local councils to protect scouts from sexual assault.  He points out that other boy scouts have been sexually abused in the past by adult volunteers.

According to the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, 104 adult volunteers were placed in an ineligible volunteer file in 1988 because of reported incidents of sexual abuse.  Ninety-

five volunteers were placed in that file in 1987.  However, according to an article that was attached to the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, more than one million adults serve as scout volunteers each year.  Therefore, dividing the number of ineligible volunteers by the total number of volunteers, it appears as if less than .011% of adult volunteers were suspected of committing abuse in 1988, and less than .0096% of adult volunteers were suspected of committingWith its attention primarily focused on Congress, MoveOn has yet to become vigorously involved in the 2008 presidential race, although its members have been encouraged at points to telephone Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama’s offices to keep them in line on Iraq. Next week, it is beginning an advertising campaign against the Republican candidate Rudolph W. Giuliani in Iowa. Mr. Giuliani took out an advertisement yesterday in The Times attacking the group and Mrs. Clinton.

The group has held two online presidential forums, one on Iraq in April and the other on climate change in July. Mr. Obama, of Illinois, came out on top in a straw poll for offering the best hope for leading the country out of Iraq and John Edwards won on climate change.

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in areas where there is much snow or rain).
One of the well known problems with currently available cooking systems is the efficiency of the transfer of heat from the backpacking stove to the cooking pot, which historically is known to be relatively inefficient. Because of the inefficiency of presently available cooking systems, the backpacker or hiker must carry more fuel and a larger container in which to carry that fuel. Much of the inefficiency of presently configured backpacking cooking systems is a result of the way in which the heat from the stove contacts the cooking pot. Generally, the pot sits on top of cage or cage-like support above the stove and the flame from the stove is directed at the bottom center of the pot. Ideally, theADAMS, CLARENCE ORVAN: 1893-

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1893,
Clarence Orvan Adams
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taught school for two years; and moved to Gary, Ind., in
1915. After serving in World War I, he was a salesman for
several years and became a relief investigator during the depression in the 1930
S. Adams was the first manager of the Goodwill
Industries and in 1957 was working in the steel
mills of
Gary
. He is a past vice president of the American Poetry
League and he and his wife have judged some of that organization's
contests. In 1950 they organized the Indiana Council
for the Appreciation of Poetry.


4–0 home win against FC Astana for the campaign's UEFA Europa League. His maiden La Liga appearance occurred on 14 September, as he started in a 0–0 draw at Granada CF.

On 20 July 2016, Marín was loaned to fellow top tier club CD Leganés in a season-long deal. Upon returning, he extended his contract until 2021 and was definitely assigned to the first team.

Alavés
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First Song for Manirathnam's Film Done

Manirathnam is known for commencing his projects without a formal launch and ritually sticks to this habit from the very beginning. The star-casts for the film is yet to be confirmed, but the director has started working on the locations and other works.

Usually when the director has a project on the cards, A.R. Rahman becomes the first one to kick-start it. He has already completed working on three songs and the first song was recorded this morning with lyrics of Vairamuthu.

The lyrics are reported to be so enchanting as it will sound like a lullaby to all the souls. It is not yet confirmed whether Manirathnam will be making this film bilingually and if so, it will be Gulzar penning the lyrics forOccupy leaders don't mention coincidence, focus on next steps

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Lindner supporters gathered at various locations along the parade route, including dozens of Cincinnati Police standing outside District 1 around 9 a.m. Students stood outside a school on 9th Street singing songs about going to heaven. (Occupy Cincinnati representatives have not acknowledged the correlation.)

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Uh oh, the owners of buildings adjacent to Piatt Park are angry and they're not going to take it anymore. They reportedly met with city officials yesterday led by Arn Bortz, former mayor and Towne Properties partner/Councilman Chris Bortz's super-rich uncle, to ask that they be removed. Bortz also accused protesters of defecating in the park and abusing people walking through, both well-known annoyances for neo-fascists.

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of a CQI program in making EDs more culturally safe for Aboriginal people in Australia. Our complementary use of a quasi-experimental design investigating primary outcomes and qualitative methods exploring organisational changes and program implementation is particularly novel in this area. In all study EDs combined, the AIHQIP was not associated with a reduction in incomplete ED visits in Aboriginal people, nor did it influence the proportion of ED visits made by Aboriginal people that had an accurate recording of Aboriginal status. However, in two EDs the AIHQIP was associated with an increase in the trend of accurate recording of Aboriginality from the control period to the intervention period.

There are four main factors that might explain this limited evidence of an intervention effect. First, the intervention may have lackedSeven-year-old Liam Porter has something in common with "Star Wars" hero Luke Skywalker -- a new prosthetic arm. Liam was surprised with the arm by an all-volunteer team that makes 3D-printed prosthetics for kids for free.The space-aged prosthetic is modeled after Imperial Clone Troopers in Star Wars."Liam wants it made clear it is a Clone Trooper not a Storm Trooper arm," Liam's mother, Ryan Porter, told ABC News Clone Troopers are the good guys; it's the Storm Troopers yo have to worry about.The arm took about three months to make and cost about $300. It's lighter and easier to use than his old, traditional prosthesis.Liam, who lives in Augusta, Georgia, was born without the lower part of his left arm.Members of the 501st Georgia Garrison, a group of


people that dress up as "Star Wars" troopers, surprised Liam with his new arm at a ceremony at a local movie theater."He was actually speechless, which for him is a rarity," Liam's mom said.In it's first year, E-nable, the network of volunteers that makes the prosthetics, gave away more than 700 arms and hands.in their frontal glands a blend of wax esters, consisting of the C12 alcohols (3Z)-dodec enol, (3Z,6Z)-dodecadienol, and dodecanol, esterified with different fatty acids. The C12 alcohols appear to be cleaved gradually from the wax esters, and they occur in the frontal gland, in soldier headspace, and in the walls of the inquiline part of the nest. Electrophysiological experiments revealed that (3Z)-dodecenol and (3Z,6Z)-dodecadienol are perceived by workers of both species. Bioassays indicated that inquiline soldier heads, as well as the two synthetic compounds, are attractive to conspecific workers and elicit an arresting behavior, while host soldiers and workers avoid these chemicals at biologically relevant amounts. These observations support the hypothesis that chemically mediated spatial separation of the host and the inquiline is an element of a conflict-avoidance


around it. I hated to go there especially in the dark winter evenings and even more so after hearing the story told by one of the other lads.

He had gone to sing at a wedding. It was after the service when he got changed and most people had already left the church. Only the vicar was there tidying up as he left. It was winter and by 4pm in the afternoon, it was already dark and gloomy. He recalled that, as he left the church, something didn’t feel right.

As he walked down the short path from the church to the gate through the cemetery, he caught sight of the back of a woman. Actually, he first thought it was the bride from the wedding he had just sungat, as the lady was dressed all in flowing white. He could just see the top half of the figure over some bushes, but as he moved along the path and could see more, he was horrified to see that from where the figures knees should be down to the ground, there was nothing. He could see the tombstone behind her where there should be legs.

By now, his heart was beating rapidly and he stopped momentarily in fear. His flesh was crawling and his fear rising as he realized that the figure was turning its head in his direction. Somehow, he managed to unfreeze himself and run. He ran just as fast as he could down the path, out of the gate and didn’t stop until he reached


Will the Black Caps win, and will the MCG prove to be their Achilles heel?

Matthew Hayden stirred the age old trans-Tasman rivalry on Thursday when he suggested New Zealand would struggle at the big Melbourne Cricket Ground.

His argument was the Black Caps were "sitting in a comfort zone on New Zealand's small grounds" and could be found out by the massive MCG in Sunday's World Cup final.

"There were a number of times [in the semifinal] where the New Zealand batsmen appeared to be hitting big balls — but they'd be getting caught three quarters of the way to the fence at the MCG," he wrote.

The MCG - centre of Melbourne's sporting world - and therefore the actual centre of the world in many Australian eyes.

"They're going to havetook the International Cricket Council measurements for the 25 sixes hit by the Black Caps during the knockout phase and overlapped the two grounds with the MCG.

What could be see was that 15 (60 per cent) of the sixes would easily clear the rope, especially Martin Guptill's 110m behemoth which ended up on the Westpac Stadium roof.

Seven (28 per cent) of the sixes would have fallen short of the rope, while three (12 per cent) of them would have been touch and go.

What Hayden did not take into account with the sixes was the placement or the context with which they were hit.

Yes, Brendon McCullum's 66m six to backward square leg would fall short of the MCG boundary but it would easily pierce the gap between fine leg


By raking up a three-decade-old incident involving Rajiv Gandhi, the Prime Minister has turned the spotlight on Canadian citizen Akshay being hosted on INS Sumitra under Modi's own watch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked on Wednesday: “The question is whether the security of the country was not compromised by taking foreigners on board a warship?”

Modi had asked the question at Ramlila Maidan after alleging that INS (Indian Naval Ship) Viraat was insulted by Rajiv Gandhi and his family who used it as a personal taxi in 1987 and that the then Prime Minister was accompanied by his Italian in-laws.

Good question, Prime Minister.

Here’s another: was the security of the country compromised when you shared space with a Canadian passport holder on board INS Sumitra on February 6, 2016?

The Canadianthe presidential yacht of India.

