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Americans have a weakness for excess. Too much of a good thing is not enough. We build cabins in the country with more square footage than most medieval castles, drive alone to work in SUVs large enough to carry a baseball team and watch "Law & Order" reruns in 24-hour marathons. "You wanna supersize that?" Sure, why not.
So the roughly two-day period from this Sunday afternoon until late Tuesday night will give the country an opportunity to overindulge in two of its abiding passions -- football and politics. First the Super Bowl and then, before you've had a chance to recover from an avocado overdose, the Super Tuesday returns will start coming in from 24 states holding primaries or caucuses. Time to see what Tim Russert, Juan Williams, Candy Crowley and 50 or 60 other experts can divine from the early returns.
For two days, there will be too much of everything -- not least of "experts." No zone blitz and no Kennedy endorsement will go unanalyzed. We will all learn more than we ever wanted to know -- or even thought it possible to know -- about Tom Brady's ankle and John McCain's age. (Is "old" the new "young"? Tune in and find out what our panel of experts thinks.) Many of the experts will venture predictions, some of which will even be correct, thus proving that a blind pig can occasionally find an acorn.
Sitting in front of the television during this 48-hour extravaganza, a viewer might find himself wondering just what it takes to get employment as an "expert." Clearly, it is a growth industry. The main qualification seems to be an instinct for finding any potential silence and filling it with words. So many words that one wonders how Troy Aikman and Chris Matthews manage to breathe.
Of course, if they talked only about the actual events -- the game and the elections -- the experts could never fill all that airtime. There is only so much you can say about the "Tampa Two." Or the "Nascar vote." After a while, even the bleariest, most stupefied viewer will get it.
Safeties deep and fly to the ball. Check.
These guys don't like Hillary because she reminds them of their fourth-grade teacher. Check.
Fortunately for the experts, there are many, many "story lines" (plain old "stories" don't interest them) weaving through the worlds of football and presidential politics. Take crying, for instance.
We recently got a lot of expert analysis about how Hillary Clinton cried before the primary in New Hampshire and Terrell Owens cried after his team, the Dallas Cowboys, lost a game and a chance to play in the Super Bowl. According to the experts, Mrs. Clinton added to her stature -- and vote -- by crying. Mr. Owens ("T.O." to the aficionados), by contrast, didn't fare so well in the experts' esteem. But then, he is a man playing football and . . . well, draw your own conclusions. Actually, whatever the judgment of the experts, it doesn't matter any longer. The crying stuff happened days ago, and the talk wasn't about conclusions. It was about filling silences.
During Super Bowl and Super Tuesday, the experts will be scanning the horizon and scouring the countryside looking for story lines that they can then analyze to death. Anything to avoid those silences.
The principal personalities will be good for many hours of pointless analysis. In the case of the football game, there are a few colorful characters. Randy Moss of the New England Patriots is one of the sport's legendary bad boys. The "story line" on Mr. Moss is that he has gone straight since the Patriots got him from the Oakland Raiders in a trade. Perhaps. It is true that Mr. Moss has had a wonderful season and been a good team-player. But, then, he was recently slapped with a restraining order, so who knows? Certainly not the experts, though that won't stop them from providing expert analysis.
They can talk about Bill Belichick, too. He is the famously taciturn head coach of the Patriots. Mr. Belichick and Hillary Clinton have a lot in common. In fact, the experts could probably cross over comfortably from one sport to the other when talking about these two. They are both highly intelligent and exceptionally humorless. Both are ferociously driven to win and would rather spend time alone with a briefing book than with other people. The word "convivial" does not come to mind.
"Unscrupulous," however, does. Mrs. Clinton, is cheating on her pledge not to campaign for delegates from Florida and Michigan. Mr. Belichick got slapped with a half-million-dollar fine early this season for electronically spying on rival teams, a violation of National Football League rules. For weeks afterward, Mr. Belichick would respond to press questions about the episode with a surly shrug and some mumbled words about how it was "time to move on." The phrase is not original with him.
By the end of the two-day festival, the experts will have talked themselves to exhaustion -- ours if not theirs. The nation will have eaten so many corn chips that, had the raw material been used to make ethanol, we could have stopped worrying about global warming and the price of oil for a few days. Thousands of people will have called in sick (hungover, that is) for work on Monday morning. Records will have been set for television ratings -- for the football game, anyway, and, who knows, maybe for cable news as well.
And oddly, nothing will really be settled. Mr. Belichik and his Patriots will most likely take the Lombardi trophy as champions of the NFL, but will it still count if they cheated to get to the big game in the first place? The political winners will, of course, have more primaries and the general election to go. And both political parties may soon begin to second-guess their choices. In other words, the experts won't be out of a job.
Mr. Norman edits the Web site vermonttiger.com.


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I read somewhere that sewing machines and fabric would be needed in Haiti. In some ways, I would think that RTW clothing would make more sense in these desperate times, with so many without shelter or electricity and just struggling to survive. Not sure where I read that. But, if it's true at some point, I wonder if our extra machines, stash, and notions could be donated and how. We have so much. Is that even financially sensible? Seems like it costs so much to ship fabric. Machines, I can see. So many have so little, but would sewing be a priority at some point? What about starting basic home businesses to produce items for sale? Home machines are not meant for commercial production, but could they be a start?
ASG has put out the following email to its members. If you are a member of ASG, you can follow the instructions in the email to donate:
"ASG responds to call for Haiti Relief Fund
Fellow ASG Members: Over the past days, as we have followed the news of the tragedy in Haiti with heavy hearts, we have considered what would be the best way for ASG to lend support to the Haiti Relief fundraising efforts. We have all received countless Haiti Relief appeals from every organization and email list we're associated with, so why duplicate what is already being done? Why not simply encourage ASG members to give directly through the many relief organizations? After hearing from many of you over the past few days, it has become clear to us that we do need to provide a uniquely ASG way for our members to give. We are more than a guild or an association, we are a community of sewing friends and we are instinctively drawn to respond to needs as a community. This is proven time and time again as we come together on so many projects that have a positive impact in the lives of those in need.
