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Injured in Davidson County or Middle Tennessee?
You don't have to navigate your recovery alone.
Our award-winning law firm has represented Tennessee families for over 40 years.
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The Nashville-Davidson, Murfreesboro and Franklin area repeatedly ranks among the 10th fastest-growing metros in the United States. The booming local economy, lower cost of living compared to other major cities, good schools and popular attractions have made Music City U.S.A a popular destination spot and—as of 2017—the largest city in Tennessee, followed by Memphis and Knoxville.
With so many people visiting and moving to Nashville each year, it naturally follows that rates of accidents and personal injuries are on the rise as well. If you or a loved one were seriously injured in such an accident, or you lost a spouse or family member due to negligence, you might be searching for the best personal injury law firm in Nashville to give your case the attention, care and dedication it deserves.
Above all else, make sure that the attorney you hire specializes in your specific case type. Just like you wouldn't hire a plumber to fix an electrical issue, don't make the mistake of hiring a criminal lawyer for a personal injury legal matter.
At Gilreath & Associates, our Nashville injury attorneys have proudly served residents of Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro and Davidson County for over 40 years. From our law office conveniently located in downtown Nashville, across from Public Square Park and 2 blocks from the Cumberland River, our experienced lawyers have successfully resolved thousands of personal injury cases, helping clients receive maximum compensation for their injuries and restore their quality of life.
If you or a loved one have suffered a personal injury due to negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for your loss.
Contact our Nashville accident lawyers to discuss your legal options and seek justice in your case.
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Types of Personal Injury Cases We Handle
The term "personal injury" encompasses a wide range of civil (non-criminal) cases. Whether your physical, emotional or financial injury arose from personal injury, a defective product, medical malpractice, a workplace accident or an auto wreck, it's important to find an attorney near you who specializes in your type of case to improve the likelihood of a favorable outcome.
Over the last few decades, our Nashville law office has delivered positive outcomes in a wide variety of personal injury cases for our clients:
Car & Motorcycle Accidents
From 2016-2020, Davidson County ranked #1 in the state for its overall crash rate—a distinction that no community wants. On average, 9,000 people are injured and 100 folks are killed in Nashville-area wrecks every year. Davidson County also ranked as the worst county in Tennessee for injury crashes, speeding crashes, motorcycle crashes, young driver crashes and senior driver crashes. Our Nashville car accident attorneys specialize in all types of motor vehicle crashes and the legal battles that ensue.
As the largest and fastest-growing city in Tennessee, Nashville is a hub of national commerce, shipping and freight. With 3 major interstates (I-40, I-24, and I-65) intersecting the city, large commercial trucks pack local roads. A handful of these trucks are involved in serious crashes resulting in catastrophic injuries and fatalities. If you or a loved one were injured, talk to one of our truck accident attorneys. We have experience negotiating with and, if necessary, fighting uncooperative trucking companies and their insurers.
In 2020, there were 328 reported pedestrian-vehicle collisions in Davidson County alone, the second-highest in Tennessee (behind Shelby County). That same year, there were 55 traffic crashes involving bicyclists, a vast majority of which (52) resulted in injury. At Gilreath & Associates, our Tennessee accident attorneys regularly represent individuals and families of pedestrian and bicycle crash victims. We understand how to leverage state laws to maximize your settlement outcome.
The tragic and sudden loss of a loved one—whatever the cause—can leave an unfillable hole in your life and your family. When such a tremendous loss was avoidable, our Nashville wrongful death attorneys step in to comfort grieving families and secure their financial future by holding at-fault individuals or companies liable for negligence. Whatever the cause of your loved one's death, let us fight for justice on your behalf to ensure that another family doesn't have to experience what you are going through.
The Nashville metro area is home to an international airport (BNA), an Air National Guard Base, a public airport (JWN), and several municipal airports. Air travel to and from Nashville has skyrocketed in the last decade. Whether you were injured during a commercial flight or while flying a small charter plane, you deserve justice if negligence played a role. Our attorneys have successfully resolved countless aviation accident cases.
The healthcare industry is one of the largest industries in Nashville, providing an overall economic benefit of $46.7 billion and more than 270,000 jobs to the local economy. When negligence occurs in the healthcare industry, our Nashville medical malpractice attorneys are here to help. We have secured high-value medical negligence settlements and verdicts, such as $3.5 million to our client for a doctor's failure to diagnose his fracture resulting in paralysis.
The Nashville region is a national hub for manufacturing, with major companies like Nissan, Bridgestone, Electrolux, Tyson and Milliken in the area. When a product is defectively designed or manufactured, justice must be sought. Our Tennessee product liability lawyers have decades of experience representing individuals and families harmed by defective product negligence. For example, we secured $13 million for 2 plaintiffs paralyzed as a result of rear-end collision in a defectively designed automobile.
Railroad Injuries (FELA)
Nashville railroad history goes back for generations. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, commonly called the L&N, was a historic Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States. Nowadays, talks of high-speed rail service are breathing new life into this industry. Our attorneys regularly help injured railroad workers file FELA claims. For example, we secured $2.25 million for a railroad worker who lost his leg after being crushed by a train wheel assembly.
Over 70,000 non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses were reported among Tennessee's private industry and government employers in 2016. The industries with the highest injury rates included local government, education and health services, transportation and manufacturing—all industries with a large presence in Davidson County. We have significant experience handling spinal injuries and cases for workers suffering paraplegia and quadriplegia due to unsafe work environments, as well as work injuries due to defective products.
Personal Injury: Verdicts & Settlements
$2 million to family rear-ended
by tractor-trailer
$7.6 million to woman paralyzed
during neck surgery
Defective Product - Seat Belt System
$44 million recovered for
paralyzed child
Railroad Injury (FELA)
$2.25 million to railroad worker who lost his leg after being crushed by train wheel assembly
$21 million to multiple residents exposed to toxic chemical waste via air and water
Slip and Fall (Premises Liability)
$600,000 to person injured due to falling or improperly stacked merchandise at retail store
Tennessee Negligence and Comparative Liability Laws
How to determine fault in a Nashville accident
Reckless. Careless. Irresponsible. Stupid. These are terms you might use when someone else's actions (or failure to act) result in a serious injury to you or a loved one. In the legal world, "negligence" is the word used as a basis for most personal injury torts.
In Tennessee, you must prove 4 distinct elements to established negligence in your personal injury claim:
Duty. That there was a duty of care owed by the defendant to the plaintiff (the injury victim).
Breach. That the conduct of the defendant fell below a reasonable standard of care that amounted to a breach of that duty.
Causation. That the breach of duty was the cause of the damage.
Damages. That the breach of duty resulted in quantifiable injury or loss.
What's more, each state follows 1 of 4 systems for assigning a percentage (or degree) of liability. Tennessee follows the comparative fault 50 percent rule, which means damages for personal injury claims arising out of negligence are reduced by the plaintiff's degree of fault (as determined by a judge or jury). If the plaintiff is 50% or more at fault for the injury (assuming there are 2 parties), then they are banned from recovering damages.
For example, if a person suffers a traumatic brain injury in a truck accident on I-40 and sues the truck driver for $100,000, the judge may find that the plaintiff is 20 percent responsible. Therefore, the plaintiff would only be able to recover a maximum of 80 percent of his damages ($80,000). If, on the other hand, the plaintiff was determined to be 50 percent at fault for the truck collision, he would be barred from pursuing any damages whatsoever under Tennessee's comparative fault law.
In personal injury cases, fault is not always easy to prove. Our injury attorneys can present key facts to support your negligence claim through police reports, witness statements, photographs and video, cell phone data and other evidence to establish liability against the other party.
Tennessee Personal Injury Statute of Limitations
How long do you have to file a personal injury lawsuit in Davidson County?
Unfortunately, you don't have all the time in the world to file a personal injury claim for your Nashville accident.
Under Tennessee law (TN Code § 28-3-104), most personal injury and wrongful death claims must be filed within 1 year from the date the accident happened. Property damage claims must be filed within 3 years.
The statute of repose for medical malpractice cases is 3 years from the date you suffered your injury.
