Fuhrer was his friend. The cop replied, "He's going to jail. Do you want to 'expletive' join him?" according to Bannon, who declined to say the expletive.
Bannon said no.
"That get the 'expletive' out of here," the cop said, according to Bannon.
Bannon started walking away and pulled out his phone. He started calling someone he knows in City Hall. He declined to say whom.
The cop asked Bannon whom he was calling. Bannon told him the name.
The cop said "Yeah?" and grabbed his phone, according to Bannon. Another officer put Bannon in handcuffs.
"I was just like, 'Whoa, what just happened?' Floored," Winter said. He turned to another officer and said, "Excuse me, why is he being arrested?"
"You better get out of here," the cop replied, according to Winter.
Winter started backing up, raising his hands to show he wasn't a threat. "OK, sure," he said. "Can you explain to me why he's being arrested?"
Another cop, behind Winter, grabbed his hands and put him in handcuffs.
"That was it," Winter said. "I got arrested for asking a question."
Winter and Bannon were seated on a curb and held for 45 minutes before they signed a promise to appear in court and were released. Police charged them with disorderly conduct and trespassing in the third degree.
Brannon said when he tried to read all the conditions of his promise to appear before signing it, an officer grabbed his arm and said, "That's it, you're going to jail." He was forced to reach back as he was pulled away and swipe a signature across the page in order to avoid arrest.
Winter and Bannon both said they were wrongly arrested. They were compliant and non-threatening with police during the whole incident, they said.
"I was putting them in no danger. All I did was ask a question," Winter said.
"When the officer ordered me to leave, I immediately began to do so," Bannon said. "I broke no law that night."
Cops: They Refused To Move
A police report offers a different account. Read it here.
Here's what happened, according to a report prepared by Office Borisova:
The report is dated Oct. 2, 2010 It begins, "On September 2, 2010 at approximately 0234 hours…"
Borisova wrote that she and Officer Rob Strickland were working the "bar detail" under the supervision of Sgt. David Guliuzza, clearing the Crown Street area as the clubs closed. They were "trying to keep pedestrian flow moving when two individuals, later identified as Seth Bannon and Steve Winter, stopped in the middle of the street," Borisova wrote. "We repeatedly asked them to move but they refused. Both individuals were standing at the exit of Crown Street garage impeding the flow of pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic."
That's the extent of report's explanation of the arrests. The final two paragraphs of the report state that Bannon and Winter were arrested, list the charges, and note that the two signed promised to appear.
Winter said he's mystified by the police account. He said the street was not crowded with pedestrians, that police had closed off traffic and no cars were on the street. They were not obstructing anything, he said.
He and Bannon both said they feel that they were mistreated.
They said they recognize that what happened to them is insignificant in the grand scheme of life in New Haven, but that they've come to see that larger injustices happen frequently in New Haven without being recognized.
"The way I look at this, this kind of police misconduct has been going on in this city for God knows how long and nobody really took notice because it was a lot of people who are underrepresented," Winter said. "But when Yale gets stepped on, everybody takes notice. ... I would hope some broad change comes out of this."
"People say this is Yale getting a taste of the real world, and that's definitely true, but nobody should have to deal with this," Winter said.
"While I sympathize with the incredibly difficult position New Haven police officers are in, nothing excuses the sort of behavior I witnessed that night," Bannon said.
The two said they would like to help reform the police department. To that end, they've formed Citizens For Policing Reform. They've banded together with local activists like Unidad Latina En Accion, My Brother's Keeper, and CopWatch New Haven. Together, they are planning a march for Saturday to call for a stronger Civilian Review Board.
In the meantime, Bannon and Winter are fighting the charges against them in court. Winter said they were offered a deal to have their charges reduced to creating a public disturbance, but they would have had to admit guilt. They rejected the deal.
"Steve and my case will get dismissed. I have no doubt about that," Bannon said. "There's just nothing there."
Agent Wallet Complained
In response to a request from the Independent, the city released a report Friday of the fifth arrest associated with the raid on Elevate.
The 21-year-old Yale student from Spain, declined to comment on his arrest.
A report prepared by Officer Angelo Mauriello offers an explanation of his arrest.
Here's what happened, according to the report:
At 2 a.m., during the inspection of Elevate Lounge, Sgt. Guliuzza told Mauriello to investigate a complaint by state liquor control agent Barry Wallet.
Wallet told Mauriello that a student had approached him as he was conducting his inspection of Elevate. Wallet asked for the student's ID. He refused. Wallet asked again.
The student "handed over his identification and then attempted to grab it back," Mauriello wrote. That's what prompted Wallet's complaint.
The student was arrested for disorderly conduct, handcuffed, and taken to the police station.
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posted by: RR on October 19, 2010 6:54am
Why are some cops wasting time, money and resources busting these kids? There are bigger, badder fish to fry in New Haven, guys. These kids aren't going to mug or carjack me. To Protect and to Serve?
posted by: Bill on October 19, 2010 6:59am
Whether or not these Yale students think they were arrested wrongly, it is still their duty to obey the orders given them by the Police force. It's the responsibility of the Police to delegate in these situations, and the citizens have a responsibility to comply. I've been in the Crown street area at that time of night - the police are everywhere trying to keep people moving and the streets clear. It is an effort to keep everyone safe and to keep drunken idiots away from each other so altercations can't begin.
If the police repeatedly asked these gentlemen to continue on their way and remove themselves from the vicinity, they had an obligation to do so; should they have refused to acknowledge the request of the police, they have to face the consequences.
posted by: robn on October 19, 2010 8:07am
If, as reported, Bannon and Winter were 25' away from the closest officer and were making a phone call, its incredible that they would be approached by an officer and even questioned, never mind arrested. If this story is correct, its an absolute outrage.
posted by: XXXX This on October 19, 2010 8:08am
The NHPD is on a roll. Just look at all the scandals in the police department. We must do what they tell us. We cannot trust them. Our freedoms are gone.
DeStefano is responsible and he must go. Limon too.
posted by: streever on October 19, 2010 8:51am
If their stories are true, the officers should be removed from the force.