We have created the option of making a donation to Haiti relief efforts through the "Donate Now" page on our national website at www.asg.org. This can be accessed from the Make a Charitable Donation to ASG's Haiti Relief Fund link in the "What's New" section on our home page or by using the "Donate Now" link. 100% of the funds collected will go to Haiti Relief from American Sewing Guild members. The primary need at this time is for food, water and medications. At some future point in the recovery process, there may be other ways to offer aid, but at this time, the need is for money for supplies. Together we can make a measurable contribution and demonstrate the caring, sharing spirit of our ASG community!
Denise Dias, Chair, ASG Board of Directors
Margo Martin, Executive Director, ASG, Inc."
------A bad day in the sewing room is better than a good day at the office.
Getting through life, one stitch at a time.
There was an article about this on the msnbc.com web site today. It stronglye emphasized that right now, no goods need to be collected stateside. They are focusing on money because it is less of a logistical headache, and they can make the money go farther by buying supplies in bulk instead of collecting individual items to ship. They don't even want people going down there unless they have disaster training and are with a team.
I'm sure it will be a long term effort to help this poor country, so there will be opportunities later to give items.
------Now blogging at http://sewwest.blogspot.com
I think that if anyone is interested in donating a machine, they can contact the sewing machine project. You can also donate money to the project to help cover the cost of shipping the machines when the time is right to do that.
Sewing machines for Haiti -- Edited on 1/21/10 7:25 PM --
Yes, that certainly makes sense. I saw a news video where people were sending items instead of money, and they said, "It feels better to send something physical instead of just donating online." Well, that's well intended and I'm sure the items will get used, but I can see how it may be less helpful than intended.
Since such a high percentage of the population was unemployed, I wonder if grassroots sewing coops where the members make the profits versus being sweatshop labor would be something helpful in the future. I've heard about things like that in various developing nations. O Magazine sometimes features products made like this--pretty much they are handmade artsy items like high end (but not highly tailored) cotton or linen garments that may be embellished in some way, or bracelets or coasters or something. I just wonder if something related to economic development down the road would be helpful. I don't actually know how sewers would help unless we were to collectively, including other sewing organizations, use our professional skills and our love of sewing and care for the Haitians to help organize something like that, along with the marketing and sales of such products. If there were efforts like this, and the products were stylish and sturdy, I'll bet O Magazine would feature the products. Etsy too? Boutiques in NY, LA, Chicago, Jackson Hole, Austin, Miami, etc. would be good outlets too. A recognizable brand for a quality-controlled network of Haitian artisans could help rebuild some lives and benefit children.
Years ago I wrote fundraising literature for some well known, international aid organizations. I remember some programs that lent small amounts of money, like fifty dollars, to people in developing countries, particularly young widows with children to support and care for at home, and these people were giving guidance and emotional support in group and individual meetings, and over time, they could pay back that small amount of money, whereupon it was lent to someone else. Peers eventually began providing support and consultation in addition to that provided by the organization. In that program, the money was sometimes used for a single livestock animal or for a dozen chickens. Other times, it may be used for equipment such as a loom or sewing machine. Children were fed and cared for as a result, and the people who got these loans tended to significantly increase their standard of living.
Haiti is not Africa, and there may be many differences that would make that kind of program not work as it was in Africa. But, the idea of giving seed loans and mentoring the entrepreneur appeals to me.
I suppose there are organizations who know full well how to do this. But, I simply like thinking about ideas to support these people over time and to empower them. I can see Haitian handmade clothing as potentially being very chic.
Of course, I am rather naive about Haiti, Haitians and the needs that will emerge over time after the immediate survival issues are addressed. Well wishes are one thing, and so often ideas spawned from a distance can be quaint but unrealistic.
Down the road, of course. -- Edited on 1/21/10 7:36 PM --
PopoAgie- You might be interested in visiting the Kiva Microfinancing website. We have been lending money through them for a few years now and feel like we're doing much more than simply writing a check to any organization (although we give to Heifer International too and that's just money... but it goes to buy livestock for families to help promote a sustainable lifestyle).
I think it will be awhile before Haitians will be able to think about long term recovery vs. immediate relief, given the predictions of continued aftershocks in the coming weeks.
Thanks for all the info that's out there about how to help via donations of sewing machines/materials.
------I'm finally a blogger!
I think shipping anything right now, outside of food, water and medicine, would take up valuable cargo space
------Viking Lily 545
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Yes, it will be a while. But, what then? I would like to learn more about pre-earthquake Haiti. I guess they had earthquakes before, but I read that it had been 300 years since the last major earthquake.
I don't have much money to contribute to the causes but was wondering if there is a way for all of us to give of our talents and sew up a storm for the the unfortunate victims of the earthquake in Haiti There are many refugees needing comfort! NOT money! How about PJ's, Diapers, Blankets, I just dont have the money to send. However I DO have the ability to make bedtime a most warm time?
Can we all volunteer just a bit?
Please HELP!!!
Geesh.....this is NOT going to be the horrible DUMP of contributions during so many other relifef programs............
If I'm out of order I do beg your pardon. We can all sit here and think about what would be the best "thing" to send and in the mean time, NOTHING gets done! On our part i.e.
�When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me.�
~Erma Bombeck~
"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."
~Vincent Van Gogh~
Everything I've read suggest it costs more just to ship these types of goods that it would cost to buy them locally and often they're not the "right" goods anyway. People donating goods are actually hindering the efforts of relief organizations because it's so expensive to ship, sort and deliver them.
Right now they only need cash donations, unless something very specific has been requested by a specific organization. Maybe when things settle down there will be requests for other things, but right now they need the efficiency and flexibility that cash donations provide.
------I rip what I sew.
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My optician told me some time ago that I needed varifocals. I resisted and just upgraded my distance lenses and simply looked over the top for close work, my worry being that I would have difficulty looking through the viewfinder. However, the time has come to take the plunge as my mid distance requires compensation. Can any varifocal wearers offer any advice or reassurance?
Allan, I am nearsighted and have worn glasses to correct for it my entire life. Mostly, it has meant using bi-focals. My last pair of glasses I was talked into vari-focal lenses. I hate them with a passion. I use mostly OM-4T cameras these days and I simply adjust the built-in diopter for my eyesight (uncorrected) and when I use the camera, I take my glasses off.
