Marroquin's
resignation from his position and his move to another city. Marroquin
thus decided to leave Guatemala and come to the United States in
March 1993. Since his arrival, he has learned that a friend who
ignored similar threats and remained in Guatemala was killed by the
guerrillas. He thus contends that he has a well-founded fear that
should he return to Guatemala, he will be killed for his refusal to join.

Marroquin's case bears remarkable similarity to Elias-Zacarias. In
Elias-Zacarias, two armed, uniformed guerrillas entered the appli-
cant's home and asked the applicant and his parents to join with them.
When they refused, the guerrillas told them that they would be back,
and that the three should reconsider their refusal. See id. at 479. The
appellate court, reversing the BIA, held that acts of conscription by
a nongovernmental group constituteTuesday, September 15, 2009

State Corporations Act a messy law that should be scrapped

The embattled chief executive of the Kenya Bureau of Standards, Mr Kioko Mang’eli, must be a very influential and politically- well-connected parastatal chief.

In September, 2007, an investigation by the Inspectorate of State Corporations came up with damning revelations about the manner in which he was conducting the affairs of this critically strategic institution. Nothing happened to him.

If you follow the goings-on at the bureau closely, you will be aware that relations between the chief executive and the board, including the chairman — Mr Aggrey Chabeda — have been frosty.

The directors resented the fact that the chief executive was making important decisions without reference to them.

Early this year — and as the board was planning to discuss


renewal of his contract — most of his critics within the board were suddenly replaced despite the fact that their term of office had not expired. Those whose terms were prematurely terminated included, Mr StanleyWere, Mike Jobita, Gerald Muli, Stanley Were and Moses Nyarwewe.

Whether the removal of these directors was a mere coincidence is an open ended question. But to a close observer, the timing was as if events were being carefully manipulated to set the stage for the renewal of his contract.

When he was appointed CEO of the bureau to replace the late Eng J. M. Masila, the communication came through a gazette notice. The job was neither advertised, nor was the job competitively procured by the board as is the practice under the State Corporations Act.

TheFall TV: The Year's Biggest Cast Shake-Ups

NCIS

Sorry, Tiva 'shippers! Cote de Pablo, who played main character Ziva David, has opted not to return to CBS' hit police procedural in its 11th season, thus permanently crushing the hopes and dreams of fans who wanted her to hook up with leading man Tony DiNozzo. CBS boss Les Moonves said Pablo was offered "a lot of money" to stay in the role, but "u… Read moreSorry, Tiva 'shippers! Cote de Pablo, who played main character Ziva David, has opted not to return to CBS' hit police procedural in its 11th season, thus permanently crushing the hopes and dreams of fans who wanted her to hook up with leading man Tony DiNozzo. CBS boss Les Moonves said Pablo was offered "a lot


of money" to stay in the role, but "ultimately she decided she didn't want to do the show" – though she will appear in two episodes next season to wrap up Ziva's story line. At the very least, we hope they'll put to bed (perhaps literally?) speculation about what really happened between Ziva and Tony in Paris!
Photo by: Sonja Flemming/CBS

Glee

Following Cory Monteith's death on July 13 from a lethal mixture of heroin and alcohol, producers confirmed that his beloved character, Finn, will die in the third episode of the season. Although the show had recently reduced the roles original stars Amber Riley, Heather Morris, Mark Salling and Harry Shum Jr. in favor of promoting new kids such as… Read moreFollowing Cory Monteith's death on July 13 from alethal mixture of heroin and alcohol, producers confirmed that his beloved character, Finn, will die in the third episode of the season. Although the show had recently reduced the roles original stars Amber Riley, Heather Morris, Mark Salling and Harry Shum Jr. in favor of promoting new kids such as Melissa Benoist and Jacob Artist, Finn was one of the show's most important characters, and the show will never be the same without him. Not only will fans never get real closure to where Finn's journey could have ended, but Gleeks must face the heartbreaking truth that Finchel will never end up together.Add to Watchlist: Glee
Photo by: Kwaku Alston/Fox

Parks and Recreation

News of the upcoming departures of Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones, which will occur halfway through Season 6,


hit fans hard, even if it didn't come as a huge surprise. Lowe has to be one of the show's most expensive cast members and producers have had a hard time finding Ann's voice. However, Season 5 was by far Jones' strongest yet as Ann's quest to b… Read moreNews of the upcoming departures of Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones, which will occur halfway through Season 6, hit fans hard, even if it didn't come as a huge surprise. Lowe has to be one of the show's most expensive cast members and producers have had a hard time finding Ann's voice. However, Season 5 was by far Jones' strongest yet as Ann's quest to become a mother — with Chris' baby — brought out her inner weirdo. Wheresignificant. That could explain why original cast members Amanda Righetti and Owain Yeoman will both exit the show before the end of what creator Bruno Heller calls "the most dramatic and game-changing season" yet. The show does plan to fill Rigsby and Van Pelt's void with new characters, one of which could potentially be played by Rockmond Dunbar.Add to Watchlist: The Mentalist
Photo by: Sonja Flemming/CBS

Two and a Half Men

The CBS sitcom will be down a half man (well, he's technically a full man now) after Angus T. Jones departed the series he dubbed "filth" for college. (It's unclear if he will appear in Season 11 at all, as there is no deal in place yet.) He will be replaced by House's Amber Tamblyn, who will play the long-lost


the show seems to think otherwise, Kenan Thompson is not one.
Photo by: Dana Edelson/NBC; Dana Edelson/NBC

Revenge

At the end of Season 2, Connor Paolo's, Declan was killed off, which was neither shocking nor a huge loss for the viewers. But his death will certainly have lasting effects on Jack, who has lost his dad, dog, wife and now brother. Meanwhile, Ashley Madekwe, is set to exit the ABC drama early in the third season. Besides her being Daniel's ex and a… Read moreAt the end of Season 2, Connor Paolo's, Declan was killed off, which was neither shocking nor a huge loss for the viewers. But his death will certainly have lasting effects on Jack, who has lost his dad, dog, wife and now brother. Meanwhile, Ashley Madekwe, isset to exit the ABC drama early in the third season. Besides her being Daniel's ex and a part-time schemer, we don't think her departure will weigh too heavily on the plot.
Photo by: Vivian Zink/ABC; Danny Feld/ABC

Suburgatory

Poor George (Jeremy Sisto) will be feeling the pain when the ABC comedy returns. Not only did he lose his girlfriend, Dallas, and his daughter, Tessa, in the Season 2 finale, but now he will be without his trust best friend, Noah, as Alan Tudyk leaves the series. Despite his sometimes zany romantic story line in Season 2, Noah will be missed. Unfor… Read morePoor George (Jeremy Sisto) will be feeling the pain when the ABC comedy returns. Not only did he lose his girlfriend, Dallas, and his daughter, Tessa, in the


Season 2 finale, but now he will be without his trust best friend, Noah, as Alan Tudyk leaves the series. Despite his sometimes zany romantic story line in Season 2, Noah will be missed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the also-exiting Rex Lee's Principal Wolfe, who never felt like a fully realized part of the series.Add to Watchlist: Suburgatory
Photo by: Adam Taylor/ABC

Grey's Anatomy

As the new crop of interns who joined the ABC medical drama last season, Camilla Luddington, Gaius Charles, Jerrika Hinton and Tessa Ferrer have all been bumped up to series regulars. That means they'll join the rest of the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital crew in having more prominent storylines, including Jo's budding relationship with Alex. Unfortun… Read moreAs the new crop of interns whojoined the ABC medical drama last season, Camilla Luddington, Gaius Charles, Jerrika Hinton and Tessa Ferrer have all been bumped up to series regulars. That means they'll join the rest of the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital crew in having more prominent storylines, including Jo's budding relationship with Alex. Unfortunately, Tina Majorino won't be back with the series because she's starring on TNT's Legends.Add to Watchlist: Grey's Anatomy
Photo by: Ron Tom/ABC

How I Met Your Mother

HIMYM finally gave the people what they wanted in the Season 8 finale: The Mother! Cristin Milioti, who earned a Tony nomination for Once, joins the ninth and final season as the long-awaited future Mrs. Mosby, whom Ted will finally meet on the train platform after Barney and Robin's wedding. After all these years of


I Met Your Mother
Photo by: CBS

Person of Interest

After becoming major players in the CBS drama's twisty narrative last season, Sarah Shahi and Amy Acker have been upgraded to series regulars for Season 3. Although Shahi's Shaw will join Reese and Finch in their weekly hunt for the POI, her quick-trigger temperament could be a problem. Meanwhile, we're intrigued to see how the Machine's relationsh… Read moreAfter becoming major players in the CBS drama's twisty narrative last season, Sarah Shahi and Amy Acker have been upgraded to series regulars for Season 3. Although Shahi's Shaw will join Reese and Finch in their weekly hunt for the POI, her quick-trigger temperament could be a problem. Meanwhile, we're intrigued to see how the Machine's relationship with Acker's root develops while she'sbehind bars. (Something tells us she won't stay their long.)
Photo by: Giovanni Rufino/CBS; Giovanni Rufino/Warner Bros.

Law & Order: SVU

When the procedural returns for Season 15, Tony-nominated actor Raul Esparza will put the order back into Law & Order full-time as a newly promoted series regular. The news was welcomed by fans who warmed to ADA Barba's brash but determined demeanor as he slowly became an unofficial member of the SVU squad. And who doesn't love his snazzy outfits?
Add to Watchlist: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Photo by: Michael Parmelee/NBC


lax conditions to tight conditions.

"In the last 12 to 18 months we have seen significant change following the strict conditions implemented by the Duterte Government," Dr Jones said.

"Since then we've seen a fairly drastic change to the attitudes, behaviour and health of the inmates."

The research was conducted in partnership with the University of Southern Illinois and has been published in a new book titled Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons which has been published by Routledge.by 2022. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the focus in 2019 would be to build a network of "world-class expressways".