Any product liability action against a manufacturer or seller in Tennessee must be brought within 6 years of the date of the injury—or 10 years from the date on which the product was first purchased or used by the consumer.
There are few exceptions to these deadlines.
The sooner you schedule a consultation at our law office, the sooner we can start building a strong case and secure the best possible outcome.
Tennessee Personal Injury Damages
What compensation can you receive in your Nashville accident lawsuit?
Once your lawsuit is filed within the statute of limitations and negligence is established, personal injury plaintiffs can seek compensation for economic and non-economic damages. These damages will reimburse you for any and all "costs" related to your accident, including:
Medical expenses (past and future)
Lost wages (past and future)
Funeral and burial expenses (in the event of wrongful death)
It's important to realize that Tennessee places certain "caps" on how much you can receive in your lawsuit. These monetary limits apply to non-economic damages only (such as pain and suffering) and are capped at $750,000. However, this cap can be raised to $1 million in cases involving catastrophic injuries (such as amputation, paralysis, severe burns) and wrongful death.
Calculating the true value of your case can be challenging when you factor in non-economic damages and future economic damages. Our attorneys are skilled at making sure you get the best possible settlement or outcome in your case.
Take the Next Step — Talk to Us About Your Personal Injury Case Today
We understand that this is probably a difficult time for you and your family. Following a life-changing accident or injury, you undoubtedly feel immense pressure, stress and worry about the future of your physical, emotional and financial well-being. The added stress of a legal battle can seem overwhelming.
Unfortunately, the statute of limitations doesn't wait for you to fully heal and recover, so it's vital you act now. The longer you delay, the more challenges your case must overcome.
At Gilreath & Associates, we serve personal injury and accident victims across Tennessee by helping them navigate the complicated legal system in order to secure the financial compensation they are entitled to—that way they can get back to focusing on their recovery. When you hire us, you can rest easy knowing that you're not alone in this fight.
For the last 40+ years, we've dedicated our entire practice to seeking justice and compensation for our clients. Whether it's holding a private individual or deep-pocketed corporations accountable for your damages, we aren't afraid to go after any at-fault party.
Personal injury plaintiffs commonly find themselves at a disadvantage when they're forced to go head-to-head against massive insurance companies and wealthy companies that spare no expense to dispute their claim. Right now, these teams of corporate attorneys are looking for any misstep or mistake to dismiss your case (such as a missed deadline or incorrect paperwork), and they'll go to great lengths to conceal the true value of your claim and convince you to settle far below what your case is really worth.
By hiring an experienced and professional attorney to represent you, you can even the playing field and turn the odds of winning in your favor.
From our law office in the heart of downtown Nashville in the Stahlman building, we serve residents in Davidson County and across Middle Tennessee by securing the best possible outcome in their personal injury and accident cases. When you're ready to learn more about how we can help you, we invite you to reach out.
Ready to discuss your case?
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The company is owned by a former Apple Engineer, who worked on the batteries of the iPhone and iPad. The company launched in 2012 and sold the world's first lithium power station in 2015. The lithium batteries are lightweight and can store a lot of charges. In 2015, the company was the first to manufacture off-grid lithium battery. The device is priced at $999. It uses a pure sine wave inverter to generate power. This is safer for sensitive equipment such as medical equipment and can provide more power than 10 hours.
The Jackery has an excellent design, and it is easy to read. The LCD display shows the input, output, type of charging, and other information. It is easy to read, making it a great choice for those who don't know much about electronics. It is a great portable backup in case of emergencies. The unit also has a large capacity, which is good for those who have several electrical devices in their home.
The Jackery Explorer 1000 is a great choice for anyone who needs their electronic equipment to run for hours or days. It is about the same size as a microwave and can provide a steady supply of power. The Jackery is much quieter than gas-powered portable generators and can also be used for emergency situations. The Jackery's rugged exterior and user-friendly interface make it an ideal choice for all situations. The company is confident about its product and its design. Its customers can trust it for all their electrical needs.
The Jackery has an innovative design. The LCD display makes it easy to read and displays important information like temperature and input voltage. The unit can also be recharged by using a 120V wall outlet. However, most electric appliances are too high-powered to run on the Jackery. It consumes 220-VAC, which is excessive for the unit. It can run for up to five hours on a fully charged battery.
Jackery's solar generator is versatile for outdoor living. It can charge a phone, laptop, and other devices. It also offers a battery backup system. A Jackery solar panel is an essential part of the system. It can be used anywhere there is sunlight to charge your electronics. It can be used with any outlet. The solar panel can be installed anywhere in your home. Its design and function make it a popular choice for people living in remote areas.
In addition to its innovative design, the Jackery solar generator also features a convenient LCD display. Its large LCD screen provides information such as input voltage, charging time, temperature, and other useful information. It also includes a charging dock that can be used with your other devices. If you're not sure whether your current device can work with the charger, be sure to check with the manufacturer. Some models have a battery backup. These models also come with LED flashlights that can be used for lighting up your space.
The Jackery solar generator offers many benefits. It is compact and can be stored anywhere. It can also charge your batteries. It has multiple USB ports as well as an LCD screen that displays the input and output voltage. You can also see the details of your battery. The LCD display will show you the charge time, type, and temperature of the unit. The LCD display will also give you a detailed description about the charging time.
The Jackery solar generator features a foldable design and a user-friendly LCD display. Its large LCD screen makes it easy to use outdoors. The panels can fold up and be stored in a convenient place. It can charge the whole unit in as little as 5 hours and can run for as long as you need. This product is a good choice if you are looking to purchase a solar generator.
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Future bright for Devine
Tottenham youngster Alfie Devine has bright future
By Ryan Gray @ObserverRyan Senior Sport Reporter
Tottenham Hotspur's Alfie Devine in action during the Emirates FA Cup third round match at Rossett Park, Crosby.
Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga says this could just be the start for record-breaker Alfie Devine.
The midfielder became the club's youngest ever player and goalscorer in Sunday's FA Cup win over Marine, entering the record books at 16 years and 163 days.
It has been a prominent rise for the teenager, who joined the club from Wigan in the summer and has already trained with the first team and played for the club's under-23s.
Tanganga only made his own debut last season and is backing Devine to be a star.
"He's trained a few times with us and every time he's come up he's looked a real spark," he said.
"He's doing well. When he was coming on (with me at half-time), I just told him, 'Keep it simple, do what you've been doing in training – there's a reason why you've been training up'.
"You saw glimpses of his ability, a really professional performance. I'm really happy for him to get his first professional goal. He's a really good player and there's more to come as well.
"It's a great achievement and it was a great goal. I'm happy for him and hopefully from here it's a confidence boost, knowing that the manager can put him in for these games.
"He's shown he can hustle, he's shown what he can do, so hopefully from here he can kick on and get more appearances for the club."
Mourinho, who went to Devine's medical to meet him, has shown faith in the teenager, who first caught Spurs' eye when Wigan beat them in the FA Youth Cup last season.
He was involved in some pre-season friendlies and has been training with the first team recently.
Mourinho said: "He's a kid with good potential that came to the club only this summer.
"He was lucky enough to have pre-season with us because we were short of players. So he had pre-season with us and played a few friendlies, which of course gave him close contact with the first team.
"He's not a stranger, and then working in the academy, playing in different teams in the academy, coming to us sometimes to train, so a nice process for him.
"He's a kid that basically is a midfield player but with an instinct to appear in finishing zones and to score goals. We like him and of course for him today is a special day."
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See the following story posted over on GameSpot.com that provides an overview of the new Tatooine level that will be available this Fall as downloadable content for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
"With the one-year anniversary of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed looming on the not-too-distant horizon, LucasArts has been hard at work on new downloadable content for fans hoping to squeeze a few more adventures (and perhaps some Jawa punting) out of the Sith apprentice. When this DLC arrives, you'll once again take control of Darth Vader's soft-spoken underling as he travels to a pair of worlds near and dear to fans of the original trilogy: Tatooine and Hoth. We recently played through the Tatooine half of the storyline to see what you can expect when this content arrives in the fall."
