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On May 26, 1956, two Florida A&M students changed the course of history. Wilhelmina Jakes and Carrie Patterson boarded a Tallahassee city bus on South Adams Street and plopped down on a front bench beside a white woman.
The bus driver ordered them to move to the back of the bus. When the two students refused, the driver drove to a nearby gas station and called the police. Jakes and Patterson were arrested and charged with placing themselves in a position to "incite a riot."
Within days, the black community had inaugurated a bus boycott. For seven months, black residents — the bus company's main customers — refused to ride city buses. The boycott attracted national attention. It led to the arrest of 26 people and two temporary shutdowns of the bus company.
And it changed Tallahassee forever.
"It is impossible to overestimate the significance of the bus boycott in Tallahassee civil rights history," said Glenda Rabby, author of "The Pain And The Promise," the seminal book about the Tallahassee civil rights movement. "It was the first organized protest and successful challenge to racial segregation and discrimination in the city. The boycott helped to sow the seeds of discontent that would eventually flourish in a protest movement against the very foundation of southern society: the unjust laws and customs designed to perpetuate and enforce racial inequality."
Tallahassee will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the boycott Thursday, with a daylong series of events. In the morning, there will be two panel discussions at FAMU, one of which will feature three participants in the boycott: Eddie Barrington, Henry Steele and Frederick Humphries.
At 11:45 a.m., there will be a symbolic walk from the FAMU Grand Ballroom to Under The Over at Lake Anita, the city's new gathering spot on rebuilt FAMU Way. There, city officials will unveil a bus wrapped in a mural that pays tribute to the boycott and its participants. The event will include speeches, refreshments and entertainment to 3 p.m.
The 1956 bus boycott was initiated by FAMU students. Jakes and Patterson were arrested on a Saturday; on Sunday night a cross was burned in the front yard of the home near campus where they rented rooms. On Monday morning, FAMU student body president Broadus Hartley called a meeting of the 2,300 students, who voted to boycott city buses.
Students spilled out of Lee Hall afterward just as a city bus was coming through campus. The students surrounded the bus and demanded passengers get off. Members of the football team lifted up one side of the bus and "literally shook people out of there," said Humphries, the future FAMU president, then a junior chemistry major. "The student body was very upset."
But only a week remained in the school year, at a time when college students departed Tallahassee en masse during the summers. So the boycott could have fizzled.
But the next day, several dozen black pastors and businessmen met at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church to form the Inter-Civic Council to support the boycott. The group elected Bethel Baptist pastor C.K. Steele as ICC chairman.
60th anniversary observance is a lessson for the young
The next night, more than 500 black residents — including domestic workers, laborers, housewives, senior citizens, FAMU employees and state workers — met in support of the ICC and crafted three demands for city leaders: Bus seating should be first come, first served; all people should be treated courteously; and the bus company should hire black drivers..
It would be the ICC and the black adults of Tallahassee who carried the bus boycott.
"I was amazed and gratified by the big response. We saw people from all walks of life come together on the bus situation," said retired pastor Henry Steele, second of C.K. Steele's six children, who was 12 at the time. "Nobody complained it shouldn't be done, or couldn't be done."
The boycott lasted seven months — which were tumultuous.
The city dropped charges against Jakes and Patterson, hoping to avoid a test case in the courts. Tallahassee Democrat editor Malcolm Johnson assembled a bi-racial committee in hopes of defusing the boycott; but the committee dissolved when 14 members of the ICC showed up to protest.
The Tallahassee City Commission tried to broker a deal with 15 "friendly" black leaders, including legendary FAMU football coach Jake Gaither — a gesture that earned contempt in the black community.
The city commission did ask the bus company to treat all customers courteously and hire black drivers. Seth Gaines, David Moore and Edgar Richardson were the first three black drivers hired.
But the city commission refused to endorse integrated seating on the buses. City leaders were convinced integrated seating on the buses would lead to school integration — which had been ordered by the Supreme Court two years before — and to chaos in Southern society.
Touchstones remain with bus boycott past
Bus company revenues dropped precipitously as black residents refused to ride. On July 1, the buses stopped running entirely.
"It was so good to see the solidarity of everyone," Henry Steele said. "When the buses quit running it was unbelievable; it was a very good sign we were making inroads."
To fill the transportation void, the ICC organized carpools, with 65 blacks carrying blacks to and from their jobs. City police responded by ticketing drivers for minor and imagined infractions: Steele was the first driver ticketed, charged with supposedly running a stop sign and speeding.
The city commission threatened to pass a law banning the carpools. Instead, the state attorney general ruled the carpools were violating state laws about cars for hire. In September, 21 drivers and the ICC were arrested and charged with violating the state law.
At their trial, all 22 parties were convicted by City Judge John Rudd and each sentenced to a $500 fine and 60 days in jail. Rudd suspended the jail sentences, but left the fines in place. ICC member Dan Speed, owner of a Frenchtown grocery store, paid the $11,000 in fines. Steele spent several years speaking around the nation to pay off the $11,000.
The convictions ended the carpools — and eventually the boycott. For a while, blacks walked to and from their jobs. On Dec. 23, 1956, the ICC voted to formally end the boycott.
In June, 1956, a federal court struck down segregated seating in a case brought by the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott. In November, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the ruling: Integrated seating on buses was now the law of the land.
Even so, the Tallahassee City Commission refused to rescind its ban on integrated seating. So the ICC voted to ride the buses in a "non-segregated manner." Starting on Christmas Eve, Steele and other ICC members began riding the buses, sitting in the front "whites only" section. A Life magazine photographer captured the often-published photo of Steele and Bethel AME pastor H. McNeal Harris riding at the front.
Bus manager Charles Carter and nine bus drivers were arrested for allowing the integrated bus rides. The city announced it would revoke the then-private bus company's charter. Steele and ICC responded by calling for a mass "integrated ride" on Dec. 27, 1956. But when 200 white youths showed with bats and rocks at the bus terminal at Park Avenue and Monroe Street, the protest was called off.
On New Year's Eve, rocks were thrown through the windows of Steele's home, next door to Bethel Baptist, and two weeks later gunshots were fired through the windows of Dan Speed's grocery store. On Jan. 3, a cross was burned on the front lawn of Bethel Baptist Church.
The violence dismayed even the white community. The Tallahassee Democrat wrote an editorial condemning the cross-burning as a "shameful device unbecoming any citizen of a free country." Gov. LeRoy Collins, a Tallahassee native, stepped in to head off further violence; on Jan. 1, he suspended the bus service.
On Jan. 9, the city commission offered its solution: assigned seating on city buses. Drivers were ordered to assign seats to every rider based on "weight distribution," "health and safety," and "peace, tranquility and good order." Though the policy was designed to still separate bus riders based on race, it made no mention of segregated seating.
The policy satisfied Collins, who lifted the ban on the buses. But blacks continued their unofficial boycott, and the buses operated half full for a week.
On Jan. 19, 1957, the ICC tried a new tactic: Three black FAMU students and three white FSU students boarded a bus and took their assigned seats. Once the bus began moving, one white student, Joe Spagna, jumped up and traded seats with one of the black students, creating two interracial groups of riders. When Spagna refused to return to his seat, the driver drove the bus to the police station, where Spagna and his two black companions, Leonard Speed and Johnny Herndon, were arrested.
Judge John Rudd found all three guilty, sentencing each to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. The case was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to hear the case. In June 1958, Herndon and Speed served 15 days of their sentences, before Rudd released them. Spagna, the only white person arrested during the boycott, had already graduated and left Tallahassee.
Under pressure from a Collins-appointed bi-racial committee, the bus company was allowed to gradually rescind its assigned seating program. Blacks began returning to the buses. Though the assigned seating ordinance was never officially repealed, it was considered wiped from the books when the bus company was sold to the city in 1974.
The Tallahassee boycott started five months after the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. (1955-56), which was a watershed event of the civil rights movement and catapulted its leader, Martin Luther King Jr., to national fame. There also were bus boycotts in Atlanta, Miami, Tampa, Baton Rouge, La., and Columbia, S.C.
But Tallahassee's boycott had made a mark. On May 26, 1957, the ICC celebrated the one-year anniversary of the bus boycott, with a rally that drew King to Tallahassee to speak.
"Tallahassee's boycott was sustained without the considerable outside financial and moral support that poured into the more famous boycott in Montgomery," Rabby said. "It proved that local blacks in other Southern communities could sustain an indigenous and ongoing protest movement against segregation."
The bus boycott kick-started Tallahassee's civil rights movement.
In 1957, Rev. K.S. Dupont became the first black since Reconstruction to run for the city commission; in 1971, James Ford became the first black elected to the city commission. In 1960, FAMU students boycotted segregated lunch counters, gaining national attention for a "jail-in," in which Patricia Stephens Due and 10 others stayed in jail for 49 days rather than pay their fines. In 1963, FAMU and FSU students picketed Tallahassee's racially segregated theaters.
Today, blacks and whites sit anywhere they wish on city-owned StarMetro buses. Of StarMetro's 107 bus drivers, 94 are black. Tallahassee, whose 186,000 population is still one third black, has had black mayors, black city commissioners, a black city manager, a black chief of police and hundreds of public positions filled by blacks.
A new generation has never known a segregated Tallahassee.
"I thought the boycott was the greatest move we ever made and was necessary to get rid of an evil that had no business being there," said Eddie Barrington, 96, a black barber and florist who was assistant secretary of the ICC. "The boycott was very important to Tallahassee and Tallahassee hasn't been the same since. It made a mighty, mighty difference."
Contact Gerald Ensley at geraldensley21@gmail.com.
COMING WEDNESDAY: The only white person arrested during the 1956 Tallahassee bus boycott was FSU student Joe Spagna. His quiet bit of heroism was barely known to his family until his daughter, Ana Maria Spagna, wrote an award-winning book, "Test Ride on the SunnylandBus."
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Nestled on the verdant hillside of Lihuitou Mountain, in the Dadonghai Bay area of The Sanya Region on China's Hainan Island, the Shanhaitian Resort boasts some worldly delights.
The 216-room hotel cuts a striking figure along popular Dadonghai Beach. The architecture was inspired by the sea itself, with blues, whites, and shining glass coming together to mimic the effects of water splashing and moving across land and sea. And as the sun hits the waves, it is reflected in metal screens along the hotel's exterior.
Guests find another kind of style inside, with rooms projecting Italian elegance, French chic, understated British charm, or classic American designs. Playful eclecticism continues at The Pod, a chic bar with DJ beats, a kaleidoscopic range of cocktails, and unparalleled views of Dadonghai Bay over the infinity pool.


