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Press Conference – Pastors File Lawsuit Seeking Justice – Andy Taylor from Dave Welch on Vimeo.
Houston Five v Mayor Parker Petition
Dear Greater Houston Pastors and Referendum Supporters:
Here is the most recent update regarding our lawsuit against the City of Houston which is currently pending before the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston.
According to our attorney Mr. Andy Taylor, "In order to qualify our Petition in time for the upcoming November 2015 election, we have to hurry. The first attempt to speed things up was when we filed an Emergency Motion for Expedited Briefing Schedule and Decision with the Fourteenth Court of Appeals on May 1, 2015. Unfortunately, the Court denied our request on May 13th. This means that the Court of Appeals will hear our case on a normal and routine (non-expedited) timetable, and we will not get a decision until later this year or even perhaps not until 2016. This timetable will not enable us to get on the November 2015 ballot. Our second attempt to speed things up is an Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus before the Texas Supreme Court. This matter is still pending, but we remain hopeful the Court will pay attention to the need for speed.
A third attempt that is currently being contemplated and drafted is a brand new Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus, which would be filed before the Houston Court of Appeals. Basically the argument is that we cannot get expedited relief through the ordinary appeal, which was filed on April 30, so we need extraordinary relief on a mandamus basis."
Pastors, please remain prayerful and vigilant that God grants us extraordinary favor in the courts by approving the Emergency Petition and the outcome will be nothing short of a victory at the polls this November.
ANDY TAYLOR ON APPEAL OF JUDGE'S DECISION April 30, 2015
HERO Appeal Press Conference 4 30 15 ANDY TAYLOR from Dave Welch on Vimeo.
HERO SUBPOENA UPDATE 10 19 14 from Steve Riggle on Vimeo.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker has introduced and promoted what she is calling an "Equal Rights Ordinance…"
…that follows closely the language of those promoted by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) organizations like the Human Rights Campaign all over the nation. In fact, Houston City Attorney David Feldman confirmed that the HRC was involved in the drafting of Parker's ordinance just as they were in the infamous San Antonio ordinance. While Mayor Parker initially tried to sell it as protections for race, disability and veterans, due to the intense and negative public response she has finally admitted this is "about my life."
Click here to listen to our radio ad with a testimony of a young girl being confronted by an undressed man in a Houston restroom – just one of numerous reports coming in from Houston!
Why a Referendum?
When an elected body fails to act in accordance with the will of the people and/or their oath of office to uphold and defend the Texas and U.S. Constitutions, citizens in Houston as well as most cities in Texas have the right to engage in what is called "Legislation By The People," through "direct legislation by the initiative and referendum."
There are two forms generally used:
1. Initiative – This process amends the city ordinances by petition of the people if qualified for the ballot properly and passed by a majority vote of the citizens casting a ballot. This does NOT change the city charter, nor does it necessarily repeal an existing ordinance.
2. Referendum – This is the means by which the people can directly repeal an ordinance passed by the City Council, if an adequate number of qualified signatures are received within the deadline of 30 days after it takes effect or is published (after adoption). The city council must then either repeal the ordinance or place the measure on the next city election ballot for the vote of the people. A simple majority prevails and if achieved the ordinance is repealed.
a. IMPORTANT – Once the necessary signatures are filed with the city and certified (again, must be within 30 days), the ordinance is immediately suspended and is no longer in effect pending the vote of city council or the people!
Over 100,000 emails and thousands of calls were received by Houston City Council members regarding Mayor Parker's so-called "Equal Rights Ordinance" that is in fact an UNequal Rights Ordinance. Reports from council members themselves were that the calls ran from 4 to 1 to as high as 10 to 1 against the ordinance. Every rationale given by Parker and her City Attorney David Feldman for this were refuted completely by the myriad legal information provided by the pastors' coalition and many others, proving there was no need for this except to satisfy Parker's LGBT national allies.
With city council members C.O. Bradford, Ellen Cohen, Stephen Costello, Robert Gallegos, Richard Nguyen, Ed Gonzalez, David Robinson, Larry Green, Jerry Davis and Mike Laster patently ignoring both law and the will of the citizens, the referendum serves as the immediate (however certainly not the only) remedy to such public malfeasance.
Final Ordinance language adopted by Houston City Council on May 28, 2014
(Council members who voted FOR the ordinance were: C.O. Bradford, Ellen Cohen, Stephen Costello, Robert Gallegos, Richard Nguyen, Ed Gonzelez, David Robinson, Larry Green, Jerry Davis, Mike Laster)
(Council members who voted AGAINST the ordinance were: Dwight Boykins, Jack Christie, Michael Kubosh, Dave Martin, Oliver Pennington, Brenda Stardig)
Alliance Defending Freedom's legal analyses as requested by Houston Area Pastor Council:
Analysis of Proposed NOD (for first draft ordinance)
Analysis of Removal of Section 17-51(b) (for revised draft)
The Threat to Women and Girls Illustrated – case examples around the nation
All discrimination protections for the "Protected Characteristics" in the new ordinance CURRENTLY EXIST for city government. All other legitimate anti-discrimination areas in private employment, housing, etc. exist in state and/or federal law. This ordinance only serves to impose sexual orientation, gender identy/expression and genetic information as protected classes AS BEING EQUAL TO RACE, RELIGION AND SEX onto the private sector of Houston, with centralized power of investigation, fines and punishment under one person – the Mayor*. There is NO evidence of ANY systemic discrimination EVEN if we accepted the premise of sexual orientation, etc. (*The Mayor appoints the City Attorney, to whom the Director of the Office of Inspector General is directly accountable and who is SOLELY in charge of investigations)
- It will by government decree open thousands of women's restrooms, showers and girls locker rooms in the city to biological males! Predators and peepers can use it as cover to violate our women and children! There are actual cases in other cities around the nation that validate these concerns. A biological male simply claims that his "perceived gender identity" is female, walk into a women's restroom, locker room or shower and under this ordinance would be protected.
- As has already happened in other states, business owners will be forced to violate their faith, beliefs and consciences. How soon will it be before a photographer, florist, wedding facility and others are prosecuted for declining to provide service for a same-sex ceremony even if their faith convictions are violated?
- It is patently offensive to claim that a sexual lifestyle or gender confusion are equal to skin color, AND to assert that these sexual lifestyles are a class that has suffered any documented discrimination in employment, housing and public facilities that rises to the need of imposing this extensive policy over all.
- Where is the "emergency"? This ordinance is SIMPLY NOT NEEDED. What is the compelling government interest in creating a broad scope of investigative power over the private sector and creating serious legal jeopardy? There is no evidence of any discrimination that rises to the level of imposing the threat of fines and punishment on ALL citizens and MOST businesses in the city.
- Protections against wrongful discrimination based on legitimate protected classes such as race, ethnicity, religion and sex are already specified in state and federal law. Employment and Housing in particular are highly regulated and scrutinized already, so again – why is this necessary?
- The definition of "Gender Identity" is infinitely vague. "…an individual's innate identification, appearance, expression or behavior as either male or female, although the same may not correspond to the individual's body or gender assigned at birth." How do you protect against "identification, appearance, expression or behavior" discrimination? Who is the arbiter?
- This leaves businesses vulnerable to prosecution and litigation they cannot avoid. All it takes is for a person to claim they were discriminated against because of an "identity" or "expression" or "behavior" that may or may not be even visible and businesses – and eventually churches – are defendants under city investigation. You cannot defend against what you cannot define.
