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Law Offices of Mark T. Lassiter
3300 Oak Lawn Ave UNIT 701
Dallas, TX 75219
Office: (214) 845-7007
Fax: (214) 845-7006
Law Offices of Mark T. Lassiter
3300 Oak Lawn Ave UNIT 701
Dallas, TX 75219
Office: (214) 845-7007
Fax: (214) 845-7006
Recommendation for Mark LassiterI am pleased to write a letter of recommendation. I highly recommend Mark Lassiter to others who are seeking such assistance. His representation allowed me to do very little in my case. It was Mark's proven expertise and his legal knowledge that was valuable in getting my case dismissed. In short, I recommend Mark enthusiastically without reservation and I do believe he would be a valuable asset to you.
- Name Redacteddear Markplease accept this letter on my and Susan's behalf. there is a powerful message and testimony we would like to share with you for the first time.for over a year the weight of what happened to Reid was heavy on our souls. at first we held great anger, resentment and disgust toward Angel (the passenger). it became evident after turning 21 the Angel has a severe alcohol problem which my son nor us fully understood. The arrest also brought us great disappointment, frustration and disheartenment toward Reid.We have found that God often surprises us with his answers to our prayers. Prior to the arrest was had been in prayer that God help turn Reid away from selfishness, childishness and destructive ways. We prayed that God move to change him toward everlasting values and better choices in his life. We believe that God answered that prayer with the arrest. We blamed ourselves for bringing this calamity but understood it would take something this powerful to reach him. There is no doubt in our minds this ordeal has placed a permanent imprint on his soul.during the many delays associated with this case we were able to put forgiveness in our hearts toward Angel. Also during the many delays the full weight of the case in our and Reid's mind triggered conversations pertaining to life decisions and direction. Time allowed us the opportunity to be rid of the noise and cloudiness of our emotions. We believe this to be a part of the master plan that God was overseeing.Only today did the full story become revealed. During this case with all the odds against us can we say without question that God was in it. How else could the series of events occurred within the judicial process that could put the opportunity in to your mind that there was a way to victory. The entire morning Susan and i were in fervent prayer even after your told us we had only a 25% chance of winning.Grace is the receipt of a blessing that is undeserved. Reid did not deserve to win today. We all are eternally marked by the message of grace given to us and you were the instrument that brought the gift to our house. Thank you from bottom of our souls and may God bless and keep you all of your days.
- Name RedactedDear Mr. Lassiter,Today you saved my son's life. When he received a DWI, it broke my heart because I knew it would be on his record forever. It would limit his options in life. He would be paying for his stupid mistake for the rest of his life. At 21 years of age he was overwhelmed with the depth of the problem he created for himself.I decided to find him the best lawyer in Dallas, and I did. I researched lawyers for two days, and then I found you. I knew from the moment I read about you that you were the one we needed. When I met you, I knew instantly that I had complete confidence in you. Even if the result had ended with my son being guilty, I would have had peace knowing that he had had THE BEST lawyer.Listening to you "own" the courtroom today was amazing. You told us in the morning that we only had about 25% chance to win; however, by the middle of the afternoon the case was over before the prosecutors even finished, and we won! What an incredible lawyer you are!I will be grateful forever to you. Your work has given my son a second chance. He left the courtroom today with a whole new perspective on life…thanks to you!Very sincerely,
- Susan Ellisunless you are already a petty criminal with countless B and C misdemeanors and a misdemeanor A pending, a DWI charge might not really matter much – for all the others counts: Fight it with all you got – get the best professional to your side you can find!Why should you? A simple google search "Texas DWI penalties" will give you an idea what you are looking at: prison, probation, fines, classes, ignition interlock, insurance rate skyrockets and a criminal record for life (yes – this can happen even for a first time DWI in Texas) Now if you read until this point you probably are charged with a DWI (or simply board) and you are shopping for a lawyer – so some basic guidance:a) Same as in real life: You want to be surrounded by people who know what they are talking about. Nobody likes people who constantly brag around, through around the usual business buzz words which doesn't mean anything. So: Get somebody who is specialized in this field, means if 50% or more of his work is in the field of defending DWI's that's probably a good indicator– Mark is one of them – talk to him you will see!b) Educate yourself – thanks to a wonderful innovation by DARPA (which you are using in this moment) you can read all about it: What happened the night before, what's a SFT, what is a legal stop, how does an Intoxilyzer 5000 work and what flaws does it have, possible plea bargain options (not so tempting ones in TX anyway) – read the stuff, it's out there and discuss it with your attorney – if he doesn't want or can't answer your questions, that's a pretty good indicator that your sitting in the wrong office, run!– Mark WILL answer your questions – and I'm convinced you cannot surprise him with a question in your case that he can't answer or will find an answer for you!c) Your lawyer should – more or less – from the beginning be willing to take your case to Trial, all the way. What do you have to lose? If you are a BAC 0.28 candidate and you plea it down to a misdemeanor B it technically looks better on paper – but it will still follow you for life (most employers wouldn't even consider the difference or know it – a DWI is a DWI…) If you are a BAC 0.09 candidate your chances are even better – (did you know the Intoxilyzer 5000 gives himself a +-0.02 calibration margin? What now, is a BAC 0.09 and hour after driving now under the legal limit? Guess what, the state will state "off course NOT! The magic machine proved he's Intoxicated and guilty!" That's why you need a lawyer on your side who is willing to take it to trial!– Mark is a trial lawyer – those people don't want to plea out, they need the courtroom as their stage, that's what they love to do, that's what they are good at – so let him do it for you!d) Money / Costs – completely neglect. This is not the time for price comparison. You are not out there to shop for new hardwood floor for your living room – you are out there to get the best possible outcome in a situation which initial will hurt you if convicted pretty bad (financially), possible cost you your job, destroy your reputation and will follow you around for the rest of your natural life.– Mark will not overcharge you for his service, in my opinion you are getting a great deal. If you have the feeling you cannot afford a lawyer like Mark put it into perspective: if you hire a $500 lawyer and plead guilty maybe to a DWI misdemeanor B, you will pay much more over the years in court costs, classes, probation fees, DPS surcharges, insurance and and and… But if you hire Mark, you have one of the best at your side, you have a real chance – off course Mark isn't a magic wizard who can make everything go away in a moment's notice, but 5,10,20 years down the road you don't want to think "oh boy, I wish I would have fought this thing more aggressively back then…" I was already a bit into my case when I met Mark. Mark has a can do attitude, does not try to beat around the bush and most importantly: He looks at things, tries different avenues, seeks out weaknesses in the case base on the evidence presented – if you meet him, you will have the same experience. During our meetings we discussed alternatives and other options e.g. expert witnesses, jury trial, bench trial, plea agreement (even if he didn't like that – Mark doesn't want to plea, he wants to win for his clients)And here is the outcome:A clear acquittal – NOT GUILTY(even better than a dismissal which technically can be reopened by the DA within the statute of limitations – if I understood that right – Not guilty means you are not guilty, case expunged – that's the end of it!)Mark's services helped me to get the best possible outcome you can expect when you are charged with a (DWI / DUI) crime and I hope I will never see him again….. (under such circumstances J ) –
- DanielI would never use or recommend anyone else for anybody else for a criminal manner.
- Cory M.You were able to help me win my case when I didn't think anybody could.
- Roger C.My family and I will always be indebted to you.
- Lisa L.switched from my original lawyer to you because you made sure I understood the entire process.
- Amanda H.I've finally found a lawyer I can count on.
- Cody B.After being accused of a Minor In Consumption (MIC) charge during my freshman year of college, I went to Mr. Lassiter for help. With essentially no knowledge of what to do, Mark really helped to guide me through the legal process and truly made me confident that I would have a positive outcome to the case. As a college student I have an overwhelming amount of work as it is, and Mark really seemed to take this into account when contacting me. He did not waste my time with unimportant minor issues and only contacted me when it was truly important and directly relevant to the outcome of the case. The most important part about Mr. Lassiter's services though was the result. My case did not even go to trial and was thrown out of court based on Mark's aggressive defense. Mr. Lassiter's services are worth every penny and I do remind you that I am a "starving college student" so that means a lot. Needless to say, he truly was a pleasure with which to work and I will give him a call if I ever have legal trouble in Dallas again.
- Matthew E.Mark is an exceptional attorney who has worked tirelessly to obtain the best possible deal to help my teenage child. He is very accessible and always takes the time to explain the options that can be taken to achieve the best possible legal outcome. For young clients, he serves as a role model for responsible behavior as well. I'm very pleased with his services and highly recommend him.
