There are many options to find a Tampa attorney and there are many suitable ways to find suitable legal representation. In addition to this website, which can help you find a Tampa attorney through the Find Attorneys function, there are also a number of Bar Associations and Lawyer Referral Services that serve the general public. One may even be able to receive pro bono services if they meant certain thresholds to qualify.
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The Florida Bar is a mandatory membership organization for Tampa attorneys that determine the standards of professionalism and ethics that all Florida lawyers must abide by. In addition, the Bar is responsible for discipline and sanctioning unethical or unprofessional attorneys. The FlaBar also sets the standards of ethical conduct and mandates Continuing Legal Education courses for all lawyers in the state. Most importantly, the Florida Bar maintains a Lawyer Referral Service that the public can use to find a Tampa lawyer.
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All individuals that practice law in the state of Florida must be active members of the integrated Florida Bar Association. If the individual claiming to be a lawyer cannot show proof of Bar Association membership, then this legal professional is very suspect. Do not accept services from an unlicensed legal professional as you will have no guarantee that they work they complete will be legitimate or if that individual will behave ethically. Remember that legitimate lawyers will afford clients the right to file complaints with the FlaBar and enter arbitration if necessary. You will have no recourse if you are defrauded by an unlicensed lawyer.
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You may be charged a flat fee by a Tampa attorney for a legal service that does not require case to go to trial. This includes document preparation, consultations and alternate dispute resolution. You should determine if your legal issue can be settled out of court or if you merely require an unbundled legal service. This will save you a significant amount of money.
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Matt Shoemaker, Kevin Pillar, and the Neverending Search for Redemption
April 26, 2019 Paddy Johnston Baseball
After getting involved in a rundown on the path between first and second, Blue Jays pitcher Matt Shoemaker twisted his leg as he applied a tag and tore his ACL during Saturday's game against the Oakland A's. The aftermath was painful to watch live on TV, and is more painful to watch back now that the Blue Jays have confirmed that Shoemaker is out for the rest of the season. A season that might well be his only one with the Jays, given that he's on a one-year deal, though it's worth noting that he's eligible for arbitration at the end of the year.
I'm a Blue Jays fan who married a Yankees fan, so I'm very grateful that our MLB.tv subscription allows for multiple games to be streamed simultaneously on different devices. On Saturday, however, the Yankees game was scheduled for three hours before the Blue Jays game, so the timing worked out almost perfectly for a long evening of baseball. What didn't work out so perfectly was the injuries in both games, adding to an already too-long list of currently injured MLB players. The Yankees are in a particularly bad place for injuries right now, and Saturday's game against the Royals saw an unfortunate addition to this list: fan favourite and home run king Aaron Judge, who clutched his side immediately after hitting a single and ran slowly to first base.
Streaming baseball gives the impression that there's nowhere in the ballpark that escapes the coverage of TV cameras, least of all the dugouts. This week's games in Toronto's Rogers Centre have seen the shot focusing regularly on first baseman Justin Smoak in the dugout, searching for the story his face might tell as he watches his old friend Kevin Pillar return to the Rogers Centre as Giant. Pillar's trade, despite being one that made sense for the Jays as they focus on the young talent coming up through their system, was a shock to the fans and to the club. Pillar and Smoak's families are close, their children similar ages, their wives good friends. Both Pillar and Smoak were tearful when talking to the Toronto media about the trade, Pillar focusing in particular on Toronto being the only club he'd ever known. Seeing both of these men showing emotion is a reminder of the game's unseen effects on players and their lives, but most importantly, it reminds us that they're vulnerable, just like us. They're strong, powerful, rich men who play a game for a living, but they're vulnerable like any of us.
This is never more apparent than when a player gets injured, as was the case with Aaron Judge on Saturday. The ever-present live camera followed him into the dugout, where the frustration on his face grew and the reality of his injury sunk in, leading him to shout "fuck" loud enough for it to be heard on the streaming audio. In that moment, he was reduced to a boy, and a boy whose hopes had been dashed, however momentarily. Baseball had taken something from him, as it always does. It's a game that takes and gives, on both the grandest and smallest scale.
Having seen Judge expressing his frustration and showing his vulnerability, I recognised the same emotion a few hours later when I watched Matt Shoemaker twist his leg, hop around and then fall down. The cameras focused in on him as he sat up, and was joined by his teammates, coaches and Blue Jays trainer Nikki Huffman. He stared at the ground, and then, in a brief fit of rage, pounded it with his fists, his face red and contorted. Just like Judge, he reduced himself to a small boy in that instant. A small boy who knew his comeback, the wave he'd been riding of a 3-0 record with a 1.57 ERA over five starts, had been pulled from under him.
And his story is very different to Judge's. Unless you're an Angels or Blue Jays fan, you might not have known his name before reading this, as he's had a career of promising performances derailed by injuries. In September 2016, pitching for the Angels, he was hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Kyle Seager and had to have brain surgery. 2017 and 2018 saw him on and off with arm issues, so 2019 was supposed to be his big comeback year. And until Saturday, his hard work had paid off. He'd fully embraced Toronto, the team and the fans, and was becoming a cornerstone of the starting rotation. The redemption he'd been searching for looked like it had finally come his way.
It would be easy to hide or to step back in this situation, but since his injury, Shoemaker has been in the dugout for every game, and has continued to participate in the starters' walkout with the rest of the rotation. The pre-game footage on Wednesday showed him chatting and joking with Marcus Stroman as if nothing was amiss. So perhaps his redemption story isn't over yet, even if it seemed like it when he was laying on the ground in the aftermath of the rundown.
Kevin Pillar, meanwhile, hit the first Giants grand slam in two years in his first game as a non-Blue Jay, breaking out of his own slump at the plate. And on his return to Toronto this week, he received a tribute video and a standing ovation from the crowd each time he came up to bat. The Jays fans, myself included, didn't mind when Superman robbed them of runs with superb outfield catches. Because he's a redemption story, just like Shoemaker. Baseball takes, and baseball gives.
Plus, there's another pretty big reason for Blue Jays fans to be cheerful right now.
