India man questioned over call to Pakistan's foreign minister By Habib Beary

Bangalore Published duration 13 February 2012

image caption Hina Rabbani Khar is Pakistan's first female foreign minister

Police in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have questioned a man for calling Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on her mobile phone, but have released him without charge.

Senior police officers denied reports that the man, named Ambaresh, had engaged in lewd or offensive talk.

The officers said he did not even know that the number was Ms Rabbani Khar's.

Pakistan's foreign office had asked India to inquire into the call, which was made two months ago.

Ambaresh said he got the shock of his life when police began investigating his background and questioned him about the call made to Ms Rabbani Khar fromhave bright futures in politics.

Lastly, Karen Handel is the perfect candidate for this district. She is a Republican who focused on fiscal conservatism over social conservatism during her elected career on the Fulton County Commission and in the Secretary of State’s office, but she is a social conservative nonetheless. She has been skeptical of President Trump, but willing to assist him in a conservative agenda. In Georgia, she ran against the establishment and the good old boys fighting corruption and crony capitalist deals.

The good old boys who run the GOP in Georgia do not care for Karen Handel because of these things, but they care enough to help get her to Washington. That will work to her advantage. The runoff is in June and it will shape up


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Leading UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied and installed a full mother grid and flying system for scenery, cloths and props, plus all the lighting equipment to stage one of the UK's highest profile pantomimes this year – “Robinson Crusoe & The Caribbean Pirates” - at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.

The show, produced by Qdos Entertainment, stars John Barrowman who also co-directs with Jonathan Kiley. He's joined by maverick Scottish comedy duo, The Krankies, in a colourful, all-action romp from Port Glasgow to Skull Island, where good and evil battle it out in classic panto style resulting in a supersonic evening of entertainment, slapstick humour and much hilarity!

Lighting - a beautiful vibrant fusion of moods to match the pacey rhythm of theRigging System

This was designed and drawn by HSL's Head of Rigging, Rupert Reynolds, and took just one day to install, completed in time for all the other departments utilising it to start work on the Sunday before an opening night the following Saturday.

The mother grid measures 18 metres wide by 12 deep, is constructed from Tomcat 20.5 cm spigoted truss and suspended from six two tonne motors. This is flown as high as possible, right up to the house beams, trimmed at 23 metres.

Underneath this are 13 sections of ladder beam trussing on a total of 26 Kinesys Liftket motors, allowing the fast movement in and out of numerous scenery pieces and cloths. Some pieces are heavier than others, so the deployment of the motors is dependent on


based freelance technician, who visited HSL and Kinesys in advance to receive training.

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Nick Richings is an aficionado of the very specific art of lighting panto, which, done well, needs to contain all the dynamics and ingredients of a standard theatre production, with an almost cartoony texture which is unique to the genre.

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Six Martin Professional MAC 3s are rigged on the front of the circle and also the front truss, which do the core of the â€˜grunt' work and basics, together with some fabulous projections onto the floor and set. Also on the front truss are six Robe ROBIN 300 Washes.

Around the proscenium – used


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The only generics in the rig are 30 single PARs and 24 Source Four profiles. However, there is also a myriad of practicals – primarily LEDs and fibre optic sources - in the set pieces and props – all of which are run through the grandMA lighting desk, programmed by Richings and senior production electrician Noel â€˜Roly' Smith during the tech week.

The week before, Smith went to HSL's HQ in Blackburn and prepped the rig – rock â€˜n' roll tour style. The lights are being run day-to-day by the show's chief LX Andy Harman.

The imaginative challenges of lighting the show included producing a modern look panto but in keeping with the traditional oeuvre and squeezing arock concert into a theatre space, giving it enough X-Factor style WOW moments without compromising the essence of the performance. It's a balance that Richings has honed to a fine art in a careful blend of the televisual expectations and live panto presentation.

All this was greatly helped and facilitated by the installation of the flying grid and system.

This is the biggest HSL panto this Festive Season with the 3000 seater Clyde Auditorium completely sold out for the 38 show run.

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HSL is also supplying lighting and special effects to nine other Qdos pantos this season including productions in Belfast, Nottingham, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Newcastle, Plymouth, Llandudno, Darlington and Bradford!


Introduction - sections 1 and 2

This explanation is not a legally enforceable document. The legal version of the Act is the English language version only.

1. Title – This Act is named the New Zealand Sign Language 2006, or in short, the NZSL Act.

2. Commencement – The Act starts on the day after the Governor-General signs it into law, called the Royal assent.

Preliminary provisions - sections 3 to 5

Part 1: Preliminary provisions. Part 1 explains what the Act is for, explains some of the words used in the Act, and states whether or not the government must follow the Act.

3. Purpose - The Act aims to promote and protect the use of New Zealand Sign Language in four ways:

(a) making New Zealand Sign Language an official language of NewIt's nothing new for Australia's Ashes winning captains to receive garlands from the highest office in the land, and in the wake of Old Trafford, Tim Paine joined the club. "I got a text from the prime minister which was very exciting, a first for me," he said.

"He was pretty pumped. Along the same lines of messages we got from a lot of people back home in Australia - congratulations, everyone's proud of us, Steve Smith's a legend and make sure you finish it off this week. All the boys have had a lot of messages from home and a lot of support from back home. You can really feel that through the boys' social media and stuff that's coming into Cricket Australia. We've been loving the support


after this game I got a text from [Ponting] as well just saying 'bloody happy for you, and really proud of you'. We're thrilled as a group that we've been able to make people like him and Steve and Glenn proud of the way we're paying our cricket."

The two main queries around the Australian team for The Oval centre upon Warner, dominated by Stuart Broad this series, and Cummins, who has been the best of Australia's fast bowlers but the only to play every match. A workload of 48 overs at Old Trafford puts him very close to the "must rest" zone in order to prevent the likelihood of injury. A refreshed Peter Siddle and James Pattinson wait in hope on the substitutes bench.

"Pat's someone we're looking atof. He's a really important part of our team. He hasn't had the series he would've liked but two hits ago he got 60-odd in the toughest conditions at Headingley. I've got full confidence in David that when he does click into gear he's going to win us a Test match and I think it's going to be this one.

"It hasn't gone away. It's always been there. He's tempered it a little bit. But what I love about David is regardless of whether he's been scoring runs, he's exactly the same, he's really consistent around the group. He's the same competitive person on the field. When we're in the field he's not the type of bloke who, if he doesn't get any runs, he shuts up shop and


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The defendant was charged with the felony of escape in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.  On October 24, 1981, pursuant to a motion by the prosecuting Assistant United States Attorney, the court held a hearing to determine whether the trial counsel for the defendant, Mr. Jimmy Brumfield and Ms. Arax Brumfield, husband and wife, had a conflict of interest which would prevent themfrom representing the defendant;  the prosecutor alleged that both defense attorneys were under investigation by a federal grand jury regarding their participation in the escape of the defendant from the Shreveport jail in November 1980.1

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At the hearing, it was noted several times that the Brumfields were under investigation for complicity in the escape.  Both Mr. Brumfield and the defendant testified that Brumfield had informed the defendant of the "difficulties" that were presented by the Brumfields' representation.  The defendant was fully informed of his right to have Brumfield dismissed and was questioned extensively by the court regarding his awareness of the existence of a conflict.2

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education researchers at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs shows voluntary donations to school districts is widening the funding gap between rich and poor districts.

The study, written by SPEA associate professors Ashlyn Aiko Nelson and Beth Gazley, looked only at non-profit groups like Parent Teachers Associations, Booster Clubs and local foundations. They excluded large foundations that donate to schools around the country, because they wanted to track local money donated to local schools.

Nelson says they wanted to look at these types of donations because of the widening gap between wealthy and low-income districts. Currently in Indiana, money raised from income and sales taxes are pooled by the state and allocated to districts on a per-pupil basis using a school funding formula. The state does this asany other kind.

As giddy as the programmers were with their new show when it was announced last summer, parents were equally outraged and took to the Internet to express their outrage. The Parent’s Television Council (PTC) started a petition that got 42,000 angry parents involved.

Now, after the airing of only four Sex Box episodes, PTC tells Breitbart News the show has lost all national advertisers. They say Arm and Hammer ran an ad for Truly Radiant deodorant in the first episode but pulled it after PTC complaints.

Melissa Henson, head of grassroots advocacy for PTC, told Breitbart News the only national advertiser to appear in the second episode on March 6th was Skechers, but the Skechers ad appeared in Sex Box without their specific approval. Skechers sent an email


A senior Hamas leader based in Egypt is in Gaza for talks aimed at reaching a reconciliation agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Moussa Abu Marzuk is meeting Hamas leaders in Gaza on Monday in advance of a visit by Fatah officials on Tuesday.

