I. The Prolific Iconoclast

Professor Noam Chomsky is a fierce critic of US wars and foreign policy, and a brilliant analyst of the propaganda and psychological mechanisms through which the liberal-bureaucratic establishment achieves public consent and endorsement of the aggressive actions of the state. For this he is intensely admired in some quarters, and detested and reviled in others. Between the extremes of the uncritical campus adulation and the vicious ad hominem abuse to which he is sometimes subjected, there are genuine critiques to be made and refreshing doses of the unvarnished truth to be found in his voluminous output over the years.

Chomsky has published a large number of books dealing with world events and American foreign policy, since his first collection of political essays, American Power and theNew Mandarins, came out in 19691. In this book he rightly and tellingly criticized the ostensibly value-neutral approach of the managers of the United States’ war on Vietnam and their apologists, pointing out that all statements of action under declaredly objective and neutral intent are in fact a power-serving and often cynical defense of the status quo and of a particular, dominant ideology.

After more than 30 years this book is still, for me, the quintessential demolition job on the pretensions of social scientists and bureaucratic state managers to moral neutrality in the analysis of foreign policy and cost-effectiveness in its execution. They put noble rhetoric to work to justify aggressive war-making against comparatively defenseless peoples, involving experiments of unknown cost with novel, lethal technologies and long-term destruction of


of the most familiar achievements of human intelligence — the ordinary use of language, for example — we are struck at once by their creative character, by the character of free creation within a system of rule.

~ Noam Chomsky, Problems of Knowledge and Freedom, 1971, page 46

This is the Chomskyan guiding principle. Today, at 75, he maintains with remarkable consistency the intellectually and morally compassionate approach which this principle implies, coupled with, in my view, a notable humility in the face of the infinite nature of the task involved in the quest for knowledge and understanding of the world. He himself has said that the philosophical predilection for innateness is really nothing new, and places its origins several hundred years back in time, with philosophers such as Descartes.

Ibelieve his overriding concern — the innate or hard-wired element of Chomsky, if you like — has always been a curiosity about the intrinsic workings of the human mind. The resulting quest to critique process and understand structure lies at the heart of his worldly activities in both linguistics and political commentary. The political aspect came into play because of a strong, but ultimately secondary, interest in freedom and what makes it possible. This was derived from cultural, ethnic and educational influences during his upbringing and youth in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Add to this a perceived moral responsibility to make productive use of the restless intellect with which he was endowed, a profound bias against discrimination and coercive aggression in any form, and a willingness to admit


generally regarded as a man of the political left, and his early and continuing sympathy with left-libertarian and anarchist ideas still no doubt alienates those who reflexively place themselves on the political right. Of late the liberal, humanitarian interventionist left has turned against him as well, principally on account of his anti-war views. Like many opponents of war, he has managed to upset people of both right and left, and not surprisingly in the post-9/11 looking-glass world, he is also dubbed anti-American and anti-Israel.

Chomsky’s views on Israel have not changed since the 1940s, but nevertheless attract much hostility. Prior to 1948 he supported the idea of forming a democratic state for both Jews and Arabs in Palestine, rather than a Jewish state. This was not a mainstream positiongenuinely well-meaning. Unfortunately, in the latter case, they may be even worse in their effects than the barefaced lies and hypocrisy which are the order of the day in the politics of the war on terrorism.

VI. Conclusions

Libertarians are sympathetic to the plight of intellectuals and academics who are either denied tenure or ostracized for their opinions. Noam Chomsky has been fortunate in that he is not in that situation, and Julian Sanchez half-jokingly describes him as u2018the tenured anarchist,’ but he has on occasion been close to much worse: as biographer Robert Barsky notes, he was at one time threatened with the possibility of lengthy jail terms, Richard Nixon had him put on an enemies list, he had one of his books (Counter-revolutionary Violence) effectively suppressed by its


American publisher and, despite the enormous world-wide audiences for his talks and books, he has historically been distrusted and shunned by the US mainstream media.

As for all his worries and outbursts at the depredations of the capitalist system Chomsky, as a purveyor of ideas and best-selling author and, in the overblown blurb-speak of the New York Times, u2018arguably the most important intellectual alive,’ is, dare I say it, the living embodiment of a free market success story in book publishing. People want to hear what he has to say.

The fact remains that, because of the consistency of his anti-war views, his unflinching commitment to rationality, and his unwillingness to compromise, Chomsky is nonetheless a lonely intellectual3. Long ago he was already aware of this:

"Since the dominant voice inAngeles Dodger pitching stalwart Tim Leary, a texting buddy of Santa Anita CEO Mark Verge, volunteered his services at the Sunrise Little League Challenger Division for special needs kids in Woodland Hills on Sunday, pitching to the teams and later signing every last request for autographs. Now 53, the Santa Monica native was a member of the Dodgers’ 1988 “Team of Destiny” that went on to win the World Series. Leary was far from an automatic out at the plate. He was named the National League’s Silver Slugger pitcher in 1988 when he batted .269. His only career home run came off a pretty good pitcher--Hall of Famer Steve Carlton . . . M One Rifle, winner of the Grade I Malibu Stakes in 2009, worked five furlongs


The drama continues between the camps of Glory and K-1, as the narrative being spun by the team from It's Showtime (now Glory) is still holding strong to this day. Today, Remon Daalder, the manager from Black Label Fighters, a brand of It's Showtime and most likely current Glory employee, sent a press release out disclosing that Anderson "Braddock" Silva remains unpaid.

Lega: The following is from Black Label Fighters and is a press release, not representative of anyone's opinions here at LiverKick.

History Repeats: K-1 has not paid Braddock Silva for his fight against Badr Hari

On may 27th Braddock Silva was one of the few fighters that was brave enough to step into the ring against Badr Hari. Braddock accepted the fight because he is eager to show his
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Further reading
 Kenneth Conboy and Don Greer, War in Laos, 1954-1975, Carrolton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1994.
 Khambang Sibounheuang (edited by Edward Y. Hall), White Dragon Two: A Royal Laotian Commando's Escape from Laos, Spartanburg, SC: Honoribus Press, 2002.
 Nina S. Adams and Alfred W. McCoy (eds.), Laos: War and Revolution, Harper & Row, New York 1970. ASIN: B0015193EW
 Roger Warner, Shooting at the Moon: The Story of America's clandestine War in Laos, South Royalton VE: Steerforth Press, 1998.
 Perry Steiglitz, In a Little Kingdom, M.E. Sharpe, 1990. , 0873326172
 Thomas L. Jr. Ahern, Undercover Armies: CIA and Surrogate Warfare in Laos, Center for the Study


People v Perkins (2017 NY Slip Op 05874)

People v Perkins

2017 NY Slip Op 05874

Decided on July 27, 2017

Appellate Division, Third Department

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

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

Decided and Entered: July 27, 2017

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[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent,
vNATE PERKINS, Appellant.

Calendar Date: June 12, 2017

Before: Garry, J.P., Egan Jr., Lynch, Mulvey and Aarons, JJ.

Kelly M. Monroe, Albany, for appellant.
Robert M. Carney, District Attorney, Schenectady (Chandler Delamater of counsel), for respondent.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Schenectady County (Giardino, J.), rendered May 15, 2014, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of arson in the third degree.
Following a series ofEarly Origins of the MacDoogle family

The surname MacDoogle was first found in Galloway (Gaelic: Gall-ghaidhealaibh), an area of southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, that formerly consisted of the counties of Wigtown (West Galloway) and Kirkcudbright (East Galloway), where they were descended from Dugall eldest son of Somerled, first Lord of the Isles, and his son Duncan who received the lands of Lorn.The Clan was a bitter foe of Robert the Bruce, who made a narrow escape during one battle with the MacDougals only by discarding his cloak. The brooch of this cloak, now known as the Brooch of Lorn, is a treasured possession of the Chief of the Clan. The Clan faced heavy retaliation and was stripped of their lands once


Robert the Bruce secured the Scottish throne. The lands were restored to the Clan upon the death of the king, but passed to the Stewarts in 1388 when the last member of the senior branch of MacDougals died without issue.

Early History of the MacDoogle family

Early History of the MacDoogle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacDoogle research.Another 307 words (22 lines of text) covering the years 1175, 1244 and 1316 are included under the topic Early MacDoogle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

MacDoogle Spelling Variations

MacDoogle Spelling Variations

Translation in medieval times was an undeveloped science and was often carried out without due care. For this reason, many early Scottish names appeared radically altered when written in English. Thespelling variations of MacDoogle include MacDougall, MacDowall, MacDowell, MacDugald, MacDill and many more.

Early Notables of the MacDoogle family (pre 1700)

Early Notables of the MacDoogle family (pre 1700)

Another 44 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacDoogle Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the MacDoogle family to Ireland

Migration of the MacDoogle family to Ireland

Some of the MacDoogle family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the MacDoogle family to the New World and Oceana

Migration of the MacDoogle family to the New World and Oceana

These settlers arrived in North America at


a time when the east was burgeoning with prosperous colonies and the expanses of the west were just being opened up. The American War of Independence was also imminent. Some Scots stayed to fight for a new country, while others who remained loyal went north as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of them went on to rediscover their heritage in the 20th century through highland games and other patriotic Scottish events. The MacDoogle were among these contributors, for they have been located in early North American records: Ralph, Patrick and Mary MacDougal settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1767; Dougal and Hugh MacDougal settled in Charles Town in 1767.

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The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first beganWhen Tanisha Jones decided to move to the Dallas-Fort Worth area five years ago from a small town in central Arizona, she first settled on living in DeSoto with her husband.

