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The groundbreaking vision of American Horror Story may not be to everyone's taste, particularly with its dark and unsettling second season, "Asylum." However, no one can deny that AHS features one of the strongest ensemble casts assembled for the screen -- silver or otherwise. With careful precision, filmmaker and television powerhouse Ryan Murphy (Glee, The New Normal) gathered a cast of players that not only committed themselves to the challenging, genre-driven material at hand; they elevated it to vertiginous heights. And next to the legendary Jessica Lange, no other AHS player proved as fearless as the Emmy winner than Sarah Paulson.
As intrepid reporter Lana Winters, Paulson brought a humanity and soul to the often soul crushing abuse she endures at the infamous Briarcliff asylum. What made Winters such an unforgettable character was Murphy and the series writers never allowing her to become a horror victim stereotype. Winters always had a plan, keeping her wits about her no matter how dire the circumstances. She may look like Mary Richards, but she possessed an edge and a survivor's mettle that made her all the more unique. With television currently housing some of the boldest entertainment in recent years, the success of AHS is testament to the narratives that are proving irresistible to audiences today. They are not shying away from the mirrors reflecting back such dark themes and images.
"It's really a whole sort of psychological terror and people who have power versus the powerless," Paulson said.
The contrast between Paulson's contribution to the first season of AHS, where she played a moony psychic, to her role as a lesbian journalist in "Asylum" is a testament to her versatility and strength. And, with the series finale now here, the final act of Ms. Winters harrowing journey is appropriately, well, mind-blowing.
"You won't really believe that happens to poor Lana Winters," Paulson teased.
Sitting down with Paulson at a Century City hotel suite for a press day last fall, little had been revealed on the show about what the ensemble would face. At that time for Paulson, who looked so refined and elegant to greet the press, the hardest part of Winters' journey was incredibly still to come.
Talk about a survivor's narrative, indeed.
Find out what else made Paulson the MVP of this second season of television's most provocative series in this new Personalities Interview.
JORGE CARREON: Is Ryan Murphy some sort of calculated genius or is what happens on American Horror Story truly organic to its premise?
SARAH PAULSON: I certainly think it's meant to be organic to the premise. I know that it's very out there, but I think that's what makes it so exciting. It's a very visceral viewing experience and I know that Ryan has a very specific editing style. He works with the same editors I believe on most of these shows. And there's a kind of aggressiveness to the editing which I think helps to tell the story. I certainly think it's what he wants in terms of calculation.
CARREON: Do you think it is shock for shock value's sake?
PAULSON: I don't think it's for shock value sake. It's a lot to take in but slowly this story starts to come front and center and its less about ig scares and things jumping out at you. It's very emotional and it gets increasingly emotional as the story goes on, as you start to develop more of a connection and investment in the characters. I think Ryan's good at grabbing you in the beginning by throwing everything at you and any kind of take his foot off the gas a little bit and everything kind of can settle. I think that's what he does so well.
CARREON: There was a line in the second episode where it's said, "Times may have changed, but the nature of evil hasn't." Do you think that's what people are so galvanized by this universe?
PAULSON: I really loved the first season but this is much more based in reality. I think it's a very horrifying reality, but a reality nevertheless. The first year, if you died in the house you know your character was a ghost. I personally don't really believe in ghosts. I haven't had any encounters and I'd like to keep it that way. Whereas this year it's really a whole sort of psychological terror and people who have power versus the powerless. In 1964, there was a certain stopping point where you couldn't pass if you didn't have enough power. This show really explores that which I think is very terrifying. The idea that women like my character could get committed to an institution specifically for being a lesbian in 1964 is a terrifying concept when you think about it.
CARREON: What makes a role that lives in the grey such an exciting prospect for actors?
PAULSON: To me, most of life kind of lives in the grey and I don't just mean morally. I just mean kind of everything. If things were black and white it would be a lot clearer as to what to do all the time. That's another thing I think Ryan does is that he takes you to the brink and lets you hover in this uncomfortable place and that's what makes it so creepy and awful.
CARREON: For a show with the title "Asylum," the word commit can have a lot of meanings in this particular context. Why commit as actors to such challenging and disturbing material?
PAULSON: It's been hard. There's something that happens to me around episode six and seven, in particular, that was so disturbing, I had to ask if they could give me a second. I went into a corner and bawled my eyes out. It got to a point where the kind of torture that was happening to an innocent woman was really horrifying. It is a difficult thing to kind of suspend yourself in. It's one thing on the page. You see a two-page scene but you're shooting it for seven hours. And if the terrible thing is happening over and over and over again and you're having to stay in this emotional place, it's really hard. In episode two, my character gets electroshock therapy. I couldn't walk for two days afterwards because what I had to do to my body to be that rigid and move in that way. I had a conversation with my mother the next day and she said, "How are you?" I said, "I'm okay. I'm a little tired. We did this electroshock therapy yesterday." She said, "That is just so horrible!" It was kind of exhilarating actually because the actor part of me is very excited by the fact that I get to really sink my teeth into something. You don't always get those opportunities. If you think about Claire Danes, who's got this incredible part on Homeland that's so multifaceted. But, before Temple Grandin there was kind of a dearth of real great stuff for her to sink her teeth into. Now she can really let it fly, which I think is an incredible thing. It's similar with this and I think it's why it's attracted the caliber of actor of James Cromwell and Jessica and all these people. It's because there's something really meaty there, which you don't find in a lot of places. But you're finding it on television more than anywhere else.
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AfricaFocus Bulletin
January 6, 2015 Sierra Leone: Losing Out
According to World Bank estimates in December, Sierra Leone is the
country that has suffered the greatest economic losses from the
impact of Ebola. Economic growth, estimated at a 11.3% annual rate
in the first half of 2014, contracted at a 2.8% annual rate in the
second half of the year, and was projected to drop another 2% in
2015. Such massive losses not only illustrate the profound impact of
Ebola; they also raise questions about the nature of the growth that
left the country so vulnerable to the epidemic.
May 3, 2012 Sierra Leone: Resisting Land Deals
"While the government of Sierra Leone says it is now
supporting farmers with its smallholder commercialization
program, at the same time it is promoting massive foreign
direct investment in farmland in the country. It claims this
will not harm smallholders or food security. ...
Participants at the conference [of affected land owners and
land users] strongly disagreed." - The Oakland Institute
Dec 12, 2004 Liberia-Sierra Leone: Consolidating Peace?
Oct 31, 2004 Sierra Leone: Truth and Reconciliation Report
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A wind-driven brush fire about 5:00 p.m. Wednesday swept across a quarter-acre in Ridgefield, catching a shed on fire and ruining it.
The fire was at 21600 N.E. 10th Ave., said Battalion Chief Tim Dawdy of Clark County Fire & Rescue.
No one was hurt.
There were dogs in the 25-by-20-foot shed, Dawdy said.
"The firefighters were able to release the dogs and get them loose," Dawdy said.
The fire burned through heavy brush, dead trees and debris. A dead Douglas fir fell near the shed, Dawdy said.
Firefighters used chain saws to cut a line around the shed to help control the blaze, Dawdy said.
A crew from the state Department of Natural Resources was called to watch the fire overnight because the area is considered a forestland.
Dawdy said 18 firefighters from Clark County Fire & Rescue and Fire District 6 fought the blaze with four engines, two water tenders and a brush rig.
Dawdy said residents should be aware of dry lands and windy conditions.
"Check those burn piles and make sure they are completely out because they will come back to life in this windy weather," he said. "We believe this fire is accidental but we want people to be extra careful."
The Clark County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating.
The land is owned by Joseph and Jeanene James, according to Clark County property records. Dawdy said the fire might have crossed a property line.