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Highway construction projects have special attributes, owing to their usual execution in an environment characterized by varying degrees of uncertainty. This paper aims at testing the vital role of buffers design and management for increasing the reliability of scheduling as well as mitigating the influences of uncertainty on the construction project from the Lean Construction viewpoint. This research paper develops a sound and rational integration system framework of Last Planner System™, as a production control tool, and a proper buffering assessment model called FLBM, which is based on fuzzy logic system. FLBM also focuses on increasing the reliability of buffers to match the actual degree of variation by considering a set of factors contributing to variability in the execution of a project. Simulation of the model is accomplished in MATLAB using sample data to verify the model theoretically. A case study was simulated through FLBM to validate the credibility of the model practically. The results of the simulation gave a positive feedback, reflecting the actual conditions. A set of scenarios were simulated using the FLBM in order to validate the model. In a further step, the proposed model was also employed in the course of the implementation of LPS™.
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A new Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) was announced today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt has been named as chair for the GCIG.
The GCIG has been founded by the Centre for International Governance Innovation and the Royal Institute of International Affairs as a two-year initiative to "produce a comprehensive stand on the future of multi-stakeholder internet governance." The organization will have at least 25 members from around the world who are experts in the fields such as government policy and academia.


Took a couple hours today and messed around with the camera and 20mm at Little Corona Beach/Inspiration Point.
It was pretty crowded with people, but I guess that is what I get for going on a holiday.
Next time I think I will come early in the morning.
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Register member Peter Page has sent us shots of his van MSK 194 being 'branded' as part of the Worshipful Company of Carmen's Annual Cartmarking ceremony, in the Guildhall Yard in London. This year's ceremony was held on the 16th July.
Also note that the latest issue of the J-type Review should be dropping through member's letterboxes over the next few days.In it we mention that the Classic Van and Pick-up Show at Gaydon on August 10th neatly coincides with the 50th anniversary of Ken Cooke purchasing his beloved Austin 101 XRH 885. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are planning on bringing a club vehicle along. It is only a fortnight away!
This photo of the coachbuilt J-type owned from new by Carlsberg Breweries and on display in Copenhagen was taken by Nikki Perry, and was sent to the Register by commercial vehicle enthusiast Stuart Taylor. Many thanks to both of you.


