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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253076068488767482015-09-16T11:51:09.766-05:00Man o' LawPosting the sane and insane news about the law and what otherwise strikes my fancy. The opinions and commentary made by this author is solely his own. It does not reflect the opinion of any other individual or organization including the 83rd District Attorney's Office or Pecos, Brewster, Presidio or Jeff Davis Counties.Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-20060937260925401992014-11-20T16:36:00.001-06:002014-11-20T16:54:45.550-06:00Its Marfa Prada Time

Its an interesting structure and "sculpture" indeed. Way out here in the "High Desert" west of Marfa, Texas!

9271977 avoids jail time through plea agreement

By JOHN DANIEL GARCIA

JEFF DAVIS COUNTY – Waco artist Joseph Magnano, whose March 9 'artistic statement' decrying the practices of the TOMS shoe company through the vandalism of Prada Marfa, has taken a plea agreement to avoid a trial, which had been set for Tuesday, November 18.

Joeseph Magano

According to Jeff Davis County Clerk Jennifer Wright, Magnano pleaded guilty to two lesser charges of Class A misdemeanor criminal mischief for his "appropriation" of the Prada Marfa building.

Magnano, 37, was sentenced to one year in a county jail probated to two years, a $1,000 fine, and was ordered to pay $10,752 in restitution.

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Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-66886231212699062342014-11-18T11:05:00.001-06:002014-11-18T11:16:35.482-06:00

Where's Man O' Law?

Dear Readers;

Its been quite a year plus for me:

Due to family considerations I decided not to run for County Court at Law #3 in Bexar County, but you probably knew that.

I am no longer with the Comal County District Attorney's Office in New Braunfels.

I am now employed in Alpine, Texas with the 83rd District Attorney's Office which covers 4 counties, Pecos, Brewster, Presidio and Jeff Davis Counties.

I am the Border prosecutor however, I still have my primary residence in San Antonio and I live in Alpine, Texas.

All interesting. I intend to get back to blogging again.

See you again soon,

Regards Man o' LawSamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-86987111738320952522013-07-03T22:03:00.001-05:002013-07-04T11:23:08.190-05:00And we're off and running!

Dear Readers;

First.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!

We have been blessed to live in this country and we owe so much to it and each other.

On a bright note, a shout-out to all those Egyptians who protested and marched in Tahrir Square in Cairo and in other places across Egypt.

Salaam Aleikim friends and may you discover and recover Freedom and Democracy for you and your families.

Second.

The race is underway for my election as Judge of Bexar County Court at Law Number 3. I am delighted that Craig Kapitan tweeted about it, see below:

 Craig Kapitan   @HearsaySA

Here's one I didn't expect: Comal County prosecutor/Man o' Law blogger @skatz51 has signed up to run for Bexar's Court-at-Law No. 3.

Thank you!

Man o' Law
Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-70218791291432933842013-06-09T10:57:00.000-05:002013-06-09T10:57:03.887-05:00Third of all

Code of Judicial Conduct

As I am running for a Judicial Bench I am bound by the Code of Judicial Ethics in Texas. I construe it quite liberally (so I do not get into trouble) and therefore if I post any news articles they will be without comment.

I may post news articles occasionally and I may post articles concerning my campaign and what is, or will be, going on.

Thanks!

SamSamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-68700068296941817632013-06-09T10:37:00.001-05:002013-06-09T10:43:43.937-05:00Second of All

Vote Sam Katz for Judge of Bexar County Court at Law #3

The other shoe has dropped!

Well, that is the other side of the news this morning. I have decided to throw my hat into the ring again my friends and I will be running for Judge of County Court at Law #3 in Bexar County.

It has county-wide jurisdiction and it is technically a court of general jurisdiction which is only hearing civil cases at the current time.

I am seeking the Bench and the Republican Primary is in March, 2014, and the General Election, of course, is November, 2014.

I seek your support, and if you live in Bexar County, I humbly seek your votes as well.

Thanks!

Sam KatzSamhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-62039500590098976722013-06-09T10:26:00.000-05:002013-07-03T22:08:24.432-05:00First of all

WHY AREN'T I REALLY BLOGGING LIKE I USED TO?

Some of you may be wondering what went on. Well let me explain.

If you regularly read this blog you know (and even if you don't regularly read it it should be quite apparent if you have half a brain) that I just post news articles from papers, blogs, comments and the like, from around the Internet.

Well, somebody wanted information apparently on some case I had posted a news article about from I believe 2008 or 2009. He, allegedly, wanted information because he was going to make a documentary about the case and alleged he was somehow distantly related to the perp or whatever.

I ignored the e-mail because:

1.) I knew nothing concerning the matter;

2.) It was from Bexar County and the Bexar County DA's Office prosecuted the case as was clearly stated in the news article;

3.) Even if we, the Comal County DA's Office, had prosecuted it I am not going to be sending out "inside" information on the case, let alone a 4-5 year old matter, to any Tom, Dick or Harry.

Well, then he sends a copy of the e-mail he sent me to my boss, the Comal County DA.

That went over about as well as you can expect and I agree with her.

So, NO I do not have ANY INFORMATION ON ANY CASES ESPECIALLY ONES FROM NEWS ARTICLES I SELECT FROM AROUND THE INTERNET AND THE REAL WORLD. NONE, NOTHING, NADA, ZIP, AND BUPKIS.

GET IT?

I don't know and if I did I ain't telling you.

Thank you, rant out.

Sincerely;

Man o' Law Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-54111134762200878712013-06-01T22:30:00.003-05:002013-06-01T22:31:04.557-05:00My Dear Friends and Readers

Farewell and Adieu!

Well, my friends sometimes in life it is time to move on. There will be some changes and exciting news to come in the next few weeks and I will be stopping my Man o' Law blog for various reasons I am unable to go into now.

This blog will stay up for a while however and there may be links to a new site as well.

Thank you for reading us!

Farewell my dear friends and readers, farewell.

Man o' LawSamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-58091481862424378162013-05-29T08:22:00.002-05:002013-05-29T08:23:20.799-05:00He has a fool for a client

There is an old saying.

"Show me a man who represents himself at trial and you will see that he has a fool for a client"

Welcome to being a fool; soon you will get your 72 virgins.

Salaam!

Accused Fort Hood gunman plans to represent self at trial
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan will ask a U.S. military court on Wednesday to rule he can represent himself at his trial this summer which could bring the death penalty on charges he killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage.

Jury selection in Hasan's military trial at Fort Hood was delayed until next week after he asked the judge, Colonel Tara Osborn, to let him fire his lawyers and represent himself. The trial is scheduled to start July 1.

Hasan is accused of opening fire on a group of soldiers who were preparing to deploy to Iraq in November 2009 in the worst shooting rampage on a U.S. military post. In addition to the 13 people who died, 32 others were wounded.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-18598529015390338162013-05-27T09:53:00.002-05:002013-05-27T09:57:30.056-05:00The last man standing from the 19th Century

Wow.

He has seen man go from horses to outer space.

Walking to flying.

Writing to typing to the Internet.

Very amazing.

Outnumbered by the girls, he's the last man standing
Sydney Morning Herald -

With the death in Barbados on Thursday of James Emmanuel ''Doc'' Sisnett, at the age of 113 years and 90 days, Jiroemon Kimura, of Japan, has become the last man alive to have been born in the 19th century.

Literally the last man. There are, according to the Gerontolgy Research Group at UCLA, 21 women born before New Year's Day, 1901, who are still with us, most of them living in the United States or Japan, with others in Europe and Canada.

