been willing to stand by the memorandum of understanding," Kaites said after the meeting. "At no point did we walk away from that."

The NHL purchased the team out of bankruptcy last September with the stated intention of selling it to a buyer who would keep the franchise in Arizona. But the league has said repeatedly that if no local buyer can be found, it would look to find a buyer elsewhere.

"From our perspective this is nothing more than an insurance policy," Daly said of the $25 million the city authorized in payments to the NHL. "We feel confident an ownership transaction can happen and it can happen in an expeditious fashion."

The council's unanimous vote allows Beasley to sign agreements with the league and set up a Community FacilitiesDistrict that would collect fees, possibly including ticket surcharges and parking charges, in the area around the arena.

That money would go to the NHL to run the arena and the team if it can't be sold by next season.

Glendale needs the team to stay in Jobing.com Arena, which it built specifically for the Coyotes.

An arena deal between Reinsdorf's group and the city was inked in April, but there were reports that the deal fell apart in the past week.

Ice Edge, a group of Canadian and U.S. investors, then re-emerged. They had submitted a competing bid to keep the Coyotes in Glendale that was rejected.

Talks between Ice Edge and the city on a memorandum of understanding broke down on Monday, leading to widespread speculation that the franchise was headed


neurons which are elongated in the rostrocaudal dimension of the thalamus, and which project in a topographically ordered manner to area 7a. Thus, the more rostrally located neurons within the Pul.m. disks project to more rostral parts of area 7a and, conversely, the more caudally located neurons project to the caudal part of this cortical field. Similarly, the medial part of each disk projects to the lateral part of area 7a while the laterally placed neurons project to the medial part of the cortical field. In addition to its input from the Pul.m., area 7a is also reciprocally connected with the magnocellular division of the nucleus ventralis anterior, with the nuclei which abut upon the medullary capsule of the laterodorsal nucleus, and with the suprageniculate nucleus and thepull this one off?

2nd Gear: Volkswagen Group Ekes Out A Win

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Sales have not been great for members of the Volkswagen Group amid the never-ending, I mean, ongoing diesel emissions scandal. But the Group as a whole did manage a slight sales bump in January, Reuters reports, thanks to China:

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) group sales returned to growth in January thanks to demand in China, where core brand VW posted its best month ever despite the furor over the German carmaker’s cheating of U.S. diesel emissions tests.

Deliveries at the 12-brand group, including luxury division Audi and sports-car maker Porsche, climbed 3.7 percent to 847,800 in January, Volkswagen said on Friday.

In December, sales had dropped 5.2 percent, contributing to the first decline in full-year sales since 2002.

As for the VW brand itself


Bristol Blenheims, escorted by Hawker Hurricanes of 145 Squadron reconnoitred Abbeville for no loss. Supermarine Spitfires of 72 Squadron shot down a Heinkel He 59 seaplane and the crew was rescued by a British cruiser, complaining that they were a Red Cross service and should not have been fired upon. The British issued a warning that aircraft operating near convoys did so at their own risk. A scramble was ordered soon afterwards to protect Convoy Juno as it approached Portsmouth; the convoy was attacked by Ju 87s which left before the fighters arrived.

Blenheim If fighters from 235 Squadron claimed a Dornier Do 17 damaged and Spitfires from 64 Squadron engaged and shot down a Do 17 from Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77: Bomber Wing) that was approaching RAF Kenley. On 2Lazarev
 Video of the Year: Dima Bilan - Number one fan directed by Trudy Bellinger
 Best Male Act: Dima Bilan
 Best Female Act: MakSim
 Best Group: Serebro
 Best New Act: DJ Smash/Fast Food
 Best Dance Project: Diskoteka Avariya feat. Dj Smash
 Best Hip-Hop Project: CENTR feat. Basta
 Best International Act: Jay Sean
 Best Pop Act: Dima Bilan
 Plagiarism of the Year: Zhanna Friske "Zhanna friske" / Paris Hilton "Stars Are Blind"
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Since 2008, Best Rock Act prize is not awarded, because of too few rock bands in MTV Russia format.

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 Serebro
 Dima Bilan
 Jay Sean
 Sergey Lazarev
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 Zhanna Friske
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 Mumiy Troll
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2009 ceremony cancelled
2009 RMA was cancelled due to world economic crisis that caused


After a long hiatus, the flamboyant and quirky

restaurant and bar is back.

Once a local institution, the Portland franchise of

-- known for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender friendliness -- closed about a decade ago. Its former footprint is buried under the Fox Tower.

But a trio of thirtysomething entrepreneurs felt the city wasn't right without one and reopened a Portland branch in Old Town, redecorating the former Pasha's Mediterranean Food on

Southwest

Northwest Fifth Avenue with kitsch and crooked posters of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and The Wizard of Oz.

"Something was missing in Portland," said Ian Cooke, who opened the restaurant along with brother-and-sister duo Jason Boussard and Emily Quick. "We didn't want a nightclub. We wanted a community hub."

Although Cooke said Hamburger Mary's creates something of a "new Gay Triangle" withnightclubs Embers and C.C. Slaughters, he insists the owners' intend to reach a broader clientele and create a comfortable atmosphere for everybody.

"I think Hamburger Mary's pioneered the ability to be a gay-owned-and-operated restaurant that doesn't just have a gay following," he said. "Our intention is not to cater to the gays. It's to feed people -- all of Portland if we can."

The restaurant is a franchise of parent company Hamburger Mary's International, which came under new ownership in 2007 and has nine other Hamburger Mary's in the United States.

Portland's has themes each night of the week, such as karaoke (called "Maryoke") on Mondays and the Dining with the Divas drag show on Fridays. On a recent Wednesday evening -- trivia night -- an announcer called out questions, first


metering rates earlier this year, Solar City pulled out of the state altogether. In April, solar companies including Solar City made a deal with New York state utilities to effect a controlled transition away from net metering. The writing on the wall is clear: Solar City needs a new way to capture the excess power of its solar plants, or its customers will dry up.

One way to capture excess power? Batteries that store the extra power within the home for use later. And Tesla is in the middle of building an enormous factory to produce arguably the most advanced batteries in the world. Indeed, in May Musk touted the possibility of Solar City using Tesla batteries in home solar during an earnings call, previewing the merger offer madeCity blames 12-year-old for his death at hands of police

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Show Caption Hide Caption Cleveland blames Tamir Rice, 12, for his own death In newly filed court papers, attorneys representing the city of Cleveland say Tamir Rice's death was caused by his "acts" and failure to "exercise due care." The 12-year-old was fatally shot by police while holding a toy gun.

CLEVELAND — A 12-year-old boy with a pellet gun whom police shot in November died because of his own actions, lawyers for the city said in newly filed court papers.

Tamir Rice's injuries resulted from a failure "to exercise due care to avoid injury," one of 20 defenses filed Friday in Cleveland's response to a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Tamir's family.

"It's incredible that they


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World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford goes to dangerous lengths to investigate a wounded soldier's background--and uncover his true loyalties--in this thrilling and atmospheric entry in the bestselling "vivid period mystery series" (New York Times Book Review).At the foot of a tree shattered by shelling and gunfire, stretcher-bearers find an exhausted officer, shivering with cold and a loss of blood from several wounds. The soldier is brought to battlefield nurse Bess Crawford's aid station, where she stabilizes him and treats his injuries before he is sent to a rear hospital. The odd thing is, the officer isn't British--he's French. But in a moment of anger and stress, he shouts at Bess in German.When Bess reports the incident to Matron, her superior offers a ready explanation. The soldierTrow of the settlement were reduced to so much dust, did the Oghre rejoice their freedom.

It took very little to persuade the Oghres to join their saviors. The fire for revenge burned as brightly as the desire to free the rest of their race.

Led by Connacht's unfaltering visions, the Llancarfan force and the former slaves, conquered several Trow temples-freeing the Oghre-and leaving no Trow alive.

The largest Oghre in the bunch, calling himself Moghbragga, appeared to take charge of the ever growing mass of followers. He bullied and intimidated, keeping the rabble disciplined and following orders. It was this Moghbragga that suggested to Connacht their next target: The iron mines at Avernus.

Following the Oghre's lead, the band made their way across the snow covered landscape and into Avernus. The


WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Abortion does not increase a woman's risk for depression, according to new research.

The study, of nearly 400,000 women in Denmark, challenges arguments that terminating a pregnancy takes a toll on a woman's emotional well-being.

"Policies based on the notion that abortion harms women's mental health are misinformed," said study leader Dr. Julia Steinberg. She's an assistant professor of family science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.

"Abortion is not causing depression. Our findings show that women were not more likely to suffer from depression after an abortion compared to beforehand," Steinberg said in a university news release.

Claims that the procedure harms women's psychological well-being have been used to justify policies that restrict access to abortion in the United States, sheJust turned 18 two weeks ago, we've been excited to see her show it all for FTV! A total First Time Video Girl, she's never done anything like this before! We see her come out of a movie theater, in tight butt shorts and cute heels -- and with a big smile on her face. She's that excited... and her wonderful personality shows through. Not bashful at all, she flashes around the mall, and goes completely naked (and gets caught doing it!). She's horny too, taking a vibrator and masturbating until she has a nice, strong, natural orgasm. She's so tight... the toy gets stuck inside her, and she can even stand up with it still in her! Extreme closeups of her private parts as she examines herself


in the mirror. Trying on several cute outfits and panties, she heads out for lunch, and flashes some more at the restaurant. Getting more frisky by the minute, she's fingering herself on a mall bench as people catch her in action! At home, she uses an egg vibrator to masturbate again and watches herself in the mirror as she has her orgasm. On the bed, we get more extreme closeups of her penetrating herself, and stretching & spreading her labia. Then, on a more 'mature' look, she's in a blue dress & heels, finds a chair, and fingers herself. Three, four, five fingers... and she's trying to fist! Even taking it further, she tries out the FTV Monster toy! Crazy to see that petite body try to takeexercise Eddy would rather just sleep. Ed has something entirely different in mind, though, as his early morning routine consists of eating as much gravy as possible. Edd is worried by this, but has no time to lecture, as they all have to leap off the diving board. Ed is the last one off of the board, and when he jumps off, his package of instant gravy mix plops into the water and opens shortly thereafter, turning the pool thicker, browner, richer, and most of all tastier, much to Ed's delight and everyone else's discontent.

By the end of the day, the kids are fully ready to get on the bus and go home, especially Kevin, who still has gravy in his ears. Ed doesn't mind, however, as he's


D angrily snatches the dictionary away and lets out a sentence-long tirade full of lengthy words, costing him his buy-in. With almost half of his competitors out of the bet, Eddy locks in on Jonny, and proceeds to anger Jonny by pretending to be taking his place as Plank's best friend. Of course, Jonny can't stand this, and he takes back Plank and exits the lunchroom, along the way letting in Rolf, who is so weak he couldn't open the door to the cafeteria. While Rolf attempts to eat his veggies, Eddy taunts him by taking a huge bite out of a sausage and showing off the meat. Unable to take it, Rolf goes over to the meat counter and proceeds to eat his way through it, alonga celery stalk.

Jonny: Can't think straight and needs someone to boss him around.

Ed once again breaks the fourth wall by staring at the audience and saying "Don't touch that dial, kids!"

We learn that Ed is allergic to butterscotch pudding. The symptoms for him are mainly itchiness and swelling of the skin.

The title card shows a person opening a coat filled with a dictionary (reflecting Edd's habit), a box of meat (reflecting Rolf's habit), and gravy (reflecting Ed's habit). The person's clothes resemble Eddy's clothes, and the opening of the coat and the things in it reflect how Eddy tempted the others to give in to their bad habits in the episode. These three things are three of the four tangible objects in the bet (the other one is


Plank).

Ed's gravy addiction is a lot stronger and a lot more noticeable in this episode.

When Ed pops his head out of the butterscotch pudding, some splashes onto Edd, but after the camera cuts away and then comes back he looks normal.

Despite the bet that Edd has to go for 1 day using one syllable words, he said a two syllable word (Eddy).

He does say it as two words, however: "Ed" and "dy".

There is a possible reference to famed novelist Stephen King. When Eddy is standing on the stack of books so that he can look in to the library, two of the books are labeled "Tower" and "Stand" which is a possible reference to two of King's books: the Dark Tower series and The Stand.

Rolf wagered his lovefor mammal flesh, meaning that he could have still eaten fish and poultry other than chicken. Then again, it's possible Rolf wouldn't be happy with only fish and poultry and wanted mammal meat.

Of course, fish is seen to be an integral part of Rolf's traditions in many episodes ("Dueling Eds", for one) and his breakfast feast in "Button Yer Ed" is shown to be composed entirely of seafood. It is possible that, despite having only wagered his love for mammal flesh, he realized that none of his opponents would notice the difference and either call him a cheater or eliminate him from the bet.

For some reason, neither Sarah nor Jimmy were at the pool. Possibly this is because they are not in the same grade as the other


kids.

Nazz, Sarah, Jimmy, and the Kankers didn't partake in the bet. Kevin asked Nazz if she wanted to join in, but she declined. Sarah, Jimmy, and the Kankers were not on the same bus.

Interestingly, Sarah and Jimmy are on the same bus as the Eds in "Run Ed Run." This is probably a continuity error.

Now we know Ed carries gravy around anywhere. There's gravy in his shoes, his chest (in gravy boats) and what he calls "gravycakes" in his jacket.assaults, rapes, public gang shootings and perhaps explosives in restaurants. This crime wave is no longer merely confined to the major cities. Many smaller towns and some rural communities are now affected as well.

In some Swedish municipalities, harassment and violent threats have become major issues even at public libraries. In the town of Trelleborg, in the autumn of 2017, a gang of 30-50 youths effectively occupied the local library. One mother, who asked that her name not be used, explained that she is now scared to visit the library with her children. The last time she went, visitors were harassed by a loud, aggressive youth gang. When a guard asked the gang-members to leave, they surrounded him. The local police say that they are aware of this problem,


but that they do not have sufficient staff to patrol the library every day.

In October 2017, an 81-year-old Swedish woman in the town of Mölndal was harassed and threatened by some youths while walking her dog. A few boys around the age of 12 walked in front of her and blew cigarette smoke in her face; one of them threatened to attack her dog and her. Then he spat her in her face. The woman now says that she is afraid to go out. The local police confirm that elderly people are harassed in similar ways. In a separate incident, some youths stole a loaf of bread from another woman in her 80s.

On the evening of October 29, 2017, a car was torched in the Muslim-dominated district ofRosengård in Malmö. On October 30, another car was torched in the same area. The local daily Sydsvenskan mentioned these incidents with just a couple of sentences. Why? Because car-burnings have become a part of daily life. They are not major news anymore. Cars are torched in Swedish towns on a regular basis.

Between January and September 2017, Sweden experienced 6000 car-burnings. That equals roughly 22 car-burnings per day. (Insurance companies estimate that about half of these incidents are attempts at insurance fraud.) Schools and other buildings have been targeted by arsonists, as well.

Cars burn in the Stockholm suburb of Husby during a riot on May 20, 2013. (Image source: Telefonkiosk/Wikimedia Commons)

The police in parts of Sweden have also experienced, in recent years, a rising number of violent attacks.


Police vehicles and stations have been targeted; sometimes even policemen in the privacy of their homes.

On October 29, 2017, a stone was thrown through the front door of the police station in the small town of Kinna. A police station in Dalbo, Växjö had several windows smashed with stones and was shot at with fireworks. The local police chief commented that the police earlier experienced vandalism against their cars, too. A police station at Vännäs in northern Sweden was hit by a rock a day earlier.

On October 29, a police patrol in the town of Linköping was ambushed by people throwing rocks at them. One policeman was injured, struck in the face by a stone.

On October 18, a police station in the southern city of Helsingborg was hitby an explosion. No one was injured, but a large part of the building, as well as the windows on the building opposite, were damaged by the blast. "This is very serious. An attack on the police is not just an attack against society, but on everyone's safety," said Sweden's National Police Commissioner, Dan Eliasson.

On October 28, in the middle of the night, someone fired roughly 20 bullets into the private home of a police officer in Västerås. The policeman and his family were asleep at the time. The shots went straight through the house and into the neighbor's house. According to the regional police chief Carin Götblad, only luck prevented anyone from being hit.

Despite many such incidents, Johanna Skinnari, a researcher at the Swedish National Council for


exists, the newspaper notes, although the Swedish economy is still strong. What happens to these tensions if the economy suffers a downturn?

PO Hellqvist, who has worked for 30 years at the Swedish Security Service (Säpo), sounded an alarm on a "power struggle" between Swedish authorities and criminal gangs in certain areas. He says he is concerned about the growth of parallel societies, complete with their own "morality police," partly cut off from, and often hostile to, the rest of society. Such communities have historically been a breeding ground for terrorism. Hellqvist adds he is even more worried about people who become radicalized locally than about ISIS jihadists returning from the Middle East. The local radicals, he notes, are more numerous.

Three employees of Sweden's public broadcasting station SVT wereconvicted of human trafficking after they smuggled a Syrian migrant into Sweden in 2014. They will not, however, lose their jobs because of this. At the same time, another Syrian Muslim migrant was being arrested in Germany; he is suspected of plotting a mass-murder terrorist attack.

Kjell-Olof Feldt, who served as a powerful Minister of Finance during most of the 1980s, was widely respected as an honest and competent minister (even though some of his fellow Social Democrats thought his economic policies too "right-wing"). In October 2017, the now-retired Feldt gave an interview to a Swedish newspaper in which he expressed concerns about the future of his own party, as well as about the future of Sweden. Feldt says that the way the established political parties have handled immigration


A Virginia family is finally speaking out about the loss of their 15-year old son after Prince William County police shot and killed him during a standoff at the family's home last Friday.

Investigators said an officer was forced to fire his service weapon when the teenager threatened officers with a crowbar.

Three days after the fatal shooting, the Urbina family is still in shock. The boy's 18-year-old brother, who witnessed the shooting, still hasn't come home because he is still too traumatized from the incident.

The family did not want to release their son's name yet, but told FOX 5 he is an honor roll student at PACE West in Gainesville. He loved skateboarding and Taekwondo.

The teenager was fatally shot by a police officer who responded to his home onHartzell Hill Lane Friday morning. Police said they received a 911 call from inside the home that someone had a bomb strapped to their chest and was holding a family member hostage. When officers arrived, they saw the 15-year-old boy in front of the home.

Police said at some point, he started coming towards officers with a crowbar in a threatening manner and ignored their commands to put it down. One officer fired and shot the teenager in the upper body and he died in front of his home.

The boy's family did not want to talk about what led up to the shooting and they said he was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. They would not talk about if he was possibly suffering from any mental


Rape For Fun and Profit

Whoah: Sick. In the Japanese video game RapeLay, the player stalks, gropes, handcuffs and repeatedly rapes a mother and her two young daughters until they "enjoy" it. He rapes the youngest girl in her bed while her teddy bears watch – she cries – and invites friends to join the "fun." Equality Now has launched a campaign against the game and its maker, Illusion Software, whose spokesmen said they were "bewildered" by the action. Figures.

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Of Burns and Healing

This is a painful story from Gaza. Its pain is slightly mitigated by the actions of some truly good guys, but still. It's about three-year-old Farah Abu Halima, badly burned in an Israeli white phosphorus attack that killed her mother and much of her family. SteveSosebee, the head of Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, hopes he can get her to the U.S. for treatment, and maybe educate people about the suffering of Gazan children. He is a hopeful guy.

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Dorky, Impossibly Young Fox To Guard Henhouse

All you naysayers worried about the will of Wall Street to turn things around in an ethical fashion, take heart. The Securities Exchange Commission has named Adam Storch to the newly created post of CEO of its enforcement unit. He's 29 years old and he used to work at Goldman Sachs, so there's clearly no conflict of interest here. Gosh, and we thought we couldn't trust the kingpins.

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In a letter to state officials, the federal Environmental Protection Agency recently noted numerous deficiencies in the way Wisconsin manages water pollution. The letter is part of a review process, and state officials say some deficiencies were bound to come up. They also say that they will work to address the concerns.

But finding 75 deficiencies in the state's management of the Clean Water Act, something the state took over in 1974, is indeed troubling, as an attorney for Midwest Environmental Advocates argued. "This is certainly one of the most dramatic statements I have seen from the EPA," said that attorney, Dennis M. Grzezinski.

The EPA's list of deficiencies ranged from long-standing state practices to measures advanced this year by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The letter should serveJohn Lennon is the main doll with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr following along.

Michael Jackson Russian Dolls

David Bowie Matryoshka

David Bowie is an artist who I would believe could appreciate this creation by Tanja Stark and could probably write a hit song on Russian Dolls taht would accepted by his fans and the rest of the Music world.


Dakis Joannou, a Greek industrial mogul from Cyprus, is also one of the leading contemporary art collectors in Europe, which explains his decision to make an artwork out of his newest mega-yacht, by commissioning Jeff Koons and Italian yacht designer Ivana Porfiri to design the ship. From this fruitful collaboration, a luxurious boat named Guilty emerged, measuring 35 meters in length, and being priceless in artistic value. This project represents the largest Koons’ endeavor so far and a serious step forward in contemporary yacht design.

Exterior & Interior

Jeff Koons was responsible for designing and painting the exterior of Guilty. He dreamed up the stylized geometrical figures inspired by WWI British naval camouflage called Razzle Dazzle. When viewed from the above, an image of Iggy Pop performing on stage isrecognized. As the inner chambers of the ship showcase numerous artwork signed by acclaimed contemporary artists, Koons’ exterior creation certainly rounds up the whole project as an integral work of art. The interior of this glamorous vessel with three decks is entirely white, distinguished by exceptionally large windows that open up the space towards natural light. Subtle, but pop-arty color palette ranges from cool shades of pink, violet, blue to warmer nuances of yellow. The main cabin of the yacht is situated on the top deck, and it offers a 180 degree view, an office and a private terrace. A writing above the bed spells the word Feelings, a piece by British artist and musician Martin Creed, executed in cold neon lighting. The other four cabins feature valuable


artwork as well, and the living area is adorned with Radical Design furniture from Italy. Front area of the yacht is dedicated to services - there are pantry, day toilet, wheelhouse and galley. The ship is run by two engines that enable the maximum speed of 27,9 nodes. Now docked at the Piraeus port of Athens, Guilty was built in Italy, in the Cantieri Navali Rizzardi shipyard.

Yacht designed by Jeff Koons

Guilty designed by Jeff Koons

Guilty designed by Jeff Koons

Guilty designed by Jeff Koons

Guilty designed by Jeff Koons

Guilty designed by Jeff Koons

Guilty designed by Jeff Koons

Ivana Porfiri

Ivana Porfiri is a designer from Milan, Italy. She was involved in aesthetic development of several private homes worldwide, a wine cellar in Italy, various office buildings, product design and design of yachtsand floating vessels - 14 yachts and one ship bear her signature. She believes that it is important to be active in more than one specialized field, in order to nurture creativity as well as enable opportunities and different working experiences.

Dakis Joannou

Dakis Joannou is a very well known industrialist and a renowned art collector, with earliest works of his collection dating to 1985. He was first amazed by Jeff Koons’ piece One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, back when Koons was not yet as famous as today. Presently, Joannou collection contains a vast selection of internationally acclaimed artists, including pieces by Koons, Vanessa Beecroft, Michael Bevilacqua, Joseph Kosuth, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat and many others. Dakis Joannou also founded the Deste Foundation in Athens, an organization dedicated to supporting


At the crack of dawn on Saturday the 16th December 2017, I received a call from a friend of mine, Kerry, who in a small panic explained that a good friend of hers, Belinda, (whom I knew of) was part of a shoot for a maternity / family shoot for a local magazine up near Tala and the photographer for the project was unfortunately unable to shoot as she had fallen terribly ill.

I was super keen to help out as what REALLY got me from the get go was the fact that the shoot was for a lady who had cancer and the magazine wanted to tell her story and that of her daughter who was pregnant with her first child.

After Kerry finished explaining the whole situation allsaid ....

The discovery of Wend's cancer

Wendy battled with a cough from the begining of 2017, which they believed was to do with her post nasal drip issue. However, at the end of May on a Sunday, the day after Beth and Ant announced their surprise pregnancy to both parents, she was sitting on the grass watching her nephew play and she was coughing again and coughed up blood. It was at this point when Wendy realised something was seriously wrong.

That week she went for scans and tests, to find out on the Thursday that she had a big inoperable tumor on her lung. So straight away a program for chemo and radiation treatment was set up. One evening, a week after her first chemo session,Wendy and Dave were


sitting in the lounge, when she started having a seizure.

Dave in a panic and shock, contacted his son and Wendy's brother Vere. Vere cleverly contacted a local nurse, where they rushed to his aid and called an ambulance. During which time Wendy had a second seizure before the ambulance got there. She had another in the ambulance along the way to hospital.

Wendy later recalled to Beth and said that one minute she was eating supper and the next she saw all these faces looking at her: her husband, son, brother, a local nursing friend, they stabilized her, and she proceeded to have another seizure that night in hospital.

They thought the seizures were caused by the medication she was on after chemo. However, after more tests the medical specialistsfor dearest Wendy.

Throughout all of this the family looked at alternative medicine options and Wendy was put on a strict healthy, no sugar, dairy, meat, wheat etc. diet. Beth and the rest of the family also wanted Wendy to have Photo-dynamic Therapy (PDT), but unfortunately due to government and legal constraints the machine in Cape Town had been put to a stop and the only other option was to get her to Germany for this treatment. Unfortunately - a trip to Germany was not an option as she was too unfit to travel that extent.

Just when they thought her options were running out, the family heard of another treatment with an Oncologist in Richardsbay, which they thought was the same machine used for PDT. After meeting with the


Oncologist, Wendy and Dave were both extremely happy and positive with what he had to say and began the next journey of treatment with him.

Wendy then started with Radiation for the cancer in her lung. During this time she was complaining of severe pain in her lower body area, after more tests they found cancer in her pelvic bone area. Thereafter, the next course of radiation treatment was being planned and set, when Wendy unfortunately fell and broke her hip, just below her ball joint.

Wendy expressed to Beth that it was the WORSTE pain she has ever experienced in her entire life. That weekend she had an op to replace her hip joint, where the doctors found even more cancer. Only after 2 weeks could she start thevery photogenic, but after a few cheeky comments and laughs here and there I had them giggling together and completely at ease in front of the camera.

Beth getting Ant's smile going - one of her favourite things she loves about him.

After a few shots. Wendy was finally ready for her time in the spotlight. As she walked out we all had huge smiles on our faces, she looked absolutely beautiful.

As Wendy loved gardening and used to do flower arrangements for weddings at one stage, I picked a few of her flowers and set her down with Beth in a little fire pit area just off the patio. I asked them to just chat and have a moment together. It was a sight through my camera lens that I


the survey.

Many years ago my wife & I were part of a dining group (like Ronnie's) with rotating locations and themes. The emphasis was social and dining, but everyone made a good effort when it came to cooking.

I particularly remember one fellow who was from Milan and grumbled all the time about the presence of tomato sauce in Italian food in America. Of course, he had a point as that's more southern than northern Italian, but he was so persistent that we had fun needling him.

Regardless, you'll have a lot of fun whether it's cookbooks or a dining / cooking group. Let us know how it works out.

We chose Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook for our first round and I thought I would stop by Sanabel Bakery on Kedzieit, are a precondition to being "convicted." The trial court disagreed, finding that a defendant is convicted for the purposes of sec. 939.62 once he has entered a guilty plea and that plea has been accepted. This court affirms the trial court's decision.
On August 23, 1988, Wimmer entered a guilty plea to two counts of battery and one count of resisting arrest. The court accepted the plea and set a later date *657 for sentencing. Early the next morning, following a night of drinking, Wimmer beat up his live-in girlfriend. She had also been the victim in one of the batteries to which he had pled guilty the previous day. Wimmer was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery under sec. 940.19(1), Stats. Because of his prior misdemeanor


as follows:
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(2) The actor is a repeater if he was convicted of a felony during the 5-year period immediately preceding the commission of the crime for which he presently is being sentenced, or if he was convicted of a misdemeanor on 3 separate occasions during that same period, which convictions remain of record and unreversed. It is immaterial that sentence was stayed, withheld or suspended, or that he was pardoned, unless such pardon was granted on the ground of innocence. In computing the preceding 5-year period, time which the actor spent in actual confinement serving a criminal sentence shall be excluded.
[3]  See, e.g., Webster's Third New Int'l Dictionary 499 (Unabr. 1976): "the act of proving, finding or adjudging a person guilty of an offenseand a HEPA filter for particles.

The burnings will put BP workers at the wellhead site "at greater risk" of adverse health effects, she warned.

A key health concern is benzene a known cancer-causing agent found in oil and refined gasoline, she explained.

Louisiana on Monday reported 109 people, most of them workers, have reported spill-related illnesses since April 20, when an explosion tore through the Deepwater Horizon rig, killing 11 men.

BP has been under intense pressure from the public and the White House to increase it cleanup efforts.

But Subra warns the company's stated goal of accelerating oil capture rates from about 15,000 barrels a day to up to 80,000 barrels by mid-July carries health risks.

"There have been trade-offs in every decision regarding this spill," she said.

Air quality data released last


week by BP based on samplings showed pollution levels near the wellhead that exceed levels recommended by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Exposure Levels, she said.

"However, we are extremely concerned about the air quality exposure to workers in boats that are skimming oil on the coastal area and near shore," said Subra, an advisor to LEAN, a Louisiana environmental activist group.

BP's chief operating officer Douglas Suttles has acknowledged an increased health risk under plans to increase the number of oil spill containment vessels at the fractured wellhead site from one to four by mid-July.

"The risks of operating multiple facilities in close proximity must be carefully managed," Suttles wrote in a letter to Rear Admiral James Watson.

"Several hundred people are working in a confined space with liveOnePlus 7 Pro arriving in the Philippines on June 1; Price revealed

The OnePlus 7 Pro is set to launch in the Philippines on June 1, 2019. Its local price has also been revealed and its cheaper here than in other countries.

Digital Walker is the official partner of OnePlus in the Philippines. They will be bringing in the 6GB + 128GB and the 8GB + 256GB models, priced at PHP 38,990 and PHP 42,990, respectively. The prices are not exactly cheap. There was a time where their phones offered top specs at reasonable prices. Still, the OnePlus 7 Pro offers more bang for its buck compared to other top shelf flagships.

The phone will be available in limited stocks in the following Digital Walker branches:

SM North EDSA

SM Mall of Asia

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Feds: Remains are 2 humans; Kyle Navin suspect in murders

State Police search the area around a home at 89 Norfield Rd. in Weston, Conn. on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. It has been reported that the home belongs to a friend of Kyle Navin. Possible human remains have been found and may be linked to the disappearence of missing Easton couple, Jeanette and Jeffery Navin. less State Police search the area around a home at 89 Norfield Rd. in Weston, Conn. on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. It has been reported that the home belongs to a friend of Kyle Navin. Possible human remains have been ... more Photo: Cathy Zuraw / Hearst Connecticut Media Buy photo Photo: Cathy Zuraw / Hearst Connecticut Media Image 1 of / 32 Caption8-year-old who shot grandmother can remain with family, court says

8-year-old who shot grandmother can remain with family, court says

SLAUGHTER, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge said Monday that an 8-year-old boy who shot and killed a 90-year-old woman who was his caregiver after watching a video game with violent themes can continue to live with his family.

The boy cannot be charged with the crime under Louisiana state law.

“It was determined that he did the shooting and it was an accident. He thought it was a toy gun, a play gun,” East Feliciana Parish District Attorney Samuel D”;Aquilla told CNN.

“It”;s not a crime if he”;s under 10 years old. We”;re still trying to figure out how to help this juvenile and his parents,” D”;Aquilla added.

East Feliciana Parish sheriff”;s deputies


Bryce, you sly dog.

After recording an out in right to end the sixth inning Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, instead of tossing the ball to a fan in the front row, Bryce Harper absolutely launched the ball out of the stadium and on to the roof.

Check it out.

After making the final out in right field in the sixth inning, Bryce Harper trolls Cubs fans and LAUNCHED the ball out of Wrigley Field and on to the rooftop. 😂 pic.twitter.com/31Yec16lGe — NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) May 22, 2019

Cubs fans had been giving Harper a hard time out there, chanting his name earlier in the game, so he channeled his inner Joey Votto to send them a message (see story). Two fans, blurred out, flip harper the bird after theyScott Baker completes 1,000 10k runs in 1,000 days Published duration 27 August 2019

image caption Scott Baker was clapped along the players' tunnel on to the Stadium of Light pitch

A man has finished a charity challenge which saw him take on 10km (6.2 miles) runs for 1,000 consecutive days.

Scott Baker was inspired to raise money for Target Ovarian Cancer after his mother was diagnosed with the illness three years ago.

The 44-year-old Sunderland fan set off for the final run from his home town of Seaham, County Durham, and finished at the team's Stadium of Light.

He began the challenge on 1 December 2016 and has raised more than £4,000.

'I just like running'

"It's good to get to the finish," the father of two said.

"If I had done a marathon it


point being made in Witness: that religious societies [in sync with God] embody human interactions that instill considerable comfort and consolation in mere mortals both on this side and the other side of the grave.

In Book's world that is basically missing. But out there he is afforded considerably more options from which to choose. He is "freer". Unless, of course, the No God folks concoct one or another political dogma, deontological intellectual contraption or assessment of Nature in which it is argued that in order to be deemed "one of us" others must toe the line.

Rachel: He's leaving, isn't he? Eli: Tomorrow morning. He'll need his city clothes. Rachel: But why? What does he have to go back to? Eli: He's going back to his world, where hean episode of 30 Rock.
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In a letter sent by 11 of the most prominent veterans organizations, the groups warned that the idea "is wholly unacceptable and a total abrogation of our government's moral and legal responsibility to the men and women who have sacrificed so much."

CNN obtained a copy of the letter sent to the White House last Friday by groups including The American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Read the letter (PDF)

A White House spokesman would neither confirm nor deny the option is being considered.

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He was paying 0 a month in child support when he told Time magazine in 1983, “28 percent of the male population in the United States could be the father.”Here, in an exclusive excerpt from Brennan’s first-person tale, “The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life With Steve Jobs” (on sale Oct.

29), she describes her frustrating, difficult and passionate years with the business visionary…

The following year they attended a French Open match. In 2006 at age 35, Fenty had a huge mayoral victory.

Then in 2015, the two were pictured enjoying a Caribbean vacation.

Despite inheriting a fortune now estimated at .1 billion following her husband’s passing, Laurene has kept a relatively low profile. Kennedy II, and District of Columbia delegate Eleanor Holmes


Norton.

The New Jersey native holds a Master of Business Administration and is a Stanford Graduate School of Business; Bachelor of Arts / Science.

If people thought the Halloween blowouts at the Jobs home would stop when Steve passed away, they were wrong.

In February 2012, Fenty joined the board of College Track, a non-profit college prep program for underserved students co-founded by Powell Jobs.

“Adrian Fenty is one of our country’s great advocates for education reform,” she said in a statement when he joined the board.

“His sense of urgency and record of accomplishment is unparalleled.” The College Track board position led to his job as a special adviser at Andreessen Horowitz.

He met co-founder Marc Andreessen at a College Track event; Andreessen’s wife is a close personal friend of Powell Jobs.

If youJeff Carlson of themarketswork.com has carefully examined Bill Clinton’s recent claim that he only flew 4 times on a jet owned by Jeffery Epstein. Unsurprisingly it turns out that it is another one of his tricky uses of language to mislead while still telling the literal truth, such as his claim a quarter century ago that he was “never alone in a hotel” with Paula Jones (because there were lots of other guests and staff in the hotel at the time).

In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation,” the statement said.

“Staff, supporters of the foundation, and his Secret


president’s budget request for fiscal year 2016 will support modernizing combat aviation programs. Cavy Vice Adm. Paul A. Grosklags, principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisitions; Air...

Air Force photograph by SrA. Victor J. Caputo A B-29 Superfortress aircraft, named Doc after its nose art, sit on the flightline March 23, 2015, in Wichita, Kan. Doc will be one of two Superfortresses in the world capable of fl...

The future USS John Finn (DDG 113) was launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard March 28. During launch the drydock was flooded allowing the 637-foot floating dock to slowly submerge until the ship was afloat. Once the drydock was fully submerged, the ship was pulled by tugs to HII’s southConservative radio host and former National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch served as one of the faces of the group’s now-defunct insurance program for people who shoot someone and claim self-defense, which is now facing legal action for allegedly deceiving members.

On February 5, the New York Department of Financial Services filed civil charges against the NRA for allegedly acting as an unlicensed insurance provider and deceiving its members through misleading marketing practices. The charges also allege the pro-gun organization claimed it was offering members the lowest possible cost, but was taking “substantial royalties, sometimes more than 20 percent of the premiums paid.”

The NRA initially launched its Carry Guard training and insurance program in 2017, which purported to offer coverage should a member use their gun in a self-defense


Federal Way Mayor Skip Priest outlined local government's past achievements and present challenges in his 2012 State of the City address.

The speech took place March 7 at the Federal Way Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon at Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club.

Now in his second year as Federal Way's first elected mayor, Priest discussed downtown development, public safety, the city budget and regional issues. In addition, he cited examples of embracing three critical qualities of a successful city: persistence, positive action and pride.

Downtown development

City leaders seek transformative projects that will bring much needed economic development to Federal Way's downtown core.

Priest is optimistic about the proposed Crystal Palace project at the former AMC Theatres property on 20th Avenue South. This mixed-use development has the potential to bring visitors andbe helpful if the state balanced its budget on its own back, rather than ours," he said.

At the beginning of his speech, Priest highlighted one of Federal Way's most valuable assets — roads. He noted just how far Federal Way has come in improving access to the city center and maintaining roads through the asphalt overlay program. He is happy to see that Federal Way did not follow in the footsteps of Seattle, which he called "the pothole champion of the world."

"Today, we have one of the best, if not the best, public works departments in the state," said Priest, sending kudos to department director Cary Roe.

Regional issues

The mayor noted Federal Way's dispute with Sound Transit as an example of why persistence is needed in city government.

The city


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Category:Quakerism in EnglandReached by phone, Palencia said, "I literally made a personal decision that I wanted to move on. There's really nothing more to it." He said he was not forced out by the board. About the group's financial situation, he said, "Right now a lot of nonprofits are having problems," but he maintained that the organization has "a lot of support."

Cathy Schwamberger, Equality California Institute board chairwoman, said its members were grateful for Palencia's service "and wish him the best in all of his future endeavors."

The organization appears to be in turmoil. Its recently laid-off Capitol office manager said staff has been cut drastically.

"The decision about going or not back to the ballot to overturn Proposition 8 was a gut-wrenching one. Ultimately, I believed that initiating a signature drive


is that his resignation reflects a far larger crisis in the largest LGBT rights organization in California and our movement in general. The failure by EQCA's Board and Mr. Palencia to push strongly for marriage equality is both a symptom and a consequence of this crisis."

In light of EQCA's abdication of their responsibility to fight for equality for the LGBT community in California and to honor their prior commitments, Love Honor Cherish stands ready, willing and able to fill the void and will have further announcements in the coming weeks.

When asked why he was stepping down, Palencia hesitated. He then agreed to go through with the interview for Frontiers, a portion of which will be posted immediately on FrontiersLA.com

Palencia is very concerned about Equality California as an organization:

“Ito come. We are grateful for his service to Equality California and his contributions to our movement and wish him the best in all of his future endeavors.”

Equality California and its Executive Director Roland Palencia are coming out strong against attempts to overturn California's FAIR Education Act, the law that mandates schools add LGBT history to their curriculum.

Last week the Family Research Council, a virulent anti-LGBT organization with ties to the Ku Klux Klan and recognized as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, joined the effort to overturn the FAIR Education Act in California and released a video message to fundamentalist churches on behalf of the campaign. In it, the group's executive director, Tony Perkins, blatantly lied about and grossly misrepresented the FAIR Education Act,


fair-minded parent would find friends of the KKK a trustworthy protector of their children. It's critical that these groups are exposed for what they really are: fear-mongers who prey on good parents' deep, instinctive desire to protect their children in order to advance a hateful, anti-equality agenda."

Equality California and its Board of Directors announced today that Roland Palencia, a trailblazing LGBT activist with extensive experience in leading and managing multi-million dollar non-profit organizations, will serve as the new executive director for Equality California and Equality California Institute. Palencia will begin his tenure on July 5.

"I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve California's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and to build upon Equality California's tremendous success," said Palencia, who currently serves as the Community Benefits Directorthey have a very tough job. It's very unfortunate because it played a role," said Padres interim manager Pat Murphy, who was ejected the following inning by home-plate umpire David Rackley.

"It was not the correct call. But it's our responsibility to get the next guy out."

Video: [email protected]: Murphy gets ejected in the 7th

Padres starting pitcher James Shields, who started the sixth inning and got two quick outs before leaving after allowing an infield single off his right foot to Anthony Rendon, was upset after the game at what Harper got away with.

"That's a terrible call. There's no doubt about it. The ball was two feet in front of him, and Harper's acting like it hit him," Shields said. "Bottom line is, that's a game-changer, we're out of


Penn State football legend Jerry Sandusky is the subject of a grand jury investigation into allegations that he indecently assaulted a teenage boy.

According to five people with knowledge of the case, a grand jury meeting in Harrisburg has been hearing testimony for at least 18 months about the allegation, which was made in 2009 by a 15-year-old from Clinton County.

The teen told authorities that Sandusky had inappropriate contact with him over a four-year period, starting when he was 10.

Penn State coach Joe Paterno, athletic director Tim Curley and retired university Vice President and Treasurer Gary Schultz were among those who appeared before the grand jury in January at the attorney general’s Strawberry Square office complex, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. Attempts to reach thehe founded in 1977 that reaches 10,000 Pennsylvania youths a year through summer and year-round camp programs. The charity was honored by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 as a “Point of Light.”

Last fall, Sandusky announced that he was retiring from day-to-day involvement in the charity to spend more time with family and handle personal matters.

Since then, rumors of misconduct by Sandusky have lit up Internet comment threads and message boards that are normally havens for Penn State football fan chatter.

Repeated efforts to reach Sandusky over several weeks to comment on the investigation have been unsuccessful. He has not responded to phone calls and other attempts to reach him at his home or through attorney Joseph Amendola in State College.

As is standard policy, the attorney general’s office would


neither confirm nor deny whether a grand jury was meeting about Sandusky.

The 2009 investigation

The allegations against Sandusky surfaced in 2009, when he was volunteering as an assistant high school football coach at Central Mountain High School in Clinton County.

It was there the 15-year-old student told school officials that Sandusky had touched him inappropriately while they were alone in a gym.

John DiNunzio, Keystone Central School District’s interim superintendent at the time, said the boy’s mother reported the incident to the school principal and head football coach. At that point, DiNunzio said he was notified.

DiNunzio said he never spoke to the mother or the child. He said the principal and coach told him the boy alleged the “inappropriate” incident happened while the two were alone in a room on wrestlingthen-state Attorney General Tom Corbett in March 2009. Corbett, now governor, declined comment through his spokesman.

Kelly Hastings, current superintendent of Keystone Central School District, said she has no first-hand knowledge of the report and that no documents from the school have been subpoenaed by police.

DiNunzio, who has had a long career in education, said he was shocked when he heard the allegation and surprised that he was not contacted again.

“No one has ever called me about it in any way shape or form,” he said.

When Sandusky quit as a volunteer in 2009 with Central Mountain High School, he told officials there he was leaving to devote more time to The Second Mile, DiNunzio said. Sandusky retired from The Second Mile about a year and a half later.

Second Mile


Penn State University police detailing an earlier allegation of inappropriate contact against Sandusky by another boy.

According to several sources, that boy, who was 12 at the time, alleged he and Sandusky were showering in the football building on Penn State’s campus when the incident took place.

The boy’s mother told The Patriot-News she was specifically instructed by state police at Rockview not to speak with a reporter. Her name is being withheld by The Patriot-News to protect the identity of her son.

No charges were ever filed against Sandusky.

According to sources close to the investigation, the boy told police in 1998 that Sandusky had showered with him in a locker room of the Lasch Building — home to the football program — during a tour. The boy claimed Sandusky washedthe grand jury has been hearing testimony, Sandusky has been devoting time to fundraising for The Second Mile.

In January, the organization received the go-ahead from Centre County commissioners to apply for a $3 million state grant to pay for an $8.5 million learning center on 60 acres near the University Park Airport.

The facility would eventually include housing for up to 100 children.

Sandusky’s devotion to the program was the reason he gave for turning down job offers for football head coaching jobs at Temple University and the University of Maryland.

In his autobiography, Sandusky wrote, “Any time you deal with young people, there will be extreme highs and lows. There have been moments of frustration, despair and heartache.”

In 2007

Patriot-News staff writers Jan Murphy and Bob Flounders contributed to this report.


get mad at me and take even longer on making them. It’s around April 2011 this time, and I ask her if she could give me a deadline on when the wings might be finished. At first she tells me that she’ll have them done by the end of the month. As April came to a close, I asked if she was almost done, and Poprock told me that only one wing was done, but I would have to wait a bit longer. Also, to state, there were multiple times when she was guilt tripping me by explaining why the wings were taking so long, and she even offered me a full refund in May because she was feeling really upset about some stuff. Being a nice guy,LOXLEY, Ala. (AP) - One person is dead and up to 20 injured after a charter tour bus carrying Texas high school band students home from a competition at Disney World plunged into a ravine near the Alabama-Florida line.

Baldwin County Sheriff Huey Hoss Mack confirmed the death Tuesday morning while talking to new reporters.

Baldwin County Sheriff's Office Major Anthony Lowery said the bus plunged off Interstate 10 into a deep ravine early Tuesday and multiple helicopters responded.

About 45 people were on board the crashed bus. The students were from Channelview High School east of Houston. A second bus of students from the high school pulled into the high school parking lot under police escort Tuesday afternoon.

Mack says all of the people on board were brought to 10 hospitals


in Alabama and Florida.

The sheriff says the bus entered the median on Interstate 10 and then fell into the 50-foot ravine Tuesday at about 5:30 a.m. It wasn't immediately clear why. The interstate was closed down in both directions after the crash.

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Authorities in Alabama say a charter tour bus carrying students on a school trip from Houston, Texas, has plunged into a ravine, with multiple injuries reported.

Baldwin County Sheriff's Office Major Anthony Lowery said the bus plunged off Interstate 10 into a deep ravine Tuesday morning, and multiple helicopters are responding.

WKRG-TV is reporting that 12 to 20 people have been injured, and that officials say the bus was returning to Houston from a school trip.

WEAR-TV reports that the charter bus was carrying at least 52 people andcompanies that had given him donations to literally write request for proposals," he said.

Dunlea said current comptroller Tom Dinapoli has been silent about the Assembly's failure this week to pass legislation to give his office more oversight of state contracts. He said if elected he would be more aggressive in his scrutiny of contracts like the ones currently at the center of the trial.

"The state Assembly refused to bring the bill up for a vote even though it had passed the Senate, mainly because the governor did not want to see more state comptroller oversight," Dunlea said.

Meanwhile, Hawkins believes the Buffalo Billion model is flawed in general. Standing in front of the Freedom Wall on Buffalo's east side, he said he was skeptical the economic development money has


A moral argument against the war on drugs

Former Brazilian President, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has argued that the war on drugs has failed and cannabis should be decriminalised. He argued that the hardline approach has brought “disastrous” consequences for Latin America. Having just returned from Rio, one can only agree. One of us was staying with an eminent professor of philosophy. We were returning to her house with her 11 year old daughter, only to have our way blocked by police with machine guns. They were hunting a drug lord in the local favela – this road was the only escape route and they were preparing for possible altercation.

Cardoso highlights the practical failure of a zero-tolerance approach. A zero tolerance approach to a crime like taking drugs must alwayspractical one. It began with the American prohibition of opium, which was primarily motivated by a moral objection to white people smoking in Chinese-run opium dens. This began a prohibition movement in the United States. In 1913, marijuana —which was used almost exclusively by Mexican and Indian immigrants — was prohibited for the first time by the state of California.

Today, when new drugs are added to the long list of illegal substances, it is because they are judged to be “addictive”, not because they are harmful. The United States’ Controlled Substances Act calls for a drug to be prohibited ‘a high potential for abuse’ and if it ‘may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence’. The drug does not have to be harmful in any other sense. According


The two sisters were sprawled out on their couch watching TV, Anna with her head sideways on Elsa's lap and legs overhanging the couch's armrest, Elsa herself with her feet resting lazily on the leg rest. Elsa was mindlessly running her fingers through the half-asleep redhead's hair as she explored the cable guide with the remote in her free hand.

"Hundreds of channels and nothing good on…" Anna made a grumbling string of noises that Elsa couldn't decipher. "Huh?"

"I said just throw it on the news or something."

"And listen to how depressing the world is? Pass."

"Whatever… just don't stop." Elsa rolled her eyes and intentionally pulled her other hand free from Anna's hair. "Aww, come on."

"I have a better idea. You want to get something to eat?"

"I guess. What,surrounding table. Once satisfied with the relative disinterest of those around them she turned her attention back to the redhead who was still waiting with her glass over the table. Elsa rolled her eyes for the second time of the night, something she's grown used to doing around Anna, and extended her own white-glazed glass over the table.

"To Anna. My slightly annoying brat of a sister who clearly doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut-" She was interrupted by an obvious throat clearing but quickly continued. "But who has been my best friend my whole life and is now something wonderfully more."

Anna's playfulness faded away, replaced by genuine happiness and a content smile. They clinked their glasses together and took a sip of their wines. Almost immediately


Anna contorted her face as she forced the red liquid down her throat followed by a shallow cough.

"Oh my god. Is that what wine is? Why do people drink this stuff?"

"No idea."

They enjoyed each other's company as the night quickly progressed, their overpriced Italian food soon eaten and their second wine glasses emptied. After finishing they gracefully stumbled their way out of the restaurant, Elsa finding delight in the fact that the harpist was, in fact, playing next to a small fountain, though no greenery.

They hooked onto each other tightly as they unsteadily walked back towards the apartment through the downtown streets under the moon-lit sky. Upon reaching its door Anna pulled out the keys and began jabbing the sides of the deadbolt, each strike forcing louder gigglingout of the two of them. She finally managed to ease it into the keyhole and twist it open, nearly tripping once the resistance of the door vanished.

They dropped their purses and keys straight onto the wooden floor after closing the door behind them. After shedding the weight Anna pushed against Elsa against the wall and clumsily attacked at the blonde's lips with her own. Elsa moaned from the contact but interrupted the mood with a hiccup which sent both girls into another giggling fit.

"Come on."

Elsa grinned as she grabbed Anna's hand and led her toward the bedroom door. Anna gleefully submitted and let herself be pulled through the doorframe and pushed onto the bed where she gracefully fell face first into the bed covers.

She quickly rolled over


and found her sister's eyes. "I meant to do that."

"Sure you did, Cleuseau."

"Huh?"

"Just kiss me."

Anna happily threw her arms around Elsa's neck and pulled her down onto herself.

The sun forced its rays through the slits in the window's blinds early the next morning and landed squarely on Elsa's eyes. The noise of construction from somewhere downtown pierced its way through her ears, painfully bringing her back to consciousness. She inched her eyes opened slowly, protecting her vision from the fiery ball of horridness and more importantly the instant pain it wrought somewhere deep in her brain. Through the slits in her eyelids she could see only red hair in a disheveled mess resting on the pillow in front of her. She blindly felt for a shoulder and thenlazily slid a finger down the figure, ending at the pale girl's bare hip. She pulled her hand away and rolled onto her back while throwing an arm over her eyes.

"Hey. You up?" With no response she leaned herself up and had to immediately rest her head against her palm. The splitting pain, almost like electrical shock, was almost too much to handle at that moment. "…fuck."

"Hmm?" The girl beside her slowly groaned out and began to slightly shift some limbs around.

"Morning."

"Morning… what time is it?"

"No idea."

Anna managed to roll herself over to escape the same light that Elsa escaped from a minute earlier. She opened her eyes and sobered up almost instantaneously from the sight alone. The blonde was sitting up, unclothed, the bed's sheets resting over


off as much as possible. I'm surprised you didn't put off being offended until next week."

"I… but-"

"Shut up and go call her."

Anna groaned as she rolled onto her feet and begrudgingly walked over to the kitchen counter. "I hate you."

"Love you too."

Anna just rolled her eyes as she unplugged her cellphone, turned it on, and dialed in Naya's number. Though she knew she wanted to, she couldn't force her thumb to do anything more than just hover over the 'call' button. The room faded away as she stared at the glowing screen, a slight compression slowly building in her head causing her focus to waver. The sudden feeling of a hand on her shoulder violently pulled her from her daze and she jerked to the side.

"Hey... it's okay.I worry that I'll just keep putting it off."

"It's possible."

"…yeah."

Anna resettled her gaze onto the phone lying flatly in her hand. Again she stared at it, reading the name of her friend along the top and her phone number in big numbers below that. She sighed and let her thumb fall onto the call button and raised the phone to her ear. She looked nervously toward Elsa for a moment then focused onto the floor while listening to the ringing through the earpiece. Just before she the voicemail kicked in, something Anna secretly wanted to happen, a click interrupted the repetitive sound and a voice took over.

"Hey, Anna. How's it going?"

"Oh, hey Naya. Going… good. How're you?"

"Doing alright. Just lying on my couch watching my show. What's up?"

"Not


They chatted mostly about pop culture and the occasional mention of fashion, the mood getting steadily cheerier as the alcohol invaded their bloodstreams. The white fluff ball they called a cat even made an appearance which instantly elicited sounds of toddler talk from all three.

Once the table had been full of empty plates and glasses for some time and the chatter had begun to slow, Elsa softly kicked Anna underneath the table. Anna shot a glare at the blonde who responded with a throat clear and a head tilt toward Naya.

Anna's demeanor flipped, like a light switch, to something particularly gloomy and especially timid. She nodded minutely and turned her attention over to Naya with her heart in her throat.

"So, Naya, how'd you like the dinner?"

"Oh man, thegive in to those voices, nothing else could possibly top that desire at this moment. She stared at Naya, her silence intensifying her nerves and anxiety from the obvious expectations, the same expectations she herself instilled in Naya just a minute ago. She hated that she did that and wanted to rip them back out of her and just pretend this entire thing never happened, that it would never happen.

Anna was torn from her rambling chaotic thoughts and guttural pain when Elsa draped her hand across Anna's waist and pulled her into a mild embrace. Anna jumped a little bit from the unexpected contact but quickly relaxed into Elsa's side. Her mind also managed to slow down and regain some sort of traction back into the world of


sanity. She stared into Elsa's eyes, eyes that showed no signs of anything but love and encouragement. She smiled weakly and turned her attention back to her friend who was still waiting silently.

"Naya… Elsa is my sister."

Anna watched helplessly as Naya started undergoing a clearly turbulent series of thoughts and realizations. Her face stiffened but her eyes still darted around at the two sisters, yet miles beyond them. Her mouth was agape and was barely twitching, no doubt the mind controlling it attempting to formulate some sort of response but unable to do so.

"You're freaking out."

"No, I just- it's not like, you know, it's, uh-"

Anna couldn't help but feel discouraged at the response, but was ultimately unsurprised. "You don't have to say anything. It's fine. Really."

"No… it's- it's-nodded her head and held back her tears the best she could. "Okay."

Naya gave the two sisters one last look-over before opening the door and heading out of their small apartment. As soon as the door closed behind her Anna immediately collapsed to her knees and sobbed into her hands. Elsa quickly knelt down and wrapped her arms around her, letting the redhead's tears soak her shoulder.

"I'm so proud of you sweetheart. I'm so proud of you…"

Sleep couldn't come fast enough that night. Anna lied in bed regretting everything she said, the entire situation and Naya's reaction playing in her head over and over again like a broken record player. Elsa tried her best to console her defeated sister, but eventually relinquished that attempt and instead draped an


by the time she reached her first class' room. She quietly pushed her way through the door and tried to make herself invisible as she shuffled pass an entire room's full of students listening carefully to the teacher up front. She took her seat at the far end and pulled out her notebook as well as a pencil and her phone, still anxiously hopeful for the desperately needed response.

The professor proceeded through his day's lecture, every sentence crafted and perfected over years of continuous teaching. The notes he wrote on the board were copied verbatim by Anna into her opened notebook along with therapeutic scribbles within the margins, most of an incoherent nature. It was nearing the end of class when the phone at the corner of herdesk vibrated and lit up for just a moment. Anna glanced down at it only to see a notification of a text message with Naya's name alongside it.

"Fuck."

She immediately ducked her head down once she realized she whispered it out loud, scanning around at the nearby students in embarrassment. Her reaction was one of surprise, perhaps excitement, or maybe nervousness. She wasn't sure, but whatever was swirling around in her head forced a hesitation into her movement toward the phone.

She picked it up slowly and opened up the message.

We need to talk. Meet me under the tree by the sundial.

The swirling emotions spiked and held their intensity. She started tapping at the screen to write back an unfettered response that was excessive, even by Anna's standard. Once finished


she read it over, erased the entire thing, and responded simply after deciding that less was more.

Okay.

The last fifteen minutes of class were a mess. Her thoughts were everywhere but the teacher's words and an electrical charge was continuously traveling up and down her body, causing her hands to shake mildly and her leg to bounce incessantly. When the teacher finally announced that class was over Anna spastically threw her items back into her bag and headed out the door in a sluggish hurry.

As she walked down the main pathway that cut the campus into two, her mind raced through every possible scenario that could occur in just a few minutes. She shook her head clear of the bothersome intrusions and tried to focus on her feet asshe kept shuffling one in front of the other. They eventually led her around the corner of a red-bricked building and to an opening of trees and grass. The wind produced a symphony of sound through the leaves of the canopy which also broke the sun's rays into a flowing pattern not unlike water. Under one especially large tree sat the sundial, rendered useless half of the day due to the overhanging branches, though it was of no concern now as Anna spotted her friend pushing herself to her feet next to it. She took a few heavy breaths and finished the journey up to Naya.

Anna involuntarily let one arm hang lifelessly down her side while the other grabbed onto it. "Hi."

"Hey." Naya appeared just as uncertain. "Okay,


I'm willing to bet you do."

"I can guess."

"Elsa. Elsa happened. My sister has been the only constantly good thing in my life. She was there to get me through school, to help me deal with bullies…" Anna was trying her best to hold back her tears, though the shimmer in her eyes gave away her true emotions. "She was there to help pick up the pieces when our parents died. I owe her so… so much."

Anna sniffed and rubbed away some escaping drops from her eyes. "She was helping me through a panic attack this one time… a couple of years ago. I was curled up in the bathroom freaking out and she was there by my side, like always, telling me that everything was going to bedoor open for a moment to let the wind wash over and blow around her hair. The day had a lighter feeling, the proverbial weight being lifted off of her shoulders. She started the car and headed back to the apartment, reaching it not fifteen minutes later. She walked in through its front door and spotted a white head of hair peaking over from the back of the couch, its owner soon vanishing the silence.

"Welcome back."

"Thanks." Anna slid off her backpack onto the floor and then dropped onto the couch next to Elsa. "Good to be back."

Elsa muted the TV and looked deeply into Anna's eyes. "So…did you get a chance to talk to Naya today?"

"I did, actually."

"Yeah? How'd that go?"

"Not… great, at the start at least. But


after a pretty intense conversation, I think she came around a little bit. It'll take time but… I think she'll get there."

Elsa's appearance clearly lightened. "That's wonderful. I'm so happy for you sweetheart."

Without thinking, just as with their first time, Anna leaned in and kissed Elsa, her sister, the love of her life. She kept their lips together for as long as her breath would allow and then slowly fell away.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too."

Anna quickly kissed Elsa once more and then laid her head onto her lap facing the TV. Elsa switched the volume back on and instinctively started running her fingers through the redhead's hair.

Thanks so much for reading. Honestly. I truly greatly appreciate it.

a/o (author's opinion): I feel most people have beennumbers and those who are appalled at the prospect of killing this famous and beloved Australian icon. Can they be relocated, or can their numbers be controlled through forced contraception?

Following the stories of several urban kangaroos in the study, Nature reveals how they manage to survive in the city. Kangaroo Mob premieres Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8 p.m. (ET) on WNET New York and other PBS stations nationwide (check local listings). Narrated by Chris Morgan, the film profiles a new generation of metropolitan marsupials and the ongoing debate on how to manage them. After broadcast, the episode will stream online with additional content at pbs.org/nature.

Celebrating its 30th season, Nature is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET, the parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21, New York’s


public television stations and operator of NJTV. For nearly 50 years, WNET has been producing and broadcasting national and local documentaries and other programs for the New York community.

In their year-long study of the kangaroo mob, government ecologists Don Fletcher and Claire Wimpenny track 25 kangaroos using GPS equipment, keeping close tabs on their comings and goings. Analyzing the data retrieved from radio-collars, they are able to put together a map of where and when the kangaroos forage for food. Their evening forays into the suburbs to feed on backyard lawns and gardens and visits to local football fields to graze are consequential, as an adult kangaroo consumes as much as five pounds of grass a day.

Black Spot, fully grown at over six feet tall, is the mob’sdominant male. Having fathered most of the joeys in his group, he must contend with young bucks looking for a chance to succeed him. In the same mob, Madge teaches her son Sonny about city life, while also carrying a second joey named Alice, now safely nursing in her pouch. But research indicates that 70% of young joeys in this area don’t survive to adulthood, falling victim to starvation, predation, or disease. The mob also faces the cull, in which an estimated 2,000 kangaroos are projected to be killed.

Supporting a completely different way to control kangaroo numbers are Rosemary Austen and Steve Garlick, who manage a sanctuary set up to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned kangaroos, and ultimately to relocate and release them in the wild. In


the more than ten years they have been in operation, the two have taken in more than a thousand ailing animals and nursed them to health, getting to know each of them well.

At the end of their one-year study, Don and Claire come to the conclusion that, contrary to common belief, kangaroos are rather smart and road-savvy. These urban kangaroos are in fact adapting surprisingly well to living side by side with humans, and they are sharing their new survival skills with the next generation.

Nature is a production of THIRTEEN in association with WNET for PBS. Fred Kaufman is executive producer. Kangaroo Mob is a production of 360 Degree Films in association with ABC Television, FILM VICTORIA AUSTRALIA, SCREEN AUSTRALIA, RTBF, SVERIGES TELEVISION AB and YLE.

Nature pioneered atelevision genre that is now widely emulated in the broadcast industry. Throughout its history, Nature has brought the natural world to millions of viewers. The series has been consistently among the most-watched primetime series on public television.

Nature has won more than 600 honors from the television industry, the international wildlife film communities, and environmental organizations including 10 Emmys, three Peabodys and the first award given to a television program by the Sierra Club. The series received two of wildlife film industry’s highest honors: the Christopher Parsons Outstanding Achievement Award given by the Wildscreen Festival and the Grand Teton Award given by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Recently, Fred Kaufman was named the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Media by the 2012 International Wildlife Film Festival.

Major


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Well, truth be told, that began when Wyrd Miniatures was still just a miniatures company, with no associated game. The original Pandora and Ramos miniatures, and several others were ones I had been eyeing as proxies for Warmachine for years. Eventually it was the combination of a few different factors, including pulling back on other hobby expenses and how nicely the game was shaping up to be, that led me to try out the game finally.

The Good Doctor, himself.

I was originally suckered in by the Arcanists and their steampunk* aesthetic, but Bartertown dictated that Resurrectionists were the starter faction.**

McMourning's mad doctor aesthetic meant I was curious, his Joker-esque look certainly didn't hurt. Reading Malifaux's (Malifaux'?) narrative had me enjoying his character even more, so thepainted photo I could find of the stock pose, if someone has a clearer one, please let me know.

However, holding a rifle longer than she is tall, one handed, with the other on her hip, is not an interesting (or believable) pose. (Interestingly, the concept sketch shows with her in a very similar pose, but looking over her other shoulder, and the rifle on the ground, in a much more natural pose. The face is also nicer, but I imagine that's more to do with sculpting limitations than the poor pose.)

Sloan, done by Mr. Uderzo looks
sort of like a man, but at least looks
like s/he's doing something.

The obvious modification was to make something like her artwork (right), which took some careful cutting and was one of the first


server while she was U.S. secretary of state dogged her throughout the campaign. Trump accused Clinton of endangering national security by exposing classified information to potential hacking.

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In testimony to Congress two weeks ago, Comey said he felt “mildly nauseous” at the suggestion his actions may have swayed the election, but added that he had no regrets.

Trump fired Comey days later amid the FBI’s probe into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia to defeat Clinton, an allegation the president has denied.

Weiner, who served parts of New York City for 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, resigned in 2011 after an explicit photograph was posted on his Twitter account. He initially claimed his account had been hacked but eventually acknowledged he had sent theNorth and South Korea have been unable to reunions for families separated by the Korean War since February 2014, and the last such meetings before that took place in 2010.

Of the 129,688 who have registered in the South as divided family members, nearly 63,000 have passed away, according to statistics from the Integrated Information System for Separated Families.


Quick Hits• The Duke pitching staff averages 8.88 strikeouts per game, a mark which ranks second in the ACC ... The Blue Devils also rank fourth in the league, issuing 3.34 walks per nine innings ... The Duke pitching corps has hit 16 batters this season, the lowest total of any ACC pitching staff.

• Duke is 17-0 when leading after seven innings.

• With sweeps over Notre Dame and North Carolina, the Blue Devils have swept two ACC series in the same season for the first time since 1994.

• Senior Jordan Betts leads all active ACC players with 62 career doubles ... Betts is one of three Duke players to belt 60 or more doubles in a career, joining Vaughn Schill (60) and Jeff Becker (74) ... He currentlyranks second in the ACC with 13 doubles in 2014.

• Redshirt junior Aaron Cohn has been on a tear as of late, batting .340 (18-for-53) over his past 13 games ... Cohn has five doubles, a home run and nine RBI during that span, which also includes five multiple hit games.

• Junior right-hander Andrew Istler leads the ACC in runners picked off ... He has accounted for five of Duke’s 10 runners picked off this season.

• Senior Robert Huber is one of two ACC pitchers, along with Miami’s Bryan Radziewski, with two career shutouts ... Huber has moved into the closer role this season, and currently ranks fifth in the ACC with six saves ... Huber is one of four pitchers in Duke history to total five or


more saves as well as 15 or more wins in a career, joining David Darwin, Ryan Jackson and Marcus Stroman.

• Senior Mark Lumpa leads the ACC in walks (36) and ranks fifth in the conference in on base percentage (.459) ... Lumpa entered the week leading the nation in walks ... The Saudi Arabia native has reached base in 25 consecutive contests, hitting .287 (23-for-80) with 31 walks during that span.

• Redshirt junior Chris Marconcini leads the ACC in home runs (7) ... He also leads the team and ranks third in the league in RBI (34) ... Marconcini has driven in 30 or more runs in each of his three seasons at Duke ... The Brentwood, Tenn., native also has a team-best nine games with multiple RBI,in program history between Duke and Virginia Tech ... The Blue Devils lead the all-time series, 28-24, including an 8-5 record against the Hokies in Blacksburg ... The series dates back to 1907, a 13-0 Duke victory ... Last season, the Hokies swept the Blue Devils in a three-game series at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park ... Two seasons ago, Duke swept Virginia Tech at English Field.

Duke in the ACC• Duke enters the weekend with a 9-9 mark in conference action ... The Blue Devils are tied with North Carolina for seventh place in the ACC standings ... The Blue Devils rank third in the ACC in team ERA (3.10), third in fielding percentage (.977) while sitting in eighth in team batting average (.262) ... Duke was picked


152 F.2d 235 (1945)
SAUNDERS
v.
WILKINS.
No. 5385.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
December 6, 1945.
Arthur Dunn, of New York City, and Moss A. Plunkett, of Roanoke, Va., for appellant.
V. P. Randolph, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Abram P. Staples, Atty. Gen., of Virginia, on the brief), for appellee.
Before SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by Henry L. Saunders, a citizen of Virginia, qualified under Article 1, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States to be a candidate for the office of Representative in the Congress of the United States from the State, against Ralph E. Wilkins, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The complaint alleged that on October 18, 1943 Saunders notified the Secretary of his intention tobe a candidate to be elected to that office by the electors of the State at large at the general election to be held on November 7, 1944; that he filed with his notice a petition signed by two hundred and fifty qualified voters of the State at large, in accordance with § 154 of the Code of Virginia of 1942, and thereupon it became the duty of the Secretary of State to notify the Secretary of the Electoral Board of each county and city of the State of such candidacy; and that the defendant failed to perform this duty, but instead, on August 3, 1944, returned the declaration of candidacy and refused to certify the name of the plaintiff as such candidate. It appears from the correspondence


filed with the complaint that the Secretary's refusal to certify the candidacy was based on an opinion of the Attorney General of the State which held that under the laws of Virginia no such office as member of the House of Representatives from the State at large existed, and no election was being held for that position.
The complaint charged that by the failure and refusal of the Secretary to certify the name of the plaintiff as a candidate for the office plaintiff was denied his political rights under the Constitution of the United States and was entitled to recover from the Secretary damages in the sum of $20,000 under R.S. § 1979, 8 U.S.C.A. § 43.
The complaint was met by a motion to dismiss on the ground thatit failed to state a cause of action since questions relating to the apportionment of representatives among the several States are political in their nature and reside exclusively within the determination of Congress and hence the plaintiff was not deprived of any right *236 by the action of the Secretary. The District Judge accepted this view and dismissed the bill, holding that the office of Representative at Large from Virginia does not exist because Virginia has divided its territory into nine districts in conformity with the number of representatives allotted by Congress, and that it is only when a State fails to take such action that the office of Representative at Large comes into being.
The theory of the appellant's case may be thus summarized: Virginia has abridged the


right of certain inhabitants of the State, twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, to vote for the choice of Presidential electors and for Representatives in Congress, and hence under the terms of § 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment the basis of representation of the State should be reduced in the proportion which the number of such citizens bears to the whole number of citizens twenty-one years of age in the State. The abridgment of the right of certain citizens of Virginia to vote, to which the plaintiff refers, results from §§ 18, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 of the State Constitution and § 22 of the State Tax Code[1] whereby certain requirements and qualifications for registration and voting are set out, including theshown in the statement transmitted to Congress by the President on January 8, 1941, based upon the method known as the method of equal proportions, no State to receive less than one member.[2] Under this apportionment Virginia was allotted nine representatives; and they have been since elected by the voters of the nine districts into which the State was divided by the Act of the Virginia legislature of 1934. Virginia Code of 1942, §§ 70, 71 and 72. Both of these Acts, the Act of Congress and the Act of the State Legislature, are invalid and of no effect since they are in conflict with § 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment, and consequently Representatives to Congress from Virginia must be chosen from the State at large, just as


of representatives shall be elected and admitted to congress than the statute specifies; and the writ must be denied, and the action dismissed."
See also, Daly v. Madison County, 378 Ill. 357, 365-366, 38 N.E.2d 160.
The judgment of the District Court will be affirmed.
NOTES
[1]  These sections provide in substance as follows:

Section 18 provides that every citizen of the United States, twenty-one years of age, resident of the State one year, of the County six months and of the Precinct in which he offers to vote thirty days next preceding the election, and has paid his State poll taxes, shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly.
Section 20 provides that every citizen of the United States having the qualifications of age and residence required in §18 shall be entitled to register provided that he has personally paid all State poll taxes assessed against him for the three years next preceding.
Section 21 provides that a person registered under § 20 shall have the right to vote for all officers elected by the people, provided that he shall as a prerequisite to the right to vote personally pay six months prior to the election all State poll taxes assessed against him under the Constitution during the three years next preceding, unless exempted by § 22 from the payment of poll tax.
Section 22 exempts persons who served in the army or navy of the United States or the Confederate States in the war between the States.
Sections 23 and 24 exclude from registering and voting insane persons,


Southern and Northern phases. In the 21st century, Virginia has defied the Republican domination of Southern politics. Ultimately, Obama beat McCain by six points in Virginia, and then he beat Mitt Romney by four points in the state four years later. In 2016, Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by five points in Virginia. In the past 17 years, Virginia has elected four Democratic governors and three Democratic senators. Virginia is, despite its Southern inclinations, a blue state.

In Texas, Georgia, West Virginia, and elsewhere throughout the South, Democrats now struggle to overturn Republican dominance in states where Democrats dominated elections as recently as the 1990s. But in Virginia, the tables are turned, and the state’s Republican Party has suffered a cruel decade of delirium and decline. The Virginia DemocraticParty has produced a remarkably strong series of candidates, including Kaine; his predecessor, Jim Webb; and his fellow senator, Mark Warner. Even the less successful Democrats have sabotaged the state’s leading Republican politicians; the former representative Tom Perriello, very narrowly upset the high-profile Republican representative Virgil Goode in 2008, thus terminating Goode’s political career before losing his own reelection campaign two years later. The state’s major Republican candidates have proved defective. George Allen lost his Senate seat to Webb and then failed in his expensive bid to reclaim it six years later. The former governor Bob McDonnell spent the final months of his term under investigation for corruption; a federal grand jury indicted McDonnell and his wife two weeks after the governor concluded his term. The Virginia Republican


bench is largely destroyed. The collapse has stuck Virginia Republicans with Stewart, who will lose to Kaine and further demoralize Virginia Republicans in the process.

Trumpism has only inflamed the Republican agony in Virginia. Last year, the former Republican chairman Ed Gillespie led an unsuccessful campaign for governor of Virginia; Gillespie struggled to reconcile his Beltway Republican bona fides with his reactionary posturing about immigrant gangs and Confederate monuments—posturing that Gillespie adopted not only from Trump, but also from Stewart’s primary campaign against him.

There have been a handful of convulsions. The former House majority leader Eric Cantor represented Virginia’s 7th Congressional District until the Tea Party challenger, Dave Brat, upset Cantor in the 2014 Republican primaries. But just four years after he defeated Cantor, Brat could lose his Houseresearchers found that more than 61 per cent of the orca they studied have "been to the dentist" to have their teeth drilled. Officially termed a "modified pulpotomy", a hole is drilled into the tooth to extract the soft pulpy tissue inside.

Study co-author Dr Carolina Loch, a Faculty of Dentistry researcher at New Zealand's University of Otago, specializes in the dentition of whales and dolphins, and says that unlike us, the resultant hole is not filled or capped, but rather is left open for the rest of the animal's life, requiring daily flushing with chemicals to keep the teeth empty of food and bacteria in an attempt to manage resulting infection.

"Once the tooth gets worn to the point where the pulp is exposed this opens up a channel


– 18

Speed – 26

Totodile

Level 10

Nature – Timid (+Speed/-Attack)

HP – 32

Attack – 17

Defense – 20

Special Attack – 15

Special Defense – 16

Speed – 16

Chikorita

Level 10

Nature – Lax (+Defense/-Special Defense)

HP – 29

Attack – 16

Defense – 22

Special Attack – 15

Special Defense – 17

Speed – 14

So there’s all my good Pokemon so far! I traded a Bellsprout to a kid in Violet City for an Onix named Rocky (very clever, son). Right now I’m in Sprout Tower…

Sprout Tower

…getting ready to take on the guys at the top of the tower. After I Ember my way through the Sea of Bellsprouts I’ll go to battle Falkner at the Violet City Gym.The show is set 15 years after our present has devolved into anarchy following the lights going out and all technology ceasing ...

"Revolution," NBC's new sci-fi drama from "Supernatural" creator Eric Kripke and produced by J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk is the latest and highest-profile new series to get an online preview window. The Jon Favreau-directed pilot for the series is up online in its entirety un...

J.J. Abrams' latest TV show, "Revolution," has begun location shooting in Wilmington, North Carolina. Set fifteen years in the future, "Revolution" is a dystopian sci-fi drama, with the rural NC location evoking a once civilized landscape that has been taken over by nature...


the Insurance industry due to the hurricane will also have a negative impact on expected earnings growth for the Financial sector overall.

It is interesting to note that last year there was about a two to three-week lag between the time the Hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit the U.S. and the substantial downward revisions to earnings estimates for companies in the Insurance industry by analysts. Given the timing of Hurricane Florence, any potential downward revisions to earnings estimates for companies in the Insurance industry may not occur until late September or early October.

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John’s weekly research report, Earnings Insight provides analysis and commentary on trends in corporate earnings data for the S&P 500, including revisions to estimates, year-over-year growth, performance relative to expectations, and valuations. He is awidely used source for the media and has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business News, and the Business News Network. In addition, he has been cited by numerous print and online publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, MarketWatch, and Yahoo! Finance.


Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: The variety is botanically identified as Fragariaxc3x97ananassa.
Variety denomination: The strawberry variety denomination is xe2x80x98Driscoll Coronationxe2x80x99.
The new variety originated as a result of a controlled cross between the strawberry plants xe2x80x98Marathonxe2x80x99 (U.S. Plant Pat. No. PP12,817) and xe2x80x9838A237xe2x80x99 (unpatented variety) in an ongoing breeding program, and was discovered as a seedling in Kent, England in 1999. The original seedling of the new cultivar was asexually propagated by stolons in a Nursery in Kent, England. Propagules were transplanted to a controlled breeding plot in Monterey. Calif, where the variety was identified and selected for further evaluation. xe2x80x98Driscoll Coronationxe2x80x99 was subsequent asexually propagated and underwent further testing in Monterey, Calif. for one year. This propagation and testing has demonstrated thatfor Drummond Company in 1975 and thus has had various roles
and titles within the corporation, including President and Chief Operating Officer of Drummond
Ltd., and, at various times, Vice President of Special Projects, Vice President and Assistant to the
CEO, and President of Mining for Drummond Company. As pertinent here, he was in charge of
mining and security in Colombia. Jimenez served as President of Drummond Ltd.’s Colombian
branch, supervising the development and implementation of security plans. Tracy is a U.S.
citizen, whereas Jimenez is a Colombian citizen.