Attorney General Tom Horne and Secretary of State Ken Bennett have filed suit in regards to Arizona’s proposition 200, which requires people registering to vote using a state form to prove their citizenship. The suit is an effort to get the federal government to have the same requirement on its voter registration forms.

August 15, 2013

The race to be Arizona’s next governor continues to heat up, with former GoDaddy executive Christine Jones announcing her intentions to run as a republican. Arizona State University Pollster Bruce Merrill will talk about the race.

July 17, 2013

Former Arizona governor Janet Napolitano has resigned as Secretary of Homeland Defense to take a post running California’s University System. Arizona State University pollster Bruce Merrill will talk about Napolitano’s latest career move.

June 27, 2013

May 13, 2013

TheDepartment of Economic Security plans to reinvent the safety net system. The changes will emphasize how DES can help its clients and also reduce their dependency. Arizona DES Director Clarence Carter will discuss the changes.

In light of the recent bombing in Boston, we take a look at the status of homeland security in the Phoenix area. Grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been reduced in recent years. Scott Krushak, the Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Phoenix, and Mesa City Councilman Scott Somers, who is also a firefighter, will talk about the status of homeland security for the Valley.

April 29, 2013

Governor Jan Brewer’s plan to expand Medicaid is being met with resistance from Republican lawmakers. Failure to do anything could result in the loss


of some current federal funding for Medicaid in the state. The Arizona Republic reporter Mary K. Reinhart will provide the details.

There will be a free screening of the Bill Moyers production, “The United States of ALEC,” sponsored by AFSCME, the Arizona public employees union. ALEC IS the American Legislative Exchange Council, and critics say it allows corporations to direct and produce legislation for state legislatures. Common Cause President and CEO Bob Edgar will introduce the film and present a new report on all ALEC-backed legislation introduced in Arizona this year.

March 18, 2013

March 4, 2013

The Phoenix City Council approved an ordinance banning discrimination against those from the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. Now that the ordinance is in place, city council member Tom Simplot will explain how itwill be implemented.

February 27, 2013

February 12, 2013

If Hillary Clinton decides not to run for President in 2016, one candidate democrats might field would be former Arizona Governor and current Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Arizona State University Pollster Bruce Merrill will discuss the possibility.

February 7, 2013

President Obama has nominated Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor apparel and equipment company Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), to be his next Interior Secretary. Sandy Bahr of the local chapter of the Sierra Club will talk about the nominee.

January 29, 2013

A look at recent successes within Arizona’s Adult Probation Program with Kathy Waters, director of the Division of Adult Probation Services for the Arizona Supreme Court. State Schools Chief John Huppenthal, the chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee who sponsored the probation-reform bill,


gives his take on the issue.

January 28, 2013

January 14, 2013

Arizona Horizon presents an hour-long special featuring Governor Jan Brewer’s 2013 State of the State Address followed by political analysis of the speech and the upcoming legislative session with former state legislators Stan Barnes, the founder and president of Copper State Consulting Group, and former state senator David Schapira.

December 10, 2012

The Phoenix City Council recently voted to give City Manager David Cavazos a $78,000 pay increase. Arizona Republic Columnist Laurie Roberts explains why she thinks the 33% pay raise should be reconsidered.

November 27, 2012

Arizona Town Hall is meeting this week to formulate recommendations for improving civic leadership. One of the speakers at Town Hall is Mickey Edwards, a former Congressman from Oklahoma, who is the author of “The PartiesVersus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans”. Hear what Edwards has to say about politics and partisanship.

June 11, 2012

Former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano talks about his new book, The Campaign Within: A Mayor's Private Journey to Public Leadership. It’s a personal memoir of his private and public life as Tempe Mayor, during which he was forced to reveal he is gay.

The Justice Department has filed a federal civil lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio seeking remedies for what it claims is a pattern of discrimination by the Sheriff’s Office against Latinos. JJ Hensley of the Arizona Republic talks about the lawsuit and dueling press conferences held earlier in the day by the Justice Department and the MCSO.

April 16, 2012

In recent months a startling


proposal.

Nick Dranias of the Goldwater Institute talks about his investigation of Arizona’s personnel system and how the Governor’s personnel reform proposal would address some of the issues highlighted in his report.

March 22, 2012

Former State lawmaker Richard Miranda resigned from the legislature in February citing health and family reasons. Since then, he has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and tax evasion. Learn about the details of the story from Arizona Guardian reporter Dennis Welch.

March 20, 2012

Clarkdale Mayor Doug Von Gausig, who also serves as President of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns, and Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny share their concerns about legislative actions that are impacting Arizona’s local governments.

On a party-line vote, the Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill (HB 2571) that reforms personnel rules thatpower of labor unions for public sector employees, including police and firefighters. The sponsor of the bills, Republican Senator Rick Murphy, and Democratic Senator David Lujan debate the legislation.

February 6, 2012

Not satisfied with the new political boundaries drawn by the Independent Redistricting Commission, House Speaker Andy Tobin has drawn his own congressional and legislative district maps that he wants voters to have an opportunity to approve. Speaker Tobin will speak about his alternative to the IRC maps.

December 1, 2011

Representative Debbie Lesko, Majority Whip of the Arizona House of Representatives and Arizona State Chairman for ALEC discusses the nonprofit organization that has had an influential role in shaping public policy in Arizona.

November 21, 2011

IRC attorney Mary O’Grady talks about the redistricting process and the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision to


reinstate Colleen Mathis as chairwoman of the IRC, after she was removed from office by the Governor with consent of the State Senate.

October 31, 2011

Voters created the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission to try to take politics out of the process of redrawing Arizona’s congressional and legislative district boundaries every ten years, but the latest round of redistricting is as political as ever. Hear what State Representatives Chad Campbell, leader of the House Democrats and John Kavanagh, a Republican from Fountain Hills, have to say about the redistricting process.

October 10, 2011

The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has approved a draft map of new congressional district boundaries. Arizona Republic columnist Bob Robb, and political consultant Barry Dill provide analysis of the preliminary map.

October 6, 2011

Ballots for the election to recall SenatorRussell Pearce are already printed, and they include the name of candidate Olivia Cortes who has withdrawn from the race. Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell explains how the election will be conducted, and votes counted, now that Cortes is no longer a candidate in the legislative district 18 recall election.

September 6, 2011

August 29, 2011

Arizona established an Independent Redistricting Commission to try to take politics out of the process of redrawing Arizona’s legislative and congressional boundaries. Political consultants Stan Barnes of Copper State Consulting Group and Barry Dill of First Strategic Communications and Public Affairs talk about the reality of removing politics from the redistricting process.

August 24, 2011

The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is in the process of redrawing legislative district maps. The process is supposed to circumvent politics, but


Fiesta Bowl that were not reported on their financial disclosure statements, we learn about Arizona’s laws regarding gifts to lawmakers from Secretary of State Ken Bennett whose office maintains the financial reports of lawmakers and lobbyists.

February 24, 2011

Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission is getting set to redraw the state’s legislative and congressional districts. Learn about the process and the rules it must follow from Tony Sissons of Research Advisory Services, a local firm that specializes in redistricting.

February 3, 2011

State lawmakers have introduced a number of bills that would impact cities and towns in a variety of ways. Here to discuss what Arizona's local governments are facing is Ken Strobeck, Executive Director of League of AZ Cities and Towns.

January 10, 2011

On the opening day of the 50th Arizona Legislature, theGovernor acknowledges the Tucson shootings by postponing her State of the State Address and replacing it with a speech reflective of the tragedy.

Before being elected to Congress, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords served in the Arizona State Legislature. Former State Senator Ken Cheuvront and Senator Linda Lopez, who served with Giffords at the State Capitol, talk about their colleague and close friend.

Before the November election, Rep. Giffords appeared on Horizon where she talked about the need for politicians to work together on contentious issues like immigration reform. Hear what she had to say followed by a discussion about convening a new state legislature in the shadow of the Tucson tragedy. Guests include: political consultant Stan Barnes, Secretary of State Ken Bennett and State Representative Steve Farley.

January 3, 2011

December 15, 2010

Longtime


APS lobbyist Marty Shultz is retiring after 32 years. He’s been an influential player in Arizona’s policy arena for more than three decades. We’ll talk with Shultz about some of his greatest successes and most disappointing failures during his career as a business and community leader.

December 9, 2010

A 100 years ago on this date, leaders of the Arizona territories signed their newly drafted constitution. Ruth McGregor, of the Constitutional Convention Event Committee, talks about the history of Arizona's constitution.

