 “alleged.” It’s because in a civil society, we’ve had a longstanding norm that one person pointing the finger isn’t enough to smear another person with a deleterious label for the rest of his or her life.
This isn’t just about determining whether a person gets a place on the highest court in the land; it’s about reputation and common decency.
The presumption of guilt has, of course, led to some considerably dark times in this country, including the persecution of Jews, the Irish, Italians and other ethnic minorities at one time or another, and not just in courts of law but “courts of credibility.” See too McCarthyism, black lists and Japanese internment camps.
The pervasive and historic presumption of guilt by law enforcement of African-Americans, in particular black youths, has endangered, incarcerated and disadvantaged generations of American families for centuries.
In just the past decade, Democrats argued that the 2010 Arizona law known as SB 1070, requiring immigrants to possess identification at all times, was inherently and odiously a presumption of guilt. They insisted we must close Guantanamo Bay because the prisoners being held there were presumed guilty.
The about-face is unfortunate. #MeToo progress is important and long overdue. But if it comes at the expense of basic human rights, long-held legal principles and democratic ideals we all used to agree on, it will not last very long.The Internet of Things will bring us back to reality. Instead of isolation and disconnection, we’ll be connected again, we’ll be more physical, more tactile. Without it, smart phones and mobile devices may just kill us and destroy public life. Urban theorist Malcolm McCullough says we can’t stop our love affair with our devices. But […]Buying shoes for kids is frustrating on so many levels. First of all, for some reason, my children seem to think that taking their shoes off in a store gives them free-range to run around like a couple of banshees. I think the naked feet make them feel, well, footloose and fancy free. Secondly, for being just three and 14 months, they are very opinionated regarding their footwear. Ava's shoes need to be pink or have pink on them. If pink is unavailable, she will accept bling of some sort (rhinestones, glitter, etc) or black church shoes. Negotiation is not an option. Jax on the other hand, must have velcro. He handed me a very loud "NO!" when I attempted to place shoes with laces on his feet. He likes to play with the velcro, and will often undo it, unbeknownst to his mother which leads us to a nice game of "Where in the store did Jax's shoe fall off?"
Jax is actually on his very first pair of REAL shoes. He's had the soft-soled baby kind and a pair of sandals, but despite my attempts, I have been unable to buy him shoes until now. You see, my son suffers from elephantitis of the feet, or so it seems. Those suckers are enormous! I have, until now, been unable to find shoes to fit his big, fat feet without being enormously long on him. But, now that he walks EVERYWHERE I decided I had to do something. And a kid can only go to church barefoot so many times. So, while perusing the shoe aisles at Target, I spotted a pair that were not only cute but seemed wide. I grabbed a size 4 and held the sole up to the bottom of his foot. Serious overhang. So, I went up to a 5, same thing. The 6 seemed about right, but when I attempt to shove his chunky feet in them, we couldn't make it past his toes. Frantically and a little bewildered I searched for a SIZE 7. With my fingers crossed I slid them on. They fit, like a glove. Then it hit me. My 14-month-old is in a SIZE 7 shoe! His big sister, who is a whole 26 months older than him wears an 8.5.
When I went to take the shoes off to place in our cart Jax yelled, "NO! DON'T!" I explained that we had to pay for them, but he could hold them. He cradled that pair of shoes the entire rest of the shopping trip and in his car seat on the way home. When we arrived home, I asked him where our shoes go and he very gently placed them in the shoe basket by the front door.
This was two weeks ago, but still, he cherishes those little shoes. He gets so excited to put them on and sometimes that's the first thing he'll do after he's done eating breakfast -- he'll go, grab his shoes and bring them to the nearest adult, throw them in said adult's lap and very politely say, "Ooshs." Then, he'll climb up into the shoe-putter-onners lap and bounce his legs with excitement. When the shoes are finally on, he paces around the house, looking down at his shoes most of the time. He loves the sound they make across the tile floor in the kitchen, and is sure to stomp his feet a little more when he's in there.
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first, jax is so darn cute...second, you got me thinking that emalia is going to have clown feet...shes already in 10.5. oh my, poor girl.Welcome to our Head Start Programs page for the state of Arizona. Below are all of the cities we have with Head Start Programs in Arizona. Choose from the list below to find full information, maps, descriptions and pictures of each program.TAPERTUBE® Piles were chosen by Underpinning & Foundation Skanska to complete the terminal foundations at the International Arrivals Terminal at JFK International Airport after Underpinning &Foundation had been asked to replace the original contractor who had been removed from the project. Over 1,000 (one thousand) TAPERTUBE® Piles were installed to complete this project. The pile design loads on this project were 180 tons. I am quoting from the U&F web site; "Underpinning professionals recognized the inherent inefficiencies of the original pile design and submitted a value engineering substitution that proved to be superior in all respects."
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It’s almost a year since you were appointed as Vinpro wine tourism manager. Can you give us a general overview of some of the things you’ve achieved or implemented over the past year? Our initial focus was on putting in place an implementation plan with practical, measurable outcomes in our six work streams, drawing on the Wine Tourism Strategy.
Some of the marketing highlights include making major strides in terms of trade engagement with a presence at World Travel Market (WTM) Africa in April, Indaba in May, a wine tourism presentation in Chicago at the Association for the Promotion of Travel to Africa (APTA) along with a Wosa-hosted wine tasting and several other cross-sectoral trade activities.
The Visit Winelands digital platforms evolved in terms of functionality, look and feel, and reach to prospective day-trippers and overnight visitors to our wine routes. For example, by the end of September we had 4 650 Facebook fans compared with 88 fans at the end of September last year.
Another highlight was redesigning and printing the South African Wine Routes Map, featuring all 22 wine routes across three provinces plus the SA Brandy Homes, for distribution at key access points to the destination and in-market locations abroad.
I’m most grateful for the support I’ve received from my colleagues at Vinpro and Wesgro, where I’m based two days a week, the Wosa team and the wine route managers who serve on the South African Wine Routes Forums (SAWRF