"My mama's so poor she uses cheerios as ear rings." Cartman.
Italian cruise captain says "I tripped and fell into a life boat, I didn't abandon ship." lol. Gotta love the Italians for thinking anyone would believe that.
Impatiently waiting for some college drop out to invent shirts, couches, walls, bed comforters, drapes that change color via the web. How difficult can it be to put a USB port on a shirt?
The government insisted that I be put in their witless protection program.
www.popsci.com
Savor that leftover Halloween candy, because in the future, you won’t be able to afford it. Chocolate consumption is increasing faster than cocoa production, according to the Cocoa Research Association, and that means prohibitively expensive chocolate is in our future.
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Jury sides with female doctor seeking equal pay
On April 14, 2009, plaintiff Dr. Lilia Wojcik, a pathologist in her early 50s, received a one-month termination notice regarding her employment with diagnostic-services provider Ameripath South Texas…
Editor: lol. Doctors hate trial lawyers....until someone gores THEIR ox. THEN they don't mind suing the hell out of people using ....trial lawyers.
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Romney Riches Are Being Seen as New Hurdle
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI and MICHAEL LUO
With a fortune estimated to be as large as a quarter of a billion dollars, Mitt Romney is among the wealthiest men ever to run for president.
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NYPD Tests Radiation Scanners To Detect Concealed Weapons on Street
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The New York Police Department is developing a new way to seek people toting guns on the street with radiation scanners that can detect those packing heat, says the New York Daily News. The technology, which works like infrared imaging, includes a mechanism that can detect a natural energy, known as terahertz radiation, that emits from a person's body, said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
Because the radiation waves cannot travel through metal, a concealed gun can be detected from the image captured by the lens of the detector, Kelly said. "This technology has shown a great deal of promise as a way of detecting weapons without a physical search," he said. However, the technology, which has been undergoing testing for three years, can be used only at a distance of 3 to 4 feet. Civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel said he hopes the scanning devices will be able to distinguish between a gun and other harmless metal objects, such as an iPod.
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Unusual cave home's secretive amenities
Granite rock walls keep the $1.5 million desert abode at a steady temperature range. Not your typical swimming pools
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Los Angeles Mandates Use of Condoms for Sex Films
By JENNIFER MEDINA
The law is the first of its kind in the country, advocates said, and could have a significant impact on what some say is a $1 billion industry.
Editor. My. What a "caring" government. Next should criminalize people who walk around with untied shoe laces as they may hurt themselves, and others. I'm sure they spent tax payers money for years "studying" the issue instead of minutes "googling" it.
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Sites like Wikipedia, Google, YouTube, and Reddit havegone black this morning in protest of The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which threatens Internet independence and free speech as well as a host of other rights. We have long discussed the ever-widening array of criminal and civil penalties pushed through Congress by the powerful radio and television lobby as well as other industry groups. The Obama Administration has been particularly willing to carry the water for these groups over objections from public interest groups. SOPA reflects the power of this lobby and its hold over members of Congress and the Obama Administration. While the Obama Administration has now responded to the outcry by insisting that it will tweak the bill, such promises ring hallow given its past efforts to appease this industry and its dishonest statements recently in other areas like the indefinite detention controversy. Notably, the recent admission from the White House that it has some concerns over the bill did not come until the public rallied against the bill — another indication of the control of an industry group in the drafting of legislation. This lobby is not going to go quietly into the night. It is more likely that it will work with the White House and Congress to achieve the same purposes with an incremental series of laws — if it does not simply win outright.
I have previously questioned the historical and legal views of Newt Gingrich. However, we may agree on one recent historical claim: that Andrew Jackson tended to address enemies by killing them. As shown in the video below, Gingrich embraced this approach as a campaign pledge — eclipsing prior campaign pledges in the primary to bomb countries or torture detainees.
