On that fateful morning, our desirable teenage stunner Baby Nicols found herself all alone in the house and horny as hell. With no one around and with the clutches of desire clawing at her tight belly, this ravishing young honey decided to have herself some grand old solo fun. Examining her slim body, this delicious darling could not help but notice just how sexy she was. This, in turn, prompted her to get up and pull up her shirt, effectively exposing her almost perfect small boobs. Playing with her tiny tits for a bit was not the only thing this adorable sweetheart did, as she went on to remove her jeans shorts and uncover her black panties before getting rid of the t-shirt as well. Standing there withonly the lower part of her underwear on, this skinny hottie decided to get rid of it too and unveil her orgasmic pink slit completely. Spreading both her beaver and her tight asshole, this smoking hot teen decided to take the action to the living room table. After sitting on it and putting her legs in the air, she started playing around with her clit in order to start the pussy juices flowing. Soon enough, she licked two of her fingers and slid them deep inside of her wet snatch. Moving her fingers in and out, our lusty Baby Nicols could feel an intense orgasm coming which, in turn, made her moan and increase the fingering speed. At the very end, Baby Nicols' young body shook while she


testified in a credible manner." Where the IJ finds the applicant's testimony to be credible and the BIA makes no contrary finding, we accept as undisputed the applicant's testimony. Baballah, 367 F.3d at 1073. Thus, we accept the testimony recounted below as true.
Karapetyan was born to a family of mixed ethnicity, with a Russian mother and an Armenian father. When he was a teenager, Karapetyan and his family moved to Yerevan, Armenia to escape the war in Chechnya. In Armenia, Karapetyan's family suffered humiliation and discrimination on account of its mixed ethnicity. Karapetyan was called a "Russian pig," a "Chechnyan bastard," and a "Chechnyan pig" by people in his community and by members of the military.
While completing mandatory military service, Karapetyan was routinely assigned to dirty, demeaning tasksby supervisors who knew of his mixed ethnicity. He was also beaten by military members. When the military officers learned that Karapetyan submitted written complaints about his treatment, Karapetyan was beaten and locked in a cell.
In April 2000, Karapetyan joined the 21st Century Party, a political association led by Arkady Vardanyan ("Vardanyan") that sought governmental change and championed human rights. In October 2000, Karapetyan participated, as a member of the 21st Century Party, in a large protest involving at least 10,000 attendees. Several protesters were arrested, including the 21st Century Party leader, Vardanyan, and his attorney.[1]
The day following the protest, military officers searched Karapetyan's home and arrested him. He was detained in isolation for three days.[2] While in prison, Karapetyan was interrogated regarding his involvement with the 21st


Century Party. The military officers called Karapetyan a "Russian pig." They used batons to beat the soles of Karapetyan's feet until he eventually agreed to sign false papers stating that the 21st Century Party was an illegal organization and its leader, Vardanyan, was a Russian spy.
After his release from prison, Karapetyan spoke out against his treatment on a radio station on November 10, 2000. He criticized the Armenian government and called upon others to demonstrate against the government.
*1123 Two days later, on November 12, 2000, four law enforcement officers came to Karapetyan's home and beat him "like a dog," leaving bruises on his face and other parts of his body. Karapetyan was hospitalized for injuries caused by those beatings.[3] The law enforcement officers told Karapetyan to leave thestated that Karapetyan had produced no reports regarding the rally. However, contrary to the IJ's assertion, Karapetyan submitted the State Department Report, which the IJ admitted into the record. The Report states:
In October 2000, Arkady Vardanyan [the leader of the 21st Century Party], a Moscow-based Armenian businessman who is a Russian citizen, led a demonstration in Yerevan of approximately 10,000 persons calling for the removal of the Government. After the demonstration, security forces searched Vardanyan's house and took him into custody; he was sentenced to 11 days detention on the charge that he had a permit for a demonstration but not a march. In November 2000, Vardanyan was charged with attempting a coup.... In February Vardanyan was released, cleared of charges and his case was closed. Soon after


Guinac v. INS, 179 F.3d 1156, 1162 (9th Cir.1999) (noting that motivation was on account of ethnicity where persecution was "coupled with explicit expressions of ethnic hatred").
Additionally, there is an undeniable connection between Karapetyan's political activities and his persecution. His arrest occurred just one day after he attended the 21st Century Party protest. Karapetyan's captors physically abused Karapetyan to coerce him to confess that the 21st Century Party was an illegal organization. The nexus between Karapetyan's political activism and the persecution is also established by the beatings he endured in his home just a few days after he criticized the government over the radio.
We find that Karapetyan has shown credible, nonspeculative insight into the *1128 motivation of his persecutors. See Shoafera, 228 F.3d at 1075. The use ofof starting a coup, and coerced to leave Armenia.[13]
The IJ also expressed doubt that the men who invaded Karapetyan's home and beat him on November 10, 2000 were government actors. Yet, Karapetyan testified that he knew that the men were police officers. Karapetyan also testified, and the IJ accepted as true, that he had endured beatings at the hands of the Armenian military earlier that month. And the State Department Report confirms that the Armenian government did not always respect the constitutional prohibition of unauthorized searches. The IJ provided no reason for rejecting these facts, and it is pure speculation to assume that the later beating of Karapetyan was perpetrated by non-governmental agents, unlike the earlier beating, where no testimony or evidence supports that finding.
An IJ's unsupported speculations


asked by the IJ why he did not submit fingerprints, he explained that he suffered a debilitating injury from a car accident on April 4, 2004about two months prior to the merits hearing, which was held on June 10, 2004. Karapetyan explained that he had injured his back and neck as a result of the car accident. He had regular doctor appointments twice per week and experienced difficulty sitting upright for the first two months. As of June 10, 2004, the date of the merits hearing, Karapetyan was still taking antibiotics and painkillers for his injuries.
Second, as we have previously recognized, the ability of otherwise diligent applicants, like Karapetyan, to comply with the fingerprint requirement was frustrated by the legal uncertainties surrounding the fingerprint laws. See Cui, 538*1132 by mutual agreement, to September 2, 2003. The record does not indicate why the merits hearing did not take place on September 2, 2003 as scheduled. On March 24, 2004, Karapetyan's counsel withdrew. On April 16, 2004, Karapetyan did not appear for the merits hearing because he had suffered debilitating injuries from a car accident two weeks earlier, and the matter was reset for June 10, 2004. The merits hearing was eventually held on June 10, 2004, and the IJ denied Karapetyan's motion for a short continuance to submit fingerprints after the hearing concluded.
Although Karapetyan's case had been continued previously, the interest in administrative efficiency cannot justify the pretermission of Karapetyan's claims where the other factors we have addressedthe importance of the evidence excluded, the reasonableness of


Thursday, September 4, 2014

Mr. K's First Day of Junior Kindergarten

The day has finally come. My baby has gone to school for the first time.

I was a little worried the last few days - he kept saying he didn't want to go to school or take the bus. I had no idea what I was in for this morning.

He woke up happy and excited, and when it came time to get to the bus he was out the door faster than I could be. He walked up to the stop, played for a few minutes and then when the bus came he stood at the curb and waited until I told him he could go.

He let me give him a kiss, and he walked on and didn't plan onlooking back. The bus driver had him turn around so I could take a picture.

I held myself together until the bus pulled away, and then I had a mini cry on my moms shoulder. I was not as emotional as I thought (which probably has to do with sending a kid off to school happy as can be).

Hubby had walked Mr. J to school, and Mr. K ran over to his dad when he spotted him on the other side of the yard. No tears, just happy to go and play!

After some running around in the morning I came home and made a welcome home cake for him (I did a welcome home cake for Mr. J's first day of JK as well)

I LOVE your cake - such


source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that the FBI would take its direction from the White House, not the Senate, and that the agency would interview a handful of people.