WARNING: If you want to remain spoiler-free until the Fall when the DLC is released, then do not proceed past this Imperial checkpoint!
Click here for the full report and to see some pics from the Tatooine level.


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At the centre of Academy life are 7 LEA Core Values, promoting: Excellence, Punctuality, Ambition, Confidence, Resilience, Positivity and Respect. The 7 LEA Core Values underpin everything we do on a daily basis, ensuring that all students and staff know the role that they have to play in both our school and wider community as a whole.
Excellence – we aim to deliver the very best in everything we do, every day.
Punctuality– we have excellent attendance and arrive on time, in the correct uniform and ready to learn every day.
Ambition – we are hardworking and ambitious for ourselves and other in our community.
Confidence – we believe in ourselves and know our strengths.
Resilience – we know that failure is not a sign of weakness and success is found in learning from our mistakes.
Positivity – we are positive thinkers and encourage each other to be the best that we can be.
Respect – we are well behaved and value the opinions of others. We are considerate to all within our learning community.
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Yep Gentlemen it is that time of year again, I know your brain is wrapped around the big upcoming Super bowl game, but you had better be careful; her mind is wrapped around the big Valentine's Day.
I am going to be a friend to you boys and make romancing that lady a little bit easier….after all I am a woman, so I think like a woman…I HOPE!
Many gentlemen will rush into the store grabbing that last box of chocolates and the card that has "I Love Lucy" on the front of it with prayers that she won't notice that it is actually a birthday card…..yep my hubby is a total FAIL at Valentine's Day.


The Trust operates a central fund in order to support the Trust Office and its central functions, and to provide a range of shared services. These services are provided to member schools for a contribution of no more than 5%.
For details of the services provided please email info@hflmat.co.uk for a copy of our Corporate Support brochure.
The Trust endeavours to keep central overheads as low as possible and to secure favourable rates through its negotiating power and expertise for services that may also be available in addition to those provided by the Corporate Support Fee, should schools wish to take advantage of those rates.
The HfL MAT draws upon and commissions staff with expertise and current knowledge to conduct a range of due diligence work to assess individual schools prior to their admission, including work on education/curriculum performance, financial projections, the status of the school's property and assets, the position of the school's LGPS funding, and the accuracy of pupil number projections. Based upon the results of this work, the financial sustainability of applicant schools will be assessed against a scorecard. This scorecard will examine 3-5 year financial projections, sensitivities around pupil numbers, ratios around salary spend on teaching staff, TAs and support staff, and forecast requirements for capital funding.
It is the intention that, rather than reject from admission to the HfL MAT any maintained school on the grounds of its financial position, the Trust will support all schools in meeting the financial criteria required prior to becoming an academy within the HfL MAT.
As the number of academies in the HfL MAT increases, and the income of the Trust increases, opportunities will be taken to review the provision of shared services and of back-office services in particular. These reviews will be performed in the context of the Trust's need to ensure proper use of public funds, and the need to deliver value for money with improved quality in service provision. It is anticipated that the HfL MAT will invest in the provision of some additional central services as the Trust grows, to remove costs from individual academies and provide more efficient and effective services for example site management costs shared across local small schools.


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2011: commissioned to write 'The Edinburgh Suite' by Tim Hollier of Atlantic Screen Music.
Commissioned for Le Roi Cerf – Musical score and performance in Sagy, nr Paris. France. (2001) Le Petit Pied company.
2000: commissioned to write a song for the Gaelic Choir of Edinburgh, Scotland.


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Secession December 20, 1860
Secession • In response to Lincoln's victory, the southern states seceded from the Union, (the same day as his interview) eventually forming the Confederate States of America (or the Confederacy). • States in order of their secession: • South Carolina – Dec. 20, 1860 • Mississippi – Jan. 9, 1861 • Florida – Jan. 10, 1861 • Alabama – Jan. 1, 1861 • Georgia – Jan. 19, 1861 • Louisiana – Jan. 26, 1861 • Texas – Feb. 1, 1861 • Virginia – Apr. 17, 1861 • Arkansas – May 6, 1861 • North Carolina – May 20, 1861 • Tennessee – June 8, 1861 "Henceforth, the watchword of every uncompromising abolitionist, of every friend of God and liberty, must be, both in a religious and political sense — 'NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS'"
Lincoln's Inaugural Address In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. Youhave no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the mostsolemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.


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Scots would rather know their neighbours than grab a bargain when buying property
Parking is an important consideration for Scots looking to buy a new home.
A new survey lifts the lid on the UK property market, with Scots sharing exactly what made them buy their homes.
Wood flooring specialists Flooring Republic asked 250 Scots what led them to fall in love with their homes, and which factors they consider non-negotiable when buying a property - and between community appeal and room size, it seems Scots are swayed by more than an attractive price tag.
Natural light is a key factor.
After the BBC reported that the number of first-time buyers was at its highest in a decade, this new study reveals what it takes to get Scots excited about buying a house.
With 71% of the vote, a safe and friendly neighbourhood took the top spot, followed by the price of the property (43%).
In terms of what Scots love about their living space, room size came out on top - taking 46% of the vote.
At one with nature
High ceilings are an attraction for many.
For 33% of participants, a good-looking garden is what got them to sign on the dotted line - with a third of Scots saying some outdoor space is a must.
Natural elements proved popular across the board, with a quarter of those surveyed saying natural light is what they love most about their home.
Price versus parking
Perhaps surprisingly, less than half of all respondents believe the price of a property is the most important aspect when it comes to making an offer.
According to 43% of all respondents, parking availability is a key issue when it comes to deciding on a suitable property - with almost of half of Scots citing this as a non-negotiable when it comes to buying a house.
Aesthetic appeal
In terms of a property's appearance, it looks like it's not just what's on the inside that counts - with 17% of Scots saying they're swayed by both exterior appeal and interior styling.
The best outdoor pools and lidos for a summer swim in the UK
Victorian buildings have plenty of appeal for some Scots, with 13% of participants revealing they bought their home because of high ceilings.
Space proved a key concern for 38% of those surveyed, who said the number of rooms in a property would influence whether or not they bought it.
For 14% of homeowners, accessibility is a deal-breaker - with proximity to local transport networks and amenities proving particularly important.
Organisation addicts across Scotland declared practicality a priority when buying a house - with storage space scooping 14% of the vote.
What do you consider to be the key factors when buying a house?
Neighbourhood: 71.4%
Price: 42.9%
Parking: 42.9%
Space: 38.1%
Accessibility: 14.3%
Storage: 14.2%
What made you fall in love with your home?
Size of the rooms: 45.8%
Garden: 33.3%
Natural light: 25.0%
Exterior appearance: 16.9%
Interior style: 16.7%
High ceilings: 12.5%
Serious assault in Linlithgow in early hours of Sunday morning
Community service for illegal cigs
Warning after Bo'ness pensioner is conned
West Lothian and Falkirk are two of the few local authority areas in the country to see an increase in carbon dioxide emissions, report reveals.
Ferry Fair Queen set to follow gran's lead


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http://www.blacktopia.org R&B singer Ebony Archer joins us on Blacktopia Round Table Talk Radio. The main topic will be interacial dating. Barbara the Cuntry Cleaning Lady will grill the guest like a cop during the Interogation Session, Adrienne Charleston is coming with an all new Butterfly Flow and Some Guy Named Jay will be there too.


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Suspect in toddler's death to remain on bond despite violating conditions
Bethany Freudenthal
LAS CRUCES - A man who stands accused of killing a Las Cruces toddler late last year, will remain out of prison on bond, despite breaking the conditions of bail.
During a hearing Thursday, Third Judicial District Court Judge Douglas Driggers ruled Lalo Anthony Castrillo IV, 24, be released into the custody of his parents on a secured bond of $35,000, and ordered to abide by a curfew set between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Early in the morning of Sept. 6, 2018, Castrillo is accused of causing the death of 2-year-old Fabiola Rodriguez — the daughter of his then-girlfriend. He's charged with one count of intentional child abuse resulting in death.
