weeks
before his scheduled hearing and informed
her that he previously had retained an
attorney in New York in 1992 to assist
him in filing his application for asylum.
On May 19, Mr. Ambati and Pranaykumar
appeared at the scheduled hearing, and
their newly retained counsel requested a
continuance. Counsel explained that she
had overestimated the New York attorney's
degree of involvement in the Ambatis'
case; the case had not been prepared for
the hearing, as she had believed, and
thus she did not feel prepared to go
forward. The IJ suggested to counsel that
she could withdraw her notice of
appearance and Mr. Ambati could proceed
pro se. The IJ stated he would go forward
with the hearing because not only had he
granted Mr. Ambati a seven-month
continuance, but also had explained
clearly that no further continuances
would be given. When asked by the IJ if
he wanted thethe IJ opined that Mr. Ambati's
application for asylum was nothing more
than a mechanism to prolong his stay in
the United States. Consequently, the IJ
denied Mr. Ambati both asylum and
withholding of deportation and ordered
him deported to India. The IJ refused to
allow Mr. Ambati voluntary departure
because he found that Mr. Ambati desired
to remain in the United States "at all
costs." R.71 (internal quotation marks
omitted). As for Pranaykumar, the judge
also denied him both asylum and
withholding of deportation, but granted
him voluntary departure. Finally, the
judge terminated the proceedings
regarding Mrs. Ambati because she had
left the United States before the initial
deportation hearing.

2.

On appeal, the BIA affirmed the IJ's
decision and adopted his findings and
conclusions insofar as they regarded Mr.
Ambati. In addition, the Board found
that, because Mr. Ambati was allowed
sufficient time to secure an attorney and
prepare his case after


the first
continuance had been granted, the IJ did
not abuse his discretion when he refused
to grant Mr. Ambati another continuance.
The BIA reasoned that Mr. Ambati received
due process because he was on notice that
the IJ was unwilling to grant
furthercontinuances and that Mr. Ambati
was able to fully and fairly present his
case. Lastly, the BIA determined that
Pranaykumar's appeal was untimely because
it had been filed well beyond the filing
deadline of 30 days after the IJ's
decision. Mr. Ambati now seeks review of
the BIA's decision.

II
ANALYSIS

Mr. Ambati argues that the BIA
erroneously concluded that his
experiences in India, and those of his
family members, did not amount to
persecution./4 In addition, he contends
that the BIA erred in upholding the IJ's
decision in light of his due process
challenge. The IJ's refusal to grant a
continuance, Mr. Ambati reasons, deprived
him of his right toa United States citizen;
she was born several months after Mr. Ambati
began studying in Chicago.

/2 Mr. Ambati did not specify the problem to which
he referred.

/3 Apart from his own testimony and the statements
in the Ambatis' applications, Mr. Ambati submit-
ted some documentary evidence: 1) two articles--a
1991 article from a Bombay newspaper reporting
recent attacks on Christians by "toughs" due to
a dispute over water, R.41, and an undated arti-
cle from an unspecified source reporting an
effort by a Hindu organization to bring Chris-
tians who were formerly Hindus back into the
Hindu fold, R.40; and 2) an April 1996 affidavit
from Mr. Ambati's father confirming attacks on
family members and property, in which he stated
that "Hindu families bore community feelings
against the Christian families[,]" "our living
here has become most miserable[,]" and that,
because "our family is being harassed at


MISSING PERSON: Scott Tenczar. Were you in the area of Robinson Creek, Crown Lake, Matterhorn Canyon, Smedberg Lake, Seavey Pass, or Peeler Lake 7/25–8/5/2018? Please contact @SpecialAgentNPS at https://t.co/uBUAZr3tGv, even if you didn't see him. More:https://t.co/KZQX63nHF7 pic.twitter.com/p5fsTRM4iT — Yosemite National Park (@YosemiteNPS) August 12, 2018

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A man has gone missing inside Yosemite, and the National Park Service is asking for help to find him.Scott Tenczar had planned to backpack from Robinson Creek to Crown Lake, Matterhorn Canyon, Smedberg Lake, Seavey Pass, and Peeler Lake in late July and has not been seen since.The 48-year-old Tenczar was last seen at the Bridgeport Ranger Station on July 25, 2018. He is an experienced hiker and knows the area well.Tenczar has brown hair and hazel eyes, he is6 ft 1 in tall, and weighs 185 pounds. He wears mostly army-colored items: olive-drab green, tan, and camouflage. He was also likely carrying fishing gear.If you were in the area of Robinson Creek, Crown Lake, Matterhorn Canyon, Smedberg Lake, Seavey Pass, or Peeler Lake between July 25 and August 5, 2018, even if you don't believe you have any information about Tenczar, you are urged to contact the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch at 888-653-0009 or fill out this online form


This cartoon diary entry from March 7-11, 1945, depicts various activities George Fisher did while at his Army command post during World War II in Germany. The first cartoon, March 7, is a drawing of the regimental insignia of the 417th Infantry...

Photograph of Gov. Jim Guy Tucker holding a portrait of himself drawn by George Fisher, who is also in the photograph. Inscription on recto: "To my friend, George Fisher! with deepest respect and appreciation. Jim Guy Tucker, Governor 3/94."

This newspaper article describes an opening party held at the Farkleberry Restaurant in Little Rock. Invitees to the party received their own caricature created by George Fisher and were encouraged to trade and autograph them.this Court granted, wherein he complains of a judgment holding him in contempt of court for failing to pay past due alimony. This opinion will deal with the issues presented in all four matters, although separate decrees in each matter will be rendered.
When suit was first filed on May 15, 1972, a rule nisi issued in connection therewith to fix alimony and child support pendente lite. The rule was returnable on May 25, 1972, and a portion of the evidence was taken thereon that same day. On June 1, 1972, the case came on for further hearing, the testimony was completed, and the matter was taken under advisement. On June 21, 1972, plaintiff through his counsel filed another rule entitled "Rule for Maintenance Pending Decision on Alimony Pendente


on its merits with judgment being eventually signed on April 3, 1973, granting defendant-reconvenor a separation from bed and board on the reconventional demand filed by him. The judgment also fixed alimony pendente lite in favor of the wife and maintenance and support for the minor child of the marriage at the sum of $1,500 per month, making said alimony retroactive to the date of filing of the suit, with credit for such sums paid under the previous alimony judgment rendered on July 11, 1972, on a rule nisi.
After a partial new trial in the case, another judgment was rendered on May 11, 1973, which annulled and set aside the judgment of April 3, 1973, only with respect to alimony pendente lite, child support and visitation rights. Thisdefendant can make some arrangement to pay the alimony judgment against him without sacrificing his separate properties. Support for this assumption lies in the fact that despite his financial reverses and high living standard, he had sold almost one million dollars worth of his assets during the foregoing period and still, by his own estimation, had assets left exceeding a million dollars.
In plaintiff's answer to the appeal, she complains that alimony and child support are inadequate and should be increased to $3,000 per month. Concerning this, defendant points out that during the marriage his wife enjoyed having a social secretary, a live-in housekeeper, two other full-time servants, Tennessee thoroughbred horses, periodic purchasing trips to New York and expensive travel, purchases of antiques and objects of art, and memberships


of November 15, 1973, together with interest on the sum of $10,932.43 at the rate of 7 percent per annum from May 30, 1973, until paid and with interest on the sum of $6,600 at the rate of 7 percent per annum from November 15, 1973, until paid and for all costs. The court further held the defendant in contempt of court for his failure to pay alimony and child support to his wife in the above amount from the date of judicial demand through and inclusive to the date of November 15, 1973. However, the defendant was given sixty days to make payment of said amounts to the plaintiff in order to purge himself of the contempt. From the money portion of the judgment of February 5,to determine. At the first deposition, both plaintiff and her then counsel repeatedly threatened her former lawyer with legal action for breach of the attorney-client relationship, and it was finally necessary to obtain an order from the court directing the lawyer to testify as to all of the details regarding her deposit of the aforesaid funds with him. Proof was finally adduced at his deposition that the sum of $12,521.21 was actually deposited with said lawyer, of which amount $700 represented his fee. Elsewhere plaintiff testified that she opened a bank box in the name of Mrs. Matile Watts and deposited therein some of the funds which she received from the sale of the stock. Since the plaintiff was obtaining the funds without her husband's knowledge and depositing


In this connection, defendant's counsel again points out that the defendant's bank has refused to lend him any more funds and that the only source of funds available to him is from the sale of his undivided interest in certain separate properties which are heavily mortgaged to the bank and would be sacrificed if he were compelled to sell them at a forced sale in order to comply with the court's judgment. In Appeal No. 9707 we pointed out that the argument was unimpressive as to the defendant's ability to pay alimony to his wife, considering all of the financial crises that the defendant had successfully met, after which he was still worth a million dollars. The record in Appeal No. 9898 proves the validity of our opinion$1,500 per month, he had reduced his indebtedness to the bank, in addition to the interest which he had paid thereon, by the sum of $271,527.56. On May 7, 1973, for the purpose of giving the bank additional security, he executed a note in the sum of $436,000. This was in addition to a note which he had executed to the bank on May 27, 1972, for $100,000 just shortly after suit was filed. The conclusion to be drawn from this evidence is that defendant has not fairly stated his true worth, that his loans at the bank are overcollateralized, and that the funds from the sale of his separate property were available for the payment of alimony.
Defendant argues that he can only pay alimony from the sale


organs to be donated if they are unaware of their wishes.

Those who do not wish to donate their organs will still be able to record their decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register.