Kavanaugh's drinking history, the source said, which has come up in the allegations, is not part of the probe, which was being managed by the FBI's security division at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

While President Donald Trump declared Saturday that the FBI would have "free rein" in its investigation, people close to the matter say the scope is far more limited. White House counsel Don McGhan, who is the administration's leading advocate for Kavanaugh's confirmation, is overseeing the probe for the President and working closely with Senate Republican leaders.

The source reiterated that the agents would make nowas not aware of McGahn telling the FBI who it could interview.

"The White House counsel has allowed the Senate to dictate what these terms look like and what the scope of the investigation is," Sanders said.

A person familiar with the matter told CNN that Senate Republicans drafted the initial list of people it wanted the FBI to interview in the investigation and gave the list to the White House. The source noted that it was not a final list and that they were leaving open the possibility of additional witnesses.

Likely interviewees

The FBI has started investigating Christine Blasey Ford's allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were high schoolers. FBI agents are also expected to interview several people who Ford said were present at the party where the


alleged assault took place, including Mark Judge, Patrick J. Smyth and Leland Keyser, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Ford has alleged Judge was present in the room with her and Kavanaugh when the nominee allegedly assaulted her. Judge has said he has no memory of the assault Ford described and does not recall the party, and Smyth and Keyser have also said they don't remember the party.

Deborah Ramirez, another woman who came forward with allegations against Kavanaugh, has been contacted by the FBI
, according to an attorney for Ramirez.

"They wanted to talk -- the FBI to talk with the witnesses that Dr. Ford named," Graham said. "They want to talk to Ms. Ramirez, because she refused to talk to the committee. They're going to Mark Judge, didPresident Donald Trump submitted another slate of judicial nominees to Senate Thursday, naming candidates to the powerful federal appeals courts based in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, Calif.

The White House announced that Trump has named Gregory Katsas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the nation’s second most powerful judicial panel, and Ryan Bounds to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the West Coast appeals court and primary antagonist of the early days of the Trump presidency.

Katsas’ nomination was widely expected. He currently serves as deputy White House Counsel and has played a major role in the administration’s early judicial nominations. Before entering government service he practiced in the Washington offices of Jones Day, a white-shoe practice intimately connected to Trump from the earliest


are acting only on observable actions taken by others.  In addition, the social influence model focuses on embedding people within a social network, as opposed to a queue.  Finally, the social influence model relaxes the assumption of the information cascade model that people will either complete an action or not by allowing for a continuous scale of the "strength" of an agents belief that an action should be completed.

Historical examples
 Small protests began in Leipzig, Germany in 1989 with just a handful of activists challenging the German Democratic Republic. For almost a year, protesters met every Monday growing by a few people each time. By the time the government attempted to address it in September 1989, it was too big to quash. In October, theAug 27, 2018; New York, NY, USA; Andy Murray of Great Britain hits to James Duckworth of Australia on day one of the 2018 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Andy Murray will end his season after playing in the Shenzhen and Beijing tournaments over the next two weeks to be “in the best possible shape” for the Australian Open in January,” the Scot said on Saturday.

The former world number one returned to the ATP tour in June after having hip surgery in January and has played nine competitive matches this year.

He will skip the two Masters series events in Shanghai and Paris next month.

“I’m competing this week in Shenzhen and then next week in


from Northern Ireland who emigrated to Vancouver Canada in 2004 are celebrating the birth of their first child together. Laura Holland (33) from Newtownards, Co Down and Robert Holland (39) from Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, welcomed Callum Matthew Robert Holland into the world at 3.04pm on May 12, weighing 8lb 3oz. Laura's parents, Muriel and Lee Robinson, were at her side during the birth of their first grandson at Peace Arch Hospital, White Rock.

© picture by John McVitty, Enniskillen, Co.Fermanagh, N. Ireland - 07771987378 © Lisa McGuinness and Eamon Maguire, Boho, with baby Shea born on the opening day of the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen 21st June and weighing 8lb 8oz.

@Press Eye Ltd Northern Ireland -20th June 2012 Mandatory Credit - Brian Little/ Presseye.com Belfast Telegraph- UlsterNEWSFLASH: ILWU strike spreads to terminals throughout LA/LB

Thursday, November 29, 2012

A strike by longshoremen in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has now spread to about 10 terminals in the ports.
The strike began Tuesday at noon when clerical workers representated by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit set up pickets at a single facility, the APM Terminals (APMT) Pier 400 facility in the Port of Los Angeles.
Those workers do office work for the company, but other ILWU longshoremen who handle containers at the terminal honored the pickets and joined the strike.
By Wednesday afternoon, John Fageaux Jr., president of ILWU Local 63, told American Shipper members of his local had gone on strike against all 14 of the steamship agencies and terminals


teachers/tutors. The school performance is being affected thus impacting negatively on the performance of students in the job market. Skills like team player, creativity, interpersonal and other social skills are learnt by interacting and sharing with colleagues and teachers in school. When students fail to acquire these skills at school it affects them when they complete studies and go into the working…the recent study does not oppose the 2011 findings, researchers state that children who take ADHD medication are not more prone to drug addictions to nicotine, marijuana, cocaine and other substances.

The study is published in journal JAMA Psychiatry, an international peer review journal consisting of medical research. Lee and Humphreys plan to publish three additional research articles in the future.

UC Davis: Stream pebbles suggest possibility of life on Mars

Curiosity, the car-sized rover that explores the Gale Crater on Mars, found, examined and took high-resolution images of pebble-rich slabs of rock at three locations known as Goulburn, Link and Hottah. Because of the pebbles’ size, roundness and other characteristics, researchers were able to conclude that the pebbles had been transported by water and deposited over two billion years ago.


more as sin. The men held signs reading "You're Going to Hell!" and students around campus were openly disturbance toward their presence.30:48

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Our first appearance as Team Mexico took place at the Austrian Cup 2014. Great atmosphere, strong opponents – it was a good practice before "Battle of the Nations"-2014. Our second appearance on the international arena was at “BotN” in Trogir where we participated in "5 vs 5" and “All vs Russia.” The most memorable battle… It was the fight against Team Serbia’s captain, Igor Cosic. We fought…

Every willing fighter or National Team will be able to take part in the royal "21 vs 21" category at the World Championship in HMB "Battle of the Nations"-2015. Such an opportunity has become available for athletes after the HMBIA summit held in Prague (it took place at the end of November, 2014). By the majority of the votes it was decided


to allow several National Teams…

The schedule of the next World Championship in HMB "Battle of the Nations"-2015, which is to be held in Prague (Czech Republic), will be broadened due to an experimental "1 vs 1" ("Duel") polearm category. According to the Organizing Committee of "Battle of the Nations", this innovation will be interesting not only for fighters, but also for the audience. In addition, the arsenal of weapons used for…

As you know, women participate in historical medieval battles. The World Championship in HMB "Battle of the Nations"-2014 even presented an official category - women's "Triathlon". Unfortunately, the National Teams of participating countries have not so many representatives of the fair sex in their compositions at the moment, but, according to the participating women, they want to fightWUSV-LD

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The station's construction permit was issued on September 22, 2011 under the callsign W16DH-D. The station's callsign was changed to the current WUSV-LD on December 28 of that year.

The station signed on at some time in the mid-2010s as an Antenna TV affiliate.

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the best learners, young adults who gobbled up Jewish wisdom but did not connect it to a higher, inner power, are barely connected Jewishly today. On the other hand, many who did not learn nearly as seriously or as much, but did develop a sense of awe, are still very connected Jewishly today.

In Israel, youth who have all the literacy in the world – Hebrew, knowledge of Torah and commentators, and even proficiency in reading Gemara – are overwhelmingly disconnecting from Judaism after their years of formal education are over.

As sad as this reality may be, it also makes sense.

Living a Jewish life is not about literacy. It is not just about clicking with content. For many of us in the West, our comfort zones are thinking, studying,this year, compared with € 235 million raised through Venture Capital. Since the nature of this tool has not yet been defined, the legislative approaches of the states are different. Capaccioli therefore described the position of the US SEC, Singapore monetary authority, Canadian and Chinese authorities and the issues still unsolved.

