the ground at almost pointblank range with a shotgun. The shooter, who used his right hand to pull the trigger and his left to hold the barrel, was wearing a brown, waist-length jacket. Borges testified the jacket later seized from defendant's parents' home "could be consistent" with the one the shooter had worn.
*859 Harry Zisko testified he heard shots that evening while in his Belford Avenue apartment. He saw two men running down the street, one carrying a two-inch-diameter cylinder that was between one and one and a half feet long. Zisko heard metal hitting metal as they ran. Ten to 20 seconds later, a car waiting near the curb with its lights on pulled into the street, briefly went out of control, and then sped away withits lights off.
Frank Kerr, who lived on Belford Avenue, testified that, at approximately 9:00 p.m., he heard shouting, gunfire, and two people running on his street. Kerr then saw Bulman at the Secret Service car. When Bulman left, Kerr checked on Cross, saw she had been shot in the chest, and unsuccessfully tried to find any sign of life. Kerr stated that a person could go through a breezeway between apartment buildings on Interceptor and wind up at an ivy-covered chain-link fence that was "next to where the Secret Service car was on the night of June 4th." Kerr added that a person could "come around" the fence onto the street where the Secret Service car had been parked.

b. Crime Scene Evidence

Analysis of the crime scene, the agents'


car, and Cross's body indicated the first round fired from the shotgun, a slug, entered the front passenger door and exited through the driver's door. Cross was then shot with a round of buckshot likely fired from outside the front passenger's door. She next was shot in the chest at close range with the third round, another slug, which exited her back and traveled through the seat and floorboard. This shot probably was fired while the shooter leaned over the front seat and shot almost straight down. Each shotgun wound Cross suffered would have been fatal.
Los Angeles Police Detective Marvin Engquist testified there was a fine mist of blood splattered on the back of the front seat that was not captured on the crime scene photographs of thedark upholstery. Rod Englert, a crime scene reconstruction and bloodstain expert, testified the shotgun and the person who shot Cross would have been splattered with a fine mist of blood caused by the close-range shot into her chest.
Eyeglass frames, a broken eyeglass lens, and an eyeglass case were found in the street 57 feet in front of the agents' car and 13 feet from the curb. Agent Torrey interviewed people living in buildings nearby, but was unable to find anyone who owned the recovered eyeglasses.
The parties stipulated that on June 20, 1980, a Secret Service agent using a metal detector found a .38-caliber bullet buried in the ground between the sidewalk and chain-link fence on Interceptor, some distance in front of where *860 the agents' car had been


parked. They also stipulated that the custodian of records at the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office determined there was no other reported homicide near the Los Angeles International Airport on June 4, 1980.

c. Search of Defendant's Parents' House

On November 12, 1990, Los Angeles Police Detective Richard Henry served a search warrant at the home of defendant's parents. He found a brown leather jacket (the jacket) and a knit cap in a closet that defendant's mother said contained defendant's belongings. Henry also found a 1987 postcard addressed to defendant that reminded him to pick up his eyeglasses from an optometrist. Bulman testified the cap found in the closet was similar to the one worn by the passenger; "presumptive tests," providing a preliminary indication whether or not blood might bein 1980 and 1981.
In February 1991, Taylor wrote to Terry asking whether he had been talking to the police about defendant. She did so because defendant had told her he was concerned that Terry was talking to the police about him, and he wanted Taylor to try to contact Terry to learn if that was true.[4]
April Watson, who had been Terry's girlfriend for several years, told Detective Henry that defendant contacted her in August and October of 1990, concerned that Terry might be talking to police. Defendant wanted Watson to find out where Terry was and to tell him to "stay strong." Henry confirmed that he and other officers had transported Terry from the Los Angeles County jail on several occasions in August and September of 1990.
Yvette Curtis,


Terry's girlfriend from approximately 1977 to 1982, testified she met defendant through Terry around 1978 and had a brief affair with *862 defendant in 1978 or 1979. During the affair, Curtis took a trip with defendant in which he drove a large truck north of Los Angeles to a place where the truck was unloaded. Defendant had worn glasses when driving at night. The frames of those glasses and their case were similar to the frames and case found at the crime scene. About a month after the trip, Terry confronted defendant about the affair and repeatedly hit defendant in the head with the butt of a gun. Despite that altercation, Curtis continued to see Terry and defendant together on occasion, and she knew they were associates atthe time Cross was murdered.
Curtis testified that, just before 11:00 p.m. on June 4, 1980, Terry came to her apartment, looking nervous or excited. He said he needed "to watch the news" about the female Secret Service agent who was murdered "by the airport." Curtis added that she had seen Terry with a .38-caliber revolver two weeks before the murder.
Defendant's address book, recovered by law enforcement in May 1991, contained a telephone number for Terry Brock and April Watson.

f. Defendant's Employment at Swift Foods

Both Arthur Jackson and defendant drove trucks for Swift Foods in Los Angeles in 1980. Jackson testified defendant drove a particular tractor-trailer truck for deliveries to San Francisco and that the truck would be gone on Monday and Thursday mornings when Jackson came to work.


most helpful to the prosecution was based primarily on a statement she gave police in 1990. In that version, Jessica said defendant came to her apartment after midnight the night of the Cross murder with "blood spatters, *863 little specks of blood" on his chest and left arm and was carrying a bag containing what looked like a dark "crowbar" and a wooden object that could have been the butt of a handgun. He washed blood off of the crowbar-like object, was very concerned about whether police were outside the apartment, and told Jessica he had had to "take somebody out" near the airport, that "it was either him or them." When police later showed Jessica the barrel of a Secret Service shotgun with its unique handguard, shesaid it was "exactly" the same item she had seen defendant carry and clean that night. She said around 1980 defendant often wore knit caps similar to the one seized from his parents' house. Jessica testified her relationship with defendant ended because he had an affair with Eileen Smith.
Jessica felt pressured by defendant's family and her own family not to testify. She testified defendant's mother told her she was the prosecution's star witness and there was no case against defendant without her testimony.

2. Defense Evidence

Beverly Perry and Luis Jimenez, both employees of Swift Foods, testified they did not see defendant wearing eyeglasses around 1980. Carlos Jimenez also worked at Swift Foods; he testified he did not recall seeing defendant wear glasses around 1980.
In 1980, Nina Miller was the


girlfriend of Charles Brock, brother of Terry and Jessica. Miller testified, and earlier had given a statement to police to the same effect, that in the early morning hours of June 5, 1980, she, Charles, and others picked up a friend at the Venice Police Station and returned to the friend's apartment. Terry was waiting at the apartment building, lying in his car. Once inside, Terry participated in sawing off the barrel of a shotgun and demonstrated shooting that gun, saying "This is how I shot it." Miller said that, at a later date, she heard Charles say "the Secret Service agent must have played dead" because the agent had not picked Charles out of a lineup. She added that Charles once described to her a shotgun witha folding stock like the Secret Service shotgun.
Eileen Smith had a romantic relationship with defendant and lived with him in 1980. She testified she never saw defendant wear prescription glasses before 1981, when she helped him buy a pair. She said in 1980 defendant drove a black Buick Park Avenue and that he sometimes had made deliveries for Swift Foods in the middle of the week and was gone on Wednesdays. She said there were other jackets in the closet Detective Henry searched, and that some clothes in it belonged to her, her son, and defendant's brother. Smith testified that defendant did not "hang out" with Terry after Terry hit defendant in the head with a gun.
*864 Defendant's father testified Jessica Brock told him she had lied in


her statements to police after they had threatened her but that she would tell the truth at trial. He denied ever having contacted witnesses to pressure them not to testify or to change their testimony, although the prosecutor cross-examined him regarding his contacts with various witnesses in the case. He also denied previously trying to "pay off" a witness in a case against defendant involving a person named Dorothy Tyre.
Former Los Angeles Police Detective Michael Thies testified that, in Bulman's statements to police after the murder, Bulman did not say the struggle with the driver initially occurred in front of the agents' car. Bulman's description of the suspect with the shotgun contained in Thies's report and the all points bulletin Thies issued did not include that that suspecthad a mustache, although the final composite of that individual did. Thies said he believed Bulman told him during their initial interview that the suspect with the shotgun had a mustache, but he agreed that he normally would have included such an important detail in his notes and the bulletin if Bulman had so stated. Secret Service Agent Frank Renzi testified his notes of Bulman's description of the suspect with the shotgun similarly did not include mention of a mustache, but he added that he might not have heard that part of Bulman's description of that suspect. Renzi's notes indicated that Bulman did describe the other suspect as having a neatly trimmed moustache.