Fiona Loud, of Kidney Care UK, said: “For the 25,000 patients on dialysis in England, this means hope and a new future.”

Simon Gillespie, of the British Heart Foundation, added: “Introducing an opt-out system will give hope to those currently waiting for a transplant.”

Crash girl, 9, saved four lives

The parents of the little girl who gave her heart to save Mirror boy Max Johnson last night hailed the new organ donation law.

The heart of Keira Ball, nine, was given to Max last August after she died in a car accident near her home in Barnstaple, Devon, onJuly 30.

She saved four lives – two adults received her kidneys, and her pancreas and liver went to another little boy, while Max got her heart.

Keira’s father, train fitter Joe, 35, made the donation decision alone because her mum Loanna, 34, was drifting in and out of consciousness after the crash. Joe said he was inspired by Keira’s desire to help others throughout her life.

Within hours of his decision, Keira’s heart was taken to Newcastle upon Tyne to save Max, who had waited six months for a transplant to replace his dangerously enlarged heart.

Keira helped to save several lives after she died in a car accident (Image: Daily Mirror)

Loanna, 34, who also has Keely, 13, Katelyn, 12, and Bradley, eight, said: “This is such a terrible time of


Story highlights Chief opponent dismisses President Viktor Yanukovych's call for negotiations

Yanukovych invites "all political forces, priests, public figures" to hold a "dialogue"

Interior minister says there will be no crackdown on protest, state media reports

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voices U.S. "disgust" with overnight crackdown

Undeterred by an overnight crackdown by authorities, protesters in the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, rebuilt barricades Wednesday that had been torn down hour earlier by riot police.

As the day continued, police pulled back from the city's Independence Square, or Maidan, and the country's leaders sought to play down fears of a further clampdown.

Earlier, hundreds of officers used chainsaws to pull down the barriers, which had been manned by pro-Western demonstrators. Clashes led to reports of injuries on both sides.

Angry about the refusalof Ukraine's Russian-allied President Viktor Yanukovych to sign an agreement that would strengthen cooperation with the European Union, thousands of demonstrators have been camped out for days in Independence Square.

They also continue to occupy Kiev's City Hall.

Wednesday's predawn crackdown on protesters brought condemnation from Western leaders.

Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Newlyweds Mikhail and Margarita Nakonechniy kiss in front of barricades on Independence Square in a gesture of support for pro-Europe activists in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday, December 21. Protesters have poured into the streets of the Ukrainian capital, angered by their government's move away from the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia. Hide Caption 1 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Protesters fill Independence Square in


and Chris Murphy, right, join Ukrainian opposition leader Vitali Klitschko during a mass rally at Independence Square on December 15. McCain told protesters seeking closer ties with Europe, "The free world is with you, America is with you." Hide Caption 11 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – An estimated 200,000 pro-EU activists gather during a rally in Independence Square on December 15. Hide Caption 12 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – People sing, shout slogans and wave Ukrainian and EU flags during a mass rally in Independence Square on December 15. Hide Caption 13 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Pro-EU activists wave flags around the monument to the founders of Kiev during a rally in Independence Square onof 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Ukrainian opposition supporters gather at a mass rally in Kiev on December 15. Hide Caption 19 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Demonstrators by the thousands rally in Independence Square on Saturday, December 14. Hide Caption 20 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – People go through a police line separating the competing rallies of opposition protesters in Independence Square and supporters of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in Kiev on December 14. Hide Caption 21 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Supporters of the president wave flags of the ruling Party of Regions, as well as Ukrainian flags, during a rally on Kiev's European Square on December 14. Hide Caption 22


Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister, on December 8. Hide Caption 40 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Riot police block protesters during the December 8 rally. Hide Caption 41 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – A rose, the symbol of the revolution, lies on barricades being built by Pro-EU activists next to the Ukrainian Government building in Kiev on December 8. Hide Caption 42 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – A pro-EU activist holds a cut-out paper heart as she faces police at the presidential office in Kiev on December 8. Hide Caption 43 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – EU flags and Ukrainian national flags fly above a crowd of pro-EU activistsprotests – Opposition supporters shout slogans and wave flags on November 29. Hide Caption 74 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – A demonstrator holds a torn portrait of Yanukovych on November 29. Hide Caption 75 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Demonstrators hold hands during a rally on November 29. Hide Caption 76 of 77 Photos: Photos: Ukraine protests Ukraine protests – Demonstrators take to the streets in the center of Kiev on November 28. Hide Caption 77 of 77

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But U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, after a two-hour meeting with Yanukovych on Wednesday, said there was still "a way out"


court order to dislodge protesters from the city center and restore the free movement of traffic.

It was not clear how many protesters were hurt in the clashes. City officials put the number at 30, while Health Minister Raisa Bogatyryova said 13 were hurt.

Footage from the scene showed black-helmeted, heavily armored riot police advancing toward the protesters, who were wearing orange hard hats.

Ukrainian opposition leader Vitali Klitschko, a former heavyweight boxing champion, said Yanukovych had "burned the bridge to a civilized resolution of the political crisis," according to his Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform party.

Klitschko said the demonstrators' goals were "a full reload of the government and punishment for those guilty in clearing up the protests."

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told a government meeting Wednesday that Ukraine wasstill open to signing the European integration deal if the European Union would agree to providing financial assistance to Ukraine of around 20 billion euros ($27.5 billion).

He suggested European officials were more interested in monitoring the protests than in discussing a financial deal that would benefit the Ukrainian people, according to a government news release.

U.S. 'disgust' at crackdown

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that "all options" were under consideration in Ukraine, including sanctions.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the crackdown on protesters.

"The United States expresses its disgust with the decision of Ukrainian authorities to meet the peaceful protest in ... Maidan Square with riot police, bulldozers, and batons, rather than with respect for democratic rights and human dignity," he said in a statement. "This


of convening what the three former presidents have described as ... a roundtable. ... It's harder to convene a dialogue when people have seen what they believe has been inappropriate action."

Ashton had met Tuesday with opposition leaders.

The scenes of protest are reminiscent of the uprising that swept Yanukovych from office nine years ago during the Orange Revolution, when he was prime minister.

East vs. West

Yanukovych's refusal to sign the EU deal represents a U-turn in the country's advance toward closer relations with the West.

An EU agreement would have opened borders to trade and set the stage for modernization and inclusion, protesters say. They accuse Yanukovych of preparing to take the country into a Moscow-led customs union.

Moscow has leverage that may have affected Yanukovych's decision to backpedal on the EUtalks because Russia supplies Ukraine with natural gas.

Yanukovych said Tuesday that he was "strongly against opposing relations with Europe in favor of relations with Russia and vice versa."

The EU is also pressuring Yanukovych to free Tymoshenko

The Orange Revolution that swept Yanukovych from office in 2004 also brought the pro-Western Tymoshenko to power.


Of the many striking aspects of Moses Sumney – his skyscraping height, his hallucinatory, Nina Simone-like dreamscapes, his Rolodex of starry musician friends – most intriguing of all is his voice. A feathery falsetto, often layered to celestial effect, it flutters daintily over lambent guitar and sweeping strings. It’s surely the reason that Sufjan Stevens and James Blake asked him to join them on tour. Or why Beck chose Sumney to appear on his covers compilation, Song Reader; ditto Solange Knowles, for last year’s epic A Seat at the Table. As he explains one evening in a restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles, sometimes singing to him “feels like dancing”.

There is plenty of vocal pirouetting on his debut, Aromanticism, an album that shades in the grey between folk,soul and something else – something otherworldly – entirely. So it’s surprising to hear that his soft style stems from being so shy in his school days that he would “sing under my breath a lot”. At 10, his pastor parents moved from California, where he was born, to Accra in Ghana, where his fellow students would mock his American accent. It kickstarted what he calls “an almost obnoxious obsession with loneliness, singledom, isolation…”, which has permeated his music ever since.

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It wasn’t until he moved to university in LA for a creative writing degree, aged 20, that Sumney decided to focus on music, starting a college radio show and performing solo with a guitar and loop pedal, although his


Flag flying days in Norway

Dates when the Norwegian state flag is flown by all branches of government and state agencies are listed in Article 4 of the regulations concerning the use of the state flag and the merchant flag, as modified by Royal Resolution of 3 December 2004.[1] Civilians are also encouraged to display the national flag on these days. The flag is flown on the birthday of a member of the Norwegian Royal House, on some Christian holidays and on the dates of significant events of Norwegian history.