The second speaker, Andrea Medri, told his experience as entrepreneur in the crypto sector. Medri is the CFO at The Rock Trading, the longest ever bitcoin exchange, active since 2011.

In the second session the speakers were Claudio Parrinello, Federico Tenga and Guido Baroncini Turricchia.

The first one is working with 4 other entrepreneurs, who have already had startup experiences, for the launch of UNICO, a project that aims to recreate the digital scarcity of collectibles. The startup is starting


economic flows and is a tool developed to face opacity and inefficiency, in order to rebuilt trust in donors.

The CEO at Helperbit illustrated the charity fundraising managed by Legambiente, that raised over € 30,000 in bitcoin. These funds were addressed to young entrepreneurs affected by the earthquake in Central Italy and thanks to the blockchain it is possible to analyze how the money was spent. Turricchia also focused the attention on the issues linked with the launch of an ICO, highlighting the security aspects, the money and time needed, the market and the token model.

This conference is an important openness that Italian politics gives to entrepreneurs that work with innovative technologies, even at international level. Hopefully the dissemination path in the Parliament will continue with this perseverance andBy Christopher Sicurella Prologue I would like to quote two passages from the Philosopher Slavoj Žižek’s book “Trouble in Paradise” (first published by Allan Lane in 2014): “The public space of the ‘world civil society’ designates the paradox of universal singularity, of a singular subject who, in a kind of short-circuit, bypasses the mediation of

RW Brother Christopher Sicurella Dear Brethren, I am so happy to inform you about the great support and work of our Grand Ambassador to Europe Honorable RW Brother Christopher Sicurella who promoted the Association and the Book of Brother Peter Fuchs "The Bull's Apron" on the most important and visited Masonic Platform in Europe.


the Dharma Sūtras are more general in their sphere of instruction. They cover the duties and the rights of people belonging to different stages of life and castes, contain instructions on ritual purity, morals, atonements for various sins, and the kārmic result of various sinful and virtuous actions and so on.
4. Shulvasutras: These are mathematical/geometrical treatises dealing with the construction of altars of various shapes and sizes for the performance of Vedic sacrifices. They are often included in the Shrauta Sūtras.
5. Pitrmedha Sūtras: Treatises on cremation of the dead. They lay down the correct procedure for the funeral ceremony, for adherence by the son or a close relative of the deceased person. Often included in the Shrauta Sūtras or appended to the Grhya Sūtras. The surviving texts inDharma and Moksha amongst the 4 Purushārthas, the Upavedas focus more on the Artha and Kāma Purushārthas.

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Vishal Agarwal is an independent scholar residing in Minneapolis (USA) with his wife, two children and a dog. He has authored one book and over fifteen book chapters and papers, some in peer reviewed journals, about ancient India and Hinduism. He and his wife founded the largest weekend school teaching Hinduism to students, and also a teenager organization to keep them engaged in Dharma. Vishal has participated in numerous interfaith forums, and has represented Hindus and


Indians in school classrooms and in seminars. Vishal is the recipient of the Hindu American Foundation’s Dharma Seva Award (2010), the Global Hindu Academy’s Scholar award (2014) and service awards from the Hindu Society of Minnesota (2014 and 2015). He is very strongly engaged in the social and Dharmic activities of the Indian and Hindu communities of Minnesota, and has authored a series of ten textbooks for use in weekend Hindu schools by children from the ages 4-14. Professionally, Vishal is a biomedical Engineer with graduate degrees in Materials Engineering and Business Administration (MBA). His scientific and statistical training enables him to bring precision and a high level of rigor in his research – qualities that are very often missing in contemporary publications on Indology and in SouthCork native Samantha Barry has been named editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine.

The 36 year-old media executive will become the eighth editor of the magazine since it was founded in 1939. Ms Barry was most recently head of social media at CNN. Currently based in New York, she previously worked in RTÉ and Newstalk as a reporter, as well as for BBC World News.

Condé Nast, which owns the title, made the announcement on Monday. The appointment was first reported by The New York Times.

Ms Barry’s background in digital media world is seen as a significant move for the magazine as it faces the challenges of a changed media landscape. The UK edition of the publication adopted a digital-first strategy late last year, and has curtailed its print publications.

Announcing the appointment,


a LOMR from FEMA, seeking to remove a *988 tract of land from the Mississippi River floodplain. St. Peters's LOMR request was based upon the completion of the Premier 370 Business Park and Lakeside 370 Levee District. According to the request, a new levee, built as part of the project, protected the area from a 500-year flood. In the parlance of the NFIP, St. Peters requested a zone change from its then-current AE Zone (100-Year Flood Zone) to an X Zone (500-Year Flood Zone, or 100-Year Flood Zone protected by a flood control structure).
In considering St. Peters's request for a LOMR, FEMA apparently expressed concern about the levee's closure structures and its ability to protect against either a 100-year or 500-year flood. Nevertheless, on June 13, 2008, FEMAissued a proposed LOMR reflecting the changes and published it twice in a local newspaper and once in the Federal Register. On September 29, 2008, appellants sent St. Peters a letter challenging the proposed LOMR, pointing to alleged deficiencies in the levee, particularly its closure structure and the level of its freeboard. On October 10, 2008, St. Peters forwarded appellants' letter to FEMA along with St. Peters's comments. St. Peters commented, among other things, that appellants' letter did not constitute an appeal because it lacked required scientific or technical data. FEMA determined modifications to the LOMR were unwarranted, and the LOMR became effective on October 30, 2008, thereby revising the FIRM.
On December 23, 2008, appellants sued FEMA; the Department of Homeland Security; and William R. Blanton, Jr., Chief


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Personal virtues

These are the qualities of life to which every citizen (and, ideally, everyone else) should aspire. They are the heart of the Via Romana — the Roman Way — and are thought to be those qualities which gave the Roman Republic the moral strength to conquer and civilize the world. Today, they are the rods against which we can measure our own behavior and character, and we can strive to better understand and practice them in our everyday lives.

Auctoritas

"Spiritual Authority" The sense of one's social standing, built up through experience, Pietas, and Industria.

Comitas

"Humour" Ease of manner, courtesy, openness, and friendliness.

Clementia

"Mercy" Mildness and gentleness.

Dignitas

"Dignity" A sense of self-worth,personal pride.

Firmitas

"Tenacity" Strength of mind, the ability to stick to one's purpose.

Frugalitas

"Frugalness" Economy and simplicity of style, without being miserly.

Gravitas

"Gravity" A sense of the importance of the matter at hand, responsibility and earnestness.

Honestas

"Respectibility" The image that one presents as a respectable member of society.

Humanitas

"Humanity" Refinement, civilization, learning, and being cultured.

Industria

"Industriousness" Hard work.

Pietas

"Dutifulness" More than religious piety; a respect for the natural order socially, politically, and religiously. Includes the ideas of patriotism and devotion to others.

Prudentia

"Prudence" Foresight, wisdom, and personal discretion.

Salubritas

"Wholesomeness" Health and cleanliness.

Severitas

"Sternness" Gravity, self-control.

Veritas

"Truthfulness" Honesty in dealing with others.

Public virtues

In addition to the private virtues which were aspired to by individuals, Roman culture also strove to uphold virtues which were shared by all of society in common. Note that some of the virtues to which individuals were


expected to aspire are also public virtues to be sought by society as a whole. These virtues were often expressed by minting them on coinage; in this way, their message would be shared by all the classical world. In many cases, these virtues were personified as deities.

Abundantia

"Abundance, Plenty" The ideal of there being enough food and prosperity for all segments of society.

Aequitas

"Equity" Fair dealing both within government and among the people.

Bonus Eventus

"Good fortune" Rememberance of important positive events.

Clementia

"Clemency" Mercy, shown to other nations.

Concordia

"Concord" Harmony among the Roman people, and also between Rome and other nations.

