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A Soldier's Victory
A Dying Gulf War Pilot Prods the Military into Helping Vets with ALS
At 43 Donnelly is one of 56 Gulf War veterans diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the fatal neurological disorder known as Lou Gehrig's disease, for the Yankee slugger whose life it claimed in 1941. Half of the affected vets have already died from the illness, which destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Many of the rest, like Donnelly, cannot dress or feed themselves, speak clearly or breathe without the aid of a respirator.
But thanks largely to Donnelly and his family, who spent nearly six years lobbying the government to acknowledge a link between Gulf War chemical exposure and ALS, those veterans have won a ringing victory: In recent weeks, citing a study showing that soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf during the war were twice as likely to develop ALS as those who did not, the Department of Veterans Affairs has begun issuing monthly checks of up to $2,163 to afflicted vets, marking a policy shift that many thought was long overdue.
For Donnelly it is no easy task—literally—to describe how he felt when the government announced the compensation plan last December. After his wife, Susan, 42, a dental hygienist, clears his tracheal tube to ease his breathing, his sister Denise, 45, slowly calls out the alphabet. The former pilot raises his eyes slightly to select letters one by one. "Stunned and surprised," he signals. "I never thought I'd see it."
In fact, without the Donnellys, says Dr. Robert Haley, 57, chief epidemiologist at the University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, who has been studying Gulf War-related health problems since 1994, "it's fair to say this issue probably would not have come to our attention." In addition to petitioning politicians, holding press conferences and testifying on Capitol Hill, the family—including not only Mike, Susan and Denise but Mike's mother, Rae, 66, and father, Tom, 68, an ex-Marine and former Connecticut state legislator—helped track down other ALS vets to make the study possible.
While the preliminary report, authored by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and covering the nearly 700,000 military personnel deployed in the Gulf War, does not answer all questions about how the disease develops, it does validate what many victims have long believed. "Imagine that for 10 years you had a disease that you didn't know the cause of and couldn't get compensation for because they told you it wasn't from the Gulf," says Stephen Robinson, 39, executive director of the National Gulf War Resource Center. "Now science is finally telling veterans: 'It's true.' "
The cause of ALS itself is still a matter of speculation. In 5 to 10 percent of cases the disease is clearly inherited. In some other cases experts believe a combination of genetic and environmental factors may be responsible. That theory, scientists say, could explain why many vets who have developed ALS did so in their 20s and 30s—decades earlier than the disease's usual time of onset. "Normally it takes a lifetime of environmental exposure to damage the neurons that trigger ALS," says Haley. "If these vets were already susceptible because of their genetic makeup, chances are they would have gotten it later in life anyway. But because they were exposed to huge amounts of environmental toxins, they got it at an earlier age."
No one knows, however, which, if any, toxins may be at fault. Gulf War vet Joshua Calderon, 45, first noticed his symptoms while hanging Christmas decorations outside his family's Parkland, Wash., home in 1997. "I was putting up lights and I couldn't hold on to the nails with my right hand," he says. "I remember thinking, 'Gee, it must be colder than I think.' " Two years later Calderon, married to Mary Jane, 40, an insurance broker, and the father of two, was diagnosed with ALS. A former Army medic who spent seven months in the Gulf helping set up a battalion hospital, he was exposed to dozens of medications and insecticides. Did one of these substances trigger his disease or was it the interaction of several chemicals? Doctors can't say. What is certain is that Calderon can no longer work, drive or feed himself. "My condition is a mystery," he says. "There's still a lot to learn."
Compounding the enigma are the cases of such vets as Gerald Houk of Calera, Okla., who was never in the Gulf. In January 2001 the former Air Force mechanic died at 56 of ALS. A year later so did Linda, 52, his wife of 36 years. The disease is not contagious, and the extreme rarity of a husband and wife coming down with it—the odds are roughly one in a billion—leads the Houk's two daughters to suspect that a toxin triggered both parents' illnesses. Houk was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. In 1961 he also attended an eight-month training program at San Antonio's now-defunct Kelly Air Force Base, where the military has begun to investigate what appears to be a high incidence of ALS among former residents and employees. "My father knew his ALS had to be from serving in the military," says his daughter Gina, 32.
Even if that were so, his wife's disease may simply have been a tragic coincidence, since Linda never lived at Kelly or served in Vietnam. In the absence of hard evidence, says Haley, "we don't know what happened."
For his part Donnelly believes that his ALS had its beginnings in the 44 sorties that he flew over Iraq. U.S. bombs, he wrote in a 1998 book co-authored with his sister Denise, Falcon's Cry: A Desert Storm Memoir, released "clouds of fallout...through the air" when they struck Iraqi chemical-and biological-weapons storage areas. "And that's where I was, in the air."
After the war he, Susan and their children Erin, now 15, and Sean, 10, moved to Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. There, in 1996, after experiencing the classic early symptoms—irregular gait, failing muscle coordination—he was diagnosed with ALS and given a life expectancy of two to five years.
Today, while researchers struggle to determine exactly what caused him and other vets to fall ill, Donnelly is pleased at the government's attention and what it may mean for U.S. troops now in Afghanistan. "Our forces are wearing a lot of protective gear now," says V.A. Secretary Anthony Principi, who came to know Donnelly during his Hill lobbying efforts. In addition the Pentagon has stepped up air-and water-quality monitoring for its troops, as well as medical evaluations both before and after battle.
More than that, the suffering of Gulf War vets with ALS may contribute to scientists' understanding of the disease—and their search for a cure. "We've achieved a small measure of success already," says Donnelly, laboriously spelling out his thoughts. "But it's like shooting down enemy fighters. Your mission isn't complete until you bomb the target. And my mission will be successful when I recover."
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Is there a new bad guy in Mystic Falls?
On the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries, fans learned that seemingly good guy Mason actually returned to his hometown at the request of evil Katherine – his girlfriend! – to track down the Lockwood family's secret. But Mason's no bad villain, says actor Taylor Kinney, just a man in love.
"I don't think he's a bad person," Kinney, 29, tells PEOPLE. "[Mason] is motivated by a love for a girl, and it makes you do bad things, [but] I don't think that Mason thinks he's a bad person."
Mason's arrival in Mystic Falls also marked a new chapter on the show – the introduction of werewolves.
"I just jump at the chance to play a werewolf," Kinney said, even though the role required shooting a nearly-nude scene that marked Mason's shape-shifting reveal.
"I'm naked half the time anyway, I don't mind," he joked. "It was cool . . . to do something new and to do something fresh with whatever is going on with werewolves. That's been exciting."
Does he feel like the furry oddball on a show about vampires?
"Some of my buddies were giving me crap. When I first got the job, everyone thought I was going to be a vampire," he says.
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann addressed about 10,000 students at Liberty University Wednesday, telling them not to settle for easy political choices in life.
Bachmann spent most of her time talking about personal values. She quoted scripture several times during the speech.
She told students about how she used to set her alarm for 5 a.m. as a teen so she could wake and read the Bible.
"Even though I hadn't been a drinker, even though I never did drugs, even though I hadn't been chasing around, it didn't matter. I was a sinner," Bachmann said. "I radically abandoned myself to Jesus Christ."
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Don't be an easy target: Avoid these common investment scams
Apr 27, 2012, 8:45 a.m.
