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Very good location. Within walking distance to and from Southern Cross Station. A very short walk to Southbank and also to Myer and David Jones. The room was nice and clean, and the bed was very comfortable. A nice bar downstairs, with outside heating which was great! David on the front desk was wonderful. He was so friendly, engaging and helpful, and he even suggested places to go and eat.
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- Date: 01 September 2016 - 27 July 2017
- Venue: 206 Bourke Street
A Secret Place
If you fancy a 1950s New York club vibe in opulent, yet intimate surroundings in the heart of the city, complete with a swinging jazz quartet, exquisite cocktail specials and lovely wines, then you need to book a table at A Secret Place. This is a high end experience and yet, still and affordable night out. This member's club is open to the public on Thursday nights, but only when booked in advance. You will be sent the secret CBD location when your booking is confirmed. Connie's guest list gets reset each Thursday, so book early to make sure you're on it. Those who have found their way to this off the grid and fabulous room have enjoyed great music, exotic cocktails and the gold standard in service. You can be proud to bring your friends or work colleagues. A Secret Place can even cater to larger parties. Bookings are essential and open for September.
1966: The Year That Changed The World
- Date: 02 August 2016 - 30 June 2017
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1966 was the year that Australia sent a Task Force to Vietnam, the year the first National Servicemen served in the war and the year of the battle of Long Tan. Australia felt the heat of the Cold War and the throes of a youth revolution, in the year the first baby boomers came of age. Fifty years on, this exhibition tells the story of a year that changed Australia and the world. 1966, the year that changed the world is one of three temporary exhibitions in the Galleries of Remembrance, located in the undercroft beneath the Shrine of Remembrance, Victoria's largest and most visited war memorial of National Significance. The Galleries feature over 800 objects, photographs, uniforms and works of art illustrating the experiences of Australians at war and in peacekeeping operations, from the 1850's to the present day.
Australia's Field Marshal: The leadership of Sir Thomas Blamey
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No Australian military commander has ever shouldered more responsibility, nor so divided public opinion, than Sir Thomas Blamey. Detractors describe him as ruthless, self-seeking and egotistical and point to personal scandals, and the damaged careers of the many capable soldiers who stood in his way. Supporters speak of a man who understood, better than any other Australian leader, the wider nature of war - the political implications of action and inaction, the importance of sea and air power, of logistics, intelligence, and troop training. This exhibition will tell his story and let visitors make up their own mind. '… he possessed a mind cultured far above the average, widely informed, alert and prehensile. He had an infinite capacity for taking pains.' General Sir John Monash (1865 – 1931) Commander, Australian Corps '… a sensual, slothful and doubtful moral character but a tough commander likely to shine like a power-light in an emergency. The best of the local bunch.' General Douglas MacArthur (1880 – 1964) Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area '…a slow-thinking churl who hates nothing so much as a soldier' Prime Minister Benjamin Chifley (1885 – 1951)
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Stockholms Cup 2nd Round
The fans of Långholmen outnumbered there opponents fans and not for the first time this season. This time however the total crowd was four and that included injured star Chris Allen. No one could really blame the stay away supporters as it was a cold wet night out on the coast, it was a nice gesture to the fans when the team came over and thanked them all personally.
This was a tricky draw for the division four champs and things didn't look good as they had no less than 6 key players missing in action for this game, in total they only had twelve for this cup match and when Chris Allen hobbled off inside the first five minutes the odds looked heavily stacked against the Stripes as they were already 3 goals down thanks to penalty goals from Victor Sorle, Johan Böhm and Jon Tusa.
With leading scorer Allen out of action the Stripes brought on Paul O'Hara who acquitted himself well and there is no doubt he will be given some first team football next term.
Långholmen were requested to wear rather fetching yellow bibs as the referee decided that two teams playing in blue was a colour clash.
The home team started off brightly enough and stuck to their task inside the first twenty minutes, lots of pressurising and no nonsense ball play. Långholmen however did not panic in trying to breakthrough, instead they played the clever game and waited out for an opener. They were rewarded for their patience when Andy O'Sullivan cooly lobbed the keeper after a nice headed through ball from captain Graham, who played a key role in his teams victory.
Gradually the game was moving into Långholmens hands and you could sense how deflated Saltsjöbaden were when Robbie Graham stroked the ball home from just inside the box on 32 minutes, the ball bobbled around inside the six yard box before it was half cleared as far as the skipper and his crisp strike nestled behind Roberto Da Costa in goal.
It was all about one team at this stage and right on the half time whistle up popped O'Sullivan with a free header in the box to square up the tie.
The second half was predictable as Saltsjöbaden showed a lack of urgency in the Långholmen half with McConnell and team mates running the show with ease.
Colm Kenny got a fine double, one each side of a fine strike by O'Sullivan, the second was a peach and goal of the game. Kenny picked up the ball just inside the Saltsjöbaden half, he raced forward and then weighted a perfect pass to Björlund Berglund on the flank, the young player then sent an inch perfect pass back to Kenny who cracked it home to make sure Saltsjöbadens cup dream is over for another season.
The home team to their credited tried to get another goal near the end but keeper Jefferson was equal to the effort and pulled of a superb save.
All in all a good night for the Långholmen lads who will go into the hat for the next round .
Report courtesy of Långholmens website

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★ Jersey Import Night - End of the Summer Car Meet. ★
Location: East Brunswick Lowe's Parking Lot
Address: 339 State Highway Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Time: 8PM
Date: September 1st
Types of Cars: ALL imports.
One final meet for all us import guys. Bring your buddies for a Jersey import meet in East Brunswick NJ. Should be a lot of fun, just be responsible no burnouts, racing, or anything that could get us in trouble. Everything from Honda's and Nissan's to Mitsubishi's and Volkswagen's, lets try and end the summer off with one HUGE final meet.


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District Media & Technology Services (DMTS) supports school, District Office and Community Education Staff in the operation and use of technology.
DMTS works closely with staff development and the Teaching and Learning staff to provide the hardware and software needed to implement the K-12 curriculum.
The incorporation of high tech resources into the teaching program is a major focus of the current teaching and learning goals. Computers are located in all classrooms and each school has computer labs. The district's telecommunications network provides staff and students with improved communications and access to voice, video and online learning resources.
The Internet has become a valuable communication and learning tool for Edina staff and students. Here is a link to some Internet safety resources that the district has found to help make that learning experience a safe journey.
Edina Public Schools
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Edina, Minnesota 55424
952-848-4801 (fax)
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The three major New York-area airports – JFK, LaGuardia and Newark – are all back in business after shutting down for Hurricane Sandy, with the number of canceled flights also down sharply (and most of those are in-and-out of JFK).
LISTEN: Airfare expert Rick Seaney on the super storm:
Road Warriors – "Back in business Monday"
"Barring any unforeseen airport damage or operational issues such as the ability for staff to get to airport, road warriors should pretty much be back in business on Monday," said air travel analyst Rick Seaney. He added, "The trend in cancellations since Oct. 29 is looking like a hockey stick in the downward direction."
See Airport Hurricane Impact Hour-by-Hour
20,000 Canceled Flights
U.S. airlines canceled about 20,000 flights between Sunday and Thursday, losing millions in revenue. It could have been worse though – as Seaney noted, the super-storm hit during one of the slower travel periods of the year and just ahead of the airlines' busiest time, the Thanksgiving holiday.
JetBlue Passenger Offer
Among the hardest hit was JetBlue which likes to bill itself as "New York's hometown airline." Its website reminds passengers that it is still offering fee waivers for flight changes, as well as waiving any fare increase for those who booked tickets on or before Oct. 28 and planned to travel between then and Nov. 4 – and this is for passengers traveling to or from the following airports (names are followed by airport codes):
- Baltimore-Washington DC (BWI)
- Boston (BOS)
- Hartford (BDL)
- New York – Kennedy (JFK)
- New York – LaGuardia (LGA)
- New York – Newburgh (SWF)
- New York – Westchester County (HPN)
- Newark (EWR)
- Richmond (RIC)
- Washington Dulles (IAD)
- Washington Reagan (DCA)
Tip: Check with your own airline – via website, phone, Facebook or Twitter – for similar updates.


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Spring 2017 Course Design Institute
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When: January 25, 2017 at 10:00am – 1:00pm
Where: 220 Younkin Success Center
January 18, 25, February 1, 8, and 15
UCAT's Course Design Institute (CDI) is an intensive five-part workshop in which instructors, with hands-on guidance from UCAT staff, focus on designing or redesigning a specific course. The CDI provides participants with the tools, time, and support they need as they work to build or rebuild effective, student-centered courses.