The speed of construction, too, has improved significantly. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the 135-km-long Eastern Peripheral Expressway in May last year, which had been built in a record time of 17 months.

Here are some of the longest expressways projects in India that are either being implemented currently or on the drawing board:

1. Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

This signal-free access controlled corridor, which will run through five states to connect India's political and economic capitals, will be the country's longest once complete. Announced by the government in April last year, work on the expressway will begin in March 2019 and the target is to have it completed


by March 2022. The 1,250-km long expressway will cut down the travel distance between Delhi and Mumbai by 250 km, and time for cars from 25 hours (through NH-8) to 12 hours and for trucks from 44 to 22 hours. It will also help reduce traffic on NH-8, which, according to some accounts, is used by around three lakh vehicles every day.

The National Highways Authority Of India (NHAI) is acquiring about 12,000 hectares for the project for the expressway, which will have a 80 km stretch in Haryana, 380 km in Rajasthan, 120 km in Gujarat, 300 km in Madhya Pradesh and 370 km in Maharashtra. Reports suggest that the process of land acquisition has been completed in Haryana while it is at different stages in other states.a 343 km long under-construction six-lane, access-controlled highway that will connect eastern Uttar Pradesh, one of the least developed parts of the country, to the state capital of Lucknow. The expressway will will provide uninterrupted connectivity to nine districts of Barabanki, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur, and will be linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi through a special link road. Construction of the expressway will cost Rs 23,000 crore.

The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has divided the project into eight packages. Gayatri Projects, GR Infra and PNC Infratech have been awarded two packages each while Apco and Oriental have been awarded one package each. When the Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party government took office, it canceled earlier bids alleging that they


were overpriced as bidders "worked as cartels".

“The last time the bids were almost 10.97 per cent overpriced because construction companies joined hands and worked as cartel. They identified their own packages and bade accordingly. The UPEIDA was able to break the cartel and new bids are almost 10 per cent less which will save a round Rs 600 crore,” a senior UPEIDA official has said.

3. Delhi-Meerut Expressway

The Delhi-Meerut corridor is India's first 14 lane expressway. The first phase of the expressway, 9 km long, has been built at a cost of Rs 841 crore. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May last year. The total length of the expressway is 96 km and it is being developed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)country, the Mumbai-Nagpur expressway will run through 10 districts, 26 tehsils, and 390 villages in the state and is expected to cut travel time between the two cities to little over eight hours from around 16 hours currently.

The project is being financed through a Rs 2.5 lakh crore loan by a consortium of 20 banks led by the State Bank of India. Land acquisition for the project, which is being implemented by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, has been completed. Compensation has been issued to 90 per cent of the affected farmers. Ground cleaning and levelling work has began on several stretches of the road. The state government plans to commission the expressway by December 2020.

5. Bundelkhand Expressway

This is a proposed 289-km, four lane access-controlled highway that


expressway is a proposed 277 km long, six-lane Green Corridor which will cut down the travel time between Chennai and Salem by three hours and distance by 68 km.

The expressway is proposed to start near the Chennai Outer Ring Road junction and will pass through the districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Salem. It is a part of the Centre’s plan to improve freight movements under the ‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’ programme. By December 2018, nearly 90 per cent of land acquisition had been completed.

The project has been met with opposition from farmers and left-leaning activists in Tamil Nadu, which had initially affected the land acquisition process. The Madras High Court had in September 2018 dismissed a petition against land acquisition.

Also Read: Salem-Chennai Expressway Myth-Buster: All You Need ToKnow

7. Chandili-Rourkela Expressway

Also called Biju Expressway, this is an under construction corridor stretching over 656 kms from Rourkela in the northern part of Odisha to Chandili in the southern part of the state. The Rs 3,600 crore highway is being built in multiple phases, some of which have been completed and inaugurated.

The 163 km long four-lane stretch of the expressway between Rourkela to Sambalpur, which has been completed, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in March 2018. The 41 km stretch between Berhampur and Taptapani has also been completed and opened to traffic. The deadline to complete the remaining phases of the expressway, according to reports, is Match 2019.

Odisha’s KBK districts - Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi and Nuapada, considered the most backward region in the country by the


now abolished Planning Commission, will benefit hugely from this expressway. It will connect this region to the Western Odisha districts of Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh and to industrial hubs of Chhattisgarh, including Jagdalpur and Raipur.

8. Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway

This is a proposed eight-lane corridor that will stretch 262 km between Hoskote in Bengaluru to Sriperumbudur in Chennai, cutting down the travel time between the two metropolises to around four hours from six to seven hours currently. It will pass through the districts of Hoskote, Malur (Karnataka), V Kota, Palamaner (Andhra Pradesh), Gudiyatam, Arakkonam and Sri Perambadur (Tamil Nadu). There are two existing routes which connect Chennai and Bengaluru, one is via Hoskote and Andhra Pradesh and the second is via the Electronic City and Hosur. The proposed alignment ofthe Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway will lie between these two stretches.

The project, which is expect to cost around 17, 900 crore, requires the acquisition of 2,650 hectares of land. Acquisition of land is in the final stages. By December 2018, the Centre had already spent Rs 1,370 crore towards pre-construction activities.

This will ease the flow of traffic between Bengaluru and Chennai on existing roads. At least 9,500 passenger car units travel between the two cities every day.

The expressway will also cut down the distance between the two cities by around 80 km. The current distance between Bengaluru and Chennai through Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu is around 345 km.

9. Brahmaputra Express Highway

The Brahmaputra express highway, the first of its kind high-speed road corridor in Northeast India, will stretch along the 890-km


bank of the river it is named after, from Sadiya in eastern Assam to Dhubri in the western part of the state. The project is expected to incur an investment of around Rs 40,000 crore.

The construction of the expressway would also help arrest river-bank erosion. Survey work for the project had been launched in January 2017. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowalhas has said that his government has sought support from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank for the project.

10. Narmada Expressway

The Narmada Expressway is a proposed 1,300 km long expressway that will run across the state of Madhya Pradesh, passing through the historic town of Amarkantak on the eastern edge of the state, where the Narmada river originates, Dindori, Shahpura, Jabalpur and Alirajpur in the western1. Field of the Invention
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a Client Service Representative,
providing office support to Regus’ clients.
       After she was diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), Jackson filed a
related workers’ compensation claim on April 30, 2008; that claim settled on January 14,
2009. Due to her CTS, Jackson was absent for several days in May 2008, when she
returned with a few work restrictions. Soon thereafter, Jackson served on jury duty.
2.     “Totally Incapacitated” for 12 Months
       On June 9, 2008, after Jackson received two written warnings about her work
performance, she left after lunch and did not return. Instead, she called, telling her
supervisor, Arden Haywood, that she was seeing a doctor. On June 11, Dr. Oscar Moore,
Jr., took Jackson off work for amedical leave of absence. She notified Regus she would
remain off work pursuant to her doctor’s orders.

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       Jackson thereafter faxed to Regus certificates from Dr. Moore about every two
months, on August 1, 2008, October 2, 2008, December 2, 2008, January 29, 2009 and
March 19, 2009. Each of these five certificates stated that Jackson was “totally
incapacitated” and under Dr. Moore’s care for another two months. On May 14, 2009,
Jackson faxed a sixth and final certificate stating she was


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to play a key leadership role on a team that features several key players in their early 20s who, while talented, are largely inexperienced.

Lakers GM Rob Pelinka emphasized at Wednesday's introductory news conference that acquiring center Brook Lopez in a trade with the Nets was not about clearing cap space to lure free agents next summer. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

For the cherry on top, it's worth remembering that Lopez might not be around the Lakers beyond this season. Although the 29-year-old Lopez is one of the NBA's premier centers, having averaged 20.5 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 blocks for the Nets last season, he is also entering the final season of his contract that will pay him $22.64 million, which matters greatly for the Lakers.

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April 19th, 2012

April 19, 2012

PAWTUCKET â€” This game went from a pitchersâ€™ duel to another lopsided Tolman victory in a hurry.
Deadlocked at 1-1 after 4Â˝ innings of a tough Division II crossover duel with Pilgrim, the Tigers scratched out three runs in the home half of the fifth inning before erupting for six more in the sixth and ending up with a 10-3 triumph at Slater Park that kept them unbeaten.

April 19, 2012

Wanda V. Villeneuve

PAWTUCKET- Wanda V. Villeneuve (Strybuc) of Kenyon Avenue, Pawtucket died April 18, 2012.
Mrs. Villeneuve was the loving wife of Alfred Villeneuve. They had been married 58 years.
Mrs. Villeneuve was born in Central Falls, the daughter of the late John Bobola and Jennie Strybuc-Bobola. She was a chef at Texas Instrument in Attleboro MA. For


many years.

April 19, 2012

William T. Nahas

NAHAS, William T., age 83, died peacefully on Friday, February 24th, at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Care Center. He was the beloved husband of Dorothy Page Nahas for 60 years.
He was the cherished father of Chrystine Nahas Caffrey & Billy Nahas and the dear grandfather of Elizabeth and Alexandra Caffrey, Hannah and Noah Nahas.
Born in Pawtucket, he was the son of the late Toofik Nahas and Nora Gosen Nahas. He was the brother of George, Frederick, and Richard Nahas and the late Leo Nahas.

April 18th

April 18, 2012

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By RUSS OLIVO

PAWTUCKET â€“ The Rhode Island Department of Education awarded grants of nearly $700,000 to help improve the cityâ€™s two high schools yesterday.
Charles E. Shea Senior High School and William E. Tolman Senior High School willreceive $349,297 each in federal School Improvement Grants, RIDE said.

April 18, 2012

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By DONNA KENNY KIRWAN

PAWTUCKET â€” The damage consisted of a coin-sized hole in the bumper of an Audi, but the legal fallout from an accident between Jarred Lynch, the son of a prominent political family, and an off-duty Pawtucket Police sergeant returning from a nightclub detail, has turned into something much bigger.

