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Organisations and groups
Disabled People's Organisations
National Women's Alliances
No matter who you are or what you do, there is likely to be an organisation that represents you.
We have listed some of the National disability and women's organisations below, but there are many more groups that you can get involved in.
*Please note – most of the organisations listed on this page do not provide individual advocacy.
To find a disability advocate visit the Disability Advocacy Finder website (external link).
Watch the YouTube video (external website) about why Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) are important:
Joining a disability organisation or advocacy group is a good way to make friends, build support networks and gain access to opportunities in the community. There are lots of disability organisations in Australia that represent different types of disability and groups of people.
There are lots of ways you can get involved in an organisation. To begin with, you can:
become a member of the organisation
join or follow the organisation's social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram etc)
sign up to the organisation's newsletter
go to events run by the organisation.
"I connected with my disability community. Through talking to them I learnt that I wasn't the only one who had experienced poverty, family violence and disability. I wasn't alone."
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Disabled People's Organisations
Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) are organisations led by, controlled by and made up of people with disability. DPOs are organisations of people with disability, rather than organisations that may represent people with disability. DPOs work to promote the rights and well being of people with disability and support people with all types of disability to have their voices heard in politics and the community.
Learn more on the DPO Australia website (external link).
"Nothing about us without us" is a quote used by the disability movement to argue that people with disability should be involved in all decisions that affect them.
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
Women with Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is the national peak body organisation for all women and girls with disability. WWDA represents and advocates for more than 2 million women and girls with disability across Australia.
WWDA provides support and information about leadership and opportunities that are accessible for women and girls with all types of disability.
You can become a member of WWDA for free and register to receive updates about WWDA's work and opportunities that you can be involved in.
Learn more on the WWDA website (external link).
First People's Disability Network
The First People's Disability Network (FPDN) is the national organisation run by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability in Australia.
Learn more on the FPDN website (external link).
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
The National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) is the national organisation that advocates for the rights of people with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB).
Learn more on the NEDA website (external link).
People with Disabilities Australia
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is the national disability rights, advocacy and representative organisation made up of, led and governed by people with disability.
Learn more on the PWDA website (external link).
Visit the Disabled People's Organisations Australia website (external link)
National Women's Alliances
The National Women's Alliances (NWA) are a group of national women's organisations that make the views, voices and issues of Australian women heard by the government and the community. There are currently six National Women's Alliances in Australia, which Women With Disabilities Australia is one of. The others are listed below.
Equality Rights Alliance
The Equality Rights Alliance (ERA) is Australia's largest network advocating for women's equality, women's leadership and recognition of women's diversity.
Learn more on the ERA website (external link).
Harmony Alliance
The Harmony Alliance advocates and provides a voice for migrant and refugee women in Australia.
Learn more on the Harmony Alliance website (external link).
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance (NATSIWA) is the national organisation that advocates and provides a voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia.
Learn more on the NATSIWA website (external link).
National Rural Women's Coalition
The National Rural Women's Coalition (NRWC) is the national organisation that advocates and provides a voice for women living in rural, remote and regional areas in Australia.
Learn more on the NRWC website (external link).
National Women's Safety Alliance
The National Women's Safety Alliance (NWSA) is the national organisation funded to advise on national policy concerning women's safety and to advocate for the safety of all women.
Learn more on the NWSA website (external link).
"The Personal is Political" is the slogan used in the women's movement that makes a connection between what happens in politics and the experiences of individuals.
Visit the National Women's Alliance website (external link)
Other national organisations
Australian Centre for Disability Law
The Australian Centre for Disability Law (ACDL) is a community legal centre that aims to promote and protect the human and legal rights of people with disability.
Learn more on the ACDL website (external link).
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) is a peak body for individuals, as well as national and state disability organisations across Australia. You can find a list of their affiliates on their website.
Learn more on the AFDO website (external link).
Australian Network on Disability is a national, membership based organisation that supports organisations to advance the inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of business.
Learn more on the Australian Network on Disability website (external link).
Children and Young People with Disability
Children and Young People with Disability (CYDA) is the national organisation that represents and advocates for people with disability aged aged 0-25.
Learn more on the CYDA website (external link).
Disability Leadership Institute
Disability Leadership Institute (DLI) is a professional hub for disability leaders. Members of DLI receive coaching, training and connection to opportunities, including communities of practice and leadership development.
Learn more on the DLI website (external link).
Inclusion Australia
Inclusion Australia is the national organisation that represents people with intellectual disability. It supports state organisations as well as individuals to advocate for people with disability across Australia.
Learn more on the Inclusion Australia website (external link).
State disability organisations
Every state and territory in Australia has organisations that advocate for the rights and well being of women and girls with disability. We have listed some of the ones that helped to build this website below, but there are many more.
Women with Disabilities ACT (WDDACT) (external link)
Women with Disabilities Victoria (WDV) (external link)
Women with Disabilities WA (WWDWA) (external link)
Speak Out Association of Tasmania (external link)
Women with Intellectual Disabilities (QLD) (external link)
Women with Disabilities SA (external link)
People with Disabilities WA (PWDWA) (external link)
Starting your own disability group
If you can't find a group that represents you, you can always start your own. Starting your own group can be a good way to meet people who have similar experiences, and can help you to build a network of support.
Tips for starting your own group
There is no one way to start a new group. Some groups are formal, with rules and procedures; while others are more like casual friendship groups.
All groups are different, but the tips below can help you get started:
start simple - get together a small group of people with the same disability or interests as you
organise a meeting somewhere casual and cheap, like a park or a coffee shop
discuss the rules and goals of the group at the first meeting and write them down
decide where you will meet and when
have a way for people to call into the meeting from home (e.g. by phone or video conference)
create a social media group on Facebook (external link) or Google Groups (external link) that you can use to communicate outside of meetings
start reaching out to others who may like to join - you can do this by contacting disability organisations, going to events, or even sharing the group with friends on social media
learn more tips on how to get a more formal group started on this Wiki How website (external link).
Tip: Our page for Information for Supporters and Services has tips for how to make sure any events or meetings your group organises are accessible.
WWDA Position Statement 3: The Right to Participation
Information from WWDA on the right of all women and girls with disability to take part in all areas of life.
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External website
Easy English Books: Lead and Take Part
A range of Easy English books about taking part in education, at work, in the community and more.
WWDA Easy English Book: About us
Easy English book about Women With Disabilities Australia.
Zoom is a program that allows you to run or join a meeting online. This document explains how to download Zoom, create an account, host a meeting and join a meeting.
WWDA Easy English Book: About WWDA
A document written in Easy English about Women With Disabilities Australia.
CID: Online Meetings Checklist
An Easy English checklist for online meetings developed by the Council for Intellectual Disability (CID)
Sisters of Frida's Guide to Accessible Online communication
A guide made my a collective of women with disability on how to make online communications and meetings accessible.
Sisters of Frida's Accessibility Guide to Meetings and Events – a Toolkit
A guide to making meetings and events accessible
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Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO): members
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) is a peak body for individuals, as well national and state disability organisations across Australia. You can find a list of their members on their website.
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National Women's Alliances (NWAs)
The National Women's Alliances (NWA) are a group of national women's organisations that make the views, voices and issues of Australian women heard by the Government and community.
Disabled People's Organisations Australia (DPOA)
DPOA represents four of the national disability organisations in Australia. This website includes information about these organisations and the work they do.
WWDA website where you can find a range of government submissions, reports and publications about women and girls with disability.
First People's Disability Network (FPDN)
People with Disability Australia (PWDA)
Disability Leadership Institute (DLI)
A professional hub that offers coaching, training and leadership opportunities to people with disability. These all have a cost.
National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA)
The Australian Centre for Disability Law (ACDL) is a community legal service that aims to improve the lives of people with disability.
Mental Health Australia
Mental Health Australia is the peak, national non-government organisation representing and promoting the interests of the Australian mental health sector and committed to achieving better mental health for all Australians.
Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) is the national peak body which represents children and young people (0 - 25) with disability.
Inclusion Australia is the national organisation representing people with intellectual disability in Australia.
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Deborah Kerr is a Provincetown-based artist. Kerr, who studied advertising design and production in college found herself increasingly moving from applied art to fine art in her personal life. For the first half of her artistic career she created three-dimensional, functional art. Originally working In wood, metal, paper maché and silicone, Kerr began to work in oils a in her Provincetown studio in 2007.
As a painter, she discovered the "instant gratification" of working in acrylics a few years later. Today, her work often takes on a textural surface quality, with brilliant, saturated color fairly troweled onto the surface. Some mixed-media pieces have begun to include the successful use of collage alongside acrylic, continuing the dimensionality of her paint application.
Her fascination with how the light hits the water here, combined with an admiration for the working boats of Provincetown help inspire her work, just as they have inspired artists for many generations. Generally, Kerr doesn't set out with a specific image in mind, she allows images to evolve as she paints. In her canvases, Kerr often uses bold swathes of color rather than line to represent shape and structure her compositions. While her work has been for many years intimate in scale, the artist recently found herself inspired by the massively-scaled paintings of Helen Frankenthaler, a scale she'd love to explore.
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Q: grep ignores files starting with dot Let me give an example:
$ echo Hello > file1
$ echo Hello > file2
$ echo Hello > .file3
$ grep Hello * 2>/dev/null
file1:Hello
file2:Hello

Here you can see the grep ignored .file3 which is starting from .
Expected result:
$ grep Hello * 2>/dev/null
.file3:Hello
file1:Hello
file2:Hello

In case of ls, there is an argument -a to tell do not ignore entries starting with . but I can't find any feature for grep
So, Is there anyway to tell grep do not ignore entries starting with .? or why grep ignores them?

