that, in his opinion, Hoskins's accident injuries had been resolved by August 2001 and that treatment after that date was not related to the accident. And the evidence was undisputed that Hoskins did not receive treatment for his claimed accident injuries for 19 months after he last saw Rody.
¶ 36 When the record is viewed as a whole, the evidence of Hoskins's pre-accident treatment is of minor significance and the record supports the jury's damage award. A reasonable jury could have concluded that (1) any pain Hoskins experienced after July 2001 was not related to this accident, (2) Hoskins did not need neck surgery as a result of the accident, and (3) a $15,000 award for noneconomic damages was fair. The award is within the range of damagesHOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Broward County Judge Claudia Robinson won her seat on the bench by a razor-thin margin in 2014, scraping out a victory over incumbent Ian Richards by a mere 541 votes out of more than 360,000 votes cast.

It was a huge victory, not only for the vastly outspent and unknown Robinson, but also for her good friend and campaign consultant Michael Ahearn, who said the victory was his signature victory as longtime political operative.

"I had a significant role in the campaign," said Ahearn, an attorney who wasn't paid for his work from Robinson's campaign account.

Since her election, though, it's Robinson, using her official powers as judge, who has been helping out Ahearn.

Court records show that out of 299 appointments that she gave to attorneys to mediate


UPDATE: Vatican statement says

"The Holy See does, however, regret to see in some points of the Concluding Observations an attempt to interfere with Catholic Church teaching on the dignity of human person and in the exercise of religious freedom."

CCR Attorney Katherine Gallagher responds: "Now would be the moment for the Vatican to own up to its past actions and role in enabling acts of sexual violence against children, and undertake to meet its obligations to put the interests of children ahead of the reputation of the Church; instead, continuing its focus on the same social policies as under previous popes, they accuse the UN of 'interfering' with religious freedom. What does covering up the rape of children have to do with religious freedom?"

February 5, 2014, New York –"The Holy See has consistently placed the preservation of the reputation of the Church and the protection of the perpetrators above children’s best interests," wrote a United Nations Committee today. The Vatican must undertake a series of reforms to meet its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and disclose records on all cases of child sexual abuse committed by Catholic clergy around the world, according to concluding observations released today by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child. The U.N. Committee questioned Vatican representatives in a public hearing last month regarding the Vatican’s handling of the global crisis of sexual violence committed by Catholic clergy, including allegations that it enabled sexual violence against children by transferring pedophile priests to different parishes or


opinion and better our understanding on a given subject, the existence of nearly 30 different guidelines on the subject of GDM, each with a different perspective, does bring in an element of confusion.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes" developed by ADA's multidisciplinary Professional Practice Committee is updated and published annually. The standards provide clinicians and researchers with evidence-based guidelines on a broad range of topics including classification and diagnosis of diabetes, targets for glycemic control, use of technology to improve diabetes care, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of hyperglycemia, management of in-patient hyperglycemia, recognition and management of microvascular and macrovascular complications, and management of diabetes in special groups.

The guidelines provided by American Diabetes Association (ADA) on diagnosis and management of hyperglycemia in pregnancy areof ten thousand dollars, while Central was likewise held liable up to its policy limits in the same amount as the primary insurer of the Lucius vehicle. As Armstrong's insurers, Travelers and Traders were held secondarily liable as excess insurers for the approximately six thousand dollars recovery in excess of these policy limits, with the excess liability being divided equally between these two excess insurers.
Issues.
There is no really substantial issue as to the concurring negligence of Armstrong and Lucius, the two drivers. Both vehicles collided headon at the crest of a hill. Each vehicle was in the middle of the gravel road, rather than on its proper side of it. Without detailed discussion, we will simply state that we find no error in the trial court's determination that


twenty-two years of age at the time of the accident. The Bennetts lived in Alexandria, but Kent attended college in Natchitoches, some fifty miles distant. The Bennetts owned two automobiles.
Every four or five weeks during his senior year (and less often during his previous college years), Kent was allowed to take back and use one of the cars at college until his return home in a week or so. When the accident occurred, some two weeks before Kent's graduation, he had brought the car with him to college two weekends before, and he had been using it at school for nine days prior to the accident. Tr. 549.
On the day of the accident, Kent and Armstrong, together with a Miss Bray and some other students, had gone ona swimming *456 picnic together at a nearby national park. When they returned to the college, they discovered that Miss Bray had left behind a borrowed bathing cap. Since Kent had to attend a banquet that evening and did not have time to return immediately to the park to search for the cap, he let Armstrong drive Miss Bray, Armstrong's date, back to the park, instead of doing so himself. The accident occurred while Armstrong and Miss Bray were en route back from the park.
In arguing that Kent did not have permission to lend the Oldsmobile to Armstrong on the day of the accident, the insurer relies upon certain testimony of Kent and his parents on direct examination. This was to the effect that the parents had given


Mung Chiang, dean of the College of Engineering, Purdue University. "As a researcher in wireless networks and, for the past decade, in edge computing, I am also delighted to see the collaboration with AT&T to advance research in edge technologies as part of the Zone." Build-out for the Purdue Research Lab is expected to be complete as early as Spring 2020. Once complete, the Lab will accelerate academic research already underway. Areas of focus include 5G's potential in advanced manufacturing, smart cities and IoT, and rural broadband and agricultural technology for disaster response. External collaborators – like businesses and outside researchers – will be invited in to help further exploration and build new applications or products that could help move forward technology in these areas. AT&T's MEC technologycombined with 5G+ will power near real-time data collection and analysis to better support this innovative work. The technology is also more scalable and flexible, which is critical for today's businesses. "Bringing 5G and edge computing into a university lab creates an ideal environment for innovation," said Chris Penrose, senior vice president, Advanced Mobility and Enterprise Solutions, AT&T Business. "These technologies have the potential to solve real problems and make meaningful impacts to the world around us. We look forward to seeing the exciting new ideas that emerge from Purdue's early adoption and leadership in this space." The Indiana 5G Zone is located inside the new downtown Indianapolis headquarters of the nonprofit Eleven Fifty Academy. The space serves as a 5G hub to attract businesses, universities, government and


research institutions with lab space to develop next-generation 5G-enabled technology advancements. "Indianapolis has become a leading city for technology, innovation and 5G deployment. AT&T launched our mobile 5G network in the Greater Indianapolis market offering a powerful, consistent and highly secure 5G experience to consumers and businesses," said Bill Soards, president, AT&T Indiana. "With both state and local leaders leaning into the digital economy, Indiana is demonstrating its leadership in attracting investments that power our tech ecosystem and create economic growth." Some of the world's greatest innovations come to life on college campuses. 5G, the next generation of wireless technology, will revolutionize the way people, devices and experiences are connected. AT&T brings together the power of our network – our employees, our technology and organizations – to collaborateImage copyright Getty Images Image caption The actions of protesters who burst into Hong Kong's Legislative Council have divided opinion

A splinter group of protesters smashed their way into Hong Kong's legislative council on Monday, breaking glass walls, defacing paintings and spraying graffiti. It was denounced by the city's leader as an extreme use of violence, but how do residents feel about what happened?

On the roads that surround Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) small groups of passers-by take photos of what is now being described as a crime scene. Some peel hand-written post-it notes from walls as memorabilia.

Twenty-four hours earlier, the bustling six-lane carriageway that surrounds the government offices was held ransom by thousands of young protesters demanding the withdrawal of a controversial extradition law.

Armed with makeshift barricades, they


stormed Hong Kong's parliament - spraying graffiti on walls, and working in teams to deface symbols of Hong Kong's law-making body.

"I can understand the frustration and can also understand the opposition to what happened," said one Hong Kong resident, leaning on the fencing of a bridge overlooking the government offices.

"They avoided hurting anyone, they put up posters, they defaced the symbols of Hong Kong. I see it as organised riots. It was targeted at symbolism."

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The regional emblem of Hong Kong was defaced

"I don't support them. They did the wrong thing," said a man who didn't want to be identified.

"I am glad that no one died," another man said.

In recent weeks millions of Hong Kong residents have marched on the streets, united indeepened the gap between the young people and the senior citizens.

"Most of Hong Kong people support the action to fight for the democracy of Hong Kong, but they don't want to see any overwhelming violent action. I don't support the violence," she said.

The 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's return to China was marked on 1 July. Organisers claim that more than 500,000 took part in an annual pro-democracy march, ten times the number of protesters who attended last year's demonstration.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Organisers say over half a million took part in a pro-democracy march on 1 July

"We are fighting with a government that isn't elected by the public and a communist system. Protests like in your country don't work here," says Chris Yu,


the room was muted, to say the least – but Peter then pointed out in a market such as China, a high price could act as a driver, with consumers curious to be first to find out about the story and the product behind it. Visy’s Simon Gray had more to add. Traditionally, keeping packaging costs down is a priority, but Simon reported investing in higher quality packaging is proving to be a winner for businesses targeting the premium Chinese market. Luxe elements such as foils and even printing inside the box is helping to drive the produce story, and to attract a higher price. He also told the audience that the differentiation – and the fun – of personalised packaging is now well within reach for smallerFood South Australia Summit is an annual event hosted by Food South Australia with support funding from Primary Industries and Regions SA.