This was more than three years after a September 2, 2012, report in the online newspaper Vancouver Observer had referred to Akshay’s Canadian citizenship, saying it had been granted to him “within weeks” while many others waited for years.

In 2016, when it was reported that Akshay was one of the brand ambassadors for IFR 2016, Manohar Parrikar, the then defence minister who passed away in March this year, had denied it.

Canada was among the several foreign countries that took part in the IFR but its nationality link with the actor was not crystal clear then. A year later, in 2017, Akshay had said he was an honorary citizen of Canada, a description that was questioned by some people who pointed out that only a


are experiencing a burnout crisis. Nearly 45 percent of physicians report burnout, and the physician suicide rate is twice that of the general population. Research shows physicians experience burnout because of a poorly designed health care system that isn’t intended to protect them or their patients.

Physician burnout has been linked to increased medical errors, unprofessional behavior, early retirement, depression, and racial bias.

In 2019 the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study of 3,392 second-year resident physicians who self-identified as non-Black and found that symptoms of burnout were associated with explicit and implicit racial biases.

A study from the Mayo clinic reported poorly designed electronic health records as a contributor to physician burnout.

Another major contributor to burnout is a shortage of physicians compared to the increased number andNORTH BELLMORE, NY - It may have rained on the Bellmore Memorial Day Parade, but it did not dampen one local 11-year-old's spirit.

Nicholas DeGregorio, a fifth-grader at Newbridge Road Elementary School, was excited to march in the parade for the first time with his school's marching band on Monday, so he was disappointed to hear the parade was canceled due to the weather, according to his mother, Mary Bellissimo-DeGregorio. "Nicholas felt so bad for all of the veterans that would not have a parade in honor of all their fallen comrades," Mary wrote in a message to Patch.

Since he couldn't play in the parade, the two drove the parade route with Nicholas playing his trumpet out the window for all to hear, until they ended up at the


memorial by Newbridge Road School. A woman then walked up to both of them and told them that her dad, Chris Iannacone, a disabled World War II veteran who came from West Hempstead for the parade, and his driver were on their way and wanted to know if the parade was still on.

They told her that it was canceled but that Nicholas would play "You're a Grand Old Flag" for him on his trumpet. "He was thrilled and Nicholas was thrilled as well to have the opportunity to play for him and brighten his morning," Mary wrote. "Behind every cloud is a silver lining."

A video of Nicholas playing for Iannacone can be seen below.Adama Barrow ended Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule in the Gambia. Jammeh, whose exit terms meant he avoided prosecution and was able to keep many assets, departed only after mediation by west African neighbours and the threat of armed intervention.

Data compiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development showed that six European countries – the UK, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden – hit the 0.7% UN aid spending target.

Save the Children urged the British government to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia to protect children in Yemen from ongoing violations. With no improvement in humanitarian access, author Alex de Waal warned later in the year that Britain was in danger of becoming complicit in the use of starvation as a weapon of war in the country.

A malnourished


boy is weighed at an intensive care unit in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, Yemen. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

In a report published to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Oxfam said it was “beyond grotesque” that a handful of rich men are worth $426bn, equivalent to the wealth of 3.6 billion people.

February

Three UN agencies warned that Somalia was facing a “very real” risk of famine, with more than 6 million people – half the population – facing acute food insecurity. Humanitarian groups said there was a “small window” to stop a repeat of the 2011 famine, when an estimated 260,000 people starved to death in the country after a slow response from donors.

EU commissioner Neven Mimica pledged a €225m (£200m) support package for theGambia, which he said was “virtually bankrupt”. Following in his footsteps, Boris Johnson became the first British foreign secretary to visit the country.

The fallout from Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries was a recurrent theme of 2017. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

While Chad’s foreign minister, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was elected as the new head of the African Union, outgoing chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma condemned the proposed US travel ban on refugees from Somalia, Libya and Sudan. Morocco rejoined the AU after a row over the status of Western Sahara more than 30 years ago.

Tributes poured in for Hans Rosling, the data guru and development champion, who died aged 68.

Famine was formally declared in parts of South Sudan, and stretched aid agencies warned it was immininent in Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen.


David Miliband and Toby Lanzer argued that the global humanitarian system was under “unprecedented strain”.

March

Agencies warned that “countless lives” were at stake as they launched a major appeal for east Africa to help those facing hunger. Drought and conflict had left more than 16 million people in the region in need of food, water and medical treatment. Our podcast asked what could be done.

Ben Quinn, reporting from Burao and Hargeisa, said help was slow to arrive in the towns and villages he visited.

People forced to leave home because of drought walk towards a mobile medical unit at an impromptu camp set up near the town of Caynabo in Somaliland. Photograph: Kate Holt/Unicef

In South Sudan, Simona Foltyn found aid delivery under threat from armed fighters, while agencies rebuked thecountry over an extraordinarily timed move to raise fees for aid workers. Six aid workers and a driver were killed in the worst single attack on humanitarian staff since civil war broke out in December 2013.

International Women’s Day on 8 March included a call for a global strike. In New York, the Commission on the Status of Women ended with commitments by states to advance women’s economic empowerment by implementing equal pay policies, gender audits and job evaluations.

At a protest against mining at the legislative assembly in San Salvador, a woman holds a banner reading: ‘No to mining. Yes to life.’ Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images

El Salvador made history as the first nation to impose a blanket ban on metal mining. Campaigners celebrated a victory for “water over gold”.

A


you solve half a century of bloodshed and go about building lasting peace. In a video, we followed the stories of women and couples in the Farc guerrilla army who are now free to become parents.

Peace in Colombia meant women from the Farc guerrilla army were able to celebrate International Women’s Day for the first time. Photograph: Mauricio Duenas Castaneda/EPA

British MPs urged development secretary Priti Patel to tackle a “global learning crisis” by spending more of the overseas aid budget on education.

It emerged that international aid agencies in Nepal are paying the government hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees to get their projects approved. Citing year-long delays, they accused the authorities of hampering their work as the country struggles to recover from the 2015 earthquake.

The World HealthOrganization (WHO) lauded record-breaking progress in tackling sleeping sickness, elephantiasis and other tropical diseases that affect one in six people globally.

May

G20 health ministers in Berlin called for a faster response to global health risks, such as infectious disease outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance.

Research by a coalition of UK and African campaigners showed that more wealth leaves Africa every year than enters it – by more than $40bn.

Delegates filter into the main hall at the African Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa for a two-day summit. Photograph: Zacharias Abubeker/AFP/Getty Images

Uganda and the US ended a six-year hunt for the fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army; others continued their quest for justice.

June

The UK held a general election on 8 June triggered by the outcome of the referendum


the end of the US as a global leader, while the Trump-Putin meeting stole the show. The compact pairs up African countries that have committed to economic reforms with private investors for job and business development.

The British Government published its first annual report on how funds were spent through the conflict, stability and security fund which some consider a symptom of the increasing militarisation of aid.

On the eve of London’s family planning summit, Liz Ford asked if the resumption of the “global gag rule” would make 2017 the year we lost control of the global population surge? Top officials from more than 50 countries convened at the summit, which coincided with world population day, to discuss how to rejuvenate languishing family planning efforts in places like Mbale, Uganda.Sarah Boseley reported on how Trump had effectively signed a global death warrant for women.

Aisha Mugoya Mutonyi, right, a member of the village health team in Mbale, Uganda, administers a contraceptive to a rural woman. Photograph: Juozas Cernius/For The Guardian

The painstaking steps in women’s long fight to access family planning and abortion, and reduce maternal mortality, are reflected in a timeline of the struggle’s landmarks.

In the Philippines, a country where fewer than 35% of women use contraceptives and terminating pregnancy is illegal, botched abortions kill three women a day.

Backed by Graça Machel and her fellow Elders, the Tanzanian government is introducing healthcare reforms that could revitalise its economic prospects. As the new WHO director general and the sustainable development goals seek to reinvigorate the dream of healthcare for


houses near the capital, Freetown. Storm Harvey’s ravaging of southern states of America dominated headlines, while in south Asia, water and mud were also overwhelming homes on a massive scale. Simon Tisdall wrote on the apparent hierarchy of suffering.

A flood-affected area of Bangladesh’s Lalmonirhat district. Photograph: Zakir Chowdhury/Barcroft Images

One year on from the Olympics, we revisited Rio de Janeiro to hear from residents Thaís Cavalcante, Michel Silva and Daiene Mendes.

On the international day of the disappeared, campaigners called on the UN to bring the world’s attention to the terrible plight of Assad’s detainees.

September

With conflict and climate change undermining food security, causing chronic undernourishment and threatening to reverse years of progress, UN agencies warned that world hunger was rising for first time this century.

In the first fight, a serieswar.

As key Islamic State strongholds fell, the country held the Kurdish referendum, dealt with an earthquake on the border with Iran, and counted the cost of fighting on civilians and the environment.

Elsewhere, aid workers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic tasked with responding to Hurricane Irma described the situation as overwhelming.

Damage caused by Hurricane Maria in Roseau, Dominica, in late September. Photograph: Stringer/AFP/Getty Images

In what was hailed at the time as a landmark decision, the Kenyan supreme court annulled Uhuru Kenyatta’s election victory.