But after a divorce, Jones started to look for a new place — one that would get her closer to the city. Jones' father grew up in Dallas, which is why she was originally drawn to live in D-FW in the first place.

In February 2018, she moved into her newly built, three-bedroom, two-bath home, which at a price of $118,500 came in under her budget.

Only it was in Fort Worth. Jones looked for a place in Dallas first, but she couldn't find anything in her price range that she liked.

"I didn't want a rundown house," Jones said. "It's


about affordability, and I think our younger people are smart about doing their research. ... They get more bang for their buck."

Tanisha Jones poses for a photograph at her Fort Worth home. Census data shows the D-FW area is booming, but most of that growth comes from Fort Worth, where young people are flocking. Jones' father is from Dallas, but when she got divorced, she moved to Fort Worth last year because she was able to build her own home under budget. (Shaban Athuman / Staff Photographer)

Jones became one of thousands of new residents who chose to live in Fort Worth over Dallas. While the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington region was the fastest-growing metropolitan area in 2018, Fort Worth stood out, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released earlierthe need for affordable houses presents a major challenge for the Fort Worth area — which has seen an uptick in development the past few years, but not nearly enough to keep up with the demand.

Many of those moving to the region are drawn here for jobs, Brown said. That was the case for Steve Lebner, who said he came for the financial opportunities and business environment.

He settled in Fort Worth because he "honestly just had a very good feeling" about the city.

But for others, perception played a big role too.

Kathryn Phillips said she chose to live in Fort Worth because she wanted to raise her children in a city that cares more about "character" than wealth and status.

She said her daughter, who is on the autism spectrum,


of the South. Fort Worth is Fort Worth."

Like Atkins, Fort Worth resident Mark Brandt said he preferred his city's laid-back culture and density. He said the infrastructure in Fort Worth allows him to walk, use public transit and bike regularly. When he moved to Fort Worth, his family downgraded from two cars to one, saving him money.

"That's one frustrating thing about the metroplex. It just keeps growing wider and wider and wider," Brandt said.

Jones said Fort Worth's amenities are a well-kept secret. The city has everything people seek in Dallas, she said, even if big-city life isn't necessarily what Fort Worth is known for.

"When you say you live in Texas, the name Dallas is what people resonate with," Jones said. "When you think of Dallas, you think ofthe big city. Fort Worth is the cowboy town."

Beatriz Cruz, a 24-year-old who moved to Fort Worth a couple of years ago, agreed. She said she and her husband initially chose Fort Worth because that's where his job was. But now, she can't imagine leaving anytime soon.

It has the appeal of a big city without the stress, Cruz said.

But she said she has friends who are gay and prefer Dallas for its LGBTQ scene. Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax said Dallas' diversity is one of the city's great appeals.

Broadnax said Dallas continues to think about ways the city could improve its brand and boost its standing in the region. He's in the process of developing a 10-year economic development plan that would address ways to attract the right


types of businesses and workforce.

Broadnax said much of the city's land mass remains untapped and offers plenty of room for growth. He said the city already has a powerful brand that draws residents, and he wants the city to boast of its diversity and reputation as an innovator.

"I think people believe Dallas is where big things happen," Broadnax said. "I want to continue that, do it obviously in the right way. I don't want to just be another urban center."and cutting-edge procedures in each country, per capita. Their conclusion, from the abstract: The data show that the United States spends more on health care than any other country. However, on most measures of health services use, the United States is below the OECD median. These facts suggest that the difference in spending is caused mostly by higher prices for health care goods and services in the United States. And although the authors themselves only analyzed aggregate statistics, they also made use of an earlier study by the McKinsey Institute (carried out under the direction of Kenneth Arrow and Martin Bailey) that gathered particularly revealing micro-level data from individual hospitals in the US, UK, and Germany. Using those data, Arrow, Bailey, and their German partners were able to


might recall the experience of Aneurin Bevan, the father of Britain’s NHS and hero of the Labour left. Despite Britain’s bankruptcy after the war, he managed to push through his dearly held vision of free care at the point of service — though doing so required an arduous standoff with the nation’s doctors groups, of whom he famously said he had “stuffed their mouths with gold.” In 1951, he resigned from the Labour government in protest: he couldn’t abide new prescription fees for dentistry and eyeglasses. That would be only the first of many compromises of the NHS over the years. Nevertheless, seven decades later, the NHS is still there and still beloved.to a sheet of paper before folding the sheet and passing it along to the next player. Depending on their seated order, the player is limited to adding either a noun, an adjective, a verb, an adverb, or an object. The result is an absurd sentence that, precisely because it has been detached from any intentional process of making meaning, is free to accumulate its own curious sense. Still, André Breton and his friends played their word games behind the closed door of a Parisian apartment, limited to pen, paper, and a select group of friends. By contrast, International Book Week flourishes in the mass sociality of Facebook, where users from across the globe excise fragments from print and post them onto the web — cited and not,


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A mother remains in critical condition at the Mount Hope Medical Sciences Complex after being slowly poisoned by the dead baby she was carrying. The family of 34-year-old Michelle Chang-Ragoonath, who slipped into a coma after undergoing an emergency Caesarian section on Sunday, is demanding an autopsy on the still-born to determine the time of death and so too, determine which hospital is responsible for the situation.

"We were told that the baby died in her and remained there for two to three days even though she went to her doctor on Thursday and was told that everything was fine," a female relative said in a telephone interviewyesterday.

The family said Chang-Ragoonath saw her personal doctor at a private hospital in St Augustine and complained that the baby was not moving. They said the doctor performed an ultrasound and informed her that "everything was fine", but by Sunday, Chang-Ragoonath had a high fever, was coughing and having difficulty breathing.

They were told to go to the Mount Hope Hospital.

A medical source close to the case said Chang-Ragoonath was admitted on Sunday night but the hospital had no medical history since her private doctor never provided any of the patient's medical files.

"We stabilised her and then realised that the baby was not moving so we performed the emergency surgery. That was when we removed the baby and realised that something was terribly wrong," the source said, revealing that


based on the level of sepsis (poisoning) within Chang-Ragoonath's system, the baby would have been dead for two to three days.

"That was why the hospital wanted to do the autopsy as well, it'll show that when she was admitted the baby was already dead a few days ago and was poisoning her," she said.

Chang-Ragoonath's family said they were told she was suffering from severe organ failure and that she would be placed on a ventilator.

"They just told us that they inserted a tube into her lungs and drained one of them and would repeat the procedure to see if there was any improvement, but we just hoping for the best right now," a male relative said.

"But we trying to contact her doctor (name given) and he not answeringVital Signs

At a Los Angeles medical school, a group of third-year students struggle with love, their studies and one another. Young Michael Chatham (Adrian Pasdar) is trying to live up to his father's reputation as a well-known and highly respected surgeon. He's also competing for an internship with working-class kid Kenny Rose (Jack Gwaltney), whose relentless dedication to school is damaging his marriage. Meanwhile, Chatham becomes romantically involved with another student, Gina Wyler (Diane Lane).


the people of Sheth.” Numbers 24:17

Fulfillment:

“This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.” Matthew 1:1-2

Prophecy: Jesus is from the tribe of Judah.

“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.” Genesis 49:10

Fulfillment:

“...the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah...” Luke 3:33

“For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.” Hebrews 7:14

Prophecy: Jesus is thehis father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” Luke 1:32-33

“…the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David…” Romans 1:2-3

Prophecies Regarding Christ’s Birth and Early Childhood

As you see in the first prophecy, the coming of Jesus as our Messiah was God’s plan from the very beginning. Even as He was still declaring the punishment for Adam and Eve’s sin - eternal separation from Him - He pronounced judgment on Satan as well, declaring that He would send a Savior to conquer death and once again unite His followers with Him.

This Savior is the Son of God, born of a virgin to declare God


Tool Albums Ranked, From Worst to Best

In the early ‘90s, a trenchant and promising band, Tool, evolved from the art scene of Los Angeles. Their pedigree was unassailable.

Drummer Danny Carey had played with Pigmy Love Circus and Held down beats for the parody metal band Green Jellÿ. Theatrical vocalist Maynard James Keenan performed for kicks in Green Jellÿ and played with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and bassist Brad Wilk and was invited to join the band that became Rage before opting to form a band with guitarist Adam Jones and Carey, instead.

As for Jones, he had extensive experience working in special effects in Hollywood and brought essential elements of perfectionism, creativity and experimentation to the new outfit. His skills were also put to good useThe Documentary Film Reader

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Edited by Jonathan Kahana and Foreword by Charles Musser

Provides the most comprehensive overview of documentary film assembled to date, with over 100 articles on myriad topics

Features a substantial main introduction and section introductions throughout to establish key contexts and important critical issues

Ranges widely across continents, filmmakers, and subgenres, addressing early documentary, avant-garde, propaganda, the essay film, and more

Proposes a fresh canon of films and texts as a starting point for further exploration into the world of nonfiction cinema

Includes foreword from the renowned film historian and filmmaker Charles Musser

The Documentary Film Reader

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Edited by Jonathan Kahana and Foreword by Charles Musser

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Bringing together an expansive range of writing by scholars, critics, historians, and filmmakers, The Documentary Film Reader presents an international perspective on the


most significant developments and debates from several decades of critical writing about documentary. Each of the book's seven sections covers a distinct period in the history of documentary, collecting both contemporary and retrospective views of filmmaking in the era. And each section is prefaced by an introductory essay that explains its design and provides critical context. Painstakingly selected from the archives of more than a hundred years of cinema practice and theory, the essays, reviews, interviews, manifestos, and ephemera gathered in this volume suit the needs and interests of the beginning student, the advanced scholar, the casual reader, and the working documentarian.