I agree with mopar. Varifocals are very expensive and next to useless for almost everything (exept perhaps watching the telly and checking your watch at the same time!). I too have an OM4 with an ajustable viewfinder but with most cameras I find my long distance prescription seems to work OK. Unfortunately this means carrying two pairs of glasses or bi-focals to check camera settings.
Since my eysight started to deteriorate photography has become much more difficult in general and it can be hard to focus accurately. Because of this I have tended to gravitate towards rangfinder cameras. I now use an Olympus RD, a Mamiya 7 and a Fuji GW690 most of the time.
Thanks guys, that was exactly my fear, despite assurances from the optician ('cause he just wants to make money). It needs some thought, I do have a 30 day option, but the alternative might be 3 pairs of specs.
My dentist uses glasses that have attached, flip-down magnifiers.
Of course if you where those out in public, your friends and family members will refuse to acknowledge they know you
Hello I am new here having just bought an OM40. I have a bit of short sightedness I need glasses just about for close up reading.
I have never worked out whether this means I will have more trouble focusing than normal and if so what I can do about it. ie wear glasses and shoot or adjust the camera. Any thoughts/
I recall that when you look thru the viewfinder to focus, that the image is equivalent to looking at something about 36 inches away. This may help with what glasses or vision correction you need for focusing.
Thanks. I think I am in the clear then. My problems are text on a page a few inches away.
I need glasses to read - age thing, but have no problem focussing, I use OM2 and OM4 kit, so there must be something in the comment regarding 36 inch viewing distance thing poster earlier
I wear varifocals. When I'm out, I take them off and use a varimagni viewfinder which has built in dioptre correction. But, if you do that, make sure to use a spectacle cord. Varifocals are expensive if you loose them.
Over a year ago I contracted some sort of infection that left both eyes nearly blind. With medication I have recovered to about 70% vision. I will need lens replacement surgery.
Anyway this has made it difficult to focus, having to guess within a range. I can get by well enough but the worst part is I can't see the meter. The OM-4t and OM-3 displays are impossible. So now I rely on the A/E bodies. The OM-2S that I have is kind enough to have an audible beep when the exposure goes out of range, allowing me to change the aperture.
I have a light meter app on my iPhone that I want to try out. I will load up an OM-1 or the OM-3 and see how it does.
Since I have both an astigmatism and reading glasses, the built in diopter was not adequate. Get yourself an OM eyecup and the old glasses you just replaced. Put masking tape over the lens to protect it (and mark the top if you have an astigmatism), then cut out the lens with a dremel tool to fit into the eyecup. You can take the rubber cup off and just use the mounting piece to hold the lens. It's much better than trying to focus with glasses on. Just be careful that the eyecup doesn't slip off and you lose it.
There is some great info. here folks. At the moment I'm still using my distance specs. and looking over the top to view the controls which works fine. At the moment focussing isn't a problem with either my OM-2's or 4-Ti (1-4 screens), just a bit slower.


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Watch the news tonight. They interviewed me about a fire. I was high as balls so it should be entertaining.
Your list of "good ideas" thumbtacked to the lampshade last night consisted of nothing but "tampon-pen" with a note indicating that girls could then always have something to write with, even naked.
You know what I'm hearing? Blah, blah, blah, I have pneumonia, blah, blah, blah, I'm a quitter. COME OVER AND PUT YOUR PENIS INSIDE ME.
I was trying to be a bartender for my boyfriend and his friends last night, but I was too drunk so I just kept bringing them ice cubes in my hand.
You just threw your burrito at the passing teenage couple and yelled "It's never gonna last" of course your were a shit show
My goal for tonight is to swipe my debit card through those weird rolls on the back of a big bald guy's head.
It feels kinda weird thanking you for sucking my dick, but I just don't know what else to do right now
My dad just asked Siri to "help me find my daughters dignity."
On the way home she put on a necklace with her name on it and wrote my name in sharpie across my chest so that in the morning we could avoid the awkward Idk who the fuck you are conversation. Best. Girl. Ever.
I feel like delivery guys should know that when you order lunch for one and answer the door wearing sweatpants, there's no need to say "Happy Valentine's Day."
Prepare for tons of dick. I mean dick by the bucket loads. Waterfalls if cock.
Well I went on a freakin rampage and destroyed a fan and claimed that it wasn't doing its fan duties... Then I knocked on everybody's doors in the hall and asked if they were content with their fan's performance and if not I would take care of it...
I rode a bull tonight, There is absolutely no reason my dick is not in some chicks mouth
You might not want to come home tonight. Mom just found your vibrator and now she won't stop sobbing and holding a framed picture of you as a little kid.
I would watch the shit out of some full house right now.
All of a sudden i love everyone. In all their flawed and failing beauty. This is pretty good weed.
I took an adderall. This is weird. My eyes are really wide open and I am really good at staring. I've written on 9 peoples walls and updated my status. I am getting shit DONE!
"can of pringles" is totally a legitimate measure of time
You stuck a chicken finger in that stripper's clevage and said "Keep this warm for me.
If I EVER wake up with two black eyes again you better come up with a better story than trying to see how many punches I could take.
I projectile vomited in his sisters room where the toiled would have been if it were the bathroom.
What's that word that means bigger and smaller and bigger and smaller, again?
my drunken justification for peeing in her closet was that her shoes were ugly
I posted my balls on ericas instagram. It got 17 likes.
She made me be the little spoon then she pretended to be a jet pack for an hour straight
Dont get mad at me, it takes two to tango
We didnt even know he was in the house until he came downstairs and asked why he was wet
The good news is that I can 100% reassure you that you did not get knocked up by some creepy Italian dude named Sal Manella last night.
The bad news is that you will never know the name of the guy who may have gotten you pregnant last night because he clearly gave you a fake name, sweetie.
Is "incoherent" a legit goal to strive for tonight? Or should I stay sober enough to fuck who I can?
Is it sad that i just saw my moms thumb on the table & i instinctively put mine down cuz i thought she was thumbmaster?
