text:
Home /
Our Sources / About Us
/ FAQs /
Advanced Search
Not what you're
looking for? Try an advanced search.
Official citation and/or docket number and footnotes (if any) for this case available with purchase.
Learn more about what you receive with purchase of this case.
January 31, 2012
GREGORY HICKMAN, APPELLANT,v.NEW JERSEY STATE PAROLE BOARD, RESPONDENT.
On appeal from the New Jersey State Parole Board.
Submitted January 9, 2012
Before Judges Grall and Alvarez.
Gregory Hickman's parole was revoked for "seriously" violating the "conditions" of his parole, N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.60; N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.63, and he was given a one-year future parole eligibility date, N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.64. That determination was made by a two-member panel of the Parole Board (Board) based on a recommendation of a hearing officer and the officer's written report summarizing the testimony and evidence presented at a revocation hearing. Hickman now appeals from that final agency decision. R. 2:2-3(a)(2).
When the administrative proceedings commenced, Hickman was on parole from a twenty-year sentence imposed in 1996 based on his plea of guilty to first-degree robbery. Hickman was first paroled in June 2007, but in December 2007 that parole was revoked. Hickman was paroled a second time on October 27, 2008.
On July 24, 2009, Hickman was arrested on a parole warrant and charged with violating three conditions of his parole. The allegations were: 1) failure to refrain from the use, possession, or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), a charge which was based on a police report indicating he possessed drugs on May 2, 2009; 2) failure to refrain from drug use, a charge which was supported by drug screens that were positive for marijuana; and 3) failure to successfully complete a Community Resource Center Program (CRC program), a charge which was based on his discharge from the CRC program due to a positive drug test and unexcused absences on thirteen of the fifty-four days he was to attend.
Three days after his arrest on the parole warrant, Hickman was given notice that a probable cause hearing would be scheduled. In that notice, the charges and the factual basis for each alleged violation were set forth, and the pertinent police report, parole records and report from the CRC program were provided along with that notice. Hickman was also advised of his right to have representation, remain silent, confront witnesses and present evidence. N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.62d; N.J.A.C. 10A:71-7.7.
For reasons not documented in the record presented on appeal, the probable cause hearing was not held until December 2009, about five months after Hickman's arrest on the parole warrant. Cf. N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.62b-c (requiring a preliminary hearing to assess probable cause within fourteen days and authorizing one fourteen-day extension); accord N.J.A.C. 10A:71-7.5. At the probable cause hearing, Hickman was represented by counsel, waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and elected to proceed directly to a final hearing on revocation.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.63a, a hearing on the revocation of Hickman's parole hearing was conducted by a hearing officer who prepared a written summary of the evidence and stated his findings and conclusions. We have not been provided with the recording of the proceeding, and our statement of the evidence is based on the hearing officer's written notice of decision. See N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.63c (requiring the hearing officer to maintain a record); N.J.A.C. 10A:71-7.16 (requiring electronic recording of the proceeding and a written decision).
At the revocation hearing, Hickman testified and acknowledged his violation of two of the three conditions of parole. He admitted he failed to refrain from drug use and comply with the rules of the CRC program. Noting that he was incarcerated before he was eighteen, he explained that the CRC staff was not qualified to address his problems and that his inability to get a job led him to use marijuana. There was evidence of these violations beyond Hickman's admissions. Records of the CRC program reflect that he had unexcused absences on thirteen of the fifty-four days he was to attend the program and that he tested positive for marijuana. In addition, there was a laboratory report of another positive test for marijuana in January 2009, and Hickman admitted that he had used marijuana in July 2009 as well.
In contrast to his admitted violation of the two conditions of his parole, Hickman disputed the violation based on the allegation that he possessed marijuana on May 2, 2009. The police officer who contended that Hickman had marijuana that day testified at the revocation hearing. According to the officer, while he and other officers were investigating a report of a domestic dispute, he heard a motor vehicle crash and turned to investigate the accident while his colleagues addressed the disturbance.
The officer saw someone, whom he later identified as Hickman, get out of the car and limp away from it. According to the officer, Hickman was a holding a bag, and threw it into a dumpster as he passed the trash. The officer could not catch up with Hickman, but he went to the dumpster and removed a bag that was on top of the other trash. It contained what the officer "suspected" to be a CDS and a ten-dollar bill. The officer later saw Hickman's brother, who told him that Hickman had left the scene. At headquarters, the officer identified Hickman from a photograph on a website maintained by the Department of Corrections. At the revocation hearing, the officer made a positive identification.
Hickman admitted that he and his brother-in-law argued at a family picnic on May 2. By Hickman's account, the police officer mistakenly connected the dispute and the unrelated car accident. He denied having anything to do with the accident or the drugs. Hickman's attorney questioned the reliability of the police officer's identification.
Relying on the police officer's "positive" identification at the revocation hearing, the hearing officer was clearly convinced that Hickman had "dropped a bag of suspected CDS in the dumpster" on May 2, 2009. (emphasis added). The hearing officer did not find, however, that the bag contained a CDS. In addition, the hearing officer found clear and convincing evidence supporting the remaining undisputed violations. Considering Hickman's three violations, his prior parole revocation, and his failure to complete the CRC program and refrain from drug use, the hearing officer concluded that the violations were serious or persistent and the revocation of parole was appropriate.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.63d and N.J.A.C. 10A:71-7.17B, a two-member panel of the Board considered the hearing officer's written hearing summary and opinion and determined that Hickman's parole should be revoked. The panel indicated that the hearing officer's findings were supported by the record, but made no additional findings. Thus, the panel revoked parole in accordance with the hearing officer's decision. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.64 and N.J.A.C. 10A:71-7.17B(a)(3)(v), the panel fixed a twelve-month future parole eligibility date. Although the panel decision should have been issued within twenty-one days of the December 11, 2009 revocation hearing, N.J.A.C. 10A:71-7.18(a), it was not issued until February 3, 2010.
On March 5, 2010, Hickman filed an administrative appeal of the panel's determination with the full Board. In a written decision dated August 25, 2010, the Board addressed and rejected Hickman's objections to: delay in the proceedings which he contended amounted to a denial of due process; his claim that parole was revoked based on a criminal charge for which he was never indicted; his claim that the police officer should not have been permitted to testify; his allegations of bias on the part of the hearing officer; and his claim that the evidence of his possession of a CDS on May 2, 2009 was inadequate. The Board acknowledged the non-compliance with timeframes but concluded that Hickman was not prejudiced because his parole was revoked. After considering the recording of the hearing, the Board found no evidence of bias or prejudice or any indication that the revocation of Hickman's parole was based on pending criminal charges. Finally, the Board concluded that the violations were established by clear and convincing evidence. Like the panel, the Board did not make any additional findings. Concluding that Hickman had "seriously violated the conditions of parole and revocation of parole [was] desirable," the Board affirmed the revocation and the twelve-month future parole eligibility date.
In assessing the validity of the Board's determination to revoke Hickman's parole, it is appropriate to apply the standards applicable to a denial of parole as stated in Trantino v. New Jersey State Parole Board, 154 N.J. 19, 24-25 (1998). That standard affords the deference due the Board in matters committed to its exercise of discretion and expertise in accordance with the law. Id. at 25. Accordingly, we consider "(1) whether . . . the agency follow[ed] the law; (2) whether the record contains substantial evidence to support the findings on which the agency based its action; and (3) whether in applying the legislative policies to the facts, the agency clearly erred in reaching a conclusion that could not reasonably have been made on a showing of the relevant factors." Id. at 24.
The legal standard is statutory. Where, as here, revocation of parole is sought for violations of the conditions of parole, as opposed to new convictions for a crime, there must be clear and convincing evidence that the parolee "seriously or persistently violated the conditions of his parole," N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.60b, and a determination that "revocation and return to custody is desirable," N.J.S.A. 30:4-123.63d.*fn1
Without question, the record includes sufficient evidential support for two of the three violations - failure to refrain from drug use and failure to complete the CRC program. In contrast, the agency has not made the findings necessary to support its determination that Hickman possessed a CDS on May 2, 2009.
With respect to Hickman's conduct on May 2, the charge was violation of a condition prohibiting possession, use or distributing of a CDS. The hearing officer found that the bag Hickman possessed contained a "suspected" CDS. But the violation charged could not be sustained without clear and convincing evidence that the substance actually was a CDS. Neither the two-member panel nor the Board addressed the obvious inadequacy in the hearing officer's findings. Accordingly, that violation must be vacated.
Despite our decision to vacate one of the violations, we have determined that the Board should have an opportunity to determine whether revocation of Hickman's parole is appropriate based on the two violations that are established. Arguably, the Board could conclude that these violations in themselves are sufficiently serious to meet the statutory standard and make revocation desirable. Accordingly, we remand to permit the Board to reconsider the propriety of revocation without reference to the allegation that Hickman possessed a controlled dangerous substance on May 2, 2009.
Although we are remanding, we address Hickman's claims that the parole revocation should be reversed because of delay amounting to a denial of due process.
There is no question that "due process requires a prompt preliminary hearing to determine whether there is probable cause or reasonable grounds to believe that the parolee has committed acts which would constitute a violation of parole conditions, and also requires a hearing prior to a final decision to revoke parole." Dougherty v. New Jersey State Parole Bd., 325 N.J. Super. 549, 554-55 (App. Div. 1999), certif. denied, 163 N.J. 77 (2000); see also Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 485-88, 92 S. Ct. 2593, 2608-09, 33 L. Ed. 2d 484, 496-98 (1972); Johnson v. State Parole Bd., 131 N.J. Super. 513, 521 (App. Div. 1974), certif. denied, 67 N.J. 94 (1975). We have previously cautioned that the Board is obligated to follow and may not disregard the statutes and its own regulations governing parole revocation hearings. Dougherty, supra, 325 N.J. Super. at 554.
Nevertheless, delay does not warrant reversal of a parole revocation if there is no resulting prejudice. Id. at 555. In the absence of prejudice, the remedy for delay is an order mandating a prompt hearing. See, e.g., Bryant v. Grinner, 563 F.2d 871, 873 (7th Cir. 1977). Hickman does not allege any prejudice to his ability to defend against the charged violations attributable to the delay. Accordingly, we cannot conclude that Hickman is entitled to a reversal of his parole revocation because of the delay.
In reviewing this matter on remand, however, the Board should ensure that the agency's delay between his arrest on the parole warrant and the Board's final decision has not contributed in any way to the establishment of later parole eligibility or maximum release dates. Based on our review of Hickman's prison records, it is not at all clear that he was given credit for all time he spent in custody after his arrest on the parole warrant, and it is not clear that the agency's delay played no role in the fixing of a twenty-four-month eligibility date at the end of the one-year period fixed by the two-member panel.
Hickman raises additional arguments that we have not addressed because they are without sufficient merit to warrant discussion in a written opinion. R. 2:11-3(e)(1)(E).
Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. We do not retain jurisdiction.
Our website includes the main text of the court's opinion but does not include the
docket number, case citation or footnotes. Upon purchase, docket numbers and/or
citations allow you to research a case further or to use a case in a legal proceeding.
Footnotes (if any) include details of the court's decision.
Official citation and/or docket number and footnotes (if any) for this case available with purchase.
Learn more about what you receive with purchase of this case.
LRC, Inc. About Us


