Grassroots campaign group Momentum has been fined £16,700 for "multiple breaches" of electoral law during the 2017 general election.

The fines handed down by the Electoral Commission include £12,150 - the largest fine levied on a non-party campaigner - for an inaccurate election spending return.

Momentum, which grew out of Jeremy Corbyn's successful Labour leadership campaign in 2015, has also been punished for failures to report donations.

Louise Edwards, the Electoral Commission's director of regulation, said it was "particularly disappointing" the group had broken the law, given "political campaigning is its full-time work".

She said: "Non-party campaigners are essential for a healthy democracy.

Image: Momentum grew from Jeremy Corbyn's successful Labour leadership campaign in 2015

"But just as crucial is that after a poll, voters can see complete and accurate spending data.

"The fines thatwe have levied reflect Momentum's repeated revisions to their spending return, poor record keeping and failure to follow advice given by the commission prior to the election."

Laura Parker, of Momentum, acknowledged that the commission did uncover "some mistakes in our reporting and some clerical errors", but added: "This isn't surprising for a new organisation which at the time was less than two years old and had 25,000 members and 150 local groups.

"The Conservatives likely employ more lawyers than Momentum have staff, and even getting close to fully complying with these complex regulations for a volunteer led, social movement organisation is a herculean task."

She said the fines levied were "disproportionate", adding: "The fines and associated staff time will cost Momentum more than our entire regulated campaign spend during the


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The EBRD TurnAround Management (TAM) team is helping Ugo-Grupa to improve profitability and management of its hotels chain

With more than 4,000 kilometres of coastline and a Mediterranean climate, Croatia is oriented towards a dynamic, fast-growing tourism industry. Ugo-Grupa is one of the small and medium-sized Croatian enterprises that is sustaining the development of the sector. The company owns two hotel groups: the Solaris Hotels, located in the Sibenik area near the coast and one of the most popular Croatian holiday destinations, and the Milenij Hotels, in Opatija, a busy business and congress centre. The group manages several businesses including eight hotels, 10 restaurants, 18 bars, a camping resort, a yacht marina and two wellness and spa centres.

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In order to improve profitability and management procedures, in 2009 the company consulted the EBRD TurnAround Management (TAM) team in Croatia to seek advice and work together on a business review and a development plan. The key objectives of the consultancy programme, which is funded through the EBRD-Greece technical cooperation fund, include the reorganisation of all departments for both Solaris and Milenij groups, the improvement of the food and beverage departments and controlling functions, and the review and improvement of the marketing and sales departments.

In the few months since the company has been working with the TAM team, Ugo-Grupa has already improved the streamlining of its hotel pricing system and rooms management and gained better control of food purchase, which will result in reducing costs. The creation


Mrs. Gephardt began working at the silk mill when she was sixteen. She continued working there until the mill closed. Mrs. Gephardt worked in the wrapping department. She usually wrapped bobbins; however, she would help wrap cones if an extra hand was needed. She had to make sure that the bobbins were in good shape. The bobbins were then wrapped and packed in either wooden crates or paste- board boxes. Mrs. Gephardt recalled that the pay was about equal, except every once in awhile some people would be paid a little more because they were on piece work. Mrs. Gephardt was a paying member of the union at the mill. In fact, she collected the union dues from the other workers for three years. Several labor disputes werestarted at the mill when someone started ""nit-picking"". This action by one person would avalanche and occasionally turn into a full blown strike. Mrs. Gephardt usually left the mill when a strike occurred, because tension and violence created a dangerous situation. In fact, Mrs. Gephardt recalled that it was the union activity that brought about the end of the mill. The union members wanted the same wages as those at Celanese. In June of 1957 the workers at the mill voted to strike for better pay. Mrs. Gephardt recalled a meeting on the third floor of the mill, when ""Charlie called and we all went upstairs and stood at the winders...."" At this meeting Mr. Duckworth, the superintendent, told the workers that if they decided to strike, they


two young girls the ropes. The secretaries were in charge of preparing the payroll. ""So my job was to go out into the factory and collect the hours that the men had worked and then we had about a day or two before payday. We had to make out the payroll in the office. Sometimes we had to stay until six o'clock. We stayed longer to get those checks written out and ready for the next day. We didn't take a day off when it was time to make out the payroll."" Mrs. Gowans also recalled that the mill really had two offices. The first office was for the secretaries, and the inner office was for the superintendent. On different occasions, the superintendent visited New York City. Hewent to New York because the headquarters for the silk mill was located in New York. Mrs. Gowans only worked at the silk mill for one year, but she enjoyed her job.

She really enjoyed talking with the workers. For this reason, she enjoyed going out into the mill to check the work hours. She became acquainted with everyone. She also enjoyed working with her office coworkers. In fact, one of her coworkers taught her how to play the piano. The only thing that Mrs. Gowans disliked about her job was writing letters from dictation. ""It seemed that when somebody dictated you a letter they lean over your shoulder and bug you all the time until you get that letter finished."" Mrs. Gowans quit her job at the silk


mill to attend college.

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Mrs. Gephardt began working at the silk mill when she was sixteen. She continued working there until the mill closed. Mrs. Gephardt worked in the wrapping department. She usually wrapped bobbins; however, she would help wrap cones if an extra hand was needed. She had to make sure that the bobbins were in good shape. The bobbins were then wrapped and packed in either wooden crates or paste- board boxes. Mrs. Gephardt recalled that the pay was about equal, except every once in awhile some people would be paid a little more because they were on piece work. Mrs. Gephardt was a paying member of theunion at the mill. In fact, she collected the union dues from the other workers for three years. Several labor disputes were started at the mill when someone started ""nit-picking"". This action by one person would avalanche and occasionally turn into a full blown strike. Mrs. Gephardt usually left the mill when a strike occurred, because tension and violence created a dangerous situation. In fact, Mrs. Gephardt recalled that it was the union activity that brought about the end of the mill. The union members wanted the same wages as those at Celanese. In June of 1957 the workers at the mill voted to strike for better pay. Mrs. Gephardt recalled a meeting on the third floor of the mill, when ""Charlie called and we all went upstairs


and stood at the winders...."" At this meeting Mr. Duckworth, the superintendent, told the workers that if they decided to strike, they would do so for themselves. The workers went on strike the next day and the mill closed.

Even though the money was not that much, Mrs. Gephardt genuinely loved her job at the mill. ""It was a pretty good job and it wasn't too hard.""

Leona GowansInterviewed by Amber Sallerson

""When I graduated from high school I did not know what I wanted to do so of course my Pop wanted me to get a job; he found out about the opening at the silk mill for a secretary. So I applied for the job."" Mrs. Gowans was hired in July 1944, as was another young girl. So, onfor the secretaries, and the inner office was for the superintendent. On different occasions, the superintendent visited New York City. He went to New York because the headquarters for the silk mill was located in New York. Mrs. Gowans only worked at the silk mill for one year, but she enjoyed her job.

She really enjoyed talking with the workers. For this reason, she enjoyed going out into the mill to check the work hours. She became acquainted with everyone. She also enjoyed working with her office coworkers. In fact, one of her coworkers taught her how to play the piano. The only thing that Mrs. Gowans disliked about her job was writing letters from dictation. ""It seemed that when somebody dictated you a letter they lean over your


When Michael confronts Connie and Neri in the kitchen of his townhouse, he warns them to never give an order to kill someone again (in this case, it was Joey Zaza), and goes on to state that when he thought he had left the mob lifestyle, they pull him back.

As I reported last time, a bill in Arkansas, Senate Bill 653, pending in that state’s legislature’s Insurance & Commerce Committee since the beginning of March, proposes an alternative to the state system.

Ms. Beckman quotes Fred C. Bosse (not Fred C. Dobbs), the southwest region vice president of the American Insurance Association (AIA), who said that the bill is an attempt to keep the workers comp opt-out conversation going.

Mr. Bosse said that the AIA takes these bills seriously (goodfind the intersection of Indian religion, philosophy and ecology. After I enthusiastically explained my mission to a professor at the University of Pune, he shook his head, smiled ruefully, and said, "Just wait until the Ganesh festival."

Ganesh Chaturthi, as it is officially known, is one of the biggest religious festivals in Maharashtra, the Indian state whose capital, Mumbai, is now associated with more violent expressions of religious feeling. A ten-day festival to celebrate the birthday of the much-beloved elephant-headed god (Chaturthi literally means "fourth," and Ganesh's birthday falls of the fourth day of the month), Ganesh Chaturthi is a fascinating combination of piety and partying, consecration and consumerism.

The festival revolves around the worship of Ganesh idols, which are purchased just for this purpose, and -- at the end


As I discovered, the festival has gone through many changes in its long history, but it has been sustained by an unwavering devotion to Ganesh.

To environmentalists, one of the most important changes to the festival is also one of the most recent. For centuries, Ganesh idols were made of clay; the past decade has witnessed the rise of plaster-of-Paris idols, which contain chemicals like gypsum, sulfur, phosphorus and magnesium. They are decorated with toxic paints. Their immersion leads to increased organic matter and heavy metal content in rivers, and the sheer mass of thousands of idols can divert a river's flow, causing stagnation. In short, the large-scale immersion of the idols is bad news for the flora and fauna of river ecosystems, including the humans who depend onriver water for drinking purposes.

At first I was drawn to Ganesh Chaturthi because of its ecological implications. I soon found, though, that to gain an understanding of the festival, I had to study it from a number of overlapping perspectives. Different aspects of the celebration presented themselves in surprising ways as I wandered around Pune and soaked in the festive atmosphere.

One evening, as scorching, dusty day turned into drizzly, thick-aired night, I took a sputtering autorickshaw to the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers in Pune, a sacred site and a favored place for idol immersions. The city government, in cooperation with environmental groups protesting the rivers' pollution, had set up a large rectangular tank of water in which festival-goers could immerse their idols. The Municipal Corporation


of Pune has embraced eco-friendly initiatives with an enthusiasm unusual for Indian cities. It even set up plastic fencing to block off access to the river. However, the entrepreneurs who facilitate idol immersion made quick work of the fencing, thrusting it aside to make way for the throngs of people who bypassed the tank. Two boats, operated by a small crew of men dressed in red - a color associated with Ganesh for centuries - ferried people out into the river where they could immerse their idols. Some revelers shed tears as they sent their god to his watery home. Back on the banks, families were preparing earnestly for the immersion, huddled around their idols, chanting and praying, decorating the idols with garlands and food offerings. Proud fathersrecorded the moment on camcorders and camera phones.

Although there was a steady stream of people arriving to immerse their idols in the Mula-Mutha, it was not the crush I had expected - perhaps because of the light rain, perhaps because bomb blasts in Delhi the night before had dampened the mood. Only when I made for the center of town did I develop another theory for the relatively sparse gathering at the river. Most of the city, it seemed, had finished their immersion duties early and were gathering to celebrate the close of the festival in modern, urban Indian fashion: with thumping basslines from huge speakers, blinding lights from massive stages and wild dancing. Arms flailing and hips shaking, the dancers - all men, as is typical of


Ganesh Chaturthi is - in true ecological fashion - an ever-changing, malleable, even adaptive phenomenon.

Gods have a way of changing with the times, as do religious festivals. For millennia, elephants have been worshipped as sacred in India. Ancient Indian mythology is marked by dense networks of associations and metaphors, and elephants have a prominent role in these networks. The animals are often associated with water (the element that serves as the source of creation in many myths), with fertility, and with the Mother Goddess (who is herself linked to earth and water). An elephant-headed deity first appeared in India as part of the Buddhist pantheon. Brahmin priests, resentful of the upstart Buddhists who had challenged their religious supremacy and taken their faithful, portrayed the Buddhist elephant-headed deity asa demon: an imposer of obstacles and a hoarder of treasure. Perhaps bolstered by the ancient cult of the elephant, the elephant-headed deity refused to be demonized and remained a popular god of the people. Eventually, he entered the Brahmin pantheon, first as one of Shiva's entourage, then as one of his sons, then as a supreme god in his own right. Thus, the god we now know as Ganesh was born.

When trading began to take its place beside agriculture and pastoralism in the Indian economy, Ganesh became a favorite god of the traders. No longer an imposer of obstacles, he now removed them for enterprising businesspeople. Much more recently, as Ganesh scholar Anita Raina Thapan reports, the elephant-headed god has been portrayed as the father of Santosi


Ma, a goddess popular in the urban areas of northern India, and who is worshipped as the protector of harassed modern women. More dubiously, Ganesh has been portrayed as a guitar-playing, jean-wearing kid elephant in the popular animated Bollywood film "My Friend Ganesha 2."

Despite all the changes Ganesh has been through, some continuities remain. Several are evident in the Ganesh Chaturthi rituals. The festival is celebrated on the dark half of the Hindu month of bhaadrapada; this association with darkness connects the god with death, the moon and regeneration - a suitably ecological reminder that death is necessary for all life, and that regeneration and fertility have death and darkness as their preconditions. Even today, Ganesh is associated with water, as the idol immersions make clear. Indeed, theof the monsoon, which, even today, Indian farmers rely on as their main source of agricultural water. Villagers, delighting in the monsoon rains, would go to the river and gather bits of clay that had washed up in the deluge. Bringing the clay into their homes, they would worship it, and then return it to the river. It was a celebration of the fertility of earth and water, the regenerating power of the Mother Goddess. As years went by and mythology was superimposed on ecology, the bits of clay were molded into elephant shapes, then Ganesh shapes, and they were kept in the home for longer and longer. Eventually, as the centuries passed, the original, ecological meaning of the Ganesh idols was obscured.

The communal, Hindu-pride elements of the


festival have more modern roots. In the late twentieth-century, Lokmanya Tilak, a radical freedom fighter dedicated to bringing down the British Raj, decided to popularize Ganesh Chaturthi as a public celebration. He was the first to call for outdoor installations of large idols, and the first to introduce the large-scale public immersion of idols on the last day of the festival. He even associated Ganesh, as remover of obstacles, with the Indian nationalist movement.

Tilak can be seen as a precursor of modern Hindutva advocates: he wanted a free India, but it would be a free HinduIndia. He deliberately chose to popularize holidays centered on Hindu gods like Ganesh, as opposed to intercommunal holidays like Moharram, a feast of Muslim original but - at the time of Tilak -celebrated with equal zeal by Hindus. Much like African-American slaves transmuting their protest into spirituals, Tilak used religious festivals to build the strength of Hindu India at a time when the British were restricting the rights of Indian agitators to meet in public. In the process, he opened up the festival to all castes; Ganesh became no longer just a Brahmin god, but a genuinely pan-Hindu one. Even today, young priests at Ganesh temples insist that there can be no caste restrictions on Ganesh worship. Tilak's stamp on the festival is thus a complex one. He was an opponent of imperial oppression, but also of interfaith celebration, and a deeply conservative Hindu who nonetheless recognized the necessity of democratizing the worship of at least some gods.

Ganesh worship is


becoming democratized in ways even Tilak might not have predicted. Although the wild nighttime dancing is left to the Pune men, some schoolgirls here are asserting their right to participate in the male-heavy street celebrations. Perhaps the highlight of the ten-day celebration in Pune is the procession on the final day. A cross between the Macy's parade and an ambulatory prayer service, the procession showcases all of the biggest, flashiest idols. It also features stunning performances of densely percussive religious songs, all played with traditional instruments - a welcome break from the techno that blasts from speakers at more raucous Ganesh events. Traditionally, these songs were only performed by men, but this year, a troupe of girls joined the procession, beating out complex rhythms with skill and joy.

Thecrowds of low-caste revelers I encountered throughout the festival also attest to the democratized nature of Ganesh. I got a taste of their revelry the morning of the final day of the festival, as I biked down to the train station in an attempt to book a reservation for a later trip. As I weaved through traffic on the clogged highway, I noticed that the other side of road was remarkably traffic-free. I soon saw - or rather heard - the cause of this unusual event. Polyrhythmic drumbeats filled the air, and eventually a small army of drummers marched into sight, followed by a large motorized platform bearing a huge Ganesh idol. I stopped and pulled out my camera, safely separated from the procession - or so I


thought - by a large concrete divider in the middle of the road. A foreigner in India stands out, though, especially one with a digital camera, and soon a boy was hopping the divider and running to greet me.

I have yet to master Marathi, the local language here, so the boy communicated to me with a series of enthusiastic gestures. Come on, he gesticulated, join us, take some close-ups! So I hopped the divider with him. He and his friends hoisted me up onto the platform and posed triumphantly for pictures. I snapped some shots while trying to shield my camera from the red powder that was thrown everywhere as a further celebration of the festival. They then lowered me down and brought me to the "dance floor,"advocacy group. At first, artisans were reluctant to resume the production of clay idols; they were more expensive and more fragile. The ephemeral nature of clay, such a strong metaphor for death and rebirth, was viewed as a liability by the pragmatic idol-makers. When they saw the popularity and economic viability of the clay idols, however, they returned to their traditional craft.

Besides selling clay idols, eCoexist works with the local ragpickers' union to collect the flowers that would otherwise be put in the river with the idols. ("Ragpicker" is the name for the women whose job it is to sort through garbage, trying to salvage anything of value.) The flowers are then taken to a nearby jail, where female prisoners dry the flowers and grind them into colored


powder that is then used in the Hindu festival of Holi. The women are overjoyed at the arrival of the flowers, an auspicious sign. Although they may not realize it, they are taking part in a new ritual every bit as ecologically sensitive as the original immersion of bits of monsoon-soaked clay.

The eCoexist team presently includes three women whose religious backgrounds are different, but who find common ground in their fundamental spiritual beliefs. Their work helps to raise awareness of the ecological origins of the festival. At a deeper level, the team aspires to rekindle people's love of, indeed their spiritual connection to, the more-than-human world. Religious festivals, with their ecological roots, are one way of reaffirming this connection. According to Gutman, "The response from the public andend, I headed to a friend's house to get a bit of respite from the overpowering stimuli of urban India. My friend lives in an area of Pune that was, not long ago, a sleepy neighborhood surrounded by jungle; now if any jungle is to be found, it is a concrete one. Still, her family has kept a bit of greenery for themselves in the form of a backyard garden. All was peaceful in the garden as we sat, sipped water, and chatted about elephants and monsoons. The fading afternoon sun sent shafts of light through the leaves of the tropical trees: mango, papaya, custard apple, bamboo. Then came the piercing bang of drums, the shrill squeal of whistles, the echoing of raucous shouts. Yet another ear-splitting parade.


My friend's dog cowered in the corner. My friend sighed and muttered, "Isn't this the country that invented meditation?"

This is the paradox of India in general, and the Ganesh festival in particular: in Shashi Tharoor's words, "Whatever you can say about India, the opposite is also true." A festival first devoted to Earth's regenerating powers is now the cause of major pollution; a festival once intensely private and sacred has become a social gathering at times indistinguishable from a rave; a god has gone from Earth Mother consort to Buddhist to Brahmin to pan-Hindu. But now, with the help of groups like eCoexist, he is finding his way back to the Earth.

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So much so for your concern about Ganesh Chaturthi and its impact on environment, I wonderHyderabad: A delegation led by Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee Minorities department chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail on Saturday demanded an increase in quota for Backward sections of Muslims besides inclusion of left out groups in reservation net.

The delegation submitted a representation to the TSCBC, and pointed out various difficulties and legal hurdles faced by Congress governments in implementing Muslim reservation, which is continuing in the state due to a stay granted by the Supreme Court.

The delegation said the Sudheer Commission has made an honest attempt to prepare a comprehensive report on the backwardness of the Muslim community.


This little boy's kindness is so beautiful and pure.

When Josiah Duncan entered a fast food restaurant with his mother, the 5-year-old saw a homeless manand promptly questioned his mother about it. Upset by the man's plight, Josiahbegged his motherto buy him a hot meal. His mother agreed, but her son didn't stop there.

'I wanted to sing to him a blessing prayer'

After getting his mother's permission, Josiah Ducan presented himself to the homeless man and asked him what he would like to eat. But before the man began his meal, the little boy insisted on singing him a prayer. Watched by a dozen customers, the little boy sang his heart out to bless the man's meal. Moved by the youngster's kindness, the man began to cry. By the timeMonster In My Pocket

No one seems to remember these little plastic toys despite take over of the 90s

Monster In My Pocket was huge in the early 90s and I loved them! And I think I still am. The little monsters gained celebrity status as pocket-sized rubber figurines (painted all one colour) which could be found in

single packs:

packs of 4:

packs of 12:

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The monsters were found everywhere in the 90s, they were pogs, posters, toys, an NES video game, a short lived tv show (I think only one episode was aired and then the VHS was sold with a monster toy),

they were on the back of cereal boxes (Shreddies and others) and by 1994 they made it into the U.K.

A good friend of mine collected more of them than


was there were two factions of Monsters, and due to some botched up spell made to destroy the 'good' Monsters, it ended up transforming them all into six inch figures. As expected, the evil faction kept trying wreaking havoc on mankind while attempting to return themselves back to normal size, whereas the good ones kept foiling them and also wanted to find a way getting back to normal.

AND as with all cliched things, two kids find the good faction and discover the whole battle. The series didn't last too long though, due to the fact when Harvey passed on, the comic company fell into obscurity.

But Monster in My Pocket was popular because it wasn't just based on the classic monsters we know from film and mythology, but fromfor taking the Anti Tank Missile technology.

The proposal given to the ministry was based on the earlier request for information (RFI) and an expression of interest (EoI) for the Arjun tank (BMP-II). However, the ministry has still not finalized any decision.

According to retired Col HS Shankar an executive member of SIDM, the company has the capability to work on Anti Tank Missile technology because of which they have already expressed their interest.

He further said that DRDO is already working with many private companies for the Nag development so it is not a new task for them. According to him the combination will comprise of public and private companies for acquiring the Anti Tank Missile technology.

According to the terms and conditions of Directorate General of Mechanised Forces (DGMF) and


Quality patents.
Watermark Patent and Trademark Attorneys has recently been accepted by the Council of National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia as operating a Quality Management System that complies with the requirements of AS3901/ISO9001 for the creation and servicing of Australian and overseas patents, trademarks and designs and provision of related advice. It is believed that Watermark is the first firm of Patent Attorneys in the world to achieve this.High desert communities in Southern California on Saturday assessed damage and braced for potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that shook buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked fires near the remote epicenter of the second temblor in as many days.

The powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked the Mojave Desert town of Ridgecrest south of Death Valley National Park as darkness fell on Friday, jolting the area with eight times more force than a 6.4 quake that struck the same area 34 hours earlier.

California Governor Gavin Newsom placed the state Office of Emergency Services (OES) on its highest alert and requested federal assistance.

He told a news conference in Ridgecrest on Saturday that he had just got off a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking a presidential emergency


braced for potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that shook buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked fires near the remote epicenter of the second temblor in as many days.

High desert communities in Southern California on Saturday assessed damage and braced for potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that shook buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked fires near the remote epicenter of the second temblor in as many days.have – with my team – learnt tikanga Māori (customary practices), as well as our shared and sometimes painful history. I have built friendships. And I have delighted in seeing my children absorb Māori culture: doing their introductory pepehā, throwing themselves into kapahaka dance, and fully at ease at a haka pōwhiri (welcome ceremony), greeting by hongi after hongi after hongi.

When I expressed regret, on behalf of the British government, for the killing of nine Māori by Captain Cook’s crew 250 years ago, it was met with a wide range of responses. The response that mattered most was that of the local Tūranga iwi and hapū, the descendants of those killed, who responded with tears, warmth and friendship. I also received a large number of positive messages from


opening of Tū te Whaihanga, an exhibition of taonga (cultural treasures) that left the region 250 years ago, and are now back on loan from museums in the UK and Germany. And in November we took a delegation to the UK for He Whai Mātauranga (In Pursuit of Knowledge), a programme designed to enable greater access for Māori to taonga held in the UK, by building stronger relationships between iwi and UK cultural institutions. We also launched a UK scholarship programme, supporting three post-grad Māori museum studies students to do research in the UK in 2020, and hope that these connections, and this sharing of knowledge, will lead to even greater collaborations between the UK and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Whatever we may think of those first encounters 250 yearsPortugal has ordered a freeze on the bank accounts of the billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, who is currently the subject of a criminal investigation in Angola.

The public prosecutor’s office in Lisbon confirmed reports that dozens of personal and corporate accounts belonging to Dos Santos and her husband, Sindika Dokolo, were the subject of a seizure order.

The daughter of the former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, she is said to be Africa’s richest woman, with a fortune estimated at $2.2bn.

The order was prompted by a request from Angola, where Dos Santos has been named as a suspect in a criminal investigation into the misappropriation of funds from the state oil company, Sonangol.

“We confirm that the public prosecution service requested the seizure of bank accounts, as part of


the request for international judicial cooperation from the Angolan authorities,” the Portuguese prosecutor’s office told news agency Lusa.

Q&A What is the Luanda Leaks investigation? Show Hide The Luanda Leaks project is based on a trove of 715,000 emails, charts, contracts, audits and accounts detailing the business operations of Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the former president of Angola. The files were initially obtained by the anti-corruption charity Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF), which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The documents, which cover a period between 1980 and 2018, have been reviewed by more than 120 journalists from 37 media outlets, including the Guardian, the BBC and the Portuguese newspaper Expresso.

Dos Santos was appointed the chair of Sonangol as her fatherwas nearing the end of his 38-year term as president. Prosecutors are investigating the transfer of some $115m in consultancy fees which she allegedly authorised while at the helm of the company.

A spokesperson for Dos Santos did not immediately respond to a request for comment. She has previously rejected any suggestion of wrongdoing, describing allegations against her as “extremely misleading and untrue”. Dos Santos has said she is the subject of a “a very concentrated, orchestrated and well-coordinated political attack” led by Angola’s current president.

The empire she and her husband control spans banking, diamonds, oil, telecoms, property, engineering and supermarkets in Angola and Portugal. The couple own a number of homes in London and she has in the past referred to the UK capital as her main family


home.

In January, the Luanda Leaks investigation revealed numerous schemes apparently used by Dos Santos and her husband to obtain Angolan state funds during her father’s presidency. The revelations were based on a leak of 715,000 files obtained from administrators of the Dos Santos empire, obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and shared with news groups including the Guardian, the BBC and the New York Times.

Portugal is now the second country to have imposed a freeze on Dos Santos. In December, personal and corporate accounts belonging to her, her husband and a key adviser were frozen in Angola. Prosecutors say deals between the couple and state-owned businesses in the diamond and oil sectors harmed the state to the tune of $1bn. Angola is demanding compensation.

The Angolan attorneygeneral, Hélder Pitta Grós, reportedly requested the Portuguese seizure in a letter sent following a visit to Lisbon on 23 January, when he met with his Portuguese counterpart in order to request help with the prosecution against Dos Santos.

“At the meeting in Lisbon between the attorneys general of Angola and Portugal, and following requests for cooperation, the freezing of Isabel dos Santos’s personal and company accounts was requested as part of the seizure process in Angola,” a spokesperson for the Angolan attorney general told O Jornal Económico, adding that that request “was formalised in a letter rogatory sent after the visit, where these steps by the Portuguese justice are requested.”.


Labor leader Bill Shorten's parliamentary colleagues are pushing to make is easier for gay and transgender asylum seekers to get refugee status in Australia.

Federal MPs and party members from Labor's increasingly powerful Left faction are preparing to put forward a motion at July's national conference in Adelaide to change Australia's migration laws.

The Department of Home Affairs has warned such a move could see fraudulent refugee applications from places where same-sex attracted people are given the death penalty.

Labor MPs and activists are pushing to make is easier for gay and transgender asylum seekers to get refugee status in Australia (Oxford Street rally in Sydney for gay rights pictured)

New South Wales senator Doug Cameron, from Labor's hard-Left, said Australia had an obligation to help asylum seekers facing persecution

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just get my hands in there, under there." "The guillotine illusion is quite a scary prop." "It's designed not to cut anybody's head off, although, at the same time, it will cut things as well." "Well, as you know, the actors have learnt some tricks." "The movie's peppered with some real magicians." "There's a character in the movie called Wolfgang who puts out a cigarette on his tongue." "And that is played by a guy called Pat Page." "He's 74, one of the world's greatest magicians." "And Pat sold me my first magic tricks when I was 13." "He came into a magic shop I was working in at the time and bought some tricks, and I've known him ever since." "He gives me the odd job occasionallysince then." "Now I think you've possibly redefined it as defunct." "It was also based on two incredibly depraved..." "Those two TV execs, we went once to meet the two most depressing TV execs we'd ever met." "A guy who looked like he thought he was going to be fired, not the next day but later that afternoon." "And his young, much more up, assistant." "It was a great pairing, this." "And I love how tired and depressed the man is and how he chose magic." "Earlier in his career he maybe worked on shows that he cared about and now he's just..." "I said to him, "You used to be at LWT making big Saturday night shows," ""and now you're on cable."" "Yeah, exactly." "Most dead people


"Can't say how it's done." "But the timing is very important." "It's Scott Penrose's greatest trick." "Didn't create it, but he certainly brought it in for us." "He had the van." "He had the van." "Well, he had the props." "He sourced it." "You can see a couple of empty seats in that last shot of the audience." "And that's because that shot was done towards the end of the day." "When the unpaid extras had thought, "Sod this."" "Yeah, I think they were slowly discovering that watching a day's filming isn't at all like watching a film." "It's watching 40 seconds of a film again and again." "Unless you've got a job, a movie set's a very boring place." "Although Jessica went out and entertained the crowdall on the DVD." "Oh, yes." "There was a whole scene that we shot in..." "Where was it?" "It was in Kingston upon Thames town centre, of Harry doing tricks and not impressing the public supposedly from his wilderness years." "And it got cut immediately." "And there is this scene of Robert." "And there's a scene of Karl doing mind-reading for the children's party." "Oh, yeah." "And they're all going to be on the DVD." "And they're really funny scenes, but at the start of the film we just wanted to get on with the story, and get into it quicker, and not set up the characters which was the..." "So, that's the scene that was just picked up afterwards and we have just dressed part of that


was the Young Magician of the Year at 18?" "And let me show you this." "Come over here." "You're going to hate this, but come over here." "There's a poster here called "Cine-Magic."" "And that man there, that man, Noel Britten..." "Can you get a little close-up of Noel Britten?" "So, Noel Britten, who is a hilarious, very, very funny comedy magician, one of my heroes, he was the runner-up in the Young Magician of the Year." "And next to him, if you go next to him on that poster, next to him..." "The year I won it, Noel was second." "That man, that's Scott Penrose." "Scott is our magic consultant on our movie." "Along here, Richard McDougall." "Richard's a brilliant, brilliant magician and inventor, and Richard workedrailroad. A recent study by the Consumer Federation of America found that rail shipping rates for captive shippers are $3 billion higher than they would be if the market were competitive. These unjustified cost increases cause consumers to suffer higher electricity bills because a utility must pay for the high cost of transporting coal, results in higher prices for goods produced by manufacturers who rely on railroads to transport raw materials, reduces earnings for American farmers who ship their products by rail, and raises food prices paid by consumers.

Repeal of the railroad antitrust exemption is supported by the attorneys general of 20 States and a wide range of consumer organizations and leading industry trade organizations, including the American Public Power Association, the American Chemistry Council, the National Farmers


are not denied the benefit of competition in relation to these arrangements. With this agreement, we have avoided a potentially divisive floor debate and we have the solid support of the distinguished chairman of the Commerce Committee for repealing the antitrust exemption and addressing paper barriers.

I thank my friend from West Virginia for his compromise as well as his support for the need to reform the freight rail system in the United States in the interest of all parties, including rail shippers and consumers.

Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum.

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Black Beauty Ranch Participates in East Texas Giving Day

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Organized by East Texas Communities Foundation (ETCF), East Texas Giving Day is an 18-hour day of giving that provides critical funding for our area nonprofits. The purpose of an area-wide Giving Day is to bring the region together on one day and as one community, raising money and awareness for East Texas nonprofits.

Currently, Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch is raising funds to complete Phase Three of our new Primate Habitat. This innovative design for the primate facility will give Black Beauty's current macaques, capuchins and future monkey residents, rescued from the exotic pet trade and research labs, a richer life in new expansive habitats. These new yards will better satisfy their physical, social and psychological needs.to 2m barrels of oil.

“All appropriate authorities” have been alerted, and “all the necessary action is being taken to secure their well-being and early release”, the statement said.

The families of those abducted had been informed, it added.

“We are doing everything necessary to make sure that the 19 crew members will return safe,” an official at Navios told Reuters news agency.

The vessel was carrying crude for Indian refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp, a source at the company told Reuters. The vessel was chartered by French oil company Total to deliver Bonny Light oil to Vizag in southern India, the source said.

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Reising said Lewis didn’t do anything wrong but still felt badly for Jefferson.

On Dec. 31, 2006, Lewis, a one-man road patrol officer, responded to a report of multiple gunshots fired from a house on Pierson Road, according to court records.

The officer approached a trio of men armed with handguns and shotguns outside the house and ordered them to drop their weapons, police reported.

Soon after, Jefferson opened the side door of the house. Court records show the officer thought he saw a flash that could have been a gun muzzle.

Believing he was fired upon, Lewis fired one shot from his city-issued shotgun at Jefferson, who turned out to be unarmed, court records said.

She was shot in the arm and chest with at least five shotgun pellets from about 7their biggest hits at the recording studios of Sir George Martin on Montserrat.

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The northern half of the island hasn’t been touched by the volcano and plans are underway to construct a new capital city there. Restaurants, a dive shop and a wine bar are already operating in Marine Village at Little Bay.

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020

Protesters gathered in front of the governor's residence Friday afternoon. Footage from Chopper 5, which flew above, showed hundreds gathered at the location.

On Facebook, the group planning the protests says, "Thousands of lives are being destroyed right now. It is not the governor's place to restrict free movement of Minnesota citizens! Gov. Walz you work for the citizens of this state! Minnesota's economy must be reopened for business or destroying the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Minnesota citizens and their families may result if we don't act quickly!"

Trump also tweeted about similar movements in other states.

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Speaking to ambassadors from Islamic countries ahead of ‘Qods Day’ (‘Jerusalem Day’), an annual Iranian anti-Zionist event established in 1979 by Ayatollah Khomeini and which falls this year on August 17, Ahmadinejad said that a “horrible Zionist current” had been managing world affairs for “about 400 years.”

Rural Indiana is one of the last places you might expect to find people discussing international politics or holding forums on Christian-Muslim relations. But the Middle Eastern Cultural Association (MECA) at Taylor University is doing precisely that.

On February 2nd, roughly three hundred students crowded into a standing-room only auditorium to hear Dr. Michael Rydelnik, author and Professor of Jewish Studies at Moody Bible Institute, give a talk entitled “Understanding the Arab Israeli Conflict.” The talk, though polite, did create


When Lorrie Crisci’s son Alex came out to her as gay at 12 years old, she held him close as he wept in her arms. Her tears came later.

“I remember crying myself to sleep that night, not because he was gay, but because I knew life would be harder for him,” she said.

Lorrie immediately began searching for local support groups online, but came up empty-handed. She found a Naples chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, but the organization was geared toward helping parents accept LGBTQ — or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning — children. Lorrie, who had no trouble embracing her newly out son, was more concerned with how he’d be received in school.

“He had a rough time. People were already askinghim if he was gay throughout middle school,” she said. “After he came out, he got really depressed; he didn’t want to go to school anymore. It was frustrating. I just wanted him to feel like he belonged.”

When Alex returned home crying one day after a group of football players called him a derogatory term in gym class, she felt helpless. Though school administrators offered to discipline the offending students, Alex feared retaliation and asked they not be punished.

According to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network 2011 national survey, 60 percent of LGBTQ youths chose not to report incidents of bullying to school authorities, and, of those who did, one-third said staff did nothing.

The same survey also showed that LGBTQ youths who were subjected to frequent harassment


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So when a friend told Lorrie about the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, she breathed a sigh of relief. The network is a national organization with 39 local chapters that aim to make schools a safe place for LGBT students. The network's Collier chapter was co-founded last year by Collier County Public School psychologist Jana Csenger.

Jana Csenger, a school psychologist at Collier County Public Schools and the co-chair of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network's Naples chapter, speaks at a GLSEN event at Wells Fargo at the Mercato on Sept. 30, 2016.(Photo11: Annika Hammerschlag)

Csenger had been overseeing a group of students at Golden Gate High School who wanted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance club, a support network for students ofFlaugh, of the Southwest Florida Citizens Alliance who also spoke at the meeting, argued the policy would have a negative impact on Collier schools. "It's actually taking away the right to privacy of the other 46,000 students," he said.

The Collier school district chose not to adopt President Obama's directive, and thus there is no countywide policy on transgender bathroom use. "In the few instances that issues have arisen, the district has worked with transgender students and parents on a case-by-case basis," Collier schools spokeswoman Jennifer Kupiec said.

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Moray Leisure Centre ice rink saved

Councillors today agreed to install a new ice plant at Moray Leisure Centre in Elgin.

The ice rink had been facing closure at the end of this year after European legislation outlawing the gas used to refrigerate the rink.

However, at a special meeting of the full council, it was agreed to go for a replacement ice plant.

Councillor Douglas Ross, who sits on the board of Moray Leisure Centre, found unanimous backing for his proposal.

The decision follows a plea in 'The Northern Scot' print version last week from Ice4All, a group representing all users of the ice rink, for the rink to be saved.

Councillor Ross said: "I have been a long supporter of the ice facility in Moray. It is used by many people acrossMoray."

The council and Moray Leisure have had a lease and funding agreement since the centre opened in 1993, with the council currently funding the centre by over £600,000 a year.

Councillor Ross added: "This decision will give an assurance to the many users of the rink that the council is committed to its future and will spend a little more money to install a new plant rather than investing in other potential short-term measures.

"The overall message is that the ice rink’s future is guaranteed and the council has agreed an option for the ice plant which provides security for the long-term future of the facility."

He motion was backed by Elgin North Councillor Barry Jarvis.

He said: "It has been clear from the start of the leisure and recreation review that


there are a great amount of people in Moray who highly value the unique facility which has helped produce a number of high quality athletes across a number of sports including Paralympic medallists."

The council will now commission an independent assessment to identify the best ice plant system, with a report going back to council as soon as possible.

The final cost of the new plant will attract 50% funding from SportScotland, the national sports agency.

Graeme Summers, chairman of Ice4All, who attended the meeting, said: "We are absolutely delighted by the decision. This is fantastic news."

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filed on January 26, 2004, is identical to Claim No. 9, except that it attaches a one-page "Summary of Exhibits and Certificate of Service" stating that an account summary and copies of certain billing statements are available upon request.
Because Retailers did not file a formal response to the debtors' objection and did not appear at the hearing, the Court made an oral ruling, later reflected in its Memorandum Decision on Objections to Claims dated April 13, 2004 ("Memorandum Decision"), that Retailers' claim ought to be disallowed because of its failure to provide supporting documentation and to formally respond to the debtors' objection. On June 3, 2004, nearly two months after issuance of the Court's Memorandum Decision, but prior to the entry of an order on Retailers' claims, RetailersChapter 13 trustee that acknowledged receipt of the objection to Retailers' claim and enclosed a copy of the amended claim with supporting documents attached, including three years of billing statements. Retailers believed that at that point it had satisfied the debtors' objection.
Counsel for the debtors admits that he received Retailers' January 20, 2004 letter with the amended claim and supporting documents, but because he was moving his office at the time, it appears he was not aware of these documents until the motion for reconsideration was filed. He contends that the letter did not relieve Retailers of its obligation to file the documents supporting the claim with the Court and to file a formal response to the claims objection prior to the scheduled hearing. He also points out


to abuse men, or teaching your daughter that abuse is not okay. This advertising campaign to end rape. Ends with the tagline 'rape is a hate crime against women.' Implying both that only women can be victims and only men can be aggressors. Subverted in this ad, in which the end reveals that the abuser is a woman, and the victim is a man.

ad, in which the end reveals that the abuser is a woman, and the victim is a man. The "Men Can Stop Rape" ◊ ad campaign. It's in the title, but in three out of the four depicted relationships the partner who may have been raped is female, and the one relationship that features a potential male victim is gay.

ad campaign. It's in the title,is actually also treated sympathetically and given a happy ending like everyone else.

. But the female abusers are not treated as such or given irredeemable status. The male Orochi who also tries to rape Himeko, however, is actually also treated sympathetically and given a happy ending like everyone else. Subverted in Fruits Basket. Akito, the head of the Sohma family, abuses the Juunishi in every way imaginable, but he's actually a she . In fact, most abuse is parental and Ren, the Yandere Big Bad - who's responsible for turning Akito into a villain- is female. issues. Overall, the series shows its female characters as a roughly even mix of bad (the above) and good.

. In fact, most abuse is parental issues. Overall, the series shows its female


characters as a roughly even mix of bad (the above) and good. As good as Confidential Confessions was about showcasing tough issues, it was unfortunately guilty of this trope. All abuse, be it physical, emotional, or sexual, was committed by a man. The worst a female could be was a "mere" bully.

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Subverted in Impulse, where one of Bart's classmates is terrified of disappointing his father and is showing signs of being abused. Bart naturally suspects the father, but it turns out to be the boy's mother, who is mentally imbalanced and is keeping her actions a secret from her husband. As soon as the father discovers this, he intervenes to protect his son; Bart is not needed. The Flash himself, Wally West, also plays with this. Whilehis father is physically abusive and generally a Hate Sink, his mother is nearly as bad, as she manipulates Wally for her own financial gain and went out of her way to crush his dreams as a child.

The DC Reboot very jarringly changed Jonathan Crane's Freudian Excuse from being abused by his fanatically religious great-grandmother to being experimented on by his Mad Scientist father (the father had been previously shown as an ex-military type who abandoned him, with no indication he was a scientist).

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Though She Stole My Voice, a documentary about lesbian rape, averts this trope overall, the interviews uphold it. Many people state that women cannot rape or that they would much rather see their girlfriends raped by women than by men since men are more


of a real threat. Zig Zagged though: the lack of acknowledgement of female-male rapes implies only women can be victims of rape. Although the rapist can be a woman as well as a male.

It seems every Lifetime movie is about a woman being abused in some way by a man, except for the 1993 TV movie Men Don't Tell, which features Judith Light abusing Peter Strauss. Naturally enough, no one believes that Strauss's character is being abused until his daughter tells police that she "doesn't want Mommy to hurt Daddy anymore." In 2008, 15 years after Men Don't Tell was broadcast, one New York Times reviewer did a special article about Men Don't Tell. In this article, the reviewer pointed out that while many Lifetime Movie of theWeek featuring battered women had, since their initial broadcast, been repeated over and over and over and over and over, Men Don't Tell had only ever been broadcast once. She (the reviewer) specifically cited this trope almost by name as the reason why. In response to the review, Lifetime rebroadcast the film. But only once. The lack of rebroadcast before was apparently due to protests by women's groups.

Although not every man in the Bollywood film Lajja is abusive, all the abuse in the film is committed by men. The women in the film are all presented as pure and innocent, and many have been abused by the men or policies created by them.

In A Wrinkle in Time, the Happy Medium shows a vision of Calvin being verbally abused


by his father. In the book, the vision was of his mother physically abusing one of his siblings.

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The Canadian bluegrass group The Dead South have a song entitled "In Hell I'll Be in Good Company." It tells the story of a man who was horribly abused by his wife for years until finally she stabs him with a knife, intending to kill him. Instead, he manages to kill her in self-defense. Despite the fact that he was continually the victim, and despite the fact that her death was self-defense, the song ends with the man sitting on death row, awaiting execution for her "murder."

The video for John Legend's "Ordinary People" includes a mutually abusive couple. While at one point the man does slap the woman with theback of his hand, she is the one to instigate by being verbally abusive and pushing him. (Not that this is an excuse, mind.)

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In the The Vagina Monologues, a thirteen-year-old girl is assaulted by an adult man, and its presented as horrific. But when a woman does the same thing, its somehow portrayed as some sick comeback. The protagonist even says "if it was rape, it was a good rape." Eve Ensler, the person who wrote it, even admitted that until the horrors of Abu Ghraib she didnt think that woman could possibly be abusers.

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An aversion of this forms the heart of The Binding of Isaac — Isaac's mother is completely unhinged. Played for extreme Black Comedy.

A major plot point in Among the Sleep is an


aversion of this, as the kid's mother is an abusive alcoholic. However, to the displeasure of many players, the DLC reveals that it's also played straight because the father is abusive towards her.

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In one Whateley story, during what's a private pool party with undertones of an informal recruitment drive, the notional leader of Poe cottage's "lesbian" faction drops the "without men, rape comes to a screeching halt" bombshell at one point. OTOH, at least two female sexual predators are seen, and another is accused of being one but later shown to be innocent (of that, at least; as Songbird herself said, no one who worked for Freya had clean hands).

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(3) petitioner's failure to "intelligently" waive his constitutional rights when he signed a waiver following his arrest and prior to making incriminatory statements.
Familiarity is assumed with the trial and appellate records. Lawson had received in Hong Kong, from one George Louise, four canisters which Lawson was to deliver in New York City to a person whom he was to contact there. The evidence established that the canisters contained heroin of great purity, 91.2%. Petitioner had flown the them from Hong Kong to Seattle, Washington. When searched at the airport, they were found stuffed in his underwear.[1] Following his arrest and after Miranda warnings Lawson agreed to cooperate with


the authorities. Several days later he made a controlled delivery in New York to Milan Lama, who was named and convicted as a codefendant. Lawson denied he knew that the canisters contained heroin. He testified he was told by Louise that the contents of the canisters were cancer medicine, and that he specifically asked Louise if the substance was heroin, cocaine, opium, "or anything like that" and was absolutely assured by Louise it was medicine.[2] The jury was instructed to acquit the defendant if it found that the government had failed to establish its burden of proof that Lawson knew the illicit nature of the contents of the canisters.[3] The jury's verdict indicated Lawson's claim was rejected.
Petitioner's initial claim is that his trial lawyer failed to present tothe jury exculpatory evidence, consisting of cancer medicine literature found during a search of George Louise's hotel room upon his arrest in Hong Kong. The search also turned up heroin, cocaine, hashish and a number of financial records suggestive of narcotic transactions. The information was furnished to the defense as Brady material.[4] Petitioner's trial counsel, John P. Curley, Esq.[5] sought a stipulation with respect to the cancer medicine material found in the room in Hong Kong. The government was agreeable to a stipulation upon condition that it extend to the other materials found in the room  that is, the heroin, cocaine, hashish and financial records. This Court observed that the two types of evidence could not be separated since they were the fruits of a single search.


Attorney Curley declined the government's offer to stipulate to all materials found in the room. Thus, the jury was not informed of the cancer medicine literature, which petitioner now contends deprived him of exculpatory evidence, and hence he was denied competent representation by counsel with consequent denial of a fair trial.
A preliminary bar to relief to this claim is that it was raised by petitioner on appeal. He filed a pro se supplemental brief with the Court of Appeals in which, in part, he argued that he was denied a fair trial because, "The fact that cancer literature was found at the scene of Mr. George Louise's arrest was not presented to the jury." Thus, the issue was before the Court of Appeals and, while the Court inthe light of the foregoing, the instant claim is frivolous. It must be presumed that each juror not only followed the Court's instruction,[17] but also adhered to his or her specific and solemn representation of impartiality and capacity to render a verdict solely on the evidence. Moreover, if anything, the incident was potentially dangerous to the government since the Assistant United States Attorney, then trying a narcotics violation case, was accused of the theft of the heroin that was the subject of the indictment. In fact, it was the concern of the prosecution that the incident was inherently prejudicial to the prosecution that led to the voir dire of the jurors to obtain assurance of their ability to continue as impartial jurors.
Finally, petitioner contends that when he signed


Seattle, Washington and again in New York City, before he was interviewed by DEA Agent Hubbard; that he fully understood his rights; and that he voluntarily and intelligently waived them. Indeed, Lawson conceded that he agreed to be interviewed by Agent Hubbard because he wanted to cooperate as fully as he could. Record at 65. Furthermore, in Seattle, Lawson signed a cooperation agreement with the Government in which he acknowledged that he would be prosecuted for his alleged conduct but expressly waived his Miranda rights as well as his right to a prompt arraignment before a United States Magistrate pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 5(a). Gov't exhibit 10. In any event, a delay in arraigning a defendant does not require, but merely permits, exclusion of inculpatory statements made voluntarily byit has done Howard the favor of rekindling interest in something he wrote in 2015.

A mild-mannered Manhattan lawyer of unfailing gentility and civility, Howard is no fire-breathing Cromwell. Rather, he is a combination of Candide and Sisyphus, his patient optimism undiminished by redundant evidence that government resists common-sensical legal and regulatory reforms of the sort he pushes up the mountain of bureaucracy when not serving as senior counsel at the white-shoe law firm of Covington & Burling.

In September 2015, Howard, founder and chair of the reform advocacy group Common Good, published the paper “Two Years Not Ten Years: Redesigning Infrastructure Approvals.” In it, he argued that time is money, and that the United States is wasting enormous amounts of both with an infrastructure approval system that is an


in the rural districts forms, however, a very small proportion of the company's activities. Insofar as it does business in Washington, D. C., the company is subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia. Similar regulatory bodies of Maryland and Virginia have comparable authority over the business carried on by the company in those States.
On July 28, 1950, the company submitted to the Commission an application for an increase of rates. The Commission conducted a series of hearings on this petition, at which detailed testimony and voluminous documentary evidence was introduced. On February 12, 1951, the Commission rendered a decision (Order No. 3762) granting certain increases. The opinion and the findings of the Commission indicate that the matter was studied in great detailin the District of Columbia and adjoining territory, and is a large consumer of direct current. It asserts that the rates fixed for the power furnished to it are too high. The third appellant, the United States of America, is also a large consumer and objects to the increase of rates so far as it is concerned.
At the outset it is important to chart the scope of judicial review. These proceedings differ in principle from actions brought by public utilities challenging a rate fixing order on the ground that the rates are confiscatory. Proceedings of the latter type present questions of deprivation of constitutional rights and, therefore, entitle the aggrieved party to broad judicial review. These appeals, on the other hand, are brought by consumers who claim that


thirty days after the publication of its final order or decision. It is objected by the respondents that the United States of America is not entitled to be heard on appeal because of alleged failure to comply with this requirement. Admittedly the United States filed no petition for reconsideration within the thirty-day period after the promulgation of the first order of the Commission, that is Order No. 3762, dated February 12, 1951. Such a petition was filed by it, however, within thirty days after the making of the final order of the Commission, dated March 20, 1951. On preliminary motions to dismiss the appeal of the Government, this Court held that the United States satisfied the statutory provision, since the first order of the Commission was in effectCommission reduced the local rates of the telephone company for its Chicago business. The company brought suit to enjoin the enforcement of the order claiming that the rates were confiscatory. The Commission had made no distinction between the intrastate and interstate activities of the utility, but reached its conclusions on the basis of the total Chicago property of the company, although a part of it was used for purposes of interstate commerce. The Supreme Court held that the failure to make an allocation of property, costs, and revenues as between the two branches of the business was erroneous. Mr. Chief Justice Hughes wrote as follows on this point:
"The separation of the intrastate and interstate property, revenues and expenses of the company is important not simply as a theoretical


in mind the admonition of Chief Justice Hughes that, "The proper regulation of rates can be had only by maintaining the limits of state and federal jurisdiction". 282 U.S. at page 149, 51 S.Ct. at page 69, 75 L.Ed. 255.
A shift in the attitude of the Supreme Court on this question was displayed in Wabash Valley Elec. Co. v. Young, 287 U.S. 488, 497-498, 53 S.Ct. 234-236, 77 L.Ed. 447. An Indiana public utility company supplied electric power to a large number of cities and towns within the State, including the city of Martinsville, where the company owned a local plant. The State Commission reduced the rates to be charged for electric service in Martinsville. The Company brought suit to enjoin the enforcement of the order on theground that the new rates were confiscatory. It was urged by the company that the Commission erred in segregating the value of the property used in connection with the service furnished to Martinsville, and in failing to consider the entire operating property of the company as a unit in fixing the rate base. The Court called attention to the fact that the only question to consider was whether the method adopted by the Commission was constitutional under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court concluded that the method adopted by the Commission was immune to constitutional attack. In discussing this subject, the Court made the following significant observations:

"Normally, the unit for rate-making purposes, we may assume, would be the entire interconnected operating property of a


1304, there was involved an order of a Texas State Commission prescribing the rates for domestic gas supplied by the Lone Star Gas Company to distributing companies in Texas. The company operated pipe lines and sold gas in numerous communities in Texas and Oklahoma. The Texas Commission treated the company property as an integrated system and in that way included the Oklahoma property and operations with the Texas property and activities, in fixing the rates to be charged in Texas. The utility, claiming that the rates were confiscatory, instituted an action to restrain the enforcement of the order. The State insisted that the utility should offer proof to make a segregation as between intrastate and interstate business, and as between Texas and Oklahoma properties and operations. The SupremeDistrict of Columbia was not required to make a segregation as between property used in the District of Columbia business, and that employed in furnishing service in Maryland or Virginia. This case falls within the category of a utility subject to regulation by two or more States. As indicated above, in such a situation no segregation is mandatory.
From a social and economic standpoint, the use of the entire property of the company as a rate base seems sound. The same power house supplies electric current to customers in the District of Columbia and to customers in Maryland and Virginia. A segregation would be purely artificial and, in part at least, arbitrary. Metropolitan areas of large cities located near a State line frequently grow beyond State boundaries. The metropolitan


than those whose homes are close by. The District of Columbia boundary with recent movements of population becomes very largely a theoretical line, for the metropolitan area of Washington, like the metropolitan areas of many other large cities, is a single unit to all intents and purposes.
A similar result was recently reached by a three-judge statutory court in the Eastern District of Virginia, in reviewing an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission increasing rates of a company that operated buses between Washington and points in nearby Virginia. In that case the Commission failed to segregate intrastate from interstate revenues and expenses, and an objection was made to the refusal of the Commission to do so. The Court overruled this contention in County Board of Arlington County, Va. v.by the Cypriot parliament on Monday, would become a dangerous template for future bailouts in the bloc and set off turmoil, after the market has grown more confident in the bloc's recovery in the past few months.

"The Cyprus crisis is bearish euro and bullish dollar, which is mathematically negative for gold," said Jeremy Friesen, commodity strategist at Societe Generale in Hong Kong.

"But it does raise the question how the ECB is going to continue to allow tightening of credit, which has been happening as a result of LTRO repayment."

The ECB pumped over a trillion euros into money markets in two long-term refinancing loans (LTROs), in December 2011 and February 2012, to provide liquidity for banks.

Friesen said if the ECB could turn on the tap again and help its


ETF Focus: South Korea

Feature Stories News:

Exchange traded funds tracking South Korea have been volatile this week following the death of Kim Jong Il. The nuclear power to the north has named an untried successor, but Monday’s sharp decline in South Korean ETFs was followed by a quick rebound after country’s National Pension Service stepped in.

The iShares MSCI South Korea (NYSEArca: EWY) was down 4% on Monday and IndexIQ South Korea Small Cap ETF (NYSEArca: SKOR) was down 7%%. In contrast, EWY and SKOR were recovered 4% and 6%, respectively, on Tuesday.

Many observers are concerned that North Korea’s inexperienced successor, Kim Jong Un, the youngest of Kim Jong Il’s sons and newly dubbed four-star general, may be a wild card.

Kim Jon Un “has had little preparation in cultivating hishistory, judicial clerkships, bar admission, alternate career considerations, and job offers. Opinions were collected about what respondents thought the most important factors were in obtaining a job offer and their first job, in determining which sector to begin their professional career, and in choosing an employer. Further questions asked about political participation and participation in social and community organizations. A number of questions were asked about respondents' undergraduate education, their transition to law school and decision to attend law school, their law school education and activities, their educational financing and debt, and their transition to their legal career. Demographic variables include sex, race, age, marital status, household makeup, personal income, household income, spouses' occupation, political party affiliation, parent's nationality, parent's education, parent's occupation when the respondent was in


office, especially with respect to economic and foreign
affairs. In addition, each survey provides information on respondents'
views concerning other social and political issues, as well as
respondents' personal backgrounds. The surveys were conducted in
January, April, June, September (twice), and October (twice). The
October surveys took place before and after President Reagan's speech
about Grenada on October 27, 1983. The October samples are weighted
separately, and two discrete datasets, which may be analyzed
separately or combined, are available (Parts 6 and 7). Topics covered
in Part 1, January Survey, include Reagan's handling of economic and
foreign affairs, various proposals to reduce the federal deficit,
unemployment, and Social Security. In Part 2, April Survey,
individuals responded to questions about Reagan's handling of economic
and foreign affairs, the environment, and defense policy, and were
also asked about their willingness to vote for aBlack candidate,
candidates endorsed by labor unions, and candidates endorsed by
homosexual organizations. Two versions of the questionnaire were used,
to test alternative question wording. For Part 3, June Survey,
questions were asked on Reagan's presidency, possible presidential
candidates in 1984, foreign policy, economic policy, merit pay for
public school teachers, federal spending on education, and
tennis. Part 4, Plane Survey, queried respondents about the Korean
passenger plane shot down by the Soviet Union in September 1983,
including their opinions on the American response to the attack. The
questionnaire also included questions about Reagan's handling of
foreign and economic policy. Part 5, September Survey, covered
telephone service, United States troops in Lebanon, possible
presidential candidates, and President Reagan's handling of economic
and foreign policy. Two versions of the questionnaire were used, to
test alternative question wording. A question about the cease-fire
agreement in Lebanon


files.
The United States Census Bureau conducts a Census of Governments every five years, in years ending in "2" or "7," to collect information about governments in the United States. The Finance Statistics branch of the 1997 Census of Governments describes the revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets of state and local governments. This data collection includes nine datasets, including individual unit data, county area data, and summaries by type-of-government (including several state summaries by individual types of governments). This data was collected for the individual government fiscal years that ended between July 1, 1996 and June 30, 1997.
Cf.: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04423.v2
government expendituresicpsrgovernment revenuesicpsrgovernment spendingicpsrlocal governmenticpsrstate governmenticpsrcensusicpsrcensus dataicpsrdebticpsreconomic activityicpsrfinanceicpsrgovernmenticpsrICPSR XX. Fast TrackICPSR VIII.C. Governmental Structures, Policies, and Capabilities, Statistics on Government OperationsUnited States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the CensusInter-university Consortium forrespondents could be expected to recall fairly accurately
for three months or longer. Consumer units, which are roughly
equivalent to households, are interviewed once every three months over
a 15-month period. During the fifth and final interview, an annual
supplement is used to generate a financial profile of the household as
a whole. Included in this profile is information on unemployment
compensation, alimony and child support, and changes in assets and
liabilities. For each quarter of 1982 and 1983 and for the first
quarter of 1984 there are four files of data in this collection. The
Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files contain consumer
unit characteristics, consumer unit income, characteristics and
earnings of the reference person, and characteristics and earnings of
the spouse. The Member Characteristics and Income (MEMB) files supply
selected characteristics for each consumer unit member, including
reference person


asked to maintain expense records, or
diaries, of all purchases made each day for two consecutive one-week
periods. Diaries are designed to record information on small,
frequently purchased items such as food, beverages, food consumed away
from home, gasoline, housekeeping supplies, nonprescription drugs and
medical supplies, and personal care products and services. Information
is also elicited at the end of the two-week period on work experience,
occupation, industry, retirement status, member earnings from wages and
salaries, net income from business or profession, net income from one's
own farm, and income from other sources. The Consumer Unit
Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files supply information on consumer
unit characteristics, consumer unit income, characteristics and
earnings of the reference person and his or her spouse. Member
Characteristics (MEMB) files contain selected characteristics for each
consumer unit member, including reference person and spouse, and the
Detailed Expendituresproducts and services. Information is also
elicited at the end of the two-week period on work experience,
occupation, industry, retirement status, member earnings from wages and
salaries, net income from business or profession, net income from one's
own farm, and income from other sources. The unit of analysis for the
Consumer Expenditure Surveys is the consumer unit, consisting of all
members of a particular housing unit who are related by blood,
marriage, adoption, or some other legal arrangement. Consumer unit
determination for unrelated persons is based on financial independence.
The Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files supply
information on consumer unit characteristics, consumer unit income, and
characteristics and earnings of the reference person and his or her
spouse. Member Characteristics (MEMB) files contain selected
characteristics for each consumer unit member, including reference
person and spouse. The Detailed Expenditures (EXPN) files present
weekly


away from home, gasoline, housekeeping
supplies, nonprescription drugs and medical supplies, and personal care
products and services. Information is also elicited at the end of the
two-week period on work experience, occupation, industry, retirement
status, member earnings from wages and salaries, net income from
business or profession, net income from one's own farm, and income from
other sources. The unit of analysis for the Consumer Expenditure
Surveys is the consumer unit, consisting of all members of a particular
housing unit who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or some
other legal arrangement. Consumer unit determination for unrelated
persons is based on financial independence. The Consumer Unit
Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files supply information on consumer
unit characteristics, consumer unit income, and characteristics and
earnings of the reference person and his or her spouse. Member
Characteristics (MEMB) files contain selected characteristics for each
consumerend of the
two-week period on work experience, occupation, industry, retirement
status, earnings from wages and salaries, net income from business or
profession, net income from one's own farm, and income from other
sources. The Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files
supply information on consumer unit characteristics, consumer unit
income, and characteristics and earnings of the reference person and
his or her spouse. A consumer unit consists of all members of a
particular housing unit who are related by blood, marriage, adoption,
or some other legal arrangement. Consumer unit determination for
unrelated persons is based on financial independence. Member
Characteristics (MEMB) files contain selected characteristics for each
consumer unit member, including reference person and spouse. The
Detailed Expenditures (EXPN) files present weekly data on expenditures
at the Universal Classification Code (UCC) level, while the Income
(DTAB) files contain weekly data on income


consumer
information on small, frequently purchased items such as food,
beverages, food consumed away from home, gasoline, housekeeping
supplies, nonprescription drugs and medical supplies, and personal care
products and services. Participants were asked to maintain expense
records, or diaries, of all purchases made each day for two consecutive
one-week periods. Information was also elicited at the end of the
two-week period on work experience, occupation, industry, retirement
status, earnings from wages and salaries, net income from business or
profession, net income from one's own farm, and income from other
sources. The Consumer Unit Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files
supply information on consumer unit characteristics, consumer unit
income, and characteristics and earnings of the reference person and
his or her spouse. A consumer unit consists of all members of a
particular housing unit who are related by blood, marriage, adoption,
or some other legalhabits of American
consumers and also furnishes data to support periodic revisions of the
Consumer Price Index. The survey consists of two separate components:
(1) a quarterly Interview Survey in which each consumer unit in the
sample is interviewed every three months over a 15-month period, and
(2) a Diary Survey completed by the sample consumer units for two
consecutive one-week periods. The Diary Survey contains consumer
information on small, frequently purchased items such as food,
beverages, food consumed away from home, gasoline, housekeeping
supplies, nonprescription drugs and medical supplies, and personal
care products and services. Participants were asked to maintain
expense records, or diaries, of all purchases made each day for two
consecutive one-week periods. The Consumer Unit Characteristics and
Income (FMLY) files supply information on consumer unit
characteristics, consumer unit income, and characteristics and
earnings of the reference person and his


purchased items such as food,
beverages, food consumed away from home, gasoline, housekeeping
supplies, nonprescription drugs and medical supplies, and personal
care products and services. Participants were asked to maintain
expense records, or diaries, of all purchases made each day for two
consecutive one-week periods. The Consumer Unit Characteristics and
Income (FMLY) files supply information on consumer unit
characteristics, consumer unit income, and characteristics and
earnings of the reference person and his or her spouse. A consumer
unit consists of all members of a particular housing unit who are
related by blood, marriage, adoption, or some other legal
arrangement. Consumer unit determination for unrelated persons is
based on financial independence. Member Characteristics (MEMB) files
contain selected characteristics and earnings for each consumer unit
member, including information on relationship to reference person. The
Detailed Expenditures (EXPN) files present weekly data on expenditures
at the Universaldata to support periodic revisions of the
Consumer Price Index. The survey consists of two separate components:
(1) a quarterly Interview Survey in which each consumer unit in the
sample is interviewed every three months over a fifteen-month period,
and (2) a Diary Survey completed by the sample consumer units for two
consecutive one-week periods. The Diary Survey contains consumer
information on small, frequently purchased items such as food,
beverages, food consumed away from home, gasoline, housekeeping
supplies, nonprescription drugs and medical supplies, and personal
care products and services. Participants are asked to maintain
expense records, or diaries, of all purchases made each day for two
consecutive one-week periods. The Consumer Unit Characteristics and
Income (FMLY) files supply information on consumer unit
characteristics, consumer unit income, and characteristics and
earnings of the reference person and his or her spouse. A consumer
unit consists


and Income (FMLY) files supply information on
consumer unit characteristics, consumer unit income, and
characteristics and earnings of the reference person and his or her
spouse. A consumer unit consists of all members of a particular
housing unit who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or some
other legal arrangement. Consumer unit determination for unrelated
persons is based on financial independence. Member Characteristics
(MEMB) files contain selected characteristics and earnings for each
consumer unit member, including information on relationship to
reference person. The Detailed Expenditures (EXPN) files present
weekly data on expenditures at the Universal Classification Code
(UCC) level, while Income (DTAB) files contain data on CU
characteristics and income at the UCC level. Part 20, Documentation
File, includes a sample program and a list of the FMLY, MEMB, EXPN,
and DTAB variables by start position. Part 17, Aggregation File, and
Part 18,Index. The survey consists of two separate
components: (1) a quarterly Interview Survey in which each consumer
unit in the sample is interviewed every three months over a
fifteen-month period, and (2) a Diary Survey completed by the sample
consumer units for two consecutive one-week periods. The Diary Survey
contains consumer information on small, frequently-purchased items
such as food, beverages, food consumed away from home, gasoline,
housekeeping supplies, nonprescription drugs and medical supplies,
and personal care products and services. Participants are asked to
maintain expense records, or diaries, of all purchases made each day
for two consecutive one-week periods. The Consumer Unit
Characteristics and Income (FMLY) files supply information on
consumer unit characteristics, consumer unit income, and
characteristics and earnings of the reference person and his or her
spouse. A consumer unit consists of all members of a particular
housing unit who are


data, produced by the United
Nations, the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development. Seventy lesser-developed countries located in
Subsaharan Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean,
Asia, and southern Europe are included. These countries were selected
on the basis of data availability. The variables provide information
on exports as a proportion of Gross National Product (GNP), export
concentration, commodity concentration, trade composition, terms of
trade, types of investment, aid concentration, debt service, arms
transfers, educational indicators, social welfare indicators, taxes,
unemployment, security measures, GNP indicators, index of national
resource endowment, and population.
Cf.: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09021.v1
arms tradeicpsrbalance of tradeicpsrcommoditiesicpsrdebticpsrdefense spendingicpsrdeveloping nationsicpsreducationicpsrexportsicpsrforeign aidicpsrforeign investmentsicpsrgovernmenticpsrGross National Producticpsrimportsicpsrinternational economicsicpsrmilitary strengthicpsrnational defenseicpsrnationsicpsrnatural resourcesicpsrpopulationicpsrpower structuresicpsrsocial welfareicpsrtaxesicpsrunemploymenticpsrwealthicpsrICPSR XI.C. International Systems: Linkages, Relationships, and Events, Structural Characteristics of the International SystemIDRC I. Conflict DataIDRC II. Economic DataMahler, Vincent A.Inter-university Consortium for Political and Socialis freely available to ICPSR member institutions.Also available as downloadable files.
This collection presents detailed data on school system
finances at the school district level, including: (1) receipt by type
and source, including distribution of federal funds by program, (2)
expenditures by category, including current expenditures and capital
outlay, (3) debt service, (4) cash and investment assets, and (5)
attendance and membership data. Information collected for this project
provides statistics to aid in implementation of the provisions of the
National Defense Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act, and the Education Amendments of 1974, as well as in determining
educational needs and indicating how resources are utilized at the
local level. The data for 1973-1974 were compiled by the Bureau of the
Census, while earlier data (1969-1973, except 1972) were collected by
the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), ELSEGIS