I had no brother. He seemed to address her as a friend, as
an equal; and yet with the tenderness which difference of sex
imposes upon a man of right feeling. She was his almoner.
Through her he transmitted many a humble comfort to his native
valley; and though he had been so many years an alien, he was
astonishingly minute and skilful in the direction of his benevolence.
He appeared to be acquainted with the character and
situation of an incredible number of his clansmen; and the interest
and authority with which he wrote of them seemed little less
than patriarchal. Though I must own that his commands were
not always consonant to English ideas of liberty, they seemed
uniformly dictated by the spirit of disinterested justice and
humanity; and Graham, in exercising almost the control of an
absolute prince,was guided by the feelings of a father.

Though Glen Eredine seemed the passion of his soul--though
every letter was full of the concerns of his clansmen--there was
nothing theatrical in his plans for their interest or improvement.
They were minute and practicable, rather than magnificent. No
whole communities were to be hurried into civilization, nor districts
depopulated by way of improvement; but some encouragement
was to be given to the schoolmaster; Bibles were to be distributed
to his best scholars; or Henry would account to his father
for the rent of a tenant, who, with his own hands, had reclaimed
a field from rock and broom; or, at his expense, the new cottages
were to be plastered, and furnished with doors and sashed windows.
The execution of these humble plans was, for the present,
committed to Charlotte; and the details


return.

During her show last week, Pirro used her opening monologue to focus on Omar, D-Minn., who recently came under fire for what were seen as anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments. "Think about it: Omar wears a hijab," Pirro said of the Muslim congresswoman. "Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?"

The monologue prompted swift condemnation from Fox News, which said her comments “do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly."

Late Sunday, Pirro said her remarks were meant to start a debate.

President Trump weighed in on the controversy Sunday morning, tweeting at Fox News to "stay strong and fight back" against the "radical" Left working in§ 86-705(3) have been met. In passing on the validity of an order to intercept wire or oral communications, we consider only information brought to the attention of the magistrate. See State v. Hinchion, DiBiase, Olsen, and Cullen, supra.

PROBABLE CAUSE REGARDING MURDER TO SUPPORT WIRETAP 1
The following is a summary of the relevant facts set forth in the affidavit as to probable cause regarding the murder of Mainelli:
Omaha police officers were investigating the murder of Robert Flowers. The suspect in the shooting was identified as Charles Duncan, who at the time of the murder was seen with a female later identified as Mainelli.
After the shooting, Duncan and Mainelli fled to the residence of Sherry Anderson, a friend and neighbor of Mainelli's. While there, Duncan made several telephone calls


and recounted the shooting to Anderson. Myers and several black males associated with the "Murder Town Gangsters" came to the residence, and Myers was heard to say that if Duncan needed Myers to "shut up" the witnesses, he could do that.
Mainelli later told police that Myers and three other black males had come to Anderson's residence and that during a conversation, Myers said something similar to, "`[Y]ou can't let that white bitch out of your sight until this is over.'" In addition, the night Flowers was killed, Anderson heard Myers tell Mainelli to watch the females who were in the car with Flowers so that Myers could "take them out" and that he would kill any of the witnesses who talked about Flowers' murder.
On September 18, 1995, Mainelliwas found dead in her apartment from two gunshot wounds to the head. Two .22caliber Remington shell casings were located in the bedroom near the body. Anderson told police that she had gone to Mainelli's apartment at approximately 11 p.m. on September 17 and that she believed Mainelli had male company at that time. Darnell Tatum, who had been dating Mainelli, said he knocked on her apartment door between 11:45 p.m. on September 17 and 1 a.m. on September 18, but that no one answered. However, he believed someone was in the apartment because a light came on after he knocked.
A confidential source, who was not on probation or parole and had provided information to police which had led to numerous arrests and the seizure of narcotics, informed


Briggs told police he had purchased the pistol from Edward Wilson in December and that Wilson and Myers were associates.
Edwina Wilson, Edward Wilson's sister, reported that Myers had assaulted her at her residence because she had confronted him about Mainelli's death. Edwina Wilson also identified the pistol seized from Briggs as a pistol Myers had once given her and claimed that she had returned the pistol to Myers in September of the previous year. Myers had told her that if the police came by, she was to tell them he had been with her the night Mainelli was killed and not to be specific about the time he actually came home. Edwina Wilson told police that Myers had left her apartment on the night of Mainelli's murder andthat he had not returned until Monday, September 18, 1995, between 5 and 6 a.m.
Edward Wilson told police that he, Sam Edwards, Grayer, and Alvin Morris accompanied Myers and Ronnie Cross to a Bible study on September 17, 1995. After leaving the church, Myers drove to the apartments where Mainelli lived. Myers got out, put on a pair of brown work gloves, slid a round into the chamber of a small pistol, and left for an hour to an hour and a half. Upon his return, Myers took off the gloves, pulling them over the pistol. Myers later got out of the vehicle and gave Edwards a small ball-like article that looked like brown work gloves.
Edward Wilson later obtained the pistol from Edwards. When Edwards handed Edward Wilson


high volume of calls were indicative of narcotics activity.
Myers and other gang members were observed by police via drive-by surveillance and fixed surveillance coming and going from Myers' residence at 2018 North 30th Street. Drive-by surveillance of Myers, Edwards, and Sanders established the registration and ownership of various vehicles operated by Edwards and Sanders and that Myers operated a vehicle registered to Lynam. These vehicles repeatedly came and went from Myers' residence. Police also noted that some parties were admitted to the residence, while others were turned away.
On February 26, 1996, an anonymous person reported having been inside Myers' residence and stated that Myers was in possession of firearms, narcotics, crack cocaine, and a large amount of U.S. currency, which Myers had stated was from the sale ofcrack cocaine. Surveillance also disclosed lookouts posted at the residence.
On March 21, 1996, police contacted a confidential source who was not on parole or probation and who had proved reliability in the prior 3 years by providing information that led to the issuance of numerous search warrants, felony arrests, and convictions for crack cocaine. While wearing a "wire," the source purchased crack cocaine from Myers at 2009 North 31st Street. An attempt was also made to purchase cocaine from Myers at his residence, 2018 North 30th Street, but Myers refused. The source was advised that Myers would be obtaining a larger quantity of crack cocaine if the source wanted to return. Police were also told by the director of the housing authority where Myers lived that other residents


for "4.8." The caller told Myers that the Chevy pickup, "`the green one,'" could possibly go on Tuesday. Police believed this to be a reference to marijuana. During another intercept, *403 Myers asked his mother to locate Paco's brother's pager number and to call the pager number. Another intercept disclosed that Myers needed to rent a vehicle for a possible trip the next day. Myers was subsequently observed leaving Atchley Ford, driving a rented Ford Taurus. On April 27, 1996, a number of calls were intercepted which show that Myers went to Denver, Colorado, to obtain cocaine.
On April 30, 1996, Myers spoke to a party and stated that by driving, he still came up with "`twenty nine five.'" The party tells Myers that the next time Myers goesto handle multiple attacks", although that's about as specific as it gets.

The sceptical among you should note that Trophy has allegedly completed "hundreds of live tests with the Israel Defense Forces and demonstrated effective neutralisation of anti-tank rockets and guided missiles, high safety levels, insignificant residual penetration, and minimal collateral damage".

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Publisher Devolver Digital and developer FromSoftware announced Metal Wolf Chaos XD for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam) during its E3 2018 press conference. It will launch in 2018.

Here is an overview of the game, via Devolver Digital:

About The country is in peril as President Michael Wilson defends the nation against a full-scale rebellion lead by Vice-President Richard Hawk and the mechanized legions he commands. As the 47th President of the United States, it is your sworn duty to take your country back by any means necessary and end this unjust coup d’etat! Battle in your advanced mech-armed to the teeth-across iconic American landscapes including the Brooklyn Bridge, the Grand Canyon, and the front steps of the White House. FromSoftware originally released Metal Wolf Chaos in DecemberDonna Summer the queen of disco – Part 2

This article is a continuation of ‘Donna Summer the queen of disco – Part 1.’

In the U.S., the Casablanca label heard it and the issue went beyond all expectations. We therefore intend to record a version of almost 17 ??minutes under the name of "Love To Love You Baby." Summer signed a contract with them, and single releases later
this year in USA, occupying the number 2 on the Billboard chart. Same appears on the market an album with that name, achieving a gold record.

In 1976 born the album "A Love Trilogy". That same year he recorded "Four Seasons of Love", an album that found the highly successful "Spring Affair". A year later, introduced the LP "I Remember Yesterday", a material


that blends disco sound with other genres
like R & B ballads with the song "I Feel Love" and the techno / dance with the song "Can not We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)."

In 1997 there was a new production, "Once Upon a Time "considered by many fans as one of his best work. Summer enters the world of acting in 1978, thanks to the movie "Thank God It’s Friday" and integrates the soundtrack of the same with the single "Last
Dance", the which managed to enter the Billboard charts, reaching the third position.

All this success has resulted that he be given his first Grammy Award. That same year he released his fifth under the name of "Live and More". This is a double disc compilation, which alsocontained new material. In 1979 relaunch another double album, this
time called "Bad Girls".