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Backstage yesterday before Zac Posen's spring 2014 show, Kelly Osbourne updated the Cut on her forthcoming clothing line. "It's still a very, very long way — a good year — before anyone will see anything," she said, adding that she is currently working out marketing and price details. But she can confirm that it'll include a full range of sizes. "They will go from a size 0 into the plus sizes. And it's also not fair to charge people more money the bigger the sizes they get. Size 0 will be the same price as a size 24," she said. "This isn't plus size; this is everything. I am putting elastic in everything, so it gives."
As for her inspiration, Osbourne said she had a revelation when she tried on a friend's maternity clothes. "It was like having Spanx in your jeans! So I figured, why can't you rework everything to hold you in like a bandage dress does, but is not necessarily a bandage dress?" So where will one purchase these newfangled bandage jeans? "This is the exciting part that you guys will have to see when it comes out, and half the reason why it's taking a little bit longer," said Osbourne.
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Student brings half American, half Confederate flag to school on 9/11
Valmeyer, IL (KMOV) — A student at Valmeyer High School brought a flag that's half the American flag and half the Confederate flag to his school on September 11.
Valmeyer High School Superintendent Eric Frankford told News 4 the student's action is not something that will go unnoticed.
"This is not something we approve, we condone. We promote," Frankford said. "It's something that is not going to be tolerated."
Frankford said the students were encouraged to wear red, blue and white during a volleyball game on September 11 to honor victims of the attack.
But a student decided to walk into the game with a flag that's half Confederate and Frankford said: "think it's an issue for us because any symbol that conveys a message of intolerance cannot be accepted at school."
A staff member at the game did nothing about the student with the flag, Frankford said.
"The staff member, who was on-duty last night, felt uncomfortable," Frankford said. "Uncomfortable because of that line of expressions students express and intolerable messages."
A Valmeyer resident considers the student's action as freedom of speech but the student should've thought about what it will mean to those around him.
"If that's your opinion, you can have it. We are all entitled to our own opinion," Collin Ford said. "But, when you do something like that you have to take into account how others will feel about it if you are going into a public place like a school with it."
The school district sent this statement to News 4:
On September 11, 2019, the Valmeyer School District girls' volleyball team played a home game. Students and spectators were encouraged to wear red, white and blue to the game in honor and remembrance of the 9/11 victims and families. Unfortunately, one student displayed a red, white and blue flag with a partial Confederate symbol. The District employees at the event did not take action to stop the student from displaying the Confederate flag because they were under the mistaken belief that the student had a First Amendment right of free speech to display the flag.
While courts have acknowledged that displaying the Confederate flag qualifies for First Amendment protection, the courts have held that public schools are allowed to exclude racially hostile or contemptuous displays from protected speech, such as the Confederate flag, because the use of such display/speech could result in conflict or violence on school grounds.
To be clear, the District has taken immediate action to notify all employees and students that the District prohibits any individual from wearing or displaying the Confederate flag, or any racially hostile symbol or display, on school property and at school-related events.
The Board of Education, Administration and employees are committed to continuing to provide all students an educational environment that is free from any form of discrimination. The display of any material, symbol or information that is racially hostile or offensive, including but not limited to the Confederate flag, will not be tolerated or permitted.
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The Biafraland Caliphate Stooge Political Elites And Their Silence Over The Persecution Of Nnamdi Kanu
Since the Biafra genocidal war of 1967 - 1967-1970 that saw more than 5 million Biafrans massacred by a conglomerate of countries around the world, who were inspired by their political and economic interests, the entire old Eastern region of Nigeria(Biafraland) has been denied the right to sound political leadership. This rights denial by the British and the Sokoto caliphate(Fulani Empire) is a result of the fear that 'allowing the region with such politics and orientation of confrontational republicanism could spell doom for the both parties exploitative and conquest agenda, respectively'.
After the surrender of the Biafran resistance in 1970 on "No Victor, No Vanquish' terms, and the followed paper reintegration policy, the powers that be went into 'subtle but penetrative' war on all the fabrics of existence that made the Biafran region viable; political, economcal, idealogical, sociological, etcetera.
The British and Fulanis ensured that the Calibre of men who held leadership positions of the Eastern people since 1960 independence up until the war were thrown out of the political corridor, leaders that made the region so progressive and stable. Fulani Oligarchs seized all the assets and capitals of every Biafran citizen to facilitate the enthronement of sabotage and individualism. Hence rendering them vulnerable and irresistible to their influence. They invested heavily in the cultural and value defamation of the region(this started even under colonial rule) and stereotyped the populace by instigating conflicting sentiments amongst them.
Having succeeded in this impulsive plan that guaranteed every emerging political leader in the region must come to them and swear allegiance to do their bidding and protect their interest whenever and in whatever it may be, and will not hesitate to kill even inhabitants of the region(the leader's own people) if need be, in defense of the overlords interests. But then emerged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra(IPOB), a revolutionist with no records of political credentials in any state. He came up asking for justice for the people of the region whom their leaders have been overwhelmed by servitude to the real owners of Nigeria(British and Sokoto caliphate).
All attempts made to bribe and intimidate Kanu to their divide was unsuccessful as he maintained that "for there to be peace there must be Justice". Kanu continues to expose the injustice that has been meted on the people of the Eastern region for decades and the need for justice to the upheld. His call for a referendum was seen as threat, likewise his popularity amongst the people, his humility and reckon with the people's agony.
The Eastern region political elites colluded and brought the Nigerian military to assassinate the Umuahia born on 14th September 2017 at his father's compound in Afara-Ukwu Ibeku, Aba State. Thankfully,
Nnamdi Kanu survived the assassination attempt and painfully escaped from the invasion that took the lives of other 28 unarmed civilians that were in the compound at the time, including Nnamdi Kanu's cousin sister.
As a follow up, Fulani Oligarchs and South East Politicians proscribed Kanu's freedom movement, the "Indeginous people of Biafra(IPOB)" a terrorist organisation, even when it is clear that IPOB is a non-violent self-determination movement that believes in a world recognized democratic process (referendum).
Nnamdi Kanu who narrowly escaped to safety, continued to propagate the gospel of the Biafra restoration without stop, but now from the foreign country, until he was kidnapped again on the collaboration of Kenya and Nigeria governments. And, It is even alleged that the funds used for the extraordinary renditioning of the IPOB Leader from Kenya by the Nigerian secret security were contributed by some South East political Elites, over the bid for individual 2023 presidential slot which they never got afterwards. And, after their disappointments, owing to the legal victories of the IPOB legal representatives in the Nigerian Courts that discharged and acquitted the IPOB leader from all frivolous charges, they have failed to swallow their shame and collectively as a Bloc, ask the federal government of Nigeria to obey court order and release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Those who managed to individually do so, were all jittery and elusive in their call, so it would not offend their paymasters in Abuja and God knows elsewhere. This is not only appalling but also threatening because should this trend continue unabated, then the future is not sure, because our next generations will most likely deepen in this Perpetual servitude. This is the main reason for the Biafra freedom agitation championed by the the Mazi Nnamdi Kanu led IPOB.
IPOB wishes to secure the future of our unborn generations in a free sovereign Biafra Nation, because such can never be obtainable in Nigeria. Nigeria government should obey its own courts' orders, release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and acquitted the IPOB leader from all frivolous charges. The leadership of Nigeria should swallow their shame and collectively fix a date of referendum for Biafra, because this Biafra agitation project has crossed the rubicon and will stop at nothing until it is totally actualized.
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Een korte documentaire over Bemoeizorg in Nederland.
"…if you are not like everybody else, then you are abnormal, if you are abnormal, then you are sick. These three categories, not being like everybody else, not being normal and being sick are in fact very different but have been reduced to the same thing" Uit: Michel Foucault, (2004) 'Je suis un artificier'. In Roger-Pol Droit (ed.), Michel Foucault, entretiens. Paris: Odile Jacob, p. 95.