The UK Department for Exiting the European Union published a future partnership options paper on foreign policy, defence and development, while Priti Patel introduced a new code of conduct for suppliers and Department for International Development (DfID) staff after some private sector organisations were accused of


profiteering, excessive charges and unscrupulous practices.

October

The Kenyan elections were rerun minus Raila Odinga as opposition candidate. While Odinga branded the polling a “sham” due to the lack of reform, Kenyatta was declared the winner.

In a dispatch from Togo, reporter Mawuna Koutonin talked about what changed when the government turned off the internet in an effort to hold back the mobilisation of young activists. In Zimbabwe, governance tensions rose more visibly to the surface.

On international day of the girl, research revealed the 10 worst countries for girls to get an education. Women in Tanzania shared their moving experiences of giving birth without access to pain relief or running water.

Girls carry water away from a privately owned shallow well on the edge of Nyarugusu, in Tanzania’s Geita district. Photograph: SameerSatchu/WaterAid

Our podcast reported from Mozambique on an initiative opening up opportunities for people with disabilities, who face stigma and discrimination from school to the workplace. Award-winning Ethiopian activist Yetnebersh Nigussie recalled the moment when, aged 12, she realised she was different because no one wanted to play with the blind girl.

November

Penny Mordaunt, who succeeded Priti Patel as British development secretary, has pledged more UK support for Yemen. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA

Fourteen unofficial meetings with officials during a 13-day holiday in Israel proved the undoing of Priti Patel, who departed DfID to be replaced by Penny Mordaunt.

Following a military coup by any other name, and the opening of an impeachment hearing against him, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe finally resigned as president, bringing an end to 37 years of rule and sparking


celebrations in the streets. The ruling Zanu-PF party appointed former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking had triggered the political crisis, to replace Mugabe. It remains to be seen if free and fair elections will be achieved in 2018.

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar’s latest film, about a woman who left her husband because he refused to build her a toilet, made him a lover of the loo. He’s now on a mission to promote better sanitation in India, a country where half the population still defecates in the open.

In Hyderabad, an Indian man urinates on a roadside wall bearing a poster for the Hindi film Toilet. Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence reminded UN member states that they had promised to end abuse by 2030.The executive director of UN Women told Rebecca Ratcliffe that the response to the widespread use of rape and sexual violence in conflicts was still inadequate.

In a year when allegations of sexual harassment and abuse were widespread across many industries, members of the aid community also revealed shocking experiences.

On world children’s day, 14-year-old Bilal Rwaeh, a young Syrian refugee now living in the UK, joined the Global development team.

December

At the annual Radi-Aid awards, Ed Sheeran’s Comic Relief film was branded “poverty porn” and campaigns fronted by Tom Hardy and Eddie Redmayne were also called out for reinforcing stereotypes.

Our podcast explored the scale of the humanitarian situation in Cox’s Bazar and the politics of the Rohingya crisis.

Roshida Begum, a 22-year-old Rohingya Muslim who says she narrowly escaped death at


the hands of the Myanmar military. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

The cruel absurdity of the kafala system was evident once again in the tragic story of a Sri Lankan family who had moved to the Gulf in search of a better life.

There was a sense of deja vu about a report on women in sub-Saharan Africa being forced to have sex to pay off their medical bills, an issue that remains perennially under-addressed.

While the citizens of DRC still await their moment at the polls, Liberia is due to hold its delayed presidential run-off on 26 December. The final round of voting, between vice-president Joseph Boakai and former world footballer of the year George Weah, was postponed after the third-placed candidate alleged fraud, a claim since dismissed by the supremegravity of his offenses, had a dramatic impact on the penalty he was likely to receive.

Fogle ultimately was sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison, a penalty that was upheld by a federal appeals court in June. Had he been prosecuted under state law for the same actions, his sentence could have been as short as six months (the minimum penalty for possessing child pornography in Indiana, where Fogle lived) or as long as four years (the maximum penalty for an adult 21 or older who has sex with a 16-year-old in New York, where Fogle met the prostitutes).

The arbitrariness of Fogle's punishment should trouble anyone who thinks fairness, consistency, and proportionality are essential to a criminal justice system worthy of the name. But the conjunction of two


his family will not further the interests of justice; it will cause serious harm to his young children by depriving them of a loving father and role model, and will strip R.V. of the opportunity to heal through continued sustained treatment and the support of his close family."

Judges are not alone in questioning the propriety of federal sentences for viewing and sharing child pornography. In a 2015 case, James Gwin, a federal judge in Cleveland, asked jurors what sentence they considered appropriate for a man they had convicted of possessing and distributing child pornography. The defendant was caught with 1,500 images, and he was charged with distribution because he also had peer-to-peer file sharing software. The mandatory minimum was five years, prosecutors wanted 20, and federal sentencing guidelinesrecommended 27. On average, the jurors recommended a prison term of 14 months, less than a quarter of the shortest sentence allowed by law.

Although state penalties for looking at child pornography are often lighter than federal penalties, they can also be more severe. In 2011, a Florida judge imposed a sentence of life without the possibility of parole on Daniel Enrique Guevara Vilca, a 26-year-old with no criminal record who was caught with 454 child pornography images on his computer. "Had Mr. Vilca actually molested a child," The New York Times noted, "he might well have received a lighter sentence."

Amy's Ordeal Something has gone terribly wrong with our criminal justice system when the same offense can be punished by five days in jail or by life in prison,


child pornography compounds the harm caused by its production. Consider the case of "Amy," who at the ages of 8 and 9 was repeatedly raped by her uncle, who recorded his crimes and distributed the images. New York attorney James R. Marsh, who helped Amy pursue a federal restitution claim, and University of Utah law professor Paul Cassell, who represented her when her case reached the Supreme Court, described her experience in a 2015 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law article.

"By the end of her treatment in 1999," Cassell and Marsh write, "Amy was—as reflected in her therapist's notes—'back to normal' and engaged in age-appropriate activities such as dance lessons. Sadly, eight years later, Amy's condition drastically deteriorated when she discovered that her child sex abuse images arewidely traded on the Internet." According to her psychologist, the distribution of her uncle's pictures has had a "long lasting and life changing impact on her." The psychologist explained that "Amy's awareness of these pictures [and] knowledge of new defendants being arrested become ongoing triggers to her." As Amy put it, "Every day of my life I live in constant fear that someone will see my pictures and recognize me and that I will be humiliated all over again."

Notwithstanding the reality of Amy's ongoing suffering, allocating responsibility for it among the thousands of people who have seen the pictures is no simple matter, as the Supreme Court discovered when it took up her case in 2014. Amy's lawyers put the past and future cost of her sexual abuse,


did by looking at images of Amy is essentially impossible, deciding what criminal penalty he deserves is at least as challenging. He pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and received a two-year sentence. But the same actions—looking at images on the internet—also made him guilty of "receiving" child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years (a fact that helps explain why Paroline pleaded guilty). Because Jared Fogle pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography, he was subject to the five-year mandatory minimum, and in the end he got a sentence nearly eight times as long as Paroline's. In fact, Fogle's sentence was about 50 percent longer than the one Amy's uncle received, even though her uncle repeatedly raped a prepubescent girl, while Fogle did notcatch people who look at it.

In a 2002 New York University Law Review article, Howard Anglin argued that victims of child pornographers have legal grounds to sue FBI agents who mail images of them to targets of undercover investigations. "If, as courts have held, the children depicted in child pornography are victimized anew each time it changes hands, this practice inflicts further injuries on the children portrayed in the images," wrote Anglin, at the time an NYU law student and now executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation. "The practice of distributing child pornography in undercover operations exposes federal agents to potential civil liability and undermines the integrity of the criminal justice system."

That argument did not deter the FBI from continuing to distribute child pornography. In 2015, after


serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value." But the new ban is still constitutionally problematic because the Court also has said that mere possession of obscene material cannot be punished without violating the First Amendment right to "receive information and ideas" and the sphere of privacy protected by the 14th Amendment.

Federal prosecutors seem to be getting around that problem by resolving cases involving possession of virtual child pornography through plea agreements in which the defendant gives up his right to challenge the law. In a 2010 Ohio case, a former middle school teacher named Steven Kutzner pleaded guilty to possessing "obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children," including cartoons featuring characters from The Simpsons. As part of the plea agreement, Kutzner waived his right to challengethe constitutionality of the possession charge.

Jim Peters, an assistant U.S. attorney who worked on the case, says Kutzner agreed to the deal to avoid prosecution for receiving the cartoons, which would have triggered a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. Peters adds that Kutzner's computer also contained traces of actual child pornography that Kutzner claimed he downloaded by accident and deleted. Prosecutors decided not to bring charges based on those images because they were downloaded before federal law was changed to criminalize accessing child pornography with the intent to view it. In 2011, Kutzner was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison followed by three years of post-release supervision.

Two years later, Christjan Bee of Monett, Missouri, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for "possessing an obscene image of


debatable whether material like Simpsons porn and "incest comics" actually does that. In any case, the same argument would apply with even greater force to explicit advocacy of sex with minors, such as literature produced by the North American Man-Boy Love Association. As offensive as such speech may be to the vast majority of Americans, it is clearly protected by the First Amendment.

