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My in laws own the house and land we are on and we signed a notorized document of financial obligation until it is paid off which in turn we will be given the deed , however we will never own the land ( can't be split ) they own and opperate a ...
You should see a lawyer familiar with both estate planning and real estate issues. You have a number of issues which need to be explored further.See question
My father owns a home and a new vehicle - both have not been paid off . The house has 2 mortgages and the car was refinanced in November . He cannot afford to continue paying on either as his retirement funds need to be used to pay for the seni...
I am sorry that you and your family are facing such struggles.
It is probably better to address this in two stages - first the security of your father's retirement funds and then the obligations on his home and car..
You have indicated that your father's retirement funds are needed to pay for the senior care facility. Retirement funds in assorted accounts are generally exempt from execution by creditors. Mere savings accounts are not. You have knowledge of how your father's retirement accounts are held and this is a consideration in dealing with creditors.
If your family decides that it would like to sell your father's home you should secure a knowledgeable real estate broker who can assess the market and advise you on the sale. If the home is over-encumbered a short sale can be used that would require a waiver of any deficiency against your father by the lenders. You could also consider renting the home as a way to pay the mortgage (obviously depends on whether the rent could pay the mortgage and associated expenses of home ownership (taxes, maintenance and insurance).
The car is a different issue. You will need to assess whether the car has equity and whether it can be sold for enough funds so that the lien against it is paid off.
Lawyers familiar with estate planning issues should be able to guide you in all of this.
I am the successor in interest of my father's living trust and his will. My father is obviously now deceased and I want to file a law suit against a bank that foreclosed on one of his properties. Can I file this lawsuit as successor in interest to...
A Trustee right to prosecute litigation requires counsel to look at three major elements.
First - The Trust itself should be examined. Does the trust provid explicit authority for the trustee to pursue litigation. How broad or expansive is the authority. If this is unclear the Trustee can petition the Probate Court for instructions.
Second - The California Probate Code has a number or provisions that relate to the power of Trustees to prosecute or defend actions for the protection of trust property. Your local counsel should look at these provisions.
Third - The nature of the action that the Trustee would like to prosecute should be looked at carefully. Litigation is expensive and attorneys fees can be assessed (depends upon contractual or statutory provisions) in the event of a loss. Consider the liquidity of the estate can be enormously impaired by litigation.
Seek the advice of local counsel conversant with trust and estate law.
My former employer has notified me that they made a mistake in calculating my retirement annuity and I have been overpaid for 104 months. They will immediately reduce my monthly pay and will be seeking repayment of ~$14K. My first retirement ch...
See a lawyer familiar with labor law and ERISA in your geographic area immediately. Your employer could be wrong, or if right, you could seek repayment over a protracted period of time.See question
California law provides that a Private Professional Conservator (A person not related by blood or marriage or an entity appointed as conservator of two or more conservatees) must be licensed by the State Board of Licensing, effective July 1, 2008. (Prob. Code §2340, et seq.) I assume that the conservator appointed in the case that you reference was a Professional Conservator and was licensed.
In addition California law provides for Surety Bonds protect the estate of the conservatee from losses in the event of mishandling by the conservator. If a bond is required, the court will determine the appropriate amount in the order appointing probate conservator. Bond must be filed prior to the issuance of letters. In cases where there are multiple conservators, there may be separate bonds for each. (Prob. Code §2300, 2320).
In short Private Professional Conservators must be licensed and must post bond. This is the manner (including others) that the Courts of our state protect the conservatee.
Father (79) step mom (80) disagree about estate planning. He wanted 1/4 to go to each child. Step mother has a son, my father had three kids (one died) so two are left. I plan to help my Dad find an attorney and gather his information, but I am co...
Your father can engage an attorney for his own estate plan. He has testamentary control over one-half of his community property assets and 100% over his separate property assets. A local estate planning attorney can explain this to you and your father.See question
can I fight it?
Under the United States Constitution, a judgment obtained in one state is to be given full faith
and credit in other states of the United States.
Article 4, Section 1 of the Constitution states:
"...full faith and credit shall be given in each State of the public acts, records, and judicial
proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe that manner
in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof."
North Carolina has adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act whcih provides in part that a foreign judgment (defined as a judgment of any state or federal
court) may be registered by filing an exemplified copy of the foreign judgment with the
appropriate office of the Court and notifying the debtor of the filing.
