road was wide enough to pull over safely, Officer Breidenbach signaled him to pull over and issued him a ticket for violating § 61-8-303(1), MCA. The basis for the ticket was the fact that Stanko had been operating his vehicle at a speed of 85 miles per hour at a location where Officer Breidenbach concluded it was unsafe to do so.

¶ 7 The officer testified that the road at that location was narrow, had no shoulders, and was broken up by an occasional frost heave. He also testified that the portion of the road over which he clocked Stanko included curves and hills which obscured vision of the roadway ahead. However, he acknowledged that at a distance of from 249 to 374 feet behind Stanko, he had neverlost sight of Stanko's vehicle. The roadway itself was bare and dry, there were no adverse weather conditions, and the incident occurred during daylight hours. Officer Breidenbach apparently did not inspect the brakes on Stanko's vehicle or make any observation regarding its weight. The only inspection he conducted was of the tires, which appeared to be brand new. He also observed that it was a 1996 Camaro, which was a sports car, and that it had a suspension system designed so that the vehicle could be operated at high speeds. He also testified that while he and Stanko were on Highway 24 there were no other vehicles that he observed, that during the time that he clocked Stanko on Highway 200 they approached no other vehicles going in


their direction, and that he observed a couple of vehicles approach them in the opposite direction during that eight-mile stretch of highway.

¶ 8 Although Officer Breidenbach expressed the opinion that 85 miles per hour was unreasonable at that location, he gave no opinion what would have been a reasonable speed, nor did he identify anything about Stanko's operation of his vehicle, other than the speed at which he was traveling, which he considered to be unsafe.

¶ 9 Stanko testified that on the date he was arrested he was driving a 1996 Chevrolet Camaro that he had just purchased one to two months earlier and which had been operated fewer than 10,000 miles. He stated that the brakes, tires, and steering were all in perfect operating condition, the highwayconditions were perfect, and he felt that he was operating his vehicle in a safe manner. He conceded that after passing Officer Breidenbach's vehicle, he drove at a speed of 85 miles per hour, but testified that because he was aware of the officer's presence he was extra careful about the manner in which he operated his vehicle. He felt that he would have had no problem avoiding any collision at the speed that he was traveling. Stanko testified that he was fifty years old at the time of trial, drives an average of 50,000 miles a year, and has never had an accident.

DISCUSSION

¶ 10 Is § 61-8-303(1), MCA, so vague that it violates the Due Process Clause found at Article II, Section 17, of the Montana Constitution?

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the problems inherent in trying to consistently apply all of these variables in a way that gives motorists notice of the speed at which the operation of their vehicle becomes a violation of the law. For all practical purposes, there was no other traffic on the highway at the time that Stanko was arrested, the condition of his vehicle was excellent, the surface of the road was dry, and the view ahead was unobstructed for a distance of at least 249 to 374 feet. On the other hand, the road was narrow, there were hills and curves which presented some degree of obstruction to the view ahead, and there was an occasional frost heave on the surface of the road. A reasonable speed under these circumstances would requirebringing hay to their cattle. The officer testified that at 85 miles per hour, there was no way for Stanko to stop in the event there had been an obstruction on the road beyond the crest of a hill. In the officer's judgment, driving a vehicle at the speed of 85 miles per hour on the stretch of road in question posed a danger to the rest of the driving public.

¶ 40 In my view, Stanko's speed on the roadway where he was arrested clearly falls within the behavior proscribed by the statute. Operating a vehicle at 85 miles per hour on a two-lane highway with frost heaves, steep hills, and curves, where farm vehicles may unexpectedly appear, is not reasonable and proper under the conditions. Therefore, I


For Sunset, a new dawn

Go east on storied Sunset Boulevard for a look at the changing nature of modern L.A. and a reawakening of pedestrian life

Go east on storied Sunset Boulevard for a look at the changing nature of modern L.A. and a reawakening of pedestrian life.

Click the blue mile markers above — or use the arrows — to take Christopher Hawthorne's guided tour of key sites along Sunset Boulevard.

By Christopher HawthorneLos Angeles Times Architecture Critic

July 14, 2012

Conventional wisdom has it that the way to understand Sunset Boulevard, the most glamorous street in Los Angeles, is by following it from east to west.

That's how Sunset grew from its origins in the 1780s as a cattle trail branching out from the pueblo where L.A. was born. Even the boulevard'sname suggests you're supposed to travel it that way, finishing up at the ocean just as the sun does.

So what's to be gained by heading in the opposite direction, looking at Sunset from west to east?

For starters, that route offers a way to explore an intriguing notion: that the key to deciphering contemporary Los Angeles is to focus not on growth and expansion, those building blocks of 20th century Southern California, but instead all the ways in which the city is doubling back on itself and getting denser.

And if you really want a gauge of 21st century Los Angeles, you'll have to look all the way to the eastern end of the boulevard, where Sunset becomes Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and — as it cuts through Boyle Heights


the silent-film star Norma Desmond but also the very idea of her secluded Sunset Boulevard mansion, where time defiantly stands still, as a throwback. This "Rock of Ages" treats the big-hair metal bands and the Sunset Strip music scene of the '80s much the same way.

Along Sunset's long midsection, running from Beverly Hills through the western edge of Silver Lake, the footprint of the entertainment business, which once dominated the boulevard, continues to shrink. Thanks to the strong presence of its alumni among the ranks of Hollywood executives, Emerson College is building a dramatic 10-story, $110-million West Coast campus, by architect Thom Mayne, at Sunset and Gordon Street.

Sunset Plaza on the Strip is the place for window shopping, dressing up and dining. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)More photos

But Schwab's Pharmacy and places like it, buildings dedicated to advancing the notion of Sunset as a stage for finding individual stardom, are long gone. So are many of the movie studios that lined the boulevard a half-century ago, as well as the photography studios that sold head shots to generations of aspiring actors.

What has emerged to take their place, reflecting a city-wide trend, are types of developments largely immune to the rise of digital culture, which has proved so deadly to record and video-rental shops and bookstores. These hardier strains of L.A. architecture include restaurants, bars, public and charter schools, cheaply built wood-frame apartment buildings, bank branches and the ever-expanding infrastructure of hospitals and healthcare.

This part of Hollywood is also full of signs that Los Angeles,


as it tries to redefine itself for a denser and less car-dependent future, is borrowing rather haphazardly from the architecture of other cities. The Bowery Bar and Bistro on Sunset just east of Vine and the nearby Delancey Pizzeria both market themselves as Manhattan-style outposts bringing a little urban grit to L.A.

Along with four other restaurants on Sunset, they are owned by George Abou-Daoud, the 37-year-old son of Egyptian immigrants who grew up in New York and came to Los Angeles in his mid-20s. Abou-Daoud, described by a food blogger as "the de facto mayor of Sunset in Hollywood," said that this stretch of the boulevard, forsaken a decade ago, continues to pick up momentum and a sense of pedestrian life, thanks in part to the Metro RedLine subway.

He described endless bureaucratic battles with the city's planning and building-safety departments. To get approval for sidewalk seating requires a process he called "beyond difficult."

"It's always been so surprising to me that in the city that has probably the best weather in the world, there isn't more outdoor seating for restaurants, pocket parks, public squares, etc.," he explained later in an email.

A more nimble example of L.A.'s rekindled interest in street design and the public sphere is the small Sunset Triangle Plaza, which opened in the heart of Silver Lake in early March..

It has cordoned off one block of Griffith Park Boulevard, where it meets Sunset, to car traffic. The street was already being closed twice a week for a farmers market. The city planning department and


the L.A. County Department of Health spent a mere $25,000 to close it seven days a week, putting down plastic planters and painting the pavement a bright shade of green, with giant polka dots.

The design, by the L.A. firm Rios Clementi Hale, is a little rough around the edges. But that is part of the point: moving quickly to get the plaza open, the city didn't want to spend much time or money massaging the details. Officially the closure is temporary, and after a year officials will reevaluate the project.

"I wish it looked more permanent," Alissa Walker, a 34-year-old design writer who lives two blocks from Sunset, acknowledged as we sat under an umbrella at one of the plaza's small metal tables. "But the temporariness is what allowedSunset becomes Cesar E. Chavez Avenue before crossing the Los Angeles River and skirting the northern edge of Union Station. Stretches of the boulevard with three names — Sunset, Macy Street and Brooklyn Avenue — were subsumed by the new Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, christened in 1994, the year after the civil-rights leader's death.

In the 1920s and '30s, Brooklyn Avenue and the Boyle Heights neighborhood it cuts through formed a center of Jewish life in Los Angeles. Canter's Deli was there, and the area had more than 30 synagogues. Some were in small houses or storefronts, but in 1923 a genuine architectural landmark was built, the Breed Street Shul, a half-block south of Brooklyn.

The synagogue was designed in an imposing neo-Byzantine style by A.M. Edelman, also the architect


of the better-known Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The late architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who grew up on nearby Cummings Street, had his bar mitzvah there the year it opened.

Although some locals still refer to this part of Cesar Chavez as "Brooklyn Avenue," Boyle Heights is now more than 94% Latino. On the far western end of Sunset, by contrast, Pacific Palisades is 89% Anglo, with a median income, $168,000, that is five times higher.