But while the females born in the reign of Queen Victoria strongly outnumber him, Mr Kimura, born on April 19, 1897, has one record the girls can't match - not just yet, anyway. At 116, the ''supercentenarian'' is the oldest human on the planet.

Supercentenarians are people who have lived past their 110th birthday, and while it's estimated that there may be 200 or 300 living today, only 60-odd have been verified by reliable birth records. Of them only two, Mr Kimura and Japanese woman Misao Okawa, are known to be still living aged 115 or older.

Being born in the year 30 of the Meiji period, Mr Kimura has lived in the reigns of four emperors, and through the premierships of 61 Japanese prime ministers, from Matsukata Masayoshi to Shinzo Abe.

Mr Kimura retired in 1962 aged 65, after working for 45 years in the Japanese post office. He now lives in Kyō¯tango, Kyoto Prefecture, with his eldest son's widow, 83, and his grandson's widow, 59, and attributes his long life to eating small portions of food, and admits to spending most of his time ''in bed''.Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-63115449913651484702013-05-27T09:27:00.002-05:002013-05-27T09:48:24.044-05:00Memorial Day

Remembering those who served

I was going to say Happy Memorial Day however, I believe it is a solemn occasion. A day spent honoring those who gave us the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, to defend Freedom, Liberty, and our way of life.

We also honor those who served in our military, those before us and those who serve amongst us.

To all, those who paid the ultimate price and to those who served and are serving, Man o' Law and millions of others salute you.

We are what we are and who we are because of you.

Salute.

Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-56795459563489238922013-05-26T10:13:00.002-05:002013-05-26T10:17:22.666-05:00Welcome Summer Madness

Ahh! I see Summer Madness is back.

Texas man charged in deaths of mother, stepfather
Associated Press -

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting his mother and stepfather has been charged with capital murder.

Travis County authorities say 41-year-old Carlos Whitcomb was taken into custody Saturday and charged. It's too soon to say if prosecutors will seek the death penalty against him.

Travis County Sheriff's Office spokesman Roger Wade says a neighbor found 60-year-old Kenneth Payne and his 62-year-old wife, Phyllis Payne, dead in their home.

Wade says Whitcomb lived at the home with his mother and stepfather in the eastern part of Travis County in central Texas.

Authorities are still investigating and have not revealed a possible motive. Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-63234968711663801532013-05-26T09:30:00.001-05:002013-05-26T09:30:26.111-05:00Sorely tired but its all good

Rocked out!

Dear Readers;

Yesterday Man o' Law and 2 of the Girls o' Law, and one of their boyfriends, who is from Pennsylvania, drove from San Antonio to Carlsbad Caverns and back in less than 24 hours.

The entire round trip was just under 1000 miles.

Yes, we saw and hiked the Caverns. The last time I was there was 25 years ago or so. Being 37 then and 62 now makes a big difference in how you feel when you've hiked down through the opening and walk down some 600 feet or so and hike around for a couple of miles.

Of course 25 years ago I did not have an artificial knee and diabetes either.

I am pretty sore this morning; but let's get busy!

Regards, Man o' Law

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This thing has been environmentally examined to death.

Get it done already.

Because he ain't going to do it.

House Passes GOP Bill To Bypass President To Speed Approval Of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
CBS-DC -

WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review.

The bill was approved, 241-175, largely along party lines.

Republicans said the measure was needed to ensure that the long-delayed pipeline, first proposed in 2008, is built.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-67206918697997414032013-05-23T07:56:00.000-05:002013-05-23T07:56:09.655-05:00Cashing out

Because nothing says corruption more than boxes full of cash.

Boxes of cash seized in Mexico corruption probe

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities on Wednesday seized five boxes filled with cash as part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement by a former governor of southern Tabasco state, in what could become the latest test for President Enrique Pena Nieto to act against corruption.

Tabasco state prosecutor Fernando Valenzuela said bundles of 500- and 1,000-peso bills were found in an office of Jose Saiz, who was finance secretary under former Gov. Andres Granier of Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as the PRI.

Investigators are still counting the money, but a witness told them the cache contains from 90 million to 100 million pesos, Valenzuela said. That would between $7 million and $8 million.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-17851075886902924112013-05-23T07:51:00.002-05:002013-05-23T07:51:40.290-05:00Killer President

A pretty amazing admission eh?

4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

LARA JAKES, Associated Press, By LARA JAKES and PETE YOST, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.

It was already known that three Americans had been killed in U.S. drones strikes in counterterrorism operations overseas, but Attorney General Eric Holder disclosed details that had remained secret and also that a fourth American had been killed.

In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Holder said that the government targeted and killed U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki and that the U.S. "is aware" of the killing of three others who were not targets of counterterror operations.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-83285196989333854002013-05-21T08:02:00.002-05:002013-05-21T08:02:20.073-05:00Not welcome here

Not a very friendly joint eh?

Hotel bans kids with Down syndrome

ALMERIA, Spain, May 20 (UPI) --

A hotel in Spain has come under fire for refusing to let a group of children with Down syndrome stay the night because they "might annoy other guests."

 Hotel CaboGata Plaza Suites in Almeria refused a reservation for a group of children with Down syndrome who were planning on celebrating the end of their school year, The Local.es reported.

 The hotel said it would not board the children because "these kinds of people might annoy other guests."

 Management at the hotel has apologized for the incident, saying it was "a misunderstanding," adding, "In 35 years of business we have never refused access to guests with Down syndrome," who the hotel management said, "have been, are, and always will be very welcome."

 However, Down Espana, the group that organized the event for the kids, reported the incident to a public prosecutor because it felt that there was "a clear case of discrimination against disabled people that breaks the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by Spain."

 The international law prohibits "all discrimination on the grounds of disability."

 "We haven't gone public with this incident to victimize anyone but to educate the public," said Agustin Matia, head of Down Espana.Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-56373925774312022092013-05-21T07:21:00.003-05:002013-05-21T07:21:32.726-05:00Only an Ass Clown would do this

A fitting punishment would most likely encompass chaining him or her to the same interstate guardrail in the heat of the day.

Going all "Old Testament" style this a.m.

Pup chained to interstate guardrail; ACS seeks culprit

By Sarah L. Tressler, Staff Writer

Animal Care Services is asking for help in identifying a man who chained a pit bull puppy to a guardrail on a freeway access road Sunday.

A witness reported seeing a man believed to be in his late 30s or 40s driving a red 2004-2008 Dodge Ram extended-bed pickup with paper license plates pull over on the West Avenue access road at Interstate 10 East and use a heavy chain to tether the pup to a guardrail with a padlock. The chain was attached to 35 pounds of barbell weight plates.

The call from the witness came in shortly before 9 a.m. An animal care officer arrived at the scene around 9:05 a.m. The dog was found to be in good health.

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Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-22394081088200357602013-05-21T07:13:00.001-05:002013-05-21T07:15:00.246-05:00Weep for the children

A horrible tragedy.

At least 20 children dead, 51 confirmed dead with pronouncements that this figure will eclipse 100+ fatalities.

We, all Americans, stand with Moore, Oklahoma and they are in our prayers.

In tornado's wake, worried parents seek out kids

By NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.

For many families, the ordeal ended in bear hugs and tears of joy as loved ones reunited. Others were left to wait in the darkness, hoping for good news while fearing the worst.

