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Ralph Nader: The Duty Of Lawyers
Submitted by Alliance With None on Sat, 06/29/2013 - 21:30by Ralph Nader | Huffington Post
What happens when the rule of law increasingly bows to the whims and violations of unaccountable public officials?
In the United States, we are seeing the rule of law eroded by those at the top levels of our government. We are witnessing the dismantling of the guiding principles of justice and the rule of law. Our legal system has been gamed to preferentially serve the needs of the few rather than those of the many.
The rule of law should be a persistent guard against -- rather than an instrument of -- unfair advantage or injustice for those with power, money and influence.
Our elected officials have failed in their duty to uphold the rule of law. This malfeasance has led to secret law, secret courts, secret evidence, secret budgets and secret prisons under the guise of "national security." There is surveillance of attorney-client communications, unauditable secret expenditures for foreign military exploits, dragnet snooping of electronic and telephone data and even redacted published judicial decisions.
Habeas corpus has been tarnished by the inhumane and unjust treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay including many already cleared by the government but still jailed. Infinite detention has tarnished our legal system. Some dictocrats even argue that American citizens should be subjected to indefinite imprisonment.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-nader/rule-of-law_b_3516...
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I have personally met Ralph and I sensed he is a good man. He spoke well of RP.
There are disagreements but he is against monopolies in both public and private arenas and thus for liberty.
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The Zenger Trial: On Duty
This is the right occasion to celebrate one of the most significant trial lawyer/jury moments in our American heritage:
" A half-century after the Zenger trial, as members of the First Congress debated the proposed Bill of Rights, one of the Constitution's principal drafters and great-grandson of Lewis Morris, Gouvernor Morris, would write of the Zenger case: 'The trial of Zenger in 1735 was the germ of American freedom, the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.'"
This is a story of a lawyer, his whistleblowing client, and the jury of 12 men who made their stand nullifying a prosecution for seditious libel, thereby acknowledging one of the truths Zenger published:
"The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole. Even a restraint of the press would have a fatal influence. No nation ancient or modern has ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves."
Zenger's defense was taken up by Andrew Hamilton of Philadelphia, 'perhaps the ablest and most eloquent attorney in the colonies'-- when his original two lawyers both were disbarred by the Chief Justice when they audaciously objected to the two-man court the government had hand-picked to try Zenger's case. Hamilton's summation still stands as eloquent testament to the course to which we are still called today:
The Duty Of Seditious Whistleblowers:
"It is natural, it is a privilege, I will go farther, it is a right, which all free men claim, that they are entitled to complain when they are hurt. They have a right publicly to remonstrate against the abuses of power in the strongest terms, to put their neighbors upon their guard against the craft or open violence of men in authority, and to assert with courage the sense they have of the blessings of liberty, the value they put upon it, and their resolution at all hazards to preserve it as one of the greatest blessings heaven can bestow...."
The Duty Of Their Lawyers:
"I should think it my duty, if required, to go to the utmost part of the land where my services could be of any use in assisting to quench the flame of prosecutions upon informations, set on foot by the government to deprive a people of the right of remonstrating and complaining, too, of the arbitrary attempts of men in power...."
The Duty Of Jurors:
"It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty. And I make no doubt but your upright conduct this day will not only entitle you to the love and esteem of your fellow citizens, but every man who prefers freedom to a life of slavery will bless and honor you as men who have baffled the attempt of tyranny, and by an impartial and uncorrupt verdict have laid a noble foundation for securing to ourselves, our posterity, and our neighbors, that to which nature and the laws of our country have given us a right to liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary power (in these parts of the world at least) by speaking and writing truth."
"The Zenger trial established no new law with respect to seditious libel, but in unmistakable terms it signaled the public's opposition to such prosecutions. Concern about likely jury nullification discouraged prosecutions, and press freedom in America began to blossom."
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Apparently Ralph
does not know of the true nature of the MOCK courts we have here, Admiralty Law and Jurisdiction etc.
We do not have courts that practice common/constitutional law. And that goes for Attorneys as well. I would almost all are bottom feeders and yet maybe some actually think there is a system in place that is true.
Put that together with the monetary system that we have and it's a NO win situatuion for anyone seeking the so called JUSTICE the courts dish out.
Even with the dastardly alliance of the state with the courts, the monetary system, the prisons/jails and the law enforcement and the DOJ etc - the corruption is the LEAST of the problems.
The courts are not set up to administer true justice to anyone. They are basically ATM machines with revolving doors.
Either he chooses not to be knowledgeable about this or he is ignorant of how it is supposed to work.
Oops, I almost forgot about the foundation - Britain and the BAR etc.
Ralph can write about it until the cows come home. It will NOT change.
Ron Paul is My President
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This indictment of the US
This indictment of the US legal system predates the era of Ron Paul's Liberty Movement. It is sweeping, a bit rambling, and many would regard it as a shrill summary, but anyone who is familiar with how things work would be hard pressed to find the hyperbole in the depiction:
"Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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This article is 8 years old
although still relevant and much worse now.
But what he is writing about are the consequences of the admiralty law being practiced, the jurisdiction used and the FAKE courts ( judges, attorneys etc. )using these methods that I wrote of above.
It is like saying that inflation is high prices.
He does not address the root. That and the 13th amendment stricken from
the present day Constitution are at fault.
Put that together with the deliberate dumbing down of the populace and this is the outcome.
Ron Paul is My President
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In reality, the rule of law
In reality, the rule of law went down hill shortly after George Washington left office. If anyone doubts it, please research the demise of the American Indians. The Trail of Tears (removal and relocation of several Indian tribes from the eastern US to west of the Mississippi river) is one of many examples. Having said that, I do not have a solution to the problem.
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We The People, In Jury Assembled
"The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries."
– Clarence Darrow
Our once venerable and inviolate jury system was not meant to be regarded like mere anachronistic platitudes of our heritage, but as practical solutions.
"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution."
  -- Thomas Jefferson
I'll betcha Ralph would not disagree.
