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Bishops' Aide Praises Court Ruling in Favor of Pro-Life Protesters
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WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 28, 2003 (Zenit.org).- A U.S. bishops' aide hailed the Supreme Court's ruling that held a federal racketeering statute cannot be used against pro-life protesters.
"The pro-abortion movement has been very successful in using the courts to make changes in the law," said Cathy Cleaver, a spokeswoman for the Pro-Life Secretariat of the bishops' conference. "Thankfully, this time the Supreme Court refused NOW's strategy to redefine pro-life protesters as extortionists."
In its decision in the case Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, the nation's highest court sharply curtailed the use of federal racketeering and extortion laws as legal tools against pro-life protesters at abortion clinics.
"Maintaining the distinction between protest and extortion is a small but meaningful legal victory for the pro-life cause," said Cleaver. "The National Organization for Women has done more harm for women than good by promoting abortion as a requirement for women's participation in society."

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Emails shed light on Knox school security dispute
Emails between the Public Building Authority and a firm tasked with installing security systems in two Knox County schools show an increasingly hostile relationship that ultimately led to a lawsuit.
The PBA, responding to a public records request by the News Sentinel, on Friday made public a series of emails between PBA project manager Jeff Galyon and others involved in the construction of Hardin Valley Academy and remodeling at Powell Middle School and security firm Professional Security Consultants and Design.
PBA has sued PSCD over what an audit funded by PBA allegedly shows to be shoddy workmanship impacting the security of the two schools. PSCD also performed similar security work at all Knox County schools.
Schools Superintendent Jim McIntyre has said a new security company, SimplexGrinnell, in the summer of 2012 audited security systems installed by PSCD systemwide and corrected deficiencies. He has assured school board members all systems in the schools are functioning properly.
The emails show that in 2008 PBA project manager Galyon began to question the work of PSCD.
"We are currently in violation of (the Americans with Disabilities Act) regulations and need to get this corrected immediately and cannot do so without your assistance," Galyon wrote to Mike Walker, PSCD president.
The emails show the PBA conducted its own audit in July 2009 and met with Walker a month later. Schools security director Steve Griffin was present at that meeting.
In September 2009, PBA Director Dale Smith and others met with McIntyre about security system problems. An audit later revealed all manner of problems, from nonworking security cameras to missing motion detectors.
Eventually, in 2010, communications between PBA and PSCD shut down, according to the emails.
Attorney Chris Cone, who represents Walker, said PSCD's "overriding and paramount concern is providing security services and equipment to enhance the safety and security of all client facilities and individuals occupying them, especially the children, teachers, maintenance workers, administrators and security personnel that attend and work in Knox County Schools and all other schools and facilities."
He said PSCD employees have children of their own who attend schools served by the company.
A review of the lawsuit and accompanying documents shows Cone so far has sought without success specific allegations filed by Knox County and the PBA against his client.
"PSCD had promptly addressed, remedied and repaired, at no additional cost, any deficiencies or defects in the work of PSCD that have been brought to the attention of PSCD," Cone said in a Feb. 4 release. "With regard to the work of PSCD in question, PSCD performed remedies and repairs at the request of Knox County and the Public Building Authority in 2009."
McIntyre placed Griffin on administrative leave with pay after the News Sentinel learned Griffin had taken trips with Walker in which Walker supplied Griffin a ticket to a Nascar race and the duo shared a cabin on a deer-hunting retreat in Fentress County.
According to records reviewed by the News Sentinel, Walker worked for an Oak Ridge security firm and was in charge of the Knox County Schools security contract when, in 2000, that contract was divided between the contractor at the time, Sonitrol, and the Oak Ridge firm. Sonitrol expressed concern then.
In 2003, Walker branched out to create his own firm, PSCD. Security Consultants Group, the Oak Ridge firm for which he had worked, agreed to simply assign the Knox County schools contract to Walker's new firm.
In 2005, contracts for Knox County Schools security monitoring systems showed PSCD beat out Sonitrol and bidder Fleenor Security. Sonitrol protested the contract award, although the protest letter is not included in records in the Knox County Purchasing Office reviewed by the News Sentinel. Purchasing Director Hugh Holt has said the school system handled much of that paperwork.
The school board wanted to handle the construction of Hardin Valley and renovations at Powell Middle itself. Mike Ragsdale, then county mayor, pushed for the PBA to head the projects. He ultimately won that battle.
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Saner "LOS ILUMINADOS" @ FIFTY24MX Gallery, Mexico CityJuxtapoz // Thursday, 29 Sep 2011
Mexico City's Saner has had a busy year of traveling through Europe, and having a well-publicized showing at Mid-City Arts in Los Angeles. Now the artist is set to close out the year at FIFTY24MX Gallery in Mexico City with the solo exhibition, LOS ILUMINADOS.
FIFTY24MX notes, "In every single one of his images, Saner rediscovers Mexican iconography while reinterpreting it, mixing the traditional with the Contemporary, the Pre-Hispanic ancestry with the Spanish roots, the mestee with the chilango (Mexico city's gentilicious). With a free an unpretentious spirit, Saner expresses a New Mexican vision."
The exhibition opens on October 1, and closes on October 27, 2011.
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David S. Allee @ Morgan Lehman Gallery in NYCPhotography // Thursday, July 10, 2014
Having started out with a career in urban planning, David S. Allee decided pursue switch careers to photographer. Allee explains, "My interests haven't changed much since becoming an artist" he says, "structures, the built environment, that's what I'm still drawn to, but in a less tangible and more abstract way."
Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock "Floating World" @ Shooting Gallery, SFJuxtapoz // Thursday, July 10, 2014
Our good friends Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock are both artist, happen to be married, and happen to have a collaborative art show opening at Shooting Gallery in San Francisco on July 12, 2014 under the moniker KEFE. We think you pronounce it "Kay-Fay" but we can't be certain. As the press release states, "The works in Floating World: Part One showcase both collaborative and solo pieces from KEFE, artist duo Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock, and are an exploration of, and center around, their profound love for Japanese traditions and culture."
Ink, Death and CoffeeIllustration // Thursday, July 10, 2014
Sean Beaudry is a Savannah, Georgia based illustrator, originally from Detroit Michigan that achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design. His work tends to reflect the natural world, isolation, and the macabre in heavy intricacy.
An update with BatesGraffiti // Thursday, July 10, 2014
Today we check in on what the prolific graffiti writer, Bates has been up to as he travels and leaves his mark.
"Stellar," a series of GIFs by Ignacio TorresJuxtapoz // Thursday, July 10, 2014
'This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time.'
Jaka BulcPhotography // Thursday, July 10, 2014
Jaka Bulc, born in 1989, started casually taking pictures while hiking but now travels far to make photographs. His website features small series, sometimes with as little as two images, of painterly, dotted landscapes in icy color palettes.
Broken Fingaz' Sex PicnicErotica // Thursday, July 10, 2014
We're in LUST with these images from the new erotic zine 'Sex Picnic' from Israel's very own Broken Fingaz crew. Launching July 18 at MEN Gallery in London, if you find yourself on this side of the globe, you can't miss this. Plus there will be live performances from two local hardcore bands Who Cares and Idlehands and of course more provocative imagery than you can shake your stick at.
Madlib Invasion: Madvillain "ALL CAPS"Music // Wednesday, July 09, 2014
We have been celebrating our special Madlib cover story on the site and through all of our social media channels all week, and we get to have a little fun playing with all of Madlib's projects over the years. Today, we look at the work Madlib has done with DOOM and Madvillain, and the fantastic superhero character that came out of the classic Madvillainy LP. And yes, that LP is 10 years old this year. Here is a look at the "All CAPS" video....
Feature: Jim Houser @ FFDG, San FranciscoJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 09, 2014
On July 11, our good friends at Fecal Face Dot Gallery in San Francisco will open a solo show, "Night Got Quiet—Not Quite Light," featuring all new works from Philadelphia-based artist Jim Houser. The show will feature 15 new mixed media paintings and site-specific installation works. The works, as you can see, will feature Houser's well-known and established iconography and narrative painting style, but with new twists and turns along the way. FFDG passed along an interview with Houser, that you can read now.
Marina Abramovic for adidas and The World CupJuxtapoz // Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Adidas presents its collaboration with performance artist Marina Abramović, unveiling an original, short video celebrating the brand's partnership and support of the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil. The three-minute film captures the first ever re-staging of Abramović's iconic 1970s performance "Work Relation"...