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Kenneth D. Ferringer, 76, of Clymer, died Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Indiana Regional Medical Center.
Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Rairigh Funeral Home Ltd., in Hillsdale.
A 3 p.m. funeral service will be held Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Calvin Duvall and the Rev. Mark Brady officiating. Interment will follow at the East Mahoning Cemetery, Purchase Line.


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ETSU hosts comic convention
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - ETSU is hosting its second-annual comic convention this weekend.
ETSUCon surpassed the attendance record from last year in just one day. Organizers tell us 1,000 visitors had already come through by Saturday afternoon.
More than 80 artists and vendors were on scene to display all things comic and anime.
Convention manager Nick Papworth tells us this event showcases school programs as well.
"The first is to showcase what ETSU in terms of slightly more nerdy classes, but really great programs like our theatre department, our digital media department, our computer science department, all of which have professors that work in the industry," Papworth says.
He tells us those professors are working at places like Disney and Pixar. The second purpose, he says, is to give students something to do on the weekends.


text: This course provides the student with an introduction to the techniques used in creating and manipulating photographs in a digital environment using Adobe Photoshop. Technical material covered includes input methods, image quality, resolution, collage, layers and masks, and output techniques. The potentials of digital photography are explored and discussed. Through readings, discussion and studio projects, the class also addresses how the meaning of photographs may be constructed or altered with the computer. Issues of representation and veracity in digital photography and questions of appropriation and authorship of images are among the topics which are explored. Students are encouraged to purchase a digital camera, some are provided. FEE FOR MATERIALS.


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Adams v. Maryland/Concurrence Frankfurter
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United States Supreme Court
ADAMS v. MARYLAND
Argued: Jan. 7, 1954. --- Decided: March 8, 1954
Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER concurs in the result.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).


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Bear, Otter, and the Kid survived last summer with their hearts and souls intact. They've moved into the Green Monstrosity, and Bear is finally able to admit his love for the man who saved him from himself.
But that's not the end of their story. How could it be?
The boys find that life doesn't stop just because they got their happily ever after. There's still the custody battle for the Kid. The return of Otter's parents. A first trip to a gay bar. The Kid goes to therapy, and Mrs. Paquinn decides that Bigfoot is real. Anna and Creed do... well, whatever it is Anna and Creed do. There are newfound jealousies, the return of old enemies, bad poetry, and misanthropic seagulls. And through it all, Bear struggles to understand his mother's abandonment of him and his brother, only to delve deeper into their shared past. What he finds there will alter their lives forever and help him realize what it'll take to become who they're supposed to be.
Family is not always defined by blood. It's defined by those who make us whole - those who make us who we are.
©2013 TJ Klune (P)2013 TJ Klune
"Why oh WHY do they change narrators in a series?"
Yes, but really not a fan of the narrator. One of my favorite series. Love the balance between angst and humor. Especially the seagull chapter.
Otter. I love his protectiveness, his complete happiness with his relationship.
Made a 9 year old boy sound like a flaming queen. Just ick.
Mostly. But I definitely going to reconsider buying a series where the narrators have changed.
"If you loved the first, you will love the second"
Interesting, Funny, Heart-Warming
The main character's, Bear, witty insight and inner dialogue.
There are a lot of things that happened in this book and so I would insist that if you read, Bear Otter and the Kid, you definitely need to read this one.
"Absolutely adored both the story and the narration"
I read Bear, Otter, and the Kid in 2012 and absolutely loved the beautiful story of family and love. I'm not sure why it took so long for me to get to Who We Are but when I was looking for a new audio book to listen to, it seemed a great time to continue the story.
This is a story of Bear and Otter, wrapped in each other's love, facing the next steps in their future.
"....I came back for you, and I promised myself that I was never going to let you go again." He sighs. "All I want is to grow old with you and know that one day, it'll just be you and me, that we'll be able to look back and be proud of what we've done with our lives. I want to know that you belong to me and I belong to you. I love you with everything I have and I can promise you what I'll never ever stop. I couldn't, even if I wanted to. It won't be perfect, Bear, nothing ever really is. There will be days when we are angry with each other, and days where it seems the world is a fucking messed up place, but it won't matter. Because I'll have you and the Kid and you'll both have me....."
The blurb provides a really good indication of the journey this book takes - it's full of love and family, happiness and sadness, heartache and jealously, death and new life - hilarious one minute to warm and sweet the next to shedding tears - definitely an emotional journey!
As far as being a tearjerker, there was a section of this book that had tears streaming down my face as some of the book seemed so relevant to recent events in the author's life. Those of you who know or follow T J Klune will know exactly what I am referring to...
The audio book is narrated by Charlie David and I loved the way he voiced this book. It is obvious that the narration is by an actor. Charlie David really captures the emotion in the moment, not just reading the words from the pages. His pace is quite fast which I really, really like. It is not a slow, dragged out kind of reading, rather a vibrant and engaging telling of the story. I think he perfectly captures the characters and is wonderfully suited to the craziness of thoughts in Bear's head! The sex scenes are fabulous with the voice capturing passion and love. He could be soft and loving, funny and sarcastic, quite, thoughtful.......If you haven't checked out any audio books narrated by Charlie David, do give them a try!
And speaking of other books, there is good news! As we speak TJ Klune is working on the third book in the series. There is no release date as of yet but if the epilogue of this book is any indication, pretty soon we will be hearing more of the Kid!
I'm an unabashed fiction fan: mostly M/M, Romance, Erotica, Suspense, Thrillers, Action, NA/YA genres.
"SO Good!"
The beauty of these characters is in their imperfection.
And the dinner party. The Dinner Party - God you should read the book, if for no other reason, than the dinner party.
Humor, lots of emotions, a great cast of characters, I enjoyed the narration...recommended!
"I laughed and I cried and I laughed again"
I love this book! I found it so funny and touching. Bear's mind is a very strange place, and we get long monologues that are roll-on-the-floor funny. The narration is well done, the cadence and speed perfect for the long rambles. I did find it egregious, however, that he pronounced "egregious" wrong every time it appeared. It was jarring, and that's why I gave the narration 4 stars.
"Great, but just not as good as Bear, Otter and the"
A good continuation of lives of Bear, Otter and the Kid. The author does an admirable job of squeezing another instalment from a storyline that wrapped up pretty nicely in the first book.
Not as good as the first book, but a really great end to a cute little love story.
"It's good fun"
the sex scenes seem unnecessary, but the characters are fun, and the story is cute
"Good story, narrator needs a dictionary"
Yes. Please re-record with Michael Lesley as the narrator. This narrator had issues. He did an AMAZING job (IMO) on TJ's other books like "The Lightning-Struck Heart" and "Tell Me It's Real."
The narrator mispronounced or completely misread a number of "big" words the kid and others used. It drove me nuts as I shouted out loud the correct pronunciation or the correct word. "Egregious." "Stead" is not pronounced like a horse ("steed"). Etc.
Yes, I would actually love to see the whole series of 3 books (1 more promised) be made into a short streaming series on Netflix or Amazon. Seriously. Casting would be key though, and the internal monologues might be tough to pull off if not handled correctly.
"Amazing sequel - new narrator - still awesome!"
This is not a standalone. LOL. It's book two of 4? – for now 3.
We met everyone in book one and Bear and Otter had just gotten together and told Creed and Anna. Now it's time to tell the parents. (I gotta tell you that scene made me laugh out loud so often my husband had to Shush me!)
There's more angst regarding the Kid and his mother. We also meet Dominic (who is one of my favorite characters in this series!)
Anna and Creed have some important news and we are faced we a HUGE crisis near the end of the book – HUGE.
I liked this story a lot more than I liked book one because it felt more grounded, to me was funnier, it had a more emotional and physical connection between Otter and Bear and seemed to address what felt like actual issues than just the stuff in Bear's head. (Also it's shorter and felt more tightly edited – but that could be in my head.)
That being said, I really liked book one, too! And I think I liked Sean Crisden's narration a lot better than Charlie David's. It's not that Charlie does a bad job, he's an amazing voice actor/actor/narrator but to me Otter needed the deeper voice and Bear's should have been less growly. Also I wanted something a lot different for Dominic than we got. I thought his Mrs. Paquin was hysterical though and the family dinner scene with "dranken" Bear was SPOT ON!
So… it's not that he didn't do a good job, it's just that I liked Sean's a bit better.
In any case, if you're a fan of audiobooks you'll still want to listen to this because it's great and funny and sweet and tear-jerking and wonderful! Also, the book is good too if you don't like audiobooks.