North Carolina law also provides that
§ 1C-1705. Defenses; procedure; stay.
(a) The judgment debtor may file a motion for relief from, or notice of defense to, the
foreign judgment on the grounds that the foreign judgment has been appealed from, or
enforcement has been stayed by, the court which rendered it, or on any other ground for which
relief from a judgment of this State would be allowed.
You should seek North Carolina counsel to assist you in any defenses.See question
My son (37yrs old) lost his job 2 and a half years ago, I offered my house in sweet home ore till he got on his feet. He now has money and I want to evict him from my house. He is letting 5 others stay on the property with out my permission. ...
You should seek local counsel in Oregon as each state has particular rules as to unlawful detainers and the eviction process.See question
I was told there is no gift tax and no gift tax return needed; but someone else said probably not. The house value is approximately $280k-$300k. Thank you.
Gift tax does not apply to interspousal transfers (unless one spouse is not a U.S. citizen). There is not limit as to the amount of assets that can be transferred between husbands and wives. You should seek local counsel.See question
My parent made me the trustee in the revocable trust, due to incompetency i became the grantee of the estate (home, autos etc.) and doing a divorce with the spouse who is not my biological parent, how is the estate handled in the divorce proceedings.
Given the facts as stated this is a difficult to answer. I'll start with assumptions. You are the trustee of a revocable trust of a living parent. I do not understand the "incompetency" issue or the reference to "grantee" of the estate. You might be the beneficiary or contingent beneficiary of the estate. "Grantee" might mean that title has already passed to you. As to the divorce, your parent cannot give away that which he or she does not have. The Court will ultimately order a property division and that property division would preempt the terms of a living trust (assuming that the death of the trustor/settlor has not taken place.
You should seek counsel in your local area who can ask questions and better determine what issues you want to address.


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The figure started out as a spruced up version of the 80's style Storm figure, but I decided I had more use for a new Dreadnok.
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Momma 'Geddon - Dreadnok Den Mother
Though she never accompanies the Dreadnoks out in the field, her word is law on any compound she's managing. Zartan trusts her to keep the gang occupied enough to stay out of any real trouble between missions.
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Patriotic Alliance (PA) general secretary Kenny Kunene has written an open letter attacking Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.
Dear Public Protector Thuli Madonsela
To start with, I want to commend you for the hard work you have done in the fight against state corruption. In many ways, you have shown what is possible when a Public Protector works hard and applies herself as you have done.
But over these last few days, while the circus of Mamphela Ramphele and the DA played out, I asked myself what you were making of it. Did you know something about it the rest of us didn't?
Unhappy DA members are leaving that party. Many are joining the Patriotic Alliance or have already joined us. Those very same DA people told us months ago that Glynnis Breytenbach was being prepared to join the DA. They told us about the secret DA donor who was forcing DA leader Helen Zille to go into a coalition with Mamphela Ramphele. We struggled to believe it then. Now it's all an accepted fact.
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* The speed with which you investigate cases reported by the DA is not the same as that reported by anyone else. It is as if you are on the DA's speed dial.
* You addressed a DA rally in 2012 and were unapologetic about it. You even tried to feign ignorance that you didn't know it was a DA rally. Surely all those blue T-shirts would have been a giveaway. Don't think we're stupid. You've never spoken at another party's rally. The constitution requires that the public protector be independent, impartial and exercise her powers without fear or prejudice. Addressing the DA's rally showed you are not impartial. You should have resigned if you are as ethical as you try to make out.
* You investigated the DA government's communications tender in the Western Cape and found them guilty in your provisional report. After input from Premier Helen Zille's office, your final report absolved the Western Cape of corruption. How convenient for the DA. The Justice Factor on e.tv even called you the Loser of the Week when that happened.
* Why have you not investigated the DA's clear abuses of power in the Western Cape, such as the illegal evictions of the Marikana shack dwellers at Philippi? The DA is using state resources to protect privately owned land. That is illegal. But we don't see any reports on that from you.
We all agree there is corruption in the ANC-led government. It is right for you to investigate all of that corruption as per your constitutional mandate. But there have been times when you have been no better than the people you investigate. When your son crashed your state-owned BMW X6 into a wall, the media treated you with kid gloves, even after your daughter tweeted she was happy he did it because your new car was "so much sexier".
