will run on any given day, meaning crews will no longer swap between north- and south-bound services on the central volcanic plateau.

Instead of running in both directions for seven days a week over summer and three in the off-season, trains will leave Auckland on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays and return from Wellington on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays throughout the year.

The plan is opposed by communities along the way, from which 8073 people have signed a petition to keep the stops.

Mangaweka art gallery owner Richard Aslett, representing Rangitikei District Council's Taihape ward, said it would hurt provincial New Zealand for no great advantage to tourists.

Those needing to travel between Auckland or Wellington in a hurry would keep catching aircraft, leaving those with more time to take the train.

"People gettingRetinal development in the lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.): premetamorphic ammocoete eye.
Development of the retina of the ammocoete begins early in embryogenesis, with the formation of the optic vesicle, but development of the rudimentary eye is suspended and remains arrested during larval life. Prior to the onset of metamorphosis, the retina of the ammocoete is completely undifferentiated, with the exception of a small area (Zone II) surrounding the optic nerve head, where all of the adult retinal layers are found. The photoreceptors in this area have developed to include synaptic contacts as well as inner and outer segments. The pigment epithelium in this area, too, has differentiated to include well-formed melanin granules, myeloid bodies and endoplasmic reticulum and is closely associated with the receptor cell outer segments. With the


approach of metamorphosis, differentiation of the remainder of the retina (Zone I) begins, taking place in a radial fashion from the optic nerve head. Differentiating pigment epithelial cells adjacent to the differentiated retinal zone begin to accumulate melanin granules. In the neural retina, junctional complexes are established in the form of an external limiting membrane, and connecting cilia project into the optic ventricle. Photoreceptor differentiation begins with the formation of a mitochondria-filled ellipsoid within the inner segment. Development and differentiation of the ammocoete retina is unique to vertebrates in that only a small area of differentiated retina is present during the larval stage. The remainder of the retina differentiates and becomes functional during metamorphosis.YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's government denied Friday that a Buddhist mob ripped through a town in an isolated strife-torn corner of the country this week, attacking Muslim women and children. Villagers and a rights group said more than a dozen people may have been killed, and that hundreds have fled their homes.

"We have had no information about killings," Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut told reporters on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Nations Foreign Ministers' meeting in Myanmar's ancient city of Bagan.

Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million people, has been grappling with sectarian violence for nearly two years. More than 240 people have been killed and another 250,000 forced to flee their homes, most of them Muslims from the western state of Rakhine.

The northern tip


of the state, where Tuesday's violence occurred, is home to 80 per cent of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, considered by the UN to be one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. The region is also one of the most isolated in the country, with access to foreign journalists and humanitarian aid workers almost always either denied or heavily restricted.

Chris Lewa of the Thailand-based Arakan Project, an advocacy group that has been documenting abuses against Rohingya for more than a decade, said details about the violence in Du Char Yar Tan village were still emerging, with many conflicting reports.

The death toll could be anywhere from 10 to 60, said Lewa, whose sources range from a village administrator to witnesses. One described the slashed-up bodies of three acquaintances --two women and a 14-year-old boy -- found in their homes.

Tensions have been building in the region since last month, when monks from a Buddhist extremist movement known as 969 arrived and started giving sermons by loudspeaker advocating the expulsion of all Rohingya.

One resident said by phone that an initial flare-up followed the discovery of three bodies in a ditch near Du Char Yar Tan village by several firewood collectors.

Believing they were among several Rohingya who went missing after being detained by authorities, they alerted friends and neighbours, who returned with their cellphones to take pictures, said the man, who works as a volunteer English teacher. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared reprisals.

That night, five police officers went to the village to confiscate the phones


the police or army," the Arakan Project wrote in a briefing Thursday.

The English teacher said 17 women and five children were killed. Another resident put the toll at 11.

Ye Htut, the deputy information minister, said the "reports might be a coverup, because of the policeman going missing."

Shwe Maung, a Muslim Lower House lawmaker who represents Buthidaung Township for the Union Solidarity and Development Party, told the local news agency Irrawaddy he had received conflicting reports about the numbers of casualties.

"A lot of people are missing," he said. "Normally when they are missing family members, Rohingya people think they are dead."

Some of the Rohingya in northern Rakhine descend from families that have been there for generations. Others arrived more recently from neighbouring Bangladesh. All have been denied citizenship, renderinghis 28-year-old passenger died on the road.

"Unfortunately the rider was thrown into the path of another vehicle and was killed instantly, and the passenger died a short time later," Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy of Traffic and Highway Patrol said.


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In order to identify factors that could influence the success of tympanoplasties in adults, a retrospective study of 291 tympanoplasties performed on patients aged 15 years and older during the years 1984-1989 was carried out. Surgical success was defined as an intact membrane after two years follow-up and hearing improvement of at least 15 decibels. The success rate of the tympanoplasties was 90%. A functioning eustachian tube was found to be important for graft take. No difference was found in the rate of graft take regardless of whether fascia of the temporal muscle or tragal perichondrium was used or if fibrin glue was used. An audiological improvement was seen in 77% of the patients, and no significant difference regarding hearing gain was foundend of the 60-minute time limit.

Taven: “Fuck you, Jay!”

Audience: “Five more minutes!” and “Let them fight!”

Marty Scurll is out. He cockily enters the ring and looks down at both men. He picks up the belt and carries it over his shoulder as he exits the ring.

The two stagger to the feet and momentarily face off before Taven rolls out of the ring.

This was a very good, though not great, match. At times, Taven came off as a babyface. it was interesting that the announcers never reminded the viewers of the time limit as it ticked down. In some ways it reduced the drama, but in another it didn’t signal the draw finish.

Winner: 60-Minute Time Limit Draw

Nerdcore rapper Mega Ran is out to toss t-shirts to fans. He performs


“Going to the Garden.” The song is meh at best. Bully Ray comes out. He says that he hates rap. He calls Mega Ran a “washed up nobody.” Mega Ran asks how he can be washed up AND a nobody. Good point. LOL. Ray makes fun of video games and calls Cary Silkin an old bastard. He brags that he is the only one on the roster who has performed at the Garden. He says that no one is worthy of opposing him. Fans chant for Flip Gordon. The challenge is made for an NYC Streetfight at the G1 Supershow in April.

Bandido v. Rush

Announcers point out that both men are undefeated in Ring of Honor.

Rush powerbombs Bandito into a table a ringside. He goes for his opponents mask.

Bandito:Fosberry Flop

Rush goes on a tear and ravages Bandito with a German release suplex, a Mexico City Destroyer and a deadlift superplex.

Bandito: Suplex.

Audience: “This is awe-some!”

Rush rocks Bandito with the Bullhorns dropkick and scores the pinfall.

Bryan Castle, who was on commentary for the match, enters the ring and challenges Rush to a match at MSG.

Rush: “Who are you?”

However, he accepts.

Castle was distracting on commentary. He was too cartoony. Bandito is so agile and smooth. Rush is a star. He is so arrogant. He has swagger similar to American star MJF.

Winner: Rush

The Jonathan Gresham-Silas Young match, as well as The Kingdom v. Lifeblood bout has been eliminated from the show due to the 60-minute draw.

Main Event

ROH World Tag Team Championship

Briscoe Bros. (c) v. Villian Enterprises (PCO & Brody King)

The


not wild about Taven but the live audience is certainly behind him. Was this his moment? It feels like the belt belongs to Scurll at MSG.

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The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.

12 January 2012

Virgin Mary at Hamburger Mary?

(Photo from WTSP.COM site)

It's been fat too long since a simulacrum graced these pages so here goes According to wtsp.com the name of a restaurant in Ybor City, Tampa has taken on a new meaning after the image of the Virgin Mary appeared on one of its walls.

