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Unidentified Man – Saugerties, Ulster County, New York – 1970

Robert Goodis — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:42:00 +0000

For my PDF, click here. For the PDF in Portuguese, click here.
For NYSP information, click here.

Basic Information
Name	Unknown	Sex		Male
Race	White	Height & Weight		5’ 3” and approximately 155 pounds
Age	Approximately 35-45 yrs	Hair		Dark brown, wavy with bald-spot on crown
Additional Info:	He was wearing a grey, European-style suit over pajamas, an Omega gold watch from a company in Portugal, and a gold ring with a red stone made in Portugal.
Remains Found:	Date: 02/01/1970 Location: Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y. off a public highway, not far from the NYS Thruway

NIC Case # U954749934
If you have any information, please contact:
New York State Police, Troop F SP Kingston 1791 Route 209 Kingston, NY 12401 United States			Telephone: +1 (845) 338-1702 Email: nysvicap@troopers.state.ny.us Anonymous tips are welcome.

Unidentified Man – East Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY – 1992

Robert Goodis — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:34:30 +0000

For the PDF I created to make this information accessible, click here.

For the original NYSP information, click here.

Basic Information
Name	Unknown	Sex		Male
Race	White	Height & Weight		5’ 6” – 5’ 10”; weight unknown
Age	Approximately 35-50 yrs	Hair		Dark brown
Additional Info:	Wearing JC Penney blue jeans, denim jacket, brown work-boots size 10.5, green overalls, and a Dickey shirt with “Walgren Tree Experts” on the back in yellow. Person had one gold-capped tooth. Dental information is available.
Remains Found:	Date: 07/22/1992 – remains believed to be at location for 3-15 years Location: Found in wooded area off Stormville Mt. Rd., ¼ mile east of SR 52 in the Town of East Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York

Please note that the artist’s facial reconstruction above may not be accurate; it should only be used as a rough guide.
If you have any information, please contact:
New York State Police, Troop K Box 96 BCI Stormville, NY 12582 United States			Telephone: +1 (845) 223-7898 Email: nysvicap@troopers.state.ny.us Anonymous tips are welcome.

NIC Case # U580043844

What are human rights? – A video by United for Human Rights (UHR)

Robert Goodis — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:24:01 +0000

The following video, What are human rights?, was prepared by the United for Human Rights (UHR) group. It is available at humanrights.com and Youth for Human Rights International™. The historical references made in this video are very scattered, contentious and incomplete, but the video is well-done overall. This is a great very basic introduction to human rights.

The Goodis Center is still waiting on funding and video-specialists to prepare our own video-introduction to human rights. Stay tuned for updates on that project, or contact us at projects@robertgoodis.org to volunteer your assistance.

Beta Israel: Ethiopian Jewry, Diaspora and Homeland (2008)

Robert Goodis — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:03:45 +0000

This is an essay I prepared for a history class in 2008 that was in the Jewish Studies program. The class discussed Diaspora and Homeland. My research paper focused on Beta Israel, the Ethiopian Jewry.

Beta Israel: Ethiopian Jewry, Diaspora and Homeland – by Robert Goodis (2008)

The research discusses various accounts of history and possible explanations for the community of Jewish Ethiopians, who are a community possessing a non-Hebrew Torah and certain Jewish traditions predating the dedication of the Second Temple in Biblical times. While the Beta Israel community maintained its Jewish faith and has faced persecution in Ethiopia, groups in the global Jewish community have questioned the true Jewishness of the Beta Israel group. Without Ethiopia and without Israel, do the Beta Israel have a homeland? Are they in Diaspora? Have they always been in Diaspora?

A Study in Behavior Modifcation: Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of the Sudan (2006)

Robert Goodis — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:37:16 +0000

This is a paper I wrote in 2006 for a social studies class at my high school. The purpose of the paper was to present a hypothetical study in behaviorism, which places strong emphasis on psychological, biographical and historical information to suggest the personal actions and reactions of al-Bashir involved in his historical rise to power, and to propose what his likely reactions would have been to given circumstances. This paper looks at Omar al-Bashir (also spelled Umar al-Bashier or al-Bechir), the military and political leader of the Sudan, and incorporates briefly his involvement in anti-Zionist and anti-Israel wars, as well as his involvement in the Sudanese Civil Wars and the war in Darfur. The historical information in this paper is true; however, the rest of this paper is hypothetical conjecture. Unfortunately, I wrote this according to a special format that was assigned to my class which was in response to specific questions and hypothetical situations and I no longer have that prompt information. Also, this paper was written (for reasons I cannot remember or conceive) without a bibliography. Keep in mind that only a portion of this paper is historical fact, and the rest is behaviorist hypotheticals.