Highly Recommended.
"Loved it!"
Awwww, I just loved this book! Bear is so freaking funny. I got many a look when I was laughing out loud. But this book was not all fun and I shed some tears as well. This was a sweet and sappy book and I am so happy that I can jump right to Tyson's book.
I normally love Charlie David's narration (see Perfect Imperfections and Hot Head), but I did not LOVE his narration of this one. He did not differentiate the voices enough for me and I was confused at times of who was actually speaking. That being said I feel like all TJ Klune books can be better appreciated in audiobook form. I'm looking forward to Sean Crisden's narration of The Art of Breathing.
"One of my favourite series of all....."
It's the story itself, the laughter, the tears, Bear's weird logic and the way he listens to the voice in his head...and then silence as everyone else around him waits for him to process (sometimes) what comes out of his mouth. Otter's steadfastness, Anna and Creed's friendship. Tyson and his tentative relationship with Dominic, starting off as friendship when neither of them have many friends. This story makes me really laugh out loud but I also carry a handkerchief, ready to catch the tears streaming down my face in the emotional parts...of which there are many.
I'll just say one word...seagull. Anyone who's read the series will know what I'm talking about, and will probably crack up with laughter.
I normally love Charlie David narrating (Hot Head is a prime example, sooo sensual. He made Griff and Dante come alive) but I HATED the way he portrayed Mrs Paquin in this audio rendition...as a high pitched English voice. Just didn't connect with it I'm afraid.
Impossible to listen to it in one sitting. A) it's too long and B) too important, you must do it justice and listen to it closely HOWEVER long it takes.
Different narrator to Bear, Otter and the Kid. Took a while to remember the new voices, but they're good voices
"Great book"
Loved listening to it - made me laugh, cry and smile. Great story well written and performed.
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|Iriarte, Fanny
|Rosskopf, Erin
|He, Zhenli
|Lin, Youjian
Submitted to: Proceedings of Methyl Bromide Alternatives Conference
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/11/2011
Publication Date: 10/28/2007
Citation: Iriarte, F.B., Rosskopf, E.N., He, Z., Lin, Y. 2007. In vitro inhibition of soilborne fungi by "SPK", a novel pesticide. Proceedings of Methyl Bromide Alternatives Conference. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: A novel combination of organic compounds, referred to by the name "SPK", is currently under development by the University of Florida and USDA, ARS. In previous studies, the material showed pesticidal activity and no detrimental effect on pepper and tomato seed germination when used at a concentration of 0.5%. SPK was tested in vitro for the control of Phytophthora capsici, Pythium aphanidermatum, Pythium myriotilum, Fusarium oxysporum, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Sclerotium rolfsii, Colletotrichum acutatum, Verticillium albo-atrum and Rhizoctonia solani. A 0.7 cm diameter plug of a 4 - 6 day old culture of the different fungal isolates were transferred to Petri plates with ¼ potato dextrose agar containing a range of SPK concentrations from 0 to 1 %. Fungal radial growth was measured after the 3rd, 6th, and 9th day of incubation at 26 oC under continuous light. Complete inhibition of mycelial growth of P.aphanidermatum and V. albo-atrum occurred at an SPK concentration of 0.2%, S. sclerotiorum, P. capsici, R. solani and C. acutatum at 0.3%, and P. myriotilum and S. rolfsii at 0.4 %-0.5%. Hence, two additional experiments were carried out, one with SPK concentrations of 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 % (Exp.1) and another with SPK concentrations of 0.0, 0.1, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 and 0.30 % (Exp.2). Three replications per fungus for each SPK concentration were included in each experiment and each experiment was performed twice. Percent kill was calculated based on radial growth of two replicate experiments combined and IC50 values were calculated using the Probit analysis for toxicology separately for each range of concentrations. In the greenhouse assays, no phytotoxicity was observed nor were there any significant differences in the size of tomato or pepper plants transplanted 5, 10 or 15 days after potting soil was drenched with 30 ml of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, or 2.5 % SPK solution. Further greenhouse evaluations are underway to determine SPK concentrations that are effective for control of Phytophthora blight of pepper and Fusarium wilt of tomato. Preliminary investigations indicate that further research is warranted on this compound. If similar results are obtained under field conditions, SPK could be a promising component to an integrated control program for the control of soilborne pests of numerous crops without causing phytotoxicity. Advantages of using SPK would include a short plant back interval and the very low concentrations needed to provide effective soilborne disease control.


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Welcome Queensland Australia Never Take A Plea
Welcome by Veronica Stephan-Miller
Free market anarchist
These are terms I never heard of as a child, even though I was brought up on politics. My mother was secretary of the local branch of the ALP and so I went to many functions and met many interesting people.
By the time I went to uni I was very much over politics and skipped the whole political scene! I voted as it was expected and never thought much about the whole thing as I worked and raised my family.
In 2002 I stopped voting due to a change in religious beliefs. As a conservative Christian, I believed in the separation of church and state: that a Christian should not participate in government at all.
Much has happened (as does with life) and early in 2011 I first came across the idea of copywrong through coming across Pirates of Savannah, and getting to know the author, Tarrin Lupo.
Since then I have done more reading and have come into an awareness of the way the people (myself included) have allowed the government to seize powers they have no right to. Adults should be able to make informed decisions for themselves, under the principles of "no victim: no crime". Why would we give that up?
I usually avoid generalisms, however it is scary just how many Australians are looking to the government to *fix* our lives. What happened to personal responsibility? Why is it that the ability to think critically is in danger of extinction?
Never Take a Plea is a way of supporting people charged with victimless crimes. If we don't make a stand, then who will?
Antonio Buehler & The Peaceful Streets Project
On July 14th, the Peaceful Streets Project will be holding a conference in Austin, TX on police accountability. At the end of the summit, 100 video flip cameras will be given out to Austin activists to encourage more people to record police interactions for accountability and transparency.
This conference and the project itself grew out of an interaction Buehler had with two Austin police officers, Pat Oborski and Robert Snider. This video is an interview with Antonio about these life-changing events this year.
For more information, visit www.peacefulstreets.com.
High Profile Defendants Rejecting Plea Deals
John Edwards did it. So did Roger Clemens. They both rejected plea deals. John Edwards' plea deal included serving time in federal prison. Roger Clemens rejected a plea deal that would have spared him being caged. Both went for broke and won.
It's a lot easier "beating the system" when you have fame and finances. Most people shoved through the courts are bled their last dollar, either through bail money or to pay the outrageous fees to get their car from impound. Cops are also more likely to push around disenfranchised or marginalized groups, fabricate charges, charge stack, or even beat and tase them compared to those with higher social profiles.
By Edwards and Clemens not taking the plea deal and winning, maybe some people will be inspired to do the same. More people might realize that the prosecution is supposed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt rather than taking the easy way out with a coerced plea deal.
Still, we can't forget that with the watchful eye of high-priced attorneys, with the news media listening to every word, prosecutors and judges perform differently than in front of an empty courtroom and a lone defendant with little means. This is why it is important to monitor courtrooms and support those charged with victimless crimes who insist on a trial. If more cases went to trial, the system would clog and (the hope is) prosecutors overloaded with cases not accepting plea deals would turn instead to crimes where there are actual victims. This is why it's important to publicly record trials, allow for transparency and accountability of a system that holds a monopoly on force and imprisonment.
Clemens risked prison by rejecting plea deal
Clemens lawyer Rusty Hardin says in a telephone interview that prosecutors offered to let the former pitcher plead guilty to one count of lying to Congress when he denied using human growth hormone. In exchange, Clemens would have received probation.
It's been known that Clemens rejected a plea, of undisclosed scope, in December 2009. The following year, he was indicted on six counts for allegedly lying to Congress. A jury acquitted him Monday on all counts.
Under U.S. sentencing guidelines, Clemens probably would have faced up to 15 months to 21 months in prison if convicted.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia declined comment.
The Bitter State of Texas – Yet Another Arrest for Cannabis
Pictured above: Jillian Wemyss, founder of Stateless Sweets.
UPDATE JUNE 13th, 11:30am: Jillian has asked for people to stop calling. She was put into solitary confinement last night because of the calls. While this to me (Pete) shows that the calls are effective both Jillian and her husband have requested they stop, so I'll respect their wishes. Looking forward though to getting the names and contact information of those responsible for her treatment.
This post was written by Pete Eyre originally published by COP BLOCK:
UPDATE 1:20am: A female has been brought into Hudspeth County jail – her identity won't be confirmed until after she sees a judge in the morning.