April 18, 2012

WOONSOCKET â€” Late last week, St. Raphael Academy head coach Tom â€śSaarâ€ť Sorrentine explained to his senior ace, Nick Cesino, that he would draw the start when the Saints took on host Mount St. Charles on Wednesday morning.
He also told the righthander that the Mounties' infield contained a rather tall mound, and suggested he get to know it better over the weekend.
Cesino followed his


mentor's order and threw some pitches from the foreign rubber on Sunday, and it became rather obvious as the innings passed he had become rather familiar with it.

April 18, 2012

April 18, 2012

Robin L. Lennon

PAWTUCKET- Robin L. Lennon, 49 passed away on April 8, 2012.
She was the beloved mother of Adam and Alec Lennon, daughter of Ann Lamoureux and Charles P. Lennon, sister of Donna Reynolds and Kristin Theroux.
In lieu of flowers please send donations to the National MS Society of Rhode Island.
Services will be held on April 22nd at 2:00 PM at the Cremation Society of Rhode Island, 571 West Greenville Rd, North Scituate, RI.

April 18, 2012

Rudolf A.
Jaworski MD

PAWTUCKET- Rudolf A. Jaworski MD, 93, passed away Wednesday April 18, 2012. He was the beloved husband of Gladys (Duda)Jaworski.
Born in Pawtucket he was a son of the late Alexander B. and Regina (Jaskiewicz) Jaworski and a stepson of the late Sophie Jaworski. He was a life long resident of Pawtucket.
Before retiring he was a practicing Pediatrician for 56 years in Pawtucket. Dr. Jaworski served in WWII as a Captain in Guam with the Army Medical Corps.

April 18, 2012

Yvette E.
Rivard-Riendeau

PAWTUCKET- Yvette E. (Sinotte) Rivard-Riendeau, 76, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012. She was the beloved wife of Albert E. Riendeau and the late Raymond J. Rivard.
A lifelong resident of Pawtucket, she was a daughter of the late Albert R. and Elina (Lariviere) Sinotte. Yvette was a mental health counselor at the Community Counseling Center, Pawtucket, for over ten years until retiring in 1997, and was a member


of the Eugene T. Lefebvre VFW Post 1271 Auxiliary, Central Falls.

April 18, 2012

John E. Pyne

LINCOLN- Pyne, John E., 68, of Lincoln, passed away on April 16, 2012, he was a loving, dedicated husband to the recently departed Carol (Dunaway) Pyne and father to William Pyne and Lori Latham.
Born in Pawtucket, a son of the late Thomas R. and Constance (Nadeau) Pyne.

April 18, 2012

May L. Wilkinson

PAWTUCKET- May L. (Moore) Wilkinson, 89, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012. She was the beloved wife of the late Mead B. Wilkinson.
Born in Bernice, Louisiana, a daughter of the late Palmer M. and Laura (Thurmon) Moore, she resided in Pawtucket most of her life. May was a member of the Darlington Congregational Church.

April 17th

April 17, 2012

PROVIDENCE â€” Tolman High head coach Theo Murrayemployee and $2,500 for other enterprise zone employees. The new hires must be Rhode Island residents and the jobs must be classified as full-time.

April 17, 2012

Stacia J. Choiniere

PAWTUCKET- Stacia "Mimi" J. (Gula) Choiniere, 93, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 15, 2012. She was beloved wife of the late Emile E. Choiniere, together they celebrated 60 years of marriage.
Born in Central Falls, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine (Nemax) Gula.
Mimi worked as a print specialist and office clerk at Carol Cable for 25 years. She enjoyed cooking and sewing.

April 17, 2012

Irma F. Oliveira

PAWTUCKET- Irma F. Oliveira, 54, passed April 17th with her loving family by her side.
Born in Brava, Cape Verde, a daughter of the late Arnaldo and Irma (Gomes) Andrade.
She had been employed


by Providence Metalizing for eight years than Cintas for the past two years.
She is survived by two sons, Edalio and Stephan Oliveira, a daughter Aisha Gamboa, and her longtime companion Joao Gamboa, three sisters, Rita Andrade, Zulmira Alves and Beatrice Andrade, five brothers, Paul, Carlos, Anildo, Amancio and Agui Andrade and many nieces and nephews.

April 17, 2012

George T. Allen Jr.

ATTLEBORO- George T. Allen Jr. of Attleboro, MA, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at the Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA.
Mr. Allen was born in Providence, the son of the late George T. Allen Sr. and Elizabeth H. Gifford.
He was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Allen was a longtime member of the Captain Elwood J. Euart Post, Pawtucket, He was a foreman at American InsulatedWire for many years and a longtime bartender at the Latin Quarter Lounge, Pawtucket.

April 17, 2012

Walter Hoskins

PAWTUCKET- Walter Hoskins, 81, of Altoona, Florida, passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. He was the beloved husband of the late Ruth M. (Carver) Hoskins.
Born in Pawtucket, he was a son of the late Walter R. and Emma (Foxall) Hoskins.


EXCLUSIVE: Spider-Man to make an appearance at Times Square on New Year's Eve

The hero from the upcoming movie, “The Amazing Spider-man 2” will be swinging into the Crossroads of the World for the end of the year festivities after being tapped as the Official Super Hero of Times Square 2014. (Amanda Schwab/Starpix for Sony Pictures)

Spider-Man will be crawling to new heights this New Year's Eve -- straight to the Times Square Ball.

The hero from the upcoming movie, "The Amazing Spider-man 2" will be swinging into the Crossroads of the World for the end of the year festivities after being tapped as the Official Super Hero of Times Square 2014.

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And he's not coming empty-handed: Sony will spool previously unseen footage from the movie that hits theaters on May 2,2014, on Times Square video screens.

While actors Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx and Emma Stone are above the marquee, New York City landed a starring role in the sequel to the 2012 blockbuster. The film was shot entirely on location in the Big Apple.

"There's the sense of energy and excitement that you can only get in New York and we certainly felt that energy and excitement as we shot the entire film here," director Marc Webb said in a statement.

"The people of New York City truly embraced our production, and it's a wonderful feeling to be returning to Times Square to ring in the New Year."


The New York City of the 1980s is quite different from the city we know today. Homicides were at near-record highs, the crack epidemic was raging, and NYC had not yet experienced the wave of gentrification that has marked it in modern times.

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He finished the bout with a flourish, knocking Sultonov off his feet and onto his back with a perfectly placed left hand with 45 seconds left. Clean knockdowns in amateur boxing are rare, but so is the talent of the Ukrainian who did it.

Lomachenko's next fight will be against China's Li Yang, who added another victory to the hosts' surprising haul by holding off Ecuador's Luis Porozo 6-5. Porozo, who fell behind early, flung his mouthpiece out of the ring after the final bell, and he made a thumbs-down gesture when the referee raised Li's hand.

"I think it's unfair," said Porozo, who trailed 6-3 entering the final round. "I don't agree with the judges, but I have to respect their decision and learn from this."

Lightweight Hu


Qing also advanced with an 11-7 win over Kazakhstan's Merey Akshalov, who went passive after leading 6-4 through two rounds. Hu rolled off four straight points against his 20-year-old opponent, who then got caught being too eager.

China has seven boxers still in the tournament amid complaints from a handful of fighters about judges favoring the home nation. Ukraine filed an unsuccessful protest over the results of Hu's first victory over Oleksandr Klyuchko.

Russian lightweight Alexey Tishchenko stopped his powerful nation's slide with an 11-3 win over Australia's Anthony Little. Russia, considered the overall favorite, has just six boxers left in the Olympic field, but they include two world champions and Tishchenko, a featherweight gold medalist in Athens who moved up three kilograms (seven pounds) for Beijing.

"He's got a totallydifferent style, and he just had me covered from the word go, actually," said Little, a two-time Olympian who announced his retirement.

Though Cuba has no returning gold medalists for the first time in at least 16 years, only one of its 10 boxers has lost yet. Bantamweight Yankiel Leon and featherweight Idel Torriente will fight in the evening session.


icons and he knocked it out of the park. I particularly love the rich colors and excellent set design. As in many of his films to come, Vincent’s character starts sympathetic and good natured, and through viscous acts of others becomes the grotesquely disfigured villain as he acts out his revenge on those who wronged him. This is one of things I love most about many of his films. His ability to play both sides of the coin so perfectly. Even though he may be the villain, you root for him the entire time. Plus, it was the first 3D US film to be made in color, and released in stereophonic sound. BONUS POINTS: It features a young, but silent, Chuck Bronson. So there’s that.

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For all the complexities of the territorial struggle between China and its neighbors in the South China Sea, there’s a growing recognition that part of the problem is simply the name of the place.

Indonesia became the latest country to propose a renaming last week, when the government announced it will submit a proposal to the United Nations regarding the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) surrounding its Natuna Islands. “If no one objects… then it will be officially the Natuna Sea,” said Ahmad Santosa, who heads an agency combating illegal fishing.

In 2012 the Philippines officially renamed part of the South China Sea on its own maps and government correspondence. Manila declared that waters falling within its EEZ would be called the West Philippine Sea, an important step to clarifying “whichlike a push! Now, why do they call it the World Series when only American teams (okay, maybe one Canadian team) can compete? After all, if the Yankees and Phillies won their respective League championships, and say Germany were to say "whoa, if you want to win the WORLD SERIES, you're going to have to play our top team, the Munich Reichstaggers!", they'd be laughed off the field. Why then do we call it "World Series" instead of a more accurate "North American Series" or "New World Series" or "Big Baseball Game Thing"?