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You're wrong
Ralph would disagree. He was not a trial lawyer that I am aware of.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-- Albert Einstein
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Ralph Nader Is The Dashboard Saint Of Trial Lawyers
Ralph is the principled hero of those who try cases to juries. Ralph comes to the battle as a public advocate, but make no mistake, he understands the role of private attorneys advancing public benefit pursuing the private rights of individual clients.
Tort deform of the insurance lobby and 'tough on crime' sycophantic government lawyers being allowed to fill the ranks of the judiciary without trial honed credentials was an 'accomplishment' of the suckers from the political right these past few decades. I don't know how many cases Ralph has tried ( likely not many since his prominent career in the public eye took off over the past 50 years), but I have no doubt he understands, and his solutions are more on track on behalf of the cause than most conservative strategies, who have mistakenly been duped to count the corporate/government complex as allies. Ralph's heart is in the right place and, as always, he trys to muster unfocused resources to do battle against the right enemies.
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that's funny
I am a trial lawyer and have worked in trial litigation firms for years and have never heard anyone wax poetic about Ralph Nader.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-- Albert Einstein
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It Depends On How And Where You Roll
Speaking of roles ( refer to the Clarence Darrow quote):
Litigators litigate as much as possible in court proceedings. They throw paper. Trial lawyers view these preliminary proceedings as unwelcome hurdles on the way to the jury trial.
Litigators don't wax poetic about anything. They talk and write like affidavits. They snark.
Trial Lawyers live to champion the underdog. Give a Trial Lawyer a client with a true cause, a good fight, a deep pocket, a lime light, at least a chance at a fair trial -- he and the jury will save the republic.
One case at a time.
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nice semantics
but in the real world, trial lawyers = trial litigators.
I rather suspect you are not an attorney at all, and are as such, just speculating about what a trial lawyer or a trial litigator is or does. But you don't actually know, not from firsthand experience. Talk about something you know, that way it sounds less foolish, and certainly less pompous than quoting Clarence Darrow to support the idea that Ralph Nader is a hero to all trial lawyers. He isn't.
What exactly did Ralph Nader ever do as a trial lawyer?
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-- Albert Einstein
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Voir Dire ?
If so, it's best as open ended inquiry. Litigators like hearings without listening.
A litigator might puff with credentials. A trial lawyer would pause over the reason for this communication. I don't view this as about Ralph, or you, or me... So I'll take the 5th.
" The right reasons are not about the self. We think of ourselves as separate from one another, for only by such thinking can we become a king or queen. Without separation, there could be no kingdom. There would be no heros. No worshipers. No pats on the back. So we think about the self. How am I doing? How am I looking? Where am I going? My chest feels really good puffed out like this."
May I commend to you this superb article presenting lessons to distinguish art from craft and offering insights more profound:
What's the point?
"So how do we become poets? How do we do jury trial as an art form? How do we say what is really going down and do it in a way that our meaning sinks deep into the jury's very soul? How do we use both sides of the brain?"
To speak the truth
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This is delicious reading. I
This conversation is delicious reading. I can't quit laughing, LibBerte.
Voir Dire is a new favorite. I've missed these DP gems. The Andrew Hamilton summation gave me goosebumps. Someone needs to get that to Edward Snowden.
BTW- My hard drive died last March. I lost all my email addresses. When you have time, maybe you could send off an email to me.
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Zengers and Zingers
Realdeal, I haven't seen you around the DP neighborhood for sooo long. I always thought you were one of the few who bothered to click through my self indulgent links, so without you I feel like I'm whistling in the breeze. So nice to hear from you.
Speaking of neighborhood, many midwestern state constitutions were drafted with the legacy of the Zenger case still very vibrant, though more than a century had passed. Many states like Wisconsin and Iowa, for example, enshrined the jury right with language absolute on it's face "shall remain inviolate" but in modern times are regarded as mere empty platitudes by jealous, petty judges, and the complacent citizens who tolerate encroachments amounting to constitutional usurpations. Wisconsin, like New York as it's model, actually fashioned constitutional provisions which can only be understood as direct codification of the lessons of Zenger as they expressly protect the jury's right to decide both the law and the facts in matters of libel.
To this day, the magnitude of importance attendant the duties described in Andrew Hamilton's exhortation still gives me a shutter; part chill, and part horror at the consequences of such post-modern derelictions.
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Babble bubble new age
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-- Albert Einstein
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"Fear Not ...
... 'On Becoming A Trial Lawyer' is not a new age graphic massage for the soul ..."
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We need to finance trial lawyers to try cases to juries.
Using money to make political noise fails to contest laws that enslave or intervene.
Congress with its authority to borrow and steal tends to draw the worst scoundrels a nation can produce.
Money can also be used to 'protest' Congressional follies before juries.
Free includes debt-free!
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Good idea but keep in mind
It isn't just paying for the "trial" that would be needed, though every bit counts.
If one is contesting an unjust law, one will probably LOSE hard at the trial level. At that level, jury instructions are going to be given that make it quite clear what the jury needs to do with the facts. And the judge does have the ability to grant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or JNOV should the jury somehow pull off nullification, despite the court's best efforts.
(Please note I am in favor of nullification but it rarely happens and most courts are dead set against it).
After losing at the trial level, you will then have to appeal it. But unless you have a really solid constitutional argument to invalidate the law, you'll probably lose here, too, as the appellate court level in most states doesn't very often overturn laws and legal precedent.
That means you might have to be prepared and funded to appeal or seek cert from a state or the federal supreme court. Keep in mind that it doesn't hear all cases that seek for its jurisdiction.
So, it is a long, hard-fought process to take back the law through the courts.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-- Albert Einstein
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Justice is out to lunch.
A Federal Judge killed and an Congresswoman disabled and no investigation.
One might get the idea that killing troublesome Federal Officials is allowed.
JFK, RFK, MLK,... and the beat goes on.
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Nader Does Not Tell The Whole Story
Nader correctly recognizes the problems that result from lawyers who ignore the real reasons for their existence. But his suggestion - that lawyers become better at representing the needs of people - is too simplistic to have any value.
We must not simply look at the character and competency of individual lawyers. We must also look at the system that lawyers must use.
The major problem with law is that it is a government sanctioned monopoly. It is a tool of the voting majority - the democratic mob. The mob sanctions our big money, politically operated legal system. Hence, the political system is nothing more than a mob. Regardless of how well meaning any individual lawyer might be, he must work within this system.
