According to the November 3, 1993 issue of Ebony Magazine, Marcus Sebastian Mason is the youngest person to have successfully managed a campaign for the United States Congress. At the age of 21, Mason managed the 1992 contest between Compton Mayor Walter R. Tucker, III and Compton School Board Member Lynn Dymally, daughter of then Congressman Mervyn Dymally, that resulted in a primary victory for then Mayor Tucker. Following the primary, Mason managed a general election campaign that yielded one of the highest margins of victory for a congressional candidate that year. Despite the near three-to-one funding advantage that Dymally enjoyed over Tucker, Mason's ability to build coalitions among labor organizations, activists and the ecuminical community proved valuable. Mason also implemented a strategy that organized key areas of the newly formed congressional district at the precinct level in an effort to increase voter turnout among certain demographics.
The most significant event of the campaign was the acquittal for four Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of former cab driver Rodney King. The acquittal resulted in public outrage that triggered a four day uprising known as the L.A. Civil Unrest or the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The disturbance quickly engulfed the South Central area of Los Angeles into violence which spread south to the City of Compton, where Walter R. Tucker, III was serving as mayor. Tucker unoffically suspended his campaign for congress to attend to the needs of his city. Despite the city council's attempt to censor him, Tucker was able to convince Governor Pete Wilson and President George H.W. Bush, a former resident of Compton, to come to the city in its time of need.
Tucker's leadership at that time resonated not only with the residents of the City of Compton but with those in other parts of the 37th Congressional District. On Tuesday, June 7, 1992, he won the Democratic nomination for the newly formed southbay congressional district.
Mason was born in Compton, California in 1970 where he lived until his family moved to Palos Verdes, California in 1986. In 2007, Mason published the spy thriller All the King's Horses - A Task Force Black Talon Novel (AuthorHouse) under the pen name Sebastian Cheney.
The most significant event of the campaign was the acquittal for four Los Angeles Police Department officers in the beating of former cab driver Rodney King. The acquittal resulted in public outrage that triggered a four day uprising known as the L.A. Civil Unrest or the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. The disturbance quickly engulfed the South Central area of Los Angeles into violence which spread south to the City of Compton, where Walter R. Tucker, III was serving as mayor. Tucker unoffically suspended his campaign for congress to attend to the needs of his city. Despite the city council's attempt to censor him, Tucker was able to convince Governor Pete Wilson and President George H.W. Bush, a former resident of Compton, to come to the city in its time of need.
Tucker's leadership at that time resonated not only with the residents of the City of Compton but with those in other parts of the 37th Congressional District. On Tuesday, June 7, 1992, he won the Democratic nomination for the newly formed southbay congressional district.
Mason was born in Compton, California in 1970 where he lived until his family moved to Palos Verdes, California in 1986. In 2007, Mason published the spy thriller All the King's Horses - A Task Force Black Talon Novel (AuthorHouse) under the pen name Sebastian Cheney.
This information was taken from the back of the promotional CD The Mutations Conversations:
"In April 1998 Beck entered the studio in Los Angeles to record an album with producer Nigel Godrich. The album, Mutations, was originally intended to be released as a "parathetical" album on indie label Bong Load Custom Records. Beck later decided to release it on DGC Records."
"In August 1998 Beck sat down with music journalist Neil Strauss to talk about the making of the Mutations album - the players, the songs, the impetus - as well as what he's been doing and what to expect next. He is currently back in the studio working on the official follow-up to 1996's multi-platinum, critically-acclaimed Odelay."
Track listing
#The Process
#The Music
#The Body of Work
#The Plans
#The Sacrifice
"In April 1998 Beck entered the studio in Los Angeles to record an album with producer Nigel Godrich. The album, Mutations, was originally intended to be released as a "parathetical" album on indie label Bong Load Custom Records. Beck later decided to release it on DGC Records."
"In August 1998 Beck sat down with music journalist Neil Strauss to talk about the making of the Mutations album - the players, the songs, the impetus - as well as what he's been doing and what to expect next. He is currently back in the studio working on the official follow-up to 1996's multi-platinum, critically-acclaimed Odelay."
Track listing
#The Process
#The Music
#The Body of Work
#The Plans
#The Sacrifice
An investigation by three animal protection groups into the Chinese fur trade in 2004 and part of 2005 asserts that there are an estimated 1.5 million raccoon dogs being raised for fur in China. The report claims that killing methods include first hitting the animals on the head with a stick or slamming the animal into the ground to stun them, but that "a significant number of animals remain fully conscious during the skinning process and started to writhe and move around." Video taken during the investigation shows a raccoon dog apparently conscious during and after the skinning process. A 2005 follow-up article by the Beijing News reports: "On this particular day around half the raccoon dogs and foxes were skinned alive like this."
The Chinese Government outrageously denies that the country's fur farming methods are cruel, and has even suggested that some of the videos have even been staged, in stark similarity to the recent human rights issues which were also denied despite video evidence to the contrary. Video evidence has been collected from a number of independent sources and all parties agree that the animal abuse and cruelty is consistent and widespread throughout China.
On April 24, 2008, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) filed a false advertising complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission alleging that at least 20 retailers in the US have been mislabeling fur from raccoon dogs. According to HSUS, 70% of fur garments they tested were raccoon dogs but were mislabeled as faux fur, coyote, rabbit or other animals.
A recent EEC report into the fur trade reported that fur farming in the West has high welfare standards. This evidence was tampered with to such an extent that the top welfare scientists involved have felt compelled to publish this report, saying that their findings had been "politicised".
As far as the raccoon dog, and many other native species such as sable and fox, are concerned, it is claimed by both the trade and academic and conservation sources that fur trade does help protect the habitat of these animals. The University of South Dakota is among those concerned by criticism of the fur trade in terms of conservation.