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The Value of a Cooperative Approach to Denuclearization with North Korea
By: Richard Johnson
A Kh-22 missile during the Cooperative Threat Reduction program elimination activities in Ozernoye, Ukraine. (Photo: Defense Threat Reduction Agency.)
Talks between the United States and North Korea are stuck in a ditch, and it is clear something new is needed if Washington and Pyongyang are to make any substantive breakthrough. To date, US-DPRK negotiations have been focused on familiar debates over sanctions relief, security guarantees and the scope and sequencing of denuclearization steps. Each of these elements is central to any future deal and will have to be on the agenda, but it could be useful to introduce an additional incentive that could help invigorate diplomacy while also laying the foundation for concrete implementation.
A Cooperative Approach to Denuclearization
To enhance the prospects for the comprehensive, verifiable and enduring denuclearization of North Korea, the United States should incorporate into the negotiations an offer to Pyongyang of a Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program. Such a program would facilitate the dismantlement of the DPRK's nuclear and other WMD programs and incentivize North Korea to take those dismantlement steps in return for technical and economic assistance on denuclearization and WMD threat reduction and to help redirect human and technical resources to civilian economic development. This approach would build on best practices and lessons learned from the CTR program that was crucial in helping the former Soviet states eliminate, reduce and secure nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, facilities and means of delivery.[1]
A successful process leading to denuclearization is one that must be done with—not to—North Korea.[2] As detailed in the Nuclear Threat Initiative report Building Security Through Cooperation that I co-authored with Lynn Rusten, the CTR model implemented in the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s could be adapted to the needs and realities of the North Korea situation. Initially proposed by former Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar in an April 2018 Washington Post op-ed, this approach would build on best practices and lessons learned from CTR implementation not only in the former Soviet Union but later expanded to other states, such as Iraq and Libya.
How CTR Could Incentivize North Korea
While the US government's priority is clear in seeking to eliminate the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear, ballistic missile and other WMD programs to the United States and its regional allies, Pyongyang's goals are more complex. The DPRK pursued a nuclear weapons program to protect the regime's very survival against outside enemies and to maintain its unique political system. This makes it very difficult for Kim Jong Un to give up his deterrent. The only way to encourage North Korea to denuclearize is to address key questions about the future of a post-nuclear DPRK, including a process leading to a peace treaty and the end of the Korean War, the lifting of economic sanctions, normalization of relations with the United States and the international community and the transformation of the North Korean economy.
A CTR program is not going to address all of these issues, but a cooperative process that facilitates both dismantlement of weapons-related facilities and programs along with their conversion to civilian activities would go a long way to demonstrating that North Korea can have a secure, prosperous future in a post-nuclear weapons scenario. For example, CTR can be offered to: 1) help North Korea carry out specific denuclearization obligations; and 2) facilitate converting elements of its militarized economy, facilities and personnel to contribute to its civilian economic goals.[3] It remains unclear whether the DPRK would be permitted to retain a civilian nuclear capacity under a new deal. But the likelihood of long-term, sustainable cooperation would be greater under an agreement that allowed the DPRK to retain a civilian nuclear program, which could be scaled and scoped in various ways depending on the outcome of negotiations.[4]
For example, it is one thing to ask North Korea to dismantle the Yongbyon nuclear facility, leaving behind an unemployed nuclear workforce and an uncertain future for North Korean security. It is another thing for the United States and other nations to partner with the DPRK, both to provide the necessary resources, equipment and experience to dismantle proliferation-sensitive facilities, and then to engage in new cooperative efforts to convert Yongbyon into a location for purely civilian nuclear activities. As part of this conversion, the United States and others could work with North Korea to rebuild or replace its existing research reactor with a modern one, down blend weapons-usable nuclear material for reuse in civilian power reactors outside North Korea or engage in projects to conduct environmental remediation and address the legacy of nuclear waste. In addition, North Korea could refocus its mining activities away from uranium and toward extracting rare earth minerals—a highly sought-after commodity for the electronics industry—creating a revenue source for a denuclearized DPRK and maintaining or expanding employment for a critical workforce.[5]
Similarly, potential areas for CTR cooperation exist in dismantling elements of the DPRK's missile inventory and production facilities, such as the demating of warheads and securely transporting them to storage and elimination facilities; removal, transport and neutralization of missiles and fuels; and elimination of missiles and launchers, production facilities, test sites and other infrastructure.[6] There could be multiple opportunities to redirect North Korea's missile workforce after these steps are concluded, including potentially into the civilian space sector, though it may be preferable for North Korea to focus on satellite design and construction rather than on launching its own space launch vehicles.
Finally, without prejudice to the sequencing of when such matters might be addressed in negotiations, an offer of CTR assistance could play a role in reducing risks from other North Korean weapons of mass destruction by assisting with elimination of chemical weapons and encouraging steps toward full compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention. In the context of eliminating chemical and biological weapons capabilities, the United States and other members of the international community could assist North Korea in building capacity for peaceful basic and applied research and development, as well as potentially on biosafety, biosecurity and overall health security.[7]
Multilateral Partnerships to Sustain Denuclearization and Contribute to Normalization
Bilateral discussions are important, as they allow for direct engagement between the primary players in achieving denuclearization and promoting peace on the peninsula. But they will not be enough to secure a lasting outcome that builds peace and prevents a return to North Korean nuclear activities. At some point, any future US-DPRK deal must be embedded in a broader multilateral diplomatic process that addresses the security, economic and political requirements of key regional states—especially China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.[8]