This album managed to place three songs in the Top 10 American ("Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls" and "Dim All the Lights"). The song "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer earned his second Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Artist. Also, the LP "Bad Girls" became their second to reach
number one on the preference lists, becoming their biggest selling album (7 million copies worldwide). In the early eighties, record company Geffen offered to sign a very lucrative contract for their upcoming productions.


There is growing evidence that Donald Trump's mud-slinging is tarnishing his gold-plated name, and industry observers say the Republican presidential nominee risks doing permanent damage to his brand.

"There are certainly groups and event planners shying away [from Trump-related venues] just because they don't want to offend anybody," said David Loeb, managing director and senior real estate research analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co.

Already, the Susan G. Komen Foundation is considering relocating an annual fundraiser held at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, NBC News reported. In addition, the PGA announced this summer that it was moving the WGC-Cadillac Championship from the Trump National Doral in Florida to Mexico City next year.

"The majority of the meeting planning community is female, and when you have a candidate who's beenAU NSW: NSW MP Thanks Supporters Ahead of Historic Bill to Decriminalise Abortion May 10

AU NSW: NSW MP Thanks Supporters Ahead of Historic Bill to Decriminalise Abortion May 10

ABORTION will remain a crime in NSW after MPs voted down a Greens bill aimed at overturning the 100-year-old law.

Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi’s Abortion Law Reform Bill was defeated 25 to 14 in the State Parliament’s upper house on Thursday.

Public members in the gallery shouted “shame” as the result of the conscience vote was announced in the Legislative Council.

Supporters and opponents of the bill gathered outside NSW parliament with placards as MPs arrived on Thursday morning to debate the bill and cast a conscience vote.

Ms Faruqi last year introduced the bill to remove abortion from the Crimes Act, and bring


A newborn baby was ripped from its mother’s arms by officials from the New Hampshire Division of Family Child Services accompanied by police last night after authorities cited the parents’ association with the Oath Keepers organization as one of the primary reasons for the snatch, heralding a shocking new level of persecution where Americans’ political beliefs are now being used by the state to kidnap children.

What was supposed to be one of the most joyous occasions of their lives turned into a nightmare for John Irish and Stephanie Janvrin, after they were told by The Director of Security and the Head Nurse at Concord Hospital that their baby would be taken to be checked by the hospital pediatrician.

“They lied to us – they got us to allow themGeelong skipper Joel Selwood has declared the Cats can "ride the wave" should they get over Sydney in Friday night's cut-throat final at the MCG.

The Swans set up a rematch of last year's preliminary final with a 65-point thumping of Essendon in an elimination final at the SCG on Saturday.

Hello skipper: Joel Selwood and Trent Cotchin. Credit:Wayne Ludbey

Lance Franklin, who finished on the bench with a corked thigh, booted four goals, Callum Sinclair and Dean Towers added three apiece and skipper Josh Kennedy, overlooked for All-Australian selection, was superb in the midfield as the Swans reinforced why they are a legitimate premiership threat despite having finished sixth on the ladder.

They have won 15 of the past 17 matches, losing to Hawthorn twice in a surge which began having


Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the UK will continue to raise with United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities the case of a British student who was tortured by police into signing a confession to drugs offences.

Ahmad Zeidan, from Berkshire, was arrested by local police in Sharjah, near Dubai, in December 2013 and held incommunicado for over a week, during which time he was hooded, beaten, and threatened with sexual assault. Mr Zeidan was also forced to sign documents in Arabic – a language he cannot read – which were subsequently used by prosecutors as a central piece of ‘evidence’ at his trial. (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/20450)

In a letter responding to concerns raised by legal charity Reprieve, which is supporting Mr Zeidan, David Cameron has written that the Government takes suchEncore

The Fourth Wall. Playwright A.R. Gurney is a courteous, upper-crust kind of guy, so when he found himself enraged by national politics, he didn't respond with agitprop or searing realism. Instead he imagined a comfortably middle-class housewife, Peggy, who -- by way of protest -- rearranges all the furniture in her living room so that it faces an imaginary theatrical fourth wall. Pretty soon, anyone entering Peggy's living room begins behaving like a character on a stage, and the resultant mix of realism and the actors' frantic bouts of self-aware staginess creates a cascade of evocative moments and clever jokes. There's also a piano that plays Cole Porter all by itself. As interior designer Julia preens and poses, Peggy's husband attempts to understand her and theater professor Floyd


urges Peggy to explore new forms of theater, Peggy herself stays true to her vision. She believes that beyond her sheltered world there are people of every race and nationality who can be persuaded to march on Washington and halt the madness of George W. Bush's foreign policy. This production focuses more on surface comedy than on Peggy's rage and sadness, however, which makes it amusing but ultimately inconsequential. Presented by the Avenue Theater, 417 East 17th Avenue, 303-321-5925, www.avenuetheater.com. Reviewed September 1.

An Ideal Husband. The heretofore spotless reputation of Sir Robert Chiltern, a London politician, is put at risk when a mysterious Mrs. Chevely threatens to reveal the one dark stain on his reputation -- the dishonest manner in which he acquired his wealth. In return forkeeping silent, she wants his support in parliament for a worthless scheme involving a canal in Argentina. The action also involves Sir Robert's loving and virtuous wife, Constance, and a friend, Lord Goring, who despite the fact that he spends most of his time contemplating the size and shape of his boutonniere, somehow manages to rescue Sir Robert and set everything to rights. None of this is particularly convincing, but there is a current of real feeling in the script, and this is where the otherwise admirable OpenStage production falls short. Still, it's a lot of fun to watch, well-acted and spoken with passable English accents. The sparring of Lord Goring and his beloved, Mabel, is particularly charming. Presented by OpenStage through September 17, The Lincoln Center, 417


a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, when John Scopes, a young teacher, was put on trial for teaching evolution. Money for his defense was put up by the Baltimore Sun, which sent its most famous reporter, H.L. Mencken, to cover the proceedings. In the courtroom, titans clashed as famed defense lawyer Clarence Darrow faced three-time presidential contender William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution. The script has weaknesses -- the ending, in particular, seems scattered and sentimental. Though the authors have tried to give him some depth, Brady (Bryan) often comes off as a buffoon. But despite these flaws, the play remains an exhilarating canter through Americana and a trenchant examination of some of the beliefs and contradictions at the nation's moral core.an uninhibited celebration of camp, aided by three decades of film and stage audiences who have clapped and sung along to the songs, flung various and specific objects on stage, lit flickering lights and offered randy verbal prompts. The action begins when innocent young Brad and Janet, who have just attended the wedding of a friend, get engaged. Within minutes -- naturally -- they find themselves stranded on a dark road in a pelting rainstorm. They seek shelter and a phone in the sinister castle of Frank-N-Furter, who's a mad alien scientist visiting Earth from the Planet Transsexual. The actors are never very far from you on the Avenue's tiny stage, and their hypnotically glazed eyes help make the production a total immersion experience. Should your attention falter


for a moment, you'll find everything crashing back into focus when Sugar stalks onto the stage with his sinuously sweeping moves and crimson-lipped, lemon-wedge-shaped smile. This is Rocky Horror as it's meant to be -- a lewd and lurid midnight fantasy. Presented by the Avenue Theater through October 1, 417 East 17th Avenue, 303-321-5925, www.avenuetheater.com. Reviewed July 14.

Summer Lovin'. Summer Lovin' is a string of songs held together with a thin thread of plot. A traveling troupe arrives at an old theater planning to stage a play, only to discover that the place is closed while its board contemplates converting it into an art-movie house. The photographs on the walls and the props and wigs in an old trunk inspire the actors to an outpouring of tribute andimpersonation. It's difficult to square the simplicity and straightforwardness of the concept with the depth of pleasure the performance provides. A high level of musical skill is offered: All the performers sing and move well, and some of them play an instrument or two. The band, too, is terrific. The show's premise allows the cast to hop around through time and pick almost any number in any genre that they wish -- from an old music-hall routine to The Rocky Horror Picture Show's "Time Warp." It's hard not to enjoy a cast that's having such a good time and is so eager share it with you. Heritage Square Music Hall is more than a performance venue: It's a Colorado community. Presented by Heritage Square Music Hall through September


The Tampa Bay Lightning's holy trinity from its 2004 Stanley Cup run has been broken up, to the benefit of the Stanley Cup-contending Dallas Stars.

With a financial squeeze coming on the Gulf Coast with new ownership, the last-place Lightning split Brad Richards from Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis, and shipped him to the Stars.

Richards, the Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 2004, goes west with goaltender Johan Holmqvist, with the Lightning getting Mike Smith, whom they hope is the long-awaited replacement for their 2004 champion stopper, Nikolai Khabibulin. Smith has been obscured on the Stars by Marty Turco, while Tampa also gets shootout specialist Jussi Jokinen, forward Jeff Halpern and a fourth-round pick.

"The writing was on the wall in Tampa," Richards said. "For whatever reason, there was (instability).Foote stays in Denver another year or two.