Hamas freed 10 Fatah prisoners before the meetings as a goodwill gesture.

Palestinians have been divided since 2007 when Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip from forces loyal to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah.

Since then, Hamas has ruled Gaza while Abbas governs some areas in the West Bank.

Past reconciliation attempts have failed.

It was unusual for Cairo to allow the visit since Egypt is cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood group, of which Hamas isflavors reminiscent of a particular season, he adds.

Designed to create lasting memories, the experience of the meal goes beyond the edible.

Another establishment famed for its kaiseki excellence is Hyotei, a three Michelin-starred restaurant that's been serving the cuisine for nearly 400 years.

A former tea house set along the Nanzenji Temple pilgrimage route, it continues to breathe life into one of Kyoto's oldest culinary traditions.

"A tea house is usually built in a way that allows guests to hear the sounds of nature and sense the atmosphere outside," says chef Yoshihiro Takahashi.

They may include the chirping birds, the clicks of wooden sandals, a jumping carp in a pond, or the host rolling up the shades.

Hyotei continues to adhere to this tradition.

For instance, one of the dining rooms faces a waterfall


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We thank the anonymous referee for useful comments that led to an improvement of this paper. Part of the research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The simulations presented in this paper were run on the QMUL HPC facility. Three-dimensional imagery produced by


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Heartbreak Is...

Heartbreak is feeling like someone died, but you're the only one who knows. It's feeling like you're incapable of ever being happy again. It's questioning every unkind word or action and wondering which was the final straw. It's watching other people go on and trying to emulate normal behavior.

Heartbreak is all encompassing. It's in every lyric of every song that's ever played or will be played. It's there in every couple holding hands or sharing a giggle. Heartbreak sets with the sun and slides in as suddenly as Bay Area fog.

Heartbreak is everywhere. It's in a glass of wine. It's in tortuous thoughts that promise happy days you'll never witness. It's in the e mails you sent and the possibilities that were presented. It's aLondon: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said US intervention would resolve the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan.

Sharif is on a three-day official visit to Washington where he will meet US President Barack Obama, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.

The prime minister said that during his US visit in July 1999 at the time of the Kargil conflict he had clearly told then US president Bill Clinton that if the US intervened the Kashmir issue could be resolved.

"I told him if he spends 10 percent of the time he was spending on the Middle East, the Kashmir issue between the two countries would be resolved," Sharif said during a stop-over in London Saturday while on his way to Washington.

Sharif said that Clinton promised to look into


Butler students named to Ks All-State Academic Team

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All-State Academic Team members

Four Butler Community College students were named to the 2018 Kansas All-State Academic Team. The students were among 57 Kansas community college students honored on Feb. 15 in Topeka as part of the 23 Annual Kansas All-State Academic Team Luncheon. The event was attended by community college, university and Kansas Board of Regents representatives, as well as Kansas legislators. The event, co-sponsored by the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees, annually recognizes top students from the state’s community colleges. Scholars recognized from Butler Community College included Andie Nibarger of Towanda, Mark Walthers of Towanda, Madison Mabie of Douglass and Jenny Oswalt of Wichita.Those honored were presented an honorary medallion and certificate and state-wide recognition through the media. In addition, they were rewarded a stipend to be used at the institution of their choice. Each scholar is now nominated for the 2018 All-USA Community College Academic Team, sponsored by USA Today, Phi Theta Kappa and the Follett Higher Education Group. First-team members will receive a $2,500 stipend and will be featured along with second- and third-team members in USA Today. Team members are also presented with medallions. Names of the students will be placed on the society's website, www.ptk.org.Phi Theta Kappa is the honor society for students attending two-year community colleges. Membership is based on high grade point averages and other criteria, with members focusing on scholastic achievement and service to


community and campus. This year’s 57 scholars are part of a statewide student body that are enrolled at the Kansas community colleges. Each scholar was selected by his or her own community college for the annual statewide academic team.More about Butler’s Kansas All-State Academic Team members:Andie Nibarger is a Marketing major who will be transferring to Oklahoma Christian University. She is a Volleyball Team Captain, Butler Academic Athlete of the Week and she is a member of the NJCAA All-Academic First Team. Nibarger graduated from Circle High School and lives in Towanda.

Mark Walthers is a Pre-Engineering major transferring to Wichita State University. He is a Phi Theta Kappa Chapter President and on the President’s Honor Roll. He is also a Five Star Member and Grizzlies Give Back Volunteer.Walthers graduated from Circle High School and lives in Towanda.Madison Mabie is a Digital Video Production major transferring to Wichita State University. She is a Phi Theta Kappa Member, Early College Academy Student, I3D Club Member, Volunteer for Douglass Senior Center and a President’s Honor Scholar. She will graduate from Douglass High School and Butler Community College this spring. Jenny Oswalt is a Business Administration major transferring to Wichita State University. She is a proud Phi Theta Kappa Member. Oswalt lives in Wichita.

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In early 2007, Canada’s Embassy and Consulate General launched a national education campaign to increase the number of Vietnamese students selecting Canada as their top choice for an international education.If Michael Flynn refuses to comply with congressional subpoenas, that almost certainly wouldn't be a reason he ends up in jail.

The Senate's intelligence committee had asked Flynn — President Trump's former national security adviser — in April to turn over documents relevant to the committee's investigation into Trump campaign associates' connections to Russia.

When Flynn's lawyer, Robert Kelner, said Flynn would not be turning over the documents, the committee did what any good committee would do: It issued a congressional subpoena for the documents.

On Thursday morning, the chair of the committee, Sen. Richard Burr, announced that Flynn would not be complying with the Senate's subpoena — although he later walked that back by saying that he'd not yet gotten a "definitive answer" from Flynn's lawyer.

Burr's initial announcement prompted many


a contempt prosecution in relation to the Environmental Protection Agency Superfund scandal that took down then-EPA administrator Anne Gorsuch Burford (whose son is now-Justice Neil Gorsuch).

In that case, a 413-0 contempt vote by the House led to prosecution by the US Attorney. Even there, however, Lavelle ultimately was convicted of perjury for lying to Congress — not under the contempt statute.

Sure, Congress holds people in contempt. It happens not irregularly — a few times each administration (in normal times, that is) and generally with a more partisan vote than in the Lavelle matter. In 2014, the House voted 231-187 to hold former IRS commissioner Lois Lerner in contempt for refusing to cooperate with the investigation into the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

But, the Justice Department doesn't need toprosecute a contempt citation forwarded to it — which was the decision made as to Lerner. Similar decisions against prosecution were made when the House held George W. Bush administration officials — Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers — in contempt.

Congress could seek civil enforcement of the subpoena, a step the House tried to take against former Attorney General Eric Holder after he was held in contempt of Congress in relation to the "Fast and Furious" operation scandal. The process took years, however, and the judge ultimately declined to hold Holder in civil contempt — which would have resulted in fines being assessed against Holder.

There also is, technically, an "inherent" contempt power that Congress itself can exercise to enforce its interests. The power has not been exercised in the


A Son of Suicide

Kevin Roy's most treasured possessions are pictures of the way his family used to be. My mother's smile lights up portraits. My father called her the glue that held us together.

"She was the center of our lives, that's the type of person she was," said Robert Roy, Kevin's father.

But behind that bright smile, Diane Marcus Roy hid a lifelong battle with bipolar disorder, manic-depression, which proved to be fatal. Growing up in River Forest, there were few clues when my family lived here. At her 50th birthday party, no one could have imagined my mother would be dead a year-and-a-half later.

Her life started to unravel in 1993. After 29 years of marriage, she announced she wanted a divorce. She left my father, sold the house,quit her law practice and moved from Chicago to Sedona, Arizona -- all within a year. She also had a new found interest in anything that was of a 'spiritual' nature.

There were so many changes in so little time. They are classic signs, I would later learn, of a manic phase. And so it was for the next six months. Her family wanting to believe these changes were all for the better. But then, suddenly, she crashed.

On a summer night in 1995 I came home to a message on my answering machine -- my father telling me my mother was threatening suicide. We flew her back to Chicago. She met with a suicide counselor and came up with a plan to leave Arizona and move back home. My


mother even promised my sister and me that suicide was not an option. So in late August of 95, she flew back to Sedona, supposedly to sell her condo. Four days later we got a call from the Sedona police. She was dead.