The involvement of multiple countries in a CTR effort would further contribute to these efforts, including by providing reassurance to the DPRK on the sustainability of implementing CTR projects; in the longer term, it would benefit the United States by sharing the economic and implementation burden among the most interested and capable partners. The role of regional states is vital because of their relationships with the DPRK and the expertise they can offer, but other states outside the region along with international organizations also could play a constructive role.[9] There are multiple states that have experience in the nuclear, missile, mining, industrial and energy areas directly applicable to a CTR effort aimed at ending military programs and redirecting facilities and personnel to civilian activities.
A major benefit of such a program for North Korea could be increased scientific and technical engagement in nonsensitive areas with US and other international scientists and experts—engagement that could help build trust and buy-in over the long run.[10] Scientific engagement offers a way to bolster a broader normalization process through greater exposure to the outside world, introducing North Korean scientists and engineers to international counterparts and promoting an exchange of information and personnel.
Planning and Preparing for Success
The CTR program in the former Soviet Union was not predestined to succeed—indeed, many in Congress were very skeptical of providing US taxpayer dollars to fund projects for our former Cold War adversary. Due to the pioneering work of Nunn and Lugar, CTR advocates garnered bipartisan support and overcame initial opposition, but not without building a strong case within Congress and the executive branch that a cooperative approach was essential to prevent the spread of loose nuclear material, destroy delivery systems and remove nuclear weapons from the former Soviet republics.
Any CTR effort for North Korea will need a similarly broad base of support in the US government, including champions on Capitol Hill for funding and strong technical and implementation support from a wide array of executive branch agencies, including the Departments of State, Energy, Defense, Treasury, the intelligence community and the US national laboratories. The Trump administration should begin now to inventory and locate the human capacity it would need, including reaching out to the military and to former officials and experts with experience in previous CTR efforts to consider how their technical expertise might be tapped.[11]
It will also be necessary to examine what legislative and legal authorities need to be adjusted to allow for CTR activities in North Korea, as well as identify how to relieve sanctions currently imposed on Pyongyang that would prohibit scientific engagement. The administration should begin consulting Congress to plan for potential funding requirements and be prepared to explain the national security benefits of such a program to the American people. The president should also consider issuing a National Security Presidential Memorandum to spell out the areas of scientific and technical cooperation related to denuclearization in which the US government is prepared to engage with the DPRK.[12]
Washington should urge other countries to contribute to a CTR program. Key partners and allies should amplify a message to North Korea about the potential benefits of a CTR approach and confirm their willingness to contribute to CTR-style assistance.[13] This is particularly true for key states like China and Russia, with which the DPRK may have more trust, but the involvement of other regional states like South Korea and Japan would also be crucial, as well as international organizations and states outside the region.
The most immediate need is to incorporate the CTR concept into the next round of working-level talks between Washington and Pyongyang. While some might argue it is too early to discuss this idea when fundamental questions remain about the scope of denuclearization and potential US corresponding measures on sanctions and peace, it is important to insert the potential offer of CTR assistance into the negotiations now to demonstrate sincerity and begin laying the groundwork for implementing whatever deal emerges from the talks.
Lynn Rusten and Richard Johnson with Steve Andreasen and Hayley Anne Severance, Building Security Through Cooperation: Report of the NTI Working Group on Cooperative Threat Reduction with North Korea (Washington, DC: Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2019), 5, https://media.nti.org/documents/NTI_DPRK2019_RPT_FNL.pdf.
Ibid, 28.
Ibid, 41 and 6.
Ibid, 6-7.
Ibid, 7.
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African National Congress Greetings Card - This greetings card was sent from Nelson Mandela to Sinn Féin Councillor Tom Hartley. The cover illustration, by Namibian artist John N. Muafangejo, shows people shaking hands and the message 'hope and optimism in spite of the present difficulties'. Inside the card is printed 'Let 1993 be a year of peace and progress to democracy'. Nelson Mandela and President FW de Klerk won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and it was in the following year that Mandela was inaugurated as President of South Africa. © 1984 John N. Muatangejo
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Christian Elsässer & WDR Big Nand
Christian Elsässer - comp, cond.
Johan Hörlen - ss, as, fl
Karolina Strassmayer - as, fl
Olivier Peters - ts, fl, cl
Paul Heller - ts, cl
Jens Neufang - bs, bcl
Wim Bith - trp
Andy Haderer - trp
Ruud Breuls - trp
Rob Bruynen - trp
Ludwig Nuss - trb
Raphael Klemm - trb
Andy Hunter - trb
Mattis Cederberg/Wolf Schenk - btrb
Paul Shigihara - gt
Billy Test - p
John Goldsby - b
Hans Dekker - dr
"He always lets air under his musical wings, the music is carried away, light floods his compositions. Light, free, wild and unbridled they then sound." (Ulrich Habersetzer, Bayerischer Rundfunk)
In recent years, Christian Elsässer has made a name for himself beyond Germany's borders, especially as a composer and arranger for big bands and orchestras. The pianist from Munich, who has been awarded a Jazz-Echo, among others, has released productions with the big bands of the HR and NDR as well as the Jazzrausch Bigband (The Mirror Suite 2018). In the meantime, he founded his own jazz orchestra named after him, which received the Bavarian Arts Promotion Award in 2016. Elsässer has an ongoing collaboration with the Dutch Metropole Orkest, which has won numerous awards (including three Grammys), and he has also been engaged by the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra on several occasions. Within the framework of these collaborations, Elsässer has worked with international greats such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Mike Stern and Mike Mainieri. Now Christian Elsässer presents a new album, this time with the big band of the WDR. They have known each other since 2015, and in the last three years Elsässer has been invited to Cologne more and more frequently as a composer, arranger and guest conductor. For Spurensuche he created compositions and arrangements with a remarkable range. Despite their diversity in details, the pieces convey a stringent aesthetic. It reflects Elsässer's motivation to think even more orchestrally, to explore tonal colors and nuances even further. The WDR Big Band and its artistic director elegantly balance between historical awareness and contemporary aesthetics, finding an impressively variable, multi-layered musical language.
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Q: Index by in query builder I'm using symfony 2.0.10 to build a site and in my controller I'm querying a database table using this code:
$query = $this->getDoctrine()->getRepository('MyBundle:MyTable')->createQueryBuilder('x')->getQuery();