3. Prosecution Rebuttal Evidence

Kevin McHugh worked at Swift Foods between 1977 and 1980. He testified he


twice saw defendant wearing eyeglasses while reading.
Detective Henry testified that, in a call intercepted pursuant to a court-authorized wiretap, defendant's mother told Eileen Smith that, at defendant's request, she was listing things she wanted Smith to remember for her testimony that might help defeat a pending motion in the case. Henry also testified that the closet he searched appeared to contain only defendant's clothes. Henry added that, shown the barrel of a Secret Service shotgun, Jessica Brock told him it was the object she had seen defendant "washing the blood off of." Henry also testified Jessica described a square wooden bottom of the "gun butt" of a revolver as the object she saw protruding from the bag defendant brought to her apartment on June 5, 1980.
Dorothy Tyre testifiedProsecution Evidence

The prosecution presented evidence concerning six prior incidents of defendant's criminal behavior. On April 8, 1970, defendant was stopped for driving an unsafe car that was too low to the ground. Defendant was verbally abusive to the police officers. He was arrested after he tried to run away when they issued him a ticket. On December 17, 1972, defendant and another person, both armed with revolvers, entered Dorothy Tyre's home and robbed her of several items. This incident led to defendant's conviction on July 17, 1973, for first degree robbery and first degree burglary, with an enhancement for being armed with a firearm. On May 30, 1977, defendant was part of a crowd of bystanders who interfered with police officers in the process of arresting two men.


Defendant had to be handcuffed and placed in a patrol car so that the officers could complete the arrest safely. On July 25, 1984, defendant shot James Williams in the arm for no apparent reason. The two men lived in the same apartment complex. On April 9, 1988, while incarcerated in a Los Angeles County jail, defendant struck a sheriff's deputy and held him in a chokehold. Other deputies had to physically subdue defendant. The prosecution also presented several photographs of the crime scene and the victims in the triple murder of which defendant was convicted in 1990. Two of the victims had been shot in the head.
Cheryl Meyers, a San Diego Police Department captain who had worked with Julie Cross before she joined the Secret Service, Cross'solder brother, and Agent Bulman testified about Agent Cross and the impact her death had on them. Bulman then testified about how he personally was affected by the events of June 4, 1980.

*866 2. Defense Evidence

Deputy Sheriff Dave Sher testified defendant caused no problems and served as spokesman for inmates on his row while confined in the county jail during the trial proceedings. Lazaro Simone, a jail inmate, testified defendant was helpful and generous toward other inmates and was respectful toward jail staff.
Defendant's parents, two siblings, four children, current and former girlfriends Debra Edwards and Eileen Smith, and a family friend testified consistently with each other concerning defendant's history. They described him as a loving and supportive son, brother, and father who fell into trouble due to drug


use and associating with the wrong people. Defendant voluntarily entered a drug treatment program in approximately 1984. These witnesses, and an officer of the Swift Foods corporation while defendant worked there, described defendant as a hard and conscientious worker. Defendant's family members testified that, in their view, defendant did not deserve the death penalty.
Defendant recounted his personal history and tried to explain or minimize his culpability in the criminal incidents the prosecution presented in aggravation. He denied committing the triple murder and the murder of Agent Cross.

II. DISCUSSION

A. Pretrial Claims

1. Denial of Motion to Appoint Madelynn Kopple As Trial Counsel

Defendant contends the trial court abused its discretion by denying his request to continue Madelynn Kopple's appointment as his attorney and thereby violated his state and federal right towas on the "bar panel" and qualified to receive a special circumstances appointment, and that she understood it was "mandatory" that the court appoint her because she had been advisory counsel for over six months. She added, "I'm thoroughly familiar with the case," defendant "wants me as lead counsel," and, if she were not appointed as counsel of record, defendant would not be ready to proceed with the preliminary hearing scheduled to start the following week.
On July 12, 1993, defendant filed a motion to substitute Kopple as counsel of record; the next day, the court indicated it had told the court clerk that Kopple "would qualify to serve as counsel," granted the motion, and terminated defendant's in propria persona status. Kopple represented defendant during the preliminary hearing, after


filed a motion for the appointment of Attorney Barry Levin as cocounsel and asked the court to consider that motion as well. Judge Ito conducted an in camera hearing on August 3, 1993, after which he appointed Attorney Penelope Watson as defendant's counsel, subject to her evaluation of whether she could accept the appointment and to Judge Ito's continued consideration of defendant's opposition to Kopple's removal.
Judge Ito issued a written order declining to appoint Kopple as defendant's attorney, noting that she had applied for, but was denied, admission to "the *869 Superior Court's approved list of death penalty case attorneys." The order expressed concern that Kopple had acted inappropriately as de facto counsel of record in municipal court, by improperly "billing for services not necessary or authorized," includingwho practiced in that area during that time period. Defendant argues he was prejudiced because the optometrist's records may have indicated the glasses he received in 1981 or 1982 were his first prescription eyeglasses, from which he could argue that those found at the murder scene could not have been his.
Defendant's claim that the missing records might establish his first eyeglass prescription was in 1981 or 1982 is based on speculation. It is questionable whether defendant sufficiently established that these records ever existed, whether or not they confirmed when he first wore prescription eyeglasses. The only evidence supporting a claim that he bought prescription eyeglasses in 1981 or 1982 was his own testimony, and the triple-hearsay testimony of a defense investigator that defendant's girlfriend, Eileen Smith, told him


she talked with a doctor who was in the area during that period and who told her she accurately had described his office interior. Although Smith also testified at trial that defendant bought prescription eyeglasses in 1981, defendant never presented corroboration of his or her testimony through receipts or other records.
In any event, if there were optometrist records from those years stating that defendant previously had not worn prescription eyeglasses, such information, as defense counsel acknowledged at the hearing, would be based on defendant's statements to the doctor, not the doctor's personal knowledge. Even if records of defendant's treatment generally would have been admissible under the business records exception to the hearsay rule (Evid. Code, ง 1271), any statement by defendant in the missing records that this wasduring the later interview session and had recalled the mustache while hypnotized. However, as the trial court noted, the defense's proffered prehypnosis composite of the suspect who fired the shotgun had no chin or section under the nose, besides not having a mustache, which supported the prosecutor's explanation that what defendant proffered was merely a bad photocopy. On appeal, defendant contends the procedure of altering the original drawings after the hypnosis session, rather than preserving them for comparison with any posthypnosis session versions, inhibited his ability to establish Bulman was, in fact, hypnotized during the session and recalled the mustache while under hypnosis.
(5) Due process requires the state preserve evidence in its possession where it is reasonable to expect the evidence would play a significant role in the


was in and out of a hypnotic state at various points in the sessions, but Dr. Stock did not believe Bulman's memory of the events could have been affected. Defendant's expert testified Bulman had been hypnotized when he recounted the murder in 1987, and that his memory may have been affected by the hypnosis.
The trial court resolved the conflicting evidence in favor of the prosecution. Finding "there was no hypnosis" of Bulman as that state is "described in Shirley," the court suggested that what had happened was "the mere attempt to hypnotize a witness." Noting that experts could not "agree as to what took place" and that it carefully had watched the available tapes and listened to extensive testimony on the issue, the court found "nothing to convinceduring them; the only contrary evidence consists of somewhat ambiguous statements in written reports of the sessions. Although, as the trial court noted, the destruction of the recordings of those sessions could be viewed as suspicious, we agree with the trial court that any implication arising from this circumstance is insufficient to overcome the evidence that Bulman never was hypnotized as we envisioned that state in Shirley.
Evidence concerning the 1987 sessions was closer. Bulman gave conflicting statements about whether he thought he had been hypnotized. He said he did not believe he was hypnotized in a way that affected his memory of the murder, but he thought he may have been hypnotized when, while he concentrated on raising his arm in response to Dr. Stock's suggestions, his arm