Ruslan Salei, a long-time Anaheim Duck who was out of sorts with the Florida Panthers, went back as far west as Colorado, in a trade for defenceman Karlis Skrastins and a third-rounder.

The 25 trades involving 45 players yesterday tied the record for deadline-day transactions and was one player short of a record. Only one Eastern Conference club, the Boston Bruins, made no moves in the final 48 hours, while Canadian entries Edmonton and Calgary were the only silent clubs in the West yesterday. The Flames hung on to veteran sniper Alex Tanguay, while the Oilers, already losing a first-rounder to Anaheim, decided to keep their young talent.

While Mats Sundin stayed in Toronto, two Matts, Cooke and Pettinger, changed addresses in Vancouver


and Washington respectively. The Ducks cornered the market on goalies named Jean-Sebastien, getting Aubin from the Los Angeles Kings to join incumbent Giguere. Washington also powered up by getting 38-year-old Sergei Fedorov from the Blue Jackets to tutor NHL leading scorer Alex Ovechkin.

Former first round forwards Tuomo Ruutu and Andrew Ladd flipped between Chicago and Carolina.The acting Palestinian authority chief blames Hamas for putting Gazan lives in danger, a day before Palestinian groups discuss a Gaza ceasefire in Cairo. Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at Hamas saying the resistance group has taken risks with the 'blood of Palestinians, with their fate, and dreams and aspirations for the independent Palestinian state'.

Talking to the press in Cairo on Sunday, Abbas also blamed Hamas of trying to destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He also rejected dialogue with any group 'which does not recognize the PLO'. Abbas claimed that "today Hamas emerges upon us with a destructive project, which we have heard before … and which has went to the rubbish bin of history", AFP quoted him as saying. Abbas ruled out dialogue with Hamas unless it


recognizes the supremacy of the PLO, saying, "They must admit without equivocation or ambiguity that the organization is the sole and only representative of the Palestinian people. Then there will be dialogue." Abbas was responding to last week's statement by the head of the Hamas politburo, Khaled Mashaal, from exile in Damascus, that the PLO had become obsolete and that Palestinians need a 'new, national authority.' PLO was founded by Egypt in 1964 and Fatah took over it in 1968.

Abbas is scheduled to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday before Palestinian groups, who have gathered in Cairo, begin Gaza ceasefire talks. Egypt has been mediating a truce after Hamas and Israel announced ceasefires on January 18, ending Israel's devastating 23-day war on the Gaza Strip that killedmore than 1,330 Palestinians and injured over 5,400 Gazans, mostly civilians. A Hamas delegation was due to arrive in Cairo on Monday, to join another delegation already in the country, a Hamas official said. An advisor to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, Ahmed Yusef, who heads the Hamas government in Gaza City, told AFP that the group was awaiting Israel's response to the Egyptian truce proposal. "We can speak with details about the truce after our delegation examines the Israeli response," Ahmed Yusef said, adding that Hamas expected the response by Monday. Hamas says that Abbas is desperate to maintain his hold on power, although his legal term as president is over, and has chosen to forgo national unity and is relying on support from the US and


Premium audio systems with subwoofers are increasingly becoming a stock standard in many vehicles, especially in luxury vehicles. The subwoofers are usually packaged in an enclosure designed to produce the best acoustics for the subwoofer. The enclosures are then mounted in the vehicle, typically in the rear of the vehicle, and more specifically in the cargo or trunk area. In SUVs, to mount the subwoofer enclosure to the vehicle, a subwoofer mounting bracket is coupled to the floor panel in the cargo area which mates with a foot formed on the subwoofer enclosure.
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national groups as well as activists to
help determine the plan to accomplish this goal.

Earlier this year, it
was determined that it would be in the best interest of this project forNCSF to take a leadership role. Since NCSF had already established the
DSM project as a major area of focus, it made sense to also add the CONSENT COUNTS project as a major focus.

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, former Executive
Director of NCSF and long-time sexual freedom activist, recently
re-joined NCSF as the CONSENT COUNTS project director.

In an indictment rendered by a Grand Jury in the Western District of Missouri on September 9, 2010, five Missouri men allegedly participated in torturing a mentally disabled woman online or in person over a multi-yearour vision through direct services, education, advocacy, and outreach, in conjunction with our partners, to directly benefit these communities.

In 2007, NCSF organized a leather leadership round table at the Creating Change conference to discuss the goals of the BDSM-leather-fetish communities. The number one priority was determined to be the decriminalization of BDSM.

A subsequent town hall meeting at LLC was held to further discuss this goal and to establish an outline for a working plan for this 10-15 year project. This is a community wide project with participation by national groups as well as activists to help determine the plan to accomplish this goal.

Earlier this year, it was determined that it would be in the best interest of this project for NCSF to take a leadership role. Since NCSF


appeal challenged the constitutionality of the Communications Decency Act on the grounds that the obscenity provision of the CDA is overbroad. Last year, a three-judge panel in New York's Southern District had dismissed Nitke's lawsuit, ruling that there was "insufficient…

March 20,2006 | WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court turned back an appeal on Monday from a photographer who claimed a federal decency law violated her free-speech rights to post pictures of sadomasochistic sexual behavior on the Web. Justices affirmed a decision last year by a special three-judge federal panel upholding the 1996 law which makes it a crime to send obscenity over the Internet to children. The court could have…

March 3, 2006 - In documents filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Justice Department did not contest NCSF'sReports

Net Obscenity Provisions Revocation Sought NEWSBYTES By David McGuire http://www.NEWSBYTES.com December 19, 2001, Washington, DC -- A small civil liberties group has asked a federal judge in New York to revoke what remains of an Internet pornography law that was gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1997. In a complaint filed in a New York City Federal Court [http://www.USCourts.gov ] last week, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom [https://ncsfreedom.org…

Techsploitation By Annalee Newitz San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 14, 2002 HERE'S YET ANOTHER wacky fact you probably didn't know about the Communications Decency Act ole Bill Clinton signed into law way back in 1996: the good citizens of some small town in Arizona or southern California might have the power to send you to jail if they think


the contents of your Web site are "obscene." The CDA…

Communications Decency Act A Lingering Coup de Grace? By Tim Kingston January 23, 2002 You may dimly recall the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which unsuccessfully attempted to define and proscribe "indecency" on the Internet. That law's legal core--its indecency provision--was immediately challenged and rapidly struck down as unconstitutional by free- and electronic-speech advocates. But, what many may not know is that another portion of the law, prohibiting…

Can David Beat Goliath in the Battle of Obscenity? Part 2 By Judd Handler Ynot News, January 2, 2002 Last week's editorial featured an interview with John Wirenius, lead counsel for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and Barbara Nitke, an adult content photographer. Wirenius, on behalf of the NCSF and Nitke,filed a lawsuit on December 11 against Attorney General John Ashcroft seeking to overturn Internet…

Can David Beat Goliath in the Battle of Obscenity? By Judd Handler Ynot News, December 20, 2001 One would think it would take the giants of the industry to force the government to rethink existing, not-applicable-to-the-Internet obscenity laws. On the contrary, the little players may be the ones who are successful in getting the federal government and the Supreme Court to throw out irrelevant local community standards when…

New Suit Targets Obscenity Law By Julia Scheeres Wired, December 12, 2001 A national organization that promotes sexual tolerance and an artist who photographs pictures of couples engaged in sadomasochism filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to overturn Internet obscenity laws. The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and


photographer Barbara Nitke argue that the obscenity provision of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) is so broad that it violates free speech.…

STANDING UP TO BE COUNTED: BARBARA NITKE CHALLENGES JOHN ASHCROFT ON S/M AND INTERNET OBSCENITY By David Steinberg Spectator Magazine, January 11, 2002 "No matter how we're wired to express love, freedom is having the courage to be who we are." - Photographer/plaintiff Barbara Nitke On December 11, Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom brought suit in New York City's Federal District Court, seeking to have the…

What's Obscene in Podunk By John Strausbaugh New York Press, August 28, 2002 Barbara Nitke is a well-known and much-seen photographer in her field. She's president of the New York Camera Club and teaches a course in darkroomtechnique at SVA. A nice, neat, sweet individual, she's the very very last person in New York City you'd suspect of being a pornographer. Which she's not, not exactly. She's more…

New York judges refuse to say Internet obscenity law is unconstitutional By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer, July 25, 2005, 7:58 PM EDT NEW YORK -- A special three-judge federal panel on Monday refused to find unconstitutional a law making it a crime to send obscenity over the Internet to children. The Communications Decency Act of 1996 had been challenged by Barbara Nitke, a photographer who specializes in pictures of…

Fotog vs. Feds in Obscenity Law: Files suit to keep photos on Web by Veronica Vera New York Daily News, July 15, 2002 Photographer Barbara Nitke is used to


being behind the lens, but if legal matters heat up, she may soon find the government focusing on her. Nitke is ready to step into the foreground as the chief plantiff in Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom…

Nerve December 11, 2001 Photographer Barbara Nitke and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) filed a lawsuit today, claiming the Internet censorship provision of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) violates the First Amendment right to free speech. The provision stipulates that "local community standards" will judge whether or not something is indecent. Yet attorney John Wirenius argues that "By allowing the most restrictive jurisdiction to define what speech can…

Lawsuit targets last scraps of Net-obscenity law By Sam Costello (IDG News) CNN, December 20, 2001 The National Coalitionfor Sexual Freedom (NCSF) and artist Barbara Nitke have filed a lawsuit challenging the remaining provisions of the Communications Decency Act, much of which was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1997. The act, or CDA, was passed in 1996 and was the first U.S. law designed to allow…

NCSF Tackles "Community Standards" For The Web By Mark Kernes Adult Video News, February Issue Washington, DC The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom may not be a household name, even in the adult entertainment industry, but if their recently-filed lawsuit succeeds, they may go down in history as the first group to secure Americans' core constitutional speech rights. NCSF is based in the nation's capital [~] in fact, only a…

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may not be admitted as a refugee until the FBI certifies to DHS and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) that he or she has received a background investigation sufficient to determine whether the alien is a U.S. security threat; and

may only be admitted to the United States after DHS, with the unanimous concurrence of the FBI and the DNI, certifies to Congress that he or she is not such a threat.