UPDATE 12:20am: Jillian is still being held by ICE. Calls to theEl Paso Field Office (915) 225-0885 (which has oversight in west Texas) told callers seeking information on those held to call (915) 225-1700. Calls to that number went unanswered.
Jillian Batty is right now in some legal land limbo – her family and friends have been unable to ascertain her location and her captors haven't exactly been the most forthcoming with information.
What we know: A few hours ago Jillian, who was driving from California to central Texas to be with her son, was arrested at a west Texas checkpoint when some strangers wearing Immigration & Customs Enforcement badges found a glass pipe and a green substance they deemed illicit.
What we've been told: Jullian will be transported to the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department. Thus far callers have been told Jillian is not-yet in their possession.
This is a department that has "I Fought the Law and the Law Won" on a loop for their on-hold music. That boasts on its Facebook page:
Sheriff had a very successful trip to Washington–took meetings with Department of Defense and several members of congress….Over three million dollars has been brought into our county from one defense contractor in 2011 alone…we'll be making a major press release shortly… Hudspeth County will be the beneficiary of another great DOD relationship this coming year as well.
What you can do: Call the sheriff's department (915) 369-2161. Ask if they have Jillian (surname Wemyss). Ask when she'll be free. Ask why she was taken in the first place? Ask where exactly was the victim? Ask why they impeded the free movement of someone who hadn't harmed any person or property? Ask if they think text on paper or a badge on their shirt makes unjust actions just?
What's at stake: Jullian had with her a glass pipe and a small (less than a bowl's worth) of marijuana. For the former she might get a ransom note of up to $500. For the latter she might be caged for up to 180-days and ransomed up to $2,000.
More background:
- Jullian is one of 900,000 people that will be arrested this year for possessing a plant. The same question can be asked for all: where's the victim? The failure of drug prohibition is obvious.
- Jullian is the founder of Stateless Sweets, which seeks to "provide an exceptional homemade product while spreading the philosophy of Agorism."
- When I called the jail to inquire and questioned the jailer on whether she thought individuals accused of an action for which their was no victim should be caged – such as possessing a plant – the jailer replied, "Yes, because it's against the law in Texas." When I pressed her to think about her actions she rationalized by stating that "I have bills to pay." When I asked if she would cage me were I to harbor a fugitive slave, when that act was said to be illicit, the jailer told that me that she would. Such an unthinking statement makes it all the more important to me to support people like Jillian, who has done nothing to deserve being caged.
My Experience with Plea Bargain Facilitators: A Case for Legalized Cannabis
This post was submitted to us by Earle L. Bailey.
In 1979, I was in a car accident and suffered numerous injuries, including one to my back, which was later diagnosed as spinal stenosis, lumbar arthritis and a bulging disc. I was prescribed demerol to help with the pain, which it did, but I also became addicted. I did not (and do not) like taking any kind of drugs, and I certainly did not like being addicted and suffering the side effects.
I had been using marijuana instead of narcotic pain pills for my back for over ten years. In 2003, I was fairly new to the Bridgeport, CT area and didn't have a reliable source for the marijuana. I was forced to turn to the street corner dealers and their "nickel bags." I didn't much care for having to deal with them, so I finally found a guy who would let me buy "bundles" (25 nickel bags).
Perhaps two or three days after buying a bundle, I was a victim of a "wrong door" drug raid. The upstairs neighbors, crack dealers, had moved out about a week earlier. The police found my marijuana and charged me with "sales," claiming that one of their informants had made buys from me on two occasions. I never sold to anybody, so I said, "prove it."
I had to use the "services" of a public defender (also known as a plea bargain facilitator.) I steadfastly demanded to confront this informant in court. Finally, my public defender told me that instead of an informant, they were going to use a statement I had made during the raid. When asked if I sold marijuana, I said, "no. I just smoke with my friends." BIG mistake! I had unwittingly confessed to distributing marijuana. I would have still fought it, hoping the jury perceived the difference between sharing a joint with friends and selling it on the street corner, but I had cats and nobody to look after them if I went to prison, so I accepted a plea bargain for five years suspended after three years probation.
Because I took a plea, I now have a felony conviction for marijuana sales. You can figure out how that impacts my life.
A Plea for Help!
Editor's Note: The writer of this submission was charged with aggravated battery on a police officer in Illinois over three years ago. Since he was charged, he has had numerous trial dates set. He goes to court about every 30 days, which has really disrupted his life – the power games the state plays.
Submitted by Kevin Henry
Southern Illinois. It's been over three years. I was at a bar one night and while there saw a girl face down, out cold and bloody; she had been jumped by four or five other girls. I couldn't just watch like everyone else, so I stepped in and grabbed the girl while being punched in the head by some guys (apparently friends of the girls who had jumped her). I picked up the injured girl and ran across the road with her when an SUV full of guys jumped out and came at me. At about the same time, the cops showed up. I had started to walk away but I couldn't let this go and felt I had go back and tell these guys that this behavior would not be tolerated at this establishment. As I walked back (about 20 steps), I heard rocks move and spun and pushed a guy away from me. It was a dimly lit parking lot at night. It turned out to be a police officer I had pushed. I was immediately tased and taken to jail. I simply hadn't known who he was and I didn't want to get stabbed or attacked.
The police report says I was drunk, which is not true. So far, there has been no result from the many court appearances; they just keep giving me new trial dates. I have a public defender because I can't keep a steady job with all the time I have to take off for court. It seems they want me to get tired of going to court and cop a plea, but I refuse.
The girl I helped that night is willing to testify on my behalf. The only reason I got involved was to help her, and I ended up with felony charges. Everyone tells me I need to hire an attorney but I can't afford one. Are there any attorneys in Illinois who would be willing to help me out?
Editor: If there are any attorneys interested or willing to help, please contact us at our email address.
Judicial Incompetence and Indifference: A Personal Story
By Damion Cocchi
The basics:
On the evening of Monday 5-Apr-2010, I needed to be home on either a LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) 5:22/5:41/5:53 to Ronkonkoma (all get me home at about 7PM), as my in-laws were sitting my two younger daughters, while my oldest daughter and wife were at a Girl Scout function. I left work late and was attempting to make the 5:41, knowing that I may meet up with a fellow commuter, I grabbed his Girl Scout Cookie order (2 boxes Thin Mints) and from my desk and rushed out.
At about 5:20, I attempted to enter the Grove St PATH station, operated by the Public Authority NYNJPA at the Marin Blvd/Christopher Columbus Dr Entrance, and was asked by 2 PAPD (Port Authority Police Department) Officers to submit my bag for bag search.
The PAPD approached me to try to get me to submit to a search to which I refused after the following queries, and verified that the PAPD was in fact attempting to initiate and investigatory encounter, to which I ultimately did not give consent to the search.
- Whether I was under arrest?
- To which the officers responded "No"
- Whether I was under suspicion of having done something criminal?
- To which the officers responded "No"
- Can I refuse the search?
- To which the officers responded "Yes"
I was then notified by the officers that if I refused the search, then I was not permitted entry in. When I queried what regulation or law permitted such action, I got the response that if I attempted to reenter the system I would be subject to arrest. As I left, I told them good-luck on their future endeavor of illegal searches much like the Nazi's did.
In every other case leading up to the evening of Monday 5-Apr-2010 that I have been stopped either by MTA, NYPD or NY State Troopers, I received answers from no response (stony silence) to none of your business, to you'll see when we arrest you. And in each of those cases, which since these Terry Stops were enacted I have always left the entrance I entered in and proceeded to the next closest entrance and re-entered the public transportation system and went on my merry way, giving them the feel good notion that they did something.
This was the second time that a police force had someone sent to look for specifically for me for a re-entry into the system and on the platform with the intention of confronting me. The 1st time I was chased down on the Number 7 Subway Platform, at the 5th Ave/42nd St entrance by an NYPD Lieutenant who when confronted me, after I refused his teams bag search and left for another entrance; I asked him again, what regulation or law gave him the authority to prevent me from entering the system, when I had a valid metro card ticket and used it to enter which gave me authorized permission to use and travel within the public transportation system. To which he made his disdain known but left in huff with no further words by either of us; nothing further came of that incident. But as he left he was still extremely irate with me and spoke loudly enough to his team so that I heard, but seemed to have grudgingly accepted/allowed my position.
As I proceeded to the leave the station through the entrance that I had originally entered through, I began my search for the alternate entrance (I had never before used or seen this other entrance and was unsure of its whereabouts). I also realized I was not going to make the 5:41, by wasting time searching for the entrance, so as I walked I put the Girl Scout Cookies in my book bag.