- Why should the 99% of the population who are NOT gender confused be forced to accommodate the less than 1% who are? Why is the physical and emotional safety of women and children who accept their birth gender less important than the tiny few who suffer from what has always been considered a psychological disorder? It is clear that from the beginning, "He created them male and female" (Gen. 1:27) and we choose to stand with God.
- Places inappropriate investigative authority under the office City Attorney as compared to its purpose under city ordinance. The Office of Inspector General, under the authority of the City Attorney, currently only has jurisdiction within city government with specific limits. It was created by Mayor Parker to investigate "allegations of employee misconduct" (EO 1-39, 3/2011)FOR CITY GOVERNMENT NOT THE ENTIRE PRIVATE SECTOR. "The city attorney shall represent the city in all actions and proceedings…. He shall represent the city in all other legal matters…he shall render opinions and advice to the mayor or city council…" This ordinance adds criminal investigations to OIG without regard to its ability or qualifications to perform such actions. It gives the City Attorney prosecutorial powers completely unintended for that office.


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Rockets forward Chandler Parsons, a lifelong Orlando Magic fan, did a long interview on Tuesday with former Magic star Grant Hill, one of his childhood heroes. Parsons' family had Magic season tickets since their inaugural season and Parsons has gotten to know Hill long before he played against him as an NBA rookie or was […] [Read More]
Rockets vs. Suns not really, technically "must-win" but this time, Rockets will pretend that it is
As Rockets guard Goran Dragic joined the Suns' Steve Nash, Grant Hill and Jared Dudley for dinner on Thursday, they talked about their times together in Phoenix, kidded Dragic about his new fame and talked about soccer. The Suns veterans also left Dragic with a message. "They were teasing me a bit that they have […] [Read More]

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Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry told members of the U.S. Homeland Security Committee Thursday afternoon that the illegal immigrants who've flooded the border since October must be sent back home.
Perry told committee members who toured a facility in McAllen and other centers in the state, where immigrants are being housed temporarily, that returning the children and adults who are entering the U.S. illegally will send a message to others to not embark on the dangerous and possibly deadly journey.
"Some may think that allowing them to stay here is the more humane option; I assure you it's not," Perry asserted. "Nobody is doing any of these children the slightest favor by delaying a rapid return to their countries of origin." more >>
Pope Francis told the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at a meeting on Monday that their division is a "scandal and an obstacle to our proclaiming the Gospel of salvation to the world," while both Church leaders expressed hopes to move forward in unity.
"We cannot claim that our division is anything less than a scandal and an obstacle to our proclaiming the Gospel of salvation to the world," Francis told Welby according to Asia News. The Roman Catholic Church leader added: "The goal of full unity may seem distant indeed, [. . .] it remains the aim which should direct our every step along the way."
Francis added that although they share a "commitment to the great cause of reconciliation and communion between Christian believers," a problem is that "Our vision is often blurred by the cumulative burden of our divisions and our will is not always free of that human ambition which can accompany even our desire to preach the Gospel as the Lord commanded (Matthew 28:19)." more >>
Pro-life group Live Action released an undercover video Tuesday titled, "Sexed: Planned Parenthood's Dangerous Advice for Kids," which exposes counselors talking to a 15-year-old girl about bondage and sadism, circumventing statutory rape laws, and recommending a clinic that will perform illegal abortions on sex trafficked girls age 14 and younger.
"As viewers can see in our preview, Planned Parenthood has an institutional policy of endorsing and recommending dangerous sexual behaviors to underage girls. These include whipping, beating, breaking the skin, and asphyxiation. Remember, the counselors in these videos believe that they are talking to a 15-year-old girl," Drew Belsky of Live Action told The Christian Post on Tuesday.
The trailer for Live Action's video not only shows Planned Parenthood counselors telling a young girl to go to a sex shop with her lover, it also exposes clinic workers in Indiana covering up statutory rape, as well as a counselor in New Jersey recommending an abortion clinic that will perform illegal abortions on girls age 14 and younger who are being trafficked for sex. more >>
Terrorist group Boko Haram's offer to exchange some of the kidnapped schoolgirls for prisoners has reportedly been rejected by the Nigerian government.
"I'm not surprised that the Nigerian government refused to negotiate in this manner with Boko Haram," Dr. David Curry, president and CEO of watchdog group Open Doors, told The Christian Post in a phone interview on Tuesday. "I think if the news is true that the girls are still together, I think that's hopeful news. I think many had feared that the girls had been scattered and already sold.
"Our hope at Open Doors is that Boko Haram will release the girls for humanitarian reasons because they are innocents, and so forth. But I don't know if they'll do that. They've shown a callousness toward human life that is shocking to most in the world." more >>
The Rev. Kristopher Keating, executive director at World Horizons USA, a Christian non-profit organization working in more than 30 countries, said the recent abduction of 300 girls from a school in Nigeria and resulting international uproar could be the end of Boko Haram in the country. Keating is in Nigeria this week to pray and stand in solidarity with those affected by the kidnapping and other acts of terrorism involving young children.
"People are hungry to know that their suffering here is not going unnoticed, that reports of this particular instance of large scale abduction are, for seemingly the first time in this country, causing people to take to demonstration and public outcry against Boko Haram," Keating told The Christian Post on Monday evening. "This could be a catalyzing event that breaks Boko Haram in Nigeria."
Some of the Nigerian girls who managed to escape after armed men from the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped them last month shared their stories, while the governor of the state where the incident took place says more than 200 girls still captive have been sighted. more >>
The over 270 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants Boko Haram have likely been raped and face a life of sexual slavery if not rescued, a human rights group in Africa said.
"We can safely assume that the abducted girls have been raped by their captors, if not worse," said Rona Peligal, deputy director for the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, according to FoxNews.com. "If they return home, they could be traumatized and stigmatized if they are known to be raped, pregnant or with child from their abductors. What happens if they're trafficked would likely pale by comparison."
The Nigerian girls, most of them Christians, were taken last from an all-girls school in Chibok, Borno State, last month, after armed Islamic militants stormed in with trucks. more >>


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JOHN KRULL: Daniels, staff thin-skinned about Major Moves criticism
INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels apparently doesn't want anyone to question or criticize the decision to lease the Indiana Toll Road for 75 years.
Not long after I wrote a column questioning the toll road lease, the governor sent me a handwritten note chiding me for launching a "broadside" at him. Then, days later, his press secretary, Jane Jankowski, wrote a response to The Evansville Courier & Press (where the column appeared) in which she accused me of a "sloppy effort" and concluded by saying that I must not be serving my journalism students well.
Before this goes any further, there are a couple of things that I need to make clear. The first is something that I have written in this space several times: Mitch Daniels has been the most transformational governor I have seen. I have tremendous respect for the seriousness of purpose with which he has approached the duties of his office — and the creativity he has shown in his leadership.
In fact, not long ago I wrote a column lamenting his decision not to run for president because I said it deprived this country of the grand debate for which it has hungered for at least a generation.
That does not mean that I agree with everything that the governor has done or proposed. And I am somewhat disappointed that the governor and his staff don't seem to realize that reasonable people can and should disagree occasionally over important matters. But, then, given the personal nature of Jankowski's last shot, it seems evident that Daniels and his team are disappointed with me, too.
So be it.
In Jankowski's response, she argues that the $3.8 billion the toll road deal generated has been invested in building Indiana's roads and bridges — a fact no one disputes. In the original column, I acknowledged that the Daniels administration had inherited a "sagging infrastructure" and that the funds from the toll road lease had been used to build and repair Indiana roads and bridges.