On the Day of the Sami people both state institutions and civilians are encouraged but not required to fly the Sami flag in addition to the Norwegian flag.[2]

On days designated as official days of mourning the state flag is tobe flown at half staff by state and government agencies. There are no permanent days of mourning and this provision only comes into use upon the death of a member of the Royal House or as designated by the Government. Upon the death of a member of the Royal House the flag is to be displayed at half staff each day from the announcement of death until the end of the burial. If the burial service of a non-royal person connected to an individual public institution occurs on a flag flying day the flag flown by that institution is lowered to half staff until the burial service is over.[4]

The flag is flown for living members of the Royal House. When a royal dies or leaves the Royal House,


their birthday is no longer a flag flying day. The Royal House is defined to only consist of the Monarch, those directly in line of succession and their spouses. The three living princesses have left the Royal House in connection with their marriages.[5]

1.
Norway
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The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land, until 1814, the kingdom included the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It also included Isle of Man until 1266, Shetland and Orkney until 1468, Norway has a total area of 385,252 square kilometres and a population of 5,258,317. The country shares a long border with Sweden. Norway is bordered by Finlandand Russia to the north-east, Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. King Harald V of the Dano-German House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway, erna Solberg became Prime Minister in 2013, replacing Jens Stoltenberg. A constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the Parliament, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court, as determined by the 1814 Constitution, the kingdom is established as a merger of several petty kingdoms. By the traditional count from the year 872, the kingdom has existed continuously for 1,144 years, Norway has both administrative and political subdivisions on two levels, counties and municipalities. The Sámi people have an amount of self-determination and influence over traditional territories through the Sámi Parliament. Norway maintains close ties with


the European Union and the United States, the country maintains a combination of market economy and a Nordic welfare model with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system. Norway has extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, lumber, seafood, the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of the countrys gross domestic product. On a per-capita basis, Norway is the worlds largest producer of oil, the country has the fourth-highest per capita income in the world on the World Bank and IMF lists. On the CIAs GDP per capita list which includes territories and some regions, from 2001 to 2006, and then again from 2009 to 2017, Norway had the highest Human Development Index ranking in the world. It also has the highest inequality-adjusted ranking, Norwayranks first on the World Happiness Report, the OECD Better Life Index, the Index of Public Integrity and the Democracy Index. Norway has two names, Noreg in Nynorsk and Norge in Bokmål. The name Norway comes from the Old English word Norðrveg mentioned in 880, meaning way or way leading to the north. In contrasting with suðrvegar southern way for Germany, and austrvegr eastern way for the Baltic, the Anglo-Saxon of Britain also referred to the kingdom of Norway in 880 as Norðmanna land. This was the area of Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway, and because of him

2.
Politics of Norway
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Politics in Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Kings council, the cabinet, legislative power


is vested in both the government and the Storting, elected within a multi-party system. The Judiciary is independent of the branch and the legislature. The Norwegian constitution, signed by the Eidsvoll assembly on 17 May 1814, the 1814 constitution granted rights such as freedom of speech and rule of law. This parliamentary rule has the status of constitutional custom, all new laws are passed and all new governments are therefore formed de jure by the King, although not de facto. Changes to the Court of Impeachment, parliamentary system now part of the Constitution Norway is a constitutional monarchy, where the King has a mainly symbolic power. The Royal House is a branch of the family of Glücksburg. The functions of the King, Harald V, are mainly ceremonial, althoughthe constitution of 1814 grants important executive powers to the King, these are always exercised by the Council of State in the name of the King. The King is also High Protector of the Church of Norway, Grand Master of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, the Council of State is formally convened by the reigning monarch. The Council of State consists of a Prime Minister and his/her council, parliamentarism has evolved since 1884 and entails that the cabinet must not have the parliament against it, and that the appointment by the King is a formality. The council must have the confidence of the Norwegian legislative body, in practice, the monarch will ask the leader of a parliamentary block that has a majority in the Storting to


form a government. After elections resulting in no clear majority to any party or coalition, since World War II, most non-Socialist governments have been coalitions, and Labour Party governments have often relied on the support of other parties to retain the necessary parliamentary votes. Labour formed their first brief minority government in 1928 which lasted for 18 days only, after the 1936 election the Labour Party formed a new minority government, which had to go into exile 1940–45 because of the German occupation of Norway. After a brief trans-party government following the German capitulation in 1945, Norway was ruled by Labour governments from 1945 to 1981, except for three periods. The Labour Party had a party majority in the Storting from 1945 to 1961. Since then no partyhas formed a majority government, hence minority. From 1981 to 1997, governments alternated between minority Labour governments and Conservative-led centre-right governments, the centre-right governments gained power in 3 out of 4 elections during this period, whereas Labour toppled those governments twice between elections and stayed in power after one election. Elections take place in September and governments change in October of election years, Conservative leader Kåre Willoch formed a minority government after the election of 1981

3.
Sami people
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The Sami people are an indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic area of Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. The Sami are the indigenous people of Scandinavia recognized and protected under the international conventions of indigenous peoples. Sami ancestral lands are


not well-defined and their traditional languages are the Sami languages and are classified as a branch of the Uralic language family. Traditionally, the Sami have pursued a variety of livelihoods, including fishing, fur trapping. Their best-known means of livelihood is semi-nomadic reindeer herding, currently about 10% of the Sami are connected to reindeer herding, providing them with meat, fur, and transportation. 2,800 Sami people are involved in herding on a full-time basis. For traditional, environmental, cultural, and political reasons, reindeer herding is legally reserved only for Sami people in regions of the Nordic countries. The Sámi are often known in other languages by the exonyms Lap, Lapp, some Sami regard these as pejorative terms, while others do not. Finn was the originally used by Norse speakers to referto the Sami, as attested in the Icelandic Eddas. As Old Norse gradually developed into the separate Scandinavian languages, Swedes apparently took to using Finn exclusively to refer to inhabitants of Finland, Finnish immigrants to Northern Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries were referred to as Kvens to distinguish them from the Sami Finns. Ethnic Finns are a group from Sami. In fact, Saxo never explicitly connects the Sami with the two Laplands, there is another suggestion that it originally meant wilds. In Finland and Sweden, Lapp is common in names, such as Lappi, Lappeenranta and Lapinlahti in Finland. As already mentioned, Finn is an element in Norwegian place names. In the North Sámi language, láhppon olmmoš means a person who is lost, Sámi refer to themselves


as Sámit or Sápmelaš, the word Sámi being inflected into various grammatical forms. It has been proposed that Sámi, Häme, and perhaps Suomi are of the origin and ultimately borrowed from the Baltic word *žēmē. The Baltic word is cognate with Slavic земля, which means land. The Sámi institutions—notably the parliaments, radio and TV stations, theatres, etc. —all use the term Sámi, including when addressing outsiders in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, or English

4.
New Year's Day
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New Years Day, also called simply New Years or New Year, is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar. In pre-Christian Rome under the Julian calendar, the day was dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, other global New YearsDay traditions include making New Years resolutions and calling ones friends and family. Mesopotamia instituted the concept of celebrating the new year in 2000 BC, celebrated new year around the time of the vernal equinox, the early Roman calendar designated March 1 as the new year. The calendar had just ten months, beginning with March and that the new year once began with the month of March is still reflected in some of the names of the months. September through December, our ninth through twelfth months, were positioned as the seventh through tenth months. Roman legend usually credited their second king Numa with the establishment of the months of January and February and these were first placed at the end of the year, but at some point came


to be considered the first two months instead. The January Kalends came to be celebrated as the new year at some point after it became the day for the new consuls in 153 BC. Romans had long dated their years by these consulships, rather than sequentially, still, private and religious celebrations around the March new year continued for some time and there is no consensus on the question of the timing for January 1s new status. Once it became the new year, however, it became a time for family gatherings, in AD567, the Council of Tours formally abolished January 1 as the beginning of the year. These days were also astronomically and astrologically significant since, at the time of the Julian reform, March 25 had been understood asthe spring equinox and December 25 as the winter solstice. Medieval calendars nonetheless often continued to display the months running from January to December, among the 7th century pagans of Flanders and the Netherlands, it was the custom to exchange gifts on the first day of the new year. This custom was deplored by Saint Eligius, who warned the Flemish and Dutch, make vetulas, little deer or iotticos or set tables at night or exchange New Year gifts or supply superfluous drinks. Because of the leap year error in the Julian calendar, the date of Easter had drifted backward since the First Council of Nicaea decided the computation of the date of Easter in 325, by the sixteenth century, the drift from the observed equinox had become unacceptable.


In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII declared the Gregorian calendar widely used today, the Gregorian calendar reform also restored January 1 as New Years Day. Although most Catholic countries adopted the Gregorian calendar almost immediately, it was gradually adopted among Protestant countries. The British, for example, did not adopt the reformed calendar until 1752, until then, the British Empire – and its American colonies – still celebrated the new year on 25 March. Most nations of Western Europe officially adopted 1 January as New Years Day somewhat before they adopted the Gregorian Calendar, in Tudor England, New Years Day, along with Christmas Day and Twelfth Night, was celebrated as one of three main festivities among the twelve days of Christmastide. There, until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in1752, Pope Gregory acknowledged 1 January as the beginning of the new year according to his reform of the Catholic Liturgical Calendar

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Victory in Europe Day
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It thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. The term VE Day existed as early as September 1944, in anticipation of victory, on 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin. Germanys surrender, therefore, was authorised by his successor, Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz, the administration headed by Dönitz was known as the Flensburg Government. The act of surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France and on 8 May in Berlin. The former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries have historically celebrated the end of World War II on 9 May, however, the Baltic


countries now commemorate VE day on 8 May. In Ukraine from 2015,8 May was designated as a day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, upon the defeat of Germany, celebrations erupted throughout the world. From Moscow to Los Angeles, people celebrated, in the United Kingdom, more than one million people celebrated in the streets to mark the end of the European part of the war. Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret were allowed to wander incognito among the crowds, in the United States, the victory happened on President Harry Trumans 61st birthday. He dedicated the victory to the memory of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, flags remained at half-staff for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period. Truman said of dedicating the victory to Roosevelts memory and keeping theflags at half-staff that his wish was that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this day. Later that day, Truman said that the victory made it his most enjoyable birthday, massive celebrations also took place in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and especially in New Yorks Times Square. As the Soviet representative in Reims had no authority to sign the German instrument of surrender, the surrender ceremony was repeated in Berlin on 8 May, where the instrument of surrender was signed by supreme German military commander Wilhelm Keitel, by Georgy Zhukov and Allied representatives. East Germany as Tag der Befreiung, a holiday from 1950 to 1966. Between 1975 and 1990, as Tag des Sieges, France as Victoire 1945 Slovakia as Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom Czech Republic as Den


vítězství or Den osvobození Poland as Narodowy Dzień Zwycięstwa – National Victory Day. Norway as Frigjøringsdagen Ukraine День памяті та примирення Ukraine День перемоги над нацизмом у Другій світовій війні — from 2015

6.
German occupation of Norway
–
The German occupation of Norway began on 9 April 1940 after German forces invaded the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by the Wehrmacht. This period of occupation is in Norway referred to as the war years or occupation period. By the late 1930s, the Norwegian parliament had accepted the need for a military and expanded the budget accordingly. As it turned out, most of the plans enabled by the expansion were not completed intime. Although neutrality remained the highest priority until the invasion was a fait accompli, it was throughout the government that Norway, above all. By the autumn of 1939, there was a sense of urgency that Norway had to prepare, not only to protect its neutrality. Efforts to improve military readiness and capability, and to sustain an extended blockade, were intensified between September 1939 and April 1940, several incidents in Norwegian maritime waters, notably the Altmark incident in Jøssingfjord, put great strains on Norways ability to assert its neutrality. In March and April 1940, British plans for an invasion of Norway were prepared, mainly in order to reach and it was hoped that this would divert German forces away from France, and open a war front in south Sweden.