At least 20 children are among the more than 50 reported dead so far in Moore, the Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by Monday's tornado that packed winds of up to 200 mph. The twister reduced one elementary school to a heaping mound of rubble and heavily damaged another while also flattening block after block of homes. Officials said early Tuesday the death toll could rise by as many as 40.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-44694977078650603812013-05-19T14:44:00.003-05:002013-05-19T14:44:35.778-05:00Don't Taze me Bro! LVII

Another tasing death.

300-pound Texas man dies after police use stun gun
Associated Press -

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 300-pound Fort Worth man died shortly after police fired a Taser stun gun at him during a drug raid.

Fort Worth police used the stun gun on 34-year-old Jermaine Darden Thursday because they say he was resisting arrest. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports (http://bit.ly/18SQQJX ) Darden died a short time later at a local hospital.

Darden's mother Donna Randle says she and several others shouted at officers that Darden wasn't resisting arrest, but rather was trying to turn onto his side from his stomach because he couldn't breathe. Randle says police put Darden on his stomach, but he is asthmatic and struggles to breathe in that position.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-53623407903867504942013-05-19T14:33:00.001-05:002013-05-19T14:33:59.628-05:00Who do you trust?This from the Washington Post Blog

Obama's trust-in-government deficit

 By Dan Balz -Washington Post
Whatever else happens as a result of the multiple controversies that have engulfed the administration, one thing is clear: President Obama has failed to meet one of the most important goals he set out when he was first elected, which was to demonstrate that activist government could also be smart government.

 Six weeks after winning the presidency in 2008, Obama reflected on the meaning of the election. He was reluctant to claim, as some others were, that his victory marked the beginning of an era in which Americans would embrace bigger government. Suspicion of command-and-control, top-down government, he said, was "a lasting legacy" of Ronald Reagan's presidency.

So rather than portraying his first election as the end of a long period of conservative ascendancy, Obama called it "a correction to the correction." As he put it then: "I think what you saw in this election was people saying: 'Yes, we don't want some big, bureaucratic, ever-expanding state. On the other hand, we don't want a state that's dysfunctional, that doesn't believe in its mission, that can't carry out some of the basic functions of government and provide service to people and be there when they're hurting.' "

He then described what that meant for the government he was beginning to assemble. "What we don't know yet is whether my administration and this next generation of leadership is going to be able to hew to a new, more pragmatic approach that is less interested in whether we have big government or small government [but is] more interested in whether we have a smart, effective government."

The rest of the story: Samhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-83336738233809375502013-05-19T14:26:00.003-05:002013-05-19T14:27:14.606-05:00Strutting Peacocks

Well, I think its relevant.

So do many others.

Obama Aide: 'Irrelevant Fact' Where President Was During Benghazi Attacks
The Weekly Standard -

Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer said it's an "irrelevant fact" where the president physically was during the Benghazi terror attack on September 11, 2012:

Host Chris Wallace reminds Pfeiffer that Obama didn't really talk with Secretary Clinton, Secretary Panetta, or Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that night. "He was talking to his national security staff," Pfeiffer insists.

Asked about whether the president entered the Situation Room, Pfeiffer says, "I don't remember what room the president was in on that night, and that's a largely irrelevant fact."
Pfeiffer then argues that Wallace's questions about the president's handling of the Benghazi terror attack are "offensive."

The rest of the story: Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-9923571794727520892013-05-19T14:22:00.002-05:002013-05-19T14:22:43.970-05:00I certainly appreciate your patience

Dear Readers

I am sorry to have been gone so long but with Oral Arguments in the Court of Appeals and Faculty Meetings I have been a little busy.

I will try to endevour to be better and post as often as possible

Regards;

Man o' LawSamhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-16533027398035090362013-05-13T07:45:00.000-05:002013-05-13T07:45:02.462-05:00WTH??

I just heard about it this morning as I've been working to get ready for oral argument on an appeal in a murder case before the Third Court of Appeals in Austin.

WTH is going on?

19 New Orleans shooting victims included 2 kids

By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on people marching in a neighborhood Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19.

The shooting — described by the FBI as a flare-up of street violence — shattered the festive mood surrounding the parade that drew hundreds of people to the 7th Ward neighborhood of modest row houses not far from the French Quarter. Cell phone video taken in the aftermath of the shooting shows victims lying on the ground, blood on the pavement and others bending over to comfort them.

At least three of the victims were seriously wounded. Of the rest, many were grazed and authorities said that overall most wounds were not life threatening. No deaths were reported.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-79153262138133444642013-05-13T07:39:00.003-05:002013-05-13T07:39:52.233-05:00Well? Explain yourselves

Can't wait to find out what these morons got into a fight over.

A woman?

Donuts??

Fight between jailers sends one to hospital
By Michelle Mondo - Express-News

A fight between two jailers Sunday morning left one hospitalized and both under investigation by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office, a spokesman said in an emailed statement.

The names of the detention officers weren't released.

"What began as a disagreement between the two officers escalated into a physical altercation," Sheriff's Office spokesman Paul Berry's email said about the 10 a.m. fight.

The rest of the story: Samhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-16690639861839599812013-05-12T09:10:00.002-05:002013-05-12T09:10:12.957-05:00Keep on spinning, Liars

Cover-ups are always bad.

But, this one is a doozy.

Spinning Benghazi
Alex Koppelman - New Yorker magazine

It's a cliché, of course, but it really is true: in Washington, every scandal has a crime and a coverup. The ongoing debate about the attack on the United States facility in Benghazi where four Americans were killed, and the Obama Administration's response to it, is no exception. For a long time, it seemed like the idea of a coverup was just a Republican obsession. But now there is something to it.

On Friday, ABC News's Jonathan Karl revealed the details of the editing process for the C.I.A.'s talking points about the attack, including the edits themselves and some of the reasons a State Department spokeswoman gave for requesting those edits. It's striking to see the twelve different iterations that the talking points went through before they were released to Congress and to United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, who used them in Sunday show appearances that became a central focus of Republicans' criticism of the Administration's public response to the attacks. Over the course of about twenty-four hours, the remarks evolved from something specific and fairly detailed into a bland, vague mush.

From the very beginning of the editing process, the talking points contained the erroneous assertion that the attack was "spontaneously inspired by the protests at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and evolved." That's an important fact, because the right has always criticized the Administration based on the suggestion that the C.I.A. and the State Department, contrary to what they said, knew that the attack was not spontaneous and not an outgrowth of a demonstration. But everything else about the changes that were made is problematic. The initial draft revealed by Karl mentions "at least five other attacks against foreign interests in Benghazi" before the one in which four Americans were killed. That's not in the final version. Nor is this: "[W]e do know that Islamic extremists with ties to al-Qa'ida participated in the attack." That was replaced by the more tepid "There are indications that extremists participated in the violent demonstrations." (Even if we accept the argument that State wanted to be sure that extremists were involved, and that they could be linked to Al Qaeda, before saying so with any level of certainty—which is reasonable and supported by evidence from Karl's reporting—that doesn't fully explain these changes away.)