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Durian crepe
- Cuisine: Desserts/snacks
- Flavor: Sweet and sour
- Practice: Pickles
- Diet: Buqi
Durian crepe material: dijinmianfen 80 g, Durian meat 150 g
Durian crepe ingredients: butter 15 grams, 1 animal pale cream, eggs, milk 240 g
Durian crepe seasoning: 1 small spoon tea powder (5ML), powdered sugar 50 g
Durian crepe approach:
1, the eggs into the Bowl breaking up, join the powdered sugar with the egg whipping uniform (eggs not sent);
2, poured into milk, stir; 3, sieves into the dijinmianfen and tea powder;
4, hit slowly stir the egg with a manual, a batter;
5, after the heat the butter water melts into a liquid, pour in the batter, mixing;
6, when the batter after sieving, placed in the refrigerator standing for half an hour;
7, Pan coated with a thin layer of oil, with a small fire heating. Pour two spoons (30ML) of batter, rounded. Solidification of fried batter. Good crepe fried skin shovel shovel up, put it in the dish. FRY in turn all the crepe paper (with a small fire when you fry without flip);
8, after good crepe fried skin cooling, it can be wrapped up. Animal light cream can add powdered sugar sent to keep the pattern level. Crepe paper skin (didn't side with a pan of frying) towards the lower well, crepe paper placed on the amount of sent good pale cream, put a piece of meat durian, then placed on the amount of sent good cream;
9, crepe bags into a square, filling a full package inside the skin;
10, over, Durian crepe finished. You are doing a crepe place in refrigerator to save, finished best eaten within a day.
Warm Tip:
1, the crepe batter a lot, to distinguish between the different tastes of dessert shops generally overlaid with different colored skin with different fillings, such as mango crepe mostly yellow, Durian crepe is green. Add green tea powder in a crepe paper can make the skin color to green crepe, if there is no green tea powder, or join a few green food coloring. Of course, if you don't care about skin color or not.
2, replaced with another of Durian fruit, you can do other flavors of crepe, exchange such as mango, peach, strawberry, and so on.
3, when fried crepe paper, recommended with non-stick pan for better. When frying with small fires, FRY to the solidification of crepe paper can shovel shovel down. Not fried too long, otherwise crepe paper paste, when filling is also easy to crack.
4, because the heavy taste of durian, Durian crepe in the refrigerator before you save it, proposed a number of packages of several layers of cling film or placed in a completely sealed storage box to avoid refrigerator full of Durian odour.
Eat healthy:
Durian is rich in nutrition, efficacy of invigorating the spleen and supplementing Qi, tonifying the kidney and strengthening Yang, pulp properties is hot and delay, deficient cold of tonics, illness and postpartum women available to nourishing the body.
Food taboos:
Durian when eating a cold, not fit for human consumption in patients with hypertension, diabetes, cannot simultaneously with alcohol consumption. Can red boiling water, not boiling.


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Labor, hip hop forge vote alliance
In the latest move to activate the youth vote American Rights at Work and Respect my Vote! 2010 have teamed up on a video and photo campaign.
Labor intensifies outreach to Y generation
The AFL-CIO is stepping up a program it hopes will eventually bring the Y generation into the labor movement.
Wall Street Journal warns labor could stop GOP in its tracks
Evidence that all the media hype about a coming GOP victory in the mid-term elections may be totally off base surfaced Oct. 12 in a warning to the ruling class from the Wall Street Journal.
School custodians march against privatization
Over 200 municipal workers marched and rallied at City Hall Tuesday to protest proposed privatization of school custodial services.


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Camera, Aerial, Fairchild K-3A, U.S. Navy
Sherman Fairchild developed the high-quality K-3 camera with its between-the-lens shutter that minimized distortion. The camera set the technical standard for commercial and military mapping and for vertical and oblique photography in the 1920s and '30s. The K-3A had a Veeder automatic instrument data recorder that imprinted information directly onto the film. The popular K-3B could use six different length lenses but lacked the data recorder.
Transferred from the U.S. Navy
Physical Description:
Has film mag.attached;also rear cover plate & 2 filters in box. Has a f-5.0, 12in. aerostigmat lens #ec 654.
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp.
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- Boeing Aviation Hangar
- Type
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- 3-D: 33 x 50.8 x 30.5cm (13 x 20 x 12 in.)


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The door to the armory slid open, a tall, foreboding figure stepped out into the hall followed by two other men who were tugging and adjusting his armor.
S202A looked back and forth at the group inside the corridor he'd just stepped into; floods of information pounding into his mind in moments as he wriggled and jiggled from the two
outfitters tugging at his armor's hardpoints.
S202A was already fully armed and ready for combat; shaking his head only slightly as if to brush off all the things swirling in his mind at the moment. The Shade looked at the surrounding people, analyzing them in a robotic fashion with the information he'd garnered the moment he'd walked out the door: A Sergeant Major Jacob Musto farther off smoking a cigarette - not the smartest thing to do near an armory, even in the outside corridor . Closer in was a Corporal Onyx....? Winston, and......
S202A's head shifted slowly towards the black duo as his mind screamed with a new and sudden notion. He didn't know why he hadn't noticed them sooner, perhaps the mass of information that had invaded his cranium had masked them from him, but now that everything was shifting back into place he noticed them like they were florescent signs in a dark room.
He briefly noticed a woman next to one of them, he recognized her instantly as his squad leader, Sergeant Mio Kobayakawa, who, although she was actually lower in rank than himself, was to be his commanding officer, and so he would treat her as such.
The two outfitters had left by then and he'd simply been standing in front of the door, silently observing them. He moved towards the feminine pair and stopped in front of them, looking over at Sergeant Kobayakawa he saluted sharply, finally speaking, "Sir, Shade-202-Alpha reporting, I will be your designated Shade specialist for this mission...Ma'am."
His voice was cold and without feeling, and creepy enough to make children cry, actually it had once.
S202A had actually been in the Sergeant's squad before, on a lot of occasions actually. Hers was actually his
squad, but Shades were not always with their squads, nor were they always assigned to them; parallel, maybe, in tandem, quite often, but Shades specialized in covert operations, reconnaissance, sabotage, and assassination, which meant they best worked alone. This would explain the reason he felt he needed to
himself - if his short designation could be counted as an explanation, but Shades weren't big on
S202A's gaze turned ever-so-slightly towards the woman next to the Sergeant. His goggled and masked face gave away nothing, but he knew that if those two were anything like he was, then she'd know why he was looking at her.
He wondered; did the higher-ups feel that a Shade wasn't enough for this? Did they really need
beings? Though the term,
, was quite a liberal term in his mind. It was obvious he had abilities, he was a Shade, and everyone knew it, but those two were far more of a secret it seemed. He could guess (and read) that out of everyone in the corridor it was only him, and maybe, yes, more than a maybe, the Sergeant too, who knew what they were. Like churning milk and grazing cream off the top, it was a slow process, but the longer he was in their presence the more he could gather, though, it worked the other way around too, it always did.
S202A walked over to one of the corridor walls and stood there, neither leaning nor propping himself against it. S202A looked over at the man in the duo this time, a small breath of fog escaping from his mask as if they were in a freezer or the corridor were cold, although, it wasn't.
"But in you...I see the potential to see the Force die, to turn away from its will..."
"You are beautiful to me, exile. A dead spot in the Force, an emptiness in which its will might be denied."
"But no Jedi ever made the choice you did. To sever ties so completely, so utterly, that it leaves a wound in the Force..."
"I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you...You are more precious than you know..."-now...it's verbatim!-A quote from Darth Traya (Kreia)
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As a new parent, you are constantly bombarded with feedback about the size of your child. Weight and height are just something everyone comments on, along with hair, head size, eyes and teeth. In fact, it's so common for all of us to speak openly about where our children rank in terms of percentiles and norms, it's amazing they leave toddlerhood without being obsessed with the sizes of their own craniums.