The media is yet to complain about the hefty price tag of your state car, but we see angry headlines weekly about ministers and their cars. It is right to complain about government overspending, but why not when it applies to you?
The DA has many servants within the National Prosecuting Authority. They have also deployed many members within the upper echelons of the media, that much was clear when their party list came out.
Many will question why I have written this. The answer is simple: My party and I are challenging the same DA-led government that you are protecting and defending in the Western Cape. I'm writing this because we will be in a direct election fight with the DA, and I can't sit idly by and see their election plan come to fruition.
For the first time, the DA has a credible challenger against them in the Western Cape. We beat them on the farms at the end of last month during the Vredendal by-elections. They've never been beaten by a small party like that before.
* Kenny Kunene is the general secretary of the Patrotic Alliance. He writes in his personal capacity.
** The views expressed here not necessarily those of Independent Newspapers.
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MacDevCenter (at O'Reilly) has a couple of interesting articles I though you guys might be interested in.
First up is Going to the Movies (and More) in iTunes 4.8 which covers the new video interface in iTunes. I thought – like many – that the video support in iTunes was about playing music videos. Apparently it does a lot more, including allowing you to add movies to your iTunes library for playback. This is interesting, not least of which because I've been using iFlicks from Helixent technologies. In fact, I'm half-way through a review that I was hoping to put up this weekend, but I'll now adapt it to make a comparison to iTunes…
Second up is a piece on Music Gadgets. Some highlights here include a desktop->FM device for broadcasting your iTunes audio to your Amp without a cable and the use of an Altoids mints case for holding your iPod Shuffle.
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A 30-year oil mess - gone at last
Farmer to get land back after group reclaims abandoned well
Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010 06:00 am
Terry Bokenfohr was just two years old when an oil company drilled a well on his farm.
Now, 55 years later, that well is finally going away.
Contractors with the Orphan Well Association started reclaiming the abandoned well on the Bokenfohr farm about three kilometres west of the Highwaywy. 37 overpass. The well has sat unused and unreclaimed there for about 30 years, slowly leaching salt and contaminants into the surrounding soil.
It�s been a long wait, Bokenfohr says, as he watches a backhoe dig through the contaminated dirt, but he�s learned to live with it. �That�s why we�re relieved that work has begun on the site,� he says. �It�s not something we want to push down to another generation.�
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The well itself was drilled by a Denver, Colo.orado-based company called Sharples in 1955, says Bokenfohr. There were few restrictions on where you could drill at the time, he says, so the company plunked their well right in the middle of one of their fields.
The well was sold to Legal Oil & Gas Ltd. in the 1960s, he says, who which pumped oil from it until about 1981. �They weren�t a company that followed good oil and gas practices,� he says. T: they had leaky tanks, oil spills, and a flare pit full of sludge. (A flare pit is a now-outlawed structure that uses a hole in the ground to catch liquid fuel from a horizontal flare stack.)
The company gave up on the well in the 1980s, leaving Bokenfohr with about five acres of contaminated land. When the province ordered the company to clean up the site in the 1990s, they did an exceptionally bad job of it.
�I came out one day and found they were removing pipeline that was in the ground with a picker truck,� Bokenfohr says. �All they were doing was tying onto the line and reefing them out of the ground, and they were still loaded with oil.� The province ordered them to stop, and the company went bankrupt. The well was now an orphan � an installation without a party to take care of it.
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The province and the oil industry created the Orphan Well Association in the mid-1990s to clean up these orphaned sites, says David Pryce, the group�s chair and vice-president of operations for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Funded by an industry levy, its job is to close and rehabilitate about 700 abandoned oil and gas sites in Alberta. They�ve done about $136 million of worth of work so far, he says, and have about $100 million more to go.
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CONTACT: Office of Senator
Leahy, 202-224-4242
Leahy, Specter, Bayh, Voinovich
Introduce Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Legislation
(Thursday, July 24, 2008) – Leading advocates in the Senate
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and address intellectual property rights enforcement.
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Member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), and is co-sponsored by Sens. Evan
Bayh (D-Ind.), George Voinovich (R-Ohio). Senators Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) are also
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"The global economy is not working as it should when we buy from
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property theft. The American auto industry estimates it could
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business people were being held up at gunpoint in a foreign
land, there would be a great sense of alarm and unshakable
government resolve to act. That, in effect, is what is happening
today, yet we are not doing nearly enough to stop it."