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All or virtually all the stock was owned by Mellon and his wife. Mellon died in March 1985, five months before this bankruptcy. His daughter, A.M. Renc, succeeded her father, and Mrs. Mellon has been retained as an administrative assistant. They continue to control this debtor.
The bankruptcy was precipitated by the closing of all the debtor's accounts by its banker, Barnett. However, the failure of the debtor resulted from three other circumstances.
The debtor sold subdivided lots in six Florida counties on ten-year agreements for deeds, half of which had been sold in Central and South America at prices quoted in foreign currency. In 1985, rapid inflation throughout most of that area drastically reduced the value of the debtor's accounts receivable and its cash flow below survival levels. Thedebtor's properties were heavily mortgaged and it had expensive commitments to complete land improvements *294 required for the subdivisions it was marketing.
The debtor's sales force was poorly supervised and diverted receipts, took kickbacks, and generally defrauded both the debtor and the debtor's vendees. This not only reduced the cash flow, but also resulted in a number of lawsuits filed against the debtor, all of which have been stayed by this bankruptcy and remain pending and contributed to the debtor's default with regulatory agencies.
The primary regulatory control of this developer is the Florida Department of Business Regulation's Division of Land Sales, which requires a developer to deposit varying percentages of its vendees' payments in trust accounts for the payment of the required roads, drainage and other commitments required of


engineer, who will be hired to persuade the County Commission to borrow the $750,000 to build the roads.
This is the sum total result of this debtor's efforts on behalf of its creditors after two and a half years' of bankruptcy.

The Debtor's Motion for Rehearing
The debtor's obvious inability to meet the requirements imposed on it at the confirmation hearing 14 months ago (CP 145), led to three extensions (CP 153, 163, 183) which in each instance postponed the deadline to the date requested by the debtor. The third extension expired September 27, 1987. The debtor then moved (CP 185a, 186a) for reconsideration of that deadline, asking an additional four months to January 14, 1988.
However, at a status conference held February 9, 1988 the debtor estimated it would take sixof the power of advertising and the gullibility of the public make this one worth sharing. The vibrant acrylics with cheerful, cartoon-like characters provide added appeal.”Booklist

Kim Kennedy and her brother Doug Kennedy have collaborated on several book projects. Publishers Weekly said the Kennedys create fantasy situations that evoke 19th-century fairy stories . . . [and the] paintings have the spirit of early animation with a touch of Oz. They live in Monroe, Louisiana.


The Human Rights Campaign just sent over this statement in response to questions raised by radio host Michelangelo Signorile in an interview with HRC's Vice President of Communications & Marketing Fred Sainz about the Target boycott.

In the interview, Signorile noted that HRC, despite Target's refusal to "make it right" with the LGBT community regarding its donations to anti-gay PAC MN Forward, continued to recommend that LGBT consumers shop at Target in its buyer's guide.

That is now changing, according to HRC's Press Secretary Michael Cole:killers have at least one prior felony conviction. They will be walking the streets in greater numbers if deincarceration advocates have their way.

Consider a few examples. In October 2017, Radee Prince shot and killed three people in Maryland. Prince, it turns out, had 42 prior arrests and 15 prior felony convictions. About a month earlier, a police officer in Yonkers was shot in the face by an 18-year-old assailant not unknown to police. He had recently been sentenced to probation and classified as a “youthful offender,” despite being caught with an illegal firearm, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a machete, and brass knuckles. Earlier in 2017, Baltimore police named Cortez Wall, an 18-year-old murder suspect, “Public Enemy No. 1.” Wall had already been convicted of a gun charge,


for which he was on probation. That didn’t stop a Maryland judge from releasing him on bail on a drug charge; he had allegedly murdered someone before his release, though police did not yet suspect him. Had bail been denied, Wall would have been in custody when he became the prime suspect in the deadly shooting.

Most recently, on February 13, a Chicago Police Department Commander, Paul Bauer, was shot and killed while off-duty. Bauer was responding to a radio call that he overheard regarding a suspicious-person report in a downtown Chicago office building. The alleged shooter is 44-year-old Shomari Legghette. “It should come as no surprise” that this was not Legghette’s first run-in with the law, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said at a press conference held thewhen one of his staffers, an Iraq veteran, returned from a five-year unit reunion with alarming news. The staffer pieced together that six of the 70 women who had deployed downrange with the unit -- all between 25 and 35 years old -- had developed breast cancer within five years. Another half-dozen women from the unit had developed worrisome new lumps in their breasts.

Boswell has repeatedly called for a Pentagon study on the issue, but his bills have stalled in committee. He reintroduced legislation again in April, however, that he hopes will force the Pentagon "to dig deeper in order to discover whether there is a service-related cause for the alarming rate of those members who are diagnosed." If his suspicions are confirmed, he wants officials to classify


scars.

"The dog tags and camouflage are real. I am still active duty," a soldier identified only as Barbie writes in a blog post under her portrait. "I have been in for over 17 years and 2 combat deployments. In February 2011, I was diagnosed with Stage IIIB Breast Cancer, four months after being deployed to Afghanistan.

"At my own risk, I wanted to participate in the SCAR Project because it is important to me that people understand and know anyone can get breast cancer. In my experience, it's not something that's often paid particular attention to due to the overwhelming male population" in the military.

"I don't believe most people actually 'see' Breast Cancer," she writes. "They hear about it but they don't listen. It is just a terrible thingwhether contaminated drinking water at the Marine Corps' largest base on the East Coast caused dozens of male Marines, sailors and family members to get breast cancer.

Mike Partain is one of them. The son and grandson of Marine officers who was born and raised at Camp Lejeune, Partain first noticed a small lump near his right nipple about five years ago.

Male breast cancer is extremely rare and usually isn't seen in patients younger than 70. Partain was 39 when he got a mastectomy and started chemotherapy treatments. He was the first to wonder if his sickness was connected to reports that were just surfacing about contaminated wells at Camp Lejeune that weren't sealed off until the mid-1980s. Soon he was connecting with other men who had served at


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I got on him Monday for the first time in over a month and walked for maybe 10 mins max. He us having shockwave treatments and is wrapped continually to protect and suport the area.
Good luck.

If you think she would behave better for under saddle walks than actual hand walks, then I would get on her for her walks. I did actual hand walking with my gelding for 6 months before getting on him to do walk rides (suspensory injury). Honestly, he was much better behaved and probably easier on his ligament during the walk rides than he ever was for hand walking.

During the actual hand walks he frequently reared and slammed down hard on the affected leg. He did less


Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from a spokesman with the Texas comptroller's office.

Alfred Dewayne Brown spends his days now raising horses in Louisiana and driving a truck for a living, a far stretch from his decade on Texas' death row.

Nearly three years ago, Brown was released from prison after the courts tossed out his conviction and death sentence in the murder of a Houston police officer after phone records that corroborated Brown's alibi were discovered. Harris County's district attorney at the time, Devon Anderson, eventually dismissed the case completely, saying there wasn't enough evidence to retry Brown for capital murder. Two other men, including one on death row, had also been convicted in the officer’s murder.

But Brown was never actually deemed innocent, aHonorary Degrees

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Glen O. Toney has distinguished himself as an outstanding business executive, prominent community leader, volunteer extraordinaire, philanthropist and major supporter of numerous boards and community organizations.

Dr. Toney received his doctorate in organizational behavior from the University of Southern California. Widely recognized for his business acumen, he served for 23 years, until his retirement in 2002, as an executive with Applied Materials, Inc., the largest supplier of products and services to the global semiconductor industry. His leadership contributed to Applied Materials frequently being named among the most admired, best managed, highest performing and most diverse companies. Fortune magazine profiled Applied Materials on its list of "Best Places to Work in America," and Business Ethics named it one of the


"100 Best Corporate Citizens."

Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Toney answered the call to serve in a capacity that advances civil rights and social justice. A long-time leader in the community, he served on the board of directors of the National Conference for Community Justice, the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative and the East Palo Alto Boys Choir.

He has served California State University, Chico as president of the Alumni Association, is a member of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology advisory board, and is a board member of the Northern California Natural History Museum.

Dr. Toney is the recipient of a number of awards, including the David Packard Civic Entrepreneurs Award, the NAACP Community Service Award, the Leadership in Action Award for Outstanding Commitment toEducation and Community, and the Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at California State University, Chico.

In recognition of his personal and professional achievements and meritorious service to society, the Board of Trustees of The California State University and California State University, Chico are proud to confer upon Glen O. Toney the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.


I pay these girls as the trial has ruined their lives: Berlusconi

Milan: Silvio Berlusconi made a rare appearance at his trial Friday in Milan, taking a front-row seat to hear police officials called by prosecutors who allege that he paid for sex with an underage Moroccan prostitute and then used his office to try to cover it up.

The prosecutors hope to bolster their contentions that Berlusconi, Italy's former premier, told authorities that the Moroccan girl, then 17, was related to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Among those testifying was police official Piero Ostuni, who told the court that he received a phone call in May 2010 from Berlusconi's office.

"I didn't believe that the girl was, in fact, really Mubarak's niece," Ostuni testified. Among reasons cited for skepticism was policemade a theft allegation.

Iafrate told the court that after Ostuni called her to tell her about the Mubarak-relationship claim, she went to talk to the girl in custody.

"I asked her if she were Mubarak's niece and she told me no, and she told me that sometimes she says she is," Iafrate testified.

Berlusconi made no comment to the court, but during a lunch break he spoke to journalists about recent testimony by young female party guests that some had dressed up like nuns and then stripped down to their underwear.

The former premier, who resigned in November under pressure from Italy's financial crisis, brushed off that description. He said the costume-wearing was part of "burlesque contests."

