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Fans of Kentucky Derby preps have another treat in store this weekend with four on tap, all conveniently a day before the Super Bowl.
And on Super Bowl Sunday -- but well before that struggle gets under way in New Jersey -- the Palos Verdes Stakes at Santa Anita features the winners of last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint and Met Mile hooking up in a short field.
There are some Kentucky Oaks preps, some other well-matched turf races and dirt sprints and a great state-bred card in Louisiana.
On the international front, what would a winter weekend be without a Hong Kong race looking to generate competition for World Cup night in Dubai? We've got one, along with a bit of a caveat.
Intrigued? Who wouldn't be? Read on.
Kentucky Derby trail
There are four races on the weekend agenda -- two in Florida, one in New York and one in Kentucky -- that conceivably could have a bearing on Triple Crown preps, although the horses will have to move ahead pretty significantly to earn that next step.
The "official" prep race, as designed in its wisdom by Churchill Downs, is Saturday's $250,000, Grade III Withers Stakes at 1 1/16 miles over the Aqueduct inner course. The winner gets 10 points toward a Kentucky Derby start, second gets 4 points, third gets 2 and the fourth-place finisher gets a single point. The likely favorites are two New York-breds who have yet to face open company. That doesn't mean they're not good. Samraat has led at every call in each of his last three races and, when stretched out to two turns in the Damon Runyon Stakes Dec. 18, the Noble Causeway colt won by 16 3/4 lengths. The other, Uncle Sigh, a son of Indian Charlie, won by 14 1/2 lengths while breaking his maiden in his second race at Parx Racing. Also in this field are Classic Giacnroll and Scotland, the second- and third-place finishers in the Jan. 4 Jerome, Honorable Judge and Street Gent.
Saturday's $250,000, Grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs finds eight contenders heavy on promise but light on proof -- at least so far. Trainer Wesley Ward has Noble Cornerstone, a Noble Causeway gelding who won at first asking in New York, then finished second in the Remington Springboard Mile in Oklahoma in December. Todd Pletcher has a couple of recent maiden winners, who could move up quickly with a big effort. Asserting Bear ran well in Canada as a 2-year-old for trainer Reade Baker. Ditto Matador for trainer Mark Casse, although he was well beaten by Asserting Bear in their last start at Woodbine. This is the time of year when new names surface and this is the kind of race that can produce them. Oddly, like the Illinois Derby, it's not a Kentucky Derby qualifying race.
Neither is Saturday's $200,000, Grade II Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park. That makes more sense, since the Hutcheson is run at 7 furlongs and it's time for the youngsters to be moving around two turns if they hope to get 1 1/4 miles on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs. Still, this race turns up an occasional prospect. Trainer Tim Ice has entered Mighty Brown, a Big Brown colt who took forever to get his first win, then scored in back-to-back starts in Tampa before finishing up the track in the OBS Sprint in his last outing. His pedigree says he should be able to go farther but apparently not. Pablo Del Monte shortens up after running fourth as the favorite in the 1-mile Gulfstream Park Derby. Wildcat Red is back from a second-place effort in that race. Pletcher has two here, too, although both need to improve to be competitive. Among the rest, one to watch is Long On Value. The Value Plus colt won his first three starts but then finished sixth in both the Grade I Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga and Grade I Champaign at Belmont. Trainer Bill Mott has been working him regularly at Payson Park and John Velazquez takes the mount, so he's likely to be short on value despite the two losses.
Eight are signed on for Saturday's 96 Rock Stakes at Turfway Park. The race is only 6 1/2 furlongs on the all-weather course but it is a steppingstone toward the Spiral Stakes this spring and the Spiral -- or Jim Beam Stakes or Galleryfurniture.com Stakes in its various recent permutations -- has produced legitimate Triple Crown runners. Bisque, an Indiana-bred gelding by Drinkwiththedevil, already is stakes-placed in West Virginia and Indiana and comes off an allowance win at Fair Grounds for trainer Tom Amoss. He will be trying the all-weather course for the first time. Artemus Coalmine, a gray Mineshaft colt trained by Mike Maker, looks promising with a win and a second in two starts over the track. The others look like they all could share a name with the steed who drew the outside post position -- I Need a Miracle.
3-year-old fillies
Four stakes are on tap for the Oaks crowd.
Streaming, the undefeated winner of the Grade I Hollywood Starlet, is the top attraction in Saturday's $300,000, Grade I Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita. The Bob Baffert trainee won at first asking at Hollywood Park in November and returned in just three weeks to win the Starlet with a pace-stalking trip. She's a Smart Strike filly out of a Storm Cat mare. Sushi Empire finished third in the Grade III Miesque at Hollywood, then won the Blue Norther at Santa Anita in her last outing. Arethusa, an A.P. Indy filly, was a well-beaten fifth in the Starlet after winning the Sharp Cat Stakes at Hollywood in her previous start. Earthflight makes her first start off the plane from England, where she won two straight in the minor leagues. The other four have yet to beat winners.
Ballylee and Vero Amore and the Irish- and Italian-themed morning-line favorites for Saturday's $100,000 Busher Stakes at Aqueduct. Ballylee, a Darley homebred by Street Cry, comes off a decisive maiden win in her first career start. Vero Amore just missed as the pacesetter in the $100,000 Ruthless after two straight wins at Parx. In truth, you can't love her outside post. Fierce Boots won the Busanda in her last outing and will provide speed.
A nicely balanced, if unproven, field of 10 is in for Saturday's $100,000 Martha Washington Stakes at 1 mile at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas. Kiss Moon has won both her starts -- one at Turfway Park and one at Oaklawn. Street Story won the Dixie Belle locally in her last start and ran second in the Letellier Stakes at Fair Grounds before that. But the 3-1 morning-line favorite, Euphrosyne, ran second three times before finally breaking through with a 6 3/4-lengths victory in an off-the-turf maiden affair at Fair Grounds in her last start.
A full field of 10, plus two also-eligibles, is on tap for Saturday's $100,000 Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. The morning-line favorites wide-open race are Comme Chez Soi, Please Explain, Light Bringer and Dame Dorothy. Also in here is Nesso, who finished 10th in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf but won the Gasparilla Stakes on the Tampa dirt in her only start since shipping east.
Detouring internationally:
Hong Kong
Akeed Mofeed, champion of the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Cup in December, makes his return in Sunday's HK Group 3 Centenary Vase. While he clearly is the class of the field, trainer Richard Gibson warns the Centenary is a prep and that he doesn't have his stable star fully cranked for the 1,800-meters comeback bid. And, there is some proven competition.
"He's 85 percent fit as of today," Gibson said at mid-week. "So he's not going to be at the very top of his game. This is a prep for the big one."
And by that, he meant the HK Group 1 Citibank Hong Kong Gold Cup at 2,000 meters on Feb. 23, and then either of the top marquee races at Meydan on World Cup night in Dubai, March 29. Others expected in Sunday's lineup include Dan Excel, winner of the 2013 Group 1 Champions Mile, who already has one race under his girth this year. Several others in the prospective lineup also have the credentials to be around at the finish -- unless 85 percent of Akeed Mofeed is too much to handle.
(Richard Gross will supply a full report in the Monday Roundup)
Last year's Group 1 Fillies Mile winner Certify brought smiles to Godolphin faces with an easy victory in her first 2014 start, Thursday's $200,000, Group 2 Cape Verdi at Meydan. With Mickael Barzalona up, Certify swept by the early speed with 400 meters left and drew off to win as he pleased. Certify now is undefeated in five starts.
"Hopefully she can go on to justify the ultra-high regard we have for her," said trainer Charlie Appleby.
In the secondary feature, the 1,800-meters Al Rashidiya, Sheik Hamdan bin Rasheed al Maktoum and trainer Mike De Kock, sent out the winner and runner-up -- Mujaarib and Mushreq.