text:
Robot Bros iOS puzzle Game - HD Gameplay
- App name: Robot Bros
- Developer: 108km Tech
- Genre: Puzzle
- Release: Aug 11, 2011
Let's play Robot Bros on iOS. In this part of the walkthrough, you will learn more tips and tricks while playing the Robot Bros game on the iPhone.
Gameplay Walkthrough
This page contains Robot Bros video walkthroughs for iOS (iPhone/iPad) called "- ipad 2 - us - hd trailer" and has been uploaded on Admin official channel at Aug 5, 2012.
Still need help with this level? Here you can ask questions and discuss with other Robot Bros users.
Hit like if this helped you!
Stuck on some levels in Robot Bros? This walkthrough can help you finish the game.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Getty Images / J.D. Pooley
Wal-Mart Is Closing 269 Stores And Shutting Down 'Express' Sites
Wal-Mart's CEO says the store closures will keep the company "positioned for the future."By Samantha Crook | January 15, 2016
Wal-Mart is closing hundreds of stores around the world in what it's framing as a forward-thinking move.
Of the 269 stores closing, 154 are in the U.S., and most are smaller Wal-Mart Express locations.
Wal-Mart's president and CEO said the company will instead focus on supercenters, neighborhood markets, e-commerce and pickup.
Article Continues Below


text:
The CO2 Bambu initiative to build a safehouse for battered women in Muelle de los Buyes has accellerated since reaching the $4,000 mark. We have met with the Director and two women teachers from the local primary school, who are working informally as the volunteer case workers for women in their community. To date, they have worked on 80 distinct cases and they confirmed the urgent need for a safe house of their own. In the absence of a single private setting, they are forced to meet with women in public places, not ideal for matters that require privacy. CO2 Bambu took the initiative to broaden the scope of our support, beyond the building of the structure, by connecting these women to the national organization "Casa de la Mujer", a network of 17 field offices, with a broad and deep experience in setting up and running women-centric programs in rural communities. The land has been identified and donated with the Oficina del Gobierno, which means that construction can start once we reach the minimal threshold of $8000, which corresponds to phase 1 of the "progressive house" that will eventually have 3 bedrooms, in addition to the main consultation area and office space. Our immediate focus is to facilitate the creation of a formal Casa de la Mujer, with the help of the national organization, so that these women are not only given a physical structure, but a programatic infrastructure that will enable them to reach the full potential of the services they aim to provide in their community of Muelle de los Buyes. Acceptance as part of the Casa de la Mujer national program will open up the door to identifying further funding sources to complement the Global Giving initiative.
Project Reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you will get an e-mail when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports via e-mail without donating.
We'll only email you new reports and updates about this project.


text:
You can reduce the number of items displayed by entering a keyword that must be included in the description of the item.
A Mary Gregory ruby glass jug
Mary Gregory style blue glass container 18 cm high approx.
Pair of Mary Gregory cranberry glass decanters 30 cm high
Mary Gregory jug, glass and decanter, approx 23 cm high and shorter (3)
Mary Gregory cranberry glass jug painted with a girl catching butterflies, with a clear glass molded handle. condition fair, early chip to the base. Height 18.5 cm
Mary Gregory green glass milk jug
Ruby glass jug with Mary Gregory decoration
Antique Mary Gregory style cylinder vase with enamel lady playing a flute, 31.5 cm high approx
A group of six Mary Gregory cranberry glass vases, late 19th century, Bohemia, the tapering glasses, designed as three opposite pairs, each with an internal lobed decor and typically enamel decorated in white with boy and girl figures holding floral sprays
Pair of Victorian Mary Gregory glass vases height 30.5 cm approx
Very large Mary Gregory cranberry glass vase with enamelled decoration depicting a lady in a country setting, 43.5 cm high approx
A pair of Mary Gregory style green glass enameled vases together with a green glass lustre. English 19th century. The lustre 32 cm, the vases 28 cm
Pair of Mary Gregory vases (A/F), approx 34 cm high (2)
A pair of Mary Gregory clear glass bottles with stoppers
A Mary Gregory ruby glass bowl and jug
A pair of Mary Gregory ruby glass vases 30 cm height
A Mary Gregory cranberry glass decanter
Pair of 19th century green glass vases with enamelled decoration of children in the style of Mary Gregory
Two 'Mary Gregory' vases 15 cm high (tallest) approx., together with a red glass mug
A pair of Mary Gregory cranberry glass vases & covers, decorated with a lady & her companion 24 cm high
A large Teal Mary Gregory style vase, later 19th century. The amphora vase with applied scrolling toffee handles with fine teal rope twist motifs and three conforming scrolling feet, finely painted in white with two children in contemporary attire feeding
Mary Gregory blue glass hinged box painted with children playing tennis to the lid & painted with floral garlands to the body, having brass mounts & two brass handles. Condition good, minor chips & scratches, locked without a key. Dimensions 13.3 x 10.5 x
Red Mary Gregory style vase 31.5 cm
Antique Mary Gregory glass jug, 15.5 cm high, chip to rim
A superb pair of Victorian Mary Gregory ruby glass vases, having painted panels of girls at a water fountain. 35 cm high
Two Victorian Mary Gregory ruby glass jugs
Mary Gregory glass vase (slight A/F)
Mary Gregory green glass jug, English, 19th century. 19 cm
19th century blue glass Mary Gregory jug
A late 19th century ruby glass Mary Gregory vase painted with figure in landscape
A Victorian cranberry glass dressing table jar, enamel painting to the front in the Mary Gregory manner of a young child in the garden. Height 12.5 cm
Pair of antique Mary Gregory style glass vases, 31.5 cm high, one with small chip to rim
Mary Gregory trumpet shape vase, 30 cm high, cranberry
Enamelled lidded pot with Mary Gregory style decoration
Pair of Mary Gregory coloured glass vases, 30.5 cm high, 1 with chip to rim
An antique Mary Gregory style jug
An antique Mary Gregory cranberry vase
Antique 1890s Mary Gregory clear class tray, approx 25 cm long, 18 cm deep
Two various cranberry glass bowls, including Mary Gregory type. Provenance: Private Collection, ACT. Diameter 12 cm (average)
Set of four hand painted Mary Gregory beakers
Two 'Mary Gregory' glass enamelled beakers
You are about to subscribe to the online version of Carter's Price Guide to Antiques and Collectables.
This site is not an online gallery and the items displayed are not being offered for sale.
Descriptions, images and price ranges are included for reference purposes only.
Please note that we are unable to respond to questions regarding history, valuation or sale of antique and collectable items.
All prices are displayed in Australian Dollars (AUD) including GST.
We do not automatically renew subscriptions, however you will be contacted prior to the expiry date and you may choose to renew if you wish.
We offer library subscriptions at competitive rates for both in-library access via IP address and off-library access through EZproxy software or similar. One subscription covers all libraries in your group.
For library subscription rates please contact our libraries agent.
Ed. Krumins Digital Education Services 192 Gladstone Street South Melbourne VIC 3205


text:
The Meaning of DWBI
You have found the definitive source for the meaning of DWBI. This page contains all the definitions of DWBI, crowd sourced, moderated and curated by real people who care about the true definitions of DWBI.
The Top Definition of DWBI
The most popular meaning of DWBI is: Don't Worry 'Bout It
What Other Meanings of DWBI Are There?
- Don't worry about it.
- Add your own definition of DWBI.
What is DWBI?
DWBI is Don't Worry 'Bout It
DWBI Means
The definition of DWBI is "Don't Worry 'Bout It".
DWBI Definition
The meaning of DWBI
DWBI means Don't Worry 'Bout It.
Now you understand the definition of DWBI - DWBI means "Don't Worry 'Bout It".
We're glad to be of assistance. Click here to thank us:
What does DWBI mean? DWBI is an acronym, abbreviation or slang word that is explained above. If you ever forget what DWBI means, just come back to Slang.org and we'll define any acronym you need help with.