The location of said appearance is Hamburger Mary's

The image first got attention over the weekend after some customers noted its appearance on a stainless steel plate on the wall near the kitchen. "From certain angles it does look like the Virgin Mary," says actingmanager Melanie Todd. "I never have noticed it myself, before."

This isn't the first time the Blessed Virgin has appeared on an inanimate object in Tampa Bay. For several years an image said to be her adorned the glass windows of a Clearwater office building. Vandals destroyed the several of the windows in 2004.

Todd says the image at the restaurant -- known for its gay karaoke and drag queen bingo nights -- reminds her of that earlier appearance in Clearwater. "Everybody is curious to see it," she says. "It's a true image, it really is."

Excellent stuff but I must admit the drag bingo must be a good draw too!

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On the Sunday in mid-June when a yeshiva in Manhattan ordained three women as Orthodox Jewish religious leaders, Nelson Mandela lay in a Pretoria hospital for the second week with a life-threatening lung infection. Six time zones and 8,000 miles separated these two events. One golden thread, however, bound them together.

That connection was Sara Hurwitz, the dean of Yeshivat Maharat, which had educated the women. She was the first woman ever to have been designated a maharat — an acronym from the Hebrew words for a teacher of Jewish law and spirituality — and to subsequently receive the title of “rabba” from the maverick Orthodox rabbi who had trained her, Avi Weiss. For Ms. Hurwitz, born and raised in South Africa during the turbulent years of apartheid, Mr.NAACP to join demonstration for new death investigation

The Georgia State Conference NAACP, along with other community leaders will join the family of Kendrick Johnson on Saturday September 14 as they rally to demand a thorough investigation into the death of Johnson.

Supporters say they believe the crime scene where the body was found had been compromised.

The rally and non-violent march is scheduled for Saturday, September 14 at 11:30 a.m. It will begin at the Lowndes County Judicial Administrative Building on 327 N. Ashley St. in Valdosta.


Will from God, then the Life of the Soul would not trust God any further, but would now begin to take Care for itself; and therefore brought its Desire into the Creatures, viz. into the Earth, Metals, Trees, and other Creatures. Thus the kindled fiery Life became hungry and covetous, when it had broken itself off from the Unity, Love and Meekness of God, and attracted to itself the four Elements and their Essence, and brought itself into the Condition of the Beasts; and so the Life became dark, empty and wrathful; and the heavenly Virtues and Colors went out, like a Candle extinguished.

Thirdly, there awoke in this fiery Life the stinging thorny Lust of Envy; a hellish Poison, a Property which all Devils have, and a Tormentwhich makes the Life a mere Enmity to God, and to all Creatures. Which Envy raged furiously in the Desire of Covetousness, as a venomous Sting doth in the Body. Envy cannot endure, but hateth and would hurt or destroy that which Covetousness cannot draw to itself, by which hellish Passion the noble Love of the Soul is smothered.

Fourthly, there awoke in this fiery Life a Torment like Fire, viz. Anger; which would murder and remove out of the Way all who would not be subject to Pride. Thus the Ground and Foundation of Hell, which is called the Anger of God, was wholly manifested in this Soul. Whereby it lost the fair Paradise of God and the Kingdom of Heaven, and became such a Worm as the


it covered all cunningly and subtly under the Cloak of its Power and Authority by Law, and called it by the Name of Right and Justice, and accounted it good.

The Devil came to the Soul. Upon this the Devil drew near to the Soul, and brought it on from one Vice to another; for he had taken it captive in his Essence, and set Joy and Pleasure before it therein, saying thus to it: Behold, now thou art powerful, mighty and noble; endeavour to be greater, richer, and more powerful still. Display thy Knowledge, Wit, and Subtlety, that every one may fear thee, and stand in Awe of thee, and that thou mayest be respected, and get a great Name in the World.

The Soul did so. The Souldid as the Devil counselled it, and yet knew not that its Counsellor was the Devil; but thought it was guided by its own Knowledge, Wit, and Understanding, and that it was doing very well and right all the while.

Jesus Christ met with the Soul. The Soul going on in this Course of Life, our dear and loving Lord Jesus Christ, who was come into this World with the Love and Wrath of God, to destroy the Works of the Devil, and to execute Judgement upon all ungodly Deeds, on a Time met with it, and spoke by a strong Power, viz. by his Passion and Death, into it and destroyed the Works of the Devil in it, and discovered to it the Way to his Grace, and


shone upon it with his Mercy, calling it to return and repent; and promising that he would then deliver it from that monstrous deformed Shape or Image which it had gotten, and bring it into Paradise again.

How Christ wrought in the Soul. Now when the Spark of the Love of God, or the Divine Light, was accordingly manifested in the Soul, it presently saw itself with its Will and Works to be in Hell, in the Wrath of God, and found that it was a misshapen ugly Monster in the Divine Presence and the Kingdom of Heaven; at which it was so afraid, that it fell into the greatest Anguish possible, for the Judgement of God was manifested in it.

What Christ said. Upon this the Lord Christ spokeinto it with the Voice of his Grace, and said, Repent and forsake Vanity, and thou shalt attain my Grace.

What the Soul said. Then the Soul in its ugly misshapen Image, with the defiled Coat of Vanity, went before God, and entreated for Grace and the Pardon of its Sins, and came to be strongly persuaded in itself, that the Satisfaction and Atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ did belong to it. But the evil Properties of the Serpent, formed in the astral Spirit or Reason of the outward Man, would not suffer the Will of the Soul to come before God, but brought their Lusts and Inclinations thereinto. For those evil Properties would not die to their own Lusts, nor leave the World, for they were come


could not stir, though it sighed and longed even more after the Grace of God. For whensoever it prayed, or offered to press forward towards God, then the Lusts of the Flesh swallowed up the Rays and Ejaculations that went forth from it, and brought them away from God into earthly Thoughts, that it might not partake of Divine Strength. Which caused the poor Soul to think itself forsaken of God, not knowing that he was so near it and did thus attract it.

Also the Devil got access to it, and entered into the fiery Mercury, or fiery Wheel of its Life, and mingled his Desires with the earthly Lusts of the Flesh, and tempted the poor Soul; saying to it in the earthly Thoughts, Why dost thouitself was a Monster, and did bear the Image of the Serpent, in which the Devil had such Power and Access to it, and had confounded all its good Desires, Thoughts, and Motions, and brought them away from God and Goodness; concerning which Christ himself had said, The Devil snatcheth the Word out of their Hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

An enlightened and regenerate Soul met the distressed Soul. By the Providence of God, an enlightened and regenerate Soul met this poor afflicted and distressed Soul, and said, What ailest thou, thou distressed Soul, that thou art so restless and troubled?

The distressed Soul answered, The Creator hath hid his Countenance from me, so that I cannot come to his Rest; therefore I am thus troubled, and


had suffered for its Sake, in order to deliver it out of its Anguish, and change it into the Image of God. In which Consideration it wholly sunk down, and did Nothing but complain of its Ignorance and Negligence, and that it had not been thankful to its Redeemer, nor once considered the great Love he had shewn to it, but had idly spent its Time, and not at all regarded how it might come to partake of his purchased and proffered Grace; but instead thereof had formed in itself the Images and Figures of earthly Things, with the vain Lusts and Pleasures of the World. Whereby it had gotten such bestial Inclinations, that now it must lie captive in great Misery, and for very shame dared notAnd in this Perishing it began to sigh and pray in itself very inwardly to the Divine Goodness, and to sink down into the mere Mercy of God.

