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Halo: First Strike (Book Review)
The third book in the Halo series is title "First Strike." Eric Nylund, author of the first Halo book "The Fall of Reach" returns to finish some of the unresolved plots from the first book. The book takes place between Halo 1 and Halo 2 video games.
The novel also provides the Halo gamer with insights into how Master Chief returned to earth after Halo: Combat Evolved (Halo 1) and how the Covenant discovered the location of earth.
Halo: The Flood (Book Review)
The second book in the Halo series is titled "The Flood" The book is written by William C. Dietz who's background of serving in the US Navy as medic might have helped him with the characters and background stories.
This book is a novelization of the first Halo video game (Halo: Combat Evolved). I never got a chance to play the first Halo game, so the events of the game were unfamiliar to me. For most other Halo fans, they've probably played the game and remember quite a few events of this book.
Streaming video to your TV via your console
I read about the PlayOn Media Server on LifeHacker last week. It's software that runs on your Windows computer and streams video to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The PlayOn Media Server streams content from YouTube, Netflix Instant Queue, Hulu, CBS, and ESPN.
The PlayOn Media Server demo works for 14 days and I'm almost half way through the demo now. Since downloading the demo, I've been able to stream a couple of episodes of 24 (from Hulu), some random and mostly useless YouTube videos, and watch a movie from my Netflix account.
Halo: The Fall of Reach (Book Review)
I wasn't too familiar with the Halo series until last year when I played Halo for the first time. I knew it was a FPS (first person shooter) and knew that it involved running around and shooting aliens, much like most other FPS games. Since FPS games weren't my speciality, I had never spent much time playing or reading about Halo.
After I purchased Halo III, I was able to complete the game and learn a little more about the Halo setting. The game was fun and a bit challenging at times. However, since I don't have a XBOX Gold membership I wasn't able to play online versus other players - who probably would have easily killed me anyway.
A few months after playing the game, I noticed the Halo book series at a local bookstore. I thought it might be interesting, but I didn't think about the book series until almost a year later. After bringing only one book to read on my flight, I had finished it and needed a new book for my return flight. So I picked up the first book of the Halo series (Halo: The Fall of Reach) by Eric Nylund. The book is just over 7 years old.
Mass Effect: Ascension (Book Review)
Mass Effect: Ascension is the second novel of the Mass Effect series. The book is based on the game of the same name by BioWare. The author, Drew Karpyshyn, works for BioWare and has also written books on the BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic game.
I read the first Mass Effect novel before the Mass Effect XBOX360 game was released and I really enjoyed that novel. Now that I've finished the first novel and then finished the game (a few times), I have a decent idea of the Mass Effect universe so unlike the first book there wasn't a lot of introduction and general knowledge layout of the universe and species.
A Week of Wii
Last week, I got a chance to play with a Wii for the first time. I've been a recent console convert and picked up a XBOX 360 last year, so most of my comparisons will be versus the XBOX 360 and XBOX LIVE.
At first glance, the Wii interface is much more simpler than the current XBOX interface. (Note: The November 2008 XBOX UI upgrade is supposed to do a complete revamp of the UI. This was written before that update.)
XBOX 360 DRM issues
So far, I haven't needed to return my XBOX 360, but with the high failure rate, I expect that I'll probably be shipping it back sometime this year. With the new announcement of the Mass Effect downloadable content (DLC), I'll be purchasing some DRM (digital rights management) XBOX 360 content for the first time.
Unfortunately, BioWare isn't planning on releasing the content on CD at storefront or from their own online store. This means that when my XBOX gets the "red rings of death" (RRoD), I'll be stuck with the DRM glitch.
I'm a new owner of the XBOX, so I first learned about the problem while reading the Official XBOX Magazine's article titled "Six Resolutions for Microsoft in 2008."
If your console breaks ... the digital-rights management doesn't detach from the old hardware, and it doesn't know how to mate with the new machine. The only way to play the XBLA games you've bought, then, is to be logged in. That's a problem for any users who don't have a home network, who find themselves stuck with trial versions of the games they "own" until Mom's done surfing the internet on the PC and surrenders the Ethernet cable.
It's also a pain in the ass for two-gamertag households. Consider this very common scenario: Gamer A and Gamer B live together. (They might even be married — the ultimate multiplayer experience!) Gamer A bought Puzzle Quest, knowing Gamer B would love it — and she did. So they each played independently, until the three red lights showed up. After the console came back from Microsoft's repair lab, suddenly, Gamer B couldn't play Puzzle Quest — or any of the games Gamer A bought on his account. Part of the "fix" was to (accidentally? intentionally?) lock out anyone but the purchaser.
I was asking a couple questions on some of the XBOX related forums about this and then a few hours later, I noticed that Jeff Atwood of Coding horror wrote a nice write up explaining that DRM ignorance is expensive.
I foolishly assumed all along that it would be no big deal to transfer that purchased content if I ever purchased an Xbox 360 for my home.
Big mistake.
I didn't realize how precarious my understanding was of Xbox 360 digital rights management was.
Jeff's big mistake ended up costing him about $140 to repurchase all of his content for a second time. Jeff proposes a couple solutions and I really like the method that iTunes uses to manage DRM content where a limited number of machines are registered through your profile to access the content. Hopefully, Microsoft will come out with a solution this year.
Halo 3
I just purchased Halo 3 from seeing a great deal (just $37) on the CheapAssGamer.com's Best of the Sunday Ad Video Game Deals blog entry. I've been following CAG for a week or so now and there's a lot of great deals posted there for video games and DVDs. That deal was even better than the Amazon.com used game deals that had it listed around $40.
I've never been a FPS (first person shooter) game lover, but I've played a few and I did okay at them. I've just started playing this game in both solo and co-op modes. I'm a bit lost with the story because I've never played any of the previous Halo titles. Well, I did play one quick session of Halo 2, but I didn't learn much about the story besides shooting aliens.