I've never been so embarrassed. It's like waking up as Fred Durst.
took adderall before wrapping presents, ended up making paper snowflakes for two hours
hooked up with the gay kid & his friend's mom told me "you know he has a identical twin brother whose straight, right?"
I was in my bathroom taking a shit and my mom just opened the door, walked in, handed me a fudgesicle, and left without saying a word. Yeah. That just happened.
Hey history final, how's it feel to be raped in the ass by my steel cock of ACADEMIC PERFECTION?
i tried to knight her with my dick. she said it was unromantic. what an ungrateful attitude for a knight.
guy in front of me at the pharmacy just asked the pharmacist for 2 Plan B's and replied with, "If your wondering, then yes I did have a threesome. It was amazing".
Just remembered seeing jalepenos in my vomit last night. Reminded me to thank you for sharing your queso with me. You're a good friend.
I am going to make your legs soar from cumming so much
He got violent drunk so we have to untie him in the morning. He's in your basement and you're out of electrical tape. Don't forget because I will.
If you wake up soonish don't worry. I took your dog to burger king and now we're going to see some nice girls.
Pretty sure the girl next to me in Chipotle just came out to her mom.
At the end of the white elephant exchange, our professor had a big black dildo around her neck and I won a full body dinosaur suit. I could die tomorrow with no regrets.
my roommate is sobbing and looking at photos of elephants. i'm so confused.
You force fed me chocolate chips and avocados for 3 hours and kept asking me about my trip to sweden when I was 4.
we found you in the kitchen at five am trying to make a vodka omelette. you said you didn't want to live in a world where your two favourite things couldn't be together.
Also I spent like 2 hours on the hubble/nasa website sunday night looking at pictures of outer space and cried my face off at how beautiful and complex it is. What's wrong with me?!
You can drink as much as you want but it's not gunna make her forehead any smaller
This reunion sucks. All the confident hot girls from high school are still confident and hot, and none of the fat girls with low self esteem transformed into hot girls with low self esteem.
Were making Christian mingle accounts. First one to get laid doesn't pay bar tabs for a month.
What's the best way to say, "it's too early in our relationship to leave me at your place alone"? Steal something?
I am in my freshman residence hall trying to convince an Asian man to give me my pants back. Never. Drinking. Again.
I found you laying in the kitchen with a bottle of vodka and a slice of bologna on your face. You said you were having a spa day.
There was a sweat stain in the shape of a fast chick with low standard on your bathroom floor
I have no idea where I am, where my pants are, there is cheese stuck to my ass.. Why do I have your phone?
shot for shot with some guy twice your age to prove Detroit hustles harder then you left with him. We're tracking you
Can you send me a picture of you not naked, my mom wants to see what you look like
The more and more I drink I keep rationalizing banging eye patch girl
I never thought the first time a taser would be used on me would be at an applebees
Turned on my GPS and all that it said in the search bar was "beer,"
I don't really know how to say this, but I have an oven mitt to return to you tomorrow..
I can't remember where my feet are. All I can see are colors, and all I can feel is terror. The lollipop was a bad idea.
You did a line of free coke with an obese Slovenian unlicensed cab driver in the toilets of the most questionable strip club in the country. New low man.
They were picking gravel out of my face for an hour. I think I took more out of the road than the road did of me.
So I found "Fat chicks in saran wrap" in my search history.
Well the walls are thin and I can hear the couple next door having sex. I think their dog is somehow involved.
I found an HIV test/information brochure on the kitchen table and what i can only assume to be an "I'm sorry you might have AIDS" gift bag, complete with a candle and popcorn, and I haven't seen you in 36 hours. You good?
almost got into it with the cashier. bitch dont look at me like that just cuz im only buying wine and icing. ill fight.
All I remember is lecturing my dog about how she's a lucky bitch to have a structured eating and shitting schedule.
fact: I now appreciate my drunken winter self even more. I just found $20 in my winter coat with a note that says keep yourself warm next winter. I am awesome.
i wish you were under my bed. you sexy russian fur trapper.
please. text the right number. youve been sending me these all night.
so he tried marking my clit with a sharpie so he could "find it again next time".
For looking exactly like her, she tasted less like her sister than I would've thought
All i know if I'm throwing uo into a bag with a smiley facE on it right now and this is not a smileuy face time right nowe
I asked her to make me water, which in turn meant get me a glass. She handed me a cup of microwaved ice cubes.
raced the clock twice to day to see if i could get off before my computer died and before i left for my noon bar crawl... win, win
I'm slightly possesive over the gucamole when i'm stoned.
New plan for Halloween: you dress as Waldo, I'll dress as Carmen San Diego. We can just hide in a closet drinking till someone finds us.
He drew a face on his balls with a sharpie. It was like giving head to a unicorn.
Bring single women, or taken women who are unhappy with their relationships, or women who are happy with their relationships but have low moral standards, or women who just like to remove clothing when drunk (relationship status is unimportant for this option)
I'm not really into her personality. Not that we've ever looked for personality in women.
its been so long even thinking about having a dick inside me makes me sore
Apparently william has a "couch montage"...an album of facebook photos of himself on different couches in various states of happiness and despair. A heartwrenching journey through what was clearly a significant part of his life. I'd mock him more but I think the fact that I looked through it means he's already won
is it cool if i crash at ur house this weekend again bro
yea dude but i wld bring a sleeping bag or something just in case. or u may just have to shack up with a woman or 2 cuz we hav 10 girls visiting/staying over at my house.
how did u manage to make sleeping with a bunch of girls sound like an inconvenience?
I stumbled in at 6am to find my cat in the window making a noise I've never heard her make. When I went to the window there was a goat outside staring at us.
He came in both my eyes, then refused to give me a towel unless I found him by playing Marco Polo


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The leadership-sharing pact struck last week by state Senate Republicans and five breakaway Democrats is a good deal for those factions. But exactly how it will serve the people of New York is a troubling and, at this point, unanswerable question.
The partnership is as unprecedented as it was unnecessary. Despite their gerrymandering and creating a supposedly safe 63rd seat, Senate Republicans appear to have failed to hold onto the majority they have enjoyed for 44 of the past 46 years. Normally, that would mean Democratic control.