Shaded by huge ficus trees and crowded with pedestrians, the stretch of Cesar Chavez just east of the 5 Freeway upends a few persistent stereotypes about Los Angeles: that nobody walks, that everybody lives in a single-family house, works in the movie business and spends most of his time cocooned in an air-conditioned car, shouting AriGold-style into his cellphone earpieces.

A meat market on the 3400 block of Cesar Chavez in Boyle Heights is among the many small shops that cater to residents along a highly walkable stretch. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) More photos

The businesses here mostly cater to local residents, announcing themselves with hand-painted signs in English and Spanish and selling small items — children's clothes, figurines of Catholic saints — that their customers can easily carry home. The two-story brick buildings that form a consistent street wall on both sides of the street look much as they did in the 1920s. Very few were knocked down to make way for the architecture of the post-war city, with its drive-throughs, gas stations and supermarkets marooned in massive parking lots.

Much of the


street's success can be credited to neglect from the larger city, as investment in the post-war era went elsewhere. But Cesar Chavez Avenue hasn't just survived: It has emerged as a model for other neighborhoods eager to make their major thoroughfares friendlier to pedestrians, cyclists and local business. It has all the urban-design amenities the average L.A. boulevard is desperately missing.

One hot afternoon I walked the far eastern end of Cesar Chavez with John Arroyo, an urban planner who grew up in the neighborhood and still lives here. Now 31, he graduated from USC before earning a master's degree in planning from MIT.

He said the neighborhood has long reflected the influence of "Latino Urbanism," a term coined by the L.A. planner James Rojas. As Rojas has written, immigrantsfrom Latin America have slowly been transforming "the auto-oriented built form" of Los Angeles into a series of "pedestrian-oriented places."

Cultural influence has always been a two-way street along Cesar Chavez, of course, with American idioms seeping into Latino culture even as the reverse is true. When Arroyo was in high school in the late 1990s he went to countless backyard parties where his friends played the brooding pop songs of the British singer Morrissey.

"I don't know quite how it happened," he said with a shrug, "but all of a sudden there were Morrissey cover bands everywhere."

Near the end of our walk he took me to see the Evergreen Cemetery, a rolling 67-acre piece of greenery in a neighborhood that is lacking, like so many parts of Los Angeles,


in parks. Over time, neighborhood residents adopted the cemetery as a quasi-public space, walking or jogging through it or along its perimeter.

In 2003 the city added a 5-foot-wide path of pink-red rubber on the sidewalk along the outside of the cemetery. The path is full morning and night with joggers, walkers and parents pushing strollers. It's also become a social center in the neighborhood, a spot where people come to trade gossip and catch up with friends.

L.A.'s successful pedestrian enclaves — the Grove and the Lake Shrine among them — have typically been privately operated. And they've been destinations: People drive their cars there in order to find a protected place to walk.

The Sunset Triangle Plaza and Boyle Heights suggest the emergence in L.A. of a different model:The bodies of all 10 sailors reported missing following a collision between the USS John S. McCain and a merchant vessel have been found, according to a statement from the US Navy's 7th Fleet.

The guided-missile destroyer collided with an oil tanker named the Alnic MC a week ago east of the Malacca Strait. It's the fourth time a US warship has been involved in an accident in Asian waters this year.

"US Navy and Marine Corps divers have now recovered the remains of all 10 USS John S. McCain sailors," the statement, released Sunday, said.

The Navy suspended its search-and-rescue operations Thursday, although divers continued recovery efforts inside flooded compartments in the ship.

In the statement, the Navy released details of all the deceased crewmen:

The mother of one of the sailors


described her son's enthusiasm for the Navy during an emotional interview on CNN's "New Day."

Cynthia Kimball said her son John Hoagland "loved the Navy" and "thought that the Navy was definitely the place he needed to be."

"He really loved the idea and the places he got to see," she said. "He was proud of who he was and what he was doing."

Recurring problem

After the McCain collision, the Navy ordered a one-day operational pause across the entire fleet to examine the root causes of the accidents.

Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin was relieved of his duty as the commander of the US 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan, following the incident, the Navy said in a statement.

Military leaders, Congress and government watchdogs have all warned for years that the military facesVince Staples performs at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio on April 13, 2018. (Credit: Christopher Polk / Getty Images for Coachella)

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

The blockbuster Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is being pushed back six months to October due to concern over the spread of coronavirus.

One of the world’s largest music events, this year’s festival was originally set for two successive weekends, kicking off April 12 and April 17 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. But the event has been postponed until the weekends of Oct. 9 and Oct. 16, the festival tweeted.

Stagecoach — another


public health officials confirmed three new coronavirus cases in Riverside County, bringing the number of people being treated there to four. The first patient, announced Sunday, is believed to have contracted the virus within the local community.

A countywide state of emergency is expected to be ratified by the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

On Sunday, the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells was canceled over the outbreak, one day before the massive tennis tournament was set to begin.

Coachella is the fourth major music festival to be impacted by the virus, following the cancellations of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, Ultra Music Festival in Miami and Tomorrowland in France.

The Austin event’s organizers told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that the move could wind up costing them millions.

“I am mostprocess generally discards its cooking oil every five to ten days due to accumulated particulate contamination and degradation.
Conventional filtration devices generally operate by draining the cooking oil from the fryer into a filtration container and then cycling the cooking oil through a filter. Generally, when the filtration operation is begun, the cooking oil is at or near cooking temperature, and batch filtration continues until a subjective determination is made that the filtering process has achieved a desired result. After filtration, usually comprising multiple passes through the filter, the filtered cooking oil is returned to the fryer. It is not unusual for cooking oil to be filtered by passing it through a conventional filter for 30 minutes or longer. Depending on the amount of time elapsed during filtration, the


"Leo Elster." "She injured 11 people before escaping," "David Elster's son?" "He died when he was a boy." "She injured 11 people before escaping," "Yes, drowned." "She injured 11 people before escaping," "Hospital records show brain death, coma," "She injured 11 people before escaping, before being released on life support to David's private care." "She injured 11 people before escaping," "Dying a few weeks later, or so we were told." "She injured 11 people before escaping," "What are they talking about?" "What's hidden inside them?" "She injured 11 people before escaping," "All I can tell you is David succeeded" "She injured 11 people before escaping, in creating true AI." "She injured 11 people before escaping," "And I don't believe for a moment that he would have been satisfied"our children." "You're actually trying to justify this?" "Oh, God." "That's why you were so keen to get rid of her, isn't it?" "Oh, God." "Who are you?" "Oh, God." "Who am I?" "Who are you?" "And who's Tom?" "Oh, God." "No, Laura." "Get out!" "Get out!" "Who is this man?" "That's Professor Edwin Hobb." "Who is this man?" "He was on David's core team, too, for the first prototypes." "Who is this man?" "Was he involved in our creation?" "Who is this man?" "Oh, no." "David had a falling out with him, too," "Who is this man?" "Just like he did with me." "Not sure about what." "Who is this man?" "The last few years he worked alone." "Who is this man?" "You're breathing fast." "Your pulse


drove from its 17 to the Penn State 25 on the next drive, but Derek Dimke's 42-yard field goal attempt bounced off the right upright as time expired.

Even JoePa was nervous in the press box before Penn State's last drive. Paterno coached upstairs since he's still got a sore right leg, shoulder and pelvis following an accidental preseason hit.

"Did I have any doubts," he asked rhetorically with a chuckle. "Sure I had doubts ... but it worked out anyway."

In a common occurrence over his remarkable 46-year career, Paterno was feted again with a postgame ceremony. School president Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley presented JoePa with a plaque that read, "Joe Paterno. Educator of Men. Winningest Coaach. Division One Football."

Among all coaches, Paterno now only trails Johnto unscrupulous partners, most especially China and the US, because his autocratic ways have turned off other democracies.

He intends to get those lands by any means, including the proposed new anti-terror measure that would legislate full-scale attacks on indigenous peoples, environmentalists – anyone who stands in the way of the new generation of carpet baggers.

That is why he has scuttled the peace talks on the cusp of landmark agreements on comprehensive reform and national industrialization.

Duterte sees only war and conflict as solutions to his problems. Forget the country, forget the poor he bowed to during campaign sorties.

He still shivers at the rush of praise and cheers as he bombed to rubble the country’s Islamic city, whose rehabilitation will be undertaken by Chinese state firms and Malaysian companies (where


has started, and yet it's still only less than 20% achieved. Don't run away yet! That's due to its participative nature; people come and go and it causes the overall knowledge and vision to be very volatile. And yet there are good chances that the project gets finished! Have you ever heard of "Indiana Jones and the fountain of Youth"? They started 15 years ago, and yet they're not too far from finishing their game. We're hoping to finish faster than them by trying to harness contributions from more people (it's slower to integrate new assets but each asset gets produced faster).

