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The incident brought home the grotesque savagery of the war in Bosnia. Amid intense shelling by Serbian nationalists last August, 44 orphans who had spent three months living in a Sarajevo cellar were loaded into a bus and strapped to their seats with torn bed sheets. A volunteer driver then stepped on the gas in hopes of speeding to safety through the no-man's land known to locals as Sniper's Alley. A guerrilla opened fire, killing two children. With one tire blown, the driver managed to reach a transfer point outside the city.
From there the children were taken to the port city of Split, then flown to Germany, where they were placed in three orphanages in Saxony-Anhalt under the auspices of the regional government. When the tots arrived, recalls Constanze Wolff, who works in one of the homes, "their eyes were pools of fear."
Four months later that fear has mostly subsided. "Look at them now," says Wolff, as 14-month-old Enida, whose father was shot in front of her, breaks into a fast crawl. Indeed, since their escape, the 42 surviving orphans have become live-wire testimony to human resilience. Mahir, 6, who once trembled if spoken to, now clambers into visitors' laps. Almein, 3, calls out a boisterous hello in his newly learned German when anyone enters the room. "I can see the children blossoming," says Ilyana Zoric, one of the four Bosnian adults who accompanied them. "The difference is like night and day."
Months of hiding in a cellar, subsisting on a diet of pasta and tea, had left the children nutritionally and emotionally bereft. "It is good we are out," says Hrvat Behca, another Bosnian care giver. "For the last months we had no water, no diapers, no electricity."
Preparations for the children's flight to safety began earlier this year when Yelena Rippert, a Bosnian-born German who had adopted a child from the orphanage five years ago, learned of the children's plight. Rippert asked a German legislator for help, and a plan was quickly devised to evacuate the children and house them in former East German day-care centers that had been shuttered since reunification.
Sanctuary at Saxony-Anhalt is sweet, but the future is uncertain. Plans are to repatriate the children once the war has ended, but that could be months or even years away.
When 76-year-old comedian and erstwhile Polident spokeswoman Martha Raye married a man more than 30 years her junior in September 1991, it was a union made in tabloid heaven. The story became even more sensational when it was learned early this year that seven-time bride Raye, who suffered a severe stroke in 1990, had revised her will—leaving her $2.4 million estate to groom Mark Harris, a self-styled promoter. Faster than Polident effervesces, estranged daughter Melodye Condos, 48—who, as in previous wills, was due to receive $1—sued for conservatorship. The matter is still being thrashed out in court. Although she has suffered several more strokes since the wedding, Raye was well enough to celebrate her anniversary this year with a small dinner at her Bel Air home and to press on with a suit against Bette Midler for allegedly co-opting her life story in For the Boys. Says the still feisty Raye: "I think they thought I was a goner after the strokes, but I'm here and I'm not planning on going anywhere."
Last June, three months after rapper Ice-T released his first heavy-metal album, Body Count, he began to hear from harsh critics in high places. Claiming that the album's closing cut, "Cop Killer," encouraged listeners to ape the lyrics and "dust some cops off," police organizations urged a boycott of products from Time Warner, parent company of Ice-T's label (and of PEOPLE). Sixty members of Congress as well as the President and Vice President joined the chorus condemning the album. A mediocre seller until then, Body Count became an instant collector's item and jumped into the Top 30 after Ice-T urged his label to pull the album out of stores. (A second version, minus the offending cut, was released in October and sold 100,000 copies.) Now appearing in Universal's new action film Trespass, he still performs the song in concert despite continuing protests. "All I'm doing," the rapper-actor said about his "Killer" persona, "is playing a character."
While escaping from Ford's Theatre after shooting Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth broke his leg. The man who set it, Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd, was later convicted of complicity in the assassination and served four years in prison. For years, Mudd's descendants have fought to clear his name—arguing that he had had no inkling of his patient's crime—and their most dogged member has been grandson Dr. Richard Mudd, 91, who started campaigning 66 years ago and got an Army board to set aside the conviction. But in July, the acting assistant secretary of the Army overturned that recommendation. Predictably, Mudd has appealed and is, once again, waiting and hoping.
It was a story Hollywood could have conjured up: A respected psychiatrist is charged with malpractice after a former patient commits suicide. To make the tale juicier—and sleazier—the family of the victim, Harvard medical student Paul Lozano, declared that Cambridge therapist Margaret Bean-Bayog, 48, had reduced the 28-year-old Lozano to a dependent state, masturbated in front of him, seduced him and terminated treatment when his insurance ran out. Then there were the pages of steamy fantasies written in Bean-Bayog's hand found in Lozano's apartment. The doctor's claim: The erotic musings were an appropriate attempt (commonly known as countertransference notes) to purge her inappropriate feelings for her patient. The family's claim: They were a romantic invitation to Paul. The truth may never be known. In September, Bean-Bayog gave up her medical license rather than subject herself to a public hearing before a disciplinary board. Still, she asserted in the letter surrendering her license that testimony would have meant vindication. "My attorneys," she wrote, "are prepared to expose the mistaken assumptions on which the prosecution's case is based as well as the lies about my conduct—" Meanwhile the Lozanos have filed a civil suit against the doctor.
John Thompson was doing chores on his family's North Dakota farm last January when his arms got caught in a grain machine and were ripped off below the shoulder. He managed to telephone a cousin for help by clutching a pen in his teeth and soon after underwent grueling reattachment surgery and hundreds of hours of physical therapy (with more to come). Now, Thompson, 19, is a freshman at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.Dak., rooming with buddy Darnell Buckmiller and majoring in music. (He sang the national anthem at a Minnesota Twins game in July.) "College is really great. I love it," says Thompson, whose social life is in tune as well. "Students don't spend all their time studying."
Thompson's surgeon, Dr. Allen Van Beek, says his most famous patient "has good elbow movement on the right side, and he's bending his fingers, though they're still weak." And emotionally? "He's moving through the phases like he should," says Van Beek. "On the other side he'll be even stronger."
A DEATH Of A CROOKED COUPLE
To their suburban Chicago neighbors, bookstore owner Jeff Erickson, 33, and his wife, Jill, 27, a lab technician, were a quiet pair who kept a low profile. They also kept an arsenal of smoke grenades, 38 guns and 25 boxes of ammunition in their Hanover Park town house. A latter-day Bonnie and Clyde, they had been suspected of at least eight bank heists before their spree ended last December with Jeffs arrest and Jill's death by her own gun. After seven months in jail and growing increasingly obsessed by Jill's death, Erickson overpowered a marshal while leaving a courtroom on July 20. He grabbed her gun and killed two officers. Then, in an eerie echo of Jill's last act, he put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger.
The timing was no accident. In a letter to a reporter postmarked the day before his death, Erickson wrote of missing Jill and of their upcoming 10th anniversary, just a week away. "How I wish," he wrote, "there was some way I could be with her on that day."
The year didn't begin well for J.J. Soderlund, 20, adopted son of talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael. In January, shortly before he was to start college, the car he was driving near his parents' suburban New York home swerved out of control, careening into a tree and landing in a ditch. It took rescuers 45 minutes to pull Soderlund from the wreckage, seven hours for surgeons to put pins in his leg, wire his jaw and sew up his face, six days for him to come out of a coma. In August he underwent further surgery, this time for gangrene in his legs. "And they still don't know the extent of the permanent brain damage," says Raphael, who barely had time to absorb the shock of her son's collision before learning of her 33-year-old daughter Allison's accidental drug-and-alcohol-related death three weeks later. For now, Soderlund's college plans are on hold while his recovery continues. He is currently living in his own New York apartment, working in a shoe store and, despite parental protests, not working at physical therapy. "But," shrugs Raphael, "you can't tell a young man to do those things."
Aye-Ayes, primates that are kin to lemurs, would be insulted if you said they resembled Steven Spielberg's movie gremlins. Better to say gremlins look like infant aye-ayes. Blue Devil, believed to be the first such creature born in captivity—the endangered species is indigenous to Madagascar—weighed just 5 oz. when he was born last April at the Duke University Primate Center. Now a healthy 3-pounder, he has already begun foraging for his favorite food—grubs—and Duke scientists have hopes that he will one day be daddy to some baby aye-ayes of his own.