But Republicans eagerly partnered with the four-member Independent Democratic Caucus - since joined by former Majority Leader Malcolm Smith - to secure their power. IDC members, for their part, will enjoy outsized influence.
How all this sharing - the two sides will swap temporary Senate "presidents" every two weeks - will make for effective governing is difficult to envision. Even run-of-the-mill decisions like dividing resources between majority and minority members are being complicated.
This experiment in lawmaking is especially unfortunate given that the Legislature, under the leadership of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, had only recently begun to shed its reputation for dysfunction. A backslide into the chaos and confusion of the Democratic-led 2009-10 session, which included a month-long coup, is unacceptable.
Lawmakers from Cuomo to newly elected Democratic state Sen. Ted O'Brien of Monroe County are taking a wait-and-see attitude. O'Brien, noting IDC members' agenda aligns more closely with that of their fellow Democrats, scratches his head at the situation.
He's not alone.
Legislators return to Albany next month to debate issues ranging from campaign reform to a minimum wage increase; from a new state budget to mandate relief. That the Senate will address such issues via merry-go-'round leadership is not encouraging.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup ddrivers are supposed to be the best in all of the sport - just ask them.
But when a race starts to wind down to the nitty gritty especially on a restrictor plate track like at Daytona on Saturday night, a bunch of kids in drivers ed would be an improvement.
After a very clean first two-thirds of the Coke Zero 400, the last 40 laps were nothing but an expensive demoltion derby with one multi-car accident after another marring what was shaping up to be one of the better races of the season, which I know isn't that tall of an order given the snoozers we've endured for much of this Sprint Cup season.
The last plate race at Talladega was one of the best races of the year but was also spoiled by the caution flag mania in the closing stages.
I know the plates make it difficult to pass and using the draft with a friend or teammate is about the only way to move ahead.
But why are these guys able to do it without tearing up equipment in the first 350 miles but then seem to lose their minds - and touch - at the end?
Certain people Saturday night deserve special mention. Brian Vickers, for running over just about everything else on the track with four wheels, and Jeff Gordon, who somehow kept his composure after being punted out of the front of the field on the final restart by Carl Edwards.
I am a proponent for ending the season at Daytona, the perfect place to begin and finish a year. Unfortunately that would mean capping the schedule, the season and the championship with a plate race.
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Jessie Belle Holt goes after what she wants, and nobody will stand in her way. Even at the tender age of eighteen, she has found the secret to her personal success: her body and her beauty.
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Jezebel is a beautiful and emotional journey through the eyes of a manipulative, spoiled rotten woman willing to do just about anything save adultery to get her way. Ms. Thomas brings her characters to life with a vivid imagination and scenes that are so crystal clear I could actually feel the hate coming from Jessie Belle's victims. I did not see Jessie Belle as an evil person to begin with, but as the story progressed and her plans became more devious, I could not believe what I was reading. I think what made this story all the more emotional was how blind Traynor was to his wife's activities, and later, as she was doing things that could ultimately ruin his ministry, he was trying to get her to become the wife he wanted her to be. With this story that spans a lifetime, you will find yourself enraptured by the Deveraux family life and how twisted this woman is.
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The two Catherine Richards Prizes may be awarded annually for the best article published in Mathematics Today in the preceding year. The second prize was created to recognise younger contributors. From 2013 the Early Career Mathematician Catherine Richards Prize Competition replaced the additional Catherine Richards Prize for writers under 35.
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Records of Rights Vote: The 14th Amendment
Cast your vote now for the 14th Amendment to be displayed first in the new Rubenstein Gallery. Today's post comes from Jessie Kratz, the Historian of the National Archives.
Why should the 14th Amendment be ranked first on any list of most important documents?
A constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship for all, Federal protection of due process, and the mandate for equal protection under the law—each could individually be considered among the most significant legislation in U.S. history. And all three are included in just the first section of the 14th Amendment.
The amendment originated after the Civil War when Congress tried passing legislation to secure civil rights for the recently freed slaves. President Andrew Johnson repeatedly vetoed these bills because he believed individual states had the right to determine the status of freedmen without interference from the Federal government.
In order to take the issue out of Johnson's reach, Congress chose to address civil rights with a constitutional amendment. On June 13, 1866, Congress approved a five-part amendment to the Constitution and on July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment became law.
Section one of the amendment includes its most vital components.
First, the Citizenship Clause ensured that anyone born in the United States—regardless of … [ Read all ]
Posted by Hilary on September 30, 2013, under - Civil Rights, - Civil War, News and Events.
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The people are voting. And the winner is . . . up to you!
Today's blog post comes from Bruce Bustard, curator at the National Archives in Washington, DC.
"Exercise your right to vote! This time, help shape the new exhibition space at the National Archives." David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States
The National Archives invites you to choose an original document for our new exhibition.
America's founding documents—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—are icons of liberty. But the ideals enshrined in those documents did not initially apply to all Americans. They were, in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. "a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir."
"Records of Rights," a permanent exhibition in the new David M. Rubenstein Gallery at the National Archives in Washington, DC, allows visitors to explore how generations of Americans sought to fulfill this promise of freedom. "Records of Rights" showcases original and facsimile National Archives documents to illustrate how Americans throughout our history have debated and discussed issues such as citizenship, free speech, voting rights, and equal opportunity.
Now everyone can join this debate and help the curators select the first original landmark document to be featured for the November 8 opening. Make your mark at the "Records of Rights Vote," an online poll where you can help choose the opening document to be displayed.
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A driver suffered no injuries Thursday after a piece of wood pierced his windshield on I-95.
Jeannot Menelas was driving southbound in Deerfield Beach when a piece of wood fell out of the back of a Ford pick-up truck in front of him, bounced on the ground, and went through his windshield, said the Florida Highway Patrol.
Menelas, 48, then pulled off the interstate just south of the 10th Avenue exit.
Menelas was taken to Broward Health North as a precaution.
"When I'm coming, I'm out. I don't remember nothing," he said. "God give me life today. I'm not supposed to get life today. I said thanks God."