I guess that I'm just one of those gamers that actually cares to listen to the story/dialog - maybe that's because I'm a RPGer at heart. Maybe I should buy some of those Halo novels (graphic novel, another, and another) to read up on the story...
The game play has been pretty good, but the controls are a bit foreign to me due to the lack of previous Halo experience. The graphics have been superb and I'm looking forward to finishing the campaign after I finish my Mass Effect multiple play throughs.
One of the great things about this game is the Bungie Online Halo 3 community web site. You can upload screenshots from the game to the web site and it keeps track of your character's accomplishments and statistics. The web site also allows you to use your in-game character's customizations as your community avatar.
I really feel that this is the direction new XBOX games should head. Forza Motorsports 2 also has a community similar to this that allows uploads of your customized cars. I'd really love to see more communities connected to your XBOX games like this.
Mass Effect: Best Sci-Fi RPG ever?
I finished Mass Effect a couple weeks ago and I'm about half way through my second play through of the game (as of this writing). I plan on completing the entire game about 4-7 times to play all of the different character classes, get all of the achievements, and finally beat the insanity difficulty.
The game won tons of awards (75+) and continues to score near perfect scores, ratings, and reviews from editors and gamers.
I believe this is the best sci-fi RPG game that I've ever played for several reasons. I think it could even be the best RPG game that I've ever played.
If you have been living under a rock and haven't heard about Mass Effect (and you know what RPG stands for), then you owe it to yourself to check out the game.
- The Story. Every BioWare game has a great story, but this story exceeded my expectations. I think that planning to make a trilogy helped create some storylines that will flow through each of the three games much easier than if the writer needed to wait to see how successful the game would be before starting on the next version.
- Character classes. The six different character classes really seemed to work well together. None of the classes seemed to be added for show and each class holds their own in the games. Combining the three skill sets into six classes really seemed to have balanced the game and make each class a little bit different from each other.
- Combat. Now this isn't a FPS like Halo, but I really like how the combat system works in Mass Effect. My preferred combat strategy is to get to high ground, take cover, and use a sniper rifle to take out any enemies dumb enough to stand in the open. Then rush into the compounds with my assault rifle blazing. This works well, especially with the multiple weapon types (Pistol, Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Shotgun), tech skills, and biotics skills.
- Missions & side quests. The missions really seemed to flow together very well. A few side quests are lengthy and involve making moral choices.
- Voice-overs. The voice overs for every line of dialog in the story makes it feel almost like watching a movie. There are several recognizable actors who took part in the voice-overs including Seth Green (Austin Powers, Family Guy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, etc.) and Keith David (Crash, Halo 3, Armageddon, etc.).
- The Novels. A prequel novel (written by the lead writer for the game) was released a little bit before the game. This was a great idea for those of us who wanted to be immersed in the game's story. Another novel is due out in a few months that will help bridge the story between Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2. I really hope they continue writing novels to fill in the gaps between the game releases.
- Commitment to releasing DLCs (Downloadable Content) to bridge between Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3.
- The graphics are great, but every now and then there's a little bit of texture popping (an effect when an object's texture suddenly changes where there should be no noticeable change between low-res and hi-res textures).
- Unable to upgrade/customize the MAKO. (see wish list below)
- Not enough cities (see wish list below). There's only a couple planets that you can visit that have any form of city. The vast majority of planets are just open landscapes with a few small outpost buildings or underground compounds.
Wishes for Mass Effect 2 and/or Mass Effect DLCs
- The MAKO. The MAKO is the all terrain rover vehicle that transports your group across the planet's surfaces. I'd love to see customizations for the MAKO including the basics such as upgrades. A Combat Scanner upgrade for the MAKO would be great along with almost any armor and weapon upgrade.
- More cities including landing on Earth.
- More land vehicles.
- Space combat
- Underwater exploration/planet
- In-game link to online community (upload screenshots, etc. similar to Halo 3 and Forza Motorsports).
- Fix the 999 saves issue.
- Increase the level cap
- New player class - maybe a generalist with a little bit of combat/tech/biotics skills.
- New squad members - maybe a Salarian infiltrator or Asari Commando
- Double the play time from around 40-50 hours to 100 hours
- More native flora and fauna for planets
Getting the band together… Rock Band (Game Review)
As readers can tell, I've been a bit late getting back into the console video games. My last console (before my new XBOX 360) was a Sega, so that tells some users how long its been.
I've looked at the Guitar Hero buzz as something of interest, but I've never been one for feats of coordination or rhythm games such as that. So I never experienced the Guitar Hero phenomenon.
This Christmas (2007) I was treated to a Rock Band night with a few family members (some photos on my Facebook profile for friends & family). Rock Band is developed by Harmonix, who also brought us Guitar Hero I & II (but they didn't develop GH3).
The biggest difference between Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that Guitar Hero is focused on a single instrument (the guitar, duh). Rock Band comes with a drum set, a microphone, and a guitar (with an additional jack for second guitar). The guitar can be either a guitar or bass (but you can only have a maximum of 1 guitar and 1 bass per play).
At first, it took me a while to get the rhythms down. Starting out with old familiar songs such as Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi) and Epic (Faith No More) helped quite a bit. If you've played Guitar Hero series, then you'll instantly be familiar with the guitars (the guitars of the two games are interchangeable).
I started out with the drums, which I later found to be the most difficult to perform. There's a kick peddle and four "drums". As the notes scroll down the screen, you tap the correct drum(s) and/or kick peddle. (If that's the correct terms...).
At first, I found that coordinate my hands and foot to hit multiple drums a bit difficult. I failed the first few times and needed to be saved by a fellow band member. Luckily, a lot of my family play on expert mode on several of the instruments and could keep the band from getting kicked off the stage almost every time. After a few songs of practice, I was able to score around 85% on the drums on Easy mode.