In 1988, Tracey Gold weighed 133 lbs.—way too much, decided the Growing Pains star. "I took being overweight as a defect in my character," says the 5'3" actress, who gradually dropped to 113, then 100, and then, in the life-threatening grip of anorexia, to 88 lbs. Sent home from the set of the now defunct sitcom on medical leave last Christmas, the actress checked into a hospital, then checked out a week later determined to beat the disease on her own.
Gold, 23, who has put her career on hold, has now edged back to 92 lbs. and meets weekly with a nutritionist and a psychotherapist. "I'll consider myself well when I eat because I know I have to nourish myself," she says, adding, "I've found an inner strength I didn't know I had, and my illness has really pulled my family closer together."
When Frank Fitzpatrick went public last May with charges that his childhood parish priest, Father James R. Porter, had raped him 30 years ago when Fitzpatrick was an altar boy at St. Mary's Catholic Church in North Attleboro, Mass., he did so to exorcise his own demons. Fitzpatrick's charges, eventually prompted scores of other men and women to come forward with tales of abuse by Porter, unleashing a scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Church.
In September, Porter was indicted on 46 counts of sexual molestation against children in Bristol County, Mass. The former cleric, who left the priesthood in 1974 and now lives near St. Paul with his wife and four children, has pleaded not guilty to all charges, including those in civil suits filed by former Catholic schoolchildren.
In October it was revealed that Porter admitted to many of the abuses in a 1973 letter to the Vatican and that Massachusetts church officials had also known and still allowed him to continue his duties.
Fitzpatrick, now a 42-year-old Cranston, R.I., insurance investigator, was on hand to see Porter arraigned in Massachusetts and admits, "I felt a lot of anger." Still, he and other victims are glad the charges have finally come to light. "To frighten me into silence, he used to say, 'God is watching you,' " says Patricia Viens Kozak, 44. "I think God is watching now. Watching him."
On Aug. 24, Hurricane Andrew's 145 m.p.h. winds cut across Florida's tip, flattening Homestead, a blue-collar community south of Miami. Houses, businesses, trailers and trees were demolished; 51 people were killed, and an astonishing 20,000 of Homestead's 26,000 residents were left homeless. Out of the detritus, the town is determinedly pulsing back. "We're past the emergency and into the recovery," says Alex Muxo, 37, Homestead's city manager.
The tent cities are gone, power has been restored, and the new sports complex, severely damaged by the storm, is scheduled to open when the Cleveland Indians show up for exhibition games in March. At city hall the lines of shell-shocked citizens seeking food and shelter have been replaced by lines of contractors seeking building permits. Though the town is still struggling, Muxo, a single dad whose own damaged home has now been repaired, is buoyed by the building boom. "All my hopes for this town are no longer hopes," he says. "They're reality."
When Swiss au pair Olivia Riner, 20, was arrested in December 1991 and charged with the arson death of Kristie Fischer, the 3-month-old child she cared for in Mount Pleasant, N.Y., it was every parent's nightmare. But with her cherubic face and bookish manner, the so-called Killer Nanny seemed anything but.
The jury agreed and in July acquitted Riner of all charges. She has returned to Switzerland and works as a medical assistant. Left behind are the baby's grieving parents, Denise and William Fischer, and questions about whether the police had reasonable grounds to arrest Riner in the first place. State and township authorities will soon begin studying the original investigation.
Riner, who has taken the first steps toward filing a $20 million lawsuit for false arrest, says she is still haunted by the case. "The tragedy, the death of the baby, I am still thinking of it every day," says Riner. "I'll never forget."
He claims he was just trying to help childless couples realize their dream of having a family. But the women who came to Virginia infertility specialist Cecil Jacobson, 56, believed they were being inseminated with their husbands' sperm or that of carefully selected anonymous donors. In fact, in at least 15 cases—and perhaps in as many as 75—the real donor was neither the husband nor anonymous; it was Jacob-son himself. The man nicknamed the Sperminator by the media also used hormones to gull some patients into believing they were pregnant, then billed them for the treatment. Convicted last March on 52 counts of fraud and perjury and sentenced to five years in prison without parole, Jacob-son has been released pending his appeal, maintaining the decision was based on "passion and prejudice." He also insisted that use of his own sperm assured quality control—and likened himself to other scientific visionaries like Galileo, Pasteur and Einstein. Jacob-son and his wife of 31 years, Joyce (who have seven children of their own), are now home in Provo, Utah, awaiting the results of his appeal; he is facing a string of malpractice suits, one for $36 million. Reacting to the case, the American Fertility Society has since hatched new guidelines decreeing that no owner, operator or employee of a facility performing donor inseminations may serve as a donor.
Too often those adorable pups that gaze from pet store windows in search of a good home come from bad homes themselves. According to the Humane Society of the U.S., 90 percent of the 500,000 dogs sold annually in pet stores are born in substandard puppy mills, where abuse, neglect and disease are part of the daily menu. In June, after a PEOPLE story exposed conditions at several puppy mills in Missouri (which has 1,500), that state's legislature passed a law requiring licensing and annual inspections. "Even the puppy mills supported it," says Bob Baker, chief investigator for the Humane Society who lobbied for the bill. "They were embarrassed by the PEOPLE story."
Nine-year-old Shiloh Avery has wanted just one thing in her life: to be like other kids. Born with cystic fibrosis, an incurable, degenerative respiratory disease, she developed severe breathing problems that kept her in and out of hospitals for years and made normal activities impossible. Ultimately her condition progressed to the point where an oxygen tank and breathing tube were her constant companions, prompting doctors to suggest a risky, radical treatment as her last best hope for survival: a double lung transplant. (Such surgery, which has been performed 1,300 times since 1987 and rarely on children, has a 70 to 75 percent survival rate over the first year.)
Last March, after a five-month wait for a suitable donor, Avery was rushed to St. Louis Children's Hospital, where she underwent six hours of surgery. Now back at Blades elementary school in St. Louis, "I play dodge ball, I do sit-ups in P.E., I run halfway around the school," boasts Avery happily. Says her mother, Sharon: "It is the first time in three or four years she has been able to run." And although she is repeating third grade—last year "all her energy was spent concentrating on breathing," says Sharon—she is getting A's and B's.
Despite a half-dozen hospitalizations for high blood pressure, infections and several skirmishes with rejection, "she's doing OK," reports Dr. George Mallory, her physician. "She is handling the uncertainty of life with a lot of courage."
Last June, Romanian teenager Aurelian Beciug began the journey of his life with a few small steps in a Cleveland hospital. Born with severely clubbed hands and feet, the 16-year-old had been warehoused in a Romanian orphanage (his parents couldn't care for him) until 50 Ohio teens raised money to bring him to the Cleveland Clinic for free medical treatment. (They had heard of his plight from a college student who had volunteered at the children's home.)
Beciug, nicknamed Spike because of his thatch of hair, is now able to walk a city block with the help of braces and a walker, an "amazing distance," says Elisabeth Jacobs, who, with husband Ernest, has been his guardian and host.
Remarkably, Spike has progressed while undergoing operations to correct the position of his right wrist and left elbow. "Now that the cast is off, I can write," says Spike. "And I'm doing exercises so I can learn to feed myself."
The changes in Spike haven't been purely physical. He has learned to speak English and fits in better with the teenagers who help him with his physical therapy and homework. In November he went to his first rock concert, and he's taking karate lessons. "Spike's coming out of his shell," says Jacobs. "He talks and laughs a lot. There's a lightness about him now that's wonderful." In the spring, Spike is due to return to Romania, where he hopes to live in a group home near his parents. His pals plan to send him off with a computer, a monthly stipend and a spirit transformed.
As a psychologist's zany receptionist on The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s, Marcia Wallace handled kooks with comic ease. Off-camera, however, she has had little to laugh at. Late last year her unemployed husband, Dennis Hawley, 47, was found to have inoperable pancreatic cancer. Medical bills, combined with the expense of raising their adopted 4-year-old son and an unexpected demand from the IRS for back taxes, gobbled up the couple's savings and forced them to put their Los Angeles home up for sale. Friends staged a benefit last January that raised $30,000, but more pain was in store in June when Dennis, her husband of six years, died. Though Wallace, 50, still misses him, things are looking up. She won her first Emmy, as the voice of Bart's teacher, Mrs. Krabappel, on The Simpsons, performed in a female version of The Odd Couple and is doing voice-overs for TV commercials. "Now I'm paying my bills," she reports. "If there's one quality that's seen me through, it's tenacity. I never give up."
