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Texas May Require County Jails to Allow In-Person Visits | Dallas Observer (http://blogs.dallasobserv... http://blogs.dallasobserv... )

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"The state of Texas may soon mandate that prisoners in county custody be given at least two in person visits a week, a sensible move that staves off the prison complex's ongoing effort to automate and profit from jail visits. The move comes on the heels of a series of controversies surrounding the introduction of video visitation at jails around the state. Last fall, an attempt to replace all in-person visits at Dallas County Jail -- initiated by Securus, a company that provides video visitation technology -- failed after activists and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins fought the plan. In Denton, however, Securus video visits are currently the only visits available, despite a lawsuit. Dallas state Represenative Eric Johnson, after following all the goings on in his backyard, wrote a bill that would require all county jails to allow inmates at least two 20-minute in-person visits a week. Late Monday afternoon, his bill passed a Texas House voice vote." - JustDuckie - -

""It doesn't limit the availability of video visitation; it simply requires that in-person visitation in our jails be left intact," Johnson said Monday of his bill. "It relates to county jails, not prisons -- 60 percent of those who are there are innocent, waiting for trial, and couldn't afford the bond to get out of of jail." That echoes the arguments made in the Dallas fight over the potential Securus contract in September. "When people are in jail, communication with their family is one of the best ways to encourage them to take action so they won't be back in jail again and to have their best outcome after they're out of jail," Jenkins said at the time. Research supports this." - JustDuckie - -

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Fox cubs prove they're just puppies at heart | MNN - Mother Nature Network (Video) (http://www.mnn.com/earth-... http://36.media.tumblr.co... )

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"When a Reddit user's security light came on at 1 a.m. this week, he peeked outside and saw something truly adorable: fox cubs playing with his dog's tennis ball. The man stayed up watching and recording the playful cubs for hours and said the loss of sleep was totally worth it." - JustDuckie - -

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A Grisly Find Under a Supermarket Illuminates France's Medieval History - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/20... http://static01.nyt.com/i... )

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"Past the racks of hair accessories on the ground floor of the Monoprix supermarket on the corner of the Rue RÃ©aumur and the Boulevard de SÃ©bastopol in the Second Arrondissement, there is a door marked staff only. Slip through that passageway and turn left down a spiraling metal staircase into the basement. Past pallets of juice and soda bottles, down another flight of stairs, you will find a grim reminder of Paris's history: a mass grave, with row upon row of medieval skeletons, 316 in total. Archaeologists believe the discovery, unearthed in January, is part of the cemetery of a medieval hospital called the HÃ´pital de la TrinitÃ© that used to stand nearby. The long-buried mass grave is a reminder that Paris, for all its surface grandeur, is still replete with undiscovered archaeological treasures, some grand, others much more grisly. For archaeologists, though, grisly can be good. "Each dig is an event, but a cemetery is even better, because you have a real population at hand," said Boris Bove, a historian and professor at the UniversitÃ© Paris 8 who recently co-wrote a book on the French capital in the Middle Ages. "Most of the time, you only stumble upon buildings."" - JustDuckie - -

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Women Dropping Polite Hints In Western Art History (http://the-toast.net/2015... http://17rg073sukbm1lmjk9... )

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"Few readers have been sending me the story about a food vendor called Bing Mi! in Portland, Oregon. The biggest gripe besides the owner is not Chinese yet selling one of the most traditional northern Chinese food item, is the fact that its signage is wrong." - JustDuckie - -

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I showed this to Dominic yesterday and he thought it was hilarious: "Hahahahah it's not even the same tones!" It's like the vendor was trying to make a pun in Chinese and got lazy about it. - JustDuckie - -

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Brandon woman gets three DUI's in 6 days (http://www.wtsp.com/story... http://www.gannett-cdn.co... )