Felicitas

"Happiness, prosperity" A celebration of the best aspects of Roman society.

Fides

"Confidence" Good faith in all commercial and governmental dealings.

Fortuna

"Fortune" An acknowledgement of positive events.

Genius

"Spirit of Rome" Acknowledgement of the combined spirit of Rome, andits people.

Hilaritas

"Mirth, rejoicing" An expression of happy times.

Iustitia

"Justice" As expressed by sensible laws and governance.

Laetitia

"Joy, Gladness" The celebration of thanksgiving, often of the resolution of crisis.

Liberalitas

"Liberality" Generous giving.

Libertas

"Freedom" A virtue which has been subsequently aspired to by all cultures.

Nobilitas

"Noblility" Noble action within the public sphere.

Ops

"Wealth" Acknowledgement of the prosperity of the Roman world.

Patientia

"Endurance, Patience" The ability to weather storms and crisis.

Pax

"Peace" A celebration of peace among society and between nations.

Pietas

"Piety, Dutifulness" People paying honor to the gods.

Providentia

"Providence, Fortethought" The ability of Roman society to survive trials and manifest a greater destiny.

Pudicita

"Modesty, Chastity." A public expression which belies the accusation of "moral corruptness" in ancient Rome.

Salus

"Safety" Concern for public health and wellfare.

Securitas

"Confidence, Security" Brought by peace and efficient governance.

Spes

"Hope" Especially during times of difficulty.

Uberitas

"Fertility" Particularly concerning agriculture.

Virtus


Episode 256 - Everyone's Autonomous Podcast with Marie D'Elephant

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Today we feature the pilot episode of Marie D'Elephant's new podcast, "Everyone's Autonomous." It's a spin-off of this podcast and we're excited to promote it. For short, we call it EA2 and this show EA1. It'd be great if you could subscribe to EA2 and support the work. Cheers!

Episode 255 Cass and Marie and Bob

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Episode 251 Amy & David

Everyone's Agnostic Podcast

Cass Midgley talks with married couple, Amy and David. They recently went through an intense deconstruction of their faith after which they found true freedom for the first time in their lives. David and Amy both come from a “Christian” upbringing, but were raised very differently. David comes from a healthy loving home while Amy was raised by an abusive father. Amy served on the worship staff at a non-denominational megachurchfor many years where David also served as an Elder. We also feature a 12 minute sketch of Jerry Dale and Leroy on AM Christian talk...

Episode 250 Josh Richards

Everyone's Agnostic Podcast

Josh Richards is an ex-pastor who now serves as a humanist chaplain. Josh was laughed out of his last church he served as a minister for, and then he struggled for years leaving faith. He is an example of someone losing faith and then everything else. He made mistakes and had to learn to live honestly. He is so thankful to come through all of that. Josh runs a webshow "JRRTalking" and speaks in public as often as he can.

Episode 249 Author Thomas Larson

Everyone's Agnostic Podcast

Journalist, book/music critic, and memoirist Thomas Larson is the author of "Spirituality and


the Writer: A Personal Inquiry" (Swallow Press). He has also written "The Sanctuary of Illness: A Memoir of Heart Disease" (Hudson Whitman), "The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's 'Adagio for Strings'" (Pegasus Press), and "The Memoir and the Memoirist: Reading and Writing Personal Narrative" (Swallow Press). He is a twenty-year staff writer for the San Diego Reader, a six-year book review editor for River Teeth, and a former music critic for the Santa Fe New Mexican. His...

Episode 248 - ExJW Coach Rod / Cass & Marie

Everyone's Agnostic Podcast

Cass Midgley and Marie D'elephant discuss everyone's autonomous right to grieve their loss however it manifests. We feature a segment of a YouTube talk by ex-Jehovah Witness, Rodney Allgood, and an updated from Dave Warnock on theThousands of pro-Democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong took to the streets with American flags and signs, demanding freedom in their country. Protestors sang the Star Spangled Banner and even had signs asking President Donald Trump to liberate the city, which is under Chinese rule, as they marched towards the United States' consulate.

“Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong,” they shouted before handing over petitions at the U.S. Consulate, Reuters reported. “Resist Beijing, liberate Hong Kong.”

The goal of the protest was to urge members of the United States Congress to support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. If passed, Congress would reevaluate trade and business privileges for Hong Kong and China on a yearly basis. If officials in Hong Kong and China were suppressing Hongkongers' freedoms, the


United States could punish them on the trade front, the New York Times reported.

"We share the same U.S. values of liberty and democracy," 30-year-old banker David Wong told CNN. "USA is a country of democracy. Donald Trump is elected by his people. We want this."

The protests were initially peaceful but turned violent when protestors blocked a subway entrance and then set it on fire in the Central District, which houses high-end shopping brands, banks and jewelry stores, the New York Post reported. Police had to use tear gas to break up demonstrators.

President Donald Trump has said he believes China needs to "humanely" settle their disagreements with Hong Kong before the United States and China reach a trade deal.

Although Hong Kong and China are considered one country, they haveGrand National: Field declared for 2011 Aintree race

JOHN SMITH'S GRAND NATIONAL Aintree, Saturday 9 April, 1615 BST Coverage:
Live on BBC TV, HD, Radio 5 live, online Other races also across the BBC 7-9 April

Royal Rosa, Skippers Brig and Golden Kite were the last horses to make the 40-strong field declared for Saturday's Grand National at Aintree.

Last year's winner Don't Push It, to be ridden again by Tony McCoy, tops the weights for the big race.

There were three withdrawals at Thursday's final declarations - Roll Along, Northern Alliance and Our Monty.

Golden Kite, trained by Adrian Maguire, is number 40 in the field, with four reserves set to be named later.

It is the first British runner for Maguire, who retired from riding in 2002 after a fall at Warwick and


said he was "pleased as punch".

He added: "Golden Kite is an economical jumper and just the sort of horse you need for the National. He has been in good form at home, and now that we know we are in, we can jump on the ferry."

Howard Johnson, trainer of Royal Rosa, was delighted his horse made the race, particularly as it will be the 12-year-old's last race.

"Royal Rosa will be retired after the race and it would be a fairytale if he could go out on a high. He is a horse who comes alive when he sees those big fences - he relishes he challenge and he ran well in the Becher Chase there in November, while the rain is also a plus."

Dominic Elsworth said he wasthe first back-to-back winner of the race since Red Rum in 1974. The 11-year-old will carry top weight of 11st 10lbs having been quietly campaigned in hurdle races this term.

McCoy said: "He's definitely getting better with each run this year. He's improving all the time. The only reason he's stayed over hurdles is because we're preparing him for the National. It's a gruelling race."

It also sealed his place among the UK's sporting elite and he was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December.

McCoy said: "I might not have been nominated in the top 10 let alone winning, and there's no doubt winning the National was the reason I won that award.

"There were a lot of people spending money on phone calls, which I will always be


grateful for.

"I've been spoiled in that I've been lucky enough to have won a few, but to have won a lot of the good races and not the National would have been something I would have found quite hard to live with."

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Former winner Bob Champion's Grand National tips

In his most recent race, Don't Push It stayed on to finish 10th in the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham, the same event used for the horse's Aintree preparation last year.

Among his rivals will be the strongly fancied What A Friend, ridden by Daryl Jacob and part-owned by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

What A Friend will be prepared by champion trainer Paul Nicholls, who has entered 44 horses in past Grand Nationals withoutsuccess.

Nicholls also has another lively contender in Niche Market, who has been allocated 10st 13lb and will be ridden by Harry Skelton after Ruby Walsh opted for The Midnight Club, one of three Willie Mullins entries.

Handily weighted with 10st 13lb, The Midnight Club, a winner at Fairyhouse in February, could start as favourite.

One outsider attracting solid support is Majestic Concorde, which is Irish trainer Dermot Weld's first Grand National runner for 16 years.