As others have noted in this thread, most voters do not have any interest in the legal system so they just let it happen.
While Nader does not have a viable solution to the problem, neither do I, other than to try to awaken those who want to hear and preach the real basis of America's legal problems.
Gene Louis
Supporting a Needed Tool for Government Feedback:
A Citizen-Operated Legal System.
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Like Ron Paul, many times Nader's too nice
Nader established many organizations to help the public.. Public Citizen is where we used to go to blow whistles and get legal help. He always attracted attorneys because many of his organizations hired attorneys..
I agree that the legal system has become a mob.. reminds me of an old cartoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am8mrtdKM5U
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I Was A Member
I was a member of PIRG a while back. It was a great organization that was founded and operated by Ralph Nader. I always considered his public service in this area as being valuable. He is just a great guy.
Fast forward to the year 2013.
I now recognize that winning a few cases by well-meaning and charitable lawyers does not fix the overall problem of injustice.
The problem is the legal industry, which is a government sanctioned political arm of the voting majority. It is a mob that wrongly uses the guns of government to promote it's agenda, which includes ignoring the Bil of Rights when they do not fit their ideals.
As much as I commend him, there is one area that I do not agree with. Ralph Nader seems to promote the idea that a "good" version of big government is possible. He seems to believe that a "good" version of big government will result in "good" justice.
Gene Louis
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Well said
I worked with Nader on three elections in several states.
By 2004, I was getting the idea that "our" campaign was not exactly what I thought. He had convinced me to abandon the Libertarian party in 1992 (which I have no regrets) to become Independent (which at the time, I didn't realize that being an Indy meant I had no representation, just an opportunity to vote for what the other parties put on the ballot).
As we strived for open debates and ballot access, the dozens of laws suits we amassed in dozens of states (we lost all of them) got me to thinking that what we were actually doing (since like Ron Paul, we were censored in MSM) is we were helping the major parties through the courts, close the loop holes, so that no independent candidate would ever be able to have ballot access or participate in a debate.
And I agree with you about Nader being a great guy. He does listen well and takes the times to discuss issues. He is very close to being a political prophet, "crashing the party", "Only the super rich can save us". My favorite book is his, "Seventeen Tradtions". He gave me a full size Constitution and Bill of Rights, telling me when he gave them to me that the Bill of Rights is in grave danger and we need to do everything we can to keep it (1996).
My experience as a Ron Paul campaign volunteer was a cake walk by comparison to Nader's.. we were far more hurt by the Democrats than the rEVOLution was hurt by the GOP.
I think Nader hopes that a good version of big government could result in good justice, because his personal political experience seems to be damned if you do and damned if you don't, big or small, government is going to get you one way or another if you've got brains, talent and a soul.
Thank you for being one of those who worked with his organizations.. I don't know if you won any cases, but I'm sure you at least gave some folks hope, which is all that keeps one from passing through the gates of hell.
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The "BAR ASSOCIATION"
You can't be a judge unless you are BAR member and you can't practice in their courts unless you are a BAR member.
The term "BAR" is an acronym for British Accredited Registry. These snakes are in fact working for the Crown of England.
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as a minarchist
and one who sees how terribly technical the legal procedural rules are - especially in Federal Courts but in most states as well - I think that licensing lawyers is a good thing for the time being. There are bigger injustices in the world. I've never seen a self-represented person who wasn't also a lawyer win a case or even get a half-way decent result in a litigated court matter. Never.
I mean, take a few high-profile cases as an example. The DOMA case that the Supremes just settled involved, among other things, throwing the California claimants out on their ear for failure to establish standing. And the infamous Orly (who I am not a fan of even remotely) gets shut down all the time because of technical legal rules; while she is not what I call an "experienced litigator" she IS a lawyer, and still look at what happens.
And what most people don't understand is how lawyers think. Everyone has a functioning brain, but lawyers think like lawyers all day long, every day, for years on end. That has an effect and makes them very effective, in comparison to an ordinary person who is armed with the legal rules and principles (which in and of itself almost never happens to begin with). I know that is an unpopular view on this board but a person who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer and a jackass for a client, to quote Abraham Lincoln.
Finally, if something affects you directly, you can't make the cold, strategic choices that need to be made to respond effectively in litigation. Even the lawyers I know don't handle their own cases usually, because they are too emotionally involved. I have even hired lawyers to represent myself when I realized I was too emotionally involved. If one's ass or money is on the line, it is tough to be professional, effective, cold and calculating while worrying about said ass, when you're in the moment.
On the other hand, some people do their own dentistry and repair their cars with bailing wire and duct tape and put plastic wrap over the missing windows. If you want the equivalent of that for your legal case, maybe you should have the right to be that stupid. But that is what it would be.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-- Albert Einstein
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There is no such limit in the Constitution
Carl Miller points out in that Judges need a license to practice in Michigan.
There is a the requirement, but no license exists.
Michigan does have a lawyer'c club called a Bar Association. They have a membership test, that's all.
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Rule of law
"What happens when the rule of law increasingly bows to the whims and violations of unaccountable public officials?"
This will always happen, even if everyone's intent is good.. it is the nature of the rule of law. For a thorough explanation, see the video,"If you were king" by Larken Rose: http://www.larkenrose.com/video/2139-if-you-were-king.html
After that warm up, you should buy his book, "The Most Dangerous Superstition", to explain further why it will always end up bad.
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Though she did agree to do occasional guest roles in several primetime TV series, it wasn't until 1996 that she re-entered the soap world, when Days of our Lives came calling with an offer she couldn't refuse. They wanted her for the role of the manipulative Kate Roberts and the rest is history. A perennial fan favorite, in 2000, Koslow was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on Days of our Lives.
Still a member of the popular show's core cast, Lauren and her husband, Nick Schillace, and their two children and a veritable menagerie of animals, live on a sprawling organic farm outside of Los Angeles.