Many Siberian tribes rely totally for income on fur trade; and 80% of furs are products of the Boreal forest region; up to 22% is native produce, and huge economic damage has been inflicted on native economies by the animal rights movement.
Krasnoyarsk in Evenkyia is just one of the fur producing areas with a large native involvement, and though there are no figures for Raccoon dog, the area produces up to a million animal fur pelts annually in an area where the raccoon dog is indigenous.
With a gene pool of 1.5 million animals claimed above, the raccoon dog is not endangered. A far greater threat in Siberia may be habitat destruction ([http://home.planet.nl/~innusupp/english/forbes2.html]) and disease probably from dogs of workers settling there in communist period; certainly distemper is a transferable disease : [].
A further source for specific clash between oil exploration and habitat destruction versus traditional use is here; .
In undisturbed areas where the animals are hunted for fur (worth noting that the Evenk tribes also have fur farms) they are abundant; in Japan for example the 40,000 to 70,000 raccoon dog hunted for their fur are part of a strict wildlife management plan that enables a healthy population, which is as a result classified as common there.
The WWF have fostered areas of traditional hunting use in Siberia, which have been called sable reserves as the local people are so reliant on the sable (but also fox and raccoon dog which is indigenous) for both food and income from sale of fur.
This detailed study of traditional use in Russia gives an important perspective on economic and ecological factors in the regions fur trade; raccoon dog is an important part.
The Chinese Government outrageously denies that the country's fur farming methods are cruel, and has even suggested that some of the videos have even been staged, in stark similarity to the recent human rights issues which were also denied despite video evidence to the contrary. Video evidence has been collected from a number of independent sources and all parties agree that the animal abuse and cruelty is consistent and widespread throughout China.
On April 24, 2008, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) filed a false advertising complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission alleging that at least 20 retailers in the US have been mislabeling fur from raccoon dogs. According to HSUS, 70% of fur garments they tested were raccoon dogs but were mislabeled as faux fur, coyote, rabbit or other animals.
A recent EEC report into the fur trade reported that fur farming in the West has high welfare standards. This evidence was tampered with to such an extent that the top welfare scientists involved have felt compelled to publish this report, saying that their findings had been "politicised".
As far as the raccoon dog, and many other native species such as sable and fox, are concerned, it is claimed by both the trade and academic and conservation sources that fur trade does help protect the habitat of these animals. The University of South Dakota is among those concerned by criticism of the fur trade in terms of conservation.
Many Siberian tribes rely totally for income on fur trade; and 80% of furs are products of the Boreal forest region; up to 22% is native produce, and huge economic damage has been inflicted on native economies by the animal rights movement.
Krasnoyarsk in Evenkyia is just one of the fur producing areas with a large native involvement, and though there are no figures for Raccoon dog, the area produces up to a million animal fur pelts annually in an area where the raccoon dog is indigenous.
With a gene pool of 1.5 million animals claimed above, the raccoon dog is not endangered. A far greater threat in Siberia may be habitat destruction ([http://home.planet.nl/~innusupp/english/forbes2.html]) and disease probably from dogs of workers settling there in communist period; certainly distemper is a transferable disease : [].
A further source for specific clash between oil exploration and habitat destruction versus traditional use is here; .
In undisturbed areas where the animals are hunted for fur (worth noting that the Evenk tribes also have fur farms) they are abundant; in Japan for example the 40,000 to 70,000 raccoon dog hunted for their fur are part of a strict wildlife management plan that enables a healthy population, which is as a result classified as common there.
The WWF have fostered areas of traditional hunting use in Siberia, which have been called sable reserves as the local people are so reliant on the sable (but also fox and raccoon dog which is indigenous) for both food and income from sale of fur.
This detailed study of traditional use in Russia gives an important perspective on economic and ecological factors in the regions fur trade; raccoon dog is an important part.
Randy Michael Grossman (born September 12 1962) is a noted MLB sports agent and American criminal defense attorney best known for his representation of baseball Hall-of-Famer Dave Winfield, Tim Raines, Steve Garvey, Kevin McReynolds and Vince Coleman. He is a notable alumnus of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law where he also serves as an adjunct professor.
Background
Grossman was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to San Diego when he was two years old. He met Dave Winfield in 1973 when his father took him to see the San Diego Padres play. Winfield encouraged the young Grossman to pursue a career in law. Winfield and Grossman developed a life-long friendship, and it was Winfield who wrote Grossman's letter of recommendation for law school. Grossman has represented Winfield since 2000.
Although Grossman successfully combined his legal background with his love of sports, he is also a successful criminal defense attorney who has won several high-profile cases in the San Diego area.
Legal commentary
Grossman is occasionally called upon to speak about legal matters in sports -- most recently steroid use in baseball. He has appeared on ESPN and in several national newspapers, including the New York Times and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, both as guest and legal commentator.
Awards
* 1993 -- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
* Recipient of Two American Jurisprudence Awards
Background
Grossman was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to San Diego when he was two years old. He met Dave Winfield in 1973 when his father took him to see the San Diego Padres play. Winfield encouraged the young Grossman to pursue a career in law. Winfield and Grossman developed a life-long friendship, and it was Winfield who wrote Grossman's letter of recommendation for law school. Grossman has represented Winfield since 2000.
Although Grossman successfully combined his legal background with his love of sports, he is also a successful criminal defense attorney who has won several high-profile cases in the San Diego area.
Legal commentary
Grossman is occasionally called upon to speak about legal matters in sports -- most recently steroid use in baseball. He has appeared on ESPN and in several national newspapers, including the New York Times and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, both as guest and legal commentator.
Awards
* 1993 -- Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
* Recipient of Two American Jurisprudence Awards