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| + | == Controversies afloat over Macy's Thanksgiving Parade == | ||
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| + | <html>By Verena Dobnik | ||
| + | Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade is awash in animal-related protests over its floats, with controversies involving the unlikely pairing of rocker Joan Jett and Shamu the killer whale. | ||
| + | Activists plan to line the route of next week's parade in New York City to protest a SeaWorld float over accusations in a new documentary that the theme parks treat whales badly. And ranchers succeeded in getting Jett after they questioned why the vegetarian and animal-rights ally was representing their beef-loving state. | ||
| + | The float flaps threaten to shake Macy's traditional position of staying out of politics and soaring silently above the fray, like the massive balloons of Snoopy, Kermit the Frog and SpongeBob SquarePants. | ||
| + | "The parade has never taken on,[http://orbitinternationalgroup.com/orbit/Custom-Denver-Broncos-Jerseys.html <span class="Custom Denver Broncos NFL Jerseys">4.12 </span>Custom Denver Broncos NFL Jerseys], promoted or otherwise engaged in social commentary, political debate or other forms of advocacy," Cincinnati-based Macy's Inc. said in a statement this week. | ||
| + | It was in that spirit that parade executive producer Amy Kule said Tuesday that the SeaWorld float is staying. | ||
| + | "There is no controversy," she said. "Our goal is to entertain, and that is their goal, as well." | ||
| + | The SeaWorld float, which depicts rolling waves, tropical fish, penguins and Shamu,[http://cepeivissa.cat/wiki/index.php/Usuari:Qtxdsvzn3#Former_Union_County_vendor_admits_paying_bribes.2C_defrauding <span class="Former Union County vendor admits paying bribes, defrauding">4.12 </span>Former Union County vendor admits paying bribes, defrauding], comes months after the release of the documentary Blackfish, which contends that SeaWorld's poor treatment of its killer whales contributed to the aggression of a whale involved in a trainer's death. | ||
| + | SeaWorld says the accusations have "absolutely no basis" and that "the men and women who care for these animals at SeaWorld are dedicated in every respect to their health and well-being." | ||
| + | Activists, including members of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,[http://orbitinternationalgroup.com/orbit/Custom-Denver-Broncos-Jerseys.html <span class="Cheap Custom Denver Broncos Jerseys">4.12 </span>Cheap Custom Denver Broncos Jerseys], say they plan to stage a protest somewhere along the route during next week's parade. And the group says it has sent Macy's more than 80,000 emails from animal lovers demanding that the store drop the float. | ||
| + | Among those joining were actor Alec Baldwin and his wife, Hilaria, who wrote last week that SeaWorld was a "cruel prison for whales" and that the parks "should not be celebrated with a giant Shamu float parading down 34th Street." | ||
| + | Kenneth Sherrill, professor emeritus of political science at Manhattan's Hunter College and a longtime parade watcher, says the SeaWorld controversy puts Macy's in a tough spot. | ||
| + | "It's damned if they do, damned if they don't," Sherrill said. "Macy's is making a statement. If there's a political conflict, saying `I'm not getting involved' means you're supporting the status quo." | ||
| + | PETA also is connected to the float controversy involving Jett, an animal-rights vegetarian who works with the organization. | ||
| + | She was scheduled to sing atop South Dakota's tourism float until an outcry from the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association, which said it made no sense to feature an artist who is critical of the state's top economic sector. | ||
| + | Macy's found a solution: The I Love Rock 'n' Roll singer and her Blackhearts band are being moved to a different float as yet to be announced. A parade spokesman said it made the move so attention isn't diverted from the "entertainment mission" of the event,[http://jianghannet.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=116345 <span class="Frances J. Sorts">4.12 </span>Frances J. Sorts], which also features Carrie Underwood,[http://salebuywin.com/sendbannsr.asp <span class="Cheap Custom New York Giants Jerseys">4.12 </span>Cheap Custom New York Giants Jerseys], Jimmy Fallon, the Radio City Rockettes and the cast members of the reality show "Duck Dynasty." | ||
| + | The parade has gone on through previous controversies. | ||
| + | In 2011, Tim Burton's "B. Boy" balloon took flight despite critics labeling it "creepy" for its depiction of a snaggle-toothed boy made out of old party balloons. | ||
| + | And last year, Elmo's appearance followed sexual abuse charges against long-time puppeteer Kevin Clash, whose recorded voice was heard on a float. That parade also included confetti made from shredded New York City police documents. | ||
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Congressman Frelinghuysen will address those in attendance, expected to number 400 or more, and speak about his support of New Jersey s large, growing Tourette Syndrome community. Tourette Syndrome is an inherited, misdiagnosed, misunderstood neurological disorder characterized by involuntary sounds and movements known as tics, and affects 1 in 100 children and adults.
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<html>BEAVER ― Testimony ended Wednesday on the seventh day of the Gregory Scott Hopkins homicide trial with an expert witness for the defense discussing DNA evidence.
Dr. Mark Perlin is the chief executive officer and chief scientific officer of Pittsburgh-based Cybergenetics. Perlin is also the creator of technology called TrueAllele, a computer software system that interprets DNA evidence. Perlin said the computer is able to calculate results beyond what humans are able to calculate, and it calculates without “human bias.”
Perlin receives data from crime labs, which he then interprets using his software.
Perlin was retained by the defense to review the case against Hopkins, 67, of Bridgewater, who is charged in the Sept. 1, 1979, strangulation death of Catherine Janet Walsh, 23, in her Monaca apartment.
He testified he concluded that the DNA evidence found at the scene “would tend to be exculpatory” for Hopkins.
Perlin’s tests largely confirmed what the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Lab analysts found. Hopkins’ DNA was on the back of Walsh’s nightgown, the rope that bound her hands and the top sheet that was covering her body when she was found. No other DNA profiles were found on those items.
Like the crime lab, Perlin’s tests also were unable to glean any DNA evidence from several items including the handkerchief found around Walsh’s neck, a sexual assault kit and Walsh’s fingernail clippings.
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Martocci said that’s because Perlin was paid by the defense to get Hopkins as far away as possible from the items related to Walsh’s death.
Perlin said he was “paid minimally to give the most objective view,” and the rope could have been categorized as both. He said he considered an alternate hypothesis that the prosecution didn’t because two hypotheses are necessary for a scientific analysis.
“Somebody had to consider something … I have never seen a case where the alternatives were not considered,” Perlin said. “If you weren’t going to do it, I did.”
In previous testimony, investigators said at the time of Walsh’s death no one saw any visible evidence of seminal stains on Walsh or the bed where her body was found. Perlin said he would expect visible seminal stains to have been present at that time.
A serologist from the state police crime lab testified last week that seminal stains may not be visible depending on a variety of factors including the amount deposited, the type of fabric it was deposited on and the temperature of the room.
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Controversies afloat over Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
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