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The MSI 890GXM-G65 is a socket AM3 board supporting all the latest AMD processors including quad core Athlon-II and Phenom-II chips. Unlike many microATX boards which are limited in CPU selection, the 890GXM-G65 has a 140W power handling capacity, and also offers Active Phase Switching for greater power savings. Voltage regulation modules, northbridge and southbridge chips are all covered by heatsinks, the main two connected via heatpipe for more efficient thermal dispersion. As we can see from the under side of the board, the heatsinks are all held in place with spring-loaded screws instead of the typical pushpins or clips. This results in a more solid mounting and better seat pressure which should translate into cooler operating temperatures. The socket backing plate is also made of metal instead of the usual plastic, which gives additional support for mounting heavy aftermarket coolers and prevents bending the motherboard under high tension attachments.
Like many enthusiast boards, the 890GXM-G65 uses all solid capacitors for longer life and better power handling. Four 240pin dual-channel DDR3 slots are available supporting up to 16Gb of total memory. A single 40pin legacy IDE connector handles up to two devices courtesy of a JMicron JMB368 controller, and the new AMD SB850 offers five 6Gb/s SATA 3.0 connections supporting RAID0/1/5/10. Four USB 2.0 headers allow up to eight devices through a front panel or other external cabling. There is also a header for legacy parallel port connections.
MSI incorporates an "Easy OC Switch" onto the 890GXM-G65, a pair of dip switches that allows users to select from four settings, normal, +10%, +15% or +20% "FSB" speed. There are also headers for chassis intrusion detection, CD audio and front panel audio connections. Due to the microATX board size, only four expansion slots are available, one PCI, one PCIE 1X, one PCIE 8X and one PCIE 16X. When using the two PCIE 2.0 slots in CrossFire, the 16X slot drops back to 8X due to the limitation on number of available lanes. Also because of the small footprint only a single slot separates the two, which could create cooling issues with higher end, double-slot video cards.
The rear panel connectors consist of a single PS2 port for keyboard or mouse, SPDIF optical, VGA, DVI and HDMI video, four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, one eSATA 3.0 6Gb/s, Gigabit LAN and 6-in-1 audio jacks. The 3.0 eSATA and USB ports are differentiated by a blue colored insert. A header for a legacy COM port connection is tucked in behind the rear jacks, along with a 4pin +12V CPU power connector. At the corner of the CPU socket there are four tiny LEDs that indicate the CPU power status, from single up to quad phase enabled.
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Tony Parker Sues NYC Club for $20M After Suffering From Chris Brown and Drake Melee
Tony Parker, 30-year-old San Antonio Spurs point guard, is suing W.I.P. nightclub for $20 million after he suffered an eye injury after a bottle-throwing incident took place between Chris Brown and Drake at the NYC club last week.
Parker filed papers in a Manhattan Supreme Court after suffering from "corneal laceration of the left eye and other injuries," according to court documents. Although the brawl reportedly started between the entourages of the singer and rapper Brown and Drake who were rumored to be fighting over Barbadian pop star Rihanna, Parker blamed the nightclub for being negligent in the hostile situation.
"The defendants were reckless, careless and negligent in permitting Drake's entourage and Brown's entourage to be in the club at the same time despite known tension between the two," the court document stated.
Parker's lawyer, David Jaroslawicz, noted that Rihanna may have been inadvertently involved in the ruckus that left the NBA star and others injured.
"She's been known, like Helen of Troy, to cause trouble," Jaroslawicz said about the Barbadian singer.
While Parker was not seated with either camp, he admitted that he had to take a few punches after sitting with his Brown, who he calls a friend.
"Me and my friends took some punches," Parker said in a New York Post report. "They started throwing bottles everywhere."
Although the French NBA player did not notice serious damage immediately after the incident, he said that his eye felt progressively worse after he returned to Paris to prepare for the Summer Olympics with the French team. After a trip to the emergency room, Parker was given therapeutic contact lenses and told that he could not play for a week.
"I'll be missing the start of the French team because I can't do anything for a week except keep the lens in and then take drops," he said.


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SHANGHAI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - China stocks were mixed on Tuesday after Beijing's September trade data left economists divided over whether the country's ailing trade sector is showing signs of turning around.
The CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen fell 0.1 percent, to 3,445.04, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2 percent, to 3,293.23 points.
Among the most active stocks in Shanghai were China Nuclear Power, up 1.6 percent to 10.76 yuan; China Shipbuilding, down 0.1 percent to 11.46 yuan and Meiyan Jixiang, up 0.2 percent to 6.69 yuan.
In Shenzhen, BOE Technology, down 1.0 percent to 3.01 yuan; Konka, up 4.1 percent to 6.36 yuan and Xcmg Machinery, down 0.4 percent to 4.58 yuan were among the most actively traded.
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GLP-1 CellBeads® for the Treatment of Stroke Patients With Space-occupying Intracerebral Hemorrhage
This study has been terminated.
(Need for improvement of study medication. Safety data collected sufficient. No further gain in knowledge expected.)
CellMed AG, a subsidiary of BTG plc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: February 18, 2011
Last Update Posted: March 26, 2013
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The objective of this study is to assess the safety of GLP-1 CellBeads® in patients with space-occupying intracerebral hemorrhage.
|Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
|Drug: GLP-1 CellBeads
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|GLP-1 CellBeads® for the Treatment of Stroke Patients With Space-occupying Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: COL4A1-related brain small-vessel disease
MedlinePlus related topics: BleedingU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by CellMed AG, a subsidiary of BTG plc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- The objective of this study is to assess the safety of GLP-1 CellBeads® in patients with space-occupying intracerebral hemorrhage [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Neurological conditions [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: GLP-1 CellBeads
Drug: GLP-1 CellBeads
GLP-1 CellBeads are alginate microcapsules containing allogenic mesenchymal cells, transfected to secrete Glucagon like peptide-1. By implantation into brain tissue cavity after surgical evacuation of the hematoma, a volume of 500μl GLP-1 CellBeads which equals approximately 2330 GLP-1 CellBeads resulting in a total number of approximately 7.8 million cells is administered to the patient. The cells are removed by second surgery after a 14 days treatment period.
Information from the National Library of Medicine
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Confirmed diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage in conjunction with ICH by cranial computed tomography (CCT) or Magnetic Resonance Tomography (MRT)
- Patients who need by judgement of a clinical neurologist or neurosurgeon surgical removal of the blood clot due to its space-occupying effects
- Age greater or equal 18 years for men
- Age greater or equal 18 years for women if confirmed infertility (e.g. hysterectomy or surgical sterilisation at least 3 months before study start)
- For all other women age greater or equal 50 years with last menstrual bleeding at least one year before study start
- Minimum hematoma diameter of 2 cm as measured in baseline CCT or MRT
- Signed, written informed consent of patient or consent/assertion from the patient's legally acceptable representative/affiliated if the patient is unable to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participation in any other clinical trial within the past 3 months or ongoing
- Occurrence of inconsistency with initial diagnosis at baseline during surgery of the patient leading to unfulfilled inclusion criterion Hemorrhage secondary to tumour or trauma
- Patients with a cerebellar hemorrhage or extension of a supratentorial hemorrhage into the brainstem
- Patients with severe pre-existing physical or mental disability or severe comorbidity that interferes with the assessment of outcome
- Allergy to contrast media (MRT)
- Acute infection
- Muscular, neurological, or vascular insufficiency of the respective tissue
- Polypropylene incompatibility
- Acute immunosuppressive medication
- Patient after organ transplantation
- Patient with immune depression
- Patients with a high probability of spontaneous recovery or showing rapidly improving signs
- Patients with extensive intracranial hemorrhages or with deep hemispheric localisation of the clots
- Patients whose diagnosis of ICH is uncertain
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01298830
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01298830
|Neurochirurgische Klinik und Neurologische Klinik des Universitätsklinikums Heidelberg
|Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 69120
|Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
|Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany, 91054
|Klinik für Neurochirurgie Klinikum Bogenhausen Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Technischen Universität München
|München, Bavaria, Germany, 81925
|Klinikum Region Hannover Krankenhaus Nordstadt, Klinik für Neurologie
|Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 30167
|International Neuroscience Institute
|Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 30625
|Klinik für Neurochirurgie Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
|Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 30625
Sponsors and Collaborators
CellMed AG, a subsidiary of BTG plc.
|Study Chair:
|Thomas Brinker, Prof. Dr.med.