"In the fierce competition of the 21st-century global
marketplace, intellectual property is one of the few areas where
America has a clear advantage over foreign competitors. It is
vital that we protect that advantage, level the playing field
and ensure continued economic growth for Americans," Voinovich
said. "This vital legislative is a critical step toward
safeguarding the economic health of our country by improving the
management, coordination and effectiveness of our nation's
intellectual property enforcement efforts."
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property related legislative proposals in the 110th
Congress. The bill is expected to be referred to the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
# # # # #
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy
Chairman, Senate Judiciary
On The Enforcement Of Intellectual
Property Rights Act Of 2008
July 24, 2008
Before I was a Senator, I was a
prosecutor. As the Chittenden County State's Attorney for eight
years, I prosecuted all varieties of crime in Vermont. I know
first hand how important it is for criminal investigators, and
the lawyers who prosecute those cases, to have a full arsenal of
legal tools to ensure that justice is done. I also know how
important the intellectual property industries are to our
economy, and to our position as a global leader. In Vermont,
Hubbardton Forge makes beautiful, trademarked lamps. The
Vermont Teddy Bear Company relies heavily on its patented
products. Likewise, SB Electronics needs patents for its film
capacitor products. Burton's snowboards and logo are protected
by trademarks and patents.
While Vermont is closest to my
heart, every state in the Nation has such companies, and every
community in the United States is home to creative and
productive people. Intellectual property – copyrights, patents,
and trademarks – is critical to our fiscal health and to our
continuing dominance of the world economy. This valuable
property is also terribly vulnerable; by its very nature, it is
subject to numerous types of thievery and misappropriation. The
Internet has brought great and positive change to all our lives,
but it is also an unparalleled tool for piracy. The increasing
inter-connectedness of the globe, and the efficiencies of
sharing information quickly and accurately between continents,
has made foreign piracy and counterfeiting operations profitable
in numerous countries. Americans suffer when their intellectual
property is stolen, they suffer when those counterfeit goods
displace sales of the legitimate products, and they suffer when
counterfeit products actually harm them, as is sometimes the
case with fake pharmaceuticals and faulty electrical products.
The time has come to bolster the
Federal effort to protect this most valuable and vulnerable
property, to give law enforcement the resources and the tools it
needs to combat piracy and counterfeiting, and to make sure that
the many agencies that deal with intellectual property
enforcement have the opportunity and the incentive to talk with
each other, to coordinate their efforts, and to achieve the
maximum effects for their efforts. The Enforcement of
Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 does just that.
First, it gives the Department of
Justice the ability to bring civil actions against anyone whose
conduct constitutes criminal copyright infringement. Many
times, a criminal sanction is simply too severe for the harm
done. This provision, the concept of which has passed the
Senate on three separate occasions as the PIRATE Act, gives the
Department of Justice an extra tool.
Second, the bill enhances civil
intellectual property rights law by eliminating unnecessary
burdens to instituting a suit; improving remedies; and applying
the copyright and trademark laws not only to imported goods, but
also to exported and transshipped items.
Third, the bill improves and
harmonizes the forfeiture provisions in copyright and
counterfeiting cases.
Fourth, the bill addresses
concerns that the current governmental structure to coordinate
intellectual property rights enforcement among agencies and
departments is impeding the Government from reaching its full
potential. It creates a Coordinator within the Executive Office
of the President to chair an inter-agency committee that will
produce a Joint Strategic Plan to combat piracy and
Finally, the bill will increase
the resources available to Federal, state and local law
We are not addressing theoretical
concerns with this bill, nor are we making grandiose policy
proclamations. We are synthesizing the real-world experiences
of our many constituents who develop and monetize intellectual
property – the individuals and companies that turn their
creative and innovative efforts into jobs, goods, and services –
with the daily frustrations of law enforcement agents who lack
the laws, and the resources, to vindicate those property rights.
I was once a prosecutor. I am now
a Senator. But I have always been a fan of movies. My cameo in
the latest Batman movie, The
Dark Knight, was priceless to me, but we can put real
numbers on the value of that production to the economy.