He also spoke about his paying money to some of the women at the party


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A Chinese family, GD-O031, with congenital hearing loss, was ascertained from Department of Otolaryngology, Zhongshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Guangdong Province in mainland China. This study was approved by the Ethnic Committee of Chinese PLA General Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from the adult participants and the guardians on the behalf of the children prior to their participation in the study. The medical history was obtained by use of a questionnaire regarding the following aspects: subjective degree of hearing loss, age at onset, evolution, symmetry of the hearing impairment, hearing aids, presence of tinnitus, pressure in the ears or vertigo, medication, noise exposure, pathologic changes in the ear, and other relevant clinical manifestations. Otoscopy, physical examination, and pure tone audiometry (at frequencies from 250 to 8,000Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that he had no recollection of an alleged close encounter in 2014 with a state legislator running at the time for lieutenant governor of Nevada.

Lucy Flores wrote of the meeting for New York Magazine's the Cut blog Friday, saying Biden had placed his hands on her shoulders and then kissed the back of her head as the two awaited their turn together on stage during a rally for Democrats vying for office.

Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor and current Nevada Assemblywoman Lucy Flores, D-Las Vegas, from left, introduces Vice President Joe Biden at a get-out-the-vote rally at a union hall in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 1, 2014. Ethan Miller / Getty Images file

"Why is the vice-president of the United States touching


me?" she wrote of the situation.

"He leaned further in and inhaled my hair," Flores wrote. "I was mortified. ... He proceeded to plant a big slow kiss on the back of my head. My brain couldn’t process what was happening. I was embarrassed. I was shocked. I was confused."

Flores, who did not ascend to the lieutenant governor's post, said she brushed it off because she saw no clear path to justice.

"I felt powerless to do anything about it," wrote Flores, who has since co-founded a Latina advocacy group, Luz Collective.

"Even if his behavior wasn’t violent or sexual, it was demeaning and disrespectful," she wrote.

Biden is expected to announce in coming weeks whether he will run for president in 2020.

A spokesperson for the former vice president said in athis point, but we know we will be preserve all those items probably in the form of soil or in some related form if the product

this is reported i thought was redundant, like saying president obama's speech innnewtownwasa call to scripture and prayer. it wasn't what he was talking about but he referenced scripture and prayer. the first words out of his mouth, the lord is already near, come, let us adore him. it was a spiritual message. in the middle of the message he reflected on the traditional family which we know the church supports and has long supported. and defended. and he made glancing reference to our personal selfishness and said that's a threat to the family. people not wanting to make commitments. and therefore give


of their time and their energy to have families in the first place. and then he made reference to this manipulation of nature. but he never mentioned gay marriage. he never mentioned gay people in there. so i think, you know, it is it was certainly one can interpret that was the focus of what he was talking about in that particular paragraph. but i think to characterize the whole message that way is reductive. he was calling all of us to task for various failings, in our personal lives, and i thi

to new gun laws in the aftermath of the killingsinnewtown, connecticut.the ceo went on "meet the press" to defend his call for armed guards in every american school, but here's what a couple of front pagesA health worker screens the temperature of an airline passenger at Debrecen International Airport in Debrecen, Hungary, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Bloomberg

Italy is struggling to contain a rapid outbreak of the coronavirus, with new cases confirmed in the capitals of Tuscany and Sicily — the first case south of Rome. As of Tuesday morning, 283 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed, Italian media reported, including in Florence, the capital of Tuscany, and Palermo, in Sicily. Seven people have died from the virus in the country. As with many victims elsewhere, those who have died in Italy were elderly or had preexisting health conditions. The number of cases is rising rapidly: On Friday morning, Italy only had 3 confirmed cases before a sharp spike over the weekend. The


outbreak was previously contained to the wealthy northern regions of the country but has now spread, with cases recorded in Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont and Lazio. The outbreak has prompted a blame game between the northern region of Lombardy and the government in Rome. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the outbreak in Italy — the largest outside of Asia — had been caused by a hospital that had not followed proper protocol. He did not name the hospital but it was presumed to be in the north.

"There was a hotspot and it spread from there in part due to the management of a hospital that was not done entirely according to the prudent protocols that are recommended in these cases," Conte said Monday, Italian news agency ANSA reported. But anfrom the document given to the Nation by the Framers nearly 200 years ago. A leading historian of the Court tells us:
"The right of the Federal Judiciary to summon a State as defendant and to adjudicate its rights and liabilities had been the subject of deep apprehension and of active debate at the time of the adoption of the Constitution; but the existence of any such right had been disclaimed by many of the most eminent advocates of the new Federal Government, and it was largely owing to their successful dissipation of the fear of the existence of such Federal power that the Constitution was finally adopted." 1 C. Warren, The Supreme Court in United States History 91 (rev. ed. 1937).
Despite such disclaimers,[9] the very first suit entered


*661 in this Court at its February Term in 1791 was brought against the State of Maryland by a firm of Dutch bankers as creditors. Vanstophorst v. Maryland, see 2 Dall. *662 401 and Warren, supra, at 91 n. 1. The subsequent year brought the institution of additional suits against other States, and caused considerable alarm and consternation in the country.
The issue was squarely presented to the Court in a suit brought at the August 1792 Term by two citizens of South Carolina, executors of a British creditor, against the State of Georgia. After a year's postponement for preparation on the part of the State of Georgia, the Court, after argument, rendered in February 1793, its short-lived decision in Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dall. 419. The decision inthat case, that a State was liable to suit by a citizen of another State or of a foreign country, literally shocked the Nation. Sentiment for passage of a constitutional amendment to override the decision rapidly gained momentum, and five years after Chisholm the Eleventh Amendment was officially announced by President John Adams. Unchanged since then, the Amendment provides:
"The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State."
While the Amendment by its terms does not bar suits against a State by its own citizens, this Court has consistently *663 held that an unconsenting State is


the taxpayer had at one time had the money, and paid it over to the State pursuant to an allegedly unconstitutional tax exaction. Yet this Court had no hesitation in holding that the taxpayer's action was a suit against the State, and barred by the Eleventh Amendment. We reach a similar conclusion with respect to the retroactive portion of the relief awarded by the District Court in this case.
The Court of Appeals expressed the view that its conclusion on the Eleventh Amendment issue was supported by this Court's holding in Department of Employment v. United States, 385 U. S. 355 (1966). There the United States was held entitled to sue the Colorado Department of Employment in the United States District Court for refund of unemployment compensation taxes paidunder protest by the American National Red Cross, an instrumentality of the United States. The discussion of the State's Eleventh Amendment claim is confined to the following sentence in the opinion:
"With respect to appellants' contention that the State of Colorado has not consented to suit in a federal forum even where the plaintiff is the United States, see Monaco v. Mississippi, 292 U. S. 313 (1934), and Ex parte Young, 209 U. S. 123 (1908)." Id., at 358.
Monaco v. Mississippi, 292 U. S. 313 (1934), reaffirmed the principle that the Eleventh Amendment was no bar to a suit by the United States against a State. Id., at 329. In view of Mr. Chief Justice Hughes' vigorous reaffirmation in Monaco of the principles of the Eleventh Amendment and sovereign


those disabled applicants who applied between July 1, 1968 and December 31, 1970, whose first full AABD check was not mailed within forty-five days from the date of application, AABD assistance for the period beginning with the forty-fifth day from the date of application to the date the applicant's entitlement became effective;
"(ii) For those disabled applicants who applied between January 1, 1971 and April 16, 1971, whose first full AABD check was not mailed within sixty days from the date of application, AABD assistance for the period beginning with the sixtieth day from the date of application to the date the applicant's entitlement became effective.
"These AABD benefits shall be mailed to those persons currently receiving AABD within eight months with an explanatory letter, said letter having been firstthe claim if the federal judiciary thought it unjust? The previous consent of the parties is necessary; and, as the federal judiciary will decide, each party will acquiesce.' 3 Elliot's Debates, 557.
"Hamilton, in The Federalist, No. 81, made the following emphatic statement of the general principle of immunity: `It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual without its consent. This is the general sense and the general practice of mankind; and the exemption, as one of the attributes of sovereignty, is now enjoyed by the government of every State in the Union. Unless, therefore, there is a surrender of this immunity in the plan of the convention, it will remain with the States, and the danger intimated must


York law which decreased benefits to some eligible public aid recipients and amendments to the federal act which required cost-of-living increases. The case did not purport to decide the Eleventh Amendment issue we resolve today. In finding the New York law inconsistent with the federal law, Mr. Justice Harlan stated:

"New York is, of course, in no way prohibited from using only state funds according to whatever plan it chooses, providing it violates no provision of the Constitution. It follows, however, from our conclusion that New York's program is incompatible with § 402 (a) (23), that petitioners are entitled to declaratory relief and an appropriate injunction by the District Court against the payment of federal monies according to the new schedules, should the State not develop a conforming planto 387,802, but still very disappointing for a premium brand, recognised globally. This year, it should be back to near 450,000 units, but it is still way behind its German rivals.

The Chinese bosses are expecting sales to hit 800,000 by 2020.I n the UK, perhaps the biggest hurdle is the unyielding brand image. In 2010, political bloggers exposed ‘Project Volvo’, which was the plan to get Gordon Brown, then Chancellor, into No10 Downing Street as Prime Minister.

The biggest hurdle, according to the research which was carried out before the credit crunch hit, was the public viewing Brown as a human ‘Volvo’: safe and reliable but very dull. But Volvo has a number of bigger problems.

Building cars in Sweden and Belgium and selling them in the US is often


changes have opened up other ideas. One of them played out shortly after Gamma Rays Galaxy Rays Veda Rays was produced. The closing track on Life Kills on Time Is A Vise features Julee Cruise, the singer and actress most noted for recording the theme song to Twin Peaks.