I discovered the Christopher Columbus Dr/Grove St. Entrance after having walked one block north and one block west and entered to await on the Platform to catch the 33rd St PATH back to Herald Square so that I could get to Penn Station and ultimately home.
Once within the station while walking down the platform back towards the Marin Blvd/Christopher Columbus Dr Entrance of the platform I passed a PAPD officer, who was apparently sent to verify if I had re-entered the public transportation systm, at which point while waiting for the PATH to 33rd St to arrive, several other PAPD officers arrived and surrounded me and asked me to step towards a support beam(on the Newark.JSQ side of the platform), and place my bag down, and proceeded to handcuff me. I was then walked/escorted to the Christopher Columbus Dr/Grove St. Entrance end of the platform where I was asked some identification questions, and patted down. They then asked where my ID was located and retrieved it and began making initial query calls to verify ID, and my status regarding warrants, etc…
I was then walked/escorted back to the Marin Blvd/Christopher Columbus Dr Entrance and put into a marked PAPD sedan (parked on Marin Blvd) and brought to Journal Sq for further processing. I was then subjected to a more invasive search, asked about identifying scars and tattoo's and had my shoelaces & belt removed along with my other personal items. Additionally my bag was also subject to further search, the officers and a supervisor asked if my bag contained anything that the officer may hurt himself with while searching the bag, to which I responded that I did have a multi-tool and that I worked in IT so was a necessary item for me in the bag, which had a pocket-knife and screwdriver, which should be/and were in the closed positions, when they had finished searching my bag, the officer asked what I had done with the Girl Scout Cookies that I had been carrying, to which I responded that they were in the bag, they were unable to find it, and I needed to point out the location of the compartment (it was missed during the search). I was then escorted into a holding cell, and while there I was asked mainly questions about my identity if I had ever been arrested before (never prior to this incident). At sometime around 7PM, I was read my Miranda Rights and signed that I acknowledgment that I was read/understood them, and at around 8PM I was offered a phone call, and some food. As a guess at around 8:30 or so, another PAPD officer asked, he just stated that he was curious, nothing was to come of it, if I also wore glasses and then when I responded that I do he then reaffirmed his statement that nothing was to come of it, and asked if I was the person that did the same thing at a "Random Bag Search" that occurred the prior week on 1-April, to which I responded that I most likely was, not sure how many other people do not consent to voluntary searches. This occurred at the 33rd St Entrance and asked to submit to a bag search, to which I responded similarly the same way on that day as I did for this incident:
- Whether I was under arrest? To which the officers responded "No"
- Whether I was under suspicion of having done something criminal? To which the officers responded "No"
- Can I refuse the search? To which the officers responded "Yes"
I was not told during this incident that I would be arrested if I attempted to enter the system in this case and left with out further questions from me, but still gave them my common retort good-luck on the future endeavor of illegal searches much like the Nazi's did; I then proceeded to exit through the 33rd / JC Penny entrance and at street level crossed 6th Ave and proceeded back down into the PATH station from the opposite side of the Bag Check, and entered the PATH Platform. He said that they were sent to look for me at the 32nd St Entrance, and I told him I always enter back through the closest entrance, I just crossed 6th Ave. (all of which I imagine was supported when they ran the turnstile checks on my PATH-Link card, thusly not answering or lying I viewed was to cause more trouble).
The Charges:
The complaint alleges that Mr. Damion M. Cocchi is charged with defiant trespass NJSA 2C:18-3B(1) did "……." – the complaint does have my address incorrectly as NJ – not sure if that means anything.
The Court Appearances:
I had to represent myself (Pro Se) as no lawyer wanted to actually defend me, they all wanted to plea out.
1st Court Date
12-Apr-2010 @ 9AM, Jersey City Municipal Court; before Judge Cynthia Jackson
- The DA, asked if I had an attorney, I said no that I was going to ask for court appointed, he offered a plea agreement to misdemeanor – I asked to discuss it with my wife. He said it was a limited time offer (until the judge entered the room), I left the court room to call Steph and discuss. I wasn't comfortable with the deal as it would not resolve the issue of the false arrest, and that this could happen again in the future. I work in the Financial Services Sector, can't be having that I was arrested (need to have the case expunged, to claim that I haven't been arrested).
- Judge/Court refused legal aid, due to that I make to much money apparently.
- Ultimately pleaded not guilty, and got a return court date of 14-June-2010 @ 1PM.
2nd Court Date
14-June-2010 @ 1PM, Jersey City Municipal Court; before Judge Cynthia Jackson
- DA, asked if I had an attorney, I said no and went through the process before as if I had never had the original 12-Apr Court Date. I asked about my "Request for Discovery" Materials that I had requested earlier, and was told to speak with the judge about it.
- Entered my plea of Not Guilty again, with a new return court date of 24-Aug @ 1PM.
- I followed-up with Judge Jackson with regards to my Discovery Materials, and was directed to speak with the Office of the Municipal Prosecutor.
- I spoke with the Office of the Municipal Prosecutors Office, and was directed to re-fill out my request for materials, and send a $25 Check to the office and not to the PAPD (As I have heard nothing from the original request from the PAPD). And to mail it to the Office along with a required Coversheet: it was sent on 14-July.
3rd Court Date
appearance 24-August-2010, Judge Ana C Moreira, (updated (nov-9) Margaret M Marley – Judge Moreira was incorrectly listed on the door of court room1)) Officer Deprima finally appeared in court, along with Sgt. Gonzales.
- DA acknowledges that there were deficiencies from the Office of the Municipal Prosecutor's office, that did not properly complete my Discovery Materials request.
- PAPD Sgt Gonzales acknowledges that the PAPD, only keeps video evidence (regardless of its use in criminal proceedings for 22 days, against NJ State Procedure Data Retention Requirements).
- I was queried by Judge Moreira; as to why I did not consent voluntarily and waive my 4th Amendment Rights. I maintained it was US Constitutionally protected right that I was not required nor voluntarily wanted to invalidate. Additionally I was also requested to write a Legal Brief for the Judge with the basis of my arguments.
4th Court Date
scheduled to hand deliver the Legal Brief for the Judge and DA review. On 20-Sep-2010 @ 1PM.
5th Court Date – Scheduled
scheduled for 1-Oct-2010 @ 1PM, DA rebuttal to my Legal Brief.
On 23-Sep, I realized I missed my court Sep 20th court date, and immediately sent an apology the legal brief to Judge Moreira. I then also had a continuance accepted to 9-Nov.
6th Court Date – Scheduled
scheduled for 15-Oct, but needed a continuance and reschedule as I was in Florida and unavailable.
5th Court Appearance
Appeared in Court Room 3 on 9-Nov-2010, and identified that the Judge I had was in fact a Judge Margaret M Marley, and not Judge Ana C Moreira. Based upon the my query and the name plates on the doors to the court rooms. During this appearance the DA had not had the opportunity to review the Legal Brief, and a new court date was set for Dec 10th at 1PM, the Judge gave the DA more time as I had delivered my Legal Brief late (by three days, but that earned a rebuke from the Judge and the extra time for the DA to review). But had stated and documented it in the court records that if the DA hadn't responded than my case would be dismissed. Though I was once again told I should have waived my 4th Amendment right by Judge Marley.
6th Court Appearance
An emergency requiring all Judges and DA's from Jersey City Municipal Court to be off-site, I was never notified until my court appearance. A judge from the Bayonne NJ Courts provided a new court date. Surprise,, even with the Judges order to dismiss the case of the ADA did not provide a response, and for which there was no record that she had, I was given the new appearance date.
7th Court Appearance
Jan 10th, again Judge Marley unavailable but the DA was there and unprepared again – no response to my brief. The judge yet again against the court orders to dismiss had set a new date instead. Additionally he requested that the DA and discuss the "Discovery Materials" issues again, to which the DA was entirely clueless that the PAPD was not a Federal Law Enforcement Agency, we had quite a lengthy discussion that they were in fact a Bi-State Authority with powers granted by NY State laws, and covered by NJ Courts. She was watched by PAPD Sgt Gonzales, and when questions came up about the PAPD she would hold a conference with him, though he stayed entirely silent when I argued that the PAPD was not a Federal Law Enforcement Agency or a Private Firm, but a Public Authority. He would only provide guidance to her on the Video evidence that I had requested, when she finally got stonewalled silent because i wouldn't drop the the PAPD is state police law enforcement agency and eventually replied that she wasn't going to fulfill my Discovery Materials Requests, meeting adjourned.
