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that are
experiencing forms of crises all
the time. So if we begin with
1919, the Red Summer, the period
that a lot of us on the
Left love to romanticize about.
Besides the fact that we're
talking about the immediate
post-war economic downturn, this
is a period marked by the end of
the terrible pandemic, 1918. The
end of what was essentially a
war over colonies. A war that
also brought the collapse of the
secondary national
, the working class fought and
died over nations, to protect
empires, often led by and
encouraged by Social Democrats,
a tiny segment of that class
with the exception of
the Russian Revolution, which
I'll say something about...
Actually went to jail because
they held onto the
Internationalist Socialist idea.
There was the Russian
Revolution, which birthed the
Third International, today
probably themost consequential
International in history. And
yes, come back to the United
States, and we see all these
promising moments. The
Seattle General Strike, the
Great Steel Strike in 1919, the
birth of a Communist movement in
the US, the weak and divided --
it just erupted. But let me
point out two things, more about
this period.
One, that the largest workers'
revolts in this period of 1919
were not necessarily in Europe,
but also in the colonies. And
I'll talk about that. Places
like Trinidad, Johannesburg.
Also, in this country,
Red Summer meant vicious racial
violence. Outright massacres of
Black
workers, perpetrated often by
White working people.
Charleston, Cleveland,
Longview Texas, Chicago,
Knoxville, Washington, D.C.,
before East St.
Louis in 1917, after Tulsa. And
this is the high point of Black
Radicalism. You have


the
formation of groups like the
African Blood Brotherhood, and
various Black Socialism
organizations, but the potential
for a truly revolutionary
movement in the Red Summer of
1919 was demolished not simply
by a Mitchell Palmer or
repression or capital, but
demolished in part by White
working class support for White
supremacy.
By racial
racial pogroms, by the growth of
the Klan. So let me talk about a
couple other moments. The
official end of Reconstruction
in the United States occurs in
1877, which is also the year of
the Great Railroad Strike. One
of the moments where people
thought of St. Louis or
Cincinnati as like the Paris
Commune. The great Black
Socialist
Peter H Clark was one of the
leaders of these strikes.
There's a flourishing movement
in
the South after 1877 of
biracial,party in history
up to that point, up to that
point, was that they made
antiracism central to their
agenda.
They refused to treat Black
workers or Brown workers or
Indigenous workers as just any
kind of worker.
And they actually refused at
least initially to forgive the
racism of White workers.
Secondly, and this is tied to
this, the biggest mobilizations
didn't necessarily center around
issues like relief or jobs. But
in
defense of the Scottsboro Nine,
the Scottsboro Boys. The 1930s
was also characterized not just
by multiracial insurgecies
against capital. It was also
characterized by a rise in
fascism that drew on segments of
the White working class. They
may have taken names like
the Black Shirts or the American
Nazi Party, but these were
American fascists, and they were
home grown. The Klan,


period of Fred
Hampton and the Rainbow
Coalition, radical feminism
building across lines of race
and national difference. This
is the period of the New Left
where they had an epiphany. That
it not only had to embrace
Marxism, but work in factories.
This is also the period of one
of the greatest strike waves in
American history in the early
1970s, all during the worst
global slump since the '30s. But
let me remind you of two very
important developments.
First, the League of
Revolutionary Black Workers was
born out of the Wild Cat
Strikes, 1968. Of Black workers
in Detroit's auto industry.
The Dodge Revolutionary Union
Movement,
Ford Revolutionary Union
Movement, et cetera.
They developed the most
socialist, antiimperialist,
antiracist movement in history.
It emphasized workers' control.
Out of this group emergedthe
Black Workers Congress, and the
same thing can be said. Except
that they saw in a strategy
demanding reparations as a way
to build a revolutionary
Black working class insurgency,
to
weaken capital, and the state's
legitimacy, and to build
alliances with other progressive
movements. So what happened? On
every front, a significant
segment of White workers along
with the ruling classes and the
neoliberal
Rainbow Coalition junior
partners,
Black and Brown elected
officials, and others, defeated
them. It did not support -- they
did so with support for a
repressive apparatus of the
state, which had been working
overtime to put revolutionaries
in prison. This was then
followed by the rebirth of the
Klan in the '70s. Its base,
incidentally, starts out in
prisons, with prison guards.
Something just to keep in mind
.


a common false
claim -- that they raped these
two White women. Later, the
world took up Free Angela Davis.
You know. The
19th Century Abolitionists that
Frederick Douglass was talking
to, lots of people across the
board, including White working
people, not just in the United
States, but all across the world
in England, for example, the
Chartists movement, embracing
abolition. They didn't do so
because they thought somehow it
was gonna translate into higher
wages. They did so because they
saw something that was a crime
of the state
against human life
. And even if they might on
another day see Black people as
less than human, in these
particular incidents of
mobilization, segments of the
working class came out. In the
1970s, and '80s, Death to the
Klan was aof general
xenophobic tone that he has
struck, you know, as the virus
has progressed, is very, very
functional.
Because American capitalism has
for quite a while been becoming
less productive. It has been
associated with obviously --
from the period that
-- the 1980s onwards --
we saw a massive increase in
financialization that was
associated with capital inflows
into the American economy. Links
to the role of the dollar as the
reserve currency but also linked
to the massive asset boom that
was then underway in housing
markets and in financial
markets. The huge increase in
household debt. Increase in
house prices. Deepening of
financialization through
corporate world... All of these
things which generated,
obviously, the bubble economy
that we had prior to the crisis
-- and which concealed
underlying trends towards


She took a shaky breath. She wasn’t sure if she was scared, excited or both. A part of her wanted to run. But a bigger part of her wanted to scream, cry and laugh all at the same time. She felt her heart pull. Time and time again, she had been feeling as though she was in a dream. But, every time she looked at it…it smacked her in the face. Threading her fingers, she gripped tightly. It was real. This was real.

“Me neither.” She pulled away from him and slowly entered the water, the element teasing her. He watched intensely as she slowly but surely grew a bit deeper, fingers creating circles around her.

“Roto..”

“Yeah babe?”

“Come join me…” She turned to look at him and all feeling inhis body shot to hell. As if by magnetism, he drew into the water. How beautiful she was, the Kyoto skyline growing shades of pink and dusty lavender behind her.

“Will you rest early tonight?” He asked, pulling her against him. She didn’t say a word just leaned back against his chest, the breeze rustling her dress.

“Maybe…” She finally whispered, fingers threading through his. Silence surrounded them and he pressed his lips against her temple. Finally away from the noise of the world, they were able to plug into a different world… their own. He’d freed a good month of his schedule and made sure that in that time they would get some time to relax. They’d taken a trip to Kyoto, his birthplace. They’d never had a chance


ornaments. Men who once stood proudly in dojos, bokken at the ready. As she passed by them, one caught her attention. There stood a small boy, his father’s hand on his shoulder. The two looked identical.

“Roto…” He smiled as he approached her.

“My father and I.” Her eyes fell to the next picture in the small collection. A woman stood by his father, a small reserved smile on her face. She blinked. That certainly was not the woman he called mother.

“Who is this?”

“Eri Hada.” She glanced at him but his gaze settled on the woman.

“From what my father told me she was a kind hearted girl. She wasn’t of noble blood but he fell in love with her anyway. Something the last few generations of Iwase men have seemedmore sights, sounds and tastes of the boy she had wanted to know. He looked so happy and so peaceful… being home. With the chawan against her chest, she too felt at peace. Like in a way his grandma had given them her blessing too.

***

Streams of white. Golden sun and crystal clear ripples. In the middle of it all…there…fingers intertwined. Beautiful sakura petals and intensity of torii. Green, lush and rich…the sound and smell of simplicity. The city behind us, tall skyscrapers and many yellow taxis fade into nothingness. The words ‘I do’ and ‘Husband and Wife’ so close. Two hearts form into one and two spirits join together…of One woman and One man.

***

One woman stood on a balcony, a blanket wrapped around her. Lungs inhaled the air


made her way towards him.Instantly, his knees grew weak and his breath caught in his throat. Every eye was on her and she looked a bit nervous. The crisp white of her dress caressed her body in silky smooth waves and delicate sheer chiffon clothed her arms. Her hair was swept up away from her face, woven with beautiful white green and pink flowers. Closer and closer she came until they were so close he could reach out and touch her. His father extended her hand. Her hand trembled and she kept her gaze low, her cheeks aglow with timidity. He reached out and lifted her chin, bringing her gaze to his. A pulse of electricity shot through him and he felt his heart race.

“Are you ready sweetheart?”fireflies hovered a breath away from them. His arms wrapped around her and pulled her against him, burying his face against her hair. Sighing, she eyed the ring that sat real pretty like on her finger. The next chapter of their lives had just begun and she couldn’t wait to write upon the fresh pages. In holy matrimony. Turning to face him, she watched him sleep until her eyelids closed and it too claimed her.

***

There in the midst of the dark stood a boy and a girl. Hands together, they looked toward the light that was building. Slowly they began to take a step and soon the light fully engulfed them. No turning back. Now their lives were forever intertwined and as long as they had the light


Pearl (disambiguation)

A pearl is a hard object produced by mollusks.