In the case of our project, it has followed the same chatic road as fan games : At first, there was a vision (rough, movie-style scenario) byLatin America: Societies and Culture - Essay Example

LATIN AMERICA: SOCIETIES AND CULTURE Name: Institution: Course: Date: Latin America simply refers to countries within America where Latin languages are spoken. However, Canada is not included because its large population speaks French. Latin American countries geographically lie in the United States…

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Thesis statement The culture and social settings of Latin America changed significantly before, during and after the colonial era. There were changes in race; political stability, as well as the economic status of the Americans due to the new ideas, brought about by the colonial masters. Therefore, this paper shall seek to explain how race is a social construct established to defend the harsh system of labor used against


blacks as well as Indians. Discussion There is no clear distinction between the racial and ethnic categories despite the fact their social analysis is finely drawn. However, in Latin America, the terms race and ethnicity are synonymously used. This is because the processes of acculturation, deracination and miscegenation have succeeded in ironing out the cultural edges that define social groups (Cahill 1994). The migrations of Native Americans into the cities have led to the gradual loss of indigenous features. On the other hand, the world’s population was stratified along racial lines. This drew the lines between the conqueror and the conquered since the conquered were deemed inferior. Effects of colonization in Latin America The European colonizers began to arrive in America in 1492. This was evident by thearrival of Columbus in the Bahamas. The indigenous people of the Latin America were affected in many ways. For instance, they suffered violence and numerous diseases. The Europeans later formed alliances with some of the tribes. These alliances were aimed at destroying the tribes that had declined to collaborate. As a result, the two extremely powerful Empires of the Latin America (the Aztec and Inca Empires) collapsed (Trouillot 1997). To ensure complete colonization of the entire region; the Europeans embarked on annihilating the native people. The killings stopped, but the persecution continued. This included unemployment and under-provision of social amenities, which lead to poverty. Consequently, the Europeans dominated over the native people economically, socially and even financially. The Americans were also assaulted to compel them into cultural assimilation.


to be assimilated so that their status could rise. As a result, the blacks were divided into two groups; the privileged and the less privileged people in the society. In as much as they were divided, the blacks fought for independence as a unit. This happened because some of the dark people declined assimilation; thus, maintaining their status quo leading to the idea to fight for independence. It came a time when the natives equaled themselves to
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It is rightly argued that an honest American quest to oust the European colonial powers for the better political future of the Latin people was made, but unfortunately it later turned out into the strengthening of its own strategic interests in the region.

Whereas the Anglo-American coloniesintermarried sparsely with the native peoples, the Spanish Empire actively encouraged intermarriage and as a result of this, the distinct cultures that otherwise would have at least been somewhat separate, came to be melded together.

This culture proper is transferred from generation to generation through education and early life experience. The predominant characteristics of business culture are
Customs relating to personal acceptability are perhaps the most important of social customs, and they differ widely.

Yet it is undeniable that many of the modern economies which decry the practice of the slave trade and slavery in general have their own political and economic basis in a pre-modern slave economy. Moreover, much of the richness in culture and society is due to the intermingling of races that resulted from slavery.

vent of the industrial


The present invention relates to an electophotographic copier, laser printer, facsimile apparatus or similar image forming apparatus and, more particularly, to an image forming apparatus capable of forming a plurality of images in separate areas of an intermediate transfer body.
It is a common practice with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to transfer a toner image from a photoconductive element to a paper or similar recording medium and then fix the toner image on the paper. In another image forming apparatus known in the art, the toner image is transferred from the photoconductive element to the paper by way of an intermediate transfer body. Assume that the image forming apparatus of the type including the intermediate image transfer body is operated with papers whose size is less than oneI was able to go out there.

I stayed at the hotel where the actual theatre was showing it and was there throughout the day. And the cast started to arrive and I saw them earlier in the day and watched as Showtime was preparing the entire red carpet area decorating the hotel and decorating the theatre which was really — they were really going all out for the big Hollywood Premiere. And then yeah, I went in and there was a there was about a half an hour/an hour sort of meet-and-greet, mingle around with everyone which was really kind of amazing standing there. It was really very crowded, everyone was in the lobby of the theatre, and I almost couldn’t move at certain points — we were


to comment on Cooper’s journey between Part 2 and Part 17. Here’s more from my essay:

The Evolution of the Arm tells Cooper he cannot leave until his doppelganger comes back in. The Arm says, “253 time and time again,” then orders Cooper to, “Go now!” Cooper hastily leaves, falls into slow motion for a moment, and then attempts to push through the curtains at the end of the adjoining hall. But Cooper encounters a barrier; he tries to push through but he cannot exit . So Cooper returns the way he came. He sees Leland Palmer who tells Cooper to “Find Laura.” Cooper continues to the curtain, but instead of parting the fabric and walking through he hears a buzzing noise and sees a flash of white light.operate in a loop between the Caltrain Station and Mission Street until the march is over.

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Muni Impact Summary

Most routes will switchback--changing from inbound to outbound--before they reach Market Street. Some routes will operate on Mission Street instead. Most routes that cross Market Street will be rerouted around the event areas. The 30/45 SoMa Shuttle will also operate in a loop between the Caltrain Station and Mission Street until the march is over. Reroutes start at different times, but all service will return to normal once Market Street is clear.

Summary of Muni Impacts by Route Route Start Temporary Service Change F Market & Wharves 11:30 a.m. Streetcar service will only be on the Embarcadero. Market Street service will be operated by a bus. Transfer between bus and


PM and Belgian counterpart visit graves of first and last British soldiers killed in war

Theresa May and the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, have laid wreaths at the graves of the first and last British soldiers to be killed during the first world war, at the start of a weekend of commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the armistice.

Between the firing of the bullet that killed 16-year-old John Parr from Finchley, north London, in August 1914, and the ringing out of the shot that struck down 40-year-old George Edwin Ellison, from Leeds, on 11 November 1918, about 750,000 British soldiers were killed.

Coincidentally, a few yards of lawn stand between the two men’s graves at St Symphorien military cemetery on the outskirts of Mons in western Belgium.

At the cemetery,established by Germany in 1917 as a tribute to the dead on both sides, the British prime minister issued a statement.

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“A century ago British forces fought side by side with our allies in Europe on the western front. Today in France and Belgium we reflect on our shared history, but also look ahead to our shared future, built on peace, prosperity and friendship,” she said.

After attending a reception with Michel, and British and Belgian serving armed forces in Mons, May set off for France to meet the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in Albert, a town in the heart of the Somme region that was heavily bombarded during the first world war, before


visiting the Thiepval memorial.

As the motorcade set out, a collision with a passing car saw two policemen injured. A spokesperson for the Belgian prime minister said that the incident was a “regrettable accident”.

Parr, who lied about his age in order to enlist in the army, was killed by rifle fire on 21 August as he scouted ahead on his bicycle in the first tentative British advance on Mons. The Germans buried him in the cemetery.

The remains of Ellison, who was killed 90 minutes before the armistice in a final, pointless advance, when it was clear to all that they were on the cusp of peace, were brought to the cemetery from a field grave by the British in the 1920s. There was no knowledge at the time ofFinland aims to put defending the rule of law at the centre of its six-month EU presidency, which starts on 1 July.

Poland and Hungary has been at the forefront of rule of law concerns in the EU for several years, but member states and EU institutions have been unable to address the issue with tangible consequences.

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The EU commission launched a so-called Article 7 procedure against Poland in 2016 for having breached the independence of the judiciary, while the EU parliament triggered the same procedure against Hungary calling on member states to holding the country accountable for sliding back on democratic freedoms.

Feeding into the concerns over the rule of law, the EU's top court on Monday said that Poland's lowering of


the retirement age for its judges beached EU law, which is a blow to its nationalist Law and Justice party-led government.

In the council of member states, EU presidencies are responsible for organising the meetings on Article 7 - but the previous Austrian and Romanian EU presidencies have been reluctant to increase the pressure on Warsaw and Budapest.

Romania's government has been dealing with its own rule of law issues, and had earned scolding from the commission. Austria's previous right-wing coalition government shied away from stepping up political pressure, as it had also received criticism for including a far-right party in its coalition.

Finland's incoming presidency says it will act differently when it takes over the EU presidency on 1 July.

"Of the many important political priorities, I wish to emphasise the"conditionality" is part of it.

Other EU diplomats said net-payer countries could also veto the budget if conditionality is not part of it - a sign of tough determination on both sides.

The government of Hungary's premier Viktor Orban has been accused by the EU's anti-fraud agency Olaf, of possible irregularities related to 35 lighting projects implemented in Hungary and co-financed by the EU.

Tens of thousands of Czechs demonstrated last week in Prague to demand the resignation of prime minister Andrej Babis and his justice minister, over allegations of misuse of EU funds.


A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Paz satellite for Madrid-based operator Hisdesat, becoming Spain’s first radar observation satellite as part of the National Earth Observation Program. The satellite is completing a multi-purpose mission, collecting radar imagery for application in national security and defence, civilian applications, science and commercial exploitation. The 1,400-Kilogram satellite carries an X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar capable of delivering imagery at a ground resolution of one meter, capturing around 200 scenes per day. Paz was originally planned to fly on a Dnepr booster, but as the vehicle fell victim to the political conflict between the Ukraine and Russia the mission was moved to a SpaceX Falcon 9 after encountering nearly three years of delays.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, in a rare expendable mission withEarthquakes and Tsunamis are triggered by Star-quakes
– the invisible interconnection between different parts of the Universe
Staff Reporter
India Times
Mar. 7, 2005

Computer models are showing an interesting relationship between
star-quakes and earthquakes. Supernova, star-quakes and similar
burst of energy in the Universe triggers earthquakes and tsunamis.

According to researchers, most of the large earthquakes and Tsunamis
happened when there was a burst of energy somewhere in the cosmos.