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Yesterday (February 27, 2012), the Daily Mail revealed that Rihanna is one of the female stars being considered to play the role of Whitney Houston in a biopic about the late singer's troubled life. The film project is said to be helmed by Whitney's Arista Records mentor Clive Davis. Rihanna has been marked as a leading contender to land the role for the film, which Davis apparently wants to get off the ground as soon as possible, so that filming can commence.
Rhi-Rhi faces stiff competition, though, from Jennifer Hudson. Not only has Hudson won an Oscar for her performance alongside Beyonce in the 2007 film Dreamgirls, she was also chosen to perform a tribute to Whitney Houston at this year's Grammy awards, where she performed an emotional cover of Whitney's biggest hit, 'I Will Always Love You.'
Other potentials for the role include Vivica Fox (known for her performances in Kill Bill and Independence Day) and the former American Idol singer, 22 year-old Jordin Sparks. Sparks had been working on a remake of the 1970s film Sparkle, with Whitney Houston before she passed away earlier this month. It was also suggested that Will Smith's daughter, Willow Smith may be selected to play a young Whitney in the film. Whitney herself was the star of the 1992 film The Bodyguard, in which she starred alongside Kevin Costner. 'I Will Always Love You' - a cover of a Dolly Parton song - was recorded for the film's soundtrack.