Moving on to the next instrument, I played the guitar for a bit. I think this was probably the second most difficult instrument. Even on Easy mode, some songs (like Enter Sandman) was just crazy on my fingers. The first two buttons were pretty easy to reach, but the third button played havoc on my finger for at least an hour or so. Finally, I was able to use three fingers (only 3 buttons are used on Easy mode) to reach all of the buttons. I was able to score in the mid-eighties in guitar mode, but usually scored much lower.
Finally, I found my tempo on the bass. The bass uses the same guitar controller as the guitar, but there's a lot less button combinations. Usually, it's only one of the three at the same time with a bit more of an interval between the notes. I was rocking the bass with scores in the high-nineties (97% with 187 continuous correct keys on my best).
Lastly, I skipped singing, but from listening to the others sing, you don't need to be a karaoke master to get a good score here.
I really enjoyed the game and I'm thinking about getting it in a few months after I finish Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Mass Effect. I'm hoping that the rumors are true about the wireless instruments coming out in February 2008. I think that's the only downside of the game is that there's a lot of wires involved and you really need at least 3 people to have a fun time, even though only 1 is required.
My only hesitation is that I don't know if I'll have enough friends over to actually ever have a Rock Band party. Also, right now the song selection is pretty limited. However, Harmonix is putting out a new download every week with new songs (varies from $0.99 per song or a few dollars for a few songs in a song pack). I'm hoping for some Rage Against the Machine, U2, and an expanded 80s selection.
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i have an interlock on my car due to my dui conviction. after not having any problems with the device for 2.5 months i encountered my first MAJOR problem. I was at my AA meeting Sunday morning, met with my sponsor after the meeting and had left my interlock sitting in my very cold car for 3 hours. When i tried to blow I got a fail, i of course kept trying and got failed 4 more times and the system turn off. i was eventually able to get the device to work, but when i took it to have the info downloaded was told i hade failed and the results were being sent to the courts. i am worried sick, that i'll have to go to jail. i have been to rehab so i asked them to take a urine sample which came back clean OF COURSE,,, will this test and witnesses at my AA meeting be anough proof that the machine gave a false positive? i don't want to hire an attorney, i've paid enough money already... any thoughts?
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You may not wish to hire an attorney, but that is your best bet.
The "witnesses' at your AA meeting will be of little (if any) probative value at your hearing.
Cold weather little impact on the device's operation, if the user follows the manufacturer's instructions.
It is the user's responsibility to know how to properly operate the unit.
Will the system work properly in New Brunswick's cold winter climate?
The device is capable of operating accurately in extreme conditions. However, in extremely cold weather the headset should be removed and stored in the house when not in use. Moisture build-up on and within the mouthpiece could freeze and cause problems with starting.
Manufacturers do not certify these devices for extremely cold weather.
If it is colder than 5 degrees (depending on which brand of device you're using) you MUST warm the unit before it will work.
The units are designed so the measuring unit can be easily detached to warm them up.
It is ALWAYS the user's responsibility to ensure the device is warmed, if needed.
Ignition interlock devices rarely fail.
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The Good Bean, All Natural Chickpea Snacks!, Sea Salt, 12 Bags, 2.5 oz (70 g) Each (Discontinued Item)
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- Package Quantity: 12 Bags, 2.5 oz (70 g) Each
- Dimensions: 11.7 x 4.9 x 6.6 in, 2.3 lbs (1.04 kg)
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After landing a client, the designer's first chore is to communicate and develop the initial idea, whether it's a storyboard for a film or ad, or a multifaceted marketing campaign for a product or service. Learn how to transform a client's request into a presentable concept in this course. Craig Smallish walks through the development process for various creative scenarios, from assessing the client and the scope of the job to free-associating and sketching your ideas. Learn to create descriptive copy to accompany your visuals and create iteration after iteration of your design. Finally, Craig shows how to choose your strongest idea through a process of refinement.
Up to this point we've accumulated a pretty good stash of rough concepts for our solar panel project. Inevitably we'll have to pair those ideas down to one or two final solutions that we believe are going to be the most intriguing. Yet, versatile enough to adapt to a range of media choices. To make those selections we're going to review our inventory and assess its potential. Now, depending on what type of deadline and budget we're dealing with. There might be times when we really need to run with one concept.
Fortunately, we have the luxury of a little time here. So, we're going to select two from our inventory. And move those to the next stage of development. The selection process is largely about personal preference. And if we've done this right. Meaning, we thoroughly researched the client. We've fleshed out numerous concepts. Then the choice should be relatively easy. So, now the questions are, are these concepts truly interesting? And, can we make them work in a number of different formats such as print? Broadcast, ambient or maybe even a guerrilla campaign.
Now, let's consider that electric guitar campfire idea. I think the whole concept of a duel between traditional and modern could be catchy for our solar panel promo. And certainly adaptable in a number of different ways, so that's a for sure. The second one is gotta be the deserted island theme. The same deal as our other concept but if done right it'll get attention and there's no medium that I can think of where that idea isn't going to fly. Now, we have our top two contenders but we're still going to keep the other concepts in reserve.
Just in case we need that backup. Having known sketcher idea, reviewing the inventory was relatively easy and it's usually enjoyable. These type of visual retrospective doesn't have to take long but it's a great affirmation of those concepts that we'll want to advance to the next level of development as a rough sketch.
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Economist Eddie Cross has said until compensation is paid the government has got 'no legal right' to issue any form of security or title rights to anybody occupying seized farmland.
The MDC-T legislator was reacting to reports that government will, starting from next month, issue A1 farmers with new permits that govern the use of the land. Government claims that the permits will endorse the farmers' security of tenure and will bring sanity to its land grab programme.
Lands and rural resettlement minister Douglas Mombeshora said the offer letters that the farmers were using were ineffective as they were 'not detailed' and the process of obtaining one was confusing.