text:
Back to page
6,209pages onAdd New Page
this wiki
this wiki
Ad blocker interference detected!
Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers
Wikia is not accessible if you've made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.
Considering that the title makes a reference to the fact Naruto and Sasuke could understand each other by exchanging attacks, wouldn't it fit better for the chapter name to be translated as "Fists"? Is the word for fist like one of those that can be used in plural the same way as it's used in the singular, like we do with Kage? Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:24, July 31, 2011 (UTC)
- I think it should be "Fists".--LeafShinobi (talk) 18:54, August 19, 2011 (UTC)
- afaik, there's no plural in the Japanese language. So no kobushis or kages. They go by the context, thus I'd say it's fists. Seelentau 愛議 19:34, August 19, 2011 (UTC)
- So are we going to move it?--LeafShinobi (talk) 20:46, August 23, 2011 (UTC)
- Doing it. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:45, August 24, 2011 (UTC)


text:
Images of Ivy
Category page
11,559pagesAdd New Page
on ESB
on ESB
Ad blocker interference detected!
Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers
Wikia is not accessible if you've made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.
All images of Ivy
Media in category "Category:Images of Ivy"
Posted in: Walking Small (gallery)
Posted in: List of characters/Background
Posted in: Walking Small (gallery)


text:
You're eligible for a Seniors Card if you meet the following three criteria:
There is no income or pension limit and the card is issued free of charge.
Monday to Friday:
|Midnight to 7.00 am
|Free for seniors
|7.01 am to 9.00 am
|Seniors concession rate
|9.01 am to 3.00 pm
|Free for seniors
|3.01 pm to 7.00 pm
|Seniors concession rate
|7.01 pm to midnight
|Free for seniors
Weekends and public holidays:
|Midnight to midnight
|Free for seniors
If you hold other State or Commonwealth government concession cards, you may be eligible for concessions such as cost of living, water and energy. For more information about concessions and to find out what concessions you are eligible for, visit the Concessions Finder website.
Seniors Card members can get discounts and benefits at hundreds of businesses around Australia (including retail, hospitality, leisure and commercial services). View the Seniors Card Discount Directory, Your Lifestyle Guide for more information.
Please note, the Seniors Card online application form supports access using the following browsers: Internet Explorer 10+, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome.
Or print and complete the Seniors Card application form 398.5 KB and post or fax:
Seniors Card
PO Box 196
Rundle Mall SA 5000
Fax - 8204 2430
Application forms are also available from Australia Post outlets.
You must sign the form in front of someone who is over 18 years of age and not related to you. They must sight your birth certificate, driver's licence, passport or a similar document as proof of your date of birth.
You will receive your card within 10 business days.
You will receive a copy of the Seniors Card Discount Directory, Your Lifestyle Guide with your card. In the meantime, visit the online version of the directory to find out about the discounts and benefits your Seniors Card entitles you to.
If you would like information about Seniors Card in another language, contact the Interpreting and Translating Centre on 8226 1990.
Concessions and benefits
Frequently asked questions
Concessions available for Seniors Card holders - Concessions Finder
Seniors Card in other states and territories - Seniors Card
Seniors Card Unit
Email - email@example.com
Phone - 1800 819 961 (free call)
Alternative versions of documents are available on request.


text:
A gorgeous fall day in Cold Spring, New York with some of the most sincere and humble people we've yet to meet.
Cold Spring, New York. USA.
Many thanks to my talented fiancee Claire Hudson for shooting alongside myself – some of her work is mixed in above. She's the god damn best. Many thanks as well to Douglas Calhoun for planning this whole thing.
email me . follow my adventures on instagram . like me on facebook


text:
Quinceanera Party
Welcome to AwesomeParty.com!
We offer you the most innovative products at the most competitive prices delivered to your door immediately from California.
Add a finishing touch, jazz up your party – Browse through our beautiful decorating products for all occasions here.
Sign in to our exclusive club and have great benefits working for you immediately – 100% free!!!


text:
The things from boobah just look like colourful dancing scrotums -_-
The things from boobah just look like colourful dancing scrotums -_-
Mod-SammiAnn (05-05-2013),Tildy (05-05-2013)
I think Adventure Time and Regular show are all kinds of farked up!! Where do they get this stuff from???My kids watch it everyday (that's all that's ever on!) Its like being on drugs
Yo Gabba Gabba was clearly written by someone on acid. How is a giant vibrater an appropriate character??
DesperatelySeekingSleep (05-05-2013)
I don't get DJ Lance... did they search all of Canada far and wide to find the most awkward man ever? He is NO DJ
Loving these. I am in fits of laughter reading these out to my husband.
His main rages are : Why is iggle piggle never in bed?
Why is 5 minutes more so twee?
ANY mention of Norman Price!
Iggum oggam. The whole show.
Mine are:
Rat in the hat. I hate him so much.
Olivia is a spoiled so and so and the show makes me cringe.
Laurie's dragons-the theme song turns me in to meltdown mode.
Gaspard and Lisa. As said before, they are two families of dogs but EVERYONE else is human. And they have a pet dog!
Cloud babies. All of it.
Many more but they have all escaped me right now.
Great thread Noms! I've been nodding and giggling the whole way through.
Peppa Pig ticks me off sooooo much, spoilt nasty little piggy. I'm definitely a George fan .
Lazy Town - A town of puppets except 2 of them
I have to watch it though for the eye candy that is Sporticus. HUBBA HUBBA!
Pregnant for the first-time?
Not sure where to start? We can help!
Our Insider Programs for pregnancy first-timers will lead you step-by-step through the 14 Pregnancy Must Dos!


text:
Mashed Potato-Stuffed Bell Peppers
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 30 mins
I can't remember where this recipe originated from, but I do remember that it said it was good with corn on the cob, which is a good way to eat it. Think: cottage evenings, barbecues, a little Jerk chicken...
Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 large bell peppers
- 1⁄2 cup red onion, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup red pepper, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 cup fresh chives, chopped finely
- 2 cups mashed potatoes
- 2 cups tomato sauce
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice the tops off the peppers, just below the stem, to make a cup.
- Seed them,& remove the spines.
- Gently parboil peppers for about 5 minutes, remove& drain upside down.
- Saute onion& red pepper in oil until onions are soft.
- Add salt& pepper, chives,& mix into the mashed potatoes.
- Stuff the peppers.
- Stand peppers in a deep-sided casserole dish& pour the tomato sauce into the bottom.
- Bake at 350 degrees, covered, about 20 minutes.
- Uncover,& bake 5 minutes longer.
- Serve hot.
Most Helpful
Wonderfull recipe. I love bell peppers and mashed potatoes, so this recipe is just right for me. The only thing I am going to do different next time is make some real bacon bits and sprinkle on top before serving. Thanks for the recipe, it is definately a keeper.
Colorful and delicious, and something different from the usual rice/grain mixtures used to stuff peppers. I cut the potatoes into very small dice (3/8"? - SMALL) and steamed them lightly a few minutes before using them. I haven't tried these with plain mashed potatoes, as I didn't want to take a chance they might be too thick or "gummy." The second time I made these, I used Ragu's "Light White" Alfredo-style sauce instead of red tomato sauce. Really good, also cuts the calories some! For serving, I spooned some of the sauce over the peppers. Only reason this recipe didn't get five stars is I reserve "fives" for the truly outstanding, unique dishes. This isn't necessarily all that special - but it's certainly a treat in the stuffed pepper genre. p.s. Be careful not to parboil the peppers too long. They may not need to be boiled at all, if you like them with a bit of texture; I prefer mine more cooked and easier to cut. But take it from me, it IS possible to boil them a little too long and have them overcooked and limp. Not that I'd know from experience or anything! ;-D


text:
Broome Staff
Richard Owen
Operations Manager
Spencer Lim Joon
field Officer
"I enjoy meeting and networking with all people from different walks of life and cultures. Being a part of a new team here in Broome, it's very exciting!!."
Spencer originates from Victoria. Spencer lived there for the first twenty years of his illustrious life. Spencer had been visiting Broome for many years. Spencer is now living in Broome and has been for the last six years. He really enjoys the diverse lifestyles that Broome and the Kimberley's has to offer. Spencer was employed by Serco as a Custodial Court Security Officer, transporting and escorting prisoners from all over the Kimberley and assisting in Court sercurity. Spencer would like to see himself grow at the same rate as the other Broome Field Officers, in being a successful by creating new and exciting opportunities for local people and businesses within the west kimberley.
Renae Swain
Field Officer
"I'm looking forward to working with KGT to create strong working relationships within Broome and surrounding communities to benefit the local people and create sustainable employment."
After Renae spent four years living in the Torres Strait Islanders she made the move to Broome in 2013. Renae worked in many different fields before transitioning into KGT, Government employment, Hospitality, Equine industry and JSA services. While working in the JSA services, I toughly enjoyed being able to help and support people into employment and this is what made me pursuit a position with KGT. I'm looking forward to supporting and mentoring people through traineeships and apprenticeships in the Kimberleys as well as being able to work with different culture groups to expand my knowledge of the Kimberley culture.
Oli Hughes
Field Officer
"I am excited to be a part of a team that strives to engage local people in training and employment opportunities in the Kimberley."
Oli has been based in the Kimberley region for the last four years, working predominantly in the tourism industry. Initially drawn to the area by the ancient aboriginal rock art and a desire to learn more about our nation's first people. Based in the remote Mitchell Plateau area for two years working as a Camp Operator and Relief Manager, Oli then progressed to working as an Extended Tour Guide that assisted in furthering his knowledge of the Kimberley.
Taking so much from the last four years inspired Oli to work on giving back to the wider community, and the Field Officer role aligns with this goal. Luckily for Oli, his experience working as an RTO Administration Assistant has allowed for a smooth tranistion to the group training field. Oli is thrilled to be a part of the KGT team, working with local individuals and businesses to build strong realtionships and creating sustainable employment opportunities.
Natalie Johns
Reception/Administration Support
"Working for an organisation that actually cares about helping others is so wonderful. I absolutely love going out of my way to help others and this position with KGT is perfect. It's a pleasure to be involved in the process of engaging people into work."
Natalie is originally from Perth, but moved to Broome five years ago with her family to start a new and exciting life. Before starting the position at KGT in Broome, Natalie worked at Telstra as a Customer Advisor. Customer service was an absolute delight, but she wanted to be more involved in helping others.
Since coming on board with KGT it has been challenging yet fulfilling so far. Natalie feels so passionate with what KGT has to offer, not only for the staff but the clients also, and is really delighted to work for a company that cares so much about others, and assisting them to improve their lives.
John (Jack) Chalmers
SEE Trainer
"I am hoping to assist people in the Kimberley to achieve better education and employment outcomes."
John (Jack) previously worked in many senior roles in from being Sales Person, Marketing and more recently in Training and Teaching English in Vietnam. Jack has several qualifications including Graduate Diploma in International Business, Certificate IV in TESOL and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessments.
Jack, his wife and their family have been visiting the Kimberley's since 1999 and were keen to extend their knowldge of this vast region. Leaving their home in Melbourne and moving to Broome in early 2015. Jack believes that by running the SEE program it will improve the participant's lives as well as their families and the well-being of their community.
Mary Zbierski-West
SEE Trainer
"It is wonderful to have the opportunity to develop tailored programs which value the individual stories and interets of the participants."
Coming from the busy city of Melbourne to faraway Broome in mid-2013, it was the mighty impact of nature that struck Mary the most. The light, the pindan, the rocks, the sky and the sea. Prior to joing KGT as a Literacy and Numeracy Trainer, Mary worked in the TAFE system in Victoria, teaching screen printing in a textiles program.
Mary possesses a number of qualifications which she utilises in her role. She is a trained Teacher, holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and is Languages (TESOL) with the support of KGT. Mary's role is a challenging but yet rewarding and gives her the opportunity to develop Literacy and Numeracy programs that incorporate the individual goals of participants.
Some of the Challenges in her position are related to issues of access and equity, which are inherent in Adult Education. Others are more specific to the Kimberley region, the dislocation of people in the area, and the impact of complicated lives that many of the participants juggle.
Mary is delighted to work in an organisation with such a strong commitment to positive outcomes for young people particularly indigenous youth and looks forward to the opportunity that take training out of the classroom and into the community.
Annie Peacock
SEE Trainer