December 7, 2010

November 15, 2010

In many political districts, the outcome is a foregone conclusion. It’s no accident. It’s the way the lines for the districts are drawn. Learn more about the once-a-decade process in a new documentary, “Gerrymandering.” Director Jeff Reichert will discuss his new film.

September 2, 2010

August 30, 2010

Inthe wake of a botched gun trafficking operation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Dennis Burke resigned from the office he held since 2009. Former U.S. Attorney Jose de Jesus Rivera discusses Burke’s resignation and the job he did as U.S. Attorney.

June 28, 2010

Today it functions mainly as a museum, but an effort is underway to put the original Arizona State Capitol building back into legislative service. Former Phoenix Mayor and Chairman of the Arizona Capitol Centennial Committe John Driggs and Phoenix Architect Don Ryden discuss the planning process that was recently approved by Legislative Council.

June 21, 2010

May 17, 2010

Amtrak is looking to increase service to southern Arizona. It coincides with a move to try and get


rail service between Phoenix and Tucson. Sean Holstege, an Arizona Republic reporter, talks about the developments.

April 21, 2010

A debate on Proposition 100. It’s a measure on the May 18th special election ballot that would temporarily increase the state sales tax by one cent per dollar for three years. Representing “Yes on 100” is Marty Shultz, Vice President of Government Affairs for the Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, the parent company of APS. Representing the “No on 100” campaign is Don Goldwater, State Chairman of the PAChyderm Coalition, a Reagan Republican organization and advises legislators in the areas of economics, immigration and other campaign issues.

April 19, 2010

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed Rick Romley as Interim Maricopa County Attorney. Romley, who held that office for 16 years, replaces Andrewand former lawmaker and Pinal County Supervisor Pete Rios.

October 29, 2009

The State Land Department sells and leases State Trust Lands to raise money for public schools. Now, a new state law allows the Department to keep up to ten percent of those earnings to manage those lands. That’s illegal, according to the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest which is asking the Attorney General to stop those payments from continuing. Hear from former State Land Commissioner Mark Winkleman who helped establish the law and Arizona Education Association President John Wright who is supporting the legal challenge.

October 21, 2009

October 19, 2009

An investigative report from the Goldwater Institute has found that an airport hiring program meant to benefit minorities is instead being used by political insiders. Reporter Mark


on their utility bills while making their homes more energy efficient. We'll take a look at this program that saves energy, lowers utility bills, makes homes safer, and keeps people employed.

May 18, 2009

January 12, 2009

Governor Janet Napolitano gives her final State of the State address before leaving for Washington, D.C., to join the Obama administration as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. HORIZON presents the address in its entirety with reaction from lawmakers. Former lawmakers Stan Barnes and Pete Rios discuss the speech with host Ted Simons.We Are Your Bad Conscience

The members of the White Rose still speak to us today, and during a recent trip to Munich, I was able to explore the place where this heroic group of German dissidents crafted their powerful message. Some readers already may be familiar with the White Rose as a result of articles posted at The Future of Freedom Foundation or from books and movies, most recently Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, which was released in 2005.

These readers know that “the White Rose” was the name taken by a small group of university students in Munich, Germany, during World War II. Along with their professor, contributors, and volunteers, members of the White Rose, in a series of six leaflets, bravely denounced Nazism, the war, and their


widespread acceptance by German society. These leaflets were printed and distributed in 16 major cities despite perilous circumstances that made this task nearly impossible to accomplish. As a result of taking part in these activities, seven of its members were executed between February 1943 and October 1944. Sixteen were imprisoned, six acquitted, and one member escaped a last-ditch attempt to impose a death sentence in April 1945.

In an attempt to overcome the moral vacuum that seemed to have swallowed the German people, the first pamphlet of the White Rose spoke directly to a sense of shame and decency that must surely be present somewhere within the populace — even if deeply buried under layers of fear, self-deception, and obedience:

Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowingof how far they had strayed from their tradition of decent, civilized behavior.

I also am aware that several members of the White Rose were raised in the Roman Catholic tradition or had become adherents to it just before execution. One aspect of that tradition is a practice called examination of conscience. For those who are put off by references to religious practices, it may help to know that the examination of conscience probably originated in the schools of pagan philosophers.

Nonetheless, those raised in the Roman Catholic tradition are taught that one must regularly scrutinize his behavior in deed, word, thought, and omission to determine whether his actions comport with Christian teachings. The purpose is to cultivate a sense of genuine sorrow (contrition) for these shortcomings (or sins), leading


apologize to their victims — with a vow to avoid such practices in the future. No. They go along with the fiction that something as all-encompassing as U.S. foreign policy cannot possibly be wrong-headed in its very foundations.

It is this orchestrated silence about principles that genuine advocates of liberty must oppose and consistently attack — just as the members of the White Rose did. It is our task to remind those around us that all the empty talk about tactics and strategies is a mere distraction. It keeps us from addressing the root causes of social, economic, and international disruption — government coercion regardless of its particular manifestation in war, economic, or lifestyle interventions.

Currently this approach separates genuine libertarians from both pro-war conservatives and their ersatz opponents inthe progressive movement. It separates us from conservatives because it reminds them that they have betrayed their claim to oppose big-government collectivism — of which war is the ultimate and most deadly expression. It separates us from progressives because it exposes their hypocrisy in supporting Iraq-like interventions in the Balkans and Darfur in addition to coercive domestic policies that victimize their fellow citizens.

With our opposition to the unprovoked invasion of Iraq and the devastation and occupation of Afghanistan, to the parade of lies offered as excuses by the administration, to the mushrooming surveillance of American citizens, to the repulsive practice of torture and its subsequent legalization by Congress and acceptance by Americans, to the illegal kidnapping and imprisonment of thousands of people without charges, to the unending fear-mongering


where Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested after dropping copies of the sixth leaflet from the balcony in the atrium, it was easy to obtain facsimiles of the original leaflets. It was a rare treat to read them and purchase copies.

In their time, the members of the White Rose — as few as they were — created a disturbance of conscience that the authorities genuinely feared. Ideas are important, and the response of the Nazi government bears testimony to the importance of ideas and the fear that they can generate among lawless government officials and their followers.

To remove the threat posed by the ideas of the White Rose, the Nazi authorities went to extraordinary lengths to silence its members without delay. Within four days of capture, they wereexecuted. According to prisoners who met these first captives, the usual practice was to defer execution for 99 days. In the case of the White Rose, however, the government was so afraid of their message that execution was almost immediate — following a kangaroo-court trial that resembles the kind of “justice” that pro-government talk-radio hosts are now urging with respect to the illegally held detainees at Guantanamo and the network of secret prisons where detainees are being tortured by employees of the U.S. government.A warning for us

In the story of the White Rose, there is a stern warning for us: democracy is not an end in itself. Further, it cannot even be considered an optimal solution for making political decisions — certainly not after the Nazi debacle and


will not leave you in peace!

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Lawrence M. Ludlow provides international location analyses, technical writing, and marketing services to corporate clients. He holds an M.A. in medieval studies from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Medieval Studies and has lectured on manuscripts, early printing, and art history at the Newberry Library in Chicago and at the San Diego Public Library.THE reformed Junior Certificate will be called the JCSA, or Junior Cycle Student Award.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn announced the new name as his officials prepare for talks with teacher unions and school managers on the implementation of change.

The overhaul of the Junior Cert starts next September, when a new English syllabus is introduced for first years.

The focus of the change at junior cycle will be on encouraging students to learn through thinking rather than relying on “learning off by heart”.

There will be gradual switch from the traditional June exams at the end of three years study, to continuous assessment of students by their own teachers..

After English, new syllabi will be rolled out for other subjects over the next few years, with an emphasis on greater use of digital


and years.

The group is made up of representatives from the teacher unions, the ASTI and TUI, management bodies, parents, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment and the Department of Education and Skills.

He said while reform of the junior cycle was urgently required, it was being phased in over several years from September.

The minister promised: “ I am determined that the new JCSA will be introduced at a rate which will allow our schools, students and teachers the time to embed these changes”.

By Katherine Donnelly, Education Editor

Online Editorsas source material for live theater – particularly as these stories reside in geographical “place.”

In Fall of 2015, VPL welcomed Gordon back for a series of visits to support research into developing a new theater work, Radicals in Miniature. Gordon researched radical movements in the '60s and '70s and how those movements manifested locally in southern Vermont. VPL, Marlboro College and Green Mountain Crossroads joined forces to link his research with undergraduate coursework and a community oral history project.