Little girls in particular are subject to even more intense scrutiny in terms of weight. A little boy can be "huge" and have a career as a football player (or so the social script goes) but for little girls... well, it's complicated. It is not an uncommon thing for strangers to reassure the mother of a healthy little girl that she'll slim down when she's older. Or ask if a particularly tall girl is "normal" and sigh over how difficult her teenage years will be. Or gasp in astonishment when learning the true age of a child they imagine to be much older. The constant message from the universe is that being a "big" girl is a liability.
A recent opinion piece in the LA Times by author Meghan Daum raises an interesting issue about weight on television; more specifically, the exact weight of Olympic athletes. Figure skaters aside, many of the winter Olympians are over 160 pounds. How do we know that? Because their weight is being posted along with their age and country. It's a shocking thing to see women admitting to being anything but a size zero. In new parent terms, being over 160 pounds means these ladies are over the ninetieth percentile. And they are Olympic Champions. Which means they are objectively and completely awesome.
So, the next time the old lady at your bakery frets that your daughter is going to struggle to find a man tall enough to marry her, or your mother-in-law sadly returns the cute dress she bought that is about six months to small, tell them you're not worried. Your daughter is sure to be taking home gold in 2030 and that you will be behind her one hundred percent.


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Will I need additional testing while I'm pregnant?
Your practitioner may want to monitor your baby more intensively during your last two to three months of pregnancy, depending on the severity of your diabetes and whether you have any other medical or obstetrical problems.
This will likely mean that you'll have more frequent prenatal visits than you normally would. She'll explain how you should start counting your baby's movements at 28 weeks so you can alert her immediately if you sense that your baby is less active.
If you're unable to keep your blood sugar under control or it's high enough that you need medication, or if you have any other risk factors, you'll probably start to have tests to check on your baby's well-being, beginning at about 32 weeks (and possibly as early as 28 weeks, depending on your individual situation).
This testing may include fetal heart monitoring (nonstress tests) and periodic ultrasound tests called biophysical profiles. If you have mild gestational diabetes kept well under control without medication and you have no other problems, you probably won't need any extra testing until about 40 weeks.
You may also have one or more ultrasounds during the third trimester to monitor your baby's growth. Your practitioner may order one in the early part of the third trimester to help assess your need for medication. You'll likely have an ultrasound close to your due date, too. If your baby seems to be getting very big, you might be induced before your due date, or your practitioner may recommend delivering by c-section.
Note: If your diabetes was diagnosed in the first half of your pregnancy, it's more likely that you had unrecognized diabetes before you conceived. In this case, your provider may order a fetal echocardiogram (an ultrasound that focuses on your baby's heart) because the risk of birth defects, especially heart defects, is higher if your blood sugar was high during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, when your baby's body was being formed.
Will I continue to have diabetes after my baby is born?
You might. Most women with gestational diabetes do not remain diabetic after giving birth.But as many as a third of women who had gestational diabetes will continue to have diabetes or what's known as impaired glucose tolerance. That means their glucose levels are higher than normal, but not as high as they would be with diabetes.
For this reason, you'll need to have a glucose test about six to 12 weeks after delivery. This test requires an overnight fast and can be done at your six-week postpartum visit. In addition, for women who had gestational diabetes and a normal postpartum screening, the American Diabetes Association recommends repeat testing at least every three years.


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Company Names - Do you Know this ?
The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book
Gulliver's Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in
appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry
Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered
themselves yahoos.
The name Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," but Filo and Yang insist they selected the name because they liked the general definition of a yahoo: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." (Source: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/history.html)
Red Hat
Company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse
team cap (with red and white stripes) while at college by
his grandfather. He lost it and had to search for it
desperately. The manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux
had an appeal to readers to return his Red Hat if found by
Hear it from Google Founders themselves Play
Source: The
Lost Tapes
"Ince: How
did you get the name Google?
Brin: We were
thinking about very large numbers ... so we came up with the term
"googol" which is the mathematical term for 10 to the hundredth
(power). The correct spelling was g-o-o-g-o-l and I'm not sure that we realized
that we had made a spelling error. But that was taken, anyway. There was
this guy who'd already registered Googol.com, and I tried to buy it from
him, but he was fond of it. So we went with Google. "
The name is not an acronym but an abbreviation of San Francisco.
The company's logo reflects its San Francisco name heritage. It
represents a stylized Golden Gate Bridge.
The name came from the river Adobe Creek that ran
behind the house of founder John Warnock.
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Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Honors students are able to modify any course at Penn State New Kensington and make it into an Honors course. These students are also able to pursue independent topics via Honors Independent Study credits.
By the end of the third week of the semester, the student and their course instructor must submit a proposal to the Honors Coordinators for either independent study or Honors Option. Please note that the Honors Option form linked below should be used to submit proposals. The form allows you to enter information and print the completed form, however you cannot save the form. It is suggested that you type the information in a text file and then copy and paste into the form. Also note that signatures must be obtained after printing the completed form.
It is recommended that these Independent Study Projects or Honors Options result in presentations at the campus's spring semester Research and Creative Exposition.
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Hey, we're not related after all! And she's not only hot, she needs the big bone 24/7! So, since I believe in togetherness, I consider it my duty to keep my wife's mom moaning in pleasure as often as she wants to. It's ok, 'cause that's what I want too!
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Donald W. McCandless, 82, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, November, 7, 2013, at his home. Don was born April 11, 1931 in Pontiac, Michigan.
He was a member of Hilton Head Presbyterian Church (PCA), enjoyed playing golf and was a member of the Spanish Wells Country Club. His two favorite things were watching Clemson football and volunteering at the Hilton Head Humane Society, "Litter Box".
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Wayne McCandless; brother, Henry McCandless.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Eleanor M. "Ellie" McCandless of Hilton Head Island; daughter, Susan J. Gallucci of Hilton Head Island; son, Stephen D. McCandless
of Raleigh, North Carolina; grandson, Matthew G. Gallucci of Charleston, South Carolina.
A Celebration of His Life will be held at 2:30 P.M., Sunday, November 10, 2013, at Hilton Head Presbyterian Church (PCA), 235 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Hilton Head Presbyterian Church (PCA), P.O. Box 23678, Hilton Head Island, SC 29925 or to the Hilton Head Island Humane Society "Litter Box", 10 Humane Way, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926.
Low Country Cremation Society, is serving the McCandless family.


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Turkish Airlines Copyright © 1996 - 2016
- Attention! Exhibition
- A Modern Art feast
- A colorful summer in Istanbul
- 'Alem' exhibition in Munich
- An Istanbul in Marmaris
- Posters go on exhibit
- Mevlânâ at the Haghia Sophia
- Three exhibitions at the Bodrum Shipyard
- Giant sculptures made of sand
- India at Alaçatı
- Orbits and boundaries
- Bridge championship in Antalya
- Classical music lovers to meet at Gümüşlük
- An Italian at Parkorman
- World melodies permeate Istanbul
- Turkish Airlines contributes to civilian aviation sector
- Turkish Airlines to revive frigate Ertuğrul
- Turkish Airlines sponsors
- No obstacles for the handicapped on Turkish Airlines!
- Ankara-Muş flights resumed!
- Turkish Airlines' announcement
- Turkish Airlines' announcement to all domestic and international passengers
- Another new plane joins the Turkish Airlines Flight Academy
- Turkish Airlines sponsors Handball Championship
- 111's of the month
- Bursa-Erzurum flights get under way
- Turkish Airlines sponsors European Bowling Championship
- Festival support from Turkish Airlines
- Pakistan media delegation visits Turkey
Three exhibitions at the Bodrum Shipyard
Restored with contributions by Ericsson and Milta Bodrum Marina, Bodrum's first shipyard, which dates to 1775, is preparing today to bring art lovers three exhibitions as the Ottoman Shipyard Art Gallery: Nur Şenel's photography exhibition, 'The Words of Visuality', 2-9 August; the works of painter Dilek Helvacıoğlu, 11-19 August; and the works of Rıfat Koçak in painting and sculpture, 21 August to 2 September.