Scammers are getting more and more creative these days, and they're focusing their attention on senior citizens because they think they're easy targets. But you can protect yourself by getting a quick education in how to identify some of the most common investment fraud schemes. Here are the top three:
Buying and selling distressed real estate
There are actually people who buy distressed properties and flip them for a major profit; it's a sound investment strategy, but only if you know what you're doing. Many seniors make the mistake of trusting scam artists who say they'll do all the work, as long as you give them the necessary money. What usually happens is the senior and the money are forever parted, and no real estate is ever purchased or sold.
Buying or investing in gold
There is an increasingly common investment fraud scheme going around lately that has "gold prospectors" seeking your help to finance a mining expedition, after which you'll get your money back and a cut of the take. Sound too good to be true? That's because it is. Don't fall for this one. Investing in gold is a legitimate investment strategy, but you have to go through the right channels, like a genuine financial advisor and not some huckster who comes along looking for his next victim. Tell him to go pound sand.
Energy investments
Any expert will tell you that investing in energy through legitimate channels can be fraught with risk, but if you throw a scam artist into the mix, you've got the makings of an investment fraud scheme that'll take your retirement stash and throw it away faster than you can say "I should have known better!" If someone approaches you about investing in an energy company and makes pie in the sky promises about making a cool million (or ten), walk away.
Aside from actually being able to identify some of the most popular -- and unfortunately successful -- investment fraud schemes, you've also got to be able to tell if the person or company you're dealing with is on the up and up. Here are a few frequently heard claims that should be a dead giveaway that something is amiss, and that if you fork over your hard earned money you just might not ever see it again.
- "Guaranteed profit." There's no such thing, and you should know that. If someone claims otherwise, run the other way.
- "No-risk investment." All investments come with some element of risk. You know you're dealing with a scammer if they promise you there's no chance of losing your money.
- "Secret information." Anyone coming to you claiming to have the inside scoop on an investment should be looked on with great suspicion.
As always, the best advice for seniors interested in pursuing an investment strategy that will provide a comfortable nest egg is to go through proper channels, like a financial advisor. Even then, don't just select a random financial advisor. Talk to family and friends to see if there's anyone they recommend. Ultimately, good word of mouth is still one of the best ways of finding a trusted financial advisor. Funny how some things don't change.
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Christian ethics is close to Roger Olson's heart, he says, because it was close to Jesus' heart. In fact, the Baylor University theologian and ethicist adds, Christ was as much about showing how to live a godly life as he was about saving the world from sin.
"Jesus was about ethics," Olson said. "The Sermon on the Mount was about ethics. I don't think you can believe in Jesus and not believe in ethics."
Olson's passion for ethics made him Baylor's choice for the newly established Foy Valentine Endowed Professorship in Christian Ethics. He was named to the chair in January. While new to the appointment, Olson has taught theology and ethics at Baylor since 1999. He is also the author of 16 books on theology and Christian ethics, and expects to see another published this year.
University officials and colleagues say Olson was the clear choice because his academic interests and desire to share gospel values mirror the life of the professorship's namesake, the late Foy Valentine.
Valentine was a 1944 Baylor graduate and Southern Baptist Convention leader for a span stretching the 1960s to the 1980s. He was an advocate for racial equality and reconciliation, and devoted his life to promoting Christian ethics while endorsing justice for the oppressed.
Valentine's ideas often made him unpopular in the increasingly conservative denomination. One included his insistence that the SBC publicly apologize for its complicity of slavery, said David Garland, dean of Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary. The SBC did issue an apology before Valentine's death in 2006.
Terry York, professor of Christian ministry and church music, said he sees a similar boldness in Olson.
"Dr. Olson is a courageous proclaimer of the gospel," York said. "He speaks with confidence into the issues of our day, just like Foy Valentine did."
Those issues for Olson include capital punishment and its victims. Olson said he aspires to work with the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Christian Life Commission. His goal: to see the practice abolished in the Lone Star State. "If we take a human life, we cut off the possibility of God working in them," Olson said.
Olson said he never met Valentine but considers him a Baptist hero due to his unashamed pursuit of equality for all. Garland, who knew Valentine briefly, said he sees a lot in common between the two.
"They are always for the underdog," Garland said. "[They] defend the people who don't usually get defended."
That plus Olson's academic accomplishments made him the "obvious choice" for the new professorship, Garland said.
The university would not disclose the exact amount of the gift from Valentine's family and friends that created the endowed chair, saying only that it met the minimum requirement of seven figures.
"The goal was that there would be more deliberate, specific courses in Christian ethics in the curriculum of the seminary," Garland said of the gift.
Not that Olson ever thought he would be appointed to the position. Olson said he read of the gift in the local newspaper and wondered which of his colleagues would receive the honor. He was surprised when Garland called to give him the news.
Being named to the professorship represents the "pinnacle of a career," he said.


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The future of thousands of Acme Markets workers was on the minds of union leaders Thursday after corporate parent Supervalu Inc. shook up shareholders with plans to "explore strategic alternatives" — corporate parlance for measures that often include courting buyers for the company.
The $36 billion corporation, which has been struggling beneath the weight of $6.3 billion in debt, also said it would suspend its quarterly dividend to shareholders and cut $250 million in costs over the next year and a half, beyond the $75 million it hopes to slash by the end of February.
With sales at its stores continuing to fall and hurt profits, executives said they remained committed to the costly endeavor of slashing retail prices at Acme and the other supermarkets it owns across the country. But the plan to explore a possible sale of assets was greeted with wariness within the union that represents its Acme workers.


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My best friend Robbie and I went to the movies the other day, a rare treat for us. The last movie we saw together was "The Tooth Fairy" in January 2010. Yes, the frothy fantasy for kids, starring Dwayne Johnson. No, we didn't take any kids or grandkids. We just wanted to see The Rock, without car chases or explosions or any of that silly macho stuff. At first, we were a bit self-conscious being the only grown-ups in the theater without a child in tow, but when Dwayne took off his shirt and flashed that dazzling smile at us . . . well, that alone was worth the price of admission and a large popcorn.
This time, our moviegoing motive was more highbrow. We went to "The Descendants" because we wanted to see whether all the buzz was true, all the raves warranted. We wanted to see how accurately Hollywood portrayed Hawaii. And we wanted to see George Clooney, who is not as ripped as The Hunk Formerly Known As The Rock, but every bit as attractive, in a more highbrow way.
I'm happy to report that Robbie and I were pleased with what we saw, even if George never took off his Tori Richards shirt on camera. Besides the fun of recognizing local folks and locales, we appreciated the authenticity of the characters and their issues. We spent the rest of the evening and a good part of the next day discussing our favorite moments and vowing to go to the movies more often.
Some of my favorite memories were made in Maui's old movie theaters. "Mary Poppins" was the first blockbuster I remember seeing at the Iao Theater. Of course, the Iao was also where we watched dozens of Japanese samurai films. My parents wouldn't take me to the obake movies - too scary. Later, when I was old enough to be dropped off with friends, I saw "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" there and developed a schoolgirl fascination with Maggie Smith.
When "Woodstock" played at Iao Theater, I was 13, too young to be dropped off at an R-rated movie. So my mom, bless her heart, accompanied me. She slept through most of it, waking with a start when the theater audience joined Country Joe & the Fish in the raucous FISH Cheer. "WHAT did they say?!" she asked me. Little did either of us know that 40 years later, she'd be shouting something even more provocative on screen herself, in the 2010 movie "Get a Job." But that's a topic for another column.