The Dark Knight shot
for 65 days in Chicago, pouring almost $36 million into the
local economy. Seventeen million dollars went to nearly 800
local vendors that were critical to the production of the
movie. For example, one local lumber supplier employing 40
people played a central role in the set construction that helped
transform Chicago into the mythical "Gotham City." In order to
fulfill the production needs of the film, the lumber company
worked closely with 15 other Illinois-based companies. Those 15
suppliers employed an additional 350 workers.
All of that value is threatened by
piracy. Just in the movie industry, piracy costs 140,000 U.S.
jobs and $5.5 billion in wages each year. Piracy costs cities,
towns and states an estimated $837 million in additional tax
revenue each year. The movie industry alone produces $30.2
billion each year in revenue for 160,000 vendors all across the
Nation, and 85 percent of those vendors employ 10 people or
This is a well balanced bill,
drawn from numerous conversations with all manner of interested
parties. It brings together the best of numerous proposals,
including important legislation I introduced earlier this year
with Senator Cornyn. His support on intellectual property
matters is critical to our success moving forward. I thank him,
and all the cosponsors of this legislation for their efforts and
support. This bill will improve the enforcement of our Nation's
intellectual property laws, bolster our intellectual
property-based economy, and protect American jobs.
I ask unanimous consent that the
full bill text be included in the Record.
# # # # #
For Background
Enforcement of
Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008
Title I –
Authorization of Civil Copyright Enforcement by Attorney
General. Currently, the Justice Department
cannot bring civil actions against copyright infringers, but
many times a criminal sanction is simply too severe for the harm
done. This title gives the
Attorney General authority to bring civil actions
against anyone whose conduct constitutes criminal copyright
infringement. The language of this section is substantively
similar to Senator Leahy's PIRATE Act, which has been passed
three times by the Senate already.
Title II –
Enhancements to Civil Intellectual Property Laws.
This title enhances civil intellectual property
rights law by eliminating unnecessary burdens to instituting a
suit; improving remedies; and applying the copyright and
trademark laws not only to imported goods, but also to exported
and transshipped items. More specifically, it amends the
Copyright Act so that
registration of a copyrighted work is a requirement before
bringing a civil infringement suit, but not a
criminal one. It also creates a new
"harmless error" provision
so that an infringer cannot escape liability just because a
registration certificate for an infringed work has an
inadvertent error in it. This title also allows
seizing documents and records in
civil infringement actions concerning the
manufacture, sale, or receipt of things involved in those
violations. It ensures, in both the Copyright Act and the
Trademark Act, that courts can enter
appropriate protective orders
with respect to discovery. As for penalties, this title
provides for treble damages
not only for those who intentionally use a counterfeit mark, but
also for those who intentionally supply goods or services
necessary to a violation of the Trademark Act. It also
doubles the statutory damages
in trademark counterfeiting cases to a range of $1000 to
$200,000 for use of a counterfeit mark, and to $2,000,000 for
willful use of a counterfeit mark.
Title III -
Enhancements to Criminal Intellectual Property Laws.
This title
harmonizes the forfeiture provisions that apply in
cases of criminal copyright infringement with those concerning
trademarks for counterfeit documentation or packaging,
unauthorized fixation of live musical performances, unauthorized
recording of motion pictures, trafficking in counterfeit goods
or services, and violations of the Economic Espionage Act. The
general forfeiture provision
is also improved in two ways: it does not permit
forfeiting property used in an offense unless it is owned or
predominantly controlled by the violator or a conspirator, and
it requires the government to establish a substantial connection
between the property and the violation. In addition, this title
enhances the maximum
statutory penalties for counterfeiting offenses that endanger
public health and safety. It increases maximum
penalties for trafficking in counterfeit goods or services from
10 to 20 years imprisonment for knowingly or recklessly causing
serious bodily injury, and to life imprisonment for knowingly or
recklessly causing or attempting to cause death.
Title IV –
Coordination and Strategic Planning of Federal Effort Against
Counterfeiting and Piracy. This title
responds to concerns that the current structure within the
Government to coordinate enforcement of intellectual property
rights is ineffective and inefficient.
It creates an advice-and-consent
level position, the Intellectual Property Enforcement
Coordinator (IPEC), to serve in the Executive Office of the
President and chair an inter-agency committee, that will produce
and implement a joint strategic plan to enforce intellectual
property laws. The committee will comprise the IPEC
and Senate-confirmed representatives of the Office of Management
and Budget, the Department of Justice, the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and other relevant units of the Department
of Commerce, the Office of the United States Trade
Representative, the Department of State, the United States
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agencies the President names.