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"Jennifer Yi, 31, was first arrested by Hillsborough Sheriff's deputies on April 30 around 5 p.m. on Brandon Boulevard. She refused to take a BAC and urine tests and was released on May 1 at 8 a.m. on $500 bond. She was out only a few hours when she was arrested again on Brandon Boulevard for DUI and, again, refused to take a BAC and urine test. She was released the next morning at 3:37 a.m. on $500 surety bond. Then, on May 5, she was pulled over again a few doors from her home on Camella Dr. E. around 12:45 a.m. and arrested for DUI with property damage. For a third time, she refused a BAC and urine test. She is currently being held without bond." - JustDuckie - -

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Cow who was issued admit card does not appear for examination : India, News - India Today (http://indiatoday.intoday... http://media2.intoday.in/... )

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"A Budgam resident, who managed to get hall ticket for his Brown Cow to write a professional entrance examination, on Sunday did not turn up with the bovine for the paper at the allocated centre in Srinagar, saying he only wanted to convey a message about the "flaw" in the system. "I only wanted to convey a message to the authorities about the flaw in the system. I never wanted to make a mockery of the system," Abdul Rashid Bhat, the owner of the now-famous cow, told PTI." - JustDuckie - -

"In an attempt to expose the loopholes in Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination's (BOPEE) online registration system, Bhat had managed to acquire an admit card for his cow to write the paper for admission to Diploma in polytechnical college. The admit card was issued by the BOPEE in the name of Kachir Gaaw (Brown Cow) which is supposedly daughter of Gura Dand (Red Bull). Bhat, after obtaining the hall ticket last week, had said it was his legal right to bring the bovine for writing the examination. "Had I gone ahead with that, there would be no difference between me and an animal. I would become a two-legged animal then," he said. " - JustDuckie - -

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@_FloridaMan Beguiles With the Hapless and Harebrained - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/20... )

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"Now I think there are people who actually aspire to Florida Man-ness," said Dave Barry, who celebrates Florida's brand of madness in his popular columns and best-selling books. "It's like the big leagues. It's the Broadway for idiots."" - JustDuckie - -

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"And there is so much more of it in Florida, he added. “It’s not just shooting fish in a barrel,” Mr. Hiaasen said, “but shooting mutated, deranged, slow-moving fish.”" - JustDuckie - -

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Tourists experience CREMATION in death simulator at Chinese amusement park | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.u... http://i.dailymail.co.uk/... )

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"The Window of the World park is a 'cultural theme park' in Shenzhen that boasts an incredible range of attractions crammed into its 48 hectares. Among these are an astonishing 130 models of the world's most famous landmark attractions in miniature, including Buckingham Palace, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Mount Rushmore. But the park has branched out to include oddities such as 'The Cremator'. The experience begins with a journey through the 'morgue', following which they are placed in a coffin and put on a conveyor belt." - JustDuckie - -

The hot new attraction. - bentley - -

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Kansas seniors try to sell high school on Craigslist (http://www.msn.com/en-us/... http://img.s-msn.com/tena... )

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"The seniors at Arkansas City High School think the building will be unnecessary after the class of 2015 graduates. The Winfield Daily Courier reports (http://bit.ly/1IVwfri ) that as a senior prank, the seniors listed the Arkansas City High School building for sale on Craigslist. The ad says the class members don't need the building anymore, but do need money for college. It notes the school offers a lot of parking space â or even room for a buyer's cattle, and whoever buys it might even learn something. The ad lists a price of $2,015 but says all offers will be considered. District spokeswoman Alisha Call gave the seniors credit for being clever, but says the building isn't for sale. She says the district has asked Craigslist to remove the ad." - JustDuckie - -

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How To Cast Jane Eyre (http://the-toast.net/2015... http://17rg073sukbm1lmjk9... http://17rg073sukbm1lmjk9... )