Her involvement began after she and Gates met by chance through their mutual work as part of the New York studio scene. As Cruise became curious about the Veda Rays, Gates half-jokingly asked if she would contribute her voice to the track. She agreed without hesitation and Gates almost passed out.

"Cruise, even partially demystified, creates a surreal experience," says Stark. "She fit perfectly in that the song is about being bound to the physical machinations of the physical universe asout this year.

Although you won't find many as clean as Rogan, there a few alternatives. One of my favorites, despite giving up the solid, is the Lodi jacket from Altamont. The rust and blue flannel hues harken back to my other life in Seattle, but the design is still incredibly smart.

It's made with 65 percent cotton and 35 percent acrylic. The designers consider the styling in line with military field jackets, but I think it falls more in line with the look I was taking about. It's one-off from a military jacket and warmed up with a sherpa lining. No surprise, I found this one at a U.K. retailer and the price is brilliant.

Finding an alternative coat was a little more challenging, until discovering the Carcoat from Paul


it. They are always looking for ways to push each other much like brothers will do with a punch, shove or dare.

The only constant is their signature sound, with Caleb playing a deep-throated and fuzzy guitar to make up for the want of a bass. Some years ago, Ashton played bass until he had to take a seat behind the kit and pick up sticks. The twosome made the decision then that they didn't need another member.

Along with their simple but magically-patented grooves is the Bird brothers' cloud high vocals that bring up the treble in their sometimes sarcastic songs. The second track, following the effect laden "everyone is paranoid" rinse and repeat of Moans, coveys a straightforward satirical sentiment: "So many people in the world ... IUndercover Crops on Amazon. For some more samplings and last-minute show scheduling and tour information, find them on Facebook. They played Las Vegas a few nights ago, presumably on their way back to Los Angeles.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

One of the first albums I ever owned was Heart’s Dreamboat Annie. I liked the songs, the music, Ann Wilson’s voice, and Nancy Wilson’s acoustic guitar. Now, after four decades and 30 million records, the Wilson sisters tell their story and I have a deeper appreciation for their albums.

The Wilsons grew up the daughters of loving parents, but had a gypsy-like existence. Their dad was a Marine, which meant constantly moving and never putting down roots. They didn't have enough time to forge many friendships so the three Wilson sisters (Lynn,


before that, Heart paid their dues as a cover band, playing top 40 hits and plenty of Led Zeppelin. It wasn't until guitarist Nancy joined the band that they found a new dynamic.

Heart was unique in that it was made up of two sisters and two brothers (Michael Fisher as the de facto leader and Roger Fisher as lead guitarist). It wasn't long before Ann and Nancy's songs started to spotlight the band’s repertoire. Magic Man earned airplay in Vancouver.

And yet, they still had challenges, including misogyny. Women weren't readily accepted in rock and some people questioned whether or not Nancy's guitar was plugged in. Inside the band, the men wanted to remain in charge despite Ann and Nancy writing, singing, and playing their own material.

The book isa winter talent show.

They were blown away and invited him along for the ride. Nothing after that, however, was anything but chance.

Pigeon Park is an emerging artist pick from Vancouver.

Named after an area that once served as an unofficial dividing line between the prosperous and struggling sides of downtown Vancouver, Pigeon Park had no problem booking shows. Their initial draw was their diversity. With each member having different musical backgrounds and interests, it was easy enough to play a gamut of sound ranging from blues and reggae to roots and indie rock.

"It's something that's a bit of a challenge, especially with the press. They hear the first track off the album and assume the rest is going to sound similar," says Okabe. "Instead, they're hit with an abundance


of genres. Some people like it. Some don't."

Expect some of that to change in the years ahead, but not entirely. The blues-rock infused opening track of their new self-titled EP has the band leaning toward a heavier, smoky sound. However, having the freedom to take music in any direction can be addictive.

The song, Lovelight, started like most Pigeon Park songs. One member brought in the spark for it and then the rest of the band turns it into an elongated jam session with each member contributing. Except Lovelight was a bit different in that Okabe, who writes many of the songs, was much more specific.

"I was a bit of a control freak during the jam process, which is a rare thing for me," said Okabe. "I don't likeup a little in terms of location, spaciousness, and amenities in favor of comfort, attentiveness, and affordability, with room rates almost $100 less than many in the area. Sure, the rooms are tiny by any standard and there is no elevator, but the sparse European design creates the impression of clean, cozy, and urban chic.

A brief history of The Varden's namesake.

Although the hotel has undergone some major renovations, except the original front desk installed in 1929, the name has not. It was originally called the Dolly Varden Hotel. Varden a.k.a. Mrs. Raymond O'Dell was a retired circus aerialist and equestrienne who once co-starred with Buffalo Bill Cody.

At the height of her career from approximately 1882 to 1912, she was one of the best known circus performers in the


country (including an act with elephants) and had shoes and chocolates named after her. After retiring to do social work, she traveled and moved to San Jose but had an admirer in Los Angeles.

He bought the hotel, gave her the top floor, and named it after her. Later, presumably the couple moved to St. Louis. Varden would eventually die penniless a few months after her husband, except for a trunk of jewelry. Although estimated to be worth more than $100,000 at the time of her death, an appraiser later said the find wasn't worth anything as it consisted mostly of costume jewelry.

The Varden Hotel still sports the original historic sign, which even gives a hint at its luxurious past. It boasts a bath in every room, a littleless common in the 1920s and 1930s. The sign itself was probably added in the 1930s, after an historic earthquake rocked the area.

The hotel itself is an alternative to standard fare.

Although small, the hotel does have 9-foot ceilings and compact custom shelves and desks. The baths are decorated in penny mosaic and cultured marble subway tiles. The beds are winners; Simmons sleepers with pillow top mattresses and 300-thread count sheets.

Like many Euro-style hotels popping up in Southern California, the Varden offers a wine reception in the late afternoon and evening. The entire hotel also makes the most of eco-friendliness, including mini-rain showers and hallway air shafts converted to become natural light sources in the hallways.

In the morning, they serve coffee, muffins and oatmeal. But if you want more


options, The Birdcage Coffee House has great coffee and the Colonial Bakery (even closer) is known for its donuts (despite many vegan complaints). Likewise, while the Varden doesn't have a fitness center, there is a Gold's Gym located just a few feet away.

Long Beach continues to improves its offerings.

If I were born even a decade earlier, I might have experienced The Pike as it was meant to be when my parents used to scuttle down from Seattle for a few weeks of Los Angeles sunshine. The Pike amusement zone closed down in 1979. It took another 20 years before The Pike at Rainbow Harbor would be built between the convention center and Aquarium of the Pacific.

The aquarium is still a focal point and primary anchor for the areabecomes a better place to visit (especially during events and concerts) and always makes for a great overnight getaway.

Monday, October 22, 2012

In advance of their upcoming Koi No Yokan album this November, the Deftones released the Tempest as an introduction to what promises to be a more dynamic sound. The single is a near prefect progression for the Sacramento-based alternative metal band, which continues to fine tune its experimental leanings.

There are dozens of the subtle change ups to expect this time out too. Most notably, guitarist Stephen Carpenter has changed from a 7-string to an 8-string guitar. Chris Moreno had previously noted that it would carry the heaviness of their more-than-decade-old album White Pony, but with the songs moving in several directions — sometimes at once with its


riffs, interplay, and tonal qualities.

The Tempest is forebodingly beautiful, a frightening surrender.

The Tempest rolls in with a soft, atmospheric instrumental at the open, broken only by singer Chino Moreno's soothing tenor in a whisper. It serves as both a hook to catch attention as well as a foreshadow that the dreamy and almost ethereal qualities of the song are headed somewhere big.

"Take out the stories they've put into your mind. And brace for the glory as you stare into the sky," he sings. "The sky beneath I know you can be tied."

On the last lyric of the first verse, the Tempest begins its ascent into a bigger sound, an impending avalanche driven forward by pulsing bass, keys, and drums. When Moreno re-enters with the second verse, he movesup the ends of days storyline another notch for maximum effect.

All in all, the Tempest is a journey, complete with a liftoff and destination. The foreboding qualities of the song are both cathartic and caustic. There is nothing left to do except enjoy the ride to its eventual climatic fury. And once they reach it, there is nothing left but an echoing memory.

The Tempest also represents the starting concept for Koi No Yokan, which originally began with studio conversations about the end of days. Of all the songs on the album, Moreno has said it best represents the album concept as a starting point, driven by Carpenter, whom he calls their biggest conspiracy theorist.

The band themselves don't necessarily subscribe to the notion that this will be their last


album when the Mayan calendar runs out. But as a band that has largely avoided political and societal statements, the concept was an interesting place to start in capturing a sound and giving it technical perfection.

Leathers accompanies the single as a powerful B-side.

Originally offered up as an early street release, Leathers also begins with an atmospheric charge. It only takes the slightest spark to ignite into a furious wall of sound. Like Tempest, it flirts with the end of days concept but also helps the band break away from a singular concept album.

The lyrics suggest the the song may have started out with all the intensity of a judgement day, but then moved into the broader theme. It's mostly about letting go of the past, layers of labelsthat people hide behind. It's thick enough to be a second skin, albeit a fake one, and won't be very useful or protective.

The Deftones reset their direction, dynamic and heavy.

Both songs represent a heavier direction for the band compared to Diamond Eyes, which had been greatly influenced by the car accident that put bassist Chi Cheng in a coma. The Deftones had scrapped the album they were working on, Eros, in favor of starting over with Sergio Vega, former bassist of post-hardcore band Quicksand.