The next R-rated film I saw, also at the Iao, was "M*A*S*H." This time, Mom stayed home. My date was a 17-year-old honor roll student athlete who actually asked my parents' permission. They were charmed and so was I. We only dated for a couple of months after that, but "M*A*S*H" remains one of my all-time favorite movies. Whenever I catch it on TV, even the bleeped versions, I recall the thrill and agony of teenage courtship, sitting through a risque movie, holding his hand and my breath, feeling embarrassed and awkward and grown-up all at the same time.
Around the corner and up a block on Vineyard, the King Theater showed a whole different level of grown-up fare. I was 15 when another 17-year-old took me to one of those flicks. He didn't ask my parents' permission. We lasted less than 10 minutes before boredom and the grunts of old men in the dark drove us to seek refuge at Dairy Queen.
The Maui Theater opened at Kahului Shopping Center while I was in high school, and I enjoyed many movies there. It's a church now, but to me, that building will always be the home of "Carrie" - I swear my heart stopped for a few seconds when her hand popped out of the grave - and the place where I fell in love with Kris Kristofferson, first in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and again in "A Star is Born."
By then, Maui's drive-in theater was long gone. Located where the University of Hawaii Maui College now stands, the giant screen dominated the Kahului landscape when I was a little girl. I thought the folks who lived on Wakea Avenue were the luckiest people on the island, getting free, albeit silent, movies. I remember seeing "Blue Hawaii" and "Girls, Girls, Girls" there with my aunt. An avid Elvis fan, she used to drive me to tears, teasing me about which of us should be his girlfriend. If she were still alive, I would have taken her to "The Tooth Fairy" even if it meant arguing over Dwayne Johnson.
I've got to go to the movies more often. With Robbie. We have similar tastes, and she's willing to share.
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Key Sandusky Victim Emerges
The victim of a shower-room assault that figured prominently in the Pennsylvania State University child sex-abuse scandal has come forward, lawyers representing him said on Thursday, and claims he was molested numerous other times by Jerry Sandusky.
Mr. Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted in June on 45 counts related to abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. The young man, identified only as Victim 2 in court documents, didn't testify at Mr. Sandusky's trial, and prosecutors had said his identity was unknown.
The lawyers said they "conducted an extensive investigation and gathered overwhelming evidence regarding the details of the abuse he [Victim 2] suffered," which wasn't limited to the shower incident. The attorneys also posted online two voice-mail recordings that are purported to be Mr. Sandusky asking to see the young man and expressing his love.
Lawyers for Victim 2 say these voicemails from September 2011 are from Jerry Sandusky.
The young man wasn't identified by name by the lawyers. He also figures in perjury cases pending against two former Penn State officials.
Former Penn State graduate assistant Mike McQueary testified that in February 2001 he saw Mr. Sandusky in a Penn State locker-room shower, naked and pressed up against the boy in an "extremely sexual" position. Mr. McQueary said he described what he witnessed to late head football coach Joe Paterno, who discussed it with other administrators.
Earlier this month, former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh issued a report that focused largely on the university's response to the 2001 incident and excoriated four Penn State officials for not reporting it to police: Mr. Paterno; former President Graham Spanier; former senior vice president of business and finance Gary Schultz; and former athletic director Tim Curley. Mr. Freeh said they wanted to avoid bad publicity for the football program.
Messrs. Schultz and Curley are awaiting trial on perjury charges for allegedly lying to a grand jury about what they knew of the 2001 incident. They have maintained their innocence. Mr. Paterno, who was fired in November, died earlier this year of cancer. Mr. Spanier and Mr. Paterno's family have disputed the findings of the Freeh report.
The lawyers for Victim 2, including Philadelphia attorney Matt Casey, said he was abused by Mr. Sandusky before and after the 2001 incident. They said the two recorded messages were left in September 2011, more than two years after the Pennsylvania attorney general began investigating him and less than two months before Mr. Sandusky was arrested. The lawyers allege that the recordings show he was trying to "exert control over our client even as his arrest for child sexual abuse became imminent."
In one recording, Mr. Sandusky apparently asks the young man if he wants to attend a Penn State football game. In the other, he says, "There is nothing really to hide." In both, he expresses his love.
The lawyers for Victim 2 said they intend to hold Penn State accountable "for the egregious and reckless conduct that facilitated the horrific abuse our client suffered."
David LaTorre, a Penn State spokesman, said Thursday that the university "takes these cases very seriously but cannot otherwise comment on pending litigation." He added, "President [Rodney] Erickson and the Board of Trustees have publicly emphasized that their goal is to find solutions that rest on the principle of justice for the victims."
Nils Frederiksen, a spokesman for the attorney general's office, declined to comment, citing "ongoing criminal prosecutions and investigation."
Joe Amendola, Mr. Sandusky's attorney, couldn't be reached to comment. He has said Mr. Sandusky maintains his innocence and plans to appeal his conviction.
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I had some kind of notion that Nathan Fillion from "Firefly" might actually have some talent. Sadly, he's beginning to manifest some similarities to William Shatner. Fillion, like most actors who get their start in television, found a project where he could play exactly the same character he played on television. Is a challenge such a bad thing?
Oh sure, he's hick sheriff Bill Pardy here and he's fighting mutant space worms on Earth, but that basically sounds like something he might do in "Firefly" as Capt. Malcolm Reynolds. Maybe here Sheriff Pardy's just a bit less smart, but Fillion is employing that same, mildly smarmy attitude to flesh out the character. It's not exactly a tour-de-force of acting. You think you might be ordering steak and the waiter brings you a rotting carcass. I had flash-forward vision of Fillion on talk shows 30 years from now complaining about typecasting and how he never made it big because people always saw him as Captain Reynolds.
The other issue I had with this film is the woman playing the lead character, Starla Grant (Elizabeth Banks). I spent the whole film trying to figure out whether she was Rachel McAdams or not. They look exactly alike, if you ask me. Maybe they grow these actresses on a farm or something. Starla is married to Grant Grant (Michael Rooker), who's the first to come into contact with the space worms in a film best described as "The Blob" meets "Tremors" meets "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" meets "The Hidden" meets… oh I could just keep listing them. Basically, this is just a bunch of ideas from other horror films edited together.
The worms go in through Grant's mouth, take over his body, then transform him into Jabba the Hut. The only real difference between this film and, say, "The Hidden," is that whenever the worms get inside somebody, they still have Grant's thoughts. They're a -- stop me if you've ever heard this before -- a collective consciousness! That apparently means then that if you kill their leader they all die. Either that or they lose all direction and wander around aimlessly searching for other bodies to inhabit. Thankfully, it's the former.
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Unexpected Company
A redesigned urban square attempts to serve the needs of Oakland's
homeless community and downtown office workers.
By Clare Cooper Marcus
It's half past noon on a pleasant Wednesday in April, and
Lafayette Square, located three blocks southwest of city hall in
Oakland, California, is an urban crossroads. Two young women in
business suits approach the rectangular, 1.5-acre park from the
direction of the municipal offices and settle on seats near its
edge, chatting over their brown-bag lunches. Thirty older African
American men form an animated cluster—talking, laughing, greeting
each other—in the center of the square; some stand, others
sprawl on benches and take in the scene. An elderly Asian woman
sits on a bench in a fenced play area watching two small children
in her charge clamber on a bright red climbing structure. And close
to the sidewalk, a white man in his 20s claims a bench, buries his
nose in a book, and absently eats a deli sandwich.