text:
sponsored links
The domain panlasangpinoy.com was registered 7 years 6 months ago. Currently, the domain holds the number 72,704 rank in global traffic. The domain have .com as extension. This site possesses the Google Page Rank of 4 out of 10. The domain is estimated value of $ 114,480.00 and have a daily earning of $ 159.00. While, no active threats were reported recently by users, panlasangpinoy.com is SAFE to browse.
Traffic Report
|Daily Unique Visitors:
|Daily Pageviews:
Estimated Valuation
|Income Per Day:
|$ 159.00
|Estimated Worth:
|$ 114,480.00
Search Engine Indexes
|Google Indexed Pages:
|Yahoo Indexed Pages:
|Not Applicable
|Bing Indexed Pages:
Search Engine Backlinks
|Google Backlinks:
|Bing Backlinks:
|Alexa BackLinks:
Safety Information
|Google Safe Browsing:
|No Risk Issues
|Siteadvisor Rating:
|No Risk Issues
|WOT Trustworthiness:
|Not Applicable
|WOT Privacy:
|Not Applicable
|WOT Child Safety:
|Not Applicable
Website Ranks & Scores
PageSpeed Score
Siteadvisor Rating
Web Server Information
Social Engagement
|Facebook Shares:
|Not Applicable
|Facebook Likes:
|Not Applicable
|Facebook Comments:
|Not Applicable
|Twitter Count (Tweets):
|Not Applicable
|Linkedin Shares:
|Not Applicable
|Delicious Shares:
|Not Applicable
|Not Applicable
Page Resources Breakdown
Homepage Links Analysis
Website Inpage Analysis
Domain Information
Domain Nameserver Information
Similarly Ranked Websites
annuaire-info, listes d'annuaires pour le référencement
sur 1 2 3 ... Référencement, le blog du site annuaire-info
Stackfield: Boost your productivity
Forget email! Stackfield is real-time collaborative messaging with file sharing, tasks management and scheduling. Most secured data protection with true end-to-end encryption...
Katiuska Goldcheidt
Cambabes live webcamsex with hot babes!
Without doubt one of the biggest live webcam sex sites of Europe. Our babes are very hot and want to share that with you. Start now a sex chat and have the ultimate webcamsex...


text:
Welcome to Gate Bar and Bistro
The Gate Bar and Bistro, local asset to Perths South and proud winner of the 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 AHA De Bortoli/6PR Perth Pub of the year, and 2015 AHA Best Group Operator Award is renowned for making the pub experience one that can't be rivalled.
Read More
The Gate was designed with the Perth local in mind, who enjoys the modern Australian lifestyle of delicious food, complimented by a fantastic selection of wine and beers, all in a relaxed, natural atmosphere.The Gate Bar and Bistro offers a comfortable outdoor entertaining experience, with spectacular beer gardens and a complete restaurant menu with all of our locals favourite dishes. Each meal is prepared by our dedicated chefs, and our award winning bistro menu changes seasonally to provide continuous appeal to our patrons, and to reflect the seasonal produce which makes our pub dinners rise above the ordinary into extraordinary.
Our Sports Bar and Garden Bar are the perfect destination for your next evening out with friends, whether enjoying a delicious cocktail or cheering on your favourite team, and our snacks and tapas will tempt the tastebuds of all customers who are in need of a bite!
With ample parking around the venue and so close to home, and a bottle shop plus drive thru, the Gate Bar and Bistro is your gateway to a great night.


text:
Fire Warning
14,465articles onAdd New Page
this wiki
this wiki
Ad blocker interference detected!
Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers
Wikia is not accessible if you've made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected.
"The message on the label warns the guest how dangerous it is to smoke in a bed."
Fire warning is a special item in Resident Evil Outbreak.
This item can be found in the back square.
- Birlew, Dan (2004). Resident Evil Outbreak Official Strategy Guide. Indianapolis: BradyGames.
See alsoEdit


text:
The Tidewater Intergenerational Orchestra will hold a FREE concert on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Saint Bede Catholic Church, 3686 Ironbound Road in Williamsburg. Professional solo bassist, Chunyang Wang will be a featured soloist in Piazzolla's "Grande Tango." Michael Russo, a high school senior, will perform Haydn's "Cello Concerto in C Major." The orchestra will perform Mozart's "Symphony No. 29" in the original instrumentation for strings and winds as well as a Handel concerto grosso. All are welcome. For more information, please call (757) 229-3631 or visit www.bedeva.org/concerts.
This item was posted by a community contributor.


text:
Favorite thing Zona hotelera or the hotel zone lies about 10 km from the downtown area. The best way to get around is by bus, as distances can be a bit long. This is were most of the hotels and generally most of the life is. It is a long and narrow reef stretched along the mainland. On one side you have the beach facing the caribbean sea and on the other side is the lagoon.
North in the zone is the "party zone" where most of the action is. Here you can find many malls, restaurants, bars and discos.
Favorite thing In the late 60's a commitee was doing massive research to find a good place to build a holiday resort. After a while the choice fell on Cancun. They meant it was a perfect place mainly because of it's location, beaches and weather. In the mid-70's they started building, and some of the first hotels was financed by the mexican government.
After a while the place got very popular and the infrastructure around the Yucatán peninsula started getting better. Before this the peninsula had very little contact with the rest of the country. Roads were in bad condition and communications between the areas were poor. But this started to change as Cancun got more and more popular.
Today it is one of the most visited places in all of Mexico. Tourists mainly come from USA but also from the rest of the world. Some thinks it is too overdeveloped and others love it. But it is also a good base for exploring many of the great places around the peninsula.
Favorite thing The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, and is one of the easternmost points in Mexico. Cancun – is about 25 km of pristine white beaches shaped like a number "7". There are two possible translations of Cancún, based on the Mayan pronunciation kaan kun. The first translation is "nest of snakes." The second version and less accepted is "place of the gold snake."
The history of Cancun dates back to 1967 when the Mexican government, recognizing the importance of tourism to the country's economic future, began a detailed search to pinpoint ideal sites for tourism development.
You can watch my 3 min 23 sec Video Sunrise in Cancun Great Parnassus Hotel out of my Youtube channel or here on VT.
You can watch my photo of Cancun on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 21° 6' 40.27" N 86° 45' 52.25" W or on my Google Earth Panoramio Cancun 2.
Favorite thing A word on Cancun... The trend over the last 10 years at this destination has been an overwhelming number of all inclusive packages being offered by Hotels in the Hotel Zone.
While these offers are very attractive, I would recommend two things:
...understand that the resorts in the Hotel Zone are NOT located in a dangerous area. Many people are quick to categorize Cancun as a place located in a culturally rich and economically poor area of Mexico. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Indeed the vast majority of development along the Hotel Zone has been completed since 1990. Having said that, there are many who buy into an all inclusive and remain couped up in their hotel/resort for the duration of their stay, when the majority of the exicitement, nightlife, restaurants and other attractions are just minutes down the boulevard by bus or cab.
Don't be afraid to take a bus. They are cheap, safe and plentiful. I prefer a cab, but if this is your first trip, be sure to check with your concierge regarding reasonable cab fare rates to your destination.
Restaurants are much cheaper in town (Cancun Centro) and a bit more "authentic".
But then again, if you're looking for authentic Mexican culture, odds are you're not going to find it in this area of Mexico.
...if you do insist on going AI, do some research. There are many hotels that have attractive deals, but many still that don't deliver on their promises.
Fondest memory uhhh...huh huh. huh.
Favorite thing If you need help in selecting a hotel, this is a great map of the hotel zone
The Cancun hotel zone is shaped like a 7, hotels with addresses on Kukulcan from km 0 to km 8 are at the top of the 7 closer to downtown Cancun and the ferries to Isla Mujeres, hotels from km 8 to km 20 are on the bottom part of the 7 are closer to the airport and the Riveria Maya activities.
Hotels from km 8 to km 10 are on the bend of the 7, this is where many of the tourist oriented shops and restaurants are.
Favorite thing DREAMING...
...of the SUN! It was an ON/OFF relationship with that golden disc and seemed each and everyone was someway under its power. When it came out of the cloud everyone rushed back to their sunbed in between rain-showers. I did that as well but it was real fun to watch people do it from my balcony.
Then one afternoon it started raining again - so it was back to the hotel room and shower. But it soon changed to a nasty tempest where the strong wind was throwing all sunbeds into the pool and surroundings. I didn't want to stay too close to the window in case some object should bump into it - I have never experienced such bad weather, it was extremely scary!
I was happy to go downstair to the lobby where happy-hour meant Frozen Strawberry Margaritas and many of them - at least today they were more than welcome *grin*!!
Favorite thing This is, according to me, a building that houses a few shops and a restaurant that will open till 2005 (called "ty-coz" or something like that)... I really liked it because it has a touch of typically Mexican colonial architecture, which isn't very common in Cancun!! I know it sounds ridiculous but the big and magnificent hotels you can find here usually have every kind of style except for Mexican. So I was glad to find a building that does look like Mexican, and which reminds you that you're in MEXICO!!!!
Favorite thing ALMOST RAINING...
The air was very warm and humid and due to that hurricane nearby very cloudy!
I only had a few days to spend in this very touristical resort (well, sometimes it's the easiest way that wins...lol) and wanted to use my time doing fairly nothing except sunbathing, some shopping, listening to some mariachis and tasting local delicacies!
Don't expect to see any pictures of pyramids, museums or other ancient vestiges - I didn't have the time nor the strenght to go this time :-)!!
BODY {SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #0099cc; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #ff00cc; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #000000; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #ccffcc; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #006633; SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #00cccc; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #000000}
Favorite thing You can watch my 3 min 55 sec Video Cancun Great Parnassus Hotel Beach out of my Youtube channel or here on VT.
You can watch my photo of Cancun on the Google Earth according to the following coordinates 21° 4' 5.93" N 86° 46' 37.10" W or on my Google Earth Panoramio Great Parnassus Hotel Swimming Pool 3.
Favorite thing You get the best deal out of doing an 'All-Inclusive' package with your hotel. With all the drinks and eats you can have included in the price...........you'll never have to leave the hotel!!
Fondest memory The Cabana boys!!
One can really know how to 'vacation' when you're staying at one of the all-inclusive resorts in Cancun.
You can sit poolside all day, and the staff caters to you! What other place can offer Tequila volleyball, beer guzzling contests, and Salsa lessons all in one area??
Rent a banana boat with some friends and see where the waves take you along the Yucatan coast!
Did I mention the Cabana boys???
Favorite thing This was my first real trip in Mexico besides Tijuana or Rosarito, and I wasn't really impressed too much... Our hotel was beautiful and the water was nice, but it wasn't what I expected upon coming to Mexico: very touristy with huge hotels taking up all of the coastline. Most of the people we met there just seemed to be there for drinking ( a lot of young people) and were really pretty obnoxious. If you get out of the hotel zone though, you will find many other things to do: you can visit the Mayan ruins, or get to Cozumel and go scuba diving, or other water sports...
Fondest memory Cancun is divided into two areas - Downtown and the Hotel Zone (an island shaped like a '7'). The east side of the island has more waves than the north side, which is protected by Isla Mujeres...and during high tide some beaches may not be accessible. Staying at a hotel located in the northeast corner (near the convention center) will give you easy access within walking distance to some of the best clubs and restaurants in the area.
There are a number of shopping malls in the Hotel Zone, but you will find better prices downtown. Our favorite shopping mall in the hotel zone is the new La Isla Shopping Village.