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Chris has worked as a makeup artist in network TV for about 25 years. Much of her time has been spent working on such daytime dramas as Capitol (CBS) and a 21-year stint on The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS). She has been an Emmy nominee (once for Capitol and the rest for B & B) and won the coveted award in 1993. She has also contributed her talents to Teen Angel (ABC), So Little Time (The Family Channel), The Loop (FOX), My Wife and Kids (ABC), Roseanne (ABC), and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC), to name but a very few.
Since Chris had previously appeared on both Capitol and The Bold and the Beautiful, when her husband (director Grant A. Johnson) and longtime friend, Writer/Producer David M. Matthews, asked her to grace the screen in When Actors Need Money, Chris said, "What the hell – I'd love to help. I could do this for the cause!"
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The new millennium brought with it new opportunities, and Chris made the most of them, appearing in two features, The American Lion and The Survivor, for which he also served as a Producer. Moving to the other side of the camera, Chris showed himself to be a talented cameraman and editor on the short Ripe. He now reprises that dual role on When Actors Need Money.
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This project is particularly satisfying because, to a great degree, it is based on a personal experience of mine a few years ago. And although we didn't actually have a camera crew following us, the rest of the events portrayed in the series are, for the most part, true. Likewise, some of the characters are only loosely based on their real-life counterparts, while others are decidedly more accurate depictions. I won't say which is which, however, as I wish to avoid those pesky defamation suits. I will state, however, that even though, after the fact, I am amused by all the funny incidents and fascinating people I encountered in my travels, the actually journey was less a raucous jaunt in an exotic locale, and more a surrealistic guided tour of Hell's reception area.
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stacistaci (28th March 2010)
I would love to see more of these . Hopefully you will produce some more. Soo funny .
sandrabeck (8th May 2009)
From bad girl to funny girl totally great. Love it, love it, love it.
jordontnyc2 (3rd May 2009)
I love her acting so much. This was super. She needs to let DOOL do some comedy with her. I remember a few times in the past they tried a little but it was so dry and half done that it wasn't funny, but this, now this was funny. Was that her singing at the end in the credits as well? If it was DOOL needs to let her do a song or two.
buffdude (1st May 2009)
OMG, like LK is so great. I had no idea that she could be so FUNNY.
Allieoops (1st May 2009)
Awesome! How could you go with with Lauren Koslow -- this will be a great show! Looking forward to seeing more of the show and other actors.
Scarrrycheri (30th April 2009)
That was flipping awesome!! Lauren is da bomb. Plus she can sing!!! Hope we get to see her make it to Turkey.
temple (29th April 2009)
Great job guys, really fun! Almost made me forget being a writer looking for money! Oh, I just found some change in my couch! I'm set!
zpoint7 (29th April 2009)
Bravo David and company. Does she make it to Turkey? Are there other desperate actors? Who will we meet in episode 2?????? What about including desperate writers or directors in your storyline?
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Is Lauren Koslow just in the first episode or is it a new actor with every episode?


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Sodium | 1945mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 78g |
Dietary Fiber | 6g |
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LAFAYETTE, LA (FOX44) — A 78-year-old woman was arrested for disturbing the peace after she yelled and cursed at her neighbor during an argument.
According to the arrest report, the incident happened on Saturday, Sept. 28. The Lafayette Police Department responded to a home on Elizabeth Street and spoke to the victim.
"The suspect [Hellen Burley] came to his residence and began to curse and yell at him," the report noted. "The victim advised that he got his cell phone and began to record the suspect yelling and cursing at him."
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I read a lot as well. It was an assignment to write a poem describing a character from the book Of Mice and Men....whats the problem?
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(KMOV.com) – The death of a man whose body was found inside an SUV near a church in Ferguson on Saturday has been ruled not suspicious.
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I read in Bunny's post about being asked to leave best Buy, that a Best Buy public affairs wonk searched the NC laws and found the Town of Cary forbids OC? Is that true? How can they preempt state law?
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COLLEGE STATION, Tx (KYLE) — Changes are on the way for how tow truck companies operate in College Station -- changes Sandra Portzer, co-owner of Roadrunners Towing, isn't happy about.
"I think the most upsetting thing about the whole situation is that we were never able to actually talk to city staff members and get our side of the story across," said Portzer.
Right now when an accident needs to be cleared the College Station Police Department uses a rotation list to cycle through all 29 tow trucks in town but that won't be the case anymore because they're getting rid of the list and only using two companies.
"If it's a police initiated tow, if the owner of the vehicle doesn't have a preference, then we're going to call Excel Towing," said College Station Asst. Police Chief, Brandy Norris. "Should Excel get to the point where they can't handle the demand because all their trucks are tied up then we'll call A-1 Towing."
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Welcome to the 14th issue of The MagPi – another fully loaded guide to all things Raspberry Pi!
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Yasser Arafat Is Dead!
Today is a good day for the United States Marine Corps. What a great gift God has given us for our Birthday! Semper Fi!
seriously, Snipowsky? i'm at work and have no access to the news. who reported it?
ABC did. This is no joke. He is dead!
sweet. now, hopefully the guy who takes his place isn't ten times worse.
Arafat Is Dead -Palestinian Cabinet Minister
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) was officially declared dead on Thursday, cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said.
"Officially, he is dead," Erekat told Reuters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Well now the Devil, Hitler, and Napoleon have someone to talk to.
About time. What blows my mind is that so many news agencies seem to be making him out to be some kind of "good guy". The world has lost another terrorist/ thief/ murderer/ crook ..... I feel nothing but glee! Watch his wife take all the money and dissapear, how's that for supporting the cause!
Arafat takes the desert sand nap
By Neal Boortz
Arafat is dead ... finally. Now we're going to have to deal with the insipid spin on what a grand man Yasser Arafat was from the media for a few days. This will definitely not be a day to remember the Israelis who died, including innocent schoolchildren, who died in attacks engineered by this thug.
One of the first people to offer his condolences was none other than UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who had this to say: "President Arafat was one of those few leaders who could be instantly recognized by people in any walk of life all around the world." Oh really? Hitler could be recognized around the world too. How big a deal is that? The media is hailing Arafat as a "peacemaker" and a proponent of a Palestinian state. The fact of the matter is that he wanted neither. Let's take a look at his life's "work," shall we?