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One More Reason to be a Good Guy
By melinchina on Sep 27, 2007
My mom bought my son Grant a package of Underoos from a super-sale at Wal-Mart. All the characters on the underwear were D-List superheroes - guess that explains why they were on super-sale.
Grant and I were looking at one of the characters, named Metro Man. He's so obscure that I can't even find a picture of him on Google to show you. Anyway Grant asked me if Metro Man is a good guy. I said I didn't know for sure. Grant said -
"He must be. They don't put bad guys on underwear."
So there you go. Take the high road today. You never know where it might lead.


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YOUNGSTOWN — City firefighters continue investigating the cause of a fire that gutted a home at 565 Almyra Ave. on Monday.
Battalian Chief Jack Martin said the fire began on the first floor of the two-story South Side dwelling at 5:03 p.m. Martin said two brothers lived in the home, and one of them tried to put out the fire before finally calling the fire department.
Martin estimated the home and its contents was valued at about $15,000, and the fire did about $13,000 worth of damage. He said the home carried no insurance. One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion at the scene.
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Sarducci's Capistrano Depot sits in a perfect location amongst the Los Rios Historic District of San Juan Capistrano and just steps from the train depot. The restaurant has a large outdoor patio and it's the perfect spot for a gathering of friends, great dining and weekend entertainment.
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Intro: This asparagus quiche recipes with cheese makes for a yummy breakfast recipe as the spring birds start to chirping. It takes advantage of the flavors of one of the most popular spring vegetables -- asparagus and flavors it with some cheddar and Parmesan cheese (and if you're me, a little pepper Jack for some spice). So if you've ever wondered, "How do you make quiche?" this recipe is for you. I predict that this will be one of the best recipes for quiche you'll encounter.
If you're viewing this on your SmartPhone, you may find it easier to watch the tutorial than to read the recipe.
Spring recipes: Asparagus pasta with chicken, Parmesan and Romano
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Yummy Breakfast Recipes: Recipe for Asparagus Recipe with Cheese
- Pizza dough (click the link for some recipes for pizza dough)
- Flour
- 1 Asparagus bunch
- 1 1/2 c. of Greek yogurt
- 4 Thyme leaves sprigs
- 3 Garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4 of a red onion
- 1 Tbsp of brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp of olive oil
- 1 c. of cheddar cheese
- 1/2 c. of grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 c. of Jack cheese (optional, but if you do go with Jack, cut the cheddar down by half)
- 4 eggs
- Grated black pepper
- Grated sea salt
- White pepper
Instructions for the Asparagus Quiche Recipe With Cheese
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. It'll be enough to heat and bake this egg quiche recipe.
- Cut the ends off the asparagus. You need to get rid of about an inch or so on the the ends of this spring vegetable.
- Cut the asparagus up into 2- to 3-inch spears.
- Put the asparagus into a deep skillet along with some olive oil. Cook until it becomes almost tender. Take it out of the pan.
- Slice the red onion and break the sections apart.
- Drop the onion slices into the pan along with the brown sugar.
- Add the yogurt to a bowl.
- Drop the minced garlic into the yogurt. Add in the thyme leaves. Stir the mixture up.
- Add in the cheeses
- Spray the ceramic pie pan. You want to have a fairly deep pan for this asparagus quiche recipe with cheese. It'll need to accommodate the pizza dough.
- Dust the bottom of the dish with some flour.
- Press the pizza dough into pie pan. Dust it with some flour.
- Break the eggs into a mixing bowl. Add in the yogurt mixture and the caramelized onions.
- Stir/ whisk together.
- Pour into the pizza dough pie crust. Add your seasonings at this stage. Note that the original recipe for the asparagus quiche recipe with cheese doesn't call for white pepper. It's optional, but delish.
- Sprinkle the top with cheese and add in the asparagus spears.
- Bake the recipe for asparagus quiche with cheese for at least a half an hour.
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While there are many considerations when selecting a defense attorney, the only reason that matters in the end is achieving a successful result for your case. Our entire group has been designed around this single purpose. We are extremely proud of our track record and remain as focused as ever on building our reputation as a successful sex crimes defense group. Due to the specific focus of our law practice as well as the quality of service we offer, we are not a high-volume law practice and consequently are able to devote 100% of our resources to each case we undertake.
While every case is different, and we cannot predict the future result of your case, we can say with confidence that we diligently prepare each and every one of our cases, and our clients are fully involved in that pre-trial preparation. If you are facing the possibility of a criminal prosecution, do not hesitate to call us immediately. We look forward to the opportunity of protecting you, your family and your freedom.
Please review our select case results below. Each of these cases represents a real Premier Defense Group client. The results are actual verdicts or negotiated pleas, and represent a diverse spectrum of the types of cases we undertake. We are confident that you will find a case among these results that is similar to yours.
Not-Guilty Verdict: Jury Finds Medical Evidence Inconsistent with Allegations
State: Kansas
Court: Labette County District Court
Case Name: State v. R.C.
Judge: Jeffry L. Jack
Result: Jury Verdict – Not Guilty on All Counts
When our client was only eighteen years old, he started dating a girl who had two young daughters, then ages one and two. They had an on-again off-again relationship for a number of years. In 2007, they purchased a home together, and the daughters moved in with them permanently. Shortly after moving in together, both daughters accused him of having sexually abused them. Although they made allegations of sexual touching, they both denied any penetration. At first, the girls' mother supported him, but she then turned against him. As part of the criminal investigation, the social worker and the investigating law enforcement officer recorded video statements from each of the girls.
Law enforcement did not conduct a very thorough investigation and moved forward primarily on the girls' allegations. Our client was arrested and went to trial in August 2009. As part of its evidence at the 2009 trial, the prosecutor presented the testimony of a nurse who displayed photographs of both girls' hymens and testified that they were obliterated. She also displayed pictures of normal hymens, leaving the jury with the impression that there must have been some abuse. Our client was convicted, sentenced to 14 years and required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He served almost four years before his conviction was overturned on appeal. The court released him on an increased bail pending the second trial.
Efforts to resolve the case without a second trial were not successful. The defense offered to accept a plea to time served. The state demanded a sentence of 9 years. Our client rejected the state's offer and went to trial.
In 2015, Tom was brought in by our client and his family to serve as co-counsel at the retrial — nearly 6 years after the charges were first brought. He worked with one of the original attorneys who had tried the case in 2009, Melanie Morgan, who was very effective in cross-examining the investigating agent at the second trial and exposing the lack of any meaningful investigation. It was obvious when the cross examination was complete, that there had been a rush to judgment.
In addition, the defense took a different approach with the evidence. Since the medical evidence (obliterated hymens) did not comport to the girls' allegations (touching but no penetration), we brought in a gynecologist who testified that there must have been some penetration, and that the medical evidence was not consistent with the allegations. The defense then displayed the evidence used by the state in its first trial, but not utilized in the second. Tom and Melanie pointed out to the jury that it was the defense who presented the medical evidence that was collected by the state. There was some evidence that the mother accused a member of her family of abuse. This testimony was not admitted at the first trial but was in the second. The defense included a Power Point presentation in its closing argument that outlined all of the reasonable doubt generated by not only the evidence but also the lack of evidence. The jury deliberated less than two hours before finding our client not guilty of all counts.
Not-Guilty Verdict Despite Prosecution's Character Attack
State: Maryland
Court: Circuit Court for Frederick County
Case Name: State v. J.B.
Judge: Theresa M. Adams
Result: Jury Verdict – Not Guilty on All 6 Counts
The State charged our client with 5 counts of second degree rape, 2 counts of second degree sex offense, 1 count of third degree sex offense and 1 count of assault. One count of rape and the third degree sex offense and assault counts were dismissed prior to trial. The only plea offer the state made was 40 years with all but 20 years suspended. Because the charges are deemed to be crimes of violence under Maryland law, the client would have had to serve a minimum of 10 years before even being eligible for parole. The plea was rejected.