She also takes issue with my concern that the state has "lost control" of the asset. She notes the state retains ownership of the toll road and can continue to regulate it.
Fair enough.
But, if we're going to talk about this, then let's talk about it.
Here's the reality. The money raised from the lease of the toll road will be completely spent soon — again, on building and rebuilding Indiana roads and bridges. But, once that $3.8 billion is gone, it's gone. There will be no more honey from that hive for a long time.
For the next 65 years, the revenues from the toll road won't go to the citizens of Indiana, but to a private consortium. That means that, at the very least, the next nine governors (if they each serve two four-year terms) and the next 33 Indiana General Assemblies won't have that revenue stream at their disposal. And, if those elected officials wanted to explore a similar leasing option with the toll road to meet pressing contemporary needs, they won't have that option until the end of the 21st century is in sight.
Daniels and his team argue it was worth it because there was no other way to solve the challenges of making the toll road efficient and finding funding for pressing infrastructure needs. Jankowski writes that the toll road had not been an efficient operation for 50 years and that it was time to go another way.
Given that she was speaking for an administration that take pride in its managerial expertise, Jankowski's admission that the toll road was an enterprise the governor and his team couldn't manage effectively — but another team could — is surprising.
The fact is that we now all have to live with this deal. Despite my misgivings about the toll road lease, I hope Mitch Daniels is right about it. If he is, I'll eat crow — and it will be the happiest plate of crow I've ever tasted, because it will mean that the citizens of this state have been well-served.
And, if Mitch Daniels is wrong — well, we Hoosiers, our children and their children and grandchildren all will get to live with the consequences of the toll road deal for a long, long time after this governor has left office.
John Krull is director of Franklin College's Pulliam School of Journalism and executive editor of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
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India-U.S: advancing a transformed relationship
In the space of a decade, the United States and India have travelled far in a relationship clouded by the Cold War when they were on opposite sides.
From U.S sanctions on India for its nuclear tests in 1998 to a civilian nuclear energy deal that opens access to international nuclear technology and finance, while allowing New Delhi to retain its nuclear weapons programme is a stunning reversal of policy and one that decisively transforms ties.
America has also 'soberly' after decades of differing over counter-terrorism priorities become a vocal
supporter of India's concerns over the use of Pakistani territory for Islamist militant groups, says the Asia
Society in a report laying out a blueprint for an expanded India-U.S. relationship ahead of
President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday.
Indian and U.S. interests have converged and "never in history have they been so closely aligned," the report by an Asia Society Task Force says, arguing for a still deeper security and economic engagement between the two large democracies.
Click here for a PDF of the report
The Obama administration must keep India as one of its top foreign policy priorities, Richard Holbrooke, chairman of the Asia Society and who has been talked about as a possible envoy to South Asia, and Vishakha N.Desai, president of the Asia Society, say in a joint foreword
Besides the players involved, the report is also interesting because it adopts a rather different tone on India's relations with Pakistan and especially Kashmir to some of the policy prescriptions offered by some other influential U.S. think tanks such as the Center for American Progress.
This is how the task force suggests the incoming administration boost security engagement with India:
• Establish the closest possible consultation on all security issues in the entire region
• Reiterate commitment to "dehyphenation" (meaning U.S. ties with India and Pakistan are not a zero-sum game and must be carried on over different tracks)
• Discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan strategies frankly and in deep detail
• Listen closely on Kashmir, encourage the India-Pakistan composite dialogue, but do not try to mediate.
Music to New Delhi's ears? Yes, but the Asia Society also cautions that the old "Great Game" suspicions over Afghanistan remain, and Pakistan sees India's engagement there as a threat to its vital interests.
"The United States may well have to play a role in making certain India clarifies its objectives in Afghanistan and transmits those to Pakistan, while ensuring that our own dialogue with India addresses India's role in Afghanistan and how it can be most constructive. By the same token, the U.S. will need to be forthright with Pakistan about its consultations with India and India's importance in stabilizing Afghanistan," it says.
A book released by the United States Institute for Peace focused on Afghanistan also stresses the key role Kabul's neighbours play on the security situation in the country. "Regional competition continues to undermine Afghanistan's long-term prospects, whereas renewed regional cooperation could provide a significant security and economic boost in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the region as a whole," the book titled The Future of Afghanistan argues, according to this note.
But there are no barriers to India and the United States sharing a close relationship on dealing with militancy, the Asia Society report says, arguing that the two countries vastly expand their ties in this area on the lines of cooperation with the UK, Germany, or Australia.
In the mid to long term, America could think of expanding the "Five Eyes" (Canada, US , UK, Australia, and NZ) intelligence-sharing network to six, bringing India on board, it says.
And on nuclear issues, it endorses the far-reaching deal signed by the Bush administration and calls for implementing the promise of nuclear trade between the two countries immediately. It also says New Delhi must be given membership in security and nonproliferation regimes such as the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Australia Group and the Zangger Committee.
A bit of irony there actually, given that the Nuclear Suppliers Group came into being following India's first set of nuclear tests in 1974 with the idea to clamp down on nuclear exports.
The Asia Society report also calls for including India in the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) review conference in 2010, which is equally interesting given New Delhi's long-standing position that the NPT is discriminatory. So is this the end of nuclear apartheid as far as New Delhi is concerned now that it is being given a seat on the nuclear high table ?
Ultimately, the United States has to approach India as an equal partner if the relationship has to be taken further, the Asia Society report says. "India is an ancient, proud land and a great civilization; it is an emerging global power and it seeks respect. India is also intensely political—as are we," the report's authors say. There will be disagreements just as the United States has with countries such as France, but there is a "strategic interest in seeing India evolve into a democratic, independent power center."
[Reuters pictures of an Obama sand sculpture in eastern India, U.S and Indian naval sailors on an Indian navala ship near Goa and test site in Pokharan where India conducted nuclear tests in 1998.]


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Dropped Macbook pro
Hey guys. This is my first time posting here. I dropped my 2 1/2 year old MacBook Pro while it was on. On impact, the screen went a little wonky. There were pink lines streaming vertically and green and red lines streaming horizontally. I was able to see what I had been previously working on behind these "moving" lines but the keyboard would not work. I heard two short mechanical sounding noises and was concerned I damaged the hard drive. After a few tries I powered off the computer then powered up and everything is back to normal. Has anyone ever dealt with something like this? I've backed everything up but am concerned about the drop. Thank you.
Others will comment I am sure, but you did the right thing backing up. Those noises might have been the hard drive. I had an iMac get knocked over on the table and heard noises from the drive. Within days it started to pause. There was damage on one of the platters where the head hit the platter from the impact. If it keeps working fine, keep backing up and watch for any signs like slowdown and long pauses.
Assuming (as you mentioned) that everything is ok at the moment...my best guess is...when it was dropped...maybe a video cable got slightly loose for a moment (caused the colored lines)...then somehow the cable righted itself...and everything is now good.
But honestly this is just a guess/theory. This is really a "crystal ball" situation...and with "crystal balls"... they have been known to be wrong.;)
- Nick
Thank you both!
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Sm{art}: The Intricate Horror of Parastou Forouhar
Office chairs upholstered in mourning fabric, Arabic calligraphy covering white walls like black foliage, and graphic patterns with horrific details—these are just a sampling of Parastou Forouhar's multimedia artwork.