In 2000 at Camp David, in a last ditch attempt at resolving the peace process, Arafat turned down the best deal he would have ever gotten from the Israelis. It included a Palestinian state with most of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem as well as a right of return for the Palestinians. Like any other activist that draws their money and power from a cause, Arafat didn't want to solve the problem. So he turned Ehud Barak down, and the fighting has raged ever since.
Under Arafat's leadership, the PLO conducted airplane hijackings and financed suicide bombers that killed civilians. They were also behind the massacre of children in 1974, the deaths of Israeli athletes at the Olympics in 1972 and the killings of Christians in Lebanon. Even with all this, Arafat was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Not bad for an image makeover.
The caption under Arafat's picture on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's website says "The icon of Palestinian national aspirations, who had won the Nobel Prize, has died in Paris." Icon? Let's get rid of the spin. Arafat was an icon for violence, for murder and for terrorism. Rather than working toward the goal of an independent Palestinian state, Arafat spent the last two decades doing everything he possibly could to prevent one. Arafat knew that as soon as a Palestinian state became a reality he would become irrelevant. In addition to being a terrorist murderer, Arafat was a thief. He stole millions, perhaps billions of dollars that were donated to Palestinian causes. While Palestinians were suffering Arafat's wife was flitting around Paris spending her $100,000 a month allowance, money stolen from Palestinians. Arafat's death came decades too late. It's about time.
Ed Palmer
well with him gone you can damn well belive that the shxt,s going to hit
the fan.
A new leader means a new idiot ,with new fanatical idea,s
That means another 10,000 virgins to be deflowered 75 at a time.
Egypt prepares to host Arafat funeral in land of his birth
Thu Nov 11, 6:51 AM ET Mideast - AFP
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt was preparing to host a military funeral for the late Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in what will be the veteran Palestinian leader's last return to his country of birth before being buried in his Ramallah compound.
As tributes to the champion of the Palestinian struggle poured in from the world over, states were announcing their delegations for the funeral.
The funeral arrangements for Arafat, whose life had come to symbolise the decades-old Palestinian struggle for a homeland, highlighted the region's divisions even after his death.
He had expressed a wish to be laid to rest in Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as the capital of their promised future state, but Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) categorically ruled out that possibility.
A full-fledged funeral attended by the world's leaders also appeared impossible in the Palestinian territories, where tough restrictions have been imposed by Israel during the four-year-old uprising.
After days of bitter behind-the-scenes wrangling before Arafat's death in a Paris hospital Thursday, all sides agreed to a compromise consisting of a funeral in Egypt and a burial inside the Ramallah compound where he spent the last three years of his life under virtual house arrest.
His body was expected to be flown in from France later Thursday, to be followed by a brief ceremony, the exact schedule of which remained to be announced by the Egyptian authorities.
Arafat, who was born in Egypt in 1929, will be granted military honours, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (news - web sites)'s office said in a statement.
Funeral prayers will be held at the Faisal mosque near Cairo international airport immediately after the last Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Then the ceremony will follow the protocol used for the funerals of Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970 and Anwar Sadat in 1981. He is then expected to be flown by air force helicopter to the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Tight security was enforced in the airport area on Thursday and identity checks were being carried out in Heliopolis, a Cairo suburb which also houses Mubarak's offices and residence.
The United States, which backed Israeli moves to isolate Arafat since the start of the intifada in 2000, had yet to announce who it would dispatch to the Egyptian capital for the funeral.
France, whose popularity among the Palestinians was further boosted when it welcomed the ailing leader late last month and offered treatment at a military hospital near Paris, said it would send Foreign Minister Michel Barnier.
Spain is to be represented by Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who spent years shuttling for the EU between the Israeli and Palestinians to promote the peace process and developed a close relationship with Arafat.
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, another trusted intermediary, said he would attend the ceremony, while the European Union (news - web sites) will be represented by the Dutch foreign minister, whose country holds the body's rotating presidency.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has also made it known he will attend, while China is to send deputy prime minister Hui Liangyu and Malaysia will be represented by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Few heads of state have so far announced they will make the journey to Cairo, with only Presidents Iajuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh and newly-elected Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia pencilled in on the guest list.
According to Egyptian sources, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will attend but more Arab leaders are also expected to make the journey.
One Palestinian delegation was expected to travel to Cairo for the ceremony, while another team was due to stay behind in Ramallah to attend the burial at the Muqataa compound.
Yasser Arafat's legacy
Cal Thomas
November 12, 2004
The legacy of Yasser Arafat, for those not brainwashed by his propaganda and that of his supporters, is one of murder, deceit and corruption.
As part of its obituary, The New York Times said, "Arafat led a long and failed effort for statehood" for the Palestinians. He did no such thing. Arafat led a long reign of terror, the purpose of which was to kill Jews and eliminate the state of Israel.
Arafat never cared about a Palestinian state contiguous to Israel. The only Palestinian state he cared about was one that encompassed all of Israel. He said that repeatedly to his own people while he said something else to the West. Every Palestinian map was printed without Israel. Arafat proved his intentions by the terrorism he encouraged, including homicide bombers, whose families he paid out of funds that should have gone to help his "people." One list of Israeli fatalities caused by terrorism inspired and directed by Arafat just since the 1993 Oslo accords runs 47 single-spaced pages.
In a statement on Arafat's death, the Vatican sounded as if it were speaking of Mother Teresa. The Vatican's chief spokesman referred to Arafat as "the illustrious deceased" and asked God to grant eternal rest to his soul. Where is church-state separation when you really need it? The only "resting" place Arafat will enjoy is a place in hell alongside his ideological and anti-Semitic idol, Adolph Hitler.
Much of the world has been deceived about "Palestinianism" because it knows little of the history of the region. There has never been an Arab "Palestinian people." The real Palestinians are the Jews. Those who have adopted the name are from Arab countries, chiefly Jordan.
It was the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, who created this deceit in the 1920s as a rationale for murdering Jews. He made a pact with Hitler in the 1930s and encouraged the Nazi dictator to slaughter European Jews to keep them from escaping to Palestine. He ordered Arab families to leave Israel in 1948 so that Arab armies could invade and try to overturn the U.N. mandate that created Israel.