$data = $query->getResult();

I would get the results indexed in the array not by sequential numbers (0 to N) but instead by a specified field. I saw that I can do this specifing a INDEX BY in the CreateQuery method but how can I do this with the query builder? In this question a reply is given but the user is not using a repository.
EDIT 1
$query = $this->getDoctrine()->getEntityManager()->createQueryBuilder()->select('x')->from('MyBundle:MyTable', 'x', 'x.myIndexField')->getQuery();

A: I haven't tried this but I'm sure that method join has signature:
public function join($join, $alias, $conditionType = null, $condition = null, $indexBy = null)

Last parameter is $indexBy, so I guess that is what you're looking for ;)


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Q: tidyverse: matching specific dates to event periods I've got dates that I want to match with events for which I only have the start date.  As a simplified reprex, say I'd like to figure out who was president during certain events, but I only have inauguration dates.
pres <- data.frame(pres = c("Ronald Reagan", "George H. W. Bush",
                            "Bill Clinton", "George W. Bush", "Barack
                             Obama", "Donald Trump"),
                     inaugdate = structure(c(4037, 6959, 8420, 11342, 14264,
                                             17186), class = "Date"))

events <- data.frame(event = c("Challenger explosion", "Chernobyl
                                explosion", "Hurricane Katrina", "9-11"),
                      date = structure(c(5871, 5959, 13024, 11576), class = "Date"))

Obviously, a simple left_join won't work because the events didn't happen on inauguration days.
events %>%
      left_join(pres, by = c("date" = "inaugdate"))

In Excel, vlookup used to give you an option of true (match closest previous) or false (match exact).  Is there something similar in the tidyverse?

A: Here is one way to achieve the desired result, although it could probably be prettied up a bit. You can create intervals, which are a class provided by lubridate to specify timespans with a particular start and end time. This comes with the %within% operator to see if a date is in that interval. So we can first create this interval and make the pres column a character type so we can index it properly. Then, we iterate over the event dates with map_chr, using a function that says "check if this date is in each interval, get the index of the one that it is actually in (with which), and return the president corresponding to that". Obviously this requires that each date is found in only one interval, else this will fail.
library(tidyverse)
library(lubridate)

pres <- data.frame(pres = c("Ronald Reagan", "George H. W. Bush",
                            "Bill Clinton", "George W. Bush",
                            "Barack Obama", "Donald Trump"),
                   inaugdate = structure(c(4037, 6959, 8420, 11342, 14264,
                                           17186), class = "Date"))

events <- data.frame(event = c("Challenger explosion", "Chernobyl explosion",
                               "Hurricane Katrina", "9-11"),
                     date = structure(c(5871, 5959, 13024, 11576), class = "Date"))

pres2 <- pres %>%
  mutate(
    presidency = interval(inaugdate, lead(inaugdate, default = today())),
    pres = as.character(pres)
  )
events %>%
  mutate(pres = map_chr(date, ~ pres2$pres[which(. %within% pres2$presidency)]))
#>                  event       date           pres
#> 1 Challenger explosion 1986-01-28  Ronald Reagan
#> 2  Chernobyl explosion 1986-04-26  Ronald Reagan
#> 3    Hurricane Katrina 2005-08-29 George W. Bush
#> 4                 9-11 2001-09-11 George W. Bush

Created on 2019-02-04 by the reprex package (v0.2.1)

A: Probably not the most efficient, but we can use an inequality join with sqldf:
library(sqldf)

sqldf('select a.event, a.date, b.pres
      from events a
      left join pres b
      on a.date >= b.inaugdate
      group by a.event
      having min(a.date - b.inaugdate)
      order by date, event')

Output:
                 event       date           pres
1 Challenger explosion 1986-01-28  Ronald Reagan
2  Chernobyl explosion 1986-04-26  Ronald Reagan
3                 9-11 2001-09-11 George W. Bush
4    Hurricane Katrina 2005-08-29 George W. Bush

