Men Stepping Up- Take Back the Culture.

Check it out. College men and all men, working for a better culture.

http://www.pcar.org/men-against-sexual-violence-masv

http://www.students.haverford.edu/masar/front.htm
http://www.uic.edu/depts/owa/msv.html

http://www.manutah.org/

http://www.mencanstoprape.org/

Invisible Children -- Coming to K-State

Invisible Children is an international organization working for peace in Northern Uganda. As stated on their website, "Invisible Children uses film, creativity, and social action to end the use of child soldiers in Joseph  Kony's rebel war and restore peace to Northern Uganda to peace and prosperity."

Invisible Children is coming to K-State. The event will take place on Monday, November 15th from 8:00 pm-9:30 pm in Forum Hall in the Union. They will be showing an extremely insightful, educational video detailing the struggles and hardships that the citizens of Northern Uganda face. In addition to this, they will be bringing a student from Uganda who is now part of the Legacy Scholarship Program to share her personal experiences with our student body. She will also be highlighting what Invisible Children is doing to help rebuild education in Northern Uganda. This is a unique and enriching opportunity that your students will not want to miss out on!

WHEN: Monday November 15th 8:00 pm
WHERE: K-State Union Forum Hall
Thank you so much for your support of this amazing cause! If you would like more information about Invisible Children, their website is: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home

--- The above was sent to me by K-Stater Erin White,
the president of The Coalition,
the group that is hosting Invisible Children next week.
Thank you,  for this.

The worst depiction  i have ever seen of the effect of "child soldiers"

The most horror,and deepening of my understanding of the psychological aspects of this unbearable crime --occured  when i watched the Movie, Blood Diamonds.

 I am still traumatized whenever i think of it. I honor those who work to end this deepest most vile sin. kt.

invisible children comes to K-State November 2010

http://blog.invisiblechildren.com/2010/09/face-to-face-is-here/

Sexual Assault, Torture and Murder in Connecticut Leads to Death Sentence for Hayes

For every one of these horrifyingly sad stories, another 100 are not mentioned here. This post does not have the most grisly details. Breaking story video and pics HERE
It's Death for Hayes: A New Haven jury has decided Steven Hayes should die for his part in the murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, in Cheshire.

Regarding diary of Co-defendant  Joshua Komisarjevsky  HERE.  images here. 
Inside the Mind HERE

By DIANA PEREZ, BRYNN GINGRAS, BOB CONNORS and LEANNE GENDREAU

Updated 1:44 PM EST, Mon, Nov 8, 2010

Photo Evidence From Hayes Murder Trial State of Connecticut

"Jurors and members of the Petit family cried as the clerk read the verdicts and Judge Jon Blue warned everyone to keep their emotions in check. Jurors returned the verdict on Monday, the day after a rare weekend court session. Hayes was charged with six capital felony counts, each of which carried possibility of the death penalty.
It took jurors four days of deliberating to reach the decision and they sentenced him to death on all six, making him the 10th person in the state to stand on death row.

The Perpetrator here: Steven Hayes
The evidence HERE. and Here
As Hayes was sentenced, he showed no emotion and just stared ahead at the clerk who read the verdicts. The official sentencing will be on Thursday, Dec. 2.
“I think the jury took its time to listed to the evidence and make an appropriate and just decision,” said Dr. William Petit, the only survivor of the home invasion.
Hayes’ defense attorney, Thomas Ullman, quoted Mahatma Gandhi when he spoke to the media after the verdict.
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind,” he said “We are devastated by the verdict and intend to fight this, tooth and nail.”
Dr. Petit broke down in tears in the courtroom and said later it was for the loss of his family.
Michaela was just a little girl, he said, and Hayley was strong and had a lot of potential. His wife was never allowed to carrying on the work she had done as a nurse, he said.
"Michaela was an 11-year-old kid, tortured and killed in her own bedroom," as she was surrounded by stuffed animals, Dr. Petit said. ""Fortunately in this case, justice delayed wasn't justice denied."

He added that this is not about revenge. "This is about justice," he said.

The Petit, Hawke and Renn families have stood together through the whole ordeal, Dr. Petit said, back to 2007, when the brutal crimes happened.
Petit was hospitalized when the time came to identify the bodies of his wife and daughters, so Jennifer’s sister, Johanna Petit Chapman, and his brother Glen went to identify the remains.

When they returned to Dr. Petit, he asked if they could have an open casket wake. They both looked at him, he said.
While the autopsy photos were never released to the media, the facts show that the women died of smoke inhallation in a burning home. The jury did see the autopsy photos, which brought them to tears.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell issued a statement soon after the verdict was released.

"“The crimes that were committed on that brutal July night were so far out of the range of normal understanding that now, more than three years later, we still find it difficult to accept that they happened in one of our communities," Rell said in a statement.
They sentenced him to death for felony murder of multiple victims and murder of a victim under the age of 16. Michaela Petit was 11 when she was killed.
They also sentenced him to death for the murder and kidnapping of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and the murder and kidnapping of Hayley, Jennifer's 17-year-old daughter.