"She put herself in a bathtub, she lit candles, she had gone to the store and bought vodka, she never drank, and she ingested this vodka as fast as she could," said Robert Roy. "I think I should have gotten on that airplane with her, I should have been smart enough to say no to going on that airplane...but I was none of that."

My mother did leave a note written nearly a month before she died. She signed it -- 'Forgive me if you can... Love,concealing her true feelings.

"The psychologist who saw her at the suicide prevention center said to me, and I saw her later, that she was the best they had ever seen at hiding what she felt."

"The thinking is so fevered that one does false credit to think that your mom was logical and thoughtful at the time that she killed herself...it was her illness speaking and not her," said Dr. David Clark, Rush University Suicidologist.

Her illness may have had the final word. But as my photo albums show, she spoke to us with love and caring during her 51 years. It is those words I now hear. It is those words that I still miss.


The state of New York has raised the legal age of marriage from 14 to 18, overturning a little-known law that saw hundreds of young girls become child brides each year, often through coercion.

New York was previously one of just three out of the 50 states to allow 14-year-olds to marry without parental permission, the other two being North Carolina and Alaska.

More than 3,850 minors married in New York between 2000 and 2010, with 84 per cent involving cases of child brides and adult men.

The new law bans marriage altogether for those aged 14 to 17 and requires 17-year-olds to obtain both parental and judicial approval before they are allowed to exchange vows. Judges will be given guidelines to help them decide whether a 17-year-old wishes to enterinto a marriage freely.

Campaigners had fought for the change claiming child brides often have poor educational and job opportunities and frequently fall victim to domestic violence.

New York state assembly member Amy Paulin, who put forward the legislation, said that children are often trapped in unhappy and violent marriages because they find it difficult to access legal services and domestic violence shelters.

She said the old law was “antiquated" because "it reflects a time when everyone married younger," adding: "Times have changed. Child marriage is coerced marriage. It condemns young women to a life they did not choose.”

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New York’s Democrat Governor, Andrew Cuomo, who signed the legislation, said: “This is a major step forward in our efforts to protect children and prevent forced marriages, and I


A former Democrat tech staffer who is being investigated by the FBI and Capitol Police now has an attorney to represent her against charges of conspiracy and bank fraud, even though she has fled the country and the FBI believes she may never return.

The staffer, Hina Alvi may also have crucial knowledge about an ongoing scandal involving the theft of sensitive computer systems from House Democrats.

Court documents show defense attorney Nikki Lotze of the law firm Lotze Mosley LLP will represent Alvi against charges handed up by a grand jury indictment on Aug. 17. Alvi is married to Imran Awan, who also worked as a House Democrat IT aide to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and others.

The filing appears to show Alvi and Awan will use different attorneys.dollars or more in computer equipment.

In February, news broke that five House staffers were under investigation for the loss of the equipment, and for accessing some House IT systems without members' knowledge. By March, Awan and Alvi had been identified in media reports as being under investigation.

In May, Wasserman Schultz vowed "consequences" against the Capitol Police unless they handed back some of the stolen equipment, which was now in custody because of the investigation. A spokesperson for Wasserman Schultz disputed those characterizations, however.

The entire episode has sparked significant interest from right-of-center media outlets, with some speculating that the Pakistani-born Awan and Alvi, as well as other people related to the investigations, could have been responsible for significant data security breaches during their tenure.

Awan was arrested in July at


Dulles International Airport as he tried to flee the country, and federal officials stopped Alvi at Dulles in March. Despite the fact she had a bag of $12,400 in cash on her, authorities allowed her to board and leave the country to Qatar, according to a U.S. District Court Document.Elsa glowered at her phone. She didn't want to have to do this. It was stupid. She hadn't done anything wrong, so why the hell should she be the one apologizing? Because you need her help with something, not the other way around. She glared all the harder at the phone, but the task continued to not do itself.

She groaned and took a sip of her coffee. "Fine." As she pressed the call button, she leaned back in her chair, pushing off of her desk until she was at the window. Cars drove by thirty-some stories below her as the phone rang. She could afford throwing the phone out the window to avoid this conversation, and it was very tempting.

On the fifth ring, Anya finally answered. "Elsa?" she


with some schmear and joined her friend at her table. "So, how is everything?"

"Oh, so Belle didn't tell you?" The corner of her mouth curled up in a slight smirk, emphasizing the dollop of cream cheese stuck there.

Elsa giggled and offered her a napkin. She may have felt a bit more called out if she could take Anastasia a tad more seriously with food on her face. "She did. I'd still like to hear it from you."

The smirk became a genuine smile. Anya loved talking about her work. It was a great way to get her defenses down, so that Elsa could extract the information she needed. Now I just need to figure out how to bring it up without her realizing that it's the only reason Itake it well." There, I'm vulnerable. Now tell me stuff.

"Oh." She swallowed, her eyes softening as she studied Elsa. "The case Belle mentioned?" Aww, was she checking up on me? "I'm sorry, Elsa. You never did handle losing all that well, and it sounded like this client actually meant a lot to you."

Elsa took a bite of her bagel. It was actually pretty good. Really good, even by New York standards. "You come here a lot? This bagel is fantastic."

"I do. I bring in buckets for the office. Now talk to me about the case."

Elsa shrugged and bit a large chunk out of her bagel. It practically melted in her mouth. "There's not much to say. I cared about the kid. He was an idiot, and I shouldn't


have, I knew this was exactly what was going to happen to him, but he'd been my client since his first DUI back when he was sixteen. I'd gotten used to him, and now he's not around anymore." Elsa blinked away a stubborn tear. She didn't shed any more, but she hated how emotional she got about this fucker. "Forget about it, okay? It's over, I'm fine. I have a new case now. With Gaston." She added as much ire to her voice as she could manage, channeling her hate for actually being friends with him now that her hate for him as a person has largely vanished. I care about the worst people.

Anastasia laughed but it turned into a wolfish grin. She was enjoying Elsa's pain astaring at Anya. Would this info even still be good? "He didn't tell you? This is the first case in his bracket since he's moved to Manhattan. Sorry."

She shrugged, trying not to sound hurt. "I hadn't talked to him in a couple weeks. He did say he'd put in again, I guess he got approved. I can't believe he didn't call me." She glanced at her phone.

"I'm sure he will. Anyway, Gaston wanted the case, since it had all that media attention, and who's going to turn down two of the best lawyers in New York? Well, one of the best and a big named showboat."

Anastasia managed to collect herself in time to retort "That's not fair to you, Elsa, you're hardly a showboat." She giggled playfully as


and Elsa being glad that she wore her hair down, the two of them were seated in plastic chairs at a scratched and mottled metal table across from their client. "Hi, Eric," Elsa began, her voice high and welcoming, trying to lull their client into a trusting passivity so he'd do whatever they said. She'd honed the tone over a lifetime in law, and it made people trust her as surely as if she was drugging them. Granted, they didn't have much choice by that point, they'd hired her. "My name's Ms. Agnarrsen, you've already met Mr. Gaston. I'd like you to tell me your story.

Eric Clements nervously ran a hand through his short black hair. He looked uncomfortable in the prison uniform he'd been given, more likeit was too itchy for him than that he didn't belong. They'd taken his old clothes, the bloody Armani suit he'd been seen in on Television the previous Wednesday, to the lab for testing. Perhaps he just needed a higher quality uniform, maybe federal prison would suit him better. "Ms. Agnarrsen," he repeated, sounding distant. "I already told Mr. Gaston everything." He looked vague, confused, it added to his general out of place appearance. He shouldn't be here. Well, after today he won't be.

"I know, but I need to hear it in your own words. There can't be any surprises."

He nodded, clearing his throat. His eyes finally focused on her and he seemed slightly more there. He looked her up and down as if he was finally seeing


knee. "How would I do it?"

She had not thought that far ahead. Him listening to her in the first place had seemed an already impossible feat. "Throw a pizza party and tell everyone that you're a massive asshole but that you'll try to be better?"

He waved his hand. "Pizza's too overdone. Think Tiana would cater it?"

"Probably. If I ask her to."

He nodded and turned his gaze to the window behind her, looking out on the mid-afternoon city. "I'll do it."

That was easy. "All right. Do I have to come?" I'm not big on parties on the best days, an 'I'm sorry I'm a bigoted asshole' party seems especially unpleasant.

Gaston blew out a slow breath. It was clearly not what he wanted to hear. "That's what they'll all sayone really puts much effort into the assignments you give, 'cause you're a dick."

"Wow." He sat up, his eyes still focused on her. "We hire really good lawyers if that's them barely trying."