The collaboration included the creation of an undergraduate seminar course "The Politics of Change: Radical Movements of the Late 20th Century" co-taught by American Studies and Gender Studies faculty Kate Ratcliff, Gender and Theater Studies faculty Brenda Foley, Executive Director of Green Mountain Crossroads HB Lozito, and Gordon. Students read,


researched and interviewed people involved in the movements from the local community. The course culminated with student presentations "Radicals in these Hills: Oral Histories of Vermont in the '70s" in the Marlboro College Campus Center.

Gordon writes, “I source real lives for live theater, focusing new attention on those who drift or are forced to the historic margin. My last five works scoured the 19th century; forcing back decade-by-decade toward a contemporary view of our past cleansed of nostalgia’s distorting glow. Now I turn to a nearly immediate past that already grows invisible.”

Radicals in Miniature is a series of textual/sonic odes to a generation of political radicals from the late 20th century America who were titans of creativity, many of who were struck down by AIDS and are now15of 24Artists and society folks arrive for the multimedia show on May 29, 1966.Photo: Bill Young / The Chronicle 1966

16of 24The music of the Mothers was much more danceable than that of the Velvet Underground at the show on May 29, 1966, Chronicle society writer Joan Chatfield-Taylor noted.Photo: Bill Young / The Chronicle 1966

17of 24The society crowd put together creative outfits to fit in with the pop audience on May 29, 1966.Photo: Bill Young / The Chronicle 1966

18of 24A society couple came dressed in their rummage-sale best for Andy Warhol’s “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” on May 29, 1966.Photo: Bill Young / The Chronicle 1966

19of 24John Wasserman interviewed Andy Warhol and Nico before their “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” show for a story in the May 23, 1966, Chronicle.Photo: The Chronicle 1966

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24The long hair on this Fillmore patron stood out at the multimedia show on May 29, 1966.Photo: Bill Young / The Chronicle 1966

21of 24People arrive on May 29, 1966, dressed to fit into the pop scene as defined by Andy Warhol.Photo: Bill Young / The Chronicle 1966

23of 24Nico would front the Velvet Underground at “Exploding Plastic Inevitable” on May 29, 1966.Photo: Bill Young / The Chronicle 1966

24of 24The Feb. 23, 1987, Chronicle covers the death of Andy Warhol the previous day. He was 58 and had suffered from an irregular heartbeat.Photo: The Chronicle 1987

When you think Andy Warhol, you think New York City. But in May 1966, the pop art impresario brought his show to San Francisco, and The Chronicle was there to capture the moment — andcritique the experience.

The paper sent a music writer, a society writer and a photographer to cover the one-of-a-kind multimedia event at the Fillmore Auditorium, and a recent trip to the archive turned up photo negatives from the night of the show. It’s likely these images haven’t been seen for more than 50 years.

Warhol’s multimedia project was called the “Exploding Plastic Inevitable,” and the performers were various “superstars” from the Factory, the art collective that he ran in Midtown Manhattan. The show included screenings of Warhol’s films, accompanied by music performed by the Velvet Underground, fronted by Nico, and the band Mothers, an early version of the Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention. Artistic dancing and performances by Mary Woronov and Gerard Malanga also helped spice up the night.

An icon


all time.

Bill Van Niekerken is the Library Director of the San Francisco Chronicle. He does research for reporters and editors and manages the photos, negatives and text archives. He has a weekly column “From the Archive”, that focuses on photo coverage of historic events. For this column Bill scans and publishes 20-30 images from photos and negatives that haven’t been seen in many years.

Bill started working at the Mercury News in 1980, when nothing in news libraries was digital. Research was done using paper clippings, and cameras shot film. He moved to the Chronicle in 1985, just as the library was beginning their digital text archive.The French minister for Europe and foreign affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, has taken a step toward fighting cybercrime in Senegal with the opening of a new cybersecurity school, according to France Diplomatie.

The school, set to begin training students in 2019, will serve as a best-practice hub in Africa. Reportedly the first of its kind in all of Africa, the National School of Cybersecurity is located in Dakar, where it is temporarily housed in Senegal’s National School of Public Administration. To provide security professionals of African states with enhanced capabilities to fight cybercrime and improve cooperation on security and defense between France and Africa, the school will train cybersecurity experts who currently hold high-level positions in the industry.

Offering primarily short trainings that will run over the course of days


or weeks, the program will focus on legal and governance issues as well as information systems security and threat intelligence strategies. Specific to fighting cybercrime, the school has two tracks for diplomas in specialized digital investigations and digital tracing techniques.

The school is targeting executives and managers who already play an important role in digital security, and the trainings are designed to expose them to new skills. The academy also hopes to be able to expand the training programs to reach universities and civil society.

Alongside Senegal’s foreign minister, Sidiki Kaba, Le Drian participated in a ceremony celebrating the start of the school, which will play a significant role in helping other West African countries combat cybercrime for security services, judiciary and private enterprise, French officials told Phys.org.

The announcement coincidedOne day in April 1911, Roxy (aka Roxie) the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) dog got on the wrong train at Manhattan’s Penn Station and ended up in Philadelphia. For 10 years, Roxy had never made such a mistake while riding the trains across Long Island. Roxy’s hundreds of fans were no doubt surprised to read about his adventure in the newspapers the next day.

I have a feeling that this was the first time Roxy had ever been to Manhattan, and thus, like many tourists visiting the city for the first time, he simply got confused and overwhelmed.

Roxy arrived at the LIRR in 1901, just one year after the Pennsylvania Railroad had paid $6 million for a controlling interest in the LIRR. The two railroad companies had been incorporated


to build the New York Tunnel Extension from New Jersey through Manhattan to Long Island City in Queens.

The project would include a new railroad station in Manhattan and a new rail yard (Sunnyside Yards) at Long Island City to provide a place for the New Jersey trains to turn around. The new station and tunnel network provided direct rail service for passengers traveling between Long Island and Manhattan.

Ten years later, in September 1910, Pennsylvania Station began serving only the LIRR trains while the New Jersey side of the tunnel was completed. The station was fully opened to the public on November 27, 1910.

When Roxy took his first train to Penn Station in April 1911, he was traveling with his favorite commuter companion during that time, a traveling salesmanfrom Brooklyn named Roy Budd. (Roxy had a lot of different favorite commuters over the years.) As the story goes, when the train arrived at the Broad Street Station, he ran down the platform, wheeled around a few times, let out some whelps, and sniffed out a train on its way back to New York.

Roxy reportedly made it back to the Jamaica station in Queens with an hour to spare before the Amagansett Express train from Moutauk Point arrived. When it arrived, Phil Norrie, the engine driver, presented Roxy with his weekly seafood dinner from Montauk Point. After the big meal, as he did every Thursday evening, Roxy spent the night in Jamaica with station master Martin Wilteo.

“An Ornery Yallow Dog”

There are several stories about Roxy and how


he first arrived at the LIRR yards. One news article said he met Mrs. Ellphat Willetts of Roslyn, Long Island, in August 1901 at the corner of First Avenue and 34th Street. He followed her to the Long Island Ferry and boarded with her. At the train station, Mrs. Willetts instructed the baggage man to put the dog off in Roslyn, as she intended to adopt him. Roxy instead jumped off in Floral Park, where he met a LIRR conductor named Mr. Caldwell.

According to another published report, Roxy showed up at the LIRR yards in Long Island City on a dreary December day in 1901. He was “a dilapidated specimen of the canine species, which could not be described as belonging to any particular breed.” As conductor DocRogers noted, he was “an ornery yallow dog.”

However, his sad condition aroused the sympathy of Mr. Keenan, the railroad agent at Garden City, and so he took the little dog home. After a short time the dog developed a decided liking for railroad men, baggage cars, cabooses, locomotives, coaches and anything that had to do with the railroad. He especially loved any man wearing a LIRR uniform.

Roxy became a great pet with the railroad crews, and was taught many tricks by them. He spent his days wandering Long Island by train, and his nights in Garden City with Mr. Keenan. The passengers called him “the commuter,” but he would never respond to anything but Roxy.

Over the years, as Roxy made friends with more railroad men and a few


lucky commuters, he spent his nights at various locations, depending on his mood. One of his favorite rest places was the Long Island Railroad branch of the Y.M.C.A., which had a building at 45 Borden Avenue, across from the rail yards.

The LIRR Branch of the Y.M.C.A.

Founded in London in 1844, the Young Men’s Christian Association began its labors in the United States in 1872 among railroad men in Cleveland, Ohio. Reportedly, an employee who had been discharged for drunkenness but who subsequently reformed and engaged in active Christian service invited a minister to preach to railroad men in the waiting room of the station. Crowds of people attended and a revival broke out among the men, giving rise to the first branch of the YMCA composed of railroadmen.