After subsequent wars and numerous terrorist incidents, Israel remains stronger than ever and the plight of the so-called "Palestinians" is worse than ever, thanks in part to Arafat's suspected embezzlement of unknown millions.
President Bush issued a carefully nuanced statement following the announcement of Arafat's death: "There will be an opening for peace when leadership of the Palestinian people steps forward and says, 'Help us build a democratic and free society.'"
That isn't likely to happen anytime soon because the poison did not die with Arafat. It is endemic to a region and a people that despise all things Jewish, Christian and Western. Various "leaders" throughout the Arab world have found the Jews, Christians and West useful diversions from the real problems of Arab people. They would be just as poor, illiterate and oppressed today, as they were before 1948, if Israel did not exist.
Other nations with a different worldview might have used such resources to build great societies. These Arab nations and people have squandered money and opportunities on ancient prejudices under the false notion that they are pleasing an angry and vengeful God who hates what they hate and wants them to wipe out his "enemies."
Yasser Arafat was not unique in the region. Others will follow him as they announce divine mandates to take up where he left off. There might be civil war among the various rivals for power - from Hamas to Islamic Jihad to other factions. If Hamas conquers Gaza after the Israelis withdraw, Egypt may rue the day it allowed tunnels to be dug on its territory for Hamas to smuggle weapons and terrorists into Israel. Those tunnels go both ways, and Hamas might use them to destabilize the government of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Of all the Nobel Peace Prize winners, Yasser Arafat was the least worthy. The award was an example of the self-deception practiced by many in the West who continue to believe evil people can be made good if they are simply given what they want, no matter what it might cost others.
Arafat is gone, but he won't be forgotten, especially by the relatives of his murdered victims.
Yup, just saw it on CNN. He is still dead! :banana:
a long time to die!
Yasser Arafat: Media Eulogies Enough To Gag A Maggot
November 12, 2004
by Dennis Campbell
To use a well-worn cliché, but one which clearly communicates its message, it is enough to gag a maggot.
It is the adulation being heaped on one of the worlds master terrorists, the recently, and thankfully, departed Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
Arafat has been praised as a statesman, for his undisputed and extraordinary courage (does it take courage to send murderers to slaughter children?), and for his successful acts of terror.
The latter comment came from columnist Gwynne Dyer, who at least had the honesty to admit that Arafat was a terrorist.
If those comments are not enough to cause you to leave your lunch in the nearest wastebasket, consider what French President Jacques Chirac said in tribute to the man who raised the art of the mass butchery of the innocent in their homes and schools to new and sophisticated levels (keeping in mind that the French are among the most anti-Semitic people on earth).
Chirac called Arafat a man of courage and conviction who for 40 years has incarnated the Palestinians' fight for recognition of their national rights. I have come to bow before president Yasser Arafat and pay him a final homage.
Homage to a man who delighted in sending his surrogate monsters to kill moms and dads and their children in their homes? Who ordered the machine-gunning of school buses and the bombing of restaurants and nightclubs? A violent, vicious man with no conscience, no morals and no compunctions about the killing and maiming of anyone Jewish?
Despicable, even for the French.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair surely stifled the urge to vomit when he said that Arafat lead his people to an historic acceptance of the need for a two-state solution.
Of course, Blair was entirely wrong in his analysis. Arafat had no desire for a Palestinian state. His sole objective, which is the same for all Islamic terrorists and virtually all Muslims worldwide, was the complete destruction of the Jewish people.
And while he could not achieve that entirely, he was successful in doing it a few children and grandparents and mothers at a time.
One of the most obnoxious statements came from--are you surprised?--former President Jimmy Carter, who for decades has showered adulation on some of the worst dictators in the world. Carter described Arafat as
the father of the modern Palestinian nationalist movement. A powerful human symbol and forceful advocate, Palestinians united behind him in their pursuit of a homeland.
Yes, indeed, it takes a powerful man to blow up a baby.
The Left Coast newspaper the Los Angeles Times spun this lie about Arafat: The only leader most Palestinians have ever known, Arafat came tantalizingly close to establishing the state he dedicated his life to winning, surviving myriad brushes with death along the way: wars, plane crashes and Israel's best efforts to put him in the grave.
How many times must it be said? Arafats life was not dedicated to establishing a Palestinian state--he had that opportunity when President Bill Clinton brokered an agreement granting him everything he supposedly wanted. He rejected it, because his true aim--lets all say it together--was the eradication of the Jewish People.
Surely it was nothing more than a political gesture when President Bush said God bless his soul when informed of Arafats death. As a Bible-believing Christian, Mr. Bush knows that this international criminal is in the hands of a wrathful God.
When we consider the present state of Yasser Arafat, we should hearken to the words of Jesus Christ, who said: I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
Arafat will answer to the living God for his deeds on earth, and will not find a sympathetic ear. Why should he receive praise from us now?
Dennis Campbell
Dennis Campbell is a freelance writer and a former editor and journalist. He lives in New Mexico..
Arafats Undeserved Honor: The Wests Shame
November 12, 2004
by Elan Journo
What made Yasir Arafats final days appalling was not the farcical prevarications about whether he were dead or alive, nor the soap-opera quarrel between his wife and his political cronies; it was that so evil a man commanded so much respect.
Since his airlift to a Paris hospital, as the welcomed guest of the French government and with throngs of journalists on the scene, Arafats death has been presented as the heartbreaking end of a noble man. Reacting to a premature report of Arafats death, President Bush wished that God bless his soul. Upon Arafats death, Jacques Chirac lauded him as "a man of courage and conviction. The French gave him a military salute as Arafats coffin was sent to his funeral in Egypt, which many heads of state are expected to attend.
Why do the Wests politicians hold in such high esteem a man who unleashed a ferocious campaign of international terrorism that, across a span of forty years, has claimed the lives of thousands of Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian, and American civilians?
Arafat specialized in high-profile attacks targeting civilians, in order to inflict the severest psychological devastation. The slaughter of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics; the assassination of American diplomats in Sudan; the massacre of school children in Maalot, Israel (a model for the recent mass murder at a high school in Beslan, Russia); the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro, in which wheelchair-bound American Leon Klinghoffer was tossed overboard--Arafat was responsible for these and hundreds of other kidnappings, car-bombings, hijackings, and brutal murders. Also, during the 1970s he fomented bloody civil wars in Jordan and Lebanon.