While Diamond Eyes was largely well received, it was a more optimistic album than anything they had produced before and a departure from what was meant to be a significantly darker and angrier album. Based on the first two glimmers from Koi No Yokan, it


on iTunes, but now Tempest can be ordered off the Koi No Yokan preorder. You can also find the Tempest and preorder available on Amazon. While you can preorder the CD from Barnes & Noble, consider the limited edition bundle on their site, with 100 people who preorder the bundle receiving a signed lithograph by the band. For tour information, visit the band on Facebook.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Although sorrowful and somber, The Orchardist: A Novel by Amanda Coplin, presents a beautifully haunting tale of what it means to be a family. This is especially true for William Talmadge, who had already settled into the idea that he would live out the balance of his life alone.

His own family was taken from him long ago. It was the summerof 1857 when they first arrived in Washington and he was only 9 years old. Three years later, his mother would die of a respiratory infection. Five years after that, his sister would head out into the forest one day and never return.

Somehow, Talmadge managed to persist on his own. He continued to tend the orchards that he and his family started from nothing more than two ailing Gravensteins and a small plot of vegetables. The orchards, of course, were significantly larger now. After he acquired more land with the help of the Homestead Act of 1862, he had grown the orchards to nearly 25 acres, widening the space between himself and his nearest neighbors at the same time.

Maybe families are made by the people we find and


lose.

Everything Talmadge had come to know about being alone, except when he sold his fruit at market, comes to an unexpected end when two runaway girls, both pregnant survivors, seek shelter in his orchards. These girls, despite being damaged and distressed, change his outlook about everything.

Even before they followed him home, he was immediately taken by these hungry and dirty creatures who were busy contemplating how they might steal his apples and apricots. If he dozed by his wagon before the churches let out, they would eat for the first time in days.

When Talmadge did doze off, he wouldn't wake up again until one of the boys from town hollered at him. He had been robbed and the boy offered to chase them down. But Talmadge didn't wantto bother. He was more curious than furious over the loss of a few apples.

He became even more curious when they camped themselves at the foot of his orchard a few days later. Their appearance had rekindled a memory, two ghosts who reminded Talmadge of his own lost sister.

In the days that followed, the two girls would only take one tentative step after the next, slowly shortening the space between them. From their point of view, it was only out of necessity. Talmadge had food, and taking it from a man was barely the lesser of two evils against the prospect of starvation.

A story is set in the near wilderness of a different era.

The novel is not historical in that the era is but a footnote compared to


Talmadge to discover that on his own when he sets out to discover their past. What he finds quickly ends any notion of reuniting a family as he had once hoped someone would do for him and sister.

Instead, with some assistance from an herbalist, midwife, and his closest neighbor Miss Caroline Middey, he decides to protect them (and their babies) the best he can. He does so despite knowing that any tranquility the three of them find will eventually come to an end. It is only a matter of time before the man who wants them back will change the trajectory of all their lives in a willful atrocity.

A quick wrap without spoilers and a note about the author.

The book spans the entire balance of Talmadge's life, histentative relationship with the girls, and remnants of the next generation. Coplin mostly does so with unforgettable ease and a poetic lift to her prose. While there are times her pacing stumbles — either drawing some segments out too long and rushing others with a quick back and forth that bleeds years away in a few pages — The Orchardist has literary merit and Coplin the promise of becoming a great author.

After receiving her degree from University of Oregon, and MFA from the University of Minnesota, Coplin received residencies from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and the Ledig House International Writers Residency Program in Ghent, New York. No surprise, Coplin's considerable insight in her novel comes in part from bring raised amongst her grandfather's orchards


Rock Steady was released, most people know the members made their own marks. Singer Gwen Stefani embarked on an uber-successful solo career as a singer and fashion icon. Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, drummer Adrian Young, and guitarist Tom Dumont became parents. They all grew up.

It wasn't until the foursome spent time together on a No Doubt reunion tour in 2009 that the idea for a new album was sparked. Even then, there was no rush.

It's part of what makes the release of Push and Shove so interesting. They may be older and wiser, but they haven't lost any spark. Even producer/engineer Mark Stent noted that the band wanted to do an album that was purposely intended to be played live, which meant less dubs and more chops inYou can order the album from Barnes & Noble.

The band is slated to peform at the MTV European Music Awards in Frankfurt, Germany, on Nov. 11. Then they return to Los Angeles for a six-show residency at the Gibson Amphitheatre. Tickes for three of the shows are already sold out. To check for new tour dates and other news, visit the band’s website.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Two years ago, prolific board game designer Reiner Knizia released Samurai for the iOS, which remains one of the finest handheld device adaptions based on his games. Last year, his widely acclaimed strategy board game Tigris and Euphrates debuted with an equally beautiful design.

The game is named after the Tigris and Euphrates, two rivers that produced the Fertile Crescent and gave rise to


what is commonly called the cradle of civilization in the Middle East. It was around this area that Mesopotamia supported some of the earliest urban settlements, which eventually included the Sumerian, Babylonian, Akkadian, and Assyrian empires.

What is the Tigris and Euphrates?

Tigris and Euphrates was one of the first games published by Knizia after he became a full-time professional game developer in 1997. Game play takes place on a map between and around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers at the dawn of civilization, with two to four players attempting to create a winning and lasting dynasty.

To do it, players draw and place tiles and leaders that represent various elements of civilizations — temples and priests (red), farms and farmers (blue), markets and merchants (green) and settlements and kings (black).With each turn, players attempt to expand their empires, represented by the Potter, Archer, Bull, and Lion.

The goal of the game is to develop four key aspects of civilization in the most balanced way possible, which includes part of the twist to one of Knizia's most popular games. The lowest scoring aspect — spiritual, agricultural, commerce, and government — will determine the winner, not the highest.

In addition to receiving victory points for possessing placed tiles connected by a leader, players can expedite the accumulation of victory points by collecting treasures, building monuments, and winning conflicts. Monuments deliver specific victory points during each turn of play (but leave kingdoms vulnerable to attack) while treasures serve as a wild victory point placed in their lowest scoring aspect.

Conflicts are the most


Games, which rendered Tigris and Euphrates into an app. They have brought several boutique board games to market with the iPad in mind, including Knizia's Ra. It's a job well done, especially in that it changes the way people think about games.

You can find Tigris and Euphrates on the App Store via iTunes. Or, you can look for the out-of-print board game, last published by Mayfair Games, on Amazon. The Tigris and Euphrates board game includes a double scenario edition, which features a different map on the backside of the game board. The game is beautifully produced, with hundreds of painted wood pieces and illustrated tiles. (The top image is from the latest republishing.)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

If you haven't caught the rising stars of Scottish rock-noise, Paws, thentheir debut will be a nice surprise. Recently signed with FatCat Records to clean up their demos, they're part of a growing garage punk revival in the United Kingdom. It's a good time for one.

Currently living in Glasgow, the trio came together there after their original quartet went bust. What came out of the new band was an always fuzzy and sometimes sarcastic sound that hints at alternative rock without diving in completely to retain originality. It's called Cokefloat!

Cokefloat! introduces Paws to a bigger world.

Although Cokefloat! is their full-length debut, Phillip Taylor, Matt Scott, and Josh Swinney have been at it for awhile as an indie band, opening for the likes of Dum Dum Girls and Japandroids as those bands toured Europe. After the debut, it's likely they'll


be looking for openers of their own soon.

Between tours and openers, they wrote several dozen songs and even self-produced a few homegrown lo-fi demos via Cath Records (co-managed with friends) to share around until they were found. They also did a split with Lady North before a little-heard FatCat Records EP and double-sided single (both with FatCat). But you don't have to dig for them. Cokefloat! fits in most of what was missed.

Cokefloat! features 13 tracks, leading off with Catherine 1956. The opener starts out a little nasal in its tone, but it doesn't take long for the lyrics and rhythm to wash over it as you're hit with the fact that this song is about the loss of Taylor's mom. She's gone, lost to cancer. She's missedthe band says that they often found themselves playing just to keep themselves alive, they mean it. That doesn't mean every song on the catchy, quirky album is wrapped around dark times. When they constructed the album, they picked 13 tracks from their entire catalog to represent the last two years.

That was only one part of it. Mostly, they sat around and picked their favorite songs and then re-recorded them, including several that only existed as demos. Along with Sore Tummy, Poor Christopher Robin, Get Bent, Tulip, Boregasm were all rough cuts before they entered the studio with producer Rory Attwell (Test Icicles). He likely added some of the punk influences that lend well to the sound that the band has always wanted to achieve, a sugar rush


before the crash.

Other standouts on the album include the grinning lyrics and borrowed riffs in Pony, the poignant Bird Inside Birdcage, Ribcage Inside Bird, and the intensity of the more experimental Winners Don't Bleed. The rest of the album has other high points too, surprisingly different given the simplistic structure. The entire album is worth consideration.

Cokefloat! By Paws Rocks 9.1 On The Liquid Hip Richter Scale.

If Paws is representative of more Scottish rock ready to come out of Glasgow, then there is plenty of promise for noise rock yet. Sure, some people might be ruffled in saying these guys belong to another era, but not me. Listen to the lyrics and you'll find that Paws are authentic in their trials and exuberant in their youth. This is ait also extends to healing the world," she says. "Each song on the album is designated to raise funds for a specific charity. Some of them are very personal choices."

Among the most personal are the Alzheimer's Association and National Multiple Sclerosis Society, as her grandmother is afflicted with Alzheimer's and a close friend from college is diagnosed with MS. The Yonso Project also has a personal connection. Her cousin and cousin's fiancé founded the program in the Ghana, which sponsors education, micro-loans, and other innovative programs to lift up people in isolated rural areas within this West African country.