Also, Friday is the first-ever meeting at Al Ain Racecourse, a long-time UAE training facility that is being upgraded to a full-bore racing facility. The 2,500-meters sand and fiber track is the longest in the UAE.
Back in the USA:
Santa Anita
Sunday's $200,000, Grade II Palos Verdes Stakes starts early (12:30 p.m. PST) to avoid any potential conflict with the Super Bowl warmups and it's a good thing, too, because it promises to be a great race. Three of the five starters are saddled by Jerry Hollendorfer but they all have to beat Secret Circle, who makes his first start since winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint nearly three months ago. The 5-year-old son of Eddington has started very sparingly for trainer Bob Baffert but has been working regularly enough and quickly enough at Santa Anita to impress anyone. He turned in a handy 5 furlongs in 48 4/5 seconds on Monday, fastest of 40 that day at the distance. Hollendorfer's top contender is Sahara Sky, who returns for the first time since winning the Met Mile at Belmont in May. He also has been working well, although not so quickly as Secret Circle. And, it's worth nothing Sahara Sky won this race last year over a good field. If either of the top two falter, look to Majestic Sky, fourth in the Breeders' Cup Sprint and winner of the Grade III Vernon O. Underwood Stakes at Hollywood Park in late November. Moonshine Bay, another of the Hollendorfer trio, steps way up in class but gets Gary Stevens in the irons and for that reason alone is worth a look.
Vagabond Shoes and No Jet Lag are the co-highweights among 10 in Saturday's $200,000, Grade II Arcadia Stakes going 1 mile on the grass. Vagabond Shoes cuts way back in distance after finishing fifth in the Breeders' Cup Turf at 1 1/2 miles. He was ninth in this race last year. A more likely choice is Suggestive Boy, a 6-year-old Argentine-bred who won the Grade II Arcadia and the Grade I Frank E. Kilroe Mile in his last two outings. No Jet Lag showed no jet lag in winning his first two starts after relocating from England but lagged badly in his last two. Unbridled's Note and Procurement seem to be going well.
Fillies and mares tackle 6 furlongs in Saturday's $100,000 Correction Stakes at Aqueduct. A dozen were entered with Lion D N A and Delightful Quality the lukewarm morning-line choices. One to watch: I'm Mom's Favorite is making her first start since a seventh-place finish in last summer's Grade I Test Stakes at Saratoga put paid to her 3-year-old campaign. The Indian Charlie filly is starting for the first time for trainer Robert Reid Jr. and has been progressing in works at Parx Racing.
The David Jacobson entry of Strapping Groom and Praetereo is the odds-on favorite among seven betting interests in Saturday's $150,000, Grade II Toboggan Stakes at 6 furlongs. Irad Ortiz Jr. is named on both so check the changes. Strapping Groom won the Grade I Forego at Saratoga last summer and in his last outing won the Gravesend Handicap over the Big A's inner track. Don't ignore Candyman E, Dads Caps and Don Tito.
Tampa Bay Downs
Salto is the 2-1 morning line favorite among 12 entered for Saturday's $150,000, Grade III Lambhome South Tampa Bay Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on the grass. Salto, a 6-year-old son of Pivotal, has been a consistent performer in graded stakes for trainer Pletcher. He comes off a close second-place finish in the El Prado Stakes over the Gulfstream Park lawn in his last outing.
Delta Downs
There's a big, tempting card for Louisiana-breds on Premier Night on Saturday. The competitive card culminates in the $200,000 Championship Stakes where the 8/4 morning line favorite is none other than Sunbean -- a Brahms gelding who at this time last year was squarely on the Triple Crown trail with trainer Al Stall Jr.. That didn't pan out but he's been unbeatable against state-breds and finished second in the open Super Derby Prelude last August at Louisiana Downs. Also, Sunbean is a cool name.


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Late-bloomer Balfour right on time at All-Star Game
Oakland's veteran reliever works scoreless inning in Midsummer Classic debut
NEW YORK -- His assignment was different from what is it when he wears the green of the A's. The game was approaching the bottom of the sixth inning, and Grant Balfour was throwing in the visiting bullpen, very much warming to the task and the opportunity to pitch in the All-Star Game.
He had been a late replacement on the American League roster for teammate Bartolo Colon. He had flown here from Oakland overnight Sunday. And periods of sleep with a toddler and an infant in a hotel room could be measured in minutes not hours. But this was the All-Star Game, and at age 35, Balfour isn't likely to participate in many others.
But now he has an All-Star resume, modest as it might be. He pitched the sixth, protecting the 2-0 lead he inherited from Matt Moore. He walked his first batter, Mike Cuddyer, but then retired Bryce Harper, Matt Carpenter and Andrew McCutchen without incident. The A's closer could kick off his shoes and wait to watch the evening's more entertaining moments, those that Mariano Rivera spent on the mound.
He had looked forward to sharing a bullpen with the Great Mariano. "It'll be surreal," he said Monday afternoon. Balfour has been the A's last line of defense for about a year now. He has the last word. But Mo Rivera has been the "amen" for 638 Yankees victories.
Balfour had no problem deferring to the greatest closer ever.
His four-batter experience was quite enjoyable. Once the property of the Twins, he had Joe Mauer as his catcher Tuesday night. "It was fun," Mauer said. "It was a weird first hitter with Michael Cuddyer hitting because we were all teammates. So it was just ironic. But it was great to see Grant. You can definitely see he's evolved as a great pitcher. He was good when I caught him, but he's an All-Star now and you can see why."
Now he is the late Grant Balfour, alive and well and living -- for a two nights anyway -- in New York City. He routinely enters baseball games late -- in the ninth inning or thereafter. He earned the job as closer for the A's relatively late in his career. He learned late he would represent the A's at the All-Star Game, and he arrived late -- or early, depending on perspective -- for the second day of the festivities.
And, all that aside, he characterizes himself as -- what else? -- "a late bloomer." Any questions?
You'd never ask him to start, lead off or speak first. He's unfamiliar with appetizers and cocktail hours. He's a "last call" kind of guy (alcohol not included). He prefers brunch to breakfast and lunch to brunch. "In the beginning" is not in his lexicon. He knows only surnames, reads the index first and believes the last four digits of his credit card are the only four digits. His last name ought to be Zimmer, Zimmerman, Zimmermann, Zisk, Zito, Zobrist or Zuverink. And his favored piece of punctuation is a period. Period.
And truth be told: he was born on the 364th day of a non-Leap Year. Honest Australian.
That Balfour can be found in the bullpen of the first-place team in the American League West is a mostly meaningless inconsistency. Not everyone can be last -- or even late -- all the time.
That he could be found at Citi Field in Queens on Tuesday evening is mostly meaningful circumstance for the lone A's representative in this summer break extravaganza. He didn't come by it easily, which is consistent with many of his ventures in the game. He had to wait for Colon, the A's original All-Star rep, to throw a pitch Sunday. The pitch was thrown, so was the switch to the veteran right-handed reliever
Understand that the man who Balfour replaced on the AL roster is the least likely All-Star, selected because of his 12-3 record, 2.70 ERA and recycled velocity and despite his 40 years, 265 pounds and the fact that he was an All-Star in 1998 and 2005.
But the vacancy developed. "I'm glad it did. Every year, I set my goals," Balfour said. "They're never numbers. It just say things like 'I want to be in the World Series.' 'I want to be an All-Star.' This year I can scratch that off my list. It's great to get the chance. I'm glad it worked.
"I've been an underdog in my career. I grew up an underdog," a reference to the mostly perfunctory scouting big league clubs do in Australia and that he has played for mostly small-market teams, the Twins, Rays and A's. "I've been under the radar a lot. So I'm like a sneak attack being here."
Not that his numbers were in any way lacking. He came to the All-Star break having produced a 1.63 ERA, 25 saves in 25 opportunities. He had 41 strikeouts and 40 baserunners in 38 2/3 innings. His 43 consecutive conversions of save opportunities over two seasons eclipsed the franchise record set by Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley.