None of the users is unusual here; all seem comfortable in each
other's presence. Peaceful coexistence of diverse user groups
was one of the goals in a $2.2 million, two-phase reconstruction,
completed in 1999 and 2001, during which part of the park always
remained open. The Environmental Design Research Association cited
Lafayette Square with a EDRA/Places Design award in 2000.
The lead member of the design team was landscape architect Walter
Hood, who practices at Hood Design in West Oakland and is a former
chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. Hood proposes
that landscape architects who redesign urban parks should try to
accommodate the people who already use them (see Shared Wisdom,
Landscape Architecture, April 2002), and the lunchtime
scene in Lafayette Square demonstrates that notion while suggesting
that design can help diverse user groups peacefully cohabit in such
"The biggest issue for the park," Hood says, "was
to come up with a new design that looked forward but also looked
backward." A pivotal moment in the square's recent history
occurred 10 years ago when the city made a bold decision not to
design the homeless and unemployed regulars out of the park, an
intent that stands in marked contrast to that of the recent redesign
of Union Square in San Francisco's shopping district, which
discourages indigents and the homeless.
Oakland Tribune columnist Brenda Payton remarked in 1993
that Lafayette Square would be restored for a mix of uses, meaning
"it will be used by the homeless people who have congregated
there for years as well as the office workers who have recently
moved into the new downtown buildings.... Imagine the lessons that
might be learned. The regulars might realize there are horizons
beyond the park. And the new park-goers might come to understand
what a regular told me 10 years ago: 'You might not be where
you are if you had been where some of these people have been.'"
One of the Bay Area city's seven original public spaces,
Lafayette Square has suffered periods of attention and neglect since
it was platted 150 years ago. A Victorian observatory and a public
assembly hall occupied the square for nearly half a century. Abandoned
in 1918, the buildings survived for another decade until the city
cleared and relandscaped the square in the late 1920s.
The Great Depression years saw the beginning of a use that continues
to this day: a social space for unemployed men. An Oakland women's
club helped finance a renovation in the late 1950s, but 30 years
later the improved restrooms, putting green, horseshoe pit, checker
tables, and a large shelter were beat-up and out-of-date. As the
surrounding Gateway neighborhood declined, the park became a refuge
for transient and homeless people to hang out, sleep, and eat; Lafayette
Square acquired the sobriquet Old Man's Park.
The square today is located within an Oakland preservation district,
and the Gateway edges some of downtown's most valuable land,
including City Center, an upscale office-retail complex; Preservation
Park, a cluster of 16 Victorian houses—11 original to their
sites and 5 relocated—where nonprofit groups and small businesses
are located; and the busy Broadway commercial corridor. In contrast
to the affluence of those user groups, a sizable minority of Gateway's
several thousand residents, who are predominantly black, Latino,
and Asian, receive some kind of government assistance.
In 1990, Oakland police closed the park's toilets, shut off
the drinking fountain, and tried to evict the indigent people—moves
protested by the Oakland Union of the Homeless and Mary Ann "Mother"
Wright, who had been feeding the people there for almost a decade.
Fearful of an effort to rid Gateway of the homeless to attract developers,
the nonprofit Center for Urban Family Life (CUFL), based at the
First Unitarian Church of Oakland, formed a coalition of concerned
property owners, residents, and the homeless along with service
providers, members of churches in the neighborhood, and representatives
of the city government and Alameda County. The coalition acknowledged
that Lafayette Park needed improvement and joined the City Homeless
Commission and the Arts Empowerment Working Group in urging the
Oakland Parks and Recreation Department to engage the park regulars
in efforts to improve conditions.
Early in 1994, CUFL held a community meeting in the park to gather
the perspectives of park users and social service providers. Six
goals were identified: provide a mix of uses; improve the park's
image; create a safe park for all; improve existing facilities and
provide new ones; involve community members in replanning the park;
and provide housing and other services for homeless people who use
the park. Budget constraints precluded the last of the six, but
the other goals were adopted and eventually met.
The first priority for park regulars was to reopen the restrooms
and turn on the drinking fountain; they also wanted better lighting,
a barbecue pit, replacements for worn-out tables and benches, and
a new roof over the patio where people gathered on rainy days. Asian
and Latino neighborhood residents wanted to make the park "more
like a plaza," and others wanted a neighborhood park with
emphasis on sports and recreation for children and youth. But such
a park already exists four blocks to the south. All in all, the
broadest goal for improving Lafayette Square was achieved: to create
an urban gathering place largely for adult users.
CUFL received a grant from the private, California-based LEF Foundation
and engaged Hood Design and William A. "Willie" Pettus,
an Oakland architect who specializes in affordable housing and community
planning, to lead design workshops and write a master plan.
Meanwhile, the city received a $198,000 grant from the National
Park Service's Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program
for demolition of park structures. "We had a closed and abandoned
restroom and shelter structure sitting right on the corner of a
prime entrance area into downtown Oakland," says Kerry Ricketts-Ferris,
a senior park planner for the city. "We wanted to rebuild
them elsewhere in the park so that they could accommodate the needs
of the people 24 hours a day and would be more functional and aesthetically
When Oakland voters approved a $60 million, general-obligation
bond initiative called Measure I, $2 million was earmarked for implementing
the foundation-financed master plan developed by the Hood/Pettus
team. "We recognized that a variety of partnerships had already
blossomed around the idea of improving the park," Ricketts-Ferris
says. "The city reviewed all the plans on a regular basis
and issued payments through [CUFL] for work to the contractors.
The city was a third-party agent," a working arrangement under
which CUFL was able to raise an additional $100,000 for the project,
she says.
Some workshop-generated ideas were incorporated into the final
design, including that areas in the park should be perceived as
separate yet visually integrated and that the park include a play
area for children, a picnic area, new bathrooms, and, as a central
feature, a stage and canopy. Ideas that did not go into the final
design included restoring the historic park layout; making a fountain
with flowerbeds and historic light fixtures as a central focus;
placing a fence around the park so that it could be locked at night
to keep people from sleeping there; and adding such items as a sandbox,
a basketball court, a flagpole, an information kiosk, and a park
Before the redesign, Lafayette Square was a flat rectangle with
entrances at each corner, picnic tables, a shelter, a locked toilet,
and an array of mature trees. The boundaries of a park—and
the ways of entering the space—affect those who wander in
and the experience they have once inside the park. Fences, hedges,
or berms can funnel people into one or more entrances, and from
within the open space, those boundaries may provide a pleasing sense
of enclosure. On the other hand, a small park that is essentially
open around its edges permits entry from any direction but may dilute
the pleasurable experience of being in a green oasis separate from
the city.
The designers chose the latter approach, providing multiple entries
that encourage users to freely enter, and, once inside the park,
take in the surrounding city environment. They made the square a
collection of spaces with semitransparent walls; inhabitants are
conscious of others but can also maintain a sense of privacy.
The park's most heavily and continuously used section is
located near the midpoint on the western side. Here a wide concrete
walk leads into the space where the unemployed men—largely
African American, middle-aged, and older—gather every day,
from midmorning to dusk, beneath a wide-spreading live oak tree.