It was also agreed that mines would be laid in Norwegian waters, because of Anglo-French arguments, the date of the mining was postponed from 5 April to 8 April. A major storm on 7 April resulted in the British Navy failing to make contact with the German shipping. Consistent with Blitzkrieg warfare, German forces attacked Norway by sea, the first wave of German attackers counted only about 10,000 men. In the other cities that were attacked, the Germans faced only weak or no resistance, the surprise, and the lack of preparedness of Norway for a large-scale invasion of this kind, gave the German forces their initial success. The major Norwegian ports from Oslo northward to Narvik were occupied by advance detachments of German troops, at the same time,a single parachute battalion took the Oslo and Stavanger airfields, and 800 operational aircraft overwhelmed the Norwegian population. The first troops to occupy Oslo entered the city brazenly, marching behind a German military brass band, on establishing footholds in Oslo and Trondheim, the Germans launched a ground offensive against scattered resistance inland in Norway. Allied forces attempted several counterattacks, but all failed, while resistance in Norway had little military success, it had the significant political effect of allowing the Norwegian government, including the royal family, to escape. The Blücher, which carried the main forces to occupy the capital, was sunk in the Oslofjord on the first day of the invasion, an improvised defence at Midtskogen also prevented a German raid from capturing the king and government. The Norwegian


Army rallied after the confusion and on several occasions managed to put up a stiff fight

7.
Norwegian Constitution Day
–
Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday observed on May 17 each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to simply as syttende mai, Nasjonaldagen or Grunnlovsdagen, the Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark–Norways devastating defeat in the Napoleonic Wars, the celebration of this day began spontaneously among students and others from early on. However, Norway was at time in a union with Sweden and for some years the King of Sweden. For a fewyears during the 1820s, King Karl Johan actually banned it, believing that celebrations like this were in fact a kind of protest and disregard — even revolt — against the union. The kings attitude changed after the Battle of the Square in 1829, the address was held by Henrik Wergeland, thoroughly witnessed and accounted for by an informant dispatched by the king himself. After 1864 the day became more established when the first childrens parade was launched in Christiania and this initiative was taken by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, although Wergeland made the first known childrens parade at Eidsvoll around 1820. It was only in 1899 that girls were allowed to join in the parade for the first time, in 1905, the union with Sweden was dissolved and Prince Carl


of Denmark was chosen to be King of an independent Norway, under the name Haakon VII. Obviously, this ended any Swedish concern for the activities of the National Day, by historical coincidence, the Second World War ended in Norway nine days before that years Constitution Day, on May 8,1945, when the occupying German forces surrendered. Even if The Liberation Day is a flag day in Norway. Instead, a new and broader meaning has been added to the celebration of Norwegian Constitution Day on May 17, the day focused originally on the Norwegian constitution, but after 1905, the focus has been directed also towards the royal family. A noteworthy aspect of the Norwegian Constitution Day is its very non-military nature, all over Norway, childrens parades with an abundance offlags form the central elements of the celebration. Each elementary school district arranges its own parade with marching bands between schools, the parade takes the children through the community, often making stops at homes of senior citizens, war memorials, etc. The longest parade is in Oslo, where some 100,000 people travel to the city centre to participate in the main festivities and this is broadcast on TV every year, with comments on costumes, banners, etc. together with local reports from celebrations around the country. The massive Oslo parade includes some 100 schools, marching bands, after the band, the rest of the school children follow with hand-sized flags, often with the junior forms first, and often behind self-made banners for each form or even individual class. Nearby kindergartens may


also have been invited to join in, as the parade passes, bystanders often join in behind the official parade, and follow the parade back to the school. Depending on the community, the parade may make stops at particular sites along the route, in Oslo the parade stops at the Royal Palace while Skaugum, the home of the crown prince, has been a traditional waypoint for parades in Asker. During the parade a marching band will play and the children will sing lyrics about the celebration of the National Day, the parade concludes with the stationary singing of the national anthem Ja, vi elsker dette landet, and the royal anthem Kongesangen

8.
Union between Sweden and Norway
–
The Norwegian government was presided over by viceroys, Swedes until 1829, Norwegians until 1856. Thatoffice was vacant and then abolished in 1873. Foreign policy was conducted through the Swedish foreign ministry until the dissolution of the union in 1905, by the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, the King of Denmark-Norway was forced to cede Norway to the King of Sweden. But Norway refused to submit to the treaty provisions, declared independence, after the adoption of the new Constitution of Norway on 17 May 1814, Prince Christian Frederick was elected king. On 4 November the Storting elected Charles XIII as the King of Norway, Sweden accepted the unions dissolution on 26 October. After a plebiscite confirming the election of Danish Prince Carl as the new king of Norway, he accepted the Stortings offer of the throne on 18 November and took the regnal name


of Haakon VII. After the establishment of absolutism in 1660, a centralised form of government was established. The united kingdoms are referred to as Denmark-Norway by later historians, the ambitious wars waged by king Charles XII, however, led to the loss of that status after the Great Northern War, 1700–1721. Sweden also invaded Norway in 1567,1644,1658 and 1716, to wrest the country away from the union with Denmark, the repeated wars and invasions led to popular resentment against Sweden among Norwegians. During the 18th century, Norway enjoyed a period of great prosperity, the biggest growth industry was the export of planks, with Great Britain as the chief market. Some members of the aristocracy saw Sweden as a more natural partner. Around 1800, many prominent Norwegians secretly favoured abreak with Denmark and their undeclared leader was Count Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg. The Swedish policy during the period was to cultivate contacts in Norway. King Gustav III actively approached circles in Norway that might favour a union with Sweden instead of Denmark, such endeavours on both sides of the border toward a rapprochement were far from realistic before the Napoleonic Wars created conditions that caused political upheavals in Scandinavia. Sweden and Denmark-Norway tried to remain neutral during the Napoleonic wars, both countries joined Russia and Prussia in a League of Armed Neutrality in 1800. Denmark-Norway was forced to withdraw from the League after the British raid on the navy during the first Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801, the league collapsed after the assassination of Tsar Paul I of


Russia in 1801. Denmark-Norway was compelled into an alliance with France after the British preemptive second attack on the Danish navy, the defenceless capital had to surrender the navy after heavy bombardment, because the army was at the southern border to defend it against a possible French attack. As Sweden in the meantime had sided with the British, Denmark-Norway was forced by Napoleon to declare war on Sweden on 29 February 1808

9.
Olaf II of Norway
–
Olaf II Haraldsson, later known as St. Olaf, was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. He was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonised in Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell and his remains were enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral, built over his burial site. He is also a saint of the Eastern OrthodoxChurch. The exact position of Saint Olafs grave in Nidaros has been unknown since 1568, Saint Olaf is symbolised by the axe in Norways coat of arms, and the Olsok is still his day of celebration. Many Christian institutions with Scandinavian links and Norways Order of St. Olav, are named after him, modern historians generally agree that Olaf was inclined to violence and brutality, and they accuse earlier scholars of neglecting this side of Olafs character. Especially during the period of Romantic Nationalism, Olaf was a symbol of independence and pride. Olaf IIs Old Norse name is Ólafr Haraldsson, during his lifetime he was known as Olaf the fat or the stout or simply as Olaf the big. In Norway today, he is referred to as Olav den


hellige or Heilage-Olav in honour of his sainthood. Olaf Haraldsson had the given name Óláfr in Old Norse, Olav is the modern equivalent in Norwegian, formerly often spelt Olaf. His name in Icelandic is Ólafur, in Faroese Ólavur, in Danish Oluf, Olave was the traditional spelling in England, preserved in the name of medieval churches dedicated to him. Other names, such as Oláfr hinn helgi, Olavus rex and he is sometimes referred to as Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae, a designation which goes back to the thirteenth century. The term Ola Nordmann as epithet of the archetypal Norwegian may originate in this tradition and his mother was Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, and his father was Harald Grenske, great-great-grandchild of Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway. Harald Grenske died when Åsta Gudbrandsdatterwas pregnant with Olaf and she later married Sigurd Syr, with whom she had other children including Harald Hardrada, who would reign as a future king of Norway. There are many texts giving information concerning Olaf Haraldsson, the oldest source that we have is the Glælognskviða or Sea-Calm Poem, composed by Þórarinn loftunga, an Icelander. It praises Olaf and mentions some of the miracles attributed to him. Olaf is also mentioned in the Norwegian synoptic histories and these include the Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum, the Historia Norwegiae and a Latin text, Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium by Theodoric the Monk. Icelanders also wrote extensively about Olaf and we also have several Icelandic sagas about him, the famous Heimskringla, written by Snorri Sturluson, largely bases its account of Olaf on


the earlier Fagrskinna. We also have the important Oldest Saga of St. Olaf, finally, there are many hagiographic sources describing St. Olaf, but these focus mostly on miracles attributed to him and cannot be used to accurately recreate his life