A: For globs to include hidden files except . and ..:

*

*zsh:
grep Hello ./*(D)

(you also need ./ for file names starting with -). Or:
(set -o dotglob; grep Hello ./*)

Another advantage of zsh globs is that you can specify that you only want regular files (with the . glob qualifier):
grep Hello ./*(D.)

*ksh93:
(FIGNORE='.?(.)'; grep Hello ./*)

*bash:
(shopt -s dotglob; grep Hello ./*)

*tcsh:
(set globdot; grep Hello ./*)

*fish:
grep Hello {.,}*

*Forsyth shell and derivatives (pdksh, OpenBSD sh, posh, mksh...) and fish:
grep Hello ./.* ./*

*rc, es:
grep Hello ./.[~.]* ./..?* ./*

*Bourne shell, ksh88 and Almquist shell derivatives:
grep Hello ./.[!.]* ./..?* ./*

*csh:
grep Hello ./.[^.]* ./..?* ./*

With zsh, (t)csh and fish, that won't run the command if the glob(s) don't match any file. In other shells, the globs that are not matched will be passed as-is to grep, and grep will complain that the corresponding file doesn't exist.

A: grep doesn't ignore anything. *, by default, does not match files with a leading .. If you have GNU grep, it is easier to use its recursive option, instead of relying on shell wildcards:
grep Hello . -r

A: Others have correctly said that * will not match files starting with dot.
Various solutions have been given in many answers, most of which have some loop-hole or the other (such as including . & .. ; or excluding files starting with multiple Dots ; or including Sub-Directories ; or involving a very long command-line) all of which provide some new points to this question.
My simple solution (for bash users) is to use shopt -s dotglob which informs bash to include Dot Files in * glob.
For POSIX compatibility or usage of other shells, I hope the other answers are useful.
Highlights of shopt -s dotglob Solution : It will not include . and .. ; It will not include Sub-Directories in a recursive way ; It is very short ; It can be put in .bashrc file.

A: The expansion of * is done by the shell running the command.
By default shells omit dot files (hidden files).
The simplest and most portable solution (not zsh) would be to use:
$ grep Hello * .[!.]*

The second glob .[!.]* is equivalent to .[^.]* and is needed for some shells (use the ^ form for zsh,csh and tcsh, or .[~.]* for rc/es).
It makes the dot files appear on the list for grep.
If there is the need to process file names other than .. starting with 2 dots, add a third glob Reference page from UNIX FAQ:
$ grep Hello * .[!.]* ..?*

If you want to see what is going on, do:
echo grep Hello * .[!.]* ..?*

And test why this doesn't quite work: echo grep Hello * .*

ksh | bash
In ksh or bash with extglob active (on by default in interactive use for bash):
grep Hello .!(.|) *

Or only for bash, just use dotglob:
shopt -s dotglob; grep Hello *

zsh
grep Hello *(D.)

A: Try this
$ grep Hello `ls -A` 2>/dev/null
.file3:Hello
file1:Hello
file2:Hello

EDIT:
Above code will not produce results having space in file name, as suggested by techraf. To solve this issue, try following code:
$ echo Hello > .file 4
$ find . -print0 | xargs -0 grep Hello 2>/dev/null
    .file3:Hello
    .file 4:Hello
    file1:Hello
    file2:Hello

Here find . will search in subdirectories also. To limit the search for current directory, use the parameter -maxdepth=1
From man page of find

-print0
      True; print the full file name on the standard  output,  followed
      by  a  null  character  (instead  of  the  newline character that
      '-print' uses).  This allows file names that contain newlines  or
      other  types  of  white space to be correctly interpreted by pro-
      grams that process the find output.  This option  corresponds  to
      the '-0' option of xargs.

And from man page of xargs

-0
Input items are terminated by a null character instead of by whitespace, and the quotes and backslash are not special (every
  charac‐
                ter is taken literally).  Disables the end of file string, which is treated like any other argument.  Useful when input
  items  might
                contain white space, quote marks, or backslashes.  The GNU find -print0 option produces input suitable for this mode.

A: * does not match leading period . in filename expansion. The rule was specified by POSIX.
With pattern matching, it works:
$ sh -c 'case . in *) echo 1;; esac'
1

POSIXly:
find . ! -name . -prune -type f -exec grep 'pattern' /dev/null {} +

This approach has advantage over using shell globbing. You will never get Argument list too long error when there're too many files.

A: As others have stated, the * glob won't include hidden files (those whose name starts with a dot) by default. A simple way around that is to use two globs:
grep Hello * .*

On the down side, except with zsh, fish or shells based on the Forsyth shell (nowadays, pdksh and derivatives like mksh, posh or OpenBSD sh) that will cause grep to complain about searching through the directories . and ..:
$ grep Hello * .*
file1:Hello
file2:Hello
grep: .: Is a directory
grep: ..: Is a directory
.file3:Hello

You can either just ignore those errors (they're not important in this context) or you can use a simple loop and check that the target is a regular file (after symlink resolution):
$ for file in .* *; do [ -f "$file" ] && grep -H -- Hello "$file"; done
.file3:Hello
file1:Hello
file2:Hello

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John Lewis Jr.
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It is with great sadness that our family announces the passing of John Lewis Jr. on May 14, 2021. He was the beloved husband of Jody Lewis, loving father of daughters, Lindsay Anne Lewis Walford (Rick) and Jaime Michelle Lewis and loved grandpa to Eric and Logan Walford. He also leaves behind his cousins Jackie Ward, Diane Williams Streety and Karen Williams Black along with several more cousins. John was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 7, 1949. He moved to Wartervliet with his parents (the late John and Florence) when he was 7 and later moved to East Nassau where he graduated from New Lebanon High School in 1968. He went on to Albany Business School and had also started to work at the Times Union (formerly the Knickerbocker News). He remained at the Times Union for 47 years, working his way up from fledgling reporter to printer and finally to classified salesman. Through this journey he made many friends and acquaintances. He was known for his fairness, honesty and laugh. He retired in 1997 and was able to enjoy his love of hunting, fishing, boating and building. "The measure of a man is in the lives he touches. To measure a man, measure his heart." He had the biggest heart. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Thomas P. Mooney Funeral Home, 11 Elm St. in Nassau on Tuesday evening from 4-7PM. A funeral service will be held at a later time.


We've all seen these grabber claws that let you squeeze a trigger that pulls the arms together allowing you to grab things behind a bookshelf, under a desk, or inside tiny crevices, but never has the world seen such a revolutionary product that adds a light to this existing invention. Making this product 1000x more useful, a light is attached the end of the claw illuminating whatever you're attempting to grab.
No doubt wherever you're attempting to grab something with one of these grabber tools, it's going to be dark, so it just makes sense to add a little light to the end of one. So why am I just hearing about this brilliant idea now?
When you pull back the handle on the device it will turn the LED light on, and if you continue to pull back on the handle the claws will open up. Then, once you have the item you need grabbed inside the claws, just let go and they'll clamp down on the item, also turning off the light.
A perfect gift idea for the home or at the office, the lighted pickup grabber tool works great for retrieving items from the garbage disposal, inside drains, when you drop something in the cracks of your car seat, or just behind a bookshelf. The LED grabber tool comes in two different sizes, a smaller version that measures 24 inches long, and a longer version that measures 36 inches long.
Check out the Long Lighted Mechanical Pickup with an LED light made by General Tools in action via the video below.


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Phil's art comes out of the shadows and into Bromsgrove
A COLLECTION of paintings, all centred around 'Silhouettes and Shadows' will be on show in Bromsgrove until next month.
The pieces, which will be on display at Plaza Coffee, Chapel Street Precinct (near Housman Statue) in the town centre until November 8, have been done by South Birmingham artist Phillip Brewer.
Phil uses a mix of emulsion and acrylic on his works which are all silhouettes on striking and vibrant backgrounds.
He is a builder by trade but, having taught himself art, has now quit that to become a full-time artist.
Phil has always been inspired by the great outdoors and themes in his paintings include animals and family adventures, along with sporting activities.
He does commissions from photographs, putting his trademark silhouette touch on them, and has done every thing from wedding photographs to family and pet portraits with a twist.
Phil said he had been given some very positive feedback about his latest works.
"People have said they read different things into the paintings as they try and guess the expressions.
"And many have told me they like the movement and energy in them."
Phil's pictures on display are for sale and readers can visit www.silhouettesandshadows.co.uk to find out more.


The Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches of Western Europe, which constitutes one of the oldest Orthodox ecclesial entities in our regions, was placed under the pastoral responsibility of Metropolitan Evlogy (Georgievsky) by St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, by decree of April 8, 1921. Cast into exile by the Bolshevik Revolution, the Russian emigrants established, with faith and courage, an ecclesial presence founded on the major principles of the unfinished Council of Moscow of 1917-18. Established first in Berlin, the see of the Archdiocese was transferred to Paris, to the Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky, where it assumed the form of an association in accordance with French law, composed of communities and parishes established in France and throughout Western Europe: thus it remains to this day. The statutes of this association—The Guiding Diocesan Union of Russian Orthodox Associations in Western Europe—were submitted to the prefecture on February 26, 1924 and are still in force today.
In 1931, to guarantee its independence and permanence, the Archdiocese requested to depend on the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which was accepted by a patriarchal and synodal Tomos of February 17, 1931, giving the Archdiocese the status of a provisional Exarchate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
On November 22, 1965, the Ecumenical Patriarchate unexpectedly announced to the Archdiocese the withdrawal of the 1931 status of provisional Exarchate. The Archdiocese thus found itself independent of any patriarchate. It was led during this whole time by Archbishop George (Tarasoff), ruling archbishop from 1960 to 1981. On January 22, 1971, by patriarchal and synodal letter, the Ecumenical Patriarchate once again accepted the same Archdiocese into its bosom, but without according to it any precise canonical status within the Patriarchate.
From the time of his archepiscopal election, Archbishop Sergius (Konovalov) undertook to negotiate a revision of the Archdiocese's canonical status within the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This ended in the granting of the Patriarchal and Synodal Tomos of June 19, 1999, by which the Holy Synod of Constantinople, at the formal request of the Archdiocese following several years of internal debates in the Archdiocese and negotiations with the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, granted the Archdiocese the status of (non-provisional) Exarchate. This is the status which the Holy Synod has just revoked by a decision of November 27, 2018 without, however, prior consultation with any official organ of the Archdiocese.
By its very unexpectedness the synodal decision of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to revoke the Tomos of June 19, 1999 calls us to a deep reflection within the Archdiocese. Nevertheless it is essential not to respond violently to this decision. In fact, as the Orthodox ecclesiology of such great contemporary theologians as Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon or Father Nicholas Afanasieff teaches, it is around their diocesan bishop that communities and faithful constitute the Church in her catholicity.
Consequently, in order to allow the authentic voice of the Archdiocese to emerge, we must remain united around the ruling Archbishop, His Eminence John of Charioupolis. In faithfulness to the original identity of the Archdiocese, this consultation around the ruling Archbishop will take place within the organs instituted by our statutes which were approved by the Holy Synod: first within each parish or community, but also in the statutory clergy-laity assemblies. Any ecclesial decision, in order to take effect, must be formally received by the entity which is subject to the decision, particularly when the decision was not solicited by those who must execute it.
His Eminence John, as ruling Archbishop, will be able to respond to the synodal decision, in accordance with the catholicity of the Church and the statutes of the Archdiocese, only at the end of the following deliberative process: Archbishop John invites the priests of the Archdiocese to a pastoral assembly on December 15, 2018 in order to consult with those who bear, with him, the spiritual charge of the parishes and faithful of the Archdiocese. During the course of the pastoral assembly the Archdiocesan Council will formally convoke a general assembly of the Archdiocese in which will participate all the clergy and lay delegates elected by the parishes and communities which are member associations of the Diocesan Union.
Having put down deep roots in the societies of Western Europe, the Archdiocese has assimilated certain elements of Western culture, notably an attachment to democratic values, to the fundamental rights of the person, and to the freedom of each individual, as well as to the principle of open debate prior to any decision.
Clergy and communities who would like to leave the Archdiocese to join another episcopal jurisdiction will have to proceed according to canonical order and request release from His Eminence John of Charioupolis, ruling Archbishop. Our preference, however, goes to consultation and dialogue in truth, in a regular deliberative assembly of the whole Diocesan Union.
With confidence in the action of the Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, we invite all the faithful to pray for the prosperity of all the Churches of God.
The above communiqué appeared in French on November 30, 2018 on the website of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe. Translated by Giacomo Sanfilippo.
For a related article see Orthodoxy in America: Broken Promises and Shattered Dreams?