The Documentary Film Reader

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Edited by Jonathan Kahana and Foreword by Charles Musser

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Foreword by Charles MusserIntroduction

I. Early Documentary: From the Illustrated Lecture to theFactual FilmJonathan Kahana, Introduction to Section IRick Altman, "From Lecturer's Prop to Industrial Product: The Early History of Travel Films" (2006)Anonymous, "Burton Holmes Pleases a Large Audience at the Columbia" (1905)Kristen Whissel, "Placing the Spectator on the Scene of History: Modern Warfare and the Battle Reenactment at the Turn of the Century" (2008)Dai Vaughan, "Let There Be Lumière" (1999)Boleslas Matuszewski, "A New Source of History" (1898)Tom Gunning, "Before Documentary: Early Nonfiction Films and the 'View' Aesthetic" (1997)Edward Curtis et al., "The Continental Film Company" (1912)W. Stephen Bush, "In The Land of the Head Hunters" (1914)Catherine Russell, "Playing Primitive" (1999) Anonymous, "Movies of Eskimo Life Win Much Appreciation" (1915)Anonymous, "Nanook of the North" (1922)John Grierson, "Flaherty's Poetic Moana" (1926)John Grierson, "Flaherty" (1931-32) Hamid Naficy, "Lured by the East: Ethnographic


and Expedition Films about Nomadic Tribes; The Case of Grass" (2006)Béla Balázs, "Compulsive Cameramen" (1925)Anonymous, "New Films Make War Seem More Personal" (1916)Nicholas Reeves, "Cinema, Spectatorship, and Propaganda: Battle of the Somme (1916) and Its Contemporary Audience" (1997)

III: Documentary Propaganda: World War II and the Post-WarCitizenJonathan Kahana, Introduction to Section IIIJames Agee, Review of Iwo Jima newsreels (1945)James Agee, Review of San Pietro (1945)Thomas Cripps and David Culbert, "The Negro Soldier (1944): Film Propaganda in Black and White" (1979)André Bazin, "On Why We Fight: History, Documentation, and the Newsreel" (1946)Jim Leach, "The Poetics of Propaganda: Humphrey Jennings and Listen to Britain" (1998)George C. Stoney, "Documentary in the United States in the Immediate Post-World War II Years" (1989)Zoë Druick, "Documenting Citizenship: Reexamining the 1950s National Film Board Films aboutCitizenship" (2000)Srirupa Roy, "Moving Pictures: The Films Division of India and the Visual Practices of the Nation-State" (2007)Jennifer Horne, "Experiments in Propaganda: Reintroducing James Blue's Colombian Trilogy" (2009)Peter Watkins with James Blue and Michael Gill, "Peter Watkins Discusses His Suppressed Nuclear Film The War Game" (1965)

IV. Aesthetics of Liberation: Free, Direct, and Vérité CinemasJonathan Kahana, Introduction to Section IVJean Painlevé, "The Castration of Documentary" (1953)Jean Cocteau, "On Blood of the Beasts" (1963)Lindsay Anderson, "Free Cinema" (1957)Tom Whiteside, "The One-Ton Pencil" (1962)Edgar Morin, "Chronicle of a Film" (1962)Jonathan Rosenbaum, "Radical Humanism and the Coexistence of Film and Poetry in The House is Black" (2003)Jean Rouch with Dan Georgakas, Udayan Gupta, and Judy Janda, "The Politics of Visual Anthropology" (1977)Ricky Leacock, "For an Uncontrolled Cinema" (1961)Bruce Elder, "On the Candid-Eye


Movement" (1977)Jonas Mekas, "To Mayor Lindsay / On Film Journalism and Newsreels" (1966)Jeanne Hall, "Realism as a Style in Cinema Verite: A Critical Analysis of Primary" (1991)Margaret Mead, "As Significant as the Invention of Drama or the Novel" (1973)

VI. Truth Not Guaranteed: Reflections, Revisions, and ReturnsEditor's section introductionRobert Sklar, "Documentary: Artifice in the Service of Truth" (1975)Jonas Mekas, "The Diary Film (A Lecture on Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania)" (1972)Chick Strand, "Notes on Ethnographic Film by a Film Artist" (1978)Michael Renov, "Toward a Poetics of Documentary" (1993)Trinh T. Minh-ha, "Mechanical Eye, Electronic Ear and the Lure of Authenticity" (1984)Brian Winston, "The Tradition of the Victim in Griersonian Documentary" (1988)J. Hoberman, "Shoah: The Being of Nothingness" (1985-86)Claude Lanzmann with Marc Chevrie and Hervé Le Roux, "Site and Speech:An Interview with Claude Lanzmann about Shoah" (1985)Linda Williams, "Mirrors without Memories: Truth, History, and the New Documentary" (1993)Peter Bates, "Truth Not Guaranteed: An Interview with Errol Morris" (1989)Harlan Jacobson with Michael Moore, "Michael & Me" (1989)Thomas Waugh, "'Acting to Play Oneself': Notes on Performance in Documentary" (1990)Phillip Brian Harper, "Marlon Riggs: The Subjective Position of Documentary Video" (1995)Paula Rabinowitz, "Melodrama/Male Drama: The Sentimental Contract of American Labor Films" (2002)Marsha Orgeron and Devin Orgeron, "Familial Pursuits, Editorial Acts: Documentaries After the Age of Home Video" (2007)Vivian Sobchack, "Inscribing Ethical Space: 10 Propositions on Death, Representation, and Documentary" (1984)Paul Arthur, "Jargons of Authenticity (Three American Moments)" (1993)

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Jonathan Kahana is Associate Professor of Film and Digital


Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary.

The Documentary Film Reader

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"This collection of crucial and often hard-to-find writings will be of immense help in identifying some of the key preoccupations of documentary and dispersing some of its most persistent myths." --David MacDougall, author of The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses

"Kahana puts flesh to the bare bones of film history. These are essays that make the present vibrate with the steady drumbeat of a past we may not fully know but dare not entirely forget. It will serve as a standard reference for what has gone before and a powerful stimulus for whatA Salem murder suspect with family ties in the Redmond area was arrested Wednesday evening in Portland, said authorities.

Jason Donald Johnson was apprehended at a Portland bus depot Dec. 27, and was taken into custody by Portland Police without incident.He was transported by Salem Police detectives back to Salem and lodged in the Marion County Jail.

Johnson was wanted in connection with the Dec. 23 shooting death of Jose Luis Estrada in Salem.

Estrada was found on the sidewalk near a northeast Salem apartment complex near 2530 NE Broadway Avenue about 2 p.m. Saturday, said Chief Jerry Moore, and was transported by ground ambulance to the Salem Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Witnesses reported hearing a gunshot and saw Estrada collapse on the sidewalk near the parking lot of the


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Dr Mary Flannery is a scholar of medieval literature and cultural history. She is particularly interested in the history of emotion and in fame, gossip, and deviant speech in late-medieval literature and culture (c. 1200-1500). Her first book, John Lydgate and the Poetics of Fame (Boydell & Brewer, 2012), identifies the subject of fame as key to understanding the poetics of fifteenth-century England’s most important author. Currently, Mary is completing a book on shame and gender in medieval literature and culture, a project supported by an Early Career Research Fellowship at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotion (held between August and October 2013) and a Subvention Tremplin from the University of Lausanne.

Mary was educated at Claremont McKenna College and atthe University of Cambridge. While a graduate student at Cambridge, she co-founded the Medieval Reading Group (MRG) and designed, developed, and co-founded Marginalia, the MRG’s online journal, both of which were supported by funds from a UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Research Training Grant. She has held posts at the University of Lausanne, Queen Mary, University of London, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, where she co-curated a 2009 exhibition entitled ‘Temptation and Salvation: The Psalms of King David’.


assist the Government in identifying, gathering, collating, and summarizing existing data, estimates and information on the nature of exposure, its level, the number of persons exposed, and the regulatory status for each chemical to be included in the Annual Reports on Carcinogens. The Contractor shall provide support for inclusion of approximately 20 new chemicals per year in the Annual Report on Carcinogens, as well as updating the information contained in the immediately preceding report. This project is for contractor assistance in preparing the next five Annual Reports beginning with the preparation of the eighth report.a corporation which dissolved without paying its income tax and without assets from which the tax could be collected.
The facts: The City Ice and Supply Company, an Illinois corporation, herein called the Old Company, had a stock issue of 3,325 shares of common stock and 1,000 shares of preferred stock, each of the par value of $100. Petitioner and an associate, Hunt, entered into negotiations with two officers and stockholders of the Old Company, which resulted in the execution of a thirty day option to purchase the common stock at $200 per share. The option was never exercised, and its importance lies in its possible bearing on the subsequently executed escrow agreement out of which the tax in question grew. The second agreement named a bank as escrow


agent to hold in escrow all certificates of capital stock of the Old Company; it provided that the stockholders execute proxies to petitioner who also acquired the exclusive option to purchase the stock deposited with the escrow agent on the payment of $200 per share for common stock, two-thirds of which was to be in cash and one-third in 7% preferred stock of an Illinois corporation to be known as the City Ice and Coal Company, herein called the New Company; and also provided for the redemption of the preferred stock at $105 per share. The agreement contained other provisions which, however, do not bear on our question.
The New Company was promptly organized. Directors of the Old Company accepted the proposal of petitioner and his associate which isevidenced by letters from petitioner to the Old Company from which the following excerpts are taken:
Offer submitted May 6, 1926, and accepted May 7, 1926. "All existing liabilities of City Ice and Supply Company to be assumed and paid by the parties making this proposition and payment thereof guaranteed by *597 the corporation to whom will be made the conveyance herein contemplated."
May 6, 1926. "Steps have been taken by the undersigned to acquire the physical properties and certain other assets of the City Ice & Supply Co., an Illinois corporation chiefly engaged in the manufacture and sale of ice in the City of Chicago. Such acquisition being on the basis of assumptions and payment by us of all liabilities and obligations of said City Ice and Supply Company.