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"NOT TO MAKE YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE CAST A BABE AS JANE EYRE, WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR SYMPATHY AND ABILITY TO IDENTIFY WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S EXPERIENCE TO THE NON-HOT OR ELSE WE'RE GONNA GET REAL BORING AND AWFUL REAL FAST. GOTTA CARE FOR THE TOADS. JANE EYRE IS A TOAD BOOK, AND DON'T YOU TRY TO WORK AROUND THAT BY CASTING A BUTTERFLY WITH A SEVERE HAIRSTYLE." - JustDuckie - -

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Snickers Found Amusing Fails All Over NYC and Put These Stickers Next to Them | Adweek (http://www.adweek.com/adf... http://www.adweek.com/fil... http://www.adweek.com/fil... )

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"BBDO New York continues its run of great work for Snickers with this irresistible out-of-home campaign, in which the candy brand found goofy mistakes all around New York City and put stickers next to them that read, "You make mistakes when you're hungry." The fails are curious and amusing in their own right, of course, which is what makes this idea work so well. Adding a little snarky sticker caps them off perfectly. It helps that Snickers has had affection for people's mistakes for a long, long time." - JustDuckie - -

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This Domesticated Baby Red Fox Is The Sleepiest Pet Ever | Bored Panda (http://www.boredpanda.com... http://static.boredpanda.... http://static.boredpanda.... )

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"Meet Rylai, a domesticated red fox with her own Facebook who is quickly becoming a rising star on the internet. On her Facebook, you can follow what Rylai eats, her success in obedience training, and her little everyday challenges. Rylai represents a welcome change in attitudes towards domesticated foxes, as she comes from a long line of foxes that were slaughtered for their fur. Often called silver or Siberian foxes, they have been bred in the Soviet Union and Russia to make them tamer and more dog-like." - JustDuckie - -

is it wise/kind to domesticate foxes? - Halil - -

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Texas DPS Chief Very Upset Trooper Took Photo With "Dope Smoking Cop Hater" Snoop Dogg | Dallas Observer (http://blogs.dallasobserv... )

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"Spears was working South by Southwest in Austin when Snoop Dogg, who was a keynote speaker at the conference, asked the trooper to take a photo with him. Spears agreed, setting off a controversy that would lead to his being forced to undergo counseling at McCraw's behest. "[T]he Director wants Billy Spears to receive a counseling record for poor judgement for allowing "Snoop dog" a known drug user and felon for allowing his picture to be taken with him," regional commander Jack Webster said in an email sent the day after McCraw's. "Apparently the boss was pissed over this, [he] wanted to cancel his secondary employment."" - JustDuckie - -

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Texas Medicaid Finally Gives Disabled Dallas PhD Student the Help She Needs | Dallas Observer (http://blogs.dallasobserv... http://blogs.dallasobserv... )

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"Superior tripled the amount of care it was offering Bates. "So, less than a week after your story posted I signed a plan from Superior today providing me with 140 hrs of PCA services," Bates wrote in an email yesterday. "I'm obviously really pleased to have a resolution after all of this time, but it's frustrating to know that if I'd reached out to the media 8 months ago I could've saved a ton of time and stress." Which is great, both for Bates, who gets the care she needs, and for Eric Nicholson, who gets to include self-congratulatory quotes in his story. But why did it take eight months and an unflattering news story for Bates to get her hours? And what about the justifications the the state gave me for limiting the hours -- basically that federal Medicaid rules are very strict and don't permit the state to pay for in-home care when a nursing home is cheaper?" - JustDuckie - -

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"In other words Superior, the contractor, is just eating the extra cost." - JustDuckie - -

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Ellen Albertini Dow, Actress, Dies at 101; Was Rapping Granny in "Wedding Singer" - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/20... http://static01.nyt.com/i... )

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"Ellen Albertini Dow, who found acting success in her 70s and portrayed feisty grandmothers in the hit film comedies "Wedding Crashers" and "The Wedding Singer," stealing the show in that one when she rapped onstage, died on Monday in Los Angeles. She was 101." - JustDuckie - -