8th Court Appearance
Prior to this court appearance I went to the Office of the Chief District Attorney's and filed a letter of compliant with them about the DA with respect to her lack of professionalism for willfully refusing to provide my discovery materials, her lack of knowledge about the laws especially with regards to the Legal Structure of the PAPD and NYNJPA and her incompetence at replying to my legal brief in a timely fashion, as expected she was not held accountable, I just got a thank you for delivering the letter, it will be investigated…If it was I never received any follow-up to indicate that this had indeed happened.
On Jan 13th, Judge Marley was available but a new DA was there and unprepared again – no response to my brief. The judge yet again against her own court orders, and again she cited that I was late with my Legal Brief (by 3 days) – that the DA earned the right to still respond to my brief.
9th Court Appearance
Feb 22nd, Again the DA was not prepared and had no response to my Legal Brief, but stayed her decision as she wanted the PAPD officers and there Supervisor in Court as well for her decision.
10th Court Appearance
My case was dismissed (though not on the grounds I wanted 4th Amendment violation), she still felt that I should have waived my rights. But in her ruling she called the PAPD to task on their willful destruction of Videos that may should have been saved as per NJ retention requirements, and that they had violated the law. She wanted the arresting officer and the supervisor to be aware of it, as a result the PAPD are no required to save all videos for any criminal proceeding to be available for Discovery Requests in the future as per the NJ Retention Requirement Law. She continued to further berate them for dis-respecting the court for their continued non-appearance as well.
I have attached my Legal Brief that I submitted in Sep, though with a few updates as time progressed for my own documentation. The court appearance dates and info are the only changes.
Written and submitted by Damion Cocchi
Legal Brief_updated as of Jan2011
(Editor's Note: This is a typical story where the courts try to wear down the person and inconvenience them as much as possible, forcing the person charged to take time off from work and life to prove they are innocent, instead being presumed innocent until proven guilty. Luckily, Damion didn't have the thousands of dollars of expense of an attorney, which most people incur. The judge, the DA, and law enforcement are all on the same team, excusing one another's mistakes and overlooking one another's incompetency to the detriment of the defendant. The DA's goal is to get a guilty plea/verdict with the least amount of work in order to teach the defendant obedience and to ring the government cash register with fines and court costs. Remember, the judge, DA and LEOs are all paid to participate in this system, to go to court, to be prepared. The defendant must take time out to fight bogus charges and is usually unschooled in the intricacies of the judicial system.)
Cop Block announces the launch of cop-reports.com!
A Cop Block Post by Pete Eyre
Almost daily Cop Block receives an email, comment or message outlining the need for an interface to collect relevant information from police encounters. Our new sister site cop-reports.com was created for that very purpose.
Have an interaction with police that left you with a bad taste in your mouth? Rather than inform their colleagues via a complaint, which almost always is ignored or "handled internally," through cop-reports.com you can share all the pertinent details about your experience using an easy-to-fill-out interface.
Data you enter – such as the police officer's name, badge number, contact number, picture, incident recount, etc. – will be searchable and visible to anyone with an Internet connection.
Individuals with legitimate grips about they way they were treated by public servants who purport to serve and protect now have a place to turn to get accountability. Cop-reports.com will quite literally act as an eraser to the thin blue line. Misdeeds were once swept under the rug are no more.
From cop-reports.com/about:
This site is proud to be a sister site of CopBlock.org and is intended to provide a police encounter reporting and statistical analysis system. We DO NOT track you, server logs are kept for only 24 hours (to identify spammers). As a service to you, the officers who are identified as being the worst offenders to civil liberty will be targeted with call, email, and fax floods. We STRONGLY recommend visiting CopBlock.org for information on the cause.
Much love to David Freeman – the founder of the site who's done the bulk of the heavy-lifting in making this site a reality. Also to Joey Freeman – who will bring his statistical analysis skills to the site when some number-crunching is in order. And of course to my boy Ademo Freeman for launching CopBlock.org back in the day. Onward and upward y'all!
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DAUPHIN — Who murdered the mayor's wife?
It's a question many here continue to ask, now more than seven years after Diane Paul, 54, was gunned down inside her large, two-storey red brick home just south of Dauphin, on the northern edge of picturesque Riding Mountain National Park.
But there remains no answer to one of Manitoba's most compelling mysteries. Just plenty of speculation and rumours and frustration from grieving family members who wonder if justice will ever be served.
"I know the RCMP are doing the best that they can. I think at this point they have a lot of circumstantial evidence. But you only get one shot (in court). So it's still ongoing, they're still working on it," Diane Paul's son, Robbie Tomkins, told the Free Press last week in an interview at a local coffee shop.
RCMP will only say the investigation is continuing. Their last public comments on the case came in 2012, when they put out yet another in a long line of pleas for assistance. It doesn't appear that led to anything substantial.
"I know they haven't forgotten about it," said Tomkins, a former city councillor who is now a Dauphin firefighter. He has been encouraged by a handful of "cold case" arrests by RCMP in other unsolved Manitoba cases in recent years and hopes it's a sign of things to come.
"I know they're doing what they can, being proactive. It can't be easy," said Tomkins.
Diane Paul was a popular figure in Dauphin and her violent death continues to resonate with many. She was co-owner of a popular local hangout, Thunder's Country Restaurant and Saloon, where she took great pride in getting to know her loyal customers.
Tomkins still recalls every painful detail of the phone call he received from his stepfather, Dauphin Mayor Alex Paul, just after 11 p.m. on the night of March 13, 2007.
"Your mother's dead," Alex Paul told him before hanging up and then calling RCMP.
Tomkins rushed to the scene, finding his mother's lifeless body in her upstairs bedroom. There was blood visible from her mouth and nose. She had been shot, and was obviously dead. Alex Paul sat on the edge of the bed, sobbing.
Alex Paul initially suggested his wife of 15 years may have committed suicide. But an autopsy confirmed this was a homicide. The gun used to kill her has never been found despite repeated searches of the area.
Tomkins believes his mother was killed as she slept, as there was no sign of a struggle.
The investigation took a dramatic twist when Alex Paul quickly went from grieving spouse to "person of interest" in the eyes of RCMP, who took the mayor into custody just days after the slaying. It was a stunning development for the former school teacher now in the middle of his second term.
But just one day later, he was released without charge. RCMP said they didn't have sufficient evidence and could no longer legally detain him.
The development put a strain on family relationships and cranked local water cooler talk into overdrive. Tomkins and his brother, Derek, excluded any mention of Alex Paul in their mother's obituary and basically shut him out of their lives.
At the funeral, Alex Paul made his first public comments. He talked briefly of his love for the victim, saying "She always said we were one plus one. I'm going to miss her so much. She was my whole life. We're all so brokenhearted. It's just terrible."
Paul's bid for a third term as mayor ended with a whimper. He finished last in a four-person race in 2010, garnering just a few hundred photos.
As RCMP expanded their probe, they asked the victim's two sons along with her niece to submit to polygraph tests. All three agreed, and said they were specifically asked if they killed Diane Paul, which they denied.
Sgt. Steve Saunders said at the time all three were now considered witnesses, not suspects, based on the results.
Alex Paul came to Winnipeg and also took a polygraph. Richard Wolson, his lawyer at the time, said he had advised his client not to agree to the test. Wolson said polygraph tests are unreliable, noting results are not admissible as evidence in court.
"It was against my advice. But I believe the family pressure got to him," said Wolson, who would not comment on the results. "He absolutely, categorically denies any involvement and is mourning the loss of his wife."
However, Wolson later said his client took a second polygraph test through a private company and passed.
"I believe justice will eventually be carried out, in one way or another," Robbie Tomkins said. "Dauphin's such a great city. I wish this wasn't overshadowing it. But it's always in the background. I'd like to be able to put it behind us."
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call RCMP or Manitoba Crime Stoppers at 1-800-782-8477.