The case lasted 5 full days and presented some challenging issues for the defense. Before retaining counsel, the client gave a 2-hour video interview with law enforcement. During the interrogation, he lied about taking pictures and his past association over many years with the complainant who had a limited IQ. The evidence also established that he was married and having an affair with the complainant's mother. During closing argument, the defense readily conceded he lied to the police, committed adultery and displayed morally objectionable behavior, This conduct, though, did not make him a rapist. Three solid character witnesses testified as to his being peaceful, kind and non-violent. The jury returned its not guilty verdicts on all counts after 7 hours of deliberation.
After Two Previous Hung Jury Trials, Premier Defense Group Takes the Case and Secures a Not-Guilty Verdict
State: Texas
Court: 380th Judicial District Court (Collin County)
Case Name: Texas v. C.D.
Judge: Keith Dean
Result: Not Guilty (Jury Trial) ALL COUNTS
Our client was charged in Collin County Texas with nine counts of Indecency with a Child through sexual contact, which are second degree felonies each carrying a potential sentence of a minimum of two to a maximum of twenty years of incarceration.
The facts were nothing short of bizarre. His stepdaughter accused him of touching her breast one time and her vagina one time in 2003 for "a few seconds" when she was 7 years old. The alleged abuse stopped completely for three years until the family moved into a new home. She then said that there were additional incidents of touching that lasted only seconds when she was between 11 and 15. In the first two trials, the specific incidents were not tied to any specific year or date. She reported the abuse in 2011, when she was 15 years old, and her mom and stepfather were arguing about divorce.
Heather Barbieri, one of our Group attorneys, represented the client on two trials that resulted in mistrials in 2012 and 2013. The jury vote at the first trial was 6 to 6, but 11 to 1 for Guilty at the second trial. When the DA elected to try the case for the third time, Heather asked Attorney Pavlinic to work with her.
At the third trial, the complainant now claimed there were three acts of touching in the new house that lasted a "few seconds." This time, however, she said one act of touching took place in each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. (We believe she testified with this specificity to meet the conditions of the indictment.) There were also texts showing that the mother demanded money, or she was going to call the police.
Over repeated defense objections, the court permitted the prosecution to call two representatives from the Child Advocacy Center to testify about the characteristics of abused children and their alleged abusers, even though they were not qualified as experts and their testimony was not relevant to the facts of the case. Further, the second expert was able to testify after the defense rested, even though that testimony was not proper rebuttal.
The court granted the defense's motion to strike 4 of the 9 counts because there was no testimony that any alleged abuse occurred during those years. After nearly 10 hours of deliberation, the jury returned not guilty verdicts on the 5 remaining counts of the Indictment.
Facing 35-Year Sentence and Lifetime Registry: All Charges Dropped
State: Kentucky
Court: Nelson Circuit Court
Case Name: Kentucky v. D.O. Jr.
Judge: John D. Seay
Result: All charges dropped prior to trial.
D.O. is the 42-year-old biological father of K.G.O, who was 4 years old at the time the allegations arose. In the midst of a custody/visitation dispute and related domestic court involvement, K.G.O. claimed D.O "pinched and kissed her vagina".
As a result of the allegations, he was charged with 4 felony offenses including First Degree Sexual Abuse and First Degree Sodomy. He faced a maximum of 35 years of incarceration and life-time reporting on the Sexual Registry.
Aggressive investigation and representation was undertaken including a pretrial challenge and hearing regarding the competency of the child, where we asserted that her claims were the result of suggestibility or taint induced by the natural mother. Kentucky does not legally recognize the concept of "suggestibility", but psychological expert testimony was obtained and presented. Although the Court ruled in favor of the State, the Judge indicated he had "grave concerns" about the truthfulness of the child.
Motion filing, investigation and probing analysis continued between motion hearings and trial. At the time of jury selection, all charges were dropped by the State. Furthermore, we were able to obtain a court order that mandated D.O. would regain the partial custody of his daughter he had before the charges were filed, after a suitable period of supervised visitation.
Facing 20-Year Mandatory Minimum Sentence: No Megan's Law Plea
State: Pennsylvania
Court: Warren County Common Pleas
Case Name: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Kelly P.
Judge: Gregory J. Hammond
Result: Guilty plea to a single misdemeanor with no Megan's Law registration
In a 10-count criminal information, our client was charged with sexual molestation of a child age 10-14. The accuser was age 24 when the accusations were brought forth. The charges carried a potential 94-year maximum sentence including a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence. After exhaustive investigation, witness interviews and the retaining of a DNA expert, a plea bargain was reached to plead to a single misdemeanor count with a sentence range of probation to 3 months, and most significantly no sexual registry. Our client was sentenced to four years of probation.
State's Expert Discredited; Inconsistencies of Child Witness Revealed
State: West Virginia
Court: Putnam County, WV
Case Name: West Virginia v. Roger D.
Judge: Philip Stowers
Result: Not Guilty (Jury Trial) ALL COUNTS
Our client was charged with Sexual Abuse in the First Degree; Sexual Abuse by a Guardian,Custodian or Person in a Position of Trust; and Use of Obscene Matter with Intent to Seduce a Minor. This was a huge victory in Putnam County, West Virginia for a number of reasons.
First, the judge in the criminal trial had presided over custody issues in family court. After hearing the evidence in that proceeding, he issued written findings of fact that Roger had sexually abuse his step-daughter continuously over a 5-year period. He refused to recuse himself, and the WV Supreme Court said he did not have to. Second, the judge refused a misdemeanor plea with lifetime sexual registration, saying that the plea was too lenient. Roger was facing 50 years and lifetime supervision over and above the registration. Third, the judge permitted the prosecution to call a previously undisclosed expert with only 2 days notice and would not grant a continuance. He said we could get our own expert – never imagining that we could and did! Fourth, the State paraded all its usual witnesses from law enforcement and the Child Advocacy Center. We were able to point out inconsistencies in the child's testimony that were created solely through the State's own evidence. The case began on Monday and the jury returned Not Guilty verdicts on all counts on Wednesday evening after nearly 6 hours of deliberation.
All Counts Dismissed After Extensive Pre-Trial Motions
State: Florida
Court: Circuit Court for Manatee County, FL
Case Name: Florida v. Mark R.
Judge: Nicholas
Result: ALL COUNTS DISMISSED
Our client was accused of performing sexual acts involving three of his natural children. He was charged with eight felony counts, including sexual battery of children, and lewd and lascivious molestation. Three counts were felonies that carried a sentence of life without parole. After more than one year of pre-trial motions, all charges were nol prossed (dismissed) by the Florida State's Attorney Office.
Cross Examination of Children Accusers Reveals Contradictions
State: Pennsylvania
Court: Court of Common Pleas for York County, PA
Case Name: Commonwealth v. James W
Judge: Bortner
Result: Not Guilty (Jury Verdict) – ALL COUNTS
The Commonwealth charged our client with Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse and 6 related counts involving 2 children, ages 8 and 9 at the time of the offense and 9 and 10 at the time of trial. The accusation was that he forced the 9-year old to have oral sex with him when she and the other neighbor slept out over night in a tent with our client and his daughter. Nearly 6 months later, the other girl said she, too, had been touched. The Commonwealth was able to play the girls' videotaped interviews as part of its case in chief. The girls' in-court testimony was filled with contradictions.
The judge granted our motion to dismiss 2 of the counts at the conclusion of the Commonwealth's case. The jury deliberated for 6 hours over two days and then entered not guilty verdicts on the 5 remaining counts.
Expert Computer Analysis Debunks Teen's Accusations of Sexual Abuse
State: Maryland
Court: Circuit Court for Howard County
Case Name: State of Maryland v. RST
Judge: Gelfman
Co-counsel: Attorney Ron Marryott
Result: Not Guilty (Jury Verdict) – ALL COUNTS: Sex Abuse of a Minor; Sex Offense Third Degree; Assault- Second Degree.