Upon this there suddenly appeared unto it the amiable Countenance of the Love of God, which penetrated through it as a great Light, and made it exceedingly joyful. It then began to pray aright, and to thank the Most High for such Grace, and to rejoice abundantly, that it was delivered from the Death and Anguish of Hell. Now it tasted of the Sweetness of God, and of his promised Truth; and now all the evil Spirits which had harassed it before, and kept it back from the Grace, Love, and inward Presence of God, were forced to depart from it.


the Sun moveth in the Plant, whereby its wild Properties come to be penetrated and tinctured with the Solar Virtue, and grow thereby.

And this is the Time wherein thou must play the Part of a valiant Soldier in the Spirit of Christ, and co-operate thyself Therewith. For now the Eternal Father by his fiery Power begetteth his Son in thee, who changeth the Fire of the Father, namely, the first Principle, or wrathful Property of the Soul, into the Flame of Love, so that out of Fire and Light (viz. Wrath and Love) there cometh to be one Essence, Being, or Substance, which is the true Temple of God. And now thou shalt bud forth out of the Vine Christ, in the Vineyard of God, and bring forthFruit in thy Life, and by assisting and instructing others, shew forth thy Love in Abundance, as a good Tree. For Paradise must thus spring up again in thee through the Wrath of God, and Hell be changed into Heaven in thee.

Therefore be not dismayed at the Temptations of the Devil, who seeketh and striveth for the Kingdom which he once had in thee; but having now lost it, he must be confounded, and depart from thee. And he covereth thee outwardly with the Shame and Reproach of the World, that his own Shame may not be known, and that thou mayest be hidden to the World.

For with thy New Birth or regenerated Nature, thou art in the Divine Harmony in Heaven. Be patient, therefore, and wait upon


the Lord; and whatsoever shall befall thee, take it all from his Hands, as intended by him for thy highest Good. And so the enlightened Soul departed from it.

The distressed Soul's Course. The distressed soul began its Course now under the patient Suffering of Christ, and depending solely upon the Strength and Power of God in it, entered into Hope. Thenceforth it grew stronger every Day, and its evil Inclinations died more and more in it. So that it arrived at length to a High State or Degree of Grace; and the Gates of the Divine Revelation and the Kingdom of Heaven, were opened to, and manifested in it.

And thus the Soul through Repentance, Faith, and Prayer, returned to its Original and True Rest, and became a RightSchwartz, who had been adopted as a baby, alleged that she and Cortelloni had the same biological mother, Katherine Malerich. Schwartz further alleged that she and Cortelloni owned Lawndale 160 in fee simple as tenants in common because their maternal great-aunt devised the land to the "blood lineal descendants" of their mother, Katherine Malerich. During the partition proceedings, Cortelloni sought the disqualification of Schwartz's counsel, the Gehlbach law firm, because the firm formerly represented Katherine Malerich in her capacity as guardian of Cortelloni's estate when Cortelloni was a child, nearly 40 years ago. The circuit court denied Cortelloni's motion to disqualify Schwartz's counsel and granted the partition of Lawndale 160. The court also directed Cortelloni to make an accounting. Cortelloni appealed and the appellate court reversed, holding that


died, and Malerich took possession of Lawndale 160 pursuant to the life estate granted to her under the terms of Wakeman's will.
In 1953, when Cortelloni was nine years old, her father, James Edward Malerich, died in a car accident. In 1955, Cortelloni's mother, Katherine Malerich, filed a petition for the appointment of herself as guardian of Cortelloni and her estate. This case was assigned case number 275. Malerich remained the guardian of Cortelloni's estate until 1965 when the court entered an order closing case number 275.
The uncontroverted evidence presented at trial indicated that in September 1956, the Gehlbach law firm appeared on behalf of Malerich as guardian of Cortelloni in a petition bearing case number 275 to sell real estate previously owned by James Edward Malerich. Cortelloni hada one-sixth interest in the real estate which was the subject of the petition. It is undisputed that the real estate at issue in the 1956 petition had no relationship to Lawndale 160, and that the case number 275 matter concluded in October 1956 when the court entered an order approving the sale.
Further evidence showed that in November 1956, Katherine Malerich gave birth to Schwartz out of wedlock. Malerich subsequently consented to Schwartz's adoption, and Edith and John Irwin became her adoptive parents.
In April 1992, Katherine Malerich died and Cortelloni took possession of Lawndale 160, pursuant to the terms of Wakeman's will. Meanwhile, the Irwins informed Schwartz that her biological mother, Katherine, had died. Schwartz discovered Malerich's surname through a newspaper obituary, and the Irwins confirmed her biological


mother's identity.
Thereafter, Thomas Schwartz, the husband of Schwartz, began making inquiries about Malerich. He informed an acquaintance, James Hickey, of his wife's discovery regarding *874 her biological mother and her desire to learn more about her mother. Hickey testified that he later relayed this information to his friend John Gehlbach. Gehlbach indicated that he knew that Malerich had a second child because he had a client who was interested in purchasing Elkhart 120, but thought there might be a title problem due to an unknown child of Malerich, presumably Cathy Schwartz.
At the time of these various conversations in April 1992, Schwartz had not retained the Gehlbach firm's services in connection with the litigation before this court, but she had retained the firm as her counsel in unrelated legalmatters.
In May 1992, John Gehlbach inspected the title to Lawndale 160, as well as a copy of Katherine Wakeman's will. In the summer of 1992, Schwartz and her husband met with John Gehlbach at his law office. The record is somewhat unclear as to the manner in which Schwartz learned of Lawndale 160 and Katherine Wakeman's will. Schwartz initially testified that prior to her first contact with the Gehlbach firm, she knew that Katherine Wakeman had died, leaving Lawndale 160. Schwartz also testified that she first learned about Katherine Wakeman's will from John Gehlbach. She stated that Gehlbach informed her that her blood relationship to Katherine Wakeman made her a proper claimant to Lawndale 160 under the terms of Wakeman's will. However, Schwartz could not precisely recall the


chronology of her discoveries. John Gehlbach testified that he was the first to mention Katherine Wakeman's name at the 1992 summer meeting with Schwartz, but he could not precisely recall when he and Schwartz initially discussed the matter.
After the parties rested, the circuit court found that Schwartz was Malerich's child. The court further determined that under the terms of Katherine Wakeman's will, Schwartz had a remainder interest in Lawndale 160. The court ordered the division of Lawndale 160 between Schwartz and Cortelloni, and directed Cortelloni to make an accounting of all rents and profits collected from the property. With respect to the conflict of interest issue, the circuit court rejected Cortelloni's argument that the Gehlbach firm breached a duty owed to her. In so ruling, the court notedpresumes that a former attorney-client relationship existed). The party seeking disqualification carries the burden of proving the existence of a former attorneyclient relationship. See 7A C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 164, at 240 (1980).
In the case at bar, Schwartz challenges the appellate court's conclusion that Cortelloni and the Gehlbach firm had an attorney-client relationship by virtue of the firm's former representation of Katherine Malerich in her capacity as guardian of Cortelloni's estate. Schwartz maintains that the Gehlbach firm served as counsel for the estate of James Edward Malerich in a wrongful death action, and only appeared in guardianship case number 275 to assist the James Edward Malerich estate in selling parcels of real estate which James owned prior to his death. The estate parcels to be sold in


a 1963 inventory listing her interest in Lawndale 160 and a 1963 receipt for services rendered as evidence that confidential information was available to the firm. Finally, the record shows that the Gehlbach firm did not formally withdraw from guardianship case number 275 following its 1956 appearance.
In contrast, Schwartz presented evidence that the Gehlbach firm's involvement in the guardianship case was limited in duration and scope. John Gehlbach testified that his firm represented the James Edward Malerich estate in proceedings which were separate from and unrelated to guardianship case number 275. He stated that his firm appeared in case number 275 for the limited purpose of selling real estate previously owned by James Edward Malerich in which Cortelloni had a one-sixth interest. He testified that his representation ofrepresented the defendant and her deceased husband with respect to the purchase of their business, the annual preparation of corporate documents, the maintenance of their corporate books, the possibility of a misrepresentation suit against certain sellers and the negotiation of leases on their business property. The defendant sought disqualification of plaintiff's counsel on the grounds that a conflict of interest existed because counsel had obtained confidential information regarding her assets during the former representation. The trial court denied the motion to disqualify.
On appeal, the court in First National acknowledged that the evidence showed that plaintiff's counsel received information regarding the defendant's assets during the former representation. However, the court also determined that the record showed that plaintiff's counsel had not represented the defendant or her husband in "any