A good man may be even harder to find than good no-run mascara, at least judging by Tammy Faye Bakker's latest round of love troubles. Earlier this year, after a no-contest divorce from her prison-impaired husband, Jim, it appeared she'd finally found true happiness with his former good friend Roe Messner, chief builder of Heritage USA. Alas, it now looks as if Cupid was shooting blanks.
First, Messner, 56, who is still legally wed to Ruth Ann, his wife of 37 years and mother of his four children, was ordered to pay a $2.5 million claim relating to one of his construction projects. Now Tammy Faye, who friends say may have been willing to overlook the financial shenanigans, apparently can't excuse the delays in his separation proceedings that have followed.
"He's not getting the divorce, and she wanted to get married. I think she's dropping him," says a family friend who believes an eventual rematch with Jim is in the cards.
Tammy Faye, 50, who is also coping with the recent death of her mother, has repaired to her rented Palm Springs condo, where she reportedly has been weighing TV offers ("some secular," friend and real estate agent Emma Howard says) and attending church. Now "she can be ministered to," notes Howard, "instead of having to minister."
Fame isn't always where you expect to find it. William Figueroa, 12, of Trenton, N.J., made headlines last June when Dan Quayle, during a campaign stop at a spelling bee, mistakenly encouraged him to add an to the word potato. Quayle's gaffe made the seventh grader an instant hero to Democrats; he landed on Late Night with David Letterman and led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democratic Convention. Quayle has since been fired and Figueroa hired—as the spokesman for a video spelling game called Wordtris. (He'll use his $4,000 fee for college.) But he has also taken some friendly flak—from his social studies teacher. Explains Figueroa: "He's a Republican."
Manatees, the half-ton sea mammals that float in Florida's warm waterways, are so lovable that earlier this year they had two environmental groups feuding over the right to save them. The once plentiful sea cows, which love to loll near the surface of the Sunshine State's canals and bayous, have dwindled to a mere thousand in a losing battle with powerboat propellers. To make matters worse, the droopy-finned creatures became caught in a power squabble between the Save the Manatee Club chaired by Florida troubadour Jimmy Buffett and the club's parent organization, the Florida Audubon Society. In June, after Buffet, 46, squawked that the society had fired the club's director and commandeered its offices, a judge issued a temporary injunction restoring the group's director and freeing them from Audubon control. The singer says he is delighted to be out of the courtroom and "back working for manatees."
In the shocking lull after the unrest, there seemed a chance the riots might compel much needed changes. But eight months later, burned-out, boarded-over South Central L.A. seems bleaker than ever.
According to one school of thought, the Los Angeles riots were triggered by a high-speed car chase 13 months before the first store was looted. If plumber George Holliday hadn't been trying out his new videocam early on the morning of March 3, 1991, the world might never have seen 56 blows from police nightsticks rain down on the head and back of Rodney King, 27, a part-time laborer at Dodger Stadium. But the world did see and, more important, so did the half million residents of South Central Los Angeles. On April 29, after the four white police officers charged in King's beating were acquitted of brutality charges, South Central erupted in the worst rioting in recent U.S. history, leaving 53 dead, 2,383 injured, and 17,000 arrested. Damages totaled nearly $1 billion.
Despite such devastation, there was optimism in the immediate aftermath of the riots. People of all colors and ethnicities—blacks, whites, Koreans, Latinos—joined together to sweep the streets. Peter Ueberroth, 55, the man who brought Los Angeles together for the 1984 Olympics, was chosen to cochair a quasi-public agency, Rebuild Los Angeles, to bring corporate America to the inner city. The old leadership—Mayor Tom Bradley, Police Chief Daryl Gates, District Attorney Ira Reiner—either left office or announced plans to retire. And federal authorities stepped in and charged the four police officers with violating Rodney King's civil rights.
But now, eight months later, the City of Angels seems to be losing hope that a new, more equitable, more enlightened L.A. will arise from the ashes. Few buildings have been rebuilt, and federal disaster relief has become mired in bureaucratic red tape, "Disappointment has begun to set in because nothing has happened," says Rep. Maxine Waters, who toured her congressional district in South Central on Election Day. "People were begging me, 'Can you please help me find a job?' I just wanted to go out to my car and hide."
Waters, South Central's outspoken advocate, is critical of Ueberroth and Rebuild L.A. "Right now it's a PR effort," she says, "and it's not even good at that." Not unexpectedly, Rebuild L.A. sees things differently. "We are working as hard as we know how," says one of Ueberroth's cochairmen, Bernard Kinsey. "These problems don't lend themselves to a quick solution."
No one symbolizes the hopes and fears of postriot Los Angeles better than Reginald Denny, 36. Three hours after the King verdict, he drove his sand-and-gravel truck into the heart of the riot, the intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues. His radio had been tuned to an all-music station; he had no idea of the hell that was awaiting him.
At least seven men dragged Denny from his truck, in full view of a live television camera in a helicopter circling low overhead. Denny insists he did nothing to provoke the men; he slowed down only to avoid the mayhem in the intersection. "It's not in me to do things like that," he said. "I'm not that kind of person."
The men hit and kicked him and smashed him in the head with both a hammer and a rock. One man picked his pocket, another spat at him, a third fired a shotgun blast that missed. Denny's doctor, Paul Toffel, chief of head and neck surgery at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, later testified that Denny's skull was crushed on the right side and broken in 100 other places. He suffered blood clots in his lungs and swelling in his head and neck. Several times during the next few months, he nearly died.
But somehow Denny survived. "He lived because of his spirit," Toffel said in a television interview. "Whether it was images of his family or his daughter that were driving him, he had a will that brought him back from the brink."
He also had some incredible luck. Four individuals, watching the beating on television, separately rushed to Florence and Normandie to rescue Denny and get him to a hospital.
Virtue may be its own reward, but for the four—Lei Yuille, 37, Bobby Green Jr., 30, Terri Barnett, 29, and Titus Murphy, 31—there have been some other benefits as well. A film company, De Passe Entertainment, is making a TV movie about their heroism. Murphy, who was unemployed, now works as a production assistant for Crossroads Films. And Green has changed jobs. He now drives a truck for Transit Mixed Concrete, the same company for which Denny worked.
Life has not changed as dramatically for the two women. Yuille still works as a nutritionist. Barnett, who was also unemployed at the time, received some job offers but nothing that worked out. Meanwhile, police arrested five of the men who beat Denny (their cases are still pending). And Denny is now out of the hospital but has permanent head injuries, and it is unclear if he will ever return to work. His four saviors have seen him in group settings from time to time, but they haven't had a chance to talk to him one-on-one. "Hopefully," says Murphy, "it will get to the point where we can all be friends."
George Holliday, 33, who made the video of the King beating, has not fared as well. He believes the turmoil of day-and-night press queries and police interviews contributed to his separation from his wife, Eugenia, 26, who has returned to her native Argentina. "The tape changed everything," says Holliday, a local manager for a national plumbing company. "It interrupted the regular life I was leading." Despite that, he adds, he would not hesitate to do it all again.
So far his earnings from the video have been limited. He received only $500 from KTLA, the local station that first aired the tape, and just a bit more from both NBC and a Japanese TV station. So he filed a $100 million lawsuit for copyright violations against several stations, which could have a far-reaching impact on amateur video operators. He also sued director Spike Lee, who used a portion of the tape in his mega-hit Malcolm X without permission, but they settled out of court for an undisclosed but "large" amount. "I feel the broadcast media exploited me," he says. "The tape has been shown all over the world. Every station in the U.S. has it."
Despite the lawsuits, Holliday says he is not out to make money. He will contribute his profits to Social Reform, an organization he created to fund educational projects and fledgling businesses in South Central.
Other leading figures in the riots have done better for themselves financially. L.A. police chief Daryl Gates, 66, was forced to retire from the post he had held for 14 years, but he landed on his feet. He has a talk show on KFI-AM 640 radio, and his book, Chief, became a national best-seller. Sales were no doubt stimulated by his sarcastic retorts to various critics.