A: Maybe not efficient (depending on number of rows and columns) but another way to solve the problem.
library(dplyr)

pres <- data.frame(pres = c("Ronald Reagan", "George H. W. Bush",
                            "Bill Clinton", "George W. Bush", "Barack Obama", "Donald Trump"),
                   inaugdate = structure(c(4037, 6959, 8420, 11342, 14264,
                                           17186), class = "Date")) %>%
                  #lead date to get interval
                  mutate(enddt = lead(inaugdate, default = Sys.Date())-1)

events <- data.frame(event = c("Challenger explosion", "Chernobyl explosion", "Hurricane Katrina", "9-11"),
                     date = structure(c(5871, 5959, 13024, 11576), class = "Date"))
#get every combination of rows
newdf <- merge(pres,events,all = TRUE) %>%
  filter(date >= inaugdate, date < enddt)


We're still a few years away from the photographic technology of the "Harry Potter" universe, meaning that for the time being, GIFs are the closest thing we have to mystical moving pictures.
GIFs (pronounced like the peanut butter if you want to be pedantic) might not be magical, but their easily digestible nature and infinite looping ability make them one of the more enchanting types of media out there today.
On their own, GIFs are pretty fantastic, but they're even better when filled with giant explosions.
Reddit's r/MichaelBayGIFs imagines what your run-of-the-mill moving pictures would look like if the director of many notable explosion-filled movies had a hand in their creation. If I had to describe it in a word, that word would be "better."
This is the coolest unicycling will ever be.
She's going to lose a couple of points for that one.
I feel like that's somehow against the rules.
Oh! The humanity (or whatever the wasp equivalent of humanity is).
I like "Tangled" better when everything is blowing up.
James Cameron has nothing on Michael Bay.
She hit the water so hard it exploded. That takes some skill.
I think this is a clip from NFL Blitz.
Spread your wings and die.