She tried to resist. This was serious. It started with the corners of her mouth turning up, barely even enough to notice, but it kept coming, until finally she laughed so hard tears came out of her eyes. Trying to hold it back only made the laughter come out that much harder. She was doubled over, clutching her stomach when he finally joined in. They both had to wipe a tear away, though she suspected his wasn't from his joke. "Just start encouraging people instead of," she paused, where to even start? "Everything you do."

"Thanks, Elsa."

She


see a few drug deals on the way, it's by far the best route. Plus, you can give them your card, they're potential clients."

He chuckled and slammed on the brakes. That was the other downside of taking back roads. A truck was setting up for a delivery and they had to weave around it through the narrow passage. Fortunately Gaston managed without so much as a ding on the pristine vehicle.

They arrived with time to spare and soon found themselves in Courtroom 3A with Eric escorted out to them in a grey Brooks Brothers suit. He looked far more presentable than he had in the cell, and far less nervous now that he wasn't picking at his uniform. She wasn't sure that looking comfortable in the defendant's seatin SBML as 'an entity that takes part in reactions\' and it is used to distinguish the different states that are caused by enzymatic modification, association, dissociation and translocation. In the comprehensive mTOR map, species were categorized as follows: 380 proteins (241 unique proteins), 319 complexes, 20 simple molecules, 80 genes, 87 RNA, 2 ions, 24 degraded products, 6 unknown molecules and 46 phenotypes. Among all species, 602 were located in the cytoplasm and at the plasma membrane, 298 in the nucleus, 22 in endomembranes, 17 in the mitochondria, 12 in Rab7 vesicular structure, 6 in the extracellular environment, 4 at the centrosome and 3 in the ER--golgi network. The reactions were categorized as follows: 210 heterodimer associations, 251 state transitions, 224 known transitions omitted, 43 dissociations, 32


School paints over Bible verse in gymnasium after atheist complaints

Parkersburg South High School will paint over a Bible verse in their gymnasium on April 24 after an atheist group complained to school officials.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter two weeks ago to Wood County School District officials stating that the display of Philippians 4:13 on the high school's gymnasium wall, the wrestling team's website, and the wrestler's t-shirts is unconstitutional.

Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," has been the West Virginia wrestling team's motto for decades.

FFRF attorney Patrick Elliot said that a Bible verse as a public school's athletic team's motto is a violation of the separation between church and state.

"We needed to point out the obvious fact that thisClothes make the man. But men and women who make the clothes for other people are often left behind. As of 2009, hundreds of mills in Ahmedabad have shut down, so this scene, which had been ubiquitous in Ahmedabad – the “Manchester of India” has disappeared. But still today the steam engines are running at some of textile factories in the city at the Sabarmati River. The factories producing fabrics which are offered later on the world markets. Mahatma Gandhi once founded his ashram here. He sat at his spinning wheel and spread his ideas of a nation of equality, tolerance and nonviolence. But today the Indian reality looks very different. Stories can be told about child slaves at cotton plantations in rural Gujarat, as well as stories


mill worker, is the sole earning member of a family of 5. She lost her husband in 2009 to Byssinosis.

Nitin , 17, too is suffering from Byssinosis, He claims that as per his physician his life expectancy is not more than a year.

Vivek Bhai , 37 , lost both his father and brother due to prolonged effects of cotton dust in the lungs , but as the only earning member of the family he continues to struggle earning about INR 90 per day and feeding 6 members of his family.

A lot of second generation child labours work in this industry, which becomes eventually a way of earning for the survival of the entire family.

Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if we continue to use theout of the struggle within society. Its existence depends on the outcome of the class struggle that is both product and producer of the economic foundation of history (Guy Debord)

With the increasing accumulation of separate products and the increasing concentration of the productive process, communication and comprehension are monopolized by the managers of the system. the triumph of this separation-based economic system proletarianizes the whole world (Guy Debord).

As long as necessity is socially dreamed, dreaming will remain a social necessity. The spectacle is the bad dream of a modern society in chains, and ultimately expresses nothing more than its desire to sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of this sleep (Guy Debord).

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

Where knowledge is free

Where the world


the generation, testing, analysis, and interpretation of the self-paced reading studies in Mandarin Chinese. Bobby Ruijgrok for his help in the generation of the Dutch GMM stimuli and in testing the ERP study at Leiden University. Erik Schoorlemmer for his help in the generation of the Dutch NPI stimuli. Sylvie Cuchet, Lucas Tual, Juliette Angot, and Hamida Demirdache for their help in the testing of the self-paced reading studies in French. Xiaolu Yang for her help in conducting the self-paced readings in Mandarin Chinese. Nina Kazanina for her willingness to share her English materials for the Dutch GMM ERP study and her valuable feedback regarding the interpretation of both ERP studies. Masaya Yoshida, Ming Xiang, and Nayoung Kwon for their feedback on the analysis and interpretation of theself-paced reading studies on Mandarin Chinese. Niels O. Schiller for his feedback on the generation and interpretation of the Dutch ERP studies and for providing insightful feedback for all the studies included within this article. And last but not least, Stella Gryllia and Aliza Glasbergen-Plas for helping out tremendously with their feedback at different stages of the generation, testing, analysis, and interpretation of the experiments on *in-situ wh*-questions in Mandarin Chinese and French. Earlier versions of this work were presented at the following conferences: Architectures and Mechanism of Language Processing (AMLaP) in 2011, 2015, and 2016, CUNY Human Sentence Processing Conference in 2012, GLOW35 in 2012, CNS in 2014, the 3rd East Asian Psycholinguistics Colloquium (EAPC3) in 2015, the XII International Symposium of Psycholinguistic in 2015, and at


work (9.3%). The report also indicates that a relatively higher proportion of residents were working in agriculture, forestry and fishing, accommodation and food services as well as in professional, scientific and technical activities.

Unemployment in the Cotswold District was among the lowest in the country. A report in August 2017 showed only 315 unemployed persons, a slight decrease of five from a year earlier.

Tourism
Tourism is a significant part of the economy. The Cotswold District area alone gained over £373 million from visitor spending on accommodation, £157 million on local attractions and entertainments, and about £100m on travel in 2016. In the larger Cotswolds Tourism area, including Stroud, Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury, tourism generated about £1 billion in 2016, providing 200,000 jobs. Some 38 million day visits were made toWay, and  north of the important town of Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester). Cirencester Abbey was founded as an Augustinian monastery in 1117 and Malmesbury Abbey was one of the few English houses with a continual history from the 7th century through to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

An unusual house in this area is Quarwood, a Victorian Gothic house in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. The grounds, covering , include parkland, fish ponds, paddocks, garages, woodlands and seven cottages. Another is Woodchester Mansion, an unfinished, Gothic revival mansion house in Woodchester Park near Nympsfield in Woodchester, Gloucestershire. Newark Park is a Grade I listed country house of Tudor origins located near the village of Ozleworth, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. The house sits in an estate of  at the southern end of the Cotswold


took off. When police arrived at the
scene, they determined that Moore had one gunshot wound to the jaw and another one
to his chest. He also had an unfired revolver between his thighs.

(6) MicheIle Pflaumer, from the Children’s Advocacy Center, interviewed J.R.
on May l3, 2013. J.R. discussed the previous day’s activities during his visitation
with his father. He discussed being driven to a gas station by Battles and Riley and
being picked up by Coleman. Initially, J.R. told Pflaumer that Coleman took him to
his mother’s home to sleep, but J.R. eventually said that Coleman took him to the
vicinity of his father’s home in Riverside. He said that while seated in Coleman’s
vehicle, he saw Coleman shoot his father.

(7) The Wilmington Police were unable to locate Coleman in Delaware. As
a result, they enlistedthe help of the U.S. Marshals Service, which apprehended
Coleman in Newark, New Jersey on May 31, 2013. In October of the same year,
Coleman was indicted by a grand jury on charges of Murder in the First Degree,
Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, and Possession of a
Firearm by a Person Prohibited.?

(8) Trial commenced on October 20, 2014 and lasted five days. J.R. was

called as a witness by the State. On direct examination, he discussed some events of

7 This charge was severed and not subject to this appeal.

4

the day and evening of the murder, but did not mention, and was not directly asked,
about seeing the shooting itself. At the conclusion of his direct examination, the State
moved for the admission of his prior out-of-court statement under §


Megaupload founder and web tycoon Kim Dotcom is launching registration for his New Zealand political party on Monday. Tickets for his 40th birthday, coinciding with the launch, went in minutes, with more than 15,000 people planning to attend.

