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Year after year at UT-Austin, Carlyn Hudson watched as the number of female students in her radio-television-film classes declined, a problem that reflects the film industry as a whole.

Since the New Yorker’s exposé on Harvey Weinstein just one month ago, the number of filmmakers coming forward about their disturbing experiences with powerful players has grown from 13 to several thousand.

Hudson, co-founder of the Women in Cinema student organization and director of the 2016 Austin Film Festival selection “The Big Spoon,” has been vocal about her own experiences. She took to Facebook shortly after the Weinstein article was published to express a similar encounter she had in her early 20s with a prominent producer. According to Hudson, the unnamed producer used his high position to abuse multiple women, causingsince the annular trough in the piston end face, disclosed in claim 1, results in flows, as the piston end face approaches the striker end face, which distribute the fuel in the combustion air.
The development of the invention according to claim 2 results in a further improved covering of the cylinder sliding surface, by means of the striker.
If an annular trough is also provided in the striker end face, as disclosed in claim 3, fuel which has collected in the corresponding regions of the striker end face is supplied to combustion in a particularly effective manner due to air flows.
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The development of the invention according to claim 11 likewise promotes the atomization of the fuel in the radial and circumferential directions, in a uniform manner.You are here

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Now You Know Everything About Music Licensing for Films

This is the sixth installment of an 11-part series on music industry agreements by attorney and legal author Steve Gordon, author of The Future of the Music Business (Hal Leonard 4th Ed 2015). Steve’s earlier installments covered contracts for indie producers, synchronization licensing, management agreements, music publishing agreements, and production agreements (from hell). Robert Seigel is a co-author of this piece.

Composer agreements have two forms: the creation of a movie’s music and the recording and music licensing of an unreleased song. If you are a filmmaker seeking previously recorded and commercially released music, you may be interested in reading Part II of my book, The Future of the Music Business, which includes a comprehensive discussion on how to clear musictime schedule

(iv) the composer’s credit

(v) the composer’s compensation if there is a soundtrack album

(vi) the use and ownership of the music

Fees

In a normal agreement, the composer will do or supervise the music production in addition to writing it. The filmmaker pays the composer for this and sometimes pays for costs associated with production. This includes studio time, engineers, mixers, arrangers, and recording equipment rental. The composer’s fee may also factor in these costs as a Package Deal.

Typically, the filmmaker pays the fee to the composer in installments. The composer receives the first installment when signing the agreement or “spotting”. This is when the production team screen the movie to determine placement and type of music. They receive another when recording of the score begins. They receive the final


few instruments and relies on synthesizers and her own equipment and recording facilities.

Work for Hire vs. Exclusive License

A large part of composer agreements is the section on ownership rights of the music. Typically, the producer and composer agree in signed writing that the music the composer creates and records is “work for hire” and the producer owns all rights to the music. If it is not deemed work for hire under federal copyright law, then all rights are transferred to the producer.

A work for hire contract gives the producer total control of the music and the recordings. The producer can use or change the music in any manner. They have the right to include the music in the trailers, marketing materials, advertisements, and any other promotion for theproducer may also negotiate the right to make a soundtrack album for the movie. The composer agreement can go into detail on compensation for the album. Alternatively, the producer and composer can discuss this payment when they guarantee the album’s release.

If the composer keeps the music rights, the producer will usually require that the composer cannot use the music in other media without the producer’s written consent. This may last several years after the release of the movie or signing of the agreement. After the agreed upon period, the composer can place the music in any other movie, television program, or audio-visual project, such as a video game.

Other Usage Considerations

The agreement may set a limit to the amount of the movie’s music used in an album. This is


composer to record the song to put in a music video for the end credits. In this deal, the composer has a great deal of leverage because the song already exists. In this situation, the composer can negotiate a license rather than work for hire.

If the filmmaker wants the composer to write an original song, the contract would look more like a work for hire.

The Contracts

The first contract is a standard pro-film producer form of agreement. It makes all the music a composer creates and records a work for hire for the filmmaker. It also gives the filmmaker the right to demand that the composer make an unlimited number of changes in the music without the film producer paying more compensation.

The second agreement is much more composer-friendly. Itis not a work for hire agreement. Instead, the merely grants the filmmaker the right to use the music in his movie and retains all other rights. The composer agrees not to license the music for another full length film for a period of time.

This contract also limits the time that the filmmaker can demand changes to two days after the composer delivers the final mix. It also provides for a “kill fee” if the filmmaker decides that the music delivered by the composer is unacceptable.

The last agreement is for the recording of a single song that the composer previously wrote but never recorded. Like the second agreement, the composer grants a non-exclusive license to the filmmaker and retains all other rights. In this case, the composer also


allows the filmmaker to use the recording in a promo video for the movie.

I hope this article makes your movie music licensing a far easier process, while giving you far greater options and leverage.

Thanks for reading! Steve.

Steven R. Gordon, Esq. ([email protected], www.stevegordonlaw.com) is an entertainment attorney specializing in music, television, film and video. His clients include artists, songwriters, producers, managers, indie labels, music publishers as well as TV and film producers, and digital music entrepreneurs. He provides music and sample clearance services for producers of any kind of project involving music. Mr. Gordon is also the author of The Future of the Music Business (Hal Leonard 4th ed. 2015).

Robert L. Seigel, Esq. ([email protected], www.rlsentlaw.com) has more than twenty years experience in the counseling and representation ofproducers, writers, directors, distribution companies and foreign sales agents concerning development, production, marketing, distribution and exploitation of fiction and non-fiction film, television, publishing and new media projects. His clients’ projects have appeared theatrically and on network, syndicated, public and cable television and have earned Academy Award and Emmy nominations and awards as well as prizes at major film festivals.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Ryanne Perio, Esq. in the preparation of this article. Ryanne is an associate at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP where she focuses on intellectual property litigation. They would also like to thank Clémence Barbet-Gros, a graduate law student at Lyon University, France, and Sonia Hanson, a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.

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St John the Baptist’s Church, Croxall is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Croxall.

History

The earliest parts of the church are the chancel of c.1200. The church is noted for its fine collection of memorials.

Memorials

George Curzon (d. 1605)
Mary Curzon (d. 1612)
Henrie Curzon (d. 1639)
Christopher Horton (d. 1714)
Waltar Horton (d. 1716)
Christopher Horton (d. 1659)
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Eusebius Horton (d. 1823) and Phoebe Horton (d. 1814) by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
Harriet Louise Wilmot Horton (d. 1831)
Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet (d. 1841) by Denman
Margaret Prinsep (d. 1843), Caroline Mary Prinsep (d. 1842), Frances Levett (d. 1835) by Reeves of Bath
Revd. Samuel Holworthy (d. 1838)

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Grade II* listed buildings in Lichfield (district)
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Category:Church of England churchRohit Walia and Pat Riley both have a lot riding on a Heat "three-peat." Mark Matcho

ROHIT WALIA IS a 36-year-old real estate agent and actor from West Virginia, now living in Los Angeles. He is not a doctor, but he really has played one on TV, most recently on Grey's Anatomy. "I've played a lot of doctors," he says. Pat Riley is the 68-year-old president of the Miami Heat. He usually plays the role of winner. Walia and Riley are seemingly different men, playing different parts, but by quirks of their imaginations and U.S. trademark law, they find themselves united. Both men want to see the Heat win this year's NBA championship -- and next year's too.

Riley semi-famously holds the trademark to the word "three-peat." That doesn't mean


Why can't I be an actor? Why can't I win a car?"

About winning a car. When Walia was in college, he decided he could win a car on a game show. Not only could he win a car, it was his destiny to win a car. He went to a taping of The Price Is Right and, of course, found himself playing for a car. He was heartbroken when he had to settle for a desk instead. Years later he appeared on The Price Is Right again -- if you want to get on a game show, Walia says, make sure you answer with a "Woooooooooooo!" whenever production assistants ask you how you're doing -- only to fall short a second time. But in November 2011, he showedup on Let's Make a Deal, trading in the motorcycle he'd already won for the chance to choose one of the three big doors at the end. Walia picked Door No. 1. And there was his car, just as he'd dreamed.

Only weeks before, Walia had completed the yearlong process to win his first and only trademark registration. "I guess I was in the zone," he says with a laugh. He had watched LeBron James count how many championships he was going to win in Miami, and suddenly the word, this new word, popped into Walia's head: "three-Heat." He checked, and nobody else had trademarked it, including a certain team president. Because he plays doctors on TV and collects millions of air miles and wins cars on game shows,


because he sees opportunities where others do not, Rohit Walia trademarked a word that will be worthless unless so many uncontrollable things fall into place. But if and when they do? Jackpot.

"I was pretty bummed when they lost that Finals," Walia says, speaking of the Heat's loss to the Mavericks in 2011. He felt the way he'd felt when he'd won a desk instead of a car on The Price Is Right. But now, even after the Heat's big scare against the Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals, he feels closer to the way he did on Let's Make a Deal. In front of him there are doors, and so long as he believes, sooner or later all of them will open, one, two, three, and behind themBut it’s a sacrifice the 16-year-old is willing to make in a bid to raise money for the nurses who cared for his dad.

Chris, of Newburn, in Newcastle, has pledged to shed his precious locks to help raise funds in memory of his father, Geoff, 68, who died last month following a two-year battle with cancer.

The student at St Thomas More Roman Catholic School, in Blaydon, hasn’t had his hair cut for more than two years but decided to sacrifice his pride and joy to raise vital funds for the Marie Curie Hospice, in Newcastle, after they took care of Geoff during his final days.

Geoff, a retired music teacher, was diagnosed with cancer in his bile duct in November 2007 and endured months of gruelling chemotherapy treatment.

But he


Batteries typically are constructed with a set of anode plates and a set of interleafing cathode plates, which are spaced apart by separators infused with an electrolyte. The anode plates must be electrically connected to the battery anode terminal, and the cathode plates must be electrically connected to the battery cathode terminal. For the sake of rigidity of the assembled sets of anode and cathode plates, the connection between the plates and the terminals is typically mechanical as well as electrical, and is accomplished with an "end connector" of some type.
This electromechanical attachment of the anode and cathode plates to their respective terminals through end connectors is one of the more labor intensive and fault intensive aspects of battery construction. Ideally, the end connector assembly would rigidly supportToby Hagon

2013 Car of the Year

A family sedan imported from Japan has edged out two locally-produced large cars to take Drive’s annual Car of the Year title for 2013.

The sub-$35,000 Mazda6 Sport beat Holden’s much-hyped new VF Commodore and Toyota’s first locally-produced hybrid, the Camry, to take out the coveted award ahead of 27 other rivals covering a $250,000 price range.

Car of the year: Mazda6.

Imported cars also won the other 12 categories in the annual consumer awards for new or updated models.

It is the first time since the awards started that an Australian-made car has not won one of the 13 categories that cover everything from small cars and SUVs to luxury cars and performance vehicles.

The new VF Commodore arrived in showrooms mid-year touted as "the most advanced


car ever produced in Australia". The new model undoubtedly raised the bar for the former sales darling, offering unprecedented technology and panache, but its V6 engine can't match more frugal four-cylinders, something that cost it marks during testing.

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While imported cars have always dominated the Drive Car of the Year awards – in line with a buyer shift away from locally-produced vehicles - Australian-made cars have always registered somewhere among the winners, with the Holden Commodore Ute, Toyota Camry Hybrid and Ford Territory among the winners over eight years of awards.

It comes in a year when Toyota and Holden announced hundreds more redundancies and Ford announced it would shut its local production facilities after almost 100 years, pouring pressure on Toyota and Holden to commit to long termThe Portuguese delicacy is making its way to Manchester, and we're not talking about José Mourinho.

Tinned fish is the latest Mediterranean food trend cropping up in Greater Manchester, a delicacy inspired by Portugal's illustrious seafaring tradition.

With fevered articles in the Guardian, Vogue, Munchies, and the launch Tincan in London in 2014 - a restaurant dedicated entirely to tins of fish - it was only a matter of time until the trend swam up north.

The tinned fish revolution is headed up in Manchester by 22-year-old businesswoman Imogen Brownlee, who set up her company SaRDiNiSTaS through The Young Enterprise Scheme last year.

"The initial business idea was inspired by a trip to Lisbon - I came across gourmet shops and restaurants selling revamped, quality branded canned fish, wrapped in delightfully artistic


packaging and boxes," says Imogen.

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"Since September 2015 I have been trading at Altrincham market and have had a fantastic response to the products, after another trip to Porto in April I'm now focusing (along side doing markets) on getting the products into local bars and restaurants."

But it's more than just the fish that's fuelling this fad. The tins are heralded for their artwork, too.

"Tincan in Soho London [was set up] as part of an art project by AL_A. The project aimed to alter the UK's fairly nominal perception of the 'humble tin can', transforming our views of an everyday foodstuff into something altogether more luxurious," Imogen explains.

Set to stock a number of Manchester restaurants, including the city centre Beer MothCafe and Palate in Chorlton, SaRDiNiSTaS is embarking on its mission to get every eaterie stocked with a supply of Portugal's finest.

Imogen's colourful supply includes one of the oldest canning factories in Portugal, Jose Gourmet, who's range spans sardines, mackerel, tuna and stickleback, Maria Organic from the Iberian Peninsula and the Lisbonite's favourite Tricana.

SaRDiNiSTaS will be trading at the GRUB food market at Sadler's Yard. Back for their third event in the city centre square, GRUB is collaborating with the Manchester Histories Festival to bring a taste of Manchester's past.

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(3) the murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in committing, or was an accomplice in the commission of, or was attempting to commit, or was fleeing after committing or attempting to commit, any first-degree murder, arson, rape, robbery, burglary, theft, or kidnaping. Petitioner's convictions arose out of an offense that occurred in 1986.

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On February 16, 1986, Petitioner purchased a small amount of marijuana from Patrick Daniels at the duplex in which Daniels lived in Nashville, Tennessee. Petitioner and Harold Devalle Miller later agreed to rob Daniels. The plan was for Petitioner to enter the duplex under the pretext of making a drug purchase, at which point Miller would force his way into the duplex and "rob" both Daniels and Petitioner with a shotgun that Petitioner hadbeen sent from Chicago to "clean up everything" and that he was there to teach Daniels a lesson. Petitioner obtained a butcher knife from the kitchen and stabbed Daniels six times in the chest, penetrating his heart four times. Prior to and during the stabbing, Daniels was crying and begging Petitioner not to hurt anyone. After Daniels became motionless, Petitioner stabbed Norman in the back several times, but Miller pulled Petitioner away and the two men fled, leaving the knife in Norman's back. Daniels died as the result of his wounds, but Norman survived. Petitioner and Miller also took $300 from a box in Norman's bedroom.

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At trial, Petitioner argued that the real motivation for the crime was born out of the influence of his membership in a "quasi-religious


paramilitary group" called the Southeastern Gospel Ministry ("SEGM"). Petitioner had a long criminal history, including a conviction for second-degree murder in 1972 and a conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon (a knife) in 1970. Following his incarceration for these offenses, he moved to a halfway house in Nashville. While living at the halfway house he worked for an organization called the Baptist Publishing Board, and eventually met Allen Boyd, one of the Board's owners, and Boyd's associate, William Beard. Boyd and Beard were the leaders of the SEGM; Miller was also a member of the SEGM. One of the alleged goals of the SEGM was to cleanse the black community of drug dealers and other undesirable elements. Boyd allegedly furnished the shotgun used during the offense andshowed that they failed to investigate and obtain available information concerning petitioner's school records in Philadelphia, where on June 17 he was referred for Special Education.

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7. Testimony and files of trial counsel showed that they failed to investigate and obtain available information concerning petitioner's incarceration at the Annadale Institute for Boys, New Jersey, when he was 15, his being placed on psychiatric watch in January of 1967 and his referral to and psychological examination at the New Jersey State [Psychiatric] hospital at Trenton in February of 1967.

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8. Testimony and files of trial counsel showed that they failed to investigate and obtain available information concerningpetitioner's Army records at ages 17 and 18 with notations regarding his "questionable mental status," bizarre behavior, and psychiatric reports leading ultimately to discharge.

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by the allegation of an unconstitutional restraint and is not defeated by anything that may occur in . . . state court proceedings." Fay, 372 U.S. 391, 426 (1963). This broad conception led the Court to hold that even a petitioner who had procedurally defaulted his claims in state court could obtain habeas relief, subject to the district court's "discretion" to deny relief when the orderly procedure of the state courts had been deliberately bypassed. Id. at 434, 438. In parallel fashion, the Court empowered federal habeas courts to conduct evidentiary hearings even when a petitioner had failed to develop the facts in state court proceedings. "In every case," the Supreme Court wrote in Townsend v. Sain, the district judge "has the power, constrained only by his soundjustice, had been proven wrong.  Townsend, 372 U.S. at 318; see also Fay, 372 U.S. at 433 (suggesting that the plenary power of inquiry on federal habeas corpus would not create incentives for defendants to withhold claims in state proceedings). The law reviews and the popular press echoed with calls for the unelected federal judiciary to desist from frustrating the outcomes of democratic process, particularly in capital cases. See generally Barry Friedman, The History of the Countermajoritarian Difficulty, Part One: The Road to Judicial Supremacy, 73 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 333 (1998) (tracing the history of the countermajoritarian difficulty); see also Thomas Goldsmith, Activists Want Nixon Impeached: Group Takes Message to Centennial Park, The Tennessean, Mar. 26, 2000, at 1B (noting current calls for the impeachment of a


Oklahoma, 455 U.S. at 117, n.* (O'Connor, J., concurring)).

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Unbeknownst to the jury determining Abdur'Rahman's fate, mitigating evidence existed and was available for presentation at his sentencing hearing. If counsel had performed adequately, the jury could have learned that that Abdur' Rahman has a history of traumatic abuse as a child, that he had a long history of mental health problems and treatments, and, finally, that Abdur'Rahman had previously been a productive member of society.

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The abuse suffered as a child by Abdur'Rahman, mostly at the hands of his father, a military policeman, was inhumane and shocking2.  Dr. Raymond Winbush,who testified before the district court, stated that Abdur'Rahman's "is singularly the worst case of abuse I have come across in 25 years being an academic psychologist . . .potential insanity defense without knowledge of his history of mental illness. Craddock testified that Thorazine and Prolixin, the medications prescribed for Abdur'Rahman in prison, were powerful anti-psychotic medications which raised a question of whether he was mentally ill, and that the symptoms exhibited by Abdur'Rahman were like those of someone with a borderline personality disorder. Dr. Diana McCoy testified that she diagnosed Abdur'Rahman with post-tramatic stress disorder and a possible borderline personality disorder. Dr. Robert Sadoff offered a similar diagnosis as McCoy.

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Included in the records before this court are a department of social services report from the state of Washington stating that Abdur'Rahman had a "paranoid personality" and "personality pattern disorder;" Philadelphia school records which include a request for psychiatric services; and prison records, including psychiatric examinations, some


which state that Abdur'Rahman does not have a mental illness or psychosis, but does have a history of documented suicide attempts, and some which indicate that Abdur'Rahman was diagnosed with other disorders, including a severe psychopathic personality and a "psychotic depressive reaction and antisocial personality." Abdur'Rahman's prison records also indicate that Abdur'Rahman was frequently and heavily medicated during at least some of his time in prison and that he beat his head against the wall while in prison. Records from the New Jersey Department of Human Services document his 1967 stay while a youth at the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a sociopathic personality disturbance and antisocial reaction with depression, and records from the Davidson County Sheriff's Department show that Abdur'Rahman beat his head againstwith respect to the petitioner's mental health, as well as with respect to the prior murder.

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Abdur'Rahman's wife could have her personal observations about his mental health, including the fact that her husband had conversations with people who did not exist, banged his head against the wall, and believed that the couple would give birth to the next Messiah. She also stated that she told defense counsel that a psychiatrist should examine her husband.

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Despite his childhood abuse and extensive mental health history, Abdur'Rahman was able to comport his conduct to societal norms and to engage in productive activities. His former fiance, about whom he informed defense counsel, but whom counsel failed to contact, later testified that, when she knew him in 1983, Abdur'Rahman held a steady job, attended college,


a common mother, who abandoned Ms. Lancaster and her two brothers when she was an infant.  Petitioner's mother put her three children in a taxi, drove them to the woods, and left them. Petitioner's mother later married Petitioner's father, James Jones, Sr. Three more children were born of that marriage -- James (Petitioner), Mark, and Sylvia.
Petitioner's statements to mental health providers [over the course of his life] provide a vivid description of the abuse Petitioner suffered at the hands of his father. Petitioner received regular beatings with a leather strap from his father. Petitioner's father made him take off his clothes, placed him hog-tied in a locked closet, and tethered him to a hook with a piece of leather tied around the head of his penis. Petitioner's• Senators unconvinced after being shown 'proof-of-life' video • US president says it was his responsibility to save soldier's life

President Obama is refusing to apologise for his decision to swap the American soldier Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban fighters, standing firm in the face of a growing firestorm in Washington that his administration is struggling to quell.

Republicans have accused Obama of bypassing Congress and endangering American lives by releasing the fighters, who were being held at Guantánamo Bay. A White House attempt to defuse the row by giving senators a private viewing of a disturbing “proof of life” video the Taliban sent to the US to show that Bergdahl was still alive did little to stem the criticism.

Speaking in Brussels during a press conference with UK prime minister


time this week that Obama has been pressed on the Bergdahl affair during his European tour. The controversy is dominating the political agenda in Washington, fuelled by Republican strategists seeking to pummel Obama five months out from crucial midterm elections.

Interviews with angry members of Bergdahl's platoon – the source of much of the criticism of the soldier's alleged disloyalty – have on at least one occasion been arranged by a public relations firm with strong links to the Republican party.

Congressional critics are also complaining the administration bypassed a statutory obligation to consult with Congress at least a month before the release of Guantánamo prisoners.

The US president maintained that legislators had been given advance notice that an exchange was a possibility and said it was impractical, and potentially dangerouswas made public. But she added that once the agreement to pursue the swap was finalised, US officials did have new concerns about Bergdahl's safety.

"Someone guarding him who possibly wouldn't agree [with the exchange deal] could take harmful action against him," she said.

Bergdahl remains in a military hospital in Germany, where he is recovering from his ordeal and being debriefed by the US army.

“He remains in stable condition. His health continues to improve daily. He is conversing with medical staff and becoming more engaged in his treatment plan. He is resting better,” Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said in a statement released Thursday.

In a sign of how the political mood surrounding Bergdahl’s has shifted, a welcome home party in his hometown of Hailey, Idaho, where locals were ecstatic


In May of 1989, a junior at Evergreen State College, in Olympia, Washington, named Kathleen Hanna travelled to Seattle to meet Kathy Acker, a forty-two-year-old author she admired. Acker, who had written about abuse, incest, and other forms of sexual extremity, was conducting workshops at the Center on Contemporary Art. Hanna, then nineteen, bluffed her way into an interview. As reported in Sara Marcus’s carefully documented history, “Girls to the Front,” when Hanna explained that she was interested in spoken-word performance and in writing, Acker told her that she should be in a band: “There’s more of a community for musicians than for writers.”

Kathleen Hanna embodied the sexuality embedded in rock—and mocked it. Photograph by Pat Graham

Hanna felt rebuffed at first, but she ultimately took the advice. In1990, after touring with a band called Viva Knievel, she formed a new group, eventually called Bikini Kill, with a drummer named Tobi Vail, whom Hanna knew from Olympia. Vail had been publishing and writing a feminist zine called Jigsaw, which Hanna admired. Hanna and Vail found bandmates in the bassist Kathi Wilcox, who had never been in a band before, and the guitarist Billy Karren. This led to both a small catalogue of recordings and the birth of the very sort of community that Acker was referring to. People often use the phrase “riot grrrl” as shorthand for the feminist music activism of the nineties, but sometimes they use it simply to refer to Bikini Kill. The group’s first two vinyl recordings are being reissued, twenty years


single. Signed in 1990 to Geffen Records, Sonic Youth represented one of the underground music movement’s important test cases: what happens when coastal weirdos meet flyover-state normals in the mall and on MTV?

Watching the video, one feels that it was all worthwhile, if only in giving Hanna the enormous audience she deserved. In pigtails, tights, and Keds, she hops about as the band mimes playing in a room. She’s like a seltzer bottle that was shaken for twenty years and opened minutes before filming. She flirts explicitly with each band member (kissing the bassist Kim Gordon first), and manages to blot out the band in its own video. It is impossible to watch anyone else when Hanna’s in the frame. In a few minutes, she sums up theThe cast of MBC′s Gu Family Book chose their favorite scenes from the drama, which now only has two episodes left until its conclusion.

When asked by producers to pick a scene, each cast member picked out their own favorites, most of which of course involved the main lead Lee Seung Gi.

Lee Seung Gi: "I want to be human."

Lee Seung Gi was often praised for his depiction of half-man, half-beast Choi Kang Chi. The actor himself chose the scene in which he spilled tears before his teacher, Lee Soon Shin (Yoo Dong Geun) as his favorite scene.

At the time of the shoot, after receiving some heavy advice from Yoo Dong Geun, Lee Seung Gi immediately started spilling tears to express Choi Kang Chi′s sorrow. Yoo Dong Geun also shed


a few tears that weren′t down in the script, perfecting the mood of the scene.

Suzy said, "I remember most the scene in which I first meet Choi Kang Chi at a peach blossom tree under a crescent moon. Choi Kang Chi and Dam Yeo Wool didn′t know each other, but in that moment they were pulled into a relationship, so I can′t forget it. The shoot itself took place in a dreamlike and sad atmosphere."

Lee Sung Jae: Choi Kang Chi′s broom

Lee Sung Jae appears as the villain Jo Kwan Woong, and constantly goes against Choi Kang Chi. There are many scene in which they engage in battle, but Lee Sung Jae chose the scene in which Choi Kang Chi breaks apart his writing table with a broom.

The actorSeo, and broke through the spell that had been binding him. The two were best friends in the beginning, but Park Tae Seo attempted to kill Choi Kang Chi after being caught in Jo Kwan Woong′s spell.

Choi Kang Chi tried to approach Park Tae Seo even while getting beaten up, and the two finally triumphed against the spell and made up in tears. Yoo Yeon Seok said he couldn′t forget this scene because he spilled so much tears this day.

Lee Yu Bi: The kiss under the cherry blossoms

Lee Yu Bi chose the scene in which she kisses Choi Kang Chi under the cherry blossom tree. It was the first scene in which Park Chung Jo expresses her love toward the man. She especially said she remembers how the


beat Notre Dame and Texas this year and I see them having no trouble capturing the Big South crown.

Stark’s Pick: Radford

Big Ten

One of the top conferences in college basketball right now, this conference race will be loads of fun to watch shape out. The Big Ten currently has two Top 10 teams both from the state of Michigan and 7 ranked teams in the conference. I think the competitors for the conference crown are Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio State, and Nebraska. I think Michigan has separated itself in non-conference play from everyone else. They have one of the best defenses in the nation and have a breakout freshman in Ignas Brazdeikis to go along veterans with Final Four experience in Charles Matthews, Zavier Simpson, and Jon
507 F.3d 961 (2007)
John DOES II & III, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Col. Peter MUNOZ, in his official capacity as Director of the Michigan Department of State Police, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 06-2498.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Argued: September 9, 2007.
Decided and Filed: November 13, 2007.
*962 *963 ARGUED: Thomas Lazar, Lazar Consulting Services, Bingham Farms, Michigan, for Appellants. Ann M. Sherman, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Thomas Lazar, Lazar Consulting Services, Bingham Farms, Michigan, for Appellants. Margaret A. Nelson, Michigan Department of Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.
Before: CLAY and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.[*]

OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants John Does II-III appeal the district court's order dismissing their challenge to the constitutionality of Michigan's Setting Aside Convictions Act ("SACA"), Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 780.621-780.624 (2002), and


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DivorceCare, a special help seminar and support group for people experiencing divorce and separation, will be held on Monday evenings at the East Hill church of Christ beginning on January 7th from 6:30-8. through April[...]

For a second straight day, the halftime entertainment on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena was an individual who balanced ladders, a bicycle, ironing board, and other objects on his chin. The Hawkeyes countered with balanced offensive production that included four in double figures during a 71-53 victory over Wisconsin.

It is Iowa’s 20th consecutive win over the Badgers.

“We’re harder to guard,” Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said of the balance. “At the beginning of the game, our guards opened up. (Wisconsin was) really collapsing on Megan and our guards took advantage of it andready to go both times. I love that we only had 10 turnovers and 23 assists. I thought our defense was pretty good, so that was exciting to see. Kathleen had a nice game shooting the ball and had seven assists and only one turnover and also had three steals so got some offense going with our defense.”

STATISTIC OF THE GAME
Iowa forced 17 turnovers and scored 23 points off the Wisconsin miscues. The Hawkeyes also blocked five shots, giving them 12 in the last two games and 57 for the season (4.1 per game).

WORTH NOTING
Doyle has recorded five-or-more assists in each of the last five games. Also continuing an impressive streak is Gustafson, whose 13th double-double leads the NCAA (she has 68 double-double for her career).

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said they were satisfied: 73 percent of those enrolled in a private plan and 84 percent of those enrolled in Medicaid.

There was a minimal difference between the previously uninsured and the previously insured: 79 percent of the former were satisfied and 77 percent of the latter were, according to the survey by the group, which is generally supportive of Obamacare.

Those surveyed also reported being better off: 58 percent said that they were better off now than they were before, while 9 percent said they were worse off. And 81 percent said that they were optimistic that their new coverage would help them get the health care they need.

Some of the survey's broader findings, on the overall drop in the number of uninsured and the percentage of Obamacare enrolleesvary premiums based on geography, age and tobacco use. Republicans have warned of a “rate shock” in this market, with the young and healthy being subject to higher premiums if the market is flooded with older and less healthy policyholders. A RAND study, published in August and sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, estimated there would be “no widespread trend toward sharply higher prices in the individual market,” in the words of the lead author. But rates would likely vary from state to state.
The research group looked at 10 states and the U.S. overall, estimating no premium change for the U.S. at large and five states, a decline in two states, and an increase up to 43


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The New Zealand exchange said its new milk
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meaning it has surpassed the milestone of one million kg of
milk solids traded.Sebastian Gorka Thinks the Minnesota Mosque Attack May Have Been a False Flag

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In the early morning hours of August 5, someone hurled an improvised explosive device at a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota. None of the roughly 20 early morning worshippers were injured, but the blast broke windows and began a small fire, filling the building with smoke. The mosque’s executive director told a local TV station that “one of our congregation members came out immediately and he saw a truck fleeing from the parking lot, running at very high speed.” The FBI is investigating; no arrests have been made. On Sunday, Minnesota governor Mark Dayton called the attack “an act of terrorism.”

But the response from the Trump administration has been predictable yet disturbing: almost complete silence. President Trump


A local man was arrested last week after his toddler ran across a street unattended. Timothy W. Crawford, 29, of Whitehall, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, after police received reports of a two-year-old child in only a diaper running across a street unattended. The child had run to a […]

The town is developing initiatives they hope will increase usage of one of its facilities. Officials are working with members of several civic groups — the Whitehall Youth League, staff members and local senior citizens — to develop programs to encourage greater use of the recreation and senior centers […]

The calendar may have officially turned to spring, and while the nice weather has some people thinking of clearing brush or enjoying a familymedical treatment. He was arraigned in village court and sent to Washington County […]

The director of the Whitehall Recreation Center has resigned and is facing criminal charges following an incident in which a child was struck with a projectile from an air powered gun. Daniel Welch, 52, of Whitehall was arrested and charged with second degree harassment and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. Welch is […]

By Bill Toscano The police investigation into a serious assault against a woman in Granville Oct. 12 is still actively continuing, and the suspect, Robert A. Elmy, may face additional charges pending the outcome of a grand just investigation. Elmy, 63, of Whitehall, who runs the Champlain Harbor Marina and RV Park has been released […]

The Whitehall man arrested last


week and accused of assaulting a female companion has been released pending an indictment by the Washington County District Attorney. A representative with the county DA’s office said Robert A. Elmy, 63, of Whitehall has been released from a Washington County Jail and officials have yet to schedule an indictment hearing. […]

A prominent local businessman was arrested and charged with felony assault Tuesday morning in connection with serious injuries suffered by a female acquaintance on Monday afternoon. Robert A. Elmy, 63, who owns a marina in Whitehall, was charged with second-degree assault. He is accused of assaulting a woman in her residence and causing a serious […]

A local man was arrested Monday for violating an order of protection following an incident in which he and four youths becameRegions in Peloponnese:

Peloponnese

The Peloponnese or Peloponnisos is a large peninsula in southern Greece, south of the Corinthian Gulf. It covers an area of 21,549 km (8,320 square miles), and constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece. While technically it may be considered an island since the construction of the Corinth Canal in 1893, it is rarely, if ever referred to as an "island". It has two land connections with the rest of Greece, a natural one at the Isthmus of Corinth and an artificial one in the shape of the Rio-Antirio bridge.

The peninsula has a mountainous interior and deeply indented coasts, with Mount Taygetus being its highest point. It possesses four south-pointing peninsulas, Messenia, the Mani Peninsula, Cape Malea, and the Argolid in the far northeast of the


Peloponnese. Peloponnese is a rugged land that combines the scent of the sea, the mountains, olive trees, and vineyards. It is a place for all seasons.

The Mycenaean Civilization, Vasses, Olympia, and Epidavros are among the most important monuments of Ancient Greece. Mistras in Sparti and Aghia Sophia at Monemvasia are jewels of the Byzantine era. The castles of Peloponnese are very famous, most eminent among them are those of Acrocorinth, Karitena, Kalamata, Koroni, and most picturesque of all, the castle of Methoni. Nafplion, one of Greece's loveliest and most delightful towns, was the first capital of the modern state.

Two groups of islands lie off the Peloponnesian coast: the Argo-Saronic Islands to the east, and the Ionian Islands to the west. The island of Kythira to the south ofThey spoke to the building manager, who indicated that there was a fight going on in defendants' apartment. As they approached the apartment, Officer Davis heard a man and woman inside yelling at each other. Officer Thatcher knocked on the door. The yelling stopped and, a short time later, Sanders peeked out through some blinds. Officer Thatcher knocked again and ordered the occupants to open the door. After a short delay, Sanders opened the door. She had an abrasion on her face, and McDaniel was nearby, standing behind a couch. The officers entered the apartment. They saw McDaniel place something behind a couch cushion. Officer Thatcher caught a glimpse of something metal. Sanders demanded that the officers leave and began "tussling" with Officer Thatcher. McDaniel also demanded that


status entitled the officers to stay and to search him and his residence without a warrant. After handcuffing both defendants, the officers made a protective sweep of the other rooms of the apartment to check for third persons. During this sweep, the officers saw a boot containing drug contraband in plain view in an open closet of one of the bedrooms. After seeing the boot, the officers contacted the police department and learned that McDaniel was on parole and subject to a search term. They requested assistance and conducted a parole search of the apartment. The contraband was seized, and a pair of scissors was recovered from between the couch cushions.
Defendants do not challenge the validity of the officers' entry into the apartment, but argue it was unlawfulUntil a few months ago, the only thing Terance Mann knew about Arizona State was this:

"I knew James Harden went there," said Mann, a 2015 Top 100 prospect from the Tilton School in New Hampshire.

Mann, however, has the Sun Devils among his final six schools, along with Indiana, Boston College, Marquette, Florida State and Rhode Island. Mann's mother, Daynia La-Force, coaches the Rhode Island women's basketball team.

ASU started recruiting Mann -- a 6-foot-5 forward -- in the spring. Since then, coach Herb Sendek and the Sun Devils have intrigued him.

Mann says he can be a combo guard or point forward at the next level. "I rebound, find my teammates, shoot the ball, whatever needs to be done," he said.

Mann grew up in Lowell, Mass. He plans to study


business in college. Recruiting-service Rivals ranks him as the nation's No. 88 overall prospect. ESPN.com ranks him as the nation's No. 29 scoring guard, while 247 Sports lists him at No. 36.

Mann said it's possible he'll visit ASU later this month although those plans are not yet finalized. The Sun Devils got their first 2015 commitment last week when 3-star forward Dominic Green from Renton, Wash., chose the Sun Devils over Washington State, UTEP and others.

Carrick Felix became the 42nd former ASU basketball player taken in the NBA draft when the Cleveland Cavaliers selected him in the 2013 draft. Take a look at every NBA draft pick in ASU's history, courtesy of basketball-reference.com. Players listed in alphabetical order. (Photo: David Kadlubowski/azcentral sports)in 2018. In preparation for testing, the 'wings' of the mirror (which consist of the three segments on each side) were spread open. This photo shows one fully deployed wing, and one that is moments from being fully deployed. An engineer observes the move.

Successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, JWST will help us to find out more about the origins of the Universe by observing infrared light from the youngest galaxies and possibly the first stars. It will show us in detail how stars and planetary systems form and will also allow us to study planets both in our Solar System and those orbiting around other stars.

JWST is joint project of NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency, and is scheduled for launch in October 2018 from Europe's


Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over western India to a seasonal salt marsh known as the Rann of Kutch.

One of the largest salt deserts in the world, the area fills with water during the summer monsoon season. During the drier winter, the vast white desert is a popular tourist destination, particularly for the Rann Utsav festival centred around a luxury ‘tent city’, visible in the central-right part of the image as a series of semi-circles.

Large salt evaporation ponds dominate this satellite image. One of the major projects in this area is the production of potassium sulphate, which is commonly used in fertiliser.

To give an indication of the size of these ponds, the width of the cluster on the left is nearly 13 km across.The lines in the upper-central part of the image are ditches used to control the flow of the water for the ponds.

In this false-colour image, shades of blue in the pools and surrounding land come from varying mineral content, as well as the different depths of the pools.

Meanwhile, vegetation appears red as seen in the lower part of the image. This area is the Banni grasslands, known for its rich biodiversity.

The grasslands area was formed from sediments deposited by rivers including the Indus River, before an earthquake in 1819 changed its course. Today, Banni’s vegetation is sparse and highly dependent on rainfall, but reoccurring droughts are increasing pressure on the arid region. Other factors, including overgrazing and the invasion of a non-native thorny shrub, are also stressing the


environment.

Located in the southwest of the country, the mid-sized city of Mokpo is a historic naval base and gateway to the country’s Honam Plain. Mokpo is visible in this false-colour image as a blue–grey area on the estuary of the Yeonsang River.

The port city is surrounded by more than 1400 islands, which provide fishing grounds while safeguarding Mokpo from the effects of large typhoons and tsunami. An extensive region of high sediment concentrations is also visible, extending into the Yellow Sea in a bow shape.

Launched on 7 May 2013, Proba-V is a miniaturised ESA satellite tasked with a full-scale mission: to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet every two days.

Its main camera’s continent-spanning 2250 km swath width collects light in the blue, red, near-infraredshow the city in detail. The International Space Station flies at roughly 400 km altitude so Thomas used the longest lens available onboard: 1150 mm.

Thomas took 46 photos of the city. On the ground, the images were digitally rotated and assembled into this large collage.

On 17 May 1968, the ESRO-2B satellite was launched by a Scout-B rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, and became the first mission controlled by teams at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany.

Renamed the International Radiation Investigation Satellite (or ‘Iris’) once in orbit, it was the first developed by the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO), a predecessor of the European Space Agency. ESRO's first satellites concentrated on solar and cosmic radiation and their interaction with Earth and its magnetosphere.

ESRO-2A


had been launched on 30 May 1967 from the same base in California, but the fourth stage of its rocket failed to ignite, and the satellite subsequently burned up in the atmosphere. The 74 kg ESRO-2B replacement carried the same seven experiments.

Although its design life was only one year, most subsystems and four experiments were still returning data by the time atmospheric drag produced reentry on 9 May 1971.

The mission was the first to be controlled from ESOC, which had been inaugurated eight months earlier, on 8 September 1967.

The directions are simple, the conditions less so: press the corresponding physical button indicated on the headset display while experiencing weightlessness. Participants in an experiment running on ESA’s 66th parabolic flight campaign are helping researchers to develop augmented reality asIntroducing the Louis Vuitton Volta Bag. This new bag is part of Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2015 Collection, and was recently seen in the brand’s latest ad campaign featuring Michelle Williams. The Volta is an elegant messenger bag made of Taurillon cowhide leather. It features the signature LV clasp, inspired by the Capucines tote bag. It has a single handle and a removable/adjustable strap allowing it to be carried by shoulder or crossbody. The interior is made of microfibre lining and includes two large compartments, a center zipped compartment and a flat pocket. It also has an exterior flat pocket in the back of the bag. It is currently available in one size only and comes in four colors, Black, Khaki, Petale and Coquelicot.

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Clinical implications of iridocorneal angle development.
Prenatal development of the iridocorneal angle was studied by scanning electron microscopy in 99 eyes from macaque monkeys, aged 60 days gestation and older. By the second gestational trimester, the angle is entirely lined by an intact endothelium. During the final trimester, concomitant with the development of aqueous outflow facility, this endothelium fenestrates and gradually "retracts" from iris to peripheral cornea, progressively exposing the underlying, well-developed trabecular meshwork. Only minor gestational delays, or reversal in adults of this endothelial "retraction" mechanism would mimic, respectively, the clinical pictures of congenital glaucoma and the iridocorneal endothelial syndromes.Investors wait to see if hospitals held admission volumes in Q2

Investors will be watching beginning this week to see if hospitals maintained admission and outpatient volumes during the second quarter.

The start of second-quarter earnings releases will see publicly traded hospitals trying to match fairly tough comparable numbers from last year. There was also one less weekday in this year's second quarter to provide services.

"We'll be looking for them to reiterate (earnings) guidance for the year," said Brian Tanquilut, senior vice president of healthcare equity research at investment firm Jefferies & Co.

Giant HCA kicks off the hospital earnings season on July 25 followed over the next several days by Tenet Healthcare Corp., Community Health Systems, LifePoint Health and Universal Health Services.

Tanquilut said hospitals and their physician service vendors such


embattled department.

In prison, work should have been taking place to rehabilitate Khan. The MoJ says he was enrolled on counter-radicalisation initiatives but his solicitor said none of these programmes tackled the underlying ideology and he ended up writing to organisations outside the prison requesting help.

Efforts by the government to tackle radicalisation in prison have been heavily criticised. Ian Acheson, a former prison governor who chaired a review of radicalisation in prisons, found it to be rife and made recommendations, which he says have not been implemented. One of his key recommendations was to segregate jihadist prisoners in specialist jails. But so far only a handful of prisoners have been placed in them, none of whom are engaging effectively with the work.

Once released, Khan was placed on a multi-agencyUnited Airlines has updated its alcohol policy for pilots, requiring that they refrain from drinking alcohol for a period of 12 hours before reporting for duty, the carrier has confirmed to Fox News.

The previous guidelines stipulated that pilots have their last alcoholic drink no later than 8 hours before work. The new policy went into effect August 10, United said.

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It is unclear when exactly the airline made the decision to update the rule, but news of the change was confirmed just over a week after two United pilots were arrested for allegedly failing a breath test prior to takeoff.

Their flight, scheduled to depart from Glasgow Airport for Newark Liberty International Airport on Aug. 3, was canceled following


Hotels in Reading

The Millhouse Hotel and Restaurant at Swallowfield is a fine Georgian House which dates back to 1823 and was formerly the home of the 1st Duke of Wellington. It is set in beautiful landscaped gardens beside the River Loddon.

In March 1994 Les and Pam Banks and Mark and Kim Pybus as a family acquired the Millhouse Hotel and have subsequently restored and refurbished the Hotel whilst still retaining its original character. With their joint expertise they have established an excellent and favoured venue for weddings, conferences and all kinds of celebrations and events and a enviable reputation for their fine cuisine, holding an AA Rosette Award.

The Hotel has two rooms licensed for civil wedding ceremonies to accommodate up to 120 people.

We also offer the Duke's MarqueeGeneral Evangelical Protestant Mission

General Evangelical Protestant Mission later the East Asian Mission was a German Protestant Christian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.

In 1884 it is recorded as having its first missionary in China. In 1885 H.W. Spinner became its first missionary to Japan.

From 1899 to 1919 Richard Wilhelm served with the mission.

See also
 Protestant missionary societies in China during the 19th Century
Timeline of Chinese history
19th-century Protestant missions in China
List of Protestant missionaries in China
Christianity in China

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Lohan, 23.

The original is thought to have generated as much as £350million at the box office on a meagre £13,000 budget and starred the late Linda Lovelace, who claimed her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, forced her to film some of the graphic scenes by pointing an M-16 assault rife at her head.

Ms Lohan is alleged to be the star of her own homemade sex videos. So, no need to put a gun to her head, perhaps.

Cabinet Ministers Ed Balls, Peter Hain and Tessa Jowell commend tactical voting but have they broken Labour Party rules, which state that any member who supports any candidate ‘who stands against an official Labour candidate’ shall ‘automatically be ineligible to be or remain a party member’?

Surely urging support for a candidate who standsA Russian combat "Transformers robot" was spotted near northern Syria, the latest of Moscow's weaponry to be tried and tested in the country.

The killer Uranus-9 tank was spotted an undisclosed region in northern Syria, according to Russian aviation publication Avia.Pro.

"Information about the appearance in Russia of the Russian combat robot 'Uranus-9', capable of easily destroying enemy armored vehicles and gutting military aircraft, appeared long ago. However, it is reported that a unique robotic complex has been spotted in northern Syria," Avia.Pro said.

"Judging by the photograph presented, the combat robot took an active part in military operations together with the Russian and Syrian military, including in repelling numerous attacks by militants."

The Uranus-9 is one of Russia's newest anti-tank vehicles. It was designed in 2015 and has been in service


since January this year being deployed only in Syria as a form of military assistance to Bashar Al-Assad's regime.

Read also: Almost 300 civilians killed in Syria last month

"It should be noted that the Russian combat robotic complex Uranus-9 has in its arsenal a 30-mm automatic cannon 2A72, perfectly suitable for hitting unarmoured and lightly armoured vehicles, as well as air targets, and a set of four anti-tank guided missiles, which makes it formidable the adversary," Avia.Pro said.

For nearly a decade, Russia has been condemned on a global scale for its alliance with the Syrian regime.

According to the publication, it's unclear where the Russian robot machine was used, but it is believed to have been in Idlib, which was witnessed fierce fighting in recent days.

Social media have compared thetank killer to the 'Transformers' robots, with the logo of the blockbuster film series stuck on the armour.

The Syrian war began when the Syrian regime responded with military force against peaceful protesters demanding democratic reforms during the Arab Spring.

A wave of uprisings and mass defections from the Syrian army led to a nationwide war which has seen hundreds of thousands of civilians killed and half the population displaced.

The brutal tactics pursued mainly by the regime, which have included the use of chemical weapons, sieges, mass executions and torture against civilians have led to war crimes investigations.

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affirm His literal, physical resurrection. They would have to acknowledge the miracles He performed as well. They would have to affirm that His death on the cross paid the price for sins and it is only by a person consciously trusting in Him and repenting of those sins that they can be saved. I would also consider it foundational that they acknowledge His ascension to the right hand of God the Father in heaven. In short, they would have to acknowledge Him as being Who He said He was, doing what He said He did, and going where He said He was going.

What is the Gospel?

Finally, because the gospel has been redefined by heretics who actually deny the gospel taught in the Bible (a la Rob Bell, thoseMike Leach could have spent his Father’s Day doing so many fun things, like a family dinner or golfing (OK, probably not golfing). Heck, he probably could have just spent the day recruiting like Nick Saban probably did.

Instead, Leach honored the occasion by tweeting out a clearly fake video of Barack Obama and spending hours arguing about it with strangers on the internet.

The video itself is 19 seconds long and features Obama supposedly discussing an all-powerful sovereign controlling the lives of ordinary citizens. It is painfully, obviously fake. Leach decided to share the video with his 100,000 Twitter followers and ask them to text and tweet their thoughts. Leach got his wish.

Leach deleted the video sometime Monday, the day Washington State issued a statement about his posting of


Story highlights Gorka says the administration will continue using the term "fake news."

Trump and his staff have repeatedly used the term "fake news" to discredit reporting on the presidential administration.

(CNN) Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, said Monday that the administration will continue using the term "fake news" until the media understands that their "monumental desire" to attack the President is wrong.

"There is a monumental desire on behalf of the majority of the media, not just the pollsters, the majority of the media to attack a duly elected President in the second week of his term," Gorka, a former Breitbart editor who also holds a PhD in political science, told syndicated conservative radio host Michael Medved.

"That's how unhealthy the situation is and until the media understandshow wrong that attitude is, and how it hurts their credibility, we are going to continue to say, 'fake news.' I'm sorry, Michael. That's the reality," he added.

Trump and his staff have repeatedly used the term "fake news" to discredit reporting on the presidential administration from mainstream outlets such as CNN and The New York Times, often offering no evidence to back up their disputes with those outlets' stories.

Earlier in the interview, Gorka was asked by Medved whether he would acknowledge that the administration's controversial statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day was "at least questionable in being the first such statement in many years that didn't recognize that Jewish extermination was the chief goal of the Holocaust."

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couple would be interested in being his ‘guinea pigs’ stating his desire to design their home as “an experiment in Usonian Automatic architecture”. They agreed, and Wright's preliminary designs for the home were completed in October of the same year.

Drawings for the Tonkens House were completed by Frank Lloyd Wright, his grandson and apprentice, Eric Lloyd Wright and John H. Howe. John deKoven Hill and Cornelia Brierly were landscape designers on the project. Engineering drawings were completed by William Wesley Peters, Thomas Casey and Mendel Glickman. Glickman was also solely responsible for the ceiling block engineering.  Furniture, upholstery and fabric selections for the house were supervised by John deKoven Hill. Final drawings and specifications were presented to Gerald and Rosalie on February 25, 1955 and approved soonUtah Jazz: Dennis Lindsey prepares for first draft in lead seat as Jazz GM

By Bill Oram The Salt Lake Tribune

Published June 26, 2013 8:42 am

NBA • Jazz general manager in position to put his stamp on the team.

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In 10 months on the job, Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey has proven himself to be a portrait of calm. Always surveying, he never sat in the stands at Jazz games like his fiery predecessor, Kevin O'Connor, preferring instead to stand in the tunnel behind the bench, keeping careful notes.

In that time he was preparing carefully for


the inevitable overhaul of the roster. When's February's trade deadline came, he opted to let it pass without acting. Thursday marks Lindsey's first draft as an NBA GM and his first real opportunity to put his stamp on a Jazz team that, over the next several weeks, will be sorting out its identity.

Armed with the 14th, 21st and 46th picks in the NBA Draft, Lindsey will make his first outward contributions to the makeup of the Jazz. Those who have worked with him since he replaced O'Connor in August, as well as his former boss in San Antonio, described the 44-year-old executive as fastidious, a voracious student of player film, and dedicated to collaboration. Several Jazz employees pointed to Lindsey's thoroughness evaluating every player, watching film on eachof the 67 the Jazz brought in for workouts, and then having detailed conversations with employees throughout the organization.

"That's what I believe in," Lindsey said, "and I shared that vision prior to taking the job. Kevin's been very open to that and so I've had a real partner with him."

Lindsey said that kind of cooperation and thoroughness was demanded by his bosses in San Antonio, GM R.C. Buford and coach Gregg Popovich, as well as earlier in his career with Rudy Tomjanovich in Houston.

"I think he's systematic," Buford said. "I think he has a great understanding of issues that are important to the draft."

In five seasons as San Antonio's assistant GM, Lindsey oversaw five years of drafts  and draft-day trades  that yielded players such as Tiago


Splitter and Kawhi Leonard, eventual starters for a Spurs team that pushed the Miami Heat to seven games in the NBA Finals.

O'Connor, now the team's executive vice president for basketball operations, said that history was key to his hiring.

"I think anytime that you can exceed expectations in the draft  the value becomes better than the pick you have  that's one of the areas that certainly is very, very, very public," O'Connor said.

"I would say that everything that he was involved in had his fingerprints all over it," Buford said.

Lindsey said last week that under his stewardship the Jazz would be "very aggressive" in the draft, whether that be by moving up, down or out of the draft, or simply making bold choices.

Asked if he felt anydifferent going into the draft in the lead seat, Lindsey said no.

"I wish I could say that I did," he said, "but it gets back to a level of participation. In San Antonio and Houston I've been the person on the phone to consummate deals. I've been the lead in drafts and decisions and I've been [in a supporting role]."

The most visible change Lindsey brought to the Jazz's pre-draft preparation, which he has spearheaded in tandem with O'Connor and Walt Perrin, the team's vice president of player personnel, was the number of players to work out for the team. Sixty-seven draft hopefuls visited the Jazz practice facility, although Perrin said that was also a product of the Jazz having three picks, as well.

"I challenged Walt to bring in


Future echoes in pediatric palliative care: becoming sensitive to language.
As the specialty of pediatric palliative care emerges and develops, finding language to describe the complexity of "living while dying" is a challenge. Terms such as "life-limiting" and "life-threatening" are commonly used, but may not be sensitive enough to capture the experience of children and their families due to the restrictions and power at play in the history of the words "limit" and "threat". The search for the right words to use when speaking of children who are living while dying takes us to the language of metaphor and poetry that speaks to us in a different way, a way that encompasses not only the suffering, but also the dreams, hopes, and joys of children and families. Our preferredList of Nepalese films

Despite of short film history, the  Palihood has its own place in the cultural heritage of the country. Most  Palihood films are narrative, and are shot on 16-millimeter film.

Early cinema (1951–1979)
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| 1964 || Aama|| Shiva Shankar, Bhuvan Chand || Heera Singh Khatri || Information Dept. Govt of Nepal||
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| 1966|| Maitighar|| Mala Sinha, C.P. Lohani || B.S. Thapa || Sumonanjali Films Pvt. Ltd. || Jaidev
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| 1967 || Hijo, Aaja, Bholi || Mitra Lal Sharma, Bhuvan Chand || Heera Singh Khatri || Information Dept. Govt of Nepal ||
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| 1971 || Parivartan' Yagya mirth Ghimire (Change) ||  || Heera Singh Khatri || Information


TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — This morning the coast guard dispatched a rescue team to apprehend a murderous fisherman aboard a Pintung fishing boat after receiving reports of a deadly knife fight.

A fight broke out on the "Ming Maan Shang Number 38" boat (明滿祥38號) between two Indonesian fisherman while at sea. The two men argued and then exchange knife blows until one man threw the other overboard, according to LTN.

The man thrown overboard is still missing.

The ship captain reported the incident to the coast guard, fearful for the safety of the remaining 10 crew members. The captain fears further conflict between the Indonesian and Taiwanese crew members so instead of following international marine protocol, searching the area where the man went missing for three days, he requested the coastthat he carried it to his home on that day. Two teenage friends of defendant testified that on the same evening defendant was carrying this gun, that it was loaded and that defendant stated to them that he felt like shooting someone, that it might be a particularly named individual, or just anyone, or some "white sonofabitch for doing him wrong or something". He also told them he was just waiting for someone "to mess with him and he was going to bust a cap on them". He further told them that he had practiced shooting into the railroad embankment immediately behind and abutting on the property where he lived.
Subsequent evidence brings this testimony into sharp focus. Though the State was unable to produce defendant's gun at the


trial, the owner of the gun store who sold defendant his gun had another identical gun in stock with a serial number one digit different from defendant's. Using this gun as a model it was determined by a ballistics expert that the two bullets recovered from the abdomens of the boys had *525 the same class characteristics as bullets fired from the sample gun though the individual characteristics differed. He stated that all guns of the same make and caliber have such class characteristics but that only the individual characteristics are determinative in matching bullets to the gun from which they have been fired. He could therefore conclude only that the bullets fired into the boys came from a gun similar to the sample gun he tested. Hewas then asked about certain .22 caliber bullets and shell cases found by the police in the railroad embankment behind defendant's house. He stated that three of these bullets had the same individual charactristics as the bullets recovered from the boys' abdomens and were definitely fired from the same .22 caliber murder weapon. He also found that ten of the .22 caliber shell casings recovered from the same area had been fired from a weapon with the same class characteristics as the sample RG 24 Rohm revolver, but that their individual characteristics were not the same and the specific identity of the gun from which they were fired could not be determined. In addition, he stated that two of the shell casings so found had been fired from


an Ithica rifle which had been introduced into evidence and identified as belonging to defendant.
To tie in this evidence with the whereabouts of defendant on the night of the murder, testimony was introduced that a brother of one of the victims had accompanied them to a neighborhood supermarket at 7:00 P.M. where they had exchanged some soda bottles for cash; that they had returned to the Johnson home at 7:15 o'clock and had left immediately to visit a girl friend who was baby sitting in a nearby house; that this was the last time they were seen alive. Two witnesses stated that they had seen defendant in the same grocery store at the same time the boys were there and at the trial they identified the turban heit was contended that compelling the accused to model a blouse violated his privilege against self-incrimination. Mr. Justice Holmes, speaking for the court, rejected the argument as "based on an extravagant extension of the Fifth Amendment", and went on to say, "the prohibition of compelling a man in a criminal court to be a witness against himself is the prohibition of the use of physical or *528 moral compulsion to extort communications from him, not an exclusion of his body as evidence when it may be material." And Wigmore states that the privilege is limited to testimonial disclosures, that it was directed at the employment of legal process to extract from the person's own lips an admission of guilt, which would take the place of other evidence. (8


As a consequence, the laterally extending support member prevents the left and right sides of the flexible panel from folding in on the user when the user reclines in the chair.
In another embodiment that employs a flexible panel, the suspension system has been modified so that it also prevents the upper and lower edges of the panel from folding in on the user when the user reclines in the chair. This is accomplished by using two side support members that extend along the sides of the chair. One end of each of the side support members is connected to the upper end of a side and the other end is connected to the lower end of the side, thereby preventing the upper and lower edges of the panelchair. A suspension structure is provided that serves both to hang the chair from an overhead support and to provide the user with the ability to readily adjust the angle of the chair relative to the ground. The suspension structure includes a longitudinally extending rod or pole, a first linkage for connecting the chair to the rod, and a second linkage for connecting the rod to the overhead structure. In adjusting the angle of the chair relative to the ground, the first linkage serves to maintain the position of the chair relative to the rod. As a consequence, the angle of the rod relative to the ground substantially determines the angle of the chair relative to the ground. The second linkage provides the ability to easily and quickly


adjust the angle of the rod and the angle of the chair relative to the ground. In one embodiment, the second linkage includes a rope whose ends are attached to the ends of the rod and a slip knot that engages a hook or similar structure associated with the overhead support. By adjusting the location of the slip knot, the angle of the rod and chair relative to the ground can be readily adjusted. In another embodiment, the second linkage again uses a rope whose ends are attached to the ends of the rod. However, in this embodiment, a fixed knot is employed and the length of the rope extending between the ends of the rod is adjusted to change the angle of the chair. The length ofare dimensioned to seat a single individual. In one embodiment, the suspension structure is adapted to connect to at least two locations on the overhead beam. By establishing connections at two, spaced apart locations, the load of the chair and any occupants is divided such that a portion of the load is borne at one location and the remainder of the load is borne at the other location.
One embodiment of a hanging chair that can accommodate more than one individual employs a suspension structure that includes a longitudinal support member that, when the chair is suspended from an overhead support, lies substantially in a plane that bisects the chair member and is perpendicular to the ground. Also part of the suspension structure is a lateral support member that


extends substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal support structure. The longitudinal and lateral support members serves, among other things, to hold a chair member that is made from flexible material open. In the case of a chair that accommodates more than one person, the lateral support member is longer than the longitudinal support member. For a two person chair, the lateral support member has a length greater than about four feet.
A further embodiment of the hanging chair includes a swivel that is located between the hanging chair and the overhead support. The swivel permits the chair to rotate about a vertical axis while prevent twisting or the binding of the remainder of the suspension structure. This prevents the chair from being rotated in, for example, a clockwise direction amember to the support member; and a second portion that connects the support member to the overhead support and lies substantially in the plane defined by the longitudinal line. Suitable support members include a rod that lies substantially entirely within the plane. Another suitable support member includes a hoop with two, diametrically opposite points located within the plane. Support members with many different shapes are possible, provided that the support member has at least two points that lie in the plane. In one embodiment, the second portion of the suspension structure also provides the ability to adjust the angle of the support member and, as a consequence, the angle of the chair member relative to the ground.


Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears

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Trusting Saudi Arabia to combat terrorists and extremists and “drive them out,” as President Trump called on the kingdom and other Arab and Muslim nations to do in his Riyadh speech, is akin to forging an alliance with the Ku Klux Klan to combat racism and anti-Semitism. Saudi Arabia has for years promoted the very evil they now “commit” to fighting through a newly established Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. Never forget that 15 of the 9-11 hijackers were citizens of Saudi Arabia.

President Trump’s speech was written by Westerners, delivered by a westerner and based on a faulty western premise, namely, that radical Muslims can be persuaded to abandon their goal of


USA Basketball released the names of the 30 players who will make up the pool for the United States Men’s Basketball team, from which the Olympic roster will be selected. The usual suspects were there, Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook. The Warriors have all their big time shot makers as do the Cavaliers. The second best team in the NBA, the San Antonio Spurs, have Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge.