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Adjustable Censorship is when you are given the option of turning mature content (usually violence, swearing, or sexual content) on or off. This usually happens in Video Games, but other media, such as DVDs and websites, occasionally have such options. You may have an "On/Off" toggle or a slider that goes from "Bloodless Carnage" to "High-Pressure Blood" to "Gorn". In some older games, back when adult content was much less acceptable in video games, the mature content was deactivated by default and had to be re-activated through a cheat code in order to hide it from the censors, making this a possible way of Getting Crap Past the Radar. The ESRB or other similar organisations will generally rate a game assuming all mature content is set to its highest level.
Non video game examples: Web Original
Examples:Action Game
- In Alien Hominid, there is a "Gore" option in the options screen. Turning it off will replace all blood with flowers.
- Assassin's Creed II and up have an option to turn off blood.
- The Infocom game Leather Goddesses Of Phobos can be adjusted from "tame" to "lewd."
- In the first Leisure Suit Larry game, you could turn adult content on only if you correctly answered questions that were theoretically answerable by people old enough to view the content (or, these days, able to access Google).
- Primal Rage on the Sega Genesis allows you to turn gore on and off.
- The Sega Genesis version of Time Killers features an option to set the violence level to "No Blood", "Blood", "Dismember", or "Decapitate".
- The Genesis version of the first Mortal Kombat had a button code that undoes the censorship, giving it an edge over the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version.
- Dead or Alive gives you the option of adjusting the intensity of the game's Jiggle Physics.
- Rise of the Triad offers several levels of gore ranging all the way from clean to Ludicrous Gibs.
- The original Half-Life gave players the choice of disabling blood, which could only be re-activated by inputting a password.
- Team Fortress 2 has the command-line option "-sillygibs" which, instead of de-activating blood and gibs, replaces it with goofy clocks, springs, cheeseburgers, balloon animals, unicycles, etc. This is actually a holdover from the German version, where (due to Germany's strict laws on depiction of violence in media) it is on by default and cannot be deactivated.
- Modern Warfare 2 has the option of skipping the infamous "No Russian" level.
- Modern Warfare 3 had an option that let you skip the somewhat-less-infamous Davis Family Vacation level.
- Version 1.0 of Boppin' featured the option to turn off the characters' suicide animations. Version 1.1 is a self-proclaimed "politically corrected version" that replaced the Accursed Toys screen (which depicted a bloodied teddy bear impaled by a knife), but the censorship can be disabled with a command line option.
- Brütal Legend has a profanity option. In addition to bleeping out every swear word, it also covers Eddie's middle finger with the "Parental Advisory: Explicit content" logo during the next to final boss.
- Neverwinter Nights has a gore slider in the game options. The max setting frequently results in enemies outright exploding. Zombies are particularly prone to this when hit with a cleric's or paladin's Turn Undead.
- The American release of The Witcher censored the copious nudity present in the original European version. CD Projekt Red released a Director's Cut patch that restores it.
- Fallout 1 & Fallout 2 both have options to tone down the swearing and gore used. Of course, this being Fallout, there's a special trait called "Bloody Mess" that lets you turn up the gore as well.
- In the first three installments of Silent Hill, an expanded options menu is accessible by pressing L1, L2, R1 and R2 at the game's regular options screen. This menu always includes an option to change the color of blood in the game from red to green, violet or black. This is probably more for fun than for censorship though, as no one tells the player about said hidden options menu and that the blood is red by default.
- Bulletstorm has an option for alternate, slightly less profane dialogue.
- The first Max Payne allowed the player to disable blood and all graphic novel sequences in the game.
- Katawa Shoujo has an option to skip the mature content (though some instances of nudity remain). Instead, you get a Relax-o-Vision.
Non video game examples: Web Original
- A lot of websites allowing users to upload content, such as DeviantArt, feature an adjustable content filter.
- Some DVDs of Family Guy have the option to turn off the censoring.
- In Utah, a service called Clear Play allows the viewer to select a level of violence, sexuality, etc. and watch compatible DVDs with the selected elements stripped out. This is done through the same methods used to make movies "family-friendly" on network television: mute, filters, and even complete elimination of some scenes.
- Eddie Izzard DVDs always have an option for bleeped audio, since his acts are mostly family-friendly except for the copious swearing.
- Lee Mack's Going Out stand-up DVD has an option to switch off the bad language.
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ON JUNE 17, 1996, just four weeks after sternly intoning, "This Colorado cannot do," the same six-justice majority that had struck down Colorado's anti-gay Amendment 2 seemed to add, "And neither can Cincinnati."
The Supreme Court erased a Sixth Circuit decision upholding Cincinnati's very similar anti-gay amendment to its city charter, then sent the case back down "for further consideration in light of Romer v. Evans"—code meaning, "Our earlier ruling dictates the outcome of your case."
Those actions seemed to suggest that six justices were committed to using Romer on behalf of gay Americans. Perhaps more than anything else, Romer gave gay people a promise of fairness. Reading between the lines of Romer's soaring prose, it's easy to see Justices Kennedy, Stevens, O'Connor, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer pledging not to let prejudice rule them.
Romer lectured Colorado that there is no gay exception to the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection, that government must not put its stamp of approval on anti-gay animosity. Yet for all its grandeur, that ruling generated more questions than answers: Was the court being honest in signaling gay Americans that it was no longer hostile territory? When push came to shove—as it inevitably would—how many real friends would gay Americans have? Could they count on the Romer six—or, at least, five of the six?
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Heartwarming: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
- "Over The Distance" from the first game. A Breather Episode of sorts, the story details Tetsu Ishida, a young man desperately trying not to pass through the gates of Heaven. We learn that he died in a motorcycle accident, and that he had a fight with his wife, Ryoko, just before he died. He wants to go back so that he can tell her he loves her one more time before he passes on. One of the angels (or possibly a goddess), sympathising, gives him three hours to go back and make his peace with his wife. The song itself (Hitomi Yaida's eponymous song) is a soft, beautiful ballad, far unlike every other song in the game, and what makes it even better is the game averts Mood Whiplash - the Ouendan are completely silent (there's no "Osu!" in between segments and no "San, nii, ichi, sure!" at the start of the song), the sounds of the beats are melodic rather than loud drum beats and whistles, and instead of the usual scream of "OUENDAAAAAAAN!", Ishida simply gives a quiet, heartfelt "Ouendan...". The whole thing ends with Tetsu's ghost appearing in Ryoko's mirror (after he spent the rest of the song poltergeisting to communicate with her), speaking the words "I L-O-V-E Y-O-U" (the kana are spaced out in the Japanese writing, i.e. a-i-shi-te-ru). His wife tearfully replies "You came back just to tell me that...?" as the two embrace. The fact that the level isn't too frustrating, despite being rather late in the game, helps a lot with the emotional factor.
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Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships third day continued with the Women's Match Racing plus racing got underway in four of the fleet racing classes: Women's RS:X, Finn, Laser Radial and Men's 470.
Laser Radial Class - Paige Railey (USA) - ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth 2011
Top performances of the day came from Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.), Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) and Anna Tunnicliffe's (Plantation, Fla.) Team Maclaren, Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.), who now stands with six wins, one loss.
In the Finn class, which is divided into two fleets each day, Zach Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) opened the regatta with a strong 2-5 in the yellow fleet to establish an overall second place behind Ben Ainslie (GBR).
US Sailing Team - ISAF Sailing World Championships Perth 2011
'When we went out on the water there was absolutely no wind on the water.' said Railey. We got the sea breeze to fill in and we got two good races in, with something like 8-10 knots. I was very happy with the first race. I rounded eighth at the first weather mark and wound up second. That was really good I was going really fast off the wind. Second race finished I finished fifth. It was a solid first day. I made a few mistakes, but we'll pick up on that tomorrow and better the results tomorrow.'
For Paige Railey, in the Laser Radial class, she also scored a solid day with an 8-2 to put herself into a strong fourth place standing after the first day of racing.
Racing continued in Women's Match Racing with Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) returning to the round robin competition. They dropped one match to the German team lead by Silke Hahlbrook and now stand 6-1.
Racing continues Tuesday, Dec. 6 in the Women's RS:X, Laser Radial, Finn and Men's 470 classes, as well as Women's Match Racing when Genny Tulloch (Sausalito, Calif.), Alice Manard Leonard (East Haven, Conn.) and Jenn Chamberlin (Washington, D.C.) return to round robin competition.
The Perth 2011 daily highlights TV show for Dec 4 includes a profile on USSTAG. To fast forward to the USA part, skip to 14:40.
The Star, along with Men's RS:X, Laser, Women's 470 and 49er, race during the second week of this event.
To follow the live blog from event organizers and link to live tracking, please visit the event website
For a roster of U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics athletes competing in this event, please visit here
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"What's UNARATO like?" They were in the Aston Martin, which was purring its way along the London streets. The sight of the car had excited Rosie, who'd spent five minutes checking it over. James would have been happy to meet someone so enthusiastic about cars if he hadn't been so worried that she would blow up inside it. He glanced at her. She was waiting for an answer, her eyes fixed on his face, probing. They reminded him of Emma's eyes: they were the same colour, the same shape, and had the same intensity behind their gazes.
The pain hit him from nowhere. He switched his gaze back to the road, breathing heavily. It wouldn't do him any good to lose it; he'd end up crashing the car. But he'd never forget the feeling as he'd watched, helplessly, as the light had died in those brilliant eyes.
"It'll be nothing like what you're expecting," he finally answered, somehow managing to keep his voice under control.
"Are you okay?" She was sharp, he'd give her that. He paused a minute, considering his answer.
"You remind me of someone." Rosie snorted softly.
"Can't think who I'd remind you of."
James rested his eyes on her face for a few seconds. She'd sounded reflective, and her face was thoughtful, as if she was thinking about her past or, maybe, about the bomb that was inside her. James wondered what having a bomb inside you did to a person. Changed you, probably, and possibly made you very self-conscious. It seemed to have made Rosie very self-contained, but maybe she had always been like that.
A red light stopped him, and James decided it was time to act. The easiest way to get Rosie inside MI6 was if she was unconscious, and they were almost there. He dug in the pocket of the driver's door, pulling out a syringe and slipping it into his left arm. He looked at Rosie. She was gazing at something happening on the street, so he stabbed the syringe into her right forearm, pushing down on the plunger. Her head whipped round, first gazing with horror at the syringe in her arm, and then staring accusingly into James' face.
"Oh no," she murmured, before sliding down in the chair, her head lolling on one side.
The traffic light was still on red, and Bond was glad of this. He could barely see through the tears in his eyes, because the way the hope had died in Rosie's eyes had been far too similar to the way the light had left Emma's.
"2000 pounds?" A quiet rage filled M's voice when he intercepted James in Moneypenny's office. Tanner and Eve were both there, staring at the sleeping figure in James' arms. Bond faced M.
"She'd better have good information, 007," M snarled, and James treated him to an indolent smirk.
"She's the bomb, Sir." A dead silence greeted these words. Eve was smiling at him, enjoying the triumph he had gained over Mallory.
"Get her down to the medical bay," barked M. "I want her scanned immediately!"
Dr Jones pulled off the face mask, and began washing the blood off his latex gloves.
"Interesting job, this," he said. "She was wearing make-up over the scar, quite an expensive brand, exactly matching her skin tone. Scar itself is a right mess. Whoever sewed her up didn't make a very good job of it, she's lucky she didn't catch an infection. Bomb's in her stomach, looks like it's fused to her stomach lining. Q's looked at it, and taken some pictures. Says he'll have to study them, he's never seen anything like it before." Dr Jones shook his head slightly. "No experience," he sighed.
"Have you finished?" M asked, and the doctor nodded.
"Just got to go back in and sew her back together again," he said cheerfully. M looked thoughtful.
"Don't just yet. I need to ask Q something. Bond, go home and get some sleep. Get back here for 10. You'll de-brief then." James gave a curt nod, before turning on his heel and walking towards the door. He stopped in the doorway, looking back towards Rosie.
He felt slightly uncomfortable with the way everyone was treating her, like she was an interesting animal in a zoo. She was just a kid, barely out of school, and here she was, lying on an operating table with her insides open for inspection because she had a bomb inside her. He'd love to know why she did. Had she agreed to it, or had it forced upon her? He remembered something he'd wanted to ask, and went back.
M was busy talking to Q, so Dr Jones was free to answer his question.
"The brand on her shoulder? Yes, we got Letitia up, you know, the one who speaks Chinese. Anyway, she said the seven characters form two words: powerless traitor." The doctor gave James a knowing look. "I doubt that she chose to have the bomb inside her."
"Dr Jones said the brand meant powerless traitor." It was later on that morning, and James and M were discussing Rosie.
"Yes," M agreed. "He also said to me that the brand is recent, not more than one month old." James' eyes narrowed.
"The bomb was finished three weeks ago," he said. "Do you think that it's a punishment of sorts?" M looked extremely grave.
"I think that she annoyed someone superior very greatly. What I really want to know is how she became involved with them in the first place. POHK doesn't really promote inter-racial relations." He sighed softly.
"Q hacked into POHK's records. There's one Rosie on their records: Rosie Porter. Q's tried to find out where she comes from, but there's a minor problem. She's only existed for the last 5 years." James raised an eyebrow, and M gave him a grim smile.
"She changed her name, or someone changed it for her. Q's trying to find her name before the change, but it was difficult enough to find the change. There are so many firewalls and false trails. He says it's a very expert job."
James digested this information.
"Someone doesn't want us to know where she's from," he finally said. "Question is, does she know her past is hidden, and did she hide it herself?" M pressed a button on his desk.
"Bring her in, Moneypenny," he spoke into the intercom. He then looked sharply at James.
"Let me do the questioning, Bond. Tanner's coming in, too." James nodded, as the door opened.
Rosie looked very pale, still wearing the peach dress, and was shivering slightly, though James couldn't tell if she was cold or scared. Tanner pulled out a chair for her, and she gently sank into it, her eyes darting around the room, taking in every detail. Tanner moved to the side of the room, arms crossed across his chest. All eyes were on Rosie. Her gaze had finally settled on M, who seemed to find her penetrating blue eyes unnerving. He shifted slightly, taking a deep breath.
"Jacket, Bond." James frowned at M, confused.
"Our guest has goose bumps. I'm sure our guest will appreciate some warmth here." Rosie smiled faintly at the joke, gratefully accepting the jacket. She wrapped it tightly around herself, an arm resting gently on her stomach, her eyes fixed on James' gun.
"What's your name?" M asked. Rosie's eyes slid round to him.
"Rosie," she replied.
"Real name?"
"Rosie Porter."
She hadn't blinked yet. M was holding her gaze. James didn't know how he could manage to. Maybe he had practised on cats.
"Our best technician hacked POHK's database and, yes, he found the name Rosie Porter. He dug deeper, and found that Rosie Porter was the result of a name change. Unfortunately, someone had protected the original name with firewalls. So, you can tell us the truth, or stick to your lies. Your decision. Just remember, there's an easy way to do this, and a hard way."
Rosie's eyes hardened, and she finally blinked. Her gaze dropped to the desk, and she ran a hand through her fringe, twisting it round her fingers, obviously considering her options. Eventually she sighed, and her eyes met M's again.
"My name's Bond. Rosie Bond."
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The group has been on the road steadily in celebration of A Brief History Of Love, their debut full-length, which is out now on 4AD. They played some high profile dates in Europe supporting Muse, and are riding high after finishing up their first proper U.S. headlining tour. If you weren't fortunate enough to catch this recent stint, now's your chance to catch an excellent up-and-coming act.
The Big Pink U.S. Tour Dates
03/10/10 Wed Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
03/12/10 Fri Neumos Seattle, WA
03/13/10 Sat Venue Vancouver, BC
03/14/10 Sun Doug Fir Portland, OR
03/18/10 Thu First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
03/19/10 Fri Turner Hall Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
03/20/10 Sat Metro Chicago, IL
03/22/10 Mon Southgate House Newport, KY
03/23/10 Tue Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
03/24/10 Wed Mod Club Toronto, ON
03/26/10 Fri Cabaret JPR Montreal, QC
03/27/10 Sat Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
03/28/10 Sun Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
03/30/10 Tue Webster Hall New York, NY
03/31/10 Wed Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) Philadelphia, PA
04/01/10 Thu Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
04/02/10 Fri Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
04/03/10 Sat The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
04/05/10 Mon Club Downunder Tallahassee, FL
04/07/10 Wed Warehouse Live Houston, TX
04/08/10 Thu The Parish Austin, TX
04/09/10 Fri Granada Theater Dallas, TX
04/10/10 Sat Bottleneck Lawrence, KS
04/11/10 Sun Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
04/12/10 Mon Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
04/14/10 Wed Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
04/15/10 Thu Casbah San Diego, CA
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KOtto Trucking Succeeds in Sand and Gravel Business, Waste Transfer with Durable Kenworth T800s
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MESA, Ariz., June 27, 2007 When Otto Trucking in Mesa, Ariz., needed to hire 60 drivers for its Denver location, the company ran a newspaper advertisement with a photo of a brand new Kenworth T800. The folks in Denver told us we would never be able to hire that many drivers in one month, says Alan Otto, president. Thanks to that ad, we were able to hire 60 drivers in less than 20 days.
Attracting and keeping quality drivers has been an important ingredient to Otto Trucking™s explosive growth in recent years. Primarily a sand and gravel truck company since its inception in 1984, Otto signed a major contract in 2003 with Waste Management Inc., the leading provider of waste and environmental services in North America. We had to step up and in one year purchase 105 trucks, 105 trailers, loaders and tippers, says Otto. That was a really, really big step for us.
Three years later, in 2006, it was déja vu all over again. Expansion into Denver meant more trucks were needed, so 100 more were ordered, mostly brand new Kenworth T800s like the one pictured in the ad.
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Since 2010, Sean Fieler, a New Jersey-based hedge fund manager and fervent Catholic, has personally contributed nearly $18 million to political candidates and causes that align with his anti-choice, anti-LGBT, and pro-theocracy views, according to an analysis of tax filings and campaign finance records by RH Reality Check.
So far two states, Utah and Oklahoma, have filed petitions asking the Roberts Court to uphold their respective state bans on marriage equality. Elsewhere, attorneys for the State of Virginia filed their petition for review with the Roberts Court on Friday.
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The Supreme Court won't take a look at Arizona's 20-week abortion ban, but it will consider a bunch of free speech challenges to abortion rights protections.
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The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments last Tuesday in an appeals case involving a 13-year-old girl who had "consensual sex" with her then-12-year-old boyfriend and ended up an accused sex offender.


