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Zheng Tao Among World-Record Breakers at IPC Paralympic World Swimming Championships
Photo Courtesy: Luc Percival
by Jason Marsteller
18 July 2015, 02:27pm
Chinese swimmers delivered two new world records at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, on Saturday (18 July), as three more world records were broken on the penultimate day of competition.
World and Paralympic champion Tao Zheng (1:12.94) stunned the crowds by lowering his own mark in the men's 100m backstroke S6, a time that has stood since he won gold at London 2012. It is the `armless swimmer's' second gold of Glasgow 2015.
Brazilian Talisson Glock (1:13.52) set a new Americas record to take silver. Ukrainian Iaroslav Semenenko sealed the bronze (1:14.93).
Zheng's Paralympic champion teammate Yang Yang (4:17.86) also set a new world best in the men's 200m freestyle S3. Yang pulled Russian silver medallist Dmitrii Kokarev (4:21.94) to a new European record. Ukraine's Serhii Palamarchuk (4:26.81) was third.
Now 13-time world champion Belarusian Ihar Boki (50.85) was also in world breaking form once again in the men's 100m freestyle S13. It was Boki's fifth gold medal – and second new world best – of the week.
Ukraine's Iaroslav Denysenko (51.85) and Russia's Aleksandr Golintovskii (53.19) won silver and bronze respectively.
Sweden's world and Paralympic champion Maja Reichard (1:27.24) improved on her world record in the women's 100m breaststroke SB11, as she did at the World Championships in 2013.
"It's so nice, I'm so happy," Reichard said. "I came here to swim a good breaststroke and that's what I did, so I'm so satisfied with the situation."
Ukraine's Yana Berezhna (1:29.49) was second, whilst Argentina picked up their first medal of Glasgow 2015 with bronze for Nadia Baez (1:34.29).
The Netherlands' Lisette Teunissen (51.23) set another new world record in the women's 50m backstroke S3, her second of the competition. Teunissen saw off Chinese silver medallist Guofen Meng (53.04), who finished in an Asian record time. Ukrainian 2013 champion Olga Sviderska (57.12) was third.
"I am so happy. I wanted to do that in the final," Teunissen said. "Two golds with two world records, can't be better!"
The Russian (4:06.69) men's 4x100m medley relay 34 points shaved more than two seconds off the previous world best set by China at London 2012. Konstantin Lisenkov, Andrei Kalina, Dmitry Grigoryev and Denis Tarasov eased to gold ahead of China (4:14.09) and Ukraine (4:18.25).
Norway's multiple world champion Sarah-Louise Rung set two new Championships records to take an incredible double gold in the women's 100m breaststroke SB4 (1:44.83), and the women's 200m individual medley SM5 (3:19.83) in the space of just 40 minutes.
"It's been a hard day for me – two events very close together – but I'm pleased with my results in the heats and the finals," Rung said. "I have swam better and better towards the end of the week so I'm hoping I swim better in freestyle tomorrow."
Italy's Ghiretti Giulia (1:54.60) and Belarus' Natalia Shavel (2:00.79) rounded-off the podium in the 100m breaststroke.
In the 200m individual medley, Israel's Inbal Pezaro (3:36.23) was second whilst Spain's Teresa Perales (3:41.18) took bronze.
Brazilian Daniel Dias kept his clean sheet intact in the men's 100m breaststroke SB4, winning his sixth gold medal in as many days. Dias (1:36.54) was behind by more than three seconds on the first touch, but managed to reel in the rest of the field and resist a last minute surge from Greek silver medallist Antonios Tsapatakis (1:36.75).
Dias said: "I am very happy with this gold medal. The race in the morning felt like it was going to be a great final and it was. No doubt it was the closest race I've ever had, and at such a high performance event like this, the gold medal is going to be defined by just one touch."
Spain's Ricardo Ten (1:39.90) finished with bronze.
Ying Zhang (1:23.33) continued a great evening for China, touching in for a new Asian record in the women's 100m backstroke S7. New Zealand's Rebecca Dubber (1:23.98) was not far away for silver and the USA's Cortney Jordan (1:24.90) took away her fifth medal with bronze.
Zhang's world champion compatriot Dong Lu (1:25.81) set a new Championships record in the women's 100m backstroke S6. Ukrainian Oksana Khrul (1:26.83) and Russia's Anastasia Diodorova (1:27.75) completed the podium.
Great Britain's Tully Kearney (4:39.29) put in a European record performance to win her second gold in the women's 400m freestyle S9, delighting the home support. Spain's Nuria Marques Soto (4:49.47) was second and the Netherlands' Manon Vermarien (4:53.80) third.
Kearney's teammate Hannah Russell (27.51) impressed in the women's 50m freestyle S12, just edging Russian 2013 world champion Darya Stukalova (27.53) to the wall. Germany's Naomi Maike Schnittger (28.29) took bronze.
"I thought that I did have the speed, so it was going to be a very tight race tonight I knew that," Russell said. "0.02 – you can't get any closer than that, so I'm really, really happy."
Japan's Keichi Kimura (1:14.04) kept his world title in the men's 100m breaststroke SB11, and also took the Championships best time. The USA's Tharon Drake (1:15.26) and Ukrainian Oleksandr Mashchenko (1:16.49) sealed silver and bronze respectively.
Ukrainian Anna Stetsenko (58.91) finally made it onto the top of the podium in the women's 100m freestyle S13 with a new Championships record, having already secured a series of silver and bronze medals. Great Britain's Hannah Russell (59.26) won her second medal of the night in silver with Russian Darya Stukalova (59.44) completing the top three.
Stetsenko's world champion teammate Dmytro Vynohradets (47.63) was also in record-breaking form, bringing down the Championships mark in the men's 50m backstroke S3. Italian Vincenzo Boni (48.41) took his third medal in as many races with silver and Russian Alexander Makarov (51.74) took bronze.
The world's fastest Paralympian and world champion Maksym Veraksa (23.92) won Ukraine's third gold of the evening in the men's 50m freestyle S12. Azerbaijani brothers Raman (24.39) and Dzmitry Salei (24.46) took silver and bronze respectively.
Brazilian Andre Brasil (51.15) took victory in the men's 100m freestyle S10, winning his third medal from an outside lane. His compatriot Phelipe Rodrigues (52.25) did have a strong last 25m, but it was not enough and he settled for silver. Canadian Nathan Stein (53.29) took bronze.
"It's amazing, it's a great reward for giving my best and 100 per cent here," Brasil said.
New Zealand's world and Paralympic champion Sophie Pascoe (1:00.16) held on for gold in an incredibly close women's 100m freestyle S10 final, ahead of Canada's Aurelie Rivard (1:00.25). Rivard's time is a second Americas record in one day for the 19-year-old. Dutch speedster Summer Mortimer (1:01.24) was third.
"Everyone has stepped their game up on the way into Rio," Pascoe said. "It was about going out there and winning at these games, world records will come with training. I could see her [Rivard] at the last 10m and I thought `just go for it' and I even broke a nail!"
Pascoe also paid tribute to her coach who is missing out on a competition for the first time in 15 years due to illness.
Australia's Brendan Hall (4:15.03) retained his world title in the men's 400m freestyle S9, to seal his second gold of the week. Italy's Federico Morlacchi (4:17.50) swam to silver and there was delight for 2016 Euros hosts Portugal, as David Grachat (4:23.79) got onto the podium.
Hall's teammate Maddison Elliott (1:17.93) beat multiple world and Paralympic gold medallists Jessica Long (1:19.07) of the USA and Russian Oleysa Vladykina (1:19.79) in the women's 100m backstroke S8.
Russian 18-year-old Andrei Gladkov (1:09.70) picked up his second gold in the men's 100m backstroke S7 to improve on his silver from 2013. Ukrainian Marian Kvasntysia (1:13.16) and Brazil's Italo Pereiro (1:15.00) were second and third respectively.
World and Paralympic champion Konstantin Lisenkov (1:05.81) just touched in for his second gold of the Championships ahead of Ukrainian Iurii Bozhynskyi (1:05.94) in the men's 100m backstroke S8. Great Britain's Oliver Hynd (1:06.08) maintained his 100 per cent podium record in his last outing for bronze.