The Inspector General of DHS shall conduct annual risk-based reviews of all certifications.

DHS shall report monthly to Congress on the total number of admission applications for which a certification was made and the number of covered aliens for whom such a certification was not made for the preceding month. The report shall include for each covered alienJimmy Galvin , left, said he was shocked the first time he walked into Sam's hospital room

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Team Ballard raised money for the 24/7 care that he required, but it could never be enough.

Katie applied to the National Disability Insurance Scheme when Sam became eligible for a £300,000 package in 2016.

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Scarlett Johansson Steps Up To Support Planned Parenthood

A call for young voters to take action.

Celebrities have long lent their star power to help further the causes they care about, and Scarlett Johansson is no different. The star is teaming up with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund to release a shirt that promotes education on women's rights and women's health. The tee's release is part of Planned Parenthood's Women Are Watching campaign, which aims to inspire young voters to get educated on women's issues. The shirt's message is a call to politicians to wipe out outdated, sexist laws and make things more fair for women. The pink shirt reads "Hey politicians! The 1950's called...They want their sexism back!", with ScarJo's signature printed on the sleeve.

Johansson released a statement abouthemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

The following information comes directly from the United States Department of Agriculture's 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing 'patriotic American farmers' to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:

'...(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable...

...Now with Philippine and East Indian


sources of hemp in the hands of the Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industries...

...the Navy's rapidly dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!'

Certified proof from the Library of Congress; found by the research of Jack Herer, refuting claims of other government agencies that the 1942 USDA film 'Hemp for Victory' did not exist.

Hemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA Bulletin #404 concludedthat hemp produces 4 times as much pulp with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution. From Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938:

'It has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for the next year's crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8 to 12 feet above the ground, chokes out weeds.

...hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry.'

In the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an industrial revolution when applied to hemp. This single resource could have created millions of new jobs generating thousands of quality products. Hemp, if not made illegal, would have brought America out of the Great Depression.

William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the


Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst's grandfather, a destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp.

In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. Dupont's Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined over 80% of Dupont's business.

THE CONSPIRACY

Andrew Mellon became Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont's primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.

Secret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hempwas declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: 'marihuana' and pushed it into the consciousness of America.

MEDIA MANIPULATION

A media blitz of 'yellow journalism' raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. Hearst's newspapers ran stories emphasizing the horrors of marihuana. The menace of marihuana made headlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for everything from car accidents to loose morality.

Films like 'Reefer Madness' (1936), 'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth' (1935) and 'Marihuana: The Devil's Weed' (1936) were propaganda designed by these industrialists to create an enemy. Their purpose was to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could be passed.

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MADNESS:

a violent narcotic.

acts of shocking violence.

incurable insanity.

soul-destroying effects.

under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an ax.

more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana!

Reefer Madness did not end with the usual 'the end.' The film concluded with these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDREN.

In the 1930s, people were very naive; even to the point of ignorance. The masses were like sheep waiting to be led by the few in power. They did not challenge authority. If the news was in print or on the radio, they believed it had to be true. They told their children and their children grew up to be the parents of the baby-boomers.

On April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive MarihuanaTax Law or the bill that outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee. This committee is the only one that can introduce a bill to the House floor without it being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, Robert Doughton, was a Dupont supporter. He insured that the bill would pass Congress.

Dr. James Woodward, a physician and attorney, testified too late on behalf of the American Medical Association. He told the committee that the reason the AMA had not denounced the Marihuana Tax Law sooner was that the Association had just discovered that marihuana was hemp.

Few people, at the time, realized that the deadly menace they had been reading about on Hearst's front pages was in fact passive hemp.


Egypt Annual Inflation Jumps to Its Highest Rates in 30 Years

The rates of annual inflation in Egypt’s cities have jumped to 30.9 percent in March, hitting its highest inflation rates in 30 years.

The inflation rates in February recorded 30.2 percent and 28.1 percent in January.

According to a statement released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), the highest record was in 1986 when the inflation rates had recorded 35 percent.

CAPMAS linked the inflation rates to the price hikes that had hit food commodities and that also had encompassed prices of non-strategic products including cosmetics.

In November 2016, the Central Bank of Egypt decided to liberalize the Egyptian currency exchange rate against the foreign currencies, leading to a severe devaluation of the Egyptian pound.

Prior to the flotationmeasure, there had been a discrepant and wide gap between US dollars in banks and in the black market. Following the flotation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to loan Egypt $US 12 billion in an attempt to restore the state’s economy.

The flotation decision had an impact on nearly all the products, resulting in significant price hikes and high rates of inflation.

Minister of Finance Amr Al-Garhy expected earlier this month that rates of inflation will decrease by November and December 2017.

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Will This New Toyota Hydrogen Car Change the World?

Toyota's FCV Concept is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell — and it's coming to dealers in a couple of years. Photo credit: Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) this week released the first photos of its latest concept car, called the Toyota FCV Concept. The Toyota FCV Concept, which will be shown later this month at the Tokyo Motor Show, is an electric car.

It's a "concept car", meaning that it's just for show, but you'll be able to buy something very similar in a couple of years. Toyota says that it willBrick by brick, the walkway tells a story of Broomfield residents who love their library.

Some of the bricks honor library lovers who have passed away. Others celebrate weddings, birthdays and anniversaries.

Personalized brick donations made to the Broomfield Library Foundation pave the way for vibrant programs at Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library, while providing a place for residents to show their support for friends and families.The foundation's brick campaign is accepting orders for personalized bricks through Feb. 28.

Colleen Sawyer, president of the foundation, said the brick fundraiser is a popular one, in part because residents can see their donation work in tangible and intangible ways.

The bricks, inscribed with personal messages of love and support, line the walkway to the library's front door. Proceeds from the brick purchases help keep


the library's critical programs, such as One Book, One Broomfield, afloat.

"This one just seems to get the community involved," she said. "People just want to leave a legacy. It sort of sells itself."

Proceeds go toward the library's major programs, including the One Book, One Broomfield program that in November brought author Carol Cassella to town speak about her book, "Healer."

The brick campaign also helps fund the library's teen programs, which include a manga drawing group, a creative writing club, science programs and art classes. A teen advisory board helps choose and oversee the programs.

Roberta Depp, director of library services, said the foundation's brick campaign might not be the library's largest fundraiser, but it is a reliable way to help keep the programs running smoothly. With up to 100programs a month at the library, including tutoring, parenting classes and special events, every bit of funding counts toward keeping the library a welcoming place for adults, teens and children.

"It's a busy place," she said. "This is a way for people who use the library to express their support for what we do here."

Mary Juszynski, who purchased two bricks in honor of her two grandsons, knows she can visit the bricks any time she goes to the library.

"The bricks are as you go up the walkway. Couldn't be a better location," she said.

The brick purchase also was an easy way to support the library that has provided so many programs to the community, she said.

"The hardest part of buying a brick is deciding what to write on it,"


she said. "So many people use the library ... it's just a key player in the community, and without the support of the community and people like Colleen, these programs wouldn't be possible."

Panthers brace for rematch of epic '13 playoff battleAs is typical for high school coaches at this stage of the season, Boulder boys basketball leader Eric Eisenhard didn't waste much time celebrating a big win. Full Story

New coordinator pushes Buffs to work, play at level he expectsJim Leavitt has discovered this much about his new defense at Colorado: He has some talent with which to work, but his players need to put it in another gear. Full StoryA Brazilian soccer referee is facing disciplinary action for pulling a gun on the field during a red card dispute. Gabriel Murta was officiating an amateur game between Brumadinho and Amantes da Bola when tempers flared on the field following a red card. The referee was reportedly kicked and punched by a player from Amantes da Bola, which led to him brandishing the weapon.

Murta is a police officer by profession according to The Guardian, which explains why he owns a handgun, but not why he had it on the field. A representative from the referee's association in Brazil stated that Muta felt threatened, but an inquiry is underway.