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Game Review on Sep 4th, 2011
Its ok, I mean the mapping looks fine, but the models could use some work. And the zombies are kind of spread out, and hard to find sometimes. Although I did like blasting a ton zombie's heads with my Ak.
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Great mod, good story and voice acting. The mapping could of used a bit of work, and I wish it was longer or maybe had a few puzzles .Anyways, Keep up the good work!
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A Philadelphia judge declared rapper Cassidy guilty Tuesday afternoon of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 22-year-old Desmond Hawkins and sentenced the rapper to 11 and a half to 23 months behind bars, plus probation. According to defense attorney Fortunato Perri, Cassidy will get seven months' credit for time he's already served and be eligible for parole "in the near future."
Cassidy was also convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and possession of an instrument of crime for his involvement in the shooting. Perri said that police seized "a large amount of ammunition from [Cassidy's] house," some of which matched ballistically with shell casings that were recovered from the crime scene. Judge Jane Greenspan based her decision on the fact that "although he didn't start the problem, he may have helped to escalate the situation because of his access to the ammunition," Perri explained.
"You could be a leader in the community," The Associated Press quoted Greenspan as saying before handing out her sentence. "All those guns — that's why Desmond is gone now, because of all those guns."
After the judge read the sentence, Cassidy "expressed a great deal of relief and remorse," Perri said. "Obviously, he's happy to know that he's going to be released from prison soon and can get back to recording and spending time with his family. It's been a difficult seven months for him."
Cassidy has been incarcerated since turning himself in to Philadelphia police in June (see "Cassidy Turns Himself In On Murder, Weapons Charges" ).
The rapper's first-degree murder trial began Monday with him waiving his right to a trial by jury, leaving his fate in the hands of Judge Greenspan — a move that worked successfully for the defense, in that Cassidy was convicted on the lesser charge.
Cassidy (real name: Barry Reese) faced life in prison — and a possible death sentence — if convicted of the first-degree charge. He was accused of the murder of Hawkins and the attempted murders of two other men, with both charges stemming from the same April 15 shooting incident (see "Cassidy Denied Bail, Booked Into Medium-Security Prison" ). In August, the charge was briefly reduced to third-degree murder, but the original charge was reinstated the following month (see "Judge Reinstates First-Degree Murder Charge Against Cassidy" ).
Hawkins was shot in the back while sitting in a van that was parked in an alleyway behind Cassidy's home in Philadelphia's Cedarbrook neighborhood. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Hawkins and a group of his friends drove to Cassidy's house seeking retribution for a fight that had broken out hours before, outside a nearby pharmacy. The fight, according to the prosecution, was between Hawkins' friend, Roberto Johnson, and a member of Cassidy's crew.
According to Monday's testimony, shots rang out as soon as the van pulled into the alley. Witnesses did not agree on who fired the first rounds, but ballistics evidence indicates that bullets came from both sides: 30 were fired into the van and at least 12 shot from the van. Police maintain Cassidy and two other men, both of whom remain at large, fired shots on three unarmed individuals, killing Hawkins.
Johnson testified that he'd been outside the van, urinating in someone's backyard, when the first shots were fired. "They drive past," he said, referring to his friends, and "I [got] myself together. … When I heard the gunshots, I ducked behind a car." He added that the shots seemed to be coming from behind Cassidy's residence, and that they "carried on" for what seemed like "forever. I can't give an exact time frame, but it seemed like a long time."
The paper reported that during cross-examination, Johnson told Perri, that he'd made the trip to Cassidy's home to settle a score and that he was not armed at the time of the shooting. Johnson admitted that he would shoot someone if he felt his own life was being threatened.
According to the Daily News, Perri implied during his cross that it was Johnson who fired the opening salvo that incited the shootout. Prosecutor Deborah Watson-Stokes affirmed her position that the shooting was premeditated; she claimed Cassidy planned the ambush and had stationed four of his cohorts at different spots in the alleyway.
The prosecution called another witness, Joseph Newkirk, who had told police he'd seen Cassidy fire a gun the night of the shooting. But on the witness stand, Newkirk's account changed: He told the court that police intimidated him into making false statements about the incident.
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Last year, a friend gave me a great idea: instead of making breakable resolutions, why not set intentions for the year? Intentions are harder to break. If you slip, it's not a moment to give up entirely, but merely a chance to refocus and start again.
I gamely set my intentions for 2012, typed them, printed them out on pretty paper, and posted them next to my desk. Lo and behold, when I did some evaluating at the end of the year, I had met almost every single intention with a fair amount of success.
I decided to try it again this year, and wracked my brain for ideas. What else needs working on? I've got a good handle on my lifestyle and fitness, so I intend to continue making that a big focus in my life. I made great strides in bringing my career back from two years of unemployment in 2012, so I intend, this year, to bring even greater things to myself by taking (and making!) opportunities for myself.
There's just one glitch.
I am still carrying around some hefty self-doubt in my mind and heart.
At my last full-time teaching position, I had a boss who decided, without ever stepping foot in my classroom, that I was a bad teacher. When she did finally come into my room to observe me, she stood in a back corner with her arms crossed, glaring at me. The students eyed her, looked back at me. It was obvious—Ms. C. was persona non grata at this school.
Despite this, I taught some really great lessons and built a good rapport with the kids. They were 7th and 8th graders, not terribly interested in learning about art and music, but I could get most of them to give painting a go. They even produced some nice artwork, which I displayed in my classroom with pride.
And yet, when it came time for formal evaluations, my boss gave me all low scores. Seven previous years of teaching, and seven years of satisfactory evaluations, were all thrown away as she decided I was a terrible teacher who didn't deserve to stay in her school. I lost my job in 2010.
As I look back at the next few years of job-searching, interviewing, and dead ends, I realize that a lot of what has held me back has been the doubt that one boss instilled in me. I can certainly blame her for being unreasonable, and for being dishonest in her evaluation of my teaching, but I cannot blame her for the ensuing self-doubt that kept me from truly getting my career back.
So in 2013, I've decided there is one intention I can set that will help me continue to gain ground in my career once more. I need to let go of my anger towards this former boss and work on forgiving her. Then, and only then, can I truly understand that her hold on my life is finished, that I am definitely a fantastic option for any school, and then I can move towards becoming not just a good teacher, but a great one.
It is difficult, practicing forgiveness. This lady was widely regarded by most people she worked with as difficult, unfair, and a bad school administrator. When I picture her in my head I can only see her pinched expression, and hear the accusation in her voice as she told me I should make my students draw in Sharpie so they could "own their mistakes," because allowing them to use pencil to make their art all they wanted it to be was too soft.
But I'm working on it. Sometimes I swallow my own considerable pride and say out loud, "Ms. Principal, I forgive you." Sometimes I offer a small prayer to the universe that she is happier now, in her new job designing cheerleading costumes, than she was as a school principal. That the people she works with now get a nicer person to work with.
It's only January, so this pill is still very bitter. I hope that by December, as I revisit this year's intentions, I'll find that when I think of this woman, I no longer feel angry, or tense. I hope to feel peaceful, and forgiving.
Last year, a friend gave me a great idea: instead of making breakable resolutions, why not set intentions for the year? Intentions are harder to break. If you slip, it's not a moment to give up entirely, but merely a chance to refocus and start again.