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- What does the U.S. credit downgrade mean for your bank account? Sen.Bob Corker, R-TN tackled the issue during a luncheon in downtown Knoxville Monday.
"Everybody's in a state of concern right now, as they should be," said Corker. Because here at home and on world markets, our nation's image is taking a beating. Add to that, discord in congress over "how" to solve the debt problem.
"You know it's going to take both parties to get us out of this," Corker said. Those same politicians, plus Tea Party members whom some here believe are to blame.
"They're the ones that brought us in this mess. They need to get us out and they need to hurry up," said James Sigwerth of Knoxville.
Said Stephen Ogle, also of Knoxville, "I think you can probably point your finger at everybody in Washington, D.C."
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"We've got to deal with entitlements. "With people living longer we're going to have to raise the retirement age," said Corker.
Across town Gov. Bill Haslam is also reacting to the U.S. credit rating downgrade. "I think Washington will be sending less money to the states and the cities."
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MADISONVILLE, Ky. (9/11/13) – The Madisonville 911 Advisory Council has taken another step forward in relocating the 911 Central Dispatch office to a larger, more efficient facility.
Bringing dispatch together for all fire departments in the county including Dawson Springs is part of the plan, which revolves around renovating part of the old Hopkins County Courthouse ground floor. The plan calls for moving from the 300-square-foot dispatch office at the Madisonville Municipal building to a 1,200-square-foot office at the courthouse building.
"This is about streamlining and standardizing for all departments in the county," said board chairman Madisonville Police Chief Wade Williams. "It will be like we're all using the same sheet of music."
Earlington received a grant for upgrades for dispatching, but the 300-square-foot Central Dispatch space cannot accommodate any new equipment.
Dawson Springs operates its own dispatch but would join the county system when a new office is completed. When it does, the city of Dawson Springs has offered to pay $15,000 toward the salary of a part-time person to add to the dispatch roster.
Dawson Springs also would help fund the equipment to get on the same dispatch circuit.
The Madisonville 911 Advisory Council may be upgraded to an official Hopkins County 911 Advisory Council after both the city and county make the appropriate interlocal agreements. Williams expects to present advisory board recommendations to the Madisonville Council at its next meeting. A presentation to the Hopkins County Fiscal Court will also be a part of the process.
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I basically agree with Cooley. If we leave Grant out of it, without control of the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, the Confederacy loses Kentucky and Nashville. And the chain of dominoes has started tumbling. Break the railroad at Corinth and and a wedge is driven between the east and west Confederacies. The loss of Memphis drives the wedge deeper. Lose New Orleans, Vicksburg and Port Hudson and you have two Confederacies.
Next is Chattanooga and Knoxville. They feed Sherman's Armies during the Atlanta Campaign. Mobile falls (as a port) to the navy at about the same time. The dominoes are falling, and the first one was tipped at Ft. Donelson.
Should have noticed the "Comeback Kid" comment. Grant's military performance wasn't remarkable and wasn't disastrous at Belmont and in SE Missouri. Whether Elihu Washburne had his fingers into getting Grant promoted to the District of Cairo, I can't say. Maybe it was Halleck grooming a promising subordinate. But, at Donelson, he certainly gained Lincoln's attention.
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REVIEW: Sexiest Man Alive by Diana Holquist
Dear Ms. Holquist:
I was skeptical that I was going to like this book given the back cover copy, the title and the concept. It just sounded too hokey, too precious. If it wasn't sent to me for free, I don't think I would have read it because I wouldn't have bought it. However, what is inside the cover is a funny, sweet and tender contemporary romance that reveals our insecurities are sometimes what makes us so attractive if we don't let them stop us from moving forward. It's a romance in the truest sense of the genre definition and it does not rely on secondary romances, sappy epilogues, or contrived suspense to make it work.
Jasmine Burns has a sister who's psychic talent is to be able to touch someone and hear the name of their one true love. She gets only the name though so it's up to the person to figure out which John Smith is their One True Love. Jasmine is told that her One True Love is Josh Toby. There is one Josh Toby she knows and he is the Sexiest Man Alive.
Jasmine Burns suffers from androphobia which is "an abnormal and peristent fear of men." Like most extreme phobias, this seriously limits Jasmine's life. She cannot speak to them without getting physically ill and thus her tailoring business run from her tiny efficiency on the "Upper-Upper West Side" of Manhattan consists of only females. To males who inquire, she simply gives the "too busy" excuse. However, an opportunity arises for Burns to apply for a position on an off Broadway product of Romeo and Juliet with a famed designer, Arturo Mastriani.
She tries to get ready for this by talking to a naked Ken doll which is suggested by one of the multitude of not so helpful self help books she has purchased.
She paced. Seven steps. Pivot. Seven steps. Pivot. Exercise #12, page 127 in her Good-bye Shy! workbook had made sense in theory: Practice job interviews with a doll to focus on until the panic is gone. To achieve maximum vulnerability, rehearse the interview with both parties naked.
Jasmine couldn't get completely naked. She settled on a black lace teddy for herself. Ken wasn't so shy. He went all the way without complaint.
Josh Toby is a two time Sexiest Man Alive designee and a movie star who's action films haven't lead the critics to say anything nice about his brain power. Josh wants to be known as a true actor and has a not so brilliant idea of disguising himself as a non entity in order to achieve the dream of acting on stage and thereby ridding himself of the nothing more than a pretty face accusation.
Both Jasmine and Josh have their own insecurities which makes their hook up more believable. Josh's movie star fame has led to an estrangement with his parents. Jasmine's neurosis has kept her from having even the remotest acquaintance with a male. They are both incredibly lonely individuals.
Together they find strength to face and conquer their fears and that is what leads me to believe in the connection of the two. Further, the character flaws are important plot points to the story and how those flaws or neuroses are dealt with, accepted and even embraced makes the story poignant.
You did a great job of showing both the bad parts of being famous and the good parts. Josh Toby really did enjoy being famous but when it prevents him from having Jasmine, he begins to regret it.
There are some great comedic moments that are inserted here. There is more than one Josh Toby in New York. One is a librarian at the NY library. Apparently a lot of homeless people come and take refuge in the library and the first time that Jamine meets librarian Josh, he assumes she is a bag lady because of her appearance and her crazy story about One True Love and so forth.