|International Neuroscience Institute Hanover
More Information
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. med. Peter Geigle / CEO, CellMed AG
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01298830 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2007-004516-31 ( EudraCT Number )
|First Submitted:
|February 15, 2011
|First Posted:
|February 18, 2011
|Last Update Posted:
|March 26, 2013
|Last Verified:
|March 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Pathologic Processes
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Glucagon-Like Peptide 1
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Gastrointestinal Agents


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As the head of Arizona's Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO), I have been following with great interest the thoughtful guest opinion pieces appearing recently in the Arizona Capitol Times regarding electric deregulation — both those in favor and those opposed.Read More »
APS solar proposal falls short for Arizona
Arizona Public Service has been granted monopoly status to provide power in certain parts of Arizona. It's also a publicly traded company and has a fiduciary obligation to maximize profits for shareholders. This may lead the company to pursue policies that are in its interests but not those of its ratepayers.Read More »
Roads in peril: Elevating the discussion of Arizona's transportation network
As we go about our daily commute and our lives, we often don't give much thought to the roads that get us there. Traffic congestion and construction seem to be an accepted way of life, especially for those who live in the suburbs and commute to work each day.Read More »
Jack Pfister: A voice from the past speaks to Arizona's future
Gov. Jack Pfister? It seemed quite possible in 1987, as Gov. Evan Mecham faced a potential recall and Arizonans tossed around the names of possible candidates to replace him.Read More »
The truth behind resistance to electric restructuring
In his famous book, "1984," George Orwell describes "newspeak," the use of language to fool people into believing the opposite of the truth. You can witness it today in the name of the Arizona Power Consumers Coalition, which opposes restructuring the electricity industry.Read More »
Give Arizonans the choice they deserve when it comes to electricity
As the Arizona Corporation Commission deliberates opening up Arizona's electricity market, anti-competition voices are busy making claims that the sky will fall if customers are empowered to choose their energy supplier.Read More »
Arizonans should say 'no thanks' to electric deregulation
For the second time, Arizonans are being asked to abandon the longstanding and straightforward structure for provision of universal and fairly priced electric service — rate-of-return regulation of utility companies — for a "de-regulated" structure that would involve multiple sellers of the same electricity. They should once again politely decline.Read More »
Immigration reform matters to small business
When we look at the complex and contentious issue of immigration reform, some wonder how big of an issue it is to small businesses. The answer is that it's just as big of an issue to America's small business community as it is to corporate America.Read More »
Fred DuVal is right on the issues
Arizona Republican Party Chairman Robert Graham describes Fred DuVal as "the most uninteresting man in the world." As a native of Arizona who has met Fred several times, I would suggest that Robert Graham get to know him better.Read More »
Feds auditing small business health plans
I recently had the "privilege" of reading a U.S. Department of Labor employee benefit audit letter addressed to a business with fewer than 50 employees.Read More »


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Rooster Roundabout: This week's music highlights
I've never understood people's obsession with rap-rave group Die Antwoord. While I can appreciate them repping Cape Town and the culture therein, their music just never sat well with me, and still doesn't. A friend responded to this by saying "you just don't get it." Maybe that's so. But for those that do get it, I'm sure you'll be ecstatic (or a little giddy) to know their new record (Donker Mag) comes out on June 3. So mark them calendars. The group has also shared a video for album track "Pitbull Terrier," which you can watch below. PS: It's kind of graphic and, but what else do you expect from them?
I never liked Rilo Kiley, but I always loved the country-twinged aesthetic that singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis pursued on her solo material. It had a sort of grittiness and longing that I always felt RK seriously lacked. Now the songstress is releasing a new record on July 29, titled The Voyager. After the brilliance that was Acid Tongue, I'm sure this one will be a poignant and enchanting effort. You can read more details, including the tracklist, over at Rolling Stone.
It's no secret this past year was partially owned by Robin Thicke, as his single "Blurred Lines" was everywhere and anywhere that had speakers and a sound system. Not that that's bad. It's a good song. And now, Thicke is set to release a new album on July 1, though the title and tracklist haven't been revealed. The only indication of the new record's sound is the track "Get Her Back," which Thicke debuted at the Billboard Music Awards. You can watch that performance below, and keep an ear out for news on that upcoming record. Who knows? 2014 may also be his year.
It's a Destiny's Child reunion! Well, kind of. Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé appeared on a Michelle Williams song from her upcoming album Journey to Freedom. The track features Solange, as well. Titled "Say Yes!," it's a remix of a Nigerian gospel track ("When Jesus Says Yes") and though it's not the most excellent ditty, it's nice to hear these women back together. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of Beyoncé solo. Destiny's Child needs to make a full comeback, am I right? Head to MissInfo to hear the tune.
While I'm not a huge fan, I appreciate The Knife. Several songs in their catalog have struck my fancy, from their oft-referenced "Heartbeats" to "Pass This On." But my interest fizzled over the years. However, the group is still going strong … at least strong enough to release reworked versions of various tracks from their catalogue. Shaken-Up Versions hits the public in the face on June 17, so keep a lookout. You can also view the video for the "shaken-up" version of "Without You My Life Would Be Boring" below.
What better way to celebrate the mark you've made on the music industry than by reissuing the material that catapulted you to stardom? That's what Bon Jovi plans on doing. The band is set to reissue a large amount of their catalog, and that starts with 1988's New Jersey, which hits stores (again) on July 1. That album had such notable hits as "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There For You." The reissue will include deluxe editions that have bonus material and whatnot. For more details, head to Rolling Stone.
I've always loved M.I.A. Granted, MAYA wasn't her best album, but I had hopes for Matangi. And that record proved to be a world-born effort of a Sri Lankan rapper still fighting to be heard and still pursuing controversial material with the swagger of a soldier and an aesthetic of a cut-and-paste artist. Now she's released a video for Matangi-track "Double Bubble Trouble," which features 3D-printed guns, kids of varying cultures and lots of color. You can give it a looksie below.
Talk about a match made on Earth. Lorde and Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst were paired up in an artistic conversation for The New York Times. The duo talked about their writing styles, their processes, backlash and whatnot. You can read that here.
I'm a-gonna be honest. The only reason I clicked the link for the following video was because the folks over at A.V. Club provided the headline: "Mat Devine's Wrongchilde channels John Hughes on a new single." If you say someone channels John Hughes, I'm there. I, like most people my age or older, grew up on Hughes' films, and I have to say their assumption is fairly accurate with the '80s imagery (Karate Kid, anyone?), colorific exploration and, of course, the synth-heavy track. And yes, I know Karate Kid wasn't by Hughes, but we're talkin' about the '80s, man. Like, get it? Anyway, you can listen to Wrongchilde's "Gold Blooded" below.
Lastly, Richard Reed Parry, one of the many members of Arcade Fire, is releasing his own record (titled Music for Heart and Breath) on June 9, which is right around the corner. The multi-
Oh how relentless this Beck guy is … after his last album was released in 2008 (with production duties handled by Danger Mouse), he kind of laid low (minus a sheet music album). That is until he started releasing tracks early this summer, including "I Won't Be Long." Now Beck has shared a new song, titled "Gimme." And this one sounds more in tune with the work he provided on The Information, which can be good or bad, depending on what version of Beck you like. Though none of these songs will be on Beck's upcoming LP.
I was never that big a fan of Islands, until I heard last year's A Sleep and A Forgetting. But judging from one of the first songs made available from Nick Thorburn's latest work, "Wave Forms," this might be something worth looking into. Pitchfork is currently streaming the album (titled Ski Mask) in full, or you could just get your behind to the store and buy it because it came out this week.
Not to make comparisons, but I'm gonna go ahead and say it. I knew I liked Solange Knowles better than her sister (of Beyoncé fame) when I heard her record, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams. While it wasn't groundbreaking, it showed that she had more of an old school bent. She's released some stuff since, including a new video for her track "Lovers in the Parking Lot," from her True EP. You can check it out below:
Seventeen years in the making … Okay, well, maybe they didn't spend that whole time working on the album. But Mazzy Star's upcoming release, Seasons of Your Day, drops next week, but thanks to folks over at The Guardian, you can hear it in its entirety.
I have to admit that while I don't like Britney Spears personally (not that I've met her or anything), some of her songs were markers of very specific times in my adolescence and so on. So it's not too much of an understatement to say that I still follow her career (kind of). But after Spears' latest single "Work Bitch" was leaked online, the pop star and former train-wreck decided to release it a day early.
Following Ian Curtis' suicide, he became sort of this mystical figure/poet that left the world with a handful of interesting and thought-provoking lyrics from his work with Joy Division. Now those lyrics and some previously unseen notebooks are going to be compiled into a book, titled So This Is Permanence. According to Faber Social, the book is scheduled to be published in spring 2014.
I'm sure people are winding down from the rhythmic dance party that was Daft Punk's single "Get Lucky" from their latest LP, Random Access Memories. But get your feet ready for one more spin on the floor because Daft Punk has shared the video for their second single "Lose Yourself To Dance," which also features Pharrell and Nile Rodgers.
Allow me to wax romantic about Bass Drum of Death's recent self-titled LP. The record was a garage-psyche-punk gem. So I was delighted to find out this week that the band came out with a video for their track "Bad Reputation." Though I should warn that the video is probably NSFW.
Thanks to the folks over at NME, you can now watch Nirvana play their fantastic track "Scentless Apprentice" on MTV's "Live and Loud." The footage was originally unavailable, but has been released with the 20th anniversary reissue of In Utero.


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These three California Cabs are all excellent. I had a chance to try them all last week and was impressed by how each tasted at their individual price points.
The Yalumba "Y Series" wines are excellent values at their price point.
This great local event offers local wine and beer lovers the chance to sample over 100 wines and 50 micro brews for a $50 ticket, with proceeds to benefit two local charities.


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The Arizona Daily Star's Sportsmen's Fund Send a Kid to Camp program raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend overnight YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps and Camp Courage burn camp for little or no fees.
We've heard back from the Boy Scouts. Thanks to Star readers, 158 Scouts received support: 114 Boy Scouts attended Camp Lawton Boy Scout Camp on Mt. Lemmon; seven Boy Scouts went to weeklong National Youth Leadership Training Camp at Camp Lawton and three Boy Scouts attended the Pimaree, a joint week-long camping experience in Nogales, Sonora with Scouts from Mexico.
We've received 1,227 donations totaling $131,275 toward our goal of $190,000 to send 770 kids to weeklong overnight camps this summer. We're $58,000 shy of our goal with camp underway.
Donations are welcome throughout the year. We are grateful for your donations and continuing our thank-you's today.
Your contribution is tax-deductible, qualifying for the state's working-poor charitable tax credit of up to $400.
The Sportsmen's Fund, one of the oldest 501c (3) charities in Southern Arizona, was founded in 1947. Since then, thanks to Star readers, we have helped pay for 36,548 children to go to camp.
Recent donations include:
Donna Hansen Albertson, $100.
Vernon Arnstad, $30.
Ken and Elaine Baarson, $50.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, $500.
Edward and Barbara Belton, $200.
Ben Berg, $200.
Joe and Tina Betancourt, $25.