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This isn't metal in any definable way, but it features on at least five best of 2019 metal lists and in the top ten of four of them. It's performance art as much as it's music but it's not the unapproachable noise that you may be imagining from that term. It's raw and it's visceral and it's heartachingly real, a sort of therapy for musician Kristin Hayter, a survivor of domestic abuse who describes her songs as "survivor anthems".
At times, this is sheer noise. On her Bandcamp page, the lyrics for Day of Tears and Mourning read simply "[INCOMPREHENSIBLE SCREAMING]". Sure, it has quiet organ music to start but it gets very dark very quickly and her vocals resemble black metal shrieks, albeit over a plodding and ominous beat rather than hyperspeed blastbeats. Do You Doubt Me Traitor has a full on assault on our senses, Hayter primal screaming into the void, transforming the words of her abuser into fierce art.
At other times, it's exquisitely beautiful. Hayter was a church cantor who's classically trained in piano and voice and a number of songs here feature a polyphony that I recognise as Bulgarian from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, a glorious album of world music that led the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir to places they never expected to go, from Xena to Kate Bush via The Tonight Show. This style is especially obvious as the album begins on a song called Faithful Servant Friend of Christ.
Sometimes, the beautiful and the noise merge, like on the utterly brutal and unforgettable If the Poison Won't Take You My Dogs Will. Hayter chants, the beauty fragile and cracking over a soft drone, but when she reaches a Kyrie Eleison refrain towards the end of the song, that being the Greek for "Lord have mercy", a curtain of noise descends over her in a way that any extreme metal band would dearly love to emulate. There's a similar curtain in I am the Beast and before Do You Doubt Me Traitor gets visceral, it's a heartfelt invocation.
What amazes me is how well read Hayter is musically. She's only in her mid-thirties and she didn't find rock music until a cousin left behind a copy of Nirvana's Nevermind. Yet, even in high school, she was listening to Ornette Coleman, Cattle Decapitation and John Zorn. "It's not too difficult", she's said, "to get from Nine Inch Nails to [Einsterzende] Neubauten to Merzbow." That's true, though most people aren't going to make it all the way! I wish I could mention influences like Klaus Nomi, Diamanda Galás and Nick Cave on more reviews. She even performs throat singing on Sorrow! Sorrow! Sorrow!
It's impossible not to be affected by this album. I popped it on, expecting to listen to a couple of tracks and head to bed. Instead, I devoured it and let it devour me, finally dropping at six in the morning. Hayter's mantra in Spite Alone Holds Me Aloft is "betray me" and she wrings more emotion out of those two words than you can comfortably imagine. And that's before shifting to "kill them all". The album wraps up with I am the Beast, a sort of vicious madrigal, in which the mantra becomes "all I know is violence".
Frankly, Caligula shocked me, not just as statement but as musical vision. I may have encountered a lot of experimental noise albums, but it's a rare one that I'll go back to or even finish. This is something as brutally impactful as it is entertaining. It's certainly not going to be for anyone but it's a lot more accessible than it might seem. The dynamics are amazing and it will make you read up on Hayter's background. The combination will tear out your heart and leave it bleeding in your hand. It's the most vital piece of avant garde music I've ever heard in my life. And it loops, because the saddest thing about abuse is that it's a cycle and the music reflects that.
By Hal C. F. Astell at January 10, 2020
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SRINAGAR: A teenager was shot dead and two girls suffered critical injuries after clashes broke near the site of an ongoing encounter in Shopian district where a group of militants are trapped in a cordon by security forces.
Witnesses and police sources said violent clashes erupted in Chaigund village of south Kashmir today evening after security forces laid a cordon around a residential house where a group of militants were hiding. Amid massive anti-India and pro-freedom slogans, villagers came out and tried to break the cordon.
"As soon as the news of the encounter spread, locals came out of their homes and started pelting stones at the forces, who retaliated by resorting to teargas shelling and pellet firing. When the protesters didn't relent, they fired indiscriminately towards them," sources said.
Police sources said at least six officials from the J&K Police and other forces were injured due to "heavy stone pelting" by locals who wanted to divert the attention of the forces and help the militants in escaping.
Two protesters were brought to a local hospital in South Kashmir from the site of clashes with pellet and bullet injuries. Of them, Shakir Mir,17, succumbed at the hospital, "He had a bullet injury in his chest. We could not save him," a doctor who treated the teenage victim, said.
The occupation of the deceased, who is believed to be a resident of Qalampora village of Shopian, was not immediately confirmed. "An anti-militancy operation was going on in the area. We are confirming details. That's all I can tell you for now," Munir Khan, IGP, Kashmir, told The Citizen.
Large crowds of mourners are gathering at the residence of the teenage boy and preparations are underway for his funeral, witnesses said. A spontaneous shutdown is being observed in the area against the killing.
Meanwhile, in the ongoing clashes, two girls, Sumi Jan and Sabreena, were hit by bullets. Hospital sources said they were brought to District Hospital Pulwama from where they were referred to Srinagar for specialized treatment. Both are residents of Oodu village of Shopian.
Situation is tense in the area with security forces tightening the cordon around the house where a group of militants are trapped. Protests and stone pelting was going on in the area when this report was filed.
The issue of "unabated civilian killings" resonated in the state legislature which is in its budget session, with the opposition again cornering the PDP-BJP government on the issue today evening.
Senior National Conference leader Ali Mohammed Sagar raised the issue in the assembly, blaming the state government for civilian killings, "Gooliyan chalana band karo, khuda kay liye (For God's sake, stop this mayhem)," he said in the assembly, addressing the PDP leader and parliamentary affairs minister, Abdul Rehman Veeri. NC legislator Abdul Majeed Larmi also raised the issue in the house.


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'80s Kids Will Instantly Recognize These Designs, But Most Don't Know the Style
There's a certain style from the '80s that everyone is familiar with. Bright colors, zig zag lines, and confetti are just a few of the design traits of this style. But, many people have no idea that the style that defined the decade was actually created in Italy.
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The style of the opening credits of TV shows like Saved by the Bell, the look of the TGIFriday commercials on ABC, and the set design of Pee-Wee's Playhouse all had something in common besides catering towards a young audience of wide-eyed '80s kids: they were all employing the controversial Memphis style.
The name implies that it was an American movement but that is not so at all. It was named for the Bob Dylan song "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" which was a point of inspiration for the Memphis Collective, a group started in late 1980 in Italy by Ettore Sottsass with a group of art students. The group produced pieces until they disbanded in 1988.
Their projects were bright, plastic, shiny, and bore some of the simplicity (but none of the luxury) of Art Decor design. The Italian designs of the '60s were sleek, shiny, color block creations which informed the direction of Modernism for the rest of the world and certainly had a big impact on the Memphis Collective. Even today the bulky (yet somehow sleek) espresso machines in our American cafes are proudly inspired by '60s Italian design.
The Memphis style brings some of these same elements to the table but also incorporates the plastic casings of computers, the bright colors of neon lights, and the static designs and stripes from TV technical problems: it is a truly modern movement. Furniture pieces in the Memphis style often are made from plastic laminate, steel, bentwood, and lacquer further adding to the very modern feel that just about any piece in this style has.
David Bowie was famously a fan of the Memphis style and after his death Sotheby's held quite a large auction of his collection. This style is coming back in a big way since it embraces some of the same concepts as the ever-popular Scandinavian designs that people today are looking for: simplicity, functionality, style, and clean lines.
The difference is that, unlike Scandy style, Memphis embraces stripes, zebra prints, and extraordinarily bright colors. You either love this style or hate it and either way: it's back on the radar!
Today designer pieces in this style can sell for seriously big bucks so even if you don't love this style it might be worth considering for resale alone if you come across something utterly, undeniably, vibrantly "Memphis" in style.
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Any remodeling project, regardless of its scope, has the potential to be an exciting, memorable experience. A basic remodel can make your home more liveable; a large renovation can change the way you live. However, if your project gets off on the wrong foot, and becomes a series of missteps, the experience can be overwhelming and stressful.
Good remodelers use a defined process to minimize the fears and apprehension that are a natural part of beginning a remodel.
preparing you for the changes you can anticipate, from how you'll get the dog to the backyard, to how your budget, personal style and tastes affect the final outcome of your project.
encompassing the unique aspects of your project, describing each phase of the work and what is included in the agreement. Of course, we also provide a project schedule, viewable on the internet, so that you can always stay informed. Along the way, regular meetings are scheduled to review project progress, change orders or budget items that come along during the normal course of a remodel.