Born and raised in Tehran, Forouhar was 17 when the Iranian revolution of 1979 occurred. Since 1991 she has lived and worked in Germany. Tragically, both her parents, who were intellectuals and activists, were killed in 1998 by the regime. Forouhar has personally been investigating their murders for years by traveling back to Iran, but also by exploring it through art:
Enforced ethnic identification took a new turn with the assassination of my parents in their home in Tehran. My efforts to investigate this crime had a great impact on my personal and artistic sensibilities. Political correctness and democratic coexistence lost their meaning in my daily life. As a result, I have tried to distill this conflict of displacement and transfer of meaning, turning it into a source of creativity.
Her work, which I learned about through a new book from Suki Press, Parastou Forouhar: Art, Life and Death in Iran, does just that: using a variety of materials (cloth, video animation, graphic design), and drawing on Persian art traditions and Iranian culture, Forouhar draws troubling connections between identity and exile, state and the individual, past and present, beauty and horror.
I find some of Forouhar's most striking work to be her "digital drawings." Forouhar creates magnificent, graphic patterns with eye-catching, contrasting colors that are striking in their aesthetic and beautiful in their arrangement. But when you peer closer, and sit longer with these patterns, they reveal something horrific. Faceless prisoners contort under anonymous guards and bold, bluntly depicted weapons. Instruments of torture make up the intricate, geometric backdrop of violence.
Four from "Drawings Series II", 2009. Click for detail.
Forouhar said the following about these drawings:
The moment the appearance of beauty disintegrates and turns into cruelty, you have to bear the resulting ambivalence, particularly because the beauty is not lost in the process…At first glance, you see the beautiful pattern and think you have understood it. And then you get closer and realize it is completely different. The viewer is thrown back on himself and is forced to re-evaluate his perception.
Three images from "RED is my name, GREEN is my name I," 2008. Click for detail:
Other works of art include "Written Room," where Forouhar has covered walls with Shekasteh calligraphy with fragments of words, memories, and names. You can get a certain spacial sense of it in this YouTube video, which has violin accompaniment at an Italian exhibit:
Below is "The Funeral," where Farouhar draped office chairs with mourning wear. (In the background of this photograph, you can see her photograph "Friday.")
Her body of work is extremely varied, so definitely seek out more online (here is a good YouTube video from the Brooklyn Museum of her talking about her work in English) or by checking out Parastou Forouhar: Art, Life and Death in Iran. The affordable book is the first English-language monograph about her and will hopefully introduce her to a wider audience. Available from Saqi books.
All images from parastou-forouhar.de, except for the image of Forouhar credit: castyourart.com
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It's Saturday afternoon. As I type this every part of my body is throbbing with the dull ache of stiffness, fatigue, defeat, and aging. On Thursday night, my basketball team was thoroughly trounced by our younger, sprier opponents. The nine of them defeated us by 18 points and even had time to split a pack of cigarettes at half-time; oh, and they didn't so much out play us as they ran faster than our team did.
To say the least, it takes my body a lot longer to recover from intense exercise. Plainly, I'm getting old.
And it's not just the basketball game that has me thinking about mortality and the like. This morning I attended the Open Minds Symposium at the Chan Centre Auditorium at BC Women's and Children's Hospital. The morning's final presenter, Dr. Wendy Loken Thornton, delivered a very exceptional talk about how people can understand and improve memory in older age. Essentially, it was a lecture about how to sustain our cognitive abilities as we get older.
Dr. Thornton's subject matter was not lost on me at all. I have two grandmothers who are in possession of 90-year-old minds and bodies (and all that such a thing entails) and two parents who are North (and almost North) of 60 years old. And, one day, I'll be a senior citizen, too. More importantly, that afternoon I was feeling like an old person.
In conclusion, Dr. Thornton's research shows that, more than anything else, healthy diet and exercise – combined with social engagement – represent an effective recipe for a deliciously aged life. In particular, brisk walking followed by a meal of fish, flax, walnuts, butternut squash, citrus fruit, red wine, and dark chocolate represent some of the most important ingredients in the recipe of aging mindfully. Oh, and consider covering everything in turmeric.
Personally, I'm going to embrace it all. I want to play sports and board games that are leisurely and competitive – ideally this will eventually involve besting younger men with my speed, skill and smarts. I want to continue to eat well, and I thank the lovely, talented and healthy Michelle Burtnyk-Horn for keeping my other life partner, cheese, at a healthy distance. Finally, I will continue to be engaged in my community in myriad ways. After all, healthy minds thrive in – and are products of – healthy communities.
Oh, and I will absolutely embrace any kind of memory lapses and/or senility with the best sense of humour and "old-man-curmudgeonly-spirit" as is possibly imaginable. Friends, I long for the day when my grandchildren roll their eyes at "Old Man Horn" stories…
Because healthy communities respect their elders!


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damn when he makes a decision, which he does quickly, he lay the boom. Really good at striping the ball as well.
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damn when he makes a decision, which he does quickly, he lay the boom. Really good at striping the ball as well.
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My bold prediction for the 1st time ever Giants have 3 1000 yd 10 TD WR's!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks I was waiting for the new message board to drop this. Too bad nicks has been hurt his year( ppl still think cruz is the #1)
White meat please lol . Not on here but I did pick the 9ers to win dang I feel dirty
Everything the jets do or fail to do is praised by these announcers it's almost makes me sick
Well we all know this is the jets Super Bowl so whatever
Well there will always be excuses ask GB or 49er fans
He could have atleast bought JJ dinner first lol
Its an excited time to be a NYG fan. Crazy thing is we already won the Super Bowl 2 times in the last 5 years. I bet this is how GB fans felt before last season.
Yeah but that 3 WR's for the slot I understand the need for depth but how many do we keep...7?
It died last preseason with the dropsies
Let's hope he can "catch'em all"
Due to the suspect Oline I picked Muk, he came on strong during post season plus a full offseason should help him out a lot (CB learning curve)
So are they doing this again for 2012? I recently moved and cancelled my DTV so it would be pretty awesome if I could get this package. Also any feedback from the service last year would be...


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Leave it to Sufjan to release a lush, expansive, 21-track collection of leftovers from his lush, expansive, 22-track Illinois. Like everything associated with Sufjan (even his name), this album is an exquisite juxtaposition of the so-familiar-it's-almost-cliche and the fascinatingly quirky. That trademark Midwest aesthetic -- band-room-plus-banjo instrumentation and a folksy esotericism -- is omnipresent, even as Avalanche takes off in some pretty distinctive directions (see the minimalist "Kaskaskia River"). Also included are four new versions of "Chicago," each more compelling than the last.


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Jason Sanders, a 5-foot-11, 165-pound punter/kicker from Villa Park High School in Villa Park, Calif., has signed, raising the Lobos' 2014 recruiting class to 27.
Sanders was the Central League Special Teams Player of the Year in 2013, averaging 45.04 yards per punt with a long of 74 yards. He also converted 7 of 12 field-goal attempts with a long of 51 yards, as well as 31 of 34 extra-point attempts. He had 38 touchbacks on 57 kickoffs for the Spartans, who were Central League co-champions and advanced to the quarterfinals of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Southwest Division state championships.
As a junior in 2012, Sanders was a first-team All-Central League selection, as well as a second-team All-State punter. He averaged 45.89 yards per punt with a long of 77 yards and landed 20 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line. He made 8 of 15 field-goal attempts with a long of 47 yards and converted 43 of 46 PATs. Of his 81 kickoffs, 54 went for touchbacks. Villa Park went 12-2 in 2012 and advanced to the CIFSS Southwest Division championship game.