He said the new permit, which will be signed by both the owner and the spouse, gives guidelines on the inheritance of the farm if the owner dies. He also claimed that 'the permit is just the same as the 99-year lease and it works as a title deed for the land.'
But Cross said: 'The reality is that the government doesn't have the legal right to do that. People don't understand that until compensation is paid to the original owners they cannot take title to the properties.'
He added: 'That is the problem confronting the government and until they resolve that problem they are not free to do what they want in as far as conferring title rights is concerned.'
Cross's comments come at a time when large scale farmers are struggling to obtain loans from the banks who view them as risky business because they don't have title deeds, legal documents that give them ownership of the land.
Government handed out some 99 year leases to the large scale farmers also known as A2 farmers but these leases have not been of any help as they show that the land belongs to the state leading to the banks' refusal to lend to people with no collateral to back up to the loan.
The farmers' problem was made worse when in February the government, which had been supporting them with inputs and equipment for a decade, abandoned them saying they should 'kneel' before the same banks.
The A1 and A2 farmers are beneficiaries of the ZANU PF government's land grab exercise. Land was seized and parceled out to various individuals, without anyone buying or paying compensation for the land. This means the title deeds remained with the original owners of the farms.


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Police Arrest LGBT Activist For Distributing Voting Rights Information
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Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, arrested a black LGBT activist and former state Senate candidate Monday, saying that he violated a city ordinance by distributing literature about voting rights and candidates on parked cars.
The arrest of Ty Turner, who was attending a Moral Mondays-affiliated rally at a park in Charlotte, was particularly poignant given that the event was held to condemn the state's record on voting rights and racial profiling.
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Ohio State Rep. Alicia Reece's 'Voters Bill of Rights' Effort Misses July Deadline But She Vows To Continue
Ohio State Rep. Alicia Reece, a Cincinnati Democrat, is on a mission. And despite recently falling short of her July deadline to gather enough signatures on a "Voters Bill of Rights" constitutional amendment to put the issue on the ballot this November, she will continue her effort to collect signatures.
"The Ohio Voter Bill of Rights is a nonpartisan, grassroots effort to put voting rights in the constitution. This historic, grassroots initiative has overcome major hurdles with limited resources…," Reece tells MadameNoire by email. "A grassroots movement of clergy, faith leaders, civil rights organizations– like the NAACP and the National Action Network – sororities, fraternities, Prince Hall Masons, and labor are actively training volunteers and aggressively collecting signatures throughout the state to put this issue on the ballot."
Reece and amendment supporters needed to collect 385,254 valid signatures from registered Ohio voters by July 2. The group had been collecting signatures since March but were more than 200,000 signatures short. Reece and the Rev. Al Sharpton unveiled the plan at the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington on August 24th, 2013.
The coalition behind the effort, led by Reece, will open a state office, hold a statewide conference on voting rights and build support among state and national groups. The Freedom Summer Initiative, named after a 1964 effort to register African-American voters resulted in deaths of three civil rights activists, wants to have included in the Ohio Constitution various voting procedures including early voting on weekends and online voter registration. "People died for the right to vote, and to think in 2014 we are still fighting this battle. Now, we have a chance to fight back and make sure that the next generation doesn't have to," Reece points out.
According to Reece, if it eventually goes through it will have a major effort on Ohio citizens. Reece explains: "The Voter Bill of Rights takes politics out of voting rights and creates permanent protections in the constitution for Ohio voters by doing the following: establishes the fundamental right of all Ohio citizens to cast a ballot and have their vote counted; provides 35 days for early and absentee voting, including the weekends; makes voter registration for all eligible citizens easy and accessible, including online; maintains current options for voters to identify themselves and expands ID options; and specifies ballots cast in the right county but wrong precinct shall be counted for candidates and issues that are on the ballot in the voter's precinct."
Reece is currently serving her second term as state representative in the 33rd Ohio House District, which includes the city of Cincinnati, Springfield Township, and Hamilton County suburbs. Prior to her appointment to the Ohio House, she served as Vice Mayor of Cincinnati from 2002-2006 and was a City Councilwoman for the eight years prior to that.
Voting rights took a hit last year with the Supreme Court decision in Shelby v. Holder which tossed out some key points of the Voting Rights Act and has led to legislation that changes voting rules, many of the changes negatively impacting the Black vote. President Obama spoke on the issue at this year's National Action Network annual conference, responding to claims by GOP lawmakers that new voting access efforts are aimed at curbing (largely non-existent) voter fraud.
"The real voter fraud is people who try to deny us our rights with bogus arguments," he said.
Reece vows not to stop because the issue is bigger than just Ohio. "There is a war on voting rights. Voter suppression laws are being introduced and passed in various states throughout the country," she explains. "The Voter Bill of Rights allows the people to determine their voting rights and put them permanently in their state constitution. While the movement begins in Ohio, it does not stop here. This could be a model for other states. The Ohio Voter Bill of Rights is a movement that starts in Ohio, but doesn't end here."
"I Thought We Settled This 50 Years Ago": Obama Discusses Voting Rights At National Action Network Conference
President Obama shut down New York City (literally) to make a brief appearance today at the National Action Network's annual conference, where he spoke to a crowd that included press, government officials (we spotted Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), and esteemed guests (we also spotted Martin Luther King III) about the need for vigilance in the fight for voting rights. Moreover, Obama expressed his disbelief over the fact that we're even having this discussion in 2014. Truth!
"We should not be having an argument over this," the President said at one point. He set his sights squarely on the Republican party, which has taken up a fight in many states to make it harder to vote. The President brushed aside the assertion that these laws are meant to tackle voter fraud with statistics — 40 voters out of 197 million have been indicted for fraud. But among the rules that are being passed is a mandate for some to present a passport to register to vote.
"Just because you don't have the money to travel abroad doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to vote at home," the President said. He later added, "The real voter fraud is people who try to deny us our rights with bogus arguments."