Amateur soccer in Brazil is no stranger to violence. In 2013 a referee was killed and beheaded by fans as retaliation


must have been due to hypoplasia of the tentorium cerebelli and its low attachment to the occiput, bringingg about a narrowing of the infratentorial space. The authors believe the condition to be a primary malformation, and reject the hypothesis of secondary herniation following long standing supratentorial decompression. The concept of a primary malformation is supported by previous descriptions of the condition in cases with spina bifida, Arnold-Chiari malformation, and hydrocephalus without shunting, as well as by other features in the cases which have been recorded.Heather McDougall is the Founder and Executive Director of Leadership exCHANGE. She designs the curriculum and programming for the Global Leadership Program. In addition, she is the Professor for the Philosophies of Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, Women and Leadership, and Women as Change Agents course. She has presented research on the programs as well as given presentations on leadership around the world.

Jason Widen is a Partner of Leadership exCHANGE. He is also the COO of Forward Impact, whose mission is to unleash the impact potential of next generation entrepreneurial leaders. This work includes supporting community-based strategies to develop and scale high-impact entrepreneurs including HQ Raleigh and ThinkHouse.

Steve McDavid is the President of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation. Since 1934, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation has taken as its primary


mission the inspiring of young people to lead lives of integrity, characterized by service above self and service to their communities. As the 4th President of this 80 year old Foundation, Steve has developed and implemented the Sullivan Foundation's Service and Social Entrepreneurship Program.

Alma Ramirez is Co-Founder of Unboxed Social Innovation Consulting, an organization that works towards the transformation of the business sector, collaborating on projects that promote the balance between profitability and generating social and environmental value. She is also a Professor at Universidad de Monterrey and Leadership exCHANGE.

Tony Middlebrooks is a Professor for Leadership exCHANGE. Dr. Middlebrooks is an Associate Professor in the Organizational and Community Leadership Program in the School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware. Current research includes methods ofthe education and integration of leadership, creativity, and design thinking.

Liz Tracy is an Instructor for Leadership exCHANGE Raleigh. She brings international experience in community development and public outreach to her role. She ran a nationally-recognized jewelry business and arts-based learning camps for kids. Liz is also the Director of Community Engagement at HQ Raleigh and manages membership services, programming, and anything else that gets thrown her way!

Matthew Creasy is the Program Director for Leadership exCHANGE Prague. He is an Assistant Director of the University Student Centers for Leadership Development at the University of Delaware. He has a BA in Political Science with minors in Leadership Studies and History from Christopher Newport University and a M.A.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Virginia Tech. Matthew's main leadership interests


are in: servant leadership, service-learning, cross cultural leadership, and personality and leadership.

Silvia Appolloni is the Student Development Coordinator for Leadership exCHANGE Rome. She holds a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Cultures and she is graduating in November with a M.A. in Translation Studies. She's from Rome, Italy, where she currently works as a translator. In 2015 she worked as a coordinator for the Leadership Exchange Rome and attended the Women Leadership Program in Prague. Her passions include multicultural environments, helping immigrants, homeless, and the elderly, and diversity.

Susan Abbott is an independent consultant who specializes in working with non-profit organizations, universities, and donors in the areas of media development, civil society assistance, and digital rights. Abbott provides consulting services in the areas of facilitating workshops and training programs; grantwriting; monitoring and evaluation, and organizational capacity building. Abbott's work and consulting practice has given her a chance to work on projects in Bosnia and Sudan, to name a few.

Tara Hawley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Science in Development & Culture Change from Macquarie University in Australia, has TEFL certification. Having worked across a range of projects domestically and abroad, Tara currently works for the Global Leadership Program (not affiliated) at Macquarie University in Australia.

Rhiannon Homer is the Student Development Coordinator for Leadership exCHANGE Prague. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Finance and International Business. She was born and raised in Malaysia and is currently living in Sydney, Australia. Rhiannon comes from a multicultural background hence she has developed a strong passion for international cultures


and languages. She loves to travel the world and to be fully immersed in the local culture whilst meeting interesting new people from various backgrounds.

Paul Perrett is the Student Development Coordinator for Leadership exCHANGE Rome. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Primary) and a Post-Graduate diploma of TESOL. He is from Sydney Australia and currently works as a primary school teacher and social worker. He has a strong passion for social justice and education and loves to travel the world to help empower communities.

Jackie Davies is a communication & development professional with over twenty years' experience in project management, research, evaluation, and capacity development. Her specialist focus is communication for development (C4d), and she founded and supports the C4D network, a professional social networkwith 2500 members around the world. She has worked extensively abroad with clients such as UNICEF, NGOs, and media organizations such as the World Bank.

Anna Blazkova is the Coordinator for Leadership exCHANGE Prague. She is studying Area Studies at Charles University in Prague. Anna has a strong passion for French culture, literature, and history and loves exploring new places not only in France, but all over the world. She enjoys learning foreign languages and she is eager to meet new people and get to know their countries and cultures.

Sergio De la Rosa is the Student Development Coordinator for Leadership exCHANGE Rome. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in Marketing. He's from Monterrey, México. He attended the Raleigh program in 2015 to further develop his


desire to innovate with social businesses. Recently took part in the Hult Prize in Boston. Sergio hopes to one day (soon) move to Australia and become a social entrepreneur.

Gabby Vance is the Student Development Coordinator for Leadership exCHANGE Prague. She is a rising junior at Elon University studying political science with minors in entrepreneurship, leadership studies and psychology. She is from Annapolis, Maryland. At Elon, Gabby works for a program called New Student & Transition Programs. She aids new students through their transition process to college. She additionally has a very strong passion for civic engagement and helping other people. She hopes one day to be a lawyer for a non-profit organization.

Eamonn Snow is the Student Development Coordinator for Leadership ExCHANGE Prague. He is from the Central Coastof New South Wales, Australia; and is studying a Bachelor of Media at Macquarie University, Sydney. Eamonn attended the 2016 Prague program to (amongst other things) further develop both his leadership skills and global awareness. Driven by a deep-seated passion for social justice and human rights, Eamonn hopes to one day drive change as an investigative journalist.

Tereza Vickova is the Student Development Coordinator for Leadership exCHANGE Prague and is studying International Studies at Charles University in Prague. She was a student with one of the programs in 2012, and loves how she can meet so many people from all over the world through Leadership exCHANGE.


May. Junior Explorer Tours lasts approx. 1.5 hours (including time in the museum and a meet and greet with Cluasóg) and the route is fully accessible for buggies. Advance online booking is recommended. Free parking is available, as well as the museum’s Blackthorn Café for a snack afterwards.

The GAA Museum and Croke Park Stadium Tour are listed as two of the top 10 things to do in Dublin on Trip Advisor. Croke Park has been at the heart of Irish sporting and cultural life for over 100 years, so it really is a must for every Irish family.

The full list of tour dates are:(All tours start at 10.30am)
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SaturdayOn February 5, 2011 thousands of people rallied in SF to support the Egyptian struggle against Mubarak and the US supported regime. Trade unionists and activists spoke out about the role of the US and why US workers should support this struggle.

US Workers In SF Speak Out For Egyptian Working Class SF Labor And Community Rallies To Support Egyptian Rebellion On February 5, 2011 a protest in San Francisco with thousands of people was organized to support the movement against the US supported Mubarak regime. Egyptian Americans as well as bay area workers and trade unionists spoke out on the real struggles in Egypt and it's relationship to the US and the world. Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org laborvideo.blip.tv


Image caption Silibil N Brains pretended to be from California when they were actually from Dundee

You are Scottish and you want to be taken seriously as a rapper, what do you do? In the case of Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, they pretended to be American and lived a lie for three years.

Gavin and Billy, who met at college in Dundee, wanted to be the next Eminem but instead they were derided as "the rapping Proclaimers".

Back in 2001, being Scottish rappers got the pair laughed out of the room when they met record company executives in London.

"Thirteen seconds into the first track and they just started laughing," says Bain.

"We were just thinking 'what's all this about?'. It was heartbreaking."

"Real" rappers did not come from Scotland, they were told.

Sothey went away and came back as "Silibil" (Boyd) and "Brains" (Bain) from a small town in California who met at a rap battle contest in San Francisco.

Image caption Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain at a screening of the film about their hoax

Their new personas suddenly attracted interest from the London execs but in order to maintain the deceit they had to lie to everyone - to fans, to fellow musicians and to the record industry.

They told record company bosses they hated US President George W Bush and wanted to make it in the UK but Bain had never set foot in America.

Boyd says: "We created a back story. We created these monsters, these American egotistical characters and we became these characters."

He says as long as they acted


loud enough and played crazy enough, it did not seem to matter.

Image caption Silibil N Brains on MTV in 2004

It was a massive lie which lasted for more than three years, during which time they were taken on by Jonathan Shalit, the man who discovered Charlotte Church, secured a record deal with Sony, appeared on MTV, partied with Madonna and played on a UK tour with Eminem.

Appearing with D12 (Eminem's hip-hop collective) was one of the many times when the lie almost unravelled.

Image caption Silibil at the Brits with comedians David Walliams and Matt Lucas

Silibil N Brains had claimed to be friends with the Detroit rappers so when they saw Proof and the rest of D12 doing a sound check on the first night they could not risktheir cover being blown.