Weld went close with Greasepaint, the was runner-up in 1983 and 1984, but is best known for landing some big Flat races across the globe, including the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot and the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

RECENT NATIONAL WINNERS

2010 Don't Push It 10-1

2009 Mon Mome 100-1

2008 Comply Or Die 7-1

2007 Silver Birch 33-1

2006 Numbersixvalverde 11-1

2005


50 years on, fire still burns underneath Pa. town

MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Associated PressPublished: May 25, 2012 3:39PM

CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) -- It's an anniversary the few remaining souls who live here won't be celebrating.

Fifty years ago on Sunday, a fire at the town dump ignited an exposed coal seam and still burns today. It set off a chain of events that eventually led to the demolition of nearly every building in Centralia -- a whole community of 1,400 simply gone.

All these decades later, the Centralia fire maintains its grip on the popular imagination, drawing visitors from around the world who come to gawk at twisted, buckled Route 61, at the sulfurous steam rising intermittently from ground that's warm to the touch, at the empty, lonely streets where nature has reclaimed whatcoal-industry money once built. It's a macabre story that has long provided fodder for books, movies and plays -- the latest one debuting in March at a theater in New York.

Yet to the handful of residents who still occupy Centralia, who keep their houses tidy and their lawns mowed, this borough in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania is no sideshow attraction. It's home, and they'd like to keep it that way.

"That's all anybody wanted from day one," said Tom Hynoski, who's among the plaintiffs in a federal civil rights lawsuit aimed at blocking the state of Pennsylvania from evicting them.

Centralia was already a coal-mining town in decline when the fire department set the town's landfill ablaze on May 27, 1962, in an ill-fated attempt to tidy up for


Memorial Day. The fire wound up igniting the coal outcropping and, over the years, spread to the vast network of mines beneath homes and businesses, threatening residents with poisonous gases and dangerous sinkholes.

After a contentious battle over the future of the town, the side that wanted to evacuate won out. By the end of the 1980s, more than 1,000 people had moved and 500 structures demolished under a $42 million federal relocation program.

But some holdouts refused to go -- even after their houses were seized through eminent domain in the early 1990s. They said the fire posed little danger to their part of town, accused government officials and mining companies of a plot to grab the rights to billions of dollars' worth of anthracite coal, and vowed towhose late wife, Helen, was the leader of a faction that fiercely resisted the government buyout, disagrees the fire poses any threat.

"What mine fire?" Womer asked dismissively as he hosed down his front porch, preparing, he said, for a Memorial Day picnic. "If you go up and see a fire, you come back and tell me."

Author and journalist David DeKok, who's been writing about Centralia for more than 30 years, said that while he believes Womer's house is too close to the fire to safely live there, Hynoski and his neighbors are far enough away.

"I don't think there's any great public safety problem in letting those people stay there," said DeKok, author of "Fire Underground," a book on the town.

Many former residents, meanwhile, prefer to talk about the


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I’d rather win these championships and score no points than have 60-point games and 37-point quarters. These championships are everything to me.”

During exclusive access with Thompson, behind the scenes and on his bus at the parade, there was zero sign of malcontent. No signs of frustration from getting fewer touches. No evidence of bitterness from not being named All-NBA after being overshadowed by his dominant peers.

9:06 a.m.: Thompson posts up in the corner of the locker room next to Kevin Durant, who arrived minutes earlier. Durant, in the official blue championship shirt with black shorts and low-top Nikes, was chilling up against a wall under a David West picture. There was enough room on the pad he was sitting for Thompson, wearing gray pants with white Anta sneakersplatinum-selling rapper G-Eazy, an Oakland native. His shirt bragged “Hyphy Veteran” – championing the era of Bay Area hip-hop that made him famous.

Joining us on board were the bottles. Lots of bottles of Body Armor, the sports drink Klay endorses. And lots of bottles of Belaire Luxe, a cuvee popularized by rapper Rick Ross. There were also a couple bottles of Crown Royal, which were apparently given to all the players. Klay, though, didn’t have his name engraved on a bottle of Hennessy as did his head coach, so he’s still got some levels to reach.

Bay Area News Group Columnist Marcus Thompson films Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson celebrating with fans during the NBA championship parade in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News


Group)

Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson and Matt Barnes jump off their double decker bus to celebrate with fans during the NBA championship parade in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

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Bay Area News Group Columnist Marcus Thompson films as Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson celebrates during the NBA championship parade in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Cigar firmly clenched in his teeth, Stephen Curry poses with the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the conclusion of the Golden State Warriors' NBA championship rally in Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson celebrates with fans during the NBA championship parade in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June15, 2017. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Confetti flies as Stephen Curry tries to take a team selfie with the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the conclusion of the Golden State Warriors' NBA championship rally Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Confetti reins down on the Golden State Warriors' 2017 championship team at the end of their rally in Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Kevin Durant clutches the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the Golden State Warriors' NBA championship rally in Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Confetti reins down on the Golden State Warriors 2017 championship team at the end of their rally in Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

A sea of


humanity fills the lawn near the Alameda County Courthouse waiting for the Golden State Warriors to arrive to celebrate their second NBA championship in three years with victory rally at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

With a cigar firmly clenched in his teeth, Stephen Curry poses with the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the conclusion of the Golden State Warriors' NBA championship rally in Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

A shower of blue and gold confetti is displayed as Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry celebrate along the route during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area NewsGroup)

Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green greets fans after he got out of his designated double decker bus at Grand Avenue and Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry opens a bottle of champagne along the route during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Assistant Coach Mike Brown greets fans as the confetti falls along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second


NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)(Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Kevin Durant celebrates with his MVP trophy along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

The Golden State Warriors ownership bus heads down Broadway during their NBA championship parade in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry greets fans along the route during theGolden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Klay Thompson acknowledges the crowd as the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Fans react to the arrival of Stephen Curry along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

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Pachulia acknowledges the crowd as the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Klay Thompson clutches the Larry O'Brien championship as Golden State Warriors celebrate their second NBA championship in three years with victory rally at Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Fans go crazy as Kevin Durant starts goes by along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Mondayto win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry drinks from a bottle of champagne as his wife Ayesha Curry looks on along the route during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Fans go crazy as Klay Thompson starts the parade out on Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Kevin Durant Celebrates with his MVP trophy along Broadway during the Golden State


Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr greets the fans on Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)(Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Klay Thompson greets the crowds as they make their way along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday,June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green greets fans after he got out of his designated double decker bus at Grand Avenue and Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Zaza Pachulia greets fans along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

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of Pleasanton, left, and Cee Cousteau, of Oakland, now living in Hollywood, cheer on Broadway near 20th Street before the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Assistant Coach Mike Brown greets fans as the confetti falls along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Kevin Durant and David West celebrate as they maketheir way along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Jeff Thomas holds the 2015 Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy as The Golden State Warriors championship parade heads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

The Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Broadway near Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors


defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry greets fans along the route during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Fans cheer on Broadway near 20th Street before the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

(Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Stephen Curry holds the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy as his wife Ayesha is reflected init during the Golden State Warriors championship parade in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

The Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Broadway near Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and M.C. Hammer ride a flame-shooting snail art car as the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at


Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Kevin Durant acknowledges the crowd as the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Stephen Curry, with his wife Ayesha, left, holds the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy as the Golden State Warriors championship parade heads down Harrison Street in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

TheParamount Theatre's marquee displays a congratulatory message to the Golden State Warriors during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Ian Clark greets fans with the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy as the Golden State Warriors championship parade heads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Fans along Harrison Street waits for the start of the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade in Oakland, Calif., â€(TM)on Thursday, June 15, 2017â€¬. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Draymond Green greets the crowd as the Golden State


Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Broadway near Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

(Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) Stephen Curry hugs the Championship Trophy as they make their way along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and M.C. Hammer ride a snail art car as the Golden State Warriors NBA championship paradeheads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green waves to fans from a double decker bus at Grand Avenue and Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship victory parade and rally in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Marques Cheney, left, and Jayson Stinson, both of Pittsburg, wait on Broadway near 20th Street for the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally to begin in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at


Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Stephen Curry holds the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy as the Golden State Warriors championship parade heads down Harrison Street in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

A fan gives a big hug to Assistant Coach Mike Brown as he greets fans along Broadway during the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years.(Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Zaza Pachulia acknowledges the crowd as the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Fans cheer as the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Broadway Harrison Street in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

The Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade heads down Broadway near Grand Avenue in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The


Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Omar Aquipel, of San Jose, kisses a cardboard NBA finals trophy on Broadway near 20th Street before the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA title in three years. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

Fans cheer on Broadway near 20th Street before the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade and rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 at Oracle Arena on Monday to win their second NBA titlethe fans.