Picnic tables and benches, a small paved plaza, and proximity to
the small toilet building, which fronts 10th Street to the south,
make the space welcoming to them. Many, in fact, return every day
to a place they've claimed as their own, just as others in
their situation have done for at least 70 years. An adjacent horseshoe
pit is rarely used, and the city's plans for live performances
and movies in the central shelter, with audiences sitting on the
sloped lawn, have not been implemented for lack of funds, Ricketts-Ferris
The seating areas on the square's eastern and northern edges
are partially screened from the central gathering space by a grassy
hillock and sloped lawn. Along Jefferson Street on the east, where
an area is covered in granite chips and punctuated with four-person
tables and benches, a pedestrian can detour slightly from the sidewalk
and take a rest, chat with a friend, or eat lunch while barely being
inside the park. This seclusion from the park's interior welcomes
people who may feel apprehensive about the unemployed and homeless
The northern edge, where a bosk of purple-leaf plum trees extends
from just inside the park to the edge of 11th Street, presents a
different experience. The pedestrian finds herself inside the park
seemingly without having entered it. Tiles in concrete paving recount
the history of Oakland; wooden benches are interspersed among the
plums. Across the street, there's a parking lot, eventually
to be replaced by an office building. It's a good spot—slightly
separated from the interior of the park by a lawn—for the
lunchtime set.
At the square's northwest corner, 11th Street and Martin
Luther King Jr. Way, an open-sided mini-plaza with chess tables
permits people to amble among honey locust trees, take a seat close
to the sidewalk, or walk into the center of the park. Farther along,
the western edge presents a series of low, grassy mounds, picnic
benches, and barbecue grills. The intent was to provide a setting
for picnics and passive recreation for neighbors to the north and
west, an area of single- and multifamily dwellings. Here the grass,
shade trees, barbecues, and three metal structures for climbing
vines (inspired by rows of bean-vine props in neighborhood gardens)
seem appropriate.
Near the northwest corner, a low, metal fence delimits a children's
area containing a bright red play structure and comfortable perimeter
benches. Asian-American parents and children who live south of the
park use it, as do those who walk from schools or daycare centers
in Chinatown, four blocks to the east. These users rarely traverse
the park or use the rest of it.
As a rule, men frequent city parks more heavily than women, and
Lafayette Square is no exception. Casual observation indicates that
usage is virtually 100 percent male at many times of the day. Occasionally
one or two women join the unemployed men, but otherwise the few
women who visit the park are office workers or mothers with children.
The men, who clearly enjoy using this park daily as a kind of outdoor
living room, may by their number and visibility throughout the day
intimidate many women from using the outdoor spaces.
Lafayette Square remains free of graffiti and other forms of vandalism,
but Ricketts-Ferris and Hood have different perspectives on the
city's general level of maintenance. She says the park requires
fairly low upkeep compared with others in the city and attributes
that to the selection of materials and the way the irrigation system
and plantings were designed. Design integrity has not been compromised
for lack of maintenance, she says.
Hood, on the other hand, is disappointed with the general level
of upkeep. Weeds are growing in the decomposed granite area bordering
Jefferson Street, although this was perhaps a dubious choice of
material. Oakland park personnel won't use herbicides, but
the city doesn't have the manpower to pull weeds by hand.
Money from a trust fund to employ park regulars in part-time maintenance
positions has run out.
"For a designer, a really big issue to address is how long
a park will last," Hood says. "The city spent two million
dollars on this redesign, yet it doesn't care about maintenance!
The park in front of city hall, of course, is immaculate."
A particularly attractive feature is the original ironwork, which
includes the play area's fence, the vine towers, litter containers,
and tree guards for the purple-leaf plums in Memory Plaza. Created
by a local firm (Creative Iron, Oakland), the ironwork is substantial
and sophisticated.
Not working as planned is a runnel traversing a grassy hillock
where the observatory stood. Water in the runnel, aligned with summer
solstice's sunrise and lighted at night, was to provide a
pleasant background noise, but it malfunctioned soon after that
part of the park opened and hasn't been repaired. Other features
are uncompleted, notably a series of bronzed plaques created by
artist James Moore, working with local children. The plaques are
to be inserted into curvilinear walls along the park's east
side, but only a few are in place.
Lafayette Square regulars, with whom Hood established a friendly
relationship during design workshops, greet him when he visits the
park today. However, he would like to see more use by middle-income
residents of new town house and apartment complexes on the edge
of downtown. That vision is not, however, consistent with studies
showing that middle-income professionals living near urban open
spaces rarely use them. Instead, they barbecue on their balconies
and patios, window-shop downtown, eat at sidewalk cafés,
and when seeking outdoor recreation, take off for the beach, the
mountains, or a scenic state park. The users of downtown parks (New
York's Central Park being a notable exception) tend to be
shoppers, tourists, and office workers and not those who live nearby—unless
they are poor and unemployed. Lafayette Square is a prime example.
Asked to explain his goals as designer of Lafayette Square, Hood
talks about history and preservation. "Our biggest set of
ideas came out of trying to understand how the park evolved over
time: why it fell into disrepair and the political, social, and
economic issues," he says. "Then, instead of erasing
everything, to begin to layer new ideas on the old. The park became
a collage of ideas dealing with history, but in a very formal way."
And what of the social goals for Lafayette Square, that it would
be a place where suit wearers would mix with wearers of worn overcoats?
My observations indicate that this has not occurred. The unemployed,
older men use the park, and the suit wearers (male and female) tend
to congregate elsewhere, in a newly refurbished park/ plaza outside
city hall or in the plaza spaces at the base of two new federal
office towers. But what has succeeded is the effort to design the
park edges so that those who do not belong to the dominant, older
male hangers-out will feel comfortable.
Clare Cooper Marcus is professor emerita in the Department of Landscape
Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and principal
in Healing Landscapes in Berkeley.
Project Credits
Walter Hood, Alma Du Solier, and Grace Lee, Hood Design.
Rich Seyfarth, Rich Seyfarth Landscape Architect.
William A. "Willie" Pettus, architect.
Steve Costa, Healthy Cities Fund, money management and project overview.
Kerry Ricketts-Ferris, Life Enrichment Agency, Oakland.
BBI Construction, general contractor.
Creative Iron, ornamental ironwork.
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quote: Teaching those in impoverished areas legitimate computer skills and how to live a proactive (and positive contribution to society) life.
quote: For one, an SW does not do it for 'money' (my measly $31k/year salary says so...
quote: If given the correct tools, skills and knowledge they too can accomplish whatever they can dream of. But without those fundamental skills and tools to succeed in life, they might as well be brain dead.
quote: Secondly, unless you have a BSW/BASW/MSW (or any other degree the NASW will accept as an SW degree) AND licensed by your state from the NASW, you are not an SW.
quote: those people you despise
quote: You are not doing it for money? Ok cough up that taxpayer money then, Mother Teresa. If you keep it, you are doing it for money. Period.
quote: I actually find that a bit offensive being a descendant of some great people who immigrated from Europe and Mexico who did not have ANY formal education before they came to the US.
quote: lol Yes you are a socialist worker and that is why people look down on you as you say. So if I do the same things for free at my church (which I have done a bit by the way, and there are others who do MUCH more) then I am not a social worker? Well I guess you are right, because people like that don't get paid. It is not work, it is pure charity.
quote: But you somehow think that we should collectively pay to make it possible to turn these hard working people...
quote: Taxpayer money? Lulz.
quote: I wish I worked for the public sector. My benefits would be better than what they are.