Pearl may also refer to:

People

People with the name
 Pearl (given name)
 Pearl (surname)
 Pearl Aday (born 1975), American singer-songwriter
 Granville Pearl Aikman (1858-1923), American judge
 Pearl Bailey, an American jazz musician

People with nickname or pseudonym
 Pearl (drag queen) (born 1990), stage name of drag performer and record producer Matthew James Lent
 Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American singer-songwriter, nicknamed Pearl
 Earl Monroe (born 1944), a.k.a. "Earl The Pearl", American basketball player

Places

In the United States
 Pearl, Colorado
 Pearl, Illinois
 Pearl, Kansas
 Pearl, Michigan
 Pearl, Mississippi
 Pearl, Missouri
 Pearl, United States Virgin Islands
 Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (nicknamed, "Pearl")

Elsewhere
 Pearl, Ontario, Canada
 Pearl Islands, Panama
 Pearl Rocks, Antarctica
 The Pearl-Qatar, an artificial island in Qatar

Arts, entertainment, and media

Awards
 P.E.A.R.L. Awards,where the pressure was off.

Prayer…

AFTER – all of these years. He was confident that he had everything pretty well figured out. He had crossed all his T’s, dotted all of his I’s, he had the system down. I MEAN - IF anyone knew how this thing worked it was him. HE - had spent nearly all of his adult life not only studying the system but teaching others all about it. HE WAS - looked up to, respected… PEOPLE – were constantly coming to him to have their questions answered.

YES – he had driven many miles down this road… AND – he had never (not even once) encountered anything (a sign, a land mark, a unfamiliar twist in the road) that would lead Him to believe that he


Biography of Marc Garneau

Personal profile:

Born in February 1949 in Quebec City, Canada. He received his early education in Quebec City and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in Quebec and in London, England. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the Royal Military College of Kingston in 1970, and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England, in 1973. He attended the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College of Toronto in 1982-1983.

Marc Garneau was a Combat Systems Engineer in HMCS Algonquin from 1974-76. While serving as an instructor in naval weapon systems at the Canadian Forces Fleet School in Halifax, 1976-77, he designed a simulator for use in training weapons officers in the use of missile systems aboard Tribal class destroyers. Heserved as Project Engineer in naval weapon systems in Ottawa from 1977 to 1980. He returned to Halifax with the Naval Engineering Unit, which troubleshoots and performs trials on ship-fitted equipment, and helped develop an aircraft-towed target system for the scoring of naval gunnery accuracy. Promoted to Commander in 1982 while at Staff College, he was transferred to Ottawa in 1983 and became design authority for naval communications and electronic warfare equipment and systems. In January 1986, he was promoted to Captain. He retired from the Navy in 1989. He is one of six Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983. He was seconded to the Canadian Astronaut Program from the Department of National Defence in February 1984 to begin astronaut training. He became the first Canadian astronaut to


fly in space as a Payload Specialist on Shuttle Mission 41-G in October 1984. He was named Deputy Director of the Canadian Astronaut Program in 1989, providing technical and program support in the preparation of experiments to fly during future Canadian missions. He was selected for Mission Specialist training in July 1992.

Marc Garneau reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. He completed a one-year training and evaluation program to be qualified for flight assignment as a Mission Specialist. He initially worked on technical issues for the Astronaut Office Robotics Integration Team and subsequently served as Capsule Communicator ( CAPCOM ) in Mission Control during Shuttle flights. A veteran of three space flights (STS-41G in 1984, STS-77 in 1996 and STS-97 in 2000), Marc Garneau has loggedover 677 hours in space. In February 2001, Marc Garneau was appointed Executive Vice President, Canadian Space Agency. He was subsequently appointed President of the Canadian Space Agency, effective November 22, 2001. He resigned from this position on November 28, 2005, to run for office in the federal election.

Honorary Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute. Member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia, and the Navy League of Canada. He was named Honorary Member of the Canadian Society of Aviation Medicine in 1988 and a Member of the International Academy of Astronautics in 2002. Marc Garneau is the National Honourary Patron of Hope Air and Project North Star and the President of the Board of the McGill Chamber Orchestra.

He was promoted Companion of the


Order of Canada in 2003, having been appointed as an Officer in 1984. Named Chancellor of Carleton University (2003). Awarded a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa, by York University (2002) and the University of Lethbridge (2001). Recipient of the Prix Montfort en sciences (2003); Golden Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (2002); NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1997); NASA Space Flight Medals (1984, 1996, 2000); the Canadian Decoration (military) (1980); the Athlone Fellowship (1970); and the National Research Council (NRC) Bursary (1972). Awarded Honorary Doctorates by the University of Ottawa (1997); the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (1990); the Université Laval, Québec (1985); the Technical University of Nova Scotia (1985); and the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario (1985). Co-recipient of the F.W. (Casey) Baldwin Award inElderly woman found floating at Inokashira Park lake later confirmed dead

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation an elderly woman found floating at a park lake in Mitaka City on Thursday later died, reports TBS News (Apr. 18).

At around 6:50 a.m., a person arrived at a police box near Inokashira Park to report that “a person is floating in the lake.” Emergency personnel and police officers arriving at the lake found the woman, believed to be in her 60s or 70s, floating on the surface.

After pulling the woman from the water, she was transported to a hospital. However, she was later confirmed dead, police said.

The body, which was attired in light clothing, did not exhibit signs of external wounds, police said.

Police are now seeking to


Thursday's Cowboys-Bulldogs match was the first fixture in premiership history to be played without fans - it was a weird experience but one that also demonstrated the sense of community within the game.

North Queensland coach Paul Green paused to say hello to journalists sitting behind his team's bench on his way to the coaches box before kick-off at ANZ Stadium, while someone on the bench pulled away Peter Parr’s plastic seat as the club’s long serving GM of football went to sit down.

Welcome to NRL 2020, which looks set to be played in closed stadiums for the foreseeable future to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

There were 200 people working at the game, as well as the 34 players and four on-field match officials. The parents and girlfriend ofCanterbury debutant Jake Averillo took the total number of people inside the stadium to 241.

After more than 25 years of covering the game, I knew most of the people in the cavernous stadium.

Sitting on their own in front of Green’s coaches box, Averillo’s parents, Mick and Bev, and his girlfriend, Charli, were easy to identify and I was interviewing them at full-time when NRL.com photographer Grant Trouville phoned to suggest they come to the fence for a photo with Jake.

Besides Green and Bulldogs coach Dean Pay, those not playing or officiating were either on the sideline or behind the fence.

It was close enough to hear the laughter in the Cowboys camp when Parr landed on his backside when his seat was surreptitiously moved or to be able to


out of it."

There was some swearing on the field and the sideline but not as much as many people would have expected.

However, the lack of atmosphere raised concerns about how motivated the players would be.

Instead it was the ball boys who appeared to be affected as match officials had to scream for a ball so Valentine Holmes could take a conversion attempt, while twice Cowboys winger Kyle Feldt was left waiting for a tee to kick off.

Match Highlights: Bulldogs v Cowboys

Whenever a ball was kicked over the fence, the ball-boys had to fetch it as there were no fans in the grandstands to throw it back.

The Steedens were washed every 10 minutes, while calls from trainers and players could be heard clearly.

There was no noticeable drop-off in intensityin the match from the players and the talk grew louder the closer it got to full-time as the Bulldogs desperately tried to reel in a 24-12 deficit and the Cowboys were determined to hang on.

“Legs, legs” was the call from the Bulldogs every time Jason Taumalolo ran the ball, while they shouted “great challenge, Jacko” after a successful captain’s challenge by skipper Josh Jackson in the second half.

Taumalolo was outstanding and ran a record 345 metres in 26 carries of the ball – the most record by a forward in premiership history – in the eight-point win but there was no fanfare after the match as the new protocols introduced to restrict the risk of players contracting COVID-19 meant the Cowboys had less than 50 people in


their travelling party.

The North Queensland players had arrived at the stadium at 4pm after a two-and-a-half-hour charter flight from Townsville to Bankstown airport and they were home by 2am.

The Cowboys had to bring their own masseuses from Townsville because of precautions put in place due to the coronavirus and the players spent the additional two hours before they would usually be at the ground on a massage table or in an ice bath set up on level four at ANZ Stadium.

It is a routine they are set to become used to as the NRL is prepared to fly teams directly to and from games on chartered planes and play without crowds for as long as necessary.clause.

Hernandez is due in Seattle on Thursday for a physical needed to finalize the contract, a source told The Associated Press.

The Mariners began talking to Hernandez's agents soon after Hernandez finished second in voting for last year's AL Cy Young Award. Hernandez was 19-5 last year, tied for the most wins in the major leagues, made his first All-Star team and had a career-high 217 strikeouts with a career-low 2.49 ERA.

Hernandez went 15-2 with a 1.98 ERA after Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu called him out for not stepping up during a sloppy loss to the Angels on May 19.

Surging Seattle has made several major moves this winter in an effort to return to the postseason for the first time since 2001: acquiring former Cy Young winner Cliff Lee


from Philadelphia, signing All-Star third baseman Chone Figgins, trading for outfielder and designated hitter Milton Bradley and re-signing designated hitter Ken Griffey Jr.

Signing Hernandez to a long-term deal was the Mariners' first priority. Hernandez and Lee, signed through 2010, give Seattle co-aces atop a rotation.

A five-year deal would leave Hernandez just 28 when he would be eligible for free agency.

The native of Valencia, Venezuela, dubbed "King Felix" soon after he arrived in the major leagues, is 58-41 in 4½ seasons. He has averaged 14 wins and 183 strikeouts in his four full seasons in the big leagues.