An armed opposition group’s takeover of a police station in the Armenian capital Yerevan has deepened longstanding divisions in this South Caucasus country as government critics and supporters exchange blame for a deadlocked crisis that already has led to the death of one person.

Early in the morning of July 17, roughly a dozen men, many veterans of Armenia’s 1988-1994 war with Azerbaijan over breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, broke into the Erebuni district’s police station with a truck, taking several policemen hostage. One policeman, Colonel Artur Vanoian, was killed in the attack, and two other individuals were wounded.

The group, led by Pavel Manukian, a mustachioed, rifle-toting, 50-something-year-old war veteran, called for the freedom of Zhirayr Sefilian, the leader of the Founding Parliament group of which the gunmen are members. Sefilian wasfighting.

Nonetheless, the government appears to be trying to stifle chances for criticism of its policies to spread. Activists also have been arrested in the northern towns of Gyumri, home to a Russian army base, and Vanadzor, according to the Vanadzor office of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, another NGO.*

Aside from the arrests on July 17, Facebook was blocked for at least an hour, while pro-government TV channels, borrowing a tactic from the Soviet past, switched their programming to light movies.

Parliamentarian Vahan Babaian, a member of the Prosperous Armenia Party, a sometime government ally, believes, though, that soon the gunmen will have to surrender, for lack of alternative options.

Writing on Facebook, he encouraged the NSS to take note of those Armenians who support “the terrorists” on the social media site.

“They,


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The world’s first power station was designed and built by Lord Armstrong at Cragside, England in 1868. Water from one of the lakes was used to power Siemens dynamos. The electricity supplied power to lights, heating, produced hot water, ran an elevator as well as labor-saving devices and farm buildings.

The first public power station was the Edison Electric Light Station, built in London at 57, Holborn Viaduct, which started operation in January 1882. This was a project of Thomas Edison that was organized and managed by his partner, Edward Johnson. A Babcock and Wilcox boiler powered a 125-horsepower steam engine that drove a 27-ton generator called “Jumbo”, after the celebrated elephant. This supplied electricity to premises in the area that could be


reached through the culverts of the viaduct without digging up the road, which was the monopoly of the gas companies. The customers included the City Temple and the Old Bailey. Another important customer was the Telegraph Office of the General Post Office, but this could not be reached though the culverts. Johnson arranged for the supply cable to be run overhead, via Holborn Tavern and Newgate.passage which is in communication with a hydraulic engaging element for the first speed transmission train is connected to an oil discharge passage, and b) that an oil pressure in a hydraulic engaging element for the second speed transmission train and an oil pressure in a hydraulic engaging element for a third speed transmission train which is adjacent to the second speed transmission train on a side near the first speed transmission train, as seen in the order of speed, are controllable by the pair of linear solenoid valves, the second control means also controlling the pair of liner solenoid valves such c) that the oil pressure in the hydraulic engaging element for the second speed transmission train is increased by one of the pair of liner solenoid


drivability).
At the time of speed changing from the first speed transmission train to a fourth speed transmission train (4th speed transmission train in the embodiment) which is adjacent to the first speed transmission train as seen in the order of speed, it is also possible to perform the following controls: namely, the connections of the oil passages are switched to the state in which the oil pressure in the hydraulic engaging element for the first speed transmission train and the oil pressure in the hydraulic engaging element for the fourth speed transmission train are controllable by both the linear solenoid valves; and the pressure decrease control of the oil pressure in the hydraulic engaging element for the first speed transmission train is performed by one of the linearof speed changing from the first speed transmission train to a fourth speed transmission train which is adjacent to the first speed transmission train, as seen in the order of speed, such e) that the oil passage which is in communication with the hydraulic engaging element for the first speed transmission train is connected to the oil discharge passage, f) that an oil pressure in a hydraulic engaging element for the fourth speed transmission train and an oil pressure in a hydraulic engaging element for a fifth speed transmission train which is adjacent to the fourth speed transmission train on a side away from the first speed transmission train, as seen in the order of speed, are controllable by the pair of linear solenoid valves, the third control


Dedicated to all the lovely ladies and dashing gents of the silent film era.

Monday, July 29, 2013

No Talkies: Part III

Next in our series is a visit to the darker side of Hollywood. This entry is going to cover Vladimir Fogel, Tom Forman, Evelyn Nelson, and Valdemar Psilander. These for all sadly committed suicide before they ever could appear in a talkie.

Vladimir Fogel was born sometime in 1902 in Moscow, Russia. I don't know anything about his early life. What I do know about him begins when he was in college and enrolled at the Institute of Cinematography. One of his teachers was a well known Russian director, Lev Kuleshov who immediately took to Vladimir and gave him his big break. Vladimir made his screen debut in the 1924film, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (got all that?). His film career only lasted for four years with about thirteen titles under his belt. The only well known costar I could find of his (or one that at least made a crossover to Hollywood that I recognized) was Anna Sten who he appeared with in two films. He was quite popular during his short career, and his good looks were not a small part of that popularity. His looks worked well with his choice in roles, the edgier the better!He made his last screen appearance in the 1928 film, Salamandra.

Vladimir Fogel passed away on June 8, 1929 in Moscow. He was 26 years old. Apparently he had been suffering from depression


a lot of his work survives!

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Tom Forman was born on February 22, 1893 in Mitchell County, Texas. I exhausted myself looking up census information on Tom and I THINK I found his record, but I am not 100% sure that it is him. From what I have found, I believe his parents names were Joseph/Josiah and Mary Forman. Again, this isn't set in stone, this is just based off one record I found that had some information that lined up.Just like the former entry about Vladimir Fogel, I don't know anything about his early life. I believe he moved to California after college with his parents because they did in fact live there as well while their son was making pictures. He made his film debut in the1913 short, The Treachery of a Scar.

His career lasted for over ten years and consisted of over sixty film appearances, which is quite a feat. Also factor in that during this time he also was sent overseas to fight when WWI broke out. Some of his costars at the time included May Allison, Ina Claire, Noah Beery, and Gloria Swanson. On top of being an actor, Tom also worked as a director, directing his first film short in 1914 after being in the business for a few months. Some of the films he directed include Shadows (1922) starring Lon Chaney, The Virginian (1923) starring Kenneth Harlan and Florence Vidor, and The Crimson Runner (1925) starring Priscilla Dean and Alan Hale. Tom also worked as a writer on seven


films beginning in 1915. After 1923 his career begin to slightly falter. It seemed he had reached his high point with The Virginian and after that he began working in poverty row films just to keep paying the bills. Tom was hired by Columbia studios in 1926 to direct their new film, The Wreck. A date to start filming was set and everything seemed to be on the up and up. Alas, it was not to be.