According to my friend who goes by the handle "Desert Fox", and is quite the Yankee fan (attending a game this weekend), "the World Series was originally intended to be a championship tournament among various nations,


sort of like the Olympics or World Cup--the idea back in the day was that baseball would take off on a worldwide basis, with Major League teams around the world. Although teams haven't expanded beyond the U.S. and Canada--the game is in fact popular in Japan and Latin America, but it hasn't led to Major League franchises there--the name 'World Series' was catchy, and it stuck."

Well, I for one hope some day the Japanese League and the Caribbean League and the Mexican League are soon fielding teams of a sort that can compete for the World Series. But I doubt fans in Mexico will be happy to pay five bucks for a hot dog.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

One of the few moments in my childhood when the cacophony ofspecial involved a group of cartoon schoolchildren who couldn't wait to put on their white sheets and go around the neighborhood demanding candy from adults who had voices that sounded like trumpets being tuned. (Of course, it's not advisable to go around town in a group that is ALL wearing white sheets, lest the neighbors think it's a Ku Klux Klan rally and you end up on Jerry Springer). Lucy, who was sort of ahead of her time as a feminist and psychiatrist (she'd offer psychiatric help for 5 cents, and tell Charlie Brown things like "direct a school play" when he comes to her with serious concerns about his crippling depression), would dress as a witch. Pigpen, who represented the urban proletariat what with his clouds of


dust, was recognizable for his filthy sheet. Charlie Brown, the hapless loser, had cut his sheet full of holes and would have been better off pretending to be Swiss Cheese. The trumpet-sounding adults would torment Charlie by giving him rocks instead of candy. (It is a wonder he didn't later star in "Put the Gun Down, Charlie Brown!")

Snoopy, who was Charlie's pet beagle, would in the meantime fly his doghouse into a WWI air battle (this was created in the mid-60s around the time LSD became popular) and then ended up crashing the kids' Halloween party. When Lucy bobs for apples, she'd inadvertently end up smooching with the dog. Despite her histrionics after discovering she was kissing Snoopy, I think the lady doth protest too much!

But the mainby the motto "Safety Last".

DW is evidently a very intelligent person--former Fullbright scholar, Wharton and Georgetown Law grad, and has devoted his career to public interest projects. What makes him different is this hard charging devotion to experiencing what it's like to live in poverty. He has lived in the shanties of Nigeria, and evidently spent a year of law school living in a van. Ever read the book "Into the Wild" about that kid who graduated Emory, gave up all his stuff and went roughing it in the deserts and finally Alaska without adequate equipment? That's sort of like DW.

We meet at the San Juan airport and learn that DW very nearly missed his flight out of JFK (Idlewild Airport for those of you who refuse to


is point out how shitty they were dressed and it would have been all "oh, SNAP"), Carrie White felt all alone in the world, with her only ally being her gym teacher. This gym teacher is an interesting character, as she manages to violently slap a number of the girls in her gym class without getting fired and sued. Ah, 1976! When you could smack someone else's kid without reprisal!

(Interesting note--one of the mean girls is played by Edie McClurg, who also went on to play the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off--"the dweebs, stoners...think he's a righteous dude"--so maybe seeing what happens to Carrie helped her empathize with Ferris' plight ten years later)

Anyway, Carrie also has a very religious mother who tends to get a bit stabbyprom with her own boyfriend Billy (played by a then-unknown John Travolta. So imagine how extra pissed Chris would be if she knew that her prom date would be Tony from Saturday Night Fever!). So Chris decides that maybe a glorified dance in the high school gym isn't all that it's cracked up to be, and maybe she and her boyfriend could instead go into town for a fancy dinner and dancing at a grown up club, followed by group sex at a swingers party. (After all, those were popular in the seventies). And in the process, Chris would learn a bit about growing up. Right?

Wrong! Chris instead decides that the best way to spend prom night is to (with Billy's help) slaughter a pig, collect the blood,


nasty prank on. The sad irony is that Tommy, her reluctant date, was treating her nicely and probably realizing that Sissy Spacek (who played Carrie) was rather hot when she's all gussied up--meaning we might have seen some weird telekinetic sex play had this movie gone in a different direction.

So, Chris and Billy dump the blood on Carrie, and Carrie goes batshit, slamming the gym's doors closed, opening the firehoses which cause electrical shorts and turn the crowded gym into an inferno. This slaughters pretty much the whole school, including the gym teacher who tried to be nice to Carrie and hapless Tommy, though Carrie does manage to get out, stalking home covered in pigs blood.

When she gets home that night, her religious mother sees her blood-soaked daughter,It sounds better than "predatorness"). I know society has to draw a line at age, but there is a gray area around young adulthood, and the laws can be arbitrary (what's perfectly legal in one state can put you in prison in another) and abused by families that don't approve of their teenager's dating choices. But then there are more clear-cut cases.

Polanski was in his forties, and the girl wasn't "barely underage" but instead aged 13. He also knew her age--he'd needed her mother to sign a consent form so he could take photos of her for French "Vogue" magazine. He also plied her with booze and a sedative, and she'd resisted his advances. Ultimately, he pled guilty to a slightly lesser charge, but fled the country before


sentencing. He settled the civil case that the girl brought, and has been living overseas ever since.

Now that he's been taken into custody (by the Swiss, who are extraditing him) a bunch of Hollywood halfwits, including Whoopi "Didn't I Once Have a Career?" Goldberg and Martin "I Really Need Some Coke" Scorsese are clamoring for his release, arguing that he's a talented filmmaker, suffered enough in his life, etc. One has to wonder if the same circumstances had happened with the accused predator being an unknown schlub who never won an Academy Award, would they have come to his defense?

Thursday, October 1, 2009

I'm a simple man--hand be a box of paper clips and I'll amuse myself for hours until I accidentally poked myself in the eye. I don'tmove that threatens to poison the Israeli Prime Minister’s relationship with his allies, including the United States.

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The U.S.’s statements come after five European nations summoned Israeli ambassadors on Monday to denounce the latest settlement construction push, deepening the rift between the Jewish state and European allies over the Palestinians’ successful UN statehood bid.

Although Europe considers all Israeli settlement construction illegal, the summoning of ambassadors in France, Britain, Sweden, Spain and Denmark to accuse Israel of undermining already troubled peace efforts was an unusually strong expression of displeasure. It came at a time when Israel was already smarting over Europe’s failure to back the Jewish state in its campaign against the statehood move.


211 F.3d 6 (2nd Cir. 2000)
SAMMY GERACI, Petitioner-Appellant,v.DANIEL SENKOWSKI, Supt. Respondent-Appellee.
Docket No. 98-2937August Term 1999
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFor the Second Circuit
Argued: November 29, 1999Decided: April 28, 2000

Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Gleeson, J.) dismissing appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Affirmed.
JOEL A. BRENNER, East Northport, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.
ROSEANN B. MacKECHNIE, Assistant District Attorney, (Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney Kings County, Victor Barall, Assistant District Attorney, Brooklyn, New York, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, NEWMAN and POOLER, Circuit Judges.
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

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Sammy Geraci appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Gleeson, J.) dismissing Geraci's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, under 28 U.S.C.not see who stabbed Granese. Prosecutors therefore asked the state trial court to admit Terranova's grand jury testimony as part of their case-in-chief. The trial court held a hearing, known as a Sirois hearing, to determine whether misconduct on the part of the defendant had caused Terranova to change his story.

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At the hearing, there was evidence that Terranova had contacted the police shortly after the stabbing and given a sworn audiotaped statement describing how he was fifteen feet away when he saw Geraci stab Granese in the chest. Geraci then ran from the club but collided with Rocky Giamportone, the club's owner, whom he stabbed in the leg. Geraci fled in a car with his brother, Frank Geraci. Paul Geraci, another brother, fired a gun to disperse a


crowd that was chasing after Sammy.

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In November 1991, it was discovered that the grand jury minutes were missing. On January 13, 1992, just prior to trial, Terranova quit his well-paying job without notice and fled from his home. When he subsequently was located in Florida, he stated that he had been approached by a person who showed him his grand jury minutes and that both he and his family were threatened. In addition, he had been offered and received substantial sums of money for staying away from New York until after the trial. Terranova indicated to prosecutors that he would change the story he had given under oath if called to testify. On March 5, 1992, Terranova appeared in New York pursuant to a material witness order.

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At theSirois hearing before the trial court, Terranova testified that he had not seen the stabbing. He explained the discrepancy between his hearing testimony and his testimony before the grand jury on the ground that when he first testified he was unsure of the facts because the club had been dark and he had been drinking.

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The trial court determined that Terranova had been "markedly evasive" in his testimony at the hearing. The trial court also found that the prosecution had demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that Terranova had been threatened by Geraci or someone acting on Geraci's behalf, and that if required to testify, he would do so falsely. As a result, the trial court found Terranova "practically unavailable" and permitted the use of his grand jury testimony


running 283 days later when Geraci filed a motion pursuant to section 440.20 of New York's Criminal Procedure Law to set aside his sentence. Id. at 251, 253. It began to run again on August 26, 1997, when Geraci was denied leave to appeal the Appellate Division's denial of his section 440.20 motion, and continued to run through November 11, 1997 when Geraci filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis, a total of 78 days. Id. at 253. Thus, a total of 361 days had expired prior to the time Geraci filed his coram nobis petition. The coram nobis petition was denied on February 17, 1998 and the time clock started to run again. It ran until February 24, 1998, the day the instant petition wasfiled, a total of seven days. When these seven days are added to the 361 day prior total, the one-year AEDPA total was exceeded by three days.

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Geraci's counsel contends that, although the Appellate Division's order rejecting his coram nobis application was filed on February 17, 1998, he did not receive notice of it until February 23 and that the coram nobis application was "pending" until the latter date. He argues that this extended definition of the term "pending" was necessary in order that he might have time to decide how to proceed further in the appellate process. This Court recently decided that "a state-court petition is 'pending' from the time it is first filed until finally disposed of and further appellate review is unavailable under the particular state's


Cameron prepares to go to war with the trade unions

Is the Prime Minister planning a Thatcher-style assault on organised labour?