"It was an important process to get to this point and avoid any distraction as we prepare for the upcoming season," Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said.free exchange of currency between the two countries was critically important.

Speaking at the Australia-Hong Kong Renminbi Trade and Investment Dialogue in Sydney, Mr Forrest urged financial institutions and policymakers to develop Australian financial market capacity for trading in yuan.

"Sydney, and in particular Australia through Sydney, has a wonderful opportunity to further enhance its reputation as a centre of international currency trading and banking," he said.

The businessman said Sydney would have to compete with established financial hubs such as Shanghai and Hong Kong as the yuan grew in importance as a global currency standard.

"If you don't you will see the emergence of financial centres in other parts of Asia and other parts of the world very strongly trading in renminbi, and it won't be Sydney and it won't be


Australia."

ANZ Bank chief executive Mike Smith told the forum Sydney should be developed as a regional financial centre as China had plans to conduct a significant proportion of its international trade by 2015 in yuan.

Currently only one per cent of Australia's international trade is conducted in the Chinese currency, leaving room for enormous expansion as new products and capabilities are put in place.

HSBC Hong Kong chief executive Anita Fung told AAP the opening of currency conversion between Australia and China benefited not just major ASX-listed firms but also small and medium businesses that trade with China.young woman, as an extremist. Her language is entirely in the tradition of British social democracy.

Not only were there no anti-English remarks; there was scarcely a mention of independence in her speech. The manifesto is explicit that the SNP do not see this General Election as an opportunity to reopen the issue. Indeed, the SNP leader seemed to be the only politician yesterday who wasn't talking about the national question.

Nicola Sturgeon has instead emerged as the most articulate and persuasive figure on the British left. She is a remarkably assured and intelligent woman offering to work constructively with Labour and other parties to promote moderate progressive policies such as the 50p tax band, the mansion tax, £8.70 minimum wage, 100,000 houses and a "fiscally responsible" Scottish Parliament. You


don't have to agree with her.

But opposing renewal of Trident doesn't make her "the most dangerous woman in the world" as the former Mirror editor Piers Morgan put it yesterday.

David Cameron had set the tone on Sunday on the Andrew Marr programme when he allegedly refused to share a sofa with Ms Sturgeon.

His condemnation of the "frightening prospect" of "a group of nationalists being involved in altering the direction of our country" was not only unhistorical (do they not teach the history of Irish Home Rule at Eton?); it was also irresponsible.

His "Carlisle Principle" holding Holyrood to account was expressed in needlessly divisive terms, suggesting that Scotland seeks to damage the English NHS and the economic interests of the rest of the UK. He's doing a very goodUndergraduate Modules

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terrorists to plot and plan attacks on Americans and our allies. We accomplished all of those objectives years ago.”

A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan Thursday.The service member was assigned to the NATO Resolute Support mission in the country.

By: Kyle Rempfer

Last week, Defense Department officials announced the death of a U.S. service member in Afghanistan, the seventh so far this year. About 14,000 American troops are current deployed in the country in training and advisory roles, as well as some special forces conducting combat missions.

At an appearance before the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in July, President Donald Trump said U.S. forces “for the first time in years are making a lot of progress in Afghanistan” because of recent changes by his administration in U.S. strategy there.his girlfriend dead and stuffed in his fridge by an enemy. Simone went on to note an embarrassingly long list of incidents where female characters, superpowered or no, were continuously attacked, killed, mutilated, raped, or worse (Don't ask). In every single case the common denominator was that the woman's fate swerved only to evolve the main male character's story. They were emotionally ornamental, depowered, and most of all possessed.

Sarkeesian presents a similar game list, with much commentary on how the tropes have evolved or not, and it's sheer length is as damning as the comic one. Bionic Commando, Castlevania: Lord of Shadows, God of War, Max Payne... it's more than twenty mainstream titles. Each one is concerned with only one thing, and that's using the death or pain


Last of Us again. You start the game controlling Joel's teenage daughter Sarah, and since the whole premise of the game involves an older, grim Joel taking care of and teaching another young girl to survive and fight you know it's not going to end well. Sure enough, mere minutes into the game her leg is broke and she dies in your arms after being shot by soldiers determined to hold the quarantine line.

Twenty years later, Joel and a woman named Tess (Who he may or may not be dating but definitely is close to) stumble across Ellie, a equally likable and plucky teenage girl like Sarah who may hold the key to stopping the zombie infection. The three of them begin a desperate escape to leave theMSNBC did not air coverage of President Donald Trump awarding the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins, who sacrificed his life and saved the lives of three soldiers by using his body to shield them from an Iraqi suicide bomber in 2007.

In June 2007, Atkins attempted to subdue a suspected insurgent when he noticed the man was trying to detonate a bomb strapped to himself, CBS reports. The staff sergeant covered the insurgent's body with his own, thereby saving three soldiers. This occurred during Atkins's second tour of duty in Iraq, as he oversaw a 15-soldier squad.

The Defense Department offers a fuller account of what happened:

On June 1, 2007, Atkins’ unit was doing route clearance in the town of Abu Samak, southwest of Baghdad, when they


noticed two suspicious men trying to cross the road they were securing. Having heard reports that there were insurgents nearby, Atkins and the soldiers in his Humvee yelled at the pair, who started acting erratically. Atkins had his Humvee pull over. The staff sergeant tried to search one of the men, but he resisted, so the two started fighting. That’s when Atkins realized the man had a suicide vest under his clothes. A short while later, the insurgent found the trigger. Without pausing, Atkins bear-hugged the man from behind, threw him to the ground and pinned him there, shielding his fellow soldiers who were only a few feet away.

"Travis always personalized the term ‘quiet professional,'" Sgt. Aaron Hall, who served with Atkins, said. "He was a leader inthe truest sense of the word."

"I want him to be remembered as the best father that anyone could ask for, and also at the same time being the best soldier that anyone could ask for," Atkins's son, Trevor Oliver, said. "He was my icon."

The president has awarded seven Medals of Honor prior to this one, recognizing bravery during World War II, Vietnam, and war in Afghanistan.

Last October, MSNBC's Ali Velshi urged his viewers to stay tuned to his show while they aired a Medal of Honor ceremony, acknowledging some viewers become "frustrated" when the network airs White House events.

"I know sometimes some of you tweet me that you’re frustrated when we go to the White House for events," Velshi said. "I will beg your indulgence when it comes


regards the game and often not so patient), there have lately been quite a few conflicts between the two. The groups at the PS (Ultras, Glas, Vacarm, Stil Ostil, Banda Ultra, Era, Outlaws, Hunters,South Boys) even officially ceased activity for a while because of conflicts like these with the more numerous PN. Groups inside Peluza Nord include Tineretului Korp, Titan Boys, Nucleo, Gruppo Tei, Skins Berceni, Insurgenții, Armata 47, Ultras Colentina, Gruppo Voluntari Est, Roosters.

It is rather difficult to assign Steaua fans a certain style. They are described by the typical Italian style, common in different respects to all Romanian groups of fans, with lots of choreographies, banners, flags, doubleholders and flags swinging in the air.

Achievements
Romanian Championship
Winners: (21): 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967,essence of which is accountability of power, whereby the power of the people vested in any organ of the State, and its agents, can only be used for promotion of constitutional values and vision. This case represents a yawning gap between the promise of principled exercise of power in a constitutional democracy, and the reality of the situation in Chattisgarh, where the Respondent, the State of Chattisgarh, claims that it has a constitutional sanction to perpetrate,

indefinitely, a regime of gross violation of human rights in a manner, and by adopting the same modes, as done by

4 Maoist/Naxalite extremists. The State of Chattisgarh also claims that it has the powers to arm, with guns, thousands of mostly illiterate or barely literate young men of the tribal tracts, who are


level of command. Set against the backdrop of resource rich darkness of the African tropical forests, the brutal ivory trade sought to be expanded of by the

imperialist-capitalist

expansionary

policy

European

powers, Joseph Conrad describes the grisly, and the macabre states of mind and justifications advanced by men, who

secure and wield force without reason, sans humanity, and any sense of balance. The main perpetrator in the novella, Kurtz, breathes his last with the words: “The horror! The horror!”1 Conrad characterized the actual circumstances in Congo between 1890 and 1910, based on his personal

experiences there, as “the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience.” 3. As we heard more and the and more about the being
2

situation sought to

in be

Chattisgarh,

justifications

pressed upon us by the respondents, it began to become
1 2that order comes with the price forms of dehumanization, against of manifest weak, injustices the poor of and all the

perpetrated

the

deprived, people revolt. That large tracts of the State of Chattisgarh have been affected by Maoist activities is

widely known. It has also been widely reported that the people living in those regions of Chattisgarh have suffered grievously, on account of both the Maoist insurgency

6 activities, and the counter insurgency unleashed by the State. The situation in Chattisgarh is undoubtedly deeply distressing dismaying to to any us reasonable the person. What was doubly by the

was

repeated

insistence,

respondents, that the only option for the State was to rule with an iron fist, establish a social order in which every person is to be treated as suspect, and any one speaking for human rights


violence to perpetrate the people its of

ruthless

against

Chattisgarh to establish a Constitutional order. 5. The problem, it is apparent to us, and would be so to most reasonable people, cannot be the people of Chattisgarh, whose human rights are widely acknowledged to being

systemically, and on a vast scale, being violated by the Maoists/Naxalites on one side, and the State, and some of its agents, on the other. Nor is the problem with those well meaning, thoughtful and reasonable people who question those conditions. The problem rests in the amoral political economy that the State endorses, and the resultant

revolutionary politics that it necessarily spawns. In a recent book titled “The Dark Side of Globalization” it has been observed that:

7 “[T]he persistence of “Naxalism”, the Maoist revolutionary politics, in India afterof the people – the right to livelihood, the right to life and a dignified and honourable existence. The State itself should feel committed to the democratic and human rights and humane objectives that are inscribed in the Preamble, the Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of the Constitution. The State has to adhere strictly to the Rule of Law. Indeed, the State has no other authority to rule…. It is critical for the Government

9 to recognize that dissent or expression of dissatisfaction is a positive feature of democracy, that unrest is often the only thing that actually puts pressure on the government to make things work and for the government to live up to its own promises. However, the right to protest, even peacefully, is often not recognized


and equal protection of the laws, promised by Article 14, and the dignity of life assured by Article 21. Additionally, the collusion of the extractive industry, and in some places it is also called the mining mafia, and some agents of the State, necessarily of the leads State, to evisceration further of the moral both

authority

which

undermines

Article 14 and Article 21. As recognized by the Expert Committee of the Planning Commission, any steps taken by the State, within the paradigm of treating such volatile circumstances as simple law and order problems, to

perpetrate large scale violence against the local populace, would only breed more insurgency, and ever more violent protests. Some scholars have noted that complexities of varieties of political violence in India are rooted:

“as much in the economic relations ofby such policies. The creation of such a miasmic

16 environment of dehumanization of youngsters of the deprived segments of our population, in which guns are given to them rather than books, to stand as guards for the rapine,

plunder and loot in our forests, would be to lay the road to national destruction. It is necessary to note here that this Court had to intercede and order the Government of Chattisgarh to get the security forces to vacate the

schools and hostels that they had occupied; and even after such orders, many schools and hostels still remain in the possession and occupancy of the security forces. Such is the degree of degeneration of life, and society. Facts

speak for themselves.

19.Analyzing the causes for failure of many nation-states, in recent decades, Robert


professor of Sociology at Delhi School of Economics, and the author of “Subalterns and Sovereigns: An Anthropological History of Bastar” (2nd Ed. 2007); (ii) Dr. Ramachandra Guha, a well known historian, environmentalist and columnist, and author of several books, including

“Savaging the Civilised: Verrier Elwin, His Tribals and India” (1999) and “India After Gandhi” (2007); and (iii) Mr. E.A.S. Sarma, former Secretary to Government of India, and former Commissioner, Tribal Welfare, Government of

Andhra Pradesh. The petitioners have alleged, inter-alia, widespread violation of human rights of people of Dantewada District, and its on neighboring account of and areas the the in on the State of

Chhattisgarh, Maoist/Naxalite

going

armed

insurgency,

counter-insurgency

offensives launched by the Government of Chattisgarh. In this regard, it was also alleged that the the State of of a

Chattisgarh

was

actively

promoting

activities

group called “Salwa Judum”, whichrelate to: (i) the issue of schools and hostels in various districts of Chattisgarh being occupied by various security forces, in a manner that precludes the proper education of students of such schools; (ii) the issue of nature of employment of SPOs, also popularly known as Koya Commandos, the manner of their training, their status as police officers, the fact that they are provided with firearms, and the various

allegations of the excessive violence perpetrated by such SPOs.; and (iii) fresh allegations made, this time by Swami Agnivesh, that some 300 houses were burnt down in the

villages of Morpalli, Tadmetla and Timmapuram, of women raped and three men killed sometime in March, 2011. It was also alleged that when Swami Agnivesh, along with some

other members of the civil society,


tried to visit the said villages to distribute humanitarian aid, and gain firsthand knowledge of the situation, they were attacked by members

21 of “Salwa Judum” in two separate by the incidents, Chief and that, of

notwithstanding

assurances

Minister

Chattisgarh that they will be provided all the security to be able to undertake their journey and complete their

tasks, and notwithstanding the presence of security forces, the attacks were allowed to be perpetrated. Swami Agnivesh, it is also reported, and prima facie appears, is a social activist, of some repute, advocating the path of peaceful resolution of social conflict. It also appears that Swami Agnivesh has actually worked towards the release of some police personnel who had been kidnapped by Naxalites in Chattisgarh, and the same has also been acknowledged by a person noconditions of service of the SPOs.

29.A number of allegations with regard to functioning of “Koya Commandos” had been made by the Petitioners, and upon being asked by this Court to explain who or what Koya Commandos were, the State of Chattisgarh, through two separate

affidavits, and one written note, stated, asserted and/or submitted:

(i)

that,

between in the

2004 State,

to

2010, 538 that

2298

attacks and

by para 169

Naxalites military Special 1064

occurred personnel Officers,

and

police in

had 32

been

killed;

addition

government

employees

(not

police)

and

23 villagers had also been killed in such attacks; that the “SPOs form an integral part of the overall security apparatus in the naxal affected districts of the State;” and that the Chintalnar area of Dantewada District is the worst affected area, with 76 security personnel killed in one incident.

(ii) that, as stated previously, in other affidavits, by the State of Chattisgarh,


State battalions; that the shortfall is 30 battalions. (v) That the appointment of SPOs is necessary because of the attacks against relief camps for displaced villagers by Naxals; that the total number of attacks by Maoists between 2005 to 2011 were 41, in which 47 persons were killed and 37 injured, with figures in Dantewada being 24 attacks, 37 persons killed and 26 injured; that tribal youth are joining the ranks of SPOs “motivated by the urge for self protection and to defend their family members/villages from violent attacks;” that “[T]he victims of naxal violence and youth from naxal affected areas having knowledge of the local terrain, dialects, naxalites and their sympathizers and who voluntarily come forward and expressed their willingness are recruited as SPOs after character verification;”people, who have knowledge of the local terrain, dialect, and also have the familiarity with the local population. The logic behind State Governments recruiting SPOs is to counter the advantage since the SPOs are also locally recruited and are familiar with the terrain, dialect and the local population” and that Government of India partially reimburses honorarium of around 70,046 SPOs appointed by different States under the SRE scheme. 33.It would be necessary to note at this stage that it is not clear from the affidavit of Union of India as to what stance it takes with respect to specific aspects of the use of SPOs in Chattisgarh – arming SPOs with arms, the nature of training provided to them, and the duties assigned to them. In a markedly


be treated, legally, “on par with ordinary Police officers in respect of matters such as powers, penalties, subordination etc;” and

(iii) that the “role of SPOs has great relevance in operational

29 planning counter by the State Governments as in well counter as in insurgency law and and

terrorism

situations

order

situations.”

34.In addition, it was also further asserted by the Union of India that “it is necessary to enhance the capacity of security forces in the affected States. Despite the many steps taken by the State Governments concerned, the CPI (Maoist) has indulged in indiscriminate and wanton

violence.” To this effect, the Union of India states that in the year 2010 a total of 1,003 people, comprising 718 civilians and 285 personnel of the security forces were killed by Naxalite killed, groups were all overIndia; being and of the as

civilians

323

killed

on

branded

“police informers.” 35.For good measure, the Union of India ends its affidavit with the following: “Government of India is committed to respecting the human rights of innocent citizens. The Government of India has always impressed upon the State Governments that while dealing with violence perpetrated by CPI (Maoist), the security forces should act with circumspection and restraint. The Government of India will issue advisories to the State Governments to recruit constables and SPOs after careful screening and verification, improve the standards of training, impart instruction on human rights; and direct the supervisory officers to enforce strict discipline and adherence to the law among constables and SPOs while conducting operations in affected areas.”

Analysis:

36.At this stage it is necessary to note the main statutory provisions


the official and formal police force ought to be undertaking. Many thousands of them have been appointed, and they are being paid an “honorarium” of Rs 3000 per month, which the Union of India reimburses. That the Union of India has not seen it fit to evaluate the capacities of such tribal youth in undertaking such responsibilities in counter-insurgency activities against Maoists, the dangers that they will such confront, as the and their of other service is

conditions,

adequacy

their

training,

clearly unconscionable. The stance of the Union of India, from its affidavit, has clearly been that it believes that its constitutional obligations extend only to the extent of fixing an upper limit on the number of SPOs engaged, on account of the impact on its purse, and that how such monies arethe petitioners, that thousands of tribal youth are being appointed by the State of Chattisgarh, with the consent of the Union of India, to

36 engage in armed conflict with the Maoists/Naxalites. The facts as stated in the affidavits of the State of

Chattisgarh, and Union of India themselves reveal that, contrary to the assertions that the tribal SPOs are

recruited only to engage in non-combatant roles such as those of spotters, guides, intelligence gatherers, and for maintenance of local law and order, they are actually The fact

involved in combat with the Maoists/Naxalites.

that both the State of Chattisgarh and the Union of India themselves remote acknowledge in that the relief SPOs camps, and the and

villages,

which

these

are

recruited

directed to work in, have been subject to thousands of attacks clearly indicates that in every such


advocate this as an opportunity to use such dehumanised sensibilities in the fight against Maoists

ought to be a matter of gravest constitutional concerns and deserving of the severest constitutional opprobrium. 53.It is abundantly clear, from the affidavits submitted by the State of Chattisgarh, and by the Union of India, that one of the primary motives in employing tribal youth as SPOs is to make up for the lack of adequate formal security forces before, economic on the ground. The situation, in by large the as we by The have the said

has

been

created, followed also

part

socioof has from the been to

policies has

State. that

policy State

privatization incapacitated devoting capacity unleashed.

meant

the

itself,

actually

and

ideologically, in building that as has

adequate to To

financial the

resources unrest

control use

social tribal

those

youngsters,

SPOs

participate in counter-insurgency actions against Maoists, even though they do not have thedeeper. It is an expression of the difference between a democratic state fighting for its life and the aggression of terrorists rising up against it. The state fights in the name of the law, and in the name of upholding the law. The terrorists fight against the law, and exploit its violation. The war against terror is also the law’s war against those who rise up against it.” 71. As we remarked earlier, the fight against Maoist/Naxalite violence cannot be conducted purely as a mere law and order problem to be confronted by whatever means the State can muster. The primordial problem lies deep within the socioeconomic policies pursued by the State on a society that was already endemically, and horrifically, suffering from gross inequalities. is Consequently, no


during

Agnivesh, visit to

Chattisgarh in March 2011.