In 1875, the Cleveland railroad men visited New York–and in particular, the Vanderbilt family–to show the city what they had done to provide housing and support for the men working in the railroad industry. As the men pointed out, the Y.M.C.A. provided clean overnight accommodations, affordable meals, and an array of programs to keep them occupied and out of trouble in between journeys.

One of the first railroad branches of the YMCA in New York City was housed in the basement of the New York Rail Station on the site of the present-day Grand Central Terminal. Twenty years later, on March 1, 1894, a branch for the LIRR men was established at 45 Borden Avenue in Long Island City. Although this building was demolished in a fire in 1895,


it was soon thereafter replaced by a three-story structure on the same site.

In 1908, Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage donated $100,000 for the construction of a new, five-story Y.M.C.A. to replace the older three-story structure on the corner of Borden Avenue and West Avenue (today’s 5th Street). Margaret was the wife of Russell Sage, a famous financier, railroad executive, and robber baron, who had amassed a fortune in the railroad industry. When he died in 1906, she became a benefactor to an array of charities, from educational and religious to medical and cultural.

Designed by John W. Ingle and built by Edward Corning Co., the building was constructed of North River brick and Indiana limestone. Due to its proximity to the East River, it was built on piles and theentire site was waterproofed.

On April 30, 1908, LIRR President Ralph Peters laid the cornerstone for the new Y.M.C.A. A copper box was placed inside the cornerstone, which included a card from President Teddy Roosevelt and a card from George B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury; a list of members of the LIRR YMCA; a copy of the agreement between Mrs. Sage and the LIRR Company; the 54th Annual Report of the Brooklyn Y.M.C.A.; the 26th Annual Report of the LIRR Company; a silver quarter from 1908; a Y.M.C.A. passbook containing the first membership card when the branch was organized March 1, 1894; and more.

Lifetime Railroad Pass

For a dozen years, Roxy enjoyed all the privileges of a railroad pass that was accepted on all of the branches of the


Roosevelt children reportedly loved him.

We also know that he spent the Easter holidays in Merrick in 1905. Whomever he stayed with put a blue ribbon on his collar that read, “I spent Easter at Merrick and had a daisy time.” Perhaps this was Miss Elsie Hess, a school teacher who lived across the street from the Merrick station. Miss Hess always gave Roxy a drumstick at Christmas, and he’d also go to her house for care whenever he was ill. She even had a wicker basket just for him in case he stayed the night.

In the early years, Roxy would only follow railroad employees. But in his senior years he switched his loyalty to passengers. First their was Mr. Warren of Jamaica, and then there was Roy Budd,who led him to Penn Station on that fateful day Roxy boarded the wrong train. Roxy not only followed Roy on and off the trains, but he also rode in automobiles with him, dined at hotels, slept in the same room, and stayed with him for an entire week.

For most of his lifetime, Roxy was not required to wear any type of license or tag. Perhaps it was because he claimed a legal residence in Suffolk County, which didn’t have the same rules as Manhattan had regarding dogs. However, in 1912 he was tagged and numbered like any other dog, and registered as dog #191175 by the SPCA.

His license was attached to his special collar, which Nelson Jones, secretary of the LIRR branch of the Y.M.C.A., had presented


to him in 1903. The collar had an engraved plate that read: I’m Roxie, the Long Island Railroad Dog. Whose Dog Are You?

The Dog With Nine Lives

Roxy had his share of accidents over the years, but he always received good care from the best veterinarians. In fact, Roxy had his very own bank account (about $300) at the Corn Exchange Bank in Long Island City to help pay for any care he needed.

In June 1902, he was run over by a car on Borden Avenue and treated by Dr. Edward N. Leavy in Hempstead. (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that the railroad “would like very much to interview in a physical manner the chauffeur who purposely ran down their canine pet.”) And In 1905, a man threw athe Southside Animal league, was inspired to get the monument after reading a poem about the passing of Miss Hess.

Rev. John Gerstenberg of the Church of the Redeemer opened the ceremony and concluded by reading “A Prayer for a Dog.” A small beagle who had been standing by the grave stepped up to the monument and drank from the fountain. As one newspaper reported, is was a “significant and fitting climax, a justification for those who have labored that Roxy might not be forgotten and that in perpetuating his memory, comfort and joy might be brought to the birds and small animals who chance that way.”

In 1951, when the Hempstead Town Board voted to build a parking field running from Merrick to Hewlett Avenues, the question of Roxy’s


grave came up. The town fathers acceded to the requests of dog-lovers and old-timers who begged that the grave remain undisturbed.

Back in those days, the highway was still a two-lane road and the train tracks were at grade level. Today, the now-elevated railroad and widened highway leave Roxy’s grave out of sight and almost forgotten, tucked up against a guardrail only inches away from the speeding cars.

Although the little water bowl built into the base is often clogged with leaves, people still come by to leave flowers and clean out the bowl in honor of the railroad dog’s memory.Say it with awe

Let me add something that I suspect of being an urband legend. In The Greatest Story Ever Told, there is a famous cameo for John Wayne. Here's a typical version of the story, from an interview with the late Brandon Lee:

Lee: Nope, no John Wayne. Did you ever hear the story about John Wayne when he was in Greatest Story Ever Told?

MAL: No.

Lee: Well, there he is at the bottom of the cross, Christ is dying, and I believe his line was, "Truly he was the son of God." So he said the line and the director came over to him and said, "You think could you do that with a little more awe?"

He said, "Sure," and so they roll the cameras for a second


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Gender: Identity and Social Change includes primary sources for the study of gender history, women’s suffrage, the feminist movement and the men’s movement

Other key areas represented in the material include: employment and labour, education, government and legislation, the body, domesticity and the family. Explore records from men’s and women’s organisations and pressure groups, detailing twentieth-century lobbying and activism onNew NRA ad uses drawing of San Francisco to depict New York City

Nailed it. Nailed it. Photo: Screenshot Photo: Screenshot Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close New NRA ad uses drawing of San Francisco to depict New York City 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

The NRA loses points for attention to detail after airing an ad that mixes up San Francisco's skyline with that of New York City.

The 30-second spot, airing in Maine, proclaims "The New Yorkers are here" with a skyline of San Francisco. Clearly visible are the Transamerica Pyramid, Bay Bridge and Ferry Building. But they added a big silhouette of the Statue of Liberty in the foreground, so presumably it's close enough for their purposes.

The ad claims former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg


existence of its participation in the distribution; and in wilfully aiding and abetting violations by the firm of the recordkeeping provisions of section 17(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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When Stead was first employed at the Salt Lake City office of Babcock & Co. in April 1967 he opened an account for "R & E Investment," which replaced an account for "Triumph Corporation," in the Ogden office. Prior to his employment with Babcock, Stead had spent some sixteen years in the brokerage business and had dealt with an R & E account at another firm. He had opened the R & E account at this prior firm at the request of Hugo Emery, president of Triumph Corporation. The only stock traded in all these accounts was stockthat Babcock & Co. violated the antifraud provisions of section 15(c) (1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 15c1-6 thereunder by failing to give purchasers of Triumph stock from it a written notification of the existence of the firm's participation in the Triumph distribution and that Stead wilfully aided and abetted these violations.

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The commission also found that Stead wilfully aided and abetted violations by Babcock & Co. of the recordkeeping provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These violations occurred when the firm failed to record on Stead's account the receipt of securities delivered by Stead to the firm commencing on April 19, 1967. They also found they occurred when the firm carried a dollar balance in Stead's account as of May 31, 1967,


fired from either revolver.
The officers, continuing their investigation, interviewed a Ms. Kathy Horton, appellant's girl friend, at police headquarters.[2] After discovering that the police had talked to Ms. Horton, the appellant went to police headquarters and expressed to the officers his displeasure with their actions. The appellant was at that time arrested and later made a statement which inculpated himself in the holdup-murder.
A lineup the following morning, August 1, 1979, resulted in a Ms. Graham, who was inside the grocery at the time of the robbery, identifying appellant as one of the two masked men that robbed and shot Allen Joe on January 10, 1979. Ms. Graham based her identification of appellant on his size, complexion, weight, and voice.[3]
A Jimmy Lee Hunter, called as a witness by theState, related he had pled guilty to his part in the holdup and received a twenty-year sentence. Before the holdup, he checked the store and waited in the car until the holdup was consummated. He then went to a house where he received five dollars for his services while two other men split the rest. He further acknowledged seeing Bernice Perry and Martha Wilson before the holdup.
A Ms. Bernice Perry, testifying for the State, related she and Martha Wilson had met Hunter shortly before the holdup. They also saw the appellant and Harvey Holmes. Hunter accompanied the women into the grocery store. Later, she and Martha Wilson were standing at a bus stop across from the store when Ms. Wilson stated, "... look Calvin and Harvey almost just