At the end of the penultimate day of competition, Russia have strengthened their lead at the top of the table with 55 medals, including 24 gold. Ukraine have the same total, but have increased to 20 golds. The USA are third with 27 medals with 11 golds.
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T-Pain clears his brother's $1.4 million hospital bill
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T-Pain, who is referred to by most as the auto-tune master, made an announcement on his Instagram account on Boxing Day that has attracted lots of praise from his fans. The artiste disclosed that he is taking responsibility for the $1.4 million incurred as hospital bills for his brother's treatment.
He firstly expressed gratitude to all who had been involved in helping his brother stay alive as well as the hospital staff. According to him he just received the bills for his brother's treatment from the two hospitals where he was treated.
I first wanna say thank you to all the ppl that were involved in keeping my brother alive. I can't express enough gratitude to the medical staff that kept my family whole. My brother was in two hospitals for a total of a month and some change. Just got the bills ??♂.
A post shared by T-Pain (@tpain) on Dec 26, 2018 at 1:40pm PST
T-Pain has not shared any information about the current state of his brother's health. What we know is that over the last one month T-Pain has spent a huge amount of cash on handling the hospital bills. The rapper posted two bills, $ 1,132,746.67 and $270,231.40.
Only last month the Tallahassee-born hitmaker sued his former management company for over $1 million in damages. The company however fired back at the rapper saying he had poor discipline with regards to finances as he squandered millions of dollars while their partnership existed.
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#Ferguson: Darren Wilson's prearrest silence may be admissible
Good afternoon:
BettyKath asked the following question in the comments to yesterday's post, Grand Jury should indict Darren Wilson because his claim of self-defense is contradicted by autopsy results and all eyewitnesses.
Didn't the Supreme Court rule that maintaining silence before the Miranda warning, i.e. before being arrested, can be interpreted as a sign of guilt?
This is an excellent question regarding the admissibility of prearrest silence and my answer is the subject of today's blog.
Yes, prearrest silence can be interpreted as evidence of guilt unless the suspect/defendant specifically invokes his fifth amendment right to remain silent. In Jenkins v. Anderson, 447 U.S. 231 (1980), the defendant did not report the killing to the police until he turned himself in to police two weeks later. He told them that he stabbed the victim to death in self-defense. At trial, the prosecutor cross examined him regarding his failure to report the killing and to claim self-defense when it happened. He also commented on his silence in closing argument claiming that it was evidence of guilt.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) affirmed his conviction rejecting his argument that the comments on his prearrest silence violated his fifth amendment right to remain silent. The Court held that his silence was admissible because a defendant must expressly claim his right to remain silent for it to apply.
See also Salinas v. Texas, 133 S. Ct. 2174 (2013).
Pursuant to Jenkins and Salinas, Wilson's failure to fill out the incident report (i.e., his silence) will be admissible against him at trial unless he expressly refused to do so citing his fifth amendment right to remain silent.
Apparently, he did not do that because the cover sheet is filled out, but the section where his narrative report should be is blank.
If he orally invoked his right to remain silent when he turned in his blank incident report, his prearrest silence will not be admissible.
In any event, the prosecutor doesn't have to comment on Wilson's silence to get an indictment because, as I stated yesterday, he can obtain it by merely calling the eyewitnesses and presenting the autopsy report.
Although Wilson's prearrest silence will not be admissible at trial, assuming he expressly invoked his right to remain silent, we also have to consider whether his oral statements to others that he shot in self-defense will be admissible.
No, they are not admissible because they constitute inadmissible self-serving hearsay.
That leaves Darren Wilson between a rock and a hard place.
He must testify in order to get his 'bum-rush' defense into evidence and a self-defense instruction. However, if he testifies, none of the eyewitnesses saw a 'bum rush' and if he tells a different story, he can be confronted with his 'bum rush' story.
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Liveblogging Michael Dunn trial defense case
We will be live blogging the Michael Dunn trial today and watching the proceedings via live stream link at First Coast News.
I recommend opening two browser pages, one for the blog and the other for the live stream. Size each one half-size so that you can view them side by side.
Court resumes at 8 am.
We are in the defense case.
Defense has possibly 2 more witnesses to call:
Doctor John Abuso, who is supposedly an expert regarding reactions by juveniles to extremely stressful situations, and possibly the defendant.
Here's my take on Dr. Abus, who would presumably testify that fleeing from a shooting scene and ordering a pizza after attempting to kill four teenagers in an SUV is a normal human reaction (H/T to Lurker for the snarky remark):
Many thanks to Blushed Brown for providing a link to John Abuso's website.
He has a D.Min after his name that I assume to be a Doctor of Divinity. He also claims to be an ordained minister.
Where he went to school to obtain his degree is not listed.
He lists no articles published in professional peer reviewed journals.
He claims to be:
Lic. Marriage & Family Therapist
Clinical Member AAMFT
Clinical Member ATSA
AAMFT is the American Association of Mariage and Family Therapists.
ATSA is the Association for the Treatment of Sex Offenders
He also claims to have received advance training in Ericksonian hypnotherapy.
I am not seeing any evidence of a scientific or medical basis to what this man does.
By almost any standard that I can imagine, this guy is not qualified to express a science or medical based opinion regarding any matter in this case. Therefore, his testimony should be excluded under Rule 702 as not helpful to the jury to decide an issue of that nature in this case.
Because there is no evidence of self-defense admitted into evidence, I do not believe Judge Healey will give a self-defense instruction unless Dunn testifies.
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Opening statements in the Zimmerman trial today
Opening statements are scheduled to begin at 9 am EDT, but they probably will not start before 9:15 because both sides are going to want to get a ruling from Judge Nelson before opening statements on the defense argument that several statements by the defendant after the shooting to W13 and the police are admissible pursuant to the res gestae exception to the hearsay rule.
She previously granted the State's motion in limine to exclude all of the defendants statements after the shooting on the ground that they were self-serving hearsay. The statements at issue today were excluded pursuant to that ruling. Therefore, the defense cannot mention them in their opening statement, unless Judge Nelson reverses her earlier decision regarding these particular statements.
They want to mention the statements during their opening statement because GZ said he killed TRayvon Martin in self-defense.
The State likely will oppose the defense motion with an argument similar to the one that I made in my Friday evening post.
I believe opening statements are extremely important because they provide the first and only opportunity for each side to explain their respective theories of the case to the jury and briefly discuss the supporting evidence. Many lawyers compare an opening statement to a road map. If a lawyer makes a good opening statement, jurors will have a good overview of the case and the evidence that will be presented. If a lawyer makes a bad opening statement, the jurors will be confused and not know what to expect.
An opening statement should not exceed 20 minutes. Therefore, clarity and brevity are important. Detail, not so much.
An opening statement is not an argument. For that reason you will hear the lawyers often say, "We expect the evidence will show ABC or XYZ.
If a lawyer starts arguing what the evidence means, you should expect opposing counsel to object.
Prior to opening statements, Judge Nelson will instruct the jury that the remarks of counsel are not evidence.
Evidence consists of the testimony of the witnesses and the exhibits admitted by Judge Nelson.
I am hoping the State will mention what the evidence will show about GZ's phone calls before and after he killed Trayvon.
Bernie de la Rionda (BDLR) has to decide whether to introduce any of the defendant's statements during the State's case in chief or save them for rebuttal.
He could do it either way, but the less he introduces during his case in chief, the more likely GZ will testify.
Here's the link to the livestream coverage.
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbcnews.com/52117880/
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I have changed my mind and now support Judge Nelson's decision
I was in the waiting room at my doctor's office down in Tennessee browsing through a dictionary looking for new words with which to torture y'all when CNN announced that Judge Nelson had issued an order excluding the State's audio experts (Tom Owen and Dr. Alan Reich) from testifying at the trial. For those of you who may not be as familiar with the case as we are, both experts would have testified that George Zimmerman did not utter that haunting shriek. Dr. Reich also would have testified that Trayvon Martin likely uttered the shriek.
The anchor person said Judge Nelson determined that there is an absence of agreement in the scientific community that the methodologies used by Mr. Owen and Dr. Reich were capable of identifying the source of the terrified death shriek due to the current inability in the scientific community to match a voice exemplar with a shout, the poor quality of the 911 recording, and the short length of time in which there are no competing sounds on the recording and only the shriek can be heard (approximately 3 seconds).