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It's true that it is going to be difficult for Benghazi to become a front-burner issue so long as the New York Times editorial page pooh-poohs it as a Republican "obsession" or leading columnists like the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson puts it down as a "witch hunt." Like legislation, scandals need bipartisan support from all sectors of the media in order to generate the sort of political crisis that impacts the future of politicians. Yet the problem with TIME magazine's Joe Klein's "Republicans are chasing their tails" over Benghazi talking point is that there is already enough known about the decisions taken to send Ambassador Chris Stevens to Benghazi or the failure of the United States to have forces available to rescue him and his colleagues, and especially about the politically-motivated lies that were told about the event after the event, to provide fodder for investigators for weeks of future hearings. It may be that congressional Republicans are acting like they smell blood rather than appearing as impartial investigators, but they are no guiltier of that than any other participants in a D.C. inquisition. So long as we have journalists, like ABC's Jonathan Karl, following up on the work of the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes about the damaging trail of email evidence about doctored talking points, the pressure for a special committee to investigate Benghazi with subpoena power will escalate.
What Hayes and Karl have learned is that there was a conscious effort on the part of State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland (acting, as she stated, at the behest of her "building's leadership"—a clear reference to Clinton) and White House spinmeister Ben Rhodes, to scrub the administration talking points of references to al-Qaeda, among other topics that might undermine the Obama re-election campaign's theme that terrorism was no longer an issue. The attempt to claim the event was merely feedback to a YouTube video trailer was also part of the pattern of deception. Add in evidence that the State Department has tried to intimidate whistle blowers to keep their mouths shut and what you've got is something that no one doubts would be treated by these same outlets as a scandal of the first order if we were talking about a Republican administration.
But the issue here isn't whether this is damning stuff. It's whether the accumulation of stupid decisions, lies after the fact and bumbling attempts to cover it all up afterward are enough to create a story that will have legs. Democrats and their liberal cheering section in the press keep telling us that this is "old news" and tend to echo Hillary Clinton's exasperated rhetorical question when she was on the Senate hot seat and demanded to know "what difference does it make?"
What these liberal outlets are finding out is that the deeper enterprising journalists dig into this business, the more apparent it is that the ones who are chasing their tails here are those trying to ignore it rather than the reporters doing their jobs and following the trail to its end points at the top of the State Department and the White House. Only once we unravel all of the disparate strands of evidence about Benghazi and its aftermath will we know whether it will materially affect Clinton's presidential chances. Doing so won't prevent official Washington from doing its job in debating immigration reform or confronting the crisis in Syria or even in pondering what's going wrong in Libya today, as the Times editorial page helpfully suggests Benghazi probers do instead of looking at the scandal.
The political left in this country may not like the direction the newly discovered information is taking us. But for all of their attacks on the House GOP and their indignant claim that it is much ado about nothing, they are helpless to stop it. It may be that without the Times and the Washington Post and all the other liberal mainstream organs chiming in on this story, Benghazi will not be enough to persuade Democrats that Hillary Clinton should not be our 45th president. But whether they like it or not, it may be enough to fatally damage her chances of ever moving back to the White House.


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By Fred W. Baker IIIAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 A few hundred bikers and enthusiasts gathered in the Pentagon's north parking lot today for the second annual National Capital Region Joint Services motorcycle safety event.
The event brought together an assortment of guest speakers including members of Congress, and department secretaries, Hollywood stars and military commanders, all avid bikers.
Probably the biggest head-turner at the event, though, was Catherine Bell, an actress known for her role of Marine Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie on the television show "JAG," and who recently has starred in the Lifetime Television hit series "Army Wives" as Denise Sherwood.
A self-described tomboy and risk taker, Bell has always had a passion for fast cars, motorcycles and boats, she said. But, she told the group, there has to be a balance of risk and reward.
"As much as I am addicted to the thrill of riding, there is definitely a balance as to how much I am willing to risk when I ride a motorcycle or I'm out on the track," she said.
Bell said her roles in her acting career have given her some insight into the military life. She said she understands servicemembers' need to blow off some steam, especially after a deployment, but said the onus is on leaders to ensure troops make the same smart decisions at home as they do in the field.
"We have to find ways to help our soldiers make smart decisions when they're back home, especially when they're away from the control and structure of on post," Bell said. "It's understandable they would want to cut loose, … but our challenge … is to find ways to reinforce the mindset that balances risk with reward -- and not choosing a motorcycle as a vehicle of choice to let totally loose, so that once they're home safely they will stay in one piece.
"Above all, we have to instill the mindset that riding a motorcycle to take out pent-up energy after months of working under such controlled circumstances is a formula for disaster," she said.
The United States has more than 6 million registered bikers, according to Department of Transportation officials. Motorcycles represent 2 percent of vehicles on the road, but represent 10 percent of crashes. Motorcycle fatalities have more than doubled since 1997, officials said.
This past week, the U.S. Army lost its 25th soldier this year to a motorcycle fatality, Army officials said. Last year, DoD had nearly 100 fatalities in motorcycles accidents.
Maj. Gen. James W. Nuttall, deputy director for the Army National Guard and an avid motorcycle rider, has been riding for four decades. In his younger days, he said, he did his share of unsafe riding.
"Quite frankly, the only reason I'm standing here before you today is because I'm lucky," he said.
He now rides a Harley Davidson Screaming Eagle Ultra II, which cost more than his first house, Nuttall joked.
Nuttall said safe biking is all about getting soldiers to do the right thing, even when they're not around leadership.
"The hardest thing we have to get our soldiers to wear is the safety vest. Why? Quite frankly, you look stupid. It's all about fashion when you get on a motorcycle," Nuttall said.
The general said sport bikers are typically better dressed with safety gear, but they are also the highest risk for accidents and fatalities because of the speed of the bikes.
"You get in an accident at 50 miles an hour, you're still going to die. You'll have a good looking corpse though," he said.
There have been 13 deaths of Guard members this year, Nuttall said. Nearly all of those were on sport bikes. Ten of those were servicemembers younger than 26, he said. Already the death toll is twice as high as this time last year, he said.
He attributed the majority of accidents to inexperience and a lack of training, saying soldiers were coming back from combat deployments with "more money than brains" and buying new motorcycles.
"You'd be amazed at the amount of accidents that occur within the first few hundred miles. People who have no business being on motorcycles -- no training, no nothing," he said.
To ensure servicemembers are trained, U.S. Army Installation Management Command is expanding its support by ramping up a mobile surge capability of trainers, motorcycles and portable classrooms. When units return home from deployment and there is a demand for the training, groups of trainers and equipment "deploy" to the unit.
Army Maj. Gen. John Macdonald, deputy commanding general of Installation Management Command, said proper training and safety gear for a motorcycle is the equivalent to protection worn in combat.
"You wouldn't ask a soldier to go outside the wire without an Army combat helmet on. We don't let them go without [body armor]. We don't let them go without a weapon," he said. "When you talk to youngsters, it really is the same thing as when you go into combat."
Vans with eight motorcycle simulators deploy as part of the "surge." They can take as many as six vans. Also, for those who are buying more powerful bikes, his group has a computer simulator with all the power of a large motorcycle. A soldier rides the simulator motorcycle and uses three wide-screens to get a feel for how the bike would handle.
"The nice thing is you can go in there and test turns and braking power, and you can crash and just hit restart," Macdonald said.
Together, the Army combines hands-on training, Web-based course work, and simulators to improve soldiers' odds on the road, he said.
"All that experience is what we need youngsters to learn before they go out and crash and can't hit restart," Macdonald said.