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Dear Friend,
Greetings from Asia. I have been in both China and Korea for the past week working through exchange agreements with partner schools and participating in a joint seminar between IU and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.
During my visit to Shanghai, I was able to speak to Dong-Kuan Ju, a 1949 Indiana Law graduate. Mr. Ju's remarkable story illustrates IU's global reach. After graduating from the prestigious Soochow University, Mr. Ju came to Indiana to get a graduate degree. During the time he was away from China, the Communists took control of the government, and upon his return, Mr. Ju found himself unable to practice law. He worked for many years as a laborer and carpenter until, in 1980, he was re-called to the law to begin the process of opening China to joint ventures with Western companies. During the next 20 years, he worked on some of the largest joint-venture and private-direct investment activities in China. Now retired, Mr. Ju remembers Bloomington fondly, and recalls that he was one of 10 Soochow graduates who came to Indiana in the same year.
Students from China now account for more than 700 of the graduate students on the Bloomington campus and an increasing number of law students. It is important that our JD students have opportunities to connect with their professional counterparts around the world and that they are able to study in countries with such strong and growing economic relationships with the United States. While we can marvel at the extent of current globalization, Dong-Kuan Ju's story shows that Indiana's ties to the world — and to China — have deep and durable roots.
On a sad note, the Law School remembers and salutes Joseph B. Board Jr., JD'58, who passed away last month. Joe was a loyal alumnus and friend of the School, a member of the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, and a wonderful scholar and teacher. We will miss him.
All my best,
Lauren Robel, JD'83
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In This Issue
- Robel, Hoffmann Travel to Finalize Korea and China Partnerships
- Director of Admissions Retires After 40 Years of Service
- Indiana Court of Appeals Visits for Oral Argument
- Laura J. Cooper, JD'75, Delivers 2007 Stewart Lecture
- Gregg, JD'73, Honored by Justice Department
- Alumnus Receives 2007 Indiana Trial Lawyer of Year Award
- Cate on List of Top Computer Privacy Experts
- Johnsen Testifies in Mukasey Attorney General Hearing
- Buxbaum Delivers 9th Snyder Lecture in UK
- Harvard, Virginia Publish Ochoa's Research
- In Memoriam: Joseph B. Board Jr., JD'58
- In Memoriam: Stanley Jablonski, JD'72
- In Memoriam: Richard D. McIntyre Sr., JD'81
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Robel, Hoffmann Travel to Finalize Korea and China Partnerships
Last month, Dean Lauren Robel, JD'83, traveled to China and Korea, and Acting Executive Associate Dean Joseph Hoffmann to Korea, to finalize new partnership agreements with top-ranked law schools in those two countries.
In China, Dean Robel — together with new IU President Michael McRobbie and IU Vice President for International Affairs Patrick O'Meara — signed an agreement with the School of Law at Zhejiang University, one of China's top three institutions of higher learning. The Zhejiang agreement will foster exchanges of students and visiting scholars, and will also promote joint research activities and possible cooperative degree programs.
In Korea, Robel and Hoffmann executed agreements with four law schools ranked among the top 10 in that country: Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University, Ewha Woman's University, and Chung-Ang University. Over the past several years, Korea has emerged as the country with the largest number of Indiana Law LLM and SJD students and alumni. In 2009, legal education in Korea will change from an undergraduate to a graduate-school model, and these new agreements will ensure a continued high level of cooperation and exchange between Indiana Law and four of the leading law schools in Korea.
Director of Admissions Retires After 40 Years of Service
Alumni, friends, and family recently gathered to honor Director of Admissions Pat Clark for her 40 years of service to Indiana University and the School of Law. She will retire at the end of 2007.
Hundreds of well-wishers attended the Nov. 30 ceremony, sent e-mails, or left voicemail messages congratulating Clark. Current and former students around the world reminisced about their experiences of being accepted into law school. All were touched by the grace and personal care Clark provided.
Said Maryann Mukete of Cameroon, West Africa, "...what a wonderful feeling you must have knowing that your service has contributed to the well-being of a great school and to the lives of so many young people who have gone on to make significant contributions to our world! Thank you for your service to my school, to me, and to so many other students who have passed through its doors."
Clark, who arrived to Indiana Law in 1967 as a "naive" 18-year-old, discovered her first assignment would be working for legendary professor Jerome Hall. "A rather intimidating experience, to say the least," she said.
Without a designated position for Dean of Admissions, the responsibility fell to a faculty chair. "I had the good fortune to be mentored by and to have learned from the best," she said. Professors Bill Popkin, Harry Pratter, and Douglass Boshkoff also filled the role during Clark's tenure.
"I'll always remember fondly the conversations Harry and I had about admissions, but also about other events, particularly a lot of basketball," Clark said.
Later, when Indiana Law officially created the position for Dean of Admissions, Clark was supervised by Karen Cutright, Frank Motley, Kevin Robling, and current dean, Dennis Long, JD'98. According to Long, those positions were merely "titular," as Clark was the real power behind the Office of Admissions.
Her duties and responsibilities quickly changed from performing clerical tasks to include counseling students, recruiting, reading and evaluating applications, and creating new programs and strategies for the Admissions Office. "I cannot say enough about those experiences and friendships and what they have meant to me and how they have allowed me to grow over the years," she said.
Clark said she has "literally grown up and grown with the Law School — through marriage, the birth of our son, the marriage of our son, and birth of our granddaughter." She is now looking forward to spending time with family and friends, vacationing in Florida, and "getting caught up on those things I have neglected over the last four decades."
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Indiana Court of Appeals Visits for Oral Argument
A full audience heard arguments in the case of Shafer and Freeman Lakes Environmental Conservation Corp. v. Justin Stichnoth and Corraine Stichnoth, held Oct. 29 in the Moot Court Room. Judges Edward W. Najam Jr.; Paul D. Mathias, JD'79; and Cale J. Bradford heard the case on appeal from White Circuit Court.
A tort case, the two sides argued issues pertaining to a suit brought after an accident resulting in injuries to Justin Stichnoth when he dove off a dock into Lake Shafer and his his head on a dredge pipe. The Court was asked to determine whether the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion for summary judgment, and whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellant's motion to bifurcate the trial on issues of liability and damages, and in permitting certain expert testimony, among other issues. On Nov. 29, the Court handed down its decision in the case.
The Indiana Court of Appeals hears oral agument at venues across the state to enable Hoosiers to learn about the judicial branch. Students were able to ask questions about the judicial process following the submission of the case.
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Laura J. Cooper, JD'75, Delivers 2007 Stewart Lecture
Laura J. Cooper, JD'75, presented Indiana Law's second annual William R. Stewart Lecture in Labor and Employment Law on Tuesday, Nov. 13. A distinguished scholar in the fields of labor law and workplace dispute resolution at University of Minnesota Law School, Cooper's lecture was titled "Privatizing Labor Law: The Role of Arbitrators in Implementing Neutrality/Card Check Agreement."
The first woman to receive tenure on the Minnesota law faculty, Cooper is known for innovations in technology- and simulation-based pedagogy. A member of Indiana Law's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, Cooper has worked as an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board and currently serves as a labor mediator and arbitrator. She also spent four years as chair of the Labor Law Group, a term as chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools, and collaboration with the Minnesota Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on studies of gender fairness in the courts.
The Stewart Lecture memorializes William R. Stewart, JD'59, via the William R. Stewart Memorial Fund for Labor and Employment Law. Stewart, who passed away in February 2004, spent 34 years with the NLRB. President Bill Clinton termed Stewart's work with the agency "unparalleled" as he honored him with the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1997.
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Gregg, JD'73, Honored by Justice Department
Larry Gregg, JD'73, was honored Oct. 2 at the Justice Department's 55th Annual Awards Ceremony at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Gregg was presented with the Mary C. Lawton Lifetime Service Award. The award is given only in exceptional circumstances to those individuals who have significantly contributed to the success of the Department by a record of outstanding actions and career accomplishments.
As a civil chief in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and as an attorney in the Department's Civil and Criminal Division, Gregg played a significant role in the development of immunities and defenses that protect federal officials charged with law enforcement and national security responsibilities. As an affirmative civil enforcement prosecutor, Gregg secured substantial recoveries for the U.S. where federal grants were obtained through fraud and misrepresentation.