She felt desperate to explain. "I've never felt this way around a–"" She stopped herself from saying "man." It sounded too sexual. "A stranger. Ever. I guess that sounds kind of crazy.–Â
"Oh, no. It sounds perfectly normal to me." He leaned in toward her, took her hand from his wrist, and placed it gently on the table. "You can stay here as long as you like, and you can sketch me all you like if you do it quietly. But I can't have you and Eleanor fighting.–Â
Jasmine looked from Eleanor to Josh and then back to Eleanor. Eleanor and her friends are bag people. "You think I'm crazy.–Â
Josh motioned to the table. "We don't say 'crazy' here. We're a public facility, and all are welcome if they sit quietly. That's Tony. He thinks he's Jesus Christ. Which is fine. Jesus was a very quiet man. Sometimes he thinks he's Elvis, though. That can be a problem. Next to him, the woman with the Indian headdress, that's Suzanne, but she likes to be called Crouching Panther. Eleanor, who you met earlier, thinks she's my wife. Which is okay so long as she's quiet." He raised one freckled finger at Jasmine to prevent her from replying. "If we have complaints about body odor, we have to ask you to leave.–Â
"No, you don't understand! I'm not crazy! Let me explain. See, the voices that Amy hears are–"–Â
He gave her a practiced librarian shush: one finger lightly against his lips, his lips pursed, no sound, but warning eyes. Maybe they taught that in library school. "Amy's welcome too. Whenever it's cold outside, we get lots of friends who come in to keep warm. The weather turned this morning, and I'm glad you found us!" He looked to Eleanor and waved. Then he said very seriously to Jasmine, "No fighting with Eleanor. If you want to be my wife, too, that's fine. So long as everyone gets along.
There's even a convenient HEA for all those involved but it worked perfectly in the scope of the book that it only made me smile. That's what I can say about this book. The Sexiest Man Alive made me smile, laugh out loud and sigh in appreciation. B+
Best regards


text: Edwyn Collins on rebuilding his life and identity through music Culture 22 February 13 by David Cornish Flickr In 2005, musician Edwyn Collins had a stroke. He totally lost his memory, and his vocabulary was reduced to little more than a few words. Slowly, with the help of medical care and his wife, Collins was able to rebuild his ability to communicate. "I could only say yes and no," Collins tells the audience of The Story at London's Conway Hall, a creative conference dedicated to all forms of storytelling. He's here with Pulse films documentary maker Edward Lovelace, to share their new documentary In your voice, in your heart, a story of Collins' shattered identity re-emerging through his recovery and music writing. As Collins embarked on the road to recovering from his stroke, rediscovering his former life and memories, he reacquainted himself with a love of music. Against all the odds, he worked to record a new album -- something unlike anything he'd ever written before. Losing sleep was released last year, receiving huge critical acclaim. "It was difficult to come back to at first," he says. "I remember, back in hospital, I wrote a song over two days, 'Searching for the truth'." It was the first song he'd written since the stroke. He sings the audience a sample of the song. "It was a simple song, but an effective song nonetheless." Collins shared The Story's stage with Lovelace, whom he had met two years before his stroke. Having heard how radically different the sound of Collins' new album was, Lovelace wanted to make a documentary that told Collins' story, capturing the musician's journey back into music after his life-changing stroke. "It's about Edwyn's recovery and about his life before the stroke -- it's a story from his perspective," says Lovelace. He tells the audience that In your voice, in your heart was largely put together by Lovelace and fellow director James Hall chatting with Collins over "anything and everything". "Quite often we were finding things through conversation that we hadn't thought we were going to discover," explains Lovelace. Lovelace plays the trailer for the new documentary. Collins' voice breaks through a now silent Conway hall: "I wanted to say something true, something valid. It's never easy... and it's heartbreaking stuff let's say." Collins' new album Understand is released on 25 March and you can watch the trailer for In your voice, in your heart here.Image: Edwyn Collins / Carlos Blanco / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Edited by Liat Clark Latest on wired.co.uk


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News and notes on the restaurant scene from dining critic Carol Deptolla
Ramen shop Tochi opens Friday in Shorewood
A reminder: Tochi, the ramen shop replacing Anaba Tea Room in Shorewood, will open today at 11 a.m.
Tochi, in the lower level of the Garden Room shop at 2107 E. Capitol Drive, will be in Anaba's reconfigured dining room. The focus will be ramen, the Japanese noodle bowl, but the restaurant will serve some other Asian-inspired dishes.
The format change was announced in December.
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WIND goes live in Canada with $35 unlimited data
updated 11:50 am EST, Wed December 16, 2009
WIND starts with Bold 9700 and low prices
Canadian provider WIND Mobile formally launched today and became the fourth major cell carrier in the country. The company pitches itself as the antithesis of typical cellphone carriers and promises none of the hidden costs of incumbents like Bell or Rogers, such as activation or service access fees. It also makes a point of offering phones and devices without contracts; while device prices are higher, it lets customers switch providers without an early termination fee.
Plans are much like those leaked earlier and focus on including features whenever possible: every plan has caller ID, conferencing, forwarding, waiting and missed call alerts that are often optional at other carriers. While a $15 starting voice plan only provides 100 minutes of talk and 50 outbound messages,a $35 plan provides unlimited calling within a subscriber's province; a $45 plan allows for free Canada-wide calls.
WIND also bills itself as the first Canadian carrier to offer truly unlimited data even for smartphones and modems, charging just $35 and $45 respectively for the feature. The carrier's rivals so far only offer about 1GB of data at similar pricing.
Several devices accompany the launch, two of which are smartphones. Besides the BlackBerry Bold 9700, WIND also expects to carry the HTC Maple, its version of the Windows Mobile-based Snap. These will cost $450 and $300 respectively and will be joined by a lone USB modem, the Huawei E181 ($150) as well as feature phones like the Samsung Gravity 2 (also $150) and Huawei U7519 ($130).