did rise, and when he had a particularly strong "flashback" of the shotgun being fired at his head. The experts more or less agreed that Bulman was hypnotized to some degree at some point or points during the sessions, especially during the arm raising, but they disagreed about whether Bulman was in an altered mental state when questioned about the murder, such that false memories or false confidence in existing memories might have occurred. Dr. Stock testified first that he did not believe Bulman's memory had been affected, but later stated that Bulman's "state of consciousness" "fluctuated" during questioning about the murder. In Dr. Spiegel's opinion, Bulman was in a very light hypnotic state during the preliminary "induction" stage of the sessions, but was not hypnotized at allafter the arrests had actively participated in a number of defense strategy meetings, they moved to dismiss the charges. The trial court denied the motion, and defendants sought a pretrial writ of prohibition. The testimony at the hearing on the motion to dismiss was as follows.
After the arrests, the protesters chose group representation by two attorneys. One undercover officer dropped out of the group, but the other remained in his undercover capacity. The prosecutor was aware a police officer was in the group, but did not inform defense counsel. The officer attended meetings between the defendants and their attorneys at which defense strategy was discussed. He also prepared a map of the protest site for the defense attorneys, but it omitted an opened gate in the area that


the jury found to be true.
On appeal defendant claims he was denied a fair trial because certain questions in the juror questionnaire and questions orally posed by the trial court during voir dire addressed whether the prospective jurors' impartiality would be affected by the peace-officer-murder special-circumstance allegation. He contends these references "implanted" this invalid special circumstance in the prospective jurors' minds, improperly emphasized that this case involved the murder of a peace officer, and improperly suggested the peace officer aspect of the case "was a special circumstance that warranted the death penalty." Defendant did not raise such a claim in the trial court; in fact, he requested one of the questions in the questionnaire on this subject, and he did not object to other related questions in thethe prosecutors met with Agent Bulman and showed him five photographs they intended to introduce at trial: a photograph of Terry Brock; a 1980 booking photograph of Terry Brock; a 1984 booking photograph of defendant; a 1983 driver's license photograph of defendant, which may have been taken in 1978; and a 1980 booking photograph of Charles Brock. Bulman identified the photographs of Terry Brock as looking "closest to" the person with whom Bulman struggled in the street, and the photographs of defendant as looking "closest to" the person who had the shotgun. Bulman did not recognize Charles Brock from his photograph. When the prosecutor began to question Bulman about the photographs at trial the next day, defendant objected to the manner of the previous night's identification, and the


fact that the prosecution had not told the defense that Bulman would identify defendant's photographs as depicting the person with the shotgun. The trial court overruled the objection, finding nothing improper in showing a witness photographs to be introduced at trial, but stated that it would consider a request for a continuance if defense counsel needed more time to prepare for cross-examination. Bulman then testified about his identification of the photographs, and was cross-examined on the subject the next day. As noted earlier, Bulman did not identify defendant in court as the person who had the shotgun. On appeal, defendant contends showing the photographs to Bulman before trial was an impermissibly suggestive identification procedure resulting in a unreliable identification that was admitted at trial in violation of defendant'sCommission of a "Serious Criminal Offense"

Defendant contends admission of testimony regarding his prior commission of a "serious criminal offense" violated sections 1101 and 352 of the Evidence Code and his federal due process rights. We disagree.
As the trial court recognized, Jessica Brock was the crucial witness in this case. The following critical inconsistency emerged in her testimony. She previously had told police that on the night Agent Cross was murdered, defendant came to her apartment with blood on his shirt, washed blood off what appeared to be the barrel of the Secret Service shotgun, told her he had to "take someone out" near the airport because it was "either him or them," and was worried about the police finding him. However, she testified on cross-examination and told the


jury is left with very little evidence as to the defendant's guilt."
The prosecutor pointed out to the trial court that the earlier visit appeared to coincide with the triple murder, and argued that Jessica had confused the two visits during her interview with the defense. To bolster Jessica's testimony that there were two separate visits, the prosecutor sought permission to ask her whether the two visits were distinct in her mind because she associated the first with the triple murder. At a hearing held without the jury present, Jessica testified about her memories of the visits and ultimately said she did associate the earlier visit with the triple murder. Defendant objected under section 352 of the Evidence Code to Jessica's mentioning the triple murder case in her testimony.Henry stated that she told him she had a conversation with Charles Brock *916 some time after the Cross murder in which Charles said, "I had something to do with the killing of Julie Cross," or "I am involved in the murder of Julie Cross," and "I have to get away from here." In response to defendant's notice that he intended to call Sherow as a witness to testify concerning Charles's supposed statements, the prosecution objected, arguing the statements were hearsay and did not qualify as declarations against penal interest under section 1230 of the Evidence Code. In a hearing outside the presence of the jury, Sherow testified Charles told her "he knew about" the murder, and she had interpreted his statement to mean he was involved in


Charles's statements as testified to by *917 Sherow at the hearing, namely, that he only knew about the murder, were not inculpatory to any significant degree. Had Sherow testified at trial in the same manner, and had she subsequently been confronted with the statements apparently contained in Detective Henry's reportโfor example pursuant to the hearsay exception for prior inconsistent statements under section 1235 of the Evidence Codeโwe discern no possibility that the jury would have reached a different verdict. The jury also would have learned that the statements in the report were Sherow's interpretation of the meaning of what Charles said, that he did not further elaborate concerning his "involvement" in the murder, and that he appeared to be under the influence of drugs during the conversation. Inaddition, the prosecutor might have reasonably argued that Charles was referring to his being involved in the murder in the sense that he had been arrested as a suspect, not that he actually played a role in committing the crime. The prosecutor also might have pointed out that Sherow's recollection and interpretation of the conversation could have been faulty because she had been drinking alcoholic beverages earlier that day. The less than compelling evidence that Charles might have said he was "involved in" or "had something to do with" the murder would not have affected the resolution of the key issue in the trial, namely, whether Jessica Brock's statements strongly incriminating defendant were credible. For these reasons, the exclusion of Sherow's testimony could not have affected the outcome


its questioning of the foreman and by improperly coercing a verdict in its instruction to the jury. He contends these errors deprived him of his right to trial by jury, a unanimous and reliable verdict, and due process of law. We disagree.
On the second day of the guilt phase deliberations, the jury requested a readback of Jessica Brock's testimony concerning defendant's visit to her apartment and of Agent Bulman's testimony concerning the composite drawings of the assailants and whether he had identified defendant from them. The next morning, the jury foreman gave the bailiff a note that asked for "help on a jury room problem." The note stated there was "one juror that will not listen to reason regarding circumstantial evidence & has stated from the start ofthat the juror was not convinced defendant's guilt had been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, and it appeared to counsel the juror was not doing anything improper. Defense counsel suggested that, before deciding whether to remove the juror, the court ought to question the jurors individually, reinstruct them on circumstantial evidence and the process of deliberating, and ask "if that is something that they can all do." The court decided to question only the foreman about the note. It also clarified that the jury had deliberated only one afternoon and part of the next morning before requesting the readback, which had been completed minutes before the court took up the matter of the foreman's note.
In response to the court's questions, the foreman said he had prepared the note


suggesting a particular outcome, but was directing the instruction to the entire jury in an attempt to clarify the law for its deliberations.
Notwithstanding defendant's parsing of the language of the supplemental instruction in an attempt to create ambiguity in its meaning, the trial court's supplemental admonition was a correct statement of law. The instruction considered in its totality properly stated the role of sympathy in the deliberations (see People v. Bennett (2009) 45 Cal.4th 577, 601 [88 Cal.Rptr.3d 131, 199 P.3d 535]), and it also properly stated the requirement that the jury weigh all the evidence in reaching the verdict, assigning whatever weight it deemed appropriate to each factor. Once again, the court also properly stressed that it was not indicating a position on how the case shouldimpression that it had read and considered the probation report in evaluating the motion for modification of the verdictโperhaps because counsel on both sides repeatedly interrupted the court before it could explain what it meantโ the court later, in both its oral statement of reasons and its written order that had been prepared before the hearing, clarified exactly what material it had considered. Nothing in the court's oral or written statements of reasons indicated that it considered any information in the probation report, which notably is absent from the actual list of items and evidence the court stated it did consider. The general references to "the record" and "the entire record" in the court's statements regarding its search for any mitigating circumstances that had not been argued to


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Heisman Watch: Full breakdown of the 2015 finalists

After a wildly unpredictable race, the Heisman Trophy finalists were named on Monday: Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey and Deshaun Watson.

No Ezekiel Elliott or Trevone Boykin, who entered the season perceived by many to be the top two favorites. No Leonard Fournette, who appeared to be running away with the award in the middle of the season. And no Baker Mayfield or Dalvin Cook, who were especially dominant toward the end of the season and finished with some of the best statistics for their respective positions.

Nope, only three players will head to New York next Saturday with the chance to claim college football’s greatest individual honor.