Evidence presented during the initial preliminary hearing, found Fabiola suffered from blunt force trauma to her head and body, and showed signs of abuse.
On Sept. 14, Driggers gave Castrillo a $35,000 bond.
One of the conditions of Castrillo's bail is that he can't drink alcohol.
Celebrating the 4th of July
On Thursday, prosecutors argued that Castrillo's bail be revoked because he was seen drinking.
During the hearing, Prosecuting Attorney Richard Jacquez told the court Castrillo drank alcohol at two different establishments — Applebee's and Rad Retrocade.
"There should be zero tolerance," Jacquez told the judge.
One of the alleged incidences was on Independence Day.
"It's ironic, your honor, that the defendant's response in the motion was that he was there to celebrate the Fourth of July, the freedom of our country. Well, he made a choice your honor. He made a choice on that day to violate this court's order knowingly and willfully and as a result of that, he should lose his freedom," Jacquez said.
Caught up in the moment
Defense Attorney Jose Coronado argued Castrillo's actions on the days in question were not done with intent to disobey a court order.
"There's no evidence to support that Mr. Castrillo drank alcohol in willful defiance," he said.
Instead, Coronado told the court Castrillo got caught up in the moment and made the immature decision to drink.
"He certainly did not use good judgement. He had a drink, maybe two drinks, I'm not sure, in violation of court orders," Coronado said.
Perla Linarez, Fabiola's grandmother, was angry with Driggers' decision.
"All I can is there's no justice," she told the Sun-News.
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Bethany Freudenthal can be reached at bfreudenthal@lcsun-news.com, 575-541-5449 or @bethanyfreuden1 on Twitter.
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Las Cruces police investigating death of toddler
Mother's boyfriend charged in toddler's death
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Travel Blog: When a Napkin Saved a Family
(Dec. 5, 2017) I was touring the National Museum of the United States Air Force with my family the other day when I encountered this story. I'll get back to the museum later; this story is remarkable enough to warrant its own column. It is a small "footnote in history" (to quote the man who told it to me), but it's a footnote that saved a family from being caught up in the machinery of war.
I met a U.S. Air Force targeting officer who was home on leave. We were both in the museum's Cold War gallery, and began talking while looking at a British Tornado jet on display. As he's still active duty, I'm changing his name to John.
He was deployed to Iraq back in 2014 while ISIS was making its big push to conquer the country. Shortly after getting his boots on the sandy ground, he made the rounds to meet everyone he would be working with. John was surprised to learn some of our allies were dismissive of him because his predecessor had not been very engaged with anyone outside of strictly U.S. operations.
"Well, there's a new sheriff in town," John said he told them. He learned they were planning a ground attack on a house to nail an enemy combatant who was trafficking weapons to the terrorists. He asked if they had any direct imagery of the target. They said they had maps and ground intelligence to use.
"No, do you have any imagery of the target?" John asked again.
They didn't. He said that was part of his job and if they'd get him the coordinates, he'd get real-time imagery of the area.
They called John with the target coordinates while he was eating in the dining hall. He pulled a pen out of his uniform pocket and discovered the only thing he had to write the coordinates down on was a napkin. So, he wrote the coordinates down on the napkin!
Later that day John arranged to have some U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets from the carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) photograph the area. Unfortunately, they were called away for a high-priority mission at the last minute. John engaged in some time-honored cursing and other traditionally colorful language common to military personnel frustrated in a high-pressure situation, calmed down, and picked up the phone. He managed to get some British Tornado aircraft vectored in to capture imagery of the target.
Once the imagery was processed he walked into the allies' office and presented it. They were rather nonplussed, telling him that was not an image of the target. John said it was. They said it wasn't.
He pulled out the napkin he'd taken notes on back in the dining hall. "These are the coordinates you gave me!"
Their commander took the napkin and compared it to his own notes, clearly expecting to find John had erred.
The commander was stunned to discover John had copied the coordinates down correctly; it was the coordinates themselves that were in error! The house they were planning to breach was a family residence with no military value and no threat level. Apparently a significant misunderstanding had occurred between our allies and the Iraqi agent on the ground who was aiding them.
The attack on the house was called off and fast planning on the real target resulted in a genuine bad guy being arrested. A shipping container was found buried in his back yard full of mines, missiles, and other weapons he was providing to ISIS.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Iraq, a family is living safe and quiet, completely unaware that a napkin saved their lives.
War is an overwhelming force that take on a life of its own. The grand spectacles of war can easily subsume the reality that making them happen are, in fact, thousands (if not millions) of individual lives and stories colliding on the battlefield.
Mistakes happen in the fog of war. It is inevitable. But, sometimes diligence, competence, and a paper napkin can prevent a mistake from cascading into a tragedy. John, being the man he was, stumbled into a situation simply because he was intent on doing his job correctly. Quite by accident he protected an innocent family and prevented a possible public relations disaster. By doing his job correctly, he then went on to help stop a very bad actor.
As John said, this was merely a footnote in history, and it's a footnote I believe important to remember. Heck, it's damn sure a pretty darn important footnote to the family involved!
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Read Trouble with Luv' Online
Authors: Pamela Yaye
Trouble with Luv'
BOOK: Trouble with Luv'
The Trouble with Luv'
PAMELA YAYE
Being an author is a dream come true, a dream God placed in my heart and faithfully brought to pass. Thank you, Lord, for all your blessings on me!
To my husband,
: You make me laugh, you make me smile, and for the last six years, you have made me one very, very happy woman. I love you, papito!
Baby Aysiah:
Thank you for taking two-hour naps and for sleeping through the night. You are my number-one girl, and mommy loves you very much.
: Words can't describe what you mean to me. You are everything I want and ever hope to be. Thank you for inspiring me, believing in me and encouraging me to pursue my dreams.
To the most beautiful woman I know
: Bettey, you're the best sister a girl could have. Intelligent, funny and caring, you continually show me what it means to be loved. Only God knows what I would do without you.
: You're the best big brother a girl could have. Your ambition is admirable, and I know you are just steps away from even greater success.
To the lovely Sha-Shana Crichton
: I never imagined I would find an agent I not only like and respect, but consider a friend. We are going to have a long and prosperous relationship because I'm never,
letting you go!
To my editor, Mavis Allen:
You are talented beyond measure, and working with you has helped me refine my skills. Thank you for your insight, your dedication to this project and your invaluable contributions.
Marsha and Delroy McCormack
: God brought you guys into my life when I really needed a friend. Thank you for everything you've done. I never would have finished editing this book if it wasn't for you!
ake up, chile! I can't believe the day is half done and you're
lazing around in bed. Humph! It's a wonder you ever get anything done keeping such peculiar hours."
Ebony groaned. Cradling the phone under her chin, she forced her eyes open. She didn't know what time it was, but she knew it was too early for this. Sunlight streamed through the partially opened window, warming the cold, dark room. Birds chattered and a light wind ruffled the lavender satin curtains.
Reluctant to leave the comfort of her bed, Ebony dragged the duvet cover over her face.
I don't want to get up now. I'm tired. I want to sleep in. Is that too much to ask?
It must have been, because the next thing she knew, aunt Mae was roaring in her ear. "Are you listening to me, chile? I said, '
!'"
Emerging from beneath the covers, Ebony peered at the alarm clock perched on the edge of the dresser. Blurry eyes prevented her from making out the numbers, 9…1…2. That can't be right, she thought, groping around the nightstand for her wristwatch, aunt Mae said it was noon. The silver hands on her diamond Rolex confirmed the accurate time. "It's only after nine," she croaked, shaking her head in disbelief. "Aunt Mae, I'm—"
"Listen," Mae ordered, cutting her off midsentence, "I'll be dressed and ready to go at five, so don't be late getting here. I'm part of the setup crew so it's important I'm at church on time. People are depending on me, Ebony."
Mae released a heavy sigh.
What was the matter with young people these days?
she wondered, taking a sip of her tea. When she was a child, she listened when grown folks spoke. It was either that or get smacked upside the head. Her niece, as intelligent and as educated as she was, didn't know how to listen. And the few times she did, she still got it wrong. "Tonight is the spring banquet at Jubilee Christian Center, remember? I mentioned it to you last Thursday when you came over for dinner. You agreed to buy a ticket and you promised to invite Opal and Kendall, as well."