Completely jives with me. I've already recounted a similar incident, when I called the police because I witnessed an incapacitated girl on the green and was worried about her safety. The police came, roughed her up, smacked her head into the car, and threatened to arrest me when I identified myself as the caller by saying, "Hi, I called for you guys because I was worried about her safety." I was just bewildered at the rough way they were treating her.
they told me I could go to jail if I didn't shut up and get out of there.
posted by: lance on October 19, 2010 9:02am
Thanks for the info about Ned Lamont hiring video stalkers. ...
posted by: Threefifths on October 19, 2010 9:30am
Look what just happen in New York.The police can't stop people from taking pictures.
October 18, 2010, 6:00 pm
You Can Photograph That Federal Building
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
This would also apply to peopel taking pictures of the poilce.
posted by: Threefifths on October 19, 2010 9:36am
I forgot to put this in there.Bottom line we have the right under the First Amendment to use cameras in public spaces without being harassed.
"This settlement secures the public's First Amendment right to use cameras in public spaces without being harassed," said a statement issued by Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, which represented Mr. Musumeci in Federal District Court.
If this goes to court,The city of New haven better get ready to pay out some big bucks.
posted by: Christina on October 19, 2010 9:55am
It may be "their duty to obey orders given to them by the police force" but never when those orders are in direct contradiction to the law and our civil liberties.
It was within these students rights to observe their friend's arrest, and they ha a good reason to be there. It is not illegal to observe, videotape or photograph the police and it is important for the public to do so. Observing and recording police interactions provides transparency in policing to the public, and prevents misconduct. The police cannot ask you to stop watching them, or remove yourself from a public place as long as you are not interfering.
It should also be noted that we are having a conversation about yale students experiencing police misconduct, while in this same city poor people, immigrants, and people of color experience police brutality that most of the public is unaware of. The residents of new haven deserve to be policed on their own terms, and it is our responsibility to make the police department that we want.
posted by: DKR on October 19, 2010 10:15am
wow,...how ironic that the "select-few", who feel they are above everyone else, including the administration, feel it is ok for a yale fraternity to degrade and demoralize woman in the manner they have. allegedly for years, and you mean to tell me the administration knew nothing about it??? it appears that behavior is ok since it's considered a "tradition".
posted by: robn on October 19, 2010 10:55am
To quote an old photog I once knew…"if you don't want to be photographed, you'll need to figure out how to stop light from bouncing off of you."
posted by: Jay on October 19, 2010 11:24am
"At a dinner party at 2AM" So they weren't drunk downtown at bar closing time, it was a dinner party that went really late and happened to be where all the bars and clubs are. I don't like how these cops act either but these privileged pansies are clearly full of it.
posted by: JB on October 19, 2010 12:05pm
I have grave doubts about the legitimacy of a police force that is so adverse to being photographed or filmed.
posted by: streever on October 19, 2010 12:22pm
Hm, DKR, what does your comment mean? Are you referring to the actions of the Yale frat that did that horrible chant? What part did these two men play in the degrading of a woman?
posted by: nfjanette on October 19, 2010 12:25pm
The NHPD is on a roll. Just look at all the scandals in the police department. We must do what they tell us. We cannot trust them. Our freedoms are gone.
Is the NHPD "on a roll", or is it rather that NHI is a roll, having clearing made the decision to go to war on this issue? The press does so by hammering the same stories over and over under the guise of repeating them for background information. The net result, however, is the sense that the same small number of disputed events keep happening daily. Each event is disputed because there is a general question of the balance between the right of the public to record video in public (which has caught illegal police actions) and the needs of law enforcement to establish and maintain control at an active crime scene (which reduces danger to everyone in the area). No one has yet produced video that clearly shows all the participants involved so that one can get an objective view of the action, so the dynamic largely remains one of conflicting personal accounts.
posted by: Bob Abuey on October 19, 2010 12:31pm
I remember years back going downtown to the bars during my college days. Sometimes 2 or 3 days a week. You know how many altercations I had with the new haven police? Zero. Yes that's right, none. Cops said to move along, I did. No arguing, no declaring my "rights to stand on public property," no photographing cops or demanding to know what it is that they are doing or why they're arresting somebody. I do remember being at playwrite during a liqour raid. They asked for my ID, I gave it. The one issue that night was actually with a drunkenly beligerant friend of mine who didn't have her ID. Firstly, she brought the attention on herself, and secondly, I remember the cops being more than patient with her.
What is this kid Bannon doing? Him and his friend went to "investigate?" Really? He was also making a call to a "friend in city hall?" Who does this kid think he is? His friend worked as a tracker as explained up top? I really try my hardest to not be a judgmental person, but I think I have my mind made up about what these kids are about.
See, I remember my college days, believing I was smarter than most, believing that as a college student, I had all the answers, believing that there was always a loophole in which I was right and the powers that be are wrong, and so on and so forth. Here's a wake up call: when the police tell you to do something, aside from an unlawful order, you do it. If you don't, you will be arrested, contrary to what the liberal professors tell you about your rights. And furthermore, I find it hard to imagine finding a single non Intoxicated person downtown on a bar night. I wonder what state of sobriety any of the people arrested were in.
Face it boys, you got it in your head that because you have political connections, you can show up in scene and make some calls and viola! Problem gone. Instead you caused legal problems for yourself. You're not activists nor are you freedom fighters. You're overly zealous "politically connected" college kids who over stepped your bounds. Get off your high horse and stop trying to fight battles that simply aren't there. That is all, for now at least.
posted by: robn on October 19, 2010 1:11pm
The intention of Bannon and Winter as well as their condition (intoxicated or not) is irrelevant. What's relevant is that it's their legal right to observe and/or record something in public at a reasonably safe distance from a police cordon and they have a right to call whomever they want to on their cell phones.
posted by: Jay on October 19, 2010 1:49pm
The intention of these two is questionable as their story of what they were doing there and what state they are in is highly dubious. The issue with the police could have easily had more to do with their rowdy, obnoxious behavior and less to do with a phone or camera as they claim. I simply don't believe them or this story. ...
posted by: robn on October 19, 2010 4:46pm
It isn't illegal to be "obnoxious" if your not harming anyone or disturbing the peace, nor is it illegal to have an intention to be obnoxious, nor is it illegal to use ones phone in public, nor is it illegal to record the actions of anyone in a public place, including the police.
posted by: ARW on October 19, 2010 4:50pm
Bob and Jay, your judgmental attitude is unfortunate. Two friends going to check on a third is an admirable choice if perhaps unwise at 2 in the morning. And as to their story, I see nothing unusual about it. In my college days dinners often lasted into the early morning, and anyone coming from a dinner party is unlikely to be the sort of rowdy drunkard you find at the clubs and bars.