Although I predicted Judge Nelson would deny the defense motion, I cannot say that I am surprised or dismayed by her decision. In fact, and I may surprise some of you with this statement, I am going to compliment Judge Nelson for her decision because it is the right decision at the right time in our nation's courts and I believe it took a lot of courage for her to make it, especially in a high visibility case like this one in which the whole world is watching.
I have previously written about the deplorable state of forensic science in our nation and the need for standards, regulatory oversight, and mandatory blind proficiency testing of lab personnel modeled after the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA). There is no question in my mind that Dr. Nakasone and Dr. Weyman are on the right track attempting to establish a national set of standards and accepted methodologies for use in forensic voice identification. Judge Nelson did the right thing by endorsing their efforts and her decision was courageous because a lot of forensic scientists and the prosecutors and defense lawyers who employ them will criticize her.
My support for the admissibility of the results obtained by Mr. Owen and Dr. Reich is based on the unique set of circumstances of this case in which the shriek could only have been uttered by one of two known individuals. This situation only requires eliminating one of the two individuals. Since all of the experts who testified agreed that the methodologies used by the State's experts have been used for many years and continue to be used today; it was easier to exclude than to declare a match; the defense was unable to find an expert willing to testify that George Zimmerman uttered the shriek; and the circumstantial evidence proves that Trayvon Martin uttered the shriek; I concluded that the State's experts should have been permitted to testify. I still believe that would have been an appropriate conclusion to reach applying the Frye rule.
I am very pleased and proud of your reaction to the news. I anticipated dismay, some panic, and cynical complaints that Judge Nelson is corrupt and the outcome is rigged. I anticipated this reaction because I confess that it was my first reaction. A 2-hour motorcycle ride home on a beautiful afternoon driving on a lesser-traveled 2-lane highway curving through forests and corn fields with the Crane-Station sitting behind me was the perfect antidote. I fully engaged in driving my motorcycle, forgot my disappointment, and realized the prosecution is in a much better position because of her ruling.
When I arrived home and checked the blog I saw that y'all were taking it in stride without any help from me. Y'all know that the prosecution does not need the expert testimony to convince the jury that Trayvon Martin uttered the shriek and I think y'all also realize that not presenting the expert testimony avoids the inevitable distraction and confusion that a battle of the experts might cause. Indeed, in a case like this with only two possible individuals who could have uttered the shriek, there is virtually no chance that any jury would conclude that the shooter uttered that shriek when the evidence will show that he was the person who was armed, he was the person who got out of his vehicle and ran after an unarmed Trayvon when Trayvvon attempted to get away from him, he was the person who admitted to establishing control over Trayvon with a wristlock before pulling his gun and shooting Trayvon, and the shriek ends with the gunshot. Just as we do not need a weatherman to tell us which way the wind blows, we also do not need experts to tell us who uttered that shriek. Neither will the jury.
Therefore, Judge Nelson did the prosecution a huge favor by excluding the experts. In essence, she applied the KISS rule and is forcing the prosecution to do the same thing. She deserves to be thanked for that, not criticized. Y'all realized that without any assistance from me and that is why I am so proud of you and so delighted to see how much you know about the case and how sophisticated you have become in understanding the evidence and the rules governing the use of expert witnesses.
Anyone lacking your knowledge of the evidence in this case would have thought the prosecution had lost any chance to convict George Zimmerman, given the near unanimity of so-called legal experts characterizing this ruling and the selection of an all woman jury as devastating disasters for the prosecution.
Before I got involved in this case, I did not believe my low opinion of the national media and their so-called legal experts could possibly get any lower. However, the nonsense they are spewing as informed opinion has significantly lowered the bar. Despite its availability, they are ignoring the evidence that we have so carefully analyzed and discussed. They have accepted Mark O'Mara's false narrative and joined in demonizing an innocent 17-year-old kid with loving parents and a bright future. I would have considered myself extraordinarily fortunate if Trayvon were my son and I would have been extremely proud of him. Anyone lawyer who has joined in the demonization of Trayvon and his parents by appearing on national television and voicing an expert opinion regarding the case that endorses the false narrative as though it were true, is a fundamentally dishonest human being without empathy or moral compass.
In many ways, Travon's case functions as a mirror reflecting the prejudices people have about race, black male teenagers, and black people as parents and citizens. With the selection off an all female jury, the case is reflecting the prejudices people have about women as decision-makers.
Before this case, I knew we had a long long way to go before we reach a place where we no longer disrespect people by the color of their skin and their gender.
Trayvon's case has taught me that our society is far more racist and sexist than I imagined. His case is an opportunity to set the record right and recommit to seeking equality and justice for all of our people as opposed to a privileged few.
Congratulations to all of you from your humble professor.
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What really happened moments after the gunshot in the Zimmerman case
Don West impeached his client with the legal document he filed yesterday titled, Defendant's Specific Response to State's Motion in Limine Regarding Self-Serving Hearsay Statements of Defendant.
He said at pages 2-3.
Witness 13 and his wife heard a commotion in the back of their townhome. They heard yelling and then heard a shot. Witness 13 grabbed a flashlight and went outside to see what had happened. Within seconds of the shooting, W13 approached Mr. Zimmerman who was staggering, bleeding and breathing hard. The witness observed blood on Mr. Zimmerman's face and the back of his head consistent with someone having been injured in a fight. Mr. Zimmerman asked W13 if he was bleeding? Witness 13 said "Yes" and W13 asked Mr. Zimmerman what had happened? Mr. Zimmerman told W13 that the other person was "beating me up" and he shot him.
Within a minute or so, Sanford Police Officer Tim Smith arrived on foot at the location where Mr. Zimmerman and W13 were standing. Officer Smith spoke with Mr. Zimmerman at the scene upo his arrival. Mr. Zimmerman acknowledged being the person who fired the shot and that he had a firearm on him. Mr. Zimmerman spontaneously stated that he had yelled for help and that no one helped him.
With that fresh in your mind, please watch what the defendant told the police about those moments during his walk-through for the Sanford Police Department a little less than 24 hours after he killed Trayvon Martin.
Thank you to LLMPapa for preparing these two clips from the walk-through.
Congratulations, Mr. West.
You have succeeded in proving that your client lied.
Can you pass the straight-face test when you argue to Judge Nelson that the defendant's "spontaneous" statements to W13 are reliable and accurate?
What is she going to think about your credibility and professionalism when the State shows her the walk-through video?
By the way, was his statement to the person he called on his cell phone another "spontaneous" utterance?
As long as you are spillin' the beans, why don't you tell us who he called and what he said.
FYI: A few minutes after I posted this article, I reversed the order of the two clips because #2, which is now #1, is more directly relevant given the focus of the article. I apologize for any confusion that may have caused.
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Zimmerman's statements after the shooting are not admissible
Good evening:
Don West filed a written motion this afternoon identifying the defendant's statements that he claims are admissible pursuant to the res gestae exception to the hearsay rule.
The statements are hearsay and not admissible pursuant to the res gestae or any other exception to the hearsay rule.
Mr. West describes the statements as follows:
The defense bases its argument on Alexander v. State, 627 So.2d 35, 43-44 (1st DCA 1993), where the Court stated,
We conclude that the trial court erred in excluding the testimony of witnesses to the shooting that described appellant Alexander's exclamations and actions immediately after firing the shot that killed the victim. This testimony was admissible under the res gestae rule now codified in sections 90.803(1), (2), and (3), Florida Statutes (1991), which define the conditions for admissibility of (1) spontaneous statements, (2) excited utterances, and (3) then existing mental and emotional conditions of the declarant. The statements about which these witnesses could testify were made almost simultaneously with the act of shooting, a period of time too short to support a finding of fabrication that would destroy the apparent trustworthiness of this evidence. The mere fact that statements are self-serving is not, in and of itself, a sufficient evidentiary basis for their exclusion from evidence. No legal principle excludes statements or conduct of a party solely on the ground that such statements or conduct is self-serving. State v. Johnson, 671 P.2d 215 (Utah 1983); State v. Wallace, 97 Ariz. 296, 399 P.2d 909 (1965); Commonwealth v. Fatalo, 345 Mass. 85, 185 N.E.2d 754 (1962). See also United States v. Dellinger, 472 F.2d 340, 381 (7th Cir.1972), cert. denied, 410 U.S. 970, 93 S.Ct. 1443, 35 L.Ed.2d 706 (1973). While exculpatory statements of the accused generally are excluded from criminal cases because of their hearsay character, 29 Am.Jur.2d Evidence § 621 (1967), the courts of this state have long recognized an exception to this general rule where the statements form a part of the res gestae of the alleged offense. Jenkins v. State, 58 Fla. 62, 50 So. 582 (1909); Lowery v. State, 402 So.2d 1287 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); Watkins v. State, 342 So.2d 1057 (Fla. 1st DCA), cert. denied, 353 So.2d 680 (Fla. 1977).[2] Furthermore, Florida has followed a liberal rule concerning the admittance of res gestae statements. See Appell v. State, 250 So.2d 318 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 257 So.2d 257 (Fla. 1971). Accordingly, we do not see any basis on this record for concluding that this testimony was lacking in apparent trustworthiness and probative value. Thus, we are impelled to conclude that the exclusion of the proffered testimony of res gestae statements in this case was an abuse of discretion and, under the circumstances of this case, cannot be treated as harmless error.