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May 2014
Article - Protecting kids from abuse -Pennsylvania is making progress, though there's much more to do (Post Gazette)
April 2014
Article - York County Children's Advocacy Center seeking to expand services (York Daily Record)
Article - Funds Tapped for Children's Advocacy Centers (The Herald)
Article - Teamwork key to success at Children's Advocacy Center (Penn State News)
Article - County to ask for Training Grant
Webpage Article - Officials Want More Child Protections (WJAC)
Article - Gov Signs Improvement to Child-Protection Laws (Chestnut Hill Mt. Airy Patch)
Press Conference - Help us protect our kids from child predators, say Pat Toomey and Lynn Carson (Penn Live)
Article - Child advocacy centers to be eligible for state grants (The Bradford Era)
March 2014
News story - Hospital adding child advocacy center for victims of abuse (WJAC News)
Article - Lebanon County Children's Resource Center will help child abuse victims and aid in prosecuting their abusers (Lebanon Daily News)
February 2014
YouTube video - Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern PA (NEPA)
Article - Pediatrician earns child abuse board certification (Scranton Times Tribune)
Article - Centre County opens children's advocacy center (Centre Daily)
Press Release - Historic First For PA: Children;s Adovacy Centers Included in Budget Proposol
December 2013
Article - Delco considering a center for new child sex-abuse cases (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Article - Toomey tours Children's Advocacy Center in Scranton to push bill requiring background checks on school employees (The Times - Tribune)
Article - Senator Toomey Pushing New Background Check Legislation
Article - Group to use $10,000 grant to combat sexual abuse
November 2013
Article - Teen Advocacy Center Opens in Scranton (Newswatch 16)
Article - Children's Advocacy Center opens center for teens (The Times Tribune)
Article - 2 years after Sandusky scandal broke, changes made, but more needed, advocates say (Centre Daily Times)
Article - Putting leadership lessons in motion (Centre Daily Times)
September 2013
Article - Authorities hope to encourage children's advocacy center development (Centre Daily)
Article - Penn State Child Abuse Conference Focuses on Need for Advocacy Centers (statecollege.com)
Article - Investigative and child advocacy resources at the heart of annual conference (Penn State News)
Article - Help for victims of sexual abuse (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Article - New Philly facility helps victims of child abuse (Philadelphia Daily News)
August 2013
Article - Children's Advocacy Center head steps down (Gettysburg Times)
Article - Team Work For Crime Victims (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Article - Advocacy center plans important anniversary
Article - Windsor Township boy paints pottery for charity (York Daily Record)
Article - Thankful for lifesaving funds (The Inquirer)
Article - Mini golf event typically raises $12,000 for York County Children's Advocacy Center (Daily Record)
June 2013
Article - Saving the Children (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
April 2013
Article - Child Abuse: A Community Problem (Jeffersonian Democrat)
Article - CAC Has Come A Long Way (Jeffersonian Democrat)
Article - Vetri, Ferman talk of foundations, family (The Inquirer)
January 2013
Press Release - Grove Applauds Passage of Legislation to Fund Children's Advocacy Centers (www.pahousegop.com)
Press Release - House Approves Delozier Child Protection Bill Relating to PFA Proceedings (www.pahousegop.com)
Press Release - Toepel's Child Protection Bill Heads to Full House (www.pahousegop.com)
Article - Legislators act on child advocacy center - (The Times Tribune)
Article - Advocacy Center Cause to Celebrate - (www.CentreDaily.com)
Article - Mount Nittany Health to house local children's advocacy center; county officials grateful for support - (Centre Daily Times)
Article - Child advocate: Sex abuse 'happens every single day' - Central Susquehanna CAC (Press Enterprise)
Article - Blair County Judge Doyle asks voters to retain for a second 10-year term. (The Altoona Mirror)
December 2012
Article - Child's Place At Mercy to get video system - Pittsburgh Mercy CAC (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
Article - Matt McGloin pulls out victory for local nonprofit that helps abused kids - Scranton CAC (Scranton Times Tribune)
Article - A Blair County judge in favor of a child advocacy center for central Pennsylvania. (The Altoona Mirror, Centre County CAC)
Article - PA Task Force on Child Protection Recommends All PA Children have access to Child Advocacy Centers. (Philadelphia CAC-C. Fisher, generosity.org)
Article - Ferman Wins National Recognition (Montgomery CAC)
Press Release (Montgomery CAC)
District Attorney, Risa Ferman, Mission Kids CAC of Montgomery County wins the L'oreal Women of Worth Honoree Award. This award recognizes remarkable women; Risa captures this award for her achievements benefitting children and her long-standing work with the Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) of Montgomery County.
Article - PSU to make 1st NCAA fine payment (Patriot-News.com)
The delegation pointed specifically to the state's need for more Children's Advocacy Centers, regional clearinghouses designed to make investigations of child sex abuse cases more consistent and victim friendly.
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PA Newsmakers features the work of the Task Force on Child Protection
Task Force member and PA Coalition Against Rape CEO Delilah Rumburg was invited to appear on PA Newsmakers hosted by Terry Madonna. The show is a rapid fire Q&A show airing across the Commonwealth. You can also watch it online. Delilah cites key points about the Task Force's work including stressing that it extended its focus and recommendations beyond child sexual abuse with the hope that every PA child is protected from all forms of child abuse. (submitted by Cathleen Palm, Protect Our Children Committee)
Podcast - WHYY program featuring the work of the Task Force on Child Protection
Wednesday's WHYY's second hour of programming was dedicated to the work and recently released recommendations of The Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection. Host Marty Moss-Coane was joined by Bucks County DA and Task Force Chairman David Heckler and one of the two pediatricians who joined the panel – Dr. Cindy Christian, part-time medical director for Philadelphia's Department of Human Services and Director of the "Safe Place" program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Article - McGloin teams up with Children's Advocacy Center (The Times Tribune.com) Scranton CAC
November 2012
Editorial - Overhaul child-abuse statutes (Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, Nov 30, 2012)
Pennsylvania CAC Map (Dec. 2012) This map of Pennsylvania identifies counties that have an established Child Advocacy Center. CAC's are color coded according to their status.
Press Release - Governer's Task Force on Child Protection Recommends All Children in Pennsylvania have Access to Child Advocacy Centers. (Harrisburg, PA-November 27, 2012) Task Force Report
Article - Task force on sex abuse to recommend better access to advocacy centers (Public Source) By Bill Heltzel
Article - Baldwin-Whitehall Internet safety course offers parents insight into cyber life. (TribLIVE.com) Allegheny County CAC
Article - After Sandusky, area students look to help prevent child abuse (thetimes-tribune )
LaPorta, director of the advocacy center, said the Sandusky case can be seen as a "step forward" in highlighting the need of being aware of the signs of child abuse and the importance of reporting it.
October 2012
Article - A post-Sandusky letdown (post-gazette.com)
Court decisions have made it harder to protect children against abuse in Pennsylvania
Article - Police knew in 2003 of molesting by Bucks tattoo artist (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Article - Baldwin-Whitehall officials discuss ways to increase parent involvement (TribLIVE.com)
Call To Action - Call your State Representative offices TODAY-Urge them to vote in favor of both the House Bill 2627 and House Resolution 840. Click the Call to Action link for a description of House Bill and House Resolution. Contact your state representative.