got hit running across the street." She further related Ms. Graham came running out of the store saying, "... Mr. Allen Joe had just got robbed and that they shot him." The statements of Wilson by Ms. Perry were entered into evidence over objection.
When State witness Martha Wilson became obtrusive the court, over objection, allowed the State to cross examine her as a hostile witness. She admitted giving a statement to the police on August 1, 1979, that she saw the appellant and Harvey Holmes enter the store with ski masks and depart running in front of cars, pulling the masks off. She had also told the police that the appellant admitted that he and Harvey Holmes had robbed the store. After her testimony, the trial court promptlyJuly 30, 1979, when he gave a non-inculpating statement to the officers. The appellant on his own volition returned to the police station around 10:30 p.m. on July 31, 1979, and sought out Officer Hunt to inquire why he had interrogated his girl friend Kathy Horton. After being informed *29 by the chief investigative office that they had probable cause to arrest, Officer Hunt arrested the appellant and again advised him of his Miranda rights. The appellant informed the officer that he did not wish to make a statement and wanted to call his grandfather. After doing so the appellant informed the officer he wanted to talk to a lawyer. The officer then related he terminated the questioning and was taking appellant to the lockup when Kathy Horton


approached and asked to talk to appellant. The officer heard her informing appellant he should tell the truth. After allowing them to converse in private the officer returned and asked appellant if he wanted to talk about it or go ahead to the detention area. The appellant then told the officer he would make a statement. He was again readvised of his rights and admitted his participation in the holdup.
The defense proof included the testimony of Ms. Horton that the appellant was beaten and coerced into confessing.
The trial court in the role as the trier of fact resolved the credibility issue in favor of the State and found from the evidence that the officer had scrupulously observed appellant's right to counsel. The court further found that Ms. HortonQ:

1972 textbook by Charles University professor on Thirty Years War

Just yesterday I came across a textbook citation on the Thirty Years War.
Here is what I (think I can) remember about the book in question: the author was professor at Charles University in Prague, his book was published in 1972 by Cambridge University Press, its cover blurb said that he analyzed new original sources that had surfaced from former noble estates, etc., to shine new light on the 17th-century period (presumably from a Marxist angle). The prof's name  perhaps started with a 'P' and ended with an 'y' (almost but not quite as e.g. in Pokorny).
Needless to say, I am today no longer able to trace that book and find it e.g. on amazon. Do you perhaps know


there is a side that people rarely talk about in America and people in India do not understand about America.”

How May I Help You is half about Mr. Singh and half about the lives and struggles of the people who worked with him. After two years into the job, he left it and spent more than a year in Lucknow, where the book took shape in his head. Mr. Singh now writes for several American publications and appears on radio stations, as a freelance journalist.A version of this article has also been published in Security Solutions Magazine.

On the evening of the 19th of December, 2016, the world was shocked as news came out about the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov. Karlov was shot from behind as he was delivering a speech at the Cagdas Sanat Merkezi center for modern arts in Ankara. The assassin, off-duty Turkish police officer, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, showed his police credentials in order to appear like he was assigned as Karlov’s protection officer. He then got behind Karlov as he was delivering his speech and shot him a number of times. Altıntaş then made a number of religious and political statements, and was later shot and killed by police.

It’s certainly not every day that


The National Energy Board faces a "crisis of confidence" and needs to be fundamentally overhauled, including loosening its ties to Calgary, a government-appointed panel concluded in a report released on Monday.

The panel report comes as the NEB resumes its review of the $15-billion Energy East pipeline project, which was derailed over complaints of bias after board members met privately with stakeholders in Quebec, including former premier Jean Charest, who was then on a contract as a consultant for TransCanada Corp.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr welcomed the report, but said the government would consult further with Canadians before introducing reforms next fall to overhaul how Ottawa regulates the energy industry and assesses proposed projects including mines, power-transmission lines and pipelines. He defended the government decision to review TransCanada's EnergyNational Energy Board "has fundamentally lost the confidence of many Canadians."

It recommends the NEB be overhauled and renamed the Canadian Energy Transmission Commission (CETC), with appointments from a broader cross-section of society and a board of directors based in Ottawa. The main office would remain in Calgary, but board members would no longer be required to live there, and satellite offices would be established throughout the country.

"We heard that Canadians have serious concerns that the NEB has been 'captured' by the oil and gas industry, with many Board members who come from the industry that the NEB regulates, and who – at the very least appear to – have an innate bias toward that industry," the panel report said.

It argued the NEB's pipeline assessments have become a forum


in which Canadians debate the tradeoff between oil and gas development and environmental issues such as climate change, and not simply the effects of the project and technical requirements. To deal with that, the panel suggests all major proposals undergo a two-step approval process: one year to determine whether it is in the national interest and consistent with government policy, and then two years to conclude an environmental assessment.

Panel member Brenda Kenney said the proponents and other stakeholders would benefit from having government determine – after a public review – whether a project is broadly consistent with Canada's national interest before they spend time and money on a detailed assessment. Ms. Kenney is former president of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, an industry lobby group.

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Group lobs complaint against UC Davis when rabbit, guinea pig die

A view of the campus from the RMI North building which houses the wine and food department at UC Davis in Davis, California, on Monday, January 25, 2016. In a complaint, filed Monday with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Ohio-based group Stop Animal Exploitation Now said UC Davis researchers were negligent in allowing the two deaths and called on regulators to take “meaningful action against this lawbreaking lab.” less A view of the campus from the RMI North building which houses the wine and food department at UC Davis in Davis, California, on Monday, January 25, 2016. In a complaint, filed Monday with the U.S. Department of ... more Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle Photo: LizHafalia / The Chronicle Image 1 of / 33 Caption Close Group lobs complaint against UC Davis when rabbit, guinea pig die 1 / 33 Back to Gallery

A guinea pig and a rabbit inadvertently killed in UC Davis research laboratories are at the center of a new complaint from an animal rights foundation seeking to end the use of animals in lab research.

In the complaint dated Monday and sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Ohio group Stop Animal Exploitation Now said UC Davis researchers were negligent in allowing the two deaths and called on regulators to take “meaningful action against this lawbreaking lab.”

The guinea pig died in February when it fell 5 feet from an elevated cage. The rabbit died in 2017 when an intravenous valve


with friends. I was quickly attracted to Anarcho-Punk, as it’s called: bands like Aus-Rotten. My interest in punk comes from an overall ongoing interest in liberty, self expression and exploration, so I always find myself drawn to bands and music that radically critiqued traditional cultural boundaries and tried to create something in the mundane world but not of the mundane world. I started liking heavier bands like Infest, His Hero is Gone, Tragedy, and From Ashes Rise. At the same time, I got turned on to a wonderful plant called Cannabis and soon found my way to the classics like Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and the Doors, and I realized how radical these people were in their own way through their music and lifestyles. I feelindividual who wanted to offer humanity a new philosophy; his insights and libri are the product of humanity reaching a time where an individual can actually travel, learn, synthesize and share all of the wisdom of the world and also utter new truths about man’s Spiritual nature. I do believe Crowley was tapped into the values of the future, which is why he was received with so much friction in his time. He was also just a dude too, and had his rough edges as humans do. I’m currently a member of the Thelemic fraternity the A.’.A.’. So the themes of mystical reverence for our connection with the cosmos has been a part of my daily life, and so for me music is another yoga or sacred dimension


Trump hotel in SoHo takes buyout route

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 21: A view of the Trump SoHo hotel condominium building, February 21, 2017 in New York City. The development of Trump SoHo, completed in 2010, was constructed in partnership with the Bayrock Group, headed by former Soviet official Tevfik Arif. Felix Sater, a Russian-American businessman, also worked for Bayrock Group during the development of Trump SoHo. Despite repeated claims that he is not involved in any business deals with Russia, President Trump's ties to the country continue to be scrutinized.

Trump SoHo Hotel is being bought out, Trump International Hotels Management and the board of the Trump SoHo Condominium New York announced Wednesday.

The transition for the buyout of the remaining term of the management and license agreement ofTrump SoHo Hotel will take place by the end of the year. The buyout was first reported by the New York Times.