Ebony yawned. She didn't recall saying any such thing but she could have. She was prone to agree with her aunt Mae whenever she was put on the spot. Ebony loved her aunt to death, but the woman yakked too damn much. It was difficult keeping up with all the rambling she did. For the sake of argument, Ebony agreed with her aunt's memory of events. "Okay, I'll buy a ticket to show my support. I'll even drop you off at the church tonight, but I'm not staying for the dinner. I have far too much work to do, aunt Mae."
"That's not good enough, Ebony. The good Lord expects more from his children than their money. You could make all the money in the world, donate it to the church, and it still wouldn't be enough.
wants your time. This banquet is about Christian fellowship. Meeting new people. Making new friends. There will be singing and eating and mingling and…"
Ebony was too tired to argue. If she couldn't outargue her aunt when she was sober, she'd be no match for her in her present state. She wasn't going to the banquet, and there was nothing aunt Mae could say to change her mind. She didn't have time for fellowship. Or to meet new people. Or to make new friends. She had a business to run. And if she ever got aunt Mae off the phone, she was going to take a shower, get dressed and head straight over to the office.
"It sounds like this, ah, banquet thing is going to be fabulous, aunt Mae, but I can't go. Work calls," she sang, her voice suddenly suffused with cheer. Ebony loved everything about her job. Discreet Boutiques was her life and she wouldn't trade the long hours, the pressures that came with being a CEO or her unbelievably high expectations for anything. "I expect to be at the office before noon and I plan to be there for the remainder of the day," she told her aunt matter-of-factly.
After some shuffling sounds, and incoherent mumbles, Mae said, "That's ridiculous! Preposterous! Working on a Saturday? What's the matter with you, chile?" She didn't give her niece any room to reply. "There is a time and place for everything, Ebony. A time to work and a time to play. A time to be serious and a time to have fun. It won't kill you to attend the banquet. Your work isn't going anywhere," she pointed out, the exasperation in her voice evident. "It will be there when you go into the office on Monday."
That's what I'm afraid of,
Ebony thought, forcing herself to sit up and face the day. Going back to sleep was out of the question now, because when aunt Mae got started on something, there was just no stopping her. The sharp-witted Southerner had never been to law school or taken the bar exam, but she could argue a point better than O.J's illustrious Dream Team.
"…that's why you don't have a man, chile.
Work. Work. Work.
Who lives like that?" Mae queried, her tone one of incredulity.
Ebony didn't answer. She didn't expect her aunt to understand. Fifty years ago, single women aspired to be wives and mothers, not career women.
Of course she thinks I'm a workaholic! I should be tending to a husband and breast-feeding babies, not running my own business.
Ebony chose her words carefully. The last thing she wanted to do was affront her aunt. They had an excellent relationship and she appreciated her guidance and wisdom. But not when it came to her career. "You don't know how much time and energy goes into running a successful business, Auntie."
"Maybe I don't," she conceded, "but I do know that you're working yourself too hard. You eat, breathe and sleep work. When you're not at the office you're driving there. You have a beautiful house you barely spend time at, a fancy sports car you hardly drive and piles of money you don't spend. What kind of life is that? It's sickening what you're doing to yourself, Ebony. Just sickening!" Mae did nothing to conceal the contempt in her voice. She didn't want her niece to get mad at her but this had to be said. "Working fourteen hour days, six days a week is not healthy for anyone, Ebony." After pausing to ensure her words sank in, she added, "Even George takes a break from time to time. He goes down to that little ranch of his and rides horses and fishes and—"
"George?" Ebony frowned at the phone. "Who's George?"
"The president of the United States! He was reelected, remember?" Mae's voice reached an ear-splitting pitch. "See, you've been working yourself so hard you've forgotten who your president is!"
Ebony burst into laughter. Mae was a hoot. She had enough fire in her five-foot frame for five women and a tongue on her that would make her church friends blush. Upsetting aunt Mae was never a good idea, but Ebony had to make it clear that she wouldn't be attending the banquet. "Maybe next time, aunt Mae. I have a lot to accomplish today, and when I get home from work I'm going to prop my feet up on the coffee table and watch a good movie. Dressing up and socializing with a bunch of church-folk after putting in a full day at the office is the last thing I'd want to do." Smothering a yawn with her hands, she tossed off the sheets and crawled out of bed.
Ebony glanced at the wall clock, amazed at how early it was. On the weekends, she rarely got out of bed before noon.
From now on I'm going to turn the ringer off the phone before I go to bed,
she thought, stretching her hands leisurely above her head. This was the third consecutive Saturday she had been stirred from her sleep by the insistent ringing of the phone. Aunt Mae was like a mother to her, but unless she was calling to tell her she won the state lottery, she didn't want to hear from her before noon.
"Are you sure you won't change your mind?" A short pause, then, "There'll be good-looking men there, Ebony. Doctors. Lawyers. Engineers. Professional people like you. Won't you come, suga? I really want you there."
Ebony didn't miss the disappointment in her aunt's voice. But if she wavered, even for a nanosecond, Mae would pounce on her like a fox on a squirrel. She had to remain strong. "The truth is, Auntie, I'm just not the churchgoing type."
"'I'm just not the churchgoing type,'" she mimicked. Ebony could see her aunt shaking her head and rolling her tongue over her lips like she was prone to do whenever she was about to lose her patience. "Hogwash! That's plain ole' nonsense, chile.
is the churchgoing type!"
Mae smacked her forehead with her hand.
Now I understand. How could I have missed it? It's staring me right in the face!
Setting out to resolve the "situation," she stood and bustled into the bedroom. She flung open the closet door and combed through her church clothes. Her hands stopped at a polyester green two-piece. Too flashy. She continued on with her search. "I know what this is all about, Ebony. You don't have anything to wear! No worries, chile. I can lend you one of the new outfits I picked up at Lane Bryant. Got them for fifty percent off
I was able to use my senior discount card, too," she said, sounding proud.
Mae took out a modest-looking pink dress from the back of her closet and inspected it. Holding the outfit at arm's length, she spoke as if Ebony were in the room rather than on the phone. "I know this frock is too big in the chest and has a loose fitting waist, but I'll pin it from the inside and nobody'll be the wiser."
Ebony chuckled. She would swim in one of aunt Mae's size twenty dresses.
Mae went on as if the matter had been settled. "If you don't want to wear one of my outfits that's fine, but wear something appropriate to church. Don't come to the house of the Lord dressed in one of your party getups," she warned, her voice stern. "My friends from the Lakewood Bingo Hall will be there and I don't want them laughing at you."
The phone beeped.
"There goes my other line. Looks like I have to run." Mae spoke at a rapid pace. "The banquet doesn't start until six-thirty so that gives you the entire day to laze around in bed if you so please."
"But—"
"Enjoy what's left of the day!"
"But I—"
"Don't be late picking me up!"
"I'm not go—"
"See you at five!"
Before Ebony could object, the phone line went dead.
Where were the "good-looking" men aunt Mae said would be here? Ebony thought, as her eyes scanned the well-dressed crowd. She saw short and pudgy, tall and lanky, seedy-looking and average, but no good-looking men anywhere.
Then she saw him. The light-skinned man with the sexy dimples. He was nothing short of gorgeous. Oblivious of the lovesick expression on her face, she trailed him with her eyes around the room like a lost puppy in search of its owner. His vanilla colored suit, matching silk tie and designer shoes confirmed that he had good taste and a strong sense of style. Ebony loved handsome black men who moved with confidence, and Mr. Man was swimming in it.
Licking her lips aggressively, she shifted in her seat to get a better look at him.
Dimples are hot! Nice smile. Perfectly shaped head. Size twelve feet, maybe thirteen. And those eyes!
Ebony was eyeballing him so hard, she feared she might pop an eye vessel. But she didn't have the power to turn away. It was as if his eyes were reaching across the room and seizing her attention. And he had other impressive physical attributes as well. A cocoa butter complexion that looked as smooth as a baby's bottom. Well-rounded chin. Thick eyelashes. And a traffic stopping smile that set hearts aflutter.