At Kyrene de los Lagos Elementary School, both María Rivera (DL Kindergarten Spanish Educator) and Dr. Ana Gómez del Castillo (Principal) were interviewed. In the studio, two of our Spring 2016 Workshop Panel Members were guests: Dr. Jana Miller (Associate Superintendent for Teaching & Learning, CCUSD) and Aiden Fleming (Deputy Associate Superintendent, ADE). How fabulous to have all four in attendance at our workshop on Saturday!
And I like to think that Aiden was alluding to AZLA's commitment during the interview studio segment with Ted Simons. For those of you fortunate enough to attend SWCOLT in Hawaii, cheer for Aiden who will be awarded the SWCOLT Friend of the Profession (whether or not he is able to be in attendance). Kudos to Doni Nasr for organizing Aiden's nominating packet from AZLA! (Aiden is an honorary member.) Best of luck to SWCOLT Program Chair Jocelyn Danielson Raught!
At Saturday's post-workshop Executive Board meeting, a new Extended Board Committee and Chair were named: Peter Thomas will chair Native Languages. Peter is currently a Dine Language and Cultural Specialist at Shonto Preparatory School. Welcome, Peter!


In this guide we will show how to download free Landsat images using EarthExplorer. With the same procedure you can download many more aerial/satellite data sets from many satellites like ASTER, MODIS etc, also some Digital Elevation data sets like ASTER, GTOPO and SRTM. You can also find some LiDAR data in EarthExplorer's database.
If it's the first time you are using EarthExplorer, register using the "Register" Link at the top right (see red mark at the image above). Although it is not required to search the data sets, you need to register in order to download them. The next step is to login using the "Login" link beside the "Register" link.
Enter an address in to the box on the left and/or zoom into an area and click "Use Map" to limit your search to a specific geographic area. Alternatively, you can upload a shapefile or a KML file of your study area.
When you specify your area choose a date range of the imagery and then click "Data Sets".
Expand Landsat Archive and check off the datasets you are interested in e.g. L4-5 TM for Landsat ThematicMapper 4-5 data sets. Click "i" to learn more about each dataset. Then, click "Results".
Now, you see all the available satellite images in the date range you specified earlier with preview image, acquisition date, ID etc. You also have a bar with 7-8 buttons like: Show Footprint, Show Browse Overlay, Compare Browse, Show Metadata and browse, Download Options etc. When you decide which image is the best for your needs click "Download Options".
Afterwards, you will see a popup with Download Options like: LandsatLook "Natural Color" Image, LandsatLook Thermal Image, LandsatLook Images with Geographic Reference and Level 1 Product which is usually the biggest and the most complete solution. Choose "Level 1 Product" (or any other choice if you think it's better for your needs) and click "Select Download Option".
* A very small number of Landsat TM scenes are processed using the National Land Archive Production System (NLAPS). Details about the differences between LPGS and NLAPS can be found at http://landsat.usgs.gov/products_IP_LPGSvsNLAPS.php.
The final step is the popup above in which the only think you have to do is to click "Download" and then Landsat image will be saved in your computer's local disk.
There is an EarthExplorer Help Tutorial with more details written by USGS. Download it!


STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, North Dakota — Police violence has escalated and destructive forces have entered the fray in recent weeks as "water protectors" in North Dakota have continued their fight against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline.
On Nov. 2, police targeted water protectors from the Sacred Stone, Oceti Sakowin, and Red Warrior camps with pepper spray and rubber bullets in response to their peaceful efforts to stop the destruction of the gravesites Alma Parkin and Matilda Galpin, Indigenous women who once owned the nearby Cannonball Ranch.
"Water protectors building a makeshift bridge across the Cannonball River were met by riot police firing less-than-lethal munitions at point blank range and indiscriminately blasting OC Spray on peaceful unarmed people," the Camp of the Sacred Stones reported on Nov. 3.
The Native communities who oppose the pipeline prefer to call themselves water protectors as a way to signify that their fight is one in defense of the health of the water in the pipeline's path, specifically the Missouri River.
More than 100 people were injured in the violence which came just one day after President Barack Obama told Now This News that he was monitoring the situation closely and exploring possible ways to "reroute" the pipeline.
"We're going to let it play out for several more weeks and determine whether or not this can be resolved in a way that I think is properly attentive to the traditions of First Americans," Obama said.
The week preceding Obama's statement took a violent turn, as law enforcement raided camps and destructive forces positioned on the side of the water protectors made themselves known.
Militarized riot police raided two frontline camps on Oct. 27, making 107 arrests as they deployed pepper spray, stun guns, and physical force in response to a crowd of unarmed water protectors who were blocking the path of pipeline construction. The water protectors attempted to keep police and pipeline workers from accessing the construction site by setting fires to barricades, but police were able to eventually remove everyone from the frontline camps and reclaim the land where the pipeline is slated to be built.
Later that night, a bridge on North Dakota Highway 1806, just north of the Red Warrior and Oceti Sakowin camps in Mandan, was the scene of another standoff between law enforcement and citizens opposed to the pipeline.
Although stationed on the water protectors' side of the bridge, a small group of individuals did not seem to hold the same values or practice the same tactics as the larger, Native-led movement against the pipeline.
In stark contrast to the water protectors' many actions of peaceful prayer and ceremony, the atmosphere at the bridge the night of Oct. 27 was more reminiscent of an outdoor rave. The protesters on the bridge set fire to an SUV, and threw rocks and other objects at a row of armored vehicles operated by law enforcement. This small faction of non-peaceful protesters and officers briefly tossed smoke bombs back and forth.
Officers eventually lit two smoke bombs on the north side of the bridge before parking two armored vehicles at the exit to the bridge, preventing water protectors and protestors from evacuating in that direction. All law enforcement vehicles were gone within a matter of minutes, and protesters climbed aboard the armored vehicles before setting fire to them.
When several water protectors came to the bridge, they told those setting the fires and instigating violence that this isn't what they want for the movement.
"If you feel uncomfortable, if you don't like this action, go back to camp," one of the men shouted back at the water protectors.
The fires they set burned throughout the night, as neither law enforcement nor fire department personnel ever arrived at the scene to extinguish the flames.
On Oct. 28, water protectors and elders arrived on the scene to retake the bridge from the agitating faction in all-black clothing, a tactic for protests and marches known as "black bloc." There were no more than 20 of these provocateurs, and they all traveled together in five older pick-up trucks. Several fights broke out on the bridge as the agitators clashed with those calling strictly for prayer and ceremony, and the agitators were run off the bridge and back to the camps within an hour.
Siouxz, the head of security on the frontline camp off North Dakota Highway 1806, said those who started the fires were not with the water protector movement.
"Seven Council has came and they are very ashamed of the behavior of some of the non-traditional people here who can't respect our ways and how we want to make this prayerful," Siouxz told MintPress News.
Apparently intent on forcing their tactics upon the movement, these outside forces appeared uninterested in listening to the Standing Rock Sioux or other Native water protectors.
Although the black bloc tactic has been used as a legitimate way for protesters to shield their identities from law enforcement, it has also been exploited by law enforcement. Police masquerading as black bloc activists have been exposed at the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, and at protests in 2007 in Quebec, and police posed as activists to infiltrate the Occupy movement.
"Solidarity becomes the hijacking or destruction of competing movements, which is exactly what the Black Bloc contingents are attempting to do with the Occupy movement," Chris Hedges, a progressive independent journalist and activist, wrote in a scathing criticism of the black bloc's presence during the Occupy movement.
Law enforcement isn't the only institution going undercover to infiltrate activist groups. Corporate entities also have a history of attempting to spy on peaceful, law-abiding activists. A 2013 report by the Center for Corporate Policy found that a large number of corporations are hiring former law enforcement, CIA, NSA, FBI, and military employees to act as spies.
Considering what is known about corporate agitation, it is possible that the provocateurs were hired by Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the pipeline, the banks financing the pipeline, or, really, any company that benefits from the pipeline in any way.
Ultimately, though, whether the agitators were police, corporate lackeys, or activists practicing a failed strategy, their actions do not represent the whole of the water protector movement and should not be used to discredit or delegitimize it.