As for the rest? She's connected to all of them, with some suggested by her friends and family. It's her hope to help as many people possible, while giving each


content but in influences felt in the arrangements. Listen to Tough Cookies first.

Side B, The Hare, carries more quiet self-reflection as opposed to the robust self-discovery on The Hound. While these too could be set to the stage, some of the confessional, contemplative and dramatic upticks could stand alone as pop songs. Start with the first track, Icebreakers.

McGraw, a self-described closet introvert who often comes across as an extrovert, says she wrote most of the songs over the last ten years while working on unrelated musical and joining several writer groups. Last year, she also released a single to benefit farmers recovering from Hurricane Irene.

"Making my own music is nothing new," says McGraw, who won the Vermont Young Composers scholarship award for her ballad “Comic Books and Flashlights”to you.

McGraw clearly has a passion for the arts as well as the world around her. We think it's great that she found a way to bring the two together, much like she did last year with The Chandelier. This time, she takes a decade of work and gives it freely to several worthwhile organizations.

By purchasing the album during specified weeks, select organizations benefit. You can find The Hound & The Hare on iTunes or download it from Amazon, but McGraw notes that Aurovine and Nimbit afford more proceeds to the artist (and thus more proceeds to the benefactors). Currently, McGraw is planning a CD release party in the Bay area. You can keep up on her appearances on Facebook.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Most of the time when people


Foundation.

It's a big song, technically precise, and remains heavy throughout the first half of the song, until the melodic qualities are really needed as a moment of reflection. This is also one of the reasons that AILD has always hit harder than many metalcore bands. They seldom resort to the pat harsh-melodic back and forth, preferring to look for the right moments. And even then, the melodic verses remain strong.

This is where Tim Lambesis and Josh Gilbert have always had an advantage in their exchanges. Gilbert never becomes overtly melodramatic or excessively sensitive in his vocal bits but rather elevates Lambesis, making an impact. The complement works well enough on the song Resilience too.

All three tracks lead up to the most memorable song on the album, Wasted Words.an intelligent, self-educated mick who is unflappable under pressure. The choice is left up to the reader.

Most people will lean to see him as the latter. Even as an anti-hero, Forsythe seldom enjoys his ruthlessness, which makes it difficult to pinpoint his detachment from it. Half the time, he acts out things he has seen or heard of in the fog of disbelief that he is actually doing them. Even his colleagues are often left with a sense of awe by his ability to shrug off brutality and order a sandwich.

When he is not slugging or shooting it out, Forsythe often seems wise beyond his years. He is well-read, street-smart, and keenly observant, able to quickly size up people and places when he is thinking. When he is


not thinking, he exhibits all the brashness of a tough-loved teen.

Sometimes he is bound by old world honor. Other times, he doesn't have a shred of self-restraint. The duality of his character explains both his bad luck and ability to narrowly survive it. For instance, Forsythe is smart enough to capture admiration, but dumb enough to get involved with Whitey's girl.

Michael Forsythe is the kind of character you never forget.

While the plot is straightforward, McKinty paints it with such vividness that there isn't any question why his debut crime novel was short-listed for the CWA Steel Dagger Award in 2004. Even after almost a decade, the cadence and character of an Irish survivor is as additive as it is adventurous.

You know before it happens that Forsythe is goingto continue his run of bad Irish luck. It's apparent the boss is too suspicious of Forsythe's infidelities for it to never be found out. And yet, nobody can really guess how bad retribution might be when Whitey decides to send his boys south of the border.

The four of them are given enough money to have a great time, but absolutely no details about the job. Forsythe knows that it doesn't feel right and yet he plods head first into the ruinousness of it all. People disappear all the time in Mexico and Whitey wants almost all of them to disappear.

A few graphs about Irish-born Adrian McKinty.

Like his principal character, Adrian McKinty was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Although he grew up in County Antrim, he also moved


to the United States in the early 1990s and first lived in Harlem. He didn't stay long and eventually moved to Denver, Colorado, to teach college.

He has written 13 books, most notably his Michael Forsythe trilogy and young adult Lighthouse trilogy. He is currently writing the Sean Duffy trilogy from his new home in Australia. He and his family moved there in 2008.

Dead I Well May Be By McKinty Packs 9.8 On The Liquid Hip Richter Scale.

There aren't many noir books with better characters than the persistent Michael Forsythe. Never mind that he always assumes he will die. It's his relentless nature to try anyway that keeps him afloat in the world a little longer. His knack for treading water and sometimes darkly comic assessments of life remainskills of our own workforce, attracting the most talented people from around the world has been a competitive edge for the United States over the past century. According to the nonpartisan National Foundation for American Policy, 51 percent of all billion-dollar high-tech start-ups in America were founded by immigrants. ¹¹ Reforming immigration laws to make it easier for high-skilled immigrants to come to America, and for immigrants who receive advanced training to stay here, should lead to a higher economic growth rate and more jobs here at home.

In addition to improving the skills of our own workforce, attracting the most talented people from around the world has been a competitive edge for the United States over the past century. According to the nonpartisan National Foundation for American Policy,


Africa, in open spaces with high grass from Senegal to Somalia, southern Namibia and eastern South Africa. The dimensions of the beast can visually strong enough to increase when the excitation tsiveta raises hair. And her fur is thick and long, especially on the back near the tail. Paws, muzzle and the tail end of an absolutely black, most of the body pyatnistopolosataya.

Muskrat. The animal is sufficiently well known for its sonorous name. Just picture a good one.

PROEHIDNA. This natural wonder is usually weighs up to 10kg, although there were more large specimens. By the way, the length of the body proehidny reaches 77 cm, and that's not counting their beloved five to seven centimeter tail. Any description of this animal is based on a comparison with ato brown, with light-colored belly and a more limbs and varies depending on geographic and subspecies of the animal's age. Grasping, not woolly tail is about half the length of the animal and serves as a fifth limb, making it easier to advance in the dense tropical forest. Bear Couscous is the most primitive of all the couscous, which retains a primitive dentition and structural features of the skull.

Galago. His big bushy tail is clearly comparable with the squirrel. A charming and attractive face graceful movements, flexibility, and insinuating, clearly reflect his feline trait. Amazing jumping, agility, strength and incredible agility of this animal clearly shows his nature funny cats and the elusive protein. Of course it would where to use their talents, because a small cage for


be compared with the clown mask. This is most likely explains the name of animal: Loeris means "clown."

Gharial. Of course, one of the representatives of the order of crocodiles. With age, the face gharial becomes even narrower and longer. Due to the fact that the gharial eats fish, whose teeth are long and pointed, located on a slight slope for easy eating.

OKAPI.WOOD GIRAFFE. Traveling through Central Africa, a journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley in Africa (1841-1904) more than once confronted with the local Aborigines. After meeting one day expedition, equipped with horses, the natives of the Congo told the famous traveler, they have a jungle inhabited by wild animals, very similar to his horses. Many had seen the Englishman was a bit puzzled by this fact. Aftersome negotiations in 1900, the British were finally able to acquire part of the mysterious animal skins from the local population and send them to the Royal Zoological Society of London, where an unknown animal was given the name "Horse Johnston» (Equus johnstoni), that is identified by his family horse . But what was their surprise when a year later managed to get the whole skin and two skulls of unknown animals, and find that it's more like a pygmy giraffe since the Ice Age. Only in 1909, managed to catch a live specimen Okapi.

VALABI.WOOD KANGAROO. The genus Woody kangaroo - wallaby (Dendrolagus) include six species. Of them live in New Guinea, D. Inustus or bearish wallabies, D. Matschiei or wallabies Matchisha having a subspecies of D. Goodfellowi


deep snow cover. On each paw, and huge curved claws. Wolverine fine climbs trees, has keen eyesight. A voice like a fox.

Foss. On the island of Madagascar have survived such animals, of which there is not only in Africa itself but throughout the rest of the world. One of the rarest animals is the Fosse - the only member of the genus Cryptoprocta and the largest carnivorous mammal that lives on the island of Madagascar. Foss appearance a bit unusual: it is a cross between civet and small Puma. Sometimes called the Foss and the Madagascan lion, as the ancestors of this animal was much larger and reached a size of a lion. Foss has a squat, massive and slightly elongated body, whose length can reach up to80 cm (on average it is 65-70 cm). Paws for Foss long, but thick enough, and the hind legs above the front. The tail is often equal to the length of the body and reaches up to 65 cm

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PALM THIEF. Representative decapods. Habitat which is the western Pacific and the tropical Indian Ocean islands. This animal is from a family of land crabs is large enough for their own kind. Adult body size reaches up to 32 cm and weigh up to 3 - 4 kg. For a long


of the evil spirits. However, many of our contemporaries who first see tarsiers in its native habitat, are amazed at its nonstandard appearance.

Margao. From "relatives" of these wild cats vary in size and body proportions, as well as lifestyle. For example, the Margay is very similar to its closest relative - Ocelot, who, moreover, often found in the same place, inhabited by Margay. Distinguish these cats is simple - ocelot much larger, since they prefer to hunt on the ground, and Margay has longer legs and tail, mainly due to a life in the trees.

Muddy jumper. Is found in intertidal areas and in areas such as tropical wetlands, resulting in growth of mangrove areas. Particularly muddy jumpers like to settle in places where fresh water meets the sea.to the data, at first sight, very difficult conditions and even learned how to benefit from the changing seasons. Here and Native Indian purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), which was opened as a species only recently - in 2003, uses the monsoons with the use of - for the continuation of some sort.