text:
Skip to Content
The World's Greatest Music
On now Classic FM Drive with John Brunning
Email the show or Text 61812
All the rehearsal pictures from the glittering concert, Classic FM: A Night At The Movies, with Sky Movies.
Picture 14 of 18
Going through every piece with a fine tooth comb, it's tonight's conductor James Morgan. Photo credit: Ryan Phillips
Powered by Facebook


text:
Twitter Tips: Follow FridaysTuesday, May 19, 2009
Each Friday on Twitter, something happens called Follow Friday. Quite simply, Follow Friday is when everyone posts a tweet about people they think you should follow. Here are three tips to make Follow Friday more effective and to help others find and follow new (or new to them) people they are interested in:
1. Include the reason in the tweet. For example: "My BFF's in real life: @annie @maryjane @sally" or "four business experts @soandso @etc". Framing your Follow Fridays with some context gives people much more of a compelling reason to check out your recommendations.
2. Try to keep your recommendations to a few people each week. It can get confusing very quickly when people post long lists seemingly without rhyme or reason. If your Follow Friday is taking up 3 or 4 tweets, you are including too many people and lessening the chances that others will check out their profiles to see what they're about.
3. Type the full hashtag: #followfriday or #ff. Adding spaces in the hashtag won't index it properly.
Have you ever followed people on Twitter because of someone else's Follow Friday recommendation?


text:
Peter Murphy is a music journalist based in Dublin. He is contributing editor with Dublin's Hot Press magazine and has written articles for Rolling Stoneand other publications. He lives in the southeast of Ireland, in County Wexford, where he grew up.
" Royce and Hadrian are business partners. Their business? Crime. One a mercenary, the other a thief, they peddle their unique services to the wealthy aristocrats of the lands of Avryn. Or at least, ..."
> read more
" Narcotics officer Cal Moore was supposed to detail the lastest L.A. drug murder. Instead, he winds up in a motel room, his head busted open, with a suicide note stuffed in his back pocket. Long ago, ..."
> read more
" Something About You, the first book in the FBI-US Attorney Series is perfect listening for a day at the beach or a long automobile trip. Author Julie James establishes suspense early in the plot with ..."
> read more
Audiobooks Were Restored to Your Cart
[ShoppingCartItemsAddedOnMerge] audiobook(s) were left in your cart from a previous visit, and saved to your account for your convenience. You may view or remove these audiobooks on the shopping cart page.


text:
You are currently using an unsupported web browser.
We support the latest versions of these browsers:
If you have any problems while attempting to download a browser, you should contact your organization's system administrator.
For any questions related to Cvent, feel free to contact our Customer Care team.
The Hotel Collingwood is situated in a superb position close to the sea, Bournemouth International Centre and Bournemouth's comprehensive shopping centre. The hotel has 53 modern en suite bedrooms, which have their own distinctive style. Our ballroom has an 1200sq ft approx sprung dance floor and i...
You must be logged in to view contact information for this supplier. Sign up for a free Cvent account today.
• Set on the edge of the Cotswolds amid
• 140 acres of private grounds
• 15 meeting rooms for 2-200 delegates
• Championship 18-hole golf course
• Spa, fitness center and indoor pool
• Restaurant and bar 25 minutes from Cheltenham
The Hilton Garden Inn Luton North hotel is ideally located for both business and leisure travelers with the city of London just 30 minutes away. It is also within easy reach of M1 Motorway, local business parks and London Luton Airport.


text:
Purple is considered a royal colour and any award winner will be 'royally' impressed by this vivid purple and gold offering, available in six different sizes, up to 26cm tall. The centre image, available at no extra cost, is framed by a gold medal with an abstract purple design and sits on top of a gold framework and a glistening purple column. This is an economical, yet truly distinctive, trophy.
Your individual engraving instructions can easily be entered using our step by step process. We'll even send you an artwork proof on high value items.
If you find a lower advertised price within 30 days of your purchase, let us know and we'll refund the difference. (Terms apply)
We want you to be happy with your order, so if there is anything that doesn't meet your satisfaction please let us know and we'll do whatever we can to put it right!