I don't think I've guest blogged for anyone before. I have written some opinion pieces for money before now, and a few of them have even been under my own name, but it isn't quite the same. Being asked to contribute to someone else's journey has a certain glow to it that is both flattering and a little bit scary, so of course I've leapt at the chance; wouldn't you?
I know, a guest writing slot on my wife's new blog is hardly a journalistic apotheosis, but I'll tell you why this is such a big deal. The TWITT project is something that is very dear to Lady M's heart. I haven't seen her so simultaneously excited and daunted before, and her pride in getting this project started means that she is being very careful with her brand. My being asked to contribute speaks volumes about her expectations for the piece, and I can only hope that I can do as good a job as her previous guest writer.
So, there's an item due for publication over on Lady M's TWITT blog tomorrow that may amuse you. In it, I chew the fat about gender norms, as you do. I hope it fits the general tone of what she's trying to do and sparks a few knowing nods if not a measure of debate. If nothing else it'll pass a few minutes pleasantly for you, but I'll be interested to hear what people think.
Of course there may just be resounding indifference, that's always an option. I hope not, for my ego's sake, but then I'm British, and we always like to start each sentence with an apology.
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Media Buzz: My recent appearances on NBC and CBS affiliates in Minneapolis/St. Paul gave me an opportunity to talk about a favorite subject: sustainability. Using common grilling mistakes as an angle, I introduced viewers of KARE 11 News at 4 and WCCO Mid Morning to my favorite grilling oil, Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil.
Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil is the perfect complement to the area's live-local ethos. Many of us are trying to eat locally, but if you can't get a product that is produced nearby, choose one that is sustainable. I'm always looking for sustainable products, whether it is seafood, vegetables or cooking oil. Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil is the world's most efficient vegetable oil crop. Palm oil plantations use ten times less land to produce the same amount of oil as soybean or canola fields.
There are also practical reasons for using palm oil. As KARE11 news anchor Zachery Lashway pointed out, mistakes don't start on the grill, they start when you select your food at the store.
I grew up Italian, cooking everything in olive oil. But when it comes to the grill, olive oil doesn't have a high enough smoke point, so I use Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil. It helps keep those delicious locally grown vegetables from developing a strange, burned flavor.
I'm the culinary educator at the non-profit Passionfish, and I believe that if you take care of yourself, the environment and your community, everything is going to work out well. And Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil fits into that philosophy. The growers respect the environment, they care for the animals and they take care of their people.
I enjoy finding new ways to insert sustainability into America's culinary vocabulary, and introducing people to ingredients such as Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil is a great way to do it.
Choosing sustainable products such as Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil is a great way to kick off the summer grilling season in a sustainable manner. The producers are good stewards of our environment, and it's a pleasure to mention their number-one export – sustainable palm oil – during my media appearances.