Article - County praised for work on abuse
Head of governor's task force says effort here to combat child abuse is a model for entire state.(Lancaster Intelligencer Journal)
Article - Children At Risk: Pervasiveness of sexual crimes against children in NEPA difficult to assess (Scranton Times Tribune)
Article - Children At Risk: Treatment aims to prevent repeat offenses (Scranton Times Tribune)
Article - Children At Risk: Monsters hide in plain sight (Scranton Times Tribune)
Article - County program deals with Child Abuse. (kanerepublican.com)
Article - A proven way to help young victims. (Evening Sun.com)
Article - Centre County Child Advocacy Center Board named. (Centredaily.com)
August 2012
Article- Advocacy center effort to protect kids leaps forward. August 26, 2012. (Centredaily.com)
"I am extremely pleased with the progress made in establishing a children's advocacy center in Centre County," said county Judge Bradley P. Lunsford, the lead organizer.
Article - Super Witnesses Should "Charge" into Jury Charges (Legal Eagles of Children's Advocacy Centers, Aug 2012)
Article - Student-organized fundraiser raises $2K for Children's Advocacy Center (Student News PSU.edu)
8/17/2012 NEPA, Scranton: When Patricia Masters, a nursing student at Penn State Worthington Scranton, decided to hold a fundraiser to benefit victims of child sexual abuse as her final class project for her Social Problems 005 class, she wasn't exactly sure what the end result would be.
Article - Local Distric Attorneys talk about the need for centers within reach of every county seat. (Altoona Mirror)
Article - Use PSU fines in the State, Officials Urge (Triblive.com)
Article - Ferman urges Penn State to support Mission Kids (Norristown Times Herald)
Article - Pennsylvania District Attorney Association Tour to Support Childen's Advocacy Centers. (Erie Times-News)
Article - Prosecutors: Portion of $60M NCAA fines should go to toward Child Advocacy Centers (WJACTV.com)
Article - Local District Attorneys Unite on Helping Child Sexual Abuse Victims (Fox 43 news)
"We're a pioneer at this center in videotaping children interviews. We've pioneered in kids court to have kids come into Dauphin County court to get used to what it's like in a courtroom prior to testifying," says Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsi
Article - Prosecutors want Penn State fine money to fund abuse centers (Philadelphia Inquirer)
"I guarantee you that had there been a child-advocacy center in Centre County....", Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler
Article - Prosecutors say funds from PSU should go to child abuse victims. (Post-gazette.com)
Article - Victim advocacy groups struggle with tight budgets(Pittsburgh Tribune Review).
The uptick strained the staff at A Child's Place, whose caseworkers divide their time between court hearings, visits and interviews, she said. They typically handle about 700 cases a year, not including calls that need no further investigation.
Article - Pennsylvania District Attorneys weigh in on Penn State's NCAA endowment to assist child sex abuse victims. (PennLive.com)
News Clip - See a video of the PA District Attorney Association making a statement about PSU endowment to fund CAC's.
News Release - August 8, 2012 -- DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING NCAA/PENN STATE CHILD SEX ABUSE ENDOWMENT (PDAA.org)
July 2012
Article - PA CAC position on NCAA fines on PSU
Article - Child advocates eye center for abuse victims in wake of Jerry Sandusky scandal. (Centre Daily Times, Brookville (Developing CAC), Gettysburg and Harrisburg CAC's)
Article - Child advocacy center a top priority: Director wants to 'reduce trauma' abuse victims face. (The Altoona Mirror)
Article - Montco lawmakers want county's casino revenue to benefit parks, abuse victims (Philadelphia Inquirer, Mission Kids CAC)
Article - Child abuse treatment facilities in Pennsylvania could get a boost (witf.org, Lehigh County)
Article - Local victim advocates hope the PSU scandal will educate people on the importance of reporting incidents when they happen. (LowerSouthhampton, PA Patch/ Mission Kids and Buck County CAC)
June 2012
News Clip - Sandusky found quilty. (The Source Access, PA Chapter CAC's)
News Clip - State Representative Parker addresses importance of Expert Witness testimony. (PA House.com, Montgomery County
Article - Expert Witness legislation- (PA House.com, Philadelphia CAC)
Article - In the wake of the Sandusky trial, NCA questions about effectiveness of law requiring sexual abuse reporting. (Associated Press, National Children's Alliance)
Montgomery County News - TECS training success (Montgomery CAC)
May 2012
Article - Chamber aims to prevent child abuse (Adams County CAC, The Altoona Mirror)
Article- Child Abuse Report. (York, CAC, Daily Record/Sunday News)
April 2012
Article- Moonlight walk/run participants point a spotlight at child abuse. (Scranton CAC, Scranton Times Tribune)
Article - Franklin County effort for foster children (Franklin CAC)
Article - Detective honored for work with abuse cases (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh CAC)
Article - Obama turns his back on abused children;President must restore funding for the Victims of Child Abuse Act (Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Abuse Center)
March 2012
Article- DA: 18-month-old tortured prior to her death (Calkins Media, Bucks County)
February 2012
Article - Verizon Foundation Awarded More Than $3.3 Million in Community Grants in 2011 to Support Nonprofit Organizations in Pennsylvania (PR Newswire, Pittsburgh CAC)
Article - Stopping Child Abuse (The Washington Post, National Children's Alliance)
January 2012
Article - Man Said He Witnessed Child Abuse at Sunbury Apartment (Central Susquehanna Valley CAC)
Article - Interviewer: Teachers, Counselors Draw Battle Lines Against Child Abuse (West PA CARES for Kids, CAC/MDT)
Article - We Must Determine If Pa. Does Enough to Fight Child Abuse
December 2011
Article - Penn State Uproar Inspires Berks Students to Take Action (Berks County CAC)
Article - Child Sex Abuse: The Last Great Taboo in American Culture (Montgomery County CAC)
Audio/Video Interview - Sexual Abuse of Children (Adams County CAC)
Article - Kari Stanley is an Advocate for the Youngest Among Us (Lancaster County CAC)
Article - John Fidler: No Allegations From Sandusky Camps at Albright (Berks County CAC)
Article - Bucks County Children's Advocacy Center Earns Rare Distinction (Bucks County CAC)
November 2011
Article - Penn State Story Sadly Not Uncommon (Adams County CAC)
Article - Calls Spike at Child's Place (Allegheny County CAC, A Child's Place at Mercy)
Article - A Matter of Trust: How to Reduce the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse (Berks County CAC)
Article - Experts Offer Insights Into Minds of Predators: Source of Attraction to Children a Mystery (Berks County CAC)
Article - No One Can Be Above Suspicion (York County CAC)
Article - We All Have a Role in Stopping Abuse (Philadelphia County CAC)
Article - Child Sex Abuse Experts: Learn from Penn State (York County CAC)
Article/Video - PSU Graduates Seek to Restore University's Pride, Integrity (Berks County CAC)
Article/Video - 1987 Interview with Sandusky: 'I Enjoy Being Around Children' (Allegheny County CAC, A Child's Place at Mercy)
Video - Talk Philly: Executive Director of Mission Kids CAC (Montgomery County CAC)
Audio Recording - Q&A Tuesdays: A Child's Place at Mercy (Allegheny County CAC, A Child's Place at Mercy)
Audio Recording - Abuse Expert: Sandusky Doesn't Remember 'What He Did to Whom' (Allegheny County CAC, A Child's Place at Mercy)
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Council leader Paul Bayliss asked: "Should we continue with our current system or move to a whole council election once every four years? Let us know."
All-out elections allow a more long-term approach to decision-making to be taken and would save £350,000 during the four years.