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March Madness, IV: Soundbites
The first three editions of DIW's "March Madness" looked at the 10 worst op-eds, the 10 worst "news" articles, and the 10 most outrageous faculty publications of the case. Today's bracket features the 10 worst case-related soundbites. As with yesterday's bracket, the worst of the worst ranked is #1. Reader nominations are welcome in the comment thread.
A few guidelines: Nifong soundbites are excluded; otherwise, the "minister of justice" would have all 10 seeds. I have defined soundbite as a statement no longer than a paragraph. I also have tried to evaluate the outrageousness of the soundbite with the status of the speaker (i.e., a college student can be held to a lower standard than a lawyer who's commenting on TV, or a University president).
The DIW versions of Drexel and Air Force—two teams that appeared to have the credentials to make this year's NCAA tournament but were left out—probably will fall into this bracket. There have been hundreds of outrageous soundbites at various points in the case. Neither Nancy Grace nor Victoria Peterson, for instance, made the list—in part because Grace's comments tended to be sophomoric and spiteful while Peterson's have generally been incoherent—which gives a sense of just how bad the top 10 are.
10) "I'm not sure I understand the 'innocent until proven guilty' statements that have been put forward." (Anonymous potbanger, March 29). A totalitarian whiff has existed throughout this case, perhaps best captured in this statement. If the accusation is politically useful, principles of American jurisprudence are abandoned. The accused is guilty until proven innocent—or, judging by the rhetoric of some "victims' rights" advocates, simply guilty.
9) "[Chan] Hall said he wanted to see the Duke students prosecuted 'whether it happened or not. It would be justice for things that happened in the past.'" (NCCU student government leader Chan Hall, quoted in Newsweek, May 1, 2006 issue). At the time, many people probably thought this comment came from a stray campus extremist. That was before it came out that Hall chaired a key committee in the NCCU student government, and had narrowly missed being elected the Speaker. Or that in one 17-person class at NCCU late last fall, long after the case had imploded, not one student believed that the indicted players was innocent. I've spoken to two people who attended the April 11 NCCU forum; both have said that Hall's comments reflected the general sentiment in the auditorium that day.
8) "I'm told by a professor [Peter Wood?] who teaches several of the lacrosse players that between the rape and when the story broke, his students kept having to break meetings because they had newly scheduled team-bonding activities they had to attend. Needless to say, this is exactly the opposite of what should have happened—team unity should have been undermined, not built up!" (Duke History graduate student Jacob Remes, March 29, 2006) This soundbite illustrated the bankruptcy of the Duke far left last spring. Start with an untrue, hearsay allegation. Then abandon the traditional approach of the academy (defending due process) to transform the University into an arm of the state. Amazingly, given his definitive statement that a "rape" occurred and his stunning claim that the University should have sought to isolate its own students, Remes asserted in a February e-mail, "I have had no role in any criminal case against Duke undergraduates, and I have expressed no public opinion on the guilt or innocence of any accused individuals."
7) "No." (Group of 88 member Paula McClain, July 13, 2006). The newly elected chairwoman of Duke's Academic Council responding to a July e-mail asking whether she would endorse a public statement demanding due process for the three students at her own institution targeted by Mike Nifong.
6) "The self assurance in the statement issued yesterday by the team that they will be exonerated by the results of the DNA testing makes me wonder if we've gotten the full story about who was at the house that night. Were there others present who in fact carried out the rape and who are being protected by everyone else who was there? How do we know who was there?" (Group of 88 member Kim Curtis, March 29, 2006). With that statement, a Duke professor (and political science colleague of McClain's) had suggested, in writing and without any evidence at all, that two students in her own class were accomplices to rape. "Coincidentally," after Curtis made this allegation, the two students' grades plummeted: both received a C- on their second course paper, and both received an F on their third and final course paper.
5) "Mr. Rosenberg said he did so because he was concerned with the prevalence of alcohol on campus and bothered by 'affluent kids violating the law to get exploited women to take their clothes off when they could get as much hookup as they wanted from rich and attractive Duke coeds.'" (Group of 88 member Alex Rosenberg, quoted in New York Sun, October 27, 2006). So spoke the holder of an endowed chair at Duke (in philosophy). His assertion that a frustration with alcohol explained his decision to sign the Group of 88 statement might have made more sense had the statement even mentioned alcohol. And his "hookup" comment gave a revealing sense of how he really views many of the female students that he teaches. Along these lines (5a) would be the statement of anti-lacrosse fanatic Peter Wood, who told the New York Times that, unlike the lacrosse players, football players were good for his classes. In a statement oozing with condescension, he remarked, "The football players here are often rural white boys with baseball caps or hard-working black students who are proud to be at Duke."
4) "Those lacrosse players met the profile; why weren't they arrested? Is there a double standard of justice, law, and order without justice?" (Harris Johnson, at April 11 NCCU forum, after noting that, in the past, innocent black people had been arrested who met a profile.) This statement appalled even Mike Nifong—not an easy thing to do. The former Durham Democratic Party official reappeared in the news the day after the election, when he rejoiced that Nifong's victory showed "that justice can't be bought by a bunch of rich white boys from New York."
3) "To suggest [the indicted players] were well behaved: Hitler never beat his wife either. So what?" (Wendy Murphy, June 5, 2006) Debaters often cite the "Hitler rule"—the first side to employ a Nazi analogy automatically loses, since such a move shows that the debater has no legitimate argument to make. This certainly was the case on May 3, when Murphy informed CNN viewers, "I bet one or more of the players was, you know, molested or something as a child."
2) "If our students did what is alleged, it is appalling to the worst degree. If they didn't do it, whatever they did is bad enough." (Duke president Richard Brodhead, to the Durham Chamber of Commerce, two days after the indictments of Reade Seligmann and Colin Finnerty.) In recent weeks, the Duke administration has maintained that the president consistently upheld the presumption of innocence. That claim is difficult to reconcile with the above statement. "Whatever" Seligmann and Finnerty "did" was to attend a party they played no role in organizing, and perhaps drink some beer. To suggest that behavior in any way is "bad," much less could somehow justify the treatment they received, is heartless.
1) "There was evidence of DNA of Seligmann [sic] who lived in that house [sic]." (Legal "analyst" Georgia Goslee, August 7, 2006) This case has been characterized by the state's willingness to change the theory of the "crime" to fit the evidence. Goslee didn't bother with such trivialities—she simply changed the "evidence." But what else could be expected from a figure hired to comment on a case in North Carolina, where she is licensed to practice law, who nonetheless conceded, "I'm not familiar with the North Carolina statutes."
This case has featured a race-to-the-bottom element. That such a list could exist--pairing prestigious academics with know-nothing figures like Georgia Goslee or Jacob Remes--can only depress.
Labels: faculty, media
What a brood of vipers! I am just glad you did not receive any bites from these snakes as you were going through their words.
This case truly is a sorry example of modern American jurisprudence. I have lost all confidence in the "justice" system of this country, and in the people who represent the various government agencies in helping to carry out "justice." One wishes that at least one honest person in that system would "stand in the gap" and speak out. I suspect I might have to wait for a long time.
Yeah KC - I had two out three - Woods and rosenver. Got to agree with Goslee. She is dumb as a rock and mean spirited to boot. The funniest part was watching the rest of the "panel" try to look attentative like she was saying somethig. Yale Gardiner (a bright guy)always looke like he ws swalling his tongue. Have not seen Goslee, Murphy Guilfoil gives a good imitation) and Graces time seems to be reduced.
New York Post circulation has gone up while everyone else has gone down. To date, they appear to be writing the news and not agenda driven. Besides, the paper is fun.
Wendy Murphy was on Glenn Beck the other night. That prompted me to send him 2 emails (which I hope he reads) expressing my displeasure for using a person known to lie, deceive and distort as much as she does on his show.
The less people like herself, Goslee and Nancy Grace can put there face in front of a camera, the better.
JLS says....
I would have to make McCain and her one word response number 1. Anyone can get caught up in hyperbole and suggest things that imply doing away with due process.
It is another thing all together when directly asked do you call for due process in this case, to say, "No." That is not getting carried away with hyperbole, rather that is an admission.
It is really telling about McCain that she could not even bring herself to say something like of course I support due process on the criminal matters, but the reported racial taunts are a serious matter to me by themselves. But alas all she could do was say, no, I don't support due process for my students facing the criminal justice system?
How could any soundbite be more outrageous than that NO?
Bill Anderson's book could be called Media Malpractice. He could collaborate with blogger John in Carolina, ex-Durham editor Bob Wilson and/or Jon Ham, another ex-newspaper guy who writes the terrific Right Angles blog at the John Locke Foundation. Special focus could be on the Raleigh and Durham papers plus the New York Times and other influential national media. Could be a great book and wouldn't conflict with what Professor Johnson and legal expert Taylor are planning.
No, no, no. This time there MUST be a place for Tim Tyson.
According to Tyson, the three lacrosse captains did not live at the buchanan street house. No, it was 3 others, named "Rape, Racism and the spirit of the lynch mob".
This has got to be in the top five, it's so full of both micro- and meta-narrative bullshit:
"The spirit of the lynch mob lived in that house on Buchanan Boulevard, regardless of the truth of the most serious charges. The ghastly spectacle takes its place in a history where African- American men were burned at the stake for "reckless eyeballing" -- that is, looking at a white woman -- and white men kept black concubines and mistresses and raped black women at will."
After Eugene Robinson wrote his bullshit op-ed about the *cough* "history" of white men raping black women, I asked him to provide some backup. Of course, he didn't and couldn't.
I wrote to Tyson and mentioned in passing that "hundreds" of white women are gangraped by blacks in America every year. It's more likely thousands, but Tyson called me a liar for saying "hundreds".
Tyson got listed under 2(a) in faculty publications!
But there's going to be an individual post on him coming up within the next week.
At least #10, the unnamed potbanger, was frank enough to admit being hazy on the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing.
It is a tricky concept. As this case has shown us, people can study, practice -- even teach -- the law for years and never grasp it.
Of course there are regional variants of the principle, and NC seems to spawn a particularly rich harvest. Chan Hall's version ("guilty even if proven innocent") appeals to many, but true connoisseurs prefer Brodhead's patrician "if proven guilty, appalling; in any event, not innocent".
Brodhead should be pleased to reflect how close this stance placed him, philosophically, to that other great educator: Cash Michaels.
Anyone here remember ESPN's commentary in March and April a year ago? I recall that there were some very strong and very wrong opinions expressed by talking heads. Is there a place to search media content that was over the air and not in print?
I'm glad to see Brodhead appear high up on the list. While his comment is not itself the most odious of those uttered in this case, the fact that he said what he did, when he did, stands as a severe indictment of him, given his position. Perhaps even more of an indictment is what he did NOT say, but should have. He ought to have proclaimed--loudly and unambiguously--that the three LAX players are innocent until proved otherwise by a court of law. He prevaricated and trimmed at the very moment he should have stood firmly on the side of his students. He is, as a consequence, the biggest disappointment of them all.
JLS 12:42--
I agree: McCain's "no" is deeply chilling and merits a high rank on the list. But what words can adequately describe those who elected her to the Academic Council AFTER she said THAT!?! Not sure which is worse: saying it, or voting for someone who said it.
KC,
I don't know if you plan to write a book, but Damn, what a book this would make!
I would buy it in a minute.
This entire episode is one that should not be forgotten. And you've got the whole thing documented.
Incredible! Great work!
Just a nit, but something bracket based should use powers of two, i.e., Elite Eight or Sweet Sixteen rather than your Terrible Ten,
What boggles me most in all this is how these people so blithely discard the concept of "Equality under the law!"
How can they not realize that inequalities in legal settings cut disproportionately AGAINST the very groups they seek to protect!
Feeds the argument that they don't want EQUAL treatment at all ... but rather preferential treatment. Heaven help those who do not fit into their protected classes.
There is indeed a sad parallel with Jim Crow era lynchees here. The irony is that it's the LAXers who are the lynch-ees here and the potbangers are the posse gone mad!
Where I may be too subtle in my condemnation of prosecutors across the board - by her very presence Nancy Grace is not.
If I ever get a call from Gallup, Nancy Grace is all I watch.
Also by default, Ms. Grace makes a fairly compelling argument for repealing habeas corpus.
While still others may question the wisdom of the 19th Amendment.
Howard said...
This was pulled from YouTube:
On Tony Kornheiser TV program he interviewed big time writer (and Duke graduate?). Now both of these guys are media savvy and both well educated, and in the case of Feinsteing, rich. They piled on in the worst possible way, Feinstein was especially vicous. If somebody saved that tape, it should be worth a couple of mil in a law suit.
I don't think #6 should be on the list because there is as ironic element of the truth in it.
"The self assurance in the statement issued yesterday by the team that they will be exonerated by the results of the DNA testing makes me wonder if we've gotten the full story about who was at the house that night."
Kim Curtis was on to something here: we were not getting the full story. She was wrong about the full story centering on who else might have been at the house, but right to conclude that things weren't adding up. Instead Curtis takes the team's statement of innocence as proof that they are actually guilty. Within the group of 88 agenda-driven bias always trumps reason.
Prof. Johnson,
I'm sorry. I remembered that you had mentioned Tyson in the "Faculty Articles" bracket, but I failed to realize that it was substantial enough to rate as "2a". Btw, because you didn't provide a citation and just so everyone else can read Tyson's piece, it can be found here: http://www.newsobserver.com/690/story/424299.html
But as long as we're on the subject, there was an ESPN writer whose name I no longer recall who wrote about this case. I think his piece deserves some consideration for seeding in one bracket or another. If I can find it again, I'll provide the citation.
How about if we float the story that "There was evidence of DNA of Goslee at the house so she is the one who committed the sexual assault"?
The actual fact is that there is the same amount of DNA evidence about Goslee as with Seligmann (i.e. NONE), but as the entire case proves, many of the people involved had and still have no use for actual facts.
So I'm going with the belief that Goslee is the guilty party. How dare TV news put someone on the air to comment on a sexual assault case who committed a sexual assault herself. Have they no shame?
This mindless attacking of people is kinda fun. Now I know what Nifong was feeling. Let's see, what story can I make up about Kim Curtis or Jacob Remes?
Posted on a blog today:
Mark Anthony Neal. He is an Associate Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Program in African and African American Studies and Director of the Institute for Critical U.S. Studies (ICUSS) at Duke University. More and more I'm thinking less and less of Duke University, a backwater southern pretender to intellectual royalty seeking to place itself along side of Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and so on; differing from them only in that they have a good basketball team. This clownish fakir has written four books nobody has heard of. He uses Duke as a platform to promulgate his opinions, the latest of which regards the "rape" of the stripper at a party held by the Duke Lacrosse team:
If these young men did in fact rape, sodomize, rob, and beat this young women [sic], it wasn't simply because she was a women [sic], but because she was a black woman."
The Duke professors act without regard to their students in the safety of tenure and hide behind intellctual freedom, which for them is blind ignorance. The DBR has an excellent article that concludes:
We mean no disrespect to Bob Harris when we say this. He is a wonderful man and very bright and accomplished. But: for all the academic firepower Duke has, for the amazing intellects and formidable accomplishments, why is it that a sports announcer nailed this case, absolutely pegged it, and the geniuses who sneer at him and the world he represents can't even admit they were wrong? They don't have to apologize. But why is it so hard to admit they were wrong?
Harris was right when he told Nifong it's about honesty. But he might have also said it's about character. And for highly intelligent people, who are entrusted with young students and their intellectual growth, for them to perpetuate lies, to accept and encourage prosecutorial misconduct, is just an unbelievable abdication of character. And Duke deserves better.
Just so you know, the "Hitler Rule" is called "Godwin's Law" on the Internet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_rule
or in logic, Reductio ad Hitlerum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
Brodhead at #2 is an excellent reminder of his words last Spring. Now as he and Burness work to "recreate" history it will be harder. I am very angry that Brodhead didn't stand up for his students' constitutional rights.
The NC Bar is going after fong in a well deserved manner. Who is going to police Brodhead/Steel? (remember tweedledee and tweedledum speak as one)
I encourage all Duke grads and parents of students to make their outrage known. Some good has to come out of this horrible hoax.
The whole lot is utterly pathetic and disheartening, but the most utterly amazing is Broadhead's statement. I am aghast that a prestigious University President could say such an incredibly stupid thing shortly after an indictment. It's a sorry reflection on his state of mind around the time he cancelled the LAX season, fired Pressler, and worse, enabled Nifong.
I would love to be a fly on the wall when its brought up during the University's multiple and serial settlement negotiations.
Anon 1:30 a.m. wrote:
***Anyone here remember ESPN's commentary in March and April a year ago? I recall that there were some very strong and very wrong opinions expressed by talking heads. Is there a place to search media content that was over the air and not in print?***
Yes, this is quite easy, if you are referring to television.
Just the other day, in fact, I was searching for quotes about how long the Administration said the Iraq War would last, how much it would cost, who would pay for it, why we went in, etc. I found TONS of video clips from administration officials and acquiecsing Democrats alike, saying all sorts of silly things. All were on YouTube.
Give it a try re: the Duke allegations and what was said.
I believe there must be numerous soundbites more worthy of mention than Brodhead's.
Notice that he actually drew the distinction between an allegation and a fact. That alone should exclude him from consideration.
Perhaps if you were to start a category on the most hypocritical comments, you would find the proper niche for Brodhead's. Let's consider what are the UNDISPUTED facts about the night in question. There was underage drinking. There was a stripper. There was a racial taunt in response to a racial taunt. Let's admit that none of these are particularly admirable behaviors (though I suspect Brodhead himself may have drunk a beer or two while in college.) Yes, a real horror show of moral turpitude.
There is a special kind of irony in the Media response to this case: Media People live and die in the search for a compelling story-line. Right under their noses was the stunningly bad and dangerous behaviour of the DA the Police, for example. The glogosphere has done the lions share of analyzing and publicizing it. And it has been a vivid, attention getting, stomach turning story - which is precisely why so many people continue to read the blogs.
Mainstream media simply gave away a truck load of ratings-building stories. Blog-treatment of this story would have stayed off the screen if msm had been remotely diligent and balanced in the way they handled this and so now the made-reputations and best seller book tours are going to their competition.
I would put Brodhead's statement as #1 because of all the folks saying stupid things, he knew better. Particularly with the timing, the statement is indefensible at any level. I had wondered if it was a statement that was referring to the two game forfeiture (before the season was cancelled), that the behavior was "bad enough" for the foreiture of two games. But following on the heels of the indictments it was inexcusable.
Also, it can be said that the statement was inconsistent with the neutral stance he was trying to take until he finally came over in December to condemn the prosecution. It has been argued well before that this supposed neutral stance was an abandonment and gave the appearance of an endorsement to the prosecution, but I never thought it was intended that way.
For the rest of his life people who have followed this case will thing of that phrase, "Whatever they did was bad enough," when engaged in a conversation or meeting with him. I positively itch to sneak it into a conversation with him to see how he reacts.
JeffM 9:19 Said..
...though I suspect Broadhead himself may have drunk a beer or two while in college.
Jeff makes a good observation. As a former CEO of a health care organization and college administrator and faculty, I used that type of phrase often when talking about behavior of young people.
However, I always followed up with a statement that ...This is what we are all about!
Broadhead on the other hand, seems to think that he is running for political office and 'at the ready' to deal with a mysterious Junta that is about to orchestrate a Dukedom coup d'éta.
That is really a bad mistake.
If the leader behaves as if there is a Junta in the making...then you will have a Junta in the making!
Broadhead reports to the Board of Trustees and his very presence in a room of people should clearly state for everyone to 'see and hear' that he is the representative of that board.
To that end, as a university president, you support your students until you have heard from your board that you are no longer expected to support the students. If you disagree with your board then you move on to your next job.