10.
Christmas
–
In several countries, celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24 has the main focus rather than December 25, with gift-giving and sharing a traditional meal with the family. Although the month and date of Jesus birth are unknown, by the fourth century the Western Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25. Today, most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar and this is not a disagreement over the date of Christmas as such, but rather a preference of which calendar should be used to determine the daythat is December 25. Although it is not known why December 25 became a date of celebration, December 25 was the date the Romans marked as the winter solstice, the shortest, and therefore darkest day of the year. Jesus was identified with the Sun based on an Old Testament verse, the date is exactly nine months following Annunciation, when the conception of Jesus is celebrated. Finally, the Romans had a series of pagan festivals near the end of the year, so Christmas may have been scheduled at this time to appropriate, or compete with, one or more of these festivals. The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, the economic impact of Christmas has grown steadily over the past few centuries


in many regions of the world. Christmas is a form of Christs mass. It is derived from the Middle English Cristemasse, which is from Old English Crīstesmæsse, crīst is from Greek Khrīstos, a translation of Hebrew Māšîaḥ, Messiah, meaning anointed, and mæsse is from Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist. The form Christenmas was also used, but is now considered archaic and dialectal, it derives from Middle English Cristenmasse. In addition to Christmas, the holiday has been known by other names throughout its history. The Anglo-Saxons referred to the feast as midwinter, or, more rarely, Nativity, meaning birth, is from Latin nātīvitās. In Old English, Gēola referred to the corresponding to December and January. Noel entered English in the late 14th century and is from the OldFrench noël or naël, itself ultimately from the Latin nātālis, the canonical gospels of Luke and Matthew both describe Jesus as being born in Bethlehem in Judea, to a virgin mother. In the Gospel of Luke account, Joseph and Mary travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem for the census and it says that angels proclaimed him a savior for all people, and shepherds came to adore him. In the Matthew account, magi follow a star to Bethlehem to bring gifts to Jesus, King Herod orders the massacre of all the boys less than two years old in Bethlehem, but the family flees to Egypt and later settles in Nazareth. The Nativity stories of Matthew and Luke are prominent in the gospels, the first recorded Christmas celebration was in Rome


in 336. Christmas played a role in the Arian controversy of the fourth century, the feast regained prominence after 800, when Charlemagne was crowned emperor on Christmas Day

Easter, also called Pascha (Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a festival and holiday celebrating the …

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A new poll suggests that Rob Ford has moved definitively into second place in the Toronto mayoral race, outpacing Olivia Chow by a wide margin and closing the gap on the leading John Tory. Is it for real?

The survey, conducted by Forum Research on August 25-26 and interviewing 1,945 Torontonians via interactive voice response, was published by the Toronto Star Thursday. It shows that 34 per cent of respondents would vote for Tory, with 31 per cent supporting Ford, 23 per cent backing Chow, and four per cent behind David Soknacki. Another six per cent were undecided.

That represents a big jump for Ford. It is a gain of four points, outside of the margin of error, since the last poll of August 5-6. All of the other candidatesnot a little, of that same combination of
qualities as it is met with sometimes among men of science.

Hunting accidents, the privations of Ladysmith followed by enteric,
divers fevers contracted in hot climates, and the severity of a
campaign in Somaliland, had severely tried his constitution--which
although vigorous and athletic was never robust--and had increased a
tendency to headaches and neuralgia to which he had been subject ever
since boyhood.  Yet he treated pain always as a despicable enemy, and
went about his daily business as indefatigably when he was in
suffering, as when he was entirely free from it, which in later years
was but rarely.

Dawnay had a very quick brain, and held his views most positively.  It
was sometimes said of him that he did not suffer fools gladly, and this
was true up to


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period.  And yet our knowledge of him has
never enabled us to forecast his actions with any certainty.  British
ministers and diplomatists, whose business it is to gauge, not only the
muzzle-velocity of eminent characters, but also the forces of their
recoil, never seem to have arrived at any definite conclusions with
regard to this baffling personality.  Whatever he did or did not do,
they were always surprised by it, which gives us some measure of their
capacity if not of his.

The Kaiser is pre-eminently a man of moods.  At one time he is Henry
the Fifth, at another Richard the Second.  Upon occasions he appears as
Hamlet, cursing fate which impels him to make a decision.  Within the
same hour he is Autolycus crying up his wares with an unfeigned
cheerfulness.


He is possessed by the demon of quick-change and
restlessness.  We learn on good authority that he possesses an almost
{49} incredible number of uniforms which he actually wears, and of
royal residences which he occasionally inhabits.  He clothes himself
suitably for each brief occasion, and sleeps rarely, if reports can be
believed, for more than two nights together under the same roof.  He is
like an American millionaire in his fondness for rapid and sudden
journeys, and like a democratic politician in his passion for
speech-making.

The phenomena of the moment--those which flicker upon the surface of
things--engage his eager and vivacious interest.  Upon such matters his
commentaries are often apt and entertaining.  But when he attempts to
deal with deeper issues, and with the underlying principles and causes
of human action, his utterances immediatelythat the British are largely Celts.

Every Englishman, whether he be an admirer of Sir Edward Grey's
administration of Foreign Affairs or not, knows these dark suspicions
to be merely nonsense.  He knows this as one of the common certainties
of existence--just as he knows that ginger is hot i' the mouth.  Every
Englishman knows that Sir Edward Grey, his colleagues, his advisers,
his supporters in Parliament and out of it, and the whole British race
throughout the world, hated the idea of war, and would have done--and
in fact did, so far as in them lay--everything they could think of to
avert it.  Yet the German people do not at present believe a single
word of this; and there must be some reason for their disbelief as for
other things.

Unfortunately the nations of the world


 But
in England, so far as we can judge, the people have no idea of {77}
being dragged under any circumstances into a European war; while on the
other hand, the Government is obviously drifting, consciously or
unconsciously, into continental relations which, in certain events, can
lead to no other result...."  Nor is it surprising that under these
conditions German diplomacy should have directed itself of late, with
much industry, to the cultivation of public opinion in this country,
and should at times have treated our Government with scant respect.

The fact is that the two nations, which had most to gain by
clear-sighted and tactful foreign policy, were perhaps of all nations
in the world the least well served in that particular.  English
relations with Germany have for many years past been more mismanaged
than anything exceptof Slavonic and Wendish blood in the Prussian stock
is usually calculated by ethnologists at about half and half.

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CHAPTER II

AFTER BISMARCK

With the dismissal of Bismarck in 1890, Germany entered upon a new
phase.  Then once again her people began to dream, and this time
furiously.  They had conquered in war.  They had won great victories in
peace.  According to their own estimate they were the foremost thinkers
of the world.  They found themselves impelled by a limitless ambition
and a superb self-confidence.  But the vision which now presented
itself to their eyes was disordered and tumultuous.  Indeed it was less
dream than nightmare; and in some degree, no doubt, it owed its origin,
like other nightmares, to a sudden surfeit--to a glut of material
prosperity.[1]

Why did Germany with her larger population


was
obvious, that so far from making any attack upon German commerce,
Britain, by adhering to her system of free trade at home and in her
dependencies, had conferred a boon immeasurable on this new and eager
competitor.  So far from hindering Germany's acquisition of colonies,
Britain had been careless and indifferent in the matter; perhaps too
much so for the security of some of her own possessions.  It was
Bismarck, much more than Britain, who had put obstacles in the way of
German colonial expansion.  With a sigh of relief (as we may imagine)
this great statesman saw the partition of the vacant territories of the
world completed, and his fellow-countrymen thereby estopped from
wasting their substance, and dissipating their energies, in costly and
embarrassing adventures.  So far from holding aloof from Germany or
attempting toto her knees, had nevertheless
had the impudence to make a successful recovery.  There were also
grievances against Russia, and these were tinged with fear.  Her vast
adjacent territories and teeming population, her social and industrial
progress, the reformation of her government, and the rapid recuperation
of her military and naval power, constituted in German eyes the gravest
menace of all.

Self-confidence and ambition were the original stuff--the warp and the
weft--of which the German dream was made; but these admirable and
healthy qualities rapidly underwent a morbid deterioration.  Ambition
degenerated into groundless suspicion, and self-confidence into
arrogance.  It was a considerable time, however, before Germany was
realised to have become a public danger by reason of her mental
affliction.  Until her prophets and high priests began preaching from
the housetops as a divine ordinance, that Germany


their sufferings, or regard on the part of the
super-men for their resentment--except to guard against it--is a
mistake.  The serenity of the superman must not allow itself to be
disturbed and distracted by any such considerations.  It is for him to
take what he needs or desires, to impose order on the world, so that it
may be a fit environment for the evolution of his own caste, and, so
far as he can compass it, to live like the gods.[10]

[Sidenote: THE BLONDE BRUTE]

It is clear that although Nietzsche chaunts a pæan in admiration of
"the magnificent blonde brute, avidly rampant for spoil and
victory,"[11] and although he is constantly found, as it were, humming
this refrain, he had no intention of taking the Prussian as his ideal
type--still less of personifying Prussia itself asat Heidelberg; 1874 until his death in
1896 professor of history and politics at Berlin.