Now computer models are showing that the burst of energy reached the
earth slightly before the major earthquake happened which triggered the
Tsunami.

Looking at the past, the computer models are finding a clear correlation
between earthquakes, major volcanoes, and landslides, Tsunamis with
major burst of energies reaching the earth due to earthquakes.

It seems that the Universe is connected through these cosmos level
energy bursts. If this theory is proven true then it


Florida’s Billy Donovan earned SEC Coach of the Year honors while Florida senior Scottie Wilbekin was selected the SEC Player of the Year by the league’s coaches. Florida’s Patric Young earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and SEC Defensive Player of the Year honors. Kentucky’s Julius Randle took home SEC Freshman of the Year and Florida’s Dorian Finney-Smith was tabbed SEC Sixth Man of the Year.

This is the second consecutive SEC Coach of the Year honor for Donovan, who led the Gators to an SEC record 18 wins in league play and a 29-2 overall record. The Gators earned their fifth SEC championship under his direction and the sixth in school history.Smokie to play in Port Elizabeth

After four decades of rocking ‘n’ rolling, the megastar band Smokie is coming to Port Elizabeth this September to make some noise.

The band missed Port Elizabeth in 2008 and 2011 during its previous two sold-out tours of the country, but now for the first time the city has a suitable venue in the form of The Boardwalk’s new International Convention Centre.

Smokie will also be playing at other Sun International-managed complexes during their tour – at Grand West in Cape Town, and Carnival City in Gauteng.

Self-confessed rock fan, Brett Hoppe, The Boardwalk’s new general manager can’t wait to see the band perform live for the first time.

“When we bid successfully for the casino licence we said the International Convention Centre would attract international acts


Rocketcam Video of the SpaceX Falcon Booster Splashing Down in the Atlantic

Rocketcam Video of the SpaceX Falcon Booster Splashing Down in the Atlantic

Launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in July 2014. Click to heinleinenate.

Photo by SpaceX/W Michael Harding

The private company SpaceX has been making amazing strides in making it easier and cheaper to access space. Besides three missions to resupply the space station under its belt, it’s also looking for ways to reuse the first stage booster of the Falcon 9 rocket.

They did a flight test of this in April, but the video was unfortunately corrupted. But a second attempt, during a launch on July 14, 2014, went better. The mission was to put a collection of global communication satellites in orbit, but there was also aYou are here

Ulf-Eirik’s Legacy

Phil Burthem - Jarl Ulf-Eirik (1961 – 2012) was the founding leader and guiding light of the Jomsviking brotherhood from its inception to his untimely death. He was dedicated to improving the standard of re-enactment and the live representation of the early medieval period. He was also determined to spread the enjoyment of a revival of viking culture to the four corners of the globe, regardless of considerations of ethnicity, creed or gender. Following Ulf-Eirik’s death the Jomsvikings have committed themselves to follow these principles to make the Jomsviking Brotherhood ever stronger and more influential.

Philip Burthem, also known as Ulf-Eirik, died in July 2012 at the age of 50. This is the record of his viking memorial ceremony.
In 1985 Phil was among the 5 founder


Tabletop games continued their meteoric rise on Kickstarter throughout 2018, helping push the games category to an all-time high of more than $200 million. Data provided to Polygon by the crowdfunding platform show a nearly 20 percent increase in funds raised by successful tabletop projects over the previous year.

Earnings for successful video game projects were down for the third year in a row. In fact, that decline accelerated sharply compared to the previous year.

In total, the tabletop games category — which includes board games, hobby miniatures games, card games, and tabletop role-playing games — was up $27.23 million, a 19.8 percent increase compared to 2017. The total raised by successful tabletop campaigns was $165 million, also an all-time high for the Kickstarter platform.

The video game category declined $1.45that it achieved some significant milestones in 2018. That includes welcoming its three-millionth game campaign backer. The games category alone saw a total of 868,110 backers in 2018, up from 768,000 in 2017. In the decade since it was founded, Kickstarter says it has earned more than $946 million for game projects of all kinds.

At this rate, Kickstarter’s games category should cross over the $1 billion mark some time in the spring of 2019. Read more on their year-end review at the Kickstarter blog.


sister and brother.”

Lead guitarist Angus Young said of his brother in a separate statement: “As his brother it is hard to express in words what he has meant to me during my life. The bond we had was unique and very special. He leaves behind an enormous legacy that will live on forever. Malcolm, job well done.” The Young family thanked fans for their “overwhelming support and heartfelt condolences” and asked for privacy during “this time of heartbreak and grief.”

Malcolm was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1953 and moved with his family to Australia 10 years later. Following the lead of his older brother George, who played with the Easybeats of "Friday on My Mind" fame, he formed AC/DC with Angus in 1973. After recording one single, "CanI Sit Next To You, Girl" backed with "Rockin' in the Parlour," they replaced lead singer Dave Evans with Bon Scott.

Their debut, High Voltage, arrived in early 1975, with T.N.T. following later that year. The success of both records in Australia attracted the attention of Atlantic Records, who compiled the best cuts from the first two records as High Voltage. Powered by Malcolm's seemingly endless supply of riffs, Scott's nudge-and-wink lyrics and Angus' lead work, AC/DC began to make inroads with Let There Be Rock and Powerage, but it was 1979's Highway to Hell that gave them their status as one of the world's major hard rock bands.

Unfortunately, they were unable to enjoy their newfound superstardom for long. On Feb. 19, 1980, Bon Scott died after choking on


his own vomit after a night of heavy drinking. While still reeling from Scott's death, they began auditioning new singers, finding Brian Johnson from the British band Geordie. Back in Black was released that July, and it went Top 10 around the world on its was to becoming one of the biggest-selling albums of all time.

For the next 35 years, AC/DC remained one of the most consistent and dependable acts around. Every record from 1990's The Razor's Edge through 2014's Rock or Bust reached the Top 10, and their tours sold out stadiums worldwide. Angus and Johnson received the bulk of the attention as lead guitarist and frontman, Malcolm was considered to be the driving force.

"He was the man that started the band," Johnson said in 2014. "HeChris Christie Bridge Traffic Jam Apology | Video

How the Internet Is Reacting to Chris Christie's #Bridgegate Scandal

The Internet's been having a field day with what's been dubbed New Jersey's "bridgegate" or "Bridgeghazi" scandal, with everyone from Jimmy Fallon to Ellen DeGeneres weighing in on the issue. Governor Chris Christie held a nearly two-hour press conference last Thursday to address a traffic jam that was allegedly planned by his advisers as political retribution, and he followed up with another press conference on Tuesday. Christie, who was recently reelected as the state's governor this past November, admitted that he's "ultimately responsible" for how events transpired. Although the incident would be awkward for any politician, it's drawing special attention this time, because Christie is rumored to be running for president in


2016.

The Background

This past September, Fort Lee, NJ, experienced a four-day traffic jam as people tried to leave the city via the George Washington Bridge. Reports surfaced that the jam may have been caused by Christie and his advisers to get back at Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, who endorsed Christie's opponent in the governor reelection race. Christie denied involvement after asking his advisers if there was any truth to the allegations.

The Press Conferences

Christie stated in a press conference on Jan. 9 that he'd been wrong, confirming that his advisers had been involved. "The emails that I saw for the first time yesterday morning . . . prove that that was a lie," he said. Those emails, which were secured by The New York Times, put his deputy chiefof staff, Bridget Kelly, in hot water, and on Jan. 9, it was announced that she'd been fired.

"I am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team," Christie said. "There's no doubt in my mind that the conduct that they exhibited is completely unacceptable and showed a lack of respect for their appropriate role in government and for the people that we're trusted to serve." The long press conference sparked plenty of Internet buzz, with the hashtags #ChrisChristie, #bridgegate, and #NewJersey trending on Twitter throughout the morning.

On Jan. 14, he addressed the issue again during a press conference where he talked about lengthening the school year. Admitting that it hadn't been a very good week, Christie said, "I'm the governor and I'm


ultimately responsible for all that happens on my watch, both good and bad."

The Daily Show

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart first addressed his home state's scandal on Jan. 8, saying, "As a guy who grew up in New Jersey, I'm embarrassed." He joked, "To see New Jersey sink to such a piss-poor, third-rate quality of corruption? This is New Jersey. A state renowned for its piss-rich, first-rate quality of corruption!"

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Bruce Springsteen teamed up with Jimmy Fallon on Jan. 14 for a hilarious spoof of Christie's dilemma. Clad in coordinating cutoff denim shirts, the pair performed a "Born to Run" parody that's all about the traffic jam.