The story that seems fishy to me is the police's. Their report says that the two students were blocking motor vehicle traffic, but anyone who is familiar with that area of Crown St knows that police put barricades up to block cars from turning onto that street. How could they have possibly been blocking motor vehicle traffic?
Seems like an unfortunate overreaction on the NHPD's part.
posted by: robn on October 19, 2010 5:07pm
case in point
You Can Photograph That Federal Building
posted by: Curious on October 19, 2010 5:45pm
These two just made the case for the cops and why they should not be using cell phones in this situation. Their friends. who were being detained called them and they rushed to the scene. To do what? There was a rowdy,drunken crowd of about two hundred people. If everyone of them used their cell phone to call a friend, you now might have 400 rowdy, possibly drunken people. Let the cops do their job!
posted by: robn on October 20, 2010 3:03pm
drinks ARE on the house…..
the big house
the pen (not the kind they use at Yale)
the stir
the crowbar hotel
up the river
the chill factory
the hoosegow
the joint
the rock
the freezer
the slammer
the sneezer
the skinner joint
the mainline joint
the ice house
the stockade
the clink
the last stop
the yard
stoney lonesome
the cage
the pokey
the box
the cooler
the calaboose
the bucket
the can
the final mile
club fed
the plate factory
the sol'
the timer
the graybar hotel
con college
the country club
the hole
the jug
the calender shop
the digger
the glass house
the farm
posted by: Mark Oppenheimer on October 20, 2010 3:34pm
Well, I have been there. When I was in college, I mouthed off to a cop in Union Station and was arrested for "interfering with an investigation." Let me be clear: I was rude to the cop, and that was stupid. But of course, it is LEGAL to be rude. And the arrest report was just a total lie, filled with completely invented details. The cop had to invent details, because he well knew that he couldn't write down, "I arrested the kid because he was being a little jerk." So I think I have a pretty good sense of what happened to these kids (one of whom is an old student of mine): they were asking questions, that pissed off the cop, the cop arrested the kids, and then had to invent some nonsense about impeding pedestrian flow.
What's more, I think on some level we all know that is what happened.
But I think that some of the commenters are cool with that. They know cops have a tough job (which they do), and they figure that if sometimes cops have to bend the rules, arresting kids for being wise-asses (or just asking questions), and then making up stories, well, then that is what policing involves.
But if that is what people believe, then please: just say it. Get it out in the open.
As for "Curious," he seems to think cops should be allowed to tell innocent pedestrians not to use cell phones.
And as for Bob Abuey, I am unclear what you are arguing: that if the cops decide a kid "overstepped his bounds," the kid should be arrested? Even if overstepping bounds means showing up and asking questions? That is NOT illegal. Even if the questions were rude (which we have no reason to believe they were). Even if the questions were persistent. PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO COPS, PHOTOGRAPH COPS, MAKE CELL PHONE CALLS NEAR COPS, AND BEHAVE IN WAYS THAT COPS FIND ANNOYING. But people are not allowed to break the law. All of us, including police officers, need to know the difference.
posted by: Bobby J on October 20, 2010 4:19pm
Sharpeye's comment is exactly what the mayor wants to see. At least until the clubs pay his "protection" fee, then he'll call "operation nightlife" off
posted by: nfjanette on October 20, 2010 5:46pm
EOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK TO COPS, PHOTOGRAPH COPS, MAKE CELL PHONE CALLS NEAR COPS, AND BEHAVE IN WAYS THAT COPS FIND ANNOYING. But people are not allowed to break the law. All of us, including police officers, need to know the difference.
Your argument left out one important point in the otherwise reasonable summary of the situation: it is illegal to disobey the orders of a law enforcement officer under certain circumstances. It is not a question of someone asking questions, taking pictures, talking on phones, but rather of what the context is in that situation. Just as you do not have the right to shout, "Fire!", in a crowded theater, you do not have the right to perform certain actions under certain circumstances. The question is: what is the clear definition of those circumstances. In some situations, distance seems to be a factor in the evaluation. In others, the state and size of a crowd.
posted by: Anon on October 20, 2010 8:38pm
It is more than all this. on the list of demands for reform should be mandatory drug testing for cops in new haven, Yale PD and NHPD.
And brutality should not trump the issue of fabrications. Every brutality case includes fabrications. Not all fabricated charges include brutality. Bearing false witness is the name of the game for these cops. It is the root of every other misconduct they engage in. Not a single instance of misconduct I know of is without it. It is exceedingly rare for it not to be.
Finally, a Yale PD officer attacked another person on a traffic stop this summer, hospitalizing her. No prior record at all, not drinking, no DUI, no nothing. Officer had a shady record, the motorist didn't. The case is still pending. They are engaged in covering up the video and audio of it as I speak.
There are too many cops acting like they have severe PTSD or are on steroids. They absolutely need treatment and drug testing. Better pysch testing before entering the PD academy as well. They are criminals.
A Yale officer, nice guy, literally saved me from an NHPD officer a few years ago on the scene of my recovered stolen car. The NHPD officer's behavior was terrifying, totally clinical and we both sensed, the Yale cop and I, that we needed to wrap up the scene, stop talking and get me and my car out of there and away from him. He seemed to me to have an extremely serious case of PTSD or be on serious drugs, like steroids. He was irrational, predatory, Just absolutely well over a clinical level.