Over the next thirty minutes, Ebony watched the gorgeous stranger move around the room, socializing with the other guests. His classic good looks garnered him the attention of every single woman in the room, and a few who were taken as well. A constant stream of ladies had been approaching him since his arrival, but he didn't seem the least bit impressed in what any of them had to offer.
The lusty grin on Ebony's face slid away when a model-thin woman with feline features cornered him near the men's washroom. She watched them shake hands, contemplating whether or not to go and rescue him from the woman's clutches. He looked trapped and the terse expression on his face suggested the conversation was not going well. But before Ebony could stroll over there and send Jezebel on her way, the emcee took to the stage and asked guests to be seated. Smiling in satisfaction, she watched the twosome separate and return to their rightful seats.
Ebony helped herself to a buttered biscuit and took a generous bite. Taking a momentary look around the room, she sized up her competition. She wasn't the most beautiful woman in the room, but no one else had her charisma or sexual confidence. That, she was sure of. Most of the women in here looked sexually repressed, she thought, chuckling to herself.
And one thing I know for sure is that men adore sexually liberated women.
Ebony knew men inside and out. They enjoyed being with females who played by their own rules, lived in the moment and were free to do whatever, whenever, wherever. Ebony was as free as a jaybird. Few hang-ups. Open to try anything at least once. And when it came to sex, she had no inhibitions. None whatsoever.
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Today Dilo En Español is releasing a set previously released but made better and manufactured by Peachy Keen -Queremos Pastel!
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Home / Research Article / The 'Lebanonization' of the Iraqi Media: An Overview of Iraq's Television Landscape
The 'Lebanonization' of the Iraqi Media: An Overview of Iraq's Television Landscape
By Paul Cochrane June 1, 2006
The media landscape in Iraq has undergone a radical transformation since state-run Iraqi television abruptly went off air following the US-led invasion in March 2003. With no state television and the ownership of satellite dishes banned by the Baathist regime, Iraqis were, quite literally, starved for information. As a result, satellite dish sales skyrocketed in the months following the invasion, leading to one f the highest penetration rates in the world in just two years. From three national TV stations and 14 officially sanctioned Arb channels (the latter only available to a select few via card subscription in the two years before the war) many Iraqis suddenly found themselves with access to over 300 satellite channels and a handful of new Iraq-oriented networks. "These people had nothing, and now they are overwhelmed with satellite channels. It is a chance to get back to the real world," says Jean-Claude Boulos, head of Iraqi broadcaster Al Sumaria.
Today, the "real world" of the country's splintered political scene is only too well reflected in Iraq's 30-plus terrestrial and satellite channels, the layput of which increasingly mirrors the country's turbulant scene, with stations cropping up to represent every sectarian and political trend.(1)
With Iraq's TV menu growing increasingly sectarian, it is possible to draw a parallel wit Lebanon's highly sectarianized hodgepodge of channels--linked directly or loosely with political parties--which regularly report sect-specific news.(2) It is therefore perhaps fitting to speak of the "Lebanonozation" of Iraq'a media,(3) what with dozens of channels backed by politcal parties, such as the (Shiite) Islamic Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq's Al Furat TV and the (Sunni) Iraqi Islamist Party's Baghdad TV.
However, that said, Iraqi broadcasters have much more to contend with than sectarian rivalries. The current security situation is so bad that channels are spending up to 20 percent of their monthly budgets to protect personnel, employees are regularly unable to show up at work, and filming outside of studios has become hazardous and potentially deadly. Despite the overwhelming post-Saddam boom, the future is far from certain for media in Iraq.
External Influences
Governments led the way in establishing Iraq-orientated TV channels in the post-Saddam Hussein era. One of the first channels to start broadcasting with an Iraqi audience in mind was the Iranian government-backed, Arabic-language satellite TV network Al Alam (The World), which was launched during the invasion. The channel broadcasts throughout the Middle East (bureaus in Tehran, Baghdad and Beirut) but has given special focus to Iraq by hiring anchors and reporters with an Iraqi accent. "The reason for this is very simple actually, Iran is next door to Iraq," says Faysal Abdel Sater, director of public relations at Al Alam. Indeed, for several months Al Alam was the only foreign TV channel Iraqis without satellite could watch, thanks to the network's transmitters dotting the Iran-Iraq border.
One of Al Alam's stated objectives is to "end the long-held monopoly of Western media in broadcasting news." But alongside Al Alam and Pan-Arab satellite news giants Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, Western powers were quick to replace one state broadcaster with another in Iraq. As soon as Coalition Forces controlled Baghdad, the US-funded Arabic language station Radio Sawa started broadcasting in March 2003 along with voice of America Kurdish and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Arabic station, known as Radio Free Iraq.
In March 2003, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) created the Iraqi Media Network (IMN), with the aim of establishing a public broadcaster similar to that of the BBC and America's PBS. The original network contract (eventually totaling some eight contracts worth $108.2 million) was awarded to the San Diego-based Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) by the US Defense Contracting Command to set up 24-hour news channel Al Iraqiya, a sports channel, two FM radio stations and a national newspaper. SAIC was replaced by US-based Harris Communications with a one-year, $96 million contract in January 2004 that was later renewed for six months.(4)
Al Iraqiya initially struggled to gain credibility among Iraqis. It was regarded as the voice of the occupying forces because of its close relations with the CPA and a weekly address by US Administrator Paul Bremer. Iraqi journalists and cameramen also complained that despite the colossal amounts of money provided to contractors, little was trickling down to them. Most were kept on pre-war salaries of $120 a month rather than the $800 a month Western networks offered or a $1,000 a month private stations were reportedly paying reporters.(5)
But after initial teething problems, Al Iraqiya started gaining ground, with 50 percent of Iraqis interviewed in a February 2004 poll by Oxford Research International expressing confidence in the channel, up 11 points from November 2003. Al Sumaria's Boulos said the now government-run Al Iraqiya (although still financed by the US taxpayer) is the most-viewed terrestrial channel, largely because it is broadcast terrestrially and available to 93 percent of Iraqis. "Al Iraqiya is better now, showing more of what is going on in Iraq," says Hameed Alaa Hameed, a network engineer from Baghdad.
However, the supposed impartiality of US-linked media has once again come under scrutiny following revelations in December 2005 that the Pentagon was secretly feeding hundreds of positive news stories, written by American military personnel and private contractors, to the Iraqi press. US Army General George W. Casey was reported as saying in March that the US military will continue to pay Iraqi newspapers to publish pro-US articles, adding that an internal review had concluded that no US laws or Pentagon guidelines were being violated by the policy, which aims to counter what Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called "a campaign of disinformation" by the Iraqi resistance.(6) Whether the US military also is feeding stories to Iraqi TV networks is not known, but with the freedom of print media unabashedly undermined it would seem far from conspiratorial to hypothesize that this is happening at some level in the broadcast media. "I don't know if they are being given stories, but maybe some channels are getting footage, like Kurdish channels, as they are with the Americans," says Hameed.
Certainly, state broadcaster Al Iraqiya seems to be given more privileged access by the Coalition forces than other channels . During a joint US and Iraqi military operation on the northern city of Tal Afar in late September 2005, Al Iraqiya was the only non-American camera team allowed to accompany the troops, according to Al Jazeera's editor-in-chief Ahmed Al Sheikh.
The Iraqi Media Network's Al Iraqiya was not the United States' only attempt to counteract the popularity of Pan-Arab news channels in Iraq, or in the rest of the region for that matter. In February 2004 Alhurra (The Free One) was established, and shortly after, in April, sister channel Alhurra Iraq began broadcasting. Alhurra has had moderate success around the region, but reached into only 15 percent of Iraqi households in June 2005, according to Ipsos-Stat.