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Welcome to "House Hunters International" ... The Do-It-Yourself Edition.
Before we moved to Costa Rica, we watched the crap out of HHI, despite the fact that most every episode showed a couple with too much money and too little imagination bobbleheading their way around three houses making inane comments ("Yammer, yammer, yammer, vaulted ceilings!" Or "Drivel, drivel, flush, flush... granite countertops!") -- and always choosing the house with the American-style fridge (good luck finding the American-style supermarket, Betty).
Our version of HHI was squeezed between swimming, snorkeling, sloth-saving, bike riding, playing/coaching baseball, yoga class and rum drinks. But our one-month rental in the world's smallest casita, complete with screaming rat, was just about up, and we still hadn't found what we were looking for: something comfortable and big enough (nice enough?) that friends and family would stop asking, "Are you nuts?" and start booking their flights.
We checked Craig's List Costa Rica, HomeAway, VRBO, the Puerto Viejo Buy and Sell Facebook page, copied phone numbers from handwritten "House for Rent" signs on trees, and asked everyone we met if they knew of a three-bedroom house to rent...
We saw one beautifully furnished home with two huge screened-in porches and a kitchen with all of the parts actually in the kitchen (no sink hanging out the window), but moments after the realtor left, the current tenant confided that the house had bats. OK, we like bats, they eat mosquitos. Only this house, according to our new confidante, had 1,000 bats living in the roof. And 1,000 bats was slightly over our bat limit. (When it flies, someone dies!). She pointed out the guano running down the walls...and suggested in all seriousness that we get a boa constrictor and chuck it up into the rafters before moving in. (Okay, thanks, Agnes Moorehead, we'll keep that in mind).
Another house, that looked amazing online, boasted ocean views, deep shaded upper and lower decks, local hardwood floors and was "only a few hundred yards from the beach." Only it was a few hundred yards as the crow flies, and, as luck would have it, it turns out we're not crows. The "few hundred yards from the beach" was certainly measured vertically, and actually came in at around, oh, I don't know ... how far is "No effing way we're riding up and down this ungraded, 60-degree gravel track on our one-speed, rapidly rusting beach bikes?" (We're retiring, not training for the Tour de France).
There was the House of Fleas, the place right next door to the House of Pit Bulls, a one-of-a-kind home on a beautiful property featuring the perfect howler monkey habitat ("Definitely gonna need that monkey insurance if we live here...") -- but the house offered little to nothing in the way of indoor space and was more like luxury camping than anything else -- and that might not sit too well after a while (These sandwiches are wet!). The purple and white gingerbread was nice, if not twee, but clocked in at a 40-minute bike ride to town -- and town was where the bank, fish store, drugstore, ball field, and Mega Supermarket were. The all-glass house was interesting, but sat at the back of a hotel overlooking the guest rooms -- and glass tends to be... you know, see through. So... no.
But, finally, we found our spot. The day before we had to leave the casita, and after a sleepless night listening to the world's stupidest rat scream every time it got stuck in the casita walls (what the f#@k does it keep getting stuck on?) -- we signed a lease on a four-bedroom, two-bath house with a patio bigger than our old NYC apartment, and direct access to the beach through a private path, lined with huge strangler figs and hopping with frogs, lizards and crabs.
Did the two of us need a four-bedroom house? No; but we're expecting our parents, siblings, kids, cousins, nieces, nephews and array of friends to be visiting throughout the year, so we opted for a little extra space. (Hear that parents, siblings, kids, cousins, nieces, nephews and array of friends?).
Problem one solved. Problem Two: Does our new puppy have distemper (as in fatal) or just a runny nose? And why is euthanasia -- just $100 -- the first item on the vet's list of services?)
Second Street and Avenue... Z?
8 a.m. at the Cocles surf beach.
A male three-fingered sloth attempts crossing the road.
Horses are also common along the road -- and on the beach.
No day is complete with an upside down howler monkey eating bananas from the tree.
A pair of these are nesting in the yard.
World Cup hero Juan Arnoldo Cayaso (center) and Raul Davis (Costa Rican National Baseball Team star) lead an afterschool baseball workout.
San Jose (in road greys) visits Puerto Viejo for a Saturday triple header.
Baseball under the lights at Big Boy Stadium in Puerto Limon.
Like.. worms bite.
Outside the combination general store and place to pay your electricity bill
Stick bugs are cool.
They're G-r-r-r-andes!
The outdoor shower is built into the fig tree.
Stand clear of the closing claws...
Her name is Bitey.
A girl and her (sick) dog.
In the new backyard.