Accord: Stiles v. State, 672 So.2d 850 (4th DCA 1996).
Therefore, the critical question for Judge Nelson to decide is whether the statements "form a part of the res gestae of the alleged offense" such that the Court can find that there is no basis to conclude that "the testimony [is] lacking in apparent trustworthiness and probative value."
Contrary to the defense assertion that "within seconds of the shooting," the witness saw the defendant "staggering, bleeding and breathing hard," the evidence will show that the witness described the defendant as "calm and collected" and within a few minutes all of his vital signs were normal when an EMT checked him. Indeed, he was cool, calm and collected.
With the exception of a few minor injuries that did not require stitches, a trip to the ER or even a bandaid, the defendant did not even appear to have been in a fight. Moreover, the only witness who described seeing a fight subsequently retracted that statement.
The evidence also will establish that the terrified death shriek ended when the defendant fired the fatal shot and both of the state's expert witnesses have excluded the defendant as the person who uttered that haunting scream.
The evidence will show that, at the time he uttered the statements, he knew that the police were on their way and due to arrive any second.
Finally, the evidence will show that, instead of using his cell phone to call 911 for an emergency vehicle and attempting CPR until medical assistance arrived, he mounted Trayvon, placed his hands around his throat and subsequently stood up and had a casual conversation with a neighbor about the type of gun and ammunition he used to shoot Trayvon.
Under these circumstances, unlike the two cases cited by Mr. West, there is no basis for Judge Nelson to conclude that the statements "form a part of the res gestae of the alleged offense" such that the Court can find that there is no basis to conclude that "the testimony [is] lacking in apparent trustworthiness and probative value." In fact, quite the opposite is true.
Here is Wiki with a little more information on the res gestae exception, in case it remains unclear:
Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, res gestae is an exception to the rule against hearsay evidence based on the belief that, because certain statements are made naturally, spontaneously, and without deliberation during the course of an event, they leave little room for misunderstanding/misinterpretation upon hearing by someone else (i.e., by the witness, who will later repeat the statement to the court) and thus the courts believe that such statements carry a high degree of credibility. Statements that can be admitted into evidence as res gestae fall into three headings:
Words or phrases that either form part of, or explain, a physical act,
Exclamations that are so spontaneous as to belie concoction, and
Statements that are evidence of someone's state of mind.
The defendant's statements establish that he was in a full cover-up mode knowing that the police were en route and due to arrive any second.
Therefore, the cases cited by Mr. West do not apply and the defendant's statements are inadmissible hearsay.
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All Female Jury to decide Zimmerman case, Opening Statements Monday at 9 am
We have a jury, an all female jury.
The four alternates:
Two males and two females.
Here's a link to fauxmccoy's chart on the jurors.
Those in green made the jury. Those in red were stricken.
I tried hundreds of cases during my 30 year career and never had an all female or an all male jury.
5 of the 6 women are white. One is Hispanic.
5 of the 6 women are mothers.
I would be very worried, if I were George Zimmerman, because I believe those mothers are not going to believe him. I think they are going to hold him accountable for killing an unarmed teenager.
I am unhappy that none of the jurors are black, but I do not believe that is going to affect the final outcome of this case.
I predict GZ will testify because Mark O'Mara did not voir dire the panel of jurors regarding a defendant's right to remain silent and not testify. When my clients decided not to testify, I always made sure that the jurors understood that my clients were not required to testify and no one could assume that their silence was evidence of guilt.
Judge Nelson announced that counsel will give their opening statements beginning at 9 am EDT on Monday morning.
After she dismissed the remainder of the panel and swore in the jurors, Judge Nelson excused the jury and completed the evidentiary part of the Frye hearing.
Assistant State Attorney Manthei summed up the situation when he said there was nothing novel or new about the methodologies used by the State's experts. What is new is a move across several different scientific disciplines to establish a universal set of standards to use when attempting to match a recording of an unknown voice to a database of recorded voices of known individuals in order to declare a match.
That is a far more complicated task than listening to a known voice and excluding that known individual as the source of a voice on a recording. There are only two possible sources of the terrified shriek that ends with the shot and it's not difficult to exclude the armed defendant who admitted firing the fatal shot as the source of that scream.
Manthei added that the State was not responsible for the recent news reports that the defense had an expert who identified GZ as the source of the scream.
And some PJs mentioned hearing that in the news before reporting for jury service.
However, as it turned out, the defense could find no expert to testify to that opinion and the reports were false.
If I were Judge Nelson, I would rule that the State's experts may testify and express their opinions. The defendant's objections go to the weight of the evidence, not its admissibility.
Judge Nelson will issue her ruling after court reconvenes at 9 am tomorrow.
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Storytelling Sunday: School Stories
It's Storytelling Sunday over at Sian's blog, From High in the Sky. You can go there to find a treasure trove of stories to read. Do pop by to read them, and let people know your thoughts in the comments. But first, stay for a story from school. (Names changed for reasons of anonymity and whatnot).
Ben raised his hand and I braced myself. It's an automatic reaction that is necessary for survival with certain students, and this one rarely fails to disappoint.
"Miss, why would you put beans in your boots?"
"I'm sorry?" I asked. Clearly this one was going to take some untangling.
"In Question 7, it says we have to estimate how many baked beans you'd need to fill a pair of wellies. Why would you want to put beans in your wellies?"
I leaned over to read the question over his shoulder and read the question. They were working on estimating and doing arithmetical calculations in their heads. I shook my head.
"I'm not sure I understand, Ben"
"But miss, you don't put beans in boots"
"I'm sorry, but I'm still not with you." I replied sadly. "Are you trying to be funny?"
"No miss!" he asserted. Slightly untruthfully I felt as he now had the attention of the class, which was almost certainly what he wanted. "Look, it really says it-"
"I can see that, Ben"
"-And that's really gross!"
I took a deep breath. "But everyone keeps their beans in their wellies. Are you trying to tell me that you don't?"
He grinned. "I put my feet in my boots."
"GROSS!" I made a face. "Why would you put your feet in your beans?"
"Wha---!"
"Do you put your feet in all your food?" I interrupted.
"No miss, I-"
"Just your beans then."
"I don't put beans in my boots!"
"I don't get it" I replied, shrugging. "I thought everyone kept their beans in their boots. Right gents?" I appealed to the class who were, for once, listening with rapt attention. True to form, as one man, they nodded their agreement, chorusing "Yes miss!"
Ben wasn't going down that easily. "But I don't put my feet in my beans. I eat them."
"You eat your feet???!!!" I exclaimed. "That's really bad for your health you know, Ben."
"No! The beans!"
I raised my arms in mock despair. "You eat your beans after you've put your feet in them?"
"Not the beans, the boots"
"I wouldn't eat your boots if I were you." I advised. Pretty good advice and I stand by it. "Plus, if you eat your boots, where do you put your beans?"
Ben spluttered. "Miss..."
"I'm sorry Ben, I'm going have to discuss this with your parents at parents evening tomorrow night. Do they know your put your feet in beans and then eat them?"
"I don't, miss."
I frowned at him. "You said you did. So either you lied before or you're lying now. Something else I'm going to have to tell your parents."