- JeffI had never been in trouble with the law. I had no idea who to call or what to do and I was certain this was going to hang over me the rest of my life. Mark took care of everything. From the first conversation he put my mind at ease and assured me everything was going to be OK…and he was right. He literally made it GO AWAY! Thank goodness. Now, that one moment of my life will not ever define who or what I am.
- StephI found information regarding Mark by searching the web while in Illinois and my son was needing representation in Tarrant County Texas. Mark returned every single call I made, and every email I sent. I believe that Mark is a fair and honest and will try to do what is best for who he represents.
- GlennIn need of legal representation, we researched qualified attorneys in the Dallas Area.At our initial consultation with Mark Lassiter, he discussed his fees, plan of action, and potential outcomes of the case. We found him to be not just competent, but detail-oriented and thorough. His knowledge of the law and court proceedings was comforting.Mark Lassiter kept us informed of progress, and was able to resolve the case as quickly as possible. Through his diligence, we got the best possible outcome.We would highly recommend his services to anyone who asks.
- Bob and JillWhen my son was arrested for shoplifting, Mark was able to make the first court date with him on very short notice. He handled everything expeditiously and kept me informed of each step taken and what we would need to do to move on quickly. He spoke to my son and me in layman's terms so there was no second guessing as to what he meant. I had never needed a criminal defense attorney in the past but it's good to know if I ever need one again, I can depend on Mark.
- Laurie D.With Mark's advise and help, a very uncomfortable position was made bearable. His experience with the Dallas County Court system was invaluable. He has personal knowledge of the ins and outs of specific courts, Assistant DA's and judges. We found this information to be both accurate and assuring during a trying time for our family. While I hope and pray we will never need his assistance again, he is loaded in my contacts and we know that in only a few minutes we can obtain expert advise.
- Scott P.Obviously you have accessed Mark Lassiter's website, please bear with me while I inform you about your good fortune. Unfortunately I found myself retained by the Garland Police some time ago on a DWI charge. I have never heard any of my friends/co-harts discuss this subject. Due to the personal humiliation of the circumstances, this is not something that I would approach them on either. So I had to rely on Google to find attorneys that dealt with this type of thing for Garland. Finding multiple hits I began the review of websites until I accessed M. Lassiter's. I was extremely impressed. I made contact with him with the normal trepidation of retaining an unknown individual for such a sensitive personal matter. Little did I know at the time of my good luck. During the course of my case, a couple of attributes I learned about M. Lassiter are as follows:· He was very capable, and never lost focus of my case and best interests· He was easy to talk to and actually listened and responded to the pros and cons of my standpoints· He is a very personable and energetic personUltimately I am sure you will find retention of M. Lassiter a most beneficial partnership in the resolution of your case.Best Regards,
- Rita L.When my family was faced with a serious legal matter, I contacted a number of popular and high profile attorneys. I was told that this case had no precedence and could not be won. As a result, my families hope for an appeal became grim. Attorney Mark Lassiter returned my call promptly and restored my hope in justice. He was upfront and honest about the legal prognosis and informed me that this case would be tough. However, he stated he understood the merits and would do his best in representing my family. I hired him and within days he had a new hearing scheduled and assembled my family at his office to review the facts, and initiate a defense. The expertise and guidance he showed during preparation for this case was very reassuring and it gave us that glimmer of hope we so desperately wanted to grab onto. He remained optimistic and responsive during the days prior to the hearing. He was in constant communication by either email or phone and I never felt like this was just "another case" for him. He was extremely inclusive about his plans and explained the law in great detail, yet in its simplest form of comprehension. I am pleased to say that his brilliant legal strategy, mixed with professionalism and compassion, paid off and score a victory that ALL the brilliant legal minds said could not be won.You know when you seek medical care; you put your life in the hands of doctors. You want someone to fight for you as they would fight for themselves. The same occurs with an attorney and Mark is definitely someone that will fight for you.
- Dr. Patrick W.Mark's comprehensive knowledge of DUI law and trial experience mastered a defensible case which led to an acquittal of all charges against me. He demonstrated a no-nonsense approach to the facts that shut down the misleading rhetoric of the prosecution and successfully crushed any chance of being found guilty. Simply put, I was amazed! It is obvious that Mark is relentless in seeking favorable outcomes for his clients. I am very grateful for all that he did for me and highly recommend him to anyone that is in the unfortunate position of facing a DUI charge.
- Patrick H.Mark Lassiter got my DWI case dismissed. If it had gone to trial, I was absolutely sure that we would have won. Not because I didn't make a mistake or because I hadn't surrendered my rights to the arresting officer and given them the necessary evidence, but because Mark's absolutely phenomenal navigation of the process and anticipation of the pre-trial conduct of the prosecution rendered his readiness to dominate in the trial on my behalf unnecessary. Do not leave your impending case to chance. Before my case was called, I had the opportunity to watch how other defense lawyers handled their business in regards to their upcoming cases. There wasn't one of them that I would have preferred to have on my side instead of Mark. One of them even threw away the opportunity that Mark had used to get my case dismissed.
- AVVO Client"I would like to make strong recommendation of Mark Lassiter based on my experience when I recently retained him for a felony DUI charge. I chose Mr. Lassiter on a personal recommendation of another client who spoke very highly of their experience with him.From start to finish, Mr. Lassiter was a pleasure to deal with both in his professionalism and his confident demeanor. His experience with DUI was evident from my first meeting with him and I retained him on the spot. As a former attorney, I had a good idea what I was looking for and I felt confident that Mr. Lassiter fit the bill.My experience did not disappoint. The case proceeded through the hearings exactly as Mr. Lassiter had described as the likely scenario in my initial consultation with him. Throughout the ordeal, Mr. Lassiter's communication was timely and his turnaround on questions quick. At no moment did I ever question that I had hired exactly the right attorney for my defense.The result was the dismissal of my case and I am awaiting the statutory time frame to get my record expunged. I could not have been more satisfied with my representation in this matter."
- Tony, a DUI ClientVery Good Lawyer "Mr. Lassiter was a excellent lawyer for me. 16 months ago I was arrested for a DWI. I could no longer keep my job if I was found guilty of the crime. I was found innocent of all crimes and my record is now clean. Thank you Mr. Lassiter."
- Dan, a DUI ClientI Highly Recommend Mark Lassiter "I contacted Mark Lassiter based on a personal recommendation. I had never needed an attorney for a criminal matter before, and felt confident in Mr. Lassiter as soon as I first spoke with him.He immediately took charge of my case, appeared at hearings for me, and kept me informed of the status. He always responded quickly to phone calls and e-mails, and at each step of the process he clearly explained my options and the implications of each.My case never went to trial, but I was even more impressed with his abilities, confidence, and attention to detail when I observed him in court representing another client.I feel fortunate to have had an attorney of this caliber represent me, and highly recommend Mark Lassiter."
- RoyProfessional, Confident, Trustworthy Attourney "Mark Lassiter handled my legal case in a very professional and proficient manner. From day one he was always available for questions and always returned out of office messages when needed. As a person that has never had to deal with any legal matters until 2010, this is a peace of mind that anyone can appreciate. Mark advised me of every step of the legal case process and even though my case never went to a trial, he kept me current and briefed of everything from the start to the final day of the case dismissal. I would highly recommend Mark Lassiter to anyone who is in need of any kind of legal defense. His persistence, professionalism, and experience from his prior legal roles definitely emerged and is a success story for me personally in my opinion"
- Christopher, a DUI ClientThe attorney I would recommend for any DWI charge "If you are looking for legal assistance with a DWI charge, I would highly recommend Mark Lassiter. I was charged with DWI some time ago and did not know what to do. My friends and co-workers had never brought up this subject and due to the personal humiliation of the circumstances, I did not feel that I could approach them either. Thus, I was left to search Google websites for attorneys who handle cases of this nature when I came across Mark Lassiter's website. I was extremely impressed. I made contact with him with the normal trepidation of retaining an unknown individual for such a sensitive personal matter. Little did I know at the time of my good luck.Ultimately Mark Lassister obtained a most favorable resolution for my case. During the course of this process, a couple of attributes I discovered about Mark Lassiter are as follows:. He was very capable, and never lost focus of my case and best interests . He was easy to talk to and actually listened and responded to the pros and cons of my standpoints . He is a very personable and energetic person who was commited to getting the most favorable resolution for meInasmuch, I am sure that your retention of Mark Lassiter will result in a most beneficial partnership and the very best of results for you in your case."
- Rita, a DUI ClientExcellent Attorney! "I hired Mr. Lassiter for a complex criminal case procedure that was very important to my family. He knew just what needed to be done and got it done without my having to push him or follow-up. Great service and responsiveness. I recommend him highly."