Nancy Blackwell, $100.
Boilard-Harkin Family Advised Fund of the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, $250.
Tom Buchta, $25.
Kay R. Kennard and Eugene J. Cech, $50.
Elena B. Chapman, $100.
Joyce and Ret. SMSGT Lawrence Coleman, $100.
Anne Cooney, $50.
Norma Cox, in memory of Orval L. Cox Jr., $50.
Robert Crone, $100.
Ed and Cherie Daum, $100.
Tony and Gale Dick, $100.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Downs, $25.
Richard Enholm, $50.
Bruce Fink, in memory of Betty Fink, $400.
Gardners, $25.
Mary Gibson, $100.
R. Gillilan, $50.
John M Gordon, $100.
Loma Griffith, $200.
Donita Gross, $500.
Steve Halper, $100.
Deborah Hammar, $25.
Charles Hotchkiss, $400.
Jan Jager, $100.
Lil Janssen, in memory of Art Janssen, $50.
John M. Johnson, in memory of Mercer Johnson III, $250.
Pamela Jones, $25.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kesler, $50.
Kirchner Rev. Family Trust, $50.
Art and Joanne Kunze, $50.
Mrs. Yvonne Lecornu, $25.
Stanley Lehman, in memory of his wife Renaye "Ricki" Lehman, $500.
Janet Lewis, $25.
Barbara Martinez, $10.
Dolores McFadden, in memory of Edward McFadden, $100.
Lawrence and Nancy Morgan, $100.
Glen and Shirley Murray, $50.
Robert Netherton, $25.
Cynthia O'Connell, $200.
Archie Oftedahl, $350.
Daniel Pascoe, $50.
Linda Popelka, $50.
R.A. Raney, $50.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rigby, $25.
Marilyn Schroeder, $100.
Moira and Kenneth Silverman, $36.
Molly and Richard Siola, $100.
BJ Smith, $50.
David Sproul, in memory of Dolores Sproul, $100.
Anne Stewart, $100.
Flora Yee, in honor of Ginny Elsasser on her July 7 birthday, $50.
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Hollow "Victory": J Michael Straczynski 'Reboots' the Mighty Thor
J Michael Straczynski's storytelling stands out as one of the most inventive in recent mainstream superhero comics.
Even the lead story "Victory", from the momentous anniversary issue #600 seems hollow in light of the changes to the Thor mythos writer J. Michael Straczynski has wrung since his reboot of the series.
It is a far cry from halcyon days, as Thor creator, Stan Lee pens "To Asgard! Forever!", the first backup story in issue #600. Artist David Aja's subtle palette correctly captures the mood of the era: bright colors for the heroes, dull tones for the backdrop. It is a story where the characters speak in ornate imperatives, and every action is jarred by an exclamation point at the end of it. With just a little imagination, readers can fill in the 'zounds!' and 'ye gods!' for themselves. In no more than 11 pages, Lee and Aja capture all facets of Thor's erstwhile exploits: his days with the Avengers, his defense of his native Asgard, his life-saving surgery performed as Don Blake, and his wrestlings with dissolving the mystical bond between himself and his alter ego. But the Lee/Aja vision of Thor is little more than twist of the knife for long-time readers. The Thor of the rebooted series is not the same as the days of yore. Even the Lee/Aja story is nothing more than a postmodern pastiche of the old Journey Into Mystery comic books.
With the J. Michael Straczynski reboot, even "Victory", the lead story in the momentous anniversary issue #600 (the story that continues plotlines established in the regular monthly title), somehow seems hollow. In monthly continuity, "Victory" marks a trumpeted return to the kind of stories told of Thor in days gone by. A rogue Asgardian has been set loose. He now roams the streets of New York City where he wreaks havoc with its citizens. Acting on his oath to protect both Asgard and Midgard (the mortal world), Thor wades through the carnage to check the disruptive violence of this unidentified Norse God. But the moment that longtime fans may have yearned for, actual physical conflict, is brought to bear by Straczynski in a radical inversion of the usual Thor mythos.
The unidentified Asgardian, readers soon discover, is Bor, the grandfather never known to Thor, now resurrected from Valhalla. The victim of treachery at the hands of Loki, Lord of Trickery, Bor now wanders the NYC streets imagining the scene as a battleground of monsters. Frightened and threatened, he lashes out. When Thor intervenes and eventually emerges victorious, Loki reveals the truth of Bor's identity. Loki's trap is sprung. A hollow victory, indeed. Since the price for attacking a fellow Asgardian is having to forsake any dynastic claim, Thor is forced into exile. And in a final triumphant swoop, Loki convinces Baldur, the new Lord Protector of Asgard to relocate the now earthbound Asgard to the kingdom of Latveria and into the monstrous clutches of Doctor Doom. An ignominious ending that echoes the dire Empire Strikes Back.
If any happy note can be culled from "Victory", it is the judicious use of two artists. Since the first issue of the series re-launch, Straczynski's storytelling has shifted between two regular artists. Olivier Coipel has told the stories of Thor, and his human alter ego, surgeon Don Blake, roaming the continental US, attempting to reestablish the Seat of Asgard.
This is a hopeful moment in Straczynski's story. As Don Blake roams far beyond the political labyrinth his life in NYC had become, he touches the world in an almost honest way. He recovers those inner resources that positioned him to become not simply a surgeon, but a healer. And Thor for his part, though weighed down by machinations he cannot yet comprehend, finds his own spring awakening. The seat of his ancestral power is reestablished, and he gathers together his people in their newly rebuilt home. Coipel's art is just enough hope, just enough fear, just enough whimsy and dread in just the right mix to convey the rich palette of emotion that Straczynski hopes to convey. It may not be warm yet, but it is bright.
In contrast, Marko Djurdjevic's artwork for the alternating storyarcs is boorish and sullen, a cavern filled with spears and treasure and corpses somewhere endlessly cold. Djurdjevic's art is held over for the more grisly story arcs that delve into the murky history of Thor's bloodline, such as his continual self-evaluation that pushes him to becoming a staunch defender of Asgard, a protector of Midgard, and a loyal son to his father Odin, Odin's troubled dealings with his own father Bor, and the endless savagery of the monsters Thor and his bloodline must contend with. The blood-chilling compromises that Djurdjevic is able to execute between external savagery waged against monsters, and the interior battle of the fortified psyche speaks volumes about the emotionally brutal socialization that Thor must endure.
Although darker for issue 600, Coipel's artwork still taps a vein of pensive hopefulness
Djurdjevic's artwork is reserved for confronting externalized inner demons
With "Victory", the two series regular artists finally appear together for the first time. Straczynski achieves a story mode that balances perfectly the bloodlust of the subplots saved for Djurdjevic's story arcs with the apprehensively hopeful whimsy of those saved for Coipel's storyarcs. Straczynski's storytelling in this regard stands out as one of the most inventive in recent mainstream superhero comics. If anything, Thor has thus far been the story of two competing psychologies, signified independently by Coipel and Djurdjevic. Albeit in "Victory", Coipel's artwork seems to tend to the darker aspects, that quintessential hopefulness remains apparent as he rushes in to clash with Bor. For "Victory" Coipel's artwork becomes Thor's perception of the battle. While the gruesome pencils of Djurdjevic become reserved for the monstrously violent hallucinations of the tormented Bor. As the battle crescendos, Straczynski takes pains to remind his audience that what they are glimpsing is as much Thor in the tyrannical grip of his ancestral past, as the war between fractured psychologies.
But the ceaseless pendulum between these varying apperceptions, the countless confrontations with externalized monsters signifying inner demons all point to a deeper realization for long-time readers. With issue #600, The Mighty Thor reverts to numbering for the original comicbook series. In one swoop the Thor of yesteryear, the Thor glimpsed at one final time in the postmodern romp that is Lee's "To Asgard! Forever!", seems to have vanished perhaps forever.
The more chilling alternative however, remains hard to ignore. That in some ways, this new Thor, the sullen, brooding Thor more a Hamlet than an Ivanhoe, is that Thor that was always aimed for. Even as far back as the old Journey Into Mystery comics, could Stanhttp://images.popmatters.com/news_art/t/thor01_banner.jpg Lee have been hoping for a pensive and slowly ruminating, a Thor more evocative of the daily grind of godly life? Is Lee's own "To Asgard! Forever!" not so much a postmodern pastiche of what was, but what should never have been? Have long-time readers been lured into a decades-long misreading of the character?
Straczynski offers not series reboot, or a character renovation, but a concerted attempt at reassertion. This is the Thor, fraught with doubt, beset on every side with the inability to take action, trapped in a perpetual lockstep with externalized manifestations of a hollow interiority... this is the Thor that we have always hoped for.
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"ABC World News" anchor Diane Sawyer sat down with Parade magazine for a cover story running in print this Sunday. In the interview, she discusses her career, her mindset, and her approach to covering international tragedies.
For the web extras, Sawyer delivers a — maybe unexpected — endorsement of opinion programs on cable news:
"I think they are invigorating the debate. I really do. I think Roger Ailes, who runs Fox News, is smart as a whip. And I think Rachel Maddow on MSNBC is great television. I love the expression of personality that cable invites. I think we learn in lots of different ways. Sometimes we learn straight down the middle and sometimes we learn through the dialectic. When Fox and MSNBC are going back and forth we can learn a lot."
This comes the same week that two FOX personalities, FNC's Bill O'Reilly and FBN's Dave Ramsey made appearances on ABC News programs.


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The Hard-Disk Shuffle
Hewlett-Packard is attempting to move into the upscale home music market with its $1000 Digital Entertainment Center de100c (see previous). A computer/audio recorder, the de100c lets users download and store music files, as well as burn and play CDs. The de100c is carried by mass-market outlets Circuit City and Best Buy.