But more than that, he called on everyone to take responsibility for getting to the polling place. The problem, he said, is "people giving up the right to vote."
Patience is also required if change will come once and for all.
"Change doesn't happen overnight, but it happens as long as we don't give our power away," the President remarked.
Obama made his way to New York just hours after appearing at the White House with outgoing Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and his new choice, Sylvia Mathews Burwell. Obama opened his speech by referencing the success of the healthcare law — more than seven million enrolled — and again taking a swipe at Republicans.
"We have states who, just out of political spite, won't let people get health insurance," he said.
A quick clip about the event after the jump.
Supreme Court Rulings Hurting Black Voters: New Laws Are Curbing Access To The Polls
The voting rights advancements made during the civil rights era are being eroded. Take recent Supreme Court decisions on voting rights and political contributions as a examples of the regression. Last week, the court delivered a 5-4 decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission which eliminated the aggregate cap on individual campaign donations. In other words, rich individuals such as the Koch brothers can put all their wealth behind a candidate, giving other candidates with poorer supporters less of a chance to aggressively compete.
Another setback came with last year's Shelby v. Holder case, which curtailed the Voting Rights Act and "inspired a spree of Republican-initiated voter-restriction laws across the nation," reports The Root. The decision seemingly helps Republicans create voting obstacles for African Americans, Latinos and the poor. Among the tactics are voter ID laws, changes to absentee ballot access, and the purging of voter rolls.
And to many the GOP is being helped by the Supreme Court, who among other moves last year knocked down a central provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This allowed several , mainly Southern, to change their election laws without Justice Department approval. As such North Carolina has passed the country's most harsh restrictions on voting, eliminating same-day voter registration; cutting early voting down to 10 days from 17; mandating a photo ID requirement; and stopping straight-ticket party voting. Since last year, nine states have passed more restrictive voting laws. Other states, such as Ohio and Wisconsin, are in the process of enacting new voting restrictions as well.
Obama's victory caused shifts in both voter turnout and the composition of the American electorate. For the first time in history, African Americans voted in larger numbers than whites. Because of this, the chances that in 2016 White House would continue to be held Democrats were high–until these latest court decisions. Just this weekend, The New York Times took a look at the battle going on in swing states, where new rules, including shorter windows for casting a vote, are having a disproportionate impact on black voters. "Democrats and other critics of the laws say that in the face of shifting demographics, Republicans are trying to alter the rules and shape the electorate in their favor," the article says. "Those most affected by the restrictions are minorities and the urban poor, who tend to vote Democratic."
Expanding in these new court decisions, the G.O.P. is bidding to limit voting in swing states. Some states are even pondering mandating proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate or a passport, Arizona and Kansas have already done so.
Democrats aren't taking all this lying down. Dems in North Carolina, for example, are pushing back against what is now the nation's most restrictive voting laws, passed by Republicans last year. The new laws greatly reduce the number of early voting days and put rules in place that make it more harder for people to register to vote, cast provisional ballots or, in a some cases, vote absentee.
To counter the GOP moves, Democrats have tried to make it easier for people to sign up to vote, including online voting and registration. California, Colorado, Maryland, Arizona and Kansas have started online registration.
Are you registered to vote? Midterm elections are around the corner.
NAACP Taking U.S. Voting Rights And Civil Rights Issues To The UN
One of the main objectives of the United Nations is to promote and protect human rights. And for ages many have wondered why the organzation has never taken a stand on the plight of blacks in the United States. It was a question activist Malcolm X wondered years ago, wanting to bring the organization into the Civil Rights Movement. Now leaders of the NAACP plan to travel to Geneva to report to the United Nations on civil rights issues in the United States, reports BET.
According to the NAACP, it will send a delegation to the meeting of the United Nations next week for the review of the United States's part in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The group aims to also address Florida's very controversial Stand Your Ground law as well as how several states have adopted voter identification requirements in order to cast ballots and how this affects people of color in the U.S.
"We're convinced that the advent of photo ID laws have a disproportionate impact on racial minorities in terms of voting," Hilary Shelton, the NAACP's senior vice president for policy and advocacy and director of the organization's Washington bureau, told BET.
"We find that there are many people, many of them African-American, who are disproportionately disenfranchised by these laws," Shelton said.
The NAACP is working in partnership organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Hip Hop Caucus, co-authors of a report on felony disenfranchisement that was submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
"The NAACP first brought a delegation before the United Nations Human Rights Council in 1947, when W.E.B. Dubois delivered his famous speech 'An Appeal to the World' warning the global body about threats to voting rights in the United States," the organization reports on its website.
US Attorney General Pushes To Restore Voting Rights For Former Felons
It has long been a question for many: If a convicted felon has paid their debt to society, why don't they regain their right to vote? Attorney General Eric Holder is pressuring the Administration to restore voting rights to former felons, calling laws that disenfranchise millions of Americans "unnecessary and unjust."
They are rooted in "centuries-old conceptions of justice that were too often based on exclusion, animus, and fear," The Huffington Post continues.
During the last several months, Holder, who believes the policies disparately impact minority communities, has been focused on criminal justice reform.
"By perpetuating the stigma and isolation imposed on formerly incarcerated individuals, these laws increase the likelihood they will commit future crimes," Holder stated during a recent criminal justice reform event hosted by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights at Georgetown University Law Center. "They undermine the reentry process and defy the principles of accountability and rehabilitation that guide our criminal justice policies. And however well-intentioned current advocates of felony disenfranchisement may be, the reality is that these measures are, at best, profoundly outdated."
Because of current laws, an estimated 5.8 million Americans, more than the individual populations of 31 states, cannot vote, according to Holder. The AG praised Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as a "leader" on the issue of restoring voting rights and called Paul's "vocal support for restoring voting rights for former inmates shows that this issue need not break down along partisan lines."