Twitter

Jon's late-night comedy counterpart Stephen Colbert was among some of the famous faces who took to Twitter to chime inItalian prisoners with tuberculosis in the early nineteenth century: the experience in the Pianosa prison hospital.
In the late nineteenth century, with industrial growth and the resulting mass urbanisation, tuberculosis represented a plague mainly among the poor social classes. The outdated and crowded Italian prisons (formerly old monasteries) during the early 1900s were insufficient to "host" the multitude of inmates condemned or waiting for judgment. Italian prisoners were beset by hunger and poor hygiene facilities. Clothes did not differ between winter and summer. The Criminal Sanatorium of Pianosa was officially inaugurated in 1907, but from the 1860s it had been set up to host an agricultural penal colony. Here we report the excellent results obtained between 1907 and 1909 in the management of tuberculosis among prisoners in Pianosa, where


surgery was also available. In those times, climate therapy with an enriched and varied nutrition was the only effective treatment for tuberculosis. Overall, of the 913 prisoners housed in Pianosa in that period and according to the acknowledged scientific criteria, the following results were achieved: complete cure in 182, improvement in 416, mild amelioration in 94, worsening in 80, no change in 20. The number of prisoners who died or were transferred to another prison is unknown. The case series of the prison hospital in Pianosa may be reconstructed thanks to data published by the Director Roberto Passini. The better outcome of the prisoners in Pianosa, in comparison with inmates of other Italian institutions, was due both to treatment standards (climate, nutritional, hygienic, and surgical) and to theSharon Horner and her family have lost their home and now live out of a camper after a forest fire tore through the community of Slave Lake. (Jimmy Jeong for the Globe and Mail/Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail)

Sharon Horner and her family have lost their home and now live out of a camper after a forest fire tore through the community of Slave Lake.(Jimmy Jeong for the Globe and Mail/Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail)

Some are here until they can return home. Others are here until they can figure out where to start over.

After wildfires forced the evacuation of Slave Lake, Alta., nearly 1,000 residents have headed an hour east, gathering at an evacuee site set up at a sports complex in Athabasca, Alta.

It’s temporary,


but it’s all some have. Hundreds will never be able to go back to the homes they knew. Fires that shifted suddenly on Sunday evening have destroyed scores of homes in southeast Slave Lake, described as the worst fire in a generation.

A massive forest fire stoked by strong winds burnt through the southeast of Slave Lake, Alberta on May 16, 2011. Hundreds of homes were reported lost to the fire.
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At many homes, little remained Monday afternoon beyond cement staircases, drooping remnants of metal and smouldering rubble. The damage was caused by a fire for which an evacuation order came after flames had already entered the town.

Frustration and shock have now begun to give way to anger – at the lack ofthe history books if you know how to read between the lines. In that way, I rather envy you your freedom, Toni."

The Chinese woman wrinkles her nose. "Mmm, well…it's a pity it's still a scandal these days." She cuts her ham up into bite sized portions, but not nearly as small as Dominique, chewing hungrily as she mmms, then waves the fork absently. "Doesn't seem fair. I mean, does that mean they're going to force you to marry someone down the line, just so they can get the next generation of royals?"

Mistress Jocelyn subtly shakes her head at the same Dominique replies, "Oh, no, no. We're still a monarchy, but there's almost nowhere left in Europe where royal lineages matter nearly that much. I'm not even certain Chalenne


and my father died when I was ten. Killed by terrorists." Her lips curve into a frown. "The Stark thing." She inhales, then lets out a sigh. "…I had a half brother, but he died before I could meet him, trying to get revenge."

That takes Dominique aback. "Goodness. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, knowing how fierce you are, that such determination would run in the family, but still, that's a dramatic story."

Toni hehs. "Fierce? I guess…" she says, jabbing the last piece of ham off her plate, and waving it slightly. "…he was the one everyone forgets. Yo Hinsen. The man who help Stark design his suit." Her eyes narrow, before she pops the piece in her mouth, chewing then swallowing. "Not that Stark ever corrects people.Everyone forgets that he didn't design it by himself. Maybe his arc reactor gave it power, but my father was the one who gave birth to the idea of the suit."

Dominique nods along. "It must be frustrating, to have your family's contribution lessened for the sake of maintaining a celebrity's legend."

The other woman scowls. "It isn't even that. It'd be nice, but…he DIED so Stark could get out. And he's such an insufferable, smug, smarmy jerk of a man! All claiming he's changed, that he's not doing weapons, when he's turned the Iron Man armor into the most powerful weapon on the planet arguably, for sheer adaptability!"

Dominique continues to nod along, as does Mistress Jocelyn, in a rare lapse of discretion, which she covers for by lifting the


flag to indicate everyone's ready for the next course. "It was certainly cause for great international concern," Dominique remarks. "I know the stories of the Russian power suitsthe Crimson Dynamo, was it?accumulated the most press and therefore the most awareness, but every nation in the world had reason to begin work on countermeasures against a private citizen who is the sole owner and operator of a weapon just shy of nuclear capacity in terms of its potential for damage. America is enough of a military giant as it is."

"And a private citizen who butts in wherever he feels like it now, as one of the Justice Defenders." Toni grouses. "He's…he's undeserving of the fame he has." She takes a deep breath, then lets it out. "…sorry, just…touched aLexington

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327 West Fourth St.

Bulger stayed at the Old Harbor with his mother until she died in 1980. In the late 1980s, he had a condo at 327 West Fourth St. and Kevin Weeks lived next door at 329 West Fourth St. However, Bulger split most of his time between his two girlfriends' places, Teresa Stanley, who lives in Southie, and Catherine E. Greig, a dental hygienist who was living in Quincy.also said all before and after school programs and childcare centres will be closed during the two-week period. Also, all March Break camps will not operate during that time.

Shortly after, officials in Peel Region recommended that all childcare centres, March Break camps and before and after school programs be closed during the same time period.

As well, officials are recommending anyone who has travelled anywhere outside of Canada to self-monitor for symptoms of the virus and avoid attending locations in Peel Region “where it is difficult to distance yourself from others, such as schools, workplaces and mass gatherings for 14 days.”

The York Region District School Board has announced it will also close all daycare facilities.

"By order of the Minister of Education, all publicly funded schools in Ontario will be


'SYTYCD' creator and judge Nigel Lythgoe confirmed the news on Twitter. "FOX has picked up #SYTYCD for it's 9th season, it was announced today by Mike Darnell, President of Alternative Entertainment, Fox. [HOORAY]," Lythgoe tweeted.

"For the past eight seasons, 'So You Think You Can Dance' has been a huge part of our success," Darnell said in a statement. We are excited to bring the series and an incredible set of new dancers back for another fantastic season."

The 2011 Emmys got off to an early start Saturday night in Los Angeles, as the Creative Arts portion honored the more behind-the-scenes aspects of TV production like casting, cinematography, makeup and choreography. The Emmys for best guest starring roles and reality TV categories were also awarded.

HBO's Atlantic City prohibition drama 'BoardwalkEmpire' led the way with seven wins, including Casting in a Drama Series and Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series.

Discovery Channel's 'Deadliest Catch' won four Emmys, including both Cinematography and Picture Editing for a Reality Series.

Other highlights included: 'The Walking Dead' got recognized for its awesome zombies, winning for Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Gwyneth Paltrow won the Best Comedy Guest Actress Emmy for her role on 'Glee'; and Justin Timberlake scored Best Comedy Guest Actor for 'Saturday Night Live.'

'The Kennedys,' 'Mildred Pierce,' 'SNL' and 'So You Think You Can Dance' took home three statues each.

Check out the complete winners list after the jump, courtesy of Goldderby.com. The Creative Arts Emmys air next Sat., Nov. 17, on Reelz Channel, and the Emmys air live


a new winner has been crowned.

Last night, the contestants wowed in some routines and stumbled in others -- Marko and Melanie missed the mark in their disco, Tadd and Sasha failed to deliver for the cha-cha, and Nigel outright admitted that he believed a girl would win the season, but did one?

It's reassuring to know that if the hosting jobs ever dry up, at least Cat Deeley could carve out a successful career as a talent agent instead.

Following another stunning performance from Melanie Moore on 'So You Think You Can Dance' (Wed., 8PM ET on Fox), Deeley quizzed judge Kenny Ortega on whether there might be a role for the dancer in his just-announced 'Dirty Dancing' remake.

In tonight's two-hour episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance,' MarkoBall' tour.

Gaga wasn't on the judging panel tonight, so she could perform a medley of 'The Edge of Glory' and 'You and I.'

While she sounded a little nasal at first (reminiscent of her first critiques on Wednesday's show when her sunglasses were pinching her nose), the sound improved as she went along and it wound up being a very entertaining performance.

After a somewhat slow start, it turned into one of the most impressive performance episodes of 'So You Think You Can Dance' (Wed., 8PM ET on FOX) so far this season. Joining the judging panel for the week were 'Chicago' director Rob Marshall and Lady Gaga, who was ready to hire one dancer almost right there on the spot.

We think the leaders of the Top 8 emerged fully


Police have arrested a homeless man who is accused of giving a "Wet Willy" to a 4-year-old boy in the waiting room of a Connecticut business on Tuesday.

Michael Migani, 34, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with second-degree breach of peace and second-degree reckless endangerment.

Police said he allegedly approached a 4-year-old boy playing with his mother in the waiting room of a business, stuck his finger in his mouth and then put it in the boy's ear.

He drove off when confronted by the child's mother and employees of the business. Police pulled Migani over to confirm his identity and later arrested him for the alleged inappropriate contact with the boy.

He was released on $500 bond and is due in court Aug. 19. It's not clear if Migani hasseems that every fall eye palette has a navy blue included.

cover outlined section of eyelid with a blue eye pencil/liner or cream shadow.

Straight hair without flat iron? Can someone explain the mystical transformation of TheFabzilla's long, tangled and wavy hair? Ever since she used Organix Hydrating Dry Styling Oil, her monster-of-a-hair became straight and tangle-free! Read her hairy tale with before & after pics

The Body Shop is known for natural products that give back to social causes. Alison Blackman of The Advice Sisters checks out a new store model for The Body Shop, and reports on the latest and greatest Body Shop products for Summer 2012.