Dotcom, born in Germany as Kim Schmitz, told The Associated Press in an interview published Tuesday that he is founding and funding the party, but will himself not stand as a candidate. From Monday a party website and mobile app will be launched, and will begin registering members. By law, New Zealand requires 500 paid-up members to be registered before a party is formed.

While a resident of New Zealand, Dotcom is not able to stand as a candidate for political office as he does not have citizenship.

“The party website with informationthe twitter tag #PartyParty broke the 15,000 milestone.

Its new base, in Vector Arena in Auckland, can hold over 20,000. At the show, Dotcom will also be launching his new “Good Times” album.

The thousands-strong party will mark the two-year anniversary of the FBI and New Zealand authorities’ raid on Dotcom’s house. The search saw Dotcom arrested and his assets, including a luxury car collection, seized, with Dotcom himself being accused of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.

The US government has been seeking to get him extradited, with his hearing first delayed until April, and then July. Dotcom’s ongoing legal battles have also seen him suing a New Zealand spy agency for spying.

Dotcom has been deeply and vocally critical of global surveillance practices. “Depending on how well it tickles the fancies


of some of the more radical, marginalized, and disillusioned voters and non-voters, the so-called Mega Party could have a huge impact on who forms the next government,” wrote Bryce Edwards, a political commentator and lecturer at the University of Otago, New Zealand. However, Edwards also stated that the new party is “far from certain to get into Parliament.”

Megaupload was a haven for file-sharers until it was shut down by the US government in 2012. At the point of its closure, it was getting some 50 million users on a daily basis. Since its closure, Dotcom has founded a new file hosting site, called Mega.Saigon - Dalat (Petit déjeuner/-/-)Pick up at yopur hotel in Saigon . Transfer
Flight from Saigon to Dalat.
Transfer and sightseeing in Dalat
Visit BAO DAI'S SUMMER PALACE: 25 room villa contructed in 1933 and is filled with artefacts from decades and governments past. Of interest are the engraved glass map of Vietnam given to the Emperor in 1942 by Vietnamese students in France and the life size bust above the bookcase of Bao Dai himself.
Overnight in Dalat

Jour 2

Dalat - Nha Trang (Petit déjeuner/-/-)After breakfast Sightseeing in Dalat
Visit XUAN HUONG LAKE: located in the centre of Dalat, it was created by a dam in 1919. The lake is circumnavigated by a path. The majestic hilltop Palace Hotel overlooks the lake from the south.
Visit the FRENCH DISTRICT: a small delightful area for


strolling, reminiscent of a provincial town in France.
Visit DALAT CATHEDRAL: built between 1931 and 1942 for use by the French residents and holiday makers. Inside, the stained-glass windows bring a hint of medieval Europe to Dalat.
Visit HANG NGA ART GALLERY: nicknamed the 'Crazy House' by locals, this guesthouse, Caf้ and art gallery is run by the gallery's designer, Mrs. Dang Viet Nga, who lived in Moscow for 14 years. The architecture of the place is undeniably unique with whimsical touches including caves, giant spider webs and a concrete giraffe.
Visit the City FLOWER GARDEN: established in 1966 by the South Vietnamese Agricultural Service and renovated in 1985. Flowers represented inclide hydrangeas, fuchsias and orchids.
Then depart by vehicle from Dalat to Nha Trang
Overnight in Nha Trang

Jour 3

Nha Trang (Petit déjeuner/-/-)Afterbreafast excursion by boat to Mieu island and walking tour on fishing village
Start a new day with a drive to Vietnam national oceanographic institute where you may learn a lot about marine lives of Vietnam. This institute was built in 1923 by the French and even now boast of one of the best collection of tropical fish, corals and turtles in south east Asia. After that we will walk around the former summer house of the last Vietnam emperor to the jetty to embark the boat and go to MIEU island. There we will have a chance to enjoy a local basket boat ride and explore the life of fishermen at Mieu fishing village. Stop somewhere on the village path and try sipping your morning coffee like a


real Vietnamese, watching the people doing their routine work around. What a morning!
Then come back to your boat to cruise around Nha Trang bay. After a photo stop at Tri Nguyen aquarium that looks like an ancient shipwreck from afar, come back to the hotel around 12PM.
Then Sightseeing in Nha Trang
Nha Trang is the capital of Khanh Hoa Province and has one of the most beautiful municipal beaches in Vietnam.
PO NAGAR CHAM TOWERS: built between the 7th and 12th centuries, this site was used for Hindu worship as early as the 2nd century AD. The towers serve as the Holy See honoring Goddess Yang Ino Po Nagar, the Goddess of the Dua clan which ruled over the southern part of the Cham Kingdom, covering Kauthara and Pan Duranga.
LONGSON PAGODA: founded in the late 19th century, this pagoda still has monks residing on the premises. The entrance and roofs are decorated with mosaic dragons constructed of glass and ceramic tile. At the top of the hill behind the pagoda is a huge white Buddha seated on a lotus blossom.
NHA TRANG CATHEDRAL: built in the French Gothic style and complete with medieval style stained glass windows, it stands on a small hill overlooking the train station. BAO DAI VILLAS: the former retreat of Bao Dai, Vietnam's last emperor. Between the mid-1950s and 1975, Bao Dai's Villas were used by high-ranking officials of the South Vietnamese government, including President Thieu. The villas are set on three hills with brilliant views of the East Vietnam Sea, Nha Trang Bay


"The pulp, which consists of stems, skins and seeds, is known as pomace and is packed with dietary fiber and pheholics, which have antioxidant effects. OSU researchers have dried and ground it to create edible and nonedible products," said the university's news bureau.

"We foresee wineries selling their pomace rather than paying others to dispose of it. One industry's trash can become another industry's treasure," said one researcher.

View full sizeIngrid Melgar of Scappoose High took a gold medal in the culinary competition.

The students were asked to prepare a two-course meal in two hours. The menu was an appetizer of shrimp cocktail and an entrée of sautéed chicken breast with a creative garnish, rice pilaf and sautéed broccoli.

They were judged on knife skills, safety, sanitation, organization, cooking techniques and clean-up,The scene is set with a man, furiously typing away on a ‘40s-era typewriter. He frantically works as if his inspiration is constantly flowing, writing consistently, hit-after-hit for Hollywood. This is the man who wrote “Spartacus” and “Roman Holiday.” This is Dalton Trumbo.

“Trumbo,” the latest movie in the University Programming Board’s series of films this semester, tells the tale of Dalton Trumbo, an acclaimed screenwriter who was part of the Hollywood 10 — a group of people in the film industry who were blacklisted due to their alleged involvement with the Communist party in the ‘50s. The film, directed by Jay Roach (Austin Powers, The Campaign) stars “Breaking Bad” and “Malcolm in the Middle” star, Bryan Cranston, as Trumbo, as well as Louis C.K., Helen Mirren, Diane Lane,


Elle Fanning, and more.

The story and the actors who worked to make this film so emotional and gripping, despite being a biography, should be commended, first and foremost. The starstudded cast are a seemingly perfect fit for the world this docudrama presents to us — with each character coming across authentically. Each of these characters feel like real people, and we, the viewers, are just peeking into the window of their lives as they deal with the blacklist, and not only what it means for Trumbo, but his family and friends.

People come and go in their lives, and these characters deal with hardship in a realistic and gripping way. Part of this incredible realism comes from the excellent writing, attributed to John McNamara, who has worked on variousBharara, who had served as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, had been among 45 other federal prosecutors instructed Friday to submit a letter of resignation as part of a Trump purge of Obama-era appointments. Bharara, who had served since 2009, initially refused to voluntarily leave amid some confusion over whether Trump would be keeping him in his post, as he had promised during a meeting between the pair in late November at Trump Tower.

The New York Times reports that Bharara asked whether the resignation demand, delivered via phone calls Friday from acting deputy attorney general Dana Boente, applied to him given the conversation with Trump but did not receive a definitive answer.

With a district that includes Manhattan, Bharara had been a particularly high-profile


U.S. attorney who pursued public corruption cases, prosecuted Wall Street executives, went after banks and even once arrested a diplomat from India. He most recently had been overseeing an investigation into fundraising activities related to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his team.

Bharara won a life sentence against the Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, and a 25-year sentence for international arms dealer Viktor Bout, Reuters reported. He also won a $1.8 billion insider-trading settlement against SAC Capital Advisors and forced JPMorgan Chase to pay $1.7 billion to settle charges related to the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.

The former U.S. attorney received his law degree from Columbia Law School and later served as chief counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer. Bharara worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattanbefore taking the Southern District post.

