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Avalon Equity Fund, the investment group that owns The Washington Blade, The Southern Voice, Genre magazine, Express Gay News, Houston Voice, The New York Blade, The 411 Magazine and has a non-majority stake in HX Media has been placed into federal receivership by the Small Business Association, which will liquidate the companies and distribute [...]
Huge. Big. Hot. Sexy. FUUUUUNNN. These are just some of the words rolling over in my head after last night’s INTEGRATION. Wow. What a night. We’ve opened up the dance floor boy what a difference it makes! Fresno’s only weekly 18+ dance party is starting to gain some real legs of its own and I [...]
Come out and hear an inspiring figure in ure in the gay rights movement and help out our gay youth in their fund-raising efforts. People ask what they can do for their community….here’s a perfect opportunity. Cleve Jones to give the keynote address at the Expression Not Suppression: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Conference on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at [...]
For those of you who haven’t heard the buzz:Â We have expanded the dance floor at INTEGRATION at Samba’s on Thursday nights for our weekly 18+ dance party. The sound system rocks and the lighting is cute. With the best DJ in the valley (Lady Gaga Binx) this is definitely a place to check out [...]
Here's a story from my local newspaper about a Taser death that resulted from Salinas, California police stunning a suspect dozens of times.
It is a landmark case against Taser because it is the first time that the company has been found negligent in a Taser-related death. In this particular case, Salinas police stunned the suspect over and over again until the man died of cardiac arrest. The defense of the police was that they weren't properly trained by Taser.
Judge says unfair to make family pay attorneys' fees
By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY Herald Salinas Bureau Posted: 02/06/2009 01:33:07 AM PST
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Taser International Inc. to pay more than $1.4 million in fees to the lawyers for the family of Robert C. Heston, who died in 2005 after Salinas police stunned him dozens of times.
Judge James Ware acknowledged that the $1,423,000 award far exceeds the $183,000 in damages he approved for Heston's family, but said the attorneys had taken on a considerable risk in pursuing a case that served a significant public benefit.
The case marked the first time Taser was found negligent in a death related to the use of its stun guns. In June, a jury awarded Heston's family more than $5 million in damages after finding that Taser failed to warn Salinas police of the potentially fatal dangers of shocking a subject numerous times.
Christian Bale has apologized for his over-the-top rant at the DP on the set of Terminator: Salvation, and it's now immortalized on YouTube in various ways. This one is particularly entertaining, as his foul-mouthed explosion is remixed to a club beat by RevoLucian (with special potty-mouthed guest apparance by Barbra Streisand).
Feel free to use as an open thread. I hear there's an agreement on the stimulus package...
As couples around the state begin celebrating the first anniversary of their Domestic Partnerships, the news media has been picking up this story and running several very good articles. Here's one from the Corvalliedia has been picking up this story and running several very good articles. Here's one from the Corvallis Gazette.
Bill Graves of the Oregonian has analyzed trends in Oregon's landmark Domestic Partnership law. He finds that only one in five couples have signed up for the partnerships, and that most registered partners are women. Why this trend? You tell us!
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