"Larry Gregg is an extraordinary public servant who has dedicated his career to the service of our nation and the pursuit of justice," U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Chuck Rosenberg said. "He is a brilliant lawyer, a model of integrity, and richly deserves this recognition."
Alumnus Named 2007 Indiana Trial Lawyer of Year
Tony Patterson, JD'93, of Parr Richey Obremskey & Morton, was honored with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association 2007 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award.
Patterson has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and has been named a Super Lawyer in Indianapolis Monthly in the area of personal injury law.
He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, Indianapolis Bar Association, Brain Injury Association of Indiana, and Boone County Bar Association.
Cate Listed as Top Computer Privacy Expert
Computerworld magazine has named Fred H. Cate, an Indiana Law professor and director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at IU, one of the "best privacy advisers in 2007."
Cate is the only academic on the magazine's 25-person list of top individual privacy experts in the United States and Europe. He is No. 9 in a group dominated by private-practice attorneys and technology privacy consultants.
Jay Cline, president of Minnesota Privacy Consultants and the author of the article, contacted more than 400 corporate privacy leaders, asking whom they would call "if your company loses a laptop, rolls out a new Web site or globalizes its HR information system." The survey names New York-based Hunton & Williams as the top computer-security law firm and Ernst & Young as the best audit and consulting firm on the topic. Lisa Sotto of Hunton & Williams is No. 1 on the list of individual privacy experts.
The article quotes Cate on how the privacy market changed in 2007. "Disclosures of secret government surveillance and data-mining programs sharpened attention this year on the volume and types of personal information that businesses are collecting and sharing with the government," he told Cline.
Cate specializes in information privacy and security law issues, testifying frequently before Congress and regularly speaking to industry, professional and government groups. He is a member of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals, and the Research Steering Committee of the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection. He also serves as reporter for the American Law Institute's project on Principles of the Law on Government Access to and Use of Personal Digital Information.
Johnsen Testifies in Mukasey Attorney General Hearing
Recent confirmation hearings for Michael B. Mukasey, nominee for Attorney General of the United States, included testimony from Indiana Law's Professor Dawn Johnsen.
Johnsen, a well-known expert in constitutional law and former acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bill Clinton, was among a panel of experts and former U.S. Department of Justice officials who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Oct. 18.
Her testimony explored the ways in which the Department of Justice's legal advice to the president has been dangerously compromised, particularly on issues of national security and counterterrorism — as well as what must be done to correct this deviation from tradition and best practices.
Johnsen appended to her testimony a statement of "Principles to Guide the Office of Legal Counsel," which she co-authored with 19 former OLC lawyers, in an effort to avoid future errors along the lines of the infamous and now-discredited 2002 OLC Torture Memo, in which OLC advised President Bush that he had the constitutional authority to order torture in violation of federal statute.
Her testimony also drew upon an article in which in which she explored the appropriate role of presidential lawyers, published last month in the U.C.L.A. Law Review and entitled Faithfully Executing the Laws: Internal Legal Constraints on Executive Power.
Recently, the professor took part in a National Press Club event that featured former Department of Justice Officials addressing "Principles to Guide the Department of Justice under the Next Attorney General." The American Constitution Society, for which Johnsen is the Indiana Law chapter adviser and a national board member, released video of the event. View the video.
Buxbaum Delivers 9th Snyder Lecture in UK
Professor Hannah Buxbaum visited the University of Cambridge Lauterpacht Centre for International Law this month to deliver the ninth annual Snyder Lecture.
At Indiana Law, Buxbaum is the Associate Dean for Research and Louis F. Neizer Faculty Fellow. Her talk, "National Jurisdiction over Global Business Networks," highlights her expertise in private international law and international litigation and jurisdiction. The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies will publish the lecture — as it does each year — in its forthcoming edition.
Held in memory of Dr. Earl Snyder, LLB'47, the Snyder Lectures are just one aspect of a unique partnership between the University of Cambridge and the Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington. In addition to these annual lectures, held alternately in England and the U.S., the Lauterpacht Centre hosts an Indiana Law student each year for a period of three months through the Snyder Visiting Scholarship.
These standout students perform international legal research while in residence. Past Snyder Scholars include many accomplished alumni. Kirk Tsai, JD'07, is now at the Center, conducting research on international organizations and the legal status of Taiwan.
Harvard, Virginia Publish Ochoa's Research
Forums such as the Harvard International Law Journal, the Virginia Journal of International Law, and the highly trafficked blog Opinio Juris are featuring Professor Christiana Ochoa's important investigations of customary international law and the Odious Debt Doctrine.
"From Odious Debt to Odious Finance: Avoiding the Externalities of a Functional Odious Debt Doctrine" argues that democratic successors to despotic governments should not be bound by the contractual and commercial obligations of prior despotic governments if the benefits of those obligations were not passed on to the people.
The Harvard Journal of International Law selected the article for an issue forthcoming in early 2008. "'Odious Finance' is a contribution to the broader developing literature and doctrines that connect economic activity to the human rights implications of that activity," Ochoa said.
Published this fall by the Virginia Journal of International Law, The Individual and Customary International Law Formation" argues that international law will be more internally coherent and outwardly legitimate if individuals are formally recognized in the process by which customary international law is formed.
"There are disjunctures imbedded in customary international law doctrine." she said. "For example, it is problematic that states, who are often human rights violators, are the only type of entity currently recognized as empowered to form customary international law."Further exploration of this work takes place at Indiana Law this spring in a conference, The Individual and Customary International Law Formation, to be held April 3–5, 2008 in Bloomington.
Ochoa's research also appeared recently — with several responses from academic peers — on the popular Opinio Juris law blog and on the IntLawGrrls blog.
In Memoriam: Joseph B. Board Jr., JD'58
Joseph B. Board Jr., JD'58, a Rhodes Scholar, attorney, and retired professor at Union College, died in Arlington, Vt., on Oct. 12 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 76.
The Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Government Emeritus, Board taught in Union's political science department from 1965 to 2003. He was known not only for his high level of scholarship but for his warm and interactive teaching style. "Without question, I always learn a great deal from the students I teach," he once said.
Born in Princeton, Ind., Board received an AB with highest honors from Indiana University; a BA and MA from the Oxford University Honours School of Jurisprudence; a PhD from Indiana University; and a JD from the IU School of Law—Bloomington. Fellowships include a Fulbright to Sweden's Scientific Society of Lund University, where he earned his Ph.D. Honoris Causa, Umea University (Sweden). He held teaching positions at Indiana University, Elmira College, Cornell College, Albany Law School, London School of Economics, University of Umea, and University of Paris. He was a guest lecturer worldwide, including appointments with University of California (Berkeley), Oxford, London, Nottingham, Costa Rica, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Lund.
Board's committee and consulting work has included chair positions with the United States Selection Committee for NATO Fellowships; The Political Science Committee Council for the International Exchange of Scholars; as well as membership in the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee for Iowa and Nebraska, the Indiana Bar, and the NAACP, among others.
He is survived by his wife, Dr. Mary C. Squire, and three children from his first marriage: Ian R. Board (Graziella) of Mission Viejo, Calif., daughters Amanda Avery (Jason) and Annika Board (Patrick Cunningham), both of Albany, N.Y., and four grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to the Joseph B. Board Scholarship Fund at Union College, and should be mailed to: Joseph B. Board Scholarship Fund, c/o Trustco Bank, New Scotland Avenue office, 301 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York 12208.
In Memoriam: Stanley Jablonski, JD'72
Merrillville lawyer Stanley Jablonski, JD'72, died Oct. 11. He was 59.
Jablonski served as a deputy Lake County prosecutor, a public defender, and a private attorney during a 35-year legal career.
"As an attorney, he was unyielding and could make my job difficult in court," said former judge Richard Maroc, who now is a private lawyer in Munster.
County Sheriff Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez said Jablonski could display a vinegar sarcasm against anyone the lawyer opposed.
Jablonski defended a number of police officers in disputes with administrators, including a 1992 case in which he released the testimony of top-ranking Merrillville police officers using racial slurs when referring to blacks, causing a shake-up in the department.
In another case, he successfully represented county police officers who former sheriff John Buncich wished to discipline. Years later, Buncich successfully employed Jablonski to reinstate the former sheriff on the corrections merit board against opposition by the current sheriff.