A small field, yes, but it’s hard


to argue the voters made a mistake with their top three.

Henry, McCaffrey and Watson were the three best players this season and deserve this recognition.

Henry is the driving force behind perhaps the most dangerous team in the country right now. The junior was the Crimson Tide’s workhorse, toting the ball a whopping 339 times for 1,986 yards and 23 touchdowns this season. He set Alabama records for touchdowns rushing and yards rushing in a season and he also toppled Georgia legend Herschel Walker’s SEC record of yards rushing in a season.

Henry scored a touchdown in every game this season and had seven games in which he recorded multiple touchdowns. He also rushed for at least 200 yards in four games (another Alabama record).

Henry came up especially big when2015, as the Tigers went 13-0 and earned the No. 1 spot in the College Football Playoff. Along the way, the dual-threat quarterback made life a nightmare for opposing defenses. He finished with 3,512 yards passing (69.5 completion percentage, third best in the country), 30 touchdowns passing, 887 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns rushing.

Similar to Henry and McCaffrey, Watson stepped up as the lights got brighter. The sophomore had one of, if not the, best games of his season against North Carolina in the ACC title game, throwing for 289 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 131 yards and two scores. He finished the season by throwing for at least 275 yards in his last six games (three 300-yard games) and rushed for at least 100


time, Katherine resided at Sunland Training Center in Fort Myers, Florida, and worked in the surrounding community under the supervision of the Center.1  On June 24, 1974, she married Ronald Arsenio Rodriguez, who also worked under the supervision of Sunland Training Center.  During his stay at Sunland, Mr. Rodriguez also received social security benefits.  Mr. Rodriguez was discharged from Sunland on January 15, 1974.  Apparently his benefits had been terminated in July, 1973, but he continued to receive checks through June, 1974.  On January 13, 1976, a final dissolution of marriage was entered.2

2
According to testimony received during the administrative hearing, Mr. Viehman called the social security office to advise the Administration of his daughter's marriage.  He asked to speak to Mrs. LouWeaver, who had previously handled his daughter's application.  As she was not available, he proceeded to explain his daughter's marriage to the social security representative who had answered the phone.  He told her that his daughter was retarded and that she was marrying a retarded boy.  He inquired as to whether he needed to comply with any further regulation with respect to continued receipt of the benefits.

3
The representative advised Mr. Viehman that nothing more need be done in view of the fact that his daughter was marrying another retarded person.  No attempt was made to solicit additional information from Mr. Viehman concerning his daughter's social security number or Mr. Rodriguez's status as a benefits recipient.  Thus, Mr. Viehman continued to receive payments on


behalf of his daughter, which he deposited into her savings account and disbursed to her according to her needs.

4
More than four years later, by a letter dated October 16, 1978, the Social Security Administration advised Mr. Viehman of a problem in the continued receipt of payments for Katherine due to her marriage and requested that he come in to discuss the matter.  Record, vol. II, at 71.  On October 19, 1978, within three days of the date of the letter, Mr. Viehman visited the Social Security Office.

5
At that time, he openly discussed his previous conversation with the social security representative concerning Katherine's marriage.  He told Ms. Riley, the Social Security Administration representative, that "he didn't know how he could repay the money.  just (sic)of its denial of his request for a waiver.  The "Special Determination" report which accompanied the letter stated:

8
Waiver is not applicable because without fault has not been established.  William says he notified the social security office when his daughter was married and was told that the marriage did not affect his daughter's benefits since his daughter was retarded and since she married a retarded boy.  Our records show when William applied for disability benefits for Katherine, he agreed to report any event which would affect payment of her benefits and to return any check to which she was not entitled.  Upon thorough investigation of William's statement that he did report Katherine's marriage, and was told her marriage would not affect her benefits he could


and testimony from Mr. Viehman.  He testified that he was 70 years old, had a tenth grade education, and that he had worked in the construction industry most of his life.  He then proceeded to explain the facts surrounding his daughter's marriage and his telephone report of it to the Social Security Administration.

12
Based on the record, the ALJ found that "Mr. Viehman failed to timely report his daughter's marriage to the Social Security Administration."  Record, vol. II, at 11.  The Appeals Council refused to review the case and adopted the ALJ's ruling as final.  In considering Mr. Viehman's petition for review of the administrative decision, the federal magistrate deciphered the ALJ's ruling to mean that insufficient proof had been offered to support Mr.Back in the summer of 2006, Ukraine's pro-Western government planned to host NATO exercises in Crimea as part of the alliance's Partnership for Peace program.

But when the NATO troops arrived, they were greeted with noisy, and often violent, demonstrations organized by pro-Moscow groups on the peninsula. When U.S. Marine Corps reservists tried to reach their training facility, demonstrators surrounded their bus, rocked it, and attempted to break its windows.

After days of similar harassment, the exercises were canceled.

The anti-NATO rebellion in Crimea nine years ago was just one example of how the Kremlin used pro-Moscow groups to advance its interests in Ukraine.

By using its proxies in Russophone regions to stir up trouble and infiltrate public institutions, Russia was able to create the impression that Ukraine was divided and dysfunctional


not an offensive is, indeed, coming depends largely on what Putin wants. And what Putin wants is not exactly clear.

The Guns Of Summer

According to an eyewitness report by Reuters last week, Russia " is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks, and artillery at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine."

The widely circulated story also noted that troops at the Kuzminsky firing range, located approximately 50 kilometers from the border, had removed their insignia. Vehicles there had also removed their number plates and other identifying markers.

The Reuters report added to fresh fears that the warmer weather will be accompanied by a summer offensive by Russia and its proxies to seize more territory in eastern Ukraine.

General Philip Breedlove, the NATO commander, saidthat a fresh offensive isn't Plan A.

Putin "wants the separatist Donbas to remain inside Ukraine, but as an open sore which Russia can prod when needed to control the country," The Economist wrote.

"Only once he has this 'political settlement' will he discuss closing the border with Ukraine. The West wants Russia to secure the border and withdraw its forces from Ukraine, so that local elections in Donbas can pave the way for its reintegration. That would defy the purpose of Mr. Putin’s exercise."

Russia's menacing posture looks like an effort to remind Kyiv and the West that if he doesn't get the Bosnia-style "federalization" he wants for Ukraine, then he might be prepared to go for broke and re-escalate the conflict.

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Farnsworth: Just slow it down, I'll shoot Hitler out the window. [He takes out his weapon again and aims out the window and shoots.] Darn! I shot Eleanor Roosevelt by mistake.

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FOOTBALL: Manager Claudio Ranieri has put the heat on Leicester City ahead of its Champions League clash with FC Copenhagen early tomorrow morning (AEST).

The defending English Premier League champions have struggled in the early part of this season after their dream run to the domestic title as 5000-1 outsiders last season.

They sit 13th after losing four of their eight EPL matches and drawing another two.

They have fared better in the Champions League, however, where they top Group G with two wins in two games.

Ranieri said: "At this moment this (the Champions League) is the priority.”

Ranieri denied his team, coming off a 3-0 loss to Chelsea, lacked fight, and it was more a case of the fact "everybody knows us” now.

"They are human, notCornafean and convenient to the town of Ballinagh, also in the parish of
Kilmore. Several parishes border each other here -the “bottom” of the town is in the parish of Ballintemple and
out the Cavan road a short distance is Crosserlough parish.Archives:a) The Collar of Gold, found by Tom Sheridan,
Drumcrow, Corlismore, Cavan.

The following note dated 21st October, 1935, written by National
School pupil, Jimmy Scott, Clinloskin, Cornafean, is filed in the Folklore Commission Library.“There was a collar
of gold found in Newtown bog about the year 1870. It was found by Tom Sheridan of Dromcrow who gave it to James Christy as
it was in his bog he found it. It is now in the Museum in Dublin. I saw it last year. It is narrow piece of gold and a clip
to fasten


on 27th June, 1938 by National School pupil, Eliza Collins-

“Drumcrow road is known as the
old road. It is leading to Drumcarbin House; it also leads to Drumcarbin N. S. It is said to be over eighty years old. The
roads are still used.”Former member of the band, Sean Masterson, Annagh, Cornafean, still hale and hearty, recently
told me that the roads are still there- narrow and tarred; the school was sold, it’s a dwelling house now and the old
road went to Drumcarbin and the crossroads at the end where the Band practiced was in the parish of Ballintemple.