Victims As Predators The inadequacy of the child protection rationale is also clear in cases involving teenagers who use their cellphones to exchange sexually provocative pictures of themselves, thereby qualifying as both victims and perpetrators. In 2015, for example, Cormega Copening, a 17-year-old boy in North Carolina, was charged with sexually exploiting a minor, a felony punishable by up to eight years in prison, because ofnude pictures he exchanged with his 17-year-old girlfriend.

Under North Carolina law (as under federal law), a "minor" for purposes of defining child pornography is anyone under 18. Hence Copening produced child pornography by taking pictures of himself. He could nevertheless be prosecuted as an adult for that crime. To make things even more confusing, the age of consent in North Carolina is 16, meaning that Copening could legally have consensual sex with his girlfriend. But if he (or she) made a video of that activity, even with the consent of both parties, it would be a felony punishable by years in prison plus lifelong registration as a sex offender.

The Copening case is not unique. In 2016, an Iowa prosecutor threatened to charge a 14-year-old girl with sexual exploitation


of treating pictures as a crime even when the actions they record are not. In 2006, Rinehart, a 34-year-old police officer in Middletown, Indiana, who was in the midst of a divorce, became sexually involved with two girls who were 16 and 17. Since the age of consent in Indiana is 16, it was legal for him to have sex with those girls. (Whether it was wise or appropriate is another question.) But because Rinehart also took pictures of the girls, he was convicted of producing child pornography and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. It did not matter that the girls consented to the pictures or that the images were never shared with anyone else.

Although Jared Fogle apparently did not record his sexual encounters with teenagedprostitutes in Manhattan, he broke state law by paying for sex and by having sex with the girls before they turned 17, the age of consent in New York. Under state law, he was therefore guilty of patronizing a prostitute, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail, and rape in the third degree, a Class E felony punishable by probation or up to four years in prison. Instead, he was charged under federal law with traveling across state lines "for the purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual conduct," which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Judge Pratt apparently considered that crime as serious as Fogle's viewing of child pornography, because she imposed exactly the same sentence for it: 188 months


in prison. (Fortunately for Fogle, he is serving the two sentences concurrently.) Prosecutors emphasized that while the youngest prostitute Fogle hired was 16, he asked her about "access to minors as young as 14 years for purposes of commercial sex acts with him." In challenging his sentence, Fogle argued that he shouldn't be punished for something he thought about but never did.

Unintentional Crimes While Fogle may have known how old the girls were, that is not always the case when adults have sex with teenagers. The difference between a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old (or a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old) may not be obvious, especially when the teenager claims to be older than she is. State laws nevertheless assume that someone who has sex with an underage adolescent shouldhave known better. Generally speaking, "mistake of age" is no defense against a statutory rape charge. When it comes to sex with teens, people can break the law without realizing it—an exception to the rule that proof of mens rea (usually translated as "guilty mind") is required for a criminal conviction.

In 2016, a Minnesota appeals court cast doubt on that exception in a case involving a middle-aged man named Mark Moser who propositioned a girl on Facebook. She said she was 16 (the age of consent in Minnesota), but she was actually 14. Under state law, that subterfuge did not matter: Even if Moser thought she was 16, he was still guilty of soliciting sex with a minor, a felony punishable by up to three years in prison


law's onerous reporting requirements and its classification system. SORA threatens registrants with prison if they fail to report, in person and immediately, changes such as new email addresses or newly borrowed cars. It also puts them in tiers that supposedly correspond to the danger they pose, but those categories are not based on individualized risk assessments. Although all of the plaintiffs in this case qualified for Tier III, supposedly the most dangerous category, one of them was convicted at age 18 of having consensual sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend, while another was convicted of "a non-sexual kidnapping offense arising out of a 1990 robbery of a McDonald's." The appeals court said the residence restrictions, reporting requirements, and arbitrary classification system distinguished SORA from the Alaska registry that theSupreme Court upheld in 2003, deeming it regulatory rather than punitive.

"SORA brands registrants as moral lepers solely on the basis of a prior conviction," the 6th Circuit said. "It consigns them to years, if not a lifetime, of existence on the margins, not only of society, but often, as the record in this case makes painfully evident, from their own families, with whom, due to school zone restrictions, they may not even live. It directly regulates where registrants may go in their daily lives and compels them to interrupt those lives with great frequency in order to appear in person before law enforcement to report even minor changes to their information." The court concluded that "the punitive effects of these blanket restrictions…exceed even a generous assessment of their


salutary effects."

Like registration and the burdens associated with it, the continued imprisonment of sex offenders who have completed their sentences bears a strong resemblance to punishment. Twenty states and the federal government have laws allowing indefinite "civil commitment" of certain sex offenders. The Supreme Court has upheld such laws on the pretext that what looks like punishment is actually "treatment" aimed at curing offenders who would otherwise pose an intolerable threat to public safety.

Taking the Court at its word, a federal judge ruled in 2015 that the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP), which was established in 1994, did not qualify for this loophole because none of its "patients" had ever been declared well enough for unconditional release. "The overwhelming evidence at trial established that Minnesota's civil commitment schememinor, regardless of the details, when the crime occurred, or whether the offender poses an ongoing threat.

The Americans whose passports will brand them as international child molesters include people who committed their offenses as minors and even people who still are minors (as are more than a quarter of registered sex offenders). They include people who as teenagers had consensual sex with other teenagers. They include people convicted of misdemeanors. They include people who committed their crimes decades ago and have never reoffended. They include people convicted of sexting, streaking, or public urination. The IML treats all of these people as a menace to children everywhere.

Sex offenders are a heterogeneous group that includes many people who pose little or no threat to the public while omitting many people


of the plaintiffs, who "routinely travels to Europe and Asia for business purposes," was convicted 25 years ago. Another plaintiff, who committed a crime minor enough that he was sentenced only to probation and was initially told he would not have to register as a sex offender, will nevertheless have to carry a special passport. A third plaintiff had his 1998 conviction expunged, was reinstated as a lawyer, and is no longer listed in California's registry but is still covered by the IML's notification provision.

Stigmatizing these people as a threat to children everywhere for the rest of their lives may seem irrational, but that does not mean it fails the rational basis test. "Under rational basis review," Hamilton explained, "a law 'may be overinclusive, underinclusive, illogical, and unscientificFriends and readers have raved about the Henrik Krogius photo of setting sun that became the cover of INBrooklyn supplement to Brooklyn Eagle and Brooklyn Heights Press. Also moved by that same sunset, at slightly different moment, was reader Will Hasty, who sent this photo from his iPhone.


The first sign of debris from a missing plane that was carrying the Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni has surfaced on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao.

A German tourist found a bag belonging to an Italian who missed the flight but whose luggage was on board the plane that vanished shortly after take-off on 4 January.

Curacao lies about 200 miles west of the resort islands of Los Roques, from where the BN-2 Islander plane departed for Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, with Missoni, three other Italian tourists and two crew members on board.

Norman Serphos, of the Curaçao prosecutor's office, said the German tourist had found the bag along the island's rocky north coast and contacted its owner in Italy, who in turn called police in Curaçao. Police received thebag on Friday and were working with authorities in Venezuela and Italy, Serphos said.

An official at the Italian embassy in Caracas said they were aware of the discovery.

Italy's air safety agency has said the pilot of the missing plane had an expired medical fitness certificate and the company operating the aircraft was not yet authorised to fly. However, the agency said neither factor was yet being blamed for the disappearance.

Seven minutes after take-off the pilot reported that he was at 5,000ft and 10 nautical miles from the Los Roques airport, according to the agency. The last radar readings showed the aircraft accelerating at 5,400ft before it quickly lost altitude and speed, veering to the right until it disappeared from the radar.


Shoulder kinematics and mobility adaptations in water-polo players.
There is limited research to demonstrate how scapular kinematics and shoulder-related physical characteristics are affected in water-polo players, who undertake swimming and repetitive throwing activity. The aim of this study was to investigate possible adaptations in the three-dimensional scapular kinematics and in glenohumeral internal rotation, external rotation range of motion and shoulder posterior-capsule tightness in water-polo players. Fourteen water-polo players and 14 asymptomatic volunteers participated in the study. The scapular kinematics were recorded using an electromagnetic tracking device during the scapular plane shoulder elevation. Additionally, shoulder range of motion and posterior-capsule tightness were evaluated. Analysis of variance models were used to make comparisons between groups. Although there was a trend toward increased scapular internal rotation and downward rotation in the throwingspecial not to."

The only touchdowns from the quarterback position came from the ground Saturday night as Russell and backup Dak Prescott both were able to find the end zone on goal-line carries.

"To me, Tyler was just off a little bit tonight," Mullen said. "We put a lot on him. When we're not throwing the ball well, to come up with a win is still big."

The running game, which had bailed out MSU last week during all the dropped passes at Troy University, was barely in any kind of mid-season form by finishing with only one player at double-digit carries for the game (LaDarius Perkins with 11).

Before getting picked off in the second quarter, junior quarterback Tyler Russell tied Wesley Carroll's school record set in 2007 of 137-straight attempts


without an interception. His former high school teammate Chris Smith said it was a matter of the receivers not making Russell feel comfortable with their separation from the Jaguars' defensive backs.

The Bulldog offense has scored 144 points through its first four games, its highest point total through the first four games of the season since the 1944 squad dropped 159 in its first four games. However, this version of MSU has yet to play the top level of the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference in the caliber of the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University.

"Not everything going to be perfect for him all the time," Smith said. "Nobody is asking for Tyler to have a perfect game every time."

- Until otherwise noticed, LaDarius Perkins is starfirst half before the Bulldogs slowly got on the scoreboard.

The East Webster High School product, who came into the post-game media conference glasses on his face in the similar style of Miami Heat stars Dwayne Wade and Lebron James, finished with two pass breakups and a fourth quarter interception.

"I've always said that if you throw it over to my side of the field then five or six times, then I'll get at least one," Banks said.

The pick of South Alabama quarterback C.J. Bennett moved him into second on the active list for interceptions and now needs just one more to tie Walt Harris for the school's all-time lead in the statistical category.

Banks also broke Derek Pegues' school record of 241 return yards off an interception set from 2005-08


(274) and currently ranks first among active FBS players in that category.

Banks said the Bulldogs first-string defense, which only gave up three points in the three quarters they were on the field, were more than motivated after the 572 yards given up last week at Troy University.

"(Coach Mullen) may have been embarrassed at half, but he is always poised when he talks to us," Banks said. "He comes in there and speaks the truth, and that is what I like and respect about him."

- State's six-game overall winning streak ties the 2010 mark for the longest overall winning streak since winning the first eight games of the 1999 season. The 53 points allowed by State through the first four games is the lowest total allowed through the firstChinatown are written and pronounced as follows as () in Cantonese, () in Mandarin Chinese or officially known as ().

Events

Events that have been held or are planned in Los Angeles's Chinatown include:

• Chinese New Year Parade

• Lantern festival at the Chinese American Museum

• The Firecracker Run and Fun Walk

• Mid-autumn Moon Festival

• Miss Los Angeles Chinatown Pageant

A midnight firecracker display occurs every Chinese New Year's Eve at Thien Hau Temple and Xuan Wu San Buddhist Association.

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Chinatown has served as the setting for many Hollywood films. The conclusion of the film Chinatown was filmed on Spring Street.  The movie Rush Hour was filmed on location in Chinatown. It is said that a stroll down Old Chinatown Plaza has many rewards, including recognizing many other locations that are used


You might recall David Wilson as a talented running back for Virginia Tech, one who piled up 1,709 yards in 2011 before leaving school a year early.

But Wilson is significant in modern football history: he is the last running back to be taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. This fact has not been lost on the best players who play the position, as Ohio State's Carlos Hyde complained about the position being overlooked and Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey vented that he should have played corner.

Jon Bois documented this trend in 2011, noting that NFL teams were less likely to take running backs early in the first round and were distributing carries more evenly than they were in the past:

Given the choice, would you rather draft anplayer is overused at an especially punishing position.

What about college football?

Just as college football has been affected by the bevy of innovative offenses bubbling up on the high school level, the NFL has been affected by trends in college football. And the NFL influences college football as well. While NFL Draft results could encourage top running back recruits to play defensive back instead, we haven't heard of that happening just yet.

Contrary to perception, top college teams have not largely gone away from the workhorse model, which has fluctuated in popularity over the last 25 years ...

... but there are signs that current trends could swing that way, at least for a while.

Spread-to-run teams tend to split carries between the quarterback and the running back, not unlike the old


with one feature back was the exception, not the rule. Early offenses such as the single wing and the Notre Dame box were all about misdirection and multiple carriers. Later, the wishbone dominated.

Author Willie Morris captured this change in "The Courting of Marcus Dupree," one of the great books written about football and the modern South. Dupree was the undisputed top recruit in high school football in an era before there were recruiting web sites. Dupree saw USC winning with its student body left approach to I-formation football and then Georgia riding Herschel Walker to a national title, so Barry Switzer sold Dupree that he would change his favored wishbone approach to allow Dupree to be the focus. The upshot was that football was trending towards the I-formation,lightly on the arm rest. The TV wasn't on, his apple mac lay ignored by his side, no music was playing, he simply stared out of the window at the cars driving crazily through the city; mostly yellow cabs with the occasional normal car. He also stared at the constant throng of people walking to and from places. He'd only lived in the city for a few months and it already felt more like home than Ohio ever had. But for once he wasn't admiring his admittedly spectacularly scenic view of the beautiful city. His hazel eyes barely noticed it, in fact.

Blaine had moved to New York after college, and was pretty lucky in how it had turned out. He was currently working as a session musician, sometimes


guitar, sometimes piano, sometimes backing vocals, while writing his own stuff and recording it with any spare time and money he had at the end of the month. But his session jobs, although not his dream, were enough to keep him in this beautiful apartment, even if it was sometimes a decision of food vs. new guitar strings or sheet music, a choice Blaine never made very wisely, he thought, with a smile.

But tonight, work was the last thing on his mind. He'd spent the evening at a bar and restaurant called Chilli, a place where there was live music most nights, and where the trendy bar was always heaving with people chilling down after a long days work. It being Friday night, Blaine and some musician friendshad spent an enjoyable evening there; Blaine had played the venue a couple of times before and had always gone down well, he knew the management and the evening had been nice; a few tequilla shots and a laugh with the friends he'd come to love since living in this city, a place he used to only dream of in high school.

But then, something had happened, something that catapulted Blaine into the past with a jolt. He had turned his head towards the other end of the bar and had been met with a pair of eyes he hadn't seen in four years. His heart began to skip and stutter in his chest; he didn't think he'd still have this much impact on Blaine all these years later.


He thought he'd gotten over the painful rejection, but stood in this bar, unable to break the gaze of those green eyes, Blaine was very much aware that his heart was still owned wholly by Kurt Hummel.

Blaine swallowed and finally broke his gaze a few seconds later. Kurt looked away too, down at the floor and coughed. Blaine turned back to his friends. "I'll see you later guys, need to jet." When he'd said goodbye to them, he walked slowly towards Kurt, his feet dragging. He wanted to see his friend badly, but four years of separation made Blaine uneasy towards the boy who had once known him inside out, heart and soul.

When Blaine finally reached Kurt, several thoughts flitted through his mind.

The first was; Kurt looks different;and he did. Not in a good way. His hair was scruffy and hanging over his forehead slightly greasily, his skin, though caked in foundation and concealer, looked blotchy. He wore a navy small checked shirt and black jacket, clothes that looked way too conservative for Kurt, a boy who on several occasions in Blaine's presence during high school had worn a freaking skirt, for God's sake!

The second thought was that Kurt's eyes looked different. Sure, they were as green and mesmerizing as they had always been – his eyes had been the first thing Blaine had noticed about the boy all those years ago when they'd met, and yes he still remembered every detail as though it was yesterday. The way he'd never felt hands as soft


as that, he'd never felt so happy as he sung every word from his heart, had wondered if he finally understood what love at first sight was – but they were so strange, alien even. The eyes that had previously been alive, on fire, were totally dead. Kurt looked lost, uncomfortable, out of place.

Blaine's third thought was the most disturbing, and it was the thing he had feared most were he ever to bump into Kurt Hummel again. And it was this; fuck, I'm still as in love with him as I've ever been. He closed his eyes and swallowed deeply. He may still feel this way but he'd be damned if he was going to be rejected again.

He realised he'd been standing in front of Kurt insilence for several long moments, and he opened his eyes, pleased to see that, although surprised, with his eyes darting like a frightened animal, Kurt did at least look happy to see Blaine.

"Kurt!" Blaine smiled, patting his friend on the arm, wondering when this yawning hole of crap had come between them. He'd never wanted it to be like this with Kurt.

"Blaine," Kurt replied, "what a pleasant surprise. Are you living here now?"

"Yep, have been for eight months now. Are you?" Blaine said evenly, taking a seat next to Kurt.

"Yes, I just moved in with..." Kurt was interrupted by a tall man with sculpted cheekbones, ice blue eyes and white blonde hair walking up to him from behind and holding his arm gently but firmly. "With my boyfriend.


Jake." His eyes were darting more than ever now, and Blaine couldn't help feeling slightly uncomfortable at the sight of this man. However, trying to ignore the twinge in his heart at seeing Kurt with another man, he stood up to shake Jake's hand.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Blaine." Jake stared at Blaine, who continued, slightly more uncomfortably than before. "I knew Kurt in high school."

"Were you at the same school?" Jake asked, and Kurt swallowed, flinching slightly as Jake's grip tightened slightly; a factor Blaine didn't miss.

"It's a long story, sort of." Blaine smiled, thinking, for a moment, wistfully of high school and how easy it was at times compared to this.

"Well, one day we should definitely all meet up, but Kurt we sort of need toas he heard a slap and a cry. The street was surprisingly quiet, most people still in the bar, not eager to walk out into the chilly streets even to smoke unless they had too. He turned around, but saw nobody. He rounded the corner and saw a cab drive off...his heart began to skip beats again as he swore he recognised that cry.

But no, it couldn't have been, Blaine was jumping to unfair conclusions. Pulling his scarf around his neck tighter he set off home, his head more messed up than it had been in months.

That was how Blaine ended up back home, at gone midnight on a friday night (or saturday morning, depending on how you looked at it) staring at the New York city skyline


build a nest, but will lay their eggs on the floor of the box or on top of whatever material is in the box. The owls will cough up pellets in the box, and these pellets will get trampled down into a perfectly soft, velvety nesting material.