- Frank, a Criminal Defense ClientAbsolute peace of mind! "Mark Lassiter was my lawyer when I was facing a DWI charge. I have barely had a speeding ticket prior to this situation, so I was naturally panicked. Mark put me at ease from the moment I met with him. It was nice to have an expert in my corner and I truly do not know how I would've navigated the situation without him. The best part was that I was acquitted of the charge! Mark was a bulldog in the courtroom and a rock for me. His rates are more than fair to top it off. He is quick to return phone calls and emails. In fact, I was so pleased with Mark that I referred my younger brother to him."
- Sarah, a DUI ClientThe best of several I've tried. "So here you are looking into attorneys. You have my sympathy. Whatever has gone wrong in your life can be difficult to fix.In my case, kids getting into drugs. It starts small and keeps growing until you find yourself looking for attorneys.Along the way, I used multiple other attorneys. I haven't written a recommendation for any of them. For me, Mark was a shot in the dark where I believed, after speaking with him, that he would likely result in a more favorable outcome.Well, my belief in Mark turned out to be extremely well founded. Further, he has several additional qualities that make working with him a pleasure. He is always patient explaining options, "what if" scenarios, and likely outcomes. My experience has shown him to be a superb negotiator as well.To sum it up: if you need a criminal attorney, I believe Mark will be a pleasant surprise. Good luck with your case." t
- Jeff, a Criminal Defense ClienGreat, professional DWI lawyer "I first came upon Mr. Lassiter after hiring another attorney that was, in my opinion, not pursuing all options. Mark Lassiter stepped in and within no time my DWI case was dismissed. I never felt nervous when Mark was in control of the case. Mark Lassiter will always return emails, phone calls and keep you updated of all progress on the case. I would gladly recommend Mr. Lassiter to anyone in need of good counsel."
- Jerod, a DUI Client"I was arrested in March 2010 for suspicion of DWI, and had blown a 0.18. I retained Mark 3 days later and through his hard work and diligence my case was dismissed without my ever having to appear in front of a judge. His knowledge of criminal law is incredible, and he is very kind, and was incredibly respectful and encouraging throughout this entire harrowing process. Previous to this arrest I had never had so much as a speeding ticket and I came into this extremely scared and terrified of the long term implications of a DWI conviction in Texas, as Texas is not a state that allows adjudication and I am an RN who made one incredibly bad decision, but a conviction on DWI could cost me my license to practice. I chose Mark on the recommendation of several people whom I trust, and I am so glad I did! His staff is very courteous and helpful, and his track record is impeccable! I honestly didn't dare hope that I might be so fortunate as to get my case dismissed, but Mark came through for me with flying colors! Thanks to Marks knowledge and hard work I will be eligible to have this arrest expunged from my record in two years, and can relax knowing that my license to practice is safe. Mark was also always willing to hear me out and never tried to pressure me into anything I was uncomfortable doing, he returned my calls and emails within hours and did everything he could to reassure me that while there was a great deal of gravity to the situation I had landed myself in, that he would champion my cause. I made a terrible, terrible choice, and I am so grateful and fortunate the no one was hurt. I owe so much to Mark, and I will never be able to thank him enough for his hard work on my behalf."
- DUI ClientThe best DUI / DWI Attorney in Texas!! "Hi my name is Raul and I got a dwi and was recommended by a friend to mark Lassiter. Her cousin had hired him and was very happy with him and the outcome of the case in which they won and was also a dwi case. So I went to talk to mark about my case we reviewed it he told me what he thought of the case and what he could do for me. I was very happy and relieved about what we talked about now it was just a waiting game till this point. There were times where I had questions and was able to call him at anytime and he was more than happy to awnser any question that I had. He is a very knowledgable attorney I would recommend him to anybody with a DUI / dwi. The outcome of my case was found not guilty. Now to sum it up mark Lassiter is one heck of an attorney.""He handled an unjust ticket for me and was very thorough and on time with notices, etc. His communication was short and to the point without false fluffy words or promises."
- Pat, a Speeding Ticket ClientDon't chance it, resolve it. "Mark Lassiter got my DWI case dismissed. If it had gone to trial, I was absolutely sure that we would have won. Not because I didn't make a mistake or because I hadn't surrendered my rights to the arresting officer and given them the necessary evidence, but because Mark's absolutely phenomenal navigation of the process and anticipation of the pre-trial conduct of the prosecution rendered his readiness to dominate in the trial on my behalf unnecessary.Do not leave your impending case to chance. Before my case was called, I had the opportunity to watch how other defense lawyers handled their business in regards to their upcoming cases. There wasn't one of them that I would have preferred to have on my side instead of Mark. One of them even threw away the opportunity that Mark had used to get my case dismissed."
- DUI ClientMark did an awesome job at my case. I thought in the begining I had no hope to get out of this DWI. After meeting Mark the very first time he showed me things that I did not realize about my case, that made me believe I still had hope. He was always on top of my case and always knew what was going on. The DA knew they could not stand a chance against him, and DISMISSED my case!!!! I would recommend him to anybody. (I keep his business card in my wallet just in case anything were to ever happen).
- KamraMark got my assault case dismissed…thanks
- Arturo ArredondoMark Lassiter is the best DWI Attorney in Dallas. He got my case completely dismissed! He was extremely professional, yet personable and easy to work with. When I initially called Mark, I was scared and I didn't want to leave something that is as important as my driving and criminal record up to chance. I wanted nothing short of the greatest. When I got arrested, I blew over the legal limit (thanks to Mark, I now know how to handle getting pulled over without being stupid). As far as I was concerned, all I could do his hope for a best case scenario. Mark expertly navigated the legal system, was fully prepared to dominate the trail and basically let the prosecution shoot themselves in the foot. My case was dismissed completely. I'll forever be grateful to Mark for his services as I don't have to live with a DWI conviction on my record. Mark fought the law and he won.
- Josh HunterAfter being charged with a 1st time DWI, I was in a state of disarray and confusion on what to do or who to consult in the situation. I didn't know where to begin but after explaining the situation to a fellow co-worker, I was referred by my co-worker to Mark and scheduled a meeting to have him review the information pertaining to the accused offense. I had heard from other people to go to a few attorneys to see what each one would offer but I decided that after the first meeting with Mark that I would be wasting my time to even fathom using anyone else besides Mark for my DWI defense attorney. Within the first 2 minutes of explaining my very unusual case of being pulled over by a Texas Highway Patrolman on the Dallas North Tollway because of an anonymous call from an unknown source made to the North Texas Tollway Authority about a domestic dispute that supposedly involved myself and my girlfriend, which was a complete fabrication and simply a complete lie from the anonymous caller. This of course prompted the TXHP to initiate a stop without one traffic violation committed on my part. Now as you can imagine, I was furious about the entire situation of being pulled over because I felt like I was being wrongly accused from the very beginning. At this point of explaining to Mark, he told me that the arresting officer had zero probable cause from an anonymous call to initiate a traffic stop and that I was correct in refusing the field sobriety tests, which turned into an automatic arrest charge of DWI. At this point, very candidly let the arresting officer know exactly what I felt about her and her "supposed" probable cause for not just pulling me over but also for even questioning me on the situation. Let's just say that it was very R Rated to say the least. After reviewing the video with Mark, he reassured me of how it didn't matter what was said to the officer nor what the magistrate ordered blood results would reveal. This approach of being calm and professional by letting Mark expose the states' case against me made me feel like I couldn't have been referred to a better attorney than Mark Lassiter. The quote from Mark I will always remember is "Just go about your daily regular life and don't worry about it because he would take care of it" and of course this quote at the time seemed like a hard sale but turned out to be the absolute 100 percent truth. Mark ended up being persistent and navigating through the reassignment of at least 5 different prosecutors explaining my case and after 10 long months he presented me with the notarized dismissal paperwork of my case completely due to the hard work and persistence of Mark explaining that the stop was unjustified. This result solidified keeping my job and avoiding any additional ramifications that would have stuck with me forever. I would and will recommend Mark to anyone having to deal with a DWI offense or any other criminal matter in the future because there is no one better.Thanks again Mark.
- Kyle – DWI clientI am a very satisfied and a relived client. After meeting with various lawyers Mark was the one who won me over. Walking into his office you will be impressed of all his credentials. He is professional and aggressive which is what everyone looks for in a attorney. Every other lawyer I interviewed mentioned to "plea deal", I knew that meant settling. A DWI on my record was the LAST thing I wanted. I was very hopeless and scared (considering it was my first offense) but Mark always reassured me that I had a very good case. Ultimately, Mark did a phenomenal job in the court room (he had the prosecutors speechless), which resulted in a dismissal. I recommend this man to everyone I know. Thank you Mark, I owe you my life.