Title V –
Department of Justice Programs. This title
increases the resources available to federal and local law
enforcement agencies to combat theft of intellectual property.
It creates grants for state
and local law enforcement, and it creates an
operational unit within the FBI
to fight intellectual property crimes. It requires a
comprehensive training
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agents and prosecutors to investigate and prosecute intellectual
property crimes, and requires the Attorney General to send
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I'm sceptical. The problem is not with "Samsung not managing the apps" - that's done by the Android Framework and Samsung are very unlikely to alter that. If an app eats CPU all the time, it will do so on a Samsung device or any other Android device. Android has what's call "wake locks"; while an app holds a wake lock the device will not suspend (enter deep sleep mode); a misbehaved app could hold and not release a wake lock, causing quick battery drain. Such an app would misbehave on any Android device, the app manager built into Android does not kill apps based on how much CPU they use, but based on how many resources (memory) are available; background apps will be killed to make room for foreground ones.
That's just it. These apps become unresponsive on the player not on other devices. I have these apps on my phone with no issues but they just bring the device to a stand still till they are close. It's not the apps it's the device. It just can't handle these apps made for newer tablets. Apps do not close properly on the SGP5 that is what I suspect is the issue. They get stuck and stay there and can drain the battery if you don't catch it.
Some apps that get stuck on the Player are Kindle, Slacker, Browser and Facebook. It doesn't happen all the time just randomly except for Slacker which does it every time. It suits my needs but doesn't handle alot of open apps well but if you careful to close them and keep watch what is running you can keep the player working okay.
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- Prof. Majella FranzmannPro-Vice Chancellor - Humanities. Curtin University
Curtin University, Pro-Vice Chancellor-Humanities, Prof. Majella Franzmann: Stop the closure of on campus enrollments in Internet Studies.
A decision made by Curtin University's Pro-Vice Chancellor - Humanities, Professor Majella Franzmann, on Friday the 26th of April 2013 will see the closure of the on campus enrollments and teaching of the Internet Studies degree/major by 2014/2015.
The degree will continue to be taught, conceivably for some time yet, through Curtin University's partnership with Open University's Australia. As such, the degree will remain a viable and accepted degree for some time to come.
However, there are questions regarding the sustainability of a department that does not have on-campus students. Students will not be able to enroll externally with the university, making OUA the only avenue for this degree.
We ask that the faculty and administration reconsider this decision, consult with the current students and teachers, and see that this degree is worth keeping.
This is the only course of it's type in Australia and, with a society ever-moving forward with its engagement online, across a multitude of everyday sectors, it seems counter-intuitive to limit enrollments.
- Pro-Vice Chancellor - Humanities. Curtin University
Prof. Majella Franzmann
Please reverse your decision regarding the closure of on campus enrollments in Internet Studies.
This degree, started by a progressive and forward thinking administration and faculty, is not offered elsewhere in the world - a testament to the unique opportunities offered at Curtin University. To remove this opportunity to any, excluding Open University Students is a mistake.
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Pretoria - A man who raped his 6-year-old daughter thought 20 years too tough a sentence, so he appealed. Now he has a life sentence.
The man, who cannot be identified to protect the identity of the child, was convicted of raping the girl in June 2012 by a Sebokeng Regional Court.
Although the crime can carry a life sentence, the presiding magistrate found that the father could be rehabilitated and gave him 20 years.
The father appealed against his conviction and sentence, claiming he had been framed by his estranged wife.
This was despite the child testifying to her rape, and a doctor's findings confirming she had been raped.
The magistrate had refused leave to appeal against the 20-year sentence, saying he was fortunate to have received such a lenient sentence as, in terms of the law, he could have received a life sentence.
He warned the man that a higher court could, on appeal, increase the sentence.
The father was adamant that he wanted to take his chances and appeal.
The court heard that the father lived in a room on the same property as his wife and children. His wife often stayed at her boyfriend's home, leaving the children in the care of their father.
On the night of the incident, the girl child slept with her father in his bed. He ordered her to undress and raped her, before telling her to get dressed again and not tell anyone.
But an older sister saw that the child was walking in a strange way, and asked her what the matter was. She told her sister what had happened.
Acting Judge TAN Makhubele rejected the claim of a "plot" by the wife to incriminate her husband, and described the sentence as "shockingly lenient".