quote: But my meek $31k/yr is much more modest than if I chose to stick with my engineering degree some years ago (about halfway through a computer engineering degree I just realized I needed out and wanted a different career path). So comparing to what I could have been making as an engineer, yeah, that $31k is not much at all because at the end of the day, there are many many more people in bad situations that just need some empowerment to better their own lives.
quote: Great, great service he provides and makes the world a better place for those children. However, he is NOT a social worker.
quote: Based on your logic, we should end Medicare/Medicaid too?
quote: Someone should forfeit their wealth and property because the internet has changed the world around you.
quote: Must be great to be a kid and think that the whole world that you've witnessed is all that there is.
quote: Why should you have to move away from your "home" just to get adequate internet service.
quote: Roads and power are necessities. The internet is not. No one has ever died because they didn't have the internet. People have died from not having power or having adequate roads to go get help if something happens.
quote: I am not against welfare. I am against the federal government running welfare. It should be at the state level. Because that's who actually has the power to do it.
quote: It has been proven time and again though that giving people money doesn't stop them from being poor.
quote: It just gives them more money to be irresponsible with. Most poor will always be poor. Not because they don't make enough money but because they are irresponsible with their money.
quote: The internet is rapidly becoming a necessity. You're probably right in saying it isn't *quite* there yet, but it's coming faster than anyone anticipated. Banks are closing branches, particularly in rural areas, moving everything online. Same thing with shops. More and more essential services are moving online, and will continue to do so as long as it saves businesses money. In very remote areas, the internet is extremely valuable in providing education and healthcare. If people in rural areas can't keep up because the infrastructure isnt there, they'll get left behind.
quote: Fair enough. I still have trouble grasping the dichotomy of federal vs state goverments in the US and the arguments this causes. In the places I've lived, the states have far less power.
quote: This is a massive generalisation, and is wrong. Poverty creates a feeling of helplessness, which is magnified when the government provides nothing. It causes people to turn to crime, or drug abuse, or any number of vices. If these people have families, it can be extremely destructive. Poverty, like persecution, is often passed down through generations.
quote: A child growing up in a housing project, with an alcoholic criminal as a father and a mentally ill mother, with nowhere to go after school, a society that turns it's back on him - you're saying it's his fault if he turns out bad?
quote: I am not against welfare. I am against the federal government running welfare. It should be at the state level. Because that's who actually has the power to do it. Furthermore there should be a limit. And greater requirements on whether or not you get it (which states like Florida are trying to impose). Generations of families should not ride welfare.
quote: what about all those poor people on Wall St who have never even seen a cow?
quote: Historical examples of supporters of non-interventionism are US Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who both favored nonintervention in European Wars while maintaining free trade. Other proponents include United States Senator Robert Taft and United States Congressman Ron Paul.
quote: They're never going to win and do nothing but take votes away from the Republican candidate mainly.
quote: I just don't want the rep to lose as a message that I will no longer support this stupid dog and pony show that we go through all the time.
quote: I'm a firm believer that a vote for a libertarian candidate is nothing but a wasted vote. They're never going to win ...
quote: I would be happy to vote for Ron Paul if he wins the nomination as his foreign policy goals will never happen (namely closing all foreign military bases).
quote: The government gets it's money from me. It then wastes a large percentage on unnecessary overhead.
quote: Who's cash do you think funds, either directly or indirectly, every single product on the market today?
quote: how does making more people unemployed during a recession make ANY economic sense whatsoever?
quote: The wealthiest areas have always had the newest and best stuff. It's pretty simple math. Here's how it works: They can afford it.
quote: At this point, 24 community anchor institutions are already connected to the 100G network, such as schools and libraries. The city hopes to link at least 223 as the network grows.
quote: But why is anyone spending tax money TODAY in the current economic environment to build out a 100 Gbps network with that kind of access to schools or public libraries?
quote: "DC-CAN will help pave the way for greater broadband adoption across the District of Columbia, and I'm proud that we will be the first city in the United States to make such a forward-thinking investment in crucial technology infrastructure..."


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I eat paleo/primal like always. Timing - whenever I'm hungry.
Protein shake with tapioca immediately post workout. Only reason for this is because I need to recover asap after each workout in order to be ready for the next. If I'm in the off season and I'm only hitting the weights, I'm a bit more chilled out as immediate recovery isn't a big deal.
I eat paleo/primal like always. Timing - whenever I'm hungry.
Nothing. I IF every day, and I just eat more at my next meal if I am hungrier. I may change that if I lose all the fat I want to lose.
I used to do 2 cups of semi-pasturized grass fed yogurt with berries or 2 cups of raw grass fed milk with berries and a banana. Lately I've been enjoying a smoothie:
2 ripe bananas, 2 raw whole eggs, 1 tablespoon raw maca powder (to recover from the stress of the workout, hormones, energy, nutrients), 1/2 tablespoon Spirulina (from healthforce), sea salt, and cinnamon.
if I don't have eggs I do raw hemp seeds like 2 tablespoons.
so yummy and super refreshing.
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There are some new studies that have shown that waiting at least an hour after a workout to eat increases more muscle growth. If I'm not hungry I don't worry about not eating right away. I eat when my stomach signals I'm hungry. I may just eat a banana or do a raw egg shot lol or drink some raw maca powder with water.
At the end of the day of a workout is when I eat big.
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I think that the small differences studies show may be less important that individual differences. Find out what works for you.
I'm on a diet site where people are always complaining in the forum about not losing weight. They do a big shake before and/or after their chronic cardio, adjust their calorie allotment up to compensate for all the calories they supposedly burned, then wonder why they are plateauing.
A scoop of whey protein powder immediately after lifting.
There's been many research which conclude that ingesting fast digesting protein will repair muscles quicker which will result in less soreness.
I have 2 scoops of whey during the workout (resistance train about 4-5 days a week) with maybe 3-4 dates as well?
Eat a huge meal for dinner - could be anything, but is always a meat/fish/eggs and some green vegetables.
I try eating carbs like sweet potatoes, but it's not for me. I don't like them enough to eat them that often. And I used to be very high carb in the past (pre-paleo) and never had any issues with the carbs (was very low BF all my life pretty much). However, if I am eating carbs, it's always in the evening after work/workout as it's most convenient for me.
That all said, I am toying with the idea of making my own "mass gainer" shake. Would essentially be 50 grams of whey, 50 grams of non-GMO waxy maize, and 2 TBSP of MCT oil, and I would be consuming two of these shakes a day.
Should be interesting...
Depends on the time of day and how I feel.
If it's after Uni, ie, later in the day, I eat a PWO equivalent to a pound of meat, kilo of potatoes (or cup of white rice), sprinkle of cheese, 125g (half a carton) of cottage cheese, half an avocado, an assortment (roughly 500g) of mixed, diced vegetables and salsa.
If it's earlier in the day, like today for example, PWO is a bar of chocolate with my coffee. Like any other day.
Yeah, I don't take PWO meals all to seriously. Largest overblown part of the fitness community, IMO.


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RSPB Scotland is encouraging the public to get involved in a series of Scottish Government consultation events across the country to make sure wildlife is given a voice in the planning process.
The sessions are designed to allow people to discuss and contribute their views to the review of Scotland's most important planning documents: Scotland's National Planning Framework and Scottish Planning Policy.
These key documents set out how the Scottish planning system will operate, including determining where and how development should and should not happen and how Scotland's environment should be protected from inappropriate development.