If you behave as if you are running for political office, you will have an infinite number of groups on campus trying to stoke your ego.
A politician as president will surround himself with vice-presidents and directors while a manager as president will show up at the fraternity sections and sport team meetings and say loud and clear ...this is what we are all about and ...then follow up!
Broadhead's name should stay on the list as the Duke politician without a real constituency.
becket03 said...
I'm surprised Wendy Murphy didn't make the list. It was her commentary on Tucker Carlson's Fox show that impelled me to look more closely at the case. She is absolutely brilliant at concocting infuriating, baseless accusations and going for the juggler. One of the many lies she told should qualify as an outrageous soundbite.
How about the one where she said (paraphrasing), "Nifong probably has a player or two to corroborate Precious."
My favorite :
" We had no way of knowing that what he ( Nifong) was saying , could have been anything but the truth ".
Richard Brodhead on the first 60 Minutes piece with Ed Bradley .
Besides the probability that this statement was a flat out lie and that the Duke administration in fact did have a " way of knowing " from the very start that the claims were incredible , it so well captures the flavor of Duke's approach to this situation . To label it further would deminish its perfection .
Question for lawyers:
Can the LAX players sue Goslee for her statement that Seligman's DNA was found? I am not thinking about winning money, but rather to demand a public retraction and apology. I would ask for a hand written apology.
The last sentence of the post begs comment.
What exactly defines a "prestigious academic"? Is it an automatic assumption: the tautology academic = prestigious?
If so, this paradigm has self-destructed in billows of spewing racist venom and libel.
Is it accomplishment? How many of the "presitigious academics" have demonstrated accomplishment - or even a modicum of production? More tellingly, how many have generated anything considered productive by intelligent people outside of their self-congratulatory mutual-support peers?
I think the time has come to grade "prestigious academics" by the standards they deserve: the ones I apply to the garbage collectors in my city. If they do a good job of cleaning up the trash on time, they are prestigious. If not, they are just another cabal of useless municipally-funded parasites.
Think about this: who is more contributory to the conduct of a well-functioning society? The "prestigious academic" - or the competent garbageman?
Notice that he actually drew the distinction between an allegation and a fact.
Brodhead blurred that distinction, stating that either was "bad enough".
Brodhead was not speaking of the party in general, he was speaking specifically of his two indicted students. Neither of them hired the stripper. Neither of them uttered a racist taunt.
Brodhead's behavior was consistent with someone eager to have the indictments, to get that 3rd indictment issued too, to shift all blame to his appalling students, and to return to his tower.
Jeff M at 9:19--
Is your post re. Brodhead intended seriously? If so, may I remind you that these young men are... well... young men, and university undergraduates. Although the US was colonised by Puritans, you may find that underage drinking occurs on every US campus every day now. That is entirely incidental to what MATTERS in this case. Brodhead mentioned it (and the hiring of a stripper and the racial epithet) to demonstrate that he was not taking their side. But he should have taken their side, as they were entitled to be presumed innocent and it is his job both to give his own students that status and to make it publicly clear that's what he is doing, without any ambiguity or prevarication. What he said, or didn't say, matters more than most in this case, given his position. He failed to show leadership, and therefore failed to do his job. He should resign or be forced out.
"Being tarred and feathered is the language of lynching, and the practice of lynching was rarely one that eventuated in a court case of any kind, let alone one in which the defendants claim 10 minutes on one of the most important television programs in the United States."
Robyn Wiegman
Margaret Taylor Smith Director Women's Studies
Professor, Women's Studies and Literature 10/25/06
This should make the list.
Glenn Beck is ok though he sometimes goes off on tangents.
But whenever Wendy Murphy shows up I simply change the channel. Life's too short to waste on her.
I think Goslee confused Reade with Dave. The fact someone puts her on TV when she doesn't even know who is who is ridiculous.
Another great Goslee soundbite was when she went on a tear about the players drinking JACK DANIELS. This was HARD LIQUOR, FOLKS. And they drank it ALL DAY.
Who knows. Maybe they did. That might explain the vegetative state most of them appear to be in in the photos. Well, that and boredom from seeing two not very attractive strippers. As Kim said, "the fellas appeared ready for the night to be over". Yeah, they sure were.
Audited Financial Statements for Duke
Cash Reserve
I just re-read all of the winning comments and sound bites from the Duke crowd.
After reading and taking notes I decided to try and imagine me writing the management report section for the 2007 Audited Financial Statements for Duke.
I think I would advise that the financial committee of the Board of Trustees re-think their investment strategy in such as way that will allow them to 'Go To Cash' for about $50M.
The current management practices at Duke, or lack thereof, has demonstrated the need for a larger cash reserve in order to quickly hire legal representation to protect the institution.
That one recommendation if adopted, would throw the Duke Medical School into a near panic with respect to qualifying for federal grants along with payments from federal programs (e.g. Medicare).
Vendors that serve Duke and institutions that loan money to Duke students would have a question or two also.
howard and anonymous 1:30 both mentioned my #1 pick. john feinstein certainly set the standard for a rush to judgement on march 30, 2006, when on the tony kornheiser show he pronounced the lax team guilty of rape and covering up the crime. he finished off his tirade with stating that not only should the season be cancelled but all lax scholarships should be rescinded. i guess that included the scholarships of players who weren't even at the party. i wish i could listen to the entire show again but like howard i found out that it is no longer available on youtube.
i've also read some of feinstein's later statements about the lax team and the duke administration. even though he realized within 6 weeks that the evidence was very shaky, he still was extremely vitriolic towards the lax team for the temerity of having a drinking party with exotic dancers. boys-will-be-boys was not an acceptable defense for their terrible behavior and they should pay the price for those sins. he actually seemed angrier at the duke administration for failing to take the lax team to task before the hoaxtress made her allegations. according to feinstein, the laxe team "has been guilty of immature, idiotic, out-of-control behavior for years" and the administration was negligent for failing to take appropriate reprisals against them.
this same duke alum was once quoted as saying, "everything in the media today is exaggerated, both the good and the bad." perhaps the reason his on-air comments and writings about duke lacrosse have been so 'bad' is because he believes controversy, good or bad, sells. he is, first and foremost, a writer/commentator interested in selling his wares. if this means others have to pay with years in prison or millions of dollars in legal expenses that is their problem. he'll still get his check from npr.
of course, the fact that he seems to have a personal agenda against the duke ad joe alleva, his not like acc sporting events because he "knows too much" about their history, and his belief that colleges should de-emphasize sports (sound like any 88er we know) all might have had something to do with him jumping on the bandwagon early on to crucify the lax players.
k.c., please reconsider and at least give this man honorable mention on your list.
***Question for lawyers:
Can the LAX players sue Goslee for her statement that Seligman's DNA was found? I am not thinking about winning money, but rather to demand a public retraction and apology. I would ask for a hand written apology.***
OMG! This is a ridiculous idea and insanely ill-informed. What are you going to state in the Complaint as damages sought? "Plaintiff assets that he is entitled to a genuine, heartfelt apology, with fingers in plain sight, so as to prevent them from being crossed during the aforementioned apology"?
Even putting this ridiculous request for damages aside... they ain't going to sue her, and they wouldn't get a penny if they did. The worst, most vile villain in this case, Nifong, and those jerks in the G88, in my legal opinion, will never be successfully sued. The Nifong assumption is based on governmental immunity... and the G88, well, as vile as they are, they are certainly allowed to say what they said, sure as Nazis are allowed to hold parades.
What about AL SHARPTON on Bill O'Reilly?
"...where this girl has basically had a character charged in the media, there is a lot of racism that's in the air. Having said that, I commend a lot of the blacks and whites who stood vigil and to come together in that community to stand up for this girl. So I think in the midst of this, there is some good."
Yes, Mr. Sharpton, you're right, there is some good in the midst of this, it is the Duke Lacrosse players.
"...that justice can't be bought by a bunch of rich white boys from New York."
First, that's funny.
Second, doesn't the foregoing statement admit that an injustice is being worked? It says manifestly that the "rich, white boys" were unsuccessful in buying "justice" (i.e., changing the status quo), and their failure to change the status quo means we default back to the status quo, which, according to the speaker, is something other than "justice."
Uhm, okay.
Brodhead should be #1, because his statement caused the most damage to the students and the school.
FYI Nifong's bar hearing is set for June!
It will be REALLY telling if the AG's office drops all charges before he has his hearing, that would be the clearest evidence yet that the North Carolina legal community has decided to cut bait on this one.
@ 1:22 pm
I suggest you learn to read with a bit more discrimination. I was trying to make two points, one serious and one sarcastic.
First, and seriously, Brodhead's statement is to be distinguished from most of the rest cited by KC because it overtly expressed the possibility that the allegations might not be true. Accusations are not convictions. As much of a slug as Brodhead appears to be, that is the fundamental issue in this whole case: it is what is behind "due process" and "presumption of innocence." I thought readers of this blog understood the significance of that issue. I see I was mistaken in assuming a universal understanding of its overriding significance. Because most of the soundbites proposed by KC completely ignored this critical proposition, I truly believe that Brodhead's smarminess does not come close to matching the totalitarian evil of a statement like "No" in response to a request to affirm the right to due process.
Second, and expressed with a bit of sarcasm, was the point that Brodhead's proviso is quite ambiguous. It does not specify who "they" are, it does not specify what "they did," and it does not specify what "bad enough" means. Bad enough to be castrated, for example? So I pointed out what is undisputed about the behavior of some or all of the team and thereby gave Brodhead the same presumption of innocence that people are rightly demanding for the three accused. The team watched a stripper for example. Gee, that means millions of men are "bad enough." The team had some beers though some were legally underage. I am shocked, simply shocked, that college kids drink beer. Someone answered a taunt with a taunt. Wow, I never heard of anything like that in my born days. (This is known as ironic sarcasm.) So my point was that Brodhead's statement was no doubt vile because self-servingly hypocritical, but it is far less egregious than those premised on a presumption of criminal activity without trial and judgment.
We can certainly survive hypocrits; we may not survive totalitarians. I feel sorry for you that you do not see the distinction.
For 12:30 PM and 4:05 PM on the question of whether libel suits could be brought in this case:
If I recall correctly, the elements of cause of action for libel are:
(1) Publication;
(2) Identification; and,
(3) Defamation.
There are no questions of privilege here (this is legalese shorthand for noting that the lacrosse players are not public-officials or public-figures -- for whom a cause of action would include a heightened state of mental awareness (i.e., "actual malice")).
So, the questions are simple: Was there a defamatory statement (a statement which if believed would tend to harm the plaintiff)? If so, was the plaintiff sufficiently identified? For instance, saying "all lacrosse players are rapists" would not support a cause of action by one player, but saying "all lacrosse players at Duke University are rapists" probably would. Finally, if the plaintiff was identified and defamed then the final question is simply, "Was there publication?" This usually means fairly widespread publication, not, for example, a comment in an e'mail to one reader.
Anyway, for all the non-attorneys, I hope this (dreadfully redacted) framework for analysis of a cause of action for libel will prompt further discussion.
This one is the most embarrassing -- no reason, no courage, no "Iron Duke" here.
Re. Libel Suits:
I almost forgot: The damages in a libel suit are always money, though the plaintiff and defendant may come up with some other agreed settlement which could include, as 12:30 suggested and 4:05 derided, a formal apology.
JeffM @ 8.36--
THank you for the pompous clarification of your earlier message. And thank you also for pointing out the so-called "ironic sarcasm" that you now tell us you were using. I know what that is, I just didn't recognise it in your original posting. Even now, having re-read it, I fail to spot your linguistic nuances. I guess my doctorate from Oxford didn't prepare me for such cleverness and wit. Perhaps you should just say what you mean in the clear if condescending manner of your second posting for the idiots here like me.
You have again bent over backwards to show Brodhead in a more favourable light than he deserves. That is because you have not acknowledged what I and others here have pointed out: that as President of Duke Brodhead occupies a special position in this matter, with special obligations and standards. THe content of what he says must be held to a much higher standard than some blustering academics. That is the assumption behind the harsher criticisms of Brodhead, I believe. His prevarications have done much more damage than the rantings of some cultural studies professors.
Also, Brodhead enjoys the wealth and power of a university president. He is paid for his good judgement, leadership and integrity. The reality is that he is a politician and a trimmer, and he was trimming when he should have been taking a clear stand on the side of his students and in the name of the presumption of innocence. Merely acknowledging that they MIGHT be innocent isn't enough. The presumption of innocence requires that you recognise them as INNOCENT until the courts have ruled otherwise, not the reverse.
Brodhead was to escalate Dukes name to the Ivies. He has brought shame. Duke will be lucky if it comes out of this as a nice regional school again. Duke needs a dukie.
8:36 I am not an educational high flyer, but I have been hanging out pn this site with some very educated and smart people. Folk who can really write and get their point accress simply in an essai (Thanks again Rud for the word.) Uf nist ghere did not understand your point, the fault lyes in your writing.
@ 10:08 pm
Let's see. You failed to notice on REREADING that "There was underage drinking...(though I suspect Brodhead himself may have drunk a beer or two while in college.) Yes, a real horror show of moral turpitude" was ironic.
You should demand your money back from Oxford, probably from your high school too.
JeffM @8:36 0n 3/21:
Valid points re Brodhead, but the reason I put his in the really bad category is the timing. Two days after the indictments puts the "bad enough" context into bad enough to be indicted, not bad enough to have a couple of games forfeited. He already made that point in his 3/28 press conference. Without explicitly saying what they were bad enough for, it had to apply to the most recent event on the case, i.e. the indictments.
I've been called a Brodhead apologist myself, but this comment by him this time I found indefensible.
Anon 9:22 and 9:26 re: libel:
I took torts in law school, and had to brush up on it once again for the NYS and NJ bar exams.
You state the RESTATEMENT definition of "libel" and/or "defamation" (don't remember which of these IRRELEVANT tort actions it would fall under)... but stating the elements of a cause of action for these torts, plus having GREAT facts to fit said elements... will not get you a small cup of coffee at Starbucks unless you have $5.00 on you.
I don't think it matters whether they are public figures or not, and which accompanying standard ("recklessness" or "actual malice) applies (and lacrosse players playing Division I sports, even if it is a lame, JV sport may fit the definition of "public figures", or, for the purpose of this case against them "limited purpose public figures", but I digress).
What really matters is REALITY. There are personal injury attorneys who can make a fine living solely on medical malpractice... some even limiting themselves to birth defects and so on. But if you were to hang a shingle as a "libel/defamation" attorney, and get every single libel/defamation case in your State... you'd be out of business soon.
It almost never works, no matter the facts.
So while I commend your knowledge of the Restatement (Second) of Torts, the fact that a cause of action exists really means quite little, if nothing at all, when the suits don't work when the rubber meets the road.
But maybe you know of a personal injury lawyer that wants to spend thousands of hours digging around for all the facts about Nifong, the Group of 88, Broadhead, and these meaningless television commentators, and commence a lawsuit that is likely to end up getting them nothing at all.
@ duke09parent
I completely agree with you that "bad enough" is utterly ambiguous. Brodhead may even be clever enough to have intended to imply that underage drinking etc deserved to be treated as seriously as rape while pretending to recognize the presumption of innocence as to the claim of rape itself. But that assumes a malevolence on Brodhead's part that I am not willing simply to assume without additional evidence. As I said, even presidents of universities ought to enjoy a presumption of innocence.
Your other point is more subtle. Perhaps he did not intend to do anything more than deplore underage drinking, etc, while condemning rape if it occurred. If that was intent, his failure to be clear at such a time was unbelievably inept. Under that
interpretation, maybe KC is correct to include it in the most egregious soundbites though I still lean to the position that any statement that includes recognition of the presumption of innocence just cannot compare with those that ignore it if they do not repudiate it outright.
@JeffM
Rather than address the specific point I (and others here) made, you have confined yourself exclusively to insults now. (And crude ones at that. Where's all that clever, subtle "ironic sarcasm" that is your hallmark?) I interpret this as an admission that you are wrong, but too arrogant to say so. So, to repeat: ambiguity (if that's what it was) from the President of Duke at that particular moment is WORSE than most harsher comments from tenured radicals on the faculty. A pedantic focus on what "bad enough" means is just missing the point. You seem well qualified for employment as a prosecutor in Durham.
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In 1998 the Westerville Division of Fire experienced the loss of twenty-nine year old fire fighter David Theisen, who was killed in a house fire during hometown volunteer duty. Theisen was beloved by many, having also served with Worthington, Crooksville, Plain Township and Madison Township Fire Departments. Led by Tom Ullom, a Westerville firefighter/medic, a committee of citizens and city officials decided that a fire fighters� memorial at First Responders� Park should be built in tribute to Theisen as well as all courageous men and women who serve, or have served, their communities. This would provide fire fighters, as well as the public, with an inspirational and healing setting in which to celebrate their achievements and contemplate losses experienced by all dedicated first responders; fire fighters, police and 911 dispatchers.
The cast bronze memorial consists of two components. A heroic (approximately 115% life size) portrait figure of David Theisen in turnout gear with helmet under one arm standing within a large bronze doorframe. Seen from the front, the street side, the surface of the doorframe is smooth with a low relief Greek pediment and akroter ornaments associated with ancient memorial stones or stelae. From the front, the sculpture is clearly perceived as a memorial. The back surface of the doorframe has a sculpted surface that resembles clapboard siding typical of a residential doorway. Above the doorway is a high relief triangular pediment echoing the one on the front. The clapboard is heavily alligatored resembling a charred wall. The back of the sculpture becomes a metaphoric image of the uncertainty and danger faced by fire fighters in the performance of their duties. The Memorial is titled The Crossing.
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I thought this was interesting, recently Asians have overtaken Hispanics in immigration.
"The study, called "The Rise of Asian Americans" and released on Tuesday, reveals that Asian-Americans also have the highest income, are the best educated and are the fastest-growing racial group in America.
About 430,000 Asians—or 36 percent of all new immigrants—arrived in the United States in 2010, according to U.S. census data. About 370,000, or 31 percent, were Hispanic."
So what do you think about this? How will it effect the nation in terms of politics?
Asians tend to be conservative, so it'll push us to the right.
Funny how Asians are apparently the smart ones too, huh?
They are not smarter. Just more disciplined in education.
They'd be under the "other" category which is 23% left vs. 14% right. Plus most colleges with a lot of asians tend to be liberal, so I'd say they lean towards the left.
Good, my plan for an Asian utopia is finally coming to fruition.
That is because people on the Right refer to Asians as sub-human.
I'd have to look it up. It's in my AP Government textbook.
I have mine. Well an AP prepare book. I'll see if its in there.
Only says the following "Minority groups, although voting heavily for Democratic candidates, do not turn out as much as white voters".
Right Wingers prefer their own kind in leadership.
They think Asians are not human.
I heard this from one Republican Man before.
A Republican think this =/= this is supported by Republican ideology.
True but he's not representative of Republicanism so yeah.
Yes he is. I dont know why you Conservatives are so quick to disown people you associate with. Birds of a feather flock together.
You cannot escape that my friend.
I'm a conservative now? Now here I thought I was an anarchist with Marxist sympathies. Silly me.
But we all have this thing where we take sides with our races.
Its normal. No need to be ashamed.
Wut. You said I was taking sides because I was conservative. I'm not conservative and don't even know if the dude you were describing was white or not.
That's a load of crap. It was easy to spot when you admitted the man was a Vietnam Veteran. Of course he's hostile towards Asians, he was fighting Asians who were killing his comrades. This is typical of everyone. After WW2 the Chinese, Koreans, and Vietnamese thought the Japanese were sub-human monsters because they were fighting with and being killed by them. Even today, of all things the Chinese and North Koreans hate us for, they don't mind the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