Ben wasn't giving up that easy. "But miss-"
This was as far as I was prepared to let him get through that sentence. Enough time messing about, time to carry on with some actual learning.
"Actually, lots of people have quite smelly feet". I mused out loud.
"Cheesy feet!" piped up Elliot.
I grinned. "Exactly. Cheesy feet. And I don't know about you, but I don't fancy cheesy feet beans on toast for lunch. So either you pack it in now, or that's exactly what I serve you all at lunchtime. In detention." I smirked at Ben and he knew himself defeated. Score: Miss Smith 1.
P.S. For those who were wondering, it takes about 15 tins of beans to fill a pair of adult wellies. This troubled Elliot somewhat as he'd put 2000, but he'd worked out the number of beans, instead of the number of tins, as requested in the question. For purposes of thoroughness, we worked it out and you actually need about 6000 beans. Delicious!
Amy 6 May 2012 at 09:21
Hmmm, tasty! Oh Miss Smith, those poor boys, you are tormenting them!
Missus Wookie 6 May 2012 at 09:57
Did you work out how many extra beans you'd need for a LARGE pair of wellies? As an adult I wear size 6, Ewok however wears size 12 or 13 - I suspect there will be more beans in his. Don't like baked beans though, even in wellies. But I love the teasing and the form backing you up.
Jo 6 May 2012 at 10:48
This did make me chuckly, I love your tales from the classroom.
Those boys :)
Louise 6 May 2012 at 11:05
Oh Miss Smith!!! You are just too good xxx
scrappyjacky 6 May 2012 at 11:39
It's always best to have the last word!!
debs14 6 May 2012 at 11:54
When I see your name come up on Storytelling Sunday I can feel myself smile in anticipation! Another great tale from classroom!
Abi 6 May 2012 at 12:15
ha ha! I lOVE your tales from the classroom. I bet these boys were so confused bless them!
Sian 6 May 2012 at 12:35
LOL! I have extra tiny feet, so maybe I could get away with fewer. Beans I mean, not feet. Which would be handy, as I'm not a big fan. Of Beans, again, not feet. Those, I like. Always a joy Miss Smith!
Ruth 6 May 2012 at 14:59
Brilliantly told, as always!
Nathalie 6 May 2012 at 15:16
LOL!!! I don't know how you go on in a conversation like this without bursting in laughter!!
humel 6 May 2012 at 15:44
Ah, I love battles of wits with pupils :) Did you ever find out where he kept his beans?
furrypig 6 May 2012 at 16:10
that is really funny, well done on being so quick with your replies!
Kirsty.A 6 May 2012 at 16:37
I do love your school stories, but I'm with Ben on this one. What is the point of maths anyway if all you finally find out is hoew many cans of beans it takes to fill your boots???
Sabrina DS 6 May 2012 at 18:12
Now I understand why I never liked math… ;-)
Have a nice Sunday,
Cheers from France
Another cracker..when will these boys ever learn?!
The Mann Fam 6 May 2012 at 23:45
Love your stories. I had to read it aloud to My Mann who was sitting near by. We had a good laugh.
Irene 7 May 2012 at 08:53
You are such a good storyteller. This really made me laugh out loud. You have to have your wits about you as a Teacher, don't you!
Cheri 7 May 2012 at 20:29
OMG - laugh out loud funny. I always look forward to your school tales and this one did not disappoint! Love the quick wit. Although I have to admit Ben has a point - putting beans in your boots really is disgusting. Seems the writers of the math books could come up with some more true-to-life (aka - useful) examples to work with!
Lynn 7 May 2012 at 22:21
Another gem Miss Smith - how do you keep a straight face in class!
Barbara Eads 8 May 2012 at 01:12
So the whole thing was a joke? Or do you really put beans in boots?
I'm with Ben :-) I always thought the nonsense questions in math were silly. Why would you even want to estimate how many cans of beans would fill your wellies? But some math text book writers must have a strange sense of humour as we always got them LOL
Susanne 8 May 2012 at 20:39
I shall not look at beans the same way next time - gross!
Gail 12 May 2012 at 14:32
I always look forward to reading your school stories and this one sure didn't disappoint. What a chuckle!
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Literary Traditions Festival
Juliusz Słowacki and Zbigniew Herbert
comment on the Pan Tadeusz Museum
temporary exhibition – a part of the second edition of the Literary Traditions Festival
4 September–2 December 2018
opening: 4 September 2018 (Tuesday), 5 PM
Rynek 6, Wrocław
Pan Tadeusz Museum in Wrocław would like to invite you to a temporary exhibition inspired by the oeuvre of two remarkable poets, Juliusz Słowacki and Zbigniew Herbert. The exhibition is a part of the second edition of the Literary Traditions Festival.
In Autumn 2017, Pan Tadeusz Museum organized the first edition of the Liteerary Traditions Festival, dedicated to connections between Adam Mickiewicz and Tadeusz Różewicz. This year, we open the festiwal on 4 September with the launch of Juliusz Słowacki and Zbigniew Herbert comment on the Pan Tadeusz Museum. Subsequent festival events will take place in October and November.
The exhibition at the Pan Tadeusz Museum sets up an important context for following events of the festival. The idea of this temporary exhibition is centered around Słowacki's and Herbert's manuscripts located within the space of the permanent exhibition, so they provide a commentary – serious, metaphorical, sometimes ironic. Additional art interventions will be included in the multimedia displays, which complement the museum's narrative.
Selecting Juliusz Słowacki as the protagonist of the second edition of the Ossolineum's festival seems natural – in late 19th and early 20th century, the institution was called "The Słowacki House", and some of the poet's manuscripts were donated already in 1866. they included rough copies and official manuscripts of his works, valuable drawings from his travels to the East (from the Holy Land to Naples, 1836-37) and accompanying notes about the poet's finances. Other manuscripts were donated to Ossolineum from various sources about 1909, on the centenary of the poet's birth. They were complemented by family portraits and even a lock of hair.
The Ossoliński National Institute, founded in 1817, has been famous for its extraordinary literary collections of Polish authors since the very beginning of its existence. During the partition period, such collecting was a part of a mission to preserve Polishness; the colections included not only well-known works but also unpublished ones, as well as letters. The mission continued after World War II, when the Institute was reactivated in Wrocław. The collections were being constantly expanded, also through mail requests sent to authors. In 1983, Zbigniew Herbert responded to such a request, and donated to Ossolineum, as he described it himself, a bit of poetry, a bit of prose and a bit of life – the poems "Divine Claudius", "To Ryszard Krynicki – a letter" in various edits, the sketch of "Still life with a bridle" and fragments of editorial mail exchange. In 2009, the Manuscript Department received new poems by Herbert, written between 1950-75, a short story "The case of the elephant", and an essay "Il duomo". Some of these objects will be available at the exhibition.
The exhibition Juliusz Słowacki and Zbigniew Herbert comment on the Pan Tadeusz Museum opens on Tuesday, 4 September 2018, at 5 PM – the 209th anniversary of Juliusz Słowacki's birth. The exhibition will be presented until 2 December 2018.
Apart from the exhibition, the programme of the festival includes theatre workshops, family workshops, meetings with translators, creative writing classes, workshops of poetry in sign language, art workshops for the patients of the Lower Silesia Centre for Mental Health, a conference for teachers, an academic conference, a poetry slam and the launch of "Interpretacje", a new literature periodical published by the Pan Tadeusz Museum.
The Literary Traditions Festival is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as a part of the Culture Promotion Fund.
Media patronage:
TVP Kultura, TVP 3 Wrocław, Gazeta Wrocławska, Naszemiasto.pl, Radio Luz, O.pl Polski Portal Kultury, Booklips.pl, Wroclife.pl, Radio Wrocław, Radio RAM, Radio Wrocław Kultura
PROGRAM II FESTIWALU TRADYCJI LITERACKICH


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Rooney Mara, Tatiana Maslany Testing For 2016 'Star Wars' Standalone Film
By eelyajekiM | @ | Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 at 12:27 pm
Star Wars spinoffs was the first thing that came to mind when Disney announced that they would be releasing a Star Wars film every year when they acquired LucasFilm. So with Star Wars: The Force Awakens already in post-production, its time to look forward to 2016.