The decision comes as some properties connected to the Trump Organization are struggling for business. One exception to this is the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., a meeting place for administration and GOP officials and out-of-town guests, which has been exceeding financial expectations. Trump SoHo opened only seven years ago in 2010, as a $450 million, 46-story hotel and condominium in the popular lower Manhattan district. The Trump SoHo is not owned by Mr. Trump, but his name was licensed and the Trump Organization managed the property.

The announcement comes after a hotel bearing Trump's name in Toronto did away with the "Trump" attached to its name,


following the decision of the building's new owner to end a contract with the Trump Organization to manage the hotel and condo space.

The property has faced legal trouble in the past. Condo buyers in a lawsuit claimed they were defrauded by claims Mr. Trump, his children and associates made about the building, and the defendants in the suit in November 2011 agreed to refund 90 percent of $3.16 million in deposits, while admitting to no wrongdoing, The New York Times reported. The endeavor has also been questioned for ties to Felix Sater, a Russian-born real estate developer whose name has cropped up in discussions about Russian election meddling and any ties to the Trump campaign. Sater pushed the idea of a Trump property in Moscow in an emailto Mr. Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen.

But those associated with the endeavor touted its successes.

"The board and CIM have been first class in every regard," said Eric Danziger, CEO of Trump Hotels. "We have truly enjoyed our relationship and look forward to exploring new opportunities in the future. Over the past several years, Trump Hotels has expanded into a multi-dimensional hotel group, and we look forward to continuing the expansion into new domestic markets."

"The hotel has achieved high ratings and earned many accolades, including the prestigious AAA Five-Diamond award for five consecutive years under the management of the Trump Organization and the impressive efforts of the hotel's employees," Gil Keinan, vice president of the board said in a statement.

The president's sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., are


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Christ is one of the most powerful symbols and has been for over 2,000 years. Christian’s cling to his every that the bible has to offer to hope to truly understand how they can be better and be accepted into those heavenly, pearly white gates that await many of us in the inevitable afterlife.

Three unnamed Israeli archeologists, backed by Russian troops, are taking part in the mysterious excavations which are believed to have already unveiled Hebrew engravings and antiquities.

They could use to prove their historical presence in the region according to their common tactic in dealing with different cities. Partnership first then monopoly.

The sources start in their talk to Zaman al-Wasl from the minute the Russians came into Palmyra after they expelled ISIS. Russians hastened to spreadand create a base in Palmyra’s historical sites until they established a camp and military base inside the archeological area.

In Palmyra, according to the sources, the Russian soldiers and intelligence worked for a duration with Syrian regime mercenaries and soldiers. During that period, they were partners in robbing and selling archeological artifacts according to their power and military presence; however, this partnership did not last long as Russians revealed their intentions fast. They excluded the regime and singled out power for themselves in the heart of the historical city which is considered a museum full of treasures and antiquities rare to find in the world. Continue reading Russian Troops Protect Secret Biblical Dig In Syria


Conventional cellular mobile radio telephone systems are controlled by at least one mobile switching center, or MSC (also known as a mobile telephone switching office), at least one base station, and at least one mobile station. The mobile switching center constitutes an interface between the radio-based cellular system and the public switching telephone network. The base station acts essentially as a conduit for information between the mobile stations and the mobile switching center. Calls to and from mobile subscribers are switched by the mobile switching center. The mobile switching center also provides all signalling functions needed to establish the calls.
In order to obtain adequate radio coverage of a geographical area, plural base stations are normally required. The area is divided into cells, and each cell may either bethe 101st Airborne Headquarters during the siege at the end of December 1944. This base was, indeed, the Headquarters where General McAuliffe responded with his historical message to the Germans' demand for surrender: “NUTS.”

The Base was the very center of all decisions made that helped to hold and, ultimately, stop the Germans in their war efforts. It was also a very large aid station for the many wounded soldiers who fought so valiantly to hold Bastogne.

The first wave of closing down Army Bases included already the Army Base at Bastogne, but after successful lobbying one managed to preserve it. The Base is now under supervision of the «Royal Army Museum and Military History» in Brussels. But one might fail this second time…. !

For more than 15 years, the


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“Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear Me and to keep all My commandments…” – Deuteronomy 5: 29

Israel had just encountered the glory of the Lord in a way that removed all pretense and dull mindedness. Never had such a nation – set apart by God Himself – been so mindful of falling short of the glory of God. So intense was the experience that their human frame failed to withstand the greatness for fear of being consumed by the blazing holiness of Almighty God. Never before had Israel realized their utter frailty, weakness, helplessness – even under the cruel, tyrannical empire of Pharaoh – as when they stood at the foot of the mountain to behold the all-glorious Shekinah.Commonwealth v Bank of New South Wales

Commonwealth v Bank of New South Wales, was a Privy Council decision that affirmed the High Court of Australia's decision in Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth, promoting the theory of "individual rights" to ensure freedom of interstate trade and commerce. The case dealt primarily with Section 92 of the Constitution of Australia.

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After two strong election wins, the Australian Labor Party government of Ben Chifley announced in 1947 its intention to nationalise private banks in Australia. It achieved this process by passing the Banking Act 1947. The policy proved very controversial, and the Bank of New South Wales challenged the constitutional validity of the law. The High Court found specific provisions of the law were invalid and struck them down. The


detailing the appointment of new directors for all private banks with the power to control, manage, direct and dispose of assets of those banks. Dixon J held that this was a "circuitous device to acquire indirectly the substance of proprietary interest."
The Act, in setting up a "Court of Claims", invalidly attempted to oust the original jurisdiction of the High Court..

Privy Council
The Privy Council endorsed the High Court decision in adopting the individual rights approach. Provisions of the Commonwealth law prohibited private banks from carrying out interstate business banking. Interstate banking transactions under the law were thus not "absolutely free" and hence in violation of Section 92 of the Constitution. The Law Lords held that a simple legislative prohibition of interstate trade and commerce would be constitutionally invalid, butaccount on which both could sign checks according to "a joint venture signature card, signed by two parties, Kevin Scott and Jay Dowling, doing business as Midwest Construction Company." There was evidence that plaintiff "said that he was a part of the company and had a part of the profits coming"; and that he told the Perrymans' son at the construction site "that if it wasn't for being a partner with Mr. Jay Dowling that he would rather be home sitting in front of the fireplace watching the ballgame". Plaintiff ran the construction job and Dowling was rarely there. Plaintiff's father testified that he advised his son to have a written partnership agreement with Dowling prepared and plaintiff replied, "Dad, I trust the man. He's always treated me


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Ross makes history with HRs in first two at-bats

Ross makes history with HRs in first two at-bats

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PHILADELPHIA -- Manager Bruce Bochy called his band of Giants a group of castoffs and misfits on Saturday night.

"I compare them to the 'Dirty Dozen,'" said Bochy, citing the famous war film produced and released in 1967. "That's the way they play. That's the way they've coalesced into a team that goes out there to win."

The dirtiest of the dozen may be Cody Ross, who the Giants selected off waivers from the Marlins almost two months ago.

"Here's a guy who wanted to be a rodeo clown, and that's a tough job," Bochy added.

On Saturday night in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, the outfielderbecame the first player in 23 years to hit homers in his first two plate appearances of an LCS as the Giants defeated the Phillies, 4-3, at Citizens Bank Park, giving them a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The first to do it in an NLCS -- and only the fourth to hit two homers in Game 1 of an NLCS, joining Steve Garvey (1978), Gary Matthews (1984) and Will Clark (1989) -- Ross hit his homers off Phillies ace Roy Halladay with one out and none on in both the third and fifth innings. The pokes ultimately helped send San Francisco out to a 4-1 lead. For Ross, that gave him three homers and a NLDS-winning single against the Braves in four consecutive postseason at-bats.

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Most go-ahead RBIs in one postseason in Giants history

Player

Season

RBI

Cody Ross

2010

4

Barry Bonds

2002

3

Benito Santiago

2002

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His homer on Monday night in Atlanta came with one out in the sixth inning and broke up a no-hitter being tossed at the time by Derek Lowe. His first homer off Halladay broke a spell of 11 1/3 no-hit innings tossed by the right-hander, including only the second no-no in postseason play in Game 1 of Philadelphia's NLDS win over the Reds.

Ross was also on the field on May 29, when Halladay threw a perfect game against the Marlins. Talk about success.

"This guy, he's obviously one of the best in the game," Ross said about Halladay, who was bested by two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum on Saturday night. "He's gotthe potential to go out there and do that every night he pitches. But fortunately we got to him a little early, and Timmy threw outstanding and pitched well enough to get the win. It was just a big win for us, coming in here, first game against their horse. Taking the first one, it was a good feeling for us."