There was once a time when David Cameron was keen to win over the trade union movement. He became the first Conservative leader in more than a decade to meet the TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber and even appointed a union emissary -- the former Labour MEP Richard Balfe -- to spearhead secret negotiations with "the brothers".

But this was in 2008, when Cameron still spoke cheerily of "sharing the proceeds of growth" (the Tories, as much as Labour, failed to see the crash coming) and was still committed to Gordon Brown's spending plans.

Now, as he prepares to implement a series of savage cuts, in which some departments will beIraq."

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If President Trump wanted to reduce America's troop presence in the Middle East, he may have just got his wish, albeit not at his orders.

During an emergency parliamentary session this morning, the Iraqi government just voted to have foreign troops removed from the country.

Interim Iraqi prime minister, Adil Abdul Mahdi, stressed during the session, that while the US government notified the Iraqi military of the planned strike on Soleimani, his government denied Washington permission to continue with the operation.

As RT reports, Mahdi said after the incident that it was clear it was in the interest of both the US and Iraq to end the presence of foreign forces on Iraqi soil.

"Despite the internal and external difficulties that we might face, it remains best for Iraq on


Woods brings X-factor to Cup in Melbourne December 09, 2019 by AAP / Evin Priest

MELBOURNE, AAP - International captain Ernie Els is bracing for an in-form Tiger Woods to inspire his United States team to further Presidents Cup supremacy in what promises to be the biggest edition in its 25-year history.

The biennial teams event is run by the PGA Tour and pits the US against a rest-of-the-world side, with the 13th edition starting on Thursday at Royal Melbourne.

With the Americans winning 10 of the 12 Cups, it has struggled to attract the attention of the higher-profile Ryder Cup in which America play Europe.

But this week's event is a chance to garner as much attention given Woods will cap his whirlwind comeback year by becoming a rare playing captain.

The43-year-old stunned the sporting world when he claimed a 15th major at the Masters in April before bagging a record-equalling 82nd PGA Tour victory in Japan in October.

Last month, the golf great used a captain's pick on himself and signed off on the decision by placing fourth at his own tournament in the Bahamas which finished on Sunday.

Woods and a star-studded American side including Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Gary Woodland then boarded a charter flight from the Bahamas.

Organisers are expecting crowds of 30,000 at Royal Melbourne on each of the four days of competition.

Four-time major winner Els is preparing for Woods to do anything to avoid captaining a losing side.

"Obviously, he's very competitive," Els said.

According to sources within the US team, Woods intends to play up to


four matches this week.

"He's won the Masters and won in Japan. When he's healthy, he can play at a very high level," Els said.

Turning 44 later this month and struggling to play a full schedule while battling chronic injuries, the Presidents Cup could be Woods' last chance to play on any American team.

It is why Els has been inundated with requests from International players to face Woods in the Sunday singles.

"The youngsters look up at him but they definitely want to have a piece of him," Els said.

Adding to the hype this week is that polarising figure Patrick Reed - one of Woods' captain's picks - was involved in a cheating scandal that erupted in the 18-player World Challenge.

Former Masters winner Reed was given a two-stroke penalty whentelevision cameras captured him making improper swings in a waste bunker during the third round.

He was sanctioned for flattening out sand behind his ball with two practice swings but insisted he didn't improve his lie despite conceding he had moved sand, and therefore violated the rules.

International team member Marc Leishman said fans at Royal Melbourne now have extra ammunition to sledge the controversial Reed, who has dealt with accusations of cheating and stealing from teammates during his college days.

"It was pretty ordinary, to be honest; it didn't look too good for him," Leishman said.

"There's opportunities there (to sledge Reed) ... he's brought on himself."

International player Louis Oosthuizen, who was second to Matt Jones at the Australian Open, said it was only victory, not controversy, that will get fans


untimely response to Ingersoll's motion for summary judgment as to Count III.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Pertinent Facts

Gonzalez, who is both black and of Cuban descent, started working for an Ingersoll subsidiary as an insert grinder in 1979. She transferred to Ingersoll's employ in 1980 and was employed as a panel assembler. On October 31, 1986, Gonzalez was given notice that declining orders would require a layoff. After being laid off in February 1987, Gonzalez was recalled to work as a bonder in Ingersoll's machine shop in February 1989.

On March 20, 1989, Gonzalez was transferred to Ingersoll's Production Machinery Division, Assembly Department as a Basic Electrical Assembler with a skill classification of F-12. Gonzalez remained an F-12 Basic Electrical Assembler until December 1, 1993, when she was notified that she wouldbe laid off again because of declining work orders. According to Ingersoll's layoff policy employees were to be laid off by length of service, within a job classification, within a department. After receiving 90 days of pay and benefits continuation, Gonzalez was laid off in February 1994. During this layoff, Ingersoll laid off 137 employees. Of these 137 employees, seven were from the Production Machinery Assembly Department, known as the Electrical Department, in which Gonzalez worked. Both Gonzalez and David Thompson ("Thompson"), a white male, were laid off, as were two employees with F-13 rating classifications and three employees with F-14 skill classifications. *fn1

In July 1994, Gonzalez filed a charge of discrimination with the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), alleging racial


and national origin discrimination regarding her February 1994 layoff. In September 1994, after unsuccessfully attempting to contact Gonzalez by phone, Ingersoll notified Gonzalez by correspondence of a recall of laid-off employees and asked her if she was interested in being recalled. Thompson had been recalled about three weeks earlier. Ingersoll manager, Brian Howard, stated that Thompson was recalled earlier than Gonzalez because attempts to contact Gonzalez by telephone had been unsuccessful.

On October 17, 1994, Gonzalez was recalled as an F-12 Panel Wire Assembler in Ingersoll's Pike Road box subassembly plant because the F-12 classification for electrical assemblers had been eliminated and Gonzalez was not qualified for an F-13 classification. Although the panel wirer position had different job requirements than the electrical assembler position, the F-12 classification remained thesame as were the pay and benefits. In November 1995, Gerald McCalmon ("McCalmon"), Ingersoll's Manager of Production Machinery, decided to move the box subassembly plant from Ingersoll's Pike Road facility to its Eddy Avenue facility for business reasons. At the time of his decision, McCalmon was unaware that Gonzalez had previously filed charges of discrimination against Ingersoll.

Gonzalez was transferred to Ingersoll's Eddy Avenue facility because she was the only employee performing box assembly work in November, 1995. On November 6, 1995, Marion Smith ("Smith") became Gonzalez's supervisor. Smith immediately began having problems with Gonzalez's absenteeism, attitude and quality of work. During the next two weeks Gonzalez left work several times before the end of her shift for personal reasons without notifying or obtaining permission from her supervisor. Smith


improve.

In January 1996, Ingersoll's Chief Executive Officer, Fred Wilson ("Wilson"), met with Gonzalez to discuss her performance, attendance and attitude problems. Wilson told Gonzalez that she had sixty days to show improvement. In particular, Wilson told Gonzalez that her performance and absenteeism problems must not continue in the future and that her quality and productivity must also improve. After Gonzalez's performance had not improved within 60 days, Smith released Gonzalez to Ingersoll's Personnel Department. Personnel then reassigned Gonzalez to the Custodial Department; however, her pay was not reduced. Neither Smith nor McCalmon ever mentioned anything to Gonzalez about her lawsuit.

B. Procedural History

Much of the procedural history in this suit provides a primer on how lawyers should not manage their litigation practices. On December 30, 1994, after receiving aas amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (the "Act"). We agree that the district court improperly limited the scope of section 1981, but affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment because there was no contractual relationship and even if there was Gonzalez failed to meet her burden under McDonnell Douglas.

The legislative history of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 indicates that it was enacted in response to a number of decisions by the United States Supreme Court that were perceived to sharply cut back on the scope and effectiveness of federal civil rights laws. See H.R. Rep. No. 102-40(I), at 18, reprinted in 1991 U.S.C.C.A.N. 549, 556. Important to this suit, the Act overrules the Supreme Court's 1989 decision in Patterson v. McLean Credit Union,


deficiencies. Gonzalez's error rate on her box assemblies was about fifty percent, higher than any other Ingersoll employee. She was given several warnings about her poor performance. After meeting with Ingersoll's CEO, Fred Wilson, Gonzalez was given an additional sixty day probationary period in which to show improvement in both her performance and absenteeism. Unfortunately, Gonzalez showed no improvement. Gonzalez presented no evidence that Ingersoll's supervisor and manager complaints, regarding Gonzalez's absenteeism and performance, were connected to her Title VII discrimination claims. On this record, a rational jury could not conclude that Ingersoll gave low productivity and disciplinary actions as pretextual reasons for demoting Gonzalez on account of her race or ethnic origin, or because she exercised her rights under Title VII. As we have stated in theand restaurants or watch shopkeepers meticulously clean the sidewalks in front of their stores each morning, or see young children wearing uniforms walking in formation following their teacher. Following standard work, a Lean staple seems as natural as breathing in the Japanese environment. Our workforces resist any rules or regimentation.

Lean Reality.

Fujio Cho, the Honorary Chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation, spent many years working for Toyota in America. It was during this time that he observed cultural differences in values and behaviour between the Japanese and American workforces. For example, American workers were more individualistic than their Japanese counterparts and expected clear recognition and rewards when they did something good.

One of the countermeasures Cho introduced was a more explicit description of the underlying philosophy and values of Toyota.


Not in San Francisco

“MALES need protection as females do,” says Lloyd Schofield, the main sponsor of a local ballot measure in San Francisco that, if voters pass it in November, would in effect make circumcision of babies illegal in that city. A federal law and various state equivalents indeed ban female circumcision, whether performed as a religious rite or not. So-called “intactivists” such as Mr Schofield therefore quite reasonably ask why the cutting of a baby boy's foreskin should be any different.