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These two 6.5 inch figures constitute the entirety of Killzone Series 1 from toy company DC Unlimited. They're a Helghast Assault Infantry soldier and a Helghast Sniper (those buying the fancy edition of Killzone 3 got a cloaked version of the sniper). And...that's it! Not much of a "series", then, so those waiting to buy a figure of Rico just so they could set it on fire then throw it off a bridge, you'll have to wait for another series.
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As of September 2008, Windows Live Hotmail Plus ($19.95 a year) users have had the option of using POP3 (pop3.live.com on port 995) from any device with an e-mail application. However, one of the biggest complaints from hardcore Hotmail users has been the lack of this feature for all accounts, especially since other e-mail services offer it.
It's been speculated for a while now that Microsoft has plans to offer POP3 access to all users, and it appears that this will finally happen sometime this year. User cebcubs on windowslivehelp.com asked whether the software giant was planning on finally giving in and offering the feature to users of the free service. Although not very specific, the answer given was a positive one:
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I'm a little late to the party on this, but not sleeping last night gave me several hours to catch up on this whole distasteful business.
So, unless you've been living under a rock the past few months, or you just avoid all news ever [which is...admirable, in a way] -- in the paper, on the internet, on cable television -- you've probably heard something about the Wikileaks scandal. This past October, something in the area of 400,000 documents on the Iraq War were leaked through the website, causing wide-spread, some would even say world-wide, outrage. Many called for one of the website's founder's head specifically, one Julian Assange, with many military and government figures in the U.S. and abroad shouting "Treason!" Some, such as the ever-dreadful, Moose-skinning Sarah Palin, said the man should be assassinated. Some hyperbole is to be expected in these situations.
Still, anyone would have to admit it was a little too convenient when suddenly Assange was arrested in London to be extradited to Sweden because of outstanding charges of rape. And I don't dispute that... hard to dodge outstanding warrants when the whole world wants a piece of you.
Which is probably why progressive, left-wing personalities Keith Olbermann and Michael Moore came out in support of Assange, with Moore going so far as to post Assange's bail [$20,000]. Moore explains why he's doing this here, and it's worth a look.
And since we're linking, let me go ahead and show you everything you should be reading before you finish this blog post. Or instead of this blog post.
Tiger Beatdown: "#MooreandMe: On Progressives, Rape Apologism, and the Little Guy" [Sady Doyle]
Tiger Beatdown: "Day One of #MooreandMe: Or, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Being Blocked by Keith Olbermann on Twitter" [Sady Doyle]
Salon: Keith Olbermann quit Twitter because of me. [Sady Doyle]
"Feminists Fighting for WikiLeaks" [Liz Henry]
"On Consent" [Leigh Honeywell]
The Washington Post: "What the Assange case says about rape in America" [Jessica Valenti]
Mediaite: "Olbermann Refuses To Correct Treatment Of Assange Rape Allegations On Twitter – Update [Tommy Christopher]"
"Some Shit I'm Sick of Hearing Regarding Rape and Assange" [Kate Harding]
Spilt Milk: "Who hears you, when you speak about rape?" ["Elizabeth" - via Lisa Gutierrez]
Tiger Beatdown: "SEXIST BEATDOWN: Until This FRENZY of HOOEY and ANTI-RAPE ACTIVISM Is STOPPED Edition" [quote: I love how many Swedish constitutional rape scholars have just wiggled out of the woodwork all of a sudden. - Amanda Hess]
zunguzungu: "If You'll Pardon the Presumption" [Aaron Bady]
"We Have Some Points" [Silvana Naguib and Gayle Force]
The New York Times: Swedish Police Report Details Case Against Assange [JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA]
Tiger Beatdown: "#MooreandMe: Four Days Outside the Tower. I'm Scared. I'm Tired. I'm Crying. And I Won't Stop." [Sady Doyle]
"Why I'm On Board With #mooreandme" [Kate Harding]
Tiger Beatdown: "#MooreandMe, Five Days and Running: Run It All The Way Down (A Timeline of Relevant Quotes)" [Sady Doyle]
"Pro Tip" (Concerning the Presumption of Innocence and #mooreandme) [Jamie "Sententiola" Johnston]
"What Happens When You Accuse a Famous Man of Rape" [Kate Harding] - Quote/Link from The Guardian article "Julian Assange rape allegations: treatment of women 'unfair and absurd'" [Amelia Gentlemen]
Salon: "Olbermann still doesn't get it." [Tracy Clark-Flory]
"#mooreandme Day 7: Keith Olbermann's got questions, I've got answers." [Kate Harding]
Tiger Beatdown: "A Week of #MooreandMe: Keith Olbermann and the Eternal 'If'" [Sady Doyle]
Before I go on, let me start by saying who I am. I am:
1. A leftist. A liberal, if you prefer. This means I am pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-equal rights no matter what your gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation is. I think marijuana should be legalized, as a matter of fact, I think most drugs should be legalized, along with other "undesirable" things like prostitution and gambling. I like capitalism fine, but think it works well in only specific cases, and tend to skew socialist, even communist at times. I am pro-government oversight [though sometimes I believe it fails, or oversteps its bounds], and an atheist [sometimes agnostic]. I consider my beliefs, or lack thereof fairly boring however, and like to hear about other people's faith. Sincerely. But I also want God far away from my government. Honestly, the bits on our money freak me out a little.
2. A feminist. I have always sort of identified as this. In the past few years, I have been trying to be a better one, with much study done on my own. It's a process.
3. A proponent for free speech. I am anti-censorship, in all its form, sometimes even when it disgusts me what is being said. Thankfully, just as it is your right to say it, it is my right to bring it to your attention that you might be wrong, or ask for apologies or clarifications when you've offended. I support transparency of government and freedom of information -- I've read too much about the Cold War to know that selling secrets and playing spy games only ends in horrific crimes made all the more horrific because no one is ever told about them until long after the fact.
4. A white, middle class male in my 20s. This, for some people, will be the most important. That's sad, but not entirely unfair. There's a lot of privilege in being that. I went to a liberal arts school, and am currently only freelancing sparingly.
So that's what I am. I also support Wikileaks, but like I could support the troops during the war in Iraq, but not support the war, I choose to support the website, and not the accused rapist. I think Wikileaks is quite a bit larger, quite a bit more important than one man, certainly a man like Julian Assange [there is even a part of me that feels, if Assange is truly altruistic in his motives, that he should perhaps separate himself from the site completely, divorce himself of any association with it, out of the understanding that these accusations, whether proved true or false, could damage the good Wikileaks can do].
I also, until all of this, considered myself a fan of Keith Olbermann. I liked having a mouthpiece for my side of things, someone who looked at things and put them in plain terms, and shame-on-you language. He also seemed to enjoy his job a great deal, and that meant a lot to me too, in a weird way. But his dismissive attitude and erroneous statements on Twitter, along with general insensitivity towards those who dared to call him on it [and his eventual Twitter "apology"], for me, are seriously petty, but his unwillingness to admit he was mistaken is just a deal-breaker, especially since retractions are a fairly common and forgivable part of being a reporter. I'm not sure there's any getting me back after this, Keith.
Michael Moore. Well. Most people know I'm not a fan. But, "Roger and Me" is an amazing documentary film, one of the greats of its time, maybe of all time, and I respect that. I respect Moore's resolve to seek out the truth. Sure, I thought "Bowling for Columbine" was a fucking hatchet job that made leftists look like idiots, but... they did bring people around. Maybe not BOC so much, but I can't tell you how many folks I've found who genuinely changed their opinions on political issues because they saw "Sicko" or "Captialism: A Love Story." That's powerful stuff, and changes, I believe, that were for the better. Plus, many other film makers I respect -- Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino -- they've vouched for Moore, made good points about his relevance, as have many of my friends. I guess what I'm saying, Mr. Moore, is while I have respect, I was never your biggest fan and still I feel let down.
So that's what I am. What I feel.