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Saturday, June 30, 2007
I've been really enjoying this blog and your comments, but I think it's time to introduce a few of my partners here to you. As I said earlier, I'm the director of the team that is responsible for the aspects of the website that involve community; but i'm also partners with a small group of folks who, with me, deliver the whole website. We work together to design and prioritize the features that create your experiences online. Our jobs overlap in many ways, but we have fields of expertise. Todd, for instance, handles your ratings and the ways our site recommends movies. Meghan and Paul run a range of elements, from the Queue to the Home Page to the selling of "previously viewed" DVDs to just making sure that the pages you see are customized for you. Vikram recently joined to revitalize all the customer service elements. And Steve is concentrated on Instant Viewing in all its forms. We all work together and with teams of engineers and designers and marketing folks... but we have one job, and that is to listen to customers and make the website as good as we can. (Re-reading that just now, it does smack of some kind of Pollyanna marketing-speak, but i'm helpless here -- it is precisely what we are directed to do for our jobs -- to listen carefully to you. It doesn't mean we always do what you say; there are, after all, almost 7 million of you. But we are always paying attention. No bull.)
My voice has dominated this blog (and probably will continue to); Outside of my job at Netflix, i'm a writer and blogger and I personally enjoy these community-type experiences. My associates--experts in their fields--are not really bloggers, but happy to participate to the degree they can. Anyway, I wanted to introduce them to you, and invite them to post here from time to time. They've been reading your comments as well, and beginning next week you'll start seeing posts from them, to address your questions and comments and keep you informed about all our webwork. So stay tuned. The Netflix Community is about to get a little bit bigger.
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Looks like my question got answered! Thanks for the input Michael. Even if your colleagues don't post here but occasionally, just knowing that they are around and listening gives me even more confidence in the effectiveness of this blog. Keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
I sent a question into Netflix several days ago concerning why my RSS feed of my queue was all out of order. No one replied. So, I'd appreciate an answer from someone.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2007 at 10:14 PM
Hello Michael and all other netflix employeesReplyDelete
I have this comment related to the ratings: I think movies that one clicks as "not interested" should not count as a rated movie. Rated movies should only be from 1 to 5 stars in order to have a history of each person's viewing tastes, and to sort of keep track of how many movies each person has seen. Not interested is not a rating. The way the system is arranged now, one could watch say a couple of movies a month, and end up with 1'000.000 rated movies
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Whay happened to the queue of my friends? It is not appearing on my screen in the exact order they have their movies. Is this a new bug?ReplyDelete
Are there going to be separate blogs about the different aspects of Netflix? I ask because I've been trying to keep my mouth shut on this blog about ratings issues. :) Anyway, I just wanted to throw in my #1 request since I joined in 2000 -- the ability to rate movies with 1/2 stars!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2007 at 9:05 PM
Amanda, I think the ability to rate with 1/2 stars is not necessary. what's the difference between rating a movie with 1 1/2 stars and 2 stars? Both indicate that the movie sucks. And I think rating a movie 2 1/2 stars out of 5 is the biggest cop-out in the world. Not being able to rate a movie 2 1/2 stars forces you to make a decision rather than riding the fence.ReplyDelete
A 2 1/2 star rating is no more of a cop out than posting an anonymous comment now is it?ReplyDelete
What I would like have is the option to rate something "just okay" rather than some degree of hate or love. I watched a movie today that was just okay. I liked some things about it, but other things were annoying. 2.5 out of 5 stars, or "okay - didn't love it, didn't hate it" would sum up my feelings perfectly but as it stands there is currently no way to express that.
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2007 at 12:22 AM
Just an enhancement suggestion for the community features. When deleting a review, how about a confirm option? "Delete Review: YES/NO"ReplyDelete
I second the "1/2" star review suggestion. I often find myself right on the fence according to the Netflix ratings. 3 stars - I like it, 4 stars I really like it, but why not have 3 1/2 stars that ll fit the "I like it, but..." feeling. For those who don't like these 1/2 star ratings can just simply rate their movies with whole stars. Everyone wins.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2007 at 6:56 AM
I agree 100% on the "just ok" rating. There are a lot of movies I would want to rate that way.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 2, 2007 at 7:58 AM
Just want to say what a great job you guys(and girls) are doing! Keep up the good work! (LOVE the new drag-n-drop queue)ReplyDelete
I'll throw my hat in the ring in favor of 1/2 star reviews. I was just rating some movies this morning and found myself wishing it was an option.
The new queue features are nice. But I never really liked a ten star rating, which is what 1/2 star become. The not interested is part of my viewing tastes. Some shows don't appeal to me from the get-go.ReplyDelete
Oh, and Hi all
Amen Amanda! I've been hoping NF would implement a 1/2 star rating system. Of course that would mean I have to go back and re-rate most of my movies, but I don't see how it's a cop-out to include this as an option. Our trusty tech crew should seriously look in to this easy enhancement.ReplyDelete
I'd like to thank Steve for providing the one place where the "Shooting Star" still lives: Watch Now!ReplyDelete
- CloakeJuly 2, 2007 at 1:35 PM
I'm personally not in favor of half stars. I've always felt that 3 stars was a 'just OK' rating. If it's better than OK, 4 stars. If it's less than OK, 2. Half stars seems like an unnecessary splitting of hairs.ReplyDelete
You should see the ridiculous response I got in my inbox concerning why my "RSS Feed" for my queue was all out of order.ReplyDelete
The "Customer service" at Netflix simply copy and pasted the entire RSS feed page from the site and emailed it to me. I could of flippin' done that...
That is pathetic service right there. Then they give me a phone number to call instead. Imagine trying to explain an RSS feed to someone over a telephone!!!
I really like what you guys are doing here, I think tapping into the community is a great asset that most web based companies don't utilize enough.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 6, 2007 at 5:28 PM
I'd like to know how the "throttling' logic works and have it removed from Netflix completely. What ever happening to our free month of movies anyway???!ReplyDelete
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