The eggs are also distinctive.

Barn owl eggs are white and round, about the size and shape of a Ping-Pong ball.

Amy Kearns , an assistant biologist with the Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife based at Mitchell, looks at the side door of the new box to make sure it is working properly.(By Nick Schneider)[Order this photo]

Nests are commonly found in hollow trees, cliff cavities, in buildings, and nest boxes.

"There is a lot of really great barn owl habitat in Greene County ...all we do is send armed forces to combat terrorist groups on the ground. We must prevent extremism through religious education.”

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But promoting multiculturalism and religious tolerance does not shield a country from terrorism, Mr Bruckner added.

He said: “British-style multiculturalism has failed. The British have been so tolerant of


Europe in brand British sports

Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond tour Europe in brand new British sports cars built to designs from the 1950s, an undertaking spoilt by the arrival of James May in a modern Honda Civic Type R. Back in the UK, Jeremy is at the track to test the Ford GT, and Celebrity Face Off sees Stewart Copeland from The Police go head-to-head against Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason in a battle of the drummers.

Donna calls Sam and Dean for help after her niece, Wendy, goes missing. The three hunters discover Wendy was kidnapped by a man who sells human parts to monsters in a grotesque online auction and race to save her before it is too late. The harrowing events that transpired in Rowan’s basement arerevealed, from the moment Quinn was kidnapped to the earth-shattering gunshot that rocked Olivia to her core.

In an age of mystery and superstition, how would the people of Gotham react to a weird creature of the night, a bat-garbed vigilante feared by the guilty and the innocent alike? The very first Elseworlds tale re-imagines the Dark Knight detective in Victorian times and pits him against the infamous murderer Jack the Ripper.

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did otherwise.

It's almost too bad Levees only appeared as a documentary nominee because it is simply one of the best films of the year.

more people voted for this than children of men, but the biggest winners in their category were:

Children of Men cinematography- the only one it really deservedandThe Fountain score- justly deserved, with more votes than the combined total of the other nominees.and A Scanned Darkly- obviously for novelty reasons.

unfortunately 45 ppl is not enuff to make a good result. many of us havn't seen or had a chance to see most of the movies. last year the turnout was bigger wasn't it? maybe i'm wrong, but it was more reasonable because more ppl had actually seen the movies they were voting for., see: laura dern.

wow! thatAnd in This Corner: A Baritone Fights For Opera On The BBC

Baritone Thomas Hampson takes his punches for opera on a BBC talk show.

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Originally published on August 9, 2013 5:32 pm

With an interview show named HARDtalk I suppose the host might be expected to come out swinging. And recently the BBC's Sarah Montague did not disappoint.

She wastes no time (in the video on this page) trying to pummel her opponent in regulation Chris Matthews style. But her adversary is no disgraced politician. No hedge funder accused of insider trading. He is ... an opera singer.

Pity Thomas Hampson then, the celebrated baritone and reluctant rival, who deflects Montague's punches thoughtfully by staying calm and working his point that opera and classical music are still important today.

Even before sizing


up the singer, as the show's adrenaline-spiked theme music fades under, Montague aims a preliminary jab. With furrowed brow, she stares into the camera dramatically and asks, "Could one of the most elite and expensive art forms have worldwide appeal?"

I'd like to tell her: "Guess what Ms. Montague? It already does."

Brandishing her pen like a weapon, Montague attempts to knock down the singer and the art form with such loaded questions as: "It is hard not to see opera as anything other than elite and yet you have said that it's relevant to people of all walks of life. Would you really say that of it now?"

"Absolutely," the baritone smoothly counterpunches. Opera, he explains, comes from a deep desire to tell a story of how people interact withthemselves. It's "a laboratory of dilemmas of people, and that can only always be relevant in my opinion."

Opinions about Montague's performance are running sharp on YouTube. Some are calling her "absurd." A few say she is just doing her job. Others find humor in some of her boldest allegations, such as: "At the moment, the only people really watching opera are the richest, most educated in the world."

One commenter writes: "I didn't realize I was one of the richest people of this world. Just because I enjoy that strange stuff written, oh my God, 200 years ago and can afford a 20-quid ticket. Thank you, Sarah Montague!"

For his own performance, Hampson lands a few impassioned points about the perceived barriers between his world and pop culture.

"Classical music gets


July 21, 2010  -- Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart caused a firestorm this week when a video he posted of Obama administration official Shirley Sherrod talking about race led to her being ousted from the Department of Agriculture.

The administration apologized to Sherrod today after it became clear that her remarks in the video were part of a longer speech explaining her changing views. But the scandal has served to place Breitbart in the center of controversy as never before.

It turns out that Breitbart's back story is every bit as colorful as his present-day persona. In a recent exclusive interview, "Nightline" co-anchor Terry Moran asked Breitbart about his early days working for online newsman Matt Drudge, his later days working for media innovator Arianna Huffington and more.

"I have thisin respondent's loss of the sight of one eye, occurred on the evening of August 20, 1938, while he was attending a carnival in the city of Atwater. The carnival was operated on premises located within the city known as "Firemen's Park". On the occasion of the injury, *785 the respondent, a dentist, 35 years of age, was accompanied by a friend, Mr. Savateer. They proceeded through the carnival grounds to the dance pavilion, where they were to be met by their wives.
 As they approached the short-range shooting gallery operated by Takei it was suggested they should stop to watch a patron who was then shooting at matches. The respondent stood to the left and a foot or two behind the man who was shooting. After a


under the bandstand and tried to find out what had happened."
 The fragment of lead which caused the injury to the doctor's eye rebounded from the steel backstop behind the target in the shooting gallery. Approximately one hour and a half after the accident, Mr. Henderson, a deputy district attorney, upon learning of the injury to respondent, went to the shooting gallery for the purpose of making an investigation. At this time, he procured from the man in charge of the gallery some .22-caliber bullets of the type which were being used, and also secured some pieces of wall-board or beaver-board which had been located between the targets and a steel backstop at the rear of the gallery.
 The beaver-board was located in that position as a precautionagainst the danger from fragments of lead rebounding from the steel backstop to the front portion of the shooting gallery. These pieces of beaver-board were received in evidence at the trial. At that time they were in a badly perforated and disintegrated condition, caused by the firing of numerous bullets through the board. The testimony of Mr. Henderson indicates this board was then in the same condition that it was at the time he made his inspection on the evening of the accident. On cross-examination, in response *786 to the question as to why he had taken the board from the gallery, Mr. Henderson testified: "Because I had learned that an injury had been received by Mr. Basye from a bullet bouncing out from there and I considered


It was agreed that the party of the first part should bring Craft's Golden State Shows to the city of Atwater for a period of five days and nights, commencing August 17 and ending August 21, 1938, inclusive, to be operated under the auspices of Atwater Volunteer Firemen, Inc. The appellant agreed to furnish twenty attractions to be located at Firemen's Park, in Atwater, which was fulfilled. Firemen's Park was owned by Atwater Volunteer Firemen, Inc. The agreement provided that Craft's Golden State Shows should have "exclusive control of all shows, riding devices and concessions. Settlement shall be made at the close of each day's business. Except second party to have beer and soft drinks and eats at location near dance hall."
 For the privilege of operating theircollected and retained by Atwater Volunteer Firemen, Inc. The Firemen's association also controlled and operated in the enclosure a '49 Camp, a dance hall and a soft-drink and eating concession. The appellant received no portion of the gate receipts and no share of the receipts from the dance hall or the food and drinks counter. All of the other concessions and attractions, including some twenty in number, with the exception of the short-range shooting gallery and one or two others, were owned and operated by Craft's Golden State Shows. One or two other independent concessions were operated on contract with the appellant in the same manner as that of Mr. Takei. All of the carnival concessions on the grounds were advertised by the appellant. His banners read: "Craft's


in the gallery. A fragment from one of the bullets rebounded and struck him in the eye. The owner and controller of the amusement grounds was held to be liable. The court described the accident and gave the reason for concluding that the owner of the grounds was liable for negligence. The opinion, on page 263, says in that regard:
 "Of course, the path of the bullet was not discernible to the eye of any witness, but the whole situation was such as reasonably to establish the probable manner in which the accident occurred. ... A bullet glancing against any one of these rods or bars might readily fly off in such an oblique direction as to strike the rear iron wall at a very acute angle andwas to receive a percentage of the gross admission fees received by each particular concession. In holding that the owner of the amusement park was guilty of negligence, the court cites with approval the language used in the case of Thornton v. Maine State Agricultural Society, 97 Me. 108 [53 Atl. 979, 94 Am.St.Rep. 488], in which it was said:
 "It is held that an association conducting a fair is liable for injury through a defect in apparatus employed by a concessioner for the amusement of patrons when it receives a portion of the sums paid for the use of the apparatus, has general charge of the grounds, and takes an active part in advertising the amusements."
 The court further quotes with approval, at page 345, from this


referred to, for the purpose of proving the immediate cause of his injury. It was the theory of respondent that the condition of the beaver-board permitted fragments of lead to ricochet or fly back toward the front part of the shooting gallery. In support of this theory as to the immediate cause of the injury, numerous fragments of bullets were found to be lodged in the beaver-board which was introduced in evidence.
 The findings of the court imply that the beaver-board, which was intended to prevent particles of shattered bullets from flying about the gallery, was in such a perforated and damaged condition at the time of the accident as to endanger the safety of the patrons of the gallery. [6] It was the province of the trialjudge to determine whether the beaver-board, which was offered in evidence, was in substantially the same dangerous condition when it was delivered to the officer, Henderson, about an hour and a half after the accident occurred and when it was received in evidence as it was at the time of the accident. We are of the opinion the court did not err in receiving the beaver-board in evidence. Henderson, who was a witness at the trial, examined the exhibit. He testified that he had heard of the accident almost immediately after it occurred, and that he went to the gallery and procured the beaver-board because he believed the equipment of the gallery rendered it dangerous to patrons. The court also observed the perforated and damaged condition of the


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From Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and the team behind 'Chicago Fire' comes 'Chicago P.D.,' a riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond. The vast responsibilities that these jobs entail extend far beyond the walls of the precinct, often taking an emotional toll on personal lives of these men and women.Controversy is swirling around a foul-mouthed teen YouTuber after a journalist accused her of bigotry against Muslims and the platform removed the video under scrutiny.