New presidents customarily replace U.S. attorneys with their own appointments but the sweeping, abrupt and immediate nature of Friday's purge caught many by surprise. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in a statement Friday: "In January, I met with Vice President Pence and White House Counsel Donald McGahn and asked specifically whether all U.S. attorneys would be fired at once. Mr. McGahn told me that the transition would be done in an orderly fashion to preserve continuity. Clearly this is not the case."

Senate Democratic leader Schumer said in a Facebook post that Trump had assured him Bharara would stay in his position. He further criticized the abrupt handling of the dismissals.

"While it’s true that presidents from both


After studying mime, theatrical movement, and dance with Etienne Decroux (Marcel Marceau’s teacher) and Theatre Magenia in Paris, Susan Kemp performed variety shows in France, Switzerland, Germany, and the United States. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in drama from the University of Washington and spent a decade as a comedy improviser. Susan’s writing has been published in The Blue Lake Review, the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, and Marketing Magazine. Her blog focuses on creativity and short fiction.She is Marketing Manager at Hart Crowser.

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The staff of HowlRound Theatre Commons at Emerson College wish to respectfully acknowledge that our offices are situated on land stolen from its original holders, the Massachuset and Wampanoag people. We wish to pay our respects to their people past, present, and future.alleges that none of the women

(three, including Heneage) on the industrial side of the plant were hired, whereas

many men were hired. NEI also allegedly gave a variety of changing explanations

for its decision not to hire Heneage, at least one of which was untrue. Gender

discrimination by NEI is a permissible inference.

      Heneage also alleges that she and three other employees on the industrial

side of the plant had engaged in protected activity while working at DTE; that none

were hired by NEI, whereas many other such employees were hired; and that

communication between DTE and NEI occurred before NEI made its hiring

decisions. Retaliation by NEI is a permissible inference.


The City of Toronto says it's creating programs that will add room for social distancing and isolation to protect people experiencing homelessness from the risks of COVID-19.

However, the city won't be increasing the capacity of its shelter system

Mary-Anne Bedard, general manager of the city's shelter, support and housing administration, told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday that there are still no known cases of COVID-19 in Toronto's shelters.

Bedard added that homeless people are at a heightened risk of getting the virus because many have chronic health conditions.

She said the city is responding with what she called a "three-tiered" approach.

The city is creating room for "additional social distancing spacing," with the first spaces having opened on Monday. By the end of the week, the city hopes to havesaid about 100 new refugee claimants access the shelter system in Toronto each week. The federal government's move on Monday to close the border with some exceptions is expected to reduce the number of refugees entering its shelters.

She added that Toronto is asking the federal government to screen and quarantine anyone who has entered the country in the past 14 days at the border, particularly those who have nowhere to go where they can self-isolate if need be.

Meanwhile, the city is setting up 200 beds for self-isolation purposes for people who have entered the country in the past 14 days who are seeking temporary shelter in Toronto.

She said the city is provided staff at shelters with advice on enhanced prevention, control and cleaning measures.


Laundering Act, 2002 which came into force from July 2005.

“As the NIA investigation unfolded, a decision was taken to go for the key players to cripple the network of terror financing. As a result of this decision, three properties of Aftab Ahmed Shah, charged by the NIA and believed to close to several separatists leaders, have been taken-up for attachment” the second senior MHA official said.

Others whose properties have been identified for attachment include Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Basir Ahmad Bhat. They have all been charged by the NIA.

New Delhi has been trying to choke funds reaching terror groups. Earlier, it cracked down the under-invoicing of goods passing through the border trading points between Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Jammu and Kashmir. And, atindustry's need for certainty.

A spokesman for Motoring Enthusiast Senator Ricky Muir said he has not seen a final proposal but was hoping for bipartisan support.

A spokesman for Independent senator Jacqui Lambie said she wants an exemption for all emissions intensive industries in Tasmania, but will support lowering the target to 32,000 GWh.

Family First senator Bob Day said he will support the Government's push for a lower target but could also back keeping the 41,000 GWh target in place if hydro power was included in the scheme.

Fellow senate crossbencher David Leyonhjelm is set to meet the Government this afternoon.


of stories from the Elite:Tales From The Frontier anthology and a part from Allen Stroud's Elite:Lave Revolution.Dr Who veteran Penny MacDonald has been confirmed to narrate at least half of the anthology stories and Kate Russel's Elite:Mostly Harmless is to be recorded in London and will feature a section read by David Braben.Until next time Commanders...the original check
stubs. The firm mailed payment as reflected on the check stubs for preparation of
the clerk's record in this appeal to the Starr County District Clerk on May 26, 2015
and May 29, 2015 respectively.

     Also attached to the Response are two items of correspondence from Brendaly
Guerrero of the Starr County District Clerk, which were faxed to the firm of Brett
Reynolds & Associates, P.C. The copies of those two items of correspondence are
true and correct copies of the letters the firm received via facsimile from the office
of the Starr County District Clerk.
Affidavit of P. Brook Swi11ey
June 3, 2015

        Further, Affiant sayeth not.


Mass Effect: After the Reaping

It’s been ten years since the Reapers have been stopped from annihilating all life and for a full eight of them the one that has become to be known as simply ‘The Shepard’ had kept a watchful eye on all the galaxy. With the Reapers under his Control, The Shepard maintained peace and helped rebuild the Mass Relays as well as providing assistance on the planets that were most affected by the war. For the first time in history, the Reapers were not destroyers anymore, but in his infinite wisdom The Shepard realized that there was still too much resentment among those that remembered the war and Reapers could never coexist with the others.

Two years ago, without even a warning The Shepard took hisLONDON — Two weeks before Britain was originally scheduled to leave the European Union, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, was asked on television whether Britain should stay or go. He refused to answer.

The question came again, and again, and again, and then one last time. He still refused to answer.

“I want us to have a serious relationship with the E.U.,” he said, gliding past the in-or-out question that has consumed Britons for the better part of three years.

But now, with the Conservative government and Labour in talks to devise a deal they can both support, and with yet another deadline looming, Mr. Corbyn’s tightrope walk may be near an end.

Until now, his studied ambiguity has largely held his party together while the Conservatives have


composed of two
Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof.” U.S. Const, amend.
17. Because States of the Union are distinct, unitary political entities, in
order for a Senator to be from a State he or she must be from the entire
State, not some part of it. Similarly, because of the nature of the States,
election by “the people” of the State implies election by the whole people of
the State, not some smaller set of citizens. The election of Senators from
sm aller districts instead of the entire State would result in Senators elected
by only a part of the people o f a State. Such a plan would be inconsistent
with the Constitution’s text.1
   1This conclusion is fully consistent with the Constitution’s provision concerning the election of Repre
sentatives, which also                                  Continued

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   The history of the Seventeenth Amendment confirms that Senators are to
be selected by the people of the whole State. The report accompanying S.J.
Res. 134, which eventually became the Seventeenth Amendment, explained
that the character of the Senate as representative of


of Congress reflects a decision to have one body in
which the people are directly represented and one in which they are repre
sented in their capacity as state citizens — i.e., one in which the States are
represented. “The Senate . . . will derive its powers from the States, as
political and co-equal societies; and these will be represented on the prin
ciple of equality in the Senate, as they now are in the existing [Confederation]
Congress.” Federalist No. 39, supra note 1, at 255. His remarks were later
echoed by Justice Joseph Story, who contrasted the Senate with the House of
Representatives and wrote that: “[E]ach state in its political capacity is
represented [in the Senate] upon a footing of perfect equality, like a con
gress of sovereigns, or ambassadors, or like an assembly ofpeers.” Joseph
Story, Commentaries on the Constitution o f the United States § 352, at 252
(Carolina Academic Pr. ed. 1987).2 Accordingly, Article I, Section 3 pro
vided that: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two
Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof . . . ” U.S.
Const, art. I, § 3, cl.' 1.
   Article V of the Constitution also recognizes the role of Senators as rep
resentatives of their respective States. In creating a process of constitutional
amendment. Article V both confirms that the Senate is a body representing
States, and assures that it will continue as such. The provision describes the
structure of the Senate as one of suffrage for the States, providing “that no
State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in


Senate both to reflect and to protect their remaining sovereignty).

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 of the Senate. Indeed, as noted above, the framers of the Seventeenth Amend
 ment maintained that the change they were proposing would make the Senate
 more representative of the States:

          It was undoubtedly in the minds of the fathers that the Sena
          tors should in a peculiar sensebased on some of her earlier work. She said — after hearing the rumors — one of her collaborators went out and bought a granite tombstone.

“He had the word COBOL cut in the front of it. Then he shipped it express collect to Mr. Phillips in the pentagon.”