For the UK, Britain's BBC World Service Trust joined the fray fairly late, launching Al Mirbad TV and radio in August 2005 in southern Iraq. According to Abir Awad, a project developer for the World Service Trust, the channel is to provide independent media in southern Iraq. "The media in Iraq used to be very Baghdad centric so we aimed at a regional audience," she says. The World Service Trust is an independent charity within the World Service that has developed media in other war-torn countries such as Kosovo and Afghanistan, although Al Mirbad is the Trust's biggest project to date. The British government's Department for International Development is providing Al Mirbad with $11.81 million for the next two years, after which the broadcaster will seek funding from international donors and advertisers. The Basra-based channel—"the station with a southern vibe"—is managed by Iraqis and currently produces four hours of original content a day. In addition to helping establish channels, Western governments have also been working to train Iraqi media workers. The BBC and USAID have both been involved in training programs for Iraqi journalists on balance and ethics.
TV Journalism Turns Deadly
The invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq has resulted in the deadliest conflict for the news media in recent history. At least 67 journalists and 24 media support workers have been killed and 39 journalists kidnapped since the invasion. Five of the kidnapped journalists—four Iraqis and one Italian—were killed, and the others released. Many journalists also have been wounded covering the conflict, as well as harassed and imprisoned by the Coalition and Iraqi authorities. The Iraqi Media Network, which includes national broadcaster Al Iraqiya, has suffered the greatest losses, followed by Dubai-based Al Arabiya, with nine journalists and six support workers killed.(7)
"Everyday when I ask my guys to do a story it is a nightmare for me because I am worried what will happen," says Nabil Al Khatib, executive editor at Al Arabiya, which has lost 11 staff.(8) (See Al Khatib's interview wih TBS in this issue)
Al Khatib believes the security situation is having a negative impact on news reporting. "If we are talking about serious coverage of an area, a troubled area like Iraq, you need to be able to move freely and go to different areas and pass on your impressions to the public. But to compile a decent, balanced and accurate story is something that most of the time is not doable. It is not impossible to work there but it takes time and a lot of energy that is in contradiction with the nature of news for a news channel."
Among Al Khatib's concerns with operating in Iraq is a controversial issue that all news channels in Iraq grapple with—embedding journalists with Coalition forces.
Al Khatib says he has two concerns with embedding correspondents, firstly that the US military request correspondents to be attached to a unit for a lengthy period, often weeks at a time, for security reasons before military operations. Al Khatib says that the channel cannot afford to have correspondents away on assignments for essentially an unknown period. Furthermore, Al Khatib says that with most assignments carried out by Iraqis, locals put themselves at risk if they embed with Coalition forces. "If he is seen with the Americans and comes back, it would be difficult to explain to people that it was just an assignment. People might be aggressive because he was embedded," he explains.
Al Khatib's concerns are not to be taken lightly. Of the 91 journalists and media workers killed in Iraq, 80 percent are Iraqi and some 60 percent were targeted for assassination.(9)
"The second concern is that we are afraid of sending someone to be embedded to only cover the American side and then we fail to cover the insurgent side, to be balanced. For CNN or other American networks they don't care about being balanced or not. We cannot do that and we won't do that," he says.
Regulating or Restricting Broadcasters?
As if broadcasting in Iraq is not difficult enough, Iraq's interim Governing Council set up a Higher Media Commission in the summer of 2003 to regulate and license the burgeoning TV market. In the September of that year the commission barred Pan-Arab news channels Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya from covering the Governing Council's activities for two weeks, claiming the networks promoted political violence and the killing of members of the council and the Coalition, and broadcast "terrorists terrorizing Iraqis."
By July 2004, the Iraqi National Communications and Media Commission (INCMC) had been established, laying down rules and editorial standards for program content of television and radio broadcasters.
The commission, closely modeled on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the UK's communications' regulator OfCom, first bared its teeth when it banned Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera for a month in August 2004 for "incitement to hatred" after broadcasting stories on the Iraqi resistance. Al Arabiya was back on air after a month, but Al Jazeera has remained blacklisted ever since. Al Jazeera's editor in chief, Ahmed Al Sheikh, believes the decision was politically motivated. "It was a joint US-Iraqi decision. If they wanted to have reversed that decision they could have," he says.
Al Jazeera has experienced such bans in the past in Iran, Jordan, Kuwait and Palestine, but the Iraqi ban has particularly aggravated the channel. "I think the people behind the closure are those who don't like the truth, no more, no less. They don't like Al Jazeera," says Al Jazeera presenter and producer Mohammed Al Bouniry. "By shutting down Al Jazeera they will have no problem to shut others down."
However, no other channel has been banned in Iraq and other broadcasters do not share the same grievances as Al Jazeera. Al Diyar's Al Yasiri is supportive of the commission: "We don't have any form of censorship. At this point in time, Iraq is the freest country in the Arab world for the media."
But Star TV Network's Saad Al Saraf believes the commission is not living up to its potential. "It could be bigger and wider, and just revolves around one person (Siyamend Othman). It has not successfully tackled issues in media bias, such as during the elections," he says. Indeed, there seems to be a sort of "look the other way" approach to enforcing the commission's rules, such as the ban on "spreading sectarian, racial and religious sedition and strife."
Broadcasting Sectarian Strife?
A cursory glance at the backing and orientation of many channels reveals the extent to which sectarian issues are driving broadcasting, which can only exacerbate sectarian proclivities that are increasingly apparent in Iraq.
Al Salam TV relies on funding from Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr, Ghadeer TV on the Higher Council of the Islamic Revolution, Al Masar TV on the Islamic Da'awa Party, and Ahlul Bayt TV (The House of the Prophet Muhammad) on the patronage of Shiite cleric Ayatollah Hadi Al Moderassi. Baghdadia TV is considered a moderate Sunni channel and Baghdad TV, run by the Iraqi Islamist Party, is known as "Baathist TV" among Shiites who criticize its pro-Sunni agenda. Afaq TV (Horizons) shows video footage in support of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party and Muqtada Al Sadr.
Babil TV reportedly offers programming in support of the Sunni Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, and Biladi TV runs programs in support of the United Iraqi Alliance.
Al Furat (The Euphrates) is reportedly backed by the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and supported the Unified Iraqi Coalition during the elections, which has the backing of Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani. The channel's director general, Arshad Tawfiq, was a former Iraqi ambassador to Spain and a former Baath Party official, and is now a member of the Supreme Council for National Salvation. The station opposes the presence of the Coalition forces in Iraq, and refers to Iraqis killed by Coalition troops as "martyrs."
As desired above. the Coalition-created Al Iraqiya channel initially was lambasted as a pro-American mouthpiece, but since it was turned over to the Iraqi government is widely viewed as a sectarian, Shiite channel.
Al Bazzaz's Al Sharqiya is considered a more toned channel, although overt support was shown for former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in the recent elections and some view the channel as pro-Sunni. An Iraqi who worked for Al Sharqiyah in Dubai, who did not wish to disclose his name, told TBS that many of the channel's employees do not like Shiites, a bias that is reflected in the channel's employment policies. "They kicked me out when they knew I was Shia. It is a pro-Sunni channel," he says.
The channel was mockingly dubbed "Al Baathiya" upon launch because of Al Bazzaz's personal history as the head of the Baath regime's national news agency until 1992. Al Bazzaz is also rumored to have political ambitions and was alleged to have received millions of dollars from the Saudi government to launch the Iraqi Azzaman newspaper in a British high court hearing last year.(10)
Ethnic minorities also have a political media presence. Ashur TV, which represents the Assyrian Democratic Movement, receives 50 percent of its funding from the party and the rest from supporters around the world. The Iraqi Turkoman Front funds Turkomaneli TV. Baghdad's Shafak TV is backed by the Kurdish authorities, Kurdistan TV by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and ATB TV is linked to the Kurdistan Communist Party. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the party of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, operates Al Hurriyah TV and PUK TV. KurdSat TV reportedly supports the PUK.