But did he not renounce his terrorist ways later in life (as though this would be enough to earn forgiveness)?
Certainly in the 1990s European and American politicians embraced Arafat as a peacemaker, granting him recognition as a statesman. President Clinton met with him more often than with any other international leader (24 times in eight years). And in 1994 Arafat co-won the Nobel Peace Prize. But his willingness to make peace with Israel was a transparent lie. Though he publicly renounced terrorism in words addressed to Western audiences, he never did so in action (nor even in words, when speaking to the Arab world).
From the outset Arafat flouted practically every provision of a 1993 peace accord--most notably the provision to quell terrorism against Israel. The vast armed police force he created actually conspired with and often actively supported terrorists. And, calling for martyrs by the millions, Arafat fostered the deployment of suicide bombers. In 2001 he told the family of one bomber: The heroic martyrdom operation [of the man] who turned his body into a bomb [is] the model of manhood and sacrifice for the sake of Allah and the homeland.
None of this dissuaded Western leaders (including President Bush, who sought to marginalize Arafat somewhat) from supporting the establishment of a sovereign Palestinian state in areas governed by Arafats provisional Palestinian Authority. And this was so even though the evidence was abundant that such a state would become a sponsor of terrorism. In 2002, for example, Arafats forces were caught trying to smuggle into the Gaza Strip 50 tons of weapons and ammunitions, including one ton of C-4 explosives, and more than 60 Katyusha rockets, capable of hitting most cities in Israel.
Politicians eager to regard Arafat as a heroic liberator of Palestinians were also undaunted by his dictatorial rule over the Palestinian Authority. That governing body systematically violates the rights of its citizens. Arafats police force--eight or so competing gangs of thugs--arbitrarily arrests citizens, confiscates property, and murders his political opponents. (The victims were denounced under the catch-all charge of collaborating with Israel.) The PAs chaotic judiciary made a mockery of the rule of law; its judges served not justice, but Arafat.
But far from condemning Arafats vicious rule, the European Union and America supported it with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid.
This extravagant tolerance of Arafat, given his blood-soaked record, is not due to ignorance on the part of our politicians. It comes from the precept that moral judgment is an obstacle to action. This is the view that moral principles are an impediment to achieving practical aims, such as peace. One should, on this view, remain morally neutral--even though one side may be clearly in the right--and try to engage both sides in gentlemanly negotiation--even though one side may be a murderous thug.
Because moral neutrality is such an obviously immoral policy, its perpetrators must blacken the good while whitewashing the evil. Hence, world leaders condemn Israel, the innocent victim who refuses to submit, and lionize Arafat, the ruthless killer.
Arafats elevation to the dignity of a peace-seeking statesman is due to our politicians moral corruption. Were he judged properly, Arafat would long ago have been dealt the punishment he deserved. By sustaining him and perpetuating the delusion that Arafat was really a well-meaning statesman, politicians committed treason to his innocent victims.
Elan Journo
Elan Journo is a writer and editor for the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), in Irvine, Calif. The Institute promotes the philosophy of Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Send reactions to email@example.com
I am so glad that freekin rag head finally died the damn news media couldnt get it right half the time. Now its time for sharon to take back all the land that arafat rat stole from them...
Yup yet Arafat has left the reins in the hand of the next in line.
One can only pray that the next Palestinian leader will have
learned from his mistakes. Learn while he/she is still alive.
I dunno'? Sunday 0321 CST, is he still dead?
Bro, he is dead for sure.,now we wait to see who is next inline and see what type of person he is.
Semper Fi Vic
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I dunno'? Sunday 0321 CST, is he still dead?


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FreQuency and Amplitude, as far as rhythm games go, are close to perfection. While the included soundtracks weren't always slices of heaven, the track-capturing, fast-moving musical roller coaster foreshadowed the eventual success of Guitar Hero and Rock Band and a host of me-too releases whose popularity is now certainly waning.
The idea behind E3 was to showcase the latest and brightest games of 2012, but there are always a few games that disappoint us. Some games on our list made serious changes to their formula, and not for the better. Other games took center stage at E3 when they shouldn't have. There were many games at E3, but here is our top five list of disappointments.
The free-to-play market had a huge showing at E3 and was showcased at Sony's Online Entertainment booth. Recently SOE converted all of its most popular MMOs into the model, giving new life to D.C Universe while reintroducing fans to the PlanetSide series.
Throughout the history of video games, the oldest stereotype surrounding the industry has always been do violent video games affect player behavior and personality. It is a known fact that people who play games are exposed to more violence than the average consumer. From nuking entire civilization to obliterating players online, it's has become more and more common now that games are more focus on squarely providing violent action. For this reason alone, parents have long held an underlining negative attitude towards the industry and those who stand by it, but is this criticism injustice or have developers gone to far? Should government step in?
It seemed, at a glance, that Harmonix had done everything it possibly could with the Rock Band franchise. There's been a trio of sequels that have introduced various instruments and new ways to play; thousands of songs released via DLC; and even band-specific games for Green Day and AC/DC, as well as a Lego spin-off. So what's left? How about a new way to play?
With Harmonix shying away from the troublesome MTV Networks and essentially becoming its own entity, it was free to do whatever it pleased. And with that, it continued to support Rock Band 3, its latest rock machine, with a number of great new songs, including offerings from Rick Astley, Huey Lewis and the News and, recently, Shinedown and Evanescence. But who knew that it would also be feeding a different rock monster than the one it's already created? Silly us.
The bitter break-up between Rock Band developer Harmonix and the game's publishing arm at Viacom has been a messy one. Following the somewhat expensive development of The Beatles Rock Band (due to licensing) and the release of Rock Band 3, Viacom unceremoniously dumped the developer, who purchased themselves back for $50. Ever since, the companies have been battling back and forth over payments due over the series' release and royalties. But it looks like the final decision could be leaning in Harmonix's favor...