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Norway or the Highway: Poo Powers Oslo Buses
Author: Dave DemerjianDave Demerjian
The city of Oslo is converting 80 municipal buses to run on biomethane captured from human waste, a novel, if somewhat disgusting, approach to cutting CO2 emissions and meeting Norway's ambitious plan to be carbon-neutral by 2050.
Beginning in September, the two sewage treatment plants in Norway's capital will collect methane, a byproduct of the microbial process that breaks down sewage, and pump it into city buses. City officials say the switch will cut fuel costs and reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by both the treatment plants and the buses.
"Oslo aims to be one of the most environmentally sustainable capitals in the world," project manager Ole Jakob Johansen told the Guardian. "Using biomethane makes sense. Not only would the biomethane otherwise be wasted, but the reduction in emissions per bus will go a long way to achieving our carbon-neutral target."
Biomethane advocates say using the wonder gas — keep those jokes to yourself, please — for fuel not only improves air quality, it can turn rural communities into alt-fuel producers. California's pro-biomethane camp claims collecting methane from the state's 1.7 million dairy cows would produce eight billion cubic feet of methane a year, the equivalent to more than 150 million gallons of gasoline.
Of course, that's less than half the 390 million gallons of gasoline the United States sucks down each day, but it's still nothing to sneeze at.
Poo-to-pump fuel may sound gross, but it isn't like there are guys in hazmat suits shoveling raw sewage into gas tanks. Biomethane is produced during a four-phase process called anaerobic digestion that uses microorganisms to break down everything from human waste and leftover food to lawn clippings and stuff swept from the slaughterhouse floor.
Until now, much of the methane produced by Oslo's sewage treatment plants was flared off into the atmosphere, releasing about 17,000 tons of CO2. But with the city concerned by a big jump in transportation-related air pollution, which has climbed 10 percent since 2000 and contributes to more than half of the country's annual CO2 emissions, officials decided to capture the stuff and burn it in buses.
It's a net-zero carbon equation because the carbon originally came from the atmosphere, city officials say. Even when you account for the electricity used to make the gas, the switch will save 44 tons of CO2 per bus per year.
Setting up the initial infrastructure required for biomethane production ain't cheap, but the gas that gets produced is. Bean counters in Oslo say that on average biomethane gas will be €0.40
($0.50) cheaper per liter than diesel, while conversion will require only minor modification to the buses.
And it turns out Oslo has more than enough sludge to work with. The city's two sewage plants can crank out enough biomethane to power all
80 of the buses involved in the trial. Should the program succeed, it will be expanded to all 400 city buses by producing methane from household and restaurant food waste.
Photo: Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk.
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We are not sure what to think about CW's new end-of-the-world series The Messengers, but at least now we finally know what this thing is about — angels. Watch!
And everything else is... the rest of the world? I mean it's no batshit-crazy-angel series like Dominion (remember, Dominion was set in a post-apocalyptic angel war world where people decided to create royal families out of Vegas casino franchises). But it looks... okay? On one hand, the series is taking itself exceedingly seriously. On the other hand, we're sluts for any type of series that launches the devil to the Earth, naked TERMINATOR-style.


