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August 13, 2014
NYPD Police Chief Bratton: 'We Are Not A Racist Organizarion"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/09/bill-de-blasio-choke-hold_n_5664453.html
responded Friday that there are more misdemeanor arrests in minority neighborhoods because more officers are assigned there in response to higher crime rates.
"Are there more minorities impacted by enforcement? Yes. I'm not denying that," he said. "But it's not an intentional focus on minorities. It's a focus on behavior."
He added: "We are not a racist organization — not at all.".
Bratton and de Blasio also have come under fire from police union officials who were offended by the sight of the police commissioner and mayor sharing a dais with the Rev. Al Sharpton, a vocal NYPD critic, last week at a City Hall forum. The pair looked on glumly as Sharpton lectured that "the best way to make police stop using illegal chokeholds is to perp-walk one of them that did."
responded Friday that there are more misdemeanor arrests in minority neighborhoods because more officers are assigned there in response to higher crime rates.
"Are there more minorities impacted by enforcement? Yes. I'm not denying that," he said. "But it's not an intentional focus on minorities. It's a focus on behavior."
He added: "We are not a racist organization — not at all.".
Bratton and de Blasio also have come under fire from police union officials who were offended by the sight of the police commissioner and mayor sharing a dais with the Rev. Al Sharpton, a vocal NYPD critic, last week at a City Hall forum. The pair looked on glumly as Sharpton lectured that "the best way to make police stop using illegal chokeholds is to perp-walk one of them that did."
August 13, 2014
Ohio woman thought she was being funny when she photographed her baby granddaughter with duct tape on her face and lying in a roasting pan - but Facebook users who saw the images disagreed.
The grandmother, Jackie Sheaks, of Columbus, Ohio, set off a firestorm online that drew the attention of the local sheriff’s office when she shared the prank photos of her granddaughter.
In one of the images, the child's pacifier had been secured to her cheeks with two pieces of duct tape. In another, the infant is resting inside a large turkey roasting pan next to some potatoes.
grandmother sparks outrage by photographing grandchild in roasting pan
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2723447/Woman-sparks-outrage-posting-funny-photos-baby-granddaughter-roasting-pan-duct-tape-face.htmlOhio woman thought she was being funny when she photographed her baby granddaughter with duct tape on her face and lying in a roasting pan - but Facebook users who saw the images disagreed.
The grandmother, Jackie Sheaks, of Columbus, Ohio, set off a firestorm online that drew the attention of the local sheriff’s office when she shared the prank photos of her granddaughter.
In one of the images, the child's pacifier had been secured to her cheeks with two pieces of duct tape. In another, the infant is resting inside a large turkey roasting pan next to some potatoes.
August 11, 2014
The Port Authority thinks it owns the NY skyline
The New York Port Authority has told a Manhattan retailer to stop selling dishes with the Twin Towers skyline -- and at the same time the same dishes are being sold in the 9/11 Museum gift shop.
Housewares store Fishs Eddy is fending off a cease-and-desist letter from the agency charging the company with "unfairly reaping a benefit from an association with the Port Authority and the (9/11) attacks," by selling its "212 New York Skyline" cups, dishes and plates.
But the company notes that the same china, with profiles of the Twin Towers, Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge, is sold at the 9/11 Museum, which is on property owned by the Port Authority. "Maybe the Port Authority didn't do its homework before they fired off that letter," Fishs Eddy co-owner Julie Gaines told the New York Post.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/08/11/new-york-port-authority-twin-towers-dishes/13886905/
August 11, 2014
During the brutality they realized their mistake and tried to cover it with a lie. They claimed the saw injuries to her child's face. No injuries were found.
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/03/nypd_dragged_a_48_year_old_naked_woman_from_her_apartment_as_neighbors_protest_and_tape_arrest/
Credit: AP)
Denise Stewart, a 48-year-old Brooklyn woman was dragged by NYPD from her apartment and arrested in the late hours of July 13, New York Daily News reported. The grandmother had just taken a shower and was only wearing a towel and pair of underpants when NYPD pounded on her door.
The NYPD officers were responding to a domestic violence 911-call made from the Brownsville apartment building. However, according to the Daily News, they did not know the apartment number. After hearing shouts from Stewart’s apartment they banged on the door at 11:45 PM. According to the Daily News, Stewart told the police they had the wrong apartment and attempted to close the door. Denise Stewart was then dragged by the NYPD cops into the hallway.
Neighbors captured part of the arrest on video, which shows male officers struggling to subdue the woman, and Stewart calling for her oxygen.
“For approximately two minutes and 20 seconds, Stewart was bare-breasted in the hallway as additional police officers tramped up the stairs and through the hallway, glancing at her as they passed by,” the Daily News reported. Eventually a female officer covered her with a towel.
ny cops go to wrong address, drag woman into hallway barebreasted. charge her and family w crimes
During the brutality they realized their mistake and tried to cover it with a lie. They claimed the saw injuries to her child's face. No injuries were found.
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/03/nypd_dragged_a_48_year_old_naked_woman_from_her_apartment_as_neighbors_protest_and_tape_arrest/
Credit: AP)
Denise Stewart, a 48-year-old Brooklyn woman was dragged by NYPD from her apartment and arrested in the late hours of July 13, New York Daily News reported. The grandmother had just taken a shower and was only wearing a towel and pair of underpants when NYPD pounded on her door.
The NYPD officers were responding to a domestic violence 911-call made from the Brownsville apartment building. However, according to the Daily News, they did not know the apartment number. After hearing shouts from Stewart’s apartment they banged on the door at 11:45 PM. According to the Daily News, Stewart told the police they had the wrong apartment and attempted to close the door. Denise Stewart was then dragged by the NYPD cops into the hallway.
Neighbors captured part of the arrest on video, which shows male officers struggling to subdue the woman, and Stewart calling for her oxygen.
“For approximately two minutes and 20 seconds, Stewart was bare-breasted in the hallway as additional police officers tramped up the stairs and through the hallway, glancing at her as they passed by,” the Daily News reported. Eventually a female officer covered her with a towel.
August 10, 2014
The marching band required one physical challenge of new band members: "to either place a condom on a banana, place a banana in his or her mouth and place a condom on it, or place a banana between a graduate assistant's legs and place a condom on the banana."
Band members had to perform another challenge called "Find Mr. Big," in which they searched for a hidden dildo on a bus.
Waters said he was aware of some of the events where the alleged hazing took place, but did not know of any sexual content or behavior associated with them, according to the report, and he insisted he told the marching band such behavior needed to stop.
There were also numerous nicknames given to new members revealed in the report. Each had a meaning behind the name, including:
"Squirt": Given to a new female member who had to sit on laps, including her younger brother's, and pretend to orgasm.
"Thumper": Given to a female member who had to stomp her foot while pretending to orgasm.
"Jewoobs": Given to a Jewish student with large breasts, who had to rub her chest together with a female nicknamed "Tiggles."
"Captain Dildo": Given to a male student chanting, "Haaaay, we want some pusssaay."
"ERV" ("E" Row Vibrator): Given to a female student pretending to be a vibrating sex toy.
Other nicknames included:
"Barker"
"Pat Fenis"
"Ballsacagawea"
"Fleshlight"
"Jizzy"
"Mushroom Stamp"
"Sugar Bush"
"Swoob"
"Taint Brush"
"Testicles"
"Tits Mcgee"
"Triple Crown"
"Twat Thumper"
"Twinkle Dick"
The investigation report said the marching band's alumni network, which is now calling for Waters' reinstatement, publishes an annual directory that includes nicknames for some members. The alumni network did not respond to emails from HuffPost sent to various email addresses it previously listed. It had also taken down its "Contact Us" page.
Here are the dirty, sexual things Ohio State's Band Did That Got The Director Fired
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/05/ohio-state-sexual-director-fired_n_5649531.htmlThe marching band required one physical challenge of new band members: "to either place a condom on a banana, place a banana in his or her mouth and place a condom on it, or place a banana between a graduate assistant's legs and place a condom on the banana."
Band members had to perform another challenge called "Find Mr. Big," in which they searched for a hidden dildo on a bus.
Waters said he was aware of some of the events where the alleged hazing took place, but did not know of any sexual content or behavior associated with them, according to the report, and he insisted he told the marching band such behavior needed to stop.
There were also numerous nicknames given to new members revealed in the report. Each had a meaning behind the name, including:
"Squirt": Given to a new female member who had to sit on laps, including her younger brother's, and pretend to orgasm.
"Thumper": Given to a female member who had to stomp her foot while pretending to orgasm.
"Jewoobs": Given to a Jewish student with large breasts, who had to rub her chest together with a female nicknamed "Tiggles."
"Captain Dildo": Given to a male student chanting, "Haaaay, we want some pusssaay."
"ERV" ("E" Row Vibrator): Given to a female student pretending to be a vibrating sex toy.
Other nicknames included:
"Barker"
"Pat Fenis"
"Ballsacagawea"
"Fleshlight"
"Jizzy"
"Mushroom Stamp"
"Sugar Bush"
"Swoob"
"Taint Brush"
"Testicles"
"Tits Mcgee"
"Triple Crown"
"Twat Thumper"
"Twinkle Dick"
The investigation report said the marching band's alumni network, which is now calling for Waters' reinstatement, publishes an annual directory that includes nicknames for some members. The alumni network did not respond to emails from HuffPost sent to various email addresses it previously listed. It had also taken down its "Contact Us" page.
August 10, 2014
The bus stop is built like a conventional street bench, with wood planks screwed to a steel structure that supports weight and prevents vandalism. Refreshingly, nowhere in the bus stop concept does there appear to be the kind of defensive architecture that is designed to keep people from loitering in a way that makes everyone less comfortable.
What’s more, said the designers, it’s “a bus stop you will never miss.”
sculpture is made from wood and steel, conceived like oversized pieces of urban furniture. Each letter is big enough to accommodate two to four people. The B can protect them from the elements, and the curve of the S invites passengers to lie back while they wait.
The World's Most Obvious Bus Stop Is Pure Design Genius {Baltimore)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/08/08/bus_by_spanish_artist_collective_mmmm_is_the_world_s_most_obvious_bus_stop.htmlThe bus stop is built like a conventional street bench, with wood planks screwed to a steel structure that supports weight and prevents vandalism. Refreshingly, nowhere in the bus stop concept does there appear to be the kind of defensive architecture that is designed to keep people from loitering in a way that makes everyone less comfortable.
What’s more, said the designers, it’s “a bus stop you will never miss.”
sculpture is made from wood and steel, conceived like oversized pieces of urban furniture. Each letter is big enough to accommodate two to four people. The B can protect them from the elements, and the curve of the S invites passengers to lie back while they wait.
August 10, 2014
You're probably aware that a great chunk of America is poorer today than before the housing crash. But recently, the Russel Sage Foundation delivered a reminder that middle-class wealth is in fact still lower than it was a generation ago. As shown on the graph below, the median household in 2013 was worth about 20 percent less than in 1984.
As Allison Schrager writes over at Bloomberg Businessweek, middle-class families are poorer today than in the Reagan days for two main reasons. For starters, housing collapsed—and for most Americans, their home is their biggest source of savings by far. Second, household debt has risen significantly over time. Because wealth is just the value of what we own minus what we owe, the typical family is now worth less than 30 years ago.
The Median Household Is Now Poorer Than in 1984
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/07/31/middle_class_poorer_than_in_1984_housing_wealth_has_crash_debt_has_risen.htmlYou're probably aware that a great chunk of America is poorer today than before the housing crash. But recently, the Russel Sage Foundation delivered a reminder that middle-class wealth is in fact still lower than it was a generation ago. As shown on the graph below, the median household in 2013 was worth about 20 percent less than in 1984.
As Allison Schrager writes over at Bloomberg Businessweek, middle-class families are poorer today than in the Reagan days for two main reasons. For starters, housing collapsed—and for most Americans, their home is their biggest source of savings by far. Second, household debt has risen significantly over time. Because wealth is just the value of what we own minus what we owe, the typical family is now worth less than 30 years ago.
August 10, 2014
Jess Marlow, longtime Los Angeles newsman, dies at 84
Funeral arrangements were pending Monday for Los Angeles television newsman Jess Marlow, who died Sunday in a Denver-area nursing home from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84.
The former anchor, who retired in 1997, spent more than 40 years with KNBC (Channel 4) and KCBS (Channel 2).
The Salem, Ill., native started out at a home-state television station in Rock Island, then moved to San Jose, where he worked as a reporter and anchor for then-ABC affiliate KNTV.
He came to KNBC in Los Angeles in 1966 to as a reporter, becoming an anchor in 1968 and, at one point, co-anchored the 5 p.m. news with Tom Snyder and the 11 p.m. news with Tom Brokaw.
He moved to KCBS in 1980 and returned to KNBC in 1986. In retirement, he worked on and off for public station KCET (Channel 28), hosting “Life & Times” until 2003 and, later, he and wife, Phyllis, moved to Santa Fe, N.M., then to Colorado.
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http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140804/jess-marlow-longtime-los-angeles-newsman-dies-at-84
August 10, 2014
LAS ANIMAS, Colo. – It’s the beginning of the month, which means that Debra and Raymond Gonzalez’s fridge is packed: Pallets of eggs, bags of tomatoes, a big bowl of spaghetti, a tub of ice cream in the freezer. But they already know that they probably won’t make it to the end of the month without help.
‘We used to be able to get bags and bags of groceries, and only spend $50,” exclaims Debra, 54, who walks quickly around their double-wide trailer despite the respirator she carries strapped to her waist, and the breathing tubes in her nostrils. “And now you spend $200, and only get 2 little bags!” Meat, especially, has escalated, along with milk and cereal. Debra loves broccoli, but it’s usually too expensive at the one grocery store in this shrunken town in southeastern Colorado.
They used to be able to afford it, though. A little while ago, Debra’s food stamps were cut from $180 a month to only $15, when Raymond started receiving social security benefits. They get some help with gas bills for heat in the winter, but also burn wood cut by the permission of local farmers (they’ve stripped the dead tree in their front yard too). Along with his pension from the long-shuttered Veterans Administration hospital and Debra’s disability benefits, it comes to about $1,200 a month, which the welfare office said was too much.
“They only see it one way,” says Raymond, 64, sitting across the living room from Debra, in a quick, high-pitched voice. “They don’t realize we have to pay for gas, etc.” Debra needs to make frequent trips to medical specialists in Pueblo and faraway Denver; Las Animas lost its last physician years ago. “So you can’t win for losing. They put you in poverty, to some point.”
Debra and Raymond Gonzalez spend a lot of time managing their welfare income streams, which usually don’t come out to quite enough. (Lydia DePillis for The Washington Post)
the benefits squeeze: suppprt for some of America’s poorest has dwindled
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/08/08/why-denver-is-trucking-its-homeless-to-the-middle-of-nowhere/LAS ANIMAS, Colo. – It’s the beginning of the month, which means that Debra and Raymond Gonzalez’s fridge is packed: Pallets of eggs, bags of tomatoes, a big bowl of spaghetti, a tub of ice cream in the freezer. But they already know that they probably won’t make it to the end of the month without help.
‘We used to be able to get bags and bags of groceries, and only spend $50,” exclaims Debra, 54, who walks quickly around their double-wide trailer despite the respirator she carries strapped to her waist, and the breathing tubes in her nostrils. “And now you spend $200, and only get 2 little bags!” Meat, especially, has escalated, along with milk and cereal. Debra loves broccoli, but it’s usually too expensive at the one grocery store in this shrunken town in southeastern Colorado.
They used to be able to afford it, though. A little while ago, Debra’s food stamps were cut from $180 a month to only $15, when Raymond started receiving social security benefits. They get some help with gas bills for heat in the winter, but also burn wood cut by the permission of local farmers (they’ve stripped the dead tree in their front yard too). Along with his pension from the long-shuttered Veterans Administration hospital and Debra’s disability benefits, it comes to about $1,200 a month, which the welfare office said was too much.
“They only see it one way,” says Raymond, 64, sitting across the living room from Debra, in a quick, high-pitched voice. “They don’t realize we have to pay for gas, etc.” Debra needs to make frequent trips to medical specialists in Pueblo and faraway Denver; Las Animas lost its last physician years ago. “So you can’t win for losing. They put you in poverty, to some point.”
Debra and Raymond Gonzalez spend a lot of time managing their welfare income streams, which usually don’t come out to quite enough. (Lydia DePillis for The Washington Post)
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