[2] "Thus it follows from this, that we must distinguish between public
and private morality.  The order of rank of the various duties must
necessarily be for the State, as it is power, quite other than for
individual men.  A whole series of these duties, which are obligatory
on the individual, are not to be thought of in any case for the State.
To maintain itself counts for it always as the highest commandment;
that is absolutely moral for it.  And on that account we must declare
that of all political sins that of weakness is the most reprehensible
and the most contemptible; it is in politics the sin against the Holy
Ghost...."--_Selections_, p. 32.

[3] "That must not hinder us from


who in their private and professional capacities are so
admirable, should nevertheless produce baleful effects when they come
to play too great a part in public affairs.  Trusty friends, delightful
companions, stricter perhaps than any other civil profession in all
rules of honour, they are none the less, without seeking to be so, the
worst enemies of representative institutions.  The peculiar danger of
personal monarchy is that it so easily submits to draw its inspiration
from an adulatory priesthood, and the peculiar danger of that modern
form of constitutional government which we call democracy, is that
lawyers, with the most patriotic intentions, are so apt to undo it.

Lawyers see too much of life in one way, too little in another, to make
them safe guides in practical matters.  Their experience of human
affairs is made upsoldier in the first instance.
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer.  But we should have to go back to the
'glorious revolution' of 1688 before we could find a parallel to either
of these two in our own history.  Until the last two decades England
has never looked favourably on lawyer leaders.  This was regarded by
some as a national peculiarity; by others as a safeguard of our
institutions.  But by the beginning of the twentieth century it was
clear that lawyers had succeeded in establishing their predominance in
the higher walks of English politics, as thoroughly as they had already
done wherever parliamentary government exists throughout the world.

[Sidenote: MR. ASQUITH'S ORATORY]

During this epoch, when everything was sacrificed to perspicuity and
the avoidance of boredom, Mr. Asquith's utterances led the fashion.
His ministry was composed to


school.

[Sidenote: HIS CHARACTER]

Next to Lord Rosebery he was the figure of most authority among the
Liberal Imperialists, and yet this did not sustain his resolution when
the Cabinet of 1905 proceeded to pare down the naval estimates.  He was
the champion of equal justice, as regards the status of Trades Unions,
repelling the idea of exceptional and favouring legislation with an
eloquent scorn.  Yet he continued to hold his place when his principles
were thrown overboard by his colleagues in 1906.  Again when he met
Parliament in February 1910 he announced his programme with an air of
heroic firmness.[13]  It is unnecessary to recall the particulars of
this episode, and how he was upheld in his command only upon condition
that he would alter his course to suit the wishes of mutineers.  Andto-day is more irreparable than formerly, and the
havoc which ensues upon a blunder is vastly more appalling.  An error
of observation or of judgment--the wrong lever pulled or the wrong
button pressed--an order which miscarries or is overlooked--and twenty
thousand tons travelling at twenty knots an hour goes to the bottom,
with its freight of humanity, merchandise, and treasure, more easily,
and with greater speed and certainty, than in the days of the old
galleons--than in the days when Drake, in the _Golden Hind_ of a
hundred tons burden, beat up against head winds in the Straits of
Magellan, and ran before the following gale off the Cape of Storms.

Comfort, whether in ships of travel or of state, is not the same thing
as security.  It never has been, and it never will be.

The position


of that policy was the security of the whole empire.  This much
at any rate was readily conceded on all hands.  It was not enough,
however, that we approved the general aim of British policy.  A broad
but clear conception of the means by which our Government hoped to
maintain this policy, and the sacrifices which the country would have
to make in order to support this policy, was no less necessary.  So
soon, however, as we began to ask for further particulars, we found
ourselves in the region of acute controversy.  'Security' was a
convenient political formula, which could be accepted as readily by the
{242} man who placed his trust in international law, as by his
neighbour who believed in battle fleets and army corps.

In considering this question of security wetherefore,
the numerical inferiority of France must become more marked.

Russia meanwhile was proceeding with her programme of military
extension and reorganisation which had been decided on after the
Japanese war.  A great part of her expenditure was being devoted to the
improvement of her exceedingly defective system of railways and
communications, and to the fortification of the Gulf of Finland.

Austria did not remain stationary in military preparations any more
than her neighbours.  Her intake of recruits was 181,000 in 1912.  It
was decided to raise it to 206,000 in 1913, and again to 216,000 in
1914.

In the British Army, during this critical period, there had of course
been no increases, but the reverse.

{273}

The Regular Forces, which had been, reduced in 1906 by nine
battalions,[3] were in 1914 some eight thousand men under their nominal
strength.


disturbed by base suspicions
of our enterprising and cultured neighbour?  What iota of proof was
there that Germany nourished evil thoughts, or was brooding on visions
of conquest and rapine?

So ran the argument of almost the whole Liberal press; and a
considerable portion of the Unionist press echoed it.  Warnings were
not heeded.  They came only from unofficial quarters, and therefore
lacked authority.  Only the Government could have spoken with
authority; and the main concern of members of the Government, when
addressing parliamentary or popular audiences, appeared to be to prove
that there was no need for anxiety.  They went further in many
instances, and denounced {278} those persons who ventured to express a
different opinion from this, as either madmen or malefactors.
Nevertheless a good deal of proof had already been published to the
world--apolite ear--but a deaf
one--and pushed forward her preparations with redoubled speed.  In vain
did we on our part slow down work at our new naval base in the Firth of
Forth.  In vain did we reduce our slender army to even smaller
dimensions.[3]  In vain did we plead disinterestedly with Germany, for
a reduction in the pace of competition in naval armaments, on the terms
that we should be allowed to possess a fleet nearly twice as strong as
her own.  For the most part, during this period, official Germany
remained discreetly silent, for the reason that silence served her
purpose best; but when the persistency of our entreaties made some sort
of {281} answer necessary, we were given to understand by unofficial
Germany--rather roughly and gruffly--that a certain class of requests
was inadmissible as


a stir.

Three weeks later Mr. Lloyd George spoke at the Mansion House, making
it clear that England would not tolerate this encroachment.  Even amid
the anger and excitement which attended the last stages of the
Parliament Bill, this statement created a deep impression throughout
the country, and a still deeper impression in other countries.

Then the crisis appeared to fade away.  Germany was supposed to have
become amenable.  We returned to our internecine avocations.  The
holiday season claimed its votaries, and a great railway strike upset
many of their best-laid plans.  The inhabitants of the United Kingdom
are accustomed to think {286} only on certain topics during August and
September, and it is hard to break them of their habits.  To reconsider
a crisis which had arisen and passed away some two andAsquith, by the nature no less of
his talents than of his defects.  The policy of wait-and-see is not
necessarily despicable.  There are periods in which it has been the
surest wisdom and the truest courage; but this was not one of those
periods, nor was there safety in dealing either with Ireland or with
Germany upon this principle.  When a country is fully prepared it can
afford to wait and see if there will be a war; but not otherwise.

Sir Edward Grey is a statesman whose integrity and disinterestedness
have never been impugned by friend or foe; but from the very beginning
of his tenure of office he has appeared to lack that supreme quality of
belief in himself which stamps the greatest foreign ministers.  He has
seemed at times to hesitate, as


if in doubt whether the dangers which
he foresaw with his mind's eye were realities, or only nightmares
produced by his own over-anxiety.  We have a feeling also that in the
conduct of his office he had {299} played too lonely a part, and that
such advice and sympathy as he had received were for the most part of
the wrong sort.  What he needed in the way of counsel and companionship
was simplicity and resolution.  What he had to rely on was the very
reverse of this.

Lord Haldane, as we have learned recently, shared largely in the work
of the Foreign Office; a man of prodigious industry, but
over-ingenious, and of a self-complacency which too readily beguiled
him into the belief that there was no opponent who could not be
satisfied, no obstacle which couldthe war-cloud was banking up in July 1914,
these very people who had been most pleased with our withdrawal from
the Mediterranean, were those who urged most strongly that we should
now repudiate our liabilities under the arrangement.

PART IV

DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SERVICE

Now I saw still in my Dream, that they went on until they were come to
the place that _Simple_ and _Sloth_ and _Presumption_ lay and slept in,
when _Christian_ went by on Pilgrimage.  And behold they were hanged up
in irons, a little way off on the other side.

Then said _Mercy_ to him that was their Guide and Conductor, What are
those three men?  And for what are they hanged there?

GREAT-HEART: These three men were men of very bad qualities, they had
no mind to be Pilgrims themselves, and whosoever they could


period of nine months, the _Evening Standard_ has kept
all reference to Attila and his Huns out of its columns, its continence
is unique.

It would serve no useful purpose to set out further items of criticism
and abuse from the leader and correspondence columns of newspapers, or
from the speeches of shocked politicians.  The _Nation_, the
_Manchester Guardian_, and the _Daily News_ are entitled, between them,
to speak for the Liberal party; and if it cannot be said that the
_Evening Standard_ is quite similarly qualified in respect of the
Unionists, there is still no doubt that the views which it expressed
with so much vigour, prescience, and felicity were held by many
orthodox members of its party.

Colonel Bromley-Davenport, for example, who had been Financial
Secretary to the War Office in the late Unionist Government, spoke out
strongly againstof all others are the best material
for soldiers.  It consists of men who love fighting for its own sake--a
small class.  It also consists of men who hate fighting, but whose
sense of duty is their guiding principle--fortunately a very large
class.  It consists of many others as well, driven on by divers
motives.  But the spirit of the New Army--according to the {369}
accounts of those who are in the best position to judge--is the spirit
of the first two classes--of the fighters and the sense-of-duty men.
It is these who have leavened it throughout.