Parre spring collection 2013 for girls was revealed just now. It includes trendy long shirts for girls. Palazzo pants and jumpsuits can also be seen in the spring collection of Parre. The collection has clothes with vibrant colors. They are quite nice and stylish. Parre spring collection 2013 for girls brings girls the perfect fusion of eastern and western wear in the clothes. The bright colors give an eastern touch to the otherwise western clothes. Casual wear clothes for spring are included in Parre spring collection 2013 for girls. Overall, this is another trendy collection for this spring season.
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OK, so you're wondering how can I be posting a new recipe after telling you all the other day that I have lost my cooking mojo. By the way, thanks for those who applied - I'm still looking for a few more Kitchen Divas, if you're interested.
This wonderful recipe is shared by my friend Ruth.
It's a nice, quick, easy recipe that you can whisk up in a moment (well 20 minutes anyway) and apparently even without my mojo I can't mess it up so I highly doubt you will either.
Your challenge this week is to make this recipe and let me know how it turned out - I bet there will be no fails!


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Bridge in Pittsburgh collapses
In a city that's major population centers are just a few feet apart, traffic congestion is pronounced.
But it might not have been so bad if the city's bridges were in better shape when Joe Biden came to visit on Friday.
The former Vice President was originally scheduled to come to Pittsburgh on Friday but the heavily trafficked east end bridges collapsed hours before his departure from Washington D.C.,
The Federal Railroad Administration has ordered a "safety stand down" during the visit of Vice President Biden. This will include a pause in work on all bridges and tunnels in Pennsylvania,
The Pittsburgh City Council has completely refused to provide resources that could help solve these issues, which is causing a safety risk for citizens and visitors alike.