Other clients of Jablonski's private law practice form a "who's who" of Lake County, Ind., politics. They included Lake Station mayoral candidate Keith Soderquist; former East Chicago Republican Chairman Robert Cantrell; and Robert Velligan, a contractor caught up in the East Chicago sidewalks-for-votes scandal.
In Memoriam: Richard D. McIntyre Sr., JD'81
Lawrence County Circuit Court Judge Richard D. McIntyre Sr., JD'81, died Oct. 30. He was 51.
Born Oct. 5, 1956, in Lawrence County, he was the son of Dean and Gayle (Perkins) McIntyre. He served as a judge, attorney, U.S. Army officer, and a former state representative.
McIntyre was a State Judge Advocate and member of the Indiana State Bar Association; Indiana Judges Association; Indiana National Guard; American Legion Gillen Post No. 33; F.O.P. and St. John's Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his wife, Meredith McIntyre; his sons Richard D. McIntyre Jr., and wife, Marisa, of Vine Grove, Ky., and Robert David McIntyre of Richmond, Va.; his daughter, Emily Lynne Turner, and husband, William, of Indianapolis; his sister, Emily Hawkins, and husband, Randy, of Bedford, Ind.; and his nephew, Heath Hawkins, of Louisville.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Richard D. McIntyre Sr. Scholarship Fund, Culver, Ind., in care of McIntyre & Smith Law Firm, 1522 I Street, Bedford.
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Professor Jim Barnes was appointed to a National Academy of Public Administration panel that will assess the executive staffing of the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on identifying remedies for management and administrative gaps that could arise during the forthcoming Presidential transition. The panel expects to conclude its work in February 2008. His work on another NAPA panel focused on a system of Environmental Indicators concluded in October with the submission of a report to the Department of Interior, acting on behalf of a consortium of federal agencies. Barnes has been reappointed by Secretary Samuel Bodman to the Department of Energy's Environmental Management Advisory Board.
Professor Craig Bradley delivered a paper at Rutgers (Newark) School of Law on Oct. 4 titled "Rehnquist's Legacy in Criminal Procedure." His draft Trial Magazine article, "The English Warning" was a Top 10 SSRN download for October and November in Comparative Law. His most recent article in Trial Magazine (October 2007) is titled "Resurrecting the Sentencing Guidelines." The second edition of Bradley's book, Criminal Procedure: A Worldwide Study, was published in 2007. It includes a revised introduction and a revised chapter on the United States. The first edition's version of his chapter on the United States was recently published in Chinese, as part of a book titled Selected Classic Readings and Cases on American Criminal Procedure Law.
Professor Hannah Buxbaum delivered a paper on the private enforcement of economic law at a seminar on "Economic Law as an Economic Good," sponsored by the Thyssen Foundation and held in Duesseldorf, Germany. She also attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law, held in Ithaca, N.Y., and was elected to the Society's Executive Committee.
Professor Fred H. Cate gave the keynote address to open the Third Bilateral Talks between the United States and the European Union on Cross Border Data Flows & Privacy; participated in the Government Accountability Office's Expert Forum on "Coverage of Privacy Laws;" chaired a meeting of the working group on the American Law Institute's project on "Principles of the Law of Government Access to and Use of Digital Information;" and gave a CLE program for the Indiana Legislative Services Agency on "Identity Theft, Security Breaches, Social Security Numbers, and Financial Fraud." He also gave the keynote address on Privacy and Security in Higher Education: The Policy Challenge at a conference at Arizona State University, and he was a panelist at the 18th Annual Conference of the Economic Crime Institute in Tyson's Corner, Va.
Professor Ken Dau-Schmidt participated in the inaugural Legal Professions Working Group meeting at the ABA in Chicago. He recently presented his paper "Gender and the Legal Profession: The Michigan Alumni Data Set 1967-2000" to the University of Minnesota Law Faculty Colloquium. As chair of the Labor Law Group, Dau-Schmidt hosted a conference on "Low Wage Workers and the Law" at the University of Minnesota Law School. He also served as commenter and chair of a session on "The Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Employment Law" at a conference on the Case of Lady Duff-Gordon at Pace Law School in New York.
Professor Rob Fischman spoke to the annual meeting of regional refuge biologists at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services. He presented on two panels. One dealt with how the refuges should adapt to climate change; the other concerned the use of the term "trust resources" to identify high priorities for management. The new (Sept./Oct. 2007) Refuge Update, published by the U.S. FWS service, contains an essay by Fischman titled "Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of the Refuge Improvement Act: The Centrality of the Mission."
Professor Charles Geyh gave the keynote speech, "Judicial Independence Among the States," to the Nebraska Judicial Conference in Lincoln, where he also gave a talk on the new Model Code of Judicial Conduct. In Washington D.C., he presented a paper entitled "The Judicial Selection Debate and its Reslationship to Judicial Independence" and served as moderator of a panel on judicial ethics and selection at a conference on organized by the Sandra Day O'Connor Project on the State of the Judiciary at Georgetown University Law Center. He also served as a panelist at the annual meeting of the ABA's Appellate Judges Education Institute, Washington, D.C., where he spoke on judicial disqualification." He gave a talk entitled "Judicial Independence: Does the Public Really Care?" at an Indiana State Bar Association Conference on Relations Between Congress and the Federal Courts in Indianapolis. At the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, he gave a talk entitled, "What Do We Know About Recusal Practices Around the Country."
Professor Bill Henderson presented "The Elastic Tournament of Lawyers: A Second Transformation of the Big Law Firm," at the Georgetown Law & Economics Workshop as well as at the Indiana University Law & Society Workshop. He presented "A Thought Experiment on the Organizational Value of Associates and Partners," "Geographic Network Analysis of NLJ 250 & Am Law 200 Firms" (with Arthur Alderson), "Race and Gender Differences in U.S. Corporate Law Firms: A Preliminary Analysis," and "Statistics Primer [for Practicing Lawyers]" at the Law Firms Working Group Forum with Strategic Partners, American Bar Foundation in Chicago. He presented "Inputs versus Outputs in the Accreditation Process: A Look at U.S. Law Schools," at the American Enterprise Institute Forum, Higher Education Accreditation: Evaluating the System and Possible Alternatives in Washington D.C.
Visiting Professor Feisal Istrabadi wrote "The Constitutional Process as a De-stabilizing Factor in Iraq," 89 INT'L REV. RED CROSS (tentative title) (forthcoming). He also lectured on "Iraq From the Inside" at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City.
Professor Dawn Johnsen presented "The Roberts Court," at the ACLU of Indiana's annual meeting in Bloomington. She also presented "Faithfully Executing the Laws," at the Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis. She served as a panelist at "The New Separation of Powers: Parties, Politics, and the Presidency," at Yale Law School and presented "The Presidency in the Twenty-First Century," as a panelist on Sources of Presidential Power at Boston University. She presented "Principles to Guide the Department of Justice under the Next Attorney General," on a panel sponsored by the American Constitution Society at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Professor Leandra Lederman's latest article, "Tax Appeal: A Proposal to Make the U.S. Tax Court More Judicial," is scheduled to be published in Wash. U. Law Review in June 2008. On Oct. 10, she presented her article entitled "'Stranger Than Fiction': Taxing Virtual Worlds," at a faculty workshop at St. Louis University School of Law.
Professor Mark Need presented "Expansion of Skills Training to Newer Areas" at the Midwest Clinical Conference at Drake University.
Professor Christiana Ochoa published, "The Individual and Customary International Law Formation," 48 Va. J. Int'l L. 119 (2007).
Professor Bill Popkin, whose book Evolution of the Judicial Opinion: Institutional and Individual Styles has just been published by the NYU Press.
Professor Gene Shreve's chapter, titled "Reheating the 'Cauldron of Jurisprudence,'" was published in the book Justice in Particular: a Festschrift Honoring Phaedon John Koyzris, Grammatikaki-Alexiou ed.
Assistant Dean for Research and Special Projects Archana Sridhar presented "An Analysis of Civil and Criminal Tax Evasion Cases in Guatemala" in Guatemala City.
Professor Timothy Waters Professor Timothy Waters presented "Boxing Pandora: Defining Frontiers in a Democratizing World" at the Indiana Democracy Consortium in Bloomington. He was a discussant for Professor Ana Trbovich's "Kosovo as a (Non-)Precedent" as part of the Limited Sovereignty and Soft Borders Lecture Series held at Columbia University's Harriman Institute. He presented "The Blessing of Depature: Acceptable and Unacceptable State Support for Demographic Transformation — The Exchange of Populated Territories" at the Central States Law Schools Association Conference at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit.