signed a receipt to the bank for "forty options and 4,365 shares of Capital Stock representing all of the common and Preferred Stock of the Old Company. After cancellation these certificates can be returned to L. R. to complete records of Old Company."
Petitioner did not take possession of the stock which he received. His attorney refused to accept the certificates, saying, "We don't want it; it is not ours." The stock was thereupon left with the escrow agent and later by it returned to the Old Company.
The New Company issued 200 shares of common stock, of which petitioner and his associate each took 96 shares and 8 were scattered. Additional shares were subsequently issued to petitioner and his associate who were at all times the officers and directorsto liability growing out of his agreement to assume the Old Company's debts, he asserts that income taxes accruing and assessed subsequent to the execution of his agreement were not part of "existing liabilities" thereby assumed. He denies that he is a transferee within the meaning of section 280 of the Revenue Act of 1926 and also denies liability on the theory of a trustee: first, because the facts do not make of him a trustee; second, there is no showing that the Old Company was insolvent when he closed his dealings with it; and third, even as a trustee he would not be liable for income taxes subsequently assessed when the purchase price was paid to the stockholders of the Old Company.
To a large degree he rests


JUPITER, FL — WMCA was the “little engine that could.” In the 60s, it battled WABC for “top 40” supremacy in New York. By the 70s, WMCA was “New York’s Conversation Station” and was giving legendary talk and variety station WOR a run for its money. As a 5,000 watt station at 570, WMCA was always punching above its weight class against 50,000 watt flamethrowers WABC and WOR in the sprawling New York metropolitan area.

In 1980, WMCA had assembled a veritable All Star team of talk talent in the prime of their careers.

Grant, who was already a news/talk star from stints at KABC and WOR, would go on to afternoon drive dominance at WABC. Sally Jessy Raphael left for NBC Talknet, ABC Radio syndication and daytime television stardom.Barry Gray defined New York talk and is considered by many industry observers to be the “father of talk radio.” Bruce Williams became a giant in syndication with Talknet. Farber was the conservative lion long before Rush Limbaugh and was on New York radio for decades, ran for Congress and Mayor of New York and had syndicated radio and TV shows. In 1980, Larry King’s overnight radio show was at the height of its popularity before he would spend 25 years in prime time on CNN. Art Rust, Jr., was a fixture on WABC for a number of years in the mid-80s.

Though not the news authority in the market, WMCA featured veteran newsman Bert Knapp and roving street reporter Danny Meenan. Knapp’s authoritative anchor style and Meenan’s energetic


culture uncommon in news/talk radio today. It took real risks and truly served the public interest. WMCA owner, president and general manager R. Peter Straus broke new ground when WMCA became “the first station in the country to run editorials on political and civic issues” said his TheNew York Times obituary in 2012. “Mr. Straus was also the first to endorse a presidential candidate, backing John F. Kennedy in 1960. He was also the first to call for President Richard Nixon’s resignation” according to The Times. Reflecting the attitude of a different time in radio, Straus once said, “We thought the mission of a broadcaster was to say something important. We weren’t going to change the world, but we damn well had to try.” (Source: West Milford, NJ,SUMMARY: A 12-year-old boy reportedly invented an abduction story to skip his dental appointment.

Posted: June 26, 2014

Dental drama recently reached new heights, when a 12-year-old French boy was reportedly so terrified of the dentist that he faked his own kidnapping to skip the appointment.

In late May, police found the boy hiding in the Alpine village, St. Gervais. The boy allegedly told officers that he had just escaped an abduction attempt from the nearby town of Bagnols.

Despite the farce, the boy described his abductor with imaginative detail: a muscular European in his mid 30s standing about 5 feet 7 inches with a vertical scar on his right cheek, The Local reported. The preteen said he was on his way to the dentist when the man pulled him into his


car after stopping to ask for directions. The boy even went on to describe the car.

When the vehicle stopped in St. Gervais, more than 100 miles from his home, the boy said he managed to escape.

The police spent a month investigating the case. But after reviewing security footage in Bagnols, officers called him in for questioning once more, at which point the 12-year-old confessed he made up the entire story so he wouldn't have to go to the dentist.

Although most people don't go to such lengths to avoid sitting in the dental chair, there are plenty who are scared of the dentist. There's even a phrase for it: dental phobia. Yet one of the tricks to quelling fear is to maintain oral health upkeep throughout the year, so      4
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Borrowers.

       In any event, approximately ninety days after the MSA – on January 23,

2012 – the Bank issued a commitment letter to the Borrowers purporting to offer

the Borrowers a loan modification reflecting the terms of the MSA. The

commitment letter stated that the Bank had qualified the Borrowers for the New

Loan; the commitment letter also required the signature of the Borrowers prior to

January 31, 2012.

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the $52,000 they had paid into escrow would be applied to delinquent amounts due

on the “old” loan, and the Borrowers would no longer be eligible for the

modification arrangement.

      Asserting that the Bank had unilaterally and materially altered the terms of

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returned to her, but that the Department hoped it would be possible to return the children to her
in approximately five months. It was also noted that Doe was required to continue participating
in dual-diagnosis programs and to learn to manage her bipolar diagnosis without the use of
illegal drugs.
        On December 18, an adjudicatory hearing was held in regard to B.F., after which the
magistrate approved the proposed case plan and issued an order, placing B.F. under the
protective supervision of the Department, but physically leaving her with Doe. A case plan
hearing was held on January 17, 2008, after which the magistrate issued an order allowing Doe
to continue to provide care for B.F. in her home. Doe was required to continue participating in
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itself upon numerous grass shinobi along with the Daimiyo, the Grass leader Kirabe. Many lives had been taken by this one man, buildings and homes had been destroyed, smoked escaped from every pile of rubble around the village making it almost impossible for any normal human to breathe. When the time was right, the man in the middle of all this destruction vanished and was sighted on the path towards Konoha.... i

"The start of the new dawn...."

Naoshi whispered to himself as his eerie black eyes remained fixed on the path he had been walking along. The sun was revealing itself and it took on a golden orange color, its rays shot at Naoshi giving his intimidating black eyes a shine that even the devil himself would fear. Naoshi'shands were hidden within the sleeves of his robe making it seem as if he had no hands at all. His hair danced quietly in the air as the small but yet chilling breeze blew past him, his robe had also been moving in a similar motion as his hair but it made a noise similar to a shirt being shaken in order to remove its dust or filth.

After about an half hour of walking along the dirt path, the Hidden Leaf Village was in sight and this excited Naoshi but of course with such a shallow and silent personality there was no emotion on his face. No matter the situation, Naoshi's facial expression never changed even when he is in pain. The only thing the could probably


James Stewart received his M.S. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He did research at the University of London and was influenced by the famous mathematician George Polya at Stanford. Stewart is currently a Professor of Mathematics at McMaster University. His research field is harmonic analysis. James Stewart is the author of a best-selling calculus textbook series published by Brooks/Cole, including CALCULUS, Fifth Edition, CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS, Fifth Edition, and CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, Second Edition, as well as a series of precalculus texts.

Other Editions for Single Variable Calculus, Early Transcendentals (Student Solution Manual)

James Stewart received his M.S. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He did research at the University of London and was influenced by the famousmathematician George Polya at Stanford. Stewart is currently a Professor of Mathematics at McMaster University. His research field is harmonic analysis. James Stewart is the author of a best-selling calculus textbook series published by Brooks/Cole, including CALCULUS, Fifth Edition, CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS, Fifth Edition, and CALCULUS: CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS, Second Edition, as well as a series of precalculus texts.


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    8447if you include enough bells and whistles .
welcome to the club , scott kalvert .
your adaptation of the basketball diaries is loud and one-dimensional , serving only as the vehicle for a performance by leonardo dicaprio that is better in pieces than it is as a whole .
dicaprio stars as jim carroll , the new york poet/songwriter/ performer on whose autobiographical writings the film is based .
as the film opens , jim is a budding high school basketball star given to petty thievery and getting drunk with buddies mickey ( mark wahlberg ) , pedro ( james madio ) and neutron ( patrick mcgaw ) .
one night , jim graduates from inhalants to cocaine , and shortly thereafter to heroin .
jim's addiction


to the drug starts him on a downhill spiral , as he is kicked off the basketball team by his coach ( bruno kirby ) , kicked out of his home by his mother ( lorraine bracco ) , and drops out of school .
along with mickey and pedro , jim becomes a victim of the street , living from fix to fix and sinking lower and lower .
the basketball diaries has been bouncing around as a project for years , but the sticking point has always been that jim carroll as a character was too unsympathetic and too much a loner .
screenwriter bryan goluboff created the three characters who act as carroll's posse , resulting in a jim carroll who is just as unsympatheticthe California Court of Appeals that vindicates the right to engage in casual conversations about faith without fear of being arrested," said Brad Dacus, president of PJI. "This is a great victory for free speech and common sense."

"The rules are unconstitutional on their face under article I, section 2 of the California Constitution, the California constitutional provision which guarantees the right to freespeech," the court ruling found.