Sean
continuing in anecdotal language, outlined the history of the Band- “That must have been the Band’s original colours
you saw in 1937; at that time the uniform comprised a green tunic, deep brown/saffron kiltand blue shawl pinned on by Tara
broaches, green boat shaped cap with blue streamers. Subsequently, we had black tunics trimmed with white, blue shawls and
Glengarryton caps.

The shoe buckles in latter years, were made and chromed by a Johnny Sweetman from Sligo, in the
Motor factory in Birmingham -Johnny was a member of the Birmingham Irish Band. The cap badge was a circular plate with a harp-
an Irish penny chromed on it. The Band was originally founded in the 1920’s; it was revised in the 1930’s by the
schoolmaster; his name was Connaghton.

The band was called Drumcrow maybe because five McGuire brothers from Drumcrow
were leading men in it; their names were – Eddie, Tom, Jimmy, Harry and Bill; Bill died in his late teens. We had a
hard task master, but a


I heard three bangs on the big drum followed by the
swinging lilting swirl of the warpipes. I jumped off the window sill and pushed forward for a better view. Up the main street
they came, followers left and right of them. I peered hard trying to distinguish members of the band from their followers.
As they passed I became aware of the cause of my problem—only one member, big John Keenan was fully dressed in kilts,
tunic and shawl; the rest wore their ordinary clothes, some shabby looking. Champion drummer, Hugh O’ Reilly, flanked
by two pikemen marched proudly in the centre banging out the beat on his big drum. They marched tall, with Banners flowing
free, playing their old proud music with great rhythm and verve; they had pride in the sanctuariesof their hearts and souls,
and were completely oblivious to their mob appearance as were their supporters and onlookers. Years later, recalling the
scene, I decided that pride , spirit and proud music was all they had; Cavan were doing well on the Football field; it helped
to keep everyone going in hard times. Christ! At that time, we, the people of rural Ireland, had hit rock bottom.

Killann
Townland: Killann is a large parish in the dioceses of Kilmore and incorporates the towns of Bailieboro and Shercock; the
townland of Killann is situated midway between both towns and always had a vibrant and independently minded community with
its own band and dramatic society and A.O.H community hall, (accidentally burned down in recent years) which was a great landmark
for travellers.

Archives:a). Former Band member Michael O’Reilly,
Annahern,


Shercock, kettle drummer in the reformed band, recently recalled some of the Band’s historical highlights.
Michael’s brother, Hugh, was the big Drummer and won several prizes in drumming competitions. Michael has in his possession
a framed photograph of the Band taken in 1930 in Breffni Park when the Band led the parade of teams prior to the match between
Cavan and Sligo. “The photograph was picked up in New York and given to me seven years ago” said Michael before
continuing--

“The O’ Rahilly Warpipers Killann Band was founded in 1917 and dedicated to the O’ Rahilly.
The uniform comprised saffron kilt, green tunic and green sash. On parade they carried two shields portraying, St. Patrick
and St. Bridget. The main flag had a depiction of Myles O’Reilly (Myles the Slasher) defending the bridge ofFinea on
one side and Penal Days emblazoned on the other side. Also, pikes were carried by two young men, one each side of the big
drummer. The Sergeant Major was Peter Reilly who walked in front and carried the staff with the big flag. Renowned piper,
Big Michael Keenan, trained the band. Members were scattered over a wide area.

I often heard the older members of the
Band tell of the old R.I.C visiting houses where they suspected the instruments were stored. The Band always paraded with
the original banners.The Band carried the original name until 1943 when we bought a new banner depicting Oliver Plunkett
and changed the name of the Band. We continued until 1948 or 1949 but due to emigration and lack of funds, the Band ceased
to function, despite repeated attempts


to get it off the ground. We worked hard at fund raising- collections, torch light
processions and ceilis.b). A 1946 advertisement in The Anglo Celt reads as follows---

c) Memorable Engagements:1. June 1918, the band played in Ballyduff,
near Virginia, at the famous General Election speech by Fr. Flanagan (Roscommon priest) for Sinn Fein Candidate, Sean Young,
East Cavan; the speech was suppressed as he was critical of everything British.2. 29th May, 1920 at the funeral of Michael
Shorten who was shot by the Black and Tans and to whom a monument is erected at Crossdoney.3. July, 1929 in Phoenix Park
at the Centenary Celebrations of Catholic Emancipation.4 .1949-Eoghan Roe O’ Neill Memorial Celebrations in Cavan’s
old Franciscan Abbey; a hugh crowd attended, the biggest seen in Cavan up to then. 5. Torchlight Procession, 1945.The
following report is from The Anglo Celt, November10, 1945.-

“ On Wednesday night of last week the torchlight
procession organised by Killann Oliver Plunket Pipers Band, in memory of the Manchester Martyrs and all who died for Ireland,
took place from Cornalara Cross, the Band striking up “The Dawning of the Day,” as the large procession, composed
of various shades of political thought , started off to the church. As befitted the occasion, the National Flag replaced the
Standard usually carried by the band, and the Guard of Honour was two pikemen, changed at intervals along the route. A large
crowd awaited the arrival of the procession at the church, where prayers were said for the repose of the souls for those who
had made the supreme sacrifice and for the deceased friends and relatives


of all present. The band then gave selections, after
which “Faith of our Fathers” and the National Anthem were played on the pipes by Michael O’ Cianain. A word
of praise is due to Mr. John Dermott, Chief Marshal of the parade and an untiring worker of the band. The procession was most
successful and very picturesque.

The Band—at a meeting of the band the next night the people of the district
were complemented on turning out for the procession in such large numbers. Thanks were noted to Mr. P.Smith, T.D., and Senator
D. McCabe for their generous subscriptions of £1 each. House to house collectors had their task made easy by the enthusiasm
of subscribers. The Shercock collection is still proceeding and is as good as anywhere else, there being only two refusals.
Messrs. D.Good thermal performance of the building envelope has also been achieved.

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Leeds striker Luciano Becchio which put the West Yorkshire side ahead in the first half, Chelsea responded by scoring five in the second half, with the final score being 5–1 to Chelsea. Due to police concerns over potential crowd trouble, Chelsea were only allocated 3000 tickets rather than the usual 5000. The match drew a gate of 33,816, Leeds' highest attendance for two years.

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There He Goes Again: Mann Claims His Hockey Stick was Given "Clean Bill of Health"

Spinmeister Michael Mann is quoted in this article from the Telegraph yesterday as follows:

Prof Hand (Head of the UK Royal Statistical Society) praised the blogger Steve McIntyre of Climate Audit for uncovering the fact that inappropriate methods were used which could produce misleading results. "The Mann 1998 hockey stick paper used a particular technique that exaggerated the hockey stick effect," he said.

Prof Mann, who is Professor of Earth System Science at the Pennsylvania State University, said the statistics used in his graph were correct. "I would note that our '98 article was reviewed by the US National Academy of Sciences, the highest scientific authority in the United States, and given a


given the delay in peer review it took a while for the truth to be verified. The US Monthly Weather Review of June 1901 has article "Knut Angstrom on Atmospheric Absorption" but Svantee, then head of the new Nobel Committee refused to admit his error until 1905.

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teachers in Brunei Darussalam: 103 schools with 6280 teachers in Brunei-Muara, 24 schools with 945 teachers in Belait, 36 schools with 1013 teachers in Tutong, and 12 schools with 232 teachers in Temburong.

The numbers of schools and teachers were concentrated mostly in Brunei-Muara. The numbers were roughly similar in Belait and Tutong, while the numbers were extremely and negligibly small in Temburong. Hence, Temburong is excluded from this study due to a very low population, and the target sample population from the other three districts was deemed as adequate.

Two types of school systems were selected: non-religious schools and religious schools. For non-religious schools, the following were selected: Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Ali in Belait; Pusat Tingkatan Enam Tutong in Tutong; and Sekolah Menengah Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam, Sekolah MenengahFriday, February 6, 2009

Bollywood Busts Out

Indian films have long been dismissed by the West as formulaic Hindi fare. Signs are that might be changing.

Runaway hit: Dev Patel and Anil Kapoor in 'Slumdog Millionaire'.The year's hot film, Slumdog Millionaire, tells a classic Bollywood tale of love and revenge through the postmodern storytelling frame of a TV game show. The film is fresh because it fuses Eastern and Western filmmaking techniques. But this crossover of Eastern and Western celluloid skills had been taking place in Bollywood and Hollywood boardrooms well before it ever showed up in an editing room.