School makes me mad. Real mad sometimes.
I get upset at the way student issues are dealt with. The food choices in the cafeteria upset me. It's frustrating to not be able to go out to recess because the temperature is too high or too low. The paperwork and documentation that I am required to do is enough to make a grown man cry. The expanding obsession with graphable data, plot points, and all things spreadsheet drives me crazy. Parental conflicts, report cards, grading, textbook adoptions... And don't get me started on the testing and all the baggage that comes with it.
School makes me mad. So what?
I have to slow down and ask myself that. So what? What does all that anger and frustration mean?
Number one, I guess the anger means that I care. You don't get upset over things you don't care about. The paperwork hasn't turned into a TPS report to be carelessly filled out and then used for discarded fish entrails. Yet.
The day I stop getting angry about some of this stuff is the day I need to seriously consider my profession as a teacher. I just have to watch that the anger doesn't consume me, but motivates me.
I know that there are things I probably could /should be doing. I'm sure there are meetings, protests, ballots, petitions, strongly worded e-mails, meetings, leading a charge, activism, legislation, voting. Something. I'm sure there is something more I could do. I just don't know what to do exactly. So, I'll start where I am- in my classroom and on this blog.
School makes me mad. Now what?


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The thumb turn cylinders have been tested to EN1303:2005 and each cylinder is packed full of security features, and is part of UAP's super smooth cylinders using the Chris Belcher designed anti-bump timing pin system. This very clever system uses nickel plated hardened steel key pins and driver pins, which gives the anti-drill feature we wanted to incorporate. The Patented timing pins are designed to interrupt the timing of the pins when bumped, and it is highly effective. And because we use special pins rather than trap pins, we do not have a high expense to get this anti-bump feature! The timing pins have inbuilt anti-picks, and mushroom driver pins, which makes them highly effective against picking.
It also means that if a strap is put over the thumb turn from the outside, the thumb turn will just spin and not engage and open!
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A controlled explosion during engineer familiarisation training between Task Group Taji soldiers from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia at the Taji Military Complex, Iraq. Image via Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence.
The parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security (PJCIS) has tabled a report supporting the listing of Islamic State East Asia as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code Act.
The listing of Islamic State East Asia makes it a criminal offence to be a member of, participate in or provide support to the organisation.
Chairman of the committee Andrew Hastie said, "Islamic State East Asia is comprised of a number of extremist groups that have publicly pledged allegiance to Islamic State. We have seen increasingly violent attacks committed by the group in the Philippines very similar to those conducted by Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
"The committee was satisfied that Islamic State East Asia meets the relevant thresholds to be listed as a terrorist organisation."
The move comes after PJCIS re-listed Boko Haram and Islamic State as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code Act, and the declaration of Jabhat al-Nusra under the Australian Citizenship Act in October this year.
11 April 2016: beheaded two hostages in orange jumpsuits in Lanao, Philippines, mimicking a style of murder used by Islamic State.
The PJCIS also presented its Annual Report of Committee Activities for 2016-17.
The annual report outlines the committee's key achievements in 2016-17, which include inquiries into reforms to Australia's national security legislation, ongoing statutory oversight of the Australian intelligence agencies, reviews of the listing of terrorist organisations, and a review of the declaration of Islamic State as a terrorist organisation under the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.


On January 19, 2019, Trung Nam Tra Vinh Solar Power, a member of Trung Nam group held a ceremony for groundbreaking Trung Nam Tra Vinh solar power combining high-tech agricultural project in Dan Thanh commune, Duyen Hai town, Tra Vinh province.
Trung Nam Tra Vinh solar power project with a capacity of 165 MWp and a total investment of more than 3,500 billion VND is expected to be completed and put into operation in the second quarter of 2019.
The project including 32 inverter components, one 220/22 kV transformer substation with a capacity of 2x90 MVA and more than 440 thousand PV solar panels on more than 7 thousand supports, will be developed on an area of 171 ha.
Due to that the project locates not far from the 500/220 kV transformer substation of Duyen Hai power center, when being completed, all its capacity could be rightly put into the national power system.
Tra Vinh province has a hot and humid monsoon climate with the two distinct seasons. The average annual radiation measured in Tra Vinh coastal area is 1,700 kWh - 1,900 kWh/m2 (the average daily radiation of 4.9 kWh/m2). This creates the good conditions for the province to develop solar power projects for responding the energy planning in the southwestern provinces.


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Q: php - How to generate a list of YouTube videos from a list of random YouTube video IDs? I am looking to create a small PHP website of a collection of random YouTube videos.
I know I will be utilizing the YouTube API.  I've found tutorials on how to use the YouTube API to make search queries, and grab a particular playlist from YouTube, but not necessarily any way to generate a list on my website of video titles, thumbnails and short descriptions from a simple PHP array of random YouTube video IDs.
ie:
  $video_ids = [XXXXXXXXX,XXXXXXXXX,XXXXXXXXX,XXXXXXXXX];

Is there a special YouTube API function or method I can call in the API that does exactly this?  Basically I just want to throw a list of random video IDs at the YouTube API and have the API return information for each of those video IDs in the list.
Thanks for any insight!

A: I would do a PHP curl to:
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos?id={VIDEO ID}&key={API KEY}&fields=items(id,snippet(channelId,title,categoryId),statistics)&part=snippet,statistics
That should return JSON with the info for that video


Everything is just beachy for Mark Wahlberg! A day after he shared his family's sweet holiday card on Instagram, the 47-year-old actor was spotted hanging out on the beach in Barbados with his wife, Rhea Durham, and their four children — Ella, 15, Michael, 12, Brendan, 10, and Grace, 8 — on Wednesday. Mark went shirtless, showing off his chiseled abs, and wore a pair of bright turtle-print swim trunks. He relished in the gorgeous views of the Caribbean island while splashing around in the water. The following day, Mark and Rhea returned to the beach and showed PDA as they hugged in the water and shared a few sweet kisses.
Mark and his family also visited Barbados at the very beginning of the year when he and Rhea showed some hot PDA by locking lips in the water. Evidently, Mark has maintained his muscular physique throughout the entire year, and it's probably because of his insane workout regimen. Although we won't be partaking in 4 a.m. weightlifting or foam rolling anytime soon (or ever), we can appreciate the fruit of Mark's labor with these photos.