The court noted the seemingly innocuous behavior that prompted the mall to arrest the youth pastor.

"Hoping for opportunities to share his Christian faith, Matthew Snatchko, a youth pastor, often went to a large regional shopping mall – the Galleria in Roseville, owned, operated and managed by Westfield (hereafter the Galleria or the mall). While he was in the common area of the


mall one evening, Snatchko approached three young women in their late teens, asked them if they were willing to talk with him, and upon receiving their consent, engaged them in conversation,which included with their permission his sharing with them principles of his faith. He did not raise his voice or otherwise create a scene. He did not distribute any literature. He did not solicit money or other contributions of any kind. He did not ask them to join his church. He did not block mall patrons," thecourt said.

"Nevertheless, a nearby store employee called the mall's security office and requested they investigate Snatchko's actions. A security officer responded and observed what he believed to be nervous behavior by the young women. Snatchko did not observe any expression or conductby the women indicating they were nervous or that they did not want to continue the conversation. It appeared to Snatchko that the security officer stopped and listened to his conversation with the women."

The court continued, "The security officer approached and asked Snatchko to stop what he was doing or leave the mall. When Snatchko refused, the security officer called for backup. A senior security officer responded and instructed Snatchko to leave. As Snatchko continued to refuse, the security officers forcibly placed Snatchko under citizen's arrest, handcuffed him and escorted him to the security office where they turned him over to Roseville police."

However, the charges later were dismissed and the Placer County district attorney stipulated that Snatchko was factually innocent of the charges.

Snatchko then filed the court action


relation to the global time of the master and calculates a delay time related to message transmission. Subsequently, the slave may correct its timer.
The offset and the delay time may be calculated by the slave using timestamps in which the transmission and reception times of messages are recorded. In the relatively simple NTP protocol, a slave transmits a first message, including a timestamp of transmission point T1 based on local time, to a master in accordance with global time. First, a master records a timestamp of the reception point T2 of the first message based on the global time. Next, the master transmits a second message, including the timestamps of the reception point T2 of the first message and a transmission point T3 of the second message, to"D.O. Volume I" tape is, on the surface, a very bare-bones effort. No
background music sets a romantic mood. The single camera is on a tripod,
and rarely moves. I do not regard these as being drawbacks; this is a no
bullshit classroom exhibit of a woman being put into one helluva extended
orgasm. Lack of camera cuts and editing preserves the experience of the
viewer being a student; this demonstration is a part of their regular
curriculum.

After a brief introduction, a woman confidently disrobes and lies on a
table with her legs spread open and crotch facing the camera. She is then
manually brought into what they call a "Deliberate Orgasm", which ascends
and lasts through the rest of the tape. Emphasis is on precise clitoral
excitement. She is able to respond to questions about the experience.
The


SAN DIEGO -- To the untrained eye, it's practically indiscernible, but Austin Hedges ' current swing is not the same one he used when he started the season 0-for-24.

About a week ago, the Padres noticed Hedges' hands moving a split second later than they had in the past -- and after the rest of his body loaded to swing.

"We showed him video, brought his attention to that," said Padres hitting coach Alan Zinter. "He was like, 'Oh, easy.' And he went out the next day and hit a home run off R.A. Dickey. He's been working on it since, just putting his hands back in sequence."

The tweak, however minor, has paid major dividends over the past week -- including Friday, when he slugged a three-run home run inand soul on a baseball field, and for a young catcher, that's saying a lot."

As a result, Hedges' bat is sometimes written off. It's still very much a question mark. He's a career .163 hitter, but he's only received 230 plate appearances -- many of them in sporadic backup duty over the previous two years. Last year at Triple-A El Paso, Hedges hit .326 with 21 homers.

"I wasn't worried about him one bit," said Padres right fielder Hunter Renfroe , who -- along with Hedges -- helped propel El Paso to the Pacific Coast League title last season. "Obviously he hasn't done what he did in Triple-A in the big leagues yet. But in the past few days he's been raking. That's the Hedgy I know, that's the


Nukâka Coster-Waldau

Nukâka Coster-Waldau (née Sascha Nukâka Motzfeldt; born 23 February 1971), better known professionally as Nukâka, is a Greenlandic singer, actress, and a former Miss Greenland. She is married to Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and has two daughters with him.

The Greenlandic actress of Inuit, German and Norwegian descent was born in Uummannaq, Greenland. She is the daughter of Vivi and Josef Motzfeldt, a Greenlandic politician.

International pageants
Coster-Waldau participated in the 1990 Miss Universe Pageant, finishing in 19th place in the preliminaries, giving Greenland its highest placement at Miss Universe.

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Category:Actresses of(Citing cases.) On the other hand, it may hold to the ancient dogma that the law declared by its courts had a Platonic or ideal existence before the act of declaration, in which event the discredited declaration will be viewed as if it had never been, and the reconsidered declaration as law from the beginning. (Citing cases.) The alternative is the same whether the subject of the new decision is common law or statute. (Citing cases.) The choice for any State may be determined by the juristic philosophy of the judges of her courts, their conceptions of law, its origin and nature. We review not the wisdom of their philosophies, but the *297 legality of their acts. The State of Montana has told us by the voice of


Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan on Thursday said Mohammad Hafeez and Azhar Ali can face disciplinary action for taking a stand against fast bowler Mohammad Amir’s inclusion in a fitness camp for New Zealand tour.Speaking to, Khan said he has spoken to the duo over the issue and was ready to talk again, adding that the two players might face a disciplinary action if they do not agree to partake in the training camp.The two senior players had announced earlier in the day that they would boycott the fitness and training camp as long as it also includes Mohammad Amir.“We will not attend camp as long as Amir is also there,” said ODI captain Azhar Ali. Amir's presence in the camp is unacceptable, he said.Ali saidwill be allowed to play for Pakistan. But there was worldwide sympathy for Amir because of his age — 18 at the time of the scandal — and for the fact that he, unlike the other two, pleaded guilty.Hafeez and Azhar's decisions to boycott camp come a day after PCB fully endorsed Amir’s return to the national side, urging players and fans to forgive the bowler.In a statement issued Wednesday, the PCB confirmed that the fast bowler was ‘eligible’ for national selection, having completed his rehabilitation programme after serving the five-year ban for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal.“There are a few players and commentators who are opposed to his selection. But in the past, spot fixers and drugs cheats have been permitted re-entry in to the


international arena after serving their sentence. They include Marlon Samuels, Herschelle Gibbs, Tyson Gay [an American sprinter],” said the PCB.Since his return, Amir has impressed in domestic first-class cricket and in the BPL, but the PCB said that a final call on his international comeback ultimately rests with the selectors.“After serving his six-month probation, Amir has been participating in domestic first class cricket with success,” the PCB said in a statement.“He has also performed well in the BPL. Accordingly, Amir has been called to the fitness camp which will enable him to bond with national players. His selection for the national team, for which he is eligible, would depend on the selectors.”Last week, Amir was named in a 26-member squad for a conditioning camp in Lahore ahead ofWORD! Jack And The Least Gal with Joseph Sobol

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"Partridge Family" star David Cassidy died Tuesday after suffering liver and kidney failure, his publicist confirmed. He was 67.

"David died surrounded by those he loved, with joy in his heart and free from the pain that had gripped him for so long," Jo-Ann Geffen said. "Thank you for the abundance of love and support you have shown him these many years."

Cassidy was admitted to a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. hospital Wednesday, though his condition was not reported until this past Saturday. Geffen told multiple news outlets over the weekend that Cassidy was suffering from multiple organ failure.

Born into a show business family, Cassidy rocketed to stardom on ABC’s "The Partridge Family," a sitcom about a widow (played by Cassidy’s real-life stepmother Shirley Jones) and her five children who forma rock band and tour the country. The cast also featured Susan Dey, later of "L.A. Law" fame, as sibling Laurie Partridge and Danny Bonaduce as sibling Danny Partridge.

As eldest son Keith Partridge, Cassidy became a global heartthrob as the face -- and voice -- of the Partridge Family’s biggest hit, “I Think I Love You." The song spent three weeks on top of the Billboard chart at a time when other hit singles included James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "The Tears of a Clown."

"In two years, David Cassidy has swept hurricane-like into the pre-pubescent lives of millions of American girls," Rolling Stone magazine noted in 1972. "Leaving: six and a half million long-playing albums and singles; 44 television programs; David Cassidy


lunch boxes; David Cassidy bubble gum; David Cassidy coloring books and David Cassidy pens; not to mention several millions of teen magazines, wall stickers, love beads, posters and photo albums."

After "The Partridge Family" ended in 1974, Cassidy devoted himself to recording and songwriting, but struggled to match the success of his early-20s, with none of his subsequent albums -- including the awkwardly titled "Didn't You Used To Be?" -- making a significant dent in the U.S. charts.

Cassidy did score a minor hit with "I Write the Songs" before Barry Manilow's chart-topping version and found success overseas with "The Last Kiss," featuring backing vocals from Cassidy admirer George Michael. He made occasional stage and television appearances, including an Emmy-nominated performance on "Police Story."

Meanwhile, "The Partridge Family" remained popular inre-runs and Cassidy, who kept his dark bangs and boyish appearance well into middle age, frequently turned up for reunions and spoke often about his early success.

"So many people come up to me and talk to me about the impact it (the show) had," he told Arsenio Hall in 1990.