Right now, 11 states restrict voting rights for ex-felons who have served their sentences and are no longer on parole.
"It is unwise, it is unjust, and it is not in keeping with our democratic values," Holder said. "These laws deserve to be not only reconsidered, but repealed."
John Legend Links Up With NAACP To Fight Restrictive Voting Laws
John Legend ain't too happy about some of the voter ID laws in United States. The "Made to Love" singer plunged into a political campaign and launched a concert in North Carolina, a state with restrictive voting rights, to fight for America's voice in choosing the country's leaders, Afro.com reports.
In partnership with the NAACP, Legend urged his fans to promote voting rights at his recent concert in Durham, N.C. Legend sought to make registering to vote convenient by convincing concert-goers to simply text "LEGEND" to 62227. The Grammy Award-winning crooner will continue to campaign for this cause throughout his "Made to Love" tour.
"Launching in North Carolina, a state feeling the brunt of new restrictive and discriminatory election laws, will set the tone for concert goers across the country in states where some of the most egregious law changes have been introduced or implemented," said the Rev. William Barber, president, NAACP North Carolina State Conference.
Ever since President Obama was elected in 2008, Republican legislative leaders have searched for measures to stifle the minority vote, though they argue they're passing these laws to prevent voter fraud, which isn't problem in this country. As a result, there have been "fewer early voting days, restrictive voter ID laws, purging of voter rolls and more," Afro.com adds. It's maddening, Legend says, that there are people who would implement laws to restrict some Americans from voting.
"Generations have fought hard and even died for this right, and now is not the time for our country to move backwards. All of our leaders should seek to have inclusive elections that reflect the true will of the people, no matter who they intend to vote for. The politics of exclusion are unacceptable," Legend said in a statement.
Adding fuel to Legend's fire, a July 2013 Supreme Court decision nullified a section of the Voting Rights Act that served to protect underrepresented American voters. The NAACP, which has launched its own battle against anti-voting strategies, is pleased that Legend is joining their team to heighten their efforts:
"[John Legend's] influence as a world-renowned artist and activist will be a catalyst to spread the word that it is not enough just to exercise your right to vote. We must also protect our right to vote for future generations," said NAACP interim President Lorraine C. Miller.
Legend is no stranger to political activism. We've seen the singer wholeheartedly support Obama's 2008 campaign. Legend sang "If You're Out There," a song for voter engagement, at the Democratic National Convention.
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9 Big Issues Covered in the State Of The Union Address
Last night, President Obama gave the first State of the Union address of his second term (we live tweeted it here) and he raced through a number of big issues that he'd like to see Congress act on in the coming months. One of those issues, and possibly most unexpected, was a higher minimum wage.
But there were others that will be up for debate — among Congresspeople and voters alike. Here, we outline nine of the big ones. And in the comments, feel free to chime in with your thoughts and debate. That's democracy at work!
Chime In: African-American Christians Decide Not To Vote This Election
Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That's a worrisome message for the nation's first African-American president, who can't afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race.
The pastors say their congregants are asking how a true Christian could back same-sex marriage, as President Barack Obama did in May. As for Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon nominee from a major party, congregants are questioning the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its former ban on men of African descent in the priesthood.
In 2008, Obama won 95 percent of black voters and is likely to get an overwhelming majority again. But any loss of votes would sting.
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No Voter ID for Black Woman in Tennessee
By Brande Victorian
The year 1960 was the first and only time 96-year-old Dorothy Cooper didn't vote. A new state law in Tennessee that requires a photo ID in order to register may make 2012 her second.
Cooper, after finding out the requirement, set out to get the necessary ID. Rent receipt, lease, voter registration card, and birth certificate in hand, the Chattanooga resident was denied an ID at the Cherokee Boulevard Driver Service Center because her maiden name, Dorothy Alexander, was the one on her birth certificate. Without a marriage certificate she couldn't prove that Cooper is indeed her last name.
State Rep. Tommie Brown, D-Chattanooga, told the ChattanoogaTimes Free Press Cooper's case is an example of how the law "erects barriers" for elderly and poor people who are disproportionately minorities.
"What you do, you suppress the vote," Brown said. "You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. It makes no sense in these economic times that we are shifting our time and resources to this."
Tennessee Department of Safety spokeswoman Dalya Qualls acknowledged in an email to the Free Press that things could have been handled better.
"It is department policy that in order to get a photo ID, a citizen must provide documentation that links their name to the document they are using as primary proof of identity," Qualls wrote. "In this case, since Ms. Cooper's birth certificate (her primary proof of identity) and voter registration card were two different names, the examiner was unable to provide the free ID."
Still, "the examiner should have taken extra steps to determine alternative forms of documentation for Ms. Cooper."
A total of $438,000 was allocated to provide free photo IDs for registered voters who don't have a qualified ID—a move lawmakers said was necessary to prevent voter fraud. A coalition of organizations announced an effort to repeal the law In Nashville on Tuesday.
"This is a nonpartisan issue. It's a fair voting issue," Mary Mancini, Executive Director of Citizen Action, told the Free Press in a phone interview. "It's all about the legislators seeing that the people of Tennessee don't want this law."
After Cooper was denied a photo ID, Charline Kilpatrick, who has been working with residents to get free photo IDs, contacted Hamilton County's Administrator of Elections Charlotte Mullis-Morgan. She recommended that Cooper vote with an absentee ballot which doesn't require a photo ID.


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Association. New York's law says that "no alcoholic beverages shall be shipped into the state unless the same shall be consigned to a person duly licensed hereunder to traffic in alcoholic beverages."
The 21st Amendment is so sweeping, Spitzer argues, that it permits almost any kind of state law regulating alcohol to survive constitutional scrutiny. In addition, he said, such laws are especially important to combat out-of-state shipping, "which by its nature eliminates a face-to-face sale and thereby increases the risk that minors will be able to obtain alcohol through Internet sales or otherwise."