Case Comments: Our client, a successful businessman, was charged with digitally penetrating his 13-year-old daughter while she was in his custody/care for weekend visitation. The natural mother and client had been divorced for years. The alleged victim testified that she searched for sex abuse "victim" websites shortly after the alleged abuse had occurred. The State introduced this testimony to corroborate her accusations. We secured the services of an expert computer analyst who determined and testified that the complaining witness in fact was on Facebook and playing games on her laptop shortly after the "abuse", and that the sex abuse "victim" websites represented only a very small percentage of her computer use in the days following the alleged abuse. The expert completely undermined the alleged victim's trial testimony, which played a large part in securing a not guilty verdict.
Expert Analysis Highlights Inconsistencies: Leads to Maryland Man's Case Being Placed on the Stet Docket
State: Maryland
Court: Circuit Court for Frederick County
Case Name: State v. B. U.
Our client, his wife and their sons visited with the wife's former college friend for less than 24 hours on December 31, 2010 to January 1, 2011. Shortly after the client and his wife left on New Year's Day, the friend's daughter claimed she had been touch while she sat in an open foyer with her mother and the client's wife in an adjacent bedroom. The daughter later told her mother that she had a dream of being abuse before the abuse ever allegedly happened. Despite the bizarre and implausible nature of the allegations, the prosecution went forward.
The prosecutrix wanted to present the testimony of a social worker to opine about behaviors of sexually abused children. Defense filed a motion in limine supported by an affidavit from Dr. Hagan and requested an evidentiary hearing. The prosecution withdrew its request without a hearing.
Later during the discovery phase of the case, the child disputed and recanted defense-helpful statements that she had made to the investigating trooper. Confronted with these contradictions, on May 1, 2012, the prosecution abandoned the case and placed it on the stet docket. (Stet is a Maryland procedure that operates like a deferred prosecution with no finding. If the person charged does not have any further problem with law enforcement, the case is formally dismissed after 3 years and the client's records can be expunged.)
Maryland Man Accused of Sexual Abuse: Not Guilty All Counts
State: Maryland
Court: Circuit Court for Prince George's County
Case Name: State v. D.W.
Judge: Serrette
Co-counsel: None
Result: Not Guilty (Jury Verdict) – All 5 Counts: Custodial abuse, object penetration, attempted object penetration, improper touching and assault
Case Comments: Our client was accused of putting a light bulb his son's anus. The son gave numerous contradictions on cross-examination. We had the light bulb examined: it was negative for fecal matter, and the police technician testified for the defense. We also had a gastroenterologist who had conducted 55,000 anal exams over 35 years testify that the nurse's test for sphincter tone was bogus.
Pennsylvania Client Charged with Felony Sex Crimes – No Megan's Law Plea
State: Pennsylvania
Court: Court of Common Pleas for Allegheny County
Case Name: Commonwealth v. J.B.
Judge: McDaniel
Co-counsel: David Shrager
Result: Nolo ContendereMisdemeanor Plea: No Megan's Law
Case Comments: Our client was accused of having sexual contact with a 7-year old girl while at the child's mother's residence. Despite passing a police-administered polygraph, he was charged with 1st degree and 2nd degree felonies. At his first scheduled trial the prosecution offered our client a plea, but one that was unacceptable to him and us. The trial was postponed. We were then offered a plea the week before his second scheduled trial: no jail time, no Megan's Law registry, and a nolo contendere plea. While we firmly believed in our client's factual innocence and were eager to prove this in court, the plea was an acceptable alternative.
Pennsylvania Man Accused of Groping: Not Guilty All Counts
State: Pennsylvania
Court: Court of Common Pleas for York County
Case Name: Commonwealth v. G.Z.
Judge: Kelley
Co-counsel: Autumn Walden
Result: Not Guilty – All Counts (Jury Verdict)
Case Comments: Our client was gay. He was accused of groping a much bigger and stronger 17-year old athlete in the locker room of a public gym. Testimony from the prosecution's own witnesses contradicted not only the complainant but also each other.
Vermont Client Charged with Molestation: All Charges Dismissed
State: Vermont
Court: Superior Court, Washington Criminal Division
Case Name: State v. D.F.
Judge: Not Assigned
Co-counsel: Lisa Shelkrot
Result: Dismissed prior to trial
Case Comments: The Complainant was a special-needs student who had been transported by our client. His lack of credibility was established when the investigation showed that he had made previous unfounded complaints against others.
Maryland Sex Abuse Case Nolle Prosequi on Morning of Trial
State: Maryland
Court: Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Case Name: State v. B.E.
Judge: Not Assigned
Co-counsel: Charlotte Weinstein
Result: Entered Nolle Prosequi on morning of trial
Case Comments: Defense pointed out that the charges were inconsistent with the (i) police investigation, (ii) statements made to the social worker and (iii) the grand jury presentation. Case dismissed when a detailed letter questioned prosecutorial ethics and threatened outside intervention.
Virginia 4-Year Old Barred From Testifying: Not Guilty All Counts
State: Virginia
Court: Circuit Court for Suffolk County
Case Name: Commonwealth v. D.H.
Judge: Eason
Co-counsel: Melinda Glaubke
Result: Not Guilty – All Counts (Jury Verdict)
Case Comments: The complainant was only 4 years old. The judge found her testimony unreliable and did not permit her to testify. The prosecution proceeded without the child's testimony, attempting to rely on our client's purported statement to the police.
No Medical Evidence: Not Guilty All Counts
State: Maryland
Court: Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County
Case Name: State v. T.S.
Judge: North
Co-counsel: Charlotte Weinstein
Result: Not Guilty – All Counts (Jury Verdict)
Case Comments: Father accused of abusing his 2 teenage daughters at the same time. There was no medical evidence to support the allegations. Pediatrician and therapist testified for the defense. Allegations arose during a divorce case and only after the children were sent to Florida to visit the wife's family
Pennsylvania Vindictive Girlfriend: Not Guilty All Counts
State: Pennsylvania
Court: Court of Common Pleas for York County
Case Name: Commonwealth v. R.Z.
Judge: Kennedy
Co-counsel: Jerry Lord
Result: Not Guilty – All Counts (Jury Verdict)
Case Comments: Allegations of sexual abuse of the teenage daughter of our client's girlfriend made when the relationship ended. Along with many photographs, defense presented testimony of independent witnesses who observed the interaction with the complainant and our client.
Not Guilty Jury Verdict To All 9 Sexual Abuse Counts In 7-Year Old Case
State: Pennsylvania
Court: Court of Common Pleas for Allegheny County
Case Name: Commonwealth v. Donald H. Stettner
Judge: Sasinoski
Co-counsel: Timothy Lucas
Result: Not Guilty – All 9 Counts (Jury Verdict)
Case Comments:
In Pittsburgh, PA a school psychologist was accused of anally raping his adopted son approximately 300 to 600 times when the young man was between 9 and 17 years of age. The son did not go to the police until 2002, more that 5 years after the alleged abuse ended. Our client was arrested on January 22, 2003. The son also accused his natural mother of sexual abuse. The mother denied any abuse on her part when testifying for the prosecution and against her husband during the trial. The case spanned 16 days from jury selection until jury verdict and was not concluded until March 19, 2010, over 7 years after the arrest.
Attorneys Tom Pavlinic and Tim Lucas tried the case together and presented the testimony of many fact witnesses as well as the expert testimony of a gastroenterologist to describe what anal-rectal medical findings would have been associated with the alleged abuse. There were no medical findings, and the complainant refused to submit to a voluntary medical examination.
Because of the bizarre nature of the allegations, the relentless prosecution to which he was subjected and the negative impact this ordeal has had on his life, our client has authorized us to share his traumatic experience with you. To learn more details about this terrible injustice Google: Dr. Donald Stettner, school psychologist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Vindictive Divorcee: Allegations of Rape and Child Sexual Abuse Unfounded: Not Guilty All Counts
State: Delaware
Court: Superior Court for Sussex County
Case Name: State v. R.P.