Clinical Professor Carwina Weng presented a plenary session on Cross-Cultural Lawyering Competence with Hal Abramson, Sue Bryant, and Paul Tremblay at a conference titled Law as a Healing Profession, held at Touro Law Center. The conference was based on a book titled The Affective Assistance of Counsel: Practicing Law as a Healing Profession (Marjorie Silver, ed. Carolina Academic Press 2007), for which she co-wrote a chapter with Paul Tremblay.
Recent Faculty Media Hits
- Pat Baude was interviewed about Indiana's voter ID case on WTRC, and about the upcoming Supreme Court docket on Abdul in the Morning, WXNT. He was also quoted in "Loveless to appear in Indiana court," Louisville Courier-Journal.
- Fred H. Cate was recognized and quoted in "The best privacy advisers in 2007," Computerworld. He was also quoted in "IU professor named among top 10 privacy advisers in U.S.," Herald-Times; "Closed doors over closings: IPS makes big mistake," Indianapolis Star; "Experts: School Board's private meeting illegal," Indianapolis Star; "Transatlantische kontaktgruppe zum datenschutz," Heise Online; and in "Data protection rules 'increasingly outdated,' researcher warns," Washington Internet Daily.
- Dan Conkle was quoted in "Judge stops enforcement of silence law," USA Today. He was also interviewed about the federal appeals decision on Indiana Statehouse prayer, WFIU.
- David Fidler was quoted in "WHO hold meeting to try to break virus sharing logjam," The Canadian Press.
- Bill Henderson was quoted in "When $1,000 an hour is not enough," The New York Times; in How to cut debt, boost job prospects from law school," Wall Street Journal, which he elaborates on in the Empirical Legal Studies Blog; and in "Chicago firms boosted by globalization: prof," Chicago Bulletin.
- Feisal Istrabadi was interviewed on "NewsHour," PBS. He was featured in "Ex-top envoy calls Iraqi government a failure," MSNBC. He was also interviewed on CBS Radio about the diplomatic efforts underway to resolve the problems between Turkey and Iraq over the PKK, about the agreement between two of the Shiite parites in Iraq to stop hostilities between them, and about the Iraqi investigation into the Blackwater shootings. In addition, he was interviewed about a report by the UN High Commission for Refugees which estimates the number of internally displaced persons in Iraq to be 2 million, BBC World Service.
- Dawn Johnsen was quoted in "IU Law prof testifies at hearing," Indiana Lawyer.
- Mark Need was quoted in "Entrepreneurship law clinic to be dedicated at IU," Inside Indiana Business.
- Aviva Orenstein was quoted in "Students take part in case that could reach U.S. Supreme Court," Herald-Times.
- Lauren Robel was mentioned in "Seven to be honored as Women of Distinction at fundraiser," Herald-Times.
- Archana Sridhar was mentioned in "Advierten sobre consecuencias de evasion fiscal en Guatemala," Prensa Latina.
- David Williams was interviewed about the Burma situation on Dakota Midday.


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Question: What ever happened to the City and County of Honolulu employee who fired off the flare at the Koko Head Gun Range last year that started the huge fire and required a helicopter to rescue hikers on the nearby trail? Initial word was he would lose his job. Did this employee actually receive punishment?
Answer: Kevin Nakagami, the range officer at the Koko Head Gun Range who was arrested for allegedly firing the flare, left the employment of the city on Dec. 1, just less than two months after the fire, according to the city.
Whether he was terminated or left voluntarily is unclear.
Nakagami, now 30, was arrested shortly after the fire on Oct. 7, 2011, on suspicion of first-degree arson, a Class B felony. He was released two days later pending investigation. A spokesman for the Honolulu prosecutors office said Nakagami has not been charged but the case remains under review.
Nakagami could not be reached for comment through his Facebook page. Shortly after being released from jail, however, he apologized for his actions in an interview with Hawaii News Now.
"I didn't mean for it to happen," Nakagami told Hawaii News Now. "It was a stupid mistake on my part."
Fire officials said the flare was fired from someone at the city-operated rifle range at about 3:25 p.m. It landed near the Koko Crater railway trail about halfway to the top, fire officials said.
As a result, six hikers above the fire were cut off and could not come down. A police helicopter was dispatched to airlift them off the trail.
Meanwhile, about 30 firefighters fought the fire by working up the trail as fire choppers dropped water from overhead. Complicating the situation were windy and dry conditions that drove the fire across several acres of brush.
The fire was declared contained about 6:30 p.m.
In the late 2000s the city for a short time contemplated shutting down the wooden stairs that make up the trail, which follows an abandoned World War II-era railroad track straight up the side of the crater. One of the reasons cited was conflicting uses between the hikers and gun enthusiasts.
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In a move that's hard not to associate with his potential ambitions to seek the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released his birth certificate to The Dallas Morning News, which published a story with an image of the document on Sunday.
The birth certificate affirms Cruz was born in Canada to an American mother and Cuban father. His mother, Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson, gave birth to Cruz in Calgary in 1970. Upon his birth, Cruz became an American citizen, though not a "natural-born citizen" as set forth in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The newspaper volunteers perhaps too many pejorative comments about Cruz' dual citizenship, but his naturalization status at birth is a real topic that's lit a fire under mainstream media pundits.
In a column published Monday, Personal Liberty's Bob Livingston explained the U.S. Supreme Court precedent that, if we are still a Nation of laws, should keep Cruz out of the Presidential race.
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The FBI vs. Occupy: Secret Docs Reveal "Counterterrorism" Monitoring of OWS from Its Earliest Days
New docs reveal that the FBI worked with big banks to disrupt the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Newly revealed documents show that the FBI monitored the Occupy Wall Street movement from its earliest days last year. Internal government records show Occupy was treated as a potential terrorism threat when organizing first began in August of 2011. Counterterrorism agents were used to track Occupy activities despite the internal acknowledgment that the movement opposed violent tactics. The monitoring expanded across the country as Occupy grew into a national movement, with FBI agents sharing information with businesses, local police agencies and universities. One FBI memo warned that Occupy could prove to be an "outlet" through which activists could exploit "general government dissatisfaction." Although the documents provide no clear evidence of government infiltration, they do suggest the FBI used information from local law enforcement agencies gathered by someone observing Occupy activists on the ground. (RT also reported that the documents reveal that the FBI learned of an assassination plot against Occupy leaders but did not notify the leaders about the plot.) The heavily redacted FBI records were obtained by the
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
through a Freedom of Information Act request.
India Rape-Murder Suspects Appear in Court
In India, five men accused in the gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman have appeared in court for the first time. The unidentified victim was raped on a moving bus in New Delhi last month, dying from her injuries two weeks later. The case has sparked a nationwide call for reforms to increase punishment for rapists and prevent legal cases from languishing. At a candlelight vigil in India on Sunday, hundreds of women paid tribute to the victim and demanded government action.
Protester: "I dont know how much of security will come in, even after all this is being done. But I hope, somewhere or the other in the minds of some people, some little bit of awareness will come, some bit of consciousness will come."
Also, in India, a 17-year-old girl who was gang-raped has committed suicide after being pressured by police to drop the case and marry one of her attackers.
Africa Deploys Troops to Central African Republic as Aid Group Declares "Silent Crisis"
South Africa has deployed up to 400 soldiers to the Central African Republic in a bid to help the government defeat a rebel advance. The Seleka rebels have claimed a series of victories in recent weeks after accusing the government of violating a 2007 peace accord. Several other African countries, including neighboring Chad, have sent troops to help fight the rebels. Speaking from the capital of Bangui, Ellen van der Velden of Doctors Without Borders said the Central African Republics turmoil marks a "silent crisis."
Ellen van der Velden: "So far, we have labeled the crisis in the Central African Republic as a silent one because of the very poor health indicators that already existed surpassing crisis indicators, while at the same time there was very limited attention for this crisis. There is, even before the current crisis broke out, already very few development NGOs or support or business, and this country already at the best of times, many people could have done with a lot of help, and that situation has only become more complicated."
The Central African Republic is among the poorest countries in the world despite having deposits of gold, diamonds and uranium, which are mined by foreign interests.