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Laws and regulations relating to trade with Indian tribes
Published 1974 by G.P.O. in Washington .
Statement Office of Indian Affairs.
Contributions United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
LC Classifications Microfilm 41370 (E)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall be permitted to carry on any trade or intercourse with the Indian tribes, without a license for that purpose under the hand and seal of the superintendent of the department, or of such other person as the President of the United States . Originally published by the U.S. House of Representatives, the Internet Law Library, published by Pritchard Law Webs, contains the law resources of the Internet organized by subject and jurisdiction -- including United States federal, state, territorial, and local law, the laws of other nations, international law and treaties, attorney directories, law school libraries, and law book .
This book should be required for all young Indian students interested in preserving tribal rights and customs. It is a quick and easy to read reference for class and personal use. Anyone (including non-Indians) interested in learning about tribal reserved treaty rights needs to read this s: 3. - An Act to Revive and Continue in Force, An Act entitled "An Act for Establishing Trading Houses with the Indian Tribes.": April 30; - An Act for Continuing in Force a Law, Entitled "An Act for Establishing Trading Houses with the Indian Tribes.": February.
The Indian Child Welfare Act of The Indian Child Welfare Act of requires American Indian children be placed with extended family members, other tribal members, or other Native American families for foster-care or adoption purposes. The law protects the tribes' interest in retaining custody of their children. Laws enacted by Congress in the s regulating sales, leases and other conveyances of tribal land and trade with Indian tribes remain substantially in effect.2 Many treaties between the United States and Indian tribes, which like laws enacted by Congress are the law of the land under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, both secure and.
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For law review and other articles, a number of sources exist. The American Indian Law Review focuses entirely on Indian law.
Some of the content deals with tribal law, but most articles cover federal and state Indian law issues.8 On the other hand, the somewhat unknown Tribal Law Journal is devoted entirely to.
An Indian Law, Tribal Law and Native American Law Overview This article provides an overview of Indian Tribal Law. The author describes the makeup of Tribal Law and the Tribal Court System in place with most Tribes and explains how Tribal Sovereignty acts as a shield against state law intrusion.
Legal materials by and about Native Americans. Includes federal law relating to tribes, such as relevant sections of the US Code and CFR, some legislative history, and administrative decisions.
Selected law from the tribes is also available including constitutions, codes, by-laws from the ss. Also includes some scholarly works. Treaties, General. The federal government entered into treaties with Indian tribes between and Most treaties between the United States and Indian tribes were compiled in volume 7 of United States Statutes at Large; some treaties are in volumes Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Regulations PAGE 3 Initially the two Departments worked closely with Indian tribes and tribal organizations to develop new implementing regulations, culminating in a joint compromise September draft regulation reflecting substantial tribal input.
the United States, Indian tribes therefore necessarily give up their power to try non-Indian citizens of the United States except in a manner acceptable to Congress."23 The second reason the Court gave for determining that Indian tribes did not retain inherent authority to try non-Indian offenders was related to the Court's precedent.
Published Government Sources Relating to Native Americans provides information about treaties, policies, Congressional hearings and debates, and the implementation of federal law. U.S. Senate records related to Indian treaties are described in Guide to Records of the United States Senate at the National Archives, Bicentennial Edition.
Amendments. —Pub. – amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions which required agreements with Indian tribes or Indians to be in writing, to bear the approval of the Secretary, to contain the names of all parties in interest, to state the time and place of making, purpose, and contingencies, and to have a fixed time limit.
"The format of the book anticipates questions that everyone has and gives a concise answer to them. People should find the book very helpful in understanding the complexity of Indian law."—Vine Deloria Jr., author of Custer Died for Your Sins and We Talk, You Listen "Many federal employees, including myself, rely on the valuable information provided in this Reviews: 3.
The distinction in the law is based on the two criteria that had guided the colonial British Indian government in determining the degree of self-government that the tribes would exercise: (a) whether the tribe had the ability to manage its own affairs, and (b) whether the tribal region in question had a significant non-tribal population.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to United States federal Indian law and policy. Federal Indian policy – establishes the relationship between the United States Government and the Indian Tribes within its borders. The Constitution gives the federal government primary responsibility for dealing with tribes.
Law and U.S. public policy related. Public Law (18 U.S.C. § ): Congress in authorized states to exercise jurisdiction over offenses by or against Indians. Public Law provided for broad state concurrent criminal jurisdiction on those states and reservations impacted by Public law (both mandatory states and those states which opted to assume PL jurisdiction).
What are the Code of Federal Regulations also referred to as the CFRs. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is an annual codification of the general and permanent rules of the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government published by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in the Federal.
About the Collecton Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, this historically significant, seven volume compilation contains U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.
sale and consumption of alcohol on Native American reservations. President Thomas Jefferson requested legislation prohibiting alcohol on tribal lands in Congress passed a law giving the President authorization "to prevent or restrain the vending or distributing of spirituous liquors among all or any of the said Indian tribes.".
v1 We begin with the assumption that states do not have authority to regulate the affairs of Indians on-reservation.4 State jurisdiction over on-reservation Indians requires express federal statutory authorization coupled with strict compliance by a state.5 Tribal sovereignty retains its significance as a backdrop against which the relevant federal.
American Indians, Indian Tribes, and State Government. is a cooperative project by legislative analysts in the Research Department of the Minnesota House of Representatives. This publication introduces Minnesota legislators to the major legal issues involved in the relationship between American Indians, Indian tribes, and state government.
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(date) are available on HeinOnline (UW Restricted). See also Statutory Compilation of the Indian Law Survey: A Compendium of Federal Laws and Treaties Relating to Indians (Felix S. Cohen ed., ) covers KF The federal government has enacted numerous statutes and promulgated numerous regulations that establish and define a trust relationship with Native American tribes.
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3. Practice psychometry. Psychometry is reading the energy of an object. It's SUPER fun and can be a great way to start practicing your abilities. All you need to do is hold an object (preferably a metal object and something that has lots of energy on it, like a wedding ring), then, close your eyes and see if you can intuitively sense, see, or hear anything about the owner of the object.
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After months of wrangling, Congress passed — and President Trump signed — a massive spending bill that ups funding for the U.S. Department of Education. The bipartisan measure is arguably a "wholesale rejection" of Trump's education agenda, according to Caitlin Emma of Politico's education team. For starters, rather than meet the call from Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to slash federal aid, lawmakers instead allocated an additional $2.6 billion, bringing the Education Department's budget to nearly $71 billion. How did this happen? Why did lawmakers push back on requests to ramp up school choice and zero out funding for things like after-school programs and teacher training? What does it mean for DeVos' plan to downsize the Office for Civil Rights when Congress just gave it a $8 million bump over the prior year's funding? And how did higher education, including research universities, fare? Emma also provides insights into the new federal School Safety Commission, headed by DeVos and three other cabinet secretaries.
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Romy und Michele (Originaltitel: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Alternativtitel: Romy und Michele: Alle Macht den Blonden) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 1997. Regie führte David Mirkin, das Drehbuch schrieb Robin Schiff anhand ihres Theaterstücks The Ladies Room. Die Hauptrollen spielten Mira Sorvino und Lisa Kudrow.

Handlung
Die 28-jährigen Romy White und Michele Weinberger kennen sich seit der High School, die sie gemeinsam besuchten. White jobbt in einem Autosalon, Weinberger ist arbeitslos. Die beiden Singles wohnen zusammen und besuchen gerne Partys.

Zehn Jahre nach dem Schulabschluss fahren beide Frauen in ihre Heimatstadt Tucson, wo ein Treffen der Hochschulabsolventen stattfindet. Sie wollen sich dort als erfolgreiche Unternehmerinnen ausgeben.

Auf dem Treffen werden Romy und Michele von der ehemaligen Anführerin der Cheerleader, Christy Masters, wie in Schulzeiten gehänselt. Sie geben vor, sie hätten die Klebezettel erfunden und damit ein Vermögen gemacht. Die frühere Kollegin Heather Mooney kennt den wahren Erfinder und entlarvt die Lüge.

Lisa Luder, die für die Zeitschrift Vogue arbeitet, lobt den Stil der Bekleidung und Frisuren von Romy und Michele. Sandy Frink, der zum Millionär wurde, ist noch wie damals ein Verehrer von Michelle. Er gesteht ihr, dass er allen Luxus hat, nur sie ihm fehlt. Er fordert Michelle zum Tanz auf und tanzt auf ihren Wunsch mit beiden Frauen gleichzeitig, dann nimmt er sie in seinem Hubschrauber mit.

Die Freundinnen eröffnen einige Monate später mit von Sandy geliehenem Geld eine Boutique, in der auch Heather einkauft.

Kritiken
Der Film erhielt überwiegend positive Kritiken und erreichte bei Rotten Tomatoes eine Bewertung von 69 %, basierend auf 51 Kritiken. Bei Metacritic konnte ein Metascore von 59, basierend auf 18 Kritiken, erzielt werden.