Tom Forman passed away on November 7, 1926 at his parent's home in Venice, California. He was 33 years old. He was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. His grave marker reads "Lieut. Tom Forman."

Tom was married once, but I do not know from when to when. Her name was Mary Mersch, anda wonderful comedic actress.

Her last film appearance was in 1923's Desert Rider.

Evelyn and her frequent costar Jack Hoxie

Evelyn Nelson passed away on June 16, 1923 in Los Angeles. She was just 23 years old. It had been days since anyone had seen or talked to Evelyn. She lived with her mother at the time, but her mother was out of town visiting relatives. When she returned home, she found her daughter lying dead in a gas filled room in their house. Two notes were found in the room, one talked about how she was tired and so she wanted to end her life. The second note was very interesting, it read: "I am just about gone and will soon be with my friend Wally." The "Wally" in the


in high demand, and it shows when you look at his body of work. Over 80 films in a span of 10 years!

His last film appearance was in 1917's Hjertekrigen paa Ravnsholt.

Valdemar Psilander passed away on March 6, 1917 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He committed suicide at age 32.

He was buried at the Taarbaek Cemetery in Copenhagen.

I have read that there was perhaps more drama that unfolded after Valdemar died.

Apparently the founder of Nordisk Film, Valdemar's home studio for over six years, managed to get a hold of Valdemar's body, moved it to his dressing room on the sound stage and made it look like he had been shot in a lover's quarrel. The press and movie fans alike ate up the story and Nordisk made a killing whenposting about her reminds me that I'd like to see that one as well.

The Wallace Reid reference is really interesting. I wonder how well they knew each other, and, without disrespect to her, I question how his passing several months before could have affected her so profoundly. He was, from all that I have heard, a happily married man, despite his other problems. Mentioning him in the note could be interpreted as making more of what was quite possibly just a casual acquaintance. It is quite possible that the two did cross paths, or that Mr. Reid showed her kindness, but she was in comedies and B-westerns, and he was a top male star. Again, without disrespect to her, is it possible that she had a rather unhealthy


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Since the world's efforts in developing Arcticagree of course, haha.

Just have to comment, though, that the scene between Do Woo, his sister, and Kyung Ah was gooooood. His face, when Eun Soo hugs Kyung Ah and thanks her before walking out....perfect. He really is like a petulant child, and he looks so openly wounded that Eun Soo didn't take the bait. She's not jealous, but thankful he has someone else.

Actually, that scene really made me question the doctor's diagnosis. Do Woo obviously loves his sister, right? Or is she just like one of the animals he injured to keep by his side as a child? If so, her abandonment of him, and his subsequent pain, really is about the closest and deepest loss of control, and not about genuine love.

Ahhh...that would explain the "losing


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is, so to stay level-headed is probably a little easier than it is for others," Cox said.

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which Chief Judge Wilkinson and Judge Motz joined.

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COUNSEL

ARGUED: Irving L. Joyner, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant.
Valerie Blanche Spalding, Special Deputy Attorney General, NORTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Caro-
lina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Tracy Hicks Barley, PILLMON-
DAYE & BARLEY, Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant. Michael
F. Easley, Attorney General of North Carolina, NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appel-
lee.

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OPINION

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court for Wake County,
North Carolina, Michael Earl Sexton was convicted and sentenced to
death for the murder of Kimberly Crews. He now appeals the district
court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 2254.1 We affirm.

I

A

The facts of this case are set forth in detail in the opinion of the
Supreme Court of North Carolina on direct appeal.


the state does not maintain that it has satisfied the opt-in
requirements of § 107 such that those provisions of the AEDPA apply.

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husband, Alan Crews, who was at home with their daughter. Crews
asked her husband if the family needed anything from the store, and
he replied in the negative. Crews then told her husband that she had
just finished with her last client and was on her way home.

Kaye Johnson, a prenatal educator at WCMC, telephoned her hus-
band at 5:45 p.m. on August 8, 1990, and told him that she needed
to work one more hour. However, when she realized it was raining
heavily, Johnson decided to leave and take her work home.As she left
WCMC, she walked through several parking lots to Parking Lot 4. As
she approached her car, she noticed an open umbrella in good condi-
tion in front of the car. The umbrella was lying upside down with
water in it. When Johnson got into her car, she looked at the car's
clock. It indicated 6:02 p.m.

Robert McCoy, the supervisor of WCMC's laundry, where Sexton
was employed, testified that Sexton was at work when he (McCoy)
arrived at 2:00 p.m. on August 8, 1990. At 3:30 p.m., when the laun-
dry room shift changed, Sexton was missing. McCoy testified that the
next time he saw Sexton was after everybody had punched out. Sex-
ton came running in through the back ramp and was soaking wet.
Sexton said to McCoy, "I got to go. I got to go.


by Crews in driving home from work and then left to begin

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checking those routes. Later, the officer returned and informed
Crews' husband that his wife had not been found.

Shortly after midnight, Ronnie Holloway, a detective from the
Raleigh Police Department, found Crews' minivan on Galahad Street.
The minivan was 200 yards from a WCMC parking deck. As Hol-
loway approached the minivan, he shined his flashlight into the
minivan. At this point, he saw a nude body, later identified as Crews,
in the backseat. According to Holloway, Crews "was lying on her
back side and her arms were down[,] the left hanging toward to [sic]
the floor of the van and the right one was laying[sic]rear seat underneath Crews, in combings from Crews'
pubic area, and on Crews' back. SBI Agent John Wayne Bendure tes-
tified that fibers from Sexton's shirt and shorts were found on Crews'
dress, and in tapings from Crews' shoulders, arms, chest, back, abdo-
men, and legs. Bendure also testified that fibers from the seat covers
in the minivan were also found on Sexton's clothes. SBI Agent David
Spittle testified that swabs taken from Crews' mouth showed the pres-
ence of spermatozoa consistent with Sexton's blood type and incon-
sistent with Alan Crews' blood type. Spittle also testified that vaginal
swabs from Crews showed the presence of Sexton's spermatozoa,
which was also found on the seat under her buttocks.

Crews' autopsy, performed by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. John
Butts, revealed that she died as a result of ligature strangulation,
which obstructs the


flow of blood to the brain. The autopsy also

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revealed that Crews' body was battered. Crews had facial injuries,
two burn-like ligature marks on her neck, two bruises on the back of
her left hand, a deep bruise on one of her forearms, and scrapes on
both of her knees and on her right elbow.

Crime scene investigators found Crews' keys, employee parking
lot entry card, health club membership card, and other personal items
in a water-filled ditch on Old Bunch Road. Crews' pocketbook, port-
folio containing books, and her pantyhose were found beside the same
road. Nearby, crime scene investigators recovered Crews' umbrella
and her checkbook, which was propped against a tree. 2 Sexton
assisted the crimeto give
him a ride to the security office at the front of the WCMC. Sexton
stated that he asked Crews to drive him to Galahad Street because his
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2 At trial, Kaye Johnson testified that the umbrella she saw in front of
her car on the night of Crews' murder looked like the one recovered by
the crime scene investigators.
3 Sexton's girlfriend, Angela Perry, testified that Sexton lived with her
and her daughter in Plummer's Trailer Park near Old Bunch Road in
Zebulon. Perry testified that on August 8, 1990, Sexton drove her car to
work. Perry also testified that her car was difficult to start so a screw-
driver was kept in the car and was used under the hood when starting the
car.