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Every now and again TBARTA and Polk officials get together to discuss Polk joining TBARTA to more evenly round-out TBARTA's regional mission. They were close this time, it seems, but word crawled up the ladder that certain legislators were too far outside the loop and to them that was enough to tank further talks. The current bill's evangelist, Senator Bill Gavano, pulled his effective sponsorship when fellow legislators Kelli Stargel and Denise Grimsley, both senators (all mentioned names are republican), balked. Gavano has suggested that Stargel misunderstood his intentions, but I fail to understand how wanting to make sure Polk County is included in mass transit progress on a regional scale, could be "misconstrued" as a negative.
At issue root is the feeling that TBARTA was being jimmied too quickly on the last day of the legislative calendar. However, that may or may not be the real reason.
Commission Chairman Todd Dantzler said there may be some other issue in the background that's influencing the debate.
I'm not really sure who an organization is "supposed" to talk to, but the slighted lot in this case seem really miffed about it. At the county political level Polk has already come out in various ways as wanting to be part of the agency's planning and event horizon, so the sudden halt by quibblers was probably regarded as something of a depressing surprise.
Polk buy-in to TBARTA is important long-term when talking about rail. Its county borders are the farthest north touching the Orlando metropoliton area and, even that aside, is certainly a crucial component to long-range intercity or commuter rail. At the very least it is a commuter rail connection between Lakeland and downtown Tampa, perhaps.
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Forty years ago a bookish French Indochina specialist--who was also a media celebrity in the United States--stepped on a landmine in Vietnam while accompanying a platoon of US Marines on patrol. Bernard Fall was making his sixth trip to Vietnam, where he found (and perhaps sought) the brutal end that would finish the wild and romantic project that was his life. He was blown up on a dirt track that French soldiers, more than a decade before, had dubbed la rue sans joie.
Fall's biography could be divided into three or four parts, each of which would contain enough drama for a whole life. While still a youth, he lost his parents in the Holocaust, fought in the French Resistance and conducted crucial research at the Nuremberg trials. He kept company with famous intellectuals, diplomats, soldiers and political dissidents; fathered a large family; and was a prolific writer and scholar, publishing nine books and scores of articles. In 1956 he became a professor at Howard, the premier African-American university in the United States, where he taught until his death.
When, on February 21, 1967, Fall stepped on that landmine on the "street without joy," or Vietnam's coastal Highway 1, he was ranked among the world's leading academic specialists on Southeast Asia and a famous war correspondent. Several of Fall's books are still in print, notably Street Without Joy (1961) and Hell in a Very Small Place (1966). Both of these are intensely detailed military histories: The first is an overview of the French war in Indochina; the second focuses on the definitive battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Fall's extraordinary life, for all its intrigue, is only part of the reason we should remember him. Though he has been dead as long as he was alive, his legacy lives on in strange ways. As a technocratic critic of war who was close to the warmakers--a contradictory if not schizophrenic position that allowed him to have it both ways--Fall helped lay the foundations for a genre of war reportage that is still very much in fashion in American journalism. Now, on the fortieth anniversary of his death, Fall's widow, Dorothy Fall, has written Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar. An account of his adventures, and of the complexities of his personality, Memories of a Soldier-Scholar is perhaps more revealing than intended--and not only of Fall himself.
Fall was born in 1926 in Vienna to Leo Fall and Anna Seligmann, Polish Jews who had moved to Austria and then fled the Nazi takeover for France in the late 1930s. After France fell to Germany in 1940, Anna was deported to Germany and died in the camps. Leo was eventually tortured to death by the Germans on suspicions of aiding the French Resistance. Bernard used fake papers to pass as Catholic and at age 16 infiltrated the paramilitary Compagnons de France--Vichy's version of the Hitler Youth. Within the Compagnons there was an underground of Jews passing as gentiles and organizing what Fall once called "terrorism" against the occupation, from sabotage to assassinations. Fall's comrades carried out the assassination of at least one Nazi soldier and helped bring many other Vichy collaborators to informal justice.
As the Allied invasion approached and then as the Allies moved east, the Resistance picked up steam. During the final stages of the war, young Bernard saw real combat in the Alps against the retreating but still tenacious Germans. It must have been terrifying, sad and, as war always is, unseemly and frantic. But it may also have been cathartic for the adolescent Fall to help destroy the very enemies who had murdered his parents.
After liberation in 1944, Fall joined the French army, in which he served for two years. He then worked as an analyst for the Nuremberg Tribunal, which doubtless gave him his first taste of his intellectual powers. Investigating the Nazi-affiliated Krupp industries, Fall did much to help convict Nazi Party member Alfred Krupp, who was sentenced to twelve years. But when the cold war heated up, the new US High Commissioner, John McCloy, freed Krupp, who was being groomed as an American ally in West Germany. For the sake of the "free world," the SS party member, munitions manufacturer and employer of Jewish slave labor was allowed to go back to business.
Though Dorothy Fall's book does not explore this, the Krupp pardon must have been a formative intellectual experience for a young man of such high ideals. What was the lesson in this betrayal? That in the democratic West, anti-Communism trumped all else--even punishment for anti-Semitic Nazi war profiteers; even the integrity of the law. In politics what mattered was the mechanics of power, not principle.