Circumcision arrived in America not primarily with Jewish immigrants but as a Victorian British fad, in which the original stated objective was to discourage masturbation and nocturnal emissions. The practice spread during the 20th century, and became almost universal by the 1960s. But in recent decades, circumcisionhas been declining, to about half of baby boys as of 2008.

The culture of the San Francisco Bay Area often exalts anything natural, from birthing to eating. So it is no coincidence that Marilyn Milos, a former nurse who has been called “the mother of the American genital-integrity movement”, is based in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. Many paediatricians in the area advise parents against circumcision.

In the medical part of the controversy, the early claims of benefits (such as the decrease of “spermathorrea”) have largely been debunked. Others, such as a decrease in penile cancer in later years, remain controversial. But recent studies from sub-Saharan Africa have shown that circumcision can reduce male rates of HIV infection. Intactivists counter that this hardly justifies what they call


Alan Pardew: Far from happy with his team

Pardew cancelled a planned day off for his squad after their latest defeat which saw them comfortably beaten 4-0 at home by Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.

Pardew was far from happy after his side's defeat to Spurs - their first win on Tyneside for a decade.

"We're in at 9.45am," said Pardew.

"They had better get the message because they are going to get it loud and clear this week."

Because they are already out of the FA Cup, Newcastle do not have a game until February 23 when they face Aston Villa.

The North East club have lost three times in February alone without scoring a single goal and have conceded 10 in the process.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the Spurs defeat, Pardew thought hisNew York Daily News: “Mitt Romney seized a pair of wins Tuesday night, but his closer-than-expected margin of victory in his native Michigan left the Republican race for the White House far from over.”

GEORGIA: "Returning to Georgia Tuesday for several days of campaigning, Newt Gingrich accused Pakistan of hiding Osama bin Laden before U.S. Navy SEALs assassinated him during a daring night raid last May and said the United States should reevaluate its relationship with Islamic countries," writes the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

OHIO: An ominous lede for Romney in the Columbus Dispatch's Michigan story. "Momentum is with Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential race migrates to Ohio. For now."

The Cincinnati Enquirer offers a primer: "The core of the Republican vote in Ohio is in two places: the suburbs and


exurbs of the state’s big cities – places like West Chester, Mason and Deerfield Township – and in the vast expanse of rural and small-town areas in southern Ohio and western Ohio, running alongside Interstate 75 from Dayton to Toledo. Those small towns and rural counties can easily be overlooked, but they are chock-full of what are sometimes called “values voters’ – fundamentalist Protestants and conservative Catholics who respond well to candidates like Santorum, who has been preaching from the stump that religion has a place in government."

TENNESSEE: The Tennessean: "Early voting ended in Nashville on Tuesday with a substantial drop-off in GOP voters from four years ago, while other counties have seen an increase from the 2008 election. By the end of the day Monday, about 4,200Davidson County residents had voted in the Republican presidential primary. That’s fewer than half of the more than 9,000 people who voted early or absentee during the 2008 GOP primaries in Davidson County Other Middle Tennessee counties didn’t see that kind of drop-off, as voting was up in Rutherford, Sumner and Williamson counties compared with four years ago."

WASHINGTON: "If Mitt Romney thinks he can jog a victory lap, and put in a leisurely appearance here late in the week, he should think again," reports the Seattle Post Intelligencer. "Washington's contrarian history likely will deliver a message: It's far from over. The Evergreen State has lots of trees, but Romney won't find them the "right height."


“The greatest gladiator duel,” “man against God,” “Earth vs. Krypton”, “legendary confrontation” – uh, how many enthusiastic words were thrown to the side of the second film Zack Snyder in the newly created kinovselennoy publisher DC Comics. They shouted so much that the authors have started to remake the film (and what they have to lose?), Move the prime minister, to shift the accents, adding new scenes. For the premiere of enthusiastic screams subsided, but the roar of indignation grew. And not without reason.

And while the world went (and goes) crazy about the new epic, Veburg shared the general impatience, and suggested waiting to brighten up, put everything on the shelves, determined by the test, but who are you – the mighty kriptonets or Night Knight.

Zack Snyder –but also so many bad things can not be said about him.

Well, just now you can say bad, then myself, I want to throw a couple of rotten vegetables in the marketing of the film and in our dear domestic distributors. Firstly, because they have merged the main enemy of the film, and then clumsily justified, that he was not in charge. As justification, they rolled out a brazen lie, depriving the film one of the main intrigues him, and if you saw all the trailers “Batman vs Superman”, in the course of all the entertainment that was in the picture. The meaning of all go to the movies is now?

Second tomatoes, as promised, is addressed to distributors who, fighting against piracy, we decided to throw our city


believes this time is different for shared services.

Tom Temin is the host of The Federal Drive, which airs from 6-9 a.m. on 1500 AM in the Washington, DC region and online everywhere. Tom has 30 years experience in journalism, mostly in technology markets. Before coming to Federal News Radio, he was a long-serving editor-in-chief of Government Computer News and Washington Technology magazines.Source: Xinhua| 2019-07-16 20:38:16|Editor: Liangyu

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Panda mother Mangzai and a newly born cub are asleep at a zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 10, 2019. Two giant pandas in a zoo in Chongqing gave birth to two pairs of twins on June 23. Female panda Lanxiang, 17, gave birth to a pair of male cubs in the wee hours of June 23, weighing 167 and 115 grams, respectively. Another female panda, Mangzai, gave birth to a pair of female cubs in the afternoon on the same day, measuring 142 and 160 grams in weight, respectively. (Xinhua)


purchased the best boards in Hollywood, so you won't be able to walk around without seeing 'Senseless.' It's more like pushing a movie," Bosco says. It's fitting that Bosco's single is a collaboration with Mims, since it was their pairing on "Chasing Sunshine," featured on Mims' 2009 album Guilt, which reached No. 12 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, that first introduced Bosco to American audiences.

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Born in Venice, Italy, Bosco fell into show business at age 9, after his mother sent his picture to a TV show. "My life changed in 20 days," he says. He was recruited to be a member of 5 Stars, a New Kids on the Block-style boy band that was featured regularly on an Italian variety show, hosted by Raffaella Carra,featuring such guests as James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner and Stevie Wonder. Bosco took it all in, honing his skill as a live performer and working in the recording studio with 5 Stars for the Italian label Fonit-Cetra.

Following the demise of 5 Stars, Bosco then studied law for a few years and relocated to England, where he signed a publishing deal and re-emerged as a guitar player in the band Kevin. It was in that group that he saw firsthand the power of branding, as the group's five-song CD was given away as a bonus to Wind Communications cellphone customers and its song "Time" was featured in the company's commercials. Kevin also landed support spots for Nelly Furtado and Bush.

DOWN WITH MIMS

Moving to the United


States in 2007, Bosco decided to go the solo route, first relocating to Miami and then moving to Atlanta. It was there he met his future business partner Aaron J. Braunstein and cut the song "If I Don't Have You," featuring members of the Atlanta Symphony. The song caught the ear of hip-hop artist Mims, then signed to Capitol. The rapper liked the song so much, he invited Bosco to produce the track "Chasing Sunshine," featuring a sample of "If I Don't Have You." Bosco also turned up on Mims' episode of MTV's "Cribs" performing "If I Don't Have You" on acoustic guitar.

ERUPTING INTO THE FUTURE

While in Atlanta, Bosco signed with a Universal/Fontana-distributed indie label, but after that deal fell apart he and Braunstein formed EMG. Through EMGBosco has released a trio of singles, "Another Night" in July 2010, and "I Wonder" and "Another Night (Hybrid)" in January 2011. "Another Night" has received more than 200,000 plays on Myspace and garnered nationwide airplay.

While that's only a start, Braunstein has faith in Bosco as an artist and businessman, and is confident that he'll soon be a contender on the pop charts.

"Marco as a solo artist, musician, writer, producer and arranger can totally and completely fulfill his vision," he says, "because he can do so many things himself, whether it is producing his own music, or for another artist, with equally amazing results."


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In known turbine wheels, in operation, the blades are sometimes subjected to vibratory movements or vibration. Such vibration is harmful since it can lead to dynamic instabilities of the wheel,An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Gujranwala on Saturday handed Abid Hussain, the main accused in the Ahsan Iqbal assassination case, 30 years and two months in prison while acquitting four others accused of facilitating him, DawnNewsTV reported.

Judge Syed Ali Imran also handed fines to the tune of Rs280,000 and ordered the convict's assets to be confiscated.

Abid Husain, the attacker, in custody at a Narowal police station. Photo:File

Former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal had been shot at and injured during a corner meeting in Kanjrur town in Narowal on May 6, 2018, in what had been described as an assassination attempt.

District Police Officer (DPO) Imran Kishwar had told DawnNewsTV at the time that Iqbal was shot by the assailant ─ who was also present at the corner meeting ─ with


a 30-bore pistol from a distance of 20 yards.

Iqbal had sustained a bullet wound in his right shoulder, the DPO had added.

Thankfully, the people standing around the assailant overpowered him before he could fire a second shot at his target. The policemen present at the site then arrested the suspect, seized his weapon and shifted him to a police station.

The interior minister was initially shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Narowal following the attack, but was later airlifted in a helicopter to Lahore where he received further medical treatment.

The suspected shooter had been immediately taken into custody. At the time, he was identified as a local 20 to 22-year-old youth residing in the jurisdiction of the Shah Gharib police station in Kanjrur tehsil.

It later emerged that the suspect hadQ:

Why both "noticed" and "thought noticeable" in "The Oracle of the Dog"?