- NGI recently was referred to contact Mark Lassiter by a colleague and called him for a consultation related to a recent arrest for public intoxication in Dallas. He was terrific; I had never been arrested before and was unsure of what the appropriate next steps would be. He was detailed in his step-by-step approach and provided me sound legal advice on how he would handle this case.I elected to hire him as my attorney and it was the best decision. He handled my case and was able to get the charges dismissed. As a professional it was imperative to be able to get this charge removed from my record.If you are in need of a criminal defense attorney, I would highly recommend Mark's services.
- PSI had my first DWI charge and I was unclear of next steps. I was getting propositioned left and right by less ethical lawyers and one even "claimed" my case and I missed my court date. However, Mark Lassiter and his amazing paralegal took care of everything. They were very prompt and clear with their communication on every step of the process. Also if anything came up I got a call right away and they let me know what I needed to do next. Honestly made this stressful situation manageable. I already recommend them to anyone who is going through the same situation as me. That said he does come at a premium cost but is worth every penny, and his team is willing to work with you on payment plans.
- AnonMark is a very intelligent professional defense Attorney on my DWI offense that Mark convinced the jury that i wasn't guilty i highy recommend Mark to my family and friends once again thanks Mark
- CarlosWhen my son received a DWI, I wanted to get him THE BEST lawyer I could find. I researched for two days, and then I found Mark Lassiter. I looked no further. As soon as I read about him, I knew that I found THE BEST. From the moment I met him, I had COMPLETE confidence in him. At the end of my son's trial, Mr. Lassiter came through with a defense case so impressive that the case was dismissed before the prosecutors finished their argument. I will always be grateful to him.
- Susan"He handled an unjust ticket for me and was very thorough and on time with notices, etc. His communication was short and to the point without false fluffy words or promises."
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text: Rahul Nabar <rpnabar at gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Jeff Layton<laytonjb at att.net> wrote: >> Try something like OpenMX over GigE. Much better latencies ∼6μs, if that counts as much better. >> and should perform and scale better. Are there data on that? I'm not clear how much more efficient than TCP it might be CPU-wise, for instance, and I'm not sure how best to check. > How close does it get to native Myrinet performance? Or Infiniband. Not at all for Infiniband. With the right NICs on two rails, it's competitive with our Myrinet-2000 system. See open-mx.org for 10G data, but they're presumably not relevant to you. > OpenMX might be a great way for our cluster too to achieve better > performance without changing our eth backbone. In principle with Open MPI, it should use the two rails (NICs) to double the bandwidth as with TCP; that's currently broken, although Manchester seem to be getting away with it somehow. Brice will get back to fixing it when he returns in a couple of weeks.


text: January 2013 Learning outcomes are corrosive (?) Learning outcomes are frequently dismissed as a nuisance to be dutifully completed & swiftly put aside, but Frank Furedi believes their prescriptive nature & underlying utilitarian ethos make them an altogether more corrosive influence on higher education. "Professor Furedi, how do you get around learning outcomes?" a young lecturer asks me in a breakout session. I have just spent 10 minutes explaining the corrosive influence of learning outcomes on education to my audience at the recent Think Festival in The Hague. Nevertheless, I am caught off guard by my blunt questioner. That is probably why my reply is a bit more candid than I had intended it to be. "I just make them up and ignore them," I say. I should not have been too surprised by the question. One week earlier, when I put forward the same argument to a group of PhD students and staff at the University of Birmingham, the predominant reaction to learning outcomes was also one of cynicism and contempt. After my lecture, a recently appointed lecturer in education sounded like Jean-Paul Sartre when he described how he and his colleagues managed the institutional expectation that learning outcomes should be taken seriously: "With bad faith," he chuckled. And bad faith is what the Quality Assurance Agency communicated in its 2007 report Outcomes from institutional audit: The adoption and uses of learning outcomes, when it boasted "that, despite differential rates of progress between and within institutions, the adoption of learning outcomes has been addressed with vigour." Only in passing did the report point out that it "is apparent that not all staff embraced the learning outcomes approach with equal enthusiasm"; a bit of an understatement. Vigour and enthusiasm are not sentiments that normal academics express towards learning outcomes. There are, of course, many academics who tell me that life is too short to worry about every fad in higher education. Their advice to me is to go through the motions of being a good boy or girl and to simply copy someone else's learning outcomes. One Dutch computer studies lecturer explained to me that fortunately they have one colleague who "takes all this jargon seriously" and that he is more than happy to allow others to reproduce his wording. So, although many academics regard the annual ritual of updating and specifying the learning outcomes in their module guide as a pointless performance, the role of this relatively recent innovation is rarely explicitly contested. Critics of learning outcomes frequently confine themselves to demanding a more flexible and less prescriptive approach towards the use of this tool and implicitly accept its legitimacy. And while in private conversation many academics dismiss the adoption of learning outcomes as an exercise in bureaucratic pedantry, such grumbles are indistinguishable from the numerous complaints about bureaucrats and administrators and rarely touch on the uniquely corrosive impact of the formalisation of learning outcomes on academic education. On numerous occasions I have been told off by colleagues for making an issue of learning outcomes on the grounds that it merely requires a few minutes of cutting and pasting to produce them. Yet learning outcomes are not just another banal instrument deployed to monitor and quantify the achievements of students. The very purpose of this organisational instrument is to accomplish a shift in emphasis from learning to outcomes. This is a technique through which a utilitarian ethos to academic life serves to diminish what would otherwise be an open-ended experience for student and teacher alike. Those who advocate learning outcomes do so expressly with the aim of abolishing such experiences, which is why they so vociferously target anything that smacks of ambiguity. Oxford Brookes University's statement on "Writing Aims and Learning Outcomes," for example, warns members of staff against using terms such as "know," "understand," "be familiar with," "appreciate" or "be aware of" because "they're not subject to unambiguous test." The attempt to abolish ambiguity in course design is justified on the grounds that it helps students by clarifying the overall purpose of their programme and of their assessment tasks. No doubt the learning outcomes contained in module unit guides are a model of clarity. But it is a simplistic form of clarity usually associated with bullet points, summary and guidance notes. The precision gained through the crystallisation of an academic enterprise into a few words is an illusory one that is likely to distract students from the clarity that comes from serious study and reflection. The problem with utilitarian education is not its single-minded addiction to what is useful — hopefully all academic subjects are of use — but its tendency to deprive teaching and learning of meaning. Its focus on the end product devalues the actual experience of education. When the end acquires such significance the means become subordinated to it. The adage that "the end justifies the means" captures the imperative of utilitarian higher education. The University of Virginia counsels its academics to "describe what students are asked to do using action verbs." The exhortation is constantly repeated in different institutional guidelines. This rhetorical disdain for terms such as "appreciating" or "understanding" speaks to a pedagogic ethos that has become estranged from scholarship and the open-ended pursuit of ideas. There are at least four compelling arguments against the use of learning outcomes in higher education. First, they threaten to disrupt the conduct of the academic relationship between teacher and student. Every discipline has its own way of educating new cohorts of undergraduates. But even the hardest of the hard sciences requires that at least some of the time students should embark on a voyage of intellectual experimentation and discovery. Guiding students on such a quest demands that teachers are prepared to yield to new experience and are sufficiently flexible to forge relationships with students that are appropriate to the circumstances. The promise of certainty of learning outcomes violates relationships that are evolving in directions that are not always predictable. Creativity cannot be foretold and students often develop their insight in ways that cannot be communicated to a predetermined formula. Instead of guiding, the ethos of learning outcomes encourages the imparting of information. Instead of a collaborative engagement, it favours a one-way dynamic rather than a dialogue. And what happens to those of us who are devoted to a Socratic orientation to teaching and believe that dialogue is not only a pleasant sounding cliche but is indispensable for gaining clarity and understanding? Since a dialogue cannot be a dialogue if its result is known in advance, the very notion of a learning outcome negates its spirit. This is not simply a minor defect of utilitarian pedagogy. Academics are not primary school teachers; they do not simply teach to impart information but because they, too, need the stimulation of questioning minds to flourish in their endeavour. The second argument against learning outcomes is that they foster a climate that inhibits the capacity of students and teachers to deal with uncertainty. The attempt to clarify and render explicit the different dimensions of academic learning represents a futile attempt to gain certainty through relying on process. What is gained, however, is not clarity but rigidity. This is a problem of what Richard Hil in his lively book Whackademia: An Insider's Account of the Troubled University has characterised as the "rigidification of pedagogy." According to Hil, this "involves the attempt by teaching and learning experts and academics themselves to ensure a largely predetermined approach to learning — one that is linked directly to 'learning objectives' set out in unit information guides." The rigidification and standardisation of pedagogy attempts to artificially bypass the problem posed by the indeterminacy of knowledge and understanding. Yet a serious academic course is likely to raise issues that are complex and fluid and cannot be meaningfully distilled through the arbitrary act of inventing a learning outcome. This attempt to