Even while "The Partridge Family" was still in primetime, Cassidy worried that he was mistaken for the wholesome character he played. He posed naked for Rolling Stone in 1972, when he confided that he had dropped acid as a teenager and smoked pot in front of the magazine's reporter as he watched an episode of "The Partridge Family" and mocked his own acting. Cassidy maintained an exhausting schedule during the show's run, filming during the week and performing live


shows over the weekend, but had plenty of time to indulge himself. In the memoir "Could It Be Forever," he wrote of his prolific sex life and of rejecting Dey's advances because she lacked the "slutty aspect of a female that I always found so attractive."

Late in life, Cassidy struggled with numerous personal problems. He was charged with driving under the influence on three separate occasions between November 2010 and January 2014. After the third incident, he entered rehab and a California judge sentenced him to five years’ probation. Cassidy’s third wife, Sue Shifrin, filed for divorce in February of 2014 after 23 years of marriage.

In February 2015, Cassidy filed for bankruptcy, listing assets and debts of up to $10 million. That September, he was cited for leavingthe scene of an accident in Florida.

This past February, Cassidy revealed to PEOPLE Magazine that he was battling dementia after he struggled to remember song lyrics and fell off the stage at a show in California. His mother, Broadway actress Evelyn Ward, died in 2012 after suffering from the same illness.

At the same concert, Cassidy announced he was retiring after 50 years in the entertainment industry, saying the grind of touring combined with arthritis had taken its toll.

Cassidy is survived by two children, musician Beau Cassidy and actress Katie Cassidy, with whom he acknowledged having a distant relationship.

"I wasn't her father. I was her biological father but I didn't raise her," he told PEOPLE earlier this year. "She has a completely different life."

Cassidy himself was estranged from his


father, actor Jack Cassidy, and he would long express regret about Jack being mostly absent from his life after David's parents split up when he was 5. David Cassidy stayed with his mother and by the early 1960s had moved to Los Angeles.

Kicked out of high school for truancy, David Cassidy dreamed of becoming an actor and had made appearances on "Bonanza," "Ironside" and other programs before producers at ABC television asked him to audition for "The Partridge Family," unaware that he could sing and intending at first to have him mime songs to someone else's voice. Cassidy, who only learned during tryouts that Jones would play his mother, worried that Keith Partridge would be a "real comedown" from his previous roles.

"I mean, how much could an actorOn! Season 6 (2019)

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The Hateful 8 (2015)

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Basic Instinct (1992)

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The Fly (1986)

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On Aug. 12, 1994, Major League Baseball players walked off the job after months of failed labor negotiations.

A month later, acting Commissioner Bud Selig cancelled the remaining regular season and the entire postseason. That’s when the President of the United States stepped in and helped. Or tried to.

In the fall of 1994, angst filled the void created by the loss of baseball.

Fans of the game were still struggling with the idea that that there’d be no World Series for the first time in 90 years.

"It was shocking," says Bud Selig. "It was just horrendous. That was a really, really dismal time in baseball. People were angry. They were angry with everybody. Including the Commissioner, I may add.

"I got a call from the White House to meet with Presidentlabor disputes by every U.S. president from Harry Truman to Gerald Ford. The 70-year-old Usery was also trusted by Clinton, and by Major League Baseball Players Association head Donald Fehr. Everyone agreed that Usery was the man for the job. But Clinton had a stipulation for both parties.

"And this is the crucial thing: that whatever Usery came up with, we would accept," Selig says.

The sides negotiated into January of 1995, but made little progress. Then the White House set a deadline of February 6 for a settlement. But Usery still couldn’t bring the sides close to an agreement.

"They were tough — very, very tough — meetings. Bill Usery and I hollered at each other a lot — as much as I liked him, by the way," Selig says.


we get a call to meet at the White House."

Selig figured the union had also agreed on Usery’s terms, and that there’d be a new labor deal just in time for a full 1995 MLB season. Selig walked into the Roosevelt Room for a private meeting.

"And there is Don Fehr with a bunch of players," Selig says. "And I can see, by the look on Bill Usery’s face, there's trouble.

"The meeting starts. President Clinton says a few words. And everybody's there — Robert Reich, the labor secretary, George Stephanopoulos and Vice President Gore. Al Gore kind of took over. And Al Gore says 'This deal will not work. Union won't accept it.' And I'm stunned."

Selig says he glanced at Bill Clinton. He had expected the president to holdrestored the terms of the previous agreement and ordered the sides to keep negotiating. The players returned to the field for a slightly abbreviated 1995 season. The league and the union finally agreed to a new deal in March of 1997. Major League Baseball began the work of winning back its fans.

"For the Good of the Game," by Bud Selig

"They were angry at the players, which you didn't want," Selig says. "Angry at the owners. Everybody was angry at the commissioner. But what did it lead to? It was only when we went to labor peace that we started setting attendance records and everything else."

Selig likes to claim that the league has enjoyed labor peace since those negotiations. And that’s true, if you don’t count the near-strike in


Opie is a 6-year-old when the series opens, who lives in the fictional and idealized small, sleepy southern community of Mayberry, North Carolina, with his widowed father, Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), the sheriff of Mayberry County, and his father's spinster aunt, Beatrice "Aunt Bee" Taylor (Frances Bavier). Opie appears once in The Andy Griffith Show spinoff Mayberry R.F.D., twice in the spinoff Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. and also in the 1986 reunion telemovie Return to Mayberry

There are two explanations of the origin of the character's name. One is that Opie was named after bandleader and radio actor Opie Cates;[1][2] the other is that he was named for Opie Shelton (1915–1999), a childhood friend of Griffith, who went on to become president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.[3]

In the firstepisode of The Andy Griffith Show (October 1960), Andy's Aunt Bee returns to Mayberry via Morgantown, West Virginia at her nephew's invitation in order to manage the Taylor household after Andy's housekeeper Rose marries and departs. Opie, 6, takes an instant dislike to Aunt Bee based upon his grief at losing his beloved Rose, although he does secretly enjoy her cooking. After discovering that she can neither play baseball nor fish, Opie declares that he will never love her. The final straw comes when she accidentally lets his pet bird escape, though it reappears at the end of the episode (the bird is never again mentioned). A disheartened Aunt Bee chooses to leave. However, in a surge of empathy, Opie begs his father to let her stay, as


he fears for her well-being as she doesn't know how to do anything on her own.

Opie's relationship with his "Pa", Andy, provided plot material for many episodes. In one episode ("Opie the Birdman", September 30, 1963), Andy teaches Opie the value of responsibility and parenthood after Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his slingshot and leaves her three nestlings orphaned. Andy, underscoring the loss, opens Opie's bedroom window so he will hear the chicks calling after the mother who will never come home. Naming the birds "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod", Opie nurtures them until they are ready to be released into the wild.

Andy would sometimes misjudge Opie, suspecting him of being selfish and oblivious to the needs of the less fortunate. Andy would then discover to hisfather that he decided to give back the $50, since he realizes that he couldn't be happy with the money because the money wasn't really and truly his to spend.

When not visiting his father at the courthouse, Opie would sometimes get into jams. Some of his juvenile misdeeds include: trespassing in a neighbor's barn, selling Miracle Salve to the citizens of Mayberry; accidentally destroying Aunt Bee's prize rose; concealing an abandoned baby in his clubhouse; tricking Goober Pyle into thinking a shaggy dog can speak, and starting his own tell-all community newspaper.

For all his boyish misgivings, Opie is always honest and truthful with his father, sometimes to his own detriment. In one episode, Opie describes a utility worker named Mr. McBeevee he met in the woods. Andy thinks


it is an imaginary friend and tries to convince Opie of it; but, Mr. McBeevee is real and Opie maintains his story despite facing certain discipline from Andy. In another episode, a runaway boy tells Opie not to disclose his whereabouts. Having previously learned the value of confidentiality from Andy, Opie refuses to tell his father where the boy is rather than lie, or break a confidence, much to Andy's chagrin.

Opie's best friend through the black-and-white run is Johnny Paul Jason; in color episodes, it is Arnold Bailey, who is the Doctor's son. He also has several other friends during his childhood including Howie Pruitt. In one episode, Opie's new friend Trey Bowden provokes Opie's jealousy when Andy takes a liking to Trey and invites him along onoutings. Other new friends sometimes prove unworthy. One friend, Arnold Winkler, for instance, encourages Opie to throw tantrums at home to get his way.

In another episode, Opie joins a secret club and is made keeper of the club's special candle. The club trespasses in a farmer's barn and, when the barn later burns to the ground, Opie is blamed. Another time, Opie hooks up with a boy that plays a mean trick on Goober. Both boys are taken to task by Andy for their mischief making. Opie is respectful and friendly to adults in Mayberry. He spends time at the filling station hanging out with Goober and the two often share their comic books.

Adult Opie in the 1986 reunion telemovie, "Return to Mayberry".

Opie has several girlfriends including, in


his boyhood, Karen Burgess (Ronda Jeter)[note 1] and, in his teens, Mary Alice Carter (Morgan Brittany, credited by her real name, Suzanne Cupito). He also develops crushes on Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou and on his father's sweetheart Helen Crump.

On the spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D., Helen and Andy marry and later in the series, Helen gives birth to Opie's half-brother, Andrew Jackson Taylor, Jr.

When Opie is "almost 12" he runs away from Mayberry by boarding a jet airplane in Raleigh under false pretenses, and flies to California to see Gomer Pyle and join the Marines in a 1966 episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C..

During his teens, Opie has a few jobs around Mayberry. He works in the drug store, and, in another episode, works as a delivery boy atthe grocery store. He also plays in a rock band with his friends and has a paying gig at a teen party. In a later color episode, Opie makes college plans with dentistry as his career choice.