Finally, you don't give more power to a CRB of PD sycophants, which half of the members are.
Consider the reforms carefully, and demand more reforms than you are.
Don't turn to a single Connecticut lawyer/expert. They're terrible, useless. Go to NY Civilian Review for model reforms. Ask the things they want to reform in NY and push for those here. Go elsewhere. Even the DOJ publishes best practices for city police departments, and these departments here haven't implemented them.
Ditch these losers that were on the panel at Yale. Take it from one who absolutely knows. They will kill your initiatives, no matter how friendly they sound, no matter how much they act like they care about your Free Speech rights to tape and so on. Some of them are babysitters who have been hauled in every time New Haven needs to smooth out anger and disarm reforms. You can't trust all of them.
posted by: robn on October 21, 2010 7:46am
If Bannon and Winter's account is accurate, they were 25' away from the police line, and they were approached by the officer. Its not legal for the police to create the circumstance under which arresting a civilian is possible…i.e., they can't arbitrarily approach observers outside their cordon and arrest them, nor can they deny them their legal right to use their phone in public place. Inside the club it may have been a different matter because it's was within their cordon and they were ostensibly trying to bring calm and mitigate a supposedly unsafe over occupancy. Outside…at a distance…NFW.
posted by: steve bradley on October 22, 2010 9:00am
Dear Editor,
we have all had some experience with renegade New Haven police who think their guns and badges entitle them to behave any damn way they please. I am glad this has happened to some Yale students who also operate under the idea that they are more privledged than the rest of us. Welcome to the real New Haven. But, if you read the papers we all know of the thuggish behaviors of some city police. Perhaps there will now bring some attention to both of these groups that share space with the rest of us here in our 'Fair City'.


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Furthermore, as a condition of funding, researchers are increasingly being required to undertake to place data in archives. This is required by the ESRC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the European Research Council, the Irish Higher Education Authority, the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. Leverhulme recommends archiving and Nuffield requires it for survey data and recommends it for other data. For up to date summaries of research funders policies regarding grant awards see http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/ .
Clearly, archiving of data such that it can be used by other researchers raises ethical issues with particular regards to informed consent and to protecting the anonymity and confidentiality of participants. (See the discussion on Consent in the Core Issues section.) Anonymity and confidentiality can, to a large extent, be safeguarded by removal of names and any other information that could enable others to identify participants. In some cases removal of contextualizing information would make it difficult for others to judge the validity of the research findings and/or would render the data useless as a secondary source. However, researchers should not agree to archive information in a way that would be unfair to participants and expectations regarding archiving should be discussed with funders at an early stage.
From the outset, participants should be made fully aware regarding information which will be made available to other researchers. As a general rule all eventualities that can be anticipated regarding the future data use should be covered on information sheets such that people can give genuinely informed consent in this regard. In some circumstances it may be necessary to adopt a staged consent strategy, that is, consent to participate in research, followed at a later point by consent for publication and future data use. However, it may not always be possible to anticipate every eventuality (and attempting to do so could be burdensome and worrying to participants). In this regard, the authors of the Data Sharing Review (2008) cite the Data Protection Act as providing the basic protection of prohibiting reuse of data "in any manner that is incompatible with the original purpose". They do however, point out that "'incompatible with' is not the same as 'different from'" and express the pragmatic view that:
… returning to people on each occasion when an organisation wishes to reuse personal information for clearly beneficial and not incompatible purposes would impose a disproportionately heavy burden, particularly where the data pool is large. (5.17)
and advise that:
Consent clauses should be written in a way that provides for reasonable additional uses of information, while giving patients and others sufficiently specific explanations and safeguards to prevent inappropriate uses or sharing of information about them. (5.20)
http://www.justice.gov.uk/reviews/datasharing-intro.htmConfidential research data can be shared in archives by combining one or more of these strategies:
- obtain informed consent for archiving and for future use compatible with the original research.
- protect the identity of participants and places by anonymising data and removing other identifying information (see below).
- restrict access (e.g. by group, use, time).
With regard to protecting the identities and privacy of participants, the UK Data Archive Best advises:
- plan anonymisation at the time of transcription or initial write up.
- use pseudonyms or replacements.
- retain unedited versions of the data for use within the research team and for preservation.
- create an anonymisation log of all replacements, aggregations or removals made; care should be taken to store such a log separately from the anonymised data files.
- identify replacements in a meaningful way, e.g. with [brackets].
Digital manipulation of audio and image files can be used to remove personal identifiers. However, techniques such as voice alteration and image blurring are labour intensive and expensive to apply to large quantities of data and are likely to damage the research potential of the data. If confidentiality of audio-visual data is an issue, it is better to obtain the participant's consent to use and share the data unaltered.
UK Data Archive, 'Managing and Sharing Data: a best practice guide for researchers':
In addition to ensuring ethical standards, researchers also need to ensure that the requirements of the Data Protection Act are met (see 'Data Security (the Data Protection Act)'). However, it should be noted that if data is anonymised (personal identifiers removed) then the DPA will not apply as this no longer constitutes 'personal data'.
UKDA – Manage and Share Data www.data-archive.ac.uk/sharing/sharing.asp
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Clark, A. 2006. Anonymising research data. NCRM Working Paper Series 7/06. ESRC National
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My new tag its simple crits anyone ?
thanks for the advice i thought to keep it simple because my last one was shocking and i will try to get it better
pen > paint
the u is wack and the n looks awkward because the other letters are lowercase. keep working on it
Writers in the 760 pm me.
a few for fun. crits?
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I am not a graffiti artist, I do not condone or participate in illegal graffiti, I simply collect, document, and display the work of anonymous artists, I am not accountable for any vandalism under the names represented in any of my posts, it was not me.