80.We further direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to submit its preliminary status report within six weeks from today.

We also further direct, the State of Chattisgarh and the Union of India, to submit compliance reports with respect to all the orders and directions issued today within six weeks from today.

1

(2005) 5 SCC 517

58 81.List for further directions in the first week of September 2011.law school were just a little bit better than others.

What is the point of this long-winded story about law school? Well, there are a couple. If I had tried a little bit harder in high school, I would have had more opportunities for colleges. And if I had applied myself just a little bit more in college and maybe graduated with a 3.2 to 3.4 GPA, even with poor LSAT results I would have probably been accepted easier and at more schools, giving me more opportunities.

But the other takeaway here is that, despite my efforts in attempting to get a good score on the LSAT, I didn't come out where I wanted to. But I also didn't throw in the towel and I found other ways to be


specific addictions, I am going to spend some time talking about cigarette addiction. And that's because smoking kills more Americans than guns, car accidents, prescription drugs, and illicit drug use combined.3

Some experts say that quitting smoking is harder than quitting heroin. I've actually visited several addiction treatment centers and all of them have recovering addicts out in front of the facility puffing on cigarettes like it was their last one. Doesn't that seem odd to you? Practically all addiction centers allow smoking. Why?

Well, I asked the director of a facility in Oklahoma and he said, "If we didn't allow smoking, we would never get people to quit the 'real' drug." My grandmother and great-grandfather died of emphysema and lung cancer, respectively. My mother smokes and my father, despitethe Fleming family) in an "interesting Gothic survival manner", but incorporating older features (not necessarily from the previous church on the site). It was restored in 1826 by Thomas Hopper, and restored again (by George Bodley) in the late 19th century.

The new vestry was completed in 2008.

Lych gate
The lych-gate was built in 1909 in memory of Emily Macarthur, the wife of James Macarthur, the then Bishop of Southampton. It was designed by Isle of Wight architect Percy Stone, and built of oak timber taken from HMS Thunderer which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar.

The church exterior

Pevsner described the church as:an intriguing and problematical building, with a three-gabled east termination and a west tower, looking like a Devon church. Nave, chancel, and aisles continuing into chapels; a rectangle


in his official capacity; Roy
Irving, individually and in his official capacity; Melissa Jimenez, individually and
   in her official capacity; Jodi Leifeld, individually and in her official capacity

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
                                        ____________

                     Appeal from United States District Court
                                 ____________

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BRIGHT and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
                              ____________

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

       Marc Hall (Hall) was involuntarily sent to the Ramsey County Detox Center
(Detox Center) after driving, while intoxicated, a bicycle into a garage. After his
release from the Detox Center, Hall brought a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 against four members of the staff at the Detox Center and Ramsey County,
Minnesota (collectively, Appellees). Appellees


  Around 5:20 a.m. on August 8, 2011, Hall complained of leg pain to Jodi
Leifeld (Leifeld), a registered nurse at the Detox Center. Leifeld observed that Hall
could walk, but could not put full weight on his leg. Leifeld did not examine Hall’s
leg and, instead, told Hall to wait until the Detox Center processed the patients set for
discharge.

      About ten minutes later, Hall called 911 from the Detox Center pay phone and
requested medical treatment. The 911 dispatcher phoned the Detox Center and
informed a staff member that Hall had called 911. A Detox Center staff member then

      1
      The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of
Minnesota.
   he would be placed in seclusion if he called 911 again. The restriction
visibly upset Hall. Hall placed another telephone call. Hall claims the call was to a
lawyer. Leifeld believed Hall’s second call violated the restriction. In light of this
belief, Leifeld determined Hall should be sent to seclusion to maintain order in the
facility. Leifeld summoned three aides, Eric Earl Anderson (Anderson), Roy Irving
(Irving), and Melissa Jimenez (Jimenez) (collectively, Aides) to place Hall in
seclusion. The Aides then led Hall toward the seclusion room. Anderson and Irving
escorted Hall by his wrists and forearms. Jimenez walked behind Anderson and
Irving.

      During the escort, Hall began to be uncooperative and, in response, Anderson
and Irving pushed Hall against a wall. Anderson proceeded to twist and yank Hall’s
arm behind his back.


Hall heard a popping sound. Irving pinned Hall against the
wall. Once the Aides gained control of Hall, they led him to the seclusion room,
where Anderson and Irving performed a take-down placing Hall onto a mat. After
the Aides left, Hall fell asleep until approximately 7:30 a.m. Hall was released from
seclusion at that time and Hall’s injuries were assessed.

        Hall was taken to the hospital around 11:30 a.m. A doctor ordered x-rays
which showed injuries to Hall’s elbow, wrist, and leg. The doctor placed Hall’s arm
in a sling and immobilized his left leg. Evidence in the record indicates the wrist and
elbow injuries could have been caused by the twisting of Hall’s arm behind his back.

       Hall brought thisCES 2013: Nvidia unveils Project Shield gaming console By Leo Kelion

Las Vegas Published duration 7 January 2013

image caption Project Shield resembles an Xbox 360 controller attached to a video display

Nvidia has announced plans to produce its own hand-held video-games console.

Project Shield is Android-based and marries a 5in (12.7cm) touch-screen with joysticks, buttons and other controls, in a clam-shell design.

It is also designed to link to PCs offering access to more powerful games such as those on the Steam library.

The announcement was a surprise, as the US company has previously focused on selling chips and graphics cards to other manufacturers.

Android apps

Nvidia's announcement came at the first major press conference of this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

The company's chief executive, Jen-Hsun Huang, did not reveal a release


days old) or a non-social stimulus (yellow plastic bottle) were placed. The cylinder permits visual, tactile, auditory and olfactory communication. The juvenile rats were first habituated to the three-chambered apparatus by placing them individually in the box within the Plexiglas cylinder for 10 min during the 3 consecutive days preceding the social test.

On the testing day, the experimental rat was first placed in the middle chamber and allowed to explore for 5 min. The doorways into the two side chambers were closed during this habituation phase. After the habituation period, the unfamiliar juvenile was placed in one of the side chambers and the object in the other side. The location of the juvenile and the object in the left vs. right side chamber was counterbalanced. Next, both doorsunrevealing. The levels of thyroid stimulating hormone and skeletal muscle enzymes were normal. She was diagnosed with right BP and started on acyclovir and steroids, and discharge orders were placed.

Before being discharged, she began to develop slurred speech, hoarseness, and an increase in her right facial weakness which was now accompanied by mild ptosis. She was admitted and underwent a bedside swallowing evaluation, which was abnormal. A modified barium swallow study was performed and suggested poor relaxation and coordination of the upper esophageal sphincter. The ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist evaluated the patient and recommended an esophageal dilation with Botox injection. A taste test to evaluate 7th cranial nerve function was performed at bedside and was normal. Concerns for other diagnoses were raised, including MG. The patient


New Cybernetics (Gordon Pask)

New Cybernetics, as used by cybernetician Gordon Pask, is the meaningful transfer of information between coherences in all media in terms of attractions and repulsions between clockwise and anti-clockwise spins. This is a possibly defining paradigm of the new cybernetics or second-order cybernetics.

Outline
Unfoldment of coherences of recursively packed concepts by the repulsive "carapace" forces of like concepts and coalescence by the attraction of unlike concepts is a further feature. Pask's approach involves a psychodynamic and panpsychic element. He achieved this by placing co-ordinates on a participant rather than claiming non-participant observer status. Stafford Beer similarly regarded his Viable System Model as a model of the observer. Pask was liberal in his approach (he eschewed "flag waving" claims). He advocated that students and practitioners usewe provide a full understanding of global change and its impact on societies and ecosystems.”

The partnership is sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), a non-governmental organization based in Paris that works to strengthen international research on issues affecting society. Future Earth will integrate four ICSU-led programmes: the International Geosphere–Biosphere Programme, based in Stockholm; DIVERSITAS, a biodiversity initiative in Paris; the World Climate Research Project in Geneva, Switzerland; and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, based in Bonn, Germany.