What I'm not is an expert on a lot of the topics and questions being raised by all this. I'm not a journalist. This is not a area I feel comfortable yet. I am only, at best, an in-training self-taught feminist, and most of the teaching has been done through online blogs and early 90s punk music. That's not the best pedigree for this, though I'm working on it. Naturally, I feel unqualified to properly present the problems people are currently having with Moore and Olbermann's support for Assange. I wish Harriet J. were around*, then I could just link her, she would put this all more intelligently and elegantly than I would. My summary here is not going to be enough, and I want to point out the important part of this post is the links I provided. Go, and read those. Ignore me, ignore my ranting. Most is catharsis. You decide for yourself where you stand on this controversy.
Many are calling Olbermann and Moore "rape apologists." I think, personally, that this is fair. I say personally, because around two years ago, a conversation came up with a friend where they admitted to me that a mutual friend of ours had nearly raped them. Now, they did not use the word "rape" or "nearly raped," just presented the situation as it happened, in a fairly banal matter considering the subject matter. And my first reaction was to defend the offender, because he was my friend too, because that was "just the way he was," because... well, clearly I was an idiot.
Having that conversation in my head, rolling it around between my ears on one of my many sleepless nights, it became perfectly clear what had happened, and what I had done. In that moment, me, the supposed feminist, had played the part of rape apologist. I know what it looks like, I know how "good" the intentions behind it can be. But it was stupid of me, clearly, and I decided then and there to apologize to my friend who I had the gall to do that too, and then, as some religious persons might put it, to "get right with god" -- that is, stop calling myself a feminist until I actually sat down and knew what the fuck I was talking about when it came to feminism, rape culture, and the patriarchy. If I read something that felt accusatory, that pissed me off... I dug deeper, because it felt like there was a good chance the offense I was taking could be because I was guilty, at least in some way of thinking. Giving myself the benefit of the doubt, this was not always true. But still.
So yes, I think I know what rape apology looks like when I see it. To use a mangled, folksy saying I grew up with "Once you've stepped in shit, you'll always know what it smells like." And I think Moore and Olbermann are stepping in it, perhaps because they were poorly informed [I am reticent to say any outright lying has been done], like I was, or perhaps because when faced with two issues important to the people they claim to represent [the left], they made a judgment call. A fairly bad one, and an entirely unnecessary one, but still, they made it. I think they owe a great deal of people an apology, a real apology, or at the very least they should engage their detractors, who have legitimate concerns in a far more open and mature way -- if nothing else, to keep those who may find justification in Olbermann's insensitivity, or Moore's silence.
Let me end by saying that yes, Assange is only accused of the crime, and though I know little of the Swedish court systems, I will continue to work on the idea that the man is innocent until proven guilty. That is not the matter I take issue with -- rather, it is the idea that, because of who Assange is, because of what he's connected to, perhaps even because of how society and the rest of the world view rape, his accusers should not be taken seriously. Accusations of rape should always be taken seriously, no matter what the circumstances.
I'm disabling comments for this post, mostly because I do not feel this is a very good place for a discussion about the topic, considering the nature of the things I post to this blog. Also, because I have participated in #mooreandme on Twitter and seen the comments on other sites, and have no desire to moderate any vulgarity that might show up here because my post pops up in Google's search results. If you'd like to be a part of the conversation, I encourage you to participate in #mooreandme, even if it's just to send your own entreaty to Moore himself [huh... almost said "The Man himself" ...weird].
Also, if you are reading this, and happen upon any articles I've missed and you think are relevant, email me at email@example.com, and I'll add them to this post.
And thank you for taking the time to read this.
ADDITION [12/16/10 - 10:35 PM]: Along with the Spilt Milk link provided by Lisa Gutierrez, I'd like to stress that this post is more to get the word out about #mooreandme and the above linked articles, than it is my own feelings. I editorialized, because that's me, and if you'd like to respond you're as welcome to e-mail me as anyone with another article. But my intention was more to point you to this thing happening, inform, maybe get you involved if you were so inclined.
ADDITION [12/16/10 - 11:07 PM]: I've also changed some of the passage on Olbermann, so as to be less vague, and utilize less hyperbole. I'm not sure it's fair to hold my initial feelings of disappointment against him in such an impassioned way. As I said, I was a fan.
ADDITION [12/17/10 - 6.28 PM]: Link to Tiger Beatdown's Friday SEXIST BEATDOWN article. Also, if Twitter isn't your style, fight another way: Donate to RAINN.
ADDITION [12/17/10 - 7:56 PM]: Added Aaron Bady's "If You'll Pardon the Presumption" article.
ADDITION [12/18/10 - 1:30 PM]: Added "We Have Some Points" from the blog "Unnatural Forces."
As we get into Day 3[ish] of #mooreandme, and more people get involved in the protest, things are being said that I don't entirely agree with/think stray from the simpler points that got me angry in the first place -- named persons being dismissive of rape allegations [in a way that I believe is rape apologism], and my general shock and disappointment of who those named persons were. Also, feeling like maybe they should admit they were out of line, or at least, misspoke. Some of these articles I've linked I don't entirely agree with, but they are related, and valid, though I admit to identifying as a part of this protest and feeling protective of it. But as "We Have Some Points" says, nuance is important [though I'm not sure if that article is "nuanced," and I just hope nuance doesn't tear like-minded folks apart], and despite my own spirited editorializing, I'd just like to say again, I did this post to call attention to those links and articles, and to what was going on, so you can read and make your own decisions.
ADDITIONS [12/19/10 - 12:28 AM]: Added two more links; the Kate Harding article "Why I'm On Board With #mooreandme" which pretty well sums up my support for the protest, though in a significantly clearer way since I've been attempting to link all relative articles concerning the movement, even if they didn't entirely line up with my thinking about it.
The link before it is the newest Tiger Beatdown "#MooreandMe: Four Days Outside the Tower. I'm Scared. I'm Tired. I'm Crying. And I Won't Stop." Like Harding put it, "I'm not much for yelling and screaming at people who clearly don't want to listen," especially on the internet. I'll exhaust myself, and I don't have that in me. But Sady Doyle does. She's sticking it out, she's not stopping, and in the very temporary world of Twitter she fighting to keep #mooreandme in the spotlight. That level of passion and dedication deserves to be recognized and respected.
ADDITION [12/19/10 - 12:50 AM]: Added Sady Doyle's Salon article. From a couple of days ago, mostly redundant information, but felt the sudden need to be thorough.
ADDITION [12/19/10 - 5:58 AM]: *Today, I got my wish - Harriet J. on her blog Fugitivus, with "Love for Sady, love for survivors." Goes without saying, this is a must read [though really, everything linked here is], and if you're so inclined to take Harriet's advice, you can donate to Tiger Beatdown [right sidebar].
Also added The New York Times article detailing the case against Assange.
ADDITION [12/20/10 - 12:45 AM]: Added the article "#MooreandMe, Five Days and Running: Run It All The Way Down (A Timeline of Relevant Quotes)." -- The Management.
ADDITION [12/20/10 - 3:35 AM]: Added "Pro-Tip" by blogger Jamie Johnston, which concerns some of the legal language being tossed around currently. Brought to my attention by Kate Harding on Twitter.
ADDITION [12/21/10 - 2:58 AM] Added "What Happens When You Accuse a Famous Man of Rape" on Kate Harding's blog, and linked to the article it links to: "Julian Assange rape allegations: treatment of women 'unfair and absurd'" by Amelia Gentlemen.
ADDITIONS [12/21/10 - 7:00 PM] Added the Salon article from yesterday, "Olbermann still doesn't get it" though it is worth noting that through Twitter, Olbermann has posted at least a partial retraction. Also added the newest Tiger Beatdown by Sady Doyle, and Kate Harding's "Keith Olbermann's got questions, I've got answers," both reflecting on 7 days of #mooreandme, both with comments particular to Keith Olbermann.