Fully native overage and retail shops will primarily focus on the greater Toronto area and Calgary this week, with Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver becoming available in 2010. WIND has a roaming agreement and so can provide coverage across Canada in areas it doesn't yet serve itself.
The service potentially upturns the Canadian cellular market, where the three major existing carriers often have similar pricing and have been accused of abusing a relatively safe position by often pushing three-year contracts, capping data transfers and concealing the true costs of phones from customers.


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Last Thursday, I went to Pepperdine University with my dear friends Melanie, Richie and DJ for the screening of a documentary called "Dying to Tell the Story." The film tells the extraordinary story of the life and death of my hero – artist, activist and Reuters photographer Dan Eldon – and introduces the world and motivation of photojournalists like Dan who risk their lives in order to get coverage in war-torn nations.
At age 22, Dan was the youngest photographer on the Reuters staff who was just beginning to realize his potential as a war photojournalist. In the summer of 1993, Dan was on assignment in Somalia when U.N. troops bombed a command post within which they thought contained warlord Gen. Mohammed Farah Aidid. The troops were mistaken, and as a result, hundreds of innocent citizens were wounded and killed. The atrocity sparked an uprising, and when Dan and 5 of his colleagues arrived to cover the scene, the raging mob turned on them and the journalists were unable to escape. All but one were stoned to death.
The film is narrated by Dan's sister, a then-23-year-old Amy Eldon, as she undergoes a personal journey to find peace and meaning in her older brother's violent death.
Amy interviews news correspondents, cameramen, journalists and photographers who have covered numerous wars, as well as some who have worked with Dan. They discuss the life-threatening risks photographers and journalists take to bring important stories home. These brave journalists have much to say about war, death, famine and other unspeakable monstrosities they've seen and the toll these things have taken on their psyche and morals.
Journalists interviewed include Christiane Amanpour, Corrine Difka, Jacqueline Arzt Larma, Peter Magubane, Carlos Mavroleon and renowned BBC correspondent Martin Bell, who had covered 11 wars. Amy also speaks with the sole surviving witness to Dan's death, Reuters cameraman Muhammad Shaffi, as he takes her to the site of that fateful day in Mogadishu.
Although it was filmed in 1997, this documentary is unfortunately still relevant to today's events, as journalists were and are still being attacked while covering protests in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. It is because of media coverage, news correspondence, citizen journalism and the power of global acknowledgment that we are able to witness unfair and inhumane oppression and be moved to make positive social change by thoughtful discussion and take action by sending in aid and support. Reporters risk life and limb to perform this public service. Without these courageous and diligent people, horrifying injustices around the globe will continue, unheard and unseen.
[After the above photos, taken by Dan Eldon, were published in TIME Magazine, humanitarian aid was sent into Somalia almost immediately.]
"Dying to Tell the Story" is moving, powerful, beautiful, inspiring and important. Every compassionate human being needs to see this film.
A touching and thought-provoking discussion with Amy Eldon Turteltaub and executive producer Kathy Eldon followed the screening.
My friends and I cannot stop talking about how inspired and empowered we are to use our talents and passions to become creative activists and ignite positive change in the world around us. I encourage you to please experience this poignant and influential film for yourself.
To watch in parts on YouTube –
To order a copy from Creative Visions Foundation –
For more information about the Creative Visions Foundation, an organization that supports creative activists around the world founded by Kathy Eldon in memory of her son Dan Eldon, visit creativevisions.org
"Dying to Tell the Story"
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Hosted by Amy Eldon Turteltaub


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Swaziland: HRF Calls on Absolute Monarch to Release Human Rights Lawyer and Investigative Journalist
NEW YORK (April 14)—The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) calls on the Swaziland monarchy to release human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki Makubu, imprisoned on charges of "contempt of court" after questioning the independence of the country's judicial system. The two prisoners of conscience were arraigned in the Chief Justice's private chambers without legal representation on March 18th, and released on April 6th, only to be re-arrested Wednesday, April 9th. They await today's April 14th court date in a maximum security prison.
"As with all dictatorships, Africa's last absolute monarchy uses a fully subservient judiciary not to serve justice but to imprison critics," said HRF president Thor Halvorssen. "This is typical behavior for an autocracy whose ruler routinely tramples human rights to preserve his ill-gotten wealth and power."
Swaziland has been ruled by King Mswati III since 1986. He inherited the throne from his father, King Sobhuza, who banned political parties, scrapped the post-colonial constitution, and reigned for 60 years with an iron fist. Mswati outdid his father by imposing a new constitution in 2006 that allows him to handpick the prime minister, governing cabinet, and members of the judiciary.
Thulani Maseko, a senior member of Lawyers for Human Rights Swaziland, and Bheki Makubu, editor-in-chief of the country's only independent news outlet (The Nation), were arrested after they authored articles criticizing Chief Justice Michael Ramodibedi for abuse of power. Ramodibedi had ordered the arrest of Swaziland's motor vehicle inspector when a vehicle used by another high court judge was impounded for a minor traffic violation.
Publishing criticism of Mswati's ruling party is banned in Swaziland, where the king uses draconian laws like the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act to imprison his opponents. Since 2012, citizens have been forbidden to sue the king in civil courts. Further, judges who have issued rulings critical of the king have been suspended for insubordination.
"The imprisonment of Makubu and Maseko flagrantly violates Articles 9 and 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as well as Articles 6, 7, and 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, both signed by Swaziland," said HRF international legal director Javier El-Hage. "King Mswati and Chief Justice Ramodebedi need to start living up to their human rights obligations, and a good first step is to release Maseko and Makubu. Since Mswati and his friends control all the courts, the power to make this decision is in their hands," said El-Hage.
King Mswati, described by the New York Times as being worth "billions of dollars," owns 13 palaces. Every year, he hosts a stadium-sized festival where he chooses a new bride from tens of thousands of corralled, under-age, half-naked virgins. He now "owns" 15 wives. Eighty percent of Swazis subsist on less than $2 per day. Even the government admits that annual corruption exceeds social spending. More than 25% of the adult population is HIV-positive.
Thulani Maseko is a confirmed speaker at the 2014 Oslo Freedom Forum, to take place in Norway from May 12-14.
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