Architect Koen Olthuis, of Dutch firm Waterstudio has proposed a rather intriguing floating parks for cities like New York and London that would create a haven for wildlife in urban centers — a park that would be inaccessible to humans that would create a multi-tiered living area for birds, bees, bats and other small animals.
We have periodically been faced with a particularly twisted class of criminals who destroy nature, including historic trees (here and hereand here), out of some deep-seated anger or objectification. The latest victim is “The Senator,” a 125-foot-tall bald cypress tree in the Longwood’s Big Tree Park in Florida. It was believed to be the oldest of its kind in North America and the fifth oldest tree in the world. Now it is a burned out trunk.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Four Lawyers over Age 65 Start a New Law Firm with a Civil Liberties Focus
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:44 PM PST  The View That Could Be Learn more about SOPA and its ugly twin PIPA in this short 4 minute video. Write your US Congressperson and Senator to urge them to vote no on SOPA and PIPA. Do customize the title and at least the first line of the email that is generated so staffers know its not just a form letter with out thought. .gif) Copyright Jim M. Goldstein, All Rights Reserved ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Alcohol and the Badge: Excess Drinking Part of Police Culture
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In a three-part series on police officers and drinking problems, the Dallas Morning News profiles officers with promising careers that were ruined by serious incidents. The series is available only to paid subscribers. It is difficult to gauge statistically whether being a police officer makes one more vulnerable to the travails of excessive drinking or alcoholism. Experts have estimated that as many as 20 percent of police officers are problem drinkers. One study found officers drank less frequently than the general population, but tended to binge drink when they did.
Many agree that drinking is part of the police culture. "They drink a lot, and they drink together," said John Violanti of the University at Buffalo and a former New York state trooper who studies police stress and alcohol use. "It's part of the macho image, part of being a cop." Experts on police, and many officers, say cops drink because of peer pressure and high stress levels. They get into trouble with alcohol, says the Morning News, "because they feel invulnerable and, as society's helpers, are less likely to show weakness by seeking help. As mores change and technology advances, they're more likely to get caught and their colleagues less likely to risk assisting them in covering up their problems."
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TX Case Highlights Parole Reluctance In High-Profile Cases
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Eroy Brown, whose acquittal on murder charges in the deaths of a prison warden and a farm manager in the 1980s shook the corrections system to its roots, is coming up for parole again, says the Austin American-Statesman. Brown is serving 90 years as a habitual criminal for robbing a convenience store of $12 and some candy bars. The graying, almost 60-year-old is serving time in a South Carolina prison because a federal judge thought his safety could not be guaranteed in a Texas lockup.
If he's denied parole, he would be released within five years without any supervision under controversial early release policies enacted in the 1970s to ease prison crowding. "He got more publicity for (the acquittal) than Christ on the cross," said his attorney, Bill Habern. Brown's case highlights a long-standing issue with Texas' parole system: a reluctance to parole longtime offenders with high-profile cases, even those who soon will be freed anyway, and those with serious and costly health problems. Brown is earning liberal credits for good behavior on his sentence, which he would finish by 2017. At that time, he would be released free and clear, with no supervision. Brown is among just 4,208 of Texas' 156,000 convicts who are still accruing such credits under old laws, a number that dwindles each year as more are paroled or released.
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Court: DEA Agent "Laughing Stock" Video Didn't Violate Privacy
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Lee Paige, an undercover federal drug agent who accidentally shot himself in the leg during a videotaped talk with children, lost his appeal in a suit that alleged the government illegally released personal information, reports Legal Times. Paige charged that the Drug Enforcement Administration violated federal privacy rights. Paige shot himself in 2004 as he spoke to about 50 children and parents in Orlando. A parent recorded the talk, and the video showed up on YouTube.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said the video clip was not a part of the agency's "system of records." Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson said, "The widespread circulation of the accidental discharge video demonstrates the need for every federal agency to safeguard video records with extreme diligence in this internet age of iPhones and YouTube with their instantaneous and universal reach." Paige's attorney said the video made him "a laughing stock around the world despite his notable and often extremely dangerous service to the United States."