10:47 a.m.: The cigars came out. It was his brother Mychel who started the toking. Next thing you know, the bus was a smoke shop. Mychal Thompson, who was part of a couple of Lakers parades in his day, didn’t light his.

“I’m saving it for later,” he said, beaming with proud.

‘Gold Standard’ chronicles the Warriors run to the 2017 NBA Championship. Order the book here.

10:52: Back off the bus. Klay runs down one side of the street, slapping hands. He then jogged to the other side of the street and did the same. The sweat was showing through the back of his t-shirt as the UV index was climbing.

Klay got back on the bus. But two minutes later, he hopped back off. He forgot his cigar.

He signed


the hat of a kid with it hanging from his mouth. He stuck his tongue out during one selfie like he was the fifth member of Kiss. He screamed “That’s two of ’em” as his energy started peaking.

One fan sprayed Klay with champagne as he walked by. Klay responded by giving the guy a hug. He went back on the bus panting slightly after zig-zagging down Lakeshore.

11:08: Klay’s back off the bus, jumping off with a scream like he was trying to scare the crowd. He signs a picture of his face and skips to the tune of more cheers.

He can barely hold in the glee. Problem is, there are no more fans left. Klay was trying to get past a rails to get to more fans. Butas {3} × {3} × {3} in Schläfli symbols if they are regular, and contains 27 vertices. This is the product of three equilateral triangles and is a uniform polytope.

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Kate Pickert Writes About Her Ordeal With Cancer In 'Radical'NPR's Noel King talks to Kate Pickert about surviving cancer. Pickert is the author of the new book, Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America.

Kate Pickert Writes About Her Ordeal With Cancer In 'Radical'

NPR's Noel King talks to Kate Pickert about surviving cancer. Pickert is the author of the new book, Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

It has been nearly five years since Kate Pickert found out she had breast cancer. She had just moved to Los Angeles with her husband and toddler to start a new chapter in their lives when, all of a sudden, she found herself searching terms like young women, breast cancer, death rate.Before she lived through cancer, she reported on it, as a correspondent for Time magazine, so it was a subject she was very familiar with as she went about weighing possible treatments and outcomes. Kate Pickert writes about her own ordeal in her new book, "Radical: The Science, Culture, And History Of Breast Cancer In America." Here's her conversation with Noel.

NOEL KING, BYLINE: Tell me how you found out that you had breast cancer.

KATE PICKERT: The thought of being diagnosed with breast cancer had honestly never occurred to me. I was only 35 at my diagnosis, and I realized that something was wrong because I had some nipple discharge. And I had recently stopped breastfeeding my daughter so I didn't really think that much of it. And I


Valentino Spring 2018 menswear advertising campaign. His 2015 debut album, Blue Neighbourhood(Capitol Records), topped the iTunes charts in 66 countries. It has sold more than two million adjusted albums worldwide and is certified Gold in the U.S. Streams across all platforms exceed 1.5 billion while video views have surpassed 500 million.

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HEALDSBURG, Calif. (June 10, 2017) – Nearly 100 cyclists from Sonoma County and across the United States rode in the third annual Velo & Vines Century Ride in Healdsburg today, raising more than $160,000 for the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF).

The 100-mile ride began at the Arnot-Roberts Winery and continued through the rolling hills and valleys of Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River – a signature cycling route in the region. UnitedHealthcare executives, including UHCCF President Matt Peterson, also attended the event.

UHCCF provides medical grants that help children gain access to health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their parents’ commercial health insurance plans. Since 2007, UHCCF has awarded over 13,000 grants valued at more than $35 million to children and their families across the United


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Community leaders to join third-annual event that will raise more than $150,000 for medical grants to help children gain access to health-related services

WHAT: Community leaders and supporters from across the nation will gather Saturday, June 10, at the Arnot-Roberts Winery in Healdsburg, Calif., for the start of the third


annual Velo & Vines Century Ride along the rolling hills and valleys of the Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River.

Kaelyn, 14, a recent UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation grant recipient, will announce the start of the race. Accompanied by her family, she will stop at the various rest stops to encourage the riders along the route.

UHCCF provides medical grants that help children gain access to health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their parents’ commercial health insurance plans. Since 2007, UHCCF has awarded more than 13,000 grants valued at over $35 million to children and their families across the United States. In California, children and families have been awarded more than 180 grants totaling more than $400,000 since 2014.

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West Texas is responsible for 70 percent of the total wine grape production in the state.

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Japanese medicine and Berlin: a very special and successful relationship.
We describe a unique interaction between the very advanced German medicine and the ambitious Japanese medicine at the end of the 19th century and some of their protagonists. The Japanese sent some of their brightest young doctors to Germany where they not only studied medicine but also contributed to medical progress in Germany. Most went to Berlin, but before coming to Germany, in Japan they had to learn not only the German language but also German medicine as students of prominent German doctors in Japan. Both groups complemented each other in this cooperation to the benefit of all.would lose focus in games, off the field distractions.

For Brandon Marshall, I mean there is a reason why 2 teams have dumped him off on someone now. A complete headcase, maybe he's realized that after Miami dumped him, I don't know. He would lose focus in games, off the field distractions.

Off the field distractions?? Like what?? Marshall wanted out of Miami, he wasn't dumped. And if he was 'dumped' by the Broncos, that means Jay Cutler was dumped too. Two of the most boneheaded decisions ever made during McDaniels tenure in Denver.
Marshall has a diagnosed mood disorder, I think he's bipolar.
Other than that I don't see where he's this bad guy to have on a football team.

Off the field distractions?? Like what?? Marshall wanted out of Miami, he


wasn't dumped. And if he was 'dumped' by the Broncos, that means Jay Cutler was dumped too. Two of the most boneheaded decisions ever made during McDaniels tenure in Denver.
Marshall has a diagnosed mood disorder, I think he's bipolar.
Other than that I don't see where he's this bad guy to have on a football team.

When you get suspended for your off the field behavior, then yeah, its an off the field distraction.
Just some things to go on - Marshall has been pointed at as being one of the people that escalated the events prior to Darrent Williams being shot.
Numerous altercations happened with his girlfriend, causing him to be arrested once, charges being dropped.
Cuts his arm pretty bad in one of those altercations.
Suspended for 3 games, brought down to1.
Was very childish in preseason 2009, punting balls in practice and not working hard at all. McDaniels suspended him for the preseason.
More altercations with his now wife, to the point where he originally said she stabbed him, but then he later retracted that.
He punched a woman in a nightclub.

Basically, the Broncos didn't want to deal with his act, and pay him, when he could also easily get a long suspension. In games, he would lose his cool, ala Terrell Owens, at times and lose focus.

If Marshall was a level headed player, yeah it would've been a huge bonehead move to trade him. But he was a headache, and Thomas is actually developing nicely and could very well become a better WR than Marshall.