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Kroe that gopher is pretty dope, you could fatten that up with some bars and turn it into a piece. I imagine it'd be pretty cool
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Bipo practice handstyles for the next 6 months and dont post any pictures...notebooks upon notebooks full of handstyles.
dviser i really like the 3rd one down on those grimey ones, its dopelicious.
yo peter thanks dude those are sick! i cant decide which one i like best..comes down to the bottom right with the lower case D and the top left one, bottom left sharp one is sick too thanks man, gave me good ideas
thanks Naked, i wana get a solid rounded style down and a grimey one
Bipo keep practicing man you will eventualy get it down. do some tags slower to to get the movement imprinted into ur muscles tissue memory or w.e the fuk it
i like the top pic, nice flow
Thanks guys. My personal favorite is the bottom right.
6ido: Keep practicing. Simplify your letters a little more you're almost where you need to start. You're improving for sure, just keep writing and writing.
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snok those r looking good dude keep practicing and you will see more and more improvment
shofs i dig the name, saeso is dope...i kinda like the tags in the bottom picture more, make that E more round perhaps and it could be in the works for a dope rounded tag style
Dank- I like the -eldo- alot but the m could use some curves and put some style on the S.
snoke- is that a u or a v? if its a u put a line going down on the right to define it a bit. and that r throwie looks cool.
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Agile Designers by Webalys is a platform for web designers, currently in beta. Up to now already around 1,900 designers have registered and put up 740 resources. This is massive, considering that the service just launched on the 7th of November of last year. Reason enough to take a closer look at what's in store.
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Agile Designers seems nothing exceptional, when you first look at it. Web services that focus on the curation of projects and products are a dime a dozen. Agile Designers does not focus on any special aspects of the job, nor does it concentrate on e.g. free tools.
What you find on the platform is a colorful mixture of well-known as well as lesser known tools and services. The portfolio grows continuously through the contribution of its registrated users. Resources are submitted via a simple web form. Tools and services to be accepted need to be reachable via an URL. Agile Designers does not host any files on their site. Contributors need to register, the account can be connected with Twitter or Facebook. One of the two is mandatory.
Agile Designers is well structured and does not only care for the closest topics around design, such as software, coding, graphic tools. They do cover these of course, but moreover they care for project management, collaboration, marketing and other business related aspects. A separate category contains resources that help you keep up to date with knowledge. Learning is often neglected under the pressure of dead lines. Agile Designers wants to encourage you to change that.
All categories are built according to the same pattern. The contents can be sorted using different criteria. Registered users can click on "I use it", thus integrating the clicked resource into their own portfolio. That way other users see which tools and services you use. The creators plan to extend the possibilities of interaction. In the near future it will be possible to recommend tools as opposed to only telling others that you use it. Correspondingly you can search the database od registered designers.
Looking into the future, Agile Designers is bound to become a useful community for anything design. With almost 1,900 users it already has a noticeable size. Let's grow it little, shall we?
Related Links:
- Startpage of the curation platform | Agile Designers
- Homepage of the creators | Webalys
Dieter Petereit is Noupe's Editor-In-Chief and a veteran of the web with over 25 years of experience in the world of IT. As soon as Netscape became available he started to do what already at that time was called webdesign and has carried on ever since. Almost a decade ago he started writing for several online publications, some well, some lesser known. Dieter is a heavy G-Plusser, so why not meet him over there?
- Vincent le Moign, 02 February 2013
Thanks for this detailed and positive review Dieter!
I'm the creator and curator of Agile Designers.
Reading your review give me even more desire to improve it :-)We will release a new version soon, allowing members to moderate the resources (so far I'm the only one who decide) and make it easier to propose resources. And we plan more additions in the next months.
It's just the beginning…
We want to make it the starting point to find great resources, in just a few seconds.
I created it because I need it for myself, and see so many great resources, but not an easy way to find which one use.Thanks for supporting our initiative!
Vincent - arit, 03 February 2013
nice resources, but unfortunately you can't signup by email. sorry, i don't have a fb nor twitter account.
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Really Agile Designers is a great collection of web designers and I am very much appreciated to here. Thanks for sharing your informative ideas.
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Nice site,Great Design Resource
Thank You… - Aneslin, 13 February 2013
Thank You for the great resources. Agile is really great place to get the resources and inspirations.
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Do i have to pay for that?
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Didn't know this one. Nice site and great ressources.
Thanks for sharing Dieter !
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Wow loads of stuff available. Thanks for sharing.
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Agile is really great web design resources directory, I have submitted my site there. Hopefully it's useful for everyone!


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02 November 2012
Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles is the long-awaited world premiere about one of the world's most successful music entrepreneurs, Brian Epstein.
The multi-media play with live music forms part of the official programme of Liverpool's 50th Anniversary of The Beatles, a highlight of Liverpool's annual Homotopia International Arts Festival and the first major production at the newly refurbished Epstein Theatre named after Brian.
Written by Andrew Sherlock, Senior Lecturer in Drama at the Liverpool Screen School, LJMU; the play is co-created and directed by Jen Heyes, who graduated with a first class degree from the Drama programme at LJMU, with students from the Department working on placement in a number of areas of the production.
Acclaimed actor and TV star, Andrew Lancel (Coronation Street, The Bill, Queer as Folk) will take the lead role of Brian Epstein and newcomer, Will Finlason takes on the fictional role of 'This Boy' – a role that embodies the soul of 60s Liverpool. This two-hander play charts Brian Epstein's adult life and illustrious career from his drama school days to managing the world's biggest pop group.
Born in Liverpool in 1934 to Jewish descent, the cool, modern, gay and urbane Brian spent his early adult life working for the family business, NEMS (North End Music Stores). He was drafted into the Royal Army Service Corps and moved to London to join RADA. He returned to Liverpool to manage the brand new NEMS city centre music store and not long after made the historic lunchtime visit to the famous Cavern Club to hear four Liverpool lads perform - the rest is history. Brian died in 1967 of an accidental overdose at the age of 32.
Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles is set during this famous but enigmatic man's last days. This is a must see opportunity to discover a previously unexplored story and celebrate a true icon of 1960's popular culture – a man who shaped music and style across the world.