The young YouTube star known as 'Soph', a 14-year-old high school freshman from the Bay Area, became the center of debate after a highly critical Buzzfeed article was published on Monday.

The article highlights a crude video called 'Be Not Afraid,' in which Soph dresses in a chador and explains sarcastically that she has become 'devout follower of the Prophet Muhammad' and laments that she gets 'raped by my 40-year-old husband every so often'.

The rest of the 20-minute video goes on to blast internet outrage culture and encourage young people to speak their minds without fear of being offensive.

The video was banned for 'violating the


company's policy on hate speech' within a day of the Buzzfeed article, which blasted YouTube executives for allowing Soph's channel and stirred a wave of online outrage.

YouTube banned Soph's video 'Be Not Afraid' (above) after a Buzzfeed article highlighted its crude mockery of Muslims. The teen girl vows not to stop making controversial videos

The Buzzfeed article described Soph as 'a cherubic white girl mocking Islamic dress while lecturing her hundreds of thousands of followers about Muslim 'rape gangs,' social justice 'homos,' and the evils wrought by George Soros.'

It points out instances in which the teen's 'comedy' videos seem to veer into racism or anti-gay sentiments.

The author goes on to criticize YouTube for allowing Soph's controversial videos, which the teen has defended as being comedic.

A YouTube spokesperson said inadmitted she had written the comments, also wrote that she hoped for a 'Hitler for Muslims' to 'gas them all'. The YouTube star also came under fire for her video 'Multiracial White Supremacy'. In the sketch video, Soph plays clips from a Dr Phil segment in which an African American teen said she did not identify as black. 'African Americans are loud, rude, obnoxious, and just all together fat and ugly,' the teen declares. 'I thought she was supposed to be racist,' replies Soph, acting as an FBI agent. 'She's just stating indisputable facts so far.' And last month after Soph's comments were deactivated to help protect her from child exploitation, she threatened to kill YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. 'Susan, I've known your address since last summer,' she


provided with a plurality of channels, and each channel is sequentially brought in registration with the interfacial orifice by moving the sample slide in three directions. The ionization apparatus may further comprise means for applying a voltage between the sample slide and the orifice for accelerating ion flow. The energy delivery means is disposed such that energy is directed to the samples. The energy delivery means may include a focusing lens aligned with and movable along the axis of the channel to deliver energy to the entire inner surface of the channel. Alternatively, the energy delivery means may include an optical fiber having an end movable along the axis of the channel to deliver energy to the entire inner surface of the channel.
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It is with deep regret that I have to inform the passing of Charles Pooley.

Charles was well known throughout the new space community, particualary for his Microlaunchers concepts. Small mass payloads to orbit and escape velocities, using simplistic in theory rocket designs and off the shelf hardware.

I was lucky enough to meet Charles in person a few years ago while in the USA, he showed me around Mojave and also took me out to the FAR test site where I had the opportunity of watching a few rocket tests. I had been in sporadic contact since, he had a way of making you enthusiastic about space and rockets.

His legacy carry’s on in a book, Microlaunchers – The Technology for A New Space Age, this I would recommend


A vehicle typically includes a fuel tank that stores liquid fuel such as gasoline, diesel, methanol or other fuels. The liquid fuel may evaporate into fuel vapor which increases pressure within the fuel tank. Evaporation of fuel is caused by energy transferred to the fuel tank via radiation, convection, and/or conduction. An evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system is designed to store and dispose of fuel vapor to prevent release. More specifically, the EVAP system returns the fuel vapor from the fuel tank to the engine for combustion therein.
The EVAP system includes an evaporative emissions canister (EEC) and a purge valve. When the fuel vapor increases within the fuel tank, the fuel vapor flows into the EEC. A purge valve controls the flow of the fuel vapor from theZijdewind

Zijdewind (West Frisian: Sidewind) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, and lies about 8 km north of Heerhugowaard.

The statistical area "Zijdewind", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 310.

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A high school senior who was rejected by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s (R) reformed for-profit state Medicaid system said that he was just days away from dying when he fled the state and found treatment at a hospital in Tennessee.

Just last week, 18-year-old Levi Ross told KMBC that it had been a month since doctors discovered that he had a type of spinal cancer called epitheliod sarcoma and already the tumor had doubled in size.

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Ross’ doctors advised him to get treatment out of state, but after not responding for weeks, his insurance provider rejected the advice.

After taking office, Gov. Brownback reformed the state’s Medicaid system by enrolling low-income and disabled patients in a for-profit system called KanCare. Three health insurance companies now coordinate the care for about 400,000up except for the passenger side, front seat window where Rodgers was sitting. That window was down about eight inches.
¶ 3. Kizart walked up to window where Rodgers was sitting and put his hand through the open window in an attempt to unlock the door. Kizart told Rodgers to get out of the vehicle, but Rodgers grabbed Kizart's hand and thus prevented him from opening the passenger door. After several foiled attempts to unlock the door through the open window, Kizart walked around to the driver's side and attempted to open the front door, but it was locked. Kizart then fled the parking lot.
¶ 4. When Rodgers's wife and daughter came out of the Kroger, he told them the story, and his daughter went back into the store


So.2d 127, 130 (Miss. 1988), in which the evidence showed that the defendant's rape attempt failed as a result of the physical resistance of and pulling of the alarm by the would-be victim. Ross, 601 So.2d at 875. The court held that
abandonment occurs where, through the verbal urging of the victim, but with no physical resistance or external intervention, the perpetrator changes his mind. At the other end of the scale, a perpetrator cannot claim that he abandoned his attempt when, in fact, he ceased his efforts because the victim or a third party intervened or prevented him from furthering the attempt.
Id.
¶ 8. In the case at bar, the evidence shows that Kizart's efforts to steal the automobile were thwarted by the actions of Rodgers. Every time Kizartreached into the window of the automobile to open the door, Rodgers would grab his hand. After several failed attempts to open the door through the window, Kizart walked around to the other side of the truck, only to find that door locked as well. It was only then that Kizart deserted his attempt. It is clear that "he ceased his efforts because the victim ... prevented him from furthering the attempt." Id. The denial of the jury instruction on abandonment does not, therefore, warrant reversal.

II. THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED ERROR IN REFUSING TO INSTRUCT THE JURY ON THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF "OVERT ACT."
¶ 9. In his next assignment of error, Kizart challenges the trial court's denial of his jury instruction providing a definition of an "overt act."


April 17, 2013 - It started out as a potential case of stranger danger, but it turns out it was just a nature photographer who was acting as a concerned citizen when he observed what he deemed to be some suspicious activity.

On April 11, the Oxford school district sent an e-mail to parents warning them that a man wearing a camouflage hunting jacket approached two middle school students as they were coming home from school the day before.

The incident took place along a trail that connects the Lake Villa Manufactured Home Community and the middle school parking lot.

According to the e-mail, the man showed students "a fake badge and claimed to be a police officer."

"He did not harm the students, but he did have a camera and wastaking pictures," the e-mail stated.

It turns out the man is actually an officer for the 50th District Court in Pontiac who was taking some nature photos, according to Oakland County Sheriff's Det. Joe Ashley.

After the 43-year-old Oxford resident, who lives in Lake Villa, heard about the school's e-mail, he voluntarily visited the sheriff's substation to explain himself and clear up the matter.

"He was very forthcoming," Ashley said.

The man told Ashley he earns some extra income by shooting outdoor/wildlife photos and selling them.

"He saw some ducks that he's been trying to get pictures of for a while," Ashley said. "He decided to throw some camouflage on, like a netting, over his jacket and he was crawling around a small pond (between the middle school parking lot and Lake Villa),


taking pictures of these ducks."

As he was doing this, he saw two middle school boys and "he thought one of them was doing drugs," Ashley said.

"He didn't specify what kind, but (judging) by how it was described, I would guess he thought they were smoking marijuana," Ashley said.

One of the boys, who ran away when the man approached them, had some aluminum foil in his hand. He reportedly brought it up to his face and ignited a cigarette lighter.

"That's commonly how some people will make their own bowls (to smoke marijuana)," Ashley explained.

The man approached the boys, showed them his badge, which was not a fake, and told them, "I'm a court officer. What are you guys doing?"