Future Earth's initial focus will include coastal vulnerability, freshwater security, ecosystem services and vulnerable societies. Its partners, which include the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, will help to define research priorities and develop research programmes.

Working together

Future Earth aims to establish a secretariat in 2013 with


917 F.Supp. 1307 (1996)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Clement MESSINO, Defendant.
No. 93 CR 294.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.
March 11, 1996.
*1308 John L. Sullivan, Magidson & Sullivan, Chicago, Illinois, for Estate of Biagio Messino, Maribeth Messino and Joseph Messino.
Joseph Storto, Storto, Kalal & Finn, Bensenville, Illinois, E.E. Edwards, Edwards & Simmons, Nashville, Tennessee, for Ted Borowski.
Matthew M. Schneider, Asst. U.S. Atty., United States Attorney's Office, Chicago, Illinois, for United States.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
ALESIA, District Judge.
On February 12, 1996, the court held an evidentiary hearing on the third-party claim of Joseph Messino to a 1991 Harley Davidson Sturgis motorcycle ("motorcycle") and a 19.15 percent interest in a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette ("Corvette"), both of which were ordered forfeited in connection with the above-captioned criminal case.
The court,those earnings by giving his paychecks or money to his father to keep for him. Joseph Messino testified that he had saved about $8,000 by February 1991. He also testified that the remaining $4,000 spent to buy the motorcycle was money his father loaned him and which he paid back in the year that followed February 1991.
17. In a meeting with the judge in the civil forfeiture proceeding, Michelle's Lounge, Joseph Messino's attorney represented to the judge that the motorcycle was bought for $10,500, with half of the money coming from money Joseph Messino received from his grandmother as a graduation present, and the rest from money Joseph Messino earned himself.
18. Perrott testified at the criminal trial that Clement Messino told him to put Joseph Messino's name and


the address of 15201 South Lavergne, Oak Forest, Illinois, on the receipt for the motorcycle.
19. Perrott testified at the criminal trial that Clement Messino told him if anyone asked, the motorcycle was his son's.

Witnesses

Claimant's witness
20. Joseph Messino testified on his own behalf regarding the motorcycle at the February 12, 1996, hearing before this court.

Government's witness
21. Bob Perrott, the store manager of the Harley Davidson dealership where Clement Messino purchased the motorcycle, testified at the criminal trial of Clement and Christopher Richard Messino.

Credibility Findings
22. Joseph Messino was not a wholly credible witness. The court doubts the portion of Messino's testimony about how he came up with the money to pay for the motorcycle. His hearing testimony before this court on this issue contradicts his earlier testimony in the Michelle'sLounge proceeding.
The court also notes that the amount of money Joseph Messino allegedly spent on the motorcycle and the amount of money he allegedly spent on upgrades to the Corvette (see infra) substantially exceed the amount he earned in the relevant period.
The court also finds that the method of payment for the motorcycle is atypical of the way in which one usually buys a big-ticket item, which might include a down payment and financing, but is quite typical of the way *1310 in which one launders money  numerous small payments made in various names.
In sum, the court does not believe Joseph Messino's version of the events surrounding the purchase of the motorcycle.
23. Bob Perrott did not testify at the recent forfeiture hearing before this court, and the


a teak steering wheel that he purchased for approximately $1,700 and a set of custom wheels that he purchased for approximately $2,500, for a total of $4,200 in improvements.
18. Joseph Messino now claims that he made $4,500 in improvements to the Corvette.
19. Joseph Messino's sworn petition filed in this proceeding on October 18, 1995, states that he contributed to the purchase price of the Corvette.

Witnesses

Claimant's witness
20. Joseph Messino testified on his own behalf regarding the motorcycle at the February 12, 1996, hearing before this court.

Government's witness
21. Rod Saboury, who sold the Corvette to Clement Messino, testified at the criminal trial of Clement and Christopher Richard Messino.

Credibility Findings
22. Joseph Messino was not a wholly credible witness. The court doubts the portion of Joseph Messino's testimony in the February 12,Saturday, February 14, 2015

A while back I received a call from a Disney executive. There
are a lot of vintage instruments in my shop so I receive these kinds of calls
often.

This was a set
purchaser who was working on an upcoming film pilot for Disney called Big
Thunder. The movie centers on a 19th
century doctor who relocates himself and his family to a frontier mining town
owned by a powerful but mysterious tycoon. The doctor and his family quickly
realize that this town is not what it seems to be.

Initially Disney was
looking for a vintage player piano that had been electrified. However after looking
at the shoot call sheet and the scene requirements I recommended that they use
a manual pump player.

Electrified players
are convenient of course, but one of the problems is that when the


unit is in
operation the electrified player piano is limited when special effects are
required. Of course the reproducing features the instrument has will work but
these effects where not called for.

With this particular scene the director, Rob Bowman, wanted
the music to play then falter off-key and slowly grind down to a halt. What
would happen is the motor noise would overtake the sound of the song being
played as the tempo was reduced.

The director took my recommendation and ordered the manual
pump player for rental. Below is the scene.

SCENE TAKE; Circa
1856 saloon scene

What was once a thriving town just minutes ago is completely
devoid of people. A lady’s dress-shoes
nearby. A bag of groceries spilled next to it.

Seed spilling out over the back of an abandoned wagon. A
rider- less horse gallops towards the man, rightdo this another way.

In order to complete this scene I had to lie on the floor
and work the pedals with my hands un-evenly so the song would distort and slow
until the song become un-recognizable, then the song stops in the middle of the
roll.

We practiced for about 30 minutes having me lay on the floor
and pump until the camera cart got to me then I would back off and let the cart
roll by.

3 final takes were called for due to mistakes or additions
to the scene. These were done with the modern camera equipment. Then the scene
was repeated using what is called a hand winder.

This is a camera used in the early days of moving pictures
and is run manually with the winder on the side. It gives the film an


old style
flickering effect and uses the old beige colour scheme. Today we call this
colour “sepia.”

A while later I heard that a second pilot shoot was ordered
by ABC in January of 2013. The second shoot was done at a location in LA.

The set used for the initial pilot shoot was the 200 acre Virtue
Studio Ranch owned by Danny Virtue located in Mission BC. The set location was the old Bordertown set in
Maple Ridge/ Pitt Meadows. Bordertown was a TV series that ran from 1989-91.

When working for the production side of a film shoot it is
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probably can never know, how many American journalists have been on its payroll over the years. Agency files are widely scattered and incomplete, they say, and some of the arrangements made abroad may never have been recorded at C.I.A. headquarters.”

“…the three-month investigation by The Times found that at least 22 American news organizations had employed, though sometimes only on a casual basis, American journalists who were also working for the C.I.A….which range from some of the most influential in the nation to some of the most obscure, include ABC and CBS News, Time, Life and Newsweek magazines. The New York Times, The New York Herald Tribune, The Associated Press and United Press International…Also included were the Scripps-Howard chain of newspapers. The Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal,is Anderson Cooper’s family Background?

Cooper’s mother is Gloria Vanderbilt. She was the great-great-granddaughter to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Yes, the same Vanderbilt that built the Vanderbilt Family Railroad and Industrial Fortune. The Vanderbilt’s are one of the richest families in America’s history.

Anderson Cooper’s Great-Uncle – William Henry Vanderbilt III

William Henry Vanderbilt III was an executive officer of the Special Operations Branch of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) – the precursor to the C_A – and worked under General William J. Donovan – the godfather of what is known today as the C_A.

William H. Vanderbilt III, heir to one of America’s richest families and a former governor of Rhode Island, was a type of individual whom Donovan recruited, like Harvard professors, bankers, lawyers, convicts, code experts, and a miscellany of


for President George H.W. Bush, and White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush.

Bill Moyers: Journalist for CBS, NBC, PBS, & more, who previously worked in the Kennedy and LBJ administration. Journalist for CBS, NBC, PBS, & more, who previously worked in the Kennedy and LBJ administration.

Dana Perino: Fox News who was previously White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush. Fox News who was previously White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush.

Linda Douglas: Head of Communications Bloomberg who also worked at CBS, ABC, and Atlantic Media, was the senior strategist for Obama’s 2008 campaign, Director of Communications for Obama’s White House Office of Health Reform. Head of Communications Bloomberg who also worked at CBS, ABC, and Atlantic Media, was the senior strategist for Obama’s 2008 campaign,Director of Communications for Obama’s White House Office of Health Reform.

The following are journalists and political operatives that are related to one another by blood. Can you say more bias?

David Rhodes: Brother

President of CBS News BrotherPresident of CBS News Ben Rhodes: Brother

FMR National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications BrotherFMR National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications

Ben Sherwood:

Brother

President of Disney-ABC BrotherPresident of Disney-ABC Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall:

Sister

FMR Deputy Secretary of Energy, White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, and Obama’s Special Assistant SisterFMR Deputy Secretary of Energy, White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, and Obama’s Special Assistant

Chris Cuomo:

Brother

CNN Journalist BrotherCNN Journalist Andrew Cuomo:

Brother

Governor of New York BrotherGovernor of New York Mario Cuomo:

Father

FMR Governor of New York FatherFMR Governor of New York

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The Stamford Bridge striker has fallen out of favour at the west London outfit as doubts grow over his attitude among Blues officials, with the club looking for €15m

By Wayne Veysey

Daniel Sturridge could be heading for the Chelsea exit door as his relationship with the club continues to deteriorate.