In "The Oracle of the Dog" by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown was talking about someone, saying:

"To be found with a weapon, let alone a blood-stained weapon, would be fatal in the search that was certain to follow. If he left it anywhere, it would be found and probably traced. Even if he threw it into the sea the action might be noticed, and thought noticeable—unless indeed he could think of some more natural way of covering the action. As you know, he did think of one, and a very good one. Being the only one of you with a watch, he told you it was not yet time to return, strolled a little farther, and started


do I propose that? For 4 reasons which I'll quickly sketch.
The first reason, in a sense that the opportunity that is being created, is the sustainability
the stabilization of the Eurozone.
Before the euro was born economists, in particular American economists said:
"You are crazy Europeans! This is never going to work!
Our dollar works for all 50 states
despite the great differences between the states in their economic development and economic fate,
it works because we have
two powerful stabilizing mechanisms.
One of them is migration between states
and the other one is transfers across states, organized at the federal level.
You don't have those!"
Migration is about six times higher between states in the United States
than it is today between the member states of the European Union.
And transfers across states - depending on how they arenumber one.
Argument number two says:
well, we don't only need migration, interstate migration
it is not only improbable on the massive level,
like in the US
It is also undesirable, precisely because of the diversity of languages and cultures
thus integration is a far costlier process in Europe
than it is in the United States.
Costlier both for the people who have to move
and for the communities that have to welcome them.
And a basic income on the European level would be the stabiliser of the population,
it would enable people in Bulgaria or in Romania and in other places in the world
not to be forced to move to the more affluent cities in Europe ;
and be able to stay, with a smaller income
but with a greater quality of life, closer to their families, closer to


the social security system was utopian
before Bismarck put together its first building blocks at the end of the 19th century.
But Bismarck did not create his pension system
out of the kindness of his heart.
He did so because people started mobilizing in favour of radical reforms across the whole of the Reich.
He was trying to unify.
What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for?
Thank you!
[Kudos Vahur Luhtsalu for the subtitles]
based on assurances they got from me," he said.

The White House has been scrambling to control the damage from the botched October 1 launch of a plan aimed at making sure that the millions without insurance could get medical coverage.

The HealthCare.gov website designed to help Americans shop for insurance and see whether they qualify for subsidies has malfunctioned since its launch.

Anger has intensified as many Americans discover they stand to lose policies that they assumed would be grandfathered under Obamacare. Insurance companies have been dropping policies purchased or changed since passage of the law if they do not meet its minimum standards.

Obama has been lambasted by Republicans who oppose the law and by his fellow Democrats who are angry at the rocky rollout.

He has made several speeches in


a Republican plan that would let Americans keep existing plans if they wanted.

"If the President is truly sorry for breaking his promises to the American people, he'll do more than just issue a half-hearted apology on TV," McConnell said.

Many lawmakers, including some Democrats, have pressed the White House to extend deadlines for enrolling in insurance plans.

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Republican Senator Mark Kirk introduced legislation on Thursday to delay a $95 penalty for not signing up for insurance by a year, saying Americans should not be penalized while Obamacare is going through its "transition period.

But Obama brushed off questions about whether he would support delays.

He said he was confident that by the end of November, the HealthCare.gov website would work for the "majority of people," and hebeen a whole lot more questions that were asked, in terms of how this thing is working," he said.

A powerful oversight committee in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has asked top Obama technology officials to testify about the website problems at a hearing on Wednesday.

During the interview, Obama said he had "been burned" by the dysfunctional website, but he said he has resisted firing anyone for the problems.

"Ultimately, the buck stops with me," he said. "You know, I'm the president. This is my team. If it's not working, it's my job to get it fixed."

He said "bureaucratic" and "cumbersome" federal rules for hiring IT contractors often result in waste and cost overruns and pledged to bring rules "into the 21st century" once the website was fixed.

"In some


Britain's publishing industry had a record-breaking year in 2016, with sales of books and journals recording their fastest year-on-year growth in a decade to reach £4.8 billion ($6.2 billion, 5.7 billion euros), their highest ever level.

But sales of ebooks fell three percent to £538 million, continuing a trend already observed in 2015.

"There is generally a sense that people are now getting screen tiredness, or fatigue, from so many devices being used, watched or looked at in their week," Stephen Lotinga, chief executive of The Publishers Association trade organisation, told The Guardian newspaper.

The crisis in Myanmar and reported massacres of Rohingya Muslims are the consequence of a society encouraged to hate and a lack of global leadership on human rights, Amnesty International said on Thursday. The human rights groupCoast Guard said on Thursday. Samples of oily matter that washed up on Feb. 8 on the shores of the Okinoerabu and Yoron islands in the Amami chain were found to

Chinese authorities have ruled out arson as the cause of a recent fire at Tibetan Buddhism's holiest temple, state media reported Thursday, adding an important Buddha statue had emerged "intact" from the blaze. The report is the first official account of Saturday's fire at the more

An unknown person threw an explosive device, probably a hand grenade, at the United States embassy building in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, before blowing himself up, the government said on Thursday. It said, "Most probably, the device was a hand grenade," adding that police investigation

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said relations with


the United States are "rock solid" and "as strong and robust as ever" in a media interview, as his administration gears up for a possible summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Moon's administration has faced questions

New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against two of President Donald Trump's former campaign officials, a court record indicated on Wednesday. The single-page document, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District

At least 44 people died in Peru on Wednesday when a bus hurtled some 100 meters into a ravine in the mountainous south in the country's second major bus crash this year, a local official said. "According to a report from the Peruvian National Police, thereare 44 confirmed deaths as of now,

Germany risks losing international credibility if it retreats from its commitment to increase military spending towards the NATO target, a key member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said on Wednesday. Norbert Roettgen blasted Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat, for questioning

The United Nations Security Council should not condemn Iran in a resolution to renew sanctions on Yemen, Russia's U.N. ambassador said on Wednesday, resisting a Western bid to denounce Tehran for failing to stop Yemen's Houthi group getting its missiles. The United States has been lobbying for

An audience of some 7,000 people booed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) multiple times during his appearance at a town hall event Wednesday where he refused to say he’d stop accepting donations from the National Rifle


Association.

When they got prayers and thoughts from U.S. lawmakers after a massacre at a Florida high school that left 17 students and teachers dead, thousands of young people turned to the country's largest gun-control advocacy group to learn how to make their voices heard. Students flooded Everytown for Gun

Nunberg started working for then-businessman Trump in 2011, making him one of his earliest political advisers, but he was fired from the Republican's campaign in August 2015 before the heat of the 2016 presidential race. Nunberg's interview in Washington with U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller

A Venezuelan evangelical pastor who is running for president said on Wednesday that religious leaders have earned the right to enter politics in Latin America due to the failure of politicians in the region, where Protestantcandidates are on the rise. Javier Bertucci said in an interview on Wednesday

MACHANG: Three family members were killed and two others injured when the Perodua Alza they were travelling in collided with a Mitsubishi Triton at Km33 of Jalan Bharu-Kuala Krai near Labok early today.Siti Nur Alyaa Izzati Shaikh Rahim, 23, and her father, Shaikh Rahim Shaikh Abdullah, 56, died on the

The South Korean government spent more than $260 per meal per person for the high-level North Korean delegates including leader Kim Jong Un's sister who visited the Winter Olympics, reports said. The nuclear-armed North sent four top officials including Kim Yo Jong and the ceremonial head of state

As survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting capture the nation’s attention with their persistent and powerful calls for sensible


gun laws, former first lady Michelle Obama has expressed “total awe” and support for the young activists.

Judges are to rule Thursday on whether German cities can ban old diesel cars to reduce air pollution, with potentially dramatic consequences for a key industry and transport policy in Europe's largest economy. Since Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to installing software to fool regulatory emissions

International pressure mounted Thursday to end civilian suffering in a rebel-held enclave near Damascus where Syrian jets have been raining bombs in a blitz that has killed more than 300. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres described the death and devastation that has engulfed Eastern Ghouta since

Despite a fraud conviction and sex scandal, Italy's 81-year-old former leader Silvio Berlusconi has one last political victory in his sights in generalIn an effort to stimulate the new era business relations between US and India, a new representative body called the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) was officially launched in India. Following the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, the forum, led by the top global leaders, intends to broaden this relationship further.

“Following the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump’s meetings in the US in June 2017, I am incredibly confident about the powerful partnership between the US and India – which is one that I believe can serve as a model for the rest of the world,” said John Chambers, the executive chairman of Cisco Systems, who would be chairing the USISPF that was officially launched on Wednesday (2 August).

The forum


John Steinbeck's Son Breached Contract in Talks Over Spielberg 'Grapes of Wrath' Adaptation

When Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of Nobel Prize-winning fiction author John Steinbeck, died at the age of 72 in August, he left behind a bitter family dispute that occupied more than three decades of his life. He never got to witness a decision last month determining that he and his wife, Gail Knight Steinbeck, had breached a 1983 contract by insisting that DreamWorks, Universal, Disney and others needed the couple's approval to produce new film adaptations of Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, The Pearl and more. The Nov. 1 ruling, which hasn't been reported until now, won't impact whatever Steven Spielberg is planning to do with Grapes of Wrath, but it could be thebeginning of a lifting cloud that has been hampering development of film adaptations for years.

The long-standing Steinbeck legal battle is extremely complicated but one that roughly began after John Steinbeck died in 1968. The legendary author left rights to his books to his third wife, Elaine Steinbeck. Because only certain copyrights were renewed before Steinbeck's death, Elaine only inherited absolute control over early works. Congress' 1976 amendment to copyright law gave Thom the ability to recover rights to later ones through termination notices.

In the late '70s and early '80s, the family members came to various agreements. Thom received royalties, and Elaine got copyright interests. In a 1983 deal, she also obtained the "complete power and authority to negotiate, authorize and take action with respect to the exploitation and/or


termination of rights in the works of John Steinbeck."