Godzilla's Gareth Edwards will direct a standalone film based on a draft written by Gary Whitta, who amicably left to write Starlight. He was then reportedly replaced by Simon Kinberg, who was a consultant on The Force Awakens and is an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels. With the script looking like its near completion, Edwards is setting his sights on finding a cast. And it looks like he has narrowed the female lead to three stars.
Rooney Mara (The Social Network, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), and Felicity Jones (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Theory Of Everything) are all reportedly testing for the lead female role.
According to THR, Maslany is testing, with Mara due in for her test this week. The team is eyeing Oscar nominee Felicity Jones, who may not be able to test for the role as it conflicts with her schedule for Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code sequel Inferno this spring and summer.
If the rumors of the film being about the rebel forces hiring bounty hunters to steal the plans to the Death Star are true, then the idea that all of this could be lead by a female character would be fantastic. The three potential stars are all very talented.
While testing is currently going on, Edwards is continuing to look for a full-time writer to polish the script. In the same report, it is said that Kinberg will not take over as the writer.
Edwards's film is scheduled for release on December 16, 2016.
[Source: THR]
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We stand in the dark shadows, in the dead of the night, in company yet alone. Hands bound behind our backs. Eyes covered even in darkness.
We stand in line, shoulder to shoulder, wearing but our undergarments. We can hear the night cry of the bush baby, the sinister ruffle of the forest leaves, the ominous song of our rebirth.
Some of us have come to seek power, others belonging, a few even, salvation.
Our initiators kick, punch, smack and bruise us. We endure the pain that comes with this torment amidst stifling screams. This is our epiphany. We must welcome it. Accept it. Revel in it.
In the end, our blindfolds and binds are taken off. A patriarch adorned in a regalia of authority administers to us. He makes us swear on honour and blood. Then he welcomes us into a new family. A family bound by honour and blood.
We are the sheep that have become wolves. We are the python that has broken out from its shell. Like the night's sky under which we are reborn, we are the cold unapologetic darkness.
We wince from the pain resonating our beaten bodies and force smiles. We have just become hard men.
Our stint would be short. We do not know this now but in two weeks' time, a war would break out on campus – between our family and another. Many of us would fall to gunshots and wielded machetes. Some innocents would follow.
Before the Vice Chancellor would invite the military to sweep the campus grounds for those responsible for the menace; before one of us would snitch and give our names away to the authorities; before heavy metal chains would restrain my wrists and clamp down my feet, I would sit alone in my dorm room, nursing a bottle of beer, and wish that I hadn't gone through with the initiation.
U actually 'initiated' me into loving and reading poems and short stories..good piece hun!!


Mohamed Salah scored the 50th goal of his Premier League career in Liverpool's 4-3 win against Crystal Palace, but what was his best strike? Have your say by voting below.
The Egypt international has been a sensation in front of goal since moving to Anfield from Roma in the summer of 2017, bringing up his half century on Saturday.
There have been some breathtaking efforts from Salah - who also scored twice in the top flight for Chelsea in the 2013/14 season - since his arrival on Merseyside and we have picked out five goals that really caught the eye.
Stoke v Liverpool, Nov 2017: Salah's stinging far-post volley seals the points for the visitors at the bet365 Stadium.


It would be hard to explain the phenomenal success of Home Alone to anyone who wasn't there or who didn't pay attention to box office statistics in 1990. The movie, written and produced by John Hughes, was massive in a way that few are. No one expected all that much from it. The studio, 20th Century Fox, didn't give it an especially wide opening on November 16 of that year, putting it in just 1,200 theaters. The movie surprised everyone, beating out Rocky V to grab the #1 spot, with a debut of $17 million. It continued to hold strong, so they added more theaters every weekend until it reached 2,100 right before Christmas.
When all was said and done, Home Alone topped the box office for a whopping twelve weeks. That's right, it was still the #1 movie in North America the first weekend of February. Even more amazingly, it played for six straight months, finally exiting cinemas at the end of June. The total domestic gross was $285 million, which would equal more than $600 million in today's dollars.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Home Alone 3 hit theaters in the next few years, while the original took its place alongside It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, and Miracle on 34th St. as required annual viewing in many homes. Making the Home Alone movies wasn't always easy. It came with some trials and tribulations, but also some happy accidents and some bits of movie magic. We've got all the details.
Here are 25 Wild Details Behind The Making Of The Home Alone Movies.
John Hughes cast young Macaulay Culkin in his 1989 comedy Uncle Buck, where he proved to be a real scene-stealer. He wrote the part of Kevin McCallister with the actor in mind. During pre-production on Home Alone, Hughes touted Culkin's skills to director Chris Columbus, saying he'd be the perfect Kevin.
Columbus, however, felt the need to conduct a traditional audition process. He saw hundreds of children, in person or through audition tapes. After seeing them all, he came to the conclusion that Culkin was indeed the right choice to star in the movie, just as his collaborator had claimed.
The image of Macaulay Culkin screaming with his hands on his cheeks is probably the most iconic image in Home Alone. It ended up being featured on the poster and marketing materials. That scream was never intended to be as prominent as it became.
Director Chris Columbus told Entertainment Weekly that Culkin was merely supposed to slap on some cologne and scream. Instead, he kept his hands on his face the whole time he screamed, making him resemble the famous Edvard Munch painting "The Scream." Culkin's idea was perfect, so it stayed in the film.
It's always fun to look at an old movie and discover the early work of someone who became a mega-star. While utterly forgettable by most traditional measures, Home Alone 3 is notable for giving early screen time to a future Avenger.
There are no McCallisters in this one. Instead, it focuses on a different little boy, Alex Pruitt, who accidentally ends up in possession of a computer chip and pursued by the criminals who want it back. Playing Alex's older sister Molly is none other than Black Widow herself, Scarlett Johansson. It was one of her earliest roles.
These days, if there was a scene in movie where a tarantula crawled across someone's face, it could easily be accomplished through CGI. The technology wasn't quite there in 1990, so for the scene in which Marv endures this exact scenario, a real tarantula had to be put on Daniel Stern's face.
Stern asked the wrangler if its stinger had been removed and was told no, because that would have destroyed it. This meant he not only had a tarantula on his face, he had one that was poisonous and could have fatally wounded him. No wonder that shriek of fear sounds so convincing.
In Home Alone 2, Kevin spends a couple nights in a luxury Manhattan hotel, where he orders a ton of food from room service. Among the treats he requests are cakes, several types of ice cream, a pastry cart, and strawberry tarts. Of course, in a 4-star hotel, room service isn't cheap. How much would his stay have cost?
A room at the Plaza would have set him back more than $1,000 a night in 1992. Add to that the cost of all that food, the car ride from the airport to the hotel, and renting a movie on pay-per-view, and the grand total would have been in the neighborhood of $2,200.
Catherine O'Hara first rose to fame on the Canadian sketch comedy series SCTV. From there, she transitioned to movie work, with one of her most notable roles being Kate McCallister, Kevin's mom.
Despite enjoying working on the movie, the actress had a problem with the line in which her character tells Kevin that he'll be sorry if he wakes up and his family is gone. She felt it was too mean for a mother to say to a child. After arguments with the movie's director, she agreed to recite the dialogue, despite her objections. O'Hara later realized how crucial it is to the story.
Joe Pesci plays the hilariously angry Harry Lime, a character named after the villain in the 1949 Orson Welles drama The Third Man. Much of the humor in the first two Home Alone movies comes from the comical way Harry is continually exasperated by Kevin. Macaulay Culkin has repeatedly said over the years that his co-star tried to mimic their antagonistic relationship off-screen.
That led to injury in one case. During the rehearsals for a scene where Harry hangs Kevin on a coat hook and threatens to bite his fingers off, Pesci bit Culkin for real, breaking the skin and leaving a permanent scar.
What do Home Alone and Friends have in common? You might be surprised. During the final season of the hit sitcom, Monica and Chandler buy a house in the suburbs. Some eagle-eyed viewers picked up on the view from the windows of that house. The homes across the street are the exact same ones across from the McCallisters' house in Home Alone.
Apparently, the Friends set designers used some stock footage from the movie to create the background. In other words, Monica and Chandler appear to have bought the McCallisters' place!
When Home Alone came out, Macaulay Culkin was not a star. He was simply "that kid from Uncle Buck." His salary for the movie was $100,000. That's a lot of money for a kid, but it's small change in Hollywood.