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Texas Continues to Handle Jade Helm 15 Exactly the Way You'd Expect | Dallas Observer (http://blogs.dallasobserv... http://blogs.dallasobserv... )

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"Abbott, buoyed by the likes of Ted Cruz and noted intellectual Chuck Norris defended his position on Monday. "We are playing a pivotal role of government and that is to provide information for people who have questions," Abbott told reporters. "It is clear that people in Bastrop had questions, it's clear from the questions I have received in my office that people have questions about it, and as governor and as government, I think we have an obligation to answer questions of citizens. And, by us working with the Special Operations Forces, we are able to provide information to citizens who were concerned about it." Yes, but what if those questions are idiotic? Not to suggest that the fine, inquisitive folk in Bastrop are necessarily idiots, but it's one possibility that is at least likely as the U.S. military invading Texas, seeing as they're here already." - JustDuckie - -

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Greedy pig traps woman in car - National - NZ Herald News (http://www.nzherald.co.nz... http://media.nzherald.co.... )

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"The ''big pig'' - a kunekune cross - climbed halfway into the vehicle of a parked motorist at an intersection near Aramoana yesterday afternoon, Dunedin City Council animal control officer Alister Wilden said. ''He was hungry and a person has stopped and they had some food and he's tried climbing into the car and trapped the person,'' Mr Wilden said. The woman, parked at the intersection of Purakaunui Rd and Heyward Point Rd, was freed thanks to the quick thinking of a passer by. ''A passer by has grabbed the hind legs of the pig and dragged him out of the car,'' he said. The pig then returned to his paddock, accompanied by the passer by and without incident. The pig weighed ''probably 150kg'', Mr Wilden said." - JustDuckie - -

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Which Jane Austen Heroine Are You? (http://the-toast.net/2015... http://17rg073sukbm1lmjk9... )

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"You are not Elizabeth Bennet. Christ. That's the only reason you clicked on this, isn't it? You misunderstand yourself entirely. You have never been Elizabeth Bennet. No one in your entire acquaintanceship -- in your entire life -- has for even one second considered you to be the Elizabeth Bennet of your social circle. No one thinks of you at all. You think that because reading Jane Austen makes you feel understood that she would have approved of or even liked you; nothing could be further from the truth. You are not playfully impertinent, you are coarse and often intentionally cruel. You say unkind things about friends who are not there to defend themselves and pretend you do not mean it; worse, you say kind things about people who are there to think well of you and you do not mean that either. No one has ever called you "plucky" and no one will ever silently admire your good qualities while you play the piano. You should have been shot into the vacuum of space on your thirteenth birthday." - JustDuckie - -

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I think I'm more of a Catherine Morland (although I have only a passing familiarity with Austen's work), and I am perfectly okay with that. - JustDuckie - -

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What Does It Take To Become A Professional Faerie Princess? (http://io9.com/what-does-... http://i.kinja-img.com/ga... )

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"Faerie training, it turns out, is quite rigorous at Happily Ever Laughter. The performers need to learn how to twist balloon animals, perform magic and puppet shows, and meet the company's particularly high face-painting standards. (Richman confesses that she wasn't a natural; it took a lot of practice for her to master the ropes.) And performers have to develop social tools as well as performance skills -- things to say that will make the children feel more at ease with this strange person on their special day. After all, Richman points out, you've been invited to someone's big celebration "this momentous thing. So it's important to become part of that." But for Richman, it's not just about the skills. It's about wanting to insert a little magic into children's lives." - JustDuckie - -

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Lil Buck at Versailles, as Apollo. Seriously. - NYTimes.com (http://artsbeat.blogs.nyt... )