Also peddling a book is Stacey Koon, 42, one of the four officers charged with beating Rodney King. Koon, who has been on a forced leave without pay for the past 20 months, says he wrote Presumed Guilty: The Tragedy of the Rodney King Affair to educate the public about the case and to try to persuade the LAPD to change its policies about the use of force. He argues that King should have been arrested and prosecuted. "I think he is a mockery to the criminal-justice system," Koon says. "He is portrayed as a hero and a role model for black youths, which I think is an absolute sham. There are many decent black role models, but he's not one of them."
King himself has not had an easy time since the riots. In June he was arrested following a domestic dispute with his wife, Crystal Lynette, 23. No charges were filed after she said the fight was a minor, mostly verbal argument. Then in July he was arrested in Orange County for drunk driving and his license was suspended. The following month the charges were dropped for insufficient evidence, but his driver's license was not reinstated until November. Meanwhile, his civil lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles has bogged down. In June the city council considered a record $5.9 million settlement, but members could not reach an agreement. They finally offered $1.75 million, which King rejected on his former lawyer's advice. Negotiations continue.
In October, King changed lawyers, switching to Orange County attorney Milton Grimes, who has begun to allow King to make public appearances. Just before Thanksgiving, King made an unannounced speech to an African-American student group at Tustin High School in Orange County. King was as emotional as he was when he exhorted Angelinos following the riots with the simple but eloquent question, "Can we all just get along?" This time he talked about his feelings when he heard the verdict. "I've been trying to get my trust back in the police, but it's hard," he told the students. "That'll take a while."
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Hi everyone, is black pudding primal and/or healthy?
Hi everyone, is black pudding primal and/or healthy?
It's blood pudding right? As long as grain isn't one of the fillers you should be fine.
Primal since August 2012. CW: 317.
All black puddings as far as I know do contain a bit of oatmeal. But it's not a large amount when compared to the blood, fat, milk, and onion or other ingredients. It is usually a very small portion of the recipe and is used only to get the texture to set properly.
Here is an example recipe...
1 quart pig, lamb or goose blood
16 oz milk
salt and pepper
1 lb. shredded suet shopping list
2 large onions, minced
1 oz oatmeal, toasted
That's 1oz of oats to a whole bunch of other stuff.
When buying commercial Black Puddings just check the packages to make sure that the oats are a good ways down the list of ingredients, and that they haven't decided to add other crap into it like "gluten" or "wheat gluten" because that is cheaper or to bulk the product.
Label reading is key.
Unless you have some other issue with grains, oatmeal in particular is not generally an offender as far as glutens, that you you are aware of... eat it!
I have autoimmune issues and do an almost completely grain free diet and I do eat them on occasion... just not often.
Hope that helps.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.
Wow....I might have to try to find this stuff. Looks interesting.
Might want to try head cheese, also. I wasn't fond of it, but it wasn't disgusting or anything.
I'm not sure I'd be able to eat black pudding, though. My jaws clamped together when I read the first ingredient.
LOL. I'm sitting here like a six year old Joanie, going, "Nope, not gonna..."
I love black pudding, I live close to Bury market and there is a stall there that is famous for its black pudding. I only like it grilled and not fried, and I only like if it is sliced. I haven't had it for the last six months because I was worried about what else was in the recipe (so thank you Cori). I will be having this again soon! Its grand with a full English on a Sunday morning, and wonderful as a snack with a little mustard and side salad!
Cheaper brands will be using more oats to other ingredient ratios and adding other fillers. Not so good.
Find a good brand that is gluten free and lighter on the oats and has a higher blood/fat ratio and enjoy it.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
And that's why I'm here eating HFLC Primal/Paleo.
The main ingredient is blood. It doesn't get much more primal than that.
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After the awful flight and arrival at the dream if we had been asked if we would like to go home we would have been first on the plane home.
Muster drill was not until 8pm and by this time our stress level was through the roof.
After a good nights sleep deck 4 as never cruised before and just got given this room by Thompson not knowing we could book rooms! Got up at six and the holiday started. Had no problem with the room very comfortable and didn't notice any noise.(Friday night the waves swept over the porthole brilliant)
Had the most fantastic time and will be booking next year,
Loved deck 10 staff great and being in the fresh air in the evening WOW.
Food was good tried the Orion and although had to pay for steak it was so nice had no complaints.
We never used deck 11 after the first night although must say speaking to Adam from entertainment helped us calm down.
We did not use the indoor bars as we do like being outside.
Our steward Sauib was great and I learnt to make towel animals.
All the staff we found polite and nothing was any trouble.
Booked trips on the ship and although pricey felt safer being our first time. Loved them all.
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Deep Dish Taco Salad
Total Time
Prep 15 mins
Cook 30 mins
A different spin on the taco salad.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (8 ounce) package refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope taco seasoning mix
- 8 ounces cheddar cheese
- lettuce
- tomatoes
- sour cream
- Brown ground beef according to taco seasoning directions.
- In bottom of 9x9 baking dish, make 2 rectangles with 4 of the 8 crescents rolls.
- Cover bottom layer of crescent rolls with well drained ground beef mixture.
- Layer with half of the cheese.
- Top cheese with remaining 4 crescent rolls in 2 more rectangles.
- Top with remaining cheese.
- Bake in 350 oven until golden brown, roughly 30 minutes.
- Top with lettuce, tomato and sour cream. Serve with taco chips.
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Very good dish! I was out of lettuce so next time. I think that salsa and green onion would go well with this also. Easy to make with ingredients that I always have on hand. Thanks so much for posting!


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Do e-gift cards sent on social media make good holiday gifts? Not always
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Over the last couple of decades, gift cards have become the gift of choice for many. It's not hard to see why: They are convenient to give, and recipients often enjoy them more than a gift you'd pick out for them, since it allows them to get what they want.
Gift giving is even easier now, thanks to the fact that it's possible to send e-gift cards through social media. Over the summer I sent an Amazon gift card to my brother-in-law via Facebook. It was a huge hit, since he loves shopping on Amazon, and we keep up with each other through Facebook. It was the perfect way to send him a birthday gift he could use. But Facebook isn't the only social media gift source. Now Twitter has gotten into the act, allowing users to send Starbucks e-gift cards to other Twitter users.
But what do e-gift cards mean for etiquette? Do we run the risk of alienating friends and family by sending gifts through Facebook and Twitter?
The etiquette of giving gift cards via social media
"The process of giving the gift is becoming easier and easier," says Daniel Post Senning, spokesman for the Emily Post Institute and Emily Post's great-great grandson. "How do you keep the expression of the thought?"
Senning says that, at it's heart, gift-giving is still as traditional as ever.
"It sounds cliche," he says, "but it really is the thought that matters. Any time you give a gift, no matter how you give it, the etiquette is in the spirit of your giving."
It's still possible to add a personal touch, even when you are giving an electronic gift card.
"You can find a way to personalize the gift," says Senning. "Include a personal note, even if it's part of the post when you give over social media."
Above all, it's important to give thought to who will be receiving the card and try to tailor it to them as much as possible, Senning says.
"Choose a gift card or a Facebook gift that you know the recipient will appreciate. It's about giving something a little personal, no matter the delivery method," he says.
Of course, part of the etiquette of giving an e-gift is paying attention to who will be receiving the gift.
"If your grandma doesn't use social media, it doesn't make sense to send her something that way," Senning says. "Once again, it goes back to thoughtfulness and understanding the recipient."
He also says that it makes sense to make sure the gift went through.
"When you're choosing new mediums and new media, make sure it works," Senning says. "If you are sending a gift card to someone over email or social media for the first time, you want to make sure they get it. Follow up with a personal call or a text."
Many people, especially young people, appreciate the flexibility that comes with receiving gift cards. And, because so many young people use social media, it makes sense to accommodate them by giving in this way. If everyone's happy, then the arrangement is beneficial.
Senning thinks that it's important to move forward with changing times, but that, at the same time, we should remember that, at the heart of gift-giving, is the generous thought.