Editor: Bitching about the video that showed what happened in front of children? Seems to me the focus should be on gun safety. That's the way to prevent one from becoming a "laughing stock"
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The Wife's Affair
A man returns home a day early from a business trip. It's after midnight.
While en route home he asks the cabby if he would be a witness.
The man suspects his wife is having an affair and he wants to catch her in the act.
For $100, the cabby agrees.
Quietly arriving home, the husband and cabby tip toe into the bedroom.
The husband switches on the lights, yanks the blanket back and there is his wife in
bed with another man!
The husband puts a gun to the naked man's head.
The wife shouts, 'Don't do it ! I lied when I told you I inherited money:
HE paid for the Porsche I gave you.
HE paid for our new cabin cruiser.
HE paid for your football season tickets.
HE paid for our house at the lake.
He paid for your Hawaiian golf vacation.
HE paid for our country club membership, and HE even pays the monthly dues !'
Shaking his head from side-to-side, the husband lowers the gun.
He looks over at the cabby and says, 'What would you do ?
The cabby replies, 'I'd cover his ass with that blanket before he catches cold.'
A man returns home a day early from a business trip. It's after midnight.
While en route home he asks the cabby if he would be a witness.
The man suspects his wife is having an affair and he wants to catch her in the act.
For $100, the cabby agrees.
Quietly arriving home, the husband and cabby tip toe into the bedroom.
The husband switches on the lights, yanks the blanket back and there is his wife in
bed with another man!
The husband puts a gun to the naked man's head.
The wife shouts, 'Don't do it ! I lied when I told you I inherited money:
HE paid for the Porsche I gave you.
HE paid for our new cabin cruiser.
HE paid for your football season tickets.
HE paid for our house at the lake.
He paid for your Hawaiian golf vacation.
HE paid for our country club membership, and HE even pays the monthly dues !'
Shaking his head from side-to-side, the husband lowers the gun.
He looks over at the cabby and says, 'What would you do ?
The cabby replies, 'I'd cover his ass with that blanket before he catches cold.'
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Tea Party contemplating action due to Betty White's refusal to release long form birth certificate. Skepticism regarding her claim that 90 years ago the government only had short form (or no form).
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 Jury sides with female doctor seeking equal payOn April 14, 2009, plaintiff Dr. Lilia Wojcik, a pathologist in her early 50s, received a one-month termination notice regarding her employment with diagnostic-services provider Ameripath South Texas…  Winning Texas Law Firms:(since January 1, 2011; Texas plaintiff's verdicts only; as reported by VerdictSearch)
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 Plaintiff gets $150K for head-on collisionA jury awarded a driver $150,732 for a fractured tailbone and herniated cervical discs he sustained in a crash. In 2008, Paul Littlejohn, then 67, was struck by an oncoming AT&T van that had veered into his lane. Littlejohn underwent three rounds of physical therapy in about 18 months. He also underwent a cervical discectomy with fusion. He claimed that he eventually had to quit his job as a traveling salesman because of intense pain from sitting in his car for long periods of time. His neurosurgeon testified that the damage caused by his injuries is permanent. Littlejohn v. Fenton Motor Vehicle - Potter County  | |||||||||||||||||
Hotel not liable for guest's fall, jury findsA jury declined to award damages to a woman who fell off a curb in front of a Sheraton Hotel in Arlington. Kay Alonzo fractured her ankle and also sustained a lumbar compression fracture. She claimed that the defendant failed to warn her of an unusually high curb. The defense introduced testimony about hotel policies and procedures to show that the area had been checked multiple times without finding any dangerous condition. The incident was recorded on surveillance video. It showed Mrs. Alonzo falling, but the cause was not apparent. The defense argued that no one was negligent. Alonzo v. W2005 Wyn Hotels L.P. Premises Liability - Dallas County ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |||||||||||||||||
Editor: what kind of organization would victimize Garth and his deceased Mother??? Give him his money back!!