Belt-tightening as a result of a general slump in the computer industry has other firms moving in the opposite direction. Dell Computer has pulled its MP3 player from the market. Known as the Internet Music Box, the player debuted in June 2000 at a price of $199. Sales were disappointing, and Dell eventually began offering the player free with some of its computers. Last month, Gateway deleted its "Connected Touch Pad," a web-surfing appliance, as part of an overall cutback in entertainment devices. Another victim of the slump is Intel's consumer electronics division, launched a couple of years ago by the chipmaker with a big public relations campaign. The division will be phasing out its inventory, including digital audio players and digital cameras, over the next few months.
Japanese electronics giant Pioneer Corporation appears to believe in a rosy future for digital entertainment products. The company has just signed a joint-development deal with San Francisco–based Mediabolic, Inc., to develop what the partners call a "complete line of networked digital entertainment devices." The multi-year agreement will have Pioneer incorporate the Mediabolic ONE platform into new entertainment products, according to a November 9 announcement. Pioneer/Mediabolic prototype products will be on display at CES 2002, the announcement stated.


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Grant brings new life to history lessons in NY Mills
If it comes down to putting on a wig or donning a toga, New York Mills teacher Jason Boe is willing to try it--that is, if it helps his students.
Dressing up in period attire is just one technique Boe has been learning about recently through classes held for area history teachers. The purpose of these workshops is to inspire teachers to improve their classroom strategies, ultimately resulting in stronger student achievement in history classes.
All of the training Boe is receiving comes through a 'Teaching American History' grant program that he applied to be a part of last year. Just one year into the program, Boe says he is already appreciating the wealth of information and helpful resources garnered through the grant program.
"This has helped me to be even more creative in the classroom," Boe says of the history program. "There is this misconception that history is all about memorization and taking out a textbook."
In addition to introducing Boe to some creative performance-related history ideas, the history grant program provides his students with a free online database of primary sources and free historical texts. There are also lesson plans available for Boe to use in the classroom.
The grant covers the cost of hiring a substitute for the days when Boe attends workshops put on through the grant program. Once a month, he meets in Perham with other history teachers to discuss history-related topics revolving around new ideas that can be incorporated into their existing curriculum.
"It's nice because they do what I do," Boe says of the experience.
Every couple of months, the 19 teachers throughout central Minnesota who are participating in the grant program meet together as a large group in Moorhead. The regional group consists of teachers from Lake Park, Fergus Falls, Perham, Alexandria, Moorhead, Pelican Rapids, and New York Mills.
Boe is not the only New York Mills teacher involved in the history grant program. Jo Rudnitski, who teaches 7th grade U.S. History, and Rita Askew, a 5th grade teacher who emphasizes U.S. History with her students, are also participating in the program.
At their Moorhead-based large group gatherings, the New York Mills teachers are given the opportunity to dialogue with professors from Minnesota State University Moorhead. Presenters are also flown in to share new history ideas with the group.
"It's unreal the amount of time and energy put into this project," said Boe. "The professional development that has taken place has been amazing."
Lakes Country Service out of Fergus Falls was designated the 'Teaching American History' funds for Minnesota and is coordinating the activities for the history cohort. It is a three-year commitment for teachers.
This is the first year in the grant program for area teachers, and the focus this year is on Colonial America. "Next year, we hit the beginning of our country through the Civil War," explains Boe. The third year will focus on events taking place after the Civil War.
In setting a different period of history as the theme of each year of the grant, Boe says it helps teachers to focus on a more narrow section of our nation's ever lengthening timeline. He jokes, "The problem with history is that there's just so much of it."


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A Funny Side of New York
Young artists find inspiration everywhere. This was certainly true for late comic-art illustrator Will Elder, who, at 16 years old, created a character called Superintendent Man.
"After all, the superintendent in the building was the most important person we knew," said his fellow artist, Al Jaffee, at the SoHo Gallery of Digital Art on Wednesday night.
As part of a series entitled "Comic Book Round Table," comics writer, historian and New York native Danny Fingeroth hosted a gathering of comics creators in the gallery's basement on Sullivan Street, with the suitably irreverent subtitle "Blame It on New York."
Each of the panelists had a long history as New York-based artists. Though born in Savannah, Ga., Mr Jaffee has called the city home since 1933.
"That's me with Will Elder who at that time was Wolf Eisenberg," Mr. Jaffee said of a vintage shot of two teenagers.
Mr. Elder's Superintendent Man may not have catapulted him to fame, but he went on to contribute to Mad and Playboy magazines, among many others.
Another black-and-white photograph displayed during a chat with Mr. Jaffee, 92 years old and a Mad magazine veteran, drew the first big laugh of the evening.
"This is a building in the Bronx where you did not grow up," Mr. Fingeroth said.
"No, I did not grow up in this neighborhood," Mr. Jaffee said. "This is the posh area where Stan Lee grew up." Mr. Lee co-created famous characters like Spider-Man and the Hulk and, perhaps as important, was Mr. Jaffee's teenage boss.
A more reverently identified edifice was the High School of Music and Art, an institution that graduated so many comic-art prime movers that its historical relevance for the graphic-arts medium is comparable to Sun Studios' place in the history of rock 'n' roll.
Subsequent presentations from underground artists Miriam Katin, Peter Kuper, R. Sikoryak and Bob Fingerman revealed city-centric inspirations using bold, complex and personal graphic art. Dean Haspiel's self-narrated black-and-white depiction of an episode of mutual voyeurism in Little Italy employed accompanying graphic language well outside the boundaries of a family newspaper.
"People are having sex all the time in New York," Mr. Haspiel later said. "I remember once I saw a couple having sex through my window. My friend said 'Stop looking' and I said, 'Why? I pay rent, it's my window!'"
Later, an audience member asked each artist to say what he or she missed about New York in the 21st Century. The response from Ms. Katin drew a murmured assent from within the audience that skewed middle-aged and female. "B. Altman's," she said.
Earlier Ms. Katin had read from "Letting It Go" a touching and unsentimental rumination on the long personal shadow of her harrowing WWII childhood a world away from the fabled department store. "When I first came to New York I walked in there and saw the whole floor of china and pots and pans and I said, 'I'm not going anywhere.'"
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An earlier version of this article misstated the name of Miriam Katin's book, "Letting It Go."


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Ljungberg, 31, suffered an injury-hit campaign at Upton Park last season after his three million pounds (€3.7 million) move from Arsenal.
He made just 28 appearances and opted to negotiate an early release just one season into his four-year contract.
Ljungberg, who spent nine years at Arsenal, will now consider whether to continue playing, with West Ham's website claiming "leading clubs at home and on the continent as well as the United States and Asia" are interested in signing him.
"I gave my all at West Ham and enjoyed my time there but the decision is the best for the both of us. Now I will take my time to consider my football future," Ljungberg told the club's website.
Scott Duxbury, West Ham United CEO, added: "We respect Freddie Ljungberg's position and are pleased we could reach agreement and wish him all the best in the future. This deal is mutually acceptable to both parties."


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I feel sorry for Kaitlyn Hunt, the Florida high-school senior who was arrested February 16, charged with sexual battery of a minor and later expelled from her school for having a sexual relationship with a younger girl.
Kaitlyn Hunt, a senior, is 18. The other girl, a freshman at their high school, just turned 15. The two first became involved when Kaitlyn was 17.
I feel sorry for Kaitlyn Hunt because as a high-school junior, I was Kaitlyn Hunt: expelled from my all-girls high school after my girlfriend's mother listened in on a phone conversation, then later searched her daughter's room and found what would later be called "incriminating" lesbian and gay newspapers and books, as well as letters from me.
My girlfriend's parents called the school and told the principal that I had lured their daughter into a sexual relationship against her will. My parents were called in and they were told I would be expelled to "protect" the other girls at the school from me. That I was a "bad moral influence" on the other girls and could not be trusted around them. I would be a "dangerous and disruptive influence" on the "character of the school and its student body," the principal said.
My girlfriend's parents intended to press charges–I was 16, she was fifteen and a half–but their parish priest convinced them not to, saying the ensuing scandal would follow the entire family.
The high school I attended was academically prestigious and one of the best in the country. It was also a family tradition: my grandmother and mother had attended and my younger sister would be going the following year.
My expulsion was devastating. It was late fall, which meant finding another school would be difficult. And it was: the reason I was expelled was in my record. No other school wanted to take the risk. I ended up at a high school for problem kids–kids with drug and alcohol addictions, kids who'd been arrested, kids with serious emotional issues, kids who had been kicked out of every other school and had nowhere else to go.
Instead of graduating from the best school in the city, I graduated from the school where no one wanted to end up, the school whose name was synonymous with trouble.
This is what has happened to Kaitlyn Hunt. Her high school kicked her out–even after a judge said she could stay–because the parents of the other girl petitioned the school board. Kaitlyn ended up at another school, a pariah. She'll be allowed to walk at graduation with her original classmates, but it won't be the same.
Kaitlyn also won't be able to just move on to nursing school as she had planned after graduation. Because Kaitlyn is still facing criminal charges.
According to a May 20, blog post on xoJane.com written by Steven Hunt Jr., Kate Hunt's father, his daughter was first arrested by police on Feb. 16, and charged with sexual battery on a minor 12-16 years old. At the time of the arrest, Stephen Hunt says the police refused to tell him or Kaitlyn's mother why she was being arrested. She was handcuffed and taken away, screaming and crying for her mother, he said.
Police arrested her based on details from a phone conversation that was taped between the girlfriend and Kaitlyn where the two discussed their relationship.
Steven Hunt says that this taped call was precipitated by his daughter's girlfriend's parents discovering the relationship between the teens. The parents called police and had his daughter arrested without contacting them or their daughter to discuss the situation or what their concerns might be.