Running from 15 November – 1 December 2012, Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles is brought to you by Bill Elms and Jen Heyes Productions Ltd (Tales from Haunted Liverpool, Tales From Charles Dickens), written by Andrew Sherlock (Wall Talks and The Shankly Show) and created and directed by Jen Heyes (Treasured, Blood Wedding, Wall Talks).
Andrew Sherlock commented on the forthcoming production of his new play, "I'm delighted to be working with such a talented cast and crew and the involvement of graduates and students from the Drama Department at LJMU in this world-premiere is testament to their skills and talent."
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DOHA (AFP) - Top-seeded David Ferrer was sensationally denied a place in the final of the Qatar Open on Friday by forgotten man Nikolay Davydenko.
The 31-year-old Russian, without a win over a top 10 player in 15 attempts, and without an appearance in a final for 21 months, clinched a stunning 6-2, 6-3 win over one of the tour's most tenacious players.
Davydenko beat the Spaniard with a bullying brilliance which reminded people a little of the successive victories he produced over Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal when he capture the title in Doha three years ago.
Since then Davydenko has been hit by injuries, loss of form, and even loss of direction, sinking to an eight-year low of world number 50 last year. He is still outside the top 40.
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Villa Don Hendrick is located at 230 kilometers from Bandaranayake International Airport. We can arrange transport to and from the airport for you, at affordable rates.
You can take a seaplane (with Lankan Air Taxi) in Colombo, which will fly you to Dikwella in 30 minutes. From Dikwella, a 20 minutes drive brings you to Villa Don Hendrick. For more information, please visit www.srilankan.aero
Wagegoda is 3 kilometers away from the center of Tangalle. Drive towards Hambantota and turn left at the Weeraketiya junction. Follow this road for 2 kilometers through the paddy fields, and you will see a big temple arch on the left. This road leads to the village of Wagegoda. At the fork, take the road on the left. After 300 meters, you will see Villa Don Hendrick on your left-hand side.
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Alex Makes: Apple Bars
by Alex Guarnaschelli in Food Network Chef, November 8th, 2011
Every week, Alex Guarnaschelli, host of Alex's Day Off, shares with readers what she's eating — whether it's from the farmers' market or fresh off the boat, she'll have you craving everything from comfort food to seasonal produce.
Recently, I shared my one of my two favorite apple recipes with you: a warm and comforting Mulled-Apple Cider. Now, I'm whipping up a Thanksgiving treat that will become a fall staple.
Alex's Apple Bars
3 granny Smith apples, cored, peeled and cut into thin slices
2 tablespoons honey
The juice from 1 orange
8 dried figs cut into small pieces
2 cups unsalted butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups slivered almonds
1 teaspoon powdered ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon (to be used after baking)
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
3. Combine the apple slices, honey and orange juice in a small pot and bring to a simmer. Cook, simmering gently, until the apple becomes soft. Stir in the dried figs and continue simmering the mixture until the figs and the apples meld together. Note: If liquid is needed while cooking the apples, feel free to add some water to the pot.
4. In a large bowl, knead the butter and sugar together until the mixture is smooth. Add the salt, flour, almonds and ginger and mix to blend. Set aside about 1/3 of the dough.
5. Press 2/3 of the dough into the bottom of a greased baking sheet so it forms a flat layer. Place the tray in the center of the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and top with the apple puree and crumble the reserved dough over the top like a crumb topping. Place the tray in the oven and bake for an additional 35-40 minutes. The top should be light brown. Put the cinnamon in a strainer and sprinkle it over the top while it's still hot. Cool and cut into wedges.
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Reserved funds like above mentioned are some of the common types that are in practice. Another special type of reserved fund is in cooperatives. The reserve fund in the cooperative is a characteristics one.
The reserve fund of a cooperative must have common and equal for all members even they would buy an unequal amount of share capital. This makes the cooperative different than other organizations.


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Nacogdoches, TX — A Nacogdoches woman was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison on two counts of injury to a child.
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What's New
iOS8 compatibleBug fixes
Audiobus compatible
App Description
Finally compatible with iOS8!Dub Siren is the world's best selling Reggae,Dub & Dubstep app used by Gorillaz and many Professional DJs.
Key Features:
1.Includes both iPhone and iPad versions (Universal App)
2.40+ Reggae Dancehall Dub Radio Stations
3.20+ Dubstep Radio Stations
4.10+ Jungle DnB Stations
5.Delay Effects on Radio and iTunes Songs
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8.AirPlay ready
9.Sample Chop/OFF setting for One Touch Sample Play
10.Vintage Synth Oscillator Mode for Dub and Dubstep
11.Sampler Mode includes 80+ sound effect samples
12.The World's Famous Artist's Sound Packs are available
13. New Audio Engine
14. Audiobus compatible
Sound Pack List (*Paid Sample Pack)
Classic Sound
Pro DJ
Selecta Tools
Cultuaral Warriors
Lee Perry*
Mad Professor*
VP Records 1&2*
Jahtari 1&2*
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User Reviews:
Awesome app for live performance or play at home, great alternative to sampler or soundboy, use it all the time
by Vibration lab
There are a couple of other "Jamaican sound system/reggae" sound apps out there but none come close to this one bit. Whoever put this app together has a major true love for the sound systems and reggae music as you can either go old school analog sounds or with the newer digital sounds. You also get a variety of sound banks to play with as well as being able to change the sounds pitch, echo, reverb, etc... You can buy sound banks from major reggae legends and modern day producers such as Lee Perry, Big Youth, Mad Professor, Jahtari and more. For the masses of reggae lovers out there and DJ's this app is amazing and much needed.
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It's amazing to think that you can literally rock a party with a couple of iPhones/iPads with an app like Dub Siren and any decent Djay app.
All the original and authentic sound effects that made the sound system era great are present.
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Love the sounds, love the classic controller, love the new spin/next track tie-in, love the stations. Tested and Approved by Real Jamaicans!
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I've messed around for ages trying to create the same effects that this thing just blasts out. It is the wickedness.