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Luke Lewis to leave rugby league with no regrets following decorated NRL career
By Brittany Carter Updated Fri 20 Jul 2018, 7:24 PM AEST
Luke Lewis (L) with Michael Ennis after Cronulla won its maiden premiership in 2016.
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At the ripe old age of 34, Luke Lewis shocked his Cronulla Sharks teammates this week when he casually announced this season would be his last.
Even though his 2018 season has been blighted by injury, many expected the veteran Lewis to extend his career into a 19th season considering his consistent form when he has been on the field.
Lewis won premierships with Cronulla (2016) and Penrith (2003) — claiming the Clive Churchill Medal in the Sharks' breakthrough grand final victory two years ago — and played 17 State of Origin matches for New South Wales, as well as 16 Tests for Australia.
His versatility has held him in good stead, as during his 315-match NRL career he has played in every position on the field.
Lewis, who is sidelined with a calf injury as the Sharks push for perhaps a second premiership in three seasons, revealed the decision to retire was one he had been mulling over for some time.
He first considered "pulling the pin" during the preseason but said he spoke to a number of people about when the best time was to go.
"To be honest there were a couple of times in the year I was thinking, 'do I need to do this anymore? How's the body feeling?', but it actually hit me when I was doing a fitness session," Lewis told Grandstand.
"I've always been a person who applies myself and trains super hard, not letting anyone down, but I was halfway through a fitness session [when] I touched the wall of the pool and they said you've still got 800 metres to go.
"I was thinking 'you know what, I want to get out, have a hot shower and go home'.
"I ended up pumping it out but when I started questioning myself, I just knew that it was time to make the decision to hang them up."
Photo Luke Lewis has had plenty of knocks over the course of his career.
Without revealing who he spoke to when he was thinking about leaving the NRL, Lewis said the advice he received helped push him to make the call.
"The game has given me so many great mates and memories, it's given me the absolute world to be honest," he said.
"I didn't want to play one more year and get halfway through and hate rugby league, so that's when I knew it was time and the good thing is I've still got seven weeks left of footy and fingers crossed a couple of good weeks in the semi-finals to really enjoy it."
Another big factor was his growing family at home and his eagerness to get back to them after each training session.
"The first thing I think about when I get off the field is going home and seeing my daughter and son," he said.
"My son at the moment, he can't do too much, but my daughter is the light of my life. She makes me happy every time I see her.
"I knew straight away when I was training and I just wanted to get straight home that my priorities were changing and that helped with my decision, knowing I get to play with my kids if I go out at the right time and don't go out in too bad a nick."
Lewis inspired by surviving cancer scare
Back in 2012, Lewis was forced to farewell Panthers fans from the sideline when he had surgery to remove thyroid cancer from his neck.
Photo Luke Lewis won a premiership with Penrith during a distinguished career with the Panthers.
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The cancer was found after he underwent a CT scan for a suspected football-related neck injury and Lewis revealed the health scare gave him extra motivation to get back to his best.
"On the field I haven't really thought about it, but the doctor said you will never really get back your peak fitness and you'll never get back to playing the footy that you are used to playing, so I think mentally that hurt me a little bit," he said.
"My mentality was to try and prove them wrong just to myself.
"I had that bit of radiation and my thyroid out and you're always relying on tablets to get you up in the morning, so I questioned myself over the years after I did have surgery. Did I ever get back to my best? I know I gave it everything I had."
Calling time on his career, Lewis has found new motivation to keep him at his best, as the season edges towards the finals.
He said he appreciated being on field with the younger talent at the club and the fresh perspective they brought to the game.
"The young guys are a big factor at training and you get the appreciation of actually playing with them," Lewis said.
"You know when you sit on the sideline in two, three, four years that you're going to enjoy watching these players excel.
"Players like Jesse Ramien, he's a great player that comes to training smiling, knowing he's just signed a contract and to be able to sit back when I'm a bit older and get the opportunity to say I got to play with him, those kind of things are definitely motivating."
Photo Luke Lewis won two State of Origin series with New South Wales.
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But the biggest motivation for Lewis right now is the aim to get a photo of himself with his wife Sonia and their two young children after his very last match.
"To be honest my main priority is to just go out there, have fun and do it for my family," he said.
"I'd love to just get a photo with my jersey on in the black, white and blue, with my daughter, my son and my wife standing next to me. For me to go out and have that photo will be pretty special."
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Opening Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Nomination of Samuel A. Alito to be Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court
"I'm one who believes that your appointment is the pivotal appointment, and because you replace Sandra Day O'Connor, and because she was the fifth vote on 148 cases, you well could be a very key and decisive vote.
During these hearings, I think it's fair for us to try to determine if your legal reasoning is within the mainstream of American legal thought and whether you will follow the law regardless of your personal views about the law. And since you have provided personal and legal opinions in the past, I very much hope that you will be straightforward with us, and share your thinking and legal reasoning with the Committee about individual constitutional rights as well as checks and balances between the branches of government.
I'd like to use my time to discuss some of my concerns.
I have very deep concern about the legacy of the Rehnquist Court and its efforts to restrict Congressional authority to enact legislation by adopting a very narrow view of several provisions of the Constitution, including the Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment. This trend, I believe, if continued, would restrict, and could even prevent, the Congress from addressing major environmental and social issues in the future.
As I see it, certain of your decisions on the 3 rd Circuit raise questions about whether you would continue to advance the Rehnquist Court's limited view of Congressional authority – and I hope to clear that up.
Let me give you one example here – and that's the Rybar case. Your dissent argued that Congress lacked the authority to ban the possession and transfer of machine guns, based essentially on a technicality that Congressional findings from previous statutes were not explicitly incorporated in the legislation.
You took this position – even though the Supreme Court had made clear in 1939 – the Miller case -- that Congress did have the authority to ban the possession and transfer of firearms, and even though Congress had passed three federal statutes that extensively documented the impact that guns and gun violence have on interstate commerce.
I am concerned that the Rybar opinion demonstrates a willingness to strike down laws with which you personally may disagree by employing a narrow reading of Congress's constitutional authority to enact legislation.
Now the subject of executive power has come up, and indeed it is a very big concern. I think we are all concerned about how you will approach and decide cases involving expanded presidential powers.
Recently, there have been several actions taken by this Administration that have highlighted why the constitutional checks and balances between the branches of government are so essential. These include:
Allowing the use of torture, whether through an expansive reading of what is permitted under federal law or disregarding the Geneva Conventions, including the Convention on Torture;
Whether the President is bound by ratified treaties;
Allowing the detention of American citizens without providing due process; and
Whether the President can conduct electronic surveillance on Americans without a warrant, despite legislation that establishes a court process for all electronic surveillance.
I am also concerned with the impact you could have on women's rights and specifically, a woman's right to choose. In the 33 years since Roe was decided, there have been 38 occasions on which Roe has been taken up by the Court. The Court has not only declined to overrule Roe, but it has also explicitly reaffirmed its central holding.
In our private meeting, when we spoke about Roe and precedent, you stated that you could not think of a case that has been reviewed or challenged more than Roe. You also stated that you believe the Constitution does provide a right of privacy and that you have a deep respect for precedent.
However, in 1985 you clearly stated that you believed Roe should be overturned and that the Constitution does not protect a woman's right to choose. Despite voting to sustain Roe while on the Third Circuit, your opinions also raise questions about how you would rule if not bound by precedent. I will be interested to learn about your legal and personal views on Roe and the Constitutional right to privacy as you see it today.
Finally, I am concerned about the role the Court will play in protecting individual rights in this and the next century. Historically, the Court has been the forum to which individuals could turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated.
This has been especially noteworthy in the arena of civil rights. In that same 1985 job application, you wrote that in college you developed a deep interest in constitutional law 'motivated in large part by disagreement with the Warren Court's decisions, particularly in the areas of criminal procedure, the Establishment Clause, and reapportionment.' This is especially troubling given that reapportionment stands for the bedrock principle of one man, one vote. Exactly what you mean by this is necessary to clear this up.
Additionally, Justice O'Connor was a deciding vote on a critical affirmative action case involving the University of Michigan -- Grutter v. Bollinger. So your views here may well be pivotal. So I think the American people deserve to know you feel, how you think, how you would legally reason affirmative action legislation.
When you served in the Solicitor General's Office during the Reagan Administration you argued in three cases against the constitutionality of affirmative action programs. Then once on the 3 rd Circuit, you sided against the individual alleging discrimination in about three-quarters of the cases that came before you. So we have a lot to learn about your legal reasoning and how you would apply that legal reasoning.
I really look forward to our discussion on these and other issues through the upcoming rounds of questions.
Because this appointment is so important, I hope you will be straightforward with us, and thereby be straightforward with the American people. So thank you and welcome."


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Tensions High After 2 Cops Identified In Minneapolis Shooting
By Philip Wilmot
Minneapolis police officers Mike Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze have been reported as those who arrived on the scene of a domestic assault and ended up shooting and killing unarmed Jamar Clark. Clark was a 24-year-old black man. The fatal shooting has contributed to the ongoing public discourse surrounding police violence against black individuals. The incident in Ferguson triggered much of the public debate throughout the nation.
The names of Ringgenberg and Schwarze were released by Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, but no other information, such as the race of the two officers, was released.
Police had earlier insisted that Clark was disrupting the medical workers who were attempting to address the needs of the victim of the domestic violence, but several community members claimed Clark was handcuffed before being killed, which would beg the question of why a fatal shooting would have been necessary.
According to Newsday, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said, "We're still examining whether or not [the handcuffs] were on Mr. Clark or whether or not they were just [fallen] at the scene."
We're still examining whether or not (the handcuffs) were on Mr. Clark or whether or not they were just (fallen) at the scene. That's what we're trying to ascertain.
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said she wrote to the Department of Justice to ask for a federal civil rights investigation. Nekima Levy-Pounds, president of NAACP Minneapolis applauded Hodges' request, "given that we do not trust Minnesota law enforcement officials to hold themselves accountable," the Associated Press reported.
The incident sparked local protests, much as related incidents have done across the nation, leading to the formation of Black Lives Matter. Tensions between African-Americans and police have been high for quite some time in Minneapolis. 22-year-old Terrance Franklin was shot and killed as a suspected burglar in a basement in 2013, and the officers were not indicted by the grand jury.
Minneapolis had been chosen for a federal Justice Department program to restore trust between police and community residents. The local protests reveal that there is still a long way to go if this program is to achieve its goals.
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Q: Color code lang.eng file in Minecraft I'm making my own texture pack in Minecraft and was playing around with the lang.eng file to change the text color for items/menu and so on.
I came up with a problem I am having: let's say I want to change color for the render distance setting for chunks, I can change the title names color but the number for the chunks I select doesn't change.
How do I change the color of %s tho I assume that is the string after the name for the numbers?

A: The symbol for changing colors is: §
For a list of the compatible color codes, check out this website: https://www.digminecraft.com/lists/color_list_pc.php
For example, in the lang file, you would have something to the effect of:
"subtitles.entity.creeper.primed": "§c§lCreeper hisses"

In this example, "l" makes it bold, and "c" makes it red.