The prank on Charles Phillips, a leader for the project at the defense department, got the attention of the powers that be and was a turning point she said. COBOL would go on to become the most widely used and longest lasting computer languages in history.

COBOL started running on big wardrobe-sized mainframe computers. It was embraced and is still used by many hospitals, insurance and retail businesses. In 2016, the General Accounting Office chided the U.S. Justice Department, Veterans Affairs, Homeland


Food fight

Jeffrey Chodorow, the sour restaurant mogul who was portrayed as the heavy in the Rocco-DiSpirito-flames-out reality series “The Restaurant,” takes umbrage at a recent New York Times dining review of his latest theme restaurant, Kobe Club, in a 1,000-word letter to the paper.

To guarantee people would see how serious and seriously peeved he is, Chodorow paid a fortune (estimates range from $83,000 to $115,000) to reprint the letter on a full-page ad in the Dining In/Dining Out section of today’s NY Times.

He’s furious about the review, by chief dining critic Frank Bruni, who was entertainingly nasty in his assessment. After noting the decor includes 2,000 samurai swords hanging from the ceiling, long strips of leather acting as canopies and screens, and walls of black-painted bricks strung withmovable toward one another, the said device consisting also of a plunger disposed in the center between the folding tools and adapted to the free cross section of the box, which plunger serves as a backing means in the prefolding of the closure by the folding tools.
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6. Dafne Keen, LoganIt’s not even been a week since I saw this film, but I just cannot shake this performance from my mind! Near mute for most of the film, and appearing alongside Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart, the young Keen manages to be one of the most wonderful and compelling performances of the year, and certainly one of the best child performances since Jacob Tremblay in Room. She may be young, but she has great physicality,


in the film, she has a lot on her shoulders, and with Goodman delivering one of the best performances of his career, she’s against some heavy opposition. However her performance still manages to stand out, and whilst not considered at all in the awards categories, it was easily one of the most enjoyable performances of the year.

4. Natalie Portman, JackieI was a big fan of Emma Stone’s performance in La La Land, but there were many who considered that objectively, Portman’s performance as the First Lady was much better. Well, we might cover more of this in a bit, but I would be tempted to agree. Portman is always wonderfully consistent and in this transformative role, she completely embodies the character of Jackie Kennedy, to the point whereof things, it is easy to overlook the layered nature of this role. An actress playing a struggling actress has been seen before, but in scenes such as when the character of Mia is acting out a scene crying down the phone, we see Mia the character in the film, plus Mia the actress playing a role within the film, and of course Emma Stone encompassing all of these things. The devastating “Audition” scene gives her the chance to show some acting chops as well as her impressive pipes, and is one of the most devastating, yet powerfully uplifting moments of the entire year. Sure I have La La Land bias, but this film, and this performance in particular, is amazing.

2. Hayley Squires, I, Daniel BlakeHaving only caught


spring sunshine. Glory-of-the-snow also has a white form, and several lovely soft blue ones.

At the far end of the rock garden I have a small patch of Anemone blanda 'Blue Star'. It started as one corm and is spreading nicely. The colour, in the early morning light, is so clear, so clean, so very totally self-possessed.

Around the corner from the Anemones, the Fragile Fern croziers are just peeking out from under the dry leaves. Fragile Fern does well in a rock garden and can even handle a sunny spot. It may go dormant in a dry spell, but it returns.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

As some of you know, I have been fussing around with a small pond for some years. Basically, I dug the darn thing in a fittrial court denied the motion.
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But then, how many of us really thought that Andy Reid and company would follow any sort of conventional wisdom when it came to off-season plans?

So, with Castillo, Washburn and the Wide-9 all back for an encore, the team’s focus will soon shift to player personnel decisions. And the defensive side of the ball will feature a number of choices that will be critical to the outcome of the most important season of Andy Reid’s career.

The Eagles have significant deficiencies at linebacker and safety, and both of those weaknesses were exposed during the first season of the Wide-9 alignment.

With three picks in the first two rounds of April’s draft (15th,46th,51st overall), the Eagles once again have the opportunity to address those two positions and find impact players inGeorge W. Bush, or, for that matter, Joe Sixpack. This is all about protecting Assange from what she believes are politically motivated charges. In other contexts, Wolf seems aware enough of the risks of exposure for women who accuse men of even minor acts of sexual aggression. After all, in 2004 she confessed in New York magazine that for twenty years she had not "been brave enough" to mention to any living soul that Harold Bloom had "sexually encroached upon" her by groping her thigh when he was her professor at Yale. Does she think she would have been more courageous if going to the dean would have meant seeing her name on the front page of the Yale Daily News, the New Haven Register and maybe even,


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on July 26 — the same day President Trump tweeted his intentions to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military.

Despite President Trump’s campaign promise to “fight” for LGBT Americans, his campaign and his administration have galvanized the anti-LGBT right.

With the appointment of officials with long track records of discrimination against LGBT individuals like Mike Pence and Betsy DeVos; the selection of Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court; the refusal to recognize June as LGBT month; the Census Bureau’s decision not to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity; the ban on transgender military; and other actions both rhetorical and political, President Trump and his administration have thrown plenty of bait to those against LGBT rights.

Now the Justice Department is siding with an anti-LGBT hate group in a caseBEIJING (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's trip to Asia (all times local):

3:55 p.m.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is "still under consideration."

Tillerson says the two sides never agreed to hold a formal one-on-one meeting during a summit of southeast Asian nations this week in Vietnam.

He says a deciding factor is whether they have "sufficient substance" to talk about.

Trump repeated Thursday after meetings in Beijing with China's president that he also wants Russia's help getting North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.

Tillerson briefed U.S. reporters after Trump's meetings. He suggested that the leaders need something "useful" to point to in order to meet.

Trump and Putin met earlier this year during a conference in


Germany.

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2 p.m.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) has expressed hopes that China and the U.S. can maintain a "healthy, stable and growing" relationship, pledging to expand talks between the countries' militaries and cooperation in law enforcement and cybersecurity.

Xi was delivering prepared remarks to reporters alongside President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi said Thursday stable relations between the two countries are in the "fundamental interests" of the Chinese and American people and are what the international community has come to expect.

Xi said the two sides "agreed to expand exchange and dialogue between our two militaries at various levels" and to a visit soon by the U.S. defense secretary.

He added that the two countries would strengthen cooperation in law enforcement, cybersecurity, counter-narcotics and otherin the United States.

Trump says fentanyl is "destroying lives by the millions."

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1:20 p.m.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) says China is willing to expand imports of liquefied natural gas, crude oil and other energy products from the U.S.

His remarks are aimed at addressing criticism from the U.S. about unbalanced trade between the two countries.

Xi says China would also explore "the potential" of U.S. exports of beef, cotton and other agricultural products to China.

It remains unclear how far China will go to allow more American exports. Previous administrations have hailed market-opening promises only to be left disappointed.

It was also unclear if these pledges extend beyond a U.S.-China trade agreement announced in May that featured LNG and beef exports to China, which trade experts called a modest fulfillment of past


assurances made by China.

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1:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump says after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) that the two leaders have agreed on the need to implement all United Nations Security Council resolutions on North Korea.

Trump is calling on tougher economic pressure on North Korea until it "abandons its reckless and dangerous path."

The U.S. president and his Chinese counterpart were making joint statements after their meetings.

Trump says all responsible nations must join together to stop arming and financing, "and even trading with the murderous North Korean regime."

The U.N. sanctions are aimed at depriving the North Korean government of revenue for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

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12:35 p.m.

President Donald Trump is publicly urging China's president to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program.

Trump saysChina can fix the problem "easily and quickly." He publicly called on Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) to "hopefully work on it very hard."

Says Trump: "If he works on it hard, it will happen. There's no doubt about it."

He spoke after following meetings with Xi on Thursday in Beijing.

China is North Korea's largest trading partner. Trump has pressured China on North Korea since he took office. The administration praises China for steps it has taken to pressure North Korea, but Trump wants Xi to do more. Trump also called for Russia to help.

Trump is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vietnam.

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12:32 p.m.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) has promised a more open business environment for foreign companies in China after President Donald Trump vowed to


people from "all parts of the world" have already called him about it. He did not explain, but added that "nothing you can see is so beautiful."

Trump commented at a meeting Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Trump is on a state visit to China, the third stop on his five-nation tour of Asia.

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11:45 a.m. Thursday

President Donald Trump is hailing his personal relationship with China's president and says they'll work together to solve not only their mutual problems but also "world problems and problems of great danger and security."

Says Trump: "I believe we can solve almost all of them and probably all of them."