[Sidenote: ITS EFFECT ON PUBLIC OPINION]

This magnificent result--for it is magnificent, whatever may be thought
of the methods which achieved it--has been claimed in many
quarters--Liberal, Unionist, and non-party--as a triumph for the
voluntary system.  But if we


therefore it was contrary to the principles
of that science to waste more money upon him than could be avoided.
Also it was prudent not to show too much gratitude to those who had
done the fighting, lest they should become presumptuous and formidable.

This conception of the relations between the army and the civilian
population has been specially marked at several periods in our
history--after the Cromwellian wars; after the Marlborough wars; after
1757; but during the half century which followed Waterloo it seemed to
have established itself permanently as an article of our political
creed.

After 1815 there was an utter weariness of fighting, following upon
nearly a quarter of a century of war.  The heroism of Wellington's
armies was still tainted in the popular memory by the fact that the
prisons had been opened to find himthis change are not less obvious than its symptoms.  It
is an interesting coincidence that Lord Kitchener had a good deal to do
with it.  The destruction of the bloodthirsty tyranny of the Khalifa
(1898), and the rescue of a fertile province from waste, misery, and
massacre, caused many people to look with less disapproving eyes than
formerly upon the profession of the soldier.  The long anxieties of the
South African War, and the levies of volunteers from all parts of the
Empire, who went out to take a share in it, forced men to think not
only more kindly of soldiers, but also to think {412} of war itself no
longer as an illusion but as a reality.[2]

The events which happened during the last decade--the creation of the
German Navy--the attempt and failure of


Top performances in the first half of 2019

2019 is clearly running quite fast as already the first half of the year is over. From January 2019 to June 2019, Bollywood offered us some really good films. Apart from content, one of the most important elements in a film is the actors. Sometimes a good film doesn’t impress if the performance in it is not good and sometimes a bad film has some amazing performances in it.

Today, let’s look at the actors who gave some fantastic performance on the big screen in the first half of 2019…

Vicky Kaushal – Uri: The Surgical Strike

We have to start with Vicky Kaushal. The actor played the role of an army officer in Uri: The Surgical Strike and nailed it. Vicky clearly gavethe best performance of his career in the film and Uri: The Surgical Strike got him in the big league.

Anupam Kher – The Accidental Prime Minister

While a lot of people stated that the movie The Accidental Prime Minister was propaganda, one thing we cannot ignore is that Anupam Kher’s performance in the film was simply outstanding. He played the role of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to T and impressed everyone.

Kangana Ranaut – Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi

Kangana Ranaut with her performance in Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi once again proved that she is one of the best actresses we have in the industry. From action to emotions, Kangana was just perfect in each and every scene in the film.

Sonam Kapoor – EK Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa


was the highlight of the film. We got to see the actor in a zone that we always liked him in. His angry man avatar was a treat for his fans.

Tabu – De De Pyaar De

Tabu is one actress from the early 90s who is still around making a mark, and also starring as a lead, giving the young actresses a run for their money. She doesn’t need to prove her mettle as an actor, but with every film, Tabu is surprising us. With her performance in a rom-com like De De Pyaar De, Tabu once again impressed us. By the way, even that one scene of her in Bharat was very impactful.

Taapsee Pannu – Game Over / Badla

Last year, while she gave some fantastic performances in filmslike Mulk and Manmarziyaan, this year Taapsee in the first six months itself has given two mind-blowing performances. We are talking about her act in movies like Badla and Game Over. What a talented actress she is!

Shahid Kapoor – Kabir Singh

Shahid Kapoor performance is one of the highlights of Kabir Singh. The actor has performed exceptionally well and after watching the film we can’t imagine anyone else as Kabir Singh. Clearly, it is one of the best performances of Shahid.

Ayushmann Khurrana – Article 15

Ayushmann Khurrana starred in a film like Article 15 which is something very different from what he has done earlier. He plays the role of a cop and the actor is brilliant in the film. With Article 15, Ayushmann proved that he is not just


In that light, and in that spirit, “American Crime” is a regular feature of revcom.us. Each installment focuses on one of the 100 worst crimes committed by the U.S. rulers—out of countless bloody crimes they have carried out against people around the world, from the founding of the U.S. to the present day.

THE CRIME: 5:35 am, May 13, 1985. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Gregore Sambor aims his bullhorn at the house at 6221 Osage Avenue and declares: “Attention MOVE! This is America.”

Seven adults and six children, members of the MOVE organization, were in their home. Outside, hundreds of heavily armed police and city officials surrounded them.

Fifteen minutes later the police assault began. Explosives blew holes in the side of the house and tear gas was pumped in; fire hosesstreamed water onto the roof. Police opened fire with over 8,000 rounds from handguns, Uzis, and anti-tank weapons. There was no solid evidence that the people inside ever fired a shot.

When the occupants still did not come out, a police helicopter hovered over the roof and dropped a powerful bomb. The roof burst into flames so hot that homes across the street ignited. Flames raced downward through the MOVE house toward the people huddled in the basement. The fire trucks on hand did nothing to stop the fire, which then quickly spread to the surrounding homes.

The MOVE house became an unbearable hell of intense heat, fire, tear gas. and smoke. Some residents burst outside, but were met by police gunfire and either killed or forced back into the


flames, to be burned alive.

By the end, five children ages 9 to 14 were murdered by the police, as were six adults, their bodies mostly in pieces. Sixty-one homes were burned; 250 people rendered homeless. The one adult who survived—Ramona Africa—was arrested and served seven years in jail. The one child survivor was torn from those who love him and put in foster care.

THE CRIMINALS AND CO-CONSPIRATORS: Mayor Wilson Goode, the first Black mayor of Philadelphia, authorized and oversaw the massacre, along with other city leaders, which included former generals, and FBI agents.

The Philadelphia Police Department carried it out.

The FBI took part in the months of planning that went into this atrocity, and provided the city with the military-grade C-4 explosives for the bomb and other heavy weaponry.

Thepurpose—and that MOVE never did anything remotely resembling that, while Goode committed exactly that crime in his bombing.

Addendum: Repeat Offenders

The MOVE massacre is not the first time this system has bombed and burned out rebellious Black people.

In June 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a white mob attempting to lynch a Black prisoner was stopped, partly by Black residents armed with shotguns. In response, white supremacists went on a rampage. A mob of over 1,000—and including police—stormed the Greenwood area, at that time known as the “Negro Wall Street” because of its vibrant Black-owned economy. Looting, burning, and shooting people, the mob met fierce resistance from armed Blacks. The police commandeered a half-dozen small planes, supposedly to provide surveillance for their attack, though many reported that the planes also dropped


explosive and incendiary devices on the Black community.

By the time it was over, up to 100 Black people had been murdered, and perhaps two dozen of their white attackers killed. The population of Greenwood had been rounded up by police and forced into detention centers. The whole neighborhood, including 1,256 homes, had been burned to the ground; only a few buildings survived.

Taken in by an unending media and police campaign against MOVE and shocked by the scale of violence unleashed against MOVE, too many people stood by paralyzed and did not rise up in response. A "Draw the Line" statement, initiated by Carl Dix and others, was signed by more than 100 prominent Black figures and others denouncing the collusion of Black elected officials in the repression ofthe Black community.
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Case #99: May 13, 1985: The MOVE Massacre

Above: As the neighborhood burned, hundreds gathered in the street, indicting the police and chanting "Murderers! Murderers!"

While the perpetrators of this horrendous crime – the mayor and the police – walked free, the only adult survivor, Ramona Africa (shown here speaking in 2014), was arrested and spent seven years in prison for refusing to renounce MOVE, while the surviving child, Birdie Africa, was seized by the system and taken away from his family. Photo: YouTube


About

The International Women's Air & Space Museum is located in the terminal of Burke Lakefront Airport, only seconds from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the Great Lakes Science Center. We welcome you to visit us and discover how Women's Air & Space History is more than Sally Ride and Amelia Earhart.

Our MissionThe mission of the International Women's Air & Space Museum is to collect, preserve, and showcase the history and culture of women in all areas of aviation & aerospace; educate people of the world about their contributions; and inspire future generations by bringing the history to life.

Our HistoryMore than 25 years ago the idea of preserving the history of women in aviation was just a dream. Since then, memorabilia and historical artifactshave been collected, preserved and stored. Today this dream is a reality. The International Women’s Air & Space Museum, Inc. (IWASM) began as a committee of Ninety-Nines who started saving memorabilia and history of women pilots. The Ninety-Nines is an international organization of women pilots formed in 1929. There were 99 charter members and Amelia Earhart was the first elected president. In 1986 the museum opened in Centerville, Ohio. IWASM was welcomed by the City of Cleveland, Ohio in 1998, where you will find our home at Burke Lakefront Airport. Our exhibits are in the lobby at Burke, as well as the west concourse, and are accessible seven days a week.


Around 2007 I was roaming around the workshop at a youthcenter with a few kids, making up crazy ideas and laughing at and making bad jokes.

One of the crazy ideas the kids came up with, was the idea of us building a LARP fortification. 5 month later all permissions where given to us from the counsil and a colleague, the kids and me started building our crazy idea.

It was a great experience, being part of this crazy ideas journey to being a place, where epic foam-weapon-battles where won and lost. Sitting around the fireplace on cold winter evenings and hot summer afternoons, listening to tired kids telling about what the day had given them in victory and losses.This museum is an effort by the City Council to show everything related to filmmaking in Germany. The art and history of filmmaking is put on display and showed through a set of screens. This process is divided into different sets of time periods, like the modern films of the 20th century and the early classical era. Apart from this the museum holds up to 7000 film copies and collectibles belonging to the famous German film makers like Hans Richter, Lotte Reiniger and Oskar Fischinger. Since its inauguration in 1993, the museum has held an International Festival for Children’s Cinema every September.