What's in your makeup bag? Illamasqua's key makeup artist Mika Johnson wants to find out and will be sharing his own makeup must-haves.

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the MAC Heavenly Creature is out of the world, literally and figuratively. each makeup pot is designed with a planetary theme giving the illusion of a solar system wrapped up in one pretty little MAC package. with coordinating Cremesheen Glass, lipstick and polish the collection is completed.

the foundation of the Heavenly Creature collection is the MAC mineralized makeup including the Mineralize Skinfinish, Mineralize Blush and Mineralize Eye Shadow. these products are highly pigmented baked minerals that infuse several colors in one pot. looks are deceiving as these colors blend together to create one high frost finish. the powders have a velvety soft application with a slight metallic sheen.

personally, i am a fan of the Mineralize makeup as it gives deep color payoff. theFall 2012 Cinema Noir collection. Wednesday is YSL's time to shine by introducing the glamorous Fall 2012 exclusives. Thursday is a compilation of my favorite boutique makeup brand latest. Last but not least is Friday's makeup tutorial demonstrating a chic Fall Makeup Look.

in case you missed my coverage of China Glaze's Fall 2012 polish collection 'On Safari', you can find that here.

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SLAM ALLEN/Feel These Blues: You blues fans already know Allen from his 9 years as James Cotton's lead singer and guitarist but will non-blues fans believe he's a long standing blues belter with annunciation this good? Singing as sharply as his guitar slinging stings, Allen and his pals are no strangers to doing the wang dang doodle all night long. The only sop they given to modern times is addressing their blues to the road house in the strip mall where the edge of town used to be. Killer modern stuff that keeps the tradition alive and well.
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pull out of her multi-instrumental attack, there's a direct lineage between this and the indie art chick albums of the early 70s created by ladies that were even too far out there for the stonedest a&r man looking to toss out a deal in exchange for getting lucky to sign. The lineage probably even goes back to jazz clubs in basements, black clothes and clove ciggies since she is from New York. Far too precious for life in a Taylor Swift world, this is a set that young left field young ladies of tomorrow will wish they could find in their mom's stuff. Quite wild.

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PORTLAND, OREGON - June 20, 2011 - Brooke Facteau seriously damaged her feet when she tried barefoot running earlier this year. her foot and ankle still are in a cast. Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian

Brooke Facteau was running in Laurelhurst Park in early spring when she rolled onto her left foot as it hit the ground. Next came stinging pain. Facteau later learned she fractured and displaced her fifth metatarsal, a long bone on the outer foot that connects to the pinky toe — and she needed surgery. Two months later, she still wears a cast. Facteau, 32, of Portland was wearing barefoot running shoes — more precisely minimalist five-toed shoes with a slight heel. More and more people


weights he writes on the bathroom wall in the film are his actual weights in the film.”

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Fifty-two-year-old Macrida Patterson, who works in parking enforcement for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, says she suffered a scratched cornea after either a pendant or a metal fastener snapped off a pair of panties and struck her in the eye.

"It does seem sort of unbelievable at first," said Patterson's attorney, Jason Buccat. But, he said, his client's injuries will "affect her for the rest of her life."

Tammy Roberts Myers, a Victoria's Secret spokeswoman, said the company had not seen the lawsuit and had no comment.

The thong, a Victoria's Secret Sexy Little Thing low-rise v-string, had a heart-shaped pendant attached to the fabric with a metal fastener, according to


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First, AirAsia X passengers told Perth Now and other outlets, there came a loud bang about 90 minutes into the flight to Kuala Lumpur. It woke some people up. Sophie Nicolas said it was an explosion on left wing, while Dave Parry remembered a strange smell wafting through the cabin.

Then the shaking. Endless shaking, up and down the jet. “Like you were sitting on top of a washing machine,” a passenger told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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simplify... there's some truth in it but to achieve that solution without the
chaos of collapse may actually require an "increase in complexity.

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"[The author] is active in the contemporary nature spirituality movement"

While the concept seems interesting, this line made me seriously doubt the
credibility of the author. I will wait for a few more comments before
attempting to read again.

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Isaac Newton was an alchemist.

Any more examples?

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Yes, Isaac Newton was an alchemist... _in the mid-17th century_. He died
decades before Antoine Lavoisier founded "modern chemistry".

If Isaac Newton was an alchemist _today_ , I think we would not spend much
time listening to him.

Alchemy was a mix of practice and mystery back then. It's not the same as a
modern alchemist, who is left only with the mystery, because modern chemistry
claimed all the practice centuries ago.

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(Correction:than is possible in the traditional two-semester academic year that evolved in another era to serve young residential students.

In academic year 2009-2010, 666 students at Metropolitan College of New York, a small, nonprofit urban commuter institution in Manhattan, received Pell Grants. One hundred fourteen of these students relied on year-round Pell Grants. One is Khassaundra Whitley, who presently works as a teacher’s aide. She began her studies in Summer Semester 2010, planning to become a school teacher or social worker. To meet the requirements for a position that is opening at her current workplace, she needs to obtain her bachelor’s degree within the next year and a half. MCNY’s year-round, three full-semester academic calendar offers her the opportunity to accomplish this goal. But to complete her bachelor’s degree


on this tight schedule she is relying on year-round Pell. Without it she will not be able to meet her goal on deadline.

Or take the case of Sabrina Soto, another student who first enrolled in Summer Semester 2010. She has two children, attends school full-time and works in a mental health facility. She needs her bachelor’s degree to qualify for promotion to supervisor. Thanks to year-round Pell, the New York State Tuition Assistance Program and some transfer credits, she has already completed her associate’s degree and is hard at work on her bachelor’s degree. Year-round Pell will make it possible for her to attend during Summer Semester 2011. Sabrina believes that being able to earn her degree quickly and without interruption is important to her success.

If year-round Pelland elementary school teachers are among the top 15. Job openings for post-secondary teachers are expected to jump by 257,000 through 2018, while jobs for elementary school teachers will grow by 244,000.

For the past month, we have been profiling this year’s commencement speakers. Commencement will take place on June 12th, 2010 at Jacob Javits Convention Center..

Nell Irvin Painter
A graduate of Harvard University, Nell Irvin Painter went on to become the Edwards Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University. She has written 7 books and countless articles relating to the history of the American South. Her new book, The History of White People guides us through 2000 years of Western Civilization. Her public appearances at on the tour circuit include speeches on American and African -American History, Visual


Artists depiction of American and African -American History, Southern History across the Color line, Sojourner Truth: A life, a symbol African American History-Women’s rights, and Personal Beauty: Images and Stereotypes

From now until the end of May, we will be profiling our Commencement speakers. Commencement is on June 12th, 2010 at Jacob Javits Convention Center.

John C. Liu
The New York City Comptroller From 2001 – 2009, John Liu served as a member of the New York City Council representing District 20 in Queens. Throughout his tenure, he also served as Chair of the Transportation Committee, focusing public policy on the critical role transportation options play in economic development and access to jobs.

John Liu is a proud product of New York City public schools beginning with kindergarten at P.S. 20 inQueens through to the Bronx High School of Science, followed by Binghamton University, where he earned his degree in Mathematical Physics. He resides in Flushing, Queens with his wife, Jenny, and their son, Joseph. He also actively served on the Committees on Education, Consumer Affairs, Contracts, Health, Land Use, Lower Manhattan Redevelopment and Oversight & Investigation, as well as on the Executive Board of the Black, Latino & Asian Caucus. The first Asian American elected in New York City – both to legislative office in 2001 and a citywide post in 2009 – were marked milestones for Asian Americans in the city and across the nation.

From now until the end of May, we will be profiling our Commencement speakers. Commencement is on June 12th, 2010 at Jacob Javits


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Mimi Valdés
Editor in Chief of Latina Magazine
Award-winning editor, entrepreneur and speaker. Prior to Latina magazine she was editor of Vibe Magazine and contributing editor at Blaze. She holds NYU degree in journalism. Is best known for her interviews with Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys and many more.

A contemporary Latino woman in a traditional role at a non-traditional magazine. She has appeared on ABC’s 20/20, MTV, VH1, E!, BET, CNN, PBS, Fox News and a variety of print publications. She is often called upon as an expert on the Latino role in Pop Culture, Music and style.

From now until the end of May, we will be profiling our Commencement speakers. Commencement is on June 12th, 2010 at Jacob Javits Convention Center.

Gerald GrantJournalist, Historian…Professor at Syracuse University.The World We Created at Hamilton Highportrays the dilemmas of the schools today, especially those conditions that cause public schools to retreat behind a façade of bureaucratic legalism and to abandon the attempt to forge a sense of community. Latest book, Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh is a tale of Northern cities, in particular author Gerald Grant’s native Syracuse, N.Y where failing schools torpedo all attempts at urban revitalization. Against that backdrop, Grant presents Wake County’s system as the single best example of the opposite case: a few Southern cities where good schools are driving increased prosperity. Gerald Grant is particularly interesting because of the article that he wrote on Audrey Cohen College at its start.

Recently, we asked


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Sheila Speller, an alumna of the MBA in Media Management , is president and founder of Orielle Creative Company LLC. Her Company produced the Off-Broadway commercial production of …Another Man’s Poison at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, NYC.