text:
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Book Review: Black Women and the Carceral State
Black Women and the Carceral State
No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity
by Sarah Haley
The University of North Carolina Press, 2016, 360 pp. Link here.
Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South
by Talitha L. LeFlouria
The University of North Carolina Press, 2016, 280 pp. Link here.
When you think of convict labor in the postbellum South, you probably think of men. Consider the cultural touchstones: John Henry driving steel in West Virginia, Robert Burns's I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!, the manacled singers in Alan Lomax's field recordings, Nat Adderley's classic "Work Song" ("Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang/Breaking rocks and serving my time"). Or perhaps not—by far the finest rendition of "Work Song," after all, is Nina Simone's. By singing Adderley's song, Simone made audible what has been systemically silenced: the historical experience of black women subjected to coerced labor and state violence. While the repression and coercion of black women have been constant features of American life in one form or another across the centuries, they are also today the site of a vital strand of political resistance. The appearance of two historical works on the subject, then, is significant. Talitha L. LeFlouria's Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South, and Sarah Haley's No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity, represent the most thorough historical accounting of the system of carceral labor inflicted on black women.
These are books for our moment. African-American women—queer, black women in particular—have been critical in local organizing against police violence, and have emerged as the leaders of the nation's most significant national movement for racial justice, Black Lives Matter. Partly, this reflects a long tradition of black female political leadership; partly it is the product of the relative invisibility of state violence against black women.
July 12, 2016 in Books, Race | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, July 8, 2016
Books: Fiction on Campus Sexual Assault by and about a Woman Prosecutor
ABA J, The Last Good Girl
Author Allison Leotta has used her 12 years of experience as a federal sex-crimes prosecutor in Washington, D.C., to bring real-world issues into her fiction. Leotta has written five novels chronicling the adventures of her protagonist, prosecutor Anna Curtis. The most recent, The Last Good Girl, takes on the issue of campus sexual assault at a fictional private college in Michigan.
The ABA Journal's Lee Rawles spoke with Leotta about how she shifted her career from lawyer to author; why the issue of campus sexual assault is so timely; and what's next for her intrepid heroine Anna Curtis.
July 8, 2016 in Books, Violence Against Women | Permalink | Comments (0)
Books: Race and Gender in Copyrighting Choreography
Anthea Kraut, Choreographing Copyright: Race Gender and Intellectual Property Rights in American Dance (Oxford 2015)
In Choreographing Copyright: Race, Gender and Intellectual Property Rights in American Dance, Anthea Kraut wrestles mightily with these questions as she presents the first book by a dance scholar to focus explicitly on matters of copyright and choreography. Combining archival research with critical race and gender theory, Kraut offers new perspectives in this cross-genre history of American Dance. Professor Kraut's research addresses the interconnections between American performance and cultural history and the raced and gendered dancing body.
July 8, 2016 in Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Book Review: Two Books on Cyberspace Harassment of Women
Catharine Ross, Taming the Wild West: Online Excesses, Reactions and Overreactions, 51 Tulsa L.Rev. 267 (2016)
Abstract:A review essay discussing Danielle Keats Citron's Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (Harvard University Press 2014) and Amy Adele Hasinoff's, Sexting Panic: Rethinking Criminalization, Privacy and Consent (University of Illinois Press 2015). Both books consider the risks and harms in cyberspace, blaming of victims, and the interaction between law and online expression. Citron documents widespread hate speech, cyberstalking, revenge porn, and other speech that especially targets women online. Hasinoff, grounded in feminist and cultural studies, emphasizes the positive aspects of the agency girls who sext voluntarily display in exploring and displaying their sexuality, arguing that advising girls that control of their own lives must lead them refuse to sext (a widespread approach) deprives them of voice. Both books analyze law and propose legal reforms, and both also explore the relationship between social norms and legal regimes. Ross's review finds commonality in the authors' arguments that women "have a right to sexual expression without fear of moral or legal repercussions" and that both ultimately "look to greater self-policing by the technology industry," and to promoting "cultural transformation" as much as legal change.
July 7, 2016 in Books, Technology | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Books: Fair Labor Lawyer
Marlene Trestman, Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin (2016)
As a trailblazing attorney, Bessie Margolin lived a life of exceptional achievement. At a time when the legal profession consisted almost entirely of men, she earned the esteem of her colleagues and rose to become one of the most successful Supreme Court advocates of her era. Doing so, as Marlene Trestman demonstrates inFair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin(Louisiana State University Press, 2016), required overcoming not just the ingrained assumptions that men had towards professional women during that time but also the poverty of her early childhood and the loss of her mother when Margolin was only three years old. As Trestman reveals, Margolin exploited to the full the opportunities she was given as a ward of the Jewish Orphans Home in New Orleans, which provided her with a comfortable upbringing and a good education. From Newcomb College and Tulane University, Margolin went on to a fellowship at Yale University and a career in the federal government, which she began by participating in the defense of some of the most important laws to come out of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal program and concluded by championing measures mandating equal pay and opposing age discrimination. And yet Trestman shows that for all of the sacrifices she made to establish a career for herself, Margolin did so on her own terms and in a way that many Americans can relate to today.
July 5, 2016 in Books, SCOTUS, Women lawyers | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Book Review Symposium on "Nine to Five" and Workplace Sex Discrimination
Concurring Opinions hosted a symposium of several book reviews on Joanna Grossman's new book Nine to Five. Reviews are provided by Sam Bagenstos, Naomi Cahn, Nancy Dowd, Kate Silbaugh, and Verna Williams.
Concurring Opinions is delighted to introduce Professor Joanna Grossman, and the participants in our online symposium on Nine to Five: How Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Continue to Define the American Workplace (Cambridge University Press 2016).
I previously posted about the book here.
June 15, 2016 in Books, Equal Employment | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, June 3, 2016
Book Review: Linda Greenhouse Reviews Gillian Thomas's "Because of Sex"
Linda Greenhouse, NYT, Bittersweet Victories of Women
In Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work, Gillian Thomas focuses on the afterlife of the Smith amendment as part of the Civil Rights Act's Title VII, which deals with employment. (Other titles concern voting, education, and access to public facilities and public "accommodations," meaning hotels, restaurants, and other private businesses serving the public. Title IX, a law we hear much about these days, is not part of the Civil Rights Act but of a different law, the Education Amendments of 1972.) Thomas, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project who has litigated sex discrimination cases for many years, is interested not in how Title VII's "because of sex" clause came to be, but in what has become of it since.
June 3, 2016 in Books, Equal Employment | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Annette Gordon-Reed on Becoming a Lawyer and Historian
Last Lecture: Annette Gordon-Reed Traces Her Journey from Texas Childhood to Lawyer and Historian
[After working as a lawyer] she finally decided to enter academia. She felt, she said, that moment "was the only shot I had to be able to write, to be able to think about issues, to be able to use all of the things that I had been thinking about up to this moment—to be thinking about society, to be writing about society in a way that I thought would be useful."
"Law is important. Obviously I believe that. But the kinds of human relations, the kinds of things we're talking about in both of these books, transcend it," Gordon-Reed said. "Sometimes you have to look beyond it, because the law is not put in place for everybody, is not made to work for everybody. It's our hope that we can try to make it work for everybody, but the historian understands that there are moments when that just was not the case, and slavery was one of them."
May 12, 2016 in Books, Legal History, Women lawyers | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
New in Books: Nine to Five
Joanna Grossman (Hofstra/SMU), Nine to Five: How Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Continue to Define the American Workplace (Cambridge University Press, May 2016)
At the heart of this collection is a basic question: What is sex discrimination? The answer may seem obvious, but, in truth, it is complicated. Are all classifications on the basis of gender discriminatory, or are there times or places when sex differentiation, or even sex segregation, are permissible or desirable? Should seemingly benign classifications be prohibited because they might perpetuate damaging stereotypes and gender subordination? If so, when?
Check out the terrific Table of Contents showing an engaging style and wide range of issues covered in this new book.
May 10, 2016 in Books, Equal Employment | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, May 6, 2016
Book Review: How Feminism Sold Out by Becoming Cool
Wash Post, How Feminism Sold Out by Becoming Cool
This new mutation can be called "marketplace feminism," the author writes, "a mainstream, celebrity, consumer embrace of feminism that positions it as a cool, fun, accessible identity that anyone can adopt." If any purported feminist campaign is touched by corporate or private interests, it is suspect. For Zeisler, feminism is feminism and capitalism is capitalism, and when they hook up it's just gross....
This book's critique of "marketplace feminism" offers no wiggle room: If you claim feminism without combating structural inequality, your feminism is counterproductive, prioritizing personal advancement rather than attacking the systems that perpetuate wage disparities or gender-based divisions of labor. And don't bother suggesting that a movement might benefit from the popularization of its tenets — however superficial the interpretations may be — because Zeisler isn't buying it. "The diversity of voices, issues, approaches, and processes required to make feminism work as an inclusive social movement," she writes, "is precisely the kind of knotty, unruly insurrection that just can't be smoothed into a neat brand."
May 6, 2016 in Books, Theory | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, May 2, 2016
Why Feminists are Rewriting Judgments
Heather Roberts (Australian Natl) & Laura Sweeney (NSW Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby), Review Essay: Why (Re)Write Judgements?, 37 Sydney L.Rev. 457 (2015)
Australian Feminist Judgments is a collection of fictional judgments for real Australian cases that have been rewritten by Australian scholars from the perspective of a feminist judge. Each judgment is introduced by a commentary, written by a different scholar, explaining the legal and historical context of the original decision and the choices made by the feminist judge. This review essay locates the collection within more general debates surrounding judgment writing, particularly leading Australian extra-judicial commentary on how and why judgments are written. Against this larger plane, we consider a number of the key issues raised by the collection about judgment writing, including the significance of recounting the facts of a case, the uses of formalist judicial method and the capacity of judgments to effect change. Drawing on a number of examples from the collection, this review essay contends that Australian Feminist Judgments makes a valuable contribution not only to contemporary feminist debates, but also to issues going to the heart of judicial practices and judgment.
The US Feminist Judgments rewriting projects is here.
A fall conference on rewriting judgments, The US Feminist Judgments Project: Rewriting the Law, Writing the Future is planned for October 20 & 21.
May 2, 2016 in Books, Conferences, Courts, Theory | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, April 28, 2016
New in Books: Gender Remade: Citizenship, Suffrage, and Public Power
From Legal History Blog, VanBurkleo's "Gender Remade", Abstract and TOC:
Sandra F. VanBurkleo, Associate Professor of History at Wayne State University, has published Gender Remade: Citizenship, Suffrage, and Public Power in the New Northwest, 1879–1912 (Cambridge UP).
Gender Remade explores a little-known experiment in gender equality in Washington Territory in the 1870s and 1880s. Building on path-breaking innovations in marital and civil equality, lawmakers extended a long list of political rights and obligations to both men and women, including the right to serve on juries and hold public office. As the territory moved toward statehood, however, jury duty and constitutional co-sovereignty proved to be particularly controversial; in the end, 'modernization' and national integration brought disastrous losses for women until 1910, when political rights were partially restored.
April 28, 2016 in Books, Legal History | Permalink | Comments (0)
New in Books: Gender Remade
From Legal History Blog, VanBurkleo's "Gender Remade", Abstract and TOC:
Sandra F. VanBurkleo, Associate Professor of History at Wayne State University, has published Gender Remade: Citizenship, Suffrage, and Public Power in the New Northwest, 1879–1912 (Cambridge UP).
Gender Remade explores a little-known experiment in gender equality in Washington Territory in the 1870s and 1880s. Building on path-breaking innovations in marital and civil equality, lawmakers extended a long list of political rights and obligations to both men and women, including the right to serve on juries and hold public office. As the territory moved toward statehood, however, jury duty and constitutional co-sovereignty proved to be particularly controversial; in the end, 'modernization' and national integration brought disastrous losses for women until 1910, when political rights were partially restored.
April 28, 2016 in Books, Legal History | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Roe as a Negative Precedent for Same-Sex Marriage
Cary Franklin (Texas), Roe as We Know It, 114 Mich. L.Rev. 867 (2016), reviewing, Mary Ziegler (Florida State), After Roe: The Lost History of the Abortion Debate (2015)
The petitioners in last year's historic same-sex marriage case cited most of the Supreme Court's canonical substantive due process precedents. They argued that the right of same-sex couples to marry, like the right to use birth control and the right to guide the upbringing of one's children, was among the liberties protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court in Obergefell v. Hodges agreed, citing many of the same cases. Not once, however, did the petitioners or the majority in Obergefell cite the Court's most famous substantive due process decision. It was the dissenters in Obergefell who invoked Roe v. Wade.
April 26, 2016 in Abortion, Books | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, April 25, 2016
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Why is she on the $10 Bill
The news focused on Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, but more women will be featured on the $10 bill. Five women suffrage leaders will appear on the back of the $5 bill. These five are Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth.
I have spent the last 10+ years researching and writing about Stanton. My focus has been her contributions to the philosophical development of legal feminism and her work for legal reforms of gender equity in the private sphere of the family.
Tracy A. Thomas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Feminist Foundations of Family Law (NYU Press forthcoming Oct. 2016)
From the abstract for the book:
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the principal feminist thinker, leader, and "radical conscience" of the nineteenth-century woman's rights movement. Stanton initiated the women's rights movement on July 19, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York, where she issued her feminist manifesto, the "Declaration of Sentiments," demanding women's right to vote. This is generally all that history has remembered of Stanton. Her Declaration, however, demanded seventeen other rights for political, religious, social, and civil rights equality. These included the right to public office, marital property, divorce, education, employment, reproductive control, and religious autonomy. As Stanton explained, the institutions of government, church, family, and industrial work constituted "a fourfold bondage" of women, with "many cords tightly twisted together, strong for one purpose" of woman's subordination. They were all intertwined, so that "to attempt to undo one is to loosen all." As Stanton later explained, to break down this complexity required women to have "bravely untwisted all the strands of the fourfold cord that bound us and demanded equality in the whole round of the circle." Holistic reform was required to break down the complex system of women's oppression.
The family was one centerpiece of Stanton's feminist agenda. The family, governed by patriarchal laws and sentimental gender norms, created and perpetuated women's inferiority. "If the present family life is necessarily based on man's headship," Stanton argued, "then we must build a new domestic altar, in which the mother shall have equal dignity, honor and power." The private sphere of the family was not segregated from the public sphere, as both nineteenth-century suffrage reformers and twentieth-century feminists often argued, but instead was intertwined with the other institutional strands strangling equality. As a result, radical concrete change to the family institution was required in the forms of egalitarian partnerships, economic rights, free divorce, and maternal autonomy. Stanton's commitment to women's equality in marriage and the family was longstanding -- from Seneca Falls to her last writings. As Stanton said, she "remained as radical on the marriage question at the age of eighty-six as [she] had been a half a century earlier."
Stanton's family reforms seem less shocking today because most of them have become law. Her proposals to reconstruct marriage and the family, detailed in this book, are now mainstream. Women have separate and joint marital property rights. Spouses inherit equal shares of estates when one partner dies without a will. Common law marriage is prohibited in most states, and civil marriage requires procedural safeguards. Divorce is available for irreconcilable differences or for misconduct equally applicable to both spouses. The law supports domestic violence protections, reproductive choice, and maternal custody.
Recovering Stanton's feminist thinking on the family reveals the longevity and persistence of women's demands for family equality. Contrary to popular wisdom, these feminist ideas were not invented in the 1970s, but instead reach back more than a century earlier as part of the original conceptualization of women's rights. This longer perspective bolsters the truth and credibility of such feminist demands, dispelling their characterization as a modern anomaly and demanding legitimization and consideration in the law. As these issues of family, marriage, work/life balance, pregnancy, and parenting continue to challenge the law and confound feminism, Stanton's work adds historical evidence of important principles that should be part of the legal equation. Her work shows that feminism and the family have not been historically in opposition, as we usually think. To the contrary, feminists have existed not apart from the family, but within it.
See also:
Tracy A. Thomas, Misappropriating Women's History in the Law and Politics of Abortion, 36 Seattle L. Rev. 1 (2012) (on Stanton's theory and advocacy of maternity)
Tracy A. Thomas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Notion of a Legal Class of Gender, in Feminist Legal History (Tracy A. Thomas & Tracey Jean Boisseau, eds. 2011) (on foundations of constitutional sex equality inquiry)
Tracy A. Thomas, Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the Federal Marriage Amendment: A Letter to the President, 22 Constitutional Commentary 137 (2005) (on marriage equality and divorce)
Tracy A. Thomas, Introduction to Symposium, The Origins of Constitutional Gender Equality in the Nineteenth-Century Work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 7 ConLawNOW 1 (2016)
Tracy A. Thomas, The New Face of Women's Legal History, 41 Akron L. Rev. 695 (2008) (on Truth and Stanton)
April 25, 2016 in Books, Legal History | Permalink | Comments (0)
Sunday, April 24, 2016
The Slow Professor: Resisting the Culture of Speed in Academe
Slowing down into deliberate and thoughtful academic work as the antidote to the corporatization of the university.
Inside Higher Ed, Book Review, The Slow Professor: New Book Argues that Professors Should Actively Resist the "Culture of Speed" in Academe
In a new book, two tenured professors propose applying the "slow movement" -- which has thus far been applied to everything from food to parenting to science to sex -- to academic work. And while it's already raised some eyebrows as an example of "tenured privilege," it's at once an important addition and possible antidote to the growing literature on the corporatization of the university.
***"While slowness has been celebrated in architecture, urban life and personal relations, it has not yet found its way into education," reads Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy (University of Toronto Press). "Yet, if there is one sector of society which should be cultivating deep thought, it is academic teachers. Corporatization has compromised academic life and sped up the clock. The administrative university is concerned above all with efficiency, resulting in a time crunch and making those of us subjected to it feel powerless."
In a corporate university, argues Slow Professor, "power is transferred from faculty to managers, economic justifications dominate, and the familiar 'bottom line' eclipses pedagogical and intellectual concerns." But slow professors nevertheless "advocate deliberation over acceleration" because they "need time to think, and so do our students. Time for reflection and open-ended inquiry is not a luxury but is crucial to what we do."
Instead, Slow Professor proposes with some optimism that professors -- especially those with tenure -- have the power to change the direction of the university by becoming the eye of the storm, working deliberately and thoughtfully in ways that somehow now seem taboo.
"Distractedness and fragmentation characterize contemporary academic life; we believe that slow ideals restore a sense of community and conviviality … which sustain political resistance," Berg and Seeber say. "Slow professors act with purpose, cultivating emotional and intellectual resilience to the effects of the corporatization of higher education."
Slow Professor proposes getting off-line as much as possible and doing less by thinking of scheduling as eliminating commitment's from one's day, not taking them on. Perhaps most importantly, it proposes leaving room in one's schedule for regular "timeless time," starting with some kind of relaxing, transitional ritual. Incorporate playfulness and shun those negative self-thoughts.
And don't forget leaving time to do nothing at all, the book says.
In a separate discussion on "pedagogy and pleasure," Slow Professor advocates for the in-person classroom model over online. It argues that teaching is an undeniably emotional activity for which one should be physically present, and that students also benefit from working face-to-face with their peers.
"It is neither frivolous nor incidental that to ensure that we enjoy ourselves in the classroom: it may be crucial to creating an environment in which students learn," the book reads.
Slow Professor also addresses research pressures, saying that slow scholarship must stand against perverse incentives for publication or a rush to "findings" at the expense of scholarly value. Noting how one of the authors' colleagues was once admiringly referred to as a "machine," the book questions the very way in which academics talk about one another's productivity, saying, "Slowing down is a matter of ethical import. To drive oneself as if one were a machine should be recognized as a form of self-harm. … Furthermore, being machine-like will hardly generate compassion for others."
Overwork can make colleagues jealous, impatient and rushed,Slow Professor reads, while slowing down "is about allowing room for others and otherness. And in that sense, slowing down is an ethical choice."
April 24, 2016 in Books, Education | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Coming Soon in Books: 100 Years of the 19th Amendment
100 Years of the Nineteenth Amendment: An Appraisal of Women's Political Activism (Oxford U. Press)
Holly J. McCammon and Lee Ann Banaszak, editors
Table of Contents
- Introduction, by Holly J. McCammon and Lee Ann Banaszak
Part I Women's Participation in Electoral Politics: 100 Years of Change and Continuity
- Disappointed Hopes? Female Voters and the 1924 Progressive Surge, by J. Kevin Corder and Christina Wolbrecht
- From Seneca to Shelby: Intersectionality and Women's Voting Rights, by Celeste Montoya
- The Evolution of Women's (and Men's) Partisan Attachment, by Heather L. Ondercin
- What's Happened to the Gender Gap in Political Participation? How Might We Explain It?, by Nancy Burns, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Ashley Jardina, Shauna Shames, and Sidney Verba
- Women in State Legislatures from the Gilded Age to the Global Age, by Susan Welch
- 100 Years since Woman Suffrage: Managing Multiple Identities among Latina Congressional Leaders, by Jessica Lavariega Monforti
Part II Women's Political Engagement in Extra-Institutional Politics: A Century of Activism
- U.S. Women's Groups in National Policy Debates, 1880-2000, by Kristin A. Goss
- "Feminism Means More than a Changed World…It Means the Creation of a New Consciousness in Women": Feminism, Consciousness-Raising, and Continuity between the Waves, by Laura Nelson
- Women, Leadership, and the Environmental Movement, by Holly J. McCammon, Allison McGrath, David Hess, and Minyoung Moon
- American Mothers of Nonviolence: Action and the Politics of Erasure in Women's Nonviolent Activism, by Selina Gallo-Cruz
- Women in White Supremacist Movement in the Century after Women's Suffrage, by Kathleen Blee
- Women Occupying Wall Street: Gender Conflict and Feminist Mobilization, by Heather Hurwitz and Verta Taylor
- After Suffrage Comes Equal Rights? ERA as the Next Logical Step, by Tracey Jean Boisseau and Tracy A. Thomas
March 30, 2016 in Books, Constitutional | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, March 18, 2016
Books (Coming Soon): The Feminist Foundations of Family Law
The book jacket! Publication is one step closer!
For a preview of the first chapter, see Tracy A. Thomas, The "Radical Conscience" of Nineteenth-Century Feminism
See also Tracy A. Thomas, The Origins of Constitutional Gender Equality in the Nineteenth-Century Work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 7 ConLawNOW (2016)
March 18, 2016 in Abortion, Books, Family, Legal History | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, March 11, 2016
Books: ACLU Lawyer Pens "Because of Sex" on Histories of Workplace Discrimination
Gillian Thomas, Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work
Because of Sex takes readers through ten landmark sex discrimination cases that helped dismantle a "Mad Men" world where women could only hope to play supporting roles, where bosses' leers and propositions were as much a part of the air women breathed as cigarette smoke, and where pregnancy meant getting a pink slip. Readers will meet Ida Phillips, denied an assembly line job because she had a preschool-age child; Kim Rawlinson, who fought to become a prison guard—a "man's job"; Mechelle Vinson, who endured sexual abuse by her boss before "sexual harassment" even had a name; Ann Hopkins, denied partnership at a Big Eight accounting firm because the men in charge thought she needed "a course at charm school"; and most recently, Peggy Young, forced off her UPS delivery route while pregnant because she asked for a temporary reprieve from heavy lifting.
Gillian is a Senior Staff Attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union's Women's Rights Project. She previously litigated sex discrimination cases at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund).
NYT, Book Review "Because of Sex," by Gillian Thomas
Thomas's "Because of Sex" has many such stories — important reminders that laws have an impact that often exceeds lawmakers' initial intentions. One strength of the book is her acute awareness of how people have responded to chance accidents, improbable circumstances and unimagined consequences. In fact, it was an 11th-hour amendment to Title VII, brought by Howard Smith, a segregationist congressman, that would ban discrimination in employment "because of sex." As Thomas puts it, "Today most American working women would probably be surprised to know that they have an unrepentantly racist, male octogenarian to thank for outlawing sex bias on the job."
Like Fred Strebeigh's "Equal" (2009), "Because of Sex" is both meticulously researched and rewarding to read. The cases Thomas discusses put the muscle on the new law's bones. Smith's last-minute amendment created a blank slate: Congress had not given any clues to what sex equality might look like. Women's refusal to accept the status quo would determine the law's meaning.
Thomas is a gifted storyteller, and the changing circumstances of these women's lives as their cases drag on, along with the unpredictability of the courts, give her plenty to work with. She provides lots of head-shaking moments. Surely, you say to yourself, that couldn't have been legal — such as when a city utility required women to contribute 15 percent more to their pension fund because they lived longer than men. [See Department of Water & Power v. Manhart, 435 U.S. 702 (1978)]
March 11, 2016 in Books, Equal Employment | Permalink | Comments (0)
Monday, February 22, 2016
Books: On Pauli Murray, Black LGBT Feminist Lawyer
NYT, The Firebrand and the First Lady
The byline was Eleanor Roosevelt's, though the headline, apparently, was not. "One of my finest young friends is a charming woman lawyer — Pauli Murray, who has been quite a firebrand at times but of whom I am very fond," Roosevelt wrote. "She is a lovely person who has struggled and come through very well." Indeed, nothing was ever easy for Murray, a black woman born in 1910, a woman attracted to women and also a poet, memoirist, lawyer, activist and Episcopal priest. But her tender friendship with Roosevelt, sustained over nearly a quarter-century and more than 300 cards and letters, helped. It is the rich earth Patricia Bell-Scott tills for "The Firebrand and the First Lady," a tremendous book that has been 20 years in the making.
You could say Pauli Murray was born too soon, and saying so captures the essential injustice of her life, but it would also rob her of credit for making her own time the best she could. "I'm really a submerged writer," Murray once told her friends, "but the exigencies of the period have driven me into social action." The granddaughter of a woman born into slavery and a mixed-race Union soldier, Murray was arrested for refusing to sit in the colored section of a bus 15 years before the Montgomery bus boycott and for participating in restaurant sit-ins in the early 1940s, long before the 1960 sit-ins at Woolworth's lunch counter. She led a national campaign on behalf of a black sharecropper on death row. ***
And Bell-Scott, who was an editor of the important anthology "All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave," persuasively suggests that Roosevelt's influence contributed to what would be Murray's most lasting mark, on women's rights. "She had spent the first half of her life fighting for equal rights as an African-American, only to discover she would have to spend the second half fighting for equal rights as a woman," Bell-Scott writes. A brilliant legal strategist, Murray formulated a plan for rendering sex discrimination unconstitutional using the 14th Amendment, co-founded the National Organization for Women and tried her best to build bridges between black and white feminists. In Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first brief to the Supreme Court, in 1971, she listed Murray as a co-author, though Murray had not worked on it, a nod to the brief's intellectual ancestry. Ginsburg's win in that case wrested from the Supreme Court its first ruling against sex discrimination as unconstitutional.
February 22, 2016 in Books, Race, Women lawyers | Permalink | Comments (0)