"We live in an amazing world and there are so many options when it comes to gift-giving," he says. "Keep in mind the spirit of giving, and pay attention to the type of e-gift you choose to send. Connect the gift to the recipient in a way that matters to them. Make that much of an effort."
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Our drinks was a hit, as we were the only ones selling drinks, the Capri-Sun's sold out very quickly and the frozen drinks and orange-maid was sold out by the time it finished this morning. I worked at the drinks station and I made the cups of sprite and powder juice. It was a lot of fun and we made around 780 RMB and we are aiming to make that much tomorrow too.
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Relationship Story
|Trope · Genre
|Character Study, Curtainfic
|See Also:
|Case Story, Action/Adventure, Smarm
|Tropes · Slash Tropes · Tropes by Fandom
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A relationship story is fanfiction that focuses on the relationship between or among characters rather than their jobs.
This relationship may, or may not, include physical intimacy.
OriginsIn Boldly Writing, Joan Marie Verba writes that the tradition of the relationship story started with Star Trek:
Because the vast majority of editors of Star Trek fanzines in 1975 were science fiction fans, I was unaware of the ever-increasing number of Star Trek fans who had no experience with science fiction, and no interest in science fiction whatsoever. Many of these fans did not view Star Trek as a science fiction program. They saw it as a 'buddy' show, or as a heroic/romantic saga, in which Kirk and Spock were the focus. When these Star Trek fans wrote stories, they wrote about what they thought was most important about Star Trek: Kirk's and Spock's friendship... As a further sign that such fans found science fiction irrelevant, many K&S writers did their best to get Kirk and Spock off the Enterprise and by themselves in order to concentrate exclusively on those two characters (one K&S fan told me that was to avoid the 'distraction' of the ship and the Federation; in contrast, to science fiction fans, the inclusion of the starship Enterprise and the futuristic setting were essential to any Star Trek story.) Within five years, this 'relationship' type of story was to dominate non-K/S Star Trek fanzines. [1]
There was a reason for so many women adopting this view of the show. Star Trek already had a substantial female following. But according to third-season producer Fred Freiberger, one of the heads of "network research" advised him to increase female viewership in order to boost ratings. The researcher had discovered that the great majority of women could not identify with science fiction, in fact were "terrified" by the thought of outer space exploration. They needed stories about love, friendship and children; drama, rather than action-adventure. More female writers were hired to produce said stories. When the show went into syndication, even more female viewers would see these episodes and be inclined to interpret it as a dramatic series. [2]
The show became almost soap opera-like in its depictions of love and romance, even in some of its music.
Relationship stories differ from introspection narratives in that they show one character focusing on another, rather than on him- or herself. Some of the early pieces about Spock found in zines like Tricorder Readings were not stories but brief introspective prose poems, with Spock meditating or reflecting on his dual heritage or his place in the universe. Dr. McCoy also had a number of these prose poems, some focused on himself, some on his view of Spock.
Examples of Relationship Stories
In the very earliest fan writings published, all romantic relationships were heterosexual, as they had been on the show. Homosexual or slash stories existed as drawerfic (e.g. The Ring of Soshern by Jennifer Guttridge), but did not appear in fanzines until the mid-1970s, when gay people began affirming their legal and social rights. Homosexuality in fiction was considered pornographic in many states and could not be sent through the mail.
- "Time Enough" by Lelamarie Kreidler (Spockanalia 3) was the first fanfic relationship story. When Spock goes into pon farr again he seeks out Lian Jaimeson, the head of Alien Research on the ship, who is part Vulcan.
- "The Alternate" by Laura Harris (also in Spockanalia 3) is a mood piece narrated by an unnamed woman who is having a relationship with the mirror universe Spock or someone very much like him. It takes place during some fairly explicit sex and would get a PG-13 or possibly R rating today.
- Spock's family relationships and friendships are very important in Kraith.
- There are many stories about Sarek and Amanda's relationship to one another and to their son, among them Ruth Berman's "It Seemed The Logical Thing" (T-Negative 9, 1971, Norma Smith's "The Ambassador and the Lady" (Pastaklan Vesla, issue 4) and Jean Lorrah's The Night of the Twin Moons, published in 1976.
- ↑ from Boldly Writing
- ↑ Freiberger's account is quoted in Marc Cushman, These Are The Voyages: TOS - Season Three, Jacobs Brown, 2015. Cushman says Freiberger went so far as to add in the "Spock/Droxine flirting" scenes in "The Cloud Minders" because as written, it had no romantic subplot. The network researcher has never been identified.


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When I was in High School….I was up, out and in the water almost everyday by 6am.
College and Grad school…not so much… ( although there were a few valiant attempts on my part; I wasn't all lazy!)
So… its 6am on a Saturday and I'm watching the sunrise over the trees….from the pool deck…again 🙂
Does this mean I'm getting younger?? Yes?
SEE! Another one of the many benefits of morning practice.
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After the last school bell rings and summer vacation officially begins, where will your kids spend their time? The University of Texas-Pan American will be hosting a series of camps for elementary, middle and high school students to promote fitness, health, technology, math, science and leadership.
2011 Wellness and Recreational Sports Complex Summer Youth Camp (Ages 6-11)
Locations: Wellness and Recreational Sports Complex
Four TWO week sessions (Monday-Friday)
Session I June 6-June 17, 2011
Session II June 20-July 1, 2011
Session III July 5-July 15, 2011 (no camp Monday 7/4)
Session IV July 18-July 29, 2011
Camp Fees:
Children of UTPA students, faculty, staff and alumni WRSC members $190
Children of UTPA students, faculty, and alumni WRSC non-members $210
Children of General Public $230
Lunch Program (optional) $55
Late program (optional) $60
For more information contact the WRSC Office (956) 665-7808 or email email@example.com.
Aric Bostick Camp of Champs
June 16-19, 2011
June 16: Check-in is at 2 p.m.
June 19: Check-out is at 2 p.m.
Camp of Champs is a success and leadership experience for middle school students that will inspire them to work toward their goals by learning how to have unstoppable self-confidence, honesty with themselves and others, how to take daily action toward dreams, stay motivated in school and life, connect with true purpose and create their own definition of success. All students will live at UTPA's Troxell Hall for the duration of the camp. Activities will primarily be held at the University's Ballroom and Student Union.
Camp Fee includes CHAMPS curriculum, team-building activities, camp T-shirt and daily organizer: $350
For more information on Camp of Champs contact Claudia Farias at (956) 665-7471.
Migrant University Summer Experience (MUSE)
June 4-July 7
MUSE offers high school migrant students from the Region One area instruction that will earn them high school credit, an on-campus university residential experience at UTPA's Unity Hall, professional workplace and career internships at UTPA, a tour of Texas universities, a concluding graduation ceremony, living allowances, and follow-up pre-college seminars.
For more information about MUSE call Krystal Garcia, (956) 665-3078.
ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp
July 17-29
This camp is designed to provide middle school students with activities, experiments, projects and field experiences in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It is a free, two-week academic camp that also provides on-campus housing and a college life experience. All classes and activities will be held in the engineering building, student union and ballroom. Students can also look forward to the UTPA Planetarium and a field trip to the Coastal Studies Lab on South Padre Island.
(Application deadline has passed).
For more information on ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp call Jeanette Broshears, executive camp director for the summer science camp, at (956) 665-2659.
TexPrep Plus Camp
June 6-July 22
Camp dates are Monday-Friday 12:45 - 5:35 p.m.
This camp is designed for Hidalgo County middle and high school students who hold a B average or better in math and an overall B average in his/her classes. Students selected to attend this seven-week camp will take courses in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. All courses will be held at UTPA's Academic Services, engineering, science and math buildings. They will also be given a weekly project that will be presented at the end of each week. When the camp is complete students will meet with a TexPrep mentor once a month.
Camp Fee: $390
For more information contact the TexPrep Program at (956) 665-3634.
Girls STEM Camp
June 20-24
This camp was created for middle school girls from the 2010-2011 UTPA Mother Daughter Program who have actively participated in all program sessions and events. During the camp students will live on campus at UTPA's Heritage Hall and will attend STEM classes, speaker events and will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience in STEM fields and receive a tour of the campus. The camp is free for those students who are selected to attend.
For more information call the Valley Outreach Center at (956) 665-7597.