Opie's mother is mentioned only once in the series. In "Wedding Bells for Aunt Bee", Andy tells Opie he had a love for the boy's mother similar to the love Aunt Bee feels for her beau. Other than this one mention, Opie's mother is non-existent on the show; there are no photographs of her in the house, or other souvenirs, and no one mentions a grave. In the backdoor pilot episode from The Danny Thomas Show, viewers learn Andy lost Opie's mother when the boy was "the least little speck of a


baby," indicating that Mrs. Taylor either left the family or she passed away when Opie was a baby. Andy was referred to as a widower several times in the show which would indicate that Opie's mother died and that she did not leave Andy and Opie. On a "Mayberry RFD" episode, viewers learn that Opie's former teacher and stepmother Helen gave birth to Andy Taylor, Jr, who is christened in Mayberry.

In the 1986 made-for-TV reunion movie Return to Mayberry, Ron Howard reprised his role as a now-adult Opie, who has become a newspaper writer. The plot was driven by his father's return to see Opie's wife give birth to their first child. Half-brother Andy Jr. does not appear nor was he mentioned.Saturday, 18 August 2018

Web Drama: The King of Soldier

Genre: War and Revolution
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 31
Director: Wang Mingjun
Screenwriter: Xie Sibing
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from a novel of the same name by Li Kun

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A coming of age story that follows a firefighter who always wants to be first.

To prove to his classmates and teachers that there are things in this world worth more than a college education, Shen Xiao (Zheng Qi) signs up to join the army on a whim. He becomes a full-fledge firefighter but in reality, he is a troublemaker who always jumps at the chance to show off. Nonetheless, firefighting is a thankless job and after witnesses his comrades repeatedly putting their lives on the line even amidst certain death, he comes to realize what


Micky Adams optimistic about new Port Vale deal

Micky Adams insists he could walk away from Port Vale with his head held high - but has no plans to do so.

Adams' contract as manager is set to expire, although he does have an offer of a new deal on the table from the club.

He revealed this week that he had received an approach from another club interested in acquiring his service for next season, but the 52-year-old is keen to remain at Vale Park.

Speaking after his side's goalless draw at Peterborough on the final day of the season, Adams said: ``I'm very proud of what I've achieved at this club. It has been a tough club to manage and I know that I could walk away with my headof winning the game.

"We didn't play with anywhere enough energy in the first half, which is why I made changes at the break.

"We were much better in the second half when we performed in the way that people expect a Peterborough team to play. I felt we should have got three points, but it wasn't to be.

"Now it is all about the play-offs and I love being involved in them. Orient are the best opponents we've faced at London Road all season and they deserved to win here, but we were just as impressive when getting a result at their place. They are going to be two huge games."


America and elsewhere with hopes of completing the reorganization by the end of August.

"The time and effort from so many of our team members is helping to make us a stronger company, well positioned for the future," Hackett wrote.

His email followed 6 a.m. posting of a Free Press story that some white-collar workers last week were packing boxes in case they are laid off, with manager meetings scheduled in several departments Tuesday-Thursday this week.

It's not known how many salaried workers Ford has trimmed in recent months. The company had 202,000 employees in 2017 and then 199,000 in 2018, according to its annual reports. It has 196,000 employees globally now, according to recent Ford news releases.

Ford takes pride in being the largest U.S. auto industry employer. The company hasSen. Bob Corker Robert (Bob) Phillips CorkerHas Congress captured Russia policy? Tennessee primary battle turns nasty for Republicans Cheney clashes with Trump MORE (R-Tenn.) said Tuesday that former deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland's nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to Singapore is "frozen" amid questions over whether she deceived lawmakers about her knowledge of former national security adviser Michael Flynn's contacts with Russia.

"Her nomination is frozen for a while until that gets worked out," Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN. "She has to know that herself, and we'll deal with it at the appropriate time."

McFarland responded to written questions from Sen. Cory Booker Cory Anthony BookerBipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death DHS opens probe into allegations at Georgia ICE facility Democratic


lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations of medical neglect at Georgia ICE facility MORE (D-N.J.) in July regarding whether she spoke to Flynn about his contacts with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, saying that she was "not aware of any of the issues or events" referenced.

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But emails obtained by The New York Times show that McFarland was, in fact, aware of the Dec. 29 phone call between Flynn and Kislyak, in which Flynn urged Kislyak not to retaliate against sanctions imposed by the Obama administration in response to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Flynn pleaded guilty last week to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Kislyak in the month before Trump took office, and acknowledged that he is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation intoRussia's role in the election, as well as possible collusion between Trump campaign members and Russians.

Flynn was forced to resign from his White House post in February — just 24 days into his tenure — after it was revealed that he lied to Vice President Pence and others about his contacts with Kislyak.

McFarland left her deputy national security adviser post in April. She was nominated to serve as the ambassador to Singapore in June.


connected to a current source 1 which operates in accordance with the supply of a supply voltage Vcc. An input voltage Vin is supplied to the base of the transistor Tr1 whose collector is supplied to the collector of an NPN transistor Tr3 and the base of an NPN transistor Tr5. The emitter of the transistor Tr3 is connected to ground GND.
The collector of the transistor Tr2 is connected to the collector of an NPN transistor Tr4 and the bases of the transistors Tr3 and Tr4 and the emitter of the transistor Tr4 is connected to the ground GND. The transistors Tr3 and Tr4 form a current mirror circuit.
The base of the transistor Tr2 is connected to the collector of the transistor Tr5 and an output terminal Toa comparator for receiving first and second input voltages. The comparator includes a first input transistor for receiving the first input voltage. A second input transistor is connected to the first input transistor to receive the second input voltage. A current mirror circuit is connected to the first and second input transistors to supply identical collector current to the first and second input transistors. A negative feedback circuit is connected to the first and second input transistors to suppress an increase in collector current of the first input transistor or the second input transistor based on the first and second input voltages. An output transistor is connected to the current mirror circuit and the negative feedback circuit and is driven by the current mirror circuit and the negative


base connected to the base and the collector of the first NPN transistor and an emitter connected to the low-potential voltage supply. A feedback transistor has a collector connected to the current source, the emitter of the first input transistor and the emitter of the second input transistor, a base connected to the collector of the first input transistor and an emitter connected to the low-potential voltage supply. A drive transistor has a base connected to the base of the feedback transistor and an emitter connected to the low-potential voltage supply. An output transistor has a base connected to a collector of the drive transistor, an emitter connected to the high-potential voltage supply and a collector. An output terminal is connected to the collector of the output transistor.
OtherPrevalence of skin tears among frail older adults living in Canadian long-term care facilities.
To explore the prevalence of skin tears in the Canadian long-term care (LTC) population. The setting included 678 residents residing in four LTC facilities in western Canada. A cross-sectional prevalence study to establish the prevalence of skin tears in four LTC facilities in Canada. The prevalence of skin tears was 14.7%. Primary associated risk factors included advanced age, being male and having an increased pressure ulcer risk. This study was an important step in establishing the burden of skin tears in the Canadian LTC population. Findings supported the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP) risk reduction programme's claim that increases in age and being of the male sex increase the risk for skin tears. The


Just one month ago, white nationalists stormed the University of Virginia's rotunda chanting "Jews will not replace us." On Tuesday, exactly one month later, a different group of protesters came together to deride the school's response to last month's events.

About 100 students, faculty and community members – some invoking "Black Lives Matter" chants – showed up at the Charlottesville, Va. university and placed a black tarp on a monument honoring Thomas Jefferson, a U.S. Founding Father and a founder of the university.

Last month, plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee turned violent, resulting in the death of Heather Heyer, who was there to protest white supremacist groups. The deadly protest set off a national debate over what to do with hundreds of historic monumentsacross the South that honor the Confederacy.

At the rally on Tuesday, several people climbed atop the Jefferson monument and placed signs on it that called him a "racist" and "rapist." Students also chanted "No Trump, No KKK, no racist U-V-A," according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Jefferson has a complex, well-documented history with slavery. He owned hundreds of slaves, but he also worked to gradually end slavery. Historians now believe the former president had a relationship with his wife's half-sister, Sally Hemmings, who was a slave at Monticello.

“One month ago, we stood on the front lines in downtown Charlottesville as all manner of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and neo-fascists swarmed the area,” a speaker told the crowd, the Daily Progress reported. “Two months ago, the Ku Klux Klan rallied in their


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This team is built around the running game regardless of its quarterback. Dallas' run-first identity isn't some new game plan the team installed to make things easier for Prescott. Ever since using high picks on Frederick and Martin, the Cowboys have gone with a run-heavy offense and built their team around that dominant rushing attack. During Dallas' 8-8 seasons from 2011 to 2013, Romo averaged 36.3 passes per start. In 2014, when the Cowboys were defending more leads late and turning the ball over to superstar DeMarco Murray, Romo averaged 29 pass attempts per game.

Ezekiel Elliot is leading the NFL in rushing through five weeks and popped this 60-yard TD run on Sunday. Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY Sports

This year, with the Cowboys giving the ball to the phenomenal Ezekielheart beat. As visitors physically connect to the sculpture they will be incorporating a part of themselves into the artwork. A work which collects different heartbeat ‘prints’, and unites the individuals; living, visiting and commuting through Bondi Junction.

Joe Whyte is a Melbourne based artist moving between the commercial and fine art worlds with ease. An exceptional draftsman capturing sun dappled moments in time on a recent trip to Sydney's pitt street mall.

Make sure you follow Joe on Instagram to stay up to date with his travels and studies.

Artists are able to dip in and out of the imaginary world with a little more ease, a little more confidence and playfulness...blurring the lines like a child. This was beautiful illustrated when we came across Gina Kiel’s recent playful experiments.