text:
Stock #104641 -
If you are in the market for a fishing, look no further than this 2009 Palm Beach 1900 DL Bay CC, just reduced to $18,000.
This boat is located in Charleston, South Carolina and is in great condition. She is also equipped with a Yamaha engine that has only 155 hours.
This listing has now been on the market a couple months. Please submit any and all offers today! Reason for selling is owner simply does not have the time to enjoy the boat At POP Yachts, we will always provide you with a TRUE representation of every Boats we market. We encourage all buyers to schedule a survey for an independent analysis. Any offer to purchase is ALWAYS subject to satisfactory survey results. We appreciate that you took your time to look at our advertisement and we look forward to speaking with you!
The email with password reset instructions has been sent to . If you will not receive email from us within next few minutes please check your spam folder.
If you're having issues resetting your password let us know.


text:
Pre-order now. Dispatches in 15-20 days*. Conditions Apply*
This product dispatches in 8-10 business days*. Conditions Apply*
Order today with Bajaao Express , and your product will dispatch in 24 hours
Special Import. Usually dispatches in 12-15 Days. Conditions Apply*
Special import. Dispatches in 5-8 days from International Warehouse. Conditions Apply*
This item is out of stock
There was no such thing as a "neck" or bridge humbucker in the 1950's, but there was a wide range of performance between individual pickups. Some of the old pickups had a lot of wire on the coils, which created more power and a warmer tone. We've used new technology to duplicate these qualities - without sacrificing the presence and open sound of the best vintage humbucker.
Collections: Accessories, DiMarzio, Guitar Accessories, Mega Discount, Musical Instruments, ₹5,000 to ₹10,000
Sign up for access to exclusive deals, special offers and more …
© 2016 BAJAAO.COM. BAJAO | BAJAAO Music Private Limited


text: I would like to hear from any of you about script requests or ideas that I can turn into the a real application. I am working on an application that packages camera roll, music, photos, apps, sources and etc... then creates a tar ball the user can upload to a computer through email or whatever and decompress as a backup or whatever! If your idea is worthwhile I WILL MAKE IT!!! EDIT: A tar ball is a tar.gz file compression


text:
Is this attraction pet friendly?
Does this attraction involve animals?
Is this attraction in a remote location?
Does this attraction provide visitors with a taste of the local culture?
Is this an outdoor attraction or activity?
Is this attraction good for couples?
Would this be a good cold day activity?
Do you recommend this attraction for luxury travellers?
Is this attraction exciting, unusual, or risky to visit?
Does this attraction require above average amounts of physical activity (long walks, climbs, stairs or hikes)?
Thanks for helping!
We took the half day tour into the bush and the interior of the island of Tahiti. Our guide "Eric" was great. He was knowledgeable about the scenery and the volcano valley and he...
read more
Not for everyone,well for me it was a waste of time,Road are very bad,very bad ,and there is nothing much to show for,we stop for a meal up there half way ,nice and relaxing,couple nice pictures,nice waterfall on the other side,that is about it sorry,I don't recommend it.
Hi.... When you book a "safari 4WD tour "....it's not to be on a highway !!! ... we think YOU did not understand anything !! . .... and did not see anything !!! strange when thousands of people enjoy !!.... next time, stay in front of your TV or Ipad .....
Did a half day trip with Tahiti Safari to kill some time before our flight. Our guide was nice, but could've offered more information, and a good portion of the half day was spent in the back of the truck going to and from the destinations. Maybe the full day trip is better that way. To add to this, you...
We took the half day tour into the bush and the interior of the island of Tahiti. Our guide "Eric" was great. He was knowledgeable about the scenery and the volcano valley and he was very willing to offer insights into what it was like living in Tahiti and their culture. The ride was a little bumpy but well worth...
Our tour guide Terry was amazing. Very knowledgeable on his history and a very fun and quirky man. English was fluant, which was a massive help for us as we don't speak French or Tahitian. This tour has provided us with a better appreciation for the island, and learnt a lot about Polynesian history. Well worth the cost.
We took this trip while on a lay over in Papeete. We were a little disappointed that they put 8 people in the "Safari truck" of which 4 people sit inside the truck instead of in the outside bed of the truck as pictured. The driver was very thorough and talked through the entire ride though was a little hard...
My father-in-law and I did the tour as an excursion from the Celebrity Millenium cruise ship. We were not disappointed. The drive and scenery were beautiful. The opportunity to swim in the crystal clear waters of the river in the heart of Tahiti was spectacular and refreshing. Excellent time!
I participated on a 1/2 day Tahiti Safari Tour this past Tuesday afternoon with a pickup at the LeMeridien Hotel. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed the tour conducted by Hiro-- what a tour guide! Tahiti Safari Expedition should be very proud to have a respected man conducting tours. Hiro seems to be very genuine and knowledgeable about the...
Took a day trip on August 6th. 2 adults and 2 teenagers... The tour was ABSOLUTELY outstanding...We shared the tour with 2 other couples - so total 8 - was very fine ( I guess it depends on who you get ... But in our case it was very fine). 4x4 was recent and well maintained.
Our guide (Hori -...
These guys rock our tour Guide was fantastic he was energetic fun and exciting he got in the water and jumped off the rocks with us and pulled over and showed us the plans. The Temple was cool his guy knows his stuff the kids loved him fantastic.
Thank you
Sydney was our guide. He spoke English like a native which was a plus as a young couple switched to our jeep because their guide didn't like to speak English. He picked us up from the hotel and gave us a run down of how our trip was going to be as well as some of the history of the...
Own or manage this property? Claim your listing for free to respond to reviews, update your profile and much more.
Are full day expeditions available for 2 adults on November 25,2016?
Are full day expeditions available on November 25, 2016 for 2 adults?
See all questions


text:
Women's [ak] Elevation Anorak Jacket
$272.99 $389.99
Free Shipping
For orders over $100
Past seasonHigh-tech winter-proofing for the rider who demands performance as progressive as their riding. Leave it to the women's Burton [ak] 2L Elevation Anorak to fight off fierce weather patterns in the most critical moments. Trusted bluesign® approved GORE-TEX® 2L fabric considers environmental impacts while outperforming everything on the mountain thanks to its highly breathable and waterproof construction. Its technicalities are matched with the sleek style of a pullover design printed with a large owl totem on the back panel.
Unmatched performance and a laundry list of rider-friendly features like an asymmetrical zipper to eliminate skin abrasion, a removable waist gaiter, jacket-to-pant interface, and a headphone cable port makes this shell one of Kimmy Fasani's favorites.
• Bluesign® Approved GORE-TEX® Fabric [2-Layer]
• Shell Mapped with Taffeta and Brushed Tricot Lining
• [ak] Fit with Engineered Articulation
• Fully taped seams
• Gore-Seam Tape
• Water-repellent removable waist gaiter
• Jacket-to-pant interface
• Lifetime warranty
• Headphone Cable Port in Left Handwarmer Pocket
• Large Owl Totem Screen Print on Center Back


text:
The 15 Hottest Reads on TDI This Week
April 5, 2010 11:44 am
For the Week of March 27 – April 1 2010 – The week's most read stories on The Disciplined Investor.com – in order of popularity. Want it faster? You can get instant updates via Twitter. Follow @andrewhorowitz.