Gary Gaetti of the Twins was the only other player to hit homers in his first two playoff plate appearances, and that happened in Game 1 of the ALCS on Oct. 7, 1987, in an 8-5 victory over the Tigers at the Metrodome.

Ross is the first Giants player to have a multi-homer postseason game since Jeff Kent hit two homers on Oct. 24, 2002, in Game 5 of


in 17 postseason at-bats.

Ross is 6-for-17 with three homers and five RBIs in the first five games of this year's playoffs.

Because of Ross' recent success, Bochy has been asked consistently whether he's considering batting the outfielder higher in the order.

"He's having success where he's at," Bochy said. "So why mess with it? He's done a great job in that hole. And I don't think I'm going to change it."

Ross said he was as good as done for the season when the Giants selected him off waivers from the Marlins. Like Pat Burrell, who was picked up by the Giants on May 29, 10 days after his release by the Rays, the Giants are earning huge dividends from both players. The castoffs. The misfits.

"A month and a half ago,Conceptual artist Cherry Tree has a scent of mystery about her. And the smell of urine. Her urine. And it's intentional.

For the last five years, Tree, who splits time between Missouri and Spain, has been turning her own urine into perfume.

"I am very much into recycling," Tree, born Charity Blansit, told AOL Weird News. "And urine is something I've thought needs to be recycled, since it's something that gets eliminated."

It's a whiz of an idea and one that Tree was inspired to turn into a reality in 2006.

"It was the first morning after a full moon," she said. "And I decided to collect my urine in a perfume bottle."

At first, Tree's concept was only to collect urine after each full moon.

"I was fascinated by how the smell changes


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On a breezy, unusually warm morning in late October, about 60 cops, mental health counselors, pastors, and business leaders are gathered inside a community center in Newton, Kansas for an intensive training. They sit mostly stone-faced around folding tables with coffee and pastries as Dr. Russell Palarea launches into a close analysis of the 1999 cult comedy Office Space. He explains why the behavior of Milton Waddams—a memorably pathetic cubicle dweller who suffers multiple indignities at the hands of his coworkers—holds the key to preventing a mass shooting.

Palarea cues a series of clips that show Milton muttering under his breath about a prized red Swingline stapler taken from him by hisbullying boss. As the film progresses, Milton’s socially awkward affect begins to turn more hostile. Eventually, he slinks into the boss’s office to repossess the stapler. Palarea pauses the video to underscore the telling escalation: “He’s taken matters into his own hands. He’s moved from idea to action.” By the final clip, Milton has burned down the office building and decamped to a beach resort in Mexico, where he mumbles about slipping strychnine into the guacamole. The dark comedy cracks a couple of smiles, serving both as an icebreaker and an initial lesson on the behavioral warning signs of an attack—an obsessive grievance, oblique threats about killing.

Palarea, a forensic psychologist based in Washington, D.C., is a leading practitioner of threat assessment, an emerging field in which mental health


them to Hesston.”

As police vehicles and ambulances screamed toward the town, Hesston police chief Doug Schroeder had already reached Excel and found pandemonium. The large glass doors at the front of the plant had been shot out. Scores of employees were fleeing across the parking lots, some helping wounded coworkers. Schroeder didn’t know who was shooting inside the mammoth facility, or where. But like most law enforcement leaders trained in the post-Columbine era, he knew he could not hesitate: An active shooter fires an average of every four seconds. And hundreds of people were still inside the building.

Schroeder entered through a side door, his Colt AR-15 rifle in hand. He saw blood trails on the floor both to the left and the right. It was quiet. He wentright, toward the main entrance, and began to hear gunfire. He moved through several more hallways to an office area, where he encountered a frightened employee. As they began to speak, the glass window in the door next to them shattered. Ford was just on the other side. “I’m going to get you,” Schroeder recalled him saying.

Many employees were hiding in nearby offices, and Ford was carrying plenty more ammo.

The terrified employee bolted as the barrel of Ford’s rifle poked through the doorway. Ford came through the door and chased after the employee, unaware that Schroeder was just behind him. Schroeder took aim with his rifle and fired four shots. As Ford spun and went down, he raised his pistol and fired at Schroeder. He missed. “I saw


for public disclosure), but it underscored behaviors and circumstances to watch out for—domestic violence, drug abuse, menacing comments—and how to communicate more effectively among local agencies and institutions about individuals of concern.

With the encouragement of event organizers, Palarea also decided that he would not leave out his most graphic training material. Ford’s attack was the latest in a long history of similar workplace violence. Palarea gave an in-depth analysis of a 1988 case in Sunnyvale, California, where Richard Farley went on a rampage at the technology company ESL Incorporated, killing seven coworkers and wounding four others. One of the survivors, Laura Black, had rejected Farley’s romantic advances; after he continued harassing her and turned abusive, ESL fired him. This was another case where a restraining order appeared to— just like the housing sector in the early 2000s — is a “bubble.”

Much of the rhetoric surrounding the “free college” movement bears an uncanny resemblance to the rhetoric that surrounded the federal government’s effort in the 1990s and early 2000s to expand home ownership by making “the American dream” affordable for everyone. The numbers also show some striking similarities.

The cost of college has risen much faster than inflation in recent decades. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, outstanding student loan debt in the United States has grown much faster than auto, credit card, and other major types of debt, paralleling the massive run up in mortgage debt that preceded the bursting of the housing bubble. As of 2014 Q4, outstanding student loan debt exceeded


Apparently the tagline “Winter has arrived” does not exclusively apply to the new season of Game of Thrones. The NHL has apparently adopted it as their mentality as well. After recently re-announcing the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings as the contestants for the sixth edition of the Winter Classic more outdoor hockey could be on the way. Reports have surfaced that as many as five new outdoor games will soon be announced by the NHL including: Kings vs Ducks, Devils vs Rangers, Islanders vs Rangers, Penguins vs Blackhawks and Canucks versus Senators.

Early signs of this fact came out shortly after the Winter Classic announcement. Several sources, including player agent Alan Walsh, reported that the NHL would soon announce a second outdoor game that included thegame. The Blackhawks should be given the home ice advantage for next years Winter Classic but not against Pittsburgh. Perhaps a real rival would serve as a more suitable opponent for the Blackhawks. If the league is going to expand the number of games exposed to the elements they should at least place some new teams into the fold.

This leaves the two New York Rangers games. It was a questionable decision at best to give on team two outdoor games at the same venue during one year. Even if the New Jersey Devils are the supposed “home team” for their alleged game against the Rangers. In fact the Devils-Rangers game should be the other that is cut, making way for the more historical battle of New York. While


time of the signing, it seemed as if Jones was a strange fit. Luckily (or, more appropriately, terribly), some playing time just freed up. In the final game of the Diamondbacks Spring Training, Steven Souza Jr., who had been slated as Arizona’s primary right fielder, suffered a gruesome knee injury that required season ending surgery. It is a terribly development for the Diamondbacks, but more than that, for Souza Jr. Acquired from the Rays after a very solid 2017 campaign in which he hit 30 homers, stole 16 bases, and was worth 4 wins, Souza has now lost essentially all of his first two years with Arizona to injury. He’ll attempt to make a comeback in his age-30 season, and his final year before free agency.

So, with thathope for is for the young players to make improvements, however minor, that line the team up to be more successful in 2019 and beyond.

Overall, a playoff berth isn’t impossible, but more likely than not, this team will win about 80 games, and regroup next October. The team should have sold off more pieces this offseason to avoid being in stuck in the middle with a bloated payroll. Hopefully, Zack Greinke is traded at the deadline as opposed to next offseason, because the longer they wait to trade him, the older he gets. Trading Goldschmidt signaled the start of a new era in Arizona, but there are still steps to be made towards a larger-scale rebuild. If by October, the Diamondbacks have taken a few more of those


Career: Actress. Appeared in advertisements, including print advertisements for Esprit and Christian Dior, television commercials for Martini Rosso and www.actgreen.com, and in television commercials and print advertisements for El Corte Ingles.