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Superb app, reminds me of soundsystems I heard back in the 80s South London. A lot of fun importing your old faves from iTunes and mashing them down with the superb choice of effects. Would be good to record sessions or add your own sound effects but I guess the beauty of the app is its simplicity and low barrier to entry.
Cool, well done the developers
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I've been using this app ever since it came out and it just keeps getting better.
Sound packs -lots of my fave producers/artists with unique sounds (big up Jahtari!).
Super fun at parties and slick interface.
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Being a composer of music, I am always on the lookout for tools that aid in the creative process. This was quite a nice surprise! The software does exactly what it claims and is not a crappy hype app. It takes my Reggae music to the next level with the sampled clips that bring about a genuine authenticity that can't be matched! And of course the streaming reggae stations put the radio stations on my other players to shame!!!! Peace. One love.
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As we've said from Day 1, loser is not allowed to watch the Super Bowl. Most weight loss (based on percentage of starting weight) wins.
Let's go to the tape…
As we've said from Day 1, loser is not allowed to watch the Super Bowl. Most weight loss (based on percentage of starting weight) wins.
Let's go to the tape…
I have been refreshing the page for 5 minutes to see this. Who am I?
both of you still need a bra
It's really pathetic that I was actually nervous for this
big cat won lol
Could have watched 10 minutes of that girl jumping rope
Given your shape, physical physique, and the fact that you guys are both going to go back to being fat slobs, in a sense no one really won
I watched you shave your mustache yesterday…..whats up with that?
Can't wait until you both put on 10 pounds this month
it's so sad how much I've been looking forward to this
Big cat, you look so handsome!
#TeamBigCat #HeDidIt
Big cat still not funny bro
I have some serious swamp ass tofay
You guys think starving yourself 2 weeks for this challenge was so difficult but Smitty has been doing it for the past 7 years…
Would you mind asking that chick if I could sniff her yoga pants post-workout?
the mustache montage had me in fake tears. Sad day.
Feits I'm down $50 already going into Super Bowl Sunday. Fuck
500% chance Handsome Hank fucked Gracy
That girl is soooo hot though. Hey babe, get in touch with me. Ill bend over a barrel and show you the 50 states…
nipples are so fucking puffy
26 pounds in 3 weeks? my god
Feitelberg has a tiny bulge
Excuses from Feits. Typical Boston attitude there.
Having to see both of you with boxers on was a loss for everyone
Now go back to your sedentary lives of blogging about burritos to keep off any of the weight
Needed that girl to strip down with you. I think this is what love is.
Congrats Big Cat… This was a win for all of us rounding out our 20′s.
About to crack stick to that girls ass
whoooooo is that fine piece of ass?
Neil coming in at 5:58 was A+
sucks fietel-tits
Once again Chicago beats Boston! It's like the NHL Stanley Cup Final all over again. BigCat!
you clean up nice, big cat, and by nice i mean less like a fat pedophile.
You may have lost the stach, but at least you still have that sick wife beater tan.
Anyone who can lose 26 pounds in 3 weeks was doing something VERY wrong before. That's not supposed to be able to happen that fast.
No one told feitelberg to take his pants off but he did anyway
If you say you didn't tear up during that stache montage you're a fucking liar
Both still fat bloggers
"I'll probably gain it al back within a week too, I don't care"
Feits you let me down on this one.
tracy gracie or whatever the fuck her name is is so fucking hot
Trainer nudes John I know you have them
i hate myself for saying this but f it bigcat i am proud of you
That smoke = does anal
I don't know if feitelburg has ever won anything
Gracie looking better than ever
Proud of you Big Cat, you wanted it more. You're a football fan, Feits is a guy who only cares about rah-rah'ing when his team his winning.
Feits legit has nice tits
From avn's to wieght loss challenge it's been must watch blog-o-vision.
Intern Gracie , sit on me
Fiets is rattled
The fatter ones always win these. It's easier to lose more weight to get the higher loss percentage. Congrats Big Cat, you're still fat just a little less fat
Biggest tits in the room Feitelberg. That's something to be proud of right?
that girl has a butterface
Pres, I want to bang your sister. Wait… that's not your sister? But she has the same nose!
Fat fucks.
solid chance big cat puts half those 26 pounds back on by the time the game is over
Straight up bullshit if Feitelberg doesn't get to watch the puppy bowl
props to big cat. that shit aint easy
kind of unfair, the mustache was at least 15 pounds…so dense…so glorious
I demand a live cam in feits room during the SB
Feitelberg has to be the most out of shape person I've ever seen. Zero muscle definition and huge tits.
"you also went to the gym, big mistake" fuckin A+
@supbro you are a total clown
There are nude pics of that chick on the internet. Not linking though. Gracie Tracy. Google. Good luck.
Fiets, if you didn't go into the first weigh-in with a full bladder, full bowels, and a belly full of water, you were beaten before it even started. If you did, you virtually lost no real weight during this thing.
Did Feitelberg's tits get bigger?
@mikeyc – How upset are you that you didn't get the first comment today? Cheer up. Maybe tomorrow, pal.
Feits' tits at 7:48 need to be recognized
Bc had it from the get go. More unnaturally fat, and obviously the closest to obesity props @poopers on the observation
BC please post the next 5 meals you eat and let us know your weight come next sunday. I've a feeling the gain will be as miraculous as the loss.. But nice work nonetheless
Big Cat is an inspiration! I'm going to start dieting and exercising, and mustache growing, and blogging… tomorrow.
unnaturally thick
BC definitely had the advantage being a total lard ass before hand. 230 lbs?? that said, still impressive to lose 26 pounds in 3 weeks.
Way easier to lose weight when you weigh more but I was rooting for big cat anyway cause I don't want him to die at 35
Tough string of losses. I'd counter for Feits and say it should have been biggest body fat weight percentage loss since it's so easy for really fat people to lose weight, but there's no question BC wanted it more. Gotta give it to him
I'm inspired!