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cousin's car was there and he could use his cousin's jumper cables to
start Perry's car. Sexton also stated that he asked Crews if she wanted
to go to the back of the minivan and that, in response, Crews got up
and went to the back without saying anything. Sexton said he asked
Crews to take off her clothes and she did so. Sexton stated that Crews
changed her mind about having sex with him and that he wrapped her
pantyhose around her neck and tightened them because she was
attempting to scream and get out of the minivan. Sexton further stated
that when he left the minivan he thought Crews had passed out and
would later wake up. Sexton also denied having sex with Crews.

Sexton's trial testimony was consistentappeal, the North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed Sex-
ton's convictions and sentences. See State v. Sexton, 444 S.E.2d at
913. On November 14, 1994, the United States Supreme Court denied
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the meaningful relationships provided Sexton with guidance and positive
support; (3) while in prison, Sexton sought to help and advise others; (4)
during Sexton's formative years, his mother suffered from alcoholism;
(5) Sexton's mother was of limited intelligence and mentally unable to
provide for and relate to him in a normal mother-child relationship and
abandoned him and his siblings at a young age; (6) because of her prob-
lems and limitations, Sexton's mother was unable to provide normal or
adequate guidance to Sexton as a child; (7) after she was found to be
unfit to care for her children, Sexton's mother abandoned him and his
siblings; (8) as a young


child and adolescent, Sexton was deprived of the
family nurturing necessary and essential for proper and normal develop-
ment and growth; (9) Sexton is an adult child of a parent who abused
alcohol; (10) since Sexton's father died in an automobile accident when
Sexton was five years old, Sexton was unable to have a parental relation-
ship with or receive significant guidance from his father; (11) during his
formative years, Sexton and his siblings were subjected to physical and
emotional abuse by his mother and others who occasionally befriended
her; (12) during his formative years, Sexton was subjected to physical
abuse by his surrogate father; (13) Sexton's mental and emotional distur-
bances were caused in part by the emotional instability of his family
members during his early developmental stages; (14) after the Depart-
ment of Social Services (DSS) had tointervene to protect him and his
siblings, Sexton lived in a series of residences, including an orphanage
and a foster home; (15) from age thirteen, Sexton was separated periodi-
cally from his brother and sister, on account of their status as DSS wards,
and this caused Sexton much concern; (16) during his formative years,
Sexton's mental and emotional disturbances were caused in whole or in
part by the instability of his family; (17) Sexton's life has great value to
him, his family, and friends; and (18) Sexton could adjust well to the
structured environment of life in prison.
5 In addition, the trial court imposed life sentences on the first-degree
rape and first-degree sexual offense convictions, a forty-year sentence for
the first-degree kidnapping conviction, and a ten-year sentence for the
robbery conviction.


state courts have decided the
question by interpreting or applying the relevant precedent in a man-
ner that reasonable jurists would all agree is unreasonable." Id.

III

Sexton's most salient argument on appeal is that his trial counsel
were constitutionally ineffective because they forced him to testify at
trial. According to Sexton, he was never apprised of his right to waive
his right to testify and, given the choice, he would not have testified
at trial.

In Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44 (1987), the Supreme Court held
that a defendant's right to testify at his criminal trial, although not
found in the text of the Constitution, "has sources in several provi-
sions of the Constitution." Id. at 51. The Court first looked to the Due
Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, noting that "the right
to be heard, which is socounsel
explained, and he understood, that he needed to testify if his account
of the encounter was going to be accepted by the jury, his allegation
that he was never apprised of his right to waive his right to testify or
that the decision to testify ultimately rested with him has some sup-
port. The state court record does not indicate that Sexton was apprised
of his right to waive his right to testify or that the decision to testify
was his. However, we need not decide whether Sexton's allegations
that his trial counsel never advised him of his right to waive his right
to testify and that the decision to testify was his satisfy Strickland's
performance prong because, even assuming they do, Sexton cannot
establish prejudice under Strickland.

To satisfy Strickland's prejudice prong, Sexton has to show that the
result


Crews' mouth showed
the presence of spermatozoa consistent with Sexton's blood type.
Vaginal swabs from Crews showed the presence of Sexton's sperma-
tozoa, which was also found on the seat under her buttocks.

Moreover, the encounter was obviously nonconsensual. Crews'
autopsy revealed that she died as a result of ligature strangulation.
The autopsy also revealed that Crews' body was severely battered;
Crews had facial injuries, two burn-like ligature marks on her neck,
two bruises on the back of her left hand, a deep bruise on one of her
forearms, and scrapes on both of her knees and on her right elbow.

Furthermore, crime scene investigators found Crews' keys,
employee parking lot entry card, health club membership card, and
other personal items in a water-filled ditch on a road near the trailer
park where Sexton lived. Crews' pocketbook, portfolio containing
books, and her    to bolster defendant's trial testimony that after the victim
         changed her mind, everything happened very fast; he thought the
         victim was alive when he left her; and on the next day he was
         shocked to find out she was dead. At trial defendant explained
         that after he learned of the victim's death, he knew he was in
         trouble. Fearing he would get into more trouble, he did not tell
         Howard about having consensual sex with her.


severely dysfunctional upbringing.

On state habeas, in rejecting this claim, the state habeas court made
the following findings of fact:

          The sentencing phase defense was based on exploring and
          developing defendant's family background and socio-
          economic upbringing, including contacting personnel at the
          orphanage defendant had attended as well as his support

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family, his siblings, and personnel in the mental health and
social services departments who had had contact with defen-
dant during his minority. . .of sentencing was that too little had
been done for defendant too late. The attorneys were careful
to try to keep defendant abreast of what was going on at
each step of the proceedings.

Investigation revealed that since defendant had aged out of
the DSS system and left his foster family's home, he had
managed to find employment and maintain a household.
Any stability, however, did not eliminate the problems from
which defendant suffered. He had assaulted his girlfriend
twice during that period. McMillan felt that presenting
defendant in a positive light would have made his acts more
reprehensible than presenting him as the product of a dys-
functional upbringing. . . .

Manning got funds from the court for a psychologist and a
psychiatrist. Manning has worked with Brad Fisher, Ph.D.
for years. Fisher saw Sexton four or five times. Manning
was looking


    defendant had committed on her included an attempt to
          strangle her, and there was strangulation in the murder for
          which defendant was on trial. The girlfriend had said she
          was scared of defendant and was glad he was not living with
          her anymore. Rather, the attorneys wanted the jury to see
          that defendant was damaged and for that reason they should
          not recommend the death penalty. . . .

In ourpenalty statute. Id.

Sexton's argument is that North Carolina's death penalty statute is
unconstitutional because whether a defendant is sentenced to death
depends upon the place of indictment and trial--and his color. To
support the argument in the North Carolina Supreme Court in his peti-
tion for writ of certiorari, Sexton produced the paperwork from a trial
in Fayetteville, North Carolina (murder of two blacks by a white sol-
dier). In the district court, Sexton produced the affidavit of James E.
Williams, Jr., the public defender in both Orange and Chatham
County, North Carolina. In his affidavit, Williams, Jr. states that
defendants rarely receive death sentences in both Orange and Chat-
ham County, North Carolina. Apart from the fact that this affidavit
was never presented in state court, the paperwork from the trial in
Fayetteville, North Carolina, and the affidavit do


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insurance and private sector delivery and rejection of harmful amendments.

Loss of farmland - A recently released report from The American Farmland Trust (AFT) stated that the US has lost as much as 31 million acres of farmland between 1992 and 2012, with 11 million of said acres were the best, prime acres in the US. Here's the story..