Wikileaks, Assange, Olbermann, and Moore.
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As the Origional base is built on Lupu525 and the lupu series is being fased out. i am in the process of redoing this Puplet built on a new Base.feel free to continue using the FOMpup below as it is a working os. Dont expect any updates etc to it.
Infroducing Fishers Of Men Pup (Fishers Of Men Bible Study Pup)
It is ready for testing. I would like to thank Chum_Bucket for all the work help and support to get this operating system out. and to all the regulars from the #puppylinux irc chat who have helped in small ways here and there. Thanks for being such a supportive team.
FOMpup-1.0 Alpha
the first official release.
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as this is the alpha release any testing would be appreciated
FOMpup-1.0 Alpha 2
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(md5 = c1a7849190a9ecbce90a417fb7d9d74f) See below for changes
Fishers Of Men pup (FOMpup) is our operating system. A tool for fast and easy bible study, to be given away as a tract and it can also be used as a standalone operating system. Download the .iso. Then all you need is a cd or a usb flash-drive, and a computer that can boot from usb or/and cd.
FOMpup is built using Puppy Linux an already fast, stable and reliable operating system. The version that we used to build from was lupu-525 and has been modified to make it more fast and efficient. Here are some of the changes we have applied.
FOMpup comes pre-installed with:
American Standard HTML Bible (runs in web browser so keeps size down)
link to e-sword online bible (a very comprehensive set of bible tools)
an audio bible (listen to the bible)
link to online study tools (easy tools to aid in your bible study)
an interactive tract or 2
list of local churches for New Zealand
Link to New Zealand Christian bookshop. (find all you christian resources in one easy to use place)
Also includes these applications:
Firefox: a decent web browser
Thunderbird: all in one email client
Pidgin: messenger client for all you messaging needs, MSN, Google chat, irc, Facebook chat, etc
Mplayer: all in one multimedia player.
Pmusic: small simple music player.
Easy to set up Internet broadband or wireless device. Some Dialup devices
Abiword: simple Document creating.
Other Changes:
A nice graphical grub boot
We have used a cut down version of xfce4.2 which gives a clean fast user-friendly desktop.
Wbar (bar at top with apps) was used for easy access the most common applications.
Trimmed and cut down of unnecessary libraries.
Added nicer courser and fonts for a better look.
And many other changes that help to make FOMpup fast and efficient.
There are some great updates and things planned to come for this puplet so sit back and enjoy the work we have put in.
FOMpup-1.0 Alpha 2
Thanks again to Chum_bucket
Ok some fixes to problems reported from the initial test. Also found some leftover locale files so result is actually nearly 4MB smaller
Restored Dejavu_sans as had lost some language font support using the full TTF set previously used.
Rolled back to Pidgin 2.7.10 as 2.8.0 was displaying chat users incorrectly.
Set 'Home' icon to rox and added defaultfilemanager file as is sometimes needed.
Pgprs was not missing...it is installed on demand but have left it in as only tiny.
Usbflash installer was broken as missing syslinux files... restored from the 5.2.8 instant update. This also provided the firewall launcher inadvertently left out previously and some minor updates.
There was report that a save file was not being made at shutdown. I have failed to reproduce this so further investigation needed....a copy of /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE might shed some light.
Also reported that a touch-pad needed manually setting up (tapping)...again to be investigated....any input on these matters is appreciated. Note I had to run Flsynclient and change tap time to >0 for it to work for me (similar to the xorg.conf approach). Also benefitted from a speed increase... ie the defaults are not that desirable it seems. Also if the synaptics specific driver fails to load tapping works by default.
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I am downloading now. Will try it out and post back. Thanks for this puplet.
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Downloaded and am posting from it now. Everything looks really good. I have always liked puplets with XFCE. I do prefer Thunar to ROX. I downloaded Thunar from the Puppy Package Manager and it runs ok with no missing dependencies. I know this is an alpha release, but i will pass along that Firefox 8 runs good as well. I noticed that this release has FF4. However you might see this link for some required fixes to FF8:
Another idea is you might change the xfce menu icon. The Just right click on the menu and choose properties, and from there you can assign a new image to the menu button. Something in keeping with the FOM theme might be nice. A fish symbol, dove, cross, etc.
This is really good for an alpha. More like Beta quality to me. Good work.
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Posted: Sat 12 Nov 2011, 23:38
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I am mirroring this puplet here:
MD5 Checksum: EC89096C24E66B2D1936C0A12579063E
You can add this link to your first post if you wish. I will try to keep up with future releases of FOMpup and mirror them accordingly. Always glad to help support The Work.
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Posted: Sun 13 Nov 2011, 05:33
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TLM hi thanks for testing. the firefox 4 version i believe has been tweaked and optimised. and striped down to be faster.
Thanks for the mirror its been added above and on the website.
i personally have never seen how or why a mirror is needed, except that it might be fester to download if closer to one i guess.
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Posted: Sun 13 Nov 2011, 07:06
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Hi HiDeHo
Very nice puppy - really like xfce.
Many thanks for sharing.
Very best regards - Ray
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hi does anyone else find abiword cursor is out of sync with where the typing is. Would like to know if its just me, and if you find or know of a fix it would e great.
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Posted: Mon 14 Nov 2011, 13:02
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Frugal on a Toshiba p4 3gb laptop.
most things worked ootb.
Touch pad needs setting up from /etc/x11/xorg.conf.
AbiWord no problems.
The home icon on the desktop will open ff.
No icons for network pgprs connect and pgprs setup.
If ff is opened via desktop icon then posting to this forum will give a not valid session message, ff needs to be opened from the wbar icon.
Language support is crapy not as most other puppies.
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Yes - abiword is not quite right - not sure why?
It might have something to do with GTK - it was modified shortly after
5.2.5 came out.
Busybox and a number of other items were upgraded too -
presumably leading to 5.2.8 and 5.2.8-002 - recently.
BK also made a Textmaker pet for Wary - that should work ok.
There are also a few OO-lite.sfs's around that should work too.
HTH - still a nice puppy - very best regards - Ray
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Thanks for testing bignono1
bignono1 wrote:
Frugal on a Toshiba p4 3gb laptop. most things worked ootb.
thats good to hear
Touch pad needs setting up from /etc/x11/xorg.conf.
on my acer laptop touchpad works fine
AbiWord no problems.
weird that y is mine always messed up
The home icon on the desktop will open ff.
the home icon on desktop opens the home page for the os in firefox yes. should be regular firefox will look into it.
No icons for network pgprs connect and pgprs setup.
in wbar there is a icon called setup that has everthing needd there to setup puppy.
If ff is opened via desktop icon then posting to this forum will give a not valid session message, ff needs to be opened from the wbar icon
weird ff works normally from desktop icon or wbar for me here.
Language support is crapy not as most other puppies
what do you mean, can you please explain it further.
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In most puppies when you open a web page that is having right to left languages like arabic and hebrew it will display with no problems but in fompup they are just squares.
Today i installed and tried booting from a usb stick but failed, i got a "no ui config. file" or something like that.
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bignono1 wrote:
In most puppies when you open a web page that is having right to left languages like arabic and hebrew it will display with no problems but in fompup they are just squares.
that may be due to trimming down firefox that was done. to make it faster and more efficient.
Today i installed and tried booting from a usb stick but failed, i got a "no ui config. file" or something like that.
how did you install puppy to the usb. there are several ways to do this. 1 the bootflash usb installer, 2 The universal installer 3 manually using syslinux, 4 an application like unetbootin .
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Is anyone able to help with this os. seems like it cant progress without more help. its gone as far as it can go atm.
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HiDeHo wrote:
Is anyone able to help with this os. seems like it cant progress without more help. its gone as far as it can go atm.
Please update a "todo" list and i will see if i can help any. Been very busy lately, but have some time now.
I recall you having problems with abiword. Would a libreoffice approach be acceptable? What else would you like to see out of FOMpup?