prescribe standardised outcomes invariably flattens out complexity and rewards those who have internalised template-speak. The third argument against learning outcomes is that they devalue the art of teaching. The art of teaching depends on exercising judgement based on experience. At its best, it presupposes the capacity to respond to unexpected and unpredictable questions and problems that emerge in the course of a dialogue. It requires a willingness to extemporise, change direction and even introduce issues and questions into the course that were not anticipated previously. But when teaching is constricted by what others think students should know at the end of the course, academics are spared the hassle of having to think for themselves. The art of teaching also requires a readiness to treat different students differently. The more adventurous students will flourish only if they are let off the leash and given space to experiment. Learning outcomes inhibit this. Moreover the insights and experiences gained outside and beyond the learning outcomes are simply not recognised. The fourth — and arguably most disturbing — consequence of the regime of learning outcomes is that it breeds a culture of cynicism and irresponsibility. It is important to recall that the principal reason for the invention of learning outcomes was to hold academics and their institutions to account. As an integral component of auditing culture, advocates of learning outcomes claimed that through rendering the work of institutions more explicit, higher education would become more transparent and accountable. But, paradoxically, a method of organising education that has as one of its aims the institutionalisation of accountability fosters a climate of non-responsibility. It is well known that the act of cobbling learning outcomes together represents a performance of impression management. As we have seen, academics receive guidelines that include a long list of words that they can use and ones that they cannot. These templates are than customised for the sake of appearances. But the very process through which learning outcomes are constructed involves an act of bad faith. Why? Because although the learning outcomes are formally authored by academics, the language and narrative used is scripted by agencies — so university courses are framed through a language that expresses values and organisational ideals that are external to their discipline. This would not be a problem if it were merely a matter of borrowing a terminology that served as an administrative convenience. The narrative through which learning outcomes are framed, however, seeks to distil a complex and necessarily open-ended dynamic into phrases that, even with the best will in the world, can never be more than platitudes. This utilitarian ethos encourages irresponsibility because what matters is whether the formal outcomes have been achieved, not what students have actually experienced or learned. It promotes a calculating and instrumental attitude where responsibility becomes equated with box-ticking. The issue of institutional dishonesty lies at the heart of the problem. Although promoters of learning outcomes frequently praise their alleged pedagogic benefits for students and teachers, it is necessary to recall that the motivation behind the invention of this instrument was that of a managerial convenience. More specifically, the motivation behind the language and narrative of learning outcomes was the exigency of holding academics to account. It was the aspiration to quantify and regulate higher education and not a problem integral to academic education that led to the institutionalisation of this regime. So what we have is a disciplinary instrument masquerading as a pedagogic one. Can learning outcomes be redeemed? Critics who recognise the bureaucratic burdens imposed by the regime of outcomes have called for more flexibility. Others have criticised the "insensitive" use of this instrument and plea for a more "student-centred" approach. As a formal auditing instrument, however, learning outcomes cannot be anything other than formal and rigid. Nothing will be lost by getting rid of them. If individual academics want to use learning outcomes, of course, that is their prerogative. But what we need is a genuinely pluralist academic culture where courses are taught in a manner that engages with issues that are integral to their discipline. Academics are grown-up people who do not need the language police to instruct them about what kind of verbs to use. And students should be treated as grown-ups who can be allowed to embark on a journey of discovery instead of directed to a predetermined destination. --------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Furedi is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. This article first appeared in the 29 November 2012 edition of Times Higher Education. Reprinted with permission. THE is currently offering a 12-week free trial to CAUT members. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily CAUT. Comment CAUT welcomes articles between 800 and 1,500 words on contemporary issues directly related to post-secondary education. Articles should not deal with personal grievance cases nor with purely local issues. They should not be libellous or defamatory, abusive of individuals or groups, and should not make unsubstantiated allegations. 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Quite belatedly, I came to see that mass incarceration in the United States had, in fact, emerged as a stunningly comprehensive and well-disguised system of racialized social control that functions in a manner strikingly similar to Jim Crow.
— Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (New York: The New Press, 2010), p. 4.
It may be helpful, in attempting to understand the basic nature of the new caste system, to think of the criminal justice system — the entire collection of institutions and practices that comprise it — not as an independent system but rather as a gateway into a much larger system of racial stigmatization and permanent marginalization.
— Ibid., p. 12.
As a society, our decision to heap shame and contempt upon those who struggle and fail in a system designed to keep them locked up and locked out says far more about ourselves than it does about them.
— Ibid., p. 171.
If news reports from the last three decades should check clean, Black and Brown males only fill the Criminal Justice System today because they choose, of their own free will, to turn the ways of crime and disorder; perhaps also because they seem to come from stock inherently deformed and defiled — unable to adapt to a civilized world where barbarism is unacceptable.
And if the renowned rants of Black butlers on the Right should be treasured, Black males only find their human rights violated constantly, only find their dignities criminalized, only fall in the crosshairs of this very real War on Drugs, because they've discarded phonetics, filled their iPods with N.W.A. records, altogether accepted academic success as a White Thing, and preferred to sag their khaki pants three inches below waist level.
Of course, delusion is powerful, and legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, in her scathing text The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness, levels these reports and rants with rare clarity, depth, and candor."Mass incarceration, like Jim Crow, helps to define the meaning and significance of race in America," she writes. "Indeed, the stigma of criminality functions in much the same way that the stigma of race once did. It justifies a legal, social, and economic boundary between 'us' and 'them'."
The "them" have long found out their society lost faith in Redemption about the same time it sent into office a B-movie Hollywood actor/corporate salesman, who took on the causes of the rich and ruthless; pronouncing drug users Public Enemy No. 1, shelling out cold cash to any districts desperate enough to hook their tongues around the fishing rod. Since, sentencing rates have "quintupled," for-profit prison stocks have boomed, rehabilitation resources have dwindled, and a "collapse of resistance" has seized activists and concerned citizens once outraged enough to topple the system of incarceration entirely.
It's become increasingly easy to neglect those caged in and denied meaningful citizenship for the rest of their lives because for most, even before buying or selling those couple pounds of weed, even before lifting that crack pipe to their lips and inhaling with blissful pain, even before signing those flat checks amounting a few hundred dollars, society didn't consider them clean enough to warrant concern. So now that the stain has grown greatly, and spread through far and wide, it's more acceptable — even reasonable—to turn backs, eyes, and ears to millions crying out for help.
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Communities of color can suffer immeasurably from unwarranted (often deadly) police presence, and no significant, mainstream outrage is raised. Families of color are dropped to their knees, with fathers and mothers saddled with lengthy sentences for harmless infractions, and news channels implore their cameramen and correspondents to keep seeking more sensational stuff. Increasingly, working-class Whites are bullied into prisons for sinking one or two pills into their throats, for digging into their arm veins with H-filled needles; but, even then, they're "not the real target" — they're mere collateral damage, alibi even: to assure the world no Race-specific agenda is at work. Michelle Alexander begs to differ.
A couple of days back, I spoke with her on the myth of colorblindness, on how media images frame public perceptions of prisoners and subsequent punitive policies, what mass incarceration means for ailing communities of color, and the struggle ahead for all sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Tulu Olorunda: Thanks for your time, Ms. Alexander. You begin the book with juxtaposed images of a Black man handcuffed and overshadowed by officers in some street gutter, and a Black man overshadowing a past of Jim Crow and segregation to make history happen. In the first, passersby ignore the Black man; in the second, hundreds of thousands are paying solemn attention to his every word. Can you take it from there?
Michelle Alexander: Yes. With the election of Barack Obama, so many people have persuaded themselves that we've finally triumphed over Race, that we've moved beyond Race. Meanwhile, of course, there are millions of poor people of color who have been branded felons, relegated to a permanent second-class status, legally discriminated against. So that young Black man kneeling in the gutter, at the same time the world is celebrating the election of Barack Obama, is, I think, a profound illustration of how our attention has been diverted, in recent years, away from those who've suffered from the emergence of this caste system, and how we've been enchanted by the election of a few African-Americans into positions of power.
TO: You insist that forms of racism don't die out but adapt to the times — preservation-through-transformation, as you describe. "The rules and reasons the political system employs to enforce status relations of any kind, including racial hierarchy," you write, "evolve and change as they are challenged." Why have most civil rights groups failed to see this and take up critical action against it — preferring to lunge from courtroom to courtroom rather than attack the streets, where the real war is taking place? And you have some stern words for these groups — "adapt or die."