Isopods. Giant isopods woodlice length about 30 cm in the deep sea live about 1.6 miles.

SUNNY BEAR. Malayan bear biruang, or, as it is called by the characteristic color, sunlight, or honey bear, lives in India, Myanmar, as well as on the islands of Borneo, Java and Sumatra. He is big enough interest to zoologists, and for lovers of wildlife, as this species belongs to the most stunted, the most aggressive and the smallest members of the


family bear. By the way, just threatening small number of this kind and was the cause of entry biruangov in the Red Book. Adult sun bear has very severe. But enough of great interest due to his person is not the place of his habitation, and not the character, and stunning appearance, which immediately catches the eye from any photo.

TIBETAN FOX. Found in Tibet in the north-west of India and Nepal, north at high altitudes.

Medusa. Just a giant jellyfish.

GOLD TIGER. That's called the Tigers with a similar color. The reason for unusual colors - "did not work," one of the genes. Consider, as an albino ...

Aye-aye.RUKONOZHKA. Rukonozhka Madagascan or ay-ay, a mammal of the suborder prosimians, the only member of the family rukonozhek. Body length 40 cm, 60cm of the tail head is large, the muzzle is short, the ears are large, leathery. The tail is bushy. Hair color from dark brown to black.

GUYDAK. Large gastropod up to a half kilograms. Is found off the west coast of the United States. Of the thin brittle shell guidaka (about 20 cm in length) serves "leg", which is three times more shells. The English name is a clam (geoduck, gweduck) appeared at the end of the XIX century, is derived from the name of the shellfish in the language of the Indians-niskualey (and therefore pronounced "guidak"), meaning "digging deep" - this is really quite deeply clams buried in the sand.

Devil. Is an extinct marsupial mammal, the sole representative of the family tilatsinovyh. This animal is also known


as the "Tasmanian Tiger" and "Tasmanian wolf". In the early Holocene and late Pleistocene marsupial wolf was found on the Australian mainland and the island of New Guinea. About 3,000 years ago, settlers Aboriginal brought to the island of wild dingo dog, resulting in a marsupial wolf disappeared from the territory. In XVIII-XIX centuries. main habitat the marsupial wolf of Tasmania was considered, but in the thirties of the XIX century the mass extermination of the animal, which is mistakenly believed destroyer of domestic sheep. In addition, tilatsinu attributed to hunting and destruction of poultry, wild game caught in traps. Most of these legends was a lie.

Lamprey. Species, under threat of destruction. Reaches a length of 120 cm and weight of 3 kg. Spawns in June and early

People v Bryant (2018 NY Slip Op 00899)

People v Bryant

2018 NY Slip Op 00899

Decided on February 8, 2018

Appellate Division, First Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on February 8, 2018

Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Andrias, Kapnick, Moulton, JJ.

5647 1422/14

[*1]The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
vSassony Bryant, Defendant-Appellant.

Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York (Eve Kessler of counsel), for appellant.
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Kelly L. Smith of counsel), for respondent.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Jill Konviser, J.), rendered November 10, 2015), convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term


of nine years, unanimously modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, to the extent of reducing the prison component of the sentence to seven years, and otherwise affirmed.
We find the sentence excessive to the extent indicated.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER
OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.
ENTERED: FEBRUARY 8, 2018
CLERK

Adelaide rents a two-bedroom flat in Littlehampton and lives with her two-year-old son (Picture: Scott Ramsey/Metro.co.uk)

What I Rent is a weekly series in which we take you inside different people’s rented properties – from the outrageously overpriced to the cheap and cheerful.

The idea is to create a more honest picture of what renting is really like in the UK (and beyond).

Last week we were in Clackmannanshire, in Scotland, with Carmel, who pays £650 a month for a four-bedroom house.

This time we’re hanging out with Adelaide in Littlehampton.

Adelaide is an 18-year-old student and has a two-year-old son, who she lives with in a two-bedroom flat. She was born in Peterborough but has lived in Littlehampton for the majority of her life, having chosen to stick around as it’s a


his own podcast called, Growth Everywhere. He started the interview show a few years before Marketing School and says it took a lot of experimentation and about three years to get real traction.

Eric said he averaged about nine downloads a day over his first year. In his second year, Eric averaged about 54 downloads per day. After about three and a half years, he started averaging about 80,000 downloads per month for Growth Everywhere. To compare, Marketing School was able to get one million downloads in its first four months.

“After the first year, I really wanted to give up,” he said. But he stuck with it and credits Growth Everywhere with helping him and Neil achieve the fast growth of Marketing School.

A major difference between the two podcastsSome 3,000 miles of navigable waterways will be almost doubled in a bid to reawaken a historic national asset

“When you’ve lived a busy life, it really is like stepping into another world,” said Fiona Wright, who moved off-grid with her daughter and five dogs when she traded in her Wiltshire home for a 45-foot narrowboat last summer.

Wright’s love of the canals is shared by tens of thousands of people who are taking to the water, and the towpath, in ever greater numbers in a waterways renaissance.

There are now 38,000 narrowboats – one quarter of them are homes – on 3,000 miles of navigable waterways, and the number of people enjoying barge holidays has doubled in recent years. Membership of the Friends of the Canal and River Trust (CRT),


the Wey and Arun navigation near the Surrey-West Sussex border.

• The completion of a two-year restoration of a hopelessly derelict lock on the Grantham canal in the east Midlands, bringing the Lincolnshire town a step closer to returning to the national network it left more than 80 years ago.

• A redoubling of fundraising efforts by the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, which raised the money to build an aqueduct over the M6 toll road 16 years ago despite the fact that there is no canal there (there will be, eventually). Unless work on a tunnel under a railway and a new roundabout starts within a year or so costs will increase enormously. The trust must raise £1m by the end of this year in a campaign ledby the actor and canals supporter David Suchet: it has just passed £530,000.

• Taking the next step on one of the most daunting challenges faced by any of the nation’s restoration projects, the Missing Mile on the Cotswold canals, a stretch that was more or less obliterated when the M5 was built. Motorists on the A419 will see narrowboats crossing the middle of a roundabout; there is also junction 13 of the M5 to deal with, plus a major gas pipeline and two more roundabouts. It should be finished by 2023, bringing Stroud back on to the national network.

The IWA’s report aims to change the attitude of funders, politicians, government departments, local authorities, restoration groups and even health professionals. As well as the economic and environmental benefits of


Littlehampton in West Sussex to the Lake District. By road, on a good day, that would take six hours. At the more sedate pace of the canals, where the speed limit is 4mph, it would take weeks.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Prunella Scales and Timothy West enjoy life in the slow lane on Great Canal Journeys. Photograph: C4

But what’s the rush? The yearning for a slower life, revealed to millions of television viewers by Timothy West and Prunella Scales in the nine series of Channel 4’s Great Canal Journeys, is one of the big attractions of the inland waterways.

The most popular writer on canals was Tom Rolt, the godfather of canal restoration who helped found the IWA. In his hugely popular and still in-print 1944 book, Narrow Boat, he saidtheir example and begin demonstrating your expertise to reach your sales goals.

Rhys Metler

Rhys is a tenacious, top performing Senior Sales Recruiter with 11+ years of focused experience in the Digital Media, Mobile, Software, Technology and B2B verticals. He has a successful track record of headhunting top performing sales candidates for some of the most exciting brands in North America. He is a Certified Recruitment Specialist (CRS) and has expert experience in prospecting new business, client retention/renewals and managing top performing sales and recruitment teams. Rhys enjoys spending quality time with his wife, son, and two daughters, BBQing on a hot summer day, tropical vacations and cottaging.


Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography.

The National Geographic Society is the sole source for the National Geographic Bee school-level contest materials.

To find out how a school can participate in the National Geographic Bee, or for information on how a homeschool association can register, please visit our registration page. We do not accept emailed or faxed registrations.

The National Geographic Bee is administered on a not-for-profit basis by the National Geographic Society.

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook has a shot at history in Wednesday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers, as he can become the first player since Michael Jordan in 1988-89 to record a triple-double in four consecutive games, per Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN Stats & Info).

Westbrook's chance to match Jordan hinges on the 26-year-old point guard's ability to play. He missed Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers after suffering a fracture to the zygomatic arch bone in his right cheek toward the end of Friday's hard-fought 115-112 road loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Westbrook managed 40 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists during the nationally televised game in Portland, after recording 39 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in another tough loss Thursday against


the Phoenix Suns.

The first triple-double in the streak was somewhat less impressive, with Westbrook notching 20 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists over 28 minutes in last Tuesday's win over the Indiana Pacers.

The superstar point guard is seemingly on track to play in Wednesday's favorable matchup with the Sixers, but it's possible he'll be somewhat affected by the mask that he is expected to wear.

Philadelphia has surrendered an NBA-leading eight triple-doubles since the start of last season, while no other team has allowed more than five, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Of course, even if Westbrook falls short of Jordan's streak, he can take some pride in being the first player since LeBron James in March 2009 to record a triple-double in three straight games, per Basketball-Reference.com's play index.Some small out-of-the-way small towns are just plain interesting if you take to time to explore.