Awards, Honors: Golden Satellite Award, best performance by an actress in a motion picture—comedy or musical, 1996, for Emma; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite actress—suspense, 1998, for A Perfect Murder; Florida Film Critics Circle Award, best actress, 1998, for Sliding Doors and Shakespeare in Love; special award, San Diego Film Critics, 1998, for Sliding Doors, Shakespeare in Love, and consistent acting excellence; Sierra Award, Las Vegas Film Critics Society awards, best actress, 1998, Academy Award, best actress, Golden Globe Award, best performance by an actress in a motion picture—comedy or musical, Screen Actors Guild Award, best actress, Film Awardnomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, best actress, Florida Film Critics Circle Award, best actress, MTV Movie Award (with Joseph Fiennes), best kiss, MTV Movie Award nomination, best female performance, Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actress in a comedy or romance, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, best actress, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a motion picture—comedy or musical, Online Film Critics Society Award nomination, best actress, Screen Actors Guild awards, outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role and (with others) outstanding performance by a cast, all 1999, and Empire Award, best actress, 2000, all for Shakespeare in Love; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actress—suspense, 2000, for The Talented Mr. Ripley; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite actress—drama/romance, MTV Movie


Award nomination (with Ben Affleck), best kiss, 2001, both for Bounce; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, comedy or musical, 2002, for The Royal Tenenbaums;Laurence Olivier Award nomination, Society of West End Theatre, best actress, 2003, for Proof; Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film Award, ShoWest Convention, 2004.

Appeared as Linnet in "Death on the Nile," Poirot; also appeared in episodes of other series, including "Gwyneth Paltrow," Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television; and The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated.

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With her unconventional beauty, mastery of accents, and class, Gwyneth Paltrow has a chance to become her generation's Meryl Streep, provided either experience or training greatly deepen her ability to lose herself in a role. Though she is not formally trained, her acting has gradually improved over the years. And though she was born and raised in California by her parents, actress Blythe Danner (The Great Santini) and television producer Bruce Paltrow (St. Elsewhere), she has shown herself to be a master of accents, from Texan


(Flesh and Bone) to three distinct varieties of British in her three most notable films: Emma, Sliding Doors, and Shakespeare in Love. Director Steve Kloves was stunned by both Paltrow's acting ability and her ear for accents when he was casting the role of Ginnie, an amoral grifter from Texas who steals jewelry from corpses, for his film Flesh and Bone (1993). Kloves said, when Paltrow entered the audition room, she was all sweetness and light, "but as soon as she read, a veil came over her and she totally inhabited the character."

Another director who can attest to the authenticity of her accent is Douglas McGrath. "I grew up in Texas, and my friends and I used to just kill ourselves laughing when movie actors did Texas accents.People always sounded like the Clampetts. But Gwyneth did the most impeccable Texas accent in Flesh and Bone." This was one reason McGrath gave Paltrow the lead in his film Emma (1996), which proved to be her true breakout role. Emma, based on the Jane Austen novel, tells the story of an overindulged rich girl who is so busy meddling in the lives of others that she neglects her own. As an American, Paltrow was petrified of taking the role of one of England's most beloved literary characters, in a film to be shot in England and filled with some of England's finest actors. According to Paltrow, growing up she always had a knack for accents, and would occasionally fool people pretending she was British or some other


nationality. But when she was cast as Emma Woodhouse she suddenly realized it would take an enormous amount of work because there's a huge difference between the fake English accent that sounds good and a real one that reflects growing up in a specific location in England, and that requires changing the placement of your tongue and jaw. She needn't have worried about tackling the role; her accent and the emotional tone she struck were so right, so light and graceful and witty, that her performance was embraced on both sides of the Atlantic.

She was offered roles in Titanic and The Avengers, but turned down both for the lead in Peter Howitt's Sliding Doors (1998), in which she plays the lead character in a dual role. Running fora subway train after being fired from her job, Helen Quilley both catches and misses the train, setting up parallel stories showing how something as simple as catching or missing a subway train can lead to widely divergent fates. A great believer in the idea that life experiences really change the way you perceive things from one day to the next, Paltrow found it challenging to play two versions of the same woman, one who has been through something dramatic and traumatic, and one who hasn't.

But it was in Shakespeare in Love (1998) that Paltrow really came into her own. This cleverly written film is in part a fanciful speculation on how Shakespeare came to write his most famous play, in part a satire of show business, and


especially a love story between William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) and Lady Viola de Lesseps (Paltrow). In Shakespeare's time, women were forbidden to act, but Viola is so eager to work in the theater that she disguises herself as a man in order to appear in Shakespeare's newest play, the still-in-progress Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter. Shakespeare is suffering from writer's block, but once he discovers Viola's secret and their passionate love blooms, he has all the inspiration he needs. The New York Times pointed out that the film could never have as much energy as it does without the right real-life Juliet to dazzle Will, and "Gwyneth Paltrow, in her first great, fully realized starring performance, makes a heroine so breathtaking that she seems utterly plausible asthe playwright's guiding light. In a film steamy enough to start a sonnet craze, her Viola de Lesseps really does seem to warrant the most timeless love poems, and to speak Shakespeare's own elegant language with astonishing ease." Paltrow's performance earned her a well-deserved Best Actress Oscar, and was a major reason the film went on to win Best Picture. One can only hope that she develops greater depth to accompany her grace and facility with accents.

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PALTROW, GWYNETH (1972–), U.S. actress. Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of the Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner and the film director Bruce Paltrow, who was said to have had generations of rabbis in his family tree. In 1991, Gwyneth quit the University of California to actively pursue a career in acting. She made her film debut with a small part in Shout (1991) and then had featured roles in a variety ofbefore the Senate that Trump abused the power of his office in his relations with Ukraine. The president's defense team is set to begins its rebuttal later this week.

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In 1987, Stephen King was at the height of both his powers, and his popularity. In the 13 years and 23 books since Carrie was released, his name had become publishing gold. It, The Shining, The Stand, Salem's Lot: these were books that were going to go down in publishing history. And then, in 1987, King published four novels within a 10-month period, three of them standalone books with something to offer for nearly every potential reader. The Eyes of the Dragon was a young adult fantasy novel; Misery was a literary psychological thriller; The Tommyknockers was a science fiction horror epic. And then there was The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three..

The sequel to The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three seems to have beenmeant for what King referred to as the "Constant Reader" – those who follow his every published word. It wasn't as if The Gunslinger set the world on fire ( sales figures suggest that it was, on release, one of his lesser-selling books); there would likely have been more fervour for a sequel to something like Firestarter or Salem's Lot. But King didn't, at that point in his career, write sequels – it's taken 36 years for the first to be looming over the hill in the form of Doctor Sleep, the forthcoming follow-up to The Shining – so the Dark Tower series was an anomaly. Where every other novel had the lowest barrier for entry possible, the Dark Tower books relied on the reader having read the


others.

The Drawing of the Three picks up the action where The Gunslinger left off – or as near as dammit, after a section ("Argument") that essentially takes the role of those Previously On... bits at the start of TV shows. Roland of Gilead had been chasing the Man In Black across the desert, then they had a little tarot-card reading, Roland fell asleep for 10 years and the Man In Black escaped. Book one was hugely tense and bizarrely structured, a three-act tribute to both Sergio Leone and Tolkien filled with tonal statements of intent: dead towns, displaced children (from "other worlds than these") and a truly evil villain. Book two begins with another such statement, when Roland is attacked by a giant lobster and loses two ofthe fingers on his right hand. He then wanders in a fever to a beach filled with doors, each of which leads to New York City at various points in its history.

The book, from that point, becomes a "putting together the band" style narrative, with Roland going to three different times in our world and meeting significant characters. The first, Eddie, is a drug smuggler and addict, whose life is saved by Roland; the second is Odetta Holmes, a disabled black civil rights protester with multiple personality disorder; and the third is a red herring, a bad guy rather than team-mate. This is Jack Mort, the man who not only gave Odetta her split personality, but was also the reason that she lost her legs. Jack Mort, it's


if they had been written for me and me alone; and that's how I feel now, when I understand it within the context of the rest of King's oeuvre.

But, for heaven's sake, don't try reading it on its own.

Connections

Last time, for The Eyes of the Dragon, I mentioned that Dennis and Thomas's story, chasing after Randall Flagg, was left hanging open, to be revisited. In The Drawing of the Three, that revisiting occurs, as Roland tells a tale of witnessing said chase. Amazed at Flagg's power, he was shocked when he saw one of them being turned into a dog. Maybe that's not the end to the story that some readers wanted, but it's definitely a cap on Dennis, Thomas and The Eyes of the Dragon – andhuman impact of the U.S. standing in total isolation among the industrialized nations of the world in not providing healthcare to all its citizens and found that it resulted in an estimated 45,000 people dying every year as a direct result of being too poor to afford healthcare.

That same year, while tens of thousands of people were dying from a lack of medical insurance and the nation was reeling from the deepest recession since the Great Depression, the five largest for-profit health insurance companies in the United States set a new industry profit record while cutting 2.7 million people from their rolls and leaving them bereft of coverage.

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For these and other reasons, in national polls both single-payer insurance and the public option consistently garnered majority approval, polling substantially