He said the aggravating factors far outweighed the mitigating factors, especially as the man knew he was HIV-positive.
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Local and federal law enforcement took several people into custody this week, following a sex offender compliance check in Loudon County.
Named "Operation Red Dawg," the effort included Eastern District U.S. Marshals, Loudon County Sheriff's and Loudon city Police Pepartment, the Lenoir City Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacoo and Firearms.
On Wednesday and Thursday, officials visited 54 registered sex offenders in the area.
"We're going to knock on their door, verify they're living where they're supposed to be living and complying with their sex offender registration requirements, set forth by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations," said Derrick Swenson, a senior inspector.
The agencies split into several teams as they worked their way down the list. Five individuals were taken into custody:
- Two sex offenders were detained for further investigation for being felons in possession of firearms
- One sex offender was arrested for manufacturing marijuana
- One individual was arrested for violation of probation
- One individual was arrested for manufacturing marijuana
Officials confiscated six firearms during "Operation Red Dawg," and also dismantled a small marijuana grow operation.
In an emailed statement, Loudon County Sheriff Tim Guider thanked the U.S. Marshals and other assisting agencies.
"Keeping track of sex offenders is a labor-intensive task, but it is essential to ensure that the offenders are doing what they are supposed to be doing and to protect the safety of everyone in Loudon County," he said.
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Would you do something for yourself as a real treat? Maybe a coupon to finally buy some nice clothes and accessories for yourself? A makeover complete with makeup, haircut and wardrobe? The price of breast implants today is also falling with the economy so would you perhaps treat yourself to one of those if it's something you've always wanted done?
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Introduces twentieth-century literature and contemporary literature, focusing on representative works that illustrate literary and intellectual developments since 1900.
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Engl 213B - Modern and Postmodern Literature: "Troubling Thought" Intellectual Developments of the 20th Century:
This section of English 213 will explore intellectual developments made during the 20th century in the areas of literature, film, and cultural theory. Students will need no prior experience with theories or representations of modernism or postmodernism. Our main objective will be to cover select texts in order to answer the following questions: What exactly were the interventions made in critical thought during the last century? What was specifically troubled by these interventions? And finally, what are the critical rewards offered by these interventions? Our basic course philosophy will argue that the intellectual developments encountered in the course must be measured by their impact on what we'll term "culturally approved knowledge." In other words, what did these 20th century texts change about their respective media (i.e. how does Calvino challenge common conceptions about reading and literature?); and, how did these texts intervene into the socio-cultural landscape (i.e. how does Butler's use of time travel help us think about race differently)?
To this end we are more concerned with the rewards and use value of the ideas developed during the 20th century rather than evaluating how true these ideas are to the concepts of "modernism" and "postmodernism." Certainly, we'll take up these terms during the course, but I want to resist using them as "check list" terms to identify what thought goes where. This course should be an exploration and confrontation with the multiple ways 20th century thought has developed and, more importantly, altered the intellectual landscape.
We'll be reading Octavia E. Butler's "Kindred," Italo Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveler," selections from John Dos Passos' "The Big Money," and Don DeLillo's "Underworld." We'll also come to terms with Baudrillard's investigation into kitsch, irony, and banality with a brief detour through Disneyland; Foucault's discussion of panopticism; Zizek's analysis of 9/11; Althusser's "hailing" on the street; and Barthes' murder of the author. We'll watch "Blue Velvet" by David Lynch and grapple with what Paul Coughlin's calls the film's "postmodern parody" of ideology. We'll also traverse the virtual reality and simulations of David Cronenberg's depiction of video game technology and reality/virtuality in "eXistenZ." I'd also like to think through parody, intertextuality/pastiche, and ambivalence in Southpark. Lastly, we will briefly cover select criticism on the above texts in order to further enrich class discussion and your own inquiry into the developments of 20th century thought. Music too will play a significant role in helping us think about literature and some of the more general changes in artistic production during the 20th century. Some composers/bands to be emphasized will be John Cage, Steve Reich, The Beatles, Sonic Youth (is there a "postmodern rock music?") and others. Also, don't be surprised if I manage to make MTV's "The Hills" relevant here and there. It's not reality television—its hyperreality television!