Unfortunately, this would merely be the prelude to court battles. In 1998, Congress amended copyright law once again to allow a new termination window. Five years later, Elaine died, with her rights passing to her daughter, Waverly Scott Kaffaga, and agents at McIntosh & Otis. For the past decade, the parties have been in court over rights with a big 2008 decision at the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals largely in Kaffaga's favor thanks to the 1983 deal.

Notwithstanding that appellate ruling, Thom and Gail Steinbeck continued to fight, filing a 2014 complaint with the California Labor Commission that asserted a sub agent to McIntosh & Otis was acting unlicensed in negotiations to sell or license Steinbeck's works for movies, theateror TV shows. They also began contacting movie studios that were in discussions with Kaffaga about adaptations.

According to Kaffaga, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment tendered a financial offer in 2013 for film rights to East of Eden before Gail "put Brian Grazer on notice" that "somebody could get in trouble" for moving ahead on the project without Thom's approval. Universal abandoned its East of Eden project because of "major concerns" about the "constant threat of litigation."

As for Spielberg's potential adaptation of Grapes of Wrath, Gail allegedly emailed the executive vp business affairs at DreamWorks, saying, "You should read this attachment very carefully before you decide to make a deal with the Scott family alone. … As I stated in our last conversation, the two/thirds owners of the copyright


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President Trump wasn't bluffing: Trump has pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio following Arpaio's conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge's order in an immigration case. The White House announced the move Friday night, saying the 85-year-old ex-sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County was a "worthy candidate" for a presidential pardon, per the AP. Trump had strongly hinted at the move during his Tuesday night rally in Phoenix, telling supporters that Arpaio would be "just fine."

Arpaio, who became linked to Trump during the campaign for their hardline immigration views, was convicted of a misdemeanor for intentionally defying a judge's order to stop his traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. In the statement Friday night, the White House said: "Throughout his time as Sheriff, Arpaio continued his life's work of protecting the public


Lebanon's Alawites view Syrian crisis with growing concern

They hail from the same community as Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. Now Lebanon’s Alawite community is monitoring the situation across the Lebanon-Syrian border with trepidation. FRANCE 24 reports from northern Lebanon.

The northern Lebanese village of Tal Abbas is a nondescript, impoverished hamlet with a main street lined by a garage, a scrap metal store and a tiny barbershop with peeling walls. Tal Abbas is in the Akkar region north of Tripoli – Lebanon’s gritty second city – and it’s one of the poorest areas of Lebanon.

It also happens to be located just a few kilometres from the Syrian border and there are growing fears that the current crisis in Syria, sparked by protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, could spillare supposed to be taking place. But nothing happens! The media is lying. About 95% of the population supports Bashar al-Assad."

For his part, Ali Feddah, a young member of the Arab Democratic Party, agrees. He attributed the high death toll - 3,500 since mid-March according to the UN - to terrorist groups inciting the violence.

Former parliamentarian Mustafa Hussein Alawi, a member of the majority March 8 alliance that is dominated by Hezbollah, an ally of Damascus, also dismissed the Syrian protest movement. "The situation in Syria is excellent, even if there are still armed groups financed by the Gulf and the West," he says.

Down the road from Jabal Mohsen is the Sunni neighborhood of Bab el-Tebbaneh. Lebanese troops stationed in the city man an unseen line between the


Facilities/Directions

William M. Anderson CenterThe new William M. Anderson Center is the home to Eagle
basketball and volleyball. The 2,000-set arena is complete with
every imaginable detail, from top-notch locker rooms for teams,
concessions and comfortable seating for fans, and video message
boards. Also included is a luxurious President's box for game
viewing. The site served as host for four rounds of the 2012 NCAA
women's basketball tournament, the sectionals of the 2014 NCAA
men's basketball tournament, and has also hosted events such as
concerts and an appearance by First Lady Michelle Obama.

Goolrick Hall/Fitness CenterThe home of UMW Athletics, Goolrick Hall houses all
administrative offices as well as coaches' offices, as well as the
athletic training room. Goolrick Hall (75,000 square feet of
activity space) is also home to Eagle swimming. UMW hosted the CAC
Swimming Championships from 1991 through 2005.The
newly-refurbished varsity weight room contains more than 50 working
stations in an 8,000 square-foot area, and athletes also have a
multi-faceted training room at their disposal.

A 15,000 square foot fitness center is connected to Goolrick,
and houses approximately 8,000 square feet of activity space for
the student body's usage. That facility includes treadmills, free
weights, and other state-of-the-art fitness equipment.

Other new additions to the Goolrick facility include a
varsity student-athlete lounge and a completely refurbished
office suite.

DIRECTIONS TO ANDERSON
CENTER/GOOLRICK GYM:
From Interstate 95, take Exit 130A (Route 3 East), and follow
through five stoplights. At the sixth light, turn LEFT onto
Business Route 3 (William Street), remaining in the LEFT lane. At
the first light, turn LEFT onto College Avenue, and the campus will
be on your right. Once on College Avenue, go straight through the
first stoplight, and turn RIGHT


at the second light (Route 1),
Drive under the UMW Walkway and make an immediate RIGHT onto Alvey
Drive. Visitor parking is located in the parking deck adjacent to
the gyms.

BATTLEGROUND ATHLETIC COMPLEX
The University of Mary Washington prides itself in providing an
optimal environment for athletes to practice their craft.
Battleground Outdoor Complex plays host to lacrosse, soccer,
tennis, field hockey, track and field, baseball and softball, and
is regarded as one of the finest facilities of its kind in
Virginia.

DIRECTIONS TO THE
BATTLEGROUND:
From Interstate 95, take Exit 130A (Route 3 East), and follow
through five stoplights. At the sixth light, turn LEFT onto
Business Route 3 (William Street). At the top of the hill, the road
splits. Stay RIGHT, onto Hanover Street. The Battleground Athletic
Complex is on the RIGHT.

V.
Earl Dickinson Stadium (Baseball)The University of Mary Washington baseball team
competes atone of the finest facilities in all of NCAA baseball,
V. Earl Dickinson Stadium. One of the crown jewels of the
Battleground Athletic Complex, located adjacent to campus along
Hanover Street, Dickinson Stadium has seating for more than 1,000
fans, houses a concession stand, restrooms for spectators, and a
state of the art public adress system that entertains fans with
music and information. The players enjoy spacious dugouts, one
indoor and four outdoor batting cages, and the newest aerobic and
strength training equipment available at the field each day.

Grass
Stadium (Soccer, Lacrosse)The grass stadium at the Battleground has been host to two
NCAA soccer championships, and is home to the Eagle men's and
women's soccer teams, as well as UMW lacrosse. Adjacent to the
1,000-seat stadium is a full practice Bermuda grass field, which
perfectly replicates the competition
field.

Turf Stadium (Field Hockey,


Lacrosse)The turf stadium at UMW hosts the Eagle field hockey
and lacrosse teams. The two-year old artificial turf surface has
already served as host to the 2012 NCAA field hockey tournament.
The facility was also the host site for the 1993 NCAA field hockey
national championship.

Softball StadiumThe University of Mary Washington softball team
competes at one of the finest facilities in all of NCAA Division
III softball. Located adjacent to campus along Hanover
Street, the UMW Softball Stadium has seating for hundreds
of fans and possesses a state of the art public adress system that
entertains fans with music and information. The players enjoy
spacious dugouts, four outdoor batting cages, and the newest
aerobic and strength training equipment available at the field each
day.

Track
FacilityThe University of Mary Washington track and field teams
compete on campus at an eight-lane facility complete withtrack
shack, throwing pits, and shower/restroom facility. The Eagles
have hosted numerous Capital Athletic Conference Championships at
the Battleground, and annually hosts the Battleground Relays each
spring.

Lighted Turf Practice FieldLocated next to the grass stadium is a lighted artificial
turf field, which is used for practices for nearly every outdoor
sport. The field's versatility allows usage by a number of varsity
teams.

Lighted Multipurpose Turf FieldDirectly to the north of Goolrick Gymnasium and adjacent
to the visitor's parking deck on Alvey Drive, a lighted
multipurpose turf field further allows options when scheduling
varsity contests. Men's and women's lacrosse and field hockey have
used the field for night contests, with expanded use expected in
the future.

Tennis CenterThe six-court, state-of-the-art University Indoor Tennis
Center is located next to the award-winning 12-court outdoor tennis
facility at the Battleground Athletic Complex. The University
Tennis Center hosted the 2006


NCAA Division III National Men's
Championships, the 2007 and 2010 NCAA Division III National
Women's Championships, and has recieved the 2006 USTA Mid-Atlantic
Section "Facility of the Year" Award and the 2007 USTA Outstanding
Facility Award.

Hazelwild FarmThe University of Mary Washington's riding program is conducted
at Hazelwild Farm, located on Miss A. Elizabeth Morrison's 500-acre
ancestral homestead. The farm is located five miles from campus, in
Spotsylvania County. The facilities include seventy stalls with all
the modern amenities and ample turnout. The Stables also provide
two outdoor rings, a cross country course, and a full-scale indoor
arena, the A. Elizabeth Morrison Equestrian Center. Students may
take part in all activities at Hazelwild Farm, including boarding,
lessons, and showing, both local and rated.

DIRECTIONS TO HAZELWILD
FARM:
From Interstate 95, take Exit 130A (Route 3 East), and follow
through five stoplights. Turn RIGHT onto Routewritten for HistoryLink.org since 2001, and is a staff historian. Her 300+ essays on the site document all aspects of Washington state history. Her next book, Looking For Betty MacDonald: The Egg, The Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I, is scheduled for publication in fall 2016 by University of Washington Press.

Hospitality. Light refreshments will be available. There is no charge for the event, but we will have a container present to collect small donations to help us cover the cost of food and drink.

Location and Parking. Dearborn House is between Seneca and Spring Streets on Minor Avenue, which is parallel to, and one block east of, Boren Avenue. There appears to be limited parking on site, but nearly all of those spaces are reserved, so please allow sufficient time