The pair high-fived Proof and gave him a big hug, declaring it had been a long time since they met.

The rapper was too stunned to disagree and the impression of their hip hop credentials was maintained.

Boyd's girlfriend, who still lived in Dundee, was one of the few people who knew of their deception.

He says: "She'd come to London and we'd be out shopping and the phone would go and it would be someone from the office. I'd have to snap into American straight away."

The boys were "keeping it real" by living a lie but they were desperate to come clean.

They recruited band members from Scotland and South Africa and tried to take their music in a punk rock direction, much to the bemusement of the


record company which had signed two west coast rappers.

Image caption The stress of keeping up the pretence took a great toll on Silibil N Brains

The strain of the worry and the constant partying began to take its toll.

Every day for years, they had pretended to be American. Bain even had a Texan girlfriend who never suspected a thing.

But Bain's mental health was suffering and he also had a painful stomach ulcer.

He says the pressure of the lies and the paranoia was becoming too much.

"You tell one lie and it will become a million lies," Bain says.

Boyd had also had enough and eventually packed up and went back to Dundee.

The Great Hip Hoax was over but the story is now being told in a film, which is on generalthe conference will select awardees, and the applicant organization will administer award of the travel grants. The conference will be publicized in major scientific journals (both general interest and renal community focused), on the internet, and announcements will be mailed to members of the American Society of Nephrology, the sponsoring organization.


is being tough.”

Last year former President Obama made an unprecedented move: He went to Cuba. Obama was the first sitting president to visit the country since 1928. It marked the beginning of a renewed relationship between two nations with a complicated history. It’s pretty much why on any given day, our Instagram feeds are now flooded with photos of friends taking quick trips to the island nation.

Although no changes have been announced thus far, travelers may still want to take heed. For anyone with dreams of visiting Cuba — free of pesky complications like traveling with a large group and increased airfare due to limited flights — you may want to begin looking into tickets now.The executives of a global mining corporation assumed it would be easy to get their way in Cabañas, a rural region of northern El Salvador. They were wrong.

What they wanted was to extract the rich veins of gold buried near the Lempa River, the water source for more than half of El Salvador’s 6.2 million people. Instead, local farmers and others came together to fight the project over concerns that the toxic chemicals used in gold mining would poison their water. In time, they won over a strong majority of the public and rallied the Catholic Church, small businesses, and labor and environmental groups to successfully pressure the national government to oppose mining.

Then the company struck back. Pacific Rim (a Canadian firm later bought by Australia-based Oceana Gold)


a painfully high price for their resistance, it was a measure of justice.

One of those activists is Miguel Angel Rivera. In June 2009, his brother Marcelo, a prominent cultural and environmental leader who opposed the mine, was tortured and assassinated. While questions remain, many activists believe that pro-mining forces — including local politicians who stood to benefit if Pacific Rim started mining — are ultimately responsible for his murder.

We first met Miguel in October 2009, when he and four others active in El Salvador’s National Roundtable against Mining traveled to Washington to receive the Institute for Policy Studies’ Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, a prize that brought international recognition to this struggle. Then when we made our first trip to Cabañas in 2011 to learn more about the miningresistance, Miguel greeted us at the airport.

As he drove us through mountainous roads to the office of his employer, ADES (the Social and Economic Development Association), we asked him how he’d come to opposing mining. He pointed to our water bottle and said “Just like you, water is our priority.”

In the years since, we’ve met hundreds of people in Cabañas who have risked their lives in the struggle against mining under the banner of “Water for Life.” Miguel Rivera and his fellow roundtable members kept up resistance by constantly mobilizing the neighboring communities of Cabañas, frequently traveling to the capital to lobby policymakers and rally their allies, and keeping up the drumbeat through the press, including community radio. They also traveled internationally to spread the story of their


struggle and build solidarity across borders.

Their perseverance was truly remarkable in a country where nearly a third of the population lives in poverty and activists face constant threats.

Their perseverance was truly remarkable in a country where nearly a third of the population is living under the national poverty line and where activists faced constant threats. The same year Marcelo Rivera was murdered, two other anti-mining activists, Ramiro Rivera and Dora Alicia Recenos, were also assassinated. And then in 2011, Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, a volunteer with the Cabañas Environmental Committee, was also murdered. And yet in the face of severe risk and economic hardship, people on the ground stood up and said “we would love jobs but not if they come at the cost of water.”

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One Source Networks Recognized for the Fourth Consecutive Year as an Inc. 500 | 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company

Achieved 238% Growth Against 134% Telecommunications Industry Average

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 21, 2014) - One Source Networks, the global voice and managed services partner of choice for large enterprises, announces today that it has been named one of Inc. magazine's 5,000 fastest-growing private companies. This year's honorees are ranked according to percentage of revenue growth from 2010 to 2013. One Source Networks was recognized for its 238% growth rate during that period, yielding a ranking of 1,746.

As one of the Inc. 5000 honorees, One Source Networks joins Tough Mudder, Alliance Health, Cogito, GoPro and other notable enterprises that have grown exponentially. The Inc. 500 list


alone boasts more than 46,000 jobs created, with the Inc. 5000 showing even larger numbers, as well as $216 billion in combined revenue. One Source Networks has contributed to these job growth statistics, increasing staff by over 100% during the period.

"One Source Networks is thrilled to be recognized by the Inc. 500 | 5000 for the fourth year in a row," stated Ernest Cunningham, chief executive officer, One Source Networks. "In the past year in particular, we have grown significantly, with the deployment of new points of presence in our voice network across North America, South America, Asia and Europe, as well as the launch of innovative services such as Secure Trunking. We believe that our consistent evolution as a company, combined with our steadfast commitment to putting2017-09-27 14:05:00

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for prayers for the victims of Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico.

His words came in Spanish-language greetings at his Wednesday General Audience.

“I ask you to remember in prayer the victims and those affected by the hurricane, which in these days has battered the Caribbean, in a particular way Puerto Rico,” he said.

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico last Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane, also making landfall in Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane.

With winds of up to 250 km/hour, Hurricane Maria was the strongest storm to make landfall in the US territory in 85 years.


Tuesday, 12 November 2013

On Saturday, the 26th of October the
Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic participated in the University of
Cambridge's Festival of Ideas, an event held annually since 2008 designed to
encourage the community and anyone with an interest in Cambridge’s work and
research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, to come over, check us
out and meet the faculty and students.

Several
events were held within our department on the Saturday, with two well-attended
lectures by faculty members Dr Richard Dance and Prof Simon Keynes, speaking on
‘Frontiers in Anglo-Saxon England’, on the Tuesday following.The majority of Saturday's events, organized
under the theme ‘Beyond Borders: Exploring the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
Worlds’, were run by graduate students, led by Christine Voth.Upstairs in the department itself, attendees
could enjoy a re-enactment of Groenlendinga saga, have a lookNational University of Ireland, Galway,
where he also completed his Ph.D. under Professor
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín in 2007. Immo’s primary field of interest is early medieval scientific
thought but he is probably best known for his work in the field of
computus (medieval time-reckoning). His PhD thesis later became his
monograph and is published as The Munich Computus: Text &
Translation. Irish computistics between Isidore of Seville and the
Venerable Bede and its reception in Carolingian times (Stuttgart:
Steiner 2010). In addition to this work, Immo has also been extensively
involved with the International Conference on the Science of Computus
which happens every two years in Galway (next one in 2014)

Immo
kindly spent last Monday in the department where he met with members of
staff and graduate students and his day culminated in a paper for the
ASNC graduate seminar entitled


'Willibrord the computist: harbinger of
the Carolingian renaissance?'. The paper provided significant food for
thought and argued quite convincingly that the 7th century
missionary saint Willibrord had a much more far reaching influence on
the study and application of medieval European computistics than had
previously been thought.

There
are a number of ASNC post-graduate students who are either working
directly in the field of medieval computus or in fields that are allied
to it. Computus is an area that is under-researched and there is a
general dearth of workshops, courses and scholarly material outside of
original manuscript sources. It was therefore very kind of Immo to run a
two hour computus workshop on the Monday morning (thoughtfully arranged
by Dr Rosalind Love) and this was well attended by some twenty students
from the faculty. During the workshop Immo discussed the ‘Easter
Controversy’ whichhad occupied the thoughts and minds of the early
church fathers and is something that, even today, gives rise to
disagreement. Immo also discussed the basis for the calculation of the
date of Easter and the differences between Roman and Celtic
computistical methods. Latin terminology and manuscript evidence was
presented along with relevant historical background. The workshop was
extremely enjoyable and highly interactive with lots of opportunities
for students to participate. Immo introduced the various types of Easter
tables (Celtic and Roman) focusing on differences with interpretation
and calculation in a session which was highly informative and provided a
significant amount of useful information. Immo came to medieval
studies with a background in mathematics and he has an impressive amount
of experience in the area of computistics. His delivery and content was
both clear and concise as well as engaging, incisive,


wire to be plundered to make necklaces, bracelets and the rest. I have ‘fond’ memories of the early days of putting computer systems in place for Anglo America. Not a month went by without the connections to one or other of the mines being totally lost because the cables had been sabotaged to get at the copper. All that disruption and all that effort to restore communications, only for them to be sabotaged a few months later….. But essentially, Africa, with its vast empty spaces, and small, rural communities, towns and the occasional city which are far apart, has always provided many challenges when it came to implementing communication infrastructures.