A lot of controversy has surrounded Harmonix and Rock Band 3 since its release last year, particularly with MTV Games dropping the developer and then turning around and suing shareholders for taking too many cash awards from its success. But that hasn't stopped millions of gamers from rocking out to its selections, as well as its downloadable content, which continues on a weekly basis to this day. But now MadCatz is looking to do a little banking of its own, as it's repackaging the game just in time for this season's holiday rush.
When MTV Games selfishly dumped Harmonix from its game line-up (despite the millions of copies of Rock Band and Dance Central that were solid), many thought that the developer would be in trouble, like most other shuttered developers as of late. But they bought their own rights back, hunkered in and went back to work on thriving with their products. Now, months after being let go, the team is doing better than expected, thanks to some quality Rock Band 3 content and a promising Dance Central sequel. The party's not over for them, not by a long shot.
This year at E3, Microsoft's focus was clearly on Kinect. Be it Kinect integration with controller-based games or a slew of new Kinect games, the wildly successful controller-free peripheral had a massive showing. Unfortunately, it failed to impress.
We are coming to you live from SpikeTV's Video Game Awards 2009 in Los Angeles with host Jo Garcia, Playboy's 2008 Cybergirl of the Year. She's hot and our coverage will be hot so stay tuned here as we beam to you live video reports from the VGAs as we interview the top developers and, of course, celebrities on the Red Carpet, Backstage and in the Green Room. It all starts at 8pm Eastern Time.
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Co-Lin's Annual Job Fair will be held on Tuesday, March 24, in the Billy B. Thames Conference Center on the college's Wesson campus. The free event is open to the public and presented by Co-Lin's Career, Technical and Workforce Education Division.
There will be two sessions determined by career pathways. The morning session, from 9-11 a.m., will focus on the transportation, engineering, and industrial pathways. Businesses and industries, local and regional, will be present to speak with individuals seeking careers in truck driving, heavy machinery, automotive, diesel, electronics, drafting and design, precision machining, automation and control and other related fields.
Tuesday afternoon the focus shifts to computer and office professionals, service industry and medical career pathways which includes but is not limited to business office, computer networking, cosmetology, food service, and child care, nurse's assistant, practical nurses, registered nurses, lab techs, radiology techs and related fields. This session will be held from 1-3 p.m.
Attendees should attend with resume in-hand, prepared to complete applications, and be dressed for an interview. The Job Fair provides job seekers the opportunity to meet employers that are hiring, obtain career information, establish contacts through networking and identify career, internship, and summer employment opportunities.
For information on attending as a sponsor, employer or job seeker please call 601.643.8707 or visit careertraining.colin.edu.
Members of the Co-Lin's SeaWolves Underwater Robotics Engineering Team recently attended the Underwater Intervention 2015 International Conference in New Orleans. Team members and instructors attending are front row from left, Carey Williamson, Co-Lin electronics technology program coordinator and SeaWolves advisor; Dr. Kevin McKone, Co-Lin Science Division Chairperson and SeaWolves advisor; Blake Pryor of Laurel, Lauren Brouillette of Wesson, Jeremy Nall of Monticello, Phillip Dinocola of Wesson; back row from left, Charles Miles and Josh Hart, both of Wesson; Tim Jones of Florence, Thomas Westrope and Lonnie Reeves, both of Wesson.
Seven members of Co-Lin's Blue Wave Show Band recently named the All-State Band held recently at the University of Southern Mississippi. Band members are from left, Blake Pryor of Laurel, Juanita Proffitt, Co-Lin assistant director of bands; Ethan Young of McComb, Courtney Cater of Florence, Kaylon Bennett of Brookhaven, Dylan Swain of Crystal Springs, Zach Booth of Magee, and Chris Samuels of Slidell, Louisiana.
Registration for mini-term on ground and online classes at all three Copiah-Lincoln Community College locations is currently underway. On ground classes will begin March 4 and end May 8. You must be enrolled by March 4 to attend.
Some of the on-ground classes on the Wesson Campus include Intermediate English and reading, World Geography, Personal and Community Health, College Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Probability, Orientation, Psychology of Personal Adjustment, and Public Speaking.
At the Natchez Campus, some of the on ground classes offered include Nutrition and Wellness, College Study Skills, Calculus II, General Activities, and Orientation.
Some of the on-ground classes at the Simpson County Center include Intermediate English and Reading, English Composition I, Intermediate Algebra, and College Algebra.
Some of the online courses offered include Business Ethics, American Literature II, African American Literature II, Nutrition and Wellness II, College Study Skills, Spanish I, Music Appreciation, Public Speaking, Human Anatomy & Physiology II and Lab, Introduction to Computer Concepts, World Civilization II, Child Psychology, Orientation, and Psychology of Personal Adjustment. These classes begin March 16 and end on May 8. You must be enrolled by March 16.
For a full listing of courses go to www.colin.edu/class-schedule For more information or to enroll on the Wesson Campus call 601.643.8490, on the Natchez Campus call 601.442.9111, at the Simpson County Center call 601.849.5191.
Co-Lin's Science Division recently held an open house in their new chemistry lab on the Wesson Campus. Faculty, staff and members of the Board of Trustees attended. Chemistry instructor Dr. Shelley Smith (right) discusses the changes with Board member Melton King of Natchez. The new lab features the latest equipment, new counters, furnishings, and more storage space for chemistry and organic chemistry students.


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Takashi Murakami explains how flowers became crucial elements in his work, "When I was preparing for the entrance exams for the University of Fine Arts, I spent two years drawing flowers. I drew some every day. And the entrance exam in the Nihon-ga section also involved flower drawing. Afterwards, to earn a living, I spent nine years working in a preparatory school, where I taught the students to draw flowers. Once every two days, I would buy flowers for my lesson and make compositions for the students to work on. At the beginning, to be frank, I didn't like flowers, but as I continued teaching in the school, my feelings changed: their smell, their shape - it all made me feel almost physically sick, and at the same time I found them very 'cute'. Each one seems to have its own feelings, its own personality." (Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Takashi Murakami, Paris, 2002). Clearly, there was no turning back...
Artist: Takashi Murakami
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Murakami's Flowers will run through November 15, 2010 through Fabrik Contemporary Art in Hong Kong.