Elsa Gidlow (29 December 1898 – 8 June 1986) was a British-born, Canadian-American poet, freelance journalist, philosopher and humanitarian. She is best known for writing On A Grey Thread (1923), possibly the first volume of openly lesbian love poetry published in North America. In the 1950s, Gidlow helped found Druid Heights , a bohemian community in Marin County, California . She was the author of thirteen books and appeared as herself in the documentary film, Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977). Completed just before her death, her autobiography, Elsa, I Come with My Songs (1986), recounts her life story. In 1962 she, along with Alan Wilson Watts, formed the Society of Comparative Philosophy. After Gidlow’s death, Druid Heights Artists Retreat was created by herestate. [Wikipedia]

This PDF of On A Grey Thread (1923) was created by the Druid Heights Artists Retreat for the Elsa Gidlow Literary Estate in January 2019. It is provided here by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society, San Francisco. The original book was published in 1923 by Will Ransom, Chicago.

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Elsa Gidlow was a British-born, Canadian-raised, American poet, freelance journalist, philosopher. She wrote On A Grey Thread (1923), the first volume of openly lesbian love poetry published in North America, when she was 23. In the 1950s, Gidlow helped found a bohemian community in Marin County, California. The community became known as Druid Heights, the name she had given to her land. In 1962 she, along with


Alan Watts, formed the Society of Comparative Philosophy. She provided Alan a place to live and write during the last years of his life. Elsa was the author of thirteen books and appeared as herself in the documentary film, Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977). Completed just before her death, her autobiography, Elsa, I Come with My Songs (1986), recounts eight decades of her life story.

In 1917, she began seeking out fellow writers and journalists. With collaborator Roswell George Mills, Gidlow published Les Mouches Fantastiques, the first gay and lesbian magazine in North America where gay and lesbian lives were celebrated.

Police arrived to a residence rented by the Glovers on Saturday night due to a disturbance 911 call. A document from the St. Johns County Sheriff's department states Lucas was berated by his wife for his poor play (he shot a third-round 78 for a MDF—made cut, did not finish). In the report, Lucas told deputies "when he plays a bad round of golf, Krista proceeds to start an altercation with him and telling him how he is a loser and a p***y, how he needs to fire everyone, and how he'd better win or her and the kids would leave him and he would never see the kids again."


Bob, Janice McNair help students pay for college May 23, 2018 05:28 PM | Deepi Sidhu

Texans Founder, Chairman and CEO Bob and his wife Janice McNair are once again making college a reality for 192 graduating seniors in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Through the Robert and Janice McNair Education foundation, the McNairs awarded $5,600.00 scholarships totaling over $1,108,800.00. Many of the recipients will be among the first in their family to go to college, according to WYFF NBC-Greenville. In their caps and gowns, graduating seniors walked the halls of local elementary and middle schools last week as an inspiration to younger students.
Bob McNair grew up in nearby Forest City and created the scholarship program to make college a possibility for students in those rural areas. Bob and Janice McNairLetters - October 12, 2017

The announcement that BAE will be making many aircraft workers redundant is a body blow to the highly skilled Lancashire workforce.

The main reason given is the lack of orders for the Typhoon fighter, mainly in the Middle East, with the orders from Saudi Arabia – being the ‘jewel in the crown’ – not forthcoming.

MPs, both Conservative and Labour, and the trade unions, quite rightly, have expressed their worries about the future of aircraft manufacturing in the region.

The one issue that Labour politicians and their paymasters, the trade unions, seem to ignore is the uttering of their Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in relation to arms supplies to Saudi Arabia.

On many occasions, he has advocated the ban of arm sales to Saudi Arabia from this country.

Just


Saturday, September 04, 2010

Cory Luebke made his major league debut for the Padres last night against the Rockies, becoming the 49th OSU major leaguer according to the Baseball-Reference list. (Incidentally, I was provided a list of possible OSU products via an unidentified late SABR member that numbers 58). In any event, Luebke joins Nick Swisher as the only active Buckeye major leaguer.

The last three OSU alums to make their debut include Luebke along with Josh Newman and Scott Lewis--all left-handed pitchers. Both Newman and Lewis are now out of major league baseball. Newman simply was not very effective and is now a newly-hired assistant coach for Greg Beals at OSU. Lewis pitched effectively for the Indians in 2008 and made the Opening Day rotation for 2009, but wasinjured in his home opening start against Toronto, never made it back up, and was released this spring after suffering another setback.

Hopefully Luebke is on the opposite of the Lewis career path, as his debut had its lumps. He went 5 innings, allowing 5 hits, 4 runs, 2 walks, 2 homers, 3 strikeouts, and throwing 46/78 pitches for strikes. He also took the loss for his now reeling team.

With Luebke now in the fold, it's natural to look for the next Buckeye prospect. Alex Wimmers was the Twins' first-round pick, and as a polished college pitcher he is obviously a candidate. Doug Deeds has had a good season in AAA for Arizona, but at 29 and without a spot on the 40-man roster he remains a long shot.


                       2
                     FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

          A. Mary's Lawsuit Against George

          In February 2011 Mary commenced a personal injury action against George

alleging domestic violence. Mary alleged that on numerous occasions in her eight-year

marriage to George, he "struck with his hands and objects, beat, choked, punched, shoved

down stairs, kicked, sat on, threw to the ground and otherwise assaulted and battered"

Mary. In particular, Mary alleged that on September 16, 2010,T. Cummings.5 In the e-mail, Cummings told

George he is "going to lose the civil case because he was convicted in the criminal case.

The only issue is the amount of damages." Cummings told George he would "have to

pay his wife's attorney fees, general and potentially punitive damages when they win."

Cummings urged George to "settle the case for $37,500 and move on." Cummings

reminded George trial had been set for "February 2" and told George he would "advise

the court at the March hearing" that George would be released in April and "request that

any trial not be set until May."6

      C. George's Trial Counsel Is Relieved as Counsel of Record and Mails George
the Order Continuing Trial to June 8, 2012

       On


March 2, 2012, the trial court granted Cummings's motion to be relieved as

counsel of record and in the same order continued the trial date to June 8, 2012. The

court ordered Cummings to serve George with a copy of the order at George's last known

address, the George Bailey Detention Facility.

       On March 7, 2012, Cummings served George with the order by mail. The proof of

service shows mail to the following address: "George Charles Smith[,] Booking #

11187568[,] 5C-246, George Bailey Detention Facility[,] 446 Alta Rd., Ste 5300, San

5      George attached this e-mail as an exhibit to his declaration filed with his motion to
vacate the judgment.

6   The register of actions shows that on January 10, 2012 (three daysin this action or proceeding: [¶] . . . [¶] is set for

Friday, June 8, 2012 at 1:30pm in Department 14 - East County Division."

       On March 2, 2012, later in the day after the court granted his order and continued

the trial, Cummings realized the "None" next to "trial date" on page 1 of the order was a

mistake. Cummings tried to correct it the same day by filing a revised order with "June

8, 2012" next to the preprinted "trial date" on the first page of the order. Cummings

accompanied the corrected order with a cover letter addressed to the court clerk,

explaining he had modified the order "to reflect what occurred" at the hearing. However,

the clerk refused to accept the corrected order because by


then, the judge had already

signed the incorrect one.

       George admits receiving this order—dated March 2, 2012 and stating on page 2

that trial was set for June 8, 2012—in March 2012 while he was incarcerated.

       D. The Clerk Sends George Notice of the June 8, 2012 Trial Date

       On March 5, 2012, the clerk issued a "Notice of Rescheduled Hearing" stating trial

was set for June 8, 2012, at 1:30 pm in Department E-14. The clerk's certificate of

service by mail states this was mailed on March 5, 2012 to: "George C. Smith C/O:

George Bailey Detention Facility[,] BKG#111[,] 446 Alta Road #5300[,] San Diego, CA

        because (1) George

"never received adequate notice of the trial" in violation of section 594, and (2) the

judgment "far exceeded the amount that [George] had been notified was at risk."7

        On the first issue (notice of trial), George's lawyers asserted the only notice of trial

properly addressed to George while he was incarcerated was the order sent by

Cummings's office—but that order was self-contradictory, asserting on the first page

there was no trial date, yet stating on the second page trial was set for June 8. In his

declaration, George admitted receiving this order, but stated he did not notice the trial

date.

        Although the clerk also sent notice of the rescheduled trial date, George's attorneys

asserted it was incorrectly addressed


  However, George did nothing to protect his own rights. Instead of asking his

former lawyer, Cummings, about the trial date, or contacting the court to clarify any

confusion about the trial date, George did nothing to learn about the status of his case

from the date he was released from prison in April 2012 until March 2013 when Mary's

lawyers demanded he pay the judgment. George was represented by counsel when the

initial trial date was set for February 2012.11 After a party receives notice of the initial

trial date, he acts at his own peril in failing to keep himself informed of changes in the

trial date through diligent inquiry. (People ex rel. San Francisco Bay Conservation etc.

Com. v. Smith (1994) 26 Cal.App.4th 113, 127.)

       evidence. Mary's complaint alleged the following

heinous conduct by George:

          "On September 16, 2010, George C. Smith assaulted and battered his
          wife of eight (8) years . . . . [He] shoved Mary E. Smith to the
          ground, and proceeded to strike and beat her about the head, face
          and body . . . ."

          "Throughout the eight (8) years preceding September 16, 2010,
          Defendant George C. Smith struck with his hands and objects, beat,