GenTx Camp
June 20-24
Students selected to attend this camp are high school students from school districts across the Rio Grande Valley that have a partnership with UTPA Generation Texas Program. During the camp, students will be housed on the UTPA campus. They will be promoting post secondary education through community service, table events and presentations. The camp is free for those students selected.
For more information contact the Valley Outreach Center at (956) 665-7597.
Striving Towards Educational Pathways (STEP)
Sessions: July 11-15 / July 18-22 / Aug. 1-5 / Aug. 8-12 Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: UTPA
Registration Deadline: Two weeks before the start of each session
This camp is designed to encourage Rio Grande Valley high school students to start thinking about college and a brighter future by exposing them to STEM careers and sustainability. At the camp, participants will get a look into team building, gaming, LEAN manufacturing, entrepreneurship, sustainability, engineering and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). They will also have the opportunity to receive hands-on experience in each of the topics and work with top-notch faculty and instructors who are experts in their fields and professional backgrounds.
Fees: TBA
For more information on STEP contact UTPA's Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center at (956) 665-7011.
Athletic Camps
Manny Mantrana Baseball Academy
There are five camps held during the time of June 6-July 22 from 8:00 a.m.-noon
This camp is designed to teach the fundamentals of baseball to children 5-13 years old. All participants will receive instruction in all aspects of the sport from the UTPA coaching staff. The camp will be held at the Edinburg Baseball Stadium. All campers must bring a baseball glove, spike shoes, pants, a bat, helmet and shorts.
$90 per camper
$80 per camper for families with 2 children attending the camp
$75 per camper for families with 3 or more children attending the camp
$40 non-refundable deposit or full payment at registration is required
For more information on registration or sessions contact Michael Villarreal at (830) 776-8283 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2011 Volleyball Summer Camps
Location: UTPA Fieldhouse
Volleykids / July 11-13 / 9 a.m-noon/ $75
This camp focuses on the basic skills and fundamentals of a volleyball game. Movement concepts and game-like scenarios will feature modified net heights and instructional techniques adapted for a young beginner girl or boy. This camp is open to anyone who has completed grades 2nd -6th.
Performance Camp / July 14-16 / Resident Camper $280 / Day Camp $200
9 a.m.-8 p.m.
This camps focuses on those players who have a foundation of skills and are interested in becoming a better player. Individual skills and techniques will be covered and put toward team and game oriented training. Tournament games will conclude the camp on the final day. This camp is open to anyone who has completed grades 6th-10th.
Team Camp / July 18-20 / Resident Camper $280 / Day Camper $200
9 a.m.-8 p.m.
This camp is designed to prepare all high school volleyball team players - 9th grade, junior varsity and varsity - for the volleyball school season. Players will be trained in all individual skills, team skills and concepts. Topics in offensive, defensive, and serve receive patterns will be covered, ending with a play pool tournament on the final day. School coaches are also being asked to address specific team needs that will be covered during the camp. Schools will also compete in pool play tournaments on the last day of camp.
Coaches Clinic / July 18-19 / Resident Camper $125 / Day Camper $100
9 a.m.-8 p.m.
During the clinic, middle and high school coaches will have the opportunity of sharing and hearing ideas on how to advance their teams to the next level. They will get to discuss techniques and drills and other training methods used by their teams. Coaches are asked to please come prepared with questions.
Setter, Hitter, Libero Camp / July 21-23 / Resident Camper $280 / Day Camper $200
9 a.m.-8 p.m.
This is an intensive camp designed for volleyball players who have completed any grade and who are looking for specific positional instruction and repetition. All skills covered will be relevant to each game position. Camps will then be combined to work together to practice skills in a team setting. The camp will conclude with a 6 on 6 tournament.
For more information, call Bryan Yale at (956) 665-7007.
UTPA Men's Broncs Basketball Summer Camp
June 20-23, 2011
Drop off: 8:30 a.m. / Pick up: 1:30 p.m.
All campers will have the opportunity of learning the fundamentals of basketball from UTPA coaching staff and men's basketball team. They will receive instruction in shooting, dribbling, passing, rebounding, defense and offense. At the end of each day, campers can look forward to skills contests and basketball games. All campers will receive a T-shirt and are encouraged to bring lunch. A pizza and snack bar will be available for campers to purchase lunch.
Camp participants must be 7-16 years old to participate.
Camp Fee: $100
For more information contact Chad Pecka at (956) 665-2870 or send an email to email@example.com.
Aquatics Swim School and Pre-Competitive Swimming Summer 2011
June 6-23 / June 27-14 / July 18-Aug. 4 / Aug. 8-25 (No classes July 4)
This summer swimming program is designed for all ages. Each class is 30 minutes and will focus on different styles of swimming depending on the session you choose. Some are focused on teaching adults and children how to swim, others introduce babies to the water, while others prepare experienced swimmers for competition. All participants must bring a swimsuit, goggles and a towel(s). Swimming classes are held at the Wellness and Recreational Sports Complex pool.
Water Baby (3 months-3 years)
30 minute sessions: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 5-8 p.m.
*On Aug. 8-25 the evening session will be from 5-9 p.m.
General Public $120 per session
UTPA Non-member $111 per session
WRSC Member $105 per session
Learn to Swim Sessions (Adults and Children Ages 3+)
30 minute sessions: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 5-8 p.m.
*On Aug. 8-25 the evening session will be from 5-9 p.m.
General Public $144 per session
UTPA Non-member $135 per session
WRSC Member $129 per session
Pre-Competitive Swimming Sessions (Youth Ages 6+)
45 minute sessions:
Class A: 4-4:45 p.m.
Class B: 4:45-5:30 p.m.
Class C: 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Class D: 6:15-7 p.m.
General Public $84 per session
UTPA Non-member $79 per session
WRSC Member $75 per session
For more information on the Aquatic summer programs contact UTPA Aquatics at (956) 665-3060.


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Burke sets stage for new management team
Incoming NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke has now set the stage for his new management team.
And to no one's surprise, Burke plans to keep NBC U's cable infrastructure mostly intact, but he's planning a major makeover on the network side.
The second shoe in Burke's Peacock overhaul dropped Monday, when NBC Universal TV topper Jeff Gaspin confirmed that he would be exiting the network. The rest of Burke's new structure will be announced in the coming days — possibly Wednesday.
Gaspin and his soon-to-be-former boss, NBC U CEO Jeff Zucker, will depart once the NBC U-Comcast merger is completed, although Gaspin may stick around a bit longer to aid in the transition.
The move comes as Burke plans a streamlined executive structure — with various broadcast and cable chieftains reporting directly to him.
Under the previous setup, introduced just last year, all of NBC U's TV entertainment assets — including cable, broadcast, and distribution — reported to Gaspin, who in turn answered to Zucker. But Gaspin spent most of this past year and a half focusing his energies on NBC, which needed the most help.
The job of engineering a Peacock turnaround will now fall on Burke and his new NBC reports: Entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt and NBC's new business/operations topper, a job that most now believe will be filled by Ted Harbert. In comparison, cable toppers Bonnie Hammer and Lauren Zalaznick will keep their respective empires — as well as additional oversight of some Comcast properties.
It's a return to the broadcast grind for Greenblatt and Harbert, both of whom got their start in the network business and later turned their attention to producing until landing top cable gigs (Greenblatt at Showtime, Harbert at E! and Comcast Entertainment).
With Greenblatt and Harbert in place, it became apparent that there wasn't a spot for Gaspin in the new NBC U hierarchy.
Gaspin had been widely expected to leave after the merger, but nothing became official until Monday, when Gaspin and Burke hammered out his fate.
"During the course of the Comcast/GE merger, I've had many good conversations with Steve Burke about my role at the new NBC Universal," Gaspin wrote in a memo to staffers Monday. "As is his prerogative, Steve has determined that he wants to move in a different direction and given the scope of my current responsibilities, we could not agree on an appropriate role for me in the new company. Therefore I will be departing NBC Universal a short time after the merger."
The well-respected Gaspin had been talked up for a potential business/operations job similar to the one once held by Randy Falco and Neil Braun, but the reality of moving the exec into a scaled-down position made such a move unlikely.