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This campground is very small and right next to a fairly busy road that ends at Lake Superior. We stayed here because the campground that we had reservations at (Loon Lagoon Campground) was uninviting. The owners are just starting up this campground and are very friendly and helpful. No showers, or restrooms, except for the bathrooms in the bar on the grounds. We wouldn't stay here again, simply for the fact that it's right on a fairly busy road. - MaryB61
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The WiFi does not work at the campsite. You have to go into the station/office to use it. We had a good pull-through site with no overhanging trees. Since the leaves were falling, this prevented the collection of those on top of our rig. AT&T phone service is very poor - Verizon not much better! Just the area, not the campground's fault! We stayed 9 nights and got one night free. We would stay here again. - Foxes
Jun 2014 - $35.00
Don't let the "bar" part of the name discourage you. the campground is well behind the combination bar/convenience store/gas station office on the front. It is a great overnight, very quiet. We chose a pull through on the back row, very long, and plenty wide enough. They are dirt and grass sites, but hard packed and our 40' motor home had no issues pulling out even though it rained while we were there. We would definitely stay here again. - 2Miles
Aug 2013 - $33.00
This park is overpriced for what you get. It was clean with level sites that was grass and the road very dusty. Cell phone and air card did not work here. This would be a stop over and not a long stay. - ds4006
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Well My family and I are regulars since we live in Bessemer. We know the seasonals down here. If you like to go to bed early, DO NOT COME HERE!! There is a lot of partying here but it will be quiet by 11PM. The rate is a little expensive for what you get. 5 spots are walk-in spots and another 5 are tent spots along the lake so that doesn't leave many spots for trailers. If you are traveling I suggest you go to the driftwood where you can get a spot. There are no reservations. - Yooperboy


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@jscott - Maybe there are more children taken from fathers than from mothers, but that is completely irrelevant to this particular case. This is not about payback for all the dads that have had their kids taken away from them. The story I have read thus far shows a dad who wants to take the kids away and move them halfway across the country and hey, too bad if you can't afford the trip, lady.
Any decent human being would come to some sort of arrangement wherein this woman is allowed to spend this difficult time with her children. I have yet to see the ex-husband's side of the story and until I do, I will reserve judgment against him. There could be a side of the story that is not being told. But without that facet, the dad comes off looking like a real jerk.
Such a shame.... I lost my dad to cancer last year and even though he didn't make it, he had our family with him until the end. Right now, as this woman fights for survival, having her children around her is vital. They are the most important things in her life, the people that will give her the will to fight to overcome her hardship. The fact that they are being taken from her by a "weekend dad" is reprehensible.
Surely there must be some common ground. If not then you are dealing with a father that comes across as heartless. Maybe there is some portion of the story being left unspoken. If there is not a good reason for this dad to light his kids off to Chicago, leaving their mother without a powerful part of her support system, though... well, I can't see how this decision benefits the mother or the children in any way, shape or form.
First of all, children don't learn skills to help Mommy OR DADDY with younger siblings. (Sorry I wasn't PC enough in my response.)
Second, if you want to teach your child that you can bottle feed or breastfeed, that's fine. I am not uncomfortable with breastfeeding because it is more natural than bottle feeding and having three kids that didn't bottle feed, I know it is a far less expensive alternative.
But you're answering my question with a question - what more is being learned? I am a man and don't know the specifics of breastfeeding because I can't do it. I am honestly curious what more can be learned. You can teach the concept of breastfeeding but is there anything to be gleaned from having a baby doll that mimics the act? I don't like to think of my daughter breastfeeding because she is seven. She's still a baby to me. Unless there is something that I am not understanding, mimicking breastfeeding seems like something a little too mature for my daughter.
And please... "maybe female breasts are not just for the pleasure of a man"? Sorry, Tracey, but I suggest you rethink that one. Any parent that is not teaching their children how to respect both their own body and the bodies of others - male and female - is failing as a parent. I am raising my children to be respectful human beings and I would hope you are not intimating otherwise based on my opinion of a doll.
Another natural part of growing up and having babies is a woman's monthly menstruation cycle. If I sold a doll that had its period would that be just as acceptable as a doll that breastfeeds off of your daughter (or son)? It is as natural as breastfeeding and it is something that all little girls need to learn about and it's a part of the baby-making process, so why don't we make a doll to teach it to them? Or would that be too much?
I think having a baby doll that breastfeeds goes a little too far. I have nothing with teaching your daughters about breastfeeding. But a doll that mimics the act? What more is being learned?
An also, I don't think that playing with baby dolls is boot camp for my kids to become live-in babysitters. My point is that the things they learn are skills that they could use to help mommy with a little brother or sister.
It's too bad this is just a list of more 'common' names that people don't like. I'd like to see a list of ridiculous names that people don't like. I'm pretty sure that most of them would have celebrity parents.
Not everything... just our videos. It's a terrible thing.
Our 4th Amendment rights are definitely being taken from us ever so slowly. It is done under the premise that the removal of these rights are for the greater good of the individual. The problem is that I am not sure how many people are aware of what the 4th Amendment actually says.
It is curious how, the other day, Janet Napolitano, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, was on MSNBC, talking about how the TSA was right in their pat-down of this child. Her answer to how to prevent this kind of situation in the future? Biometric cards. Cards with a chip inside containing a person's fingerprints, iris scan and DNA information.
Suddenly our society is one step closer to the dystopian nightmare portrayed in science-fiction films. And when you consider our cell phones are tracking us via GPS, one can only assume a biometric card would be just as accessible should someone decide they need to find out information about you.
But if a person feels they haven't done anything wrong, then it's no problem to exchange your rights for the convenience of swiping a card at the airport. Giving up all your personal info is a much better alternative to having someone grope you or ogle you naked. By the time you realize the implications, a very large chunk of your rights have been taken away. All in the name of what is good for us!
Thankfully this story has an All-American ending: The parents are suing Applebee's over the incident. Also, the BAC of the boy is in question. Their lawyer says it was .17 while the police say it was .017. That is night and day right there. One is over the legal limit for an adult driver. The other is what you would get if you swallowed mouthwash.
And by the way, the young boy's mother is only eighteen years old. Instead of suing the restaurant (who, I admit, is in the wrong), the boy's mother should use this incident as a lesson that being a parent means being responsible almost to a fault.
As I was writing my article I found out that an Olive Garden in Florida served an alcoholic beverage to a 2-year-old instead of the orange juice that he was supposed to get. Talk about good timing! (For me, not them)
It's not like kids are getting served alcohol every day across the country. You hear about these isolated incidents because they are good shock-headlines (which I made good use of myself!) that get you to read the articles. The point is that restaurants and parents need to pay attention. It is not the hardest thing in the world to serve juice to a toddler. It is not a difficult thing to double-check the restaurant. If it were, these stories would be all over the place.
But incidents like this are indicative of the things that happen when we let our guard down as moms and dads and assume that an outside party is doing right by our kids. I look out for my kids, even when someone else assures me they are as well. I need to know because they are my responsibility.
Kirk Muller? Another ex-Devil first-time head coach.... Didn't this season teach us anything about going that route?
This story brings to mind the Florida couple who were recently arrested for murdering one of the twins put in their foster care. *the dad is the exterminator who was found with the other chemically-burned twin* I am sure that family services will not get it right every time. It is very upsetting to see chidren being placed in harm's way, when, as a dad, one of my main concerns in life is making sure my children are safe. To think that the very people "helping" these kids are dropping the ball is very disconcerting.
I can understand the players not wanting to jinx themselves or get too worked up about something they want more than we (fans) do, but don't have yet. They are definitely destined for some great storytelling and highlights and while I believe they will make the playoffs, it's smart for them to downplay it even if they're getting as giddy as we are on the inside.


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