North Carolina Governor Grants Pardons of Innocence to Wilmington Ten
In a victory for civil rights advocates, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue has issued pardons of innocence for the Wilmington Ten. The group of mostly African-American activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned for the firebombing of a white-owned store in the 1970s. Their pardons in the waning days of Perdues administration follow a campaign to vindicate unequivocally the Wilmington Ten after their convictions were overturned by a federal court decades ago. Newly surfaced documents show the prosecutor in the case made racially based notes next to potential jurors, writing comments like "KKK good" and "Uncle Tom type." In a statement about the Wilmington Ten, Gov. Perdue said, "These convictions were tainted by naked racism and represent an ugly stain on North Carolinas criminal justice system that cannot be allowed to stand any longer." Wilmington Ten member Benjamin Chavis appeared on Democracy Now! last week before the victory to talk about what a pardon of innocence would mean.
Benjamin Chavis: "A pardon of innocence would mean that the state of North Carolina finally realizes that the trial, the unjust arrest charges, were all racially motivated, politically motivated. And now its time, 40 years later, for the state to remove this pain from the members of the Wilmington Ten, from the community of Wilmington, and from the state itself. Its been an albatross around the states neck for over 40 years."
Michigan Enacts Emergency Manager Law Despite Voter Repeal
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a measure allowing Michigan areas to declare bankruptcy or fall under the control of an unelected emergency manager enabled to fire public officials and nullify union contracts. Dubbed by critics Michigans "local dictators" law and impacting African American areas in the state, state Republicans approved it this month after voters repealed a similar initiative on Election Day. Despite reimposing a measure that was rejected by popular vote, Gov. Snyder said, "This legislation demonstrates that we clearly heard, recognized and respected the will of the voters." It was among a number of controversial bills recently advanced by state Republicans in Michigan before their majority declines with the new legislative session next month.
EPA Head Lisa Jackson Announces Resignation
Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson has announced her resignation ahead of President Obamas second term. Jackson, the first African-American to head the agency, departs after a four-year tenure that saw advances in the regulation of environmentally harmful practices such as mountaintop removal and the emissions of harmful chemicals from industrial plants. But it was also marked by a number of key disappointments on environmental issues owing to Republican opposition and a lack of White House support. President Obama rejected Jacksons proposal for tougher regulations on smog pollution last year, even though Jackson submitted a proposal she viewed as a major compromise. She has recently tried to impose restrictions on carbon emissions from new power plants, drawing a concerted Republican and corporate pushback. After ignoring global warming during the 2012 campaign, Obama has recently vowed to address it during his second term. In a statement, the Natural Resources Defense Council called Jackson an unrivaled "champion of our health and our environment," adding: "Her successor will inherit an unfinished agenda that begins with the issuance of new health protections against carbon pollution from existing power plants the largest remaining driver of climate change that needs to be controlled."
Chicago Teachers Union Sues City for Discrimination
The Chicago Teachers Union has filed a lawsuit accusing the city of discriminating against African-American teachers and staff through its effort to reform or shut down local schools. The federal suit says more than half of the tenured teachers who lost their jobs in the most recent wave of school closings were African American, despite African Americans comprising just 30 percent of tenured teachers overall and 35 percent in the under-performing schools that wind up being closed. The teachers union is seeking an injunction to stop Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel from closing any more schools.
Woman Charged with Murder as Hate Crime in New York Subway Attack
In New York City, a woman has been charged with murder as a hate crime after allegedly pushing a man to his death on the subway tracks because she believed he was Muslim or Hindu. Erika Menendez reportedly told authorities, "I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers Ive been beating them up." The victim, 46-year-old Sunando Sen, was a Hindu born in India.
WI State Senator: "Almost No Black People" Care About Kwanzaa
A Wisconsin state senator drew ire for his comments against the holiday of Kwanzaa. Republican State Senator Glenn Grothman released a statement titled, "Why Must We Still Hear About Kwanzaa." He wrote: "Of course, almost no black people today care about Kwanzaa just white left-wingers who try to shove this down black peoples throats in an effort to divide Americans." The comments drew outrage from local democratic leader Meg Moen, who called them "jaw-dropping" and said, "Not only does Senator Grothman seem to find his inherit racism acceptable, he implores people to follow his lead and question a holiday that African Americans have been celebrating for years."
Hacker Group Anonymous Leaks Chilling Video in Case of Alleged Steubenville Rape, Cover-Up
In Steubenville, Ohio, members of a high school football team allegedly raped an underage girl and possibly urinated on her unconscious body over the course of an evening of partying in late August. The young men chronicled their actions on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. But after many in the town of Steubenville, including the high school football coach, rallied to the players defense, the hacker group "Anonymous" vowed to release the accused players personal information unless an apology was made. Anonymous has since released a video showing a male Steubenville high schooler joking about the alleged victim. Were joined by three guests: Monika Johnson Hostler, president of the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence; Kristen Gwynne, an associate editor at AlterNet; and "X", a member of the hacktivist group Anonymous using a pseudonym.
Protesters Disrupt NRA as It Calls for Guns in Schools
The National Rifle Association broke a lengthy silence following the Newtown shooting massacre with a call to deploy armed guards in every U.S. school. NRA head Wayne LaPierre unveiled the proposal at a highly anticipated news conference on the one-week anniversary of Newtown.
Wayne LaPierre: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress today to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation and to do it now, to make sure that blanket safety is in place when our kids return to school in January."
LaPierre was interrupted by CODEPINK protesters who held up banners reading "The NRA Is Killing Our Kids" and "NRA: Blood On Our Hands." The NRA spoke out after going silent in the days following Newtown, ceasing activity on its Facebook and Twitter pages. In the days leading up to its call for firearms in schools, the NRA had promised to unveil what it called "meaningful contributions" to the gun control debate. After sparking a torrent of criticism, LaPierre appeared on NBCs "Meet the Press" on Sunday to defend his stance.
Wayne LaPierre: "If its crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy. Ill tell you what the American people I think the American people think its crazy not to do it. Its the one thing that would keep people safe. And the NRA is going to try to do that."
Dakota Mark 150th Anniversary of Mankato Executions
Dakota Native Americans held a ceremony in Minnesota to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Thirty-eight Dakota men were hanged simultaneously on December 26, 1862, in front of thousands of onlookers. They were condemned to death for crimes allegedly committed during a brief, but bloody war with white settlers and soldiers. The executions were allowed by then-President Abraham Lincoln, despite sparse evidence. The conflict came amidst broken U.S. treaties and desperate conditions that left some Dakota starving. After the war, nearly 2,000 Dakota noncombatants were marched to a prison camp where as many as 300 died. Some Dakota marked Wednesdays anniversary with an annual 300-mile horseback ride ending with the unveiling of a public memorial in Mankato, Minnesota, the site of the executions.
The Other Bradley Manning: Jeremy Hammond Faces Life Term for WikiLeaks and Hacked Stratfor Emails
A federal judge has refused to recuse herself from the closely watched trial of jailed computer hacker Jeremy Hammond, an alleged member of the group "Anonymous" charged with hacking into the computers of the private intelligence firm Stratfor and turning over some five million emails to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Hammonds lawyers had asked Federal Judge Loretta Preska to recuse herself because her husband worked for a client of Stratfor, and himself had his email hacked. Hammonds supporters say the Stratfor documents shed light on how the private intelligence firm monitors activists and spies for corporate clients. He has been held without bail or trial for more than nine months
Time Warner Cable Criticized for Dropping Current TV After Purchase by Al Jazeera
The New York Times is criticizing a decision by Time Warner Cable to stop carrying Current TV after the channel was purchased by Al Jazeera. In an editorial, the paper called the move "unfortunate," saying it could "block access to an important news source." Time Warner dropped Current TV within hours of its purchase by Al Jazeera, saying in a statement: "We are removing the service as quickly as possible." But the distributor appeared to change course Thursday following a wave of criticism, saying it would keep an "open mind" about possibly carrying Al Jazeera in the future. The New York Times reports Vice President Al Gore, who owned 20 percent of Current TV, made $100 million off the companys $500 million sale.