When


snake that is a bit of a nuisance. It was a fun little personal project to work on during the evenings and a good excuse to put my strange sense of humour into a random little animation. Episode 3 is on a bit of a hold at the moment but I want to keep returning back to this character to practice my storytelling skills and also to develop how weird it can get." Irene Feleo:

"I also recently directed an animation teaser for the Project:Girl film series. They are this amazing group of women who are putting together a series of 10 short films based on stories from girlhood, with a focus to promote storytelling and representing the female voice. I am currently working on a special animated episodeBattle for the Interior Ministry

Saturday 29 January 2011: Following the Day of Rage the police advanced from the streets surrounding the Interior Ministry into Tahrir Square early in the morning, firing whatever ammunition they had left into the gathering crowds.

This was by no means an attempt to regain the square, the police numbers clearly could not have made a dent in the protestors resilience, as the numbers of the crowds marching on the street after the attack indicated. The more the authorities hit them, the more they massed.

That night I learned the true extent of the secret police operation, according to several local journalists. The morning attack on the square was to direct the same outcome as the plain clothes officers in the square that day – to


urge and encourage the protestors up the street towards the Interior Ministry, where police snipers were waiting, overlooking the street.

The bodies of the dead and injured poured into a backstreet mosque that had been turned into a makeshift hospital. By the end of that day local reports said 15 people were killed and the nearest hospital to the Downtown district had recorded more than 550 injuries.2016, at which.time a date would be set

·for the final adoption. In this conversation, Grayson admitted that the

documents she had previously supplied to Patrick were "garbage."

         The October 19, 2016 hearing was rescheduled for November 2, 2016. ·

After the November 2, 2016 hearing, Grayson told Patrick that she would file

the adoption paperwork. However, when Patrick contacted the Clerk's office in

November 2016, she learned that the adoption paperwork had not been filed.

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586 F.3d 532 (2009)
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Katherine CHRISTIANSON and Bryan Rivera, Defendants-Appellants.
Nos. 09-1526, 09-1615.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
November 9, 2009.
Argued September 24, 2009.
Decided November 9, 2009.
*534 Meredith P. Duchemin, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Mark Maciolek, Attorney (argued), Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellants.
Reed Cornia, Attorney (argued), Cornia Law, LLC, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant Bryan Rivera.
Before POSNER, MANION, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In the summer of 2000, defendants Katherine Christianson and Bryan Rivera were members of the Earth Liberation Front, identified by the FBI as a domestic eco-terrorist group. Besides attending meetings and protests, they also found time to destroy several research projects at a U.S. Forest Service facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. They were not prosecuted until eight years laterwhen they were indicted for and pleaded guilty to destroying government property. The district court sentenced Christianson to 24 months' and Rivera to 36 months' imprisonment respectively; both sentences were substantially lower than the recommended guideline range but the government does not contest them. On appeal, the defendants challenge the district court's loss-amount calculation; Rivera also argues that the district court erred in applying the terrorism enhancement. We affirm.

I.
In July 2000, Katherine Christianson went to the Earth First! Rendevous in Tennessee with her then-boyfriend of several years, Ian Wallace.[1] There they met Daniel McGowan and Bryan Rivera. During the Rendevous, the four discussed vandalizing the U.S. Forest Service ("Forest Service") facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where the Forest Service was conducting several genetic-engineering experiments on trees.
After the Rendevous, the


four traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to demonstrate at the International Society of Animal Genetics conference. During their time at the conference, they traveled to Rhinelander and conducted reconnaissance of the facility. After seeing the site, they determined that four people would be needed to effectively carry out their mission. Needing a fifth person to act as a driver, Wallace recruited a friend from high school.
On the night of July 20, 2000, the four entered the facility and damaged or destroyed more than 500 trees, either by cutting them down or by girdling them. Girdling, or as it is more commonly known "ring barking," consists of completely removing a strip of bark around a tree's outer circumference, causing the tree's eventual death. XIII Oxford English Dictionary 958 (2d ed.§§ 2 and 1361. The government initially estimated the loss amount was between half a million and a million dollars.
At sentencing, Christianson challenged the loss calculation. To support its position, the government called Don Riemschneider to testify; he was a research plant scientist at the Rhinelander facility in the summer of 2000. After the attack, Riemschneider had prepared a report for his supervisor and the FBI on the damage from the attack. In it, he estimated a total loss amount in excess of $420,000 based on the damage caused to the Western Black Cottonwood ("Cottonwood") experiment and an advanced generation clone experiment that was destroyed. For various reasons, he did not include estimates for any of the other experiments that were destroyed by the defendants. At sentencing, he


produced his report and repeated his initial estimates, further explaining their bases. He estimated that to replicate the Cottonwood experiment it would cost $400,000. He based this total on the project's costs between 1983-1993, when it was most active; during those years he estimated the project cost at $40,000 per year. In support of this total, he cited three specific expenses that made up the bulk of the costs: the gathering of samples for the experiment, the costs of maintaining the experiment and the cost of hiring a technician to assist in collecting measurements during two years of the experiment. Riemschneider also stressed that this amount was calculated using costs between 1983-1993, and it would be much higher today. He also added that funding for the project wasgroup them with the well-meaning complainers of controversial projects *538 is both inaccurate and purposely misleading.
ELF's members take their activism to unconscionable levels: since ELF's inception in 1987, its members have been responsible for bombings, arson, vandalism, and a host of other crimes. In fact, between 2000 and 2005, 43 of the 57 reported terrorist attacks committed on American soil were done by ELF members or their sister organization, the Animal Liberation Front.[4] ELF's terror attacks have caused over fifty million dollars in damage to public and private property, including the arson of condominium complexes, multiple university research facilities, a ski resort, logging facilities, a high-voltage energy tower, and almost a score of other pieces of private property.[5] A perfunctory survey of some of the cases involving ELF


shows the breadth of its destructive force, including a conspiracy stretching over five states and involving nineteen separate acts of arson.[6] Just as telling is the fate of the two uncharged coconspirators in this case: Wallace is incarcerated for the attempted bombing of a university building, and McGowan is serving 84 months for arson and a host of other crimes. These people are not peaceful protestors.
Here, the defendants' actions were of the same sort, only they refrained from using explosives: they conducted reconnaissance and determined that to be effective they needed another person; they trespassed onto the facility and destroyed over 500 trees that were part of several experiments, ruining in a single night decades of others' work; they vandalized several vehicles with the ominous threat that "WEa substantially prismatic section, such as a rectangular section, and sidewalls, a closed bottom end and an open top end that is closed with a cover. The prismatic section houses the active materials of the cell including positive and negative electrodes, as well as a separator. The first electrode is disposed in the container substantially within the prismatic section and is disposed against inner walls of the conductive container such that the first electrode conforms to the prismatic section of the conductive container. The second electrode is disposed within an inner cylindrical volume of the prismatic section of the container. The cell is preferably assembled with a cover and seal assembly provided on the open top end of the container.
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Brazil, China, Russia and Ukraine detailing how Gilead is abusing patent laws by claiming existing public knowledge as its own—thereby preventing people with hepatitis C from getting treatment. The challenges against Gilead's patent applications for sofosbuvir—marketed under the brand name Sovaldi —demonstrate that, despite its medical benefits, sofosbuvir was developed using previously published information and an existing compound. The filings build on patent challenges I-MAK filed last year in Europe with Médecins du Monde and in India with the Delhi Network of Positive People, where the patent for sofosbuvir is still pending. Following the challenges in India, Egypt in 2014 rejected the sofosbuvir patent. More than 59 million people are living with the hepatitis C virus in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Russia and Ukraine.

"The global criteria for patentsincome countries like Brazil, Argentina and Ukraine, where the disease is concentrated."

As part of the growing movement against Gilead's business practices that come at the expense of people's health, people with hepatitis C, their families and patient advocates are holding demonstrations today in Bangkok, Thailand, protesting the company's abuse of an unjustified patents that block patients from getting care. Leading NGOs and public health leaders have also sent a petition to Gilead calling for an end to patent abuse, while the company faces a rising backlash against high drug prices in the United States.

"Instead of ensuring treatment for all who need it, Gilead instead chooses to seek unjustified patents for sofosbuvir," said Alex Freyre, who lives with hepatitis C and works with treatment advocates in Argentina and Latin


By Nick Meynen απο το ejolt.org

On October 21, more than 2500 people gathered in Halkidiki to protest against gold mining in the region by a subsidiary of the Canadian company El Dorado. Like they do in the last months, as the gold mining creates forest destruction plus water and air pollution on a large scale in an area of high natural value. But that day was different. A peaceful sit-in of a few hundred women, elderly men of the village, teachers and others was suddenly attacked by the police.

Using tear gas and sticks, a manhunt of the retreating crowd – women and men of all ages – followed, creating panic. With limited vision and respiratory problems caused by the chemical smog, people stumbled, were wounded and trampled. Peoplewho stayed behind were persecuted and beaten by fully armed men of the Hellenic Police. Part of the violence was captured on video (see links below).

This new episode is part of a much larger movement against gold mining projects in Greece with other citizen groups in Kilkis and Komotini, where similar projects are also creating trouble. There is a pattern of destruction by gold mining and a pattern of increasing violence against unarmed demonstrators. In March we reported how a band of thugs hired by a subsidiary of a Canadian mining company beat up peaceful demonstrators. In May we wrote on the struggle against gold mining in other parts of Greece. And two weeks ago we put the gold mining conflict in Greece in a wider context of