The charges were later reduced to two counts of felony lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12-16. But the charges are still felonious and a sex crime.
A plea deal would offer Kaitlyn Hunt two years house arrest and a year's probation. Otherwise, according to Florida law, she could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison and have to register as a sex offender for life.
According to Steven Hunt, both the prosecutor and the girl's parents refuse to drop the charges.
Kate Hunt's mother, Kelley Hunt Smith, brought the case to the media last week. She started a Facebook campaign to tell her daughter's story and to urge the Assistant State's Attorney, Brian Workman, to drop the case.
Since Kaitlyn's mother made her daughter's case public last week, LGBT blog sites have reported the story and on May 19, the NY Daily News published an interview with Kelley Hunt Smith.
Change.org has put up a petition urging prosecutors to "stop the hate" and rescind the prosecution. On May 18, the international hacker group Anonymous started a Twitter campaign about the case with #OPJustice4Kaitlyn and a letter that began "Greetings, Bigots."
The Anonymous group has recently come out strongly in defense of justice for rape victims, particularly in a series of gang rapes of teenaged girls, like the Steubenville case. (See Op-Ed: Gender Crime is Hate Crime and also Op-Ed: The Social Medium of Rape) Anonymous has stated that Kaitlyn Hunt is being wrongly prosecuted because of "selective enforcement" of laws and because she was in a same-sex relationship. They are calling for the resignations of those prosecuting Kaitlyn.
Every state in the U.S. has statutory rape laws. These are usually in two categories–first degree rape and second or third degree rape. First degree involves a perpetrator 18 or older and a victim 12 or under. Second or third degree is applied to perpetrators 17 and older and victims 12 to 16. It is also illegal in every state in the country for someone to have sex with a minor between the ages of 12 and 16 if that person is three or more years older than the minor.
Kaitlyn Hunt, a senior, and her 15-year-old freshman girlfriend have a three-year age difference between them, and the girlfriend is in that 12-16 range, having just turned 15. (Kaitlyn turned 18 in September 2012.) This specific age difference means their relationship doesn't just violate the law in Florida, it violates the law in every state in the country.
Statutory rape laws relate to both the age of consent in individual states and the age of both parties. Anonymous is correct that these laws are applied selectively in that secondary instance which almost always involves older teenaged boys and younger teenaged girls, but sometimes older teen girls and younger teen boys.
Prosecution is almost wholly among heterosexuals and almost entirely of teenaged boys. The case of Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because both she and her alleged victim are female.
Yet the case of Kaitlyn Hunt and her unnamed girlfriend was actually always illegal by the exact letter of Florida law because the girlfriend was 15 and the age of consent in Florida is 18. Florida law expressly stipulates that sex with anyone under the age of 16 is illegal, regardless of sexual orientation.
But once Kaitlyn turned 18, she was legally a consenting adult.
Which made her a rapist under the law.
All over America teenagers with age differences similar to Kaitlyn's and her girlfriend are having consensual sexual relationships. Yet in many, if not most instances, those relationships violate existing laws enacted to protect children and adolescents from predatory adults.
For decades, parents unhappy with a daughter's choice of older teen boyfriend have used these laws to either threaten the boyfriend with arrest or actually have him arrested. According to crime statistics on statutory rape, the most common age for prosecution is 19.
It is also not just "religious zealots," as the parents of the 15-year-old in the Hunt case have been deemed by Kelley Hunt Smith, utilizing these laws. Parents whose daughters are involved with a boy of a different race, ethnicity or religion have employed these laws, as have parents who discovered their daughter was having sex with a boy against their expressed wishes or just parents who thought the boy was too old for their younger daughter and that made him predatory in their eyes. In some cases, minor girls themselves have turned in their older boyfriends after a bad break-up.
Enforcement of statutory rape laws has been haphazard over the years, but some groups like the prestigious Guttmacher Institute as well as some women's groups have pressed for stronger enforcement because statistically, the highest rates of teen pregnancy are among girls with boyfriends who are older. The Progressive Policy Institute and the American Bar Association even co-sponsored a study a decade ago on enforcement of statutory rape laws.
In the late 90s, California led an effort at prosecuting statutory rape because the state had the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation and demographics revealed that among the more than 50,000 pregnancies of high school students, the fathers were on average four years older than their teen partners. Teen pregnancies were costing the state millions in welfare-related services so programs were initiated to use the statutory rape laws as a deterrent.
Other states–Delaware and Georgia immediately, others soon after that–followed suit.
Statutory rape charges are very serious, and because of concomitant laws enacted in recent years related to sex crimes, people charged with sex crimes must register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives. Being a registered sex offender means there are also what the law calls "onerous" restrictions on certain behaviors and also on where one can live and work.
All of which means the case against Kaitlyn Hunt is quite serious.
But it is only one case. When statutory rape laws are being prosecuted all across the U.S. without media notice, why is the case of Kaitlyn Hunt garnering national attention? Is there a double-standard at play?
Every news piece about Kaitlyn Hunt has been accompanied by photographs–many photographs. Hunt is a pretty blonde with big light eyes and a ready smile. Photos of her in her prom dress, in cute tops and shorts, lying on her stomach in a little sundress with her legs up behind her, even one in the midst of a cheer in her cheerleader's outfit present a teen who is attractive and charismatic.
A former cheerleader and member of her school's chorus, in her high school yearbook Kaitlyn was voted the student with "Most School Spirit." By her parents' accounts she was a teenager with no problems who was never in trouble.
The plethora of photos tell a specific story about Kaitlyn Hunt: she doesn't look like what majority America thinks lesbians look like. Rather, she looks like the proverbial girl-next-door from small-town America, which is exactly what she is.
Even her own parents seem not to believe she is actually a lesbian. In her Facebook posting, Hunt Smith says the other girl's parents have blown the relationship out of proportion and think Kaitlyn "made" their daughter a lesbian.
Hunt Smith wrote, "Of course I see it 100 percent different. I don't see or label these girls as gay. They are teenagers in high school experimenting with their sexuality. All teens do it in one form or another. And even if their daughter is gay, who cares? She is still their daughter."
The immediate response from the LGBT community about Kaitlyn Hunt is to support her. But what disturbs this reporter is that there has been absolutely no comment from the other side in the case. No one has spoken to the other parents–including the NY Daily News. No one has spoken to the attorneys in the case and no one has spoken to either teen. The entirety of the story is being told by Kaitlyn's parents.
Stephen Hunt has set up a "go fund me" site to sell "stop the hate, save Kate" merchandise and raise $50,000 for legal fees. He's collected over $9,000 so far.
All of which raises this question: If this were an 18-year-old boy and a girl who had just turned 15, would we see the boy as a victim or a predator? Would the NY Daily News interview his mother? Would a feminist blog site give his father space for a column? Would Change.org be petitioning? Would Anonymous be staging a protest?
Or would there be concerns that an "older boy" was "victimizing" a younger girl? How much of the attention to this case is because teenaged female-female sexuality simply isn't seen as threatening, especially when the teenager involved is pretty and "girly" and there is no risk of pregnancy?
If Kaitlyn were a short-haired, stocky, unisexually dressed baby butch with myriad tats and ear plugs, would there be six photos accompanying a story in the nation's largest daily tabloid newspaper? Or none?
I'm not saying that Kaitlyn Hunt doesn't deserve support. Or that the other girl's parents aren't entirely suspect from their actions in calling the police.
I know too well the pain Kaitlyn is experiencing, because I lived it: I remember with total clarity the days, weeks and months after I was expelled from school. I remember having to sneak out of my house and go to school as classes let out, hoping to catch my girlfriend before her mother, who was keeping her to a restrictive schedule, came to pick her up from school and before any teachers might see me. I remember how suddenly I had gone from being very popular to having no friends. I remember how my girlfriend and I eventually broke up because it was just too hard to sneak around and see each other and one of us was always crying. I remember what it was like to be out of school when everyone else was in. And most of all, I remember how difficult it was to get past what this all had done to me–to my family, to my academic life, to my future.
So I feel sorry for Kaitlyn Hunt, because I was her, and I know what it's like to go from "Most School Spirit" to no school at all, to be blindsided by someone else's parents, to have so many people sit in judgement of you.
I don't want to judge Kaitlyn Hunt. Rather I want to question the system that criminalizes peer relationships between teens. Maybe the days of statutory rape laws for 14 to 18 year olds should be abolished. Maybe some teenagers just naturally gravitate toward kids a little older than themselves. Maybe the double standard of boys are predators and girls are just girls is inaccurate and maybe some girls are predators and most boys aren't. The sexual double standard here isn't just queer versus straight, it's also male versus female.
I signed the petition to stop Kaitlyn Hunt's prosecution because I think if she had truly been a predator, someone else would have come forward to say so by now–a previous girlfriend, other students, someone.
I hope the prosecution of Kaitlyn Hunt is stopped. It took me years to recover from what my girlfriend's parents, my high school and even my own parents did to me. But I also hope the attention this case has garnered makes people question whether statutory rape laws were enacted to criminalize peer relationships between high school students, irrespective of gender or sexual orientation, or to catch adult sexual predators who prey on children and teens.
Check out the Change.org petition to save Kaitlyn Hunt here.
Victoria A. Brownworth is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and the author/editor of more than 30 books including the award-winning Too Queer: Essays from a Radical Life and Coming Out of Cancer: Writings from the Lesbian Cancer Epidemic.