#teambigcat #ear2ear #purejoy
fetis you are so fucking stupid. going to the gym when doing a crash diet ? com on bro, think…. you basically got out smart by big cat, which is even more depressing
Yeah Big Cat Feits is gaaaaay
How about Feitelberg standing there in disbelief that he lost while his D-cups protrude from his bare chest
I love how barstool boston tried to take gracie on as a blogger, everybody tore her blog to shreds in the comments section because she was awful and now pres just uses her as eye candy in these videos.
Best part is Feits tits look like a terrible tit job.. Both as far apart as possible.
Big cat, not gonna lie, kinda inspired me.
I present to you, Intern Gracie Tracy https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BdbI-UwIAAAECIq.jpg:large
@hipsterphobic read the first line of blog, bro
since the pats aren't in it this year, this had more build up than the Super Bowl
Big cat this video kind of made me hate you…. Just saying
Knew Big Cat would take this home. And how about Feits after the weigh in, grow a set bro you lost. Fair and square Dan did work get over it.
Easier for bigcat since he weighed more. Should of been based on body fat. Feits u got got.
Intern grace how I've missed you……. Time to jerk it to Instagram pics
Big Cat lost mostly water weight. He probably put on at least 10 pounds when he re-hydrated.
Fiets I was actually rooting for you man, I'm sorry bro. You're starting to seem like a real cool dude. It could also be big cat being a huge fucking tool so I guess it's still all relative, either way sorry man
Gracie shouldn't have been allowed to speak
Feits is infinitely more likeable than big cat. 100% chance BC cheated
good for you bigcat, you crash dieted like a chick.
I'm disappointed in how sad I am that this is over.
I legitimately got choked up during the mustache montage because it began to feel so much like he actually died
Feits is such an idiot. He would've lost another 5-7 pounds if he had just milked himself pre weigh-in.
I hate feitelberg
I legit got choked up at the mustache montage. My life sucks.
You guys have inspired me to be a better person, just kidding I still suck
bigcat 100% cheated
You both have oddly placed nipples.
@payjee19 as opposed to the NBA, NFL, and MLB Stanley Cups finals
RIP mustache
not even close to enough of that smoke in this video
Had me in tears with the mustache montage. Big Cat you have inspired me to lose weight now. Hopefully I can get down from 240 to 200 before summer.
Jesus, Feetleburgs tits are still bigger than my girlfriends
@elosoblanco youre a faggot bro that girl is a dime all around…I would spray all over her beautiful face…homo
Woke up this morning to take a piss and realized I couldn't see my dick while standing up without a shirt on. I have officially become fat.
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He just wishes he called earlier.
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The Centrality of K'vod Ha-met (Honoring the Dead)
Jewish mourning practices center more on the deceased than on concern for the living.
Reprinted with permission from Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship (The University of Notre Dame Press).
Caring for the deceased and seeing to the needs of their mourners are not the same thing; they may even be in conflict with each other.
Whether a culture conceives of death as a problem for the deceased or as a difficulty for the next of kin makes considerable difference in terms of what it mandates ritually. To be sure, no culture may easily ignore the physical reality of an actual body requiring burial, but if it attends preeminently to the living, it may choose to dispense with the corpse quickly and without solemnity, whereas if it interprets the crisis as focusing on the dead, it may pay much attention to burial but ignore mourning.
Modern North American culture, for instance, isolates the individual (not the group) as the object of attention; and it defines the individual as a body with a mind (or psyche) that begins functioning at birth and ceases with death. It thus disregards what happens after death, there being no self any more, and hence, no "after death" period worth pondering. As birth is held to be our beginning, so death is considered our end, and what attracts society's attention about that end is how the individual handles its impending arrival and how other related individuals then manage the mourning that follows in its wake. In both instances, the problem is defined as psychological: when the body dies, so too does the psyche, and (therefore) the problem, as far as that individual is concerned.
Not so classical Judaism. Psychology as a religious rationale is distinctly a later overlay of modern interpreters seeking to justify ancient ritual regulations. It plays almost no role in the thinking of the rabbis who initiated the regulations in question.
Unlike us, the rabbis did not begin with the idea of a self who disappears at the moment of death. They held instead that despite the body's demise, the essential person housed in the body still enjoyed some beyond-the-grave existence, so that proper burial and continued respect for the deceased were required. Funeral ritual is thus preeminently designed as an act of k'vod ha-met, "honoring the dead." A corpse may not be subject to autopsy, for instance, nor may it be embalmed, except under unusual circumstances where not to embalm would dishonor the dead even more--as in preparing a body for burial far away, by which time if it has not been embalmed, it would putrefy; and even then, the embalming procedure must retain the body intact.
With their attention fastened on honoring the dead, the rabbis give relatively little explicit attention to the psychological needs of the mourners. Regulations sometimes seem to address the pain of bereavement: sumptuary rules that limit exorbitant funeral expenses, for instance. But they are prompted not by the fear that inordinate cost may trouble the living, but by the aversion to the embarrassment that such expense may cause the deceased. They worry that wealthy people will receive a banquet in their honor, but poor people will not. Their rules democratize death, making sure that no one will have a poor funeral repast relative to others, and no one will thereby be dishonored simply because they had the temerity to die without leaving an estate behind.
Similarly, the rabbis passed regulations designed to prevent conflicts of religious responsibility during the time of mourning. But here too, rabbinic legislation worried less about psychic trauma than about the breach of honor due the dead, were mourners to allow the full gamut of daily responsibilities to interfere with the requirements of the recently deceased.
The classic Jewish burial rite should thus be understood as a ritualized interpretive gloss on a rabbinic view of death that focused on the needs of the dead. Rabbis could legislate only for the living, of course; their ritual seems therefore to have the living in mind; but their decisions derive from their dogmatic belief in life after death, and, therefore, their almost axiomatic insistence that customs associated with death affirm the continuing dignity of those who die.
In the 19th century, this theological hermeneutic came under attack, particularly by German Reform Jews, and Jews today have widely supplemented or even replaced rabbinic attitudes with modernity's ubiquitous psychological justification for burial practices. Still, the notion of honoring the dead is evident, much as it was 2,000 years ago.
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