Once Home Alone became a massive blockbuster, he was suddenly a household name. The studio, of course, wanted a sequel, which they couldn't realistically make without him. This put the young actor in a powerful position. His management was able to command -- and receive -- a $4.5 million payday for Culkin. That was a record-breaking amount for a child performer.
One of Kevin's more tricky traps involves rigging a door so that Harry will have his head lit on fire when he walks through it. The bit looks realistic, but clearly they couldn't burn actor Joe Pesci. An old magician's trick was used to accomplish the visual.
The fire was actually blown onto a dummy head that was painted black. The camera was pointed at a piece of glass placed at a 45-degree angle. When Joe Pesci hit a very specific mark on the set, he blocked out the reflection of the dummy head, leaving the flame visible -- and appearing to singe his scalp.
Obviously, Macaulay Culkin is front and center in Home Alone. He's in virtually every scene, and the whole thing revolves around his character. What many people miss is that he's not the only Culkin family member to appear in the movie. His younger brother Kieran plays Kevin's cousin, Fuller McCallister. He's the one with the big glasses and the uncontrollable urge for Pepsi.
This was Kieran's screen debut. He went on to have supporting roles in several other notable films, including She's All That, Father of the Bride, The Cider House Rules, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
The third Home Alone movie has an almost entirely different premise. There's a new lead character, Alex, who defends his home from criminals who want to retrieve the computer chip inside his toy car. Needless to say, the simple appeal of the original is nowhere to be found.
Initially, Home Alone 3 was supposed to revolve around the teenage Kevin McCallister. Macaulay Culkin had, by 1997, temporarily retired from acting, though. He refused to return for the third installment. This left the studio and writer John Hughes with no choice but to reboot the franchise.
Kevin McCallister does some insane stuff in Home Alone. He rides a sled down the stairs of his home, flying right out the front door. He climbs a wall of shelves, only to have them collapse on him. Later, he rides a zip line from his house to his treehouse. These were stunts much too dangerous to have Macaulay Culkin perform on his own.
Instead, they were performed by Larry Nicholas, a 30-year-old stuntman who was conveniently only about as tall as your average 9-year-old boy. Despite him wearing Kevin's clothing, the use of a stunt performer is particularly noticeable in that zip line scene.
The two had a second meeting, which went no better. Columbus then called Hughes to back out of the film. Feeling somewhat guilty over the whole affair, Hughes offered him another Christmas-themed script to direct. It turned out to be Home Alone.
John Candy was a close pal of John Hughes. They'd worked together on Planes, Trains & Automobiles and Uncle Buck together, both of which were huge hits. For that reason, the producer wanted the actor to take a small role in Home Alone. He agreed, signing on to play polka musician Gus Polinski.
Because he was an in-demand comedy star, Candy's schedule was pretty full. He was only able to give the Home Alone team one day of work. All of his scenes, most of which he improvised, were completed within that 24-hour time span in a marathon shooting session that left everyone exhausted, but excited about the outcome.
Elvis Presley passed away in 1977, but to this day, there are people who believe he's actually still alive and in hiding. Some of those folks also think that he appeared in Home Alone as an extra.
In the scene where Kevin's mother argues with an airline employee in the Scranton, Pennsylvania airport, a bearded man wearing a turtleneck sweater and a sports jacket stands behind her on the right-hand side of the screen. The guy bears a passing resemblance to Elvis. This has led to a long-standing conspiracy theory that it's the King of Rock and Roll himself. In reality, Elvis would have been much older in 1990 than the background extra clearly was.
Saturday Night Live comedian Rob Schneider has a memorable supporting role in Home Alone 2 playing a bellhop at the Plaza Hotel, where Kevin stays while in the Big Apple. He's continually frustrated by the child's refusal to tip. The bellhop's name is Cedric, but that was not always the case.
According to Schneider, the character was nameless in the original script. During filming, someone on the production found a name tag from the Plaza that said "Cedric" on it. They gave it to him to wear, and suddenly he had a moniker. Schneider also says that he kept the name tag after filming wrapped.
The McCallister home is really beautiful. Unlike a lot of movies, which film on a studio lot and simply re-dress house-like structures, Home Alone filmed its exteriors at a real residence. The actual house is located in Winnetka, Illinois, which is slightly north of Chicago. It was chosen partially for its look, and partially because the production needed a house that had the properties -- like front steps -- needed to pull off some of the film's stunts.
Since the release of Home Alone, it has become a popular tourist attraction. Being used in a hit film also spiked its value. The place was sold in 2012 for $1.5 million.
When a movie becomes a blockbuster, it's not uncommon for someone to come out of the woodwork claiming that it ripped off their idea. Home Alone is no different.
A French filmmaker named Rene Manzor sued 20th Century Fox, claiming Home Alone copied his 1989 movie Pere Noel. His work, a thriller, was about a boy left home by himself on Christmas Eve who has to fight for survival when an intruder breaks in. The studio unsuccessfully tried to reach a settlement. For his part, John Hughes claimed to have never seen or heard of Manzor's film.
Harry and Marv are the bungling burglars who are repeatedly outsmarted by little Kevin in the first two installments of the series. They're portrayed by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, actors who had previously worked together in a 1982 drama called I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can.
The chemistry they developed was no accident. In a Facebook post from 2015, Stern revealed that he and Pesci found inspiration in several sources. Their performances were influenced by the cartoon characters Wile E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny, as well as the classic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
In Home Alone 2, Kevin has a device called a "Talkboy." It's a variation of a tape recorder. In one scene, he uses its function to slow down his voice and make it sound deeper so that he can impersonate his father on the telephone. It was just a prop for the film; no such toy existed.
After the movie's release, though, kids began requesting Talkboys. The toy company Tiger Electronics jumped in, securing the rights to make the gizmos for real. Unsurprisingly, they were a runaway success. Talkboys flew off the shelves so quickly that the company couldn't make them fast enough to meet the demand.
Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci take quite a beating in the two Home Alone movies in which they appear. Despite all the requisite safety precautions, there were still some injuries. The stunt that caused Stern the most pain is probably the one you'd least expect.
The actor said that a scene from Home Alone 2 that required him to climb a tower of TV sets left him battered and bruised. "It wasn't a big laugh or a big stunt, but all those angles beat the [stuffing] out of me," he said. "My legs were black-and-blue from the weird angles I'd get snagged on."
The concept of a family going on vacation and forgetting one of the children is original, if not entirely plausible. After all, they'd have to be astonishingly clueless not to realize someone's missing. Still, the origin of Home Alone lies in some real-life travel anxiety suffered by John Hughes.
The writer was preparing to go away on vacation and made a list of things he didn't want to forget to take with him. He jokingly thought to himself that he'd better not forget his children. This led to him thinking about what would happen if such a scenario were to occur. Seeing comedic potential in the idea, Hughes turned it into a script.
We all know Home Alone was a blockbuster of rare proportions. To help put that in perspective, consider that its success was so gargantuan that it literally ended up in the record books.
The $285.7 million North American gross was the highest ever for a live-action comedy in a single release territory. The movie held on to that record for an amazing twenty-seven years. In 2017, a Chinese movie called Never Say Die earned $286 million in its homeland, usurping the title. If you adjust for inflation, however, Home Alone still comes out on top.
Everyone remembers Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Some people also remember Home Alone 3, although it was not nearly as big a hit. What you may not know is that there were two more sequels after that, neither of which saw the inside of a cinema.
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House was released straight-to-video in 2002. Michael Weinberg took over the role of Kevin and French Stewart played Marv. Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, meanwhile, was made for the ABC Family Channel. It aired in 2012. Both quickly disappeared into obscurity.
Which of the Home Alone movies is your favorite? Tell us in the comments.


Switched at Birth has only gotten better and BETTER!
This week was the 100th episode of Switched at Birth!
Can you believe it has been 100 episodes already? So many tears (of joy and sadness), so many break ups, so many reunions, so many hugs, so many arrests...good times. And it's crazy how much the cast have changed in the last five seasons. Check out all the differences below!
Maybe we thought she was a little bit spoiled in the beginning, but she has now grown into an amazing young woman and we love her.
Our girl has gone through a lot and come out the other side a much stronger person. She's our hero!
In the beginning, Toby found it hard to deal with having a new sister, but now they're best friends! And he's always there for the girls when they need advice.