Is Fracking Safe? Debate on Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Technique as NY Moratorium May Expire
The controversial use of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," that is behind the countrys natural gas boom has come under scrutiny in the new Hollywood drama, "Promised Land," and met stiff resistance in New York state, where a four-year moratorium against the process could soon expire. Supporters say fracking is essential to U.S. energy independence, a way to revitalize depressed rural areas with new mining jobs and gas projects. But opponents warn that hundreds of millions of gallons of chemically treated water used in the process will pollute drinking water supplies and agricultural fields. New research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado say methane a potent greenhouse gas may be escaping from gas sites at much higher rates than previously thought.
Illinois "Supermax" Prison Tamms Closes Doors
The notorious Tamms "supermax" prison in Illinois has officially closed its doors following the transfer of the last of its prisoners. Prisoners advocates and family members led a campaign for the shuttering of Tamms, citing harsh conditions that included the use of long-term solitary confinement for a decade or longer. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced its closure last year, citing budgetary concerns. In a statement, the American Civil Liberties Unions National Prison Project praised the closure of Tamms, saying the prison "symbolized the ever more punitive, dehumanizing, and ineffective state of our criminal justice system where entire institutions are built to hold prisoners in extreme solitary confinement. [Its closure] is a major victory first and foremost because of [solitarys] abhorrent and terrifying psychological consequences."
Judge Upholds Drone Secrecy Despite Doubts on Attacks Legality
The ongoing drone attacks come days after a federal judge ruled the Obama administration is under no obligation to publicly disclose their legal justification. The American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times had filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act demanding the U.S. government disclose the legal basis for launching drone strikes overseas. The suit was filed after the U.S. killed the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen despite having never charged him with a crime. In upholding the Obama administrations right to secrecy, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon expressed misgivings about the drone program itself, writing: "I can find no way around the thicket of laws and precedents that effectively allow the Executive Branch ... to proclaim as perfectly lawful certain actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution and laws, while keeping the reasons for their conclusion a secret." McMahon continued, "I can only conclude that the government has not violated [the Freedom of Information Act] by refusing to turn over the documents, and so cannot be compelled by this court of law to explain in detail the reasons why its actions do not violate the Constitution and laws of the United States. The Alice-in-Wonderland nature of this pronouncement is not lost on me."
Google Dodges Antitrust Charges After Federal Probe
Google has won a major victory in the United States after dodging charges from the Federal Trade Commission over how it arranges search results. The FTC concluded a two-year investigation of Google saying the search giant had not violated antitrust or anti-competition statutes. The decision allows Google to continue elevating its own services in search results, raising concerns the company could exercise massive power over the Internet. Google performs 70 percent of all U.S. search queries.
International Child Porn Investigation Rescues Scores of Young Victims
U.S. immigration authorities say 245 people have been arrested as part of a weeks-long international investigation into child pornography. Scores of child victims were rescued from past or current exploitation, including 110 victims in the United States and 13 abroad. Many of the victims were living with their abusers.
New U.S. Immigration Rules to Ease Separation of Families
The Obama administration has unveiled new rules allowing undocumented immigrants to avoid lengthy separations from U.S. family members while applying for legal status. Current U.S. policy forces immigrants who entered the country without authorization to return to their native countries for visas, then bars them from re-entering the United States for as long as a decade. Starting in March, family members who can demonstrate "extreme hardship" if separated from U.S. family members may be eligible for a waiver allowing them to re-enter the country more quickly. The new policy could potentially spare hundreds of thousands of families from being kept apart.
Study Raises Concerns About Methane Release from Natural Gas Fracking Sites
New scientific research has shed further doubt on claims about the environmental benefits of the natural gas drilling process known as fracking. Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado say methane may be escaping from gas sites at much higher rates than previously thought. Data suggests as much as 9 percent of total methane produced may be leaking. Methane is many times more powerful than carbon at contributing to global warming.
Texas: Protesters Launch New Tree Blockade Against Keystone XL Pipeline
In Texas, opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline have set up a new tree blockade in the path of the pipelines southern leg. Protesters say they have shielded two "dump platforms" with a series of lifelines that could potentially drop protesters from 50 or 60 feet in the air if disturbed. The blockade outside Diboll, Texas, follows the conclusion of a months-long blockade against the controversial pipeline near the Texas city of Winnsboro.
Obama Signs Renewal of Controversial Defense Act
President Obama has signed a renewal of the controversial National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA. The law has drawn widespread criticism for last years provision allowing the United States to detain suspects anywhere in the world without charge or trial. A group of journalists, activists and scholars including Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky have challenged the Obama administration over that statute in a case currently before a federal appeals court. The 2013 version effectively blocks the Obama administration from closing Guantánamo Bay by barring the use of funds for construction on facilities that could be used for prisoner transfers. There are currently 166 prisoners held at Guantánamo; 86 of them have been cleared for release. President Obama signed the renewal despite his objections to the Guantánamo provision, following promises to close the detention center. In a statement, he said: "I have approved this annual defense authorization legislation, as I have in previous years, because it authorizes essential support for service members and their families, renews vital national security programs, and helps ensure that the United States will continue to have the strongest military in the world."
More International News
Exposé Reveals Wal-Mart Blocked Improvements Despite Vows to Improve Safety After Deadly Factory Fire
Wal-Mart has vowed to improve safety problems among suppliers who make clothes for the company after at least 111 workers died in a deadly fire at a Bangladesh garment factory. But inspection reports found inside the facility underscore fundamental problems with how Wal-Marts supply chain allows it to avoid improving conditions. "One of the main monitoring companies, inspection companies for Wal-Mart, admitted that 'We don't even check whether factories have emergency exits, whether they have fire escapes or fireproof, smoke-proof enclosed staircases. And this factory did not have outdoor fire escapes, did not have enclosed staircases," says Steven Greenhouse, labor and workplace reporter for the New York Times about his latest investigation, "As Walmart Makes Safety Vows, Its Seen as Obstacle to Change."
Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Is Released from UK Hospital
A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban has been released from a hospital in Britain. Malala Yousafzai is expected to return to the hospital in the coming weeks for reconstructive surgery to her skull. She was targeted by militants after campaigning for the rights of girls.
Months Later, U.S. Admits Responsibility for Drone Strike that Killed 11 in Yemen
The United Staes has acknowledged for the first time it carried out a September drone strike that killed 11 people in Yemen. The victims were packed into a truck on a desert road in the town of Radda when they were struck by a missile. The dead included three children. The Washington Post reports the Yemeni government tried to hide U.S. responsibility for the attack by taking credit for carrying it out. The Yemeni government also initially claimed that only militants were killed in the strike, but were forced to withdraw that claim after mourners tried to bring the dead bodies to the gates of the presidential residence. According to the Washington Post, the attack has devastated the community in Radda and militants in surrounding areas have gained more recruits for their fight against the U.S.-backed Yemeni government since it occurred. Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in 2010 show the United States and Yemen have repeatedly covered up the use of U.S. warplanes to bomb Yemen. According to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, covert U.S. operations have killed up to 171 civilians, including 35 children, in Yemen over the past decade.
U.N.: More Than 60,000 Killed in Syria Conflict
The United Nations says more than 60,000 people have died in Syria over nearly two years of fighting between government forces and rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. A new analysis of the toll conducted for the U.N. human rights office took five months to complete, using data from seven sources, including the Syrian government. The number is higher than the previous estimate of 45,000 reported by the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Rupert Colville, spokesperson for U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay, discussed the Syrian crisis on Al Jazeera Wednesday.
Rupert Colville: "It became so complicated. There were so many different people reporting casualties, so many different places where violence and fighting was going on simultaneously, and no way of really verifying each and every case. So its been a very difficult issue. But this is a real attempt to do an exhaustive analysis of the information we do have. It should be treated as an indicative number, not as a real number, but we believe its probably the minimum."
Violence in Syria is continuing to claim scores of lives on a daily basis. More than 200 people were killed Wednesday, many of them in and around the capital Damascus, according to an opposition group. Dozens died when a government air strike hit a gas station in a Damascus suburb. An Internet video posted by rebels appears to show fighters loyal to Assad killing two men by stabbing them and hitting them with concrete blocks over an extended period of several minutes. Meanwhile, the United Nations refugee agency says about 84,000 people fled the Syrian crisis in the month of December alone, bringing the total number of people displaced by the conflict to about half a million.