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Spaulding High School senior Lillian Clark was told through an email that the yearbook committee rejected her senior portrait.
"The photo is lovely. Before it can be accepted, we have to abide to school policy in regard to dress code and cleavage."
"Having a bigger chest is part of who I am," she said. "It's not like I can change it."
According to Spaulding High School's handbook, students may not wear clothing which exposes under garments, midriffs, backs or cleavage.


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Our creditors' rights, receivership, and insolvency law services include:
Representing secured creditors, select debtors and purchasers in individual and business bankruptcy and receivership cases, and in workouts, restructurings, dissolution of family and other closely held businesses, and foreclosures and related matters.
Assisting banks, credit unions and others in commercial and consumer bankruptcy and other insolvency disputes and litigation.
Prosecution and defense of insolvency-type suits and other actions, including fraudulent transfer, leveraged buy-out litigation, preference, and other avoidance-type litigation, claims disputes, subordination actions, asset acquisition disputes, contested plan confirmations, cram-down and valuation issues and appeals arising out of such proceedings.
Additionally, we have served many years as court-appointed trustees, receivers, mediators, and special masters in business reorganizations and dissolutions, including several noteworthy cases, in federal and state insolvency matters.
Our attorneys will understand your needs and concerns and work collaboratively with you to determine the best course to follow. You are part of our team, and we are always working with you, and for you.
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A Chapter 11 bankruptcy is intended primarily for the reorganization of businesses with heavy debt burdens. While Chapter 11 is generally associated with corporations, it is available to small businesses as well; however, this is less common because of the cost and expense of a Chapter 11 case. In a Chapter 11, the debtor proposes a plan of reorganization, which sets forth how the debtor plans on repaying its creditors. The ultimate goal of a Chapter 11 is to continue to operate, restructure existing debt and to move forward.
Bankruptcy and Receivership: How do they differ?
Bankruptcy and Receivership proceedings differ significantly in that a bankruptcy proceeding is overseen by the United States Bankruptcy Court, a federal court, while a receivership is exclusively a state court proceeding. A bankruptcy proceeding is governed and controlled by a specific set of rules (the Bankruptcy Code and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure), while receiverships are more flexible, governed by state law, with fewer rules and requirements.
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Upon being notified of a borrower filing bankruptcy, a lender should take certain steps to ensure that it does not violate the automatic stay and/or discharge injunction. Some internal steps include: (i) coding the account with a bankruptcy notation, (ii) suspending all notices and demands being sent to the borrower, (iii) analyze the account and send to a bankruptcy specialist and (iv) in a Chapter 13 case, establish a Chapter 13 payment tracking system so that payments are being applied properly.
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The Prisoner of Zenda
by Tim Golden Jul 19, 2012 May 1, 2020 / < 1 min /
Erstwhile King Rudolf of Ruritania is drugged and kidnapped the day before his coronation. His guards Sapt and Fritz happen upon Rudolf Rassendyll, an Englishman abroad, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the king, due to the king's ancestor's having fathered a child somewhere in the Rassendyll ancestry. Rudolf agrees to play the part of the king to prevent the king's brother "Black Michael" from gaining the throne. In the process he falls in love with the king's fiancee, Princess Flavia, who does not know of the deception. Eventually a rescue attempt is mounted, and the king is rescued from Duke Michael and his henchmen. The king returns to the palace and Rudolf to obscurity.
Almost the archetype of such stories, this is very much a dashing yarn for boys with a built-in bearded villain and lovely heroine. There's also a small collection of European mercenaries, a daring young henchman whom you can't help but admire, a slightly mysterious but attractive French woman, and of course the daring, witty, flesh-and-blood Englishman who becomes embroiled in things unwittingly and stays to see them through. There's a sense of humour throughout the book, starting with the very premise and continuing with some suave if violent exchanges.
If I were to pick holes in things, I would worry very slightly about the obvious continuing attachment between Rudolf and Flavia in spite of the latter's pending marriage to the King and wonder whether there was not a certain glorification of killing even in self-defence. But really, while all these are points to be considered, they're also rather beside the point when it comes to a story like this.
Tim Golden is a computer programmer in London. He is also the editor of the Good-to-Read website.
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WWRC Marks World Breastfeeding Week with Community Events
Increasing the number of babies being optimally breastfed could prevent hundreds of thousands of child and maternal deaths around the world each year, according to recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Dr Amal Abu Bakr, Lead Lactation Consultant and Chairperson of the Breastfeeding Committee at the Women's Wellness and Research Centre (WWRC), part of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), supports the WHO's recommendation and stresses that breast milk provides protective immunity against infections and chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and childhood leukaemia, all of which are potential causes of child mortality. She says:
Breast milk contains all the nutrients that are needed for a child's optimal growth and development. The cholesterol and fatty acids in breast milk are scientifically proven to promote strong immunity and higher intelligence in children. The WHO states that more than 823,000 child and 20,000 maternal deaths could be avoided each year if we strictly implement optimal breastfeeding, especially among babies up to six months of age. The WHO also recommends that babies should continue to be breastfed for up to two years of age with the addition of timely, healthy, supplementary foods.'
The term optimal breastfeeding refers to the practice of exclusive breastfeeding (breastmilk with no other foods or liquids) for the first six months of life, followed by breast milk and complementary foods from about six months of age on and continued breastfeeding for up to two years of age.
Dr Abu Bakr notes that scientific evidence has proven that breastfeeding is also beneficial to a mothers' physical and emotional health. She says breastfeeding strengthens the bond between mother and child, aids in postpartum recovery, reduces the risk of postpartum bleeding, anaemia, breast and ovarian cancer, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and osteoporosis during menopause. There is also less postpartum anxiety and depression among breastfeeding mothers compared with those who do not breastfeed.
Every year during World Breastfeeding Week, HMC joins the global community to highlight the significant health benefits of breastfeeding. This year, the week is being held under the theme 'Empower Parents. Enable Breastfeeding'. Dr Abu Bakr continues:
At HMC, we offer our mothers access to skilled practical help from our staff who have been trained to provide breastfeeding support and to help build mothers' confidence, improve their babies' feeding technique, and prevent or resolve breastfeeding problems.'
Sharing their breastfeeding experience and how WWRC's staff have supported them to breastfeed, two mothers, Sameha, a young Qatari mother and Batoul Shaar, an Arab expatriate, described the breastfeeding support they have received as compassionate and beneficial. Shaar said:
I would like to thank Dr Amal for all the help, support, and encouragement she and her team have given me. She taught me how to breastfeed and informed me about the importance of breastfeeding for my child's health. I now have a better knowledge of how to properly latch my child to the breast and I am certain that my child will be well breastfed.'
Sameha also thanked Dr Abu Bakr for her support and for helping her successfully breastfeed her daughter. She added:
I am very happy with the advice and tips. Dr Amal and the team at WWRC provided me support and education in a kind and respectful environment.'
The WWRC runs a daily breastfeeding clinic from 9 am to 11.30 am in the Outpatient Department. In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, the WWRC will hold awareness and advocacy events from 4 to 7 August, between 10 am and 1 pm, at WWRC and on 4 and 5 August, between 4 pm to 9 pm, at the Qatar National Library.
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