Last September, for example, Steven Spielberg officially dropped his longstanding ties with Paramount for a $1.5 billion deal with Indian billionaire Anil Ambani. Disney (nyse: DIS - news - people ), meanwhile,


has for the last year been systematically buying into India's UTV. Disney's recent Hindi feature film, Roadside Romeo, was about a pampered pooch released into the mean streets of Mumbai and reportedly cost $7 million to make. Low production costs are certainly one reason Hollywood is attracted to India, but tapping the nation's growing middle classes, and their voracious movie appetite, is equally part of the heady mix.

Warner Bros. wants a piece, too. It just released Chandni Chowk to China, a Hindi feature film about a roadside chef from Delhi mistakenly believed to be the reincarnation of an ancient Chinese warrior. Reviews are dire, but box office sales are curry hot. The film was the fourth-highest-grossing film ever to open in India. Warner quickly followed up with ais still far from Hollywood, even though the latter has been struggling recently with overproduction and fallout from the credit crisis. But in this fertile environment India's famously parochial film industry, with scripts chock-full of weeping, singing and dancing, is slowly opening up to outside influences.

UTV World Cinema, NDTV and Palador Pictures recently began, for example, showing the best films of the West to India's middle-class audiences. One of the surprise hits of last year, according to India's Financial Express: Palador's Ingmar Bergman festival, which drew crowds in six cities across the country and, by popular demand, repeat shows in Mumbai.

Comment On This StoryDo Knot Disturb is a Bollywood film not yet released but filmed last October at the Filmistan Studios in Mumbai. During shooting, paparazzi clamored by


the studio gate, hoping to get a shot of starlet Lara Dutta. The studios, some of the oldest in India, are crumbling warehouse edifices on a rutted lane. Young men and women with earpieces, elderly men carrying trays of tea and carpenters constructing sets for the next shot all scurry through the narrow passageways in a dusty haze of feverish activity.

Inside, director David Dhawan was shooting a dance scene with 110 Bollywood hunks and starlets. At the assistant director's order the set suddenly erupted in a blur of azure, crimson, gold, pink, yellow, mauve and mustard costumes as the 110 hotties burst into their frenetic dance moves. "Now boys and girls, listen. No circle. Just follow the actors," barked Dhawan's deputy.

If India's industry continues to absorb some ofthe best ideas of Western cinema traditions--song-and-dance routines that move the plot forward, for example, a technique established by American musicals in the early 20th century--it's hard to predict what will happen to this lively local industry.

In the late 1950s a small group of French directors and actors drew inspiration from Hollywood B films. Adapting film techniques established by Hollywood directors, they unleashed a flowering in French films eventually known as La Nouvelle Vague (New Wave). Perhaps a similar movement is in the making in India: films that are both innovative and popular with global audiences.

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that are deeply committed to the idea of One India and one people acknowledging the uniqueness of each one of the Indians.

Their work brings people together, their effort is to restore harmony among Indians unlike some lost souls who are hell bent on pitting one Indian against the other.

Lord Krishna had said, whenever the negative forces become stronger in dividing families and disrupt peace and harmony, he will emerge among them to restore sanity, the same idea is reflected in Quran, that God does not deprive his goodness to anyone and sends a peacemaker to every community and nation. After the founding fathers of the nation, these are our real heroes restoring dharma – the righteousness. Dharma is when people get along, mind their own business, live theirhuman rights and foreign policy including India and Israel-Palestine. He is a news maker, interfaith wedding officiant and a community consultant and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day.

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kilograms of cocaine were concealed in a milk chute in the downstairs hallway of the apartment building.   Muhammad asked Polland to retrieve the cocaine and turn it over to Michael Johnson, who had started selling cocaine for Muhammad in the spring of 1988.   Polland responded that Johnson was not someone who could be trusted, and before the two parted, Polland indicated that he would not turn any of the cocaine over to Johnson.

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That same day, Muhammad's landlord Richard Hackbarth received a phone call from an acquaintance who wanted to come by and get into the milk chute.   After this phone call, Hackbarth, who had been introduced to Polland several months prior to Muhammad's arrest and had noticed Polland visiting Muhammad on anumber of occasions afterward, called Polland and reported that he had "a real problem."   Polland went to the building after visiting Muhammad at the federal courthouse and planned with Hackbarth for the removal of the cocaine from the milk chute.   According to Hackbarth, there were three plastic bags of cocaine inside.   Polland arranged to have James "Sonny" Harrison retrieve the cocaine that evening.

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Polland later told Muhammad that he had possession of the two kilograms of cocaine.   Apparently believing that he would be released, Muhammad decided to allow Polland to keep the cocaine.   In fact, Harrison kept actual possession of the cocaine at first.   Periodically, Harrison received instructions from Polland to deliver a "document"--a half-ounce or an


ounce of cocaine.   Harrison himself also sold approximately eight ounces of the cocaine for his own personal gain.   Eventually, Polland demanded and received the remaining cocaine, which amounted to a little over a kilogram.   Polland contends that he consumed a "tennis ball" size portion of cocaine and destroyed the remainder.

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In November, 1989, Muhammad was convicted.   After his conviction, Muhammad instructed Johnson to get the cocaine from Polland and sell it to raise money.   Between November of 1989 and January of 1990, Polland dealt a total of six ounces of cocaine to Johnson in five deliveries.   Eventually, Polland and Johnson had a falling out over the price of the cocaine.   Polland also told Johnson notto tell Muhammad anything about their drug transactions because Muhammad talked too much.

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Muhammad did talk, and among those he fingered was Polland.   Prior to this, Muhammad, while away from Polland, had handed the Assistant United States Attorney a folded piece of paper after a final pretrial conference for Muhammad and had requested that it be passed along to the Deputy United States Attorney.   The paper contained a diagram of a "hypothetical operation."   Determining that the paper was not in and of itself significant, the government did not disclose it to Polland.   After Muhammad's conviction, the government obtained a grant of immunity for him and had him testify before the grand jury.   In his testimony, Muhammad implicated Polland in


not evidence.

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Polland also asserts that the government "overresponded" to the defense's characterization of Muhammad and Johnson, who are black, as "boys."   The prosecutor regarded this label, in contrast to the repeated references to "attorney Polland," as an attempt to solicit special consideration for Polland because of his status as a lawyer.   By way of response, the prosecutor urged the jury to treat everyone fairly.  (Tr. 816).   There is nothing improper in the government's rebuttal.   Polland also contends that the prosecutor claimed to have insight into the world of drug dealers and criminals superior to that of the jurors which led him to conclude that Polland was guilty.   While the prosecutor may have implied some special knowledge, helies in not acknowledging that he merely took advantage of an opportunity to gain access to the cocaine in the milk chute by virtue of his friendship with Muhammad and Hackbarth.   Muhammad had shared this information with several other people, including non-attorneys, who also had the opportunity to take the cocaine from the milk chute.   Therefore, his capacity as an attorney was not relevant to the disposition of the cocaine.   The government, in opposing this argument, appears to be taking an inconsistent position.   It contends that the abuse of trust occurred, or at least began, on June 22, 1989 while simultaneously maintaining that Polland was not appointed as Muhammad's attorney until June 23, 1989.

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The district court, nevertheless, viewed skeptically the


him to conceal the existence of the cocaine, effectively acknowledging that his role as an attorney governed his conduct.   And after Muhammad's conviction, Polland elected both to pursue Muhammad's appeal and to sell his cocaine. Thus, continued contact with Muhammad as his attorney afforded Polland initial access to the cocaine and the expedient to dispose of it.   Consequently, the district court's decision to grant the two-level increase for abuse of trust, in light of the particular facts of this case, was not clear error.

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For the foregoing reasons, the conviction is AFFIRMED, the sentence is VACATED, and the case is REMANDED for resentencing on the issue of obstruction of justice.

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 The Honorable Donald P. Lay, Senior Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation

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While President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump won't be attending Saturday’s highly-anticipated royal wedding in the United Kingdom, the White House confirms they will be sending a wedding gift instead.

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“President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will be making a contribution to one of the seven charities the royal couple has designated in lieu of gifts,” White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement.

The White House did not disclose the amount of the donation.

American actress Meghan Markle and Prince Harry requested wedding guests and well-wishers make donations to charities they care about including the Children’s HIV Association,


Crisis – a charity for homeless people, Scotty’s Little Soldiers – a charity for bereaved Armed Forces children, Street Games, the Myna Mahila Foundation, which works to empower women in Mumbai’s urban slums, and the Wilderness Foundation UK, which introduces vulnerable youth to the outdoors.