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Hello, would you be interested in trying out different base puplets for FOMpup? I think much could be done using a NOP base. Quirky NOP or Racy NOP might have better Abiword and touchpad results. Could keep all current icons, wallpapers, etc, so FOMpup would maintain the same appearance. Not trying to take over the project; just exploring some options. If you are interested, let me know and i will work up some test isos built on a NOP base.
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Information linked from this page may include laws, regulations, policies, directives, government-related standards or guidelines, or implementation guidance which relates to Web accessibility, as well as government speeches, press releases, etc.
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Legislation: Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Responsible Ministry: Attorney General's Department; Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Relevant Documents:
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Responsible Ministry: Attorney General; Canadian Human Rights Commission; Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
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- Action for Change: IT Policy Plan [formerly at http://www.fsk.dk/fsk/publ/1997/action97/] , 1997
- Freedom to Choose: Action Plan for IT Use by People with Disabilities [formerly at http://www.fsk.dk/fsk/publ/1997/freedom/], 1996
- [Danish] Netpublikationer – Statens standard for elektronisk publicering (Internet Publications – Standards for Electronic Publishing)
- [Danish] Rapport fra Arbejdsgruppen om tilgængelighed og grafiske brugergrænseflader, 1998 (Report from a working group on accessibility and graphical user interfaces) [formerly at http://www.fsk.dk/fsk/div/270298-2/]
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Responsible Ministry: European Commission, Information Society
Relevant documents:
- European Commission: index of accessibility documents [formerly at http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/citizens/accessibility/web/index_en.htm]
- European Union, Council of the European Union: Accessibility of Public Websites — Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Council Resolution, 2002
- European Union, Economic and Social Committee: Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, 2002
- European Union, Committee of Regions: Opinion of the Committee of Regions, 2002
- European Parliament: eEurope 2002, Accessibility of Public Websites and their Content, 2002
- European Commission: eEurope 2002, Accessibility of Public Websites and their Content, 2001 [formerly at http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/citizens/accessibility/web/wai_2002/cec_com_web_wai_2001/index_en.htm]
- eEurope 2000-2001, An Information Society for All, Participation for all in the knowledge-based economy, 2001
- Text of HEART Study Horizontal European Activities in Rehabilitation Technology [formerly at: http://www.hi.se/fou/forelasning/gunnar.htm], 1993
- Europe's Information Society – Challenges: Online Availability
- Europe's Information Society – eContentplus programme
Additional information:
- EC: Speech from Commissioner Erkki Liikanen on "Making Websites Accessible to People with Disabilities" [formerly at: http://europa.eu.int/information_society/topics/citizens/accessibility/web/wai_2002/cec_lkn_speech_web_wai_2001/index_en.htm]
- Draft petition for accessibility of the Internet in the European Union [formerly at http://www.acessibilidade.net/eeurope/], 1999
- Request for feedback on draft petition by Francisco Godinho of PASIG [formerly at http://www.acessibilidade.net/index_eng.html], 1999
Legislation: –
Responsible Ministry: [Finnish] Sisäasiainministeriö (Ministry of the Interior), [Finnish] Julkisen hallinnon tietohallinnon neuvottelukunta (JUHTA) (Advisory Committee on Information Management in Public Administration)
Relevant documents:
- [Finnish] Julkishallinnon WWW-sivuston suunnittelun ohjeet (Instructions for the design of a Web site in public administration)
Legislation: –
Jurisdiction: –
Relevant documents:
- [French] Circulaire du 7 octobre 1999 relative aux sites internet des services et des établissements publics de l'Etat, 1999 (Government circular of 7 October 1999 concerning internet sites by state public establishments and services)
Additional information:
- Translation of extract from government circular: "People responsible for web site will particularly pay attention to provide access to information to all Internet users, notably people with disabilities, blind users, visually impaired or hearing impaired. They will find on the MTIC site [formerly at http://www.mtic.pm.gouv.fr/standards/accessibilite/] a document on this topic. They can also refer to the level 1 recommendations of the World Wide Web Consortium devoted to accessibility of Web Content which are available at the same address.
Legislation: [German] Gesetz zur Gleichstellung behinderter Menschen und zur Änderung anderer Gesetze vom 27. April 2002 [PDF file] (Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons of 27 April 2002)
Responsible Ministry: [German] Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung (BMGS) (Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security [formerly at: http://www.bmgs.bund.de/eng/gra/index.cfm])
Relevant Documents:
Hong Kong
Legislation: –
Responsible Ministry: –
Relevant documents: –
Additional information:
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) 2001 Hong Kong Digital 21 Strategy, 2001
- Building a Digitally Inclusive Society, Web Accessibility
Legislation: –
Responsible Ministry: –
Relevant documents:
Additional information:
Legislation: The Disability Act, 2005 [PDF file]; The Equal Status Act, 2000; The Employment Equality Act, 1998
Responsible Ministry: Department of the Taioseach and Government Information Services
Relevant documents:
- New Connections, March 2002
- Recommended Guidelines for Public Sector Organizations [formerly at http://www.irlgov.ie/taoiseach/publication/webpg/guidelines.htm]
- Programme for Prosperity and Fairness, Feb 2000
Additional information:
- Taioseach Launches New Guidelines for User Friendly Public Sector Web Sites [formerly at http://www.irlgov.ie/taoiseach/press/current/16-11-99.htm]
Legislation: [Hebrew] חוק שוויון זכויות לאנשים עם מוגבלות, התשנ"ח – 1998 (The Equal Rights for People with Disabilities Law 5758-1998 [DOC File])
Responsible ministry: [Hebrew] נציבות שוויון לאנשים עם מוגבלות (Commission for Equal Rights for sPeople with Disabilities)
Relevant documents:
Legislation: [Italian] Legge Stanca – "Disposizioni per favorire l'accesso dei soggetti disabili agli strumenti informatici", January 2004 (Provisions to support the access to information technologies for the disabled)
Responsible ministry: –
Relevant documents:
- Directive of the Government of Italy regarding Web Accessibility [formerly at http://www.governo.it/sez_dossier/linee_web/direttiva.html]
Additional information:
- [Italian] Atto Camera 3486: Norme per il diritto di accesso ai servizi e alle risorse telematiche pubbliche e di pubblica utilita' da parte dei cittadini diversamente abili (Chamber of Deputy Act nr. 3486: Norms for the right to access to the services and the resource of public administrations and public utilities for people with disabilities)
Legislation: –
Responsible Ministry: Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
Relevant documents:
- e-Japan Priority Policy Program, 2001
- Press release mentioning Web accessibility from Ministry of Post and Telecommunications [formerly at http://www.mpt.go.jp/pressrelease/japanese/tsusin/000523j501.html]
- Press release: Toward Diffusion of Websites with Excellent Accessibility Verification experiments for the diffusion of websites with excellent accessibility for the elderly and people with disabilities
Additional information:
- The Role of Universal Design: Closing the Gap of Digital Divide in Japan [PDF file]
New Zealand
Legislation: The Human Rights Act 1993; Human Rights Amendment Act 2001
Responsible Ministry: State Services Commission; Government Information System Managers' Forum (GOVIS)
Relevant documents:
Legislation: [Portuguese version formerly at http://www.mct.pt/novo/legislacao/despachos/cneinter.htm], 1999 ( Resolution of the Council of Ministers Concerning the Accessibility of Public Administration Web Sites for Citizens with Special Needs)
Responsible Ministry: –
Relevant Documents:
- [Portuguese] Comissão de Assuntos Constitucionais, Direitos, Liberdades e Garantias Petição pela Acessibilidade da Internet Portuguesa, 1999 (Report and Resolution of the Portuguese Parliament concerning the "Petition for the Accessibility of the Portuguese Internet")
- Phase I Accessibility Requirements for Implementation of Resolution 97/99
Additional information:
- Links to policy documents at Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology [Portuguese formerly at http://www.acesso.mct.pt/doc.htm]
- [Portuguese] Proposta de alteração à legislação (Portaria nº. 989/93) – Prescrições mínimas de segurança e saúde respeitantes ao trabalho com equipamentos dotados de visor (Discussion of amendments to Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations law)
Legislation: [Spanish] LEY 34/2002, de 11 de julio, de servicios de la sociedad de la información y de comercio electrónico (LSSICE) [PDF file], 2002 (LAW 34/2002, of 11 of July, services of the information society and electronic commerce).