"That's when the one boy (with the aluminum foil and lighter)A volunteer posed this question to a group of city youth participating in the first GROC Singletrack Academy Bike Right Skills Clinic, held at Dryer Road Park on June 8. The children had gathered at the trailhead to review the Rules of the Trail sign. Ten-year-old Marquial Johnson answered quickly.

“Because the owner might go into his house, get his gun, and shoot you.”

Marquial’s sober response underscores the importance of this event, which is one of the ways GROC is fulfilling its mission to mentor underprivileged children and promote health and fitness through mountain biking. In partnership with Singletrack Academy and The Community Place of Greater Rochester, GROC volunteers provided instruction, equipment, transportation, and meals to 20 inner city youth, ages 9 to 14.

GROC board member and Singletrack Academy


founder Adam Reitz organized the activities, providing basic lessons on bike setup, equipment safety, mounting and dismounting, attack position, turning, and braking. The children participated in multiple skills drills before heading out to Kaleidoscope for their first trail ride. Throughout the day, participants also learned about road and trail safety, rules, and etiquette, as well as stewardship and advocacy.

Another GROC board member, Don Casper, recorded all of the excitement on video. His production company, EPIC10, is producing a mini-documentary which will premiere during Rochester’s 2013 Greentopia Festival. Don will continue filming throughout the summer – since many of the children were awarded scholarships to attend GROC’s annual Singletrack Academy summer program.

In addition to its partners, GROC received support for this event from the Town of Victor Parks &President Trump has forged an agreement with Democratic leaders to pass aid for the Hurricane Harvey relief effort, a three-month extension of the debt limit and a short-term government spending bill that both would expire in mid-December.

The move -- a spontaneous deal with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer -- dumbfounded GOP leadership and senior White House staff, CBS News' Major Garrett reports, citing several conversations inside and outside the White House.

It was not the plan going into the meeting, and senior aides expected there would be some initial fencing, they'd utter a few pleasantries afterward -- and then continue negotiating.

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Mr. Trump, however, improvised and took the deal for three reasons, Garrett reports.

First, he has lost


to maintain and build on it.

Soon after the meeting, Schumer and Pelosi released a statement about the agreement -- which had been made during a meeting with GOP leaders and the president at the White House Wednesday.

"In the meeting, the President and Congressional leadership agreed to pass aid for Harvey, an extension of the debt limit, and a continuing resolution both to December 15, all together. Both sides have every intention of avoiding default in December and look forward to working together on the many issues before us," the two said in the joint statement.

GOP leaders had sought an 18-month hike. This will give Democrats leverage in December.

"Republican leaders pushed for [an] 18-month debt limit hike, then floated 6 months. Pelosi and Schumer dismissed 6-month hike. Trump thenagreed to the 3-month hike that Democrats put on the table," said a congressional aide briefed on the meeting. "

Toward the end of the meeting Ivanka Trump entered the Oval Office to "say hello" and the meeting careened off topic. Republican leaders were visibly annoyed by Ivanka's presence."

Earlier in the day, Speaker Paul Ryan scoffed at the idea of a three-month debt limit increase.

"I think that's a ridiculous idea," the Wisconsin Republican said about the idea proposed by Democratic leaders, adding that a short-term debt limit increase would not benefit people in Texas and Louisiana who have to deal with the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Congress must lift the debt ceiling and pass government funding by the end of September.

"We have many, many things that are on the


plate. Hopefully we can solve them in a rational way. And maybe we won't be able to. We'll probably know pretty much at the end of this meeting," Mr. Trump said in a pool spray before the private meeting in the Oval Office kicked off.

The late morning gathering was held with the Big Four: Ryan, Pelosi, Schumer and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky.

The meeting came as the House passed the first installment Wednesday of emergency funding for the recovery effort following Hurricane Harvey, which will be immediately sent to the Senate. The upper chamber is expected to attach a "clean" measure to lift the debt ceiling, vote on the package, and send it back to the House for a final vote by the end of the week.

Thisalso comes a day after the Trump administration announced that it was ending the 2012 program created by Obama that has deferred deportations for more than 780,000 people who came to the U.S. illegally as children. Key Republicans including Ryan had called on the president to hold off so that Congress could address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The decision gives lawmakers until early March to come up with legislative fix.

Other major items on Congress's plate this fall include tackling health care reform and tax reform.

CBS News' Nancy Cordes contributed to this report.


to 7pm), and Monday 25 November (12noon to 2pm).

The relocation is a key part of our strategy to modernise the current library service while maintaining all our library buildings in the face of severe financial pressures.

The redevelopment of the Shambles Street site through the construction of a new Sixth Form by Barnsley College will also enhance the town centre, following the successful redevelopment of the adjacent town hall – increasing footfall, helping to increase spend locally and thereby improving the town's economy. We would add that the temporary closure of the central library at Shambles Street next spring will be kept to a minimum period as equipment is relocated to Wellington House.

In the longer term, the council is considering a more sustainable town centre location for the centralback end of this deal.

The easiest way to do this is to give Cousins a boatload of cash up front and guarantee the money at the front of the contract. Of all Cousins' suitors, Minnesota can argue it puts the quarterback in the best spot to win now and with a Super Bowl window that extends for two to three years. The Vikings might have to guarantee a lot to land Cousins, but they wouldn't have to guarantee anything in the final two years of his contract -- something the Jets, Broncos and Cardinals wouldn't be able to avoid. The best deal here would be a five-year contract with the first three years guaranteed. If things go well during the early years of Cousins' tenure, Minnesota can decide


the job. Two of their targets are Josh McCown and Teddy Bridgewater. They're both short-term solutions, although Bridgewater has long-term upside if he can rebound from his devastating knee injury. Others on their radar are running back Dion Lewis, center Weston Richburg and cornerback Malcolm Butler. -- Cimini

How likely are the Jets to draft a QB? 99.9 percent. With the sixth pick, the Jets probably would be in position to draft one of the top four quarterbacks. They also could look to trade up. If they miss out on Cousins and the top four prospects, it'll be a bitter defeat for this Jets regime. -- Cimini

Top draft needs: The Jets have one of the worst top-to-bottom rosters in the NFL, with needs all over on both sides ofThe study relates outcomes and causes of death to events or risk factors measured in life among Pima Indian residents of the Gila River Indian Community, particularly in relation to diabetes and its complications, cardiovascular diseases and gallbladder disease. Causes of death and postmortem characteristics of Pima Indians of the Gila River Indian Community are investigated. Death certificates are obtained on all members of the Gila River Indian Community who have taken part in the ongoing longitudinal studies of diabetes and its complications. Postmortem examination results and all available medical records pertaining to the dececdents are reviewed to ascertain conditions present at the time of death and ascertain the underlying and contributory causes of death as precisely as possible. The records are reviewed in a standardized way for


Broward County at center of Florida recount debate as judge orders release of ballot count A razor-thin margin in the votes cast in Florida has divided the state.

Broward County election officials will have to disclose how many ballots are outstanding and yet to be counted, a federal judge ruled in Florida.

Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida ruled in favor of Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who filed an emergency complaint late Thursday night against Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes.

The ruling allows for an immediate inspection of the most current information on the number of ballots both already cast and still uncounted. Scott and incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson are in the midst of a razor-thin race for Florida's Senate seat.

Philips ordered the informationwas the result of "unintentional noncompliance with the Act."   The government re-indicted Duranseau on the same charge in January 1993.  Duranseau was arraigned on February 3, 1993.  Again, Duranseau filed numerous pretrial motions that delayed the eventual trial date.  The jury trial commenced on May 10, 1993.

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At trial, the government presented testimony that early in September 1988, a man who identified himself as Alan Merrill came to Running's store and sold Running a ring.  Merrill showed Running his Michigan driver's license.  Michigan records indicated that Duranseau had obtained a Michigan driver's license in the name of Alan Merrill.  Later in September, Duranseau returned and received a tour of Running's store.  On September 24, Duranseau visited Running's store once again.


 On September 26, someone burglarized Running's store.  Running suffered a loss of between $40,000 and $60,000 that forced him to shut down his forty-three-year-old jewelry business.

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Bill and Carolyn McCollum testified that in December 1988, Duranseau informed them that he had a briefcase full of jewelry that he wanted to sell.  Duranseau told Carolyn McCollum that he had received the jewelry from an uncle who had died.  Duranseau sold several pieces of jewelry to McCollum.  Running identified these items as jewelry stolen from his store.  In October 1992, Detective Sergeant Robert Manes of the Michigan State Police executed a search warrant on Duranseau's safe-deposit box.  Detective Manes discovered over 500 pieces of jewelry.  Many of the individual pieces had Running's identificationtags on them.  Running identified over fifty percent of the jewelry as pieces stolen from his store.

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Duranseau presented four witnesses at trial.  Mary Lou Cole, Duranseau's sister, testified at trial that Duranseau was with her in Michigan on September 25, 1988 and all day on September 26, 1988.  She was sure of the September 25, 1988 date because she claimed that it was the day after she had broken off her engagement with her fiance.  On cross-examination, Cole admitted that she had testified as an alibi witness for Duranseau before and that she did not know her former fiance's age, birthdate, or his address.

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Danny Schmitzer testified that Duranseau had been with him in Florida after lunch on September 23, 1988, had driven away at