Aedán Smith, Head of Planning and Development for RSPB Scotland said:
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Enhancement Request to have an option on Excel Export to export SYSMIS as blank cells or #NULL
Technote (troubleshooting)
You work with IBM SPSS Statistics and have a data file with numeric variables. Some of the cells in the numeric variable do not have values and are SYSMIS.
When you export this file to Excel XLS or XLSX file format you see the SYSMIS cells being displayed as #NULL! in Excel.
The missing values are all exported as #NULL. If your file has a lot of missing values, you end up with dozens of cells
with the #NULL notation. You find this is annoying. You have to use Find/Replace to remove them after export in Excel.
Resolving the problem
This is functioning as designed. Missing values in numeric variables should always be exported as #NULL! values for Excel files.
See SAVE TRANSLATE syntax command in Command Syntax Reference Guide pdf on menu Utilities.
On chapter Operations -> Spreadsheet it is stated:
"* System-missing values are translated to #NULL! in Excel files."
However, an Enhancement Request was submitted to include a new option in a future SPSS Statistics release on the General (or Data)
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SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider of Information Availability services, today announced that it has achieved the ISO 27001:2005 standard for its enterprise-grade shared private cloud environment and managed services offering. By attaining the standard SunGard has proven to an independent third-party that it has developed and implemented a best-in-class information security management system (ISMS) for itself and its customers.
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COLUMBIA -- As much as the return of South Carolina's quarterback has been talked about, how about the Gamecocks getting back their defensive quarterback?
Weak-side linebacker Shaq Wilson missed last season, taking a redshirt, because of a hamstring injury.
"He's so much sharper, quicker," said Ellis Johnson, the team's defensive head coach. "When he's out there, he's a quarterback of our defense."
Wilson said the first practice of camp this year was his first healthy practice since the first one from camp in 2010. He attempted to return for the Auburn game in late September, and he did recover two fumbles, but it was obvious he was a step slow and needed more time.
"It's exciting to be out here with everybody, just doing what I love doing," Wilson said. "I mean, I'm thankful for the chance to be out here again, to play football. I don't take it for granted at all anymore."
Wilson has 108 career tackles, including 85 in 2009, when he was forced into action after Rodney Paulk was lost for the season due to an injury.
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Junior T.J. Johnson is now in his second year at center, after a period of adjustment during his sophomore season.
"I think the main thing with that is repetition," Johnson said. "The more reps you get, the more comfortable you feel. It was a little awkward at first, but now I'm starting to feel a little more comfortable."
Last month, Johnson was one of 43 centers to make the Rimington Award watch list.
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Shon Carson, the freshman running back in a battle for the No. 2 tailback spot, could be playing baseball for the Gamecocks in the spring.
Carson, who was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 44th round of this year's baseball draft, said he's been cleared by football coach Steve Spurrier and baseball Ray Tanner to play both football and baseball. He would miss spring football practice if he does join the baseball team.
Safety squeeze
How many safeties in the country are kickoff return men? Count USC's D.J. Swearinger as one, according to what Spurrier said Sunday.
"I take that with a lot of pride," said the 5-11, 206-pound Swearinger, who originally played cornerback as a freshman before moving to safety. "I'm going to do both (defense and special teams) to the best of my abilities."
Swearinger was named the team's top defensive player of the spring.
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Miyamoto says Super Mario 3D World will bridge the gap between 2D & 3D
Oct 14th - Miyamoto says Super Mario 3D World is intended to bridge the gap between the 2D and 3D Mario games.
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Oct 12th - Nintendo has announced three new Wii U bundles to be released in the UK in November.
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Best Buy White Wii U Pro Controller mega sale
Oct 11th - Local Best Buy sales are having a mega clearance on white Wii U pro controllers.
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Wii U sales in the UK rose 685% after Wind Waker HD release
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Wii U high capacity battery unboxing and installation video
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Oct 10th - The Wii Fit Meter that is launching with Wii Fit U will be available in three different colors.
Wii U version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution will cost $50
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Official high capacity battery for the GamePad available in Europe
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GameFans Podcast #18 – Tacoception
Oct 9th - The GameFans crew is back with an informal show, a new air date announcement, a few of our toys, and TACOCEPTION.
Iwata says Nintendo doesn't fear failure
Oct 9th - Nintendo president Satoru Iwata talks of challenging the status quo, how failures make a stronger company, and the success of Japanese games in the Western world.
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So I found a limited Crystal Edition Original XBOX with a 120GB HDD, Modchip, controller and hookups for $50, great deal yes? I wanted one since the 360's backward compatibility sucks and is far from perfect at the little it can do.
I learned how Evolution X works, got the FTP connection to work and ripped my Original XBOX game data from my 360 using Xplorer and the XBOX Official data transfer cable. I then sent them to my Crystal XBOX via FTP and got all of my games to to load the saved files with the exception of Dead or Alive Ultimate.
So is there a way after all these years to bypass the copy protection in Team Ninja games?
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Floral display vases can add dimension and color to your table centerpiece. Simple Painted Vases, like these from Jamielyn Nye, are not only great for centerpieces, but look striking on a candy table or even on a small living room table.
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- After the paint covers the vase, pour the excess back into the can. Then wipe the rim of the vase with a damp paper towel and let it dry for 48 hours.
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I tried this with an old mason jar that I had stashed in my cupboard. My kitchen is mostly red, so I went for it and used bright red paint. It came out fantastic. I ended up putting it up over my cupboards so that you can see it when you enter, and it definitely adds a real pop. It actually took a little longer than that for mine to dry, but perhaps that's because of the shape. Easy and fun. I have a couple of mismatched vases I had accumulated and want to try multiple modern colors to use in the living room. My son found this to be a fun project too.
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Your instructions are numbered wrong. #1 is #2, #2 is #1. Other than that, I like the craft. It would be easy to change or swirl colors.
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I'm trying this when I get home!
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Gary Tyler
|Gary Tyler
|July 1958 (age 57)
|African American
|United States
|Criminal charge
|First degree murder
|Criminal penalty
|Death, commuted to life sentence without parole in 1977
|Criminal status
|Released April 29, 2016
Gary Tyler (born July 1958) from St. Rose, Louisiana is a former prisoner in Louisiana. He was imprisoned from 1975 until April 29, 2016 having been convicted aged 17 of the 1974 shooting death of a 13-year-old white boy. Originally sentenced to death, Tyler was the youngest prisoner on death row.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the trial was "fundamentally unfair". Tyler's cause has been taken up by human rights organizations, as well as many other supporters, including a range of sports figures and organizations in 2007.
In 1974 formerly all-white Destrehan High School had been full of tensions as it reluctantly integrated, 20 years after the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education. Because of fights, officials closed the school early during the day of the events.
Black students were sent home on their regular bus. Tyler was 16 and on the bus. As they were leaving Destrehan High School, the bus was attacked by an angry mob of 100-200 whites, mostly students. The whites were angry about integration and tensions at the school.[1] Timothy Weber, a 13-year-old boy standing outside the bus near his mother, was shot and fatally wounded. He later died. Police searched the bus, but no gun was ever found.
Tyler was arrested and charged with the murder of 13-year-old Weber. His mother Juanita Tyler has said that he was beaten by the police in an attempt to make him confess. Other witnesses later told of being intimidated by the police.
The racially charged atmosphere was heightened with the arrival in Destrehan of David Duke, who was emerging as a leader in the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi politics in the United States. He brought what he called security teams to protect white residents.