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Most expensive cities for travelers
Prepare to open your wallet wide if you're visiting one of these 10 towns. Where hotels average $268 a night
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Hey Buffalo Creek friends,
Come join us for the first concert of the new year on Jan 20th with Bri Bagwell And The Banned! Bri was recently on CMT's Next Superstar and is currently rocking the state of Texas. She is a up and coming Texas country artist with her second single Whiskey to hit radio early February. You can download her CD Banned From Santa Fe on iTunes which is also the name of her current single. Bri also needs our help. Please view her kickstarter video http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nielnasset/bri-bagwell-wants-you-to-produce-her-first-music-v and do what you can to help Bri reach her goal. Bri is the next big thing and we would love for you all to be a part of her success. Hope to see you all for the first concert of the new year. Check out our website and Bri's for all upcoming events.
Buffalo Creek will open at 4:00 Friday and Saturday
Friday we will have Mark Jones opening for Bri
· And Bri will take the stage at 8:30. We will also stay open till 11ish
· Our special appetizer this weekend is a crab cake. We also have some delicious hot Bavarian pretzels that will be perfect with our new draft beers:
· Stella and Samuel Adams Boston Lager and because you asked for it we now have non alcoholic beer,too. Hope to see y’all this weekend. Kathy and Tiff
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Houston in the 60's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFO9qpcyzdk&feature=colike
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more ridiculousness from a bar association:
Though shalt not tweet to strangers... And other foolishness from the Florida Bar
"The Standing Committee on Advertising [of the Florida Bar Association] has reviewed the networking media, and issues the following guidelines for lawyers using them." Whew, I was wondering when someone would get around to reviewing all of the social media and social networking sites on the Internet as well as... Read more >>
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Facebook might be a harmless once-a-day opportunity for you to check in with friends and family. But it also might have crept into your life to the point where it is interfering with your ability to do your job well, and, more importantly, with your ability to connect with people and be happy.
Daniel Gulati recently wrote about researching his book Passion & Purpose, and how he interviewed hundreds of young business leaders and came to some very negative conclusions about Facebook.
Distracted Lawyers Lawyer Badly
The most important problem Facebook creates for lawyers is how it distracts us. Do you access Facebook at home, at work, and on your mobile device while on the move? Do you check in several times a day? Do you post often? Gulati writes:
Sketching out a mind-numbing presentation for the board meeting? Perhaps it’s time to reply to your messages. Stuck in traffic? It’s time to browse your newsfeed. Recounted one interviewee, “I almost got hit by a car while using Facebook crossing the street.”
All this leaping from one task to another degrades the quality of our work by imposing “switching costs,” the costs in time and quality of work that result from the brain continually needing to recalibrate on different tasks. This reduces the quality of the work and makes all tasks take longer than they should. Srikumar Rao calls mindfulness over multitasking one of his 10 steps to happiness at work.
Face to Face? Whatever For?
Facebook also replaces in-person interaction. One might argue that it does keep you in touch with people you’d not connect with otherwise, and that’s true. But if you are at the coffee shop alone, on Facebook, instead of with a friend, that’s just not the same kind of connection as face-to-face. It just isn’t. When I asked three friends to give up a summer weekend to help me tear the roof off my house in 96 degree heat, the two of them that showed up created a bond with me that a billion hours of Facebook chat cannot replicate. A hug from a friend is better than a million Facebook “likes.” If Facebook takes time you could be spending on real human interaction, it’s time to make a change.
Sam Glover is right: if you want to grow your practice, don’t “network.” Go spend time with real people doing something. Also, don’t give up time with people for Facebook or any other diversion that requires an electronic device. And leave the smartphone in your pocket the entire time you’re kickin’ it old school.
(photo: Shutterstock)
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