Accessibility addressed in [Spanish] "Quinta. Accesibilidad para las personas con discapacidad y de edad avanzada a la información proporcionada por medios electrónicos." ("Fifth. Accessibility for elderly and disabled persons to information provided by electronic media") on page 293.
Responsible Ministry: [Spanish] Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comerico; [Spanish] Comunidades Autónomas, (Regional Governments)
Relevant documents: –
Additional information:
- [Spanish] INFO XXI: La Sociedad de la Información para todos (INFO XXI: Information Society for All) [formerly at http://www.infoxxi.es/]
- [Spanish] Legislación Española sobre Accesibilidad para la Sociedad de la Información (Spanish legislation about Information Society Accessibility)
Legislation: [French] Loi sur l'égalité pour les handicapés; [French] Ordonnance sur l'égalité pour les personnes handicapées
Responsible Ministry: [French] Bureau de l'égalité pour les handicapés (BFEH) (Federal Bureau for the Equality of People with Disabilities FBED)
Relevant documents:
Additional information:
United Kingdom
- The Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Part III Access to Goods and Services
- Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
- The Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Part IV Education
Jurisdiction: –
Relevant Documents:
- Department for Education and Skills, Ministry of Equal Opportunities
- e-Government Unit
- Disability Rights Commission
- Disability Policy Division of the Department for Work and Pensions
Additional information:
- List of Web guidelines related publications
- Disability Rights Commission Formal Investigation report: web accessibility
- PAS (Publicly Available Specification) 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning Accessible Websites
- The New Code of Practice to Part III of this Act [formerly at http://www.drc-gb.org/drc/InformationAndLegislation/Page331a.asp]
- Guidance notes from the Disability Rights Commission regarding The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 – Part IV Education
- DISinHE's (Disability Information Systems in Higher Education) Disability Legislation [formerly at http://www.disinhe.ac.uk/resources/topics/dda/]; questions/answers on Disability Discrimination Act [formerly at http://www.disinhe.ac.uk/resources/topics/dda/dda.asp]; Implications for Higher Education Institutions [formerly at http://www.disinhe.ac.uk/resources/topics/dda/implications.asp]; Disability Legislation and Implications for Higher Education [formerly at www.disinhe.ac.uk/resources/bulletins/bulletin.asp?id=21]
- JISC Senior Management Briefing Paper 15, Disability, Technology and Legislation: New Pressures and New Opportunities for Further and Higher Education Institutions and Staff
- Cabinet Office Press Release on Net Gain for Britain's Public Services [formerly at http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/1999/news/991209_services.htm]
United States of America
in this section: 255 – 504 – 508 – ADA
related page: US States
(USA) Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act
Legislation: Telecommunications Act of 1996
Responsible Ministry: Federal Communications Commission; Access Board
Relevant Documents:
- Access Board's Final Rule on Section 255: Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines
- Report of the TAAC (Telecommunications Access Advisory Committee)
Additional information:
- Access Board's Section 255 FAQ
- FCC's Section 255 Information
(USA) Rehabilitation Act, Section 504
Legislation: Rehabilitation Act, Section 504 (1973)
Responsible Ministry: Department of Justice; Department of Education
Relevant Documents:
- US Department of Education's Requirements For Accessible Electronic and Information Technology Design
Additional information: –
(USA) Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, Section 508
Legislation: Rehabilitation Act, Section 508 (1986, amended 1992, amended 1998)
Jurisdiction: Department of Justice; Access Board; General Services Administration
Relevant Documents:
- General Services Adminstration's Section 508 site on FirstGov
- Section 508 Final Rule[formerly at http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm]
- Section 508 Proposed Rule: Overview to NPRM and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking text
- EITAAC Final Report (Report delivered to the Access Board by the Electronic and Information Technology Access Advisory Committee).
- Section 508 Federal Acquisition Regulations
- Section 508 Questions and Answers by the Access Board
- Department of Justice Section 508 Home Page (includes self-evaluation information for US federal agencies [formerly at http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508docs.html], and US Attorney General's memorandum to all federal agencies on Section 508 )
- US Department of Education's Requirements for Accessible Software Design
Additional information:
- FCC's discussion of Section 508 [formerly at http://www.fcc.gov/dtf/ab508.html]
- Assistive Technology Act of 1998
- Working space for EITAAC maintained by the Trace Research & Development Center
- WAI comments on Section 508 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Attorney General's speech on Section 508
(USA) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Legislation: Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
Responsible Ministry: US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Relevant Documents:
- Hooks vs. OKBridge, No. 99-50891, Brief of the United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant. Addresses issues including "Whether a company that offers services solely on the internet is subject to the public accommodations provision of Title III of the ADA."
- Opinion issued by the US DOJ in September, 1996 discussing the applicability of ADA Titles II and III to accessibility of the Web.
Additional information:
- Applying the ADA to the Internet: A Web Accessibility Standard
- Hearing on applicability of ADAto the Internet and Web
- Hearing transcript
- Some summary thoughts about the hearing
- General information about hearing [formerly at http://www.house.gov/judiciary/na020800.htm]
- Witness testimonies [formerly at http://www.house.gov/judiciary/con0209.htm]
- Brewer testimony
- Vanderheiden addition to the record
- DOJ ADA Home Page
- Is Your Site ADA-Compliant — or a Lawsuit-In-Waiting?
- The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers to Participation
- " University Settles Suit, Pledges to Improve Access at Campus," from the San Francisco Examiner
- W3C Brief in Regards to Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines, Co. Case, 2002


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Newtown police commission asks Connecticut to amend workers compensation laws
NEWTOWN -- The Newtown Board of Police Commissioner began its first meeting since the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings with 26 seconds of silence -- then promptly passed a resolution calling on state leaders to amend workers compensation laws.
"Twenty-five days ago this town suffered an immensely destructive act that will probably be with us for the rest of our lives..." said board Chairman Paul Mangiafico. "We suffered the loss of 26 souls, 26 innocent people, 20 children -- this town's greatest assets...whose lives were taken by this evil, horrible act."
Chief of Police Michael Kehoe and police union President Scott Ruszczyk both thanks the many neighboring police departments that helped patrol Newtown and run traffic control for all the funerals in the days after the shootings.
Kehoe called the help "unprecedented," adding, "and certainly, we cannot thank enough people -- if we were to thank people 100 times a day for 1,000 days, it wouldn't be enough...We had 60, 70, 80, 90 officers here each day...they all came, they all helped. "
Ruszczyk also thanked "all the people and the busineses who donated money and food and pizzas and cards of sympathy for the department.
Then he made a plea, telling the board the "currently, the town's insurance company does not recognize PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) as a reason to go out on leave" -- and knowing that the board planned to address the issue, added, "and want to thank the people who are working to change that."
A few minutes later, board mem ber Joel Faxon introduced the resolution, saying, "There is a void in the workers compensation laws relative to emotional injuries...We feel it's important, or I feel, that the law is changed to address what these people and these officers faced and will face going forward."
The resolution is addressed to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and two men expected to be named speaker of the house and senate president pro tempore, state Rep. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, and state Sen. Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn.
It reads, "Given the extraordinary effort and bravery exhibited by members of the Newtown Police Department, first responders, teachers and staff of the Sandy Hook Elementary School, fairness and compassion dictates that the workers' compensation laws of Connecticut be amended to provide appropriate benefits for all those sustained physical and emotional injury as a consequence of their heroic efforts within the scope of their employment on and after Dec. 14, 2012."