A Study in Behavior Modifcation: Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of the Sudan (2006)

Since writing this paper, an arrest warrant has been issued for President al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court.

Acceptance and Action: If not now, when? – (2004)

Robert Goodis — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:41:32 +0000

I prepared this short speech in 2004 for my religious confirmation at Temple Beth Israel, a Reform synagogue in York, PA.

Acceptance and Action: If not now, when? – by Robert Goodis (2004)

Topics include Israel/Palestine and the fence, Iraq, Afghanistan, domestic policy, human rights, social justice, activism, racism, homophobia, gay marriage, and other general social issues that have plagued society for the past decade at least.

Representations of Tibet: The Model and Language of Human Rights (2009)

Robert Goodis — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:10:12 +0000

I wrote this paper, Representations of Tibet: The Model and Language of Human Rights, for a class in the spring of 2009. The discussion is focused on the Sino-Tibetan dispute – comparing the claims of both China and Tibet for control over the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

Representations of Tibet: The Model and Language of Human Rights – by Robert Goodis (2009)

After the bibliography, I’ve included the comments I received from my professor to show what this paper still needs and a basic response to the arguments I’ve presented. This paper is in excess of 9000 words and, in standard academic format, it stretches about 30+ pages including a bibliography.

Censorship and Dissidence: Media in a Totalitarian State (2008)

Robert Goodis — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:46:28 +0000

Another rushed, unrevised essay – I wrote Censorship and Dissidence: Media in a Totalitarian State in mid-2008 for a human rights class on Dissent and Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe. Again, this is not the best essay, but it has some interesting points for critical thinking & discussion.

Censorship and Dissidence: Media in a Totalitarian State – by Robert Goodis (2008)

“…it is fair to say that European dissidence in the 20^th century competently summarizes the greater part of dissident movements through time and around the globe, and serves to illustrate the relation between censorship and repression and dissidence in general.”

Confronting Conflict in the Sudan (2008)

Robert Goodis — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:29:54 +0000

I wrote this academic essay in early December of 2008. This was a rushed paper, as usual, and I have not gone back to revise it since I turned it in for academic credit. The information in this paper is limited to circumstances pre-2009. However, while some specifics in the circumstances in Darfur and the rest of Sudan have changed, the general conclusion of this paper remains applicable.

Confronting Conflict in the Sudan – by Robert Goodis (2008)

Overall, this paper address the social, cultural, and political structure that allows for neverending wars. This is a discussion of human rights, of genocide, of regional and global politics, of worldwide political structure and institution, of civil and transnational war, of the tragedies of the past and of the prospects for change.

Human Rights and U.S. Policy Review: Law Enforcement Use of Conducted Energy Devices (2008)

Robert Goodis — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:43:07 +0000

The PDF linked below is of a report prepared by Robert Goodis for a class in 2008. It has been reformatted, but has not been formally reviewed since submission for academic credit. Because of it’s relevant topic, it is being made available under both the personal & academic writings section of this blog and the section reserved for The Goodis Center.

In the drafting process, this paper was entitled Police Use of Weapons and Force in the United States of America: A Review of Human Rights in Law Enforcement and Relevant Policy. This PDF bears the official title, Human Rights and U.S. Policy Review: Law Enforcement Use of Conducted Energy Devices.

Human Rights and U.S. Policy Review: Law Enforcement Use of Conducted Energy Devices – by Robert Goodis (2008)

(Note that this PDF is formatted with smaller-than-normal pages. Please consider altering your printer’s settings before printing out this report. It is only about 4500 words, but the current formatting stretches that out to 25 pages. It has not been revised since it was submitted for academic credit. This document is copyrighted ©2008 Robert Goodis.)