She knew about the baby switching before anyone else, but that doesn't mean it didn't take her time to adjust to the new family dynamic! Losing Angelo was really hard on her, but she stayed strong for her girls.
She kind of wanted to be in control of both of her daughters, but she soon learned that three parents are better than one!
He embraced his new daughter while making sure that Bay didn't feel replaced. That's a pretty difficult balancing act!
He has been going through some difficulties this season, but we know he'll get through it. And even if he and Bay aren't dating we're just glad they're still friends!
We knew from the minute we saw Bay and Daphne that they'd be the perfect sisters. Over the years they've only grown closer and proven that blood isn't always thicker than water!
There were definitely some bumps in the road, but now the Vasquez-Kennish squad is tighter than ever. We're seriously jealous of this accidental family!
Abuela Adriana was our secret favorite member of the family back in Season 1. Now we are so happy to have Lily as Toby's wife and Carlton as the newest member of the Kennish clan!
Have you seen the 100th episode of Switched at Birth yet? Watch it right here on Freeform!
And tell us which change has shocked you the most since Season 1.


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Discesa di Cristo agli Limbo - tema artistico
 Discesa al Limbo – pala d'altare di Alessandro Allori conservata nella Cappella Salviati a Firenze
 Discesa al Limbo – dipinto di Giotto conservato alla Alte Pinakothek di Monaco di Baviera
 Discesa al Limbo – dipinto del Maestro dell'Osservanza conservato al Fogg Art Museum di Cambridge (Massachusetts)
Discesa al Limbo – dipinto di Andrea Mantegna conservato nella Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection di Princeton
 Discesa al Limbo – affresco del Romanino nella Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve di Pisogne
 Discesa al Limbo – dipinto di Matteo Rosselli conservato nel Museo d'arte sacra di San Gimignano
 Discesa al Limbo – dipinto di Tintoretto conservato nella Chiesa di San Cassianoa Venezia
Discesa al Limbo – incisione di Gian Marco Cavalli


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Hexicon granted permits to connect 7,100 MW of floating wind to the national grid in Italy
Italian Transmission System Operator (TSO), Terna, has granted six of Hexicon's seven wind power sites connection to the national grid. Hexicon, operating in Italy through its joint venture AvenHexicon, now has a portfolio of seven development sites for floating wind along the coasts of Sardinia, Sicily and Puglia.
Grid connections were applied for in 2022 and Terna has now issued the technical solution to connect six of the seven locations to the national grid - a total combined capacity of 7,100 MW. The interconnection permit, also called STMG, is a preliminary agreement from Terna to provide interconnection capacity. It provides a commitment from the TSO to make the necessary capacity available to be connected to the grid and is a mandatory step to receive the main authorization (the so called "Autorizzazione Unica" or "AU") to build and operate an offshore wind farm. The grid connection solutions are issued for six offshore wind farms under development off the coasts of Sardinia, Sicily and the mainland, in Puglia. The grid connection application for the remaining wind site is currently being processed and is expected to come through shortly.
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Regine November 29, 2007 art in barcelona, body, installation, robots, VIDA
Honorary Mentions of the VIDA competition
Previously: Winners of the VIDA awards announced.
Here is a list of the Honorary Mentions of VIDA, the international competition on art & artificial life.
Human beings, animals and even machines are affected by overlooked aspects of machines: sound, movements, vibration, heat, electromagnetic waves, etc. While similar to "carebots" and companion robots, Omo draws on Kelly Dobson's ongoing Machine Therapy work revealing the psychological, social, and political dynamics between people and machines.
In their scenario, most of the time these robots are predominantly focuses on conscious behaviour. Omo is an alternative relational object which interacts with the subconscious.
OMO, Kelly Dobson
Omo's role is empathic and sometimes unexpected rather than normative. It is not a perfectly behaving companion, it does not always privilege soothing but it is neurothic and surprising. Omo isn't cute, it just looks like a big green egg, it breathes and senses the breathing of anyone interacting closely with it, matching–or seeking to lead–patterns of breathing.
Sensors can pick up tiny vibrations when placed against the torso and over time the robot can develop an informed interaction.
Placed on a machine which vibrates and works in cycles (such as a washing machines), Omo will pick up the vibration and attempt to communicate with the washing machine. There is no market for machines that counsel other machines. Not yet…
Julius Popp's bit.flow. Red and transparent liquids travel through a long flexible tube. The aim of the machine is trying to understand what it is doing, developing an understanding or some sort of consciousness. By releasing the red liquid and following the flow of the information, it somehow builds up a code which is injected in the tubes and sometimes builds a pattern which it will recognize.
Once the machine is able to reproduce patterns then it has gained some kind of consciousness. It knows what will happen if it takes this or this action, which action will follow a particular decision. Once it has recognized a pattern, it sends it to a "twin machine" and asks "Can you reproduce this pattern?" However to do so the machines, though identical, have to agree on a similar language, so a back and forth negotiation has to take place to build up a common vocabulary.
Here's a video of a previous prototype:
Hibernator: Prince of the Petrified Forrest by London Fieldworks. Jo Joelson and Bruce Gilchrist created a working animation studio in Beaconsfield's upper gallery to explore and link themes of natural animal hibernation, the cryonics movement and the myth surrounding the death of Walt Disney. The project utilised a range of video animation techniques, soundtrack, narrative, prosthetics and solar activated animatronics. The artists worked in the upper gallery to produce an animated film – Prince Of The Petrified Forest – part inspired by the seminal eco novel, Bambi by Felix Salten and Robert Ettinger's Prospect of Immortality. The 30 minute long animation was presented as a series of weekly episodes in Beaconsfield's arch space as it developed over a 7 week period. While the Disney industry was about manipulating our perception of the world, with their project, the artists invited people to come to the studio and see the making of an alternate reality.
Hibernator, London Fieldworks
Jed Berk's ALAVs are Autonomous Light Air Vessels which communicate the concept of connectivity among people, objects, and the environment. People can use their phones to influence the behavior of the ALAVs by starting conversations and building closer relationships with them.
ALAVS, Jed Berk
The Interactive Voice Recognition system allows mobile phone users to engage in a conversation with the blimps -either the entire group or an individual, affecting both their own and the blimps' behavior.
The ALAVs have the following predefined behaviors: flocking, feeding, bread crumbs, sour milk, hide, scatter, courtship, guardian, bump, call back and the "happiness factor."
Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand's installation Camera Lucida (Light Chamber). The "sonic observatory" converts sound waves into light by means of a phenomenon called sonoluminescence.
Camera Lucida, E.Domnitch and D.Gelfand
The continually evolving light sculpture allows one to see sound moving through space – at the meeting point of acoustics and optics. Using sonoluminescence, sound waves are directly converted into light inside a glass chamber filled with gas-infused liquid. After adapting to the darkness surrounding the installation, one can gradually perceive the highly detailed shapes and movements of multiple sound sources.
Delicate Boundaries, by Christine Sugrue, is an interactive installation where human touch can dissolve the barrier of the computer screen.
David Rokeby, Cloud. The kinetic installation is suspended in the Great Hall at the Ontario Science Centre. 100 elements, arranged in ten by ten grid, are rotated at slightly differing speeds by computer-controlled motors. The elements slowly shift in and out of synchronization. When the motors are just out of sync, huge waves ripple across the space. When completely in sync, the work appears almost solid then suddenly almost invisible. When far out of sync, the sculptural elements float in apparent chaos.
Cloud, David Rokeby
All images courtesy of Fundación Telefónica.
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Symbiotic Machine, the photosynthetic robot that feeds on algae
Candy Cloud Machine
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Bonnefanten Museum by Aldo Rossi
Maastricht, Netherlands (NL)
The Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, The Netherlands is the foremost museum for fine art and contemporary art in the province of Limburg. In 2009 the museum celebrated its 125th anniversary. The museum is housed in a building designed by the Italian architect Aldo Rossi. The building is sometimes considered as an example of postmodern architecture. With its landmark cupola overlooking the river Maas, it is one of Maastricht's most prominent modern buildings.
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'Long Pyramid' by Sol Lewitt
'Long Puramid' by Sol LeWitt
'La Fortezza' by Mario Botta
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Academic Hospital Maastricht (AZM)
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