Wander around the streets of Reefton including Broadway, the town's main street with its pioneer and the verandah house look. It may not be New York but it’s fun. Take in the history, explore the historic buildings and imagine what it was like back in the 1870s when the promise of gold and lasting prosperity built the town. The many buildings dating back to the beginning help you recreate Reefton's past - the Surveyors House (1871), the 'Top of the Town' shops and Forsyth & Masters Store (1870s), the Courthouse (1872), the Oddfellows Hall (1872), Bank of New Zealand (1873), National Bank (1873), Catholic Church (1877), St Stephens Anglican Church (1878), Reefton School


of Mines (1886), St Xavier's Convent (1897) and the Band Hall (1901).
Reefton is also rich in rail heritage with the world's only Single 'R' Class Fairlie locomotive in its original form sitting right in the heart of town. Just out of town on SH 69 towards Westport, the Reefton railway precinct retains its 19th Century railway station (1892) and the country's only remaining single row two-stall steam engine shed (1892), both former Midland Railway Company buildings.

The Old Miners Hut

Bringing history further to life are the bearded miners at the Miners Hut. This replica hut depicting 1860s style housing is made of native cedar slabs and set amongst native plantings right in the heart of town on Broadway.
Gavin, Peter and Geoff are 'in residence' all year, and welcome visitorsin to learn how a miner lived in the 19th century when the promise of gold lured thousands of prospectors to the area.
You can sit in front of the fire, enjoy a cup of tea, watch pieces of iron and steel being shaped on the blacksmith forge or try your hand at gold panning where flakes of gold may be found.

Reefton School of Mines

Opened in 1886 it was the school where miners learnt their trade and where at times local school children came to learn about chemistry as part of their schooling. The simple gabled building holds an extensive technical book collection, a wonderful mineral collection sourced from places around the world, and out the back in the assay room crucibles wait on the shelves for their next


Pearl Harbor survivors group says it will disband

by Audrey McAvoy - Dec. 7, 2011 10:41 PMAssociated Press

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Veterans from Pearl Harbor observed the 70th anniversary of the attack Wednesday with a solemn ceremony at the site of the Japanese bombing, as an aging and dwindling group of survivors announced it would disband at the end of the month.

"It was time. Some of the requirements became a burden," William Muehleib, president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, said after the ceremony. He also cited poor health among the group's 2,700 members, adding that most of the survivors have realized there are other things they'd like to do at their age.

The Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, killed 2,390 Americans and brought the United States into WorldWar II.

Survivors will be able to attend future commemoration ceremonies on their own. About 3,000 people, including Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and military leaders, attended this year's anniversary at a site overlooking the sunken USS Arizona and the white memorial that straddles the battleship.

Muehleib said there are an estimated 7,000 to 8,000 Pearl Harbor survivors. Local chapters of the group will function as long as they have members and survivors can gather socially, but they will no longer have a formal organization.

The group's announcement came as President Barack Obama hailed veterans of the bombing in a statement proclaiming Wednesday as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day."

"Their tenacity helped define the Greatest Generation and their valor fortified all who served during World War II. As a nation, we look to


December 7, 1941, to draw strength from the example set by these patriots and to honor all who have sacrificed for our freedoms," he said.

USS Utah survivor Gilbert Meyer said he comes back each year to see his shipmates entombed in the battleship which rests not far from where it sank.

Meyer, 88, recalled his ship rolling over after being hit by a torpedo and seeing Japanese planes dropping bombs. When the planes began showing machine gun fire, he knew it was time to move.

"That really got my attention, so I got in the water and swam ashore," he said.Menu

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Confirmed: Bodies exhumed from narcofosa are Michoacan Tourists

After days of investigation, the Guerrero Secretary of Public Safety, confirmed that the 18 corpses recently exhumed from a clandestine grave outside of Acapulco, have been positively identified as the Michoacan tourists that went missing on September 30.

At this time, the family members, who identified the victims, have claimed the bodies and are awaiting their release for transport back to their native city of Morelia.

The four women who arrived yesterday decided, for security reasons, to remain at the headquarters of the regional prosecutor of the Attorney General of Guerrero, a place guarded by policemen from the three levels of government.

The twenty missing men from Morelia were reportedly abducted by gunmen while looking for a place to stay in


the resort town of Acapulco.

The men were among a group of 22 tourist who arrived in Acapulco from the neighboring state of Michoacan in four cars on September 30, investigators said.

Two of the men told authorities they avoided being kidnapped because they had separated from the group to search for a place to stay in the popular tourist destination. Later, they reported their friends' disappearance to investigators.

At around 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 2, police found four vehicles abandoned believed to belong to the missing tourists. Only shoes and clothing were left inside the vehicles, according to the Guerrero state police.

Police were alerted to the grave by an anonymous call and a video. In the video uploaded on YouTube, two unidentified men accused the cartel “La Familia Michoacana”of adding to the escalation of violence in the city, and admit to participating in the abduction and murder of 20-25 tourists who were from the neighboring state of Michoacán.

Only one minute and nine seconds in duration, it was uploaded under the screen “Brazorojo,” and voice of is heard off camera that doesn’t deviate from the question: “Who ordered the kidnapping and killing of the Michoacanos?”

The 2 men that appear on the video were executed and their bodies abandoned at the site of narcofosa .

At this time, two men are still considered missing as only 18 bodies were found in the mass grave located in the town of Tunzingo.

They didn't it was La Barbies old crew, now called 'Cartel Indepente De Acapulco', trying to keep LFM out of


A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck remote New Britain island in Papua New Guinea, the United States Geological Survey said, though there were no immediate reports of damage.

The quake hit about 200km (125 miles) south-west of the town of Rabaul at a depth of almost 40km, just before 7am local time (2100 GMT Wednesday).

“We felt the earthquake a bit, but it was not too strong,” constable Roy Michael told Reuters by phone from Rabaul police station.

He said there was no damage in the town, but officers had not yet been able to contact villages closer to the epicentre.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said waves less than 30cm high could be expected on coastlines in Papua New Guinea and neighbouring Solomon Islands. Australia’s Tsunami Warning Centre said its coastlineswere not at risk.

The quake was initially recorded with a magnitude of 7.3 but was downgraded. At least two aftershocks with a magnitude greater than 5 shortly followed.

In March, a 6.6 magnitude quake struck nearby and no casualties or damage were reported.

Papua New Guinea, one of the world’s poorest countries, sits on the geologically active Pacific ring of fire and is still recovering from a 7.5 quake that hit some 900km to the west in February, killing at least 100 people.

The quake came after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali on Thursday, killing three people in Java and damaging some buildings while causing panic among residents.

The quake, located in the Bali Sea, also shook buildings on the resort island and some


Barbara Probst

Barbara Probst was born in Munich in 1964 and now lives and works in both New York and Munich. She was educated at Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich and Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf. She received fellowships from Kunstfonds and the Bavarian State and was awarded a Philip Morris Award in 2002.

Probst has had solo shows in Germany and the USA and has has his work included in numerous group exhibitions such as in “New Photography 2006” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. Her solo show at the National Museum of Photography Copenhagen will open on October 3rd, 2013. On the occasion of this event a new book will be published by Hatje Cantz. She is also included inThe Trump administration is "undoing decades of civil and human rights progress," especially regarding LGBTQ issues, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said in a report published last Thursday.

The study is the result of a two-year probe launched after several agencies announced budget and personnel cuts in departments that oversee civil rights. Stripping these divisions of resources, the commission found, left "allegations of civil rights violations unredressed."

The federal watchdog group also alleged that the administration's application of "religious liberty" guidance since 2017 has been marginalizing LGBTQ communities. The report cites the example of the DOJ supporting a Colorado-based baker who refused to sell cake to a same-sex couple in a discriminatory lawsuit, as well the "elimination of data collection on LGBTQ status."

In a statement, the White House denounced


the report as a product of the "radical left" to paint LGBTQ Americans as "threatened," reports NBC News.

While the independent, bipartisan commission will not be able to enforce their findings, the report will still be presented to Congress at the end of the year. "After that," notes NBC News, "it's up to legislators to act."

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When he first appeared on American Idol, Chris Sligh seemed like the sixth season's answer to the unconventional appeal of Taylor Hicks, a guy who didn't look like a pop singer at all but had enough off-kilter charm and sense of self to win over the American public. Things didn't quite work out that way, as the Sligh train derailed halfway through the season, ironically enough because he had an inflated sense of self, mouthing back to the judges (especially Simon, as he's the only one anybody cares about) in a way that made him, not them, more arrogant. This helped usher him off the show, but not before he built a following among the audience he had hoped to target: contemporary Christian music fans, who the


former Bob Jones University student cultivated through his diligently updated blog during his year of Idol fame. This nicely set up a chance for a career as a CCM recording artist, an opportunity he seized with his 2008 debut, Running Back to You. Sligh's American Idol exposure ensured him top-level CCM talent, coming in the form of producer Brown Bannister, who has worked with such Christian heavyweights as Steven Curtis Chapman and Amy Grant, and producer Stephen Leiweke, who helmed the debut from Jars of Clay. With these two producers, Sligh has run the gamut of CCM, appealing to both the middlebrow mainstream and an element of the alternative side (albeit an aging alternative, as the Jars of Clay angle does not reflect the increasing U2/Coldplay mannerisms oflike the cry of my heart. Would like more worship songs that are quiet and meaningful for easy listening in a quiet mood.

Biography

Born: 1978 in Madison, TN

Genre: Inspirational

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Chris Sligh received his big break during the sixth season of American Idol, where his self-deprecating humor and tenor vocals earned him a tenth-place finish. He parlayed that success into a CCM career, first with the band Half Past Forever (which Sligh had formed prior to the American Idol season) and later as a solo act. Born into a Baptist household in 1978, Charles Christopher Sligh developed his faith and singing ability at a young age. His parents were missionaries whose work required the...