I dont think Andre/Brandon Marshall are


The last affliction the Fawcetts expected was another child. This little
girl came an unwelcome guest to a mother who hated the father, and to
Dr. Fawcett, not only because he had outgrown all liking for crying
babies, but because, as in his excited disturbance he admitted to his
wife, his fortune was reduced by speculations in London, and he had no
desire to turn to in his old age and support another child. Then Mary
Fawcett made up her definite mind: she announced her intention to leave
her husband while it was yet possible to save her property for herself
and the child to whom she soon became passionately attached. Dr. Fawcett
laughed and shut himself up in a wing where the sounds of baby distress
could not reach him; and it is doubtful if his glanceever lingered on
the lovely face of his youngest born. Thus came into the world under the
most painful conditions one of the unhappiest women that has lived. It
was her splendid destiny to become the mother of the greatest American
of his centuries, but this she died too soon to know, and she
accomplished her part with an immediate bitterness of lot which was
remorselessly ordained, no doubt, by the great Law of Compensation.

There were no divorce laws on the Islands in the eighteenth century, not
even an act for separate maintenance; but Mary Fawcett was a woman of
resource. It took her four years to accomplish her purpose, but she got
rid of Dr. Fawcett by making him more than anxious to be rid of her. The
Captain-General, William Matthew, was her staunch friend and admirer,
and


espoused her cause to the extent of issuing a writ of supplicavit
for a separate maintenance. Dr. Fawcett gradually yielded to pressure,
separated her property from his, that it might pass under her personal
and absolute control, and settled on her the sum of fifty-three pounds,
four shillings annually, as a full satisfaction for all her dower or
third part of his estate.

Mistress Fawcett was no longer a woman of consequence, for even her
personal income was curtailed by the great drought of 1737, and Nevis,
complaisant to the gallantry of the age, was scandalized at the novelty
of a public separation. But she was free, and she was the woman to feel
that freedom to her finger tips; she could live a life with no will in
it but her own, and she could bring up herlittle girl in an atmosphere
of peace and affection. She moved to an estate she owned on St.
Christopher and never saw John Fawcett again. He died a few years later,
leaving his diminished property to his children. Rachael's share was the
house in Charles Town.

The spot on which Rachael spent her childhood and brief youth was one of
the most picturesque on the mountain range of St. Christopher. Facing
the sea, the house stood on a lofty eminence, in the very shadow of
Mount Misery. Immediately behind the house were the high peaks of the
range, hardly less in pride than the cone of the great volcano. The
house was built on a ledge, but one could step from the terrace above
into an abrupt ravine, wrenched into its tortuous shape by earthquake
and flood, but dark for


centuries with the immovable shades of a virgin
tropical forest. The Great House, with its spacious open galleries and
verandahs, was surrounded with stone terraces, overflowing with the
intense red and orange of the hybiscus and croton bush, the golden
browns and softer yellows of less ambitious plants, the sensuous tints
of the orchid, the high and glittering beauties of the palm and
cocoanut. The slopes to the coast were covered with cane-fields, their
bright young greens sharp against the dark blue of the sea. The ledge on
which the house was built terminated suddenly in front, but extended on
the left along a line of cliff above a chasm, until it sloped to the
road. On this flat eminence was an avenue of royal palms, which, with
the dense wood on the hill above it, was to marinersone of the most
familiar landmarks of the Island of "St. Kitts." From her verandah Mary
Fawcett could see, far down to the right, a large village of negro huts,
only the thatched African roofs visible among the long leaves of the
cocoanut palms with which the blacks invariably surround their
dwellings. Beyond was Brimstone Hill with its impregnable fortress. And
on the left, far out at sea, her purple heights and palm-fringed shores
deepening the exquisite blue of the Caribbean by day, a white ever
changing spirit in the twilight, and no more vestige of her under the
stars than had she sunk whence she came--Nevis. Mary Fawcett never set
foot on her again, but she learned to sit and study her with a whimsical
affection which was one of the few liberties she allowed her
imagination. But if


the unhappiest years of her life had been spent
there, so had her fairest. She had loved her brilliant husband in her
youth, and all the social triumphs of a handsome and fortunate young
woman had been hers. In the deep calm which now intervened between the
two mental hurricanes of her life, she sometimes wondered if she had
exaggerated her past afflictions; and before she died she knew how
insignificant the tragedy of her own life had been.

Although Rachael was born when her parents were past their prime, the
vitality that was in her was concentrated and strong. It was not enough
to give her a long life, but while it lasted she was a magnificent
creature, and the end was abrupt; there was no slow decay. During her
childhood she lived in the open air, forexcept in the cold nights of a
brief winter only the jalousies were closed; and on that high shelf even
the late summer and early autumn were not insufferable. Exhausted as the
trade winds become, they give what little strength is in them to the
heights of their favourite isles, and during the rest of the year they
are so constant, even when storms rage in the North Atlantic, that Nevis
and St. Christopher never feel the full force of the sun, and the winter
nights are cold.

Rachael was four years old when her parents separated, and grew to
womanhood remembering nothing of her father and seeing little of her
kin, scattered far and wide. Her one unmarried sister, upon her return
from England, went almost immediately to visit Mrs. Lytton, and married
Thomas Mitchell, one of the wealthiest


planters of St. Croix. Mary
Fawcett's children had not approved her course, for they remembered
their father as the most indulgent and charming of men, whose frequent
tempers were quickly forgotten; and year by year she became more wholly
devoted to the girl who clung to her with a passionate and uncritical
affection.

Clever and accomplished herself, and quick with ambition for her best
beloved child, she employed the most cultivated tutors on the Island to
instruct her in English, Latin, and French. Before Rachael was ten years
old, Mistress Fawcett had the satisfaction to discover that the little
girl possessed a distinguished mind, and took to hard study, and to les
graces, as naturally as she rode a pony over the hills or shot the reef
in her boat.

For several years the women of St. Christopher held aloof, butmany of
the planters who had been guests at the Great House in Gingerland called
on Mistress Fawcett at once, and proffered advice and service. Of these
William Hamilton and Archibald Hamn became her staunch and intimate
friends. Mr. Hamn's estate adjoined hers, and his overlooker relieved
her of much care. Dr. James Hamilton, who had died in the year preceding
her formal separation, had been a close friend of her husband and
herself, and his brother hastened with assurance of his wish to serve
her. He was one of the eminent men of the Island, a planter and a member
of Council; also, a "doctor of physic." He carried Rachael safely
through her childhood complaints and the darkest of her days; and if his
was the hand which opened the gates between herself and history, who
shall say in


the light of the glorified result that its master should
not sleep in peace?

In time his wife called, and his children and stepchildren brought a new
experience into the life of Rachael. She had been permitted to gambol
occasionally with the "pic'nees" of her mother's maids, but since her
fourth year had not spoken to a white child until little Catherine
Hamilton came to visit her one morning and brought Christiana Huggins of
Nevis. Mistress Huggins had known Mary Fawcett too well to call with
Mistress Hamilton, but sent Christiana as a peace offering. Mary's first
disposition was to pack the child off while Mistress Hamilton was
offering her embarrassed explanations; but Rachael clung to her new
treasure with such shrieks of protest that her mother, disconcerted by
this vigour of opposition to her will, permitted the intruder toremain.

The wives of other planters followed Mistress Hamilton, for in that soft
voluptuous climate, where the rush and fret of great cities are but a
witch's tale, disapproval dies early. They would have called long since
had they not been a trifle in awe of Nevis, more, perhaps, of Mistress
Fawcett's sharp tongue, then indolent. But when Mistress Hamilton
suddenly reminded them that they were Christians, and that Dr. Fawcett
was dead, they put on their London gowns, ordered out their coaches, and
called. Mary Fawcett received them with a courteous indifference. Her
resentment had died long since, and they seemed to her, with their
coaches and brocades and powdered locks, but the ghosts of the Nevis of
her youth. Her child, her estate, and her few tried friends absorbed
her. For the sake of her daughter's future, she


ordered out her ancient
coach and made the round of the Island once a year. The ladies of St.
Kitts were as moderately punctilious.