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The Trump’s donation will follow in the tradition of American presidents who have sent gifts to Royal couples – in 1947, President Harry Truman sent Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth a glass bowl and President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan also sent a glass bowl to Prince Charles and Diana for their wedding in 1981.

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Prince Charles escorts Princess Diana toThe full weight of the law must be brought against the ‘antifascists’ who brutally beat a woman, reportedly for wearing a bracelet bearing the national flag, Spain’s interior minister said on Tuesday.

The attack, which left the 20-year-old woman with head injuries and a broken tooth, has been celebrated by the far left on social media. Among the seven so-called anti-fascists who have so far been arrested for the vicious assault is Alejandro Espín Sogo, who stood in local elections as a candidate for the United Left party in 2015.

The young woman was beaten by a group of as many as 20 hooded youths on Sunday morning in the city of Murcia, La Gaceta reported.

Speaking to the national newspaper, the 20-year-old recalled receiving a shower of insults from the


During a discussion with the Rotary Club of Flint, Mich. on Friday, University president Mary Sue Coleman verbalized the obvious — bringing Rich Rodriguez to Michigan was a mistake.

In three seasons as the head coach of the Michigan football team, Rodriguez's program was marred with a series of NCAA violations and a dismal 15-22 record.

But when Coleman and then-Athletic Director Bill Martin conducted a national search to replace Lloyd Carr in late 2007, they were intrigued by Rodriguez, then at West Virginia. He was gaining rapid popularity as the pioneer of the spread offense.

“He was a hot, young coach with a different approach,” Coleman said in Flint, according to MLive.com.

Rodriguez’s offense was a big factor in Michigan’s decision to hire him, Coleman said, since Carr’s pro-style, old-fashioned offensehad been widely criticized as his tenure came to a close.

“We thought, ‘OK, well let's go hire the guy who invented the spread offense,’ ” Coleman said.

So they did. And three years later he was out the door.

He was replaced by Brady Hoke, who was an assistant coach at Michigan under Carr. In 2011, Hoke's first season as head coach, he took the Wolverines to a 10-2 regular-season record and a Sugar Bowl victory.

"(Hoke) has more of the kind of Midwestern ethos," Coleman said.

After working as a college football analyst for CBS Sports during the 2011 season, Rodriguez accepted the head coaching position at Arizona, where he will begin his first season this fall. According to MLive.com, Coleman said she was “very happy” to hear of Rodriguez’s new


Tokyo’s train perverts shift strategy as Saikyo sinks in significance

On Saturday at around 11:30 a.m., officers arrested Hideaki Shoji, a resident of Yokohama, after he allegedly came up from behind a 21-year-old female college student and shot digital images up her skirt as she stood on a platform at Kuhonbutsu Station in Setagaya Ward.

Located on the relatively small Tokyu Oimachi Line, the station in question is not a major destination within Tokyo’s vast rail network — an indication, according to Nikkan Gendai (Dec. 11), that such purveyors of perversion are changing tactics.

According to police, Shoji, who was charged with violating the Tokyo government’s public nuisance ordinance, had uploaded a total of 1,000 illicit photos of 500 women to Internet voyeur sites since 2011. In March, the suspect submittedimages to the site Nozokix.

Prior to the arrest, law enforcement had been monitoring voyeur sites, and confirmed platform locations from the images and victims. On Saturday, investigators had received a tip about a man behaving strangely for several hours on a station platform.

Shoji reportedly admitted to the allegations, saying that he spends between five and six hours on train platforms each Saturday. “In June of 2011, he started shooting peeping photos on escalators and inside book shops,” an investigator is quoted by Nikkan Gendai. “The suspect said that he really got a charge out of reading the comments that followed his posting of the images on the sites.”

Atsushi Tashiro, a journalist specializing in crime, says that the lack of large numbers of commuters makes Kuhonbutsu Station a perfect


study English literature from 1300 to 1550, while choosing a second period of focus including present day literature. Students are also permitted to take papers from Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Classics, or Modern and Medieval Languages for study.

The move follows widespread criticism of the university’s illustrious rival, Oxford, after one in three of the institution’s colleges failed to admit a single black A-level student in 2015. Labour MP David Lammy condemned the university for perpetuating “social apartheid.”

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The software will support a variety of English language families, including American English, UK English, and Australian, Indian, and SE Asian variants. MacSpeech also has immediate plans to release German, Italian, Spanish, and French versions, and can match developments in new speech engine models released by Naturally Speaking.

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We Did It! — Julie Scott, SRC

Soror Julie Scott, Grand Master of the English Grand Lodge for the Americas and Supreme Secretary of AMORC, reflects on the extraordinary projects that have been accomplished at Rosicrucian Park since the 75th Anniversary of the Park in 2002.

In 2002, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Rosicrucian Park, the Board of Directors of the English Grand Lodge announced the plans for the Future of Rosicrucian Park in a special issue of the Rosicrucian Digest. Some of the goals seemed formidable, however they were so important that we decided to include them all.

Today, most of these goals, plus many more, have been achieved, thanks to the exceptional vision and commitment of our Board and the generosity of thousandsCategory: Historical

Winner of the 2010 Eudora Welty booklet Prize and the Mississippi Library Association's Non-fiction Author's Award for 2011, lower than Surge, less than Siege indicates how typhoon Katrina tore into Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, raking away lives, structures, and livelihoods in a spot identified for its picturesque, coastal perspectives; its laid-back, artsy downtown; and its deep-dyed southern cordiality. The tragedy additionally published the interior workings of a group with an indomitable middle and profound neighborly bonds. these connections frequently introduced out the simplest in humans lower than the worst of situations. In less than Surge, below Siege, Ellis Anderson, who rode out the hurricane in her Bay St. Louis domestic and sheltered many pals afterwards, bargains tales of generosity, heroism, and laughter in the course of terror


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Aiming to provide the reader with the historic info to have interaction with the debates surrounding the Cameron government's 'Big Society' and civil society, this booklet offersthe reader a better and extra educated historic recognition of ways the NGO region has grown and encouraged.

He might take her as his bride...but may she supply her center in return?

When Egan MacBain takes appealing Glenda MacKay as his bride, it seems that he is performed so for the noblest of purposes. honestly, he has vowed finally to say the girl he is continually loved--yet as soon as lost--to one other guy. however the rugged Highlander is set to maintain his ardour hidden whereas he woos her along with his mild caress and depraved kisses. For he'll no longer have an unwilling spouse and may in simple terms convey his tenderness as soon as she is tamed.

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On August 1, 2012, the North American Emissions Control Area (NAECA) took effect, mandating the use of 1.0% sulfur Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) or residual fuel oil for ships within 200 miles of the continent of North America. California has mandated the use of distillate fuel when ships are within 24 miles of its coastline since July 1, 2009. Lessons learned from California’s experience with distillate fuels may benefit operators as the next phase of NAECA comes into effect (January 1, 2015) when the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will mandate the use of distillate fuel by ships within 200 miles of the coast of North America. As that time draws near, industry observers have bantered possible compliance scenarios.
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exchange student at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

He is accused of stabbing her more than 30 times, many of the wounds superficial in order to torture her until she gave Tellis the PIN number for her debit card.

Tellis had moved to Monroe following the 2014 death of Chambers in Panola County's Courtland community, where both Tellis and Chambers lived.

In addition to the murder charge, Tellis faces Louisiana charges for the theft of the debit card and an unrelated charge of possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute.

In Mississippi, Tellis was incarcerated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman before the Chambers trial, serving a sentence for an unrelated charge of burglarizing an unoccupied building.Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Middle East's first women-only hotel was officially opened in the capital of the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, secretary general of the Supreme Commission for Tourism, attended the inauguration of the Luthan Hotel and Spa in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia, which applies a rigorous doctrine of Islam known as Wahhabism, strictly enforces the separation of the sexes in public, and the 25-room hotel said it can offer its female-only guests 150 types of spa treatments as well as fine dining and conference facilities.

Princess Madawi Bint Mohammad Bin Abdullah, who chairs the board of partners that set up the hotel, said the project was an important step forward for women in the kingdom.

"One of the aims of the Luthan


Camps return after Rim Fire

Two Yosemite-area summer camps, which draw thousands of tourists yearly to economically hard-hit southern Tuolumne County, are readying to reopen for the season following last year’s destructive Rim Fire.