Markets - WASDE released their monthly report this past Thursday. The markets shrugged the mostly neutral report to bullish for corn and soybeans, more bears for wheat, all markets lost ground for the week...I found a particularly interesting comment by the CEO of company and self-proclaimed "...developed the world's most extensive agriculture data platform," call WASDE 'outdated' and and "analogue tool for the digital age." "WASDE is a system that hasAfter a new batch of the zombie outbreak is let loose in Fortune City, Nevada, a new terrifying fight for survival begins. A new hero is requested. Enter Chuck Greene, a devoted father and motocross legend. After his daughter Katey gets bitten by her zombified mother, Chuck retreats from his hometown and makes his way to Fortune City to take part in a new brutal game-show called TIR: Terror is Reality. The game-show consists of contestants doing unspeakable things to zombies while trying to win out over the other opponents. The pure reason that Chuck decides to take part in the show is to pay for the zombrex treatment that his daughter needs to stay alive and stay human. Along the way he must help more stranded civilians


escape to safety and take.....

After a new batch of the zombie outbreak is let loose in Fortune City, Nevada, a new terrifying fight for survival begins. A new hero is requested. Enter Chuck Greene, a devoted father and motocross legend. After his daughter Katey gets bitten by her zombified mother, Chuck retreats from his hometown and makes his way to Fortune City to take part in a new brutal game-show called TIR: Terror is Reality. The game-show consists of contestants doing unspeakable things to zombies while trying to win out over the other opponents. The pure reason that Chuck decides to take part in the show is to pay for the zombrex treatment that his daughter needs to stay alive and stay human. Along the way he musthelp more stranded civilians escape to safety and take.....

A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow... could it be her "friend" from the library? The boy's grandfather has a violin sales and service shop. The boy wants to be a violin maker like his grandfather.

A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow... could it be her "friend" from the library? The boy's grandfather has a violin sales and service shop. The boy wants to be a violin maker like his grandfather.


ARTICLES ABOUT NRIS BY DATE - PAGE 3

NEW DELHI: Days after extending more benefits to Persons of Indian Origin, the government is set to accept the recommendations of a committee which has favoured voting for NRIs through electronic means. The government has already firmed up its stand on the issue of NRI voting and will tell the Supreme Court this week that it accepts the recommendations of the committee, including e-ballot for NRIs. The issue will come up before the apex court where government has to explain its position on the issue.

GANDHINAGAR: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday harped on the economic situation in 1998 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of the country, inheriting a financial legacy which was similar to the condition whenMahatma Gandhi launched his freedom struggle pre-1947, and claimed that Narendra Modi is trying to realize Vajpayee's dream of making India strong and self-reliant. "Vajpayee transformed the economy in which we are today and our current PM is taking forward this initiative to make our country strong and self-reliant," Singh told the Non Resident Indians, appealing to them to make use of the current opportunities to invest in India.

GANDHINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told global Indians that the promises he had made to them have been fulfilled in double-quick time and welcomed their contribution in the government's efforts at stepping up development and taking the country forward. While People of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards have been merged aspromised by him in September


during his US visit, the facility of electronic travel authorisation has also been introduced, leading to visas on arrival for citizens from 43 countries so far. Modi said he had never understood why PIO card holders had to report to the local police station every week after arriving in India at the inaugural session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Gandhinagar on Thursday.

GANDHINAGAR: Amid controversy surrounding the removal of posters put up by Uttar Pradesh government in Ahmedabad to attract NRIs during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) celebrations, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today skipped the last day of the high profile event, where he was supposed to attend the state session with NRIs. Commenting on Yadav's absence, UP Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan claimed that the CM couldn't comebecause of unfavourable climate in Lucknow. "Our CM wanted to come but due to fog at Lucknow airport, the Air Traffic Control didn't give the permission to fly from the airport this morning," claimed Ranjan.

GANDHINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made attempts on his home soil to hardsell India as a suitable investment destination and made a fervent appeal to the Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) to avail the opportunity at a time when his government has initiated several initiatives to boost India's economy. In his inaugural address at the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), which is the first edition of diaspora meet in his regime, the Prime Minister claimed that the annual show that lost its zeal in the past one


stand, is set to tell the Supreme Court soon that it supports e-ballot for NRIs, a senior government functionary told PTI. The issue is likely to come up before the apex court in the coming days. A committee comprising officials from the EC, Law Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs had taken the opinions from all sections before submitting a report to the apex court last year.

NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government will utilise the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Gandhinagar next week to woo NRI and PIO entrepreneurs to invest in six flagship programs, including Digital India , Make in India , Clean Ganga campaign , Swachh Bharat and skills development initiative. "Diaspora outreach is a key element of the Modi government's foreign policy initiatives andBrownsburg, Ind. - With the start of the 2020 race season still over four months away, HMD Motorsports continues to make strides on their growing program. With the move of the team to the Indianapolis, Indiana area and the hiring of an experienced staff, the team is happy to announce that David Malukas will be back for his sophomore Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires championship season.

"We are very happy to have David back in 2020," explained Team Manager John Cummiskey. "2019 was a great learning year for David, and he was able to gather podium results in Austin as well as on the oval in St. Louis. Returning for 2020 with renewed focus, energy and experience by his side, David will be a contender for the series


title as we head towards Laguna Seca next September." "We are very happy to have David back in 2020," explained Team Manager John Cummiskey. "2019 was a great learning year for David, and he was able to gather podium results in Austin as well as on the oval in St. Louis. Returning for 2020 with renewed focus, energy and experience by his side, David will be a contender for the series title as we head towards Laguna Seca next September."

Only 18 years of age, Malukas has been on a meteoric rise through the Road to Indy. Competing in only a handful of Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship events where he showed his speed right away, the Chicago, Illinois resident became a victor in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship Presentedby Cooper Tires in 2018 with a dominating event weekend at Road America and proved that was no fluke with a win in Portland. 2019 saw another step up in series to Indy Lights where he was an instant top-five runner and managed to find his way to the podium on two occasions.

"To say I was happy with my 2019 season would be a lie," added David Malukas. "I want to win, but also know that I was against a steep learning curve. I took each and every session, each and every lap and the highs and the lows of the season all in stride and gained experience along the way. The team made some big administrative changes behind the scenes and at least one of the HMD


drivers were on the podium in the final five event weekends of the season so I am confident that 2020 will bring success."

Malukas is set to take on the upcoming series test at the Sebring International Raceway December 11th and 12th in his final test before the holiday season.

In other news, HMD Motorsports has added to the Indy Lights fleet expanding the quantity of cars from two to three, opening the path for another driver to compete in the upper tier of the Road to Indy. Currently, all HMD Motorsports USF2000 and Indy Pro 2000 equipment is for sale.Kim Bok-dong, a prominent survivor of Japanese wartime brothels, said this week she intends to donate her life’s assets to pro-North Korea schools in Japan. File Photo by Elizabeth Shim/UPI

Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A former "comfort woman" who is battling cancer has donated more than $26,000 to pro-North Korea schools in Japan.

Kim Bok-dong, a prominent survivor who has called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize directly to women brutalized by Japan's wartime military, said she intends to donate another $17,000, South Korean news service Tongil News reported.

The $26,000 donation was made on Wednesday, while Kim remained confined to a hospital bed.

"Cheer up, compatriots in Japan," Kim said. "I will give away my life's assets to support you."

Kim, a household name in South Korea, has said she


was forcibly recruited into Japanese wartime brothels when she was 15. She repeatedly suffered rape in "comfort" stations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia and was subsequently unable to bear children.

Kim, a South Korean citizen, said the schools that support the regime in Pyongyang are places that are educating "talented people."

"When North and South are unified and a path to peace opens, I will call on Korean residents of Japan who hate living there to return" to the homeland, Kim said, according to Tongil News.

Kim, who is in her nineties, said the donations would make Abe realize "he has lost."