Gaspin departs after spending a combined 19 years at NBC Universal. His most recent position was his most challenging: putting NBC back on track after a ratings collapse hastened by last year's "Jay Leno Show" debacle.
"While we have had our challenges on the entertainment broadcast side, I am proud of the progress we have made and the tremendous success of our outstanding cable assets, our strong distribution divisions and our market-leading digital innovation," he wrote.
Gaspin added that he exits NBC U "with an obvious sense of sadness and loss, but I'll be forever grateful for my relationships with my colleagues and those who gave me a chance to participate in the success of this great company. It's been an exhilarating ride — and I thank you for sharing it with me."
Gaspin has served as chairman of NBC Universal TV Entertainment since July 2009, overseeing all business, creative, production, distribution and marketing aspects of NBC U's television operations.
Before that, he was prexy-COO of NBC Universal Television Group. Over the past decade, he has also served as prexy of NBC Universal Cable and Digital Content; prez of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Cross-Network Strategy and Bravo topper.


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The Gallaudet University official who was suspended for signing a petition backed by traditional marriage groups is back at work.
Gallaudet is the nation's leading university for the deaf. As CBN News reported, the school suspended its chief diversity officer for three months in October.
Dr. Angela McCaskill had signed a petition calling for the public to be allowed to vote on whether the state should legalize same-sex marriage.
Gallaudet is home to a prominent gay and lesbian community in Maryland. University officials said some felt her action was inconsistent with her role as chief diversity officer.
McCaskill said she is not anti-gay. She said she signed the petition at her church after listening to a sermon about marriage, adding that she felt it was important for Maryland voters to decide the issue.
People on both sides of the issue spoke up on McCaskill's behalf, saying she should not be punished for exercising her First Amendment rights.
University Employee Punished over Marriage Petition
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Two-tier voting: Kansas, Arizona get all medieval on voting
Do we really need to make getting into the voting booth MORE difficult for folks?
After Arizona's 2004 voter ID law was found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court this summer, officials in Kansas and Arizona didn't give up the voter ID fight. As Marsellus Wallace, the Ving Rhames character in Pulp Fiction, might say, they got all medieval on it.
Because the Court decision focused on federal elections, the two states have now decided to institute a "two-tier" voting system: Voters who have shown IDs proving citizenship can vote in all elections, and those who don't will only be able to vote on federal matters.
Elections officials will have to print multiple ballots and verify multiple voting statuses. What a mess.
If you don't believe it, read this explanation from a Talking Points Memo story on it:
"Kansas officials have envisioned four registration scenarios: 1) Individuals who use the Kansas form and submit a citizenship document (eligible to vote in all elections); 2) Individuals who use the Kansas form and do not submit a citizenship document (not eligible to vote in any elections); 3) Individuals who use the federal form and submit a citizenship document (eligible to vote in all elections); and 4) Individuals who use the federal form and do not submit a citizenship document (eligible to vote only in federal elections.)"
As the Arizona Republic opined on the matter:
"After years of hunting for voter fraud in Arizona, there is scant evidence of non-citizens voting. The real problem is lack of voter participation.
"Nevertheless, two of Arizona's top elected officials are ready with a separate but unequal voter registration scheme that attacks the non-existent problem and undermines efforts to increase voter registration. (And they say Congress is dysfunctional.)"


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"I could have spent the rest of my life with Tom and not be married, but I wanted to call him 'my husband'," the Hot in Cleveland star, 50, tells PEOPLE. "I really wanted to share how I feel about Tom with the people I love."
Mission accomplished.
When the pair – who became engaged in May – exchanged vows in a surprise ceremony at their cliff-side Malibu home on New Year's Day, Bertinelli was surrounded by about 100 family members and friends, including her 19-year-old son Wolfie, ex-husband Eddie Van Halen and One Day at a Time costars Mackenize Phillips and Pat "Schneider" Harrington.
Wearing a custom blue silk chiffon gown by David Meister and Jimmy Choo shoes, the bride says: "I'm happier than ever!"
For the exclusive wedding album and all the details – The vows! The gown! The food! – pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday
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Peter Dreier: Although no one can be sure how the current Supreme Court justices will vote, the American public has already made up its mind. Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high.
Paul Ryan, Out of Step with His Generation
Rev. Irene Monroe: Both Obama and Biden have now come out in support of marriage equality; in the last presidential election it would have been political suicide to support it. This November, it may be a risk not to.
Say What? Lesbian Priests Marrying Each Other!
Rev Irene Monroe: For me, the joy in this moment of knowing about the holy matrimony of Lloyd and Ragsdale is that the Episcopal Church crawls toward inclusiveness, albeit haltingly, and in spite of opposition.
Are We Not Patriots, Too?
Rev. Irene Monroe: As LGBTQ Americans, our patriotism is not recognized. But one of our community's greatest moments of patriotism was the Stonewall Riots of June 27–29, 1969, in New York City's Greenwich Village. We celebrate their heroism every day as out-of-the-closet people who are intentionally visible in various facets of American life.
Amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Would Give Equality to All Americans
Tracy Emblem: As a society, we should consider amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" placed next to the words "race and gender."
La Mission
Carl Matthes: Not to be missed is Peter Bratt's "La Mission," a film brimming with street and domestic violence, and laced with homophobia, search for ethnic identity and machismo. Starring the talented Benjamin Bratt, Peter's younger brother, "La Mission" refers to the Mission District in San Francisco, the real-life, growing-up family neighborhood of the Bratt brothers.
No Nonsense Census
There's been another informed and intelligent decision by the Obama administration. In August 2008, in an LA Progressive article entitled "Census Nonsense," which decried the Bush administration's move to exclude legally married same-sex couples from being counted as married couples during upcoming the 2010 census, I wrote, "…to capsulize the situation, as it stands now, […]
This Week in the LA Progressive: March 2 to 8
Budget Obama Rescuing Capitalism: That's a Lot of Weight for One Brother. Obama is present at the re-creation of the global economic system. "It is a challenge he has to take up," Like I said, that's a lot of weight. –Carl Bloice Is Obama Responsible for Wall Street's Meltdown? Where Populist Rage Is Heading. The […]
Prop 8: 18,000 Same-Sex Marriages Hang in Balance at California Supreme Court Hearing
Within the next week, the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to help determine the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the November 2008 election ballot constitutional amendment that removed the right of same-sex couples to legally marry in California. The Court will convene in San Francisco on March 5, at 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. […]
Will June Be Gay Wedding Month — Again?
The other shoe is about to be dropped. The California Supreme Court announced on February 3 that it would hear oral arguments March 5 over the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the November 2008 election ballot constitutional amendment which removed the right of same-sex couples to legally marry in California. And then the clock will begin […]
Prop 8, Jim Crow, Nuremberg, and Other Unjust Laws
Forty years ago, in many states, my marriage to my wife would have been illegal. In fact, we would have been regarded as criminals and locked up for miscegenation, or "race-mixing" as they called it. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, which found that […]
Obama Delivers Purpose-Driven Slap to Gays and Lesbians
by Dick Price — In choosing a prominent anti-gay evangelical preacher from Orange County to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, President-Elect Barack Obama has gone out of his way to insult the gay-lesbian community, which is still licking its wounds from the passage of Prop Hate, the California constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages.


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It may have different names depending on who you ask but the meaning is the same: the night before Halloween shows a spike in vandalism and mischief.
To ensure everyone's safety, the Dougherty County Police Department will be patrolling looking for wrongdoing.
Captain Tommy Jackson says the department receives a lot of calls on this particular night of suspicious activity.
The department takes vandalism seriously and Captain Jackson says if the damage is bad enough, vandals can be charged with criminal trespass and more.


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NYC AFSCME Council endorses Liu in mayoral race
Saying Comptroller John Liu "would end the favoritism towards the wealthy 1%" and return the government to its people, AFSCME District Council 37 delegates unanimously endorsed his mayoral candidacy.
Mississippi Nissan workers go global in fight for justice
UAW President Bob King, and actor Danny Glover are in Johannesburg where that country's Metalworkers union has come out fighting for the right of 5,000 Mississippi Nissan workers to organize a union.