Judge: Graves
Co-counsel: Kate Aaronson
Result: Not Guilty – All Counts (Jury Verdict)
Comments: Allegations of spousal rape that were made along with allegations of child sex abuse during a divorce case.
Unreliability of Child Complainant: Not Guilty All Counts
State: Virginia
Court: Circuit Court for Lancaster County
Case Name: Commonwealth v. T.C.
Judge: Talifero
Co-counsel: Jud Collier (Lead Counsel)
Result: Not Guilty – All Counts (Jury Verdict)
Comments: Complainant was only 6 years old. Defense challenged competency due to suggestion, but the court permitted the child to testify. Cross examination established the unreliability of the allegations.
Post Conviction Petition Leads to 50-Year Sentence Being Vacated
A DE man was convicted of two child sex abuse counts that resulted in a 50-year sentence. The client was guilty of lesser offenses but convicted of much more serious charges. Tom Pavlinic and Kate Aaronson were retained to obtain post conviction relief. An analysis of the evidence showed that the trial attorney failed to challenge the competency of a 4-year old child whose testimony was "tainted" by suggestion.
After the post conviction petition was filed, trial counsel was presented with the affidavit of the psychologist retained to provide expert testimony on suggestion. To his credit, trial counsel admitted that he was ineffective for failing to understand and raise the competency challenge and submitted an affidavit to support the petition. Tom and Kate were able to have the old 50-year sentence vacated and structured a plea that resulted in a new 10-year sentence. Kate Aaronson deserves the credit for maneuvering this delicate case so deftly through the criminal justice system.
Not Guilty Verdict for Virginia Dentist in Court Trial
A Fairfax, VA dentist was accused of the sexual assault of a teenage girl who visited his home while his entire family as well as hers were there for a social engagement. On the morning of trial, the prosecutor dropped the sex assault count and pursued the case only as a simple assault hoping to increase his chances for a conviction. The court found our client not guilty. Tom Pavlinic and Kim Irving tried this case together.
4-Hour Jury Deliberation Results in Not Guilty Verdicts on All 6 Counts
A Maryland man who moved to York, PA with his girlfriend and her 3 children was accused by the girlfriend's 12-year old daughter of indecent sexual assault, a crime that carries a 10-year minimum, mandatory term of incarceration. Our client's family and friends aggressively rallied behind him to provide both emotional and financial support.
After a 3-day jury trial in which the defense presented the testimony of nearly a dozen fact and character witnesses, introduced many photographs as exhibits and utilized a power point presentation during closing argument, the jury entered not guilty verdicts on all 6 counts after 4 hours of deliberation. Tom Pavlinic acted as lead counsel and tried the case with local York County attorney, Jerry Lord.
Spousal Rape: Not Guilty Jury Verdict (First Trial)
In Georgetown, DE a former husband was accused by his wife of spousal rape that allegedly occurred years before. The charges were only filed when the wife learned that her husband had introduced their children to his new girlfriend. The client was facing a minimum mandatory term of 30 years incarceration. The jury returned a not guilty verdict on both counts after only 55 minutes of deliberation. Tom Pavlinic and Kate Aaronson tried the case together.
Child Sexual Abuse: Not Guilty Jury Verdict
In Lancaster, VA the husband of a day care provider was accused of touching one of the children for whom the wife was providing day care. The defense requesed a taint hearing that was only partially granted by the court. The case was favorably concluded with a not guilty jury verdict. Jud Colliers was the lead attorney. Tom Pavlinic served as co-counsel and conducted the cross-examination of the minor children.
Rape: Not Guilty Jury Verdict
A Virginia police officer and a number of his colleagues went to Ocean City, MD to celebrate a bachelor party. While at one of the local nightclubs, the officer met and shared drinks with a young lady. She went back to his hotel, and they engaged in sexual intercourse. She claimed rape; he maintained it was consensual. The case proceeded to a jury trial. Evidence lifted by the defense team off of a MySpace account was shown to the jury. The officer was found not guilty on all counts. Tom Pavlinic and Charlotte Weinstein tried the case together.
Child Sexual Abuse: Case Dismissed
A man previously convicted of child sexual abuse was charged in Virginia Beach, VA with having abused the 4-year old twins of his girl friend. The allegations were brought by the girl friend's former husband in the context of a custody matter. Experts were retained to show that the twins' statements to social workers were the product of suggestion. Case was dismissed on all counts before trial. Tom Pavlinic and Melinda Glaubke worked the criminal case together. Melinda followed through and won a dismissal of all civil findings at an appellate adminstrative hearing.
Sexual Abuse: Case Dismissed
A sailor in Norfolk, VA was charged with having sexually abused the 5-year old daughter of a shipmate. The defense requested and received permission from the court to conduct a full "taint" hearing to establish that the child's statements were the product of suggesttion. At a hearing that was scheduled for November 2009, the prosecution offered a misdemeanor plea which was accepted without any jail time or sexual abuse registry. Tom Pavlinic and Melinda Glaubke handled this case of first impression together.
Child Molestation: Not Guilty Jury Verdict, Other Charges Dismissed
In Annapolis, MD a 19-year old was tried for having repeatedly molested his 2 younger step-brothers. The charges were severed for trial. The first trial resulted in a not guilty verdict on the most serious charges and a hung jury on the remaining ones. Defense presented evidence from a dozen witnesses to refute the timeline that the prosecution tried to establish. After the first verdict, all of the remaining charges in the first trial as well as the charges brought by the other child were dismissed. Tom Pavlinic and Charlotte Weinstein tried the case together.
Possession of Child Pornography: Full Acquittal
A man in Bristol, VA was accused of having possessed hundreds of images of child pornography. Extensive cross examination of the Commonwealth's "expert" resulted in the court granting a motion for judgment of acquittal at the end of the prosecutor's case. The defense did not have to present any evidence. Tom Pavlinic and Jeff Coale handled the defense.
Child Sexual Abuse: All Charges Dropped
In Georgetown, DE the State indicted a father for having sexually abused his four-year old daughter. It was obvious to the defense that the former wife was behind the charges. Defense filed an extensive expert affidavit pointing out that the child had been coached. The criminal charges were dropped, and the case was resolved in the family law court. Tom Pavlinic and Kate Aaronson worked the case together.
Sexual Abuse: Full Acquittal
A 9-day trial in Martinsburg, WV resulted in a court decision that cleared the father of any sex abuse of his daughter in an abuse and neglect action brought by the former wife. The defense was able to undermine the credibility of the wife's so-called expert and presented credible expert testimony upon which the court relied. Tom Pavlinic was lead counsel, and Jeff Burcham served as local counsel. Kirk Bottner was the court-appointed GAL.
Accusation of Date Rape: Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing
A sailor in Stafford, VA was accused of a date rape. Prior to the preliminary hearing, the defense team interviewed all of the independent witnesses. When the alleged victim was cross examined, her credibility was attacked beyond reahabilitation. The court refused to find probable cause, and no charges were formally brought. This early end to the prosecution was brought about by the collective efforts of Tom Pavlinic and Kimberly Irving.
Child Molestation: Reduced to Misdemeanor
A member of the U.S. Naval Academy band in Annapolis, MD was accused of having molested his neighbor's daughter. On the day of trial the prosecution offered a plea to a misdemeanor count, no jail time, no criminal record and no listing on the sexual registry. The plea was accepted with no risk to the client. Attorneys Tom Pavlinic and Charlotte Weinstein worked every aspect of the case together.
Child Abuse: Not Guilty Jury Verdict, Dismissal of Other Charges
A Baltimore, MD school teacher was accused of having sexually abused foster children for whom he and his wife were caring. The first trial resulted in a not guilty verdict on all counts after a 3-day jury trial. The second case was dismissed with no trial. A civil action brought against the teacher was also dismissed with prejudice. Tom Pavlinic and Rowe Stayton handled the defense.