Desson Howe schrieb in der Washington Post vom 25. April 1997, dass die Komödie "köstlich" ("delicious") sei. Mira Sorvino und Lisa Kudrow seien "für ihre Rollen geboren".

Ruthe Stein schrieb in der San Francisco Chronicle vom 25. April 1997, dass Mira Sorvino und Lisa Kudrow "wundervoll" seien. Die Sprache der Dialoge sei zwar übertrieben, aber doch in der Realität angesiedelt. Stein lobte ebenfalls die Kostüme.

Das Lexikon des internationalen Films schrieb: "Durch ihre gesellschaftliche Relevanz rangiert diese unscheinbare Komödie über dem Genredurchschnitt."

Auszeichnungen
Alan Cumming, Lisa Kudrow und Mira Sorvino wurden im Jahr 1998 für die Tanzszene für den MTV Movie Award nominiert. Lisa Kudrow wurde 1998 für den Golden Satellite Award nominiert.

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Lisa Kudrow spielte am Ende der 1980er Jahre im verfilmten Theaterstück The Ladies Room. Die Dreharbeiten fanden in Kalifornien statt. Das Einspielergebnis in den Kinos der USA betrug 29,2 Millionen US-Dollar. Im Jahr 2005 entstand mit Romy und Michele: Hollywood, wir kommen! ein Prequel.