text: Johannesburg - South African ostrich exports to the European Union have been suspended after avian flu was detected in birds in the Western Cape, the provincial agriculture department said on Friday.Spokesperson Wouter Kriel said the H5N2 virus was initially detected on five farms in the Oudtshoorn area, but that this had since been narrowed down to one farm in the area with 5 000 ostriches."The birds will have to be destroyed to prevent the further spread of the disease," Kriel said. They would be destroyed as "soon and as quickly" as possible."It's a virus and it's spread by birds. You can't really prevent birds from interacting with animals on your farm." He said the H5N2 strain did not pose a health risk to humans.Kriel said the ban on exports had been self-imposed by the farmers to protect the integrity of their stock.In line with international protocol, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) had been informed of the detection of the virus.Outbreak limited to Western CapeAccording to a notification on the OIE's website, 5 754 animals on the farm were susceptible to the virus, 100 cases had been found and 100 deaths reported.The suspected outbreak was limited to the Western Cape area.Kriel said the virus was detected in routine tests.The industry, which supported 20 000 people in the area, had come to a standstill.Kriel said the provincial government was in discussion with its national counterpart in an attempt to compensate the affected farmer.A hygiene and sanitation company in the food sector, Ecowize, on Friday said it was "crucial" to put stringent measures in place on farms throughout the country to prevent the outbreak from becoming a nationwide threat.


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Corpus Christi Produce distributes fruits and vegetables across the Coastal Bend.
Sarah Acosta was live there this morning getting a behind the scenes look at how they operate.
Workers start arriving around 4 a.m. to make sure orders are in place, and then it's hustle between the large coolers and the loading dock to prepare for deliveries.
By 5 a.m. trucks begin to pull out of the building to deliver produce to the majority of area schools and businesses from Refugio to Kleberg counties.
Owner Margaret Jataine, said the majority of fruit comes from California, Arizona and Texas. She said it doesn't stay at the building for long before it is shipped out to an area location.
She said the most important tip to remember when eating fruit or vegetables is to wash it before you eat it and to eat a lot of it- because it's good for you.


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FOUR MEMBERS Of
Baby and Its Father Rushed to The
-Physicians Believe Acute Case of
Malaria Affects Humans
and Stock.
Allendale, Nov. 8.-One of the most
mysterious affairs ever occurring in
this county came to light this morn
ing when the fourth member of the
family of Joe ce, a constable of a
magistrate living at Beldoc, a town
about four miles from here, succumb.
ed to a mysteridus illness last night.
Previous to the death of the wife of
Mr. Lee last night three of the child
ren of the family had died, all within
less than a week. The only members
of the family now alive are a four
months old baby and Mr. Lee, himself.
Mr. Lee was taken to the University
Hospital in Augusta, Ga., this morn
ing upon advice of physicians who are
unable to diagnose the case to their
An inquest was held over the body
of Mrs. Lee this morning and the
vital organs of the woman sent to the
State laboratory for analysis. The
peculiarity of the affair lies in the
fact that every member of the family
has been affected the same way. In
addition to this, it is reported that
all the livestock around the home of
Mr. Lee has been affected. Two boys
have died. All the poultry have died
and the cow, has been vomiting for
two days. The facts, together with
other circumstances, have brought out
the opinion in this section that- the
family has in some way been so pe
culiar that the poison theor yhas es
tablished some credence among them
and the stomach of one of the victims
was cut out and sent on Wednesday
to the laboratory of the State Board
of Health for examination.
The board further has been re
quested to send to the $cene an expert
to examine the source the probability
of the poisoning theory. This in all
probability will be done and a correct
diagnosis of the case be in hand in a
few days. One physician in attendance
on the fon1ily went so far as to ad
mit that the symptoms in all the cases
were alipost identical to those. evident
in arsenic. The theory of poisoning
is given further credence by the fact
that the victims themselves firmly be
lieve that such is the case and go
further and state that the poisoning
is the result of foul play. It seems
that Allr. Lee or some member of his
family had had a difficulty with a
nearby neighbor and there was bad
blood between them. Lee voluntarily
gave the name of the person he sup
poses to have conmi)itted the crime,
So far no act ion has been taken of
ficially, (e to an utter lack of evi
dence. Lee seems to think and the
peculiar circumstances arising form
the death of the livestock about the
Place bears this out in a way, that the
well, from which the supply of water
was taken, had been poisoned. It is
for the purpose of examining the wa
ter i the (-vell and to look into other
pecuhar circumstances surrounding
the strange (eath of the victims, that
the presence Of an expert from the
State board has been requested. While
all three of the physicians so far
called imto the case cling to the
hypothesis that acute malaria is the
cause of the deaths, there is an ol
vious doubt in all their minds that
the poisonig theory is not, altogether
impossible. 1Every effort will, of
course, he made to clear the mystery
of the affair up. It was said to have
been a most (istressing sight to have
seen the dead b-dies of the three chil
dIren lying side by side and the mother
:fid father lying at the point of death.
PLAN TlO IlANDIR~
'TIlE 'TOBACCO CROP
Florence, Nov. 8.--D~arlin gton coun
ty reportedi to headlquartdls of the
.iouth Carolina Tobacco Associati n
tonight she has signed approximately
30 per cent of the reqluisfte quota of
her tobaeco crop uinder the Tri-State
Cooperative Mlarketing Association.
She went, past the million-poundl mark
todlay, when 250,000 pounds were sign..
ed tip, this total being the largest yet
repor'tedl from any county in the belt.
A. Ilyman, of Darlington, signedl up
100,000 lounds, which is the largest
amount yet r'eported for any one
grower. In signing up this huge lot
Mr. Ilyman madle the statement he
felt he had taken the greatest act
of his tobacco-growing experience to
improve the condIitions of this crop
and its planters.
Thursdaiy noon, under auspices of
the Kiwanma Club, the business and
professional men of Darlington, in
cluding the county, will have a spe
cial dinner and meeting to hear the
plan andl provisions of the tobacco
contract. T. B. Young wvill addi'ress
them andl other prominent men of the
State will be present. These citi
zens are expectedl to line up with the
bankers of the belt, and assist per
sonally .towards putting over the or
Darlington's crop in 1920 was 7,200
000 poundls, of which 40 per cent
must be signedl. 11cr pledges to date
promises she will be first in South
Caroli to go over the top. F. E.
McGill is county chairman and Is vig
orously pushing th~e campaign.
"Black Beauty," read by millions
has been visualized. "Black Beauty"
in motion nlietires will be presented at
Pastime Theatre Friday, November
11th, afternoon and night, 3:80 -7:45
Edit'or The Manning Times:
Few people in 'Mahning realize the
aiount of work tlpat Mr.' Richards
has done in developing our first High
School 'Foot Ball Team, and how the
boys have responded to his Intelligent
and systematic coaching. There is
no cleaner or lianlier sport than foot
ball. It calls for quick thinking, quick
acting, plenty of grit, perservance
and physical endurance. The foot
ball stars both in high schools and col
leges deserve all the praise that is
bestowed on them.\
I- didn't start out to write a disser
tation on foot ball, however, but to oall
attention to tle foot that our boys
are going to play the Conway High
School team here next Friday after
noon, November 11th. This is a holi
day and we should all tufh out and
give the boys a boost. It costs
money to bring the Conway team here
and I imaginq the treasury of the
local team needs replenishing. Our
boys have won exactly half the games
they have played this season, which
is a fine record for a first year team.
They are determined to add another
game to their string of victories Fri
lay afternoon. Let's all turn out help
them win. If you don't understand
the game, come anyway. You can
find sonic one to explain the main
points, and you will never learn the
game except by seeing it played.
Let me add that I am not connected
with the school or the foot ball teani
and this is written without the know
ledge of the coach or any member of
the team. I have admired the earnest
and enthusiastic work of Coach Rich
ards and the boys and I am anxious
that we should give them the
encouragement and support they de
The following people left here about
noon today and motored to Mayesville,
where they will attend a reception at
the ionie of Mrs. J. M. Shaw: Mr.
and Mrs. S. I. Harvin, Mr. and Mrs.
V. C. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis, Mr.
and Mrs. C. N. Sprott, Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Plowden, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. T.
E. Plowdlen, Dr. and Mrs. Brockinton,
Dr. and Mrs. Dickson, Mr. and Mrs.
O'Bryan, -Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cantey,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rigby, Mr. and Mrs.
Horton Rigby, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Helms, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Gerald and
Mrs. Warren Dickson. They will re
turn sometime tonight.
A nieting of the American Cotton
Association, Clarendon County branch
is called to convene at the Court House
at Manning, November 15th at 11
o'clock a. im. for the purpose of elect
ing officers for the coming year and
transacting such other business that
may conic before the Association. I
urge upon all mellcibers of the Asso
ciation to attend this meeting as the
Association is planning to organize
the state into a cooperative sales cor
por .tion and hie succeeded in or
gaizing a number of counties. We
believe that this will be a long step
towards solving the problem of cut
ting out the iiiddle man and giving
the producer the benet of his commis
The Agricultural Block in Washing
ton has succeeded in putting over leg
islation that has been of great bene
'it to farmers all over the United
States and they ieed your co-opera
tion in the work they are doing.
F. C. Thomais, Pres.
J. M. Windham, Sec. and Treas.
The plan of organization for co
operative imrketing of tobacco will
b~e discussed by a member~ of the South
Carolina campaign committee, andh
ever'y grower is urged tQ .be priesent.
If you arc not satisfied with the pre
sent nmarketing 'system of tobacco,
conmc andh lenin how other growei's
have gained economic fieedom through
co-operation. Be surie you conic Tues
clay, No -ember 15th at eleven o'clock,
and bring your' neighbors.
10th. grade-Nell Gibbons, Sadie
Lou Bluddlin, Annie Nelson, Sallic Nel
son, Hattie Wheeler, Vei'non Duflose,
Thompson Buddin.
9th. grade-Jannie Fleming, Eula
Lee Fleming, Mildred Hicks, E'~ugene
5th. gracde-Linwoodh Bair'd, Eula
Frost, Janey Mae McIntosh.
0th. graide-Creighton Gibbons, S.