But the mobile, and satellite internet connections – that one really, really works in Africa. Of course, it worksWednesday, September 11, 2019

A group of advocates in greater Akron that has been pushing for accountability and transparency at Hudson's Christ Community Chapel in the wake of an international sexual abuse scandal sent a letter last week to Rob Portman. They have asked that the Republican Senator from Ohio open an official investigation into deposed pastor Tom Randall and his nonprofit World Harvest Ministries. Furthermore, they have requested that he contact the Filipino authorities and ask them to re-open the investigation they closed in 2014 due to pressure, advocates believe, from Portman and the U.S. embassy.

Back in 2014, Portman interceded on Randall's behalf when the longtime missionary was jailed in the Philippines on charges related to sex-trafficking. Orphans at the children's home Randall founded with his wife had


Revenue Code Sec. 501c3, directly resulted in the victims giving up on the Philippines justice system in late 2016 when they stopped showing up to court after realizing that they would have to attend years of court proceedings before anyone would see jail time. This then resulted in charges being dismissed against Perfecto Luchavez, who continues to intimidate the victims into staying silent."

The Justice for Sankey Advocates sent the letter to Portman because of recent brazen actions by Randall. According to CCC, Randall was forced to resign in June when church leaders learned he'd falsified an email supporting his version of events in the Philippines. (Scene has questioned the official timeline. When we sought an interview with Randall, through a CCC intermediary, in mid-July, we were given noindication that Randall was no longer on staff.)

But shortly after Scene published an investigation into Randall's account, and the Akron Beacon-Journal covered CCC's "internal review" on the matter, Randall emailed his supporters announcing that he'd be launching a new nonprofit to continue his ministry. As CCC's internal review found, part of that ministry had included wiring regular payments to his friend, the abuser Perfecto "Toto" Luchavez.

In the email, Randall claimed that he had resigned from CCC in order to be "fully independent again." He lamented the fact that the financial assets of his nonprofit World Harvest Ministries, which has been under the fiscal control of CCC since 2014, could not be extricated from the church.

"Therefore, we are in the process of applying for a new 501(c)3 ministry with


the results shouldn't be seen as undermining the effectiveness of Maxalt. "It's a really good drug. If I had migraines, I'd take this drug, too," he says. "But I'd want a physician to understand that every word counts."

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The Obama administration rushed Wednesday to portray the swift return of 10 U.S. sailors taken captive a day earlier by Iran as a vindication of the president’s diplomatic outreach to Tehran, but a video showing the disarmed, kneeling American sailors being watched by Iranian guards and one of the sailors apologizing to his captors quickly undercut the administration’s self-congratulatory message.

The broadcast of the video on Iranian state TV showed how Tehran seized on the incident to score propaganda points at home before returning the sailors to the American Navy fleet in the Persian Gulf.

U.S. officials acknowledged the


two Navy boats were detained after they inadvertently strayed into Iranian waters. In one clip, a U.S. sailor that Iranian state TV dubbed as the commander of those taken captive, said: “It was a mistake, that was our fault, and we apologize for our mistake.”

The incident came at a sensitive moment for both the Obama administration and Iran amid the final push to implement the deal struck last summer designed to curb Iran’s suspect nuclear programs while easing international economic sanctions on Iran. With the Obama administration claiming that sweeping sanctions relief for Iran is just days away, and Iranian authorities claiming to have done everything to keep up their end of the accord, both were seen to be carefully spinning the incident — lest it derail thefrom where they were being held on a tiny Iran-controlled island in the Persian Gulf and brought to a U.S. military facility in Qatar. While the Pentagon declined to give details on their identities, officials said they were being debriefed and getting medical exams but were not harmed.

The nine men and one woman were held on Farsi Island, an outpost in the middle of the Persian Gulf that has been used as a base for Revolutionary Guard speedboats since the 1980s.

The small, armed U.S. crafts were sailing between Kuwait and Bahrain on a training mission when the U.S. lost contact. It was not immediately clear Wednesday what has caused the boats to veer into Iranian waters.

One U.S. defense official said the Navy has ruled out engine or propulsion


Jayant Kaikini was born in Gokarna. His father, Gourish Kaikini, a schoolteacher, was a Kannada littérateur and mother Shanta, a social worker. After a Masters in Biochemistry from Karnataka University, Dharwad, he moved to Mumbai where he worked as a chemist for many years. He now lives in Bangalore with his wife Smita and two children, Srajana (daughter) who is an Odissi dancer and architect, and Ritwik (son). Apart from Kannada Jayant is fluent in Konkani (his mother tongue), Marathi, Hindi and ... more »

Bobby

Have you conversed with dogs? Rubbing your cheeks against theirstriped, spotted throbbing throats,have you listened to their hot breathed exuberance?

Have you felt slighted as it elopedwith a bitch during mating seasonignoring the feed andyou too?

It is angrrrry at somebody in the deserted backyard -standingFor All That Is Wild

by Suzanne Schreiner & r & Doug Peacock has been thinking a lot about war lately. Peacock - Vietnam vet, grizzly guy and environmental activist - thinks the latest conflict, the war on terror, is "another bad war - a war not only against the people in Iraq and Afghanistan but against life on earth." As he looks around, he sees a precarious time for our planet, particularly for the environment. Peacock speaks at a benefit for Get Lit! next Thursday night at the Met.

As the Endangered Species Act is itself endangered by a hostile administration, environmentalists talk about a sense of hopelessness, about how far the tide has ebbed for wild creatures and for wilderness generally. For Peacock, that can only betoken bad


things -- as much for ourselves as for wilderness. A central tenet in the Peacock cosmology is that a species that has distanced itself from its origins, the wilderness from which it arose and spent all but the last 10,000 years or so, cannot survive.

In his new book, Walking It Off: A Veteran's Chronicle of War and Wilderness, Peacock credits his own survival after the trauma of Vietnam to his retreat into and connection with wilderness: "I was convinced the world had gone quite mad, and I retreated into the wilderness to deal with it." Looking back, he writes, "Vietnam was the crucible that forged my own militancy, identifying for me my real enemies and the real war, the one being waged against life on earth.... By late1968, I was ready for something as demanding and dangerous as war but aimed in the direction of life.... I was looking for a war worth fighting."

Enter Edward Abbey, environmentalist and author of Desert Solitaire, who "had already identified his own battleground: the wilderness of the American West." Abbey, 15 years Peacock's senior, sized up his talents - the "useful [military] training and that great anger going to waste" - and determined he might be useful. Really, to talk about Peacock is to talk about Abbey, his spiritual and philosophical father. It was from Abbey that Peacock learned to take his anger and channel it into militancy on behalf of the environment, as portrayed by Abbey in The Monkey Wrench Gang. The legacy of the Gang - in


which Peacock served as the inspiration for George Washington Hayduke - survives in the work of take-no-prisoners activists like Earth First!

Peacock's other defining subject, right up there with Abbey, is ursus arctos horribilis, the grizzly bear, the very essence and emblem of wildness. After Vietnam, unable to face society, he found his way to the grizzlies, and it was due to his time with them, he believes, that he was led back to himself. "After my war, home was the Rocky Mountains," Peacock says. "I wasn't looking for grizzlies but found them anyway. What was invaluable was the way the bears dominated the psychic landscape. After Vietnam, nothing less would anchor the attention. The grizzly instilled enforced humility; you were living with a creature of great beauty marriedto mystery who could chew your ass off anytime it chose." Yet his years as a fire lookout in the Rockies taught Peacock something else about the grizzly: while the bear could attack or kill almost anytime he chose, mostly, he chose not to: "That was power beyond a bully's swaggering. It was the kind of restraint that commands awe - a muscular act of grace."

Humans, his words suggest, might extend a similar act of grace to the natural world, by suppressing our tendency to swagger and bully, and by a conscious exercise of restraint. Peacock acknowledges "these are dire times." When it comes to such things as the rate of extinction of species, he says, "the blows are not reversible." But, adds the habitual warrior, "I respect


China's dams killing Mekong

Like most rivers in this country which are fast drying up under the scorching summer sun, the Mekong is no exception. This otherwise mighty river has shrunk substantially in size and its once forceful flow is now down to a trickle in many lower stretches of the river, to the extent that navigation has become impossible.

Although the drying up of the Mekong River in the dry season has become a normal phenomenon, the situation this year appears to be much worse than that in previous years. The impact has already been felt by people depending on the river for water, transport and food. The Irrigation Department of late has reported that the river in Loei, Nong Khai and Nakhon Phanom provinces has already reached criticalthe Pak Moon dam, also contribute to less water flowing into the Mekong.