Trump spoke at a meeting Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) at theGreat Hall of the People in Beijing.

Trump also complained about U.S. trade with China getting "so far out of kilter" and pledged to Xi that they will make it fair.

He also said that he Xi believe a solution exists to the problem of North Korea's nuclear and missile weapons programs.

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11:30 a.m. Thursday

Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) has told President Donald Trump that Beijing believes cooperation between the two countries is the "only correct choice" and that relations between the sides have entered a new historic starting point.

Xi told Trump at a meeting at the Great Hall of the People Thursday: "We believe that Sino-U.S. relations are a matter of the well-being of the peoples of the two countries as well as the peace, prosperity and stability of


the world."

Xi said China was committed to working with the U.S. on North Korea, Afghanistan and other issues of international concern.

Xi says relations were at a "new historic starting point" and that China is willing to work with the U.S. "with mutual respect, seeking mutual benefits, to focus on cooperation and control our differences."

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9:30 a.m. Thursday

President Donald Trump has received an elaborate welcome on his state visit to China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) treated Trump to a grand display of Chinese hospitality in the plaza outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Children waved U.S. and Chinese flags and jumped wildly. A Chinese honor guard played the national anthems of both countries, and Trump and Xi walked along red carpets to review the troops. At onepoint, Trump started clapping for the kids.

U.S. first lady Melania Trump and Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan (puhng LEE'-yoo-en), also attended the ceremony.

The ceremony opens a day of meetings and business events between Trump and Xi that will culminate in a lavish state dinner in Trump's honor.

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4:30 a.m. Thursday

North Korea is responding to President Donald Trump's tough words in Asia by saying the U.S. should oust him from power.

State-run media in North Korea is referring to Trump as a "lunatic old man." It says the U.S. should force Trump out "to get rid of the abyss of doom."

It says the U.S. should heed its advice "if it does not want a horrible nuclear disaster and tragic doom."

Trump is in China, where he is expected to ask President Xi Jinping


to do more to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.

Before arriving in China on Wednesday, Trump told the South Korean National Assembly that "all responsible nations must join forces to isolate the brutal regime of North Korea."

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4 a.m.

President Donald Trump's visit to China has opened with diplomatic niceties aplenty from Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng), but thorny issues await the two world leaders behind closed doors.

Among them are potential tensions over trade and China's willingness to put the squeeze on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.

Before his arrival, Trump issued a stern message to Beijing, using an address to the National Assembly in South Korea to call on nations to confront the North.

White House officials said Trump would make the same pitch toXi in private when the two sit down together Thursday.

China is North Korea's largest trading partner and Trump is expected to demand that the nation curtail its dealings with Pyongyang and expel North Korean workers from its borders.

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11:05 p.m. Wednesday

President Donald Trump says his welcome to Beijing was "unforgettable."

Trump thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) on Twitter on Wednesday. He said: "THANK YOU for an unforgettable afternoon and evening at the Forbidden City in Beijing." Trump added: "We are looking forward to rejoining you tomorrow morning!"

Trump is on a two-day visit to China. He hopes to press the rising Asian power on trade and North Korea.

The ceremony accompanying the U.S. president's arrival Wednesday afternoon was elaborate even by China's lavish standards. Trump and his wife, Melania, were


met by Chinese and American dignitaries, soldiers, a band playing martial music and children waving miniature Chinese and American flags.

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6:20 p.m.

President Donald Trump's granddaughter Arabella Kushner has once again played a bridging role in U.S.-China diplomacy.

China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that Trump played a video of Arabella reciting ancient Chinese poetry and verses from the Confucian text the "Three Character Classic" to Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) after they met at the Forbidden City ancient palace complex in Beijing on Wednesday.

Xi responded that Arabella's Chinese deserved an "A-plus."

Earlier this year, a brief video clip of Arabella singing in Chinese circulated to strong approval on the internet in China. The clip posted by Trump's daughter Ivanka showed then 5-year-old Arabella singing best wishes for the holiday whileplaying with a traditional Chinese puppet.

Ivanka Trump and daughter Arabella also made a surprise visit to the Chinese Embassy in Washington in February to participate in Chinese New Year festivities.

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5:35 p.m.

President Donald Trump says he's having a "great time" in China.

Trump commented after he and first lady Melania Trump took in a music-and-dance performance Wednesday in the Forbidden City by young opera students dressed in ornate traditional Chinese costumes.

They were joined by their hosts, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan (puhng LEE'-yoo-en). U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Terry Branstad, the U.S. ambassador to China, are among U.S. officials taking in the performance.

The show is part of an elaborate welcome Xi has planned for Trump that will extend into Thursday.

After the show, the youngsters


shouted "Welcome to China! I love you."

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4:30 p.m.

China is pulling out all the stops for Donald Trump's airport arrival in Beijing.

The ceremony accompanying the U.S. president's arrival Wednesday afternoon was elaborate even by China's lavish standards.

Trump and his wife, Melania, were met by Chinese and American dignitaries, soldiers, a band playing martial music and children waving miniature Chinese and American flags.

As Trump's motorcade pulled away, the children jumped up and down while they waved and chanted.

The U.S. president and first lady appeared pleased, smiling and accepting flower bouquets, with Trump at one point throwing his arms open and appearing to exclaim, "Wow."

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4:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump is touring the sprawling Forbidden City compound in the heart of Beijing.

The 15th century compound was the imperial palace for several dynasties. Accesswas forbidden to all but the imperial family and those who had business with them.

Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) and their wives walked through the Gate of Supreme Harmony and gazed across a sprawling yet deserted courtyard. They all wore overcoats against the chill. After a guide explained the sites, the couples walked down a flight of stairs and into the courtyard.

They posed for photos, strolled toward the Palace of Supreme Peace and climbed another long flight of stairs.

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4 p.m.

President Donald Trump will push China on trade and North Korea during a two-day visit in which he will alternately cajole, flatter and scold the rising Asian power.

White House aides view Trump's visit to China as the centerpiece of his lengthy tour of the region. Trump is


mired in consistently low approval ratings at home and will encounter a newly emboldened Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng), who recently consolidated power in his country.

Before arriving in Beijing, Trump used a speech to South Korea's National Assembly to send China a stern message.

He called on China to stop supporting North Korea, China's largest trading partner.

Trump said "all responsible nations" must unite to isolate North Korea for its aggressive development of nuclear weapons.

The Associated Press is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City. The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers, radio, and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists.

The Senate version of the Republicans' high-stakes tax overhaulis set to be unveiled with billions in tax cuts for people and corporations and repeal of the federal deduction for state and local taxes.

A military jury begins deliberating whether a Marine Corps drill instructor accused of beating new recruits and targeting Muslim-Americans did his job despite overhyped tales of aggression against young troops

The 2017 Country Music Association Awards marked one its most political and emotional shows in years, as the night _ still fairly mild _ focused on unifying as a country during a year dominated by gun violence, hate crimes and natural disasters

President Donald Trump says after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) that the two leaders have agreed on the need to implement all United Nations Security Council resolutions on North Korea

China


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"Unfortunately, even after the Attorney General volunteered to testify, Chairman Nadler placed conditions on the House Judiciary Committee hearing that are unprecedented and unnecessary," a spokesperson for the Department of Justice said in a statement Wednesday.


You love fantasy football.

I love fantasy football.

But neither of us loves fantasy football as much as Tracy Rudolph loves fantasy football.

Hold that thought.

Kurt Rudolph has a fairly typical story.

Kurt is 34 years old, he grew up in Minnesota, started playing fantasy football in high school and went to college. He made some good friends in college, graduated, moved back to his home state to work and kept in touch with college buddies by, among other ways, playing in a fantasy league with them.

In 2012, he decided to take a trip to Kansas City to visit a couple of his fantasy football league buddies from college: Josh Christian and his wife, Susie, and the commish himself, Matthew Johnson. And while Kurt was there, Josh introduced him to his sister,Tracy, who was single.

A friendship formed between Kurt and Tracy and they kept in contact, emailing, texting and talking on the phone. And in May 2013, Kurt was once again back in KC, visiting his friends, including Tracy.

While Kurt was visiting, Tracy had a routine eye exam.

Except it didn't stay routine for long. The ophthalmologist noticed something that didn't look right and a little later that afternoon Tracy was getting an MRI.

Which showed she had a brain tumor.

And just like that, her life changed, as did all the lives of her friends and family.

As Kurt wrote, "Tracy had her first brain surgery in June of 2013, just one month after we started dating, and seven weeks after the initial diagnosis."

Read that again. Think about that timeline.

Tracy finds out