He was also sentenced to death for the murder of Michaela during the kidnapping and for murder of the victim of sex assault --Jennifer Hawke Petit.
The jurors were crying as the clerk read through the form.

Before Hayes was dismissed from the courtroom, Blue told the jurors they are free to talk about the case. For the first time in the case, he told the marshals to "take the defendant away" in front of the jury.
“We are grateful that we are part of a society that feels that just some people do not deserve to live in God’s world,” Richard Hawke, Jennifer Hawke-Petit’s father, said.
The Cheshire home invasion case entered the most recent statewide debate on the death penalty. In 2009, Rell vetoed a House bill that sought to end the death penalty in the state and mentioned the brutal slayings.
“I have long believed that there are certain crimes so heinous, so depraved, that society is best served by imposing the ultimate sanction on the criminal. Steven Hayes stands convicted of such crimes – and today the jury has recommended that he should be subjected to the death penalty. I agree," Rell said."

Find this article at: http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Its-Death-for-Hayes-106822803.html?dr

Your friends and family

Read more about the story
over the many months
at the Hartford Courant
such as
http://www.courant.com/community/cheshire/cheshire-home-invasion/hc-hayes-verdict-death-penalty-20101108,0,6875785.story

The family must now endure a second trial, that of the co-defendant.

These horrifying types of events are not so rare.
Pray, work for change, love while you can.

http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2010/10/double_murder_suspect_placed_o.html
http://wibw.videogenesis.net/watch?v=4877&ref=gr_related
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8064101/Man-who-murdered-ex-girlfriend-while-on-bail-for-her-rape-is-jailed.html
http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/content/2010/crimesite/article.aspx?subjectid=450&articleid=20100710_11_A17_TlaPlc20871

Fawns, Deer, Doe and Stag

Peace.

Doe and Fawn

albino deer

Fawns so Small

Deer and Squirrel

Deer and Snowman

canadian street gangs

true story of preemie deer: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/rupert.asp

'Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.'

lol cats can give you a lift on Sweetest Friday

Haugh to laugh-- even when we are a bit bummed out, these lolcats make us giggle, snicker, chortle, guffaw, snort, tee hee and snort milk out of our nose...

click pic to enlarge

lol cats

Wildcats Against Rape (W.A.R.) meet at K-State Women's Center

K-State Tailgating! Thousands of dollars for Mike D.! Music at the Dusty Bookshelf! President Liz Davis and the WAR folk

are meeting thursday at 5 in 206 holton to discuss, among other things, the large allotment of money which is Liz's reward for hard work, from SGA, in order to bring a Top Notch speaker here.

Wildcats agaisnt rape inof is HERE

and you can send LIZ you email to get on the listserve.

W.A.R. Founding Mission Statement: We all want to live in a society where we are able to trust, be trusted and live outside the confinements of fear. W.A.R. members are taking the initiative to challenge the current environment where 1 out of 4 college women will suffer a rape or attempted rape between the ages of 13 and college graduation. We, K-State men and women, are ready to have our voice heard in the community.

Because of our dedication to nonviolent ideals, W.A.R. has chosen the

representation of Tiananmen Square to illustrate our mission. In 1989 hundreds of college students in Beijing were massacred for nonviolently protesting injustices within their government. When the tanks began
arriving at the scene of the protest, one man stood at the front of the tanks to stop their progression. This one man held up a line of over 17 tanks for a significant period of time. He didn’t carry a weapon.To learn more about this http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm
Although our name is W.A.R. we are a nonviolent culture-change group. We are not out to patrol the streets, place blame, or 'get those rapists.' Our goal is to change the part of our culture that makes it acceptable for people to take control away from others and behave in a violent, selfish way. W.A.R. may be a small group of individuals but ideals of peace and nonviolence is what gives us hope and strength.

Baseball's Tim Lincecum and the World Series

Scorcher Video HERE. As the Giants and the Rangers shoot-it out-For some reason, i'm finding that for myself, and others around me, The World Series is interesting this year. other programming is less important, the game is calling.

 Ever since The Strike, for me, with a few short exceptions, i seemed to move on, like after tony and mike and john and warrick left the TB bucs. Johnathan Yardly's [there's baseball and there's the void] was no longer true. then enhancement drugs and lies. and cocainyhollywoody implants testimony testicleshrinkage tell all books Oh let's watch the Natural one more time.
hmmm.
here is Tim Lincecum:

Tim Lincecum of San Francisco Giants

Update: the scorcher throw from third to first by Tim L was the most adrenaline-producing play of the game. (the fine pitching made these types of plays rare. wish i could find the vid of this play)

embarrassingly, more HERE

-there's a guy who goes by Holton Hall

who looks just like tim-

alert.

yardley

Jonathan Yardley says there are only two seasons: Baseball Season and The Void.