E. McItosh.
7th. gr'ade-Edna Buddcin, Lennie
4ith. gracde--Annita Flemming, Alza
Bucddin, Sudie Wheeler, Katie Frost,
Gladys Gibbons, Carlisle Budcdin.
3rd grade-Laurins Gibbons, Trheo
8th. grxade-Idlalene Johnson, Sam
mie Smith, Louel Gibbons.
lst. grade-Margaret Black, Wood
row Beard, Beasley Buddcin, Allen Bud
cdin, Lamar~ DerrIck, Virginia Gibbons,
Alton Gibbons, Helen Johnson, Mable
Wheeler, Myrtle Ard, Bessle Lee Ken
nedy, W. E. DuBose, Janie Wheeler.
Acdv. 1st. gracde-Pauline Beard,
Erline Beard, Curtis Gibbons, William
Kennedy, EloIse Lavender, Clidia
Player. Evelyn Plowchen.
2n. gradle-Ruby Budcdin, Dor'othy
Derrick, Edna Osborne, Earl Budldin,
Wilburn Kennedy.
Meosdames- W. S. Harvin, Jr., S. I.
Hlarvin and Bessie Lesesne were visi
tors In Columbia Saturday, to attend
LOCAL HAPPENINGS Of
November 6, 1961
Mr. E. S. Ervin is'having erect<
a nice dwelling in triangle park.
Died last Saturday, Josie, the 1
months-old daughter of Mr. and Mr
Joseph Sprott.
Mr. Wilson Dickson, who has be<
at Boardman, N. C., for the past s
months is in Manning.
D. Hirschmann is selling out his ei
tire stock of clothing at very lo
It is being daily demonstrated thi
short crops, bad collections, big stock
fall notes and heavy insurance is
combimation liable to ignite and cam
a great conflagration almost ar
night. It is to be hoped debt will tal
on a torch craze in this town.
Mr. W. C. DuRant has bought
lot on Churoh street, upon which I
can raise cane or anything else 1
Court convenes in Manning Monda
November 18th, witk J ige Jami
Aldrich presiding. The following
the list of names drawn up to serv
as petit jurors from Manning: W. M
Brailsford, J. C. Ridgeway, J. y
Ridgill, I. M. Bagnal, J. E. Lowde
W. J. Rawlinson, Sr., and W. 1D
The Way of the World
First Man-"You used to thin
Benber was a great friend of yours.
notice he never offers to help ye
now that you need help.
Second Man-"No; but, then, yc
must not forget how free lie was I
offer me assistance when I didn't nec
it-(There are still a largo percentag
of these men still living.)
The many friends of Mrs. B. I
Breedin will be glad to learn that sh
is very much improved, although ur
able to return home yet.
The many friends of Mrs. J. 1
Orvin will he glad to learn that she :
doing nicely after an operation laI
Saturday at a hospital in Columbia.
Mesdames T. M. Davis and Cai
Smith have returned from a week
visit with friends and... relatives i
Mrs. Chas. Geiger entertained tl
Neighborhood Bridge Club la.
Thursday afternoon; tho'e presei
were members of the clul
Mr. H1. I. Eller'be has returned froi
Kansas City, Mo., where he attende
the National Convention of the Ameri
can Legion.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Hirschmann. Pea
Hirschmann, Mrs. Benle Ness an
Shirley Ness motored to Sumter Sui
day for the day.
The many friends of Mr. J. A
Weinberg are glad to see that lie
able to be out again; Mr. Weinber
has beep quite ill at his home ft
about ten days.
On account of City Council and th
electric light company disagreeing o
the picer of current the street light
have bee:n discontinued. The tow
last night was in utter darkness.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1H. Johnson and lii
the son have returned to tieir home i
Richmond Virginia, afteri a two week
stay at their father's home, near' Wi
son Mill, whei'e they were called e
account of the death of their brothe
Mi'. Elbert Johnson.
Last 'veek the pl)Oice force fattene
the city treasury with twvo hundre
and seventy-five (dollars of wvhiske
money taken fi'om Mr'. Hlainey wh
runs a little grocery shop aind
Frenchman who stays in the sani
shop. .Hamney was fined $100 an
Frenchie $75.00. The other victii
was Mitt Mcluflle, coloredl. Mitt pi.
up $100 foi' having a jug of white cor
in her restaur'ant.,
STIORtES TO CLOSE~ FRID)AY
We the uindei'signedl merchants, an
business concerns of Manning, agrec
to close oui' stores on Fridhay the 11th
Ai'mistice Day:
Plowden Hanrdwar'e Co.
Dickson Grocery & Feed Co.
Leon Weinberg.
The 5i-10-25c Stoi'e
S. L. Huggins. Mar.
Manning Furnitui'e Co.
R1. R. Jlenkinson.
D. Hlirschmann.
The Newv Idea Co.
HI. D. Dubrow.
Riff & Ness.
The Peoples Store.
J. HI. Rigby.
The Manning Hardware Co.
Iseman Mercantile Co.
Clarence Iseman.
S. Katzoff.
Weinberg Co.
by B. A. Weinberg.
Jeffersbn City, Mo. Nov. 8.-TI
Missouri soldier bonus bill to mal
available $15,000,000 In bonds to co,
er cash paymentB to veterans wi
passedl by the Senate today by a vol
of 31 to 0.
BANKS STlILL HAVE
0 PLFNTY Of WHEAT SE(
The continued fine weather foi
planting small grain- has moved 1
d very considerable amount of wheni
from our stock in the past week, Th(
three Banks of Manning, however de.
?- sire to advise their friends and patrom
s. that they still have an ample suppl5
on hand for distribution.
The three Banks feel very muell
n gratified at the liberal response being
,x made to their appeal for more food
crops, and from present indications
wi th the advent of another harves
- we will -be in much better position tc
w take care of ourselves in the matter ol
food supply than for some t:me past
With plenty of provisions in our coi
it munity there can not be much priva,
s, iton.
a As our crops of cotton and tobacco
ie neither of which can be used for home
y consumption to any extent, seem to bc
:e precarious money-getters at this time
we are again urging our friends not
to depend on them, only in the most
a limited way.
e The three Banks desire to urgc
e their farmer friends to devote a?
much attention as it is possible, tc
raising stock for home use as well aE
7, food crops, particularly hogs. It iq
well known that we are among the
is largest consumers of pork and cured
,e meats per capita of any section in
r. our big country. We have in the past
. been one of the largest purchasers
, from the West of these commodities
1. yet we have an abundance of land ad
jacent to branches and water courses
if fenced on which to pasture and raise
hogs more than enough for our home
k needs. If it is possible to do so fence
I these lands and raise hogs, every home
u grown hog will aid us in conserving
our resources.
u We trust that our continued advice
o regarding the matter of providing
d provisions for home consumption may
e not prove offensive to our friends, but
from information at hand relative to
conditions in communities ravaged by
the boll weevil we wish to assure them
that it is a matter of vital importance
to our future welfare.
e MUtFFET-TH'IUMHl WEDDING
The marriage of Little Miss Muf'fet
and Mr. Tom Thumb 'was celebrated
- at the Pastime Theatre last Friday
s evening at eight o'clock. The stage
was beautifully decorated with ferns,
palms and cut flowers. While th
guests were being seated Miss Phylli.;
H' lagerdorn, sang "Peggy O'Neil and
8 Miss Jannie M. Horton sang "A Girl
n Like You." As the bridal party en
tered the wedding march "Blowing
C Bubbles, was played. The flowei
It girls, Eugenia O'Bryan and Olive Har
It vin entered first, followed by the ring
bearer, Seamon Richardson, Jr. The
bride, Leila O'Bryan, cntered with the
maid of honor, Ellen HIarvin, while
the groom, Hugh A. Plowden, enter
ed with the best man, Harry Hlarvin.
The bridal couple were met under a
huge wedding bell by the' preacher,
"Rev." Ceo. W. Williams Jr., who per
formed the ceremony. When the
preacher asked if there were any pre
sent who knew of any reason why this
couple should not be united in mar
riage an old maid Dorothy Ervin, said
S she objected to it, but the' parents
4 Ida Wideman and Louis A ppelt, said
" it was only an old maid's grudge
against men, the reason she objected,
.;o the ceremony was finished uniting
0 Little Miss Muffet and Mr. Tom
n Thumb.
DEATH OF MA;GIE DuRANT
Maggie DuRant, the nine year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Du
Rant, died at her home in DuRant's
a early Fr-iday morning. She had been
suffering for two wveeks wvith a severe
n~ attack of influenza which later' ran in
to pueno'mina. She was the fourth
dlaughter' and dearily loved by all wvho
knewv heri. The funeral services were
condluctedl by Rev. Grnier' from Mayes
dl ville; later she wvas laid to rest in the
Y DuRant cemetery. Many beautiful
0 floral offerings wvere seat by friends
a and relatives of the DuRant family.
d FUlNDS GO TO A GOOD) CAUSE
t The Char'ity Commtte (if the Civic
ni League have donated par( of the pro
ceed~s of the Rook Tournament to the
-helping of a. young country gir'l en
tering Roper' HIospital at Charleston to
take training foi' a professional nurse.
It wvould have been practically impos
il sible for this young lady to taken up
e her chosen profession without this do
nation fr'om the League. This aiction
of the League is causing much favor
able comment.
Mr's. T. M. Mouzon entertaminedl last
Thursday afternoon at a bridge party
in honor of Miss Margaret Duncan oif
Bennettsville, who spent the week-.nd
with her. Those present to greet
Miss Duncan wei'e Mesdames W. E.
Reardon, J. A. Weinberg, Leon Wein
berg, Allan Bradham, George Wil
liams, Frank Burgess, J. W. Wide
man and Miss Coi'inne Barfield. A
lovely salad course with coffee was
served the guests later in -the after
Nov. 1i
Hear the Call
A dollar rolled into my office the
other day, sat down on- the edge of
the desk and dubbed his silver face.