» Winnipeg Free Press


text: SINGAPORE, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering's (IMRE) new nano-engineered screen protector that turns the ordinary screens of handheld devices into 3D displays will be marketed by start-up, Nanoveu Pte Ltd. The unique plastic film can also potentially be used as next generation security tokens employed by banks and corporations. 1. Singapore, 02 April 20 1 3 - Ditch the 3D glasses. Thanks to a simple plastic filter, mobile device users can now view unprecedented, distortion-free, brilliant 3D content with the naked eye. This latest innovation from TP and IMRE is the first ever glasses-free 3D accessory that can display content in both portrait and landscape mode, and measures less than 0.1 mm in thickness. 2. "The filter is essentially a piece of plastic film with about half a million perfectly shaped lenses engineered onto its surface using IMRE's proprietary nanoimprinting technology," said Dr Jaslyn Law, the IMRE scientist who worked with TP on the nanoimprinting R&D since 2010 to enhance the film's smoothness, clarity and transparency compared to other films in the market. 3. To complement the filter, the team developed applications for two software platforms, Apple iOS and Android, which allow users to play 3D content through its filter, in both landscape and portrait formats. The applications also allow 2D pictures taken using mobile devices to be converted into 3D. The team will be releasing a software development kit that enables game developers to convert their existing games into 3D versions. 4. The team is also exploring using the same technology for security access tokens to decode PIN numbers sent online as an inexpensive and portable alternative to rival bulkier and more expensive battery-operated security tokens, similar to those used by Singapore banks today. 5. "The team's expertise in both hardware and software development in 3D technology has enabled high quality 3D to be readily available to consumers," said Mr Frank Chan, the TP scientist who led the overall NRF-funded project. "We have taken age old lenticular lens technology that has been around for the last hundred years, modernised it and patented it using nanotechnology." Lenticular lens technology creates a transparent film that retains the brilliance of 3D visuals and effects, which does away with the need for stronger back lighting and saves on battery consumption in mobile devices. 6. "The successful development of this product is indeed testimony that we have been able to bridge the gap between R&D and commercialisation in the area of 3D interactive digital media (IDM), aided by the NRF Translational R&D Grant and gap funding from A*STAR," said Mrs Lay-Tan Siok Lie, Deputy Principal of TP.


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MUTYA ng Pilipinas 2009 WINNERS!!!
UPDATE#1, August 10, 2009, 11am Manila – I am finally awake with breakfast in the right spot and able to finalize this post!!!
I found these lovely photos online, from Joseph Kidlat Gonzales, the man behind the batangbaler.net website. I went to his website many times during the run-up to the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009. Thanks much to Kidlat!
– WOW! When I included Jane Banares in my Top 11 Picks, I had no idea she'd take the top spot in the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009. I included her mostly because she was a gorgeous sunflower among roses. It was her hair that first caught my eye, then her light colored eyes which contrasted with her kayumanggi complexion. I totally approve of her win; a total dark horse, this one!
– Jacqueline Schubert, who won the Tourism title wasn't in my initial shortlist of favorites. Mostly because I did not really see her shine in the photos I found of her online. That's the difficulty when all you have to go by is photographs. There's nothing like meeting the girls, getting to know them better and seeing them in the flesh. I recieved one comment from a person who was so upset that I did not include his candidate and that I should go to Aurora, see the girls in person FIRST then make my choices. He does have a valid point!
– Jennielyn Natividad was my Top Pick based on the photos I saw. She certainly has the bearing of a Beauty Queen and I'm hoping she works on her weak areas and joins another National Beauty Pageant.
– Beauty Expert Felix Manuel had a good question on his Facebook -Why was contestant #10 Anna Baladad of Texas crowned Ms Overseas when she was not even in the semi-finals? Hmmmm….
– By the way, I need to thank Nimki Soller Hameed (4th Runner-up Mutya ng Pilipinas 2005) for supplying me with text updates on pre-pageant and pageant information.
Congratulations to all the organizers of the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 for another successful pageant! Out of my 11 Favorites, 10 made it into the semi-finals or won a special award! This is not a proper article as it is like 5am as I type and I want to get back in bed. So I won't have any photos, just names of the winners.
The Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 pageant ended at 2:30 am by the way, and here is the list of winners and special awardees:
Mutya ng Pilipinas Aurora Tourism Int'l – #26 Jacqueline Schubert of Northern Germany (one of my picks) Mutya ng Pilipinas International – #28 Jane Banares of Bicol (one of my picks) Mutya ng Pilipinas Overseas Communities – #10 Anna Baladad of Texas 1st RUnner-Up – #24 Samantha East of Toronto, Canada 2nd Runner-Up – #8 Jennielyn Natividad of QUezon City (one of my picks)
For More Photos of the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 coronation night, click here…
Special Awards:
Best in Long Gown – #28 Jane Banares of Bicol (one of my picks)
John Robert Powers Personality Award -#18 Sheryl Guerrero of Aurora (award not given on stage) (one of my picks)
OPMB Web Choice Award – #14 Agnes Santiago of Pangasinan
Ms. Photogenic – #3 Dominique Lagrimas of Camarines Sur (one of my picks)
Best in Talent – #5 Katrina Lopez of Quezon City (one of my picks)
Ms Friendship – #23 Diane de Vera of Romblon
Best in Swimsuit – #26 Jacqueline Schubert of Northern Germany (one of my picks) Best in Sabutan (Gown) – #26 Jacqueline Schubert of Northern Germany Best Designer – Designer of #13 Jo Ann Peria of Palawan
#1 – Athena Mae Imperial (one of my picks)
#22 – Rene McHugh (one of my picks)
#3 – Dominique Lagrimas (one of my picks)
#8 – Jennielyn Natividad (one of my picks)
#12 – Mae Lanie Chan
#13 – Jo Ann Peria
#21 – Karen Nacario
#19 Mary Ann Buenaventura (one of my picks)
#24 – Samantha East
#26 Jacqueline Schubert (one of my picks)
#27 Jenroe Gubat (one of my picks)
#28 – Jane Banares (one of my picks)
Aurora Star of the Night -#26 Jacqueline Schubert of Northern Germany
Photographer's Choice – #22 Rene McHugh
Click here to read a Jude Thaddeus Bautista article on the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 winners in the Manila Bulletin


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Times Of Stress - Poem by Jonathan Goldman a.k.a JGthepoet
Tempted am I to write some more,
Why must I write another encore?
Only to use and tax my brain,
To keep away my depression again.
In times of inactivity I stagnate,
My brain just seems to hesitate,
I find nothing useful yet to do,
Until I write poems for me and you.
It's marvellous to tax my brain,
I must do it, again and again,
For when I do write for you,
Depression out of the window flew.
It's amazing how these words do come,
Does it happen for everyone?
When stress is encountered by you,
Or does it happen to only a few?
Am I unique in times of stress?
And only I the one to be depressed?
Why then, do I reach for pen and pad?
To write a poem for which I'm glad.
© Jonathan Goldman [JGthepoet] - 1 December 2005
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"Halsey on Rats" Newsweek. March 5, 1945.Submitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 16:44
Fresh from five months of victory in the Western Pacific, Admiral William F. (Bull) Halsey Jr. (see cover) turned up at a Navy Department press conference last week, frowned through his overhanging eyebrows, and told what he thought of the Japs.
"Halsey of the Solomons"Submitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 16:33
Thumbnail sketch of the minute man of the South Pacific. By Charles Rawlings.
The Solomons were just begining to rumble when the assignment came to me. "Find out," it said, "what manner of man is our Admiral of the South Pacific."
"Sailors Pay Way to Battle"Submitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 16:20
Crew of Halsey's Flagship Buys Bonds Lavishly - Also Send Money Home. By Malcolm Johnson. Special to The New York Sun. Copyright 1945. All Rights Reserved.
"Suicide of a Nation"Submitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 16:11
Unknown publication.
In the Pacific the setting is being prepared for decisive action. The Japanese, who observe the developments that led to the prostration of Germany, will have no difficulty in recognizing the processes of preparation for those operations which will end in the devastation and defeat of Japan.
Gathered in the waters off Japan, unhindered by even the threat of aggressive action by the enemy, is what is described by high naval officers as "the greatest mass of seapower ever assembled."
"Battle of the Pacific. Hit Hard, Hit Fast, Hit Often". TIME. Nov 30, 1942Submitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 15:43
"Battle of the Pacific. Hit Hard, Hit Fast, Hit Often". TIME. Nov 30, 1942
Admiral Chester William Nimitz measured his words. With his own hand the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet wrote last week:
Routes to Naval Victory in PacificSubmitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 15:33
This map indicates the routes taken by opposing forces in the announced defeat of the Jap war armada by Admiral Halsey's Pacific Fleet. Meanwhile General MacArthur's warriors are making rapid advances on Leyte.
"Watchdog of the Pacifc" - by William H. Pickens, Our Navy, Feb 1943Submitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 13:56
Aggressive Admiral Halsey whose slogan is "Kill Japs, Kill More Japs, Then Kill More Japs" by William H. Pickens
The outnumbered American task force headed into "Windy Gulch," between Guadalcanal and Savo, willing victims of the Japanese "trap."