Tyler was tried as an adult and convicted at trial in 1975 by an all-white jury in a Louisiana state court. Observers thought the case was marked by several flaws and alleged lack of experience of his lawyer. As Bob Herbert wrote in 2007 in The New York Times, the lawyer "had never handled a murder case, much less a death penalty case. He kept his meetings with his client to a minimum and would later complain about the money he was paid."[2]
At the trial, the police produced a gun they claimed to have found on the bus. But, in the decades following the conviction, the gun disappeared from the evidence room.
Under Louisiana law, since it was a capital case, after conviction Tyler was sentenced to death by electrocution. He became the youngest inmate on death row when he entered prison.
In 1977, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana's death penalty was unconstitutional. Tyler's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment without parole. He served his sentence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
Having served 41 years (two of them on death row), Tyler was freed on April 29, 2016.[3]
Tyler's case was appealed. In 1980 and 1981 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the trial was "fundamentally unfair" and flawed by the judge making an improper charge to the jury. The second time, after an appeal by the state, the Appeals Court reversed its earlier ruling and called for a retrial, based on what it said was attorney error, but changed its recommendation on a technical issue.
In 1989 the Louisiana Board of Appeals recommended a pardon, but Governor Charles "Buddy" Roemer, a Democrat, was running against David Duke for election, and refused to consider it in a racially charged election. He feared such a decision would not be favored by voters.[4]
Human-rights organisations have argued that the legal process and procedures were flawed by the racially charged atmosphere and police intimidation.[5] Due to the racial and political issues of the time, in 1994 Amnesty International described Tyler as a "political prisoner". [1]
In 2007 Bob Herbert of The New York Times wrote three columns about the case and the injustice against Tyler. His work helped raise the visibility of Tyler's plight, and Amnesty International, a coalition of sports figures, and other groups made a renewed effort to gain a pardon by Gov. Kathleen Blanco before she left office. She failed to consider the case. Tyler by then had served 32 years in prison.
Tyler's supporters have claimed that there was a miscarriage of justice in his case. Some of the issues include:
- The bus driver has insisted that he believes the shot was fired from outside of the bus. [6]
- The bus driver observed the search of the bus, and said that no gun was found on it.[6]
- The gun which the police claim was used in the murder (and produced as evidence at the trial), was a Colt .45 government-issue, identified as having been stolen from the firing range used by the officers of the sheriff's department. The gun later disappeared from the evidence room.[7]
- The jury for Tyler's trial was all white.
- The 1981 US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, ruled that the trial was "fundamentally unfair", flawed by the judge's improper charge to the jury.[2]
- Four major witnesses against Tyler have recanted their testimony since the trial. Some claimed they were terrorized and pressured by police.[7]
- Based on Tyler's positive work in prison, the Louisiana Board of Pardons three times recommended his being freed. Governors failed to act on his case or rejected pardons, once during an election campaign against David Duke.[2]
Popular culture[edit]
- Gil Scott-Heron sang about Tyler in the song "Angola, Louisiana," on the 1978 album Secrets.
- British reggae band UB40 opened their 1980 debut album, Signing Off with the song "Tyler". The song name-checks the subject only as "Tyler". Ali Campbell said in an interview in August 2007 that the next UB40 album would be named Gary Tyler; in fact, the band's next album, in 2008, was titled TwentyFourSeven, but did revisit the subject of Tyler's imprisonment on the song "Rainbow Nation".
- The British band Chumbawamba included the song "Waiting for the Bus" on their 2008 album The Boy Bands Have Won. The song tells the story from the imagined view of Tyler.
- ^ a b Joe Allen, "Free Gary Tyler", Counterpunch, 26/27 Aug 2006, accessed 16 Jul 2008
- ^ a b c Bob Herbert, "Gary Tyler's Lost Decades", reprinted by permission of New York Times, 5 Feb 2007, accessed 16 Jul 2008
- ^ "After more than 4 decades in prison, Gary Tyler finally free". HeraldCourier.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Dave Zirin, "Gary Tyler's Quest for Justice", The Nation, 21 Mar 2007, accessed 16 Jul 2008
- ^ Joe Allen: Free Gary Tyler
- ^ a b "The Case of Gary Tyler: Despite Witness Recantations and No Physical Evidence, Louisiana Prisoner Remains Jailed After 32 Years". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ a b Bob Herbert, "A Death in Destrehan", reprinted by permission of New York Times, 1 Feb 2007, accessed 16 Jul 2008
External links[edit]
- "Gary Tyler, framed up in 1974 desegregation fight, still in jail", The Militant, 2007.
- Free Gary Tyler website
- "The Case of Gary Tyler: Despite Witness Recantations and No Physical Evidence, Louisiana Prisoner Remains Jailed After 32 Years", Democracy Now, 3 July 2001
- "Renewed calls for the release of Gary Tyler", World Socialist Website, March 2007
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Modernism and the (post-)socialist city
In this session, we want to look at the (post-)socialist city from the perspective of modernism. The goal is to explore the different ways in which historically socialist and post-socialist cities have been conceived and represented in their relation to modernism (demarcation, embracement, modification etc.).
In this session, we heed to Berman's (1983) distinction of three component parts of "modernism": the visions of urban living that constitute modernism; the methods of modernization employed to realize those visions; and the resultant lived modernity. This division into three parts supports a more nuanced reassessment of modernism and its legacies and suggests a critical position that falls somewhere between 'modernolatry' and modernist-bashing (Jencks, 2007). While accepting that many twentieth- century modern dreams ended in catastrophe, Susan Buck-Morss argues that we should work through the ruins of twentieth century modern dreams to retrieve and reassess the modern ideas behind them (Buck-Morss, 2000). Such reassessment also has to question the predominant limitation of modernism to a range of Western-centric concepts alone (Robinson, 2006; also Gaonkar, 2001; Mitchell, 2001) and open towards the idea of different modernities.
We are interested in the different ways in which modernism has been articulated and negotiated in constituting the socialist city, from Latin America to Eastern Europe, Africa, Central and Southeast Asia. What role have different socialist conceptualizations (Soviet, Maoist, Titoist, etc.) and their transformations played in this? How was the Soviet understanding of the city as "the cradle of progress and (…) a generative model of transformative modernity" (Alexander & Buchli, 2007) implemented and which repercussions did this ambition bring about? Do contemporary post-socialist cities, striving for competitiveness in a globalised economy, use modernist legacies as an asset – or do they, to the contrary, erase this heritage? If urban life continues to be perceived as "modern", how have the articulations of modernism changed? If modernism is no longer a lens onto urban life, what has come in its stead? This session is therefore open to a variety of contributions, empirically or theoretically focused. We particularly welcome accounts that make comparative links as well as contribute to a critical understanding of modernity/ies.
Please send your abstracts to the organisers by 10 February 2013.
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COLUMBIA — Denmark Democratic Rep. Bakari Sellers said tonight that he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence in October 2012.
Sellers, a 28-year-old attorney, is considered a rising star in the South Carolina Democratic Party.
He said has was pulled over by the Chester County Sheriff's Office while driving to visit family following the University of South Carolina-Georgia football game the evening of Oct. 6.
Court records show Sellers was arrested on Oct. 7.
Read more in upcoming editions of The Post and Courier. Reach Stephen Largen at 864-641-8172 and follow him on Twitter @stephenlargen.