Ruszczyk said afterward that 13 officers were directly involved in responding to the shootings, either immediately or as detectives later.
Those who need time off that they aren't being paid for currently are being supported by private donations, he said.
Only one resident, school parent Amy Roman, spoke at the meeting. She called on the police department and the town to continue posting an officer at each school; something that currently is being done but which officials have told her "is not a given," she said.
Roman said she "plans to do the work" to line up other parents who support the idea. Mangiafico urged her to do so, as well as speak to the other board and commissions that would be involved in any decision.
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CUMMING, Ga -- Advanced Placement (AP) classes in high school are among the toughest classes students can take and, in many cases, they involve a lot of memorizing.
But, AP U.S. History teacher Thomas Wolff, has found a way to help his students retain what they learn.
Name a period in U.S. History, and it's likely Wolff has written a song about it.
His songs about the past help teens in the present better plan for their testing future.
"This is AP U.S. which is a comprehensive class which begins in the pre-colonial period and goes up to the present day, where they have to learn a lot of material," said Wolff, a teacher at South Forsyth School.
Taking in all that material is easier when its set to music - and you might think that's a bit silly for juniors in high school.
"It's not about what's corny or not," said Avari Tavater-Teidemannd. "It's about learning the information; that's pretty much the most important part. So any way we can retain the information is just incredible."
Wolff recognized that when he brought in his guitar years ago.
They ALL get into songwriting with a research project.
"They're graded on how much historical detail are in each song.
"At first when I entered the Wolff's Den, I was sort of wary of his teaching methods, but when he go into the music stuff, because I love music so much, I got into it," said Nick Cichy, a junior.
Nick and other students join Wolff on stage in the school auditorium, for a popular music history review for the entire school.
Best of all, the singing translates.
"We have a record of that learning taking place by his test scores," said Jeff Cheney, a junior.
Parent Jennifer Orechwa nominated Wolff for 11Alive's Class Act Award.


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It may be the cheapest new Bentley you can buy, but the Bentley GT V8 is also our favorite. Also, at $208,650, it's not actually that cheap. But would you drive a purple one?
Welcome to Morning Would, where we present you with some of the most desirable, controversial cars ever built and ask what you would do to drive one.
Give credit to Bentley, they've moved away from the staid greens and silvers most luxury carmakers are known for lately. Have you seen the bright magenta 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed? Madness.
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Annoying Orange = Nerd, Hotel = Trivago, Me = Genius
http://www.sploder.com/games/members/rocketeer/play/league-of-deities/It's a pretty difficult game though so beware.
eternal warriorhttp://www.sploder.com/games/members/raider92150agent/play/eternal-warrior/
Lost by me.http://www.sploder.com/games/members/flippenout/play/lost/
This is actually pretty good, considering it's somewhere based on Caesar's time which are the type of games I'm more into, lmao. I liked the style of it mostly; however, there's something inarticulate about this game that lowered the standards for reviewing this; It was close, it's probably the objectives that didn't stand out to me. Considering that I'm not the best at reviewing PPGs, I rarely take in some of them for reviewing; if you know what I mean; so the chances are harder. However, keep trying and you might get me convinced. The pace is too fast and the game gives me a slight feeling; I enjoyed the theme and the setting strongly however.It's a good game, however; it could meet my standards if improved. It's some pretty good effort though. So unfortunately, to be denied.
Okay, so far so good.Getting around Sto's game at the moment.In the meanwhile, I'll continue the review on Rocket's game.
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16 Jun, 2017 – Miami, FLORIDA – Miami Beach Cinemateque and MINDIE – Miami Independent Film Festival present "I've already seen it somewhere", photo exhibition by Davide Fiore.
What's in common with "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "9 and half weeks", "Once upon a time in America"? It's easy… New York City!
"I've already seen it somewhere" is a photo exhibition dedicated to the cult NYC locations taken from the most famous movies and photographed by the filmmaker Davide Fiore.
New York is an open-air set and what's the better chance to capture the essence of the locations and compare them to those they become today?
The idea came out when the young filmmaker, visiting the Big Apple, asked himself how to explore it in a different way. For three months, Davide Fiore shot long and wide along the five districts of New York looking for hidden or unknown corners. And so he took pictures of the ones have been most suggestive locations seen in American movies.
Is that building still there? Or that bridge? Or that bench? Let's start a journey of 25 photos between the past and the present, between what they were and what they are today.
There is a wonderful feeling when walking into personal exhibition. It makes us see the work as a true extension of one's self. Win or lose, the interests have led us to an accumulation of our personal expression, signed lower right, mounted to best advantage.
Davide Fiore, is a director, video editor and motion grapher based in San Francisco. He works for music labels and creative agencies. He was also Professor of Shooting Technique at IED of Turin (Italy) and published many photos on Vogue Italy.
When: July, 2017
Where: MIAMI BEACH CINEMATEQUE – www.mbcinema.com 1130 Washington Avenue, South Beach, Miami Beach
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The Fitzwilliam Museum: a source of inspiration
Already a source for M. R. James (writer of ghost stories and Director of the Fitzwilliam) at the beginning of the 20th century, the Fitzwilliam Museum has continued to inspire. This exhibition traces how contemporary ceramicists, musicians, painters, photographers, sculptors and writers have responded to the Fitzwilliam Museum and its collections. Contributors
The impact of museums and their collections on artists and writers has taken many forms. For example, when Marc Chagall arrived in Paris in 1910, the young Russian painter went directly from the train station to the Musée du Louvre.
'Going to the Louvre', he said later, 'is like reading the Bible or Shakespeare.'
Training ground and source of inspiration for generations of artists – most
notably Turner, Ingres, Manet, Degas, Cézanne and Picasso – the
Musée du Louvre also provided the French modernist painter Henri
Matisse with a wealth of ideas. A regular copyist during his student days,
he returned to the Louvre in 1915 and entered into a dialogue with Jan
Davidsz. de Heem, the seventeenth-century Dutch master of flower and fruit
still lifes. What emerged was another major still life, closely modelled
on the old master, yet also unquestionably modern in interpretation.
But if the influence of paintings crossed borders and centuries, it also had an impact on other art forms. One of the most pertinent examples is Modest Mussorgsky's piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition – a Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann (Картинки с выставки – Воспоминание о Викторе Гартмане), later arranged for orchestra by Maurice Ravel. Composed in St Petersburg in 1874, it is Mussorgsky's musical record of a visit he paid to a commemorative exhibition. Mounted in honour of his artist friend Viktor Hartmann, it included over 400 architectural drawings, watercolours and paintings, now largely lost. Mussorgsky set ten of these a musical monument. Remarkably, the composition also documents his progress through the exhibition as well as the sorrow he felt over his friend's death. Opened by way of a Promenade, the lead theme later reappears in the form of interludes and shows Mussorgsky move from picture to picture. It eventually merges into some of the 'pictures' - The Catacombes (picture no. 8) and The Great Gate of Kiev (picture no. 10) – and expresses the intense loss Mussorgsky felt when visiting the exhibition.
To explore who has been inspired by Samuel Palmer's The Magic Apple Tree, as well as antiquities, armour, ceramics, coins, manuscripts, sculptures and other paintings in the collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, select "Contributors" in the navigation bar on the left.
With sincere thanks to the contributors to this exhibition:
Alan Bennett, Helaine Blumenfeld, Richard Bray, A. S. Byatt, Alma Cullen, Christophe Gordon-Brown, Antony Gormley, Susanna Gregory, Rebecca Harvey, Christopher Hogwood, Joanna Howells, John Hubbard, Diane Hudson, Nathan Huxtable, David Kinloch, Patrick Lennon, Adrian Mitchell, Jill Paton Walsh, Ruth E. Scott, Michelle Spring, Robin Stemp, Rebecca Stott, Claire Tomalin, Edmund de Waal, Marina Warner and Peter Whitehead.
With generous support from: