2.15.2010
Please Hold in The Light
At least 25 killed in Belgian train accident this morning. No official cause for the accident has yet been given, but it is believed to have been caused when one train ran a red light and track change, and rear-ended another train using the track.
2.14.2010
AC Results
On February 14th, Team Oracle BMW, USA-17 beat out the reigning champions, Alinghi, and brought the Cup home. Victory for America!
Overly Subjective
I'm not quite sure how figure skating is scored in the Olympics. I was caught up by the love story of Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, the Chinese pair. They ended with a record breaking score of 76.66 and I was certainly happy for them. I'm torn though, I feel that the Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig had a truly outstanding performance with such grace, flawless synchronization, and most of all, an apparent energy that radiated. They not only had fun on the ice, but they did so beautifully. I am disappointed by their score of 57.86. I think they deserved better. I hereby step of my soapbox.
Ultimate Ski Car
Nissan and Black Crows have teamed up to create a special edition Nissan Cube. The Cube comes in only Red or Blue, with the Black Crows logo on the door, and a pair of complimentary skis.
Epiphany
"... as my eyes closed, I vowed never to forget,
which is to say remember,
because to remember is so much more a worthy effort:
that for every action there is a reaction,
there is a positive to counteract the world's negatives,
that where hate resides, perhaps love may soon return."
- May 7th, 2009
Fashion Scouts
Apparently, Boy Scouts are fashionable now.
Quenchcloud's 2010 Spring/Summer collection, "Follow Me, Boy" is based on the BSA, all the way down to the fleur-de-lis on the hat.
Scratch Lower Post
Valentine's Day sucks. It should be renamed 'Single Awareness Day'.
Everyone looks so cute holding hands and leaning on shoulders. And then there's me.
Technical Difficulties
Time to pull out the snow machines. Seems Mother Nature is having some technical difficulty in producing proper weather for Vancouver's Olympic events. Apparently numerous events have been postponed for the time being.
P.S. I am rather undecided on this whole global warming thing, but I do want to draw attention to the fact that Fox News was attempting to mock the theory by taking a picture of An Inconvenient Truth in the east coast snow storm. So ummm, yeah...
P.S. I am rather undecided on this whole global warming thing, but I do want to draw attention to the fact that Fox News was attempting to mock the theory by taking a picture of An Inconvenient Truth in the east coast snow storm. So ummm, yeah...
2.13.2010
Memories
What happens to memories we don’t remember, and to photos that we wanted to take? Where do broken hearts reside? Where do spoken words go to hide from the thoughts they once accompanied? Where do those fleeting thoughts go to lie and wait for the next epiphany?
-Jan. 17th, 2010
Sleeping Beauty
According to Daily Mail, a 15 year old british girl has begin sleeping weeks at a time after she came down with the flu. I'm so jealous. Of the sleeping part, not the flu.
A Man's Dream
On Sept. 1, 1980, amputee Terry Fox was forced to stop his 5,000-mile run across Canada for cancer research after it was discovered that his bone cancer had spread to his lungs. He died 10 months later, but not before realizing his dream of raising one dollar for every person in Canada.
Fuck yeah! I'd run the distance of Canada for $33,000,000. Oh wait, HE GAVE IT AWAY?!
My Today:
Sat in one room for a total of 8(?) hours today. Doing nothing. I'm on the Mock Trial Retreat and we were running through the case. All parts EXCEPT the closing. (AKA all parts except mine.) Its alright though, there was good pizza.
Does Not Go To Prove The Truth Of The Matter Asserted.
A statement is hearsay only if it is offered in evidence to prove that the fact asserted is true. If it is offered for some otherrelevant purpose, it is not hearsay. It is the obligation of the respondent to convince the judge that there is a relevant purpose for the statement other than as proof of the fact asserted. Common examples are:
(a) Notice. In a slip-and-fall tort case, a witness testifies that the week before plaintiff's accident, Mary told the defendant that his parking lot was slippery. The primary relevance of the evidence is to show that the defendant had notice of the dangerous condition, not to prove that the lot was slippery a week before the accident.
(b) State of mind of listener. The defendant is charged with knowing use of stolen credit card. He testifies that a friend told him "This is my card and you may use it." The evidence is offered to prove the defendant's state of mind (lack of mens rea), not that the card really belonged to the friend.
(c) State of mind of the speaker. In a will contest, the administrator offers evidence that the decedent said "I hate my youngest son who has become a drug addict." The evidence is offered to show the state of mind of the decedent and explain why he cut the son out of his will, not to prove that the son is really a drug addict.
(d) The statement motivates conduct. In a tort case, the defendant testifies that he was speeding because he had gotten a telephone call from the hospital informing him that his son was in the emergency room. Note that accusatory statements made by witnesses to the police ("the defendant did it") offered to show why the police investigated the defendant are non-hearsay only if there is some genuine issue concerning why the police investigated him.
(e) The statement motivates another statement. In conversations between two people when we are interested in what one of them says, the statements by the other are not offered for their truth but to give meaning to the primary person's remarks. For example, in a police interrogation, when the Detective says "We know you drove the getaway car," it is not being offered to prove the defendant did the crime, but to explain why the defendant said "Yeah I was driving. What kind of deal can I get."
(a) Notice. In a slip-and-fall tort case, a witness testifies that the week before plaintiff's accident, Mary told the defendant that his parking lot was slippery. The primary relevance of the evidence is to show that the defendant had notice of the dangerous condition, not to prove that the lot was slippery a week before the accident.
(b) State of mind of listener. The defendant is charged with knowing use of stolen credit card. He testifies that a friend told him "This is my card and you may use it." The evidence is offered to prove the defendant's state of mind (lack of mens rea), not that the card really belonged to the friend.
(c) State of mind of the speaker. In a will contest, the administrator offers evidence that the decedent said "I hate my youngest son who has become a drug addict." The evidence is offered to show the state of mind of the decedent and explain why he cut the son out of his will, not to prove that the son is really a drug addict.
(d) The statement motivates conduct. In a tort case, the defendant testifies that he was speeding because he had gotten a telephone call from the hospital informing him that his son was in the emergency room. Note that accusatory statements made by witnesses to the police ("the defendant did it") offered to show why the police investigated the defendant are non-hearsay only if there is some genuine issue concerning why the police investigated him.
(e) The statement motivates another statement. In conversations between two people when we are interested in what one of them says, the statements by the other are not offered for their truth but to give meaning to the primary person's remarks. For example, in a police interrogation, when the Detective says "We know you drove the getaway car," it is not being offered to prove the defendant did the crime, but to explain why the defendant said "Yeah I was driving. What kind of deal can I get."
Galactic Concert
Galactic will be playing at at the Roseland Theatre on February 27th. The best of New Orleans Acid Jazz; totally worth seeing.
2.12.2010
Priorities
You know that feeling that there is something more important that you should be doing?
Well I have a closing statement to announce, a pretty important science test on my first day back, alot of science homework (ALOT), makeup math + current math homework, oh yeah, and a spanish oral to study for. And what am I doing? Exploring Reddit, creeping Facebook, messing on Flickr, playing with my blog. I guess you know the feeling too. There's definitely something you should be doing right now, but instead, you're on my blog.
The Hottest Olympian
Watching the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, and I think we are all in unanimous agreement that Torah Bright is the hottest olympian. If you agree, click here.
The Olympics
I hope you're watching the opening ceremonies right now. If you care to watch any specific upcoming events, the complete schedule is available here.
Life Just Is:
Life is a collection of moments,
flabbergasted to be in each other’s presence.
The mistake is to believe that because then happened,
now is not.
A continuum of actions and predestined reactions,
create the world in which we live.
The mistake is to believe that because these laws control our physical actions,
that our free will is therefore restricted.
Evolution has taken its path and has created,
but what we create with what has been given,
that is life.
To breathe, to maintain a steady pattern,
to continually maintain the equilibrium between mind and body:
one’s shell, and one’s soul.
To accept one’s world and life so completely,
the affirmation of one’s life,
so unqualified and reckless,
that it amounts to total denial of every restriction and limitation.
Do not allow yourself to be swept along,
we are all co-authors of this magical exuberance,
and, as the pattern becomes more intricate,
to join the ride is no longer sufficient.
The ride does not require explanation,
and occupancy isn’t the key:
Life is once more, and once again, and forever,
the key is simply to remain in a constant state of departure,
while always arriving.
- June 3, 2009
Mock Trial Retreat
So we're here at the beach. Sorry, portlanders call it "the coast". Its raining. Of course its raining. We've worked all afternoon and gotten nothing done. Of course. My friends are having a party and I'm stuck here with the coonsta' and The Megan. Its cool.
Charles Darwin's Birthday
The father of the modern evolutionary movement stated in short that the strong survive and reproduce, and this is how evolution occurs and the gene pool is modified. To celebrate Darwin's legendary discovery and theory, I present a video of a man removing himself from the gene pool:
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