MA: Yes. I wrote this book because I was so deeply alarmed by the relative quiet of the civil rights community and African-American leaders in the face of mass incarceration. And I admit, at the outset, that I, myself, failed to fully grasp the extent of the devastation caused to communities of color as a result of the Drug War. There was a time when I didn't fully get it.
I had a series of experiences representing victims of racial profiling, police brutality, and people who are struggling to "re-enter" a society — that never much wanted them in the first place — after being branded a felon. I had a series of experiences that affected me in profound ways; and now that I can see, with blinders off, the way it operates, the history, and how it functions to recreate a permanent second-class status for poor people of color (especially Black people in America), it is downright painful to watch so many of our African-American leaders, people who call themselves Progressives, including some in the civil rights community, standing by quietly as this Drug War rages on in our communities and mass incarceration continues at pace.
But my book isn't just about wagging fingers, because I was complicit in this system for quite a while. It's really an effort to inspire others, to wake people up.
TO: What was the writing process like? I mean, what were you looking for, what did you find, and what weren't you prepared for — what blew your head off?
MA: ln the course of my research, there were a number of studies that did blow my mind. One is that today there are more African-Americans under correction or control, in prison or in jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850. That's a decade before the Civil War began. The scale of this system is astonishing! And we're blind to it in part because prisons are out of sight and out of mind. During the Jim Crow era, there were "White Only" signs everywhere, Black people were supposed to sit on the back of the bus — there was no denying the caste system. But, today, if you're not in it, it's easy to deny. Prisons are typically located in White rural communities, far away from highways; and once former prisoners get out, they're typically dumped back into the same racially segregated communities from which they came.
Another fact was that as of 2004 there were more Blacks disenfranchised than in 1870 —the year the 15th amendment was ratified, prohibiting laws discriminating against the right to vote based on Race. And the Felony Disenfranchisement laws today have decimated the potential Black electorate.
And I read one study by the Urban League in Chicago — that was another study that completely blew my mind — showing that in Chicago nearly 80% of working-age African-American men have criminal records that legalize discrimination for the rest of their lives. Nearly 80%! Just the scope and scale of this system…
TO: The book mostly details this new Jim Crow that marginalizes poor males of color. But is it not true that women, especially Black women, are fast becoming a prime target as well, even swelling up ranks just as swiftly as Black men did 20 years ago?
MA: Oh, yes. It is true. And while my book focuses specifically on Black men, that is in no way to diminish the significance of women in the Criminal Justice System. In fact, one could argue that the harm caused by high rates of incarceration of Black women is greater than that of the incarceration of Black men, because our communities are so fragile. To remove mothers, who are just barely holding these families together, and put them in cages, relegates children to foster care — for relatively minor drug offences. And this threatens to unravel what's left of the Black family.
TO: Can you talk a bit about Ronald Reagan, the pater familias of this enterprise? Right as he announced the War on Drugs three decades back, only 2% of Americans considered drugs the most pressing national crisis. Soon enough, as you write, through legalized and sanitized bribery of local officials, this War became established as a serious threat worth endless resources.
MA: Yes. Most people think the War on Drugs was launched absolutely in response to a rise in drug crimes. But that's a big myth. Drug crime was actually on the decline when the War was declared. The War was part of a grand Republican strategy to issue racially coded political appeals — on crime and welfare: get-tough language — to poor White voters, especially in the South were many were disaffected from civil rights gains. Richard Nixon was the first to coin the term — War on Drugs. But Ronald Reagan was able to turn that rhetorical war into a literal one. This was before crack actually hit the streets. And the Reagan administration seized the [subsequent] rise of crack, and actually hired staff to publicize inner-city crack-babies, crack-whores, crack-abuse, and crack-violence, in hopes of persuading Congress to devote millions more dollars to the Drug War. And the plan worked like a charm.
The Reagan administration was giving out cash to districts and agencies that were willing to boost the volume — the number of drug arrests — which gave them an incentive to just go out and round up, shake down, frisk, toss as many people as possible in order to boost their arrest numbers. And these stop-and-frisk practices are most prevalent in communities of color, because of a Drug War that has almost nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with racial politics.
TO: You detail a number of studies, amongst which was one published in 2000 by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, revealing some startling stats: White students used cocaine seven times the rate of Black students, used crack eight times the rate of Black students, used heroin seven times the rate of Black students. Another 2000 study, this time by the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, discovered White youth aged 12-17 fell over a third more likely to have peddled drugs than Black youth. But in a 1995 survey published in the Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, wherein respondents were asked to shut their eyes and picture drug users, 95% envisioned Blacks, only 5% envisioned other racial groups — notwithstanding contrasting reports suggesting Blacks constituted only 15% of drug users at that period. So why the disparity of reality?
MA: A big part of the reason is media imagery. What you often see are Black men arrested and handcuffed for drug crimes; in movies, on television news, you see Black men depicted as drug criminals. And, again, this is no accident. At the time the War was launched, very few people cared about drug crime. And then, in the public consciousness, most people located drug use as White hippies smoking pot. That image changed profoundly after the Reagan administration launched a media campaign to publicize drug abuse and drug violence. The media became saturated with Black users as drug offenders. And by the time the War was unleashed, you couldn't turn on the evening news without seeing images of Black and Brown men rounded in handcuffs as a result of drug sweeps. Now, routine coverage of drug sweeps aren't as prevalent as they were in the '80s, but they still persist unabated, and the targets remain.
Now, that being said, there has always been a connection between African-American crime and the public consciousness — even dating back to Slavery up through Jim Crow. Every caste system has always been rationalized to some extent based on Black proclivity to crime.
TO: On this issue, of media machinations, you raise a very serious concern, one of Public Pedagogy, where, as you lament, shows like Law & Order offer strikingly mythical misrepresentations of the justice system and the impacts on poor people of color caught up. Some arrested fellow screams, "I want my lawyer!" and, in the next scene, he's sitting across a very competent, Yale-trained defendant willing to go to bat for him.
MA: It's such a myth. In reality, most people, if they're lucky enough to meet with an attorney before they appear in court, meet for a matter of minutes before being forced to make decisions that would profoundly affect the rest of their lives. And the system is so set up to ensure innocent people pleading guilty to crimes they did not commit, from the threat of harsh mandatory minimum sentences or from probation promises — without being told that as a felon you'll be discriminated against for the rest of your life: the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction. All of these come true because people are processed through the Criminal Justice System — like widgets moving through an assembly factory line.
TO: I'm not sure you know of The Good Wife, but I've found it willing to let out some uncomfortable truths about inmates on Death Row, for-profit prisons, and the games politicians play with innocent lives hanging in the balance. Are there any shows getting it right on this issue, or is television just cursed from the start and inately untrustworthy
MA: Well, for the last several years I haven't watched much television. I have three young kids, and I've been trying to write a book. I've been told that The Wire is very good. And I've heard good things about The Good Wife, too
TO: In Ohio, as you note, 90% of children charged have no lawyers. And across the country, young people, children even — some too young to brandish their skins with tattoos, or purchase Rated-R movie tickets, or legally drive cars — are sent to adult prisons, struck with lengthy sentences. (In fact, a brilliant book was released last year on this very frightening predicament, Youth in a Suspect Society: Democracy or Disposability?) I'm wondering how has media portrayal — demonization — of youth helped lead to a time and place where these ridiculously punitive policies are accepted as sane measures to address social problems plaguing young people?
MA: Yes. There has definitely been a wave of punitiveness that has washed over. But I don't think the effects are evenly felt. I mean, it's extremely rare to have drug sweeps at fraternity houses or college campuses, to have upper-middle class kids courted to prisons and branded felons for the rest of their lives. So I don't think society has written off all youth. I think it's written off some youth; and this has been defined widely by Race. Today, mass incarceration is really about marginalization — the disposal — of a group of people who are no longer essential to the functioning of our economy and our society.
We could, as a society, have offered bail-out plans, we could have flooded these communities with a wave of compassion. Instead, we declared a War on Drugs, we ended welfare as we knew it, we went in there and we rounded up young Black men en masse, and we disposed of them in prisons. So I think those who are viewed as useful to our society are still treated relatively well in the media and in political discourse.
TO: I loved so much your analysis of the street culture many young Black males adopt to, in many ways, search for solidarity and support — for familial meaning. You say when their schools are transformed into prison sites, when they are rendered parentless, they inevitably come to embrace this stigmatized identity. And you ask: "Should we be shocked when they turn to gangs or fellow inmates for support when no viable family support structure exists? After all, in many respects, they are simply doing what black people did during the Jim Crow era—they are turning to each other for support and solace in a society that despises them
MA: Yes. I think there is so much finger-wagging going on, even by Barack Obama, who on Father's Day [two years back] said Black fathers are AWOL: they've abandoned their families, they're acting like —
TO: Boys.