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After Market: Jet Crash in Ukraine Spooks Investors
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Circumstances surrounding a plane crash in eastern Ukraine caused jitters on Wall Street Thursday. The markets were just treading water until news broke that a Malaysia Airline jet had crashed while flying over territory where pro-Russian separatists have been battling against the army. Reports suggest that it may have been shot down, though by which side is still unclear.
At the end of the day, the Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) was 161 points lower, the Nasdaq composite (^IXIC) had fallen 62 points, and the Standard & Poor's 500 index (^GPSC) was down by 23 points.
Investors flocked instead to safe-haven bets like gold and Treasuries, but there were some stock winners on this jam-packed earnings day.
The country's largest health insurer, United Health (UNH), released its quarterly report. Revenue rose 7 percent but profits fell, mainly because of higher taxes. Nevertheless the results topped expectations and shares gained 1.5 percent. Rival Humana (HUM) also rose sharply, up 3 percent.
Toolmaker Snap-on (SNA) beat on earnings, and it was one of the top winners in the S&P 500, gaining 4 percent.
Earnings rose 90 percent at Morgan Stanley (MS), which beat on profit and revenue. The stock initially gained but then lost half a percent as the broader market sold off.
M&T Bank (MTB) reported a drop in profit as mortgage-banking revenue declined and the stock dropped slightly.
Earnings more than doubled at the world's largest private-equity firm, Blackstone Group (BX) and its shares gained half a percent.
Chipmaker Sandisk (SNDK) beat on earnings but the stock dropped 13.5 percent as the outlook for both margins and sales in the current quarter disappointed.But overall this year, the stock has been on tear. Year-to-date, it is up 31 percent
Barbie maker Mattel (MAT), the toy industry's largest player, dropped more than 6.5 percent on a steep drop in sales and profits in the last quarter. Its traditional toys aren't as popular nowadays, but its American Girl line continues to shine.
Yum Brands (YUM), which owns Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC also sold off after reporting earnings. KFC's business in China rebounded, but sales continued to drop in the U.S. The stock fell more than 6.5 percent.
And the largest auto dealership chain in the U.S., AutoNation (AN) reported an 8 percent increase in revenue in the last quarter and growth in all of its businesses, but that failed to meet expectations and shares fell 8 percent.
Microsoft (MSFT) shares gained 1 percent on news it is slashing 18,000 jobs. That is about double what was expected since Satya Nadella took over as CEO.The stock has been a winner this year though: It is up 18 percent.
And finally, Dresser-Rand (DRC), which makes engineering equipment for the energy sector, soared 12.5 percent on reports Siemens is considering an offer.
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What to Watch Friday:
The University of Michigan releases its initial survey of consumer sentiment for July at 9:55 a.m.
The Conference Board releases leading indicators for June at 10 a.m.
These major companies are scheduled to release quarterly financial results
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Riviera Nayarit is proving its reputation as the preferred destination for sport fishing enthusiasts, as three tournaments have already been confirmed for 2012. The Bahía de Banderas Sport Fishing Club has announced the 6th International Tuna and Marlin Fishing Tournament in Riviera Nayarit, which will take place in Marina Riviera Nayarit at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle next July 12 - 14.
Just after finishing the International Sport Fishing Tournament of San Blas (May 30 to June 3), the announcement of the Tuna and Marlin Tournament is a validation of the privileged conditions that set Mexico's Pacific Treasure apart for fans of this sport.
Experts consider Riviera Nayarit as one of the best destinations in the world to do sport fishing, since big game can be found throughout the year: wahoo, sailfish, dolphin-fish, tuna, three different species of marlin, sawfish and snapper guarantee a great fishing experience all year-long.
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The organizers are expecting competitors to break all 2007 weight records, which were 332.3 kilos in the marlin category and 176 kilos in the tuna category. To encourage participants, additional prizes have been put forward for the first record-breaking tuna.
This year, the Banderas Bay Sport Fishing Club has defined four different categories: the two that give this competition its name and that offer the most important prizes (tuna and marlin), and additionally dolphin-fish and sailfish categories in a catch and release form, with special prizes.
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The Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) of Riviera Nayarit considers that supporting events of this kind is instrumental to its promotional strategy, not only because of the number of tourists that they attract, but also because they provide an important stage for the international media that covers these events.
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Hall, Mensah-Bonsu, Williams, Kireev. Pinnock, Lucas, Greene, Elliott. A year or two ago, these were just a handful of names amidst a stack of papers in the GW men's basketball office. Today, they represent the future of the program.
After about a year of the letters, phone calls, visits and schmoozing that is the college recruiting process, these players were offered and accepted scholarships from GW. Together, they comprise two of the University's best recruiting classes in men's basketball history. But the task of attracting the talent to win games begins well before head coach Karl Hobbs even picks up the phone.
"Recruiting is a funny thing," Hobbs said. "Usually what happens is, you find out about guys who can really play when they're in 10th grade. Some are that good by ninth grade, but those guys usually end up being too good for us to recruit them.
And at that point, the real work begins. Hobbs said he and his staff start off with a list of about 50 players they are interested in for a given recruiting year, a list that soon gets cut down to about 20 once he "investigates" every player. Some are elimated because of academic concerns, others just aren't the right personality fit for the Colonials.
What starts with letters and phone calls eventually leads to coaches visiting players and their families. And while Hobbs is widely regarded as a strong recruiter, it is his assistants that allow GW to reach out to many prospective players at the same time.
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Spotlight on Nostell Priory & Parkland as country house transforms 'From Gloom to Glow'
As spring days begin to lengthen, Nostell Priory and Parkland, near Wakefield, has launched 'From Gloom to Glow', an exciting new project which casts the 18th century house and its world-class collections in a new light.
When houses like Nostell were built the family and servants would have been used to the dark, using a few candles to light their way, but today's country house visitors need more help to enjoy this special place. This is not an easy task – unlike purpose built galleries, precious listed buildings such as Nostell have limited options for installing lights and in some rooms nothing can be attached at all to the delicate ornate ceilings and wallpapers. To rise to the challenge, the team at Nostell Priory and Parkland secured internal National Trust funding to experiment with improving the gloomy atmosphere. From Gloom to Glow is an evolving project that experiments with lighting never seen before at Nostell and the National Trust is actively encouraging visitors to share their thoughts and experiences about their visit.
Nostell Priory's plasterwork, paintings and precious objects will shine like never before with fresh light installations, designed by NDYLIGHT. They have used lighting in warm hues to create shadows and shapes so that the house feels welcoming, familiar and lived in. The lighting is intended to draw the eye to objects which symbolise human presence as well as highlight pieces of extraordinary craftsmanship including Robert Adam architecture, James Paine plasterwork and Chippendale furniture.
The installations focus on five key areas throughout the house, with the Lower Hall featuring arches and columns framed with sweeping light to open up the entrance, enticing visitors to explore further. Evocative lighting techniques are used within the rooms to showcase a range of pieces, from dramatically shadowed frescoes and sculptures to spotlighted servants' bells and sparkling glassware. It is hoped that regular visitors to Nostell will enjoy the house in a new way and discover parts of the collection that are sometimes lost or overlooked.
Jenny Layfield, General Manager says: "This is such an exciting project for Nostell, a very special treasure trove which will literally glow with light. We're looking forward to seeing the reactions of our visitors as the new lighting brings to life both the collection and Nostell's human history."
The launch of From Gloom to Glow is accompanied by a mini guide providing visitors with an insight into the story of Nostell Priory and the significance of the illuminated areas. The imaginative lighting also opens up fresh opportunities for evening events, starting with Museums at Night on 15 May. As the days begin to shorten in September, From Gloom to Glow will expand to additional areas in order to showcase how the changing seasons impact the rooms, which appear dramatically different when bathed in golden afternoon sun and twilight colours.
From Gloom to Glow officially launched in April, with the house open for guided tours 11am – 12 noon and open free-flow 1 – 5pm. The house is open weekly Wednesday – Sunday, normal admission charges apply and National Trust members are free. Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk for further information and details.
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On Nuevo, a collection of music from Mexico spanning nearly 100 years, Kronos Quartet presents a kaleidoscopic view of a music as diverse as the culture of the country itself. On each track, the group's sound is transformed, through the collaborative efforts of co-producers Gustavo Santaolalla, the noted Argentinean musician and Rock en Español producer, longtime Kronos producer Judith Sherman, and Kronos Artistic Director David Harrington, as well as through arrangements by composers Osvaldo Golijov, Stephen Prutsman, and Ricardo Gallardo, whose efforts serve to reflect the individual spirit and character of each song.
The sonic landscape of Nuevo suggests the vastness of Mexican culture, a diverse array of experiences and ideas—intellectual, spiritual, and cultural. From the boom-boxes on the street corners to the incessant blaring of television sets, from the traditions of Son huasteco and corrido singing to the influence of Cuba on the culture and music, the sounds of Mexico are the sounds of a place where elements of popular culture and traditional music share a lively coexistence.
The tracks from Nuevo are culled from seemingly disparate sources ranging from "Mini Skirt," by the late Juan Garcia Esquivel, whose early experimentation with stereo caused him to be dubbed the "King of Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music"; to Chavosuite, which features music from three wildly popular Mexican television programs, the original Chespirito and two spin-offs, El Chapulín Colorado and El Chavo del Ocho; to an explosive Prutsman arrangement of Silvestre Revueltas's "Sensemaya"; to Golijov's "K´in Sventa Ch´ul Me´tik Kwadulupe" