favour. I believe my speaking time is now at an end.
Philip Claeys
- (NL) Madam President, the merit of the Castex report is undoubtedly that it indicates the enormous demographic challenges with which Europe is faced. Admittedly, a lot of good questions, trains of thought and solutions are enumerated. More and better relief for children must indeed be urgently provided, older workers must indeed also be provided with continuing opportunities within the employment markets, and health services must indeed urgently prepare themselves to face the challenge of the accelerated aging demographic.
On the other hand, this Parliament is straying off course in considering immigration as an instrument with which to secure the demographic and economic future of Europe. Just recently, one of the British Prime Minister's most important advisers, LordCommunity market.
Daniel Strož
As regards the report relating to the Commission's Annual report on monitoring the application of Community law, I am of the opinion that one of its major themes is the Commission's intention of improving working methods in cases of reported breaches of Community law in the Member States. Under the framework of the proposed new working method, citizens' queries and complaints should be handed back directly to the Member States in question. As the rapporteur, Mrs Frassoni, rightly pointed out, this new working method of the Commission, in other words the handing back of the complaint, carries an inherent risk of the Commission renouncing its fundamental responsibility for the application of Community law.
In this connection I would also like to point out another fact,


which has already been subject to criticism in the European Parliament: it is the lobby groups, which always manage to access the Commission's notifications directed at Member States in cases of suspected breaches of Community law, while citizens do not. Yet it is precisely the citizens, whose submissions provide an irreplaceable source of information and alert us to breaches or non-application of Community law, not some interest groups with their own agenda.
Andrzej Jan Szejna
in writing. (PL) I voted in favour of the report by Mrs Frassoni on monitoring the application of Community law (2005).
Mrs Frassoni has presented a very good report. In particular, the individual issues contained in the motion for a resolution call for cohesion in the area of joint action by EU institutions, nationalparliaments and the citizens themselves. The main points concern the ideas for better monitoring and the proposals for simplifying implementation of the provisions of Community law and improving its effectiveness. Their implementation is essential to improving the effectiveness of European Union policy on, for instance, European Fund actions and harmonisation of standards for products goods on the Community market.
Furthermore, the appeal to national parliaments contained in the motion for a resolution is very important. National parliaments are urged to go beyond a purely formal transposition of Community legislation and avoid fragmentation when incorporating it into national legislation.
David Martin
in writing. - I welcome André Brie's proposal for regulation on the accreditation and market surveillance of products in the European Community. The proposal will improve the amount of


clearly a violation of international law and is completely unacceptable.
As a result of the embargo and the denial of access to drinking water and food, Israel is artificially creating a situation for the people in the Gaza Strip which is without parallel in terms of its inhumanity and lack of concern for human dignity. It is thanks to the Egyptian Government and the cool head of the border police that a major disaster has so far been averted and people who are themselves not participants in the conflict have been given access to basic goods for their essential needs. What is irresponsible, on the other hand, is shifting the responsibility onto Egypt, which is completely blameless in terms of the escalation of the current situation.
It is unacceptable, inthe 21st century, for a civilian population to be treated as the scapegoat for terrorist acts by Hamas. The infrastructure must therefore be restored immediately and supplies to the local population guaranteed.
The Palestinian side, for its part, should do its utmost to de-escalate the situation in order to facilitate the conclusion of an agreement by the end of 2008. In the present situation, however, prospects of achieving this noble aspiration would appear to be remote.
James Nicholson
in writing. - While every effort must be made to find a solution to the situation in Gaza, this resolution at best will contribute nothing and at worst will have a negative impact. If Parliament wants to be an honest broker for peace in the Middle East it should stop producing


Israel, a democratic country and government, and Hamas, a terrorist movement listed as such by the EU (this is true, just like the repeated refusal to meet the conditions of the Quartet, which this resolution moreover oddly conceals), equal partners in the midst of terrible violence.
Geoffrey Van Orden
in writing. - The tone, and much of the content, of the Gaza Resolution, is skewed in an anti-Israeli fashion. It is certainly the case that the Palestinians in Gaza live in a perpetual state of privation, and this is inhumane. But the blame for this rests only partly with Israel, and primarily with Palestinian terrorists and extremists such as Hamas, and the failure of Arab states to assist the rehabilitation of the population, and regeneration of the area.to the hidden human capital in rural areas, notably in the less developed countries.
Demography is one of the key challenges for the European Union, especially in the context of significant overpopulation in other parts of the world.
Ewa Tomaszewska
in writing. (PL) In view of the serious nature of the demographic problem facing Europe, it is entirely appropriate for Parliament and the Commission to have devoted time to it. Unfortunately, I found it necessary to vote against the report on the subject by Mrs Castex because so many key amendments were rejected.
In particular, Parliament's acceptance of the provision indicating full acceptance of the definition of family in the legislation of an emigrant's country of origin in the event of conflict with the legislation of the host country, together


by judges on this charge.

The ruling suggests that clearing the initial hurdle laid out to make such a challenge will be nearly impossible via litigation.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, based in Virginia, threw out a suit filed by the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland that claimed President Donald Trump had violated the emoluments clause by benefiting economically when representatives of foreign governments patronized his places of business — in particular the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

The court dismissed the suit on the basis of a narrow issue — but it’s a fundamental one with wide-ranging implications. In fact, the ruling suggests that clearing the initial hurdle laid out to make such a challenge will be almost impossible via litigation, andImage caption The university group says extra funds must come from students

Students should pay higher fees to go to university in England, says the Russell Group of leading universities.

The group's submission to Lord Browne's funding review sets out how the £3,225-a-year fee could rise to £9,000 without extra costs in taxpayers' subsidies.

"An increase in graduate contributions is the fairest and only viable option for addressing the funding shortfall," says the Russell Group statement.

Students described the proposals as a "nightmare scenario".

The National Union of Students said this lifting of the cap on fees would mean "mortgage-style debts" of more than £40,000.

Higher repayments

The UCU lecturers' union said that such an increase in tuition fees would be "the most regressive piece of education policy since the war" which would "price a


which represents research-intensive universities, has also called for a reduction in the subsidy on student loans.

Students at Russell Group universities, represented by the Aldwych Group, criticised the call for higher fees.

"The Russell Group has failed completely to put forward any case which suggests that a rise in fees would benefit access to or the quality of education," said Emmanuel Akpan-Inwang, chair of the Aldwych Group.

Oxford University's student union president, Stefan Baskerville, said that "any further proposed increase in fees will lead to the political battle of this government's life".Report:

Gladbach close to Danish teenager By Rune Gjerulff

Borussia Mönchengladbach have reportedly agreed a deal with Danish side FC Midtjylland for 18-year-old Danish starlet Andreas Poulsen.

Borussia-Park.

18-year-old Danish left-back Andreas Poulsen, who plays for Danish champions FC Midtjylland, is close to a move to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

According to Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, the two sides agreed a deal for the young defender last night. Gladbach will pay around €4,5 million plus a potential fee of €2 million in bonuses for Poulsen. That means the 18-year-old is set to become the most expensive Danish teenager ever.

"I'm proud that such a big club are looking at me. They have followed me for a while, and that means a lot to me. It's a really good club that believes in young players, and obviously


that means a lot for a player's development," Poulsen told Ekstra Bladet yesterday.

Poulsen, a player that Gladbach have been watching for the past year, was in the starting eleven eight times for FC Midtjylland during the 2017/18 season and made his debut for the club in 2016.

Gladbach already have one Dane in the squad in the form of Jannik Vestergaard.

    After having been in a personal relationship for a couple of years, appellant/cross-

respondent David Cook and respondent/cross-appellant Wendi Wicktor-Heinks began

cohabitating. At the time that they began their relationship, Cook owned and operated a

floor-covering business and owned several parcels of real estate, including farmland and

houses. Wicktor-Heinks was a licensed real-estate broker and a certified real-estate

appraiser who owned her own home.

       Cook and Wicktor-Heinks opened joint bank accounts at three banks, and all of

the deposits they made between August 1999 and December 2004 went into their joint

accounts. They used combined resources to purchase and pay the expenses, repairs, debt,

taxes, insurance, and other costs associated with several parcels of real property owned

by either party, and they expended joint funds, time, skill,


as the buffalo.

The two parcels in dispute are referred to as the buffalo property, which is where the

parties lived when they cohabitated and the buffalo-farming operation is maintained, and

the Hjelm property. Cook alleged that the parties had an agreement, amounting to a joint

venture, to increase their individual net worth by commingling assets and incomes, and

he sought to recover the expenses he incurred in furtherance of this agreement. Wicktor-

Heinks denied the claims, citing anti-palimony statutes, and alternatively counterclaimed,

arguing that if there was a joint venture between the parties, the court should factor in all

income and expenses related to the property of both parties from the beginning of their

relationship to prevent unjust enrichment of Cook.

       A three-day bench trial was held, and the districtcan only be reached by boat or sporadic flights from Manaus.

Barcelos, with a population of around 30,000 people, is close to the geographic center of the Amazon, and like many other cities in the region it has a long and bloody history. Originally a settlement of Manaus Indians, it became part of the Portuguese push into the interior of Brazil in the 18th century, when it was established as the capital city of what would become the state of Amazonas.

It remained a quiet colonial outpost until the late 1800s, when global interest in the jungle’s native rubber trees turned Barcelos into a center of the “rubber boom,” during which vast fortunes were made off the suffering and enslavement of millions in the Amazon Basin, as businesses in the


rapidly industrializing U.S. and Europe clamored for the sticky latex of the rubber tree.

The city has weathered many hardships in its nearly 300-year history, but the decline of the aquarium fish trade has both locals and outside observers worried for its future.

The city today still retains traces of this past, but faded 19th-century buildings have given way to generic concrete storefronts and municipal buildings along the few dusty blocks that qualify as Barcelos’ “downtown.” After the Amazonian rubber trade—which was based on tapping wild rubber trees within the forest—collapsed due to competition from more efficient plantations in Asia, Barcelos sank into quiet recession, and became a backwater once again.

It was only the discovery of a brightly colored fish in 1956 that gave the town its second—and much moreof the cardinal tetra led to the development of a major industry in Barcelos during the 1960s and ‘70s. Thousands of families in the city and municipality of Barcelos were employed in collecting these fish, a task that evolved into a bona fide occupation in the region; the fishermen and women who specialize in catching tiny aquarium fish became known as piabeiros.

A bicycle-mounted fish seller makes a sale. Live fish for aquariums are generally worth much more than food fish on the local market.

In town, several families are employed as patrons, who front fuel and supplies to fishing families further upriver, and arrange transport and sale of their live haul, in a variation of the elaborate aviamento trade system originally used by rubber traders over 100 years earlier.

Just


across the river from the city’s main street, several small transfer stations hold fish in plastic trays, consolidating the fish from dozens of fishing villages before shipping them by ferry to Manaus, a remote metropolis 250 miles down the Rio Negro, so named for its acidic “black” waters. Barcelos relies heavily on this trade, with some researchers estimating that 60 percent of cash incomes in the region derive from tropical fish collecting, sale, and transport.

‘Hotel Ornamental’, one of only a few lodgings in town, is owned by a retired aquarium fish trader.

The impact of this trade can be felt and seen almost everywhere in Barcelos. In the main square, overlooking the river, a statue of Christ, arms outstretched, is adorned with painted cardinal tetras and discus, another popularaquarium fish. The Hotel Ornamental, one of the few small hotels in town, alludes to the “ornamental” fish business (another name for aquarium fish) and is owned by a retired fish trader.

Barcelos’ ornamental fish festival is held each year to celebrate the importance of the aquarium fish trade. Two teams, representing Cardinal Tetras and Discus (another popular species) compete for the crown with elaborate dances.

But the most tangible effect this trade has had on the city is undoubtedly the raucous annual festival held in honor of—what else—aquarium fish. This carnival-style festival, complete with hours-long choreographed dance competitions and elaborate floats, is the cultural event of the year in Barcelos, with people from outlying communities flocking to the city for the days-long party.

A statue of Christ in the town’s


in drying swamps and puddles. The Piabeiros, who can only effectively collect fish during the dry season, harvest from these remnant populations, which would otherwise be doomed to die from lack of oxygen or predation from birds.

Barcelos continues to serve as a transport hub linking remote villages upriver to the city of Manaus.

The trade is “not only sustainable, but results in a net benefit for both the people of the region and the environment,” says Scott Dowd, Senior Aquarist at New England Aquarium and Executive Director of Project Piaba, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing the sustainability of the Amazonian fish trade. (This reporter has also volunteered with Project Piaba).

Because of the economic opportunity the fishery provides, locals are less likely to resort to destructive practices like slash-and-burnCNN’s Town Hall brought the Florida shooting survivors, the NRA, Florida lawmakers, and the police together to talk about gun rights. Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County spoke about the massacre that happened in his jurisdiction on February 14.

The outraged residents and survivors of the Florida massacre took on Florida lawmakers and the NRA in CNN’s Town Hall on February 21. Broward County Sheriff, Scott Israel, was on the panel and he was the winner of the night. His powerful speech to the students who survived Nikolas Cruz’s rampage has struck a chord with many. Find out all about his Town Hall appearance and more in Scott Israel’s wiki.

Where Is Scott Israel from?

Scott J. Israel was raised in New York City and is the sheriff of Broward County


with the county seat in Fort Lauderdale. After graduating with a Bachelors degree in political science from Cortland State University in 1977, he attended the FBI National Academy.

His family has been in law enforcement for years. His father was a homicide detective with the New York Police Department.

He has almost four decades of experience in the police force, having risen through the ranks. He worked as a narcotics detective, was the head of a SWAT team, and has served as police chief in another town.

He was part of the famous squad of police who took down drug trade in Fort Lauderdale in the ‘80s.

Is Sheriff Israel a Democrat?

Israel has been demanding gun control to prevent mass violence, and that has earned him opposition from political factions. But hehas some political clout, so he’s an outspoken voice nonetheless.

He lost the 2008 sheriff’s elections to Al Lamberti who had infamous Republican operative Roger Stone working on his campaign. But in 2012, Stone switched loyalties to Israel and helped him in the 2012 election.

Stone helped Israel win the 2012 election, but their partnership is an anomaly. Because Israel switched to Democrat in 2007 and contested on the Democratic ticket. Stone, though a staunch Republican supporter, has high regard for Israel.

They demonstrate mutual respect for each other’s work, but Stone wasn’t needed in Israel’s campaign again. His work in the county had earned him all the support he needed, and he easily won the 2016 reelection.

He’s also the first Jewish sheriff in Florida history. However, he talks very little


about his faith. In his 2016 reelection, he did bring up his faith but didn’t dwell on it much.

His wife is a Christian, and their triplets have grown up in both faiths. In an interview, Israel said that he attends both synagogues and churches but that he prefers to keep his faith a private matter.

He Wants Stricter Gun Reforms

The Florida massacre wasn’t Israel’s first time dealing with a shooting. He has been part of the gun control debate for years. He especially called for stricter reforms after the January 2017 shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

The shootings had close ties with Israel’s family. His sister-in-law was present at the airport when a gunman opened fire. His triplets once attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School long before NikolasTORONTO – Jonathan Osorio heard the criticism.

The Canadian midfielder has been a very steady hand for Toronto FC in 2016, appearing in 30 Major League Soccer matches (26 as a starter), accumulating 2,440 minutes of playing time during the regular season—the fourth most on the team and a career high.

He’s been routinely lauded by coach Greg Vanney for his creativity on the pitch, and opposing teams know the danger he brings with his dynamic, attacking play. The one thing that was missing from his game this year? Goals.

Not that Osorio, a 24-year-old native of Toronto, has ever been a prolific scorer. He scored five times in his debut MLS season in 2013, which still ranks as his single-season record. But he was mired in a terrible scoring drought


For information about records for non-Christian religions in Finland, go to the Religious Records page.

Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly called vital records because critical events in a person’s life are recorded in them. Church records are vital records made by parish ministers. They are often referred to as parish registers or churchbooks. They include records of christenings and births, marriages, burials and deaths, and communions. Church records may also include account books, confirmations, and records of people moving in and out of a parish.

In general the Lutheran church began keeping records after a 1686 royal decree. Each parish gradually complied with this decree. Before the decree some prominent churchmen, including bishop Johannes Rudbeckius in Sweden and bishops Isak Rothovius and Johannes Gezelius in Finland, promotedrecord keeping. Hence, some parishes began keeping records earlier. For example, Teisko birth records begin in 1648.

Since Finland was a part of the Swedish kingdom in 1686, church records were kept in Swedish. Records were not kept in Finnish until after 1863, when Finnish was made an official language in Finland. The transition from Swedish into Finnish was gradual, and about 30 Finnish parishes still use Swedish as their primary language. This article gives the names of records and institutions in both languages.

Church records (kirkonkirjat/kyrkoböcker) are the primary sources for accurate information on names; dates; and places of births, marriages, and deaths. Since the state entrusted the church to keep vital records, virtually every person who lived in Finland was recorded in the church records from the time


young.

The street name or family’s address if they lived in a larger city.

Earlier registers typically give less information, sometimes including only the names of the child and father and the date of the christening. Until the end of the 1700s many pastors either did not include the mother’s name in the birth records or included only her given name.

Marriages (Vihityt/Vigda)

Couples were generally married in the bride’s home parish. Typically, people were well into their 20s before they married.

Marriage registers generally include:

Names of the bride and groom.

Marriage date.

The residences of the bride and groom before the marriage.

The occupations of the bride and groom.

Marital status (single or widowed).

The names and residences of witnesses and possibly the parents.

The three dates on which the marriage intentions were announced in addition to themarriage date.

The three dates on which the marriage intentions were announced are often referred to as banns [kuulutetut/förelysta]. They ensured that the persons to be married fulfilled all legal conditions for marriage, such as being of age, having parental consent, not being closely related, and widowers and widows having probated their former spouses’ estate. Banns may also be in a separate register.

Deaths (Kuolleet/Döda) and Burials (Haudatut/Begravna)

Burials were recorded in the parish where the person died and was buried. Burials usually took place within a few days of death.

Burial registers often give the following information:

Name of the deceased

Burial date and death date

Age of the deceased

Place of residence

Cause of death

For the death of a woman or child, earlier burial records often list only the husband’s or father’s name and the


word for wife or child. They may not give the name of the deceased.

Burial records may exist for individuals who were born before the earliest birth and marriage records and can at times extend your research another generation. Stillbirths were generally recorded in both the christening and burial registers; however, many stillbirths were recorded only in the burial records.

To preserve the original records, the Finnish Genealogical Society has transcribed Finnish church records. These transcriptions are called church record extracts (Kirkonkirjojen kopiot/Avskrifter av kyrkoböcker).

The extracts cover births, marriages, deaths, and sometimes church accounts and moving records from the earliest records, some beginning in the 1600s, to at least 1850.

The extracts are written in modern handwriting and are therefore easier to read than the original records. The information in theserecords has been put into columns and contains the basic information as in the original records. However, christening extracts do not list the names of the witnesses, and other random information is also left out.

The FamilySearch Catalog lists the original church records as kirkonkirjat and the extracts separately as kirkonkirjojen kopiot under:

FINLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CHURCH RECORDS

The extracts of birth records and some marriage records have also been extracted and included in the International Genealogical Index. You can find alphabetical printouts for many parishes in the catalog under the heading:

FINLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CHURCH RECORDS - INDEXES

Communion Books (Rippikirjat/Kommunionböcker)

A person’s confirmation, or first communion, gds list the inhabitants of a parish by village, farm, and household. The head of the household appears first and other household members next.


parents, and the children who had not yet been confirmed (usually all children younger than about age 14). After their confirmation, the children were transferred into the communion book.

These records group children into family groups and establish individual identity. They are valuable supplement to the church vital registers and greatly simplify the research process because they include persons who may have been left out of the church registers of births.

Similar to communion records, these records are one of several types of Finnish church books. Most parishes recorded children in their communion books from birth on. But, in eastern Finland and, at times, in western Finland, children were not included until they were confirmed (about age 14 to 16). In those cases, the pre-confirmations are the best and sometimesonly source of information. These records can be found extant from 1750 to 1962.

These records list each residence, the parents, and the children at the residence who had not yet been confirmed with their birth dates and, ultimately, their confirmation dates. Vaccinations are also noted. If a child died before confirmation, the death date is given. The records often include notation of blindness, disabilities, or other personal data. Only about 30% to 35% of Finnish parishes had such records. These records are not as accurate or complete as the church registers of births and deaths.

Pre-1860 records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library but researchers who need access to later records often have difficulty getting the information they need. The post-1860 records are often accessible through


correspondence, a private researcher or on-site examination but success varies. Correspondence is sometimes not answered.

Confirmations (Rippilapset/Konfirmationer)

Confirmation records establish individual identity, paternity, age, and residence. They have little unique value because they largely duplicate information in other records. Nevertheless, confirmation records have been of significant value to researchers because they are available, in many cases, beyond the 1860 date that affects so many other Finnish records accessible through the Family History Library.

Distinct registers of the Lutheran confirmation of young adults generally between the ages of 14 and 16. These records are one of several types of Finnish church books. From the 1600s it was royal law that every person be taught to read and write before being confirmed. Confirmation information was included from the 1680s in the Communion Books.By the early 1800s all Finnish parishes maintained separate registers for confirmations; some parishes began earlier. Generally the records were divided into sections for males and females by village.

These records generally contain the full names of persons confirmed, birth dates or ages (generally at the age of fourteen), village, residence, date of confirmation and first communion, name of father. Church law required that persons be confirmed before they were allowed to marry. This law continued until the early 1900s.

Moving records can help you trace a family as they moved around Finland. You can find moving records in several sources.

Communion Books.Ministers used the communion books to note individuals and families who moved into or out of the parish.

Moving Certificates.By the late 1700s some parishes began to issue moving certificates


residence in the parish. In more recent records, the residence is indicated by the page number in the communion book.

The records sometimes list:

Age or date of birth

Religious knowledge

Character reference

Gender

Wives and children may not be mentioned by name, only as numbers in a separate column.

These records are the primary source of birth, marriage, and death information in Finland for non-Lutherans and for the time periods they cover. They identify names of parents and prove other relationships. They also provide place of residence.

These are records of vital events: births and christenings, marriage banns, marriages, deaths and burials recorded by churches other than the Lutheran church which was the official state church since the time of Swedish rule. The Orthodox Church began keeping records in the late 1700s and had officialin the records.

Birth and Christening entry for Elias born in Korpilahti parish, Häme County, Finland

Finding Church Records

Church records were kept at the local parish church. The term parish [seurakunta/socken; församling] refers to the jurisdiction of a church minister.

Before you can find church records, you must know the name of the parish that kept the records about your ancestor.

The boundaries of a parish may cover many villages and farms, which generally have their own place-names. If you know a place of origin, use a gazetteer to determine whether the name refers to a farm, village, parish, or county. See Finland Gazetteers for more information.

For large cities that have several parishes, the FamilySearch Catalog lists the parishes under the name of the city.

Over time, some parishes have been divided and


borders have been changed. The earlier records of a particular parish may be found in its "mother" (previous) parish. A guide to the divisions of the parishes in Finland is in:

The HisKi Project

You may also find more information in a large database, the HisKi Project, that is being developed for the Internet. The database includes indexes and extracts to many Finnish parish records. Records from additional parishes are added to the database as they become available.

The database includes christenings, marriages, burials, and moves. The indexes include records for some parishes during the period 1860 to 1900, for which the Family History Library does not currently have all the records.

You can search the indexes for a single parish, several parishes, or by a county or region. To find theHisKi Project in English, go to the following Internet address:

Records at the Family History Library

The Family History Library has Finnish Lutheran church records from the time they begin, in the late 1600s or early 1700s, to 1860 and sometimes to 1900.

The Family History Library also has church records from Orthodox parishes in Finland beginning in the late 1700s and continuing until about 1900 and most of the church records (both Lutheran and Orthodox) from areas that were ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944.

To find Finnish church records, look in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

FINLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CHURCH RECORDS

Writing for Records

The Family History Library does not have recent church records. You can obtain this information by writing to the local parishes in Finland. If


Syllabus

The defendant, who had been convicted of the crimes of home invasion,
    burglary in the first degree and assault in the second degree, appealed
    to this court, claiming, inter alia, that he was denied his due process
    right a fair trial as a result of prosecutorial impropriety. The defendant
    had kicked in the door of his former girlfriend’s home and physically
    assaulted her. After the police received a tip that he had been in contact
    with his then current girlfriend, G, who was incarcerated, the police
    obtained and examined G’s phone records and discovered that she had
    had several calls with someone who usedAt trial, the victim changed her story
    and testified that her injuries were not caused by the defendant but
    occurred when she fell down stairs in her home, and the defendant
    presented an alibi defense in which J testified that the defendant was
    with him at J’s home on the evening of the assault. Held:
1. The defendant could not prevail on his claim that the prosecutor commit-
    ted improprieties by using excessive leading questions in his direct
    examination of the victim, by refreshing the recollection of a witness
    with a document different from the one he stated that he used for that
    purpose, and


 on the recordings: although the defendant raised the authentication
    issue during a pretrial hearing, in which the court responded by stating
    that the recordings would be admitted subject to authentication by the
    state, the defendant made no objection when the state introduced them
    during trial, he did not attempt to voir dire any witnesses about them
    before they were admitted, he never argued that the state failed to lay
    a proper foundation to authenticate them or move to strike any testimony
    about them after he realized that the state failed to meet its burden of
    authentication, and, as there was no basis inassault, the victim fled to a neigh-
bor’s home, where she called the police to assist her.
When officers from the Norwalk Police Department
responded to the neighbor’s home, they found the
bloodied, injured victim in a hysterical state, crying and
breathing heavily.
   In the victim’s initial report of the incident to the
responding officers, as recorded on their body cameras,
she claimed that the defendant, whom she described
to the officers as her ex-boyfriend, had broken into her
home and beaten her up. She gave the officers the
defendant’s cell phone number. As she did so, however,
she pleaded with the officers not to tell the defendant
that she had called them. Thereafter, the victim was
taken first to a hospital, where she was treated for her
injuries, and then, the next day, after being released
from the hospital, to


the police station, where she was
interviewed about the incident and gave a signed, writ-
ten statement again naming the defendant as her
attacker. The victim concluded her statement by stating
that she was afraid of the defendant and wanted a
protective order to be issued against him.
  Shortly after the police interviewed the victim, they
began to search the surrounding area for the defendant.
When at first they could not find him, they expanded
their search to include places he was known to frequent,
including the homes of his friends and family members.
As their search for the defendant continued, the police
received a tip that he had been in contact with his
current girlfriend, Greco, who was then incarcerated
at the York Correctional Institution (York) in Niantic.
Following up on that tip, the police obtained and exam-
ined Greco’s phonerecords at York, where they discov-
ered that she had exchanged several phone calls with
someone using a phone with the same phone number
for the defendant that the victim had given to the police.2
Officers thereupon obtained copies of recordings from
the Department of Correction (department) of Greco’s
phone calls to and from that phone number while she
was at York.
   Two phone calls were of particular interest to the
officers—one made on December 28, 2015, the day after
the victim reported the incident, and the other made
about one month later, on January 30, 2016. In the first
of those phone calls, which was made less than thirty-
six hours after the victim reported the incident, a male
caller whom Greco called ‘‘N’’ admitted to Greco, whom
the caller called ‘‘babe’’ or ‘‘baby,’’ that he had ‘‘fucked
up’’ by


going to change his phone number, which, shortly
thereafter, the defendant did.
  On February 18, 2016, the police finally located the
defendant and arrested him in connection with the inci-
dent at issue on charges of home invasion, burglary in
the first degree, and assault in the second degree. The
defendant pleaded not guilty to those charges and
elected a trial by jury.
   The defendant’s jury trial took place from June 27
through 29, 2017. At trial, the defendant presented an
alibi defense, in support of which he called his friend,
Joseph ‘‘Little Joe’’ Ferraro, who testified that the defen-
dant had been with him at his home on the evening of
the alleged assault. The jury found the defendant guilty
on all charges. On August 18, 2017, the court sentenced
the defendant to a total effective sentencehad yet had a chance to try to
influence her to do so. The jury had been shown the
body camera recordings of the victim, seriously injured,
upset, and crying, as she reported the assault to the
responding officers and pleaded with them not to tell
the defendant that she had called for their assistance.
The jury had also reviewed the victim’s medical records,
in which her medical treaters had described her injuries
and recorded her very similar account of how she had
received them at the hands of the defendant. Further-
more, the jury had read the victim’s signed written state-
ment concerning the incident, in which, once again,
she had accused the defendant of assaulting her and
requested that a protective order be issued against him.
   In view of the consistency of the victim’s initial allega-
tions that


result
in his long-term incarceration, her fear was so great
that any suggestion of such a threat, real or imagined,
could have caused the victim to back away from her
story to avoid courting disaster in the future. Her vulner-
ability to his violence, and her fear of such violence in
light of its painful consequences, which she claimed to
have experienced, could reasonably have been inferred
to be the motivating force behind her wholesale aban-
donment of her original allegations against the defen-
dant at the time of trial. The prosecutor’s argument as
to the reasons for the victim’s change in story was
proper because it merely pointed out and drew upon
her harrowing experience with the defendant, the
understandable fear it had aroused in her, and the logi-
cal effects it may have had on her desire to testify
against him. Seeraise the issue of authentication
during the pretrial hearing. The trial court responded
by ruling that the recordings would be admitted subject
to authentication by the state. The defendant, however,
made no subsequent objections to the recordings when
the state introduced them during trial. The defendant
did not attempt to voir dire any of the witnesses about
the recordings prior to their introduction. The defen-
dant never argued to the court that the state had not yet
laid a proper foundation to authenticate the recordings
before they were admitted into evidence, nor did he
move to strike any testimony concerning the recordings
or their contents after realizing that the state had failed
to meet its burden of authentication. The only objection
occurred when Officer Luciano was being questioned
about his ability to identify the male voice on the
recordings. That objection was made after


watched the body camera recordings from the
police department on which the jury could see the
bloodied victim identifying the defendant as her
attacker, explaining that he had come into her house
and beaten her. The attending physician who treated the
victim testified about her injuries as he had documented
them in her medical records. The jury also read the
victim’s signed, written statement, given at the police
station, in which she had identified the defendant as
her attacker. She also stated that she was afraid of the
defendant and asked for a protective order against him.
  There was also evidence before the jury that the
victim had provided officers with the phone number
that she knew to be the defendant’s. The billing account
information for that number showed that the number
was registered in the defendant’s name at his mother’s
address.That phone number was the same number used
to phone Greco, the defendant’s girlfriend.
  The jury heard further evidence that the victim was
assaulted in the early morning hours of December 27,
2015. The first recorded phone call that the state pre-
sented between Greco and the male caller using the
defendant’s phone number was made the very next day,
December 28, 2015. In that phone call, the male caller
apologized to Greco, continuously called her ‘‘babe’’
and ‘‘baby,’’ and stated that he had done something
stupid but that he did not want to describe it over the
phone. He said he had gone to ‘‘[his] bitch[’s]’’ house
and gotten into a fight and that he was sore from it.
He also said that the woman he had fought with had
called the police, who were probably looking for him
at


that time, and thus that he might go to jail soon.
  The male caller further explained that he had been
at ‘‘Little Joe’s’’ house on the night he had gotten into
the fight. He explained that he was at ‘‘Little Joe’s’’
house where he had gotten drunk and was upset
because ‘‘[his] bitch’’ had stolen his keys and then he
went to her house where he ‘‘like kicked in the door
and . . . started fighting.’’ At trial, the defendant
admitted, by way of his alibi defense, that he had been
at the house of Joseph Ferraro—who was known to law
enforcement as ‘‘Little Joe’’—on the night of the assault.
   During the second phone call, the male caller, again
calling Greco affectionate names and telling her that
he loved her, stated that he was ‘‘onthe run’’ as a result
of the incident that he had described in a previous
phone call. He stated that the police had been looking
for him at his friends’ and family’s homes, although he
said that he was being sought in connection with Gre-
co’s stolen car, which was the very story the police had
been giving to his friends and family to explain why
they were looking for him. He finally stated that he had
gotten a new phone and was going to change his number
after he sent Greco a letter with his new phone number.
Shortly after that call, the name on the billing account
information for that phone number was changed.
  On the basis of the foregoing evidence, we determine
that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in
instructing the jury on consciousness


On the streets for the Lenin-Liebknecht-Luxemburg Demonstration!

We document this translation of the call for the annual LLL-Demonstration:

This January 2018 the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg marks its 100th anniversary. 100 years ago they already waged a struggle against capitalism in its highest form, Imperialism. They struggled against exploitation and oppression of billions on the whole world and for the establishment of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. They struggled to make an end to the reign of a small hand full of monopoly capitalists, which divide the world among them. And they struggled for a word, in which the workers and peasants could really take their fate in their own hands, led by the Communist Party. They struggled for Socialism as a stage on the way toRenewal of criminal case of Gershko MORDKOVICH and Gersh Ber PEYSAKHOVICH (Austrian citizens) accusation in robbery attack and killing a German in the forest on the way to Shumsk in 1812. In the case: Evidence of witnesses and suspects. Volyn main Court, town of Zhitomir, 2nd department


Listeriosis and recurrent abortion in a renal transplant recipient.
A 29-year-old farmer's wife had received a kidney from her brother (of identical HLA type) at the age of 22 years. She was afterwards immunosuppressed with prednisolone and azathioprine. Her first pregnancy had been uneventful but the second and third had terminated spontaneously at 15 and 24 weeks gestation respectively. Following the third pregnancy, Listeria monocytogenes (serotype 4) was grown from the fetus, the placenta and maternal blood. Over the next 18 months, antibody titres which were assessed by an IgG indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay remained high. When the patient became pregnant for a fourth time, 9 months after her second abortion, 250 mg ampicillin were administered three times daily for the remaining duration of the pregnancy. A second childunveiling. It's not to be missed, Mick said as he and Paul installed a stainless steel grate. The sight and sound of water is very relaxing.

Paul wants to see the finished product. With the work we put into this fountain, it's only going to be unveiled once in our lifetimes.

I'm coming down just to hear the ooos and ahhs when people look at the details they haven't been able to see for years, John said.

The green crud is gone, Maurice added. It's worth coming down here just to take a gander.

He stepped back from the fountain and looked up at the Genius of Water.

Since she's been cleaned and put back together, Maurice said, there's something different about her.

She looks taller.

Could be she's standing taller out of pride. She's


Team USA's opening ceremony uniforms for the Sochi Olympics are a patchwork of American iconography — of oversized stars and stripes and multicolored rings and names and numbers.

They're also a patchwork of American craftsmanship — of wool carted from Oregon, spun in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and knit in California.

After 2012's rough PR pilling — members of Congress and the media railed against uniforms that were mostly made in China — Ralph Lauren is making sure that the made-in-the-USA message is emblazoned on and woven into every piece outfitting the more than 400 athletes and 250 officials.

"We've learned a lot," concedes David Lauren, Ralph's son and the company's executive vice president of global advertising, marketing and communications. "This is an important issue for many Americans and one weAccording to the geography academics at Floating Sheep, the vast majority of racist tweets posted in the aftermath of President Obama's reelection came from Alabama, so it's of little surprise that a Dale County resident had few qualms about placing an Obama effigy on their front porch along with the sign "Pray 4 Assassin."

Oden, who was responding to a reader's tip, told Elofson the effigy was removed by the resident after the photog managed to snap a few shots. As Oden was leaving the scene, someone from across the street confronted him and struck the window of his car.

Oden subsequently contacted the Dale County Sheriff's Office, which contacted the Secret Service in turn. The Secret Service agent responsible for southeast Alabama told Elofson the matter was under investigation.

"Honestly,


the Central District of California
19        Honorable Victoria Kaufman, Bankruptcy Judge, Presiding
20
     Appearances:     Gregory M. Salvato of Salvato Law Offices on
21                    behalf of Appellant Belinda Meruelo; Christopher
                      E. Prince of Lesnick Prince & Pappas LLP on behalf
22                    of Evoq Properties, Inc. (formerly known as
           in compensatory and punitive damages. Defendants have filed motions to dismiss all claims pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.Pro. 12(b)(6). The motions to dismiss shall be granted.
In November of 1974 plaintiff was convicted of armed robbery and given an eight year sentence. He was paroled in April of 1980. On August 12, 1980 a parole violator warrant was taken out on plaintiff. He was arrested August 24, 1980. A preliminary hearing on the charges was held August 27. The final hearing was on October 10, 1980 and the parole board's decision to revoke parole was announced October 27, 1980.
When plaintiff was arrested he was taken to the Augusta County Jail and questioned by chief parole officer Campbell. Plaintiff was not given the Miranda warnings, Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436,


in his eyes, blurring vision, and an upset stomach. On one occasion, plaintiff states, he had a severe reaction to the antabuse and went to the emergency room of a hospital. It is plaintiff's statement that he quit taking the drug because the doctor said to stop taking it if he had any adverse reactions. Evidence was introduced at the final hearing which indicated that plaintiff's severe reaction to antabuse was caused by the ingestion of alcohol. Plaintiff denied this.[1] Plaintiff did not consult a doctor before taking himself off of the drug.
*69 Although plaintiff did attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for a short time, he quit going because he felt the doctrine used in those meetings conflicted with his religious beliefs. Alcoholics Anonymous teaches that alcoholism is aRebecca McKay, who oversees the city's graffiti task force. "And that's what we consider was done, in these instances, was vandalism."

Fairey told the Free Press he intended to leave illegal marks in the city. He arrived in May to paint the 18-story mural on One Campus Martius for Dan Gilbert's Bedrock Real Estate Services and others, but before the work began, he said he would be doing more.

"I still do stuff on the street without permission. I'll be doing stuff on the street when I'm in Detroit," Fairey said last month. His signature black-and-white Andre the Giant face has since appeared on several buildings downtown, in Eastern Market and along Jefferson Avenue.

Fairey's legal troubles in Detroit open a window into the evolution of street art, from its illegal


origins into its more professionalized genre recognized in museums and galleries. Fairey has always liked to play both sides of the street, accepting major commissions like the One Campus Martius mural but also retaining his street credibility by continuing to work in the shadows, tagging private property without authorization.

An exhibition of Fairey's prints is also currently on view at the Library Street Collective in downtown Detroit.

"This is a whole genre that's become institutionalized, and you'll always have some outliers go back to where they started and where they get their inspiration," said Elysia Borowy-Reeder, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

On another front, the crackdown on illegal graffiti suggests that the reputation Detroit has had for years among artists elsewhere as a kind of Wild WildWest of opportunity needs amending. While inexpensive studio space, a supportive artists' community and the chance to help shape the future of the city remain powerful incentives to live and work in Detroit, the notion that anything goes, including illegal activities that have made the city a haven for unauthorized street art, is no longer true.

"That reputation lingers but change happens slowly and it's catching up," said Borowy-Reeder. "The city is becoming more mature."

A spokeswoman with Bedrock Real Estate Services, Robin Schwartz, declined to comment on the arrest warrant Wednesday. Bedrock Executive Vice President Dan Mullen has previously told the Free Press, "I definitely do not promote any unsanctioned work." Representatives of the Library Street Collective did not return a call seeking comment.

Police say that between May 16


go. For some people, their wireless device will become indispensable.
The widespread use of the wireless telephones in the United States has prompted the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate new rules related to emergency call processing. The FCC's wireless Enhanced 911 (E911) rules require certain Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) carriers to begin transmission of enhanced location and identity information in two phases. The first phase, started on Apr. 1, 1998, required wireless service providers to transmit a 911 caller's number and section of the cell site from which the call is originated to a public safety answering point (PSAP). The second phase, starting on Oct. 31, 2001, requires all wireless service providers to locate two-thirds of all 911 callers within 125 meters of their physical locations. Inthe GPL's rules to their perceived advantage.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Software Freedom Conservancy (Conservancy) today lead worldwide efforts to ensure compliance with the GPL family of licenses. The FSF began copyleft enforcement in the 1980s, and Conservancy has enforced the GPL for many of its member projects since its founding nearly a decade ago. Last year, the FSF and Conservancy jointly published Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide , which includes sections such as “A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance” and “Case Studies in GPL Enforcement”, which explain the typical process that both the FSF and Conservancy follow in their GPL enforcement actions. (Shorter descriptions of these processes appear in blog posts written by the FSF and Conservancy.)

As stalwarts of


races in my opinion.

UCI PRESS RELEASE

29.10.2012

The International Cycling Union has carried out an assessment
of the sporting value of teams, taking into account the contractual
agreements signed for 2013 with the best 12 riders before October 20,
2012, in accordance with article 2.15.011a of the UCI Regulations.
It should be noted that the team’s sporting value is partially
determined by results obtained in 2011 and 2012, by riders which are
included in the 2013 team squads. The sporting criterion is crucial for
the obtaining or retaining of UCI ProTeam status, in addition to
compliance with ethical, financial and administrative criteria. The UCI
has therefore established two lists.

The first list includes the names of the 15 top teams in terms of sporting value (by alphabetical order):

AG2R LA MONDIALE

ASTANA PRO TEAM

BMC RACING TEAM

CANNONDALE

EUSKALTEL – EUSKADI

FORMER RABOBANK

GARMIN SHARP

KATUSHA

LAMPRE – MERIDA

MOVISTARTEAM

OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP CYCLING TEAM

ORICA GREENEDGE

RADIOSHACKNISSAN

SKY PROCYCLING

VACANSOLEIL – DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM

The second list indicates teams ranked 16th to 20th :

16. TEAM ARGOS – SHIMANO

17. LOTTO BELISOL

18. FDJ

19. TEAM EUROPCAR

20. TEAM SAXO – TINKOFF

Following this phase of the registration procedure and in accordance
with Article 2.15.011b of UCI Regulations, the UCI reiterates that:

A team ranked in the first fifteen places of the classification on
the basis of sporting level is by this fact considered to have
satisfied the sporting criterion.

The sporting value of a team ranked between 16th and 20th places
inclusive will be verified by the Licence Commission via a more detailed
assessment.

A team ranked lower than 20th shall be considered not to have
satisfied the sporting criterion. The team can nonetheless apply for
registration in second division should they so wish.

The next


white flowers. Angel was ahead of its time – it was one of the first scents to mix distinctively masculine notes with traditional femininity – as famed perfume visionary Luca Turin said, Angel is a “transvestite – a gorgeous blonde with a five o’ clock shadow and a wicked laugh.” And he’s dead-on.

Despite the ubiquity that followed its somewhat unexpected success, I had never smelled Angel until I met Adam’s grandma. At first I was surprised that she wore such a ballsy, contradictory scent – after all, she was in her late seventies, and her perfectly coiffed hair and immaculate manicure led me to a false conclusion. After spending five minutes with her, it became astonishingly obvious that this perfume was made for her – she was loud,Duke Football Coach David Cutcliffe talks of spring practice and the coming season

Coach David Cutcliffe and the football program has the support of Duke Athletic Director Kevin White. Coach Cutcliffe encourages fans to turn out for the annual spring football game on April the 18th.

Coach David Cutcliffe has made his way out through the dew-covered turf at Wallace Wade Stadium to spring practice several times in the past couple of weeks. As he makes that stroll each crisp spring morning, signs of change are in the backdrop. Construction workers are going at it early on both ends of Wade and, just behind the practice field itself, a visitors locker room is being erected.

But the construction doesn't stop there for it is happening on the field as well. Cutcliffe


is now in his second year as coach of the Blue Devils and, like the construction crews, he has to tear down and build.

When Cutcliffe arrived in Durham, it was his job to demolish the old way of thinking around Duke Football. He assembled the best support staff in Duke Football history and then they immediately hit the road recruiting. After that, he led the win-thirsty Blue Devil Football program to four victories, but he didn't stop there.

To this day, Cutcliffe has demanded a work ethic from his players and he's been unafraid to challenge the fan base and those who can get the ball rolling on much needed changes to Wallace Wade Stadium and the football program in general.

"We're continuing to work on changing the atmosphere aroundand day. Not a lot of numbers (players), but sometimes that's a good thing with a lot of young guys getting reps. It's been one of the more energetic springs I have been around. We are a faster football team on both sides of the ball. That's one of the things we felt like was key. Our conditioning level is excellent, which has allowed us to work hard," said Cutcliffe when questioned as to how spring practice had been going.

Coach Cutcliffe had also mentioned earlier this spring that, despite the losses and the youth replacing them, this looked like a football team. Perhaps he was referring to what the team looked like when he came in last year, for he more or less said they were fat and


in replacing three starters in the offensive line. That's obviously a work in progress, as is replacing Eron Riley."

Despite those areas of concern, Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis recently told the Blue Devil Nation that the receivers had made good strides. That is good to hear from the senior who will lead the offense. But it was a player on the defensive side of the ball who said good things about the offensive line.

"Those guys are working really hard," said Duke linebacker Vinnie Rey. He continued, "Sometimes they get a pancake on us and sometimes we knock them back, but they are coming along."

When Cutcliffe was asked about Vinnie Rey and what he meant to this years team he stated -

"Vinnie Rey has had a great spring - Vinniefor autistic children.

He knew he had a good resume, but the odds of gaining entrance were still slim. He applied to five colleges — four of them he called his "reach" schools.

One, MIT, admitted just 7 percent of applicants in 2017.

To ease the stress, Turner reminded himself that he'd be alright wherever he landed.

Sketching the history of calculus

A family friend, who's a student at MIT, suggested Turner include the Etch A Sketch video.

The time-lapse video, which took about 20 hours to make, details the history of math to ancient Greece and centers on a mathematical controversy: Who invented calculus, Gottfried Leibniz or Isaac Newton?

But Turner also ad-libs jokes about the mathematicians' hairstyles and the stress he's understudying for an AP calculus test.

It's a no-frills video. A shadow can


be seen across the Etch A Sketch, cast from where his iPhone was propped on a stack of books.

The video also shows his skills with an Etch A Sketch — he started doodling on the toy as a seventh-grader, first drawing the Millennium Falcon from "Star Wars" while home sick from school.

Turner began Etch A Sketching on weekends — mostly superheroes and characters from science fiction shows. He'd record the process and post time-lapse videos online.

The senior has since taken at least 11 AP courses — when listing them out he loses track and says there might be others — and other college-level classes at Central Academy.

He's earned 4.5 GPA in high school. This year he was named valedictorian at East High and was voted Senior Scholar at''Most restaurants (and hostesses) that feature pasta provide guests with a large spoon as well as the knife and fork. The fork is used to spear a few strands of spaghetti, the tips are placed against the spoon, which is held on its side, in the left hand, and the fork is twirled, wrapping the spaghetti around itself as it turns. If no spoon is provided, the tips of the fork may be rested against the curve of the plate.'' ''The New Emily Post's Etiquette,'' Elizabeth L. Post, 1975 By CRAIG CLAIBORNE

WITH America in the throes of what has been called the ''pastarization of the nation,'' when enthusiasm for fusilli and fettuccine, ziti and spaghetti is at an all-time high, it may be time to pause to examine


who are not ethnically Asian but have spent twenty years living in Hong Kong.”

The leadership and membership of the Asian Republican Coalition.

So per this and other comments to the media, apparently ARC is meant to include people who have lived in Asian countries, people who like Asian culture, people who are married to or dating Asian people, people who are studying an Asian language, people who have a son or daughter serving in the military in an Asian country, and people who are doing business in Asian countries. In other words, pretty much everyone.

And to bring the discussion full circle, consider the Republican Party’s new black friend:

The image itself isn’t particularly noteworthy, but reporters quickly discovered that the woman in the photograph isn’t actually a black Republican—or rather,on stage."
7. Zoom in to close up of sign displaying "Museo del Flamenco"
8. Various set up shots of Miguel Verde, MuseumDirector, coming out of a typical gipsy cave at the museum complex and arranging the displays
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Miguel Verde, museum director:
"Local people have a greater understanding of what goes on during a flamenco dance and of course they celebrate it more. The foreign tourist usually stays quiet and looks more expectant. But at the end of the show both local and foreign join the party and one can feel a spirit of celebration that binds them all together."
12. Close of sign displaying "Mariquilla" flamenco academy
13. Set up of Mariquilla, flamenco dancer - pictures and posters of her as a dancer
14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Mariquilla, flamenco dancer:
"In flamenco you


Sundén, drummer Daniel Mullback and keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr left the band Sabaton, of which they had been the founding members. They soon teamed up with Astral Doors vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson to form a new band. Bassist Stefan 'Pizza' Eriksson was recruited to complete the Civil War lineup.

Initially signed to Despotz Records, the band released a self-titled EP in October 2012, and then immediately began working on their full length debut album. The Killer Angels was released in June 2013, and reached the Gold status in Sweden only two months later. At the same time, the band began playing live shows at various festivals in Sweden, and went on their first tour of Europe in February 2014. Guitarist Petrus Granar was added to the lineup as a seventhfull-time member.

Recording and delayed release

Dillinger Four had announced as early as June 2006 that Civil War would be released on October 31 of that year. However that August they amended the expected release date to March 2007. In November 2006 drummer Lane Pederson stated that the band were "working at D4 speed on a new record. About half of the songs are written." A month later bassist Patrick Costello announced in an interview that the album would be released in the Spring of 2007, stating that it was being pushed back so that the band would be better prepared to tour in support of it:

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Spanish:Guerra Civil Española), widely known in Spain simply as The Civil War (Spanish:Guerra Civil) or The War (Spanish:La


Guerra), took place from 1936 to 1939 and was fought between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic, left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a falangist group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists won, and Franco then ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from April 1939 until his death in November 1975.

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consists of Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice"), Melanie Chisholm ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beckham, née Adams ("Posh Spice"). They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number one in 37 countries and established them as a global phenomenon. Their debut album Spice soldmore than 30 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in history. Their follow up album Spiceworld sold over 20 million copies worldwide. The Spice Girls have sold over 80 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling female group of all time, one of the best-selling pop groups of all time, and the biggest British pop phenomenon since Beatlemania.

Measures of their success include international record sales, a 2007–2008 reunion tour, merchandising, record-breaking achievements, iconic symbolism such as Halliwell's Union Jack dress representing "girl power", and a film, Spice World. The group became one of the most successful marketing engines ever, earning up to $75 million per year, with their global grosses estimated at $500–800 million between 1996 and 1998. Under the guidance of their


mentor and manager Simon Fuller, the Spice Girls embraced merchandising and became a regular feature of the British and global press. In 1996, Top of the Popsmagazine gave each member of the group aliases, which were adopted by the group and media. According to Rolling Stone journalist and biographer David Sinclair, "Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty were the most widely recognised group of individuals since John, Paul, George, and Ringo". With the "girl power" phenomenon, the Spice Girls were popular cultural icons of the 1990s. They are cited as part of the 'second wave' 1990s British Invasion of the US.

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Flamenco dancers dazzle in Andulcia

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Granada - 2-4in to close up of sign displaying "Museo del Flamenco"
8. Various set up shots of Miguel Verde, MuseumDirector, coming out of a typical gipsy cave at the museum complex and arranging the displays
9. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Miguel Verde, museum director:
"Local people have a greater understanding of what goes on during a flamenco dance and of course they celebrate it more. The foreign tourist usually stays quiet and looks more expectant. But at the end of the show both local and foreign join the party and one can feel a spirit of celebration that binds them all together."
12. Close of sign displaying "Mariquilla" flamenco academy
13. Set up of Mariquilla, flamenco dancer - pictures and posters of her as a dancer
14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Mariquilla, flamenco dancer:
"In flamenco you cannot apply the


applauding
15. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Carla Tedeschi, tourist:
"The first time I saw flamenco the show was all about colourful costumes and little details. But this show is more typical, more intimate. And it has the fresh approach of the "home made" flamenco."
16. Mid shot of flamenco show
17. Various of "Albaycin" district (of Granada - a city in Spain)
18. Pan across the Alhambra (a palace in Granada)
LEAD IN:
Flamenco is the musical and dance genre that has made Andalucia famous all over the world.
And it is the way the people of the region represent their folklore and their legends.
Local enthusiasts and tourists flock to flamenco bars at night to experience the true nature of southern Spain.
STORYLINE:
The culture of Andalucia is what the rest of the world considers as the culture of Spain.
Bullfighting,it has the fresh approach of the "home made" flamenco."
16. Mid shot of flamenco show
17. Various of "Albaycin" district (of Granada - a city in Spain)
18. Pan across the Alhambra (a palace in Granada)
LEAD IN:
Flamenco is the musical and dance genre that has made Andalucia famous all over the world.
And it is the way the people of the region represent their folklore and their legends.
Local enthusiasts and tourists flock to flamenco bars at night to experience the true nature of southern Spain.
STORYLINE:
The culture of Andalucia is what the rest of the world considers as the culture of Spain.
Bullfighting, guitar playing gypsies and flamenco dancing..... the iconic traditions of the region have become icons of Spain itself.
But it is in the Southern cities of Granada and Seville where the


about colourful costumes and little details. But this show is more typical, more intimate. And it has the fresh approach of the "home made" flamenco."
16. Mid shot of flamenco show
17. Various of "Albaycin" district (of Granada - a city in Spain)
18. Pan across the Alhambra (a palace in Granada)
LEAD IN:
Flamenco is the musical and dance genre that has made Andalucia famous all over the world.
And it is the way the people of the region represent their folklore and their legends.
Local enthusiasts and tourists flock to flamenco bars at night to experience the true nature of southern Spain.
STORYLINE:
The culture of Andalucia is what the rest of the world considers as the culture of Spain.
Bullfighting, guitar playing gypsies and flamenco dancing..... the iconic traditions of the region have become iconsTrump just being Trump,” said Sam Nunberg, a former Trump campaign adviser, adding he thought the nationalist versus globalist tension in the administration played itself out more on domestic policy issues such as immigration policy.

The administration has given mixed signals on foreign policy, too. Gary Cohn, the president’s top economic adviser and a member of the so-called globalist wing, had to clarify with U.S. allies this week that Trump still intended to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement unless there were a renegotiation to make it more favorable for U.S. interests.

But Trump seemed to stun some people in the United Nations hall, despite his well-known penchant for blunt talk. His speech included a condemnation of the Iran nuclear agreement reached with U.S. allies


Valencia CF received a great and expectant welcome upon their arrival to Saudi Arabia

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Aptly called the day the Holocaust began, Kristallnacht was met with virtually no resistance; the Hitler regime already had disarmed the more than half-a-million Jews who called Germany home at the time.

One of them was Alfred Flatow, the renowned German gymnast who had won three gold medals at the 1896 Olympics in Athens. In 1932, Flatow had registered three handguns as required by the democratic Weimar Republic. A year later, after Adolph Hitler seized power, such registration records fell into the wrong hands and were used to identify and disarm enemies of the state.

Massive searches and seizures of guns and subversive literature followed. As


station with other Jews to surrender his handguns, which the police knew he had since they were properly registered. He was arrested. The arrest report recited the mantra: Jews in possession of weapons are a danger to the German people. Flatow was then turned over to the Gestapo.

In anticipation of the Kristallnacht assault, guns were similarly being confiscated from Jews all over Germany.

If the Nazis needed a pretext for the Kristallnacht terror, it came on November 7, when a Jewish teenager from Poland shot a German diplomat in Paris. When the diplomat died, Hitler ordered Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels to launch Kristallnacht.

Under the pretense of searching for weapons, brown-shirted goon squads vandalized Jewish homes, ransacked Jewish-owned businesses and torched synagogues. Jews were terrorized, beaten and murdered. Orders weresent to shoot anyone who resisted. Some 20,000 Jewish men were thrown into concentration camps and held for ransom.

The following year, Hitler invaded Poland, launching World War II. Among countless other atrocities in the occupied countries, from Poland to France, persons who failed to turn in their guns within 24 hours were executed.

In preparation for war, the U.S. Congress in 1941 passed the Property Requisition Act, which authorized the government to take certain property from industry. But in keeping with the Bill of Rights, the legislation prohibited gun registration and reaffirmed Second Amendment rights. Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor just weeks later.

Alfred Flatows footsteps can be followed from being required to wear the Star of David to the Final Solution. In 1942, he was deported to


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Mr Latteyer has been stunned by the international response to his gesture but told the Süddeutsche Zeitung the reaction made him "very proud".

Migrants at a German lesson in an emergency shelter in Berlin on 13 August (Reuters)

The German Government expects at least 400,000 asylum seekers to arrive this year but Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the eventual total could be “considerably higher”.

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Jonathan Smith turned to the young, comely woman again. "Let me assist you to your home and may I call a doctor or midwife for you as I can see you are near your time."

Eliza knew she would need his help. She was indeed in labor. She bit her lip and wiped the sweat from her brow. "Yes, thank you."