"'You've lost, so surrender,' I will proclaim from Korean schools in Japan," she said. "Koreans should learn Korean history, it is nonsense they should have to learn Japanesehistory."

In 2014, Kim donated about $44,000 to Korean schools in Japan, where North Korean history is taught and portraits of North Korean leaders hang on classroom walls.

Despite her condition, Kim also staged a one-woman rally in Seoul in 2018, calling for the disbandment of a comfort women's fund.

Seoul's ministry of gender equality and family said this week the fund would be officially closed.


in states where marijuana is not legal, but where the penalties have been reduced.

Also against the proposal was Sgt. Dan Chapman, president of the Shelby County Deputy Sheriff's Association, who pointed out the potential liabilities to the county an officer on the street has to consider when deciding who goes to jail and who gets a citation.

He spoke about a call he made concerning a man who was obviously high at a convenience store. He intended to issue him a citation, but because the man wouldn't call anyone to come and take him home, Chapman had to take him to jail. Otherwise, the county would have been liable if he'd fallen in the street on the way home and been hit by a car.

Meanwhile, commissioners cited the county'sfascist.

Anyone who doubts that Trump is a racist either is extraordinarily gullible, isn’t paying attention, doesn’t care, or worse, is a racist himself or herself.

Trump has been a practicing white supremacist his entire adult life . In the early 1970s, he and his father were successfully sued by the Justice Department for refusing to rent apartments to non-whites. In 1989, Trump took out full-page ads in major New York City newspapers urging the death penalty for five black and Latino teenagers, the “Central Park Five,” falsely accused of raping a white woman. To this day, he refuses to acknowledge the five teens were innocent, as confirmed by DNA testing.

During the previous administration, Trump was a prime architect of the “birther” conspiracy, alleging that President Obama was born in


Kenya. In December 2015, he called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” As president, he implemented a more targeted version of the travel ban, initially directed against seven Muslim-majority nations and later revised following several adverse federal rulings. The modified ban was subsequently upheld in a shameless abdication of judicial independence by the Republican-dominated Supreme Court.

Last month, Trump tweeted that four minority Democratic congresswomen—the so-called Squad” consisting of Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts—should “go back” to the “totally broken and crime-infested” countries they came from. All four are U.S. citizens; only Omar was born abroad.

In response to Trump’s tweet, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a celebrated veteran of the civilmovement at the end of the Nationalist Period of the nineteenth century. The movement was able to realize it's dream in the declaration of the Balfour Declaration of 1917 that, "His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people…" and it was written in the League of Nations 1919 that there would be a Mandate for Palestine. The Mandate states, "Whereas the Principal Allied Powers have also agreed that the Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favor of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people…"

So between the Balfour Declaration 1917


until September 1st 1939 what happened?

The world turned it's back on the Jews and turned to healing the scars of the "Great War" and to live life again. The modern world, which had awoken with the inventions brought about by the terrible conflict of World War I, came to realize the importance of the need for oil. Slowly and progressively they bowed to the rights of the Arabs. Between the two wars the great powers struggled to exert influence over the vast Arab lands and their strategic oil fields. In the process of their strategic moves their promise to the Jews was ignored and denied.

The Jews of the Diaspora themselves, in the aftermath of World War I, had also turned to making a daily living and the celebrationof life, since there was no real threat to their lives as Jews. Only a few Jewish Pioneers - Ha'Lutzim had chosen the path to the "Land of Israel" or Zion. Those brave settlers of the "First Aliyah"- the first wave of immigration, who came before World War I, faced the hardships of life in the uncultivated semi-arid desert regions or in the swampy marshlands of lands purchased from wealthy absentee Arab landlords. These wealthy Arabs, lived in distant cities of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, extorted large sums for supposedly worthless lands. The land sold to the Jews was considered so dangerous and useless for habitation that the local Arabs scorned the settlers and called them, "the Children of Death". With the ingenuity of Jewish knowledge, and with


their strength and fortitude, these "Pioneers" brought the land of Israel slowly to bloom again and with it the jealousy of the Arabs.

With the establishment of the British controlled Mandate and the realization of the need to control the access through the Suez Canal to the oil fields of Saudi Arabian and Persia. Britain began to develop the area of the Mandate as a forward base for it's strategic needs.

A Trans-Arabian pipeline was constructed from Iraq through Syria to the Port city of Haifa to supply fuel oil for the Royal Navy. The sleepy port city of Haifa was transformed to a forward military supply base. It's beaches forever negated and ruined by places of industry for the Empire's needs. There was a sudden upsurge in employment tosupply the needs of the British forces in the Middle East. This need for labor brought an influx of Jewish emigrates and masses of poor landless Arabs from the surrounding Arabic lands. The competition for employment further inflamed the Arab nationalism which in itself was being pushed by agitators from Fascist Italy during the 1920's and 1930's.

With the establishment and rise of Hitler's regime during the 1930's the fate of the Jewish people in Europe began it's descent towards destruction. At first, Hitler actually opened the gates to allow the Jews of Europe to run away. Hitler knew that for Jews there was no where to run to. Hitler had diabolically outlined his plans for the "removal" of the Jews of Europe in his manifesto "Mein Kamph". His


actions in the 1930's, after his rise to power, where meant to show the truth that Jews have no where to go. The famous episode of the Hamburg cruise shows us that even America, the great land of the free, turned their back on those 600+ Jews who later perished in the extermination camps.

The British had conveniently established their Pro-Arab anti-Jewish immigration act known infamously as the "White Paper". Mussolini was creating difficulties for Europe in his war with Ethiopian and his schemes for control over the Mediterranean basin. France had been bled white in the trenches of World War I. The Arabs of the mandated Palestine had the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem; Haj Amin El Husseini, who was a friend of Hitler's. The attention of the Americanswas on escaping the depression era and it's eyes were busy with Japan. As to the rest of the world they had their own daily isolationist concerns.

This failure of the people of the world to stand up and denounce Hitler and his plans led to the near demise of world Jewry during the Holocaust of World War II. This exact same apathy to deal with the threats of Hitler can be seen in the worlds' reaction Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who threatens the only Jewish state today.

The apathy of the world and the lack of fortitude by the leaders of the world, prior to World War II, led to the infamous Wannssee Conference in 1942. It was at Wannssee that the leaders of the NAZI regime made finite and intricate


plans for a methodical industrialized extermination of ALL the Jewish people. The official records of the Nazi's themselves show how efficient their plans were that 6,000,000+ Jews were exterminated.

So what happened?

With the entry of Allied forces into Hitler's empire, Hitler's atrocities were exposed and the world was embarrassed. The embarrassment lasted until the partition vote of November 26th, 1947 in the UN. Once the vote was in Israel was created the world sat back and watched. Five heavily armed regular Arab armies attacked at once and little Israel with its mismatched weaponry and holocaust survivors fought them off and gained victory. The Palestinians who participated in slaughters of innocent Jews on the roads of Israel fled when Israeli forces gained the upper hand. The civilian Arab population, fearfulof reappraisal by Israeli forces, especially those of the "Irgun" and "Lechi", for their barbaric deeds carried out prior to the evacuation of the British in May 15th 1948, ran away on the prompting of calls by Arab radio. Emile Ghoury, secretary of the Palestinian Arab Higher Committee, in an interview with the Beirut Telegraph published on Sept. 6, 1949, stated:

"The fact that there are these refugees is the direct consequence of the act of the Arab states in opposing partition and the Jewish state. The Arab states agree upon this policy unanimously and they must share in the solution of the problem.”

These refugees and those of their decendants still today, 62+ years later, received housing and supplies from the UN in camps created by those same Arab