This will be a very challenging and intense course. I expect students to have an open mind and be willing to engage complex ideas outside the so-called "norm." Following this approach, this course is not interested in whether students "agree" or "disagree" with the texts we are reading. The goal of this course, instead, is to learn how to think through and with these ideas. As Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari write, "the less people take thought seriously, the more they think in conformity with what the State wants. Truly, what man of the State has not dreamed of that paltry impossible thing--to be a thinker?" So, let's use this course to become thinkers and inventors of concepts by engaging with other provocative and challenging concepts. Therefore, we will entertain troubling thoughts and how thought troubles and how we might trouble thought.
A WORD OF CAUTION CONCERNING BLUE VELVET Blue Velvet is rated R. It contains scenes of violence, violence against women, sadomasochism, nudity, wonton use of the "F" word, and a severed ear. If you are offended by any of the above, please come talk to me and we will work together in choosing a film for you to watch in place of Blue Velvet. Considering current, basic cable TV shows like CSI, Law and Order, Jerry Springer, etc; Blue Velvet does not show anything you haven't already seen. I urge all of you to watch the film as it fits perfectly with the theme of this class. Further, David Lynch is one of the most important American directors currently working in cinema and you can't graduate from college without having seen one of his films.
Book List: Butler, Octavia E. Kindred, ISBN# 0807083690; Calvino, Italo If on a winter's night a traveler, ISBN# 0156439611
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Films: Lynch, David "Blue Velvet"; Cronenberg, David "eXistenZ"
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Girl, 17, shot in leg during home burglary attempt
Police are still looking for a suspect in a Carmel burglary where the suspect shot a 17-year-old girl in the leg.
It happened about 12:30 Monday afternoon when she surprised the man after she came home from an errand.
Police say she may have left the rear door unlocked. When she came back 5 minutes later, she found the man in the house. Police say he shot her and fled.
Police locked down the neighborhood for much of the afternoon. They searched yards, woods and fields with tracking dogs.
Neighbors tell us tonight they plan to remind their children to lock all doors as soon as they get home from school and turn on the security system.
Security expert Peter Beering says those are critical steps. He also says teens should let other family members know where they are going if they leave.
But locks and alarms are the first precautions to take as soon as young people walk into the house.
The girl was not seriously hurt.
Peter Beering says cases such as today's are few and far between. Burglars usually don't want to encounter residents.
Police say the man they're looking for is a white male, 5'8", wearing a gray sweat shirt and blue jeans. He also wore a black mask.
A 17-year-old girl was shot by a robbery suspect in her home.
The robbery happened at a residence near Clay Springs Drive and Clay Center Road in Carmel shortly after noon Monday. The masked suspect encountered the girl, who was home for Fall Break, and shot her in the leg.
Eyewitness News learned late Monday afternoon that the girl had left home, but didn't remember locking the back door. When she came home less than five minutes later, she walked in on the armed burglar.
The suspect, described as a white male standing 5'8" tall, weighing around 160 pounds, fled the residence on foot. He is said to be wearing a gray sweatshirt, jeans and a black mask. He is considered to be armed and dangerous.
Police established a perimeter in the area to try to locate the suspect with police dogs, but after several hours, the trail went cold.
Medics were called to the scene to treat the girl, who is reported in good condition.
Neighbors were shocked by the news.
"It's kind of scary. It's a pretty quiet little neighborhood," said neighbor Paul Obolewicz.
After seeing so many police arrive, Obolewicz rushed over because he knows the family.
"They got four kids and one or two in high school and two are out. Very good people, hard-working people," he said.
The girl was able to describe the suspect to police, who went door-to-door talking to neighbors who may have seen or heard anything. Now, they want residents to stay alert and play it safe.
"We won't leave the doors unlocked. In fact, it makes me think about adding a few more locks and doing something else," Obolewicz said.
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Chuck Graber says:
I concur with your sentiments. Through sister Ann, I am transferring my IRA into your care and appreciate you staying on top of all of this.
experimentalinvestor says:
Hmmmm, good article summarising the current investment environment.
It's pretty tough out there at the moment and there are not really any safe havens. Bonds look dangerously overvalued, stocks don't look good value either in my book. Real estate may have bottomed out in the US but you don't exactly get much diversification with a rental property! Precious metals have had a great run but as you point out they are very volatile and no-one knows where they are going to go.
In light of all this, and as you say, diversification looks the way to go!
Good luck everyone.