Sturridge has yet to start a match for the European champions this season after being offered on loan to a number of Premier League clubs in the summer.

The England international failed to make the substitutes’ bench for the 2-2 Champions League draw against Juventus on Wednesday after pulling out late on with what Roberto Di Matteo claimed was a minor hamstring injury.

Although the Chelsea manager said “he won’t be out for long”, and there is no suggestion the injurywas not genuine, doubts are thought to be growing among the coaching staff regarding Sturridge’s attitude.

The 23-year-old is unhappy at falling down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge since Di Matteo replaced Andre Villas-Boas at the helm and spoke of his "hurt" at his exclusion from England’s Euro 2012 squad after losing his regular club spot in the final months of last season.

He has been used almost exclusively on the flanks at Chelsea rather than in his preferred centre-forward position and, after his form deteriorated, he was an unused substitute in both the Champions League and FA Cup finals.

Sturridge has entered the penultimate year of his contract, which expires in 2014, and the club have been reluctant to extend his €81,250-a-week deal, even though he scored 13 goals


last season and made his international bow. He remains part of the senior England set-up and came off the bench for Roy Hodgson’s team in their 1-1 draw with Ukraine last week.

Liverpool tried to sign the forward on loan as Brendan Rodgers desperately tried to strengthen his squad in the final 24 hours of the transfer window but Sturridge said he was only interested in a permanent move.

Despite Fernando Torres’ inconsistency and the summer departures of Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou and Romelu Lukaku on loan, Sturridge has made only five substitute appearances for Chelsea this season.

Uncertainty over his future comes at a time when Chelsea have an abundance of attacking midfield options but have Sturridge as the only senior centre-forward to understudy Torres.

Chelsea value the former Manchester Citycould talk about the specific details of other incidents, which occurred from the time she was eight years old until she was ten, her testimony would tend to rebut Self's theory.
Having determined the testimony of extraneous offenses was relevant and admissible under Rule 404(b), we turn to Self's objection the prejudicial effects of the evidence substantially outweighed its probative value.
The court's determination under Rule 403 is reviewed by the abuse-of-discretion standard. Montgomery, 810 S.W.2d at 388. Although evidence of extraneous offenses is inherently prejudicial, Self failed to point out the nature and degree of the prejudice he claimed would result from the admission of the evidence. Because the State had no other evidence by which to rebut Self's theory S.S. had been coached to tell a story, and


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Colombia's ELN guerillas carried out a string of attacks in a new offensive aimed at shutting down the South American country, mostly targeting transportation infrastructure. According to authorities, roads were bombed in Norte de Santander and Cesar departments, and a bus and a truck were incinerated in Antioquia. Vehicles were also set on fire in Arauca, and two trucks torched in Cauca, although authorities could not immediately confirm that these attack was carried out by the ELN. The four-day "armed strike" was called Feb. 10, weeks after a ceasefire broke down and days after the government suspended peace talks with the ELN. (Colombia Reports, Feb. 12; EuroNews, Feb. 10)

Colombia's former FARC rebels, now organized as a political party, announced Feb. 9 that they will suspend their campaignfor the first elections since their demobilization last year. The FARC—their acronym now standing for the Alternative Revolutionary Force of the People—cited a lack of security for their candidates, campaign workers and followers. Campaign workers in several cities have received death threats, according to the FARC statement. Campaign rallies throughout Colombia were canceled after angry mobs threw bottles and rocks at former guerilla leaders and their supporters.

Despite the peace process with the FARC rebels, rural unrest persists across Colombia. In the first week of 2017, peasants, local transport operators and small merchants blocked roads in the northern Urabá region to protest the imposition of new highway tolls. Although the strike called by the Urabá Citizen Initiative was avowedly nonviolent, some protesters apparently set the new toll-booths on fire.


Two were killed when the riot police intervened. The municipalities of Chigorodó, Turbo, Carepa and Apartadó were affetced by the civil strike, called to oppose the decision by the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) to install three new toll-booths in the region. (TeleSur, Jan. 6; El Colombiano, Jan. 3)

The United Nations on Jan. 17 condemned the assassination of two demobilized FARC members at an election campaign rally the previous day in the central plaza of Peque, a town in Colombia's Antioquia department. The UN Verification Mission noted that this was the first deadly attack related to the 2018 electoral process, in which the FARC is participating as a newly formed political party. The two FARC members were campaigning for one of the new party's candidates for the Chamber ofRepresentatives ahead of the March elections. FARC presidential candidate and former military commander Rodrigo Londoño AKA "Timochenko" said that members of the organization "have been the target of constant persecution by armed actors that seek to destabilize the implementation of the peace accords."

Colombia's government is under pressure from both the United Nations and impacted communities in the conflict zones to rebuild a ceasefire with the ELN guerillas and return to the dialogue table. A 100-day ceasefire that began in October ran out Jan. 10, and ELN fighters within hours attacked the Caño Limón oil pipeline in Casanare department, forcing a suspension of pumping operations. The guerillas also attacked a military base in Arauca department. President Juan Manuel Santos immediately responded by recalling his peace negotiator Gustavo Bell, who


6 notes the 10th anniversary of the coronation of the "King of the Afro-Bolivians," Julio I—said to be South America's last reigning monarch, although he lives as a cocalero and grocery-shop keeper in the little village of Mururata. His dominion—recognized by the Bolivian government—extends to a few dozen rural villages as well as some city dwellers that together make up the 25,000-strong Afro-Bolivian community.

Thousands have taken to the streets of Lima every night since the Christmas Eve pardon of ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori, to be repeatedly dispersed by the riot police with tear-gas. One TV journalist was injured when he was hit by a fired tear-gas cannister in Lima's downtown Plaza San Martín on Christmas Day. The lead contingent in the marches has often been relatives of those assassinatedand "disappeared" under Fujimori's rule, especially victims of the Barrios Altos and La Cantuta massacres—carried out in 1991 and 1992, respectively, by regime-linked death squads against suspected sympathizers of the Shining Path guerilla movement. Marchers hold placards with the faces and names of "disappeared" students, workers and activists from the Fujimori era. (RPP, Dec. 29; Diario Uno, Dec. 26)

Protests are breaking out in Lima following the Christmas eve "humanitarian pardon" of Peru's imprisoned ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori by President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK). The supposedly ailing Fujimori has been transferred from prison to a private clinic in Lima's Pueblo Libre district, where protesters are gathering, to be dispersed by police tear-gas. Demonstrators have also filled central Lima's Plaza San Martín. Angry protests have lkewise broken out in Cuzco, Arequipa,


Chiclayo and other cities. The pardon came three days after PPK survived a congressional vote on removing him from office over his embroilment in the Odebrecht scandal. A right-wing bloc led by the dictator's son Kenji Fujimori abstained from the vote rather than following the majority of his own Fuerza Popular opposition party, led by his older sister Keiko Fujimori, in voting to remove PPK. Kenji's defection was critical in Congress failing to win the 87 votes necessary to sack PPK.A Review of Raise the Titanic – “God Himself they said couldn’t sink her…”

Raise the Titanic is a novel by the popular author Clive Cussler. In 1980, the book that Cussler wrote was adapted for the big screen, and it came out five years before the real RMS Titanic was actually found on the ocean floor. While the movie featured an all-star cast including Jason Robards, Alec Guinness, Ann Archer, and Richard Jordan as Dirt Pitt, the movie is both a blessing and a curse to the Titanic historical community.

Basic Plot for Raise the Titanic

From the beginning of the movie, Titanic historians get to see pictures from the construction of the majestic ship, and seeing pictures of the Titanic the size of the movie screen is amazing, but


it that will span from the coast of the United States out into infinity and can effectively prevent nuclear missiles from striking, so it is understandable why everyone wants to get their hands on it. Dirk Pitt rescues a man in Russian territory, and then it is through this man that Pitt discovers all about a group of Colorado miners that were sent to Russian territory to get the byzanium. In order to get the byzanium home, the miners went from Russian territory to England, and then put the mineral in the deck of a very famous ship that left Southampton on April 10, 1912. The byzanium went down with the RMS Titanic, which means that there is only one thing to do…

Dr. Robert Ballard did not findwhich means groups of guys in submarines trying to find the ship. At first, the men in these little submarines have no idea what they are looking for, but eventually get told. Clues around found in the vacintiy of where the Titanic was thought to go down, but no sign of a ship that’s one –sixth of a mile long. After one submersible full of men, including Gene Seagram, gets attached to one of broken Titanic funnel, then the operation gets pushed forward by a couple of weeks because the men only have about six hours to live. With the aide of dynamite charges, the explosion is supposed to free the Titanic from her watery grave and bring her to the surface.

One of the coolest cinematic moments ever


is seeing the RMS Titanic break the surface of the ocean, have her lost stern flag put back, and then get towed to New York City. The Titanic finally does make it to New York City, which is one of the only reasons why people who have studied the Titanic for a long time should watch this movie.

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Under the command of Edward Smith, the ship leaved Southampton with 2224 passengers aboard, including some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of poor emigrants from Europe seeking a new life in North America. The ship had advanced safety features, but there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard. Only 1,178 people can be carried in lifeboats.

Four days into thecrossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm ship's time. The glancing collision caused Titanic's hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea; the ship gradually filled with water. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partly loaded.

By 2:20 AM, the giant ship broke apart and foundered, with over 1000 people still aboard. Just under two hours after the sinking, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived and brought aboard about 705 survivors.