Ms. Speller is also the Theatrical General Manager.Ms. Speller produced the Equity Staged Reading of …Another Man’s Poison (2008), and currently has three plays and one full musical in development. In addition to theatrical producing, her company develops customized Business Plans and Presentation Packages for producers and theatre productions.Feature article offers comment from Perle, Feith, spokesman for Grossman, as well as information and comment in support of the FBI translator/whistleblower's charges of nuclear treason...

Brad Friedman Byon 10/21/2009, 12:58pm PT

The military news outlet Military.com is covering the story of FBI linguist-turned-whistelblower Sibel Edmonds as their lead story today.

Reporter Bryant Jordan's 1,500 word feature includes a background summary of Edmonds' story, which The BRAD BLOG has been detailing for years, and a summary of the allegations she offered under oath last August in her sworn deposition following seven years of "forced silence" under a court-ordered gag due to the so-called "State Secrets Privilege" twice-invoked by George W. Bush's Department of Justice. A good round-up of the startling information Edmonds says she gleaned while listening to and translating wiretaps


in the counterintelligence division at the FBI after 9/11 is offered throughout his coverage.

Jordan's piece is well reported and includes, for the first time to our knowledge, several forms of denials of Edmonds allegations by some of Bush's key State and Defense Department officials --- such as Richard Perle and Douglas Feith --- who, she says, were participants in espionage plots against the United States in order to share military and even nuclear secrets with Turkish and Israeli government operatives.

Edmonds also offers a very spirited and seemingly common-sense response to those denials (one of which is rather ironic in retrospect) and to critics who maintain she has been offering these allegations due to some form of vendetta.

If you're not already familiar with Edmonds' story, we'll recommend Jordan's fullEdmonds' far-reaching allegations which he will then expand on throughout much of his coverage:

After seven years of forced silence, a government whistleblower is opening up on what she learned while working as a Turkish translator for the FBI in the wake of 9/11. In sworn testimony to attorneys on Aug. 8, Sibel Edmonds described a Pentagon where key personnel helped pass defense secrets to foreign agents or provided them names of knowledgeable officials who were vulnerable to blackmail or co-option. And firmly rooted in this espionage program in the 1990s, according to Edmonds' deposition, were two men who, with the election of George W. Bush as president in 2000, found themselves in the Pentagon: Douglas Feith, who would head the Office of Special Plans, and Richard Perle, who


would become chairman of the Defense Advisory Board. "They were 100 percent directly involved," Edmonds told Military.com. "They were not in the Pentagon [in the late 1990s] but they had their people inside the Pentagon." One of those people, she said, was Larry Franklin, an Air Force officer assigned to the Office of Special Plans who, in 2003, passed classified information to representatives of the American Israel Public Affairs Office, or AIPAC. By then Feith was leading the OSP.

With that in place, Jordan offers various forms of "emphatic" denials from both Perle and Feith --- something which, apparently, other U.S. news organizations have been unable or unwilling to do at all up until now. (Note: The BRAD BLOG has requested comment from a number of those accused byEdmonds, including former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Marc Grossman, former Ambassador to Turkey and Under Secretary of State in the Bush Administration who is said to have been the U.S. ring-leader in the operation. Both have refused multiple requests for comment.):

Perle, today a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and board member for or adviser to other think tanks, including the National Institute for Neareast Affairs and the Center for Security Policy, emphatically denied Edmonds' claims in an interview with Military.com. "This woman is a nutcase. Certifiable," Perle said. "She makes wild accusations. She was fired from her job, and has been on a vendetta against … imagined demons ever since." Feith, in an email to Military.com, said: "What I've read on the Internet about Ms.


was one of the key Bush Administration players at the State Department advocating war against Iraq both before and after 9/11, claiming Saddam Hussein had WMD and "ties to Osama Bin Laden." He had also been highly critical of the CIA for not acting on information being supplied by Iraqi defectors, such as Aghmed Chalabi and others, whose information was regarded by the agency as dubious long before it was ultimately and fully discredited. All of that is worth keeping in mind as Perle charges that Edmonds is "a nutcase" chasing "imagined demons."

Military.com also received another general, blanket denial. This one from The Cohen Group, the D.C. lobbying firm where Grossman now serves as Vice Chairman. The Cohen Group has not answered several requests for comment from TheBRAD BLOG in the recent past.

As we've previously reported, the firm, which has represented both Turkey and Israel, sells itself with this pitch: "Mastering the complex and often veiled dynamic where government, politics, media, and business intersect requires a rare combination of knowledge, skills and experience. Our Principals bring centuries of experience at the White House, the State Department, the Defense Department, and Congress."

Founded in 2001 by President Clinton's former Republican Secretary of Defense, William Cohen, the company's website goes on to note: "The Cohen Group's reach extends internationally where our Principals have developed great expertise and relationships with key political, economic and business leaders and acquired valuable experience with the individuals and institutions that affect our clients' success abroad."

Instead of receiving a direct denial from Grossman ---


those foreign operatives would go and hook those Pentagon people." Robert S. Tyrer, co-president of The Cohen Group, a Washington lobbying firm where Grossman is now a vice chairman, told Military.com in an email that Edmonds' allegations against the former ambassador "are completely untrue and ludicrous."

Jordan goes on to offer a direct response from Edmonds to the notion that she has been disclosing all of her information as form of bizarre vendetta, as charged by Perle in his non-denial denial quoted above:

After seven years of silence, Edmonds said she was glad to be able to finally divulge some of what she had been forced to keep in, but she doubted any government agency would seriously pursue her claims. There is no indication the current Justice Department is reopeningbusted by the FBI in a sting operation after he was allegedly attempting to sell nuclear secrets to an undercover agent he had thought was representing Israel:

One of Edmonds' believers is John M. Cole, a former FBI counterintelligence analyst and author of "While America Sleeps: An FBI Whistleblower's Story." Cole, who worked for the bureau 18 years and now works for the Defense Intelligence Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., said the pattern of espionage described by Edmonds is familiar to him. "In the 1990s I was responsible for Western Europe and Israel [counterintelligence cases]," Cole told Military.com. "We did have ongoing investigations of officials in the State Department and also the Department of Defense." And he said cases did extend outside the Pentagon, to various Air


Force Bases and the RAND Corp. - something Edmonds also stated in her testimony.

As she has previously, Edmonds echoed Cole's statements about "ongoing investigations" of various State and Defense Department officials as well as various contractors. Apparently scientist Stewart David Nozette, who was arrested this week for attempting to sell nuclear secrets to Israel precisely as Edmonds has long charged in her allegations, had been both an official at the Defense Department and a private contractor sharing information he had collected while working at nuclear facilities and the Pentagon.

According to Edmonds, those sought out by Turkish and Israeli agents might actually be working outside the Pentagon. As a result, she testified, the foreign operatives managed to put on their payroll individuals "on almost every major nuclear facility inThe University of Allahabad conducted Allahabad University LLM 2018 on May 27, 2018 for the candidates who were interested in pursuing the Post Graduate Law Programme at the University. Candidates could find here information related to the admission here.

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 Olivier-Valengin, Elyne (2000). "Le château des princes"Tanking does not exist in my vocabulary or in the organization's vocabulary."

Those were words spoken by Denver Nuggets head coach, Michael Malone, just one week ago. It was just a day before the Nuggets began a two-game winning streak, beating the lowly Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers. Those two wins helped push the Nuggets passed last year's win total and ahead of four teams in the league-wide standings. They also lowered the Nuggets chances of winning a top three pick in this summer's NBA draft by 8%. That is the trade-off in today's NBA, where the price of winning can be quite steep.

Tanking is an NBA issue more than it is a Nuggets issue. The league's rationale behind tanking is sound and the logic goes something like


this: the league is best when there is parity therefore it is best to provide bad teams with the opportunity to improve themselves through the draft. Unfortunately, in practice, the end result is that all non-playoff teams have an incentive to lose. Whether or not the benefits of a high draft pick outweighs the cost of building a losing culture is an argument for another discussion but looking at the landscape of the league, it is clear that several teams have found tanking worthwhile.

Of the 14 teams currently in the lottery, four have been overtly tanking throughout all or most of the season, including the 76ers, Lakers, Suns and Timberwolves. One, Pelicans, began tanking a few weeks ago when it was clear that the team was not goinglowered the bar for what tanking can mean by going on a three-year (and counting) tank job in which the roster was gutted so that the team would lose record amounts of games despite trying night-in and night-out to win. In other words, the front office stacked the deck so that the team would lose despite the coaching staff and players' best effort. The Pelicans have adopted a version of this over the last few weeks when their playoff hopes were shot down and their star player, Anthony Davis, ended his season with a pair of injuries. Their latest lineups have featured a bevvy of D-League call-ups and players on 10-day contracts.

The next level up from that is the tank job that the Lakers and Wolves have done


this year in maintaining sub-par coaches and/or maintaining some degree of a flawed roster while creating playing time for young prospects. This level of tanking is only slightly less disingenuous than Philly's in that the team is still constructed in a way that will allow them to compete most nights with any team in the league.