MA: — instead of men. But so many of these men haven't abandoned their families voluntarily. They've been rounded up. And in an environment like this — where a war has literally been declared upon you and your family — what do we expect these young folks to do? When you're stopped and frisked on your way to school, stopped and frisked at school, told you're never going to be anything but a criminal, harassed by officers, it is just utterly unreasonable for us to expect that youth subjected to this kind of treatment wouldn't try to find some way to carve out a positive identity in the midst of all this — and try to have a posture of resistance.
TO:You take it a step further in arguing that branding people of color as felons might be more insidious than many today admit. that the very act of incarceration might, in fact, be about Identity and Role in a racialized society. So you say, "The process of marking black youth as black criminals is essential to the functioning of mass incarceration as a racial caste system. For the system to succeed … black people must be labeled criminals before they are formally subject to control. … This process of being made a criminal is, to a large extent, the process of 'becoming' black." It's curious that in 1961, that great prophet you ended the book with, James Baldwin, touched on this topic — "What they do see when they look at you is what they've invested you with. And what they've invested you with is all the agony and the pain and the danger and the passion and the torment: you know, sin, death, and hell…" It's stunning that 50 years after The Fire Next Time, Nobody Knows My Name, Notes of a Native Son, Blues for Mister Charlie — if you fast-forward, all the same pathologies still exist.
MA: Yes! Absolutely! It's astounding, actually. When you go back and just read those books, ou see how much relevance they have today. It's eerie, even. When you read Dr. King's speeches. You read much of what Malcolm X had to say. When you go back and read this stuff, and when you think about it in the context of mass incarceration, you barely need to even change a word for it to have as much meaning and resonance for today.
TO: Can the same also be said of the current immigration debate, over color as cause-for-suspicion, color as probability of outcast-alien status? You cite, in the book, the case of United States v. Brigoni-Ponce (1975), which essentially granted allowance of Race in suspecting Brown people of illegal immigration activity. How relevant is that with today's Arizona unrest?
MA: Yes. Well, I think most of what can be done in movement-building today is to identify the links, to be able to map the links between forms of oppression African-Americans are experiencing and forms of oppression Latinos are experiencing. There's certainly a kind of divide-and-conquer attempt at work.
So I think it's critically important for us to see that what's happening in Arizona has some common origins with the rise of mass incarceration in this country, which had to do with White anxiety over having to compete with a group of people they looked at as inferior. And here, in Arizona, you have the same dynamic — of White fear, anxiety, and panic over a group of people deemed to be inferior and undeserving.
TO: I want to end on an issue you raise early in the book. Mere decades ago, you write, activists were bubbling across the country with fervor to overthrow the prison system entirely — not just in egregious instances, but altogether: to erase it as alleged blind arbiter of justice. Then one thing led to the other — Nixon came along, Reagan swooped down, Clinton swept in — and society has not been the same since. And this sense of powerlessness, in midst of privatized prisons and other grotesque metamorphosis the machine underwent, has created a "collapse of resistance." But the clock is ticking, and the time is now for any redress of these very serious problems. So how do you suggest this moment is seized by all those just as fed up as you are?
MA: Yes. You're absolutely right: people want to talk about a world without prisons and they're dismissed as crazy or quacky, but it wasn't that long ago when mainstream criminologists and policy advocates were talking about dismantling prisons because they caused more problems than they solved.
And, ultimately, I'm interested in building a movement not just to end mass incarceration but to end the cycle of racial caste. And centering on these isolated policy reforms is doomed to fail because the system can so easily adapt and bounce back. And a fierce backlash to any major form of downsizing to the system is inevitable because there are so many people — corporate interests — that have a stake in the maintenance and expansion of the system. And the backlash would come in forms of racially coded political appeals about the need to get tough on crime and not give people free passes. And most people's biases would be tapped into again, to shore up this system and ensure it continues to function for a very long time.
And this is why I believe we need to build a movement to end mass incarceration head-on, rather than pretending this system is primarily about crime control and can be fixed through criminal justice reform. This system is primarily about racial control.


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Tesla IPO successful: Stock up 40% on day one
Market bets that gov-backed Model S can wipe out past
Famous electric car firm Tesla Motors, which has now delivered over a thousand li-ion powered $100k Roadster sportscars, has had a successful IPO. The company's stock, after a slight initial dip, climbed by 40 per cent during its first day listed on the NASDAQ exchange.
Initially priced at $17, Tesla stock closed at $23.89, bucking the day's trend as the NASDAQ overall fell by nearly four per cent. The market itself was plainly pleased to have some good news to offset the gloom, taking out full-page ads in the Wall Street Journal to "welcome Tesla".
Tesla may have been helped in the IPO by its very high profile and the fact that it has secured a $465m federal loan facility for the purpose of developing its next car, the "mass market" $50k four-seater Model S.
The company has had a chequered history, with early development of the Roadster beset by delays and ballooning costs. That situation led to a bitter boardroom battle between Tesla's main financial backer, colourful PayPal hecamillionaire Elon Musk, and co-founder Martin Eberhard.
Following Eberhard's ousting and seizure of control by Musk, Musk claimed that "almost every major system on the car" had to be changed in order to make a $109k Roadster sale profitable. Early customers were supplied with cars whose transmission could not deliver the promised neck-snapping acceleration, though these were later replaced at the company's expense.
The Musk/Eberhard feud later seemed likely to move into the courts when Eberhard sued the firm, claiming that his reputation had been ruined and his early contributions slighted. The suit was later dropped for no obvious reason, leading observers to speculate that Tesla and Musk had been compelled to reach a financial settlement out of court.
Improving Tesla's cash flow situation proved difficult. At the height of the credit crunch in 2008 a planned $100m financing round failed and Musk was compelled to bail the company out with his own money. Subsequent deals with Daimler and Toyota have removed some of the air of peril hanging around the company: the Department of Energy loan has done even more.
Nonetheless, though Musk has since stated that Tesla would now have a positive cash flow were it engaged only in making Roadsters and supplying power trains to other firms, the company acknowledged in pre-IPO SEC filings that it has never been profitable and has burned through more than $290m so far.
It has also revealed that the Roadster order book has dwindled to 100 after 1,000 deliveries, suggesting that the Roadster alone will never pay back the money spent by Tesla in its early years. Furthermore, the company says that all its cars are liable to lose huge chunks of battery life after a few years' use, a fact that is not yet widely apparent as almost all of them are new as yet. Teslas are also handicapped by the fact that they take hours to recharge, as opposed to the mere minutes it takes to fuel up a normal vehicle.
On the positive side, the cost of electricity required to run a Tesla car is paltry compared to heavily taxed motor fuel and users can benefit from many government subsidies and incentives. It's entirely possible that the Model S will sell well.
If the multihundred-million, mass-sales Model S project proves successful it could well wipe out the bad memories and losses of Tesla's Roadster era: but the company's friends and stockholders might wish that the Roadster had actually managed to contribute funds to its successor as was the original plan, rather than saddling it with debts. ®


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Shrimp with garlic and soba
Divine Dining Redux #3 – Creamy smooth gazpacho
When most people here in the US think of gazpacho, they think of a chunky, tomatoey, thin cold substance that reminds me of bland salsa. However, the authentic dish in Spain is nothing like that. It is creamy, and rich, and delicious. What makes it so? Two things that have been neglected here: bread and olive oil. Let me tell you how gazpacho should be.
First, let me give credit where credit is due. I got this recipe from Lynne Rossetto Kasper's America Public Media radio show, The Splendid Table. It was passed to her by David Rosengarten who was a guest on her show recently. David's recipe can be found here in its entirety. I doubled his recipe and it was more than enough!
I started with about 4 oz of day old French bread. This was ripped into pieces and soaked with cold water for a couple of minutes. The water was squeezed out. The bread is important as it helps to thicken the soup.
Next I chopped up about a pound of ripe garden fresh tomatoes, a medium sized sweet onion, about a cup and a half of cucumber (peeled and seeded), a large green bell pepper and a large red bell pepper.
Everything was placed in the blender and 2 tsp of sherry vinegar was added. The mixture was puréed while pouring in 1/2 cup of good extra virgin olive oil. That makes it rich and creamy.
Once puréed, the mixture was seasoned with salt and pepper and then strained through a seive. The soup was chilled well before serving. I garnished it with more of the basil oil I described in my last post.