Third Degree Sexual Abuse: Favorable Plea
In Upper Marlboro, MD, the state charged a Marine with attempted second degree sexual abuse of a 3-year old. A careful analysis of the evidence revealed that only a third degree charge was appropriate. The client admitted his involvement in a video taped statement to the police. A favorable plea was finally negotiated, eliminating the harsh consequences of a second degree conviction. Tom Pavlinic handled the case, and Charlotte Weinstein helped with the preparation.
Child Abuse: Judgment of Acquittal
In Rockville, MD a foreign national was accused of having abused a special needs child on a school bus. The judge denied the defense request for a full competency/taint hearing. At the trial, however, the child was unable to testify, and the defense was able to block the admission into evidence of alleged statements made by the child to her mother and social workers. The case ended with a dismissal of the charges on a motion for Judgment of Acquittal. Tom Pavlinic handled the defense, and Charlotte Weinstein prepared the research.
Child Sexual Abuse: Appeal Pending
A young man was convicted on sexual offenses against his neighbor's daughters in Towson, MD. During the trial there was confusion about the dates of the alleged abuse. Evidence showed that the abuse could not have occurred during the time frame charged. To clear up this ambiguity, the defense requested the "unanimous jury instruction," which the trial judge refused to give. The Maryland Court of Appeals granted a Petition for Writ of Certioari on this important issue of first impression. Tom Pavlinic will argue the case before the appellate panel later this year.
Conviction of Child Molestation: New Law Made on Appeal!
A conviction of a father in Wilkes Barre, PA led to an appeal on the issue of whether suggestions made to young children "tainted" their testimony. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a favorable opinion as a matter of first impression on this issue. Tom Pavlinic and Mark Mack represented the client at the trial and on appeal.
Civil Suit Over Child Abuse: Case Dismissed
In New Jersey, an adult son sued his parents for alleged sexual abuse that he claimed occurred decades ago and that he only recently "remembered." After extensive pre-trial discovery and the involvement of experts, the case was dismissed with prejudice. This means that the case cannot be refiled. Pat Jennings has extensive expertise in federal criminal and civil litigation. Tom Pavlinic retained the experts and served as co-counsel on this case.
Accusation of Sexual Abuse: No Charges Filed
In Cleveland, OH a former wife accused her husband of sexually abusing their daughter. No criminal charges were brought. The family court concluded from the evidence that no abuse had taken place. The wife's "expert" was completely discredited. Heather Dyer and Tom Pavlinic handled this case.
Date Rape in DC: Not Guilty Verdict in Judge Trial
An employee of a prominent Washington, DC law firm was originally charged with rape. Prosecutors dropped that count but pressed for a conviction on a lesser offense that did not afford the client the right to a jury trial. Tom Pavlinic and Charles Shaffer tried this case before a judge and won a not guilty verdict.
Sex Abuse Charges: Dropped After Arrest
An uncle was charged in Washington, DC with having sexually abused his sister's sons. After his arrest, the defense team scrutinized the evidence carefully and took the rare and unusual step of permitting the client to be interviewed by the prosecutor. As a result of that strategy, all the charges against the client were dropped. Tom Pavlinic and Richard Finci collaborated on the effort that brought about this favorable conclusion.
Accusations of Child Sex Abuse: No Charges Brought
In New Jersey, a grandfather was accused of sexually molesting his granddaughter. The child's mother was pushing to have charges brought. The attorneys interceded with law enforcement and no charges were filed. Tom Pavlinic and Jim Wronko collaborated on this case.
Multiple Counts of Child Sex Abuse: Appeal Pending
In Stroudsburg, PA a man was convicted of multiple counts of child sex abuse against neighborhood children. The most serious count was attacked by the defense team in a post-trial motion as being insufficient under the law. This is a proceeding that permits the judge to overturn the jury and strike the conviction. This issue has been preserved and is now being argued on appeal. Tom Pavlinic and Robert Reno comprised the defense team.
Boyfriend Charged with Sex Abuse: Plea Negotiated for No Jail Time
In Rockville, MD a client admittedly touched his girlfriend's minor daughter. The defense was able to rally the family and friends to speak on our client's behalf. A plea was arranged that spared the client any jail time. He received straight probation. Tom Pavlinic and Maria Mena represented this Spanish-speaking client.
First Degree Child Rape: No Jail, No Public Registration Plea (Second Trial)
In Georgetown, DE, our client had been previously found not guilty of spousal rape. The allegations that his former spouse made about the rape of their daughter were severed for trial. This offense carries a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life imprisonment in DE. The defense filed a motion attacking the interview protocol employed by law enforcement when taking statements from minor children and asking that the child be precluded from testifying. After the hearing, the prosecution offered a plea to a lesser of no jail time and no public registration. Tom Pavlinic and Kate Aaronson continued their joint representation.
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Prosenjit Poddar told student health he wanted to kill Tatiana Tarasoff. The psychologist
told the supervising psychiatrist, who told campus cops, who checked & let Poddar go.
Poddar killed Tatiana. Parents sued for "failure to warn." Trial Court said no
such duty existed, but CA Supreme Court cited Simenson v Swensen, ordered trial; heard
"Tarasoff #I" -"Privilege ends where public peril begins"
"Tarasoff #II"- therapist has an obligation to use reasonable care to protect potential victim. SUPER LAND MARK-- created whole new cause for action, but based on Simenson v Swensen. [Links on names go to photos, thanks to Ralph Slovenko]


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If you are smarter than us or just looking for a reason to appear totally pretentious in public, you might want to think about getting your hands on David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster and Other Essays ($9). We couldn't even make it through three chapters of Infinite Jest, so we'll probably be sitting this one out. But if you're into short essays and long footnotes on sports autobiographies and the vagaries of English usage feel free to give this one a read (and then brief us for the next time we run into Margot, the always-knows-how-to-show-us-up intellectual who seems to bump into us while we're reading The Carrie Diaries).
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Lyons, A; O'Mahony, D; O'Brien, F; MacSharry, J; Sheil, B; Ceddia, M; Russell, W M; Forsythe, P; Bienenstock, J; Kiely, B; Shanahan, F; O'Mahony, L (2010). Bacterial strain-specific induction of Foxp3+ T regulatory cells is protective in murine allergy models. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 40(5):811-819.
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BACKGROUND: The incidence of atopic disease has increased dramatically during recent decades and the potential immunoregulatory influence of the microbiota in these individuals is under investigation.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to identify a bacterial strain that is protective in murine allergy models and to determine if microbial induction of T regulatory cells was associated with protection from allergic inflammation.
METHODS: Three microbes (Bifidobacterium breve AH1205, B. longum AH1206 and Lactobacillus salivarius AH102) of human origin were fed to newborn, adult and germ-free animals. Induction of Foxp3(+) T regulatory cells was assessed by flow cytometry. Gene array analysis was performed on Peyer's patches. Strains were also examined for their protective effects in the ovalbumin (OVA) respiratory allergy model and the OVA-cholera toxin dietary allergy model.
RESULTS: Bifidobacterium longum AH1206 consumption resulted in increased numbers of Foxp3(+) T regulatory cells in infant, adult and germ-free animals. B. breve AH1205 induced Foxp3(+) T regulatory cell expansion only in infant mice while L. salivarius AH102 did not alter T regulatory cell numbers in any animal model tested. B. longum AH1206 reduced the Peyer's patch gene expression associated with antigen presentation, TLR signalling and cytokine production while increasing the expression of genes associated with retinoic acid metabolism. B. longum AH1206 protected against airway inflammation in OVA-sensitized animals and B. longum AH1206 blocked the induction of IgE to orally administered OVA. Neither B. breve AH1205 nor L. salivarius AH102 had a protective effect in either model.
CONCLUSION: Bacterial strain-specific induction of Foxp3(+) T regulatory cells in vivo is associated with protection from respiratory and oral allergy.
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