Camp Tawonga plans to install four or five yurts to make up for two staff cabins that burned in the fire, said Aaron Mandel, assistant director of the Jewish camp which serves children from throughout the state.

The fire also damaged a ropes course and outdoor amphitheater used for prayer services and camp gatherings.

“Those are in the process of being rebuilt and will be ready for summer programs,” Mandel said.

The 160-acre camp is located off Mather Road along the Middle Fork of the Tuolumne River in the Stanislaus National Forest.

As the Rim Fire approached the camp lastfour full moons.

If it’s unusual astronomical phenomena you’re after though, February will not have a Full Moon at all, while Mars will be in “opposition” – the closest the planet will be to Earth for sometime – this Saturday night.

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

The premise

Invictus, Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of John Carlin’s book, “Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation”, is set in post apartheid South Africa shortly after Mandela (Morgan Freeman) assumes the presidency, as the country prepares to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup tournament.

The play

Mandela sees rugby as a game that could go along way to uniting the tense and fractured new nation, more so a win in the World Cup. He begins to take a personal interest in the game, the


time, too.
Chris Simms connected with senior Brandon Healy for a 63-yard pass-and-run
play to open the scoring, but then the freshmen took over. Major Applewhite
found Johnson just breaking past CB Quentin Jammer for a 75-yard
pass-and-run
touchdown against the first-team defense. It was the first touchdown the
second-team has scored against the defensive starters in their two
scrimmages.
Johnson made a great catch in traffic, then turned on the speed to complete
the long scoring play.
Vasher, however, had the longest scoring jaunt of the day, bolting 79 yards
on a punt return. He made a couple of great moves to get started, then used
his speed to outrun the pursuit.
Beau Trahan, who was moved from safety to quarterback last week, threw a
beautiful pass to Thomas for a 15-yard scoring play.
Simms again took all the snaps for thefirst team and Applewhite, last
year's
co-Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, again worked with the second team.
Brown said no decision has been made on which QB will be the starter in the
season opener, but he did say no significance should be given to the fact
the
Simms has worked with the first team throughout the first two scrimmages.
He
said the coaches know what Applewhite can do with the first team, and they
want to see what Simms can do with the first team.
Simms, leading the starters against the second-team defense, had only
slightly better statistics than Applewhite, who went against the defensive
starters all day. Simms completed 7 of 17 passes for 142 yards, with the
63-yard touchdown pass to Healy. He also gave up an interception by backup
linebacker O. J. McClintock. Applewhite completed 6


of 18 passes for 119
yards, including the TD pass to Johnson. He also allowed a pick by walk-on
defensive back Chad Davis.
Backup TBs Victor Ike and Ivan Williams led the rushers with 34 and 25
yards,
respectively. Ike had seven carries and Williams had five.
The first-team defense, which was No. 6 in the nation last year in yardage
allowed, has been very stingy against the run throughout the fall drills.
Healy led the receivers with four catches for 102 yards, but Johnson was
close behind with two grabs for 94 yards.
Coach Mack Brown thanked the approximately 2,000 Longhorn fans who attended
the 9:30 a.m. scrimmage, and he said the players were tired, but still gave
a
great effort.
He said Williams hurt his shoulder, but it was not serious and did not
prevent him from going back in thegame. He also said Vasher showed "great
quickness" on his scoring punt return, and said he will "probably be used
on
some punt returns this year."
The first-team offense scored on its first possession against the
second-team
defense when Simms found Healy open all alone down the middle, but the
second-team defenders held the starters without another score. The
second-team defense is much more talented this year than it was last year,
and defensive coordinator Carl Reese said that will allow him to rest the
starters more and keep his players fresher.
Fan appreciation day begins at 2 p.m. Sunday at Royal Memorial Stadium.
Brown
urged all Longhorn fans to show up. Players and coaches will be available
for
autographs.
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RECRUITING  NOTE: Getting a commitment from Midland Lee running back Cedric
Benson, Texas Football Magazine's first high school cover boy, is


An Essex girl walks into the local dry cleaners. She places a garment on the counter."I'll be back tomorrow afternoon to pick up my dress," she says."Come again?" says the clerk, cupping his ear."No" she replies. "This time it's mayonnaise."

Monica Lewinski goes into her cleaners with a dress to be cleaned. As she enters, she sees that Mr. Lee, (the owner of the cleaners and whom is hard of hearing), is in the back.She yells, " Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee, It's Monica. I have a dress to be cleaned."Mr. Lee yells, "Come again"Monica says, "No, it is gravy this time."

Monica needed to get one of her dresses cleaned so she takes it to thedry cleaners. The man working there was an elderly man and was hard ofhearing.Monica said,"IImage copyright Reuters Image caption Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said he and Trump did not have the same view of "discipline"

US Navy chief Richard Spencer has been fired over his handling of the case of a Navy Seal demoted for misconduct.

The case of Edward Gallagher, who was convicted for posing with a corpse, had sparked tensions between US President Donald Trump and military officials.

The navy officer had been due to face a disciplinary review where he could have been stripped of his Seals membership.

There have been differing accounts as to why Richard Spencer was asked to resign.

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said he had lost confidence in the navy secretary because his private conversations with the White House contradicted his public position.

However, Mr Trump said he was not


happy with "cost overruns" and how Chief Petty Officer Gallagher's trial was run, and suggested this was why Mr Spencer was fired.

Meanwhile, in a strongly worded letter, Mr Spencer said it was apparent that he and Mr Trump did not have the same view of "good order and discipline".

"The lives of our Sailors, Marines and civilian teammates quite literally depend on the professional execution of our many missions," he said.

Mr Trump has drawn criticism from parts of the military after pardoning army officers convicted of war crimes.

How did we get here?

Gallagher was accused of stabbing an unarmed 17-year-old Islamic State group prisoner to death and randomly shooting civilians while serving in Iraq in 2017.

He was acquitted of those charges and convicted only of the lesser charge of posingwith the IS prisoner's corpse.

For that, he was demoted, but President Trump later reinstated his rank.

Gallagher was formally notified by navy leaders last week that he would face a disciplinary review which could result in his being stripped of his membership of the Seals.

Mr Trump tweeted his disapproval of this on Thursday, saying the navy would "NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher's Trident Pin".

Why was Spencer fired?

On Sunday, the defence department said Mr Esper had asked Mr Spencer to resign due to "his lack of candour".

Mr Spencer had made private proposals to the White House, which he did not share with Mr Esper, and had contradicted his public position, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffmann said in a statement.

According to the Washington Post, Mr Spencer had


privately suggested to White House officials that if they did not interfere with proceedings against Edward Gallagher, he would ensure that the officer retired as a Navy Seal.

However, the New York Times quoted defence officials as saying Mr Trump had been angered by reports that Mr Spencer had threatened to resign if the president intervened in the case.

Mr Trump tweeted on Sunday he was not happy with how the navy had handled Gallagher's trial, and high costs in the navy's contracting procedures.

"Therefore, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer's services have been terminated," he said, adding: "Eddie will retire peacefully with all of the honours that he has earned, including his Trident pin."

In his resignation letter to President Trump, Mr Spencer wrote: "The rule of law is what setsthat Gallagher be allowed to retire as a Navy Seal, retaining his Trident pin which symbolises membership of the elite unit.

While Mr Esper had wanted the disciplinary process to "play itself out objectively", he had decided to let Gallagher keep his pin "given the events of the last few days", defence spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.

He had concluded Gallagher could not receive fair treatment in his case from the navy, AP news reported.

"Secretary Esper will meet with Navy Under Secretary (now Acting Secretary) Thomas Modley and the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael Gilday, on Monday morning to discuss the way ahead," the statement said.

Gallagher told the conservative Fox News channel on Sunday that he intends to retire next Saturday.

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“Just read your column,” he writes. “You better sit down for this.

“We often see the workings of beaver in the Wash and periodically catch a glimpse of them. Just three weeks ago, one of my contractors spotted one on his work site, near Lake Las Vegas. Beavers have been known to chew on trees all the way up to the Nature Center. There is a reason most of the young trees have wire around them at the Nature Center!”

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"We'll simply wait and see what comes forward from the United States around this issue. We'll address other questions if and when they arise."

Scott Newark, a former Crown Prosecutor who has also served as a security advisor to both the Government of Ontario and former Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, said in an interview with the Toronto Star said that he agreed now is the best time to exert influence over Khadr's fate.

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