Congress Hotel strike ends, fight of hotel workers goes on
With the 10th anniversary of the Congress Hotel strike approaching, Unite Here Local 1, the union representing Chicago's hospitality workers, announced the end of strike on May 29.
Striking Walmart workers' caravan heads for firm's headquarters, annual meeting
A group of more than 100 Walmart workers from stores in Northern California, Miami, Boston, Denver and elsewhere started an extended strike on Memorial Day against the retail mega-monster.
Today in labor history: Rosie the Riveter dies at 77
Rose Will Monroe, who became famous as "Rosie the Riveter," died on May 31, 1997. During World War II, Monroe went to work in the aircraft industry as a riveter making parts for military airplanes.
Today in labor history: Ford goes to revolutionary Russia
On May 30, 1929, the Ford Motor Company signed a technical assistance contract to produce cars in the newly industrializing Soviet Union.
Today in labor history: Farm Workers win after 17-year boycott
On May 29, 1996, the United Farm Workers of America reached agreement on a contract for 450 lettuce harvesters, ending a 17-year-long boycott.
Union protests Obama's nomination of Pritzker
Saying Hyatt Hotel magnate Penny Pritzker destroys jobs, Unite Here members crowded into the back of a Senate hearing room to show the union opposes her nomination as U.S. Commerce Secretary.
Race to the bottom for sweatshop workers
Minimum wage workers, earning $74 a month were beaten by riot police for a protest demanding a $14 a month raise.
Today in labor history: Rochester general strike
The strike was precipitated when city workers were summarily fired after attempting to form a union.


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Friday, July 12th, 2013 @ 2:06PM
Softball can soften the hardest hearts.
Today we had youth, staff, and volunteers out on the softball field. The youth had a blast fielding and hitting as well as learning new techniques from one of our volunteers. Two of our quiet, more closed off youth, were laughing and smiling and truly opening up for the first…


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MANSFIELD - Borough council unanimously appointed Lynette Hoyt, currently the borough's secretary-treasurer, to fill one of three new positions created to replace outgoing borough Manager Ed Grala, who retires Sept. 1.
Hoyt's new position will be director of finance and administration. She will be paid $59,954 annually.
Shawn Forest was appointed director of codes and public works, with an annual salary of $63,900, and office worker Cassie Cowles was appointed municipal authority administrative assistant, with expanded responsibilities at a salary of $37,034.
According to Councilman Bruce Dart, promoting the three to the new positions results in a savings of $20,000 annually just in salaries, not counting the benefits.
"We think we have very good candidates here who have worked with us for years, though we will miss Ed," said Councilwoman Marianne Bozzo.
After much discussion, council voted to purchase banners honoring veterans at a cost of $125 each, to be paid from the general fund. Councilwoman Heather Morgan cast the lone dissenting vote.
In other business, council:
Approved two land development and subdivision plans for the second phase of the Mansfield University residence hall building project, buildings C and D to be located where Hemlock and Cedarcrest dormitories stood, following presentations by Mansfield Auxiliary Committee Chairman David Cummings; real estate developer Charles Harris, of EdR, Memphis, Tenn.; architect Hank Colker, with WTW Architects, of Pittsburgh; and general contractor Charles Wilson, of Wilson Contracting. Construction is scheduled to begin in July with completion by August 2013.
Approved supporting a plan to host the next Mansfield Sister Cities gathering in four years, following a request from attorney Larry Mansfield, who is participating in the program representing the borough. He also received verbal support from MU President Alan Golden, who attended the meeting.
Accepted a low bid of $13,750 from Nickerson Roofing to replace the next section of roofing on the former armory building, now being used by the Tioga County YMCA.
Heard from Grala that after some issues with the municipal swimming pool, it now is open.


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Humpday Giveaway Winner! (May 22nd Edition)
Well you've done it again! We asked, you answered, and three, yes THREE, of you won! Obviously you're pumped about the World Barista Championship that starts tomorrow in Melbourne (scratch that, make it starts TODAY!). In Melbourne time it's already started. Don't forget you can watch the WBC and World … Read more →


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John Jenrette
|John Jenrette
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 6th district
|In office
January 3, 1975 – December 10, 1980
|Preceded by
|Edward Lunn Young
|Succeeded by
|John Light Napier
|Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Horry County
|In office
|Preceded by
|At-large district
|Succeeded by
|District abolished
|Personal details
|John Wilson Jenrette, Jr.
May 19, 1936
Horry County, South Carolina
|Political party
|Alma mater
|Wofford College (B.A.)
University of South Carolina (LL.B.)
|lawyer, judge
John Wilson Jenrette, Jr. (born May 19, 1936) is an American former politician from South Carolina, best known for his involvement in the ABSCAM corruption scandal, and being the husband of Playboy model Rita Jenrette. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from January 1975 until December 1980. He was convicted of accepting a bribe in the FBI's Abscam operation.
Jenrette was born in Horry County, South Carolina in 1936. He graduated from Loris High School, Loris, South Carolina in 1954. He then earned a B.A. at Wofford College in 1958. After graduating from law school at the University of South Carolina, worked as a city attorney, then a judge, as he attempted to reach higher office. Jenrette was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1964, where he represented his native town of Myrtle Beach.
Jenrette retired from the state house to run for a seat in the U.S. House in 1972. Jenrette defeated seventeen-term Congressman John L. McMillan in the primary, but lost the general election to Republican Edward Lunn Young. Undaunted, Jenrette ran for the same seat in 1974. In part because of the extreme unpopularity of the Republicans following the Watergate scandal, Jenrette unseated Young.
Jenrette, a liberal, seemed out of place representing his rather conservative waterfront congressional district. However, he was locally well-known, and the South Carolina Republican Party was not especially well-organized at the time in that part of the state. Jenrette easily defeated Young again in 1976 and was unopposed in 1978.
Jenrette is most famous for two actions during his days as a Congressman. First, he allegedly[1] had sex with his then-wife, Rita Jenrette, behind a pillar on the steps of the Capitol Building during a break in a late night session of Congress. (The comedy group "Capitol Steps" take their name from this escapade.) Second, he was charged with and convicted for accepting a $50,000 bribe in the FBI Abscam sting operation conducted by the FBI in 1980. Jenrette was sentenced to two years in prison, of which he served 13 months. He had not been videotaped taking bribes, as some of his colleagues had, but he was recorded saying he'd been given cash by an associate. His wife, Rita, separated from him in January 1981 and the two divorced later the same year.
Jenrette was defeated for reelection in 1980 and resigned from Congress on December 10, just days before the end of his term. He subsequently ran a public-relations firm called Lehuguenot, Ltd.,[2] in his native Myrtle Beach, and developed property in nearby Cherry Grove. In 1989 he was apprehended after shoplifting a necktie from a department store in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia; convicted of a misdemeanor, he was sentenced to serve 30 days in a local jail.
- ^ Roberts, Roxanne (28 November 2011), Rita Jenrette's new take on an old sex scandal: That night on the Capitol steps, The Washington Post, retrieved 26 December 2013
- ^ Manta.com listing for Lehuguenot, Ltd
External links[edit]
- United States Congress. "John Jenrette (id: J000099)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Profile from Congressional Bad Boys
- The Washington Post "Destination Scandal" tour of DC
- The Hill, May 29, 2002
- The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), November 17, 1999
- The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), July 22, 2000
|United States House of Representatives
|Preceded by
Edward Lunn Young
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 6th congressional district
|Succeeded by
John Light Napier
|South Carolina's delegation(s) to the 94th–96th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)
|Senate: S. Thurmond • E. Hollings
|House: J. Mann • F. Spence • M. Davis • B. Derrick • K. Holland • J. Jenrette
|Senate: S. Thurmond • E. Hollings
|House: J. Mann • F. Spence • M. Davis • B. Derrick • K. Holland • J. Jenrette
|Senate: S. Thurmond • E. Hollings
|House: F. Spence • M. Davis • B. Derrick • K. Holland • J. Jenrette • C. Campbell
- 1936 births
- Living people
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina
- Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- South Carolina Democrats
- University of South Carolina alumni
- Politicians convicted of bribery under 18 U.S.C. § 201
- Abscam
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Politicians convicted of corruption in South Carolina
- South Carolina politicians convicted of crimes