Chile: Widow of Singer Víctor Jara Asks U.S. to Extradite Suspect in His 1973 Murder
Several former military officials have been detained in Chile after a judge ordered their arrest for alleged involvement in the 1973 murder of singer Víctor Jara. Jara was shot to death after the U.S.-backed coup that ousted elected President Salvador Allende. First his hands were smashed so he could no longer play guitar. Jaras widow has called for the United States to extradite one of the eight officers now being charged in the killing, Pedro Barrientos Nuñez, who is currently living in Florida. Joan Jara spoke Wednesday from a stadium that was used as a torture center following the coup.
Joan Jara: "It is very difficult for me to talk at this moment, in spite of the fact that I know it is the time to talk. Its not a time for celebration; its a time to be calm and to know that there is a lot of work ahead in order to finally achieve real justice, and especially real justice for all the victims who suffered so much here and in so many other places in Chile."
Ivory Coast: 61 Killed in Stampede
In Ivory Coast, at least 61 people were crushed to death in a stampede following a New Years fireworks show. Witnesses said police had tried to control a crowd of thousands pouring out of a stadium in the city of Abidjan. Scores of people were injured. Most of the dead were children and teenagers. The fireworks display was planned by the government to celebrate peace after months of violence following disputed elections in 2011.
Bolivia Nationalizes Operations of Spanish Firm Iberdrola
Bolivia has nationalized the operations of Spains largest utility company, Iberdrola. Buildings occupied by the energy firm were seized by Bolivian authorities last week following orders by President Evo Morales, who said the move was made to ensure equality.
President Evo Morales: "We considered this measure necessary to ensure equitable energy tariffs in the departments of Oruro and La Paz, so that the quality of electricity service is uniform in rural and urban areas. This measure guarantees equality to the citizens who live in rural areas and ensures their income with equitable tariffs and a quality and uniform service."
Venezuelas Chávez Suffering "Severe Lung Infection"
Venezuela has released new information on the medical status of President Hugo Chávez, raising concerns the leaders health may be failing after a recent cancer surgery in Cuba. Ernesto Villegas, Venezuelas minister of communication and information, made the remarks.
Ernesto Villegas: "After the delicate surgery of this past December 11, Comandante Chávez has faced complications as a result of a severe lung infection. This infection has caused a breathing insufficiency that requires Comandante Chávez to comply strictly with medical treatment."
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, of New York, waves to supporters Tuesday during an Election Night rally in Columbus. Clinton easily won the Ohio primary to revive her sagging campaign.
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Democrats in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island resurrected Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign Tuesday - ending Barack Obama's 12-contest winning streak and extending the grueling Democratic contest to still more states, and possibly into the Democratic convention in August.
Obama, who started the night with a win in Vermont, was expected to still lead Clinton in pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention. But Clinton passed a pivotal test that threatened to end her once high-flying campaign.
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Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle, the NHL's First Star of the Week and Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau will join hosts Rob Simpson and E.J. Hradek on NHL Live! Monday between 12 and 2 p.m. ET on NHL Network and NHL Live!
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He's No Lebron, Baby!
5:44 PM, Jun 8, 2012 • By JAY COST
Remember this, from a few years back?
Lebron James had a fantastic game last night, scoring 45 points as the Heat defeated the Celtics. This afternoon, Obama scored the equivalent of 45 points for the Romney campaign, thanks to these comments during his press conference:
That's bad, obviously. But the full context is much worse. Earlier in the presser, the president said this:
The point the president is trying to make here is defensible: The private sector is adding jobs, but these two sectors are weak and we need to focus on them. I don't buy this argument for a minute; in fact I think his American Jobs Act is just a bunch of symbolism designed to get the unions working full time for him. But it's an argument that does not sound ridiculous.
But then he tried to repeat it, literally seconds later, and it sounded ridiculous.
Obama has long been praised as a great orator, but he just plain isn't, at least when he's off script. He went out today to make a fairly mild and modest point, made it successfully the first time, but on the second attempt he screwed it up.
Lebron, baby? I don't think so!
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Some Free Open Courseware from Top American Colleges
Top 10 Universities With Free Courses Online by Jimmy Ruska
Any person of any age can use these. Homeschoolers in high school may find them useful.
I have been using some source material from some of these courses to guide me to good books to use when developing custom courses for my ninth grader. I am still working to develop a thorough "History of Comic Books and the Graphic Novel Storytelling Format" which relies not on teacher lectures delivered by me but uses either books as teachers, online text articles written by subject matter experts, or video lectures. I am also trying to determine reasonable assignments to go along with the course so it is not just a read and learn course.
7 comments:
- dstb said...
Hi Christine,
Thanks for the link. I also like a site called Academic Earth. It lists on-line courses, as well.
Next year, I would like to do US History with my now 7th grader. I have been looking at what is available at Hippocampus. They have a number of other subjects. They give a syllabus, reading assignments, short videos, writing assignments, chapter tests. I'm not sure this is what I will use, but it is worth looking into.
Thanks for the link.
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 8:50:00 AM CST
- ChristineMM said...
Hi Sarah, I have not looked at HippoCampus for middle schoolers. When I looked at the site for high school they were using boring school textbooks. Some people say HC is free but the texts for the courses will cost $100-150-250 depending on the course. Sometimes people were looking for totally free online courses, where they'd pay nothing for the reading material.
I don't know what you are after for history, how exciting you want it to be.
For grade 7:
For US History consider Joy Hakim's series with other readings. For that age there is a lot of historical fiction and you can flesh out the Hakim books with more supplemental readings. Some of the picture books, you'd be surprised, are meaty and have a ton of info in them.
You might want to (but don't feel rushed to) read the Albert Marrin biographies.
Also check out Genevieve Foster's books if your son has not read them yet then grade 7 is still okay.
I had wanted to keep history not high pressure for my 6th grader then use high school to get more serious. My gr 9 son is reading some adult history books to go along with Hakim (he is late in reading those) and Hakim also has another book for high school or adult called Freedom a History of US.
Some like to use The Teaching Company lectures for high school.
I think I am trying to say there is a ton of stuff for middle school and junior high no need to rush to use high school materials since you will cover US history and at least some aspects of world history (depending on how you do your history studies) so there will be time in high school for the textbooks and even more meaty material.
Good luck and thanks for reading my blog and commenting so much!
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 9:14:00 AM CST
- Xa Lynn said...
I'll have to check those out - I want to thank you again for the Khan Academy info you blogged about awhile ago. My 10 year old was struggling with long division - and the Khan Ac videos worked for her much better than the Math-U-See we've been using. We are still going to use the Math-U-See workbook, but with the Khan Ac videos, since she says they make a lot more sense to her. She also says she would rather do her math on the computer, instead of writing it by hand. That gives me 3 months to find something...
And my husband has been watching all the statistics videos there, too. Someday, I'm going to have time for the Chemistry...probably about the time I have to start teaching it to the girls!
Xa Lynn
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 10:25:00 AM CST
- ChristineMM said...
Xa Lynn, are you aware of the login part of Khan Academy? You login for free using either a (free) gmail google email account or a Facebook account. Once you login they give you math problems to do that go with the video lesson.
The lessons are scored and they keep giving you new problems until you reach a certain mastery level.
There is a huge visual map thing that shows all the math topics and what links to what. Once you pass through certain levels you choose what to do next, it tells you what your options are.
It is amazing and so my DS11 has quit Teaching Textbooks 7 to do only Khan Academy!
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 10:43:00 AM CST
- dstb said...
Thanks for your comments about the US History. All great suggestions.
I think you are correct about the boring textbooks. I think what I liked about the site was that it would give me an outline of topics to follow.
I have used hippocampus before just for the short videos they have.
I would welcome more comments (if you have any) on the Hakim books. I have the whole set and also have Freedom. I have not looked yet to see how they compare.
I have all but one of the Foster books, but do you think we have read them yet?
I agree that there are some wonderful resources like picture books that we can supplement with. I usually do. My problem is getting a syllabus/outline I can stick with and this is where I thought hippocampus might be of some help.
Thanks for your input. I'll have to look at the Hakim books again and see how I want to proceed.
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 4:57:00 PM CST
- ChristineMM said...
I have not read all of the Hakim series yet, just too much to do, had thought I would.
The Freedom book is written on a higher level.
In Hakim's long interview on BookTV she said that the series starts off easier for younger kids then gets more word count and also the topics of war in the 1900s and the Holocaust etc are harder to deal with so for older end of the middle school years.
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 7:35:00 PM CST
- dstb said...
Thanks for the info on the Hakim books. I'll have to read some of the later books in the series and see how they are.
- Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 8:33:00 PM CST