Everyone is under 30 years old except: LeBron James, LaMarcus Aldridge, Andre Iguodala, Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay, Chris Paul.

20 of the 30 players are from Western Conference teams.

However spectacular this group, (if they lost a single game it would be considered a choke), the omissions were the story. Derrick Rose was left off and so wasAdvantage Remodelers

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In George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” Room 101 was a torture chamber filled with prisoners’ fears and worst nightmares. You could imagine that a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater that came out of the sky might be one of the inhabitants in there.

Yet, ironically, for episode 101 of “There’s Still Time”, the AFTN Soccer Podcast, we’re hoping that the Whitecaps become such purple people monsters, devouring Orlando City in MLS action on Saturday.

Fresh from their first win, and clean sheet, of the new MLS season, Vancouver head into Florida for the first time on MLS duty to face the Eastern Conference leaders. We look back on last weekend’s win over Chicago and ahead to the Orlando clash.

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The animal charity SPCA International is still in debt to Quadriga Art, according to a spokeswoman for the direct-mail firm, adding that's part of the charity's "aggressive strategy" to build a broad donor base.

"That resulted in an expected high cost in the beginning of their acquisition program," said the spokeswoman, who declined to be named. She called SPCA International's efforts a "successful strategy."

Business tactics questioned

But he said that SPCA International's tax records raise "a number of red flags." There's no question that a charity needs to spend money to raise money, according


"Baghdad Pups" program.

On its website and its tax filings, SPCA International describes "Baghdad Pups" as a program that "helps U.S. troops safely transport home the companion animals they befriend in the war zone."

Yet the charity admitted that only 26 of the nearly 500 animals transported to the United States from Iraq and Afghanistan were actually service animals. The rest were stray animals, said Stephanie Scott, the charity's communications director.

And those 26 service animals were not attached to military K-9 units but belonged to Reed Inc. , a private contractor that built roads in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This photo from SPCA International shows one of the military dogs that the charity said it is bringing to the U.S. for adoption.

To highlight the work of the "Baghdad Pups" program, spokeswoman Territhe war zone in Kurdistan and that Crisp had suddenly shown up "out of the blue" asking to take them to the United States.

When asked about those comments, SPCA International spokeswoman Scott told CNN the charity had "not heard that from Reed before" and said the dogs had been removed from "an uncaring environment in Iraq."

Questions raised about charity's management

It is not the first time questions have been raised about Crisp or charities with which she has been involved.

were used for that purpose. Crisp once headed a California-based animal rescue charity, Noah's Wish , that reached a settlement agreement in 2007 with the state of California. The California attorney general investigated whether contributions for "rescuing and caring for the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina"were used for that purpose.

In


that settlement agreement from the summer of 2007, Crisp agreed not to "serve as an officer, director or trustee or in any position having the duties or responsibilities of an officer, director or trustee, with any non-profit organization for a period of five (5) years from the date of the execution of this Settlement Agreement."

Yet in a filing with the North Carolina secretary of state's office last year, SPCA International named Crisp in its list of officers and directors.

SPCA International founder Pierre Barnoti is fighting his dismissal from Montreal SPCA.

Crisp did not admit any wrongdoing in the California settlement, but the charity agreed to return $4 million in donations to California officials out of the $8 million raised by Noah's Wish.

When asked about the settlement agreement, SPCA International'sScott said, "We do not believe Terri Crisp is in violation of her settlement agreement in her capacity working for SPCA International."

Pierre Barnoti, who founded U.S.-based SPCA International in 2006, also has a questionable record as a charity manager.

Three years after he founded SPCA International and became its president, Barnoti was fired as the Montreal SPCA's president after leaving the Canadian charity deeply in debt to Quadriga Art, according to Nicholas Gilman, Montreal SPCA's executive director.

Gilman said that the Montreal SPCA still owes Quadriga Art nearly $2 million and that the American fund-raising company has a lien on the Montreal organization's headquarters building.

Barnoti told CNN he is fighting his dismissal and, when asked why he was fired, he responded, "It's not finished yet so there's no point in


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Tata Steel clinches deal on £15bn British Steel pension scheme

Tata Steel has clinched a deal to detach its £15bn British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) in a move described as offering greater certainty for its 130,000 members.

The announcement, confirming a Sky News exclusive earlier this week, could also pave the way for the Indian steelmaker to merge its European operations with German rival Thyssenkrupp.

Under an agreement with UK pensions bodies and the company's pension trustees - welcomed by unions - Tata will inject £550m into the now-closed BSPS.

It is also handing the scheme a one-third stake in the ongoing UK operations, which include the giant Port Talbot steel works in south Wales.

The announcement formally confirms details of a deal called a Regulated Apportionment Agreement (RAA), acontinued challenges in the global steel industry as well as the uncertain global political-economic environment, the RAA represents the best possible structural outcome for the members of the British Steel Pension Scheme and for the Tata Steel UK business."

The GMB, Unite and Community unions said in a joint statement: "For over a year our members have feared for their security in retirement, and this announcement helps to bring that uncertainty to an end."

RAAs can be controversial because they are supposed to be approved by the industry regulator only when "the alternative would have to be that the employer would become insolvent".

The Pensions Regulator (TPR), which has approved the Tata deal, said it offered greater certainty to members.

TPR chief executive Lesley Titcomb said: "We do not agree to these


Aboard the USCG Bertholf: Operations and Capabilities of the National Security Cutter

09/13/2011: During the Second Line of Defense visit to USCG Island in Alameda, California, Captain John Prince and the Executive Officer of the Bertholf David Ramassini discussed their recent tour aboard the Bertholf. The conversation occurred in late July 2011 shortly after Captain Prince had relinquished command of the Bertholf to take a new post.

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During this interview, Captain Prince and Commander Ramassini discuss their recent experiences with the national security cutter and discuss the relationship between operations and the capabilities provided by this new class of ship.

SLD: Could you describe the deployments you haveThe parties then commenced negotiations and several conferences were held. At one of the conferences the union presented appellee with a proposed basic contract, part of which was a contract termed "Inside Agreement". This agreement was executed by this union and members of the Ark. Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association. Article V thereof sets forth a job referral procedure as follows:
"In the interest of maintaining an efficient system of production in the industry providing for an orderly procedure of referral of applicants for employment, preserving the legitimate interests of the employees in their employment status within the area and eliminating discrimination in employment because of membership or nonmembership in the Union, the parties *451 hereto agree to the following system of referral of applicants for employ-' ment.
"1. The


he must have passed a journeyman's examination given by a duly constituted local union of the International Union. Certainly he would have to further affiliate with the union in order to take this examination.
It is common knowledge that in the construction industry a contractor's work is intermittent. He moves from job to job and between jobs must lay off experienced personnel, many of whom may have worked for him for years as faithful and efficient employees. When a new job is started, this hiring hall arrangement would prevent the contractor from calling these employees directly and requesting them to come back to work. He would be required to call the union hall instead and these faithful employees would be forced to take their place on this referral listA Lesson in Strategic Failure

The rigged primary electoral system is overseen for the Democratic wing of the duopoly party at the national level by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Bernie Sanders, in his non-concession speech, expressed an intent to use the National Convention, and change of DNC leadership, "to transform the Democratic Party." His call "to open its doors" could be interpreted as obliquely referencing reform of the DNC's role in managing the broken primary system that contributed to the theft of the election from Sanders. (The reference was oblique because Sanders immediately diverted his attention from this vaguely possible reference to rigged elections that concerns his followers to the unrelated and safely conventional subjects of a Howard Dean "50-state strategy" and a call for greater progressive participation


in state and local elections).

Election theft is initially executed through the state parties. Ballot Bandits expert Greg Palast has explained how California rigged its primary election by elaborate suppression of the independent vote. He calls the California elections a " crime scene ." Palast estimated the number of suppressed votes would be at least comparable to Clinton's resulting margin of victory in California. As it turns out, there were more uncounted ballots than Clinton's California vote total. It is reasonable to believe they belong mostly to Sanders. But the plutocratic media's cancellation of Edison's exit polls hid the best evidence.

The California election was the basis for Clinton's coronation by the media and Obama, after she arranged her preemptive coronation by the AP. But it is in fact farConventions and the State Convention, plus three unpledged Superdelegate incumbent politicians who favor Sanders. The rest are either delegates pledged to Clinton or are Clinton-leaning unpledged Superdelegates.

Minnesota Democrats are proud of their states' national blue state status, having sent Democrats to the electoral college for a longer unbroken series of elections than any other state. Minnesota also takes pride in its progressive influence on the rest of the country, and in its relatively clean, democratic brand of politics. Steve Simon, Minnesota's popular Democrat Secretary of State expressed such views in his speech to the State Convention.

If a strong reform message on behalf of the Sanders campaign were to come to Philadelphia from anywhere in the country, it would likely come from a state like Minnesota. But no such