Lastly, there are the Bucks who competed for a playoff spot for most of the year before pivoting into a more sneaky tank job in which the staff began experimenting with different lineups combinations and placing young players in new roles. In addition to helping them fall higher and higher in the lottery, the pivot to experimenting with some fairly unconventional tactics has allowed coach Jason Kidd and the front office a chanceduring the inauguration of a new cemetery for their fighters who died in fighting against Israel, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. From Lebanon and Syria to Iraq, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, Iran has significantly expanded its footprint over the past decade, finding and developing powerful allies in conflict-ravaged countries across the Middle East. Iran has used groups like the Lebanese Hezbollah to strike its regional foes, and could mobilize them if the latest tensions with the United States lead to an armed conflict, dramatically expanding the battlefield. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

BEIRUT (AP) — In the event of war with the United States, Iran “will not be alone.”

That message was delivered by the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group to a mass rally in Beirut in


February marking the 40th anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution. “If America launches war on Iran, it will not be alone in the confrontation, because the fate of our region is tied to the Islamic Republic,” Hassan Nasrallah said.

From Lebanon and Syria to Iraq, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, Tehran has significantly expanded its footprint over the past decade, finding and developing powerful allies in conflict-ravaged countries across the Middle East. Hezbollah is one of the most prominent members of the self-styled “axis of resistance,” armed groups with tens of thousands of Shiite Muslim fighters beholden to Tehran.

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Iran has used such groups in the past to strike its regional foes, and could mobilize them if the latest tensions with the United States lead to an armed conflict — dramaticallyan arsenal of tens of thousands of rockets and missiles that can reach deep into Israel, as well as thousands of highly disciplined and battle-hardened fighters. Hezbollah has fought alongside government forces in Syria for more than six years, gaining even more battlefield experience and expanding its reach.

At home, the group’s power exceeds that of the Lebanese armed forces, and along with its allies has more power than ever in the parliament and government.

Despite the rhetoric, Hezbollah says it is not seeking another war with Israel, and it is not likely to join in any regional confrontation — at least not in the early stages — unless provoked. Hezbollah has lost hundreds of fighters in Syria, exacting a heavy toll on the Shiite community from which it draws


most of its support.

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THE HOUTHIS

Yemen’s Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, swept down from the north and captured the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition entered the conflict on the side of the government the following year. The war has since killed tens of thousands of people and generated the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Saudi Arabia views the Houthis as an Iranian proxy, and along with Western nations and U.N. experts has accused Tehran of providing arms to the rebels, including the long-range missiles they have fired into Saudi Arabia. Iran supports the rebels but denies arming them.

The Houthis have given up little ground since the coalition entered the war, and have targeted the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with long-range missiles. Earlier this week they claimed a drone attack thatshut down a major oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia, which responded with airstrikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital that killed civilians.

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IRAQ MILITIAS

Iran has trained, financed, and equipped Shiite militias in Iraq that battled U.S. forces in the years after the 2003 invasion and remobilized to battle the Islamic State group a decade later.

The groups include Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Kataeb Hezbollah and the Badr Organization, all three led by men with close ties to Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force and the architect of Tehran’s regional strategy.

The militias fall under the umbrella of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a collection of mostly Shiite militias that were incorporated into the country’s armed forces in 2016. Together they number more than 140,000 fighters, and while they fall under the


authority of Iraq’s prime minister, the PMF’s top brass are politically aligned with Iran.

U.S. forces and the PMF fought side-by-side against Islamic State militants after Iraq’s parliament invited the U.S. back into the country in 2014. But now that the war is largely concluded, some militia leaders are calling on U.S. troops to leave again, threatening to expel them by force if necessary. This week, the U.S. ordered all nonessential government staff to leave Iraq, amid unspecified threats in the region said to be linked to Iran.

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GAZA MILITANTS

Iran has long supported Palestinian militant groups, including Gaza’s Hamas rulers and particularly the smaller Islamic Jihad group.

Hamas fell out with Iran after the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings, losing millions of dollars in monthly assistance. The group today is in aINDIANAPOLIS, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 -- Fourteen drivers who raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2005, including Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon and Allstate 400 at the Brickyard winner Tony Stewart, are among the nominees for the Auto Racing All-America team.

Nearly 300 members of the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association will vote to select the 2005 Auto Racing All-America team. Two nominees from each of the seven categories will be named to the first team, which will be announced at the 36th annual AARWBA annual All-America Team dinner presented by Sprint NEXTEL on Dec. 3 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Indianapolis.

The 36th annual dinner is moving from its longtime base in the Los Angeles area this year to Indianapolis. The dinner officially will


conclude the 50th Anniversary Celebration for AARWBA, the oldest and largest organization of motorsports media professionals in America.

The driver who earns the most votes in balloting receives the Jerry Titus Award as the year's top driver. Kanaan won the prestigious award in 2004, when he captured the IndyCar® Series title and finished second in the Indianapolis 500.

Balloting will also determine a second team of the drivers placing third and fourth in each category, and honorable mentions to all other drivers receiving at least 5 percent of the vote. AARWBA members annually have chosen an All-America Auto Racing Team since 1970.

The banquet, which also concludes AARWBA's 50th anniversary, is open to the public. Ticket information is available from AARWBA, 922 N. Pass Ave., Burbank, CA 91505, or call (818)842-7005.

Longtime motorsports broadcaster Bob Jenkins, who has been the IMS Radio Network "Voice of the Indianapolis 500" and has worked on the IMS Public Address team, will be the master of ceremonies at the dinner.

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a key witness against Libby recanted her testimony in 2015 and that the District of Columbia Court of Appeals unanimously reinstated Mr. Libby to the bar.

“His record since his conviction is similarly unblemished, and he continues to be held in high regard by his colleagues and peers,” Sanders said in the earlier release.

Cheney issued a statement on Friday calling Libby "principled" and "honorable."

"He is innocent, and he and his family have suffered for years because of his wrongful conviction," Cheney said. "I am grateful today that President Trump righted this wrong by issuing a full pardon to Scooter, and I am thrilled for Scooter and his family.”

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said he "vehemently" opposed Trump's pardon. The lawmaker argued theagainst insinuations the former Cheney chief of staff did not receive a fair shake during his investigation in a statement.

"While the President has the constitutional power to pardon, the decision to do so in this case purports to be premised on the notion that Libby was an innocent man convicted on the basis of inaccurate testimony caused by the prosecution. That is false," he said.

In her own statement issued later on Friday, Plame again heavily criticized the pardon. "President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby on the basis that he was 'treated unfairly'. That is simply false. Libby was convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury in a fair trial," she said.

At a trial in 2007, a Washington, D.C., jury found Libby guilty


46 S.W.3d 527 (2001)
345 Ark. 313
CITY OF VAN BUREN, Arkansas,
v.
Curtis SMITH.
No. 01-73.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
June 21, 2001.
*528 Hardin, Jesson & Terry, PLC, by J. Rodney Mills and J. Leslie Evitts, III, Fort Smith, for appellant.
Ray Hodnett, Van Buren, for appellant.
ANNABELLE CLINTON IMBER, Justice.
Curtis Smith, a fifteen-year veteran of the Van Buren Fire Department, was discharged from his position as a firefighter on January 29, 1999, by the Mayor of Van Buren. The City of Van Buren asserted that Mr. Smith's termination was the result of three separate events that occurred on January 27, 1999, in which Mr. Smith acted inappropriately toward superior officers and thereby violated department rules. The termination was upheld by the Van Buren Civil Service Commission. On appeal to the circuit court, the circuit judgemembers of the department, but he also stated that such language was never directed toward superior officers.
Later that same day, Captain Fred Trent was using the telephone at the fire station when Mr. Smith's verbal banter became so loud that Capt. Trent had to leave the room to complete his conversation. Mr. Smith became even louder, thereby forcing Capt. Trent to return to the room on two separate occasions to ask Mr. Smith to be quiet. Battalion Chief Gary Huffman, who witnessed the incident, testified that Mr. Smith was using obscene language, "razzing" Capt. Trent about his telephone usage, and being generally disrespectful to his superior officer.
Finally, that same day, Chief Dennis Gilstrap of the Van Buren Fire Department undertook to speak with Mr. Smith about these instances


unanimously upheld the mayor's decision. Mr. Smith then appealed the commission's determination to the Circuit Court of Crawford County. The circuit court allowed Mr. Smith to present additional evidence pertaining to an incident at Lake Lou Emma on October 23, 1998, wherein Mr. Smith attempted to save the life of a drowning woman. Mr. Smith became disgruntled when he arrived at Lake Lou Emma in response to an emergency call and observed two police officers and the fire marshall standing nearby watching a woman floating in the lake. Mr. Smith asserted that these officials had been on the scene for at least fifteen minutes without attempting to help her and that, when he entered the water in an attempt to save her from drowning, they offered him noassistance. Mr. Smith was able to successfully remove the woman from the water, but she subsequently died.
Unhappy with the behavior of the officers on the scene, Mr. Smith wrote a letter to Van Buren's mayor, fire chief, police chief, and city council members, charging that the officers "committed a severe dereliction of duty bordering on the criminal and should be subjected to disciplinary measures fitting for such gross incompetence." Robert "Bob" Gilstrap, who was Chief of the Van Buren Fire Department at the time of the Lake Lou Emma incident, testified that he "felt like [Mr. Smith] had probably stepped over a line, and he had himself in a position that could cause some problems" as a result of his letter to the various city officials. Bob Gilstrap