The extent to which sectarianism is affecting Iraq's media content, particularly news, was evident following the February 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra. Sunni-orientated channels such as the Iraqi Islamic Party's Baghdad TV, which has no correspondents in either of the Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, focused on Sunnis attacked in retaliation for the bombing, while Shiite-run channels Al Furat and Al Iraqiya devoted coverage to the damage to the shrine and the plight of Shiites under Saddam Hussein's regime. Al Furat reportedly aired slogans telling Shiites to stand up for their rights.(11)
Even Al Jazeera has come under fire from Iraq's sectarianism, with Shiites taking to the streets in December 2005 to protest against the channel for broadcasting a remark, made by a guest on a talk show, arguing that religious authority Ayatollah Sistani should stay out of politics. BBC analyst Magdi Abdelhadi believes the demonstrations were a "testimony to the tense relationship between the Shias and the Sunni Arabs. Attacking Al Jazeera becomes a symbolic salvo in the simmering hostility" of Iraq.(12)
These cases do not differ radically from Lebanon's broadcasting environment. In Lebanon, the TV landscape reflects that of the sectarian political system: Mustaqbal (Future), owned by the Hariri family, is a Sunni channel, LBC is Christian, Al Manar is backed by Shiite political party Hezbollah, and NBN is partially backed by Shiite parliamentary speaker and head of the Amal movement Nabih Berri.(13)
The sectarian nature of Lebanese television was apparent last year when over a million Lebanese thronged to Beirut's Martyrs' Square on March 14 to demonstrate against the Syrian occupation. Instead of broadcasting the event Al Manar TV re-broadcast footage of "the Shia" demonstration in downtown that occurred on March 8. Conversely, although LBC and Al Mustaqbal did cover the March 8 demonstration, far more footage was given to 'their' demonstration on March 14, repeating the images again and again in the weeks and months that followed.
These three dominant Lebanese channels, along with NBN, are in many senses leftovers from the civil war period, when radio stations were backed by the separate factions before making the leap to television broadcasting.(14) Iraq, on the other hand, has made this transition during a devastating occupation and at a more macro level in line with its population's own demographics.
At least in Lebanon's case, such media publicly sustains already deeply rooted sectarian divisions, albeit with greater sensitivity towards other religions than in the past.(15) But in Iraq's case, where the media is caught up in political turmoil, violence, and a renewed sectarianism that had been kept at bay by Saddam Hussein's regime, the struggle for viewers—and voters—is perhaps even more acute than in Lebanon, where sectarianism has been the status quo well before the 1860 civil war, and is formerly enshrined in the country's constitution (1943). After all, the political and social sectarianism of Iraq is, like the multiple political party scene and media landscape, a very new arena that will no doubt change alongside political developments. Channels may fare as their political backers do, sink or swim. But with no effective or impartial national public TV channel—the moribund TeleLiban is hardly watched, and Al Iraqiya favors Iraq's Shiite government—both Lebanon and Iraq's media will remain driven by sectarianism.
Although the Iraqi market is likely to see more channels being launched—the INCMC reportedly has 20 applications pending—broadcasting will continue to be a struggle in the absence of stability. And for the foreseeable future, funding for channels is likely to remain primarily in the hands of political and religious groups rather than the commercial or state sectors, much like in Lebanon.
1. BBC Monitoring puts the number of Iraqi TV channels at 27, but new channels are being launched. The Iraqi Media Commission did not respond to emails or phone calls to clarify the exact number of channels currently operating and how many TV applications the commission has received. The only exception to the analogy of Lebanonization is the armed resistance, which does not have its own TV channel, though insurgetn groups do prouce their own video and audio materials to post on the Internet or distribute to mainstream media. Also, certain channels that are vocally opposed to the US-led occupation air footage filmed by rebels, such as tapes of kidnap victims and attacks on convoy troops.
2. To get an equitable view of Lebanon's daily local news you have to tune in to at least three TV channels which, incidentally, are conveniently timed to allow viewers to do exactly that.
3. 'Lebanonization' has been used by media commentators to describe the growing sectarian divide between Iraqis, implying an impending civil war on sectarian lines, as occurred in Lebanon between 1976 to 1990. However, although the term fails to take into account the reasons for war in Lebanon, along with other conditions, which vary quite radically from contemporary Iraq, on a political-media level the term seems quite apt.
4. Harris refused to comment on their activities in Iraq. The Harris website reported: 'The year-ago quarter (2005) benefited from $22 million in revenue from the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) program. Sequentially, revenue increased 3 percent.'
5. Gordon Robinson. 'Rebuilding Iraqi Television: A Personal Account,' Iraqi Media Developments Newsletter, Issue 28, December 15 2004 – January 2005 www.standhopecentre.org/imdn/28.htm
6. Mark Mazzetti. 'Military Will Keep Planting Articles in Iraq,' Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2006.
7. Committee to Protect Journalists press release, March 17 2006
8. Three Al Arabiya employees, including correspondent Atwar Bahjat, were killed in February, 2006 by a unidentified group outside of Samarra. Regarding the other eight fatalities, five died in a car bomb that targeted Al Arabiya's bureau in Baghdad, and three were killed by US troops. Reporter Jawad Khathem was the target of an armed kidnap attempt that paralyzed him from the waist down.
10. David Pallister, 'Media mogul accused of running Saudi-funded propaganda campaign,' The Guardian, January 26, 2005
11. Louise Roug, 'Unfair, Unbalanced Channels' Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2006
12. Magdi Abdelhadi. Iraqi Shias Slam Arab TV Channel, December 2005 – www.bbc.co.uk
13. Murr TV (MTV), owned by Greek Orthodox politician Gabriel Murr, was supposed to be re-launched in 2005 after the government shut the station down in 2002. There have also been rumors over the past year of former General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement setting up a channel – Orange TV.
14. The Hizbullah backed Al Manar TV channel was launched in 1991 to promote the movement's role in fighting the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, which ended in 2000.
15. For instance LBC now takes Ramadan into consideration for its programming schedule, and hired, for the first time, a Shiite journalist for a documentary series two years ago.
About Paul Cochrane
Paul Cochrane is a freelance journalist based in Beirut, writing on politics, media, education and business. He formerly worked as an editor at Beirut's The Daily Star and was news editor of Middle East Broadcasters Journal. Cochrane holds a MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut and a BA in International Politics and International History from Keele University, England.
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i just read of the heroic measure you took in central park, and on behalf of all new yorkers, i'd just like to say, "thank you!" and welcome to new york!
does your first book contain the story behind your study of jiu jitsu, or is that in the next book? you have just about convinced me that everyone should study some kind of martial arts–not just for defense of self and others, but for well-being.
if you're staying here for any amount of time, i sincerely hope you enjoy it! it seems you've already had a positive effect on us. i offer my help to you, should you need it, in thanks for protecting others here to enjoy our crazy but wonderful home!
Thanks for your words and offer. I am enjoying New York too, bye the way.
They book is my story and it does outline everything I get up to. I was living in Brazil and other parts of South America for around 40 months while writing the story. Jiu-jitsu was something that kept me occupied during my time in the South and it was also a great way to get free Portuguese and Spanish lessons. My coaches generally didn't speak English while training.
The focus of the story was not jiu-jitsu. Although, it does give some funny stories of me getting into little situations. Enjoy.


Interestingly, Batman: The Bold and the Brave did this scene almost exactly, including the pink costume and Robin calling it red.
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You have an awesome find here, please keep up the good work, and as always thanks fpr sharing your work&finds.
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Entering Chile is never easy but with only one suspicious backpack (mine) we made it through. Chile, again and completos again! We had two weeks left before flying home and decided to spend it on the beach. First stop Viña del Mar, a coastal town about two hours west of Santiago. We stayed at Che Lagarto Hostel which was up on the hill. The closest beach ended up being packed full of Chilean holidayers so Laura and I spent most of our time sitting at Starbucks in the air conditioning, eating sushi at a restaurant close to the hostel and taking collectivos to Valparaiso (Valpo is another coastal town just a short bus ride away).
On our last day in Viña we took a collectivo up to Concon and did a little sand boarding. Since we had no idea how to stand up on a board we ended up doing most of our sand boarding sitting. Might have been helpful to try snowboarding before backpacking Chile. After a few runs we were pretty much wiped out. Turns out there are now convenient chairlifts to take you to the top. After we officially had sand everywhere we headed back to the city checking off one more thing from our South American bucket list.