"Well," he said wearily, "I've had
a busy year. Gosh, but I'm glad yo;!
didn't put me in the bank or pay me
cut. on your car."
"You'd better be glad you didn't go
to pay the income tax" I responded
coldly, "Where have you been all this
time? Sit down and give an account
of yourself."
"I've been spending most of my
time among the ex-service men," he
admitted, "Do you know that in this
country there are at present 26,000
ex-service men in hospitals served by
the Red Cross? I have been visiting
Often where there are 1,100 men suf
fering and (lying of tuberculosis con
tracted through the war, and Kenil
worth where men lie year after year
in plaster casts because of a bit of
shrapnel in their spines and the Psy
chiatric hospitals where the boys we
sent away in 1917 screan) and rave
and have to be behind b-rs till they
(lie. Ten million of my dollar friends
went to, help the ex-service man last
year and through the Federal Board
of Vocational Training we have help
ed 80,000 ex-soldiers thrown out of
work because of disability back into
normal life. And 80,000 men repre
sent at least 250,000 women and child
ren dependent on them. Ali, no, the
war isn't over by any means. In the
hospitals and sanitariums it is still
being fought."
He paused a moment and stroked
the E Pluribus Unum on his bro-w,
then continued pensively, "Ah, yes,
I've seen some strange things since
you sent me away last year. I've
been in seventy disasters in the Unit
ed States alone-calamities like the
San Antonio flood and the Oconee
cyclone. I have stood with the doctor
and the Red Cross nurse alone in
cities laid waste by wind or earth
quake and have heard the cries of the
dying mingle with those of the liv
ing for the dead. I have been with
the Public Health nurse in little moun
tain towns and in far remote places
where she did everything from bath
ing the new-born baby to burying the
(lead. And I've been in Europe too,
among Mr. Hoover's babies-and seen
3,500,000 little children saved to civill
zation through the European Relief
"You have certainly earned a va
cation," I assured him. "Do you want
to spend a quiet life time in the Safe
Deposit Vault or how about a few
months in the baby's bank ? Either
one is guarantee(l to be restful."
The Dollar hesitated so long that I
could see the eagle's feathers quiver.
"If it's all the same to you I would
rather keep on working,"l he explain
ed thouightfully. "I can't do a whole
lot of good as a gentleman o' leisure.
Helping soldiers and feeding lying
babies is much more in my line."
"I wish they all felt the same way
about it," I said as I pt him back on
the Red Cross Roll Call.
Red Cross Roll Call-November
11th to Thanksgiving. Hear the Call,
,Join the Roll.
A pleasant meeting of the W. C. 1'.
U. was held at the home of Mrs. .1.
E. Davis last Monday afternoon. The
subject for discussion was "Peace an:
Arbitration," and great interest wov't
manifested in the approachiing )is
armament Conference to he held soo,
in Washington. A great wonien's pe
tition is to be presented by liss Anna
Gordan pleading for redluc(*tion of ar
lMment. The text of the petition is
as follows:
"To Ionorable Charles E. Hughes,
Chairman American )elegation to In
ternational Disaramament Conference:
We, the undersigned, commnd- the
President for (callinog into conf-ren
repiresentatives of great nations for
the purpose of entering into an under
stand~ing or agreement for i nterna
tional limitation of armament to se
cure the peace of the wvorld.
.We respectfully and earnestly peti
tion you to use your influence to hold
the conference to the primary pur'
pose of the considleration of the redluc
tien of armament, not allowing other
issues to dlisplace this fundamental
This petition is being circulated in
every State in the Union and it is
expected that 1,000,000 women will
sign it. Women of all faiths, nation
alities, and classes are signing. Th'le
petition circulatedl in Manning was
signedl by one hundlred andl seventy
three women. The monthly lesson on
"Citizenship" is always enjoyed. Mrs.
John Hlerriot condlucted the iesson on
the "National Parties and Their- Plat
In obedience to the proclamation
sent out to local Unions from Nation
al W. C. T. UJ. Headquarters, an Hour
of Prayer "will be observed from 11
a. m. to 12 noon, F"riday, November
11th, Armistice Day, in the Methodist
Church. The public is earnesatly and
cordlially invited to attend this meet
Dr. and Mrs. Watson B. Duncan of
Dillion, Capt. and Mrs. W. C. Davis
and Miss Laura Keels spent a short
time last week in Florence, the guests
of Mr. andl Mrs. T. B. Haynesworth.
Cross Rof
ith to T hanka
Marines Assigned to Duty of Protect
ing Trains, Trucks and Postoflices
in Fifteen Cities
United States Mails Will Be Taken
Care of Regardless of Cost andl
Sacrifice, Says Hays.
Washington, Nov. 8.-With orders
to shoot to kill if necessary to prevent
mail robberies, 1,000 marines were or
dered to duty today as guards of mail
trais and trucks and at postofices
in fifteen cities. The in will be
armed with pistols, and sawed-off
shotguns, .Postmaster General Hays
announced after a conference . with
Major Gen. Lejeune, commandant of
the marine corps. The marines are to
be replaced eventually, he said, by a
special force recruited from the postal
Arrangements for the serdices of
the marines, the Postmaster General
said, were made w ith the Secretary of
Navy. 'The matter was discussed at
today's cabinet meeting, and President
Harding is sai to have expressed ap
)roval of Mr. Hays' plan to checking
loot of the mails.
The Postmaster General also an
flounced that as a result of the recent
New York robbery, orders had been
issued suspending from the service
three New York post official
-Elijah M. Norris, superinten lent of
mails; Ienry Lippman, superintendent
of registry, and Walter S. Mayer, su
perintendlent of money orders.
Will Board Trains
Some of the marines. Gen. Lejeune
said, would board trains tonight, and
within twenty-four hours would be on
guard on practically all trains, in the
country carrying valuable mail. Men
for duty in the East, South and Cen
tral West, he said, would come from
the marine corps post at Quantico, Va.
while those for service in the West
would report from San Diego and
Mare Island, Cal.
Among the cities to which they will
be sent for duty are: Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Rich
mon, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Min
neapolis, Kansas City, Dallas, San
Francisco and Los Angeles. Tele
grams were dispatched tonight by the
Postoflice Department instructing
postmasters aid postal inspectors at
these points to cooperate with the
Declaring that it was proposel to
protect the United States mai!s "to
the last postal card regardless of cost
and sacrifice," Mr. Hayes said he
wanted it known that the Postoflice
Department had declared "open war
fare on the crooks and bandits of the
During the twelve months ended
last A pril 9, according to Mr. Iays a
total of $6,300,000 was stolen from the
mails, but in the six months follow
ing the announcement that postal em
ployes would be armed the to.-I itolen
fell to $318,869.
The advisability of enacting legis
lation authorizing the government to
pay death benefits to the families of
postal employes slain by bandits is
understood to have beeni discussed to
day by the (abinet.
As a further deterrent to mai! ob
beries. Attorney General Daugherty
has suggested to the district attor
teys m the varions Stat.s th-: the
cou-ts be urged to imn hi-eavier
sentences whvere convictions ir., ob
tamed for mail robberies, Mr. 1I)augl
erty expressed the opinion that the
widespread unemployment was respon
sible for much of the Crime in the
(ouIntrv. Men being out of work are
more likely to break the laws than
those employed, hc said.
Clemson College, S. C. Nov. 7.-The
Clemson cadets had the pleasure ofI
seeing"'The M irerobe oif Love" which
was given in chapel last Saturday
It will be of great interest toi the
readlers of the Times to know that Mr.
A. M. Musser', who is wecll remember
ed as being Clarendon's county agent
a few years ago, has been appointedl
Associate horticulturist and will as
sist in the horticultural reseaarchi work
at Clemson College. lie will also con-.
dueit the co-operative experimental
work with truckers and fruit growvers
in the eastern par-t of the State.
On. next Friday, November 11th,
Armistice Day exercises will be held
here at which time a bronze tablet de
dlIcatedl to the 26 Clemson menCI who
died in .the service during the World
War, will be unveiledl. Tlhe e-xercises
will be held at ''Memorial Grove."
Among the many exhibits at the
State Fair, was an exhibit showing
"The Clemson Student in Action" in
tho process of getting an education.
The exhibit proved to be juite inter
esting to the large number of people
who stopped to look at it.
E. D. Plowden,
A mermbor 'of the Student's News
paper Correspondence Club of Clem
son College, Clemson College, S. C.
Home address, Jordlan, S. C.
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Home » Reports & Data » Progress » Transforming Lives » Empowering Afghanistan's Disabled Population
Meeting the needs of disabled citizens
After years of war in Afghanistan, there are an estimated one million handicapped people who are in need of assistance ranging from prosthetic devices to training. With a new, more democratically-oriented government in place, disabled Afghans across the country have been demanding acknowledgement of and support for their basic needs. After a recent demonstration in Kabul, the Afghan government agreed to raise a monthly stipend for disabled people from $2 to $5.
USAID is providing $53,000 to support the Ministry of Martyrs and the Disabled to conduct the provincial surveys documenting the numbers and types of disabled in Afghanistan. The survey will help the ministry develop assistance programs with nongovernmental organizations. USAID will fund the equipment and specially designed software for the Ministry's six regional centers to conduct the survey and analyze the results. But the most critical need is a national strategic plan on how to assist Afghanistan's disabled population– a plan that will be built based upon the results of the provincial surveys.
Since September 11, 2001, USAID has provided more than $30 million for healthcare programs in Afghanistan. This survey is just one example of a multitude of projects to show the people of Afghanistan that international collaboration by both government and non-governmental organizations is beginning to address the economic and social problems that years of war brought to the people of Afghanistan.
Last updated: December 30, 2014