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This week's selection is an expanded Cape Cod at 4 Chestnut Hill Road North, Colonie. It's 5,200 square feet and meticulously decorated. The home was the subject of a Life@Home magazine photo essay in December, 2013, which includes an interview with the current owner. The house is on a dead end in Old Loudonville and […] [Read More]
Architexture: 'Angularity, verticality and asymmetry'
This month's architecture feature is about Stick Victorians, or "Stick Vics," as I like to call them, because it amuses me. Check out the story here, and below are a few houses that didn't make it in. [Read More]
House of the Week: Townhouse in Albany
This week's selection is an elegant townhouse built in 1881 at 447 State St., Albany. It is full of welcome surprises, from the original woodwork to a wine cellar to the paint colors the current owners chose – a dark green in the master bedroom trimmed with white; red in a hallway; lavender, yellow and […] [Read More]
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This week's selection is one of the Spanish revival style homes in Albany's Pine Hills neighborhood. There were 27 houses built in Winchester Gables in the late 1920s and '30s, an enclave of stucco and red tile that is entirely out of place in Albany, in a good way. The developer, Dan H. Winchester built […] [Read More]
From Broadway to Spring Street on a flat bed truck
Quick, what does 522 Broadway in Saratoga Springs look like? Did you picture this? That's what's there now, the Saratoga Hilton. But 37 years ago, the building that is now home to the Bread Basket Bakery stood on this spot. During the urban renewal era, many old buildings were knocked down. It was a grim […] [Read More]
Albany house and garden tour June 25
The 40th annual Hidden City House and Garden Tour is next Thursday, June 25. Between 10 and 15 homes in the Center Square area will be open to the public. Members of Capital Roots will be in Hudson-Jay Park to distribute information about their programs and the Audubon Society of the Capital Region will also […] [Read More]


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July 7, 2015
The Casey Anthony murder trial was adjourned early Monday (6/13) because the state announced its next witnesses are not available until Tuesday (6/14). Chief Judge Belvin Perry said the trial will resume at 1 p-m tomorrow.
Perry also said if the state wraps up by Wednesday and the defense could begin their case Thursday. If that happened then deliberations could begin as early as June 25th.
Two FBI experts took the stand today about tests performed on key pieces of evidence, including duct tape and hair collected in the case against Anthony.
Elizabeth Fontaine -- FBI latent print examiner -- testified that she discovered a heart shape on one of the pieces of tape sent to the FBI. The tape was found where Caylee Anthony's remains were found in 2008. Fontaine saw the heart shape on a piece of duct tape identified as Q-63 on one of the corners on the edge of the tape. It was about the size of a dime and resembled the residue or debris left behind by an adhesive bandage.
The FBI examiner tried to photograph the image after she had finished her exam but could not see the image again to take the photo.
Casey Anthony, 25, is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter.
Prosecutors believe Anthony suffocated her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony with duct tape. The defense contends the toddler drowned in her grandparents' swimming pool.
The 25-year-old Anthony has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, Anthony faces the death penalty.
Jurors have so far heard from witnesses ranging from Anthony's family members and friends to law enforcement officials and forensics experts.
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Your article about the healing power of pets (6 November, p 30) reminded me of a visit I made to a Reform synagogue in Boston one Friday evening this summer.
I was most surprised to see that one of the congregants, sitting quietly in the front row next to some children, was a small white terrier. After the service I asked why the dog was there and was told that he was a therapy dog, helping with the children's learning. It seems dogs have been found to help with social skills and are a comfort to children who have little self-confidence.
Trained therapy dogs have apparently been used in American schools for many years to encourage children to read aloud and also to give friendship and support to those who find it hard to join in socially.
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Touring the Disney / MGM Studios
The Golden Hollywood of the 1930's comes to life at the Disney / MGM Studios. The atmosphere is pure art deco tinsel town. The attractions and shows are classic Disney. At the Studios you can see real television shows and movies in production and enjoy the nostalgia of many of your favorite films and shows from the past, too.
Park Layout
The main entrance avenue of this park (1930's Hollywood Boulevard) is similar to Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom, but there the similarity in layout of these two parks comes to an abrupt conclusion. Sunset Boulevard, which crosses Hollywood, provides additional shops, but also is the main thoroughfare to get to the Hollywood Tower Hotel and the venue of Fantasmic!, the most fabulous nighttime spectacular show in the history of theme parks!
If you continue straight down Hollywood, avoiding the enticements of Sunset Boulevard, you'll come upon Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the entrance to the "studios" itself (where the film and animation production facilities are located) to the right. To the left, you'll see several shows that explain how sound effects, television post production, stunts, and other technologies come together to create movies and TV shows.
Scattered around the "back lot" are several attractions including Star Tours (based on George Lucas's triple-trilogy) and MuppetVision 3-D. Both are not to be missed.
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Since the Studios is, by far, the least logical of the parks in terms of layout, there is no obvious way of touring the studios based on geography. Actually, though, it's just as well, because the best way to catch the Studios is not geographically (location), but chronologically (time).
There are two different kinds of attractions at the studios. Some, such as the Great Movie Ride, Star Tours and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror are continuously loading rides. The Studio Backlot Tour and the Animation Tour are likewise continuously loading, but due to their nature larger groups of people are brought together before a Tour begins. The other attraction type is the show type which include Sounds Dangerous, Doug Live!, and the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular.
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The profit margins on the latter are bigger, but so are the risks, as the credit crisis has so brutally illustrated.
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Here is the photo I was going for when Jayda took that behind-the-scenes photo below. Amanda and Cody are perfect for each other!
A behind-the-scenes moment, captured by the amazing Jayda Klingerman-Reed. Cody and Amanda's wedding was held at the Edgefield Hotel, which has an amazing variety of buildings and gardens for wedding portraits. We had a pretty fun time, but I think these two stole the show!
Jayda and I stopped by Medford's Portal Brewing Company at the Central Firehall after our ceremony, for a quick flight of portraits (By the talented Peter Kim) and fine brews. I've been trying the Oil Painting abilities of Photoshop to create photo-realistic paintings. What do you think?
So if you know anything about Portland's amazing Chinese Garden's at 3rd and Everett, you likely already know that a wedding at the Lan Su Chinese Gardens is pretty awesome, simply because the gardens are freakin' epic. Now include in this wedding matching, pixelated, his-and-hers tie and bow, a Portal 'Companion Cube' themed cake, and Gangnam-style groomsmen portraits.


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