And so the life of Rachael Fawcett for sixteen years passed uneventfully
enough. Her spirits were often very high, for she inherited the Gallic
buoyancy of her father as well as the brilliant qualities of his mind.
In the serious depths of her nature were strong passions and a tendency
to melancholy, the result no doubt of the unhappy conditions of her
birth. But her mother managed so to occupy her eager ambitious mind with
hard study that the girl had little acquaintance with herself. Her
English studies were almost as varied as a boy's, and in addition to her
accomplishments in the ancient and modern languages, she painted, and
sang, played the harp and guitar.Mary Fawcett, for reasons of her own,
never let her forget that she was the most educated girl on the Islands.

"I never was one to lie on a sofa all day and fan myself, while my
children sat on the floor with their blacks, and munched sugar-cane, or
bread and sling," she would remark superfluously. "All my daughters are
a credit to their husbands; but I mean that you shall be the most
brilliant woman in the Antilles."

The immediate consequences of Rachael's superior education were two: her
girl friends ceased to interest her, and ambitions developed in her
strong imaginative brain. In those days women so rarely distinguished
themselves individually that it is doubtful if Rachael had ever heard of
the phenomenon, and the sum of her worldly aspirations was a wealthy and
intellectual husband who would take


her to live and to shine at foreign
courts. Her nature was too sweet and her mind too serious for egoism or
the pettier vanities, but she hardly could help being conscious of the
energy of her brain; and if she had passed through childhood in
ignorance of her beauty, she barely had entered her teens when her happy
indifference was dispelled; for the young planters besieged her gates.

Girls mature very early in the tropics, and at fourteen Rachael Fawcett
was the unresponsive toast from Basseterre to Sandy Point. Her height
was considerable, and she had the round supple figure of a girl who has
lived the out-door life in moderation; full of strength and grace, and
no exaggeration of muscle. She had a fine mane of reddish fair hair, a
pair of sparkling eager gray eyes whichcould go black with passion or
even excited interest, a long nose so sensitively cut that she could
express any mood she chose with her nostrils, which expanded quite
alarmingly when she flew into a temper, and a full well-cut mouth. Her
skin had the whiteness and transparency peculiar to the women of St.
Kitts and Nevis; her head and brow were nobly modelled, and the former
she carried high to the day of her death. It was set so far back on her
shoulders and on a line so straight that it would look haughty in her
coffin. What wonder that the young planters besieged her gates, that her
aspirations soared high, that Mary Fawcett dreamed of a great destiny
for this worshipped child of her old age? As for the young planters,
they never got beyond the


gates, for a dragon stood there. Mistress
Fawcett had no mind to run the risk of early entanglements. When Rachael
was old enough she would be provided with a distinguished husband from
afar, selected by the experienced judgement of a woman of the world.

But Mary Fawcett, still hot-headed and impulsive in her second
half-century, was more prone to err in crises than her daughter. In
spite of the deeper passions of her nature, Rachael, except when under
the lash of strong excitement, had a certain clearness of insight and
deliberation of judgement which her mother lacked to her last day.of a sweetener than a necessity.

Whatever the venue, it's debatable why an outside party would need to pay.

North Korea's government, which is no stranger to hosting lavish events like military parades and party congresses of its own, has ample funds to cover important meetings for Kim.

While highly speculative — Kim is even more averse to divulging details about his personal wealth than Trump — the North Korean leader is believed by some foreign experts to be worth well over $1 billion and have access to billions dollars more thanks to the full backing of his country.

But as history has shown, summits with the Kim family don't come cheap.

Seoul reportedly spent somewhere in the range of $5 million to cover the costs of costs of President Moon Jae-in's first


summit with Kim in April — a day-long affair that was held in publicly owned buildings on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.

And though this falls in a category all of its own, former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung's administration secretly paid $500 million to just to get Kim Jong Un's father to agree to the first-ever North-South Korea summit in 2000.

The South Korean president won that year's Nobel Peace Prize, before the payment was made public. One of his aides was convicted and went to prison.

Hosting North Koreans at sports events can also have extra costs attached.

South Korea paid $2.5 million to cover the costs of more than 400 North Koreans, only 22 of whom were athletes, at the Pyeongchang Games in February.

The Olympics werethe first big step of Kim's ongoing diplomatic campaign, which he announced with great fanfare in January. But they weren't the first time Seoul had shelled out in the name of Korean unity.

For the Asian Games in Busan in 2002, it gave about $1.3 million, then $836,000 for a Universiade in 2003 and another $385,000 for the Asian Games in 2014.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has denied the U.S. would pay for North Korea in Singapore and said Washington wasn't asking anyone else to, either.

In keeping with normal practice, Singapore, as the host nation, will have to put out for general security and various other expenses.

Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen on Saturday confirmed that much, while steering clear of the details or whether Pyongyang or Washington had


of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, the ferry boat plying between ports in the states of Arkansas and Tennessee. The license was demanded

by the Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County, by virtue of the following state statute:

"Liquor Dealers . . ."

"Persons selling beer or any quantities of liquor on steamboats, flatboats, or any other vessel or watercraft, or from railroad cars, shall pay a tax, each, in lieu of all other taxes, to be paid in any county they may elect, per annum, $200 dollars."

He denied his liability to pay because, as he averred, he was engaged in interstate commerce, and was not subject to be taxed by the state in such case. The taxing officers insisting, he paid the license for the past years1901, 1902, 1903, and also for the then coming year of 1904, under protest, and to avoid the taking of his property under a distress warrant, and he then commenced these actions to recover the money so paid. They both involve the same question, one action being brought to recover for the back taxes paid and the other for the taxes paid for the future, from January 1, 1904. Judgment went against him in the trial court, which was affirmed in the supreme court of the state. 113 Tenn. 167. The plaintiff brings the cases here by writs of error.

The record shows that Speed, the defendant in error, being Clerk of the County Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, undertook to assess the plaintiff in error under the Tennessee


statute, and, the plaintiff in error denying his liability to pay any tax, the parties agreed upon the following facts for the purpose of having the question presented judicially and determined by the court under the practice in Tennessee:

"That the West Memphis Packet Company is, and has been for more than fifteen years last past, a corporation duly created and existing under and in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas, located and having its situs at West Memphis, in the County of Crittenden, in the State of Arkansas, situated just opposite the lower end of the City of Memphis, across the Mississippi River, having power by its charter to buy of build

and own one or more steamboats, barges, and flatboats, and other watercraft, to beused in transporting freight and passengers on the Mississippi River, and the lakes, bayous, and other navigable streams connecting therewith, within the limits of the State of Arkansas, and during the time the said James Foppiano was engaged in selling beer and liquors, as herein stated, the said West Memphis Packet Company was in the exercise of its corporate powers and privileges, and engaged continuously in commerce between the City of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, and points contiguous thereto situated along the Arkansas shore of the Mississippi River."

"For more than fifteen years, the West Memphis Packet Company has been operating a ferry across the Mississippi River from Hopefield Point, in Crittenden County, Arkansas, and other points adjacent thereto in the State of Arkansas, to and from


the State of Tennessee, under licenses to operate such ferry, regularly granted and issued to it, the West Memphis Packet Company, by the County Court of Crittenden County, Arkansas, the tribunal authorized by the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas to grant and issue such licenses, and under such licenses the West Memphis Packet Company had been making landings regularly at its dock at the wharf in the City of Memphis, on the Mississippi River, and there receiving and discharging freight and passengers transported or to be transported by means of such ferry along and across the Mississippi River. It had made but one landing regularly in the course of such business in the State of Tennessee, and two or more in the State of Arkansas."

"Formore than four years last past, the West Memphis Packet Company has used and employed the steamboat Chas. H. Organ as its regular ferry boat in carrying on the ferry aforesaid, under its said licenses, and such steamboat had made stated regular trips during all that time between Memphis and the points aforesaid in the State of Arkansas constituting such ferry landings."

Memphis Packet Company, and was duly enrolled and licensed as a steam vessel to navigate the Mississippi River and its tributaries under the laws of the United States regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes, in the custom house at Memphis, Memphis being the nearest port of the United States to the residence of the West Memphis Packet Company, and the home port of the said