The Thai NGOs are not the only ones who believe that the damming of the Mekong River by Beijing has resulted in the river drying up, especially in the hot season. Eight hydro-electric dams have been planned for the upper reaches of the river in China's southern province of Yunnan and four of them have already been completed.

The Mekong River Commission, which China has refused to join, has repeatedly voiced serious concern about the adverse impact caused by the dams to the ecological system of the river basin and to the millions of people living downstream, but to no avail.

Beijing built the dams to harness the Mekong for its own benefit, with complete disregard for the


potential adversity rendered to the river's ecological system and the livelihoods of the peoples of Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam along the lower reaches of the river. This should not be surprising as the Chinese government did not care much either for the plight of tens of thousands of Chinese who were forced to evacuate to pave the way for the dams' construction.

What is most disturbing about the whole tragic saga of this crucial water lifeline appears to be the quiet submission to Beijing's blatant abuse of the river by governments in the region and their seeming acceptance of the consequences as a fait accompli. Unless the governments of the Mekong riparian countries act collectively as a single entity, there is little chance that Beijing will comeDerek Jacobi

Every few years, I re-watch the 1976 BBC production of I, Claudius. In light of the recent death of John Hurt, who played the emperor Caligula in that production, now seemed an appropriate time to revisit that series.

I, Claudius also stars Derek Jacobi as Claudius, Brian Blessed as Augustus, Siân Phillips as Livia, George Baker as Tiberius and Patrick Stewart as Sejanus, to name just a few of the key players. It aired in 12 parts in Britain, including a 90-minute first episode. On PBS, that first episode was divided in two, so it was broadcast as 13 parts in the U.S. Video and DVD releases prior to the 35th anniversary DVD reflected the 13-part version.

With scripts by Jack Pulman, I, Claudius is based on the novels


I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves and concerns the machinations of the members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in the early decades of the Roman Empire.

The series, told in flashback by the elderly Claudius, opens in 24 B.C. seven years after the battle of Actium, in which Augustus defeated Marc Antony.

Augustus and Livia.

Over the course of the first four episodes (going by the British episode count), Livia orchestrates the deaths of everyone with a prior claim to the purple before her son, Tiberius. She’s determined that Tiberius will succeed Augustus, regardless of what Tiberius himself wants.

Livia even goes so far as to tricks the chief vestal into letting her see Augustus’ will, which she then alters in favor of Tiberius.

As for Augustus’ intended successor, Postumus (JohnThe women who make it and the ones who don't

Updated

Hundreds of women have tried to escape Saudi Arabia in recent years, fleeing the strict male guardianship laws that control every aspect of their lives. Four Corners follows the stories of some of the women who attempt the desperate dash for freedom.

Life in Saudi

By the time she was 14, Nourah* was thinking about escape. The young Saudi woman was on Twitter watching the Arab Spring unfold across the Middle East, bringing hopes for freedom.

"It wasn't just for those people, it wasn't just for those countries. For me as a young woman, that made a lot of difference and I decided when I was 14, I'm going to leave this country," she said.

Nourah's life was controlled by men.

Saudi Arabia's male


guardianship laws mean women need permission from their guardian — a father, brother, husband, son or uncle — for the most basic activities. They can't travel, go to school, get a job or marry without permission. Under Saudi law, their witness statements carry half the weight of a man's.

"Any male from my family can control my life in any way. He can make the big decisions in my life including my partner, the future of my education, even if I went to hospital he had to sign for me," Nourah said.

For Shahad, life in Saudi included constant beatings from her father. When she complained to her mother about the abuse, her father beat them both.

"My life in Saudi Arabia was like a slave since I was a littlein the Dal Al Reaya will agree to marry perfect strangers as a way of leaving.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has been selling himself to the world as a reformer who has wound back some of the strict controls on women, like the ban on driving.

In reality, he's been behind an unprecedented and brutal crackdown on Saudi female activists, with dozens arrested since May 2018 and thrown in jail.

One of those imprisoned is 29-year-old Loujain al Hathloul, who has since been subjected to waterboarding, beatings and threats of rape, according to human rights groups.

"Loujain appeared to her parents during a visit and they said she had black bruises on her thighs, she was physically shaking," Adam Coogle from Human Rights Watch told Four Corners.

"Women [in prison]


Saudi became so bad she feared death and left within a month. She managed to book flights and get a visa online.

"Big thanks go to Google, it's helped me a lot to find out how I can go to Australia," she said.

On the run

Getting a plane ticket and a passport was just the start of Ranya's risky journey.

"I planned to leave the house in the middle of the night so no-one will notice me," she said.

"It's not only the airport system that scared me, every male in your way, he can stop you and question you where you are going. If he is suspicious of you, he will report you to the police."

She feared even the taxi driver who took her to the airport would turn her in.

Shahad,alone on the streets of Turkey, was terrified.

"I felt so scared. It was so hard for me. I have never in my life gone on the street alone, so when I escaped my family it was actually the first time for me that I go out alone," she said.

Desperate, she managed to get a taxi to the airport, but was unable to get a flight out. She got another taxi and this time made it across the Turkish border into Georgia, where Saudis can travel without a visa.

By that time her father and the Saudi authorities were in pursuit.

Capture

For women on the run, the horror story of Dina Ali Lasloom is not far from their minds.

In April 2017, Dina Ali was stopped in transit in Manila as she


tried to flee to Australia. Like Rahaf Mohammad Al Qunun, Dina Ali posted a video on social media pleading for help. Before she could make it to safety, her uncles flew from Kuwait to Manila Airport to capture her.

Witnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch say her arms and legs were taped together, her mouth was taped shut, a blanket was put over her and she was forced onto a flight back to Saudi Arabia. She's not been heard from publicly since.

Human Rights Watch's Adam Coogle says Saudi Arabia is continually pressuring countries it does business with.

"Saudi Arabia is able to get away with this because they have a lot of money and they're able to use that in an effective way to exert influence on other countries."

Sisters Amaland Amani, who were trying to flee to Australia, were stopped in transit in Hong Kong, where the Saudi Consul General was waiting for them.

They had valid visas to Australia but an Australian Border Force officer at Hong Kong airport blocked them from boarding their flight after he was approached by the Consul General.

The sisters managed to flee the airport, but with their passports cancelled, they remain trapped in Hong Kong. They have been living in hiding for more than four months, moving locations several times to avoid their family and Saudi authorities tracking them down. The Department of Home Affairs cancelled their Australian visas.

For Saudi women who do make it to Australia, asylum is not guaranteed. At least 80 Saudi women have sought asylum in Australia in


the last few years.

Four Corners has been told that Saudi women who arrive alone in Australian airports are being asked by Border Force officials why they are not travelling with a male guardian.

Four Corners has evidence of at least two young Saudi women who arrived at Sydney airport in the past two years and who made their asylum claims clear to Australian Border Force officials but were sent back.

Ranya's friend Dina was of the girls blocked entry at Sydney airport.

"She was planning to apply for asylum here, [after] she came from Saudi to Indonesia and Indonesia to Sydney," she said.

Ranya says she has not heard from her friend since she was returned to Saudi Arabia

"We tried to reach her but we haven't heard from her, hopefully she's alive.We don't know."

Freedom

For Shahad, who was stranded in Georgia, freedom came when the UNHCR found out about her case and helped get her permanent residency in Sweden. She's left a lot behind, including sisters who are still in Saudi Arabia.

Like Rahaf, who was granted asylum in Canada after her case went viral, Shahad is one of the lucky ones.

Ranya, Nourah and Rahan all made it to Australia but they remain on bridging visas and are hoping to be granted asylum.

Ranya says she will never forget the first day she arrived.

"I arrived in the afternoon, so first thing that I have done was running on the street — jogging. I wanted to try to understand the feeling of jogging in the open air," she said.

"It was amazing."

The women in


in many nations, trying to deny hope for so many.

A young Pakistani woman lobbying for equality is shot by a gunman who preaches intolerance. (She was honoured in Canada on Wednesday.) Coptic Christians celebrating Palm Sunday in Egypt are killed by cowards who preach hate.

Muslims praying in a Quebec mosque are gunned down by an evil creed. But from that tragedy, people across this country and around the world came together and formed communities of solidarity.

The IRA finally realized bombs wouldn’t solve problems in Northern Ireland. Peace talks did. The country emerged from its time of troubles.

When the cold war ended in Europe, we hoped it dawned a new age of freedom. It’s now under threat. We thought the Arab Spring would help bring democracy and peace. Butex-husband, petitioner Brian R. Adams (Mr. Adams), for unpaid spousal support. On August 2, 1994, Ms. Adams served an order for examination of judgment debtor and a subpoena duces tecum on Mr. Adams with the examination and production of documents set for August 24, 1994. However, on August 22, 1994, Mr. Adams's wife had taken ill so his attorney, appellant Daniel A. Bergman, telephoned Ms. Adams's attorney, Joel Adler, and requested a continuance of the examination.
To save Adler a trip from San Francisco, Bergman offered to appear in front of the commissioner for the purpose of continuing the examination. Appellant and Ms. Adams differ whether the agreement to continue the examination included the subpoena. Adler claimed the agreement was to continue both the examination and the subpoena, while