Jonathan turned. "Boys, bring the cow to Goody Brewster's home right away. I will think up a way for you to repay her."

Jonathan wrapped a protective arm around the woman and escorted her out of the parlor and was almost to the top step when he heard her moan. "I will carry you because I think you won't get much further. Where is your home?"

Eliza felt the baby move


kinda hung out together. First it was 'watch your little sister'... then it was 'you want to go to the movies Kathy'? Which I knew would mean Emma would come along because those two have been best friends since they were babies playing in the same play pen."

Cas sat mulling this over. He had grown up in the city, an only child and his family was spread out all over the country now. He had a few cousins that he had seen on a regular basis but never anyone close. He would have loved to have had a little sister or brother. His parents... well he didn't want to think about them right now.

"So why didn't you ask her out?"

Paul glanced over at his Lieutenant "I wasn't herwitches you know." She looked back at Cas who shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm sorry Ma'am but I am new to this town and I..."

She wagged her finger at him. "They have been involved in the dark arts ever since Boston... I know, my family came from Boston and we were sent up here to get rid of those witches but they just keep living...One of these days I will get that Emma Brewster and she will be the last of the Brewster Witches."

All of them turned to the sound of the fire engine that pulled up in the street. Cas was happy to see his Chief. "If you will excuse me, Miss Crabtree, I will go talk with my Chief."

As he and Paul walked off down the walkway Cas


help my hard on at all._

"Um, yes, love anything I am sure that you whip up." _Boy that sounded lame._

* * * *

Cas stood next to Emma on her door stoop and knew Paul had left to walk over to his carriage house home next door. "I've had a really nice time. Thanks for allowing me to come to this exclusive party."

Emma laughed and looked up at Cas. She was about 5"5' so he was a good seven inches taller than her. She smiled up at him. _God am I glad that spell worked..._ "It was nice to have you here for something other than work."

Cas nodded. He felt like he was a young teen on his first date. "May I call you sometime, that is for areal date?"

Emma looked up and saw Cas take a step closer. Looking up into his dark chocolate brown eyes, seeing his dark hair fall over into his eyes, made her want to push it back. Hell, she wanted to run her fingers through his hair. Then she had visions, some that she had never had before. She looked down to the bottom step and felt his finger go under her chin.

"Hey, earth to Emma."

"Yes..." she said in a breathless whisper. Afraid she would burst in to flame because her who-hah was burning so bad she was sure she would catch on fire and that would catch them both on fire.

Cas was going to say something but nothing came. So when in doubt, kiss the girl. So he bent


Boston. _"If I get a hold of you Aunty you will get it..."_

Emma took a deep breath and tried to smile, though she felt awfully awkward.

Cas rubbed Emma's back and smiled. "It's okay, it happens to the best of us. Really. I've had a lot of practice with little kids coming into the various stations I worked at and they inevitably inhale or choke on something."

Emma laughed and coughed at the same time. "Thanks, I think..."

She smiled at him and sat back down and took up her coffee mug. Holding it to her lips, she tried to think of something educated to say that would sound somewhat grown up. Nothing came to mind. _Boy I am batting a thousand... thanks Aunty!_

Cas knew when first meeting someone it couldit's hard not to sample. I have to exercise constantly."

Cas could picture her exercising and he could think of a couple exercises he would like do with her. He felt himself getting a boner so stood and pushed it down, following Emma back into Paul's kitchen.

"So you have a lot of customers?"

"Yes, I have more since the beginning of the summer. I can't complain but wish some days I had help. You know when something happens, as it did when we first met, it was a nightmare to catch up." _If only he knew what she did to catch up and have all her baking done. It was a lot of magic for sure._

Cas took the mug of coffee offered and took her hand as they went back


all the help she could get.

She heard her Aunt clear her throat. "Have I ever let you down? You will be fine."

Emma smiled and stood up. "Sounds like a plan. Now I probably should go home and make up my shopping list to get done and then be ready for our date."

Cas stood up and took her mug. "I'll take care of that." He put it down and then wrapping an arm around her, he bent and kissed her lightly on the lips. He heard a little sigh and smiled against her lips. "I will see you at seven tonight."

Emma looked down and bit her bottom lip. Then looking back up, she saw a crooked grin on his face which made him even more handsome. She quickly stoodstairs it was easy to know who the room belonged to. When Emma was upset or agitated, things flew through the air.

"Ok sista, you need to take a deep breath and chill."

Emma looked over at Kathy, took a deep breath and all the clothes that had been flying around dropped right where they were.

"Well that's a fine mess you got us into, Ollie..." Kathy laughed as she started picking up the clothes that now lay in heaps. "You need one outfit, not enough to have a fashion show."

Emma plopped down on the bed. She held one of her sweaters to her chest. "What happens if what I pick doesn't make me look right? What if it makes me look fat?"

Kathy threw the armload of clothes down and stared


to bake, eat what I have baked. Hate exercise but do run. I love antiques, horses, have one boarded at a farm outside of town. I have one really good friend, Kathy. I have two wacky cats, but you know that." She saw his smile and she realized he had a dimple. When she stared at him more she saw the dimple deepen and another appeared on the other cheek. "You have dimples..."

Cas laughed and took the last swallow of his club soda. "Yes... I wasn't happy about them when I was younger because my Italian grandmother was always pinching me on the cheeks and saying I was so cute. I thought with all her pinching my cheeks, she gave them to me. It wasn't until I wasand we can shut things down for tonight."

Ernestine spoke softly into the crystal, whispering things that were for the crystal only. She smiled "So it be done..."

Emma jumped and saw Cas jump too. _God what are you up to Aunty?_ She heard nothing so figured she had walked away from her crystal.

They sat eating the calamari, laughing at stories the other told. By the time their dinners arrived Emma felt like she had known Cas all her life.

Cas could see a transformation in Emma. She wasn't shy or aloof any longer. She sparkled and her eyes were as bright as emeralds. She had the same wicked sense of humor he did.

"You know I don't know when I have enjoyed myself so much as I have with you, Emma."

Emma


He knew the answer before any words left his lips. He saw the grey hair caught in the curler.

Emma was madder than she had ever been. "And she calls me a witch... that mean old bitch." she started thinking of things she could do to her but remembered with her power came a responsibility to use it carefully. She pushed her thoughts away. She felt Cas's hand in hers as she went through the door. She saw the smoke in the air coming from the barn. She saw first Midnight and then Mica come running up to her, meowing up a storm.

" _We don't know what happened, it was smoky all of a sudden, smelt like something put on the grill."_

Emma picked up her cats to hug them.and she fell on him, kissing him, laughing as his hands found her and pulled her in with a kiss that promised so much more.

Cas sat at the counter while Emma pulled sticky buns out of the oven. She had dough rising overnight so when they came downstairs she had whipped them up so fast. By the time he was done with his third cup of coffee and reading the sports section in the newspaper, they were coming out of the oven. Filling the kitchen with an intoxicating aroma.

Emma smiled over at Cas. "Would you like some?"

Cas was up and around the counter in a couple steps. "Since you didn't make clear what you were offering. I can think of more than one thing I would like. I


else while I was near. You have to believe me." She sucked in her breath and held it because Cas had stopped midstride as he was walking out the door. She watched as he turned and looked at her. His eyes didn't hold the look she had become accustomed to. They looked empty.

"I don't know what to believe anymore. You are no different than other women. Yes you are, you're a witch."

Cas heard himself laugh as he walked out the door. But he found nothing funny. Nothing was funny at this moment. The woman he had let his heart love was supposedly a witch. He wasn't sure what was real anymore.

He climbed up into his truck and after starting it up, pulled out fast, letting his tires squealand listened. "She can't hear us, can she?"

Kathy shook her head. "No..."

She wasn't entirely sure.

"He was furious with Chief for withholding the information that he knew about Emma and really got upset when he found out Chief knew that she was the one who started the little fires every time she saw him."

Paul poured more coffee. "He said the Chief was as bad as she was for hiding that information."

Kathy shook her head. "Well it's gonna take a miracle to get those two back together."

Paul nodded his head. "But we are up to the challenge."

* * * *

She stood in her front room watching as the little orange car pulled out of the witch's driveway. She watched as it pulled away, and then watched the witch's friend Kathy