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"The Parisian artist Jean-Michel Othoniel's gilded glass fountains won't be the only things dancing at opening parties for the restored Water Theater grove in the gardens of the ChÃteau de Versailles in May. L.A. Dance Project will present the latest addition to its repertoire in the newly landscaped space on May 10 and 11, with a guest solo performance by the jookin street dance phenomenon Lil Buck, starring as the sun god Apollo. Conceived by the company's founder, Benjamin Millepied, now dance director at the Paris Opera Ballet, the 10-minute divertissement, "O'de," takes its inspiration from 17th-century dances created and performed by King Louis XIV in the original Water Theater. Louis himself used to dance the role of Apollo in his own baroque projection of soft power, wearing a golden mask that gave him his nickname, the Sun King." - JustDuckie - -

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How Some Men Fake an 80-Hour Workweek, and Why It Matters - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/20... http://static01.nyt.com/i... )

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"Some 31 percent of the men and 11 percent of the women whose records Ms. Reid examined managed to achieve the benefits of a more moderate work schedule without explicitly asking for it. They made an effort to line up clients who were local, reducing the need for travel. When they skipped work to spend time with their children or spouse, they didn't call attention to it. One team on which several members had small children agreed among themselves to cover for one another so that everyone could have more flexible hours. A male junior manager described working to have repeat consulting engagements with a company near enough to his home that he could take care of it with day trips. "I try to head out by 5, get home at 5:30, have dinner, play with my daughter," he said, adding that he generally kept weekend work down to two hours of catching up on email. Despite the limited hours, he said: "I know what clients are expecting. So I deliver above that." He received a high performance review and a promotion." - JustDuckie - -

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Couple, 'naked head to toe,' accused of having sex at Waukesha library (http://www.jsonline.com/n... )

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"A woman walked into the family restroom at the Waukesha Public Library about 5 p.m. on March 2 and was shocked to see "two subjects having sex sitting on a toilet... naked from head to toe." She complained to library staff that "this was unacceptable." When security officer Bret Best returned to the restroom, it was locked. He knocked, and heard what sounded like people getting dressed before Daniel Goralski, 29, and Julie Dahms emerged, clothed. Goralski at first gave a false name before properly identifying himself. Best asked the couple what they were thinking, and why didn't they at least lock the door. Dahms she and Goralski "got excited because they hadn't seen each other in a couple of days." She said they did lock the door, and that the lock must have malfunctioned. They said they were sorry and left." - JustDuckie - -

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Man on trial for attacking lawyer attacks new lawyer in court (http://poststar.com/news/... )

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"The trial of a Glens Falls man who is charged with knocking out his lawyer in a Washington County Jail meeting room was delayed Thursday when he attacked his new lawyer in court in front of nearly a dozen witnesses. Aaron W. Jabot, 34, was taken back to jail after the incident that left lawyer Fred Rench with a bloody hand injury. Judge John Hall and lawyers debated how to handle the outburst, then the trial continued with Jabot not in the courtroom." - JustDuckie - -

The wording is hilarious but the main content is tragic :-/ - Clark Kent - -

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The Fox Who Came to Dinner - NYTimes.com (http://opinionator.blogs.... http://graphics8.nytimes.... )

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"Persuaded by the meat scraps I scattered outside, the fox appeared more often. One late summer night, as Greg and I celebrated our first anniversary, the fox tentatively nosed its way onto the deck, toward the smell of grilled lamb. As we toasted with cava and watched the stars appear one by one, we tossed the meaty bones out into the yard for our visitor, whom we now called Little One. He became a regular guest at my house. Evenings, Little One showed up, setting off the motion sensor light outside, and out I'd come, food in hand. Sometimes he sat facing the door, looking at the house with the big unblinking eyes of a Victorian beggar. There were a million reasons not to feed the fox, the least of which was the bigger predators he might attract. But it was too late. He'd developed a habit of sitting on the deck at the top of the steps, just as Elvis had, watching the yard from his perch. Ridiculously, I worried he didn't have enough food. There were even nights when I went barefoot out into the snow to look for him, calling his name." - JustDuckie - -

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