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Better tissue repair with gold nanowires after heart attack |
(Nanowerk News) A team of physicians, engineers and materials scientists at Children's Hospital Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used nanotechnology and tiny gold wires to engineer cardiac patches, with cells all beating in time, that could someday help heart attack patients. | |
As reported online by Nature Nanotechnology on September 25, the addition of gold wires to the engineered heart tissue make it electrically conductive, potentially improving on existing cardiac patches. Such patches are starting to go into clinical trials for heart patients. | |
"If you don't have the gold nanowires, and you stimulate the cardiac patch with an electrode, the cells will beat only right where you're stimulating," says senior investigator Daniel Kohane, M.D., Ph.D., of the Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery at Children's Hospital Boston. "With the nanowires, you see a lot of cells contracting together, even when the stimulation is far away. That shows the tissue is conducting." | |
After incubation, the patches studded with the gold nanowires were thicker and their heart muscle cells better organized. When stimulated with an electrical current, the cells produced a measurable spike in voltage, and electrical communication between adjacent bundles of cardiac cells was markedly improved. In contrast, only a negligible current passed through patches lacking the wires, and cells beat only in isolated clusters. | |
Kohane thinks the nanowire technology could be applied to the engineering of any electrically excitable tissue, including tissue in the brain and spinal cord. Gold was chosen as a material because it's a conductive material, easy to fabricate, scientists have a lot of experience with it, and it is tolerated by the body. | |
The wires average 30 nanometers thick and 2-3 microns long, just barely visible to the naked eye. | |
Since testing has so far been done only in cell cultures, the team plans to do further experiments to see how well the cardiac patches function in live animal models, and to get a better understanding of how exactly the nanowires are enhancing electrical signaling and contraction. | |
Kohane believes the gold fibers help because they're long enough to cross the scaffolding material that holds the cells and may act as a barrier to electrical conduction. In addition, the experiments showed enhanced production of troponin I, a protein involved in muscle calcium binding and contraction, and connexin-43, a protein involved in electrical coupling between cells that is believed to play a critical role in the development of the heart's architecture and in the synchronized contraction of the heart. | |
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. The paper's co-first authors were Tal Dvir, Ph.D., and Brian Timko, Ph.D., both of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Laboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery at Children's Hospital Boston. |
Source: Children's Hospital Boston |


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Marine stratocumulus occurs in two configurations: open-cell and closed-cell. The cells that compose a large area of marine stratocumulus arrange themselves in a honeycomb-like pattern. Closed-cell stratocumulus has cloud in the middle of the cell with clear areas along the edges of the cell. Open-cell stratocumulus has the opposite - cloud around the edges and an open area in the middle.
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Permit fee is $88 whether a homeowner or contractor takes out the permit ($70 plus a $18 processing fee).
Required Documents
Homeowners who: own the home, live in the home, and homestead the home through the Dallas Central Appraisal District (DCAD) may pull a Homeowner's Affidavit and complete the repairs themselves if they feel confident in making the required repairs. Homeowners must provide a copy of a current driver's license which reflects the address you are trying to permit. (If you have recently purchased the home, please call our office at 972-205-2300 for alternatives to this requirement.) This department will verify with DCAD via their website that a homestead exemption exists for the permitted address. If there is no record of a homestead exemption, the homeowner must provide a copy of the executed homestead exemption from DCAD.
If the homeowner is unable to produce the required documents stated above, a State-licensed master plumber registered with the City of Garland must be hired to take out the permit.
Rental Properties
If the property is rental property, a State-licensed master plumber who is registered with the City of Garland must complete the repairs. No exceptions.
- A permit is required whenever your gas service has been disconnected for six months or longer (whether you request that the service be disconnected or the gas company disconnects the service).
- Whoever takes out the permit is responsible for placing an air pressure test on the gas line. The entire gas pipe system must be tested. The test must be seen by the City Inspector.
- Occupied structures will be inspected as soon as possible after the gas line is under test and the homeowner/plumber has confirmed the test is holding. Do not call for inspection until it is confirmed that all leaks have been found and the test is holding.
What to expect when the Inspector is on site:
- The homeowner/plumber must be on site so that an inspection of the entire gas system can be made. An inspection of all the gas appliances, appliance enclosures, and vents will ensure the safety of the homeowner from fire hazards and carbon monoxide exposure.
- Vents must be completed through the roof and must have one inch clearance from combustibles.
- The water heater T&P valve and drain will be checked. The T&P drain must turn down and be no more than 6 inches off the ground or garage floor.
- Any code violation must be corrected before the gas meter is released.
- A list of code violations that are found will be left with the homeowner or plumber.
- A water heater or central furnace in a bathroom or bedroom must be installed inside a closet used solely for the appliance. The closet must have a threshold and a solid door that is weather-stripped and have combustion air provided.
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- Tests shall be monitored for at least 15 minutes before calling in for inspection.
- Low pressure systems are to have 3 psi on a 6 psi diaphragm gauge.
If the home is occupied, we will make every effort to conduct the inspection the same business day. Once the homeowner/plumber has completed the testing and is sure it is holding correctly, a telephone call shall be made to the Building Inspection office at 972-205-2300 to request the inspection.
Please be aware that inspections from May 1 through September 30 are conducted until 3 p.m. If the repairs have not been completed, and confirmed by the plumber/homeowner, by 2:30 p.m. on regular business days, the inspection will be conducted the next business day.
From October 1 through April 30, inspections will be conducted until 8 p.m. Anything called in later than 8 p.m. will be inspected the next business day. When a permit is pulled, the Permit Assistants will provide the necessary telephone number to call to request an inspection after normal business hours.


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The Wheeling Intelligencer
February 10, 1950
M'Carthy Charges Reds Hold U. S. Jobs
Truman Blasted For Reluctance To Press Probe
Wisconsin Senator Tells Lincoln Fete Here 'Chips Down'
By Frank Desmond
Of The Intelligencer Staff
Joseph McCarthy, junior U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, was given a rousing ovation last night when, as guest of the Ohio County Republican Women's Club, he declared bluntly that the fate of the world rests with the clash between the atheism of Moscow and the Christian spirit throughout other parts of the world.
More than 275 representative Republican men and women were on hand to attend the colorful Lincoln Day dinner of the valley women which was held in the Colonnade room of the McLure hotel.
Disdaining any oratorical fireworks, McCarthy's talk was of an intimate, homey nature, punctuated at times with humor.
But on the serious side, he launched many barbs at the present setup of the State Department, at President Truman's reluctance to press investigation of "traitors from within," and other pertinent matters.
He said that recent incidents which brought traitors to the limelight is the result of an "emotional hangover" and a temporary moral lapse which follows every war. However, he added:
"The morals of our people have not been destroyed. They still exist and this cloak of numbness and apathy needs only a spark to rekindle them."
Referring directly to the State Department, he declared:
"While I cannot take the time to name all of the men in the State Department who have been named as members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who, nevertheless, are still working and shaping the policy in the State Department,"
The speaker dwelt at length on the Alger Hiss case and mentioned the names of several others who, during the not so many years, were found to entertain subversive ideas but were still given positions of high trust in the government.
"As you hear of this (Hiss) story of high treason," he said, "I know that you are saying to yourself well, why doesn't Congress do something about it?
Actually, ladies and gentlemen, the reason for the graft, the corruption, the disloyalty, the treason in high government positions the reason this continues is because of a lack of moral uprising on the part of the 140 million American people. In the light of history, however, this is not hard to explain.
"It is the result of an emotional hangover and a temporary moral lapse which follows every war. It is the apathy to evil which people who have been subjected to the tremendous evils of war feel.
"As the people of the world see mass murder, the destruction of defenseless and innocent people and all of the crime and lack of morals which go with war, they become numb and apathetic. It has always been thus after war."
At another time, he declared:
"Today, we are engaged in a final all-out battle between Communistic atheism and Christianity. The modern champions of Communism have selected this as the time and, ladies and gentlemen, the chips are down they are truly down."
In an informal quiz with his audience, the Senator answered a number of questions dealing mostly with the plan of Secretary of Agriculture Brannan to destroy millions of tons of potatoes, eggs, butter and fruits; he gave forthright views on the old age and social security problems and a number of other topics.
McCarthy was introduced by William Callahan, executive director of the Ohio Valley Republican organization. Mrs. A. E. Eberhard, president of the women's group, presided, while program director, Mrs. Robert J. Harshman, introduced Callahan. State Senator William Hannig led the group singing.
The invocation was delivered by the Rev. Philip Goertz, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, and the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. W. Carroll Thorn, of St. Luke's Episcopal church.
Senator McCarthy arrived by Capital Airlines at the Stifel airport late yesterday afternoon and was greeted by former Congressman Francis J. Love and Tom Sweeney, Jr., who drove him to the Fort Henry Club.


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