Small Numbers

74: The number of years it took to find the wreck of the Ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

64 : The number of lifeboats supposed to be


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20 : The number of lifeboats she actually carried.

65: Maximum capacity of a lifeboat.

28 : The number of people on board the first lifeboat.

2 : The number of workers killed during the construction process.

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Who doesn’t know about Titanic? The famous British ship that was designed to be unsinkable, but it finally sank on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its long trip from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. About 1,500 people died, and the largest ship made at the time led to one of the biggest disasters in modern history.Nagisa Auto

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Small Town Protector Sending his family away years ago was the hardest thing FBI special agent Garrett Drake ever did But it was the only way to shield them from a case turned terrifyingly personal Now a serial killer has

Title: Small Town Protector

Author: Hope White

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Sending his family away years ago was the hardest thing FBI special agent Garrett Drake ever did But it was the only way to shield them from a case turned terrifyingly personal Now a serial killer has come to town To safeguard his estranged son and the entire Port Whisper community Garrett needs help And that means reaching out to Lana Burns, a captivating woman who cuSending his family away years ago was the hardest thing FBI special agentGarrett Drake is dealing with the aftermath still after years ago when he had to send his family away to witness protection and they never got back together again. His wife moved on and his son wants nothing to do with him. As soon as danger is hovering over his son [...]

Review to be posted on my blog 7/28Review on - if helpful, please click "yes". Thanks!Small Town Protector is the third book in Hope White's "Port Whisper" series and the second book of hers I've read (the first being Christmas Haven back in December).I found it very nice that some of the characters from Christmas Haven were in Small Town Protector - it was great to find out what was happening in their lives.The suspense in Small


closed. It was nice to see a story where a woman could hold her own but need some help. She does not need love or a man to be okay but she wants it. Mr. FBI agent starts to open and make a connection with the cafe owner and they build a nice relationship where each person can be their own while saving each [...]

My all-time favorite minor character returns! In a word, Sketch! While the story was about Sketch's father, Garrett, falling for Lana, the true story centered on the reunion of father and son. . . a reunion made more awkward by the fact that Sketch's mother initially told him that his father was dead. Sketch spelling out for Garrett exactly what was at stake inmade up of residents in and around the Westgate neighborhood.  The association's purpose, according to its website, "is to improve the viability, livability, and overall quality of life for the residents of Westgate."  Open meetings are held February, May, August and October on the last Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Parkview United Methodist Church, 344 S. Algonquin Avenue.

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The Accomack County attorney said the incident involving a pet Chihuahua is not a county issue.

A Facebook page called Stand for Maya started after the incident now has more than 8,500 likes.

There has been an offer of donated land to start an animal clinic named for the deceased dog.

Accomack County Attorney Mark Taylor said the alleged taking and euthanization of a pet Chihuahua named Maya from a Hopeton home by workers from Norfolk, Virginia-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is not a county issue.

The Accomack County Sheriff's Office is the only animal control authority the Board of Supervisors has authorized to operate in Accomack County, according to Taylor.

"But I understand there is a state investigation of one or more complaints related to that taking," hesaid.

Taylor has asked state authorities for information once that investigation is complete and said he will report back to the Board of Supervisors when more is known.

Taylor also told the board he met with Accomack County Sheriff Todd Godwin and concerned county resident Kim Wright and "reviewed this in some detail," adding, "There is nothing we know of that Accomack County might have done that would have changed the outcome."

Wright during a public comment period told the Board of Supervisors, "When I was a 9-year-old little girl, my pet dog was the most important thing in the world to me." She was referencing the age of the child who owned Maya.

She asked supervisors "to defend the rights of Accomack's lawfully owned pets" and said she expects local authorities


to "protect us and our pets from anyone or any organization who would intentionally or unintentionally inflict horrible and intolerable acts of cruelty upon a 9-year-old girl and her family."

Wright also thanked Godwin and his staff for their actions related to the Chihuahua, noting "their exemplary commitment to protect the people, property and pets within our jurisdiction."

After Wilber Zarate found his family's dog missing when he returned home from a shopping trip, he called police on Oct. 20.

A security camera on the property showed a PETA van in the yard, then a woman entering a porch and leaving with the dog, he said.

The Accomack County Sheriff's Office on Nov. 4 obtained arrest warrants against two PETA workers. The women were arrested the next day, charged with larceny ofa dog and released on personal recognizance bond.

But Accomack County Commonwealth's Attorney Gary Agar declined to prosecute the case, saying there wasn't sufficient evidence of criminal intent.

A Nov. 24 rally outside his office and a petition signed by more than 2,000 people did not change his mind.

Since then, a California-based group has petitioned Virginia's state veterinarian to revoke PETA's status as an animal shelter and Sen. Lynwood Lewis has written a letter to Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Sandra J. Adams urging her to use the department's regulatory authority in regard to PETA's actions.

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If Sarah Palin had been on the ballot for the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, there is little doubt she would have won.

The former Alaska governor received far-and-away the most spirited and enthusiastic reception at this convention of about 10,000 conservative activists.
She drew the audience to its feet more than a dozen times during her keynote address on Saturday.

The cheers for Palin were so loud that they drowned out her remarks again and again. Conference organizers had to set up three overflow rooms to accommodate the throngs of supporters eager to hear her words.

Palin lingered in the ballroom for almost half an hour after completing her speech, greeting the supporters who lavished praise on her and


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IntUne is an integrated project on the theme of European citizenship financed by the European Union. It is conducted within the scope of the Sixth Framework Programme and is coordinated by the University of Siena. The project involves 29 European institutions and over 100 scholars across Eastern and Western Europe. In 2007, the first wave of the mass survey was conducted in 16 European Union Member States and 2 non-European Union Member States. European Union Member States included Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom; non-European Union Member States included Serbia and Turkey. IntUne aims to study changes in the scope, nature, and characteristics of citizenship that result from the process of the deepening andenlargement of the European Union. IntUne focuses on how integration and disintegration processes, at both the national and European level, affect three major dimensions of citizenship: identity, representation, and scope of good governance. Respondents were polled on their level of interest and involvement in politics, their assessment of the general economic situation in their country, and whether they are satisfied with the democratic processes in their country. Survey participants were also asked to rate their degree of trust in government at the regional, national and European Union level. Opinions were gathered concerning the advantages of European Union membership, whether citizens currently living in the European Union would benefit from the accession of Serbia and Turkey, and whether Serbia and Turkey would benefit from becoming European Union Member States.


century. His time is OVER, done, meh.

Posted by: tinkerbelle | Jan 19, 2014 4:55:14 PM

Mitt is NEVER going to make any statment contradicting the policies of the mormon church.. NEVER!!

I don't think he will run for President again, but I think Ann wants him to be the "prophet" of the church, eventually. All their leaders come from businessmen, they have no clergy.

Posted by: Bob | Jan 19, 2014 6:10:06 PM

Until the Presiding High Priest, President of the High Priesthood, Trustee-in-Trust for the church, Prophet, Seer, Revelator, Translator, and Ruler In Israel (all titles held by the President of the LDS Church, Thomas S. Monson) says otherwise, the Holy Doctrine of the Church is the same as it ever was (since it was last changed) and will be forever(until it gets changed again.)

Posted by: Gregory in Seattle | Jan 19, 2014 6:21:41 PM

Mitt Romney is the essence of irrelevance. He was a miserable and flawed candidate and he is an arrogant and meaningless human being. Done and done...purchase a clue

When he what? "ran as President" Granted, it is quite possibly a quick statement from him, and we all have moments of blunder. BUT, it certainly makes me ponder if he accidentally expressed his secret feeling on the matter.

Posted by: iowan | Jan 19, 2014 7:40:58 PM

Remember George Romney (of course you don't, you're too young)? He was Mitt's dad & he also ran for President.

The Romneys are just like the Bushes. They think they were ordained by God to run this country.

Look out for Tagg.

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JonnyNYNY2FLFL | Jan 19, 2014 8:00:47 PM

Irrelevant, once, twice, forever.

Posted by: jmartindale | Jan 19, 2014 8:10:51 PM

Mittens is in the GW Bush category of never need to hear from them again. The opinion of Mitt Romney on any public policy issue is totally irrelevant.

Posted by: SoLeftImRight | Jan 19, 2014 8:56:24 PM

A flawed candidate, and a flawed human.

Posted by: Romney Son | Jan 19, 2014 11:01:27 PM

He is an ungrounded person.
I don't think he believes in anything other than his personal wealth and advancement.
He's said whatever it takes to satisfy his constituency of the moment.
What an awful person.

Posted by: woody | Jan 19, 2014 11:15:41 PM

Thank you Mitt for standing for something. We live in a country that's lost its moral compass. One which glorifies abortion andpot smoking and vilifies the foundations of building a family. Thank you for fighting for legal recognition and rights for our gay brothers and sisters, yet at the same time thank you for standing up against their hijacking and mocking of "marriage". They could care less about the meaning and sanctity of the institution. They are not looking for "equality", theyre crying for attention.

Posted by: Gr8Britton | Jan 20, 2014 6:21:07 AM

He is a LIAR. Mormons believe that in order to get to the highest level of Heaven, a man MUST have more than one wife. They believe that they will be able to marry more wives after they are dead and then resurrected from the "surplus" of women who are so good, but never were able to