Bull HalseySubmitted by Armyofbobs on Sun, 07/26/2009 - 00:11
From Publishers Weekly
By the author of Nimitz, this is the first comprehensive biography of Admiral William F. Halsey, the best-known American naval hero of World War II. Drawing on unpublished memoirs, oral histories, and interviews with relatives and military colleagues, Potter has constructed a scholarly and highly readable account of the life of this colorful, bold, controversial leader.


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Mentor Tops Protégé: Busquet Beats Colman in EPT Barcelona €50k
When you go runner-runner to win an all-in shove with a 0.4% chance of winning, you want to make the most of it.
Olivier Busquet certainly did at the EPT €50k Super High Roller final table.
Busquet survived a scary A-2 vs. K-K moment against German Sven Reichardt and then went on a tear that concluded heads-up against One Drop winner and protégé Dan Colman after the pair agreed to a chop.
It was a dynamic, if relaxed heads-up match between two of the best heads-up players in the world. Busquet mentored Colman and helped him rise through the online ranks.
This time around it was Busquet who finished on top thanks in large part to a massive river bluff with five-high where he got Colman to lay down a pair of jacks.
It was also a somewhat politically-charged heads-up match with Busquet and Colman sporting controversial "Save Gaza" and "Free Palestine" t-shirts respectively.
Trickett, Seiver, Shak Fall Short
The EPT €50k Super High Roller final table had a compelling lineup of combatants with Dan Shak, Morten Klein, Sven Reichardt, Sam Trickett, Scott Seiver and Vladimir Troyanovskiy filling up the other slots.
Busquet was a wrecking ball at the final table and busted both Shak and Klein with pocket aces both times.
Seiver, hot off his sixth-place finish at the 2014 $1m Big One for One Drop added another €364,200 for his fourth-place finish in the tournament.
Relatively unknown Russian Troyanovskiy raised a few eyebrows with his deep run at the final table but couldn't win an all-important flip with A-8 against Busquet's 5-5.
He ended up on the rail in third place for €473,200.
Colman Hits Nearly $20m in Earnings This Year
Good friends Busquet and Colman immediately agreed to a chop that saw each player earn €843k+ with about €30,000 left to play for.
While Colman had to settle for second place he did add €843,066 to his already incredible results this year.
He's up to $19,611,443 in earnings this year thanks in large part to his $15m score in the Big One, but he also won the EPT Grand Final Super High Roller for $2 million.
Colman also become somewhat of an online celebrity with his non-reaction to winning the Big One and his controversial decision to skip doing any interviews.
Meanwhile Busquet finally got his first major tournament win, which is incredible considering he already had over $5m in lifetime tournament earnings.
The complete final-table payouts for the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller:
1. Olivier Busquet, USA, €896,434
2. Dan Colman, USA, €843,066
3. Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Russia, €473,200
4. Scott Seiver, USA, €364,200
5. Sam Trickett, UK, €288,400
6. Sven Reichardt, Germany, €225,500
7. Morten Klein, Norway, €177,500
8. Dan Shak, USA, €138,600
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A University of Redlands graduate was honored last month for her book that has helped bring local history to area students and libraries.
Betty Kikumi Meltzer, along with her co-author Louis Doody, was given an Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History for their book "Losing Ground: the displacement of San Gorgonio Pass Cahuilla people in the 19th century."
Cherry Valley resident Meltzer, and Doody, who now resides in Hilo, Hawaii, both attended the 68th AASLH Awards banquet in Alabama in September.
"I thought it was a great honor," Meltzer said.
Meltzer said she had never been to the city and said that visiting several civil rights history sites there "was a very emotional time and quite worthy of the trip."
The AASLH is a nonprofit organization that works to promote and preserve local histories. The awards honor contributions to state and local history preservation and promotion.
"Losing Ground" follows the history of the Cahuilla people from their first contact with missionaries in the 19th century in the Redlands area, through the Mexican rancheros until the American settlers, being used as a labor force to dig the Zanja for Redlands friars before they were moved to a reservation.
She said they were inspired to write the book when they realized there was a lack of resources for local students.
"Not to make money but to spread this information to students and the general public."
Meltzer said that the two authors use the royalties from the book to donate books to pass area schools and libraries.
Larry Gross, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians endowed chair of Native American studies, uses the book in his Southern Californian Indians Relations with the Land course.
"It's pretty unique," he said, stating that it was only one of a couple books about the Cahuilla. He wrote a letter of support for the book to the AASLH.
Meltzer graduated from the University of Redlands in 1955 and 1956 with her bachelor's and master's degrees in English, and was a member of the Mortar Board society.
She belongs to the Redlands Historical Museum Association, the Friends of the A.K. Smiley Library, the Redlands chapter of the American Association for University Women and several other organizations.
The two authors also wrote "Glimpses of History, the San Gorgonio Pass in the 19th Century," which was targeted for schools and general audiences. Both books are at A. K. Smiley Public Library's Heritage Room.


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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
#365: Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith is a lawyer, award winning author, and a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism. In fact, Smith is one of the Tute's most highly profiled associates. He was a prominent figure in the discussion surrounding the Terri Schiavo case and a vocal opponent of assisted suicide and euthanasia, and also of human cloning research and environmentalism (which is "anti-humanist"). His opposition to bioethics has been criticized, unsurprisingly, for selective use of evidence, conspiracy mongering and for being "prepared to bend the truth to make a point, turn a stomach, and potentially radicalize a reader." Who would have thought this about a Discovery Institute fellow? No surprise that he was a prominent critic of Obamacare's death panels.
Given that his schtick is human exceptionalism, and that he promotes human exceptionalism in DiscoTute garb, his take on evolution is predictably dumb. Yes, it is the "confusing the truth of a claim with the consequences of believing it" fallacy, combined with a complete mischaracterization of what the consequences of believing it in fact are (as illustrated by his attempt to saddle Dawkins with promoting eugenics (though he did, in all fairness, apologize).
A good response to his contributions to the Schiavo case can be found here.
His contributions to the stem cell debate are discussed here. It's hard to single out what's dishonesty, what's ignorance, and what's wishful thinking.
Diagnosis: More careful, and less obviously insane than many of his fellow Fellows, Smith is nevertheless driven by dogma in selecting which evidence he chooses to endorse. He enjoys a rather high profile, and must be considered dangerous.
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Wesley J. Smith in a column noticed that you guys have referred to him in this Encyclopedia. He says that he is honoured by the listing.ReplyDelete
He recently wrote a screed entitled "Normalizing Pedophila." At one time, W.J Smith would have been the type of loon that William F. Buckley would have barred from writing for National Review because of his stupidity. It seems they no longer care about looking intelligent or respectable.ReplyDelete
Believe it or not, in a previous career, Smith worked with Ralph Nader and was an expert on insurance companies' anticonsumer practices. He seems to have gone off the deep end, and now gets published by one of the wingnuts' publishing houses, Encounter Books.ReplyDelete
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Product Description
On a Chicago street in bright sunshine, Jack Reacher, is strolling nowhere and sees an attractive young woman, struggling on crutches. Naturally, he stops to offer her a steadying arm. And then he turns around to see a handgun aimed straight at his stomach.
Locked in a dark, stifling van racing across America, chained to the woman, Reacher needs to know why he's there. The kidnappers are saying nothing. The woman claims to be an FBI agent.
She's tough enough to be one. But at their remote destination, will raw courage and cunning be enough to overcome the hopeless odds? Full of non-stop action and gritty suspense, "Die Trying" is a tightly plotted thriller starring one of the most exciting action heroes in today's fiction, the redoubtable, romantic, footloose former army cop, Jack Reacher.
About the Author
LEE CHILD is British but moved with his family from Cumbria to the United States to start a new career as an American thriller writer. His first novel, Killing Floor, won the Anthony Award, and his second, Die Trying, won W H Smith's Thumping Good Read Award.
He lives just outside New York City, with his American wife, Jane. They have a grown-up daughter, Ruth, and a small dog called Jenny. Lee fills his spare time with music, reading, and the New York Yankees. All his thrillers feature Jack Reacher, the former US military cop and maverick drifter, and all have been bestsellers. He likes to travel, for vacations, but especially on promotion tours so he can meet his readers, to whom he is eternally grateful.
By sheer chance, an ex-army special operations man is kidnapped with a female FBI agent, who is the intended victim. Sounds contrived? In fact, the opening scenario is convincing, and so is what follows. The agent is the daughter of a general, hence her kidnap, and the man is Jack Reacher, hero of Child's first novel Killing Floor. What follows is a taut, gripping thriller with a spectacular climax. (Kirkus UK)
Series: Jack Reacher
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 560
Published: May 1999
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 17.8 x 10.6 x 3.7
Weight (kg): 0.28