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Well it's September and that means summer is over, though
not officially. I am back in school and now I am counting down. Yes this is my final year in law school.
So whenever you see the counter on this site, you will know what it's
for. I had a very interesting summer workwise. No I did not have one of those summer associates position
paying above $1500/week. I won't even tell you my salary. Nevertheless, I clerked at a law firm in Clifton, NJ.
I had been at the firm from the Spring semester and needless to say that I learned so much. Although I have been working on the same case since I began, and with one attorney,
the case is so complex and interesting, it is as if I had been working with different attorneys and on different cases.
So I don't think I missed out on anything except for the
salary and the 'killer' hours.I also got involved with two criminal cases on the side and also learned a lot. Not having done Criminal Law
Procedure, this was an eye-opening experience. And, in one sitting in the Supreme Court (NY)in the Bronx, I learned that restitution was not only a remedy in tort or contract but also a
condition of parole. Yes, the criminal justice system is exactly what I thought it was and I hope I
don't end up practicing in that area. I lift my hat to those of my future colleagues who do it.
Since I was a bit outraged last month, I decided to be mellow this month.
I had a lot of feedback and online cnversations about our government and its policies.
The instant messages, the e-mails, the chats, were all overwhelming. I enjoy chatting with you
all. Keep the correspondence coming. I won't be in YAD Chat as frequently since school is back in
session but I will drop by from time to time. So for now, it's a la prochaine or hasta la vista baby.
One love.
Dwight Day
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| Interviewing an Author: Don’t Be Left Speechless
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Stephen Earley Jordan, II
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Joyce Carol Oates. Langston Hughes. Anne Sexton. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Nikki
Giovanni. The names of authors (dead and alive) can go on and on. But I’ll let you have
first pick!
You are in a room with some of your favorite authors. About ten of them.
However, you are only allowed to invite one of them to Starbucks for a couple of
chocolate mochas. Just you and your favorite author. It doesn’t matter if the writer
is deceased—use your imagination! After all, you’re a writer, right?
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Iraqi Threat Or American Propoganda?
What others are saying?
"Israel, another nuclear country, has been in non-compliance of UN resolutions for decades, and yet there is no talk of invading it. Using UN resolutions to "justify" an unprovoked attack on Iraq is just a gimmick. Attacking Iraq would be against international law, worldwide opinion, and if Bush doesn't have congress permission, against US law too. When was the last time there was any UN inspectors in the US anyway?"
"This is just political posturing by Blair to try and show that he is not Bush's poodle. But at the end of the day if the US says jump, Blair will ask how high."
"Such a shame our government doesn't have the spine to stand up for itself and voice what most of the world is realising: this is a pathetic example of how the US administration owns the UK government too. I certainly didn't vote for this!"
"Seems like a sensible idea that will give everyone a chance to back down without losing face. After all Saddam has obviously realised he needs to concede on the inspections and having already made an ambiguous offer he can except the inspectors back without appearing to give any more ground. Also if the deadline is not met this goes some way towards creating grounds for action."
"Anyone remember what happened to the League of Nations when no one enforced its decisions?"
"It's very clear that Saddam is trying, with mixed results, to pull the geopolitical rug out from the Americans' feet. Nonetheless, I think the world should, indeed, spell out, to Saddam, what he has to do in order to avert war. This should be done in the clearest and most unequivocal terms possible, little need for diplomatic niceties now."
"I say that he should just be taken out. By insisting that inspectors be allowed in, the Europeans are just trying to gain the moral high ground. Saddam has had ample time to comply. The U.S. and The U.K. are the world's only sensible countries knowing that It's a lot better to be proactive than retroactive, even though we'll be condemned either way. Retroactivness caused September 11."
"What is all this talk about the UK being America's lapdog? I don't understand. Who's lapdog was America when we came to save Europe twice in this century? Were we the UK's poodle in the Falklands? America and Great Britain have a close relationship with many ties both economically and culturally going back centuries. This is terrible. Saddam is getting what he wants in splitting us up."
"R comes out with the mandatory American comment about World War II. We should be very careful not to make a martyr of Saddam. He's an ill old man, and some of the people around him are ten times worse than him. The people of Iraq are the victims in all of this. Why doesn't America and Britain tell the truth about the real reasons - oil. Is it any coincidence that the Western world is trying to garner favour with Gadaffi now knowing that he has a lot more oil reserves?"
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A former senior UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Scott Ritter, has told the Baghdad parliament that Iraq is not a threat to the outside world and that military action against the country would not be justifiable.
Iraq today is not a threat to its neighbours and is not acting in a manner which threatens anyone outside its own borders
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Scott Ritter
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US President George Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair have said they are determined that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction must be eliminated, but Mr Ritter said he did not believe there were such weapons.
But Mr Ritter, who is on a private visit, said Iraq had to allow weapons inspectors back into the country to prove to the outside world that this was the case.
This was the only way now to avoid war, he said.
SOURCE: BBC
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How To Protect Yourself During An INS Raid
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Recently, the Immimigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has been carrying out a lot of raids.
Here is what you should consider doing if you find yourself in such a situtaion.
-Don't allow the INS to enter without authorization.
-Don't run. Remain Calm.
-Don't tell anyone where you are from or whether or not you have documents.
-Demand to speak to an attorney.
-Don't sign anything until you speak with an attorney.
-Don't give false documents to the INS.
-Even if you have documents you don't have to show them.
-Prepare yourself for a raid by coming up with a plan of action.
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His name was unfamiliar to me until quite recently when I came across his music.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California but is from Newton, Massachusetts. Twenty years after he sang his first song, Eliot has started his own independent record label called POP Records and has produced his debut album:Down Along This Road.
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In Da Kitchen w/ D!
Fried Breadfruit with Stewed Chicken & Corn on the Cob
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Well this month I even got weirder in the kitchen. You might be wondering what the heck is
Dwight doing this month? Well join me in da kitchen to find out. It may look weird and unknown (depending on your background)
but it's quite tasty. If you need a break from rice, potato and pasta as the starch in your main course, this might be just right for you.
Don't worry if you have never heard of breadfruit. In the U.S. you can probably find it in your local West Indian or maybe Chinese grocery store.
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ACROSS
2 Backward somersault
4 Chatter
7 The art of drawing
9 Device for holding up a stocking
12 Decaffeinated
14 Aunt's husband
17 Appendix
19 Small domesticated carnivore
20 To make limp and soiled
23 Echolocation
24 Abnormal egotism
26 Merits
29 Monastic life
30 Pertaining to vestments
33 Two
36 Monetary unit of Sierra Leone
42 Purposeless
43 Askance
44 Pertaining to the races
45 Summit
48 Sycophant
49 Snare
52 Picture border
53 Distrust
54 Outer coat of a seed
55 Good-natured banter
DOWN
1 Scoundrel
3 Pugilistic
4 Involving more than one
5 Bome to be without
6 Reasoning
8 Discover
10 Hernia
11 Showy actions
12 Denounce
13 Precede
15 Greek goddess of strife
16 Ridge
18 Japanese art of arranging flowers
19 Prudent
21 State positively
22 Depart
25 Starch
27 Chamber
28 Cults
31 Sorrowful
32 Ennoble
34 Instrument for boring
35 Body of honeybees
36 Leg or arm
37 Relaxes
38 Strong winds
39 Situated beneath the sun
40 Lama pacos
41 Karyokinesis
46 Floating platforms
47 Compact by pounding
50 Self-esteem
51 Peep
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Laugh Online
These three guys escape from Alcatraz prison. One is british, one is
American, and the last one is Turkish.
But now they're bored and so they're wandering around thinking of something
to do.
"Let's play golf." The American finally says.
"I don't know how to play that." The Turk says.
"Oh it's easy, " answers the Brit, "all you need is a ball, a stick, and a
hole."
"I got the ball, " says the American,
"I got the stick, " says the Brit
Then the Turk says, "I don't wanna play."
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"A human being is part of the whole, called by us `Universe`; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
--Albert Einstein
"The source of genius is imagination alone, or what amounts to the same thing--senses that see what others do not see, or see it differently"
--DELACROIX, [Ferdinand Victor] EUGHNE (1798-1863, Painter)
Bidding for Evidence:
The Los Angeles Times reports that lawyers are bidding, often against each other, for evidence on EBay. The EBay items most popular with lawyers are commercial and household aritifacts, historic corporate documents, product catalogs and maintenance manuals that can be used in connection with proving the performance of a product. Asbestos attorneys are especially-active EBay users. There are dozens of auctions every day relating to asbestos. Recently, a 1949 plumbing supply catalog with a section on asbestos products went for $350. A wiring materials catalog with advertisements for asbestos products went for $1,325. Said one plaintiffs attorney, "There is no better place to shop and buy real evidence than on Ebay."
In this Case, It Really is for the Principle, Not the Money:
A lawyer in Guangzhou, China has brought a lawsuit seeking damages of the equivalent of 60 cents. The lawyer is upset that a toll bridge he uses on the way to work continues to collect tolls (60 cents per passage) after the cost of the bridge has been recouped. Other bridges in the country typically close their tollbooths when a certain amount is collected. The lawyer calculated that the amount of the construction had been recouped and it is illegal for authorities to continue to ask drivers to pay.
Are you Jamaican & Looking for a community online?
We can't physically take you to Jamaica, but we can tell you where to go for a great
laugh. Go under the Mango Tree aka Mango Tree University.
Today in History:
9/9/2002
Your history lesson for the day:
Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include the Duc de
Richelieu, French statesman and Roman Catholic cardinal, in 1585; Capt.
William Bligh of the HMS Bounty, in 1754; Russian author Leo Tolstoy in
1828; Alf Landon, the Kansas Republican who lost the 1936 presidential
election to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1887; Kentucky Fried Chicken
founder Harland Sanders in 1890; oddsmaker Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder in 1919;
actor Cliff Robertson in 1925 (age 77); rhythm & blues singer Otis Redding
in 1941; singer/songwriter Billy Preston in 1946 (age 56); and actors
Michael Keaton and Tom Wopat, both in 1951 (age 51), Angela Cartwright
("Lost In Space") in 1952 (age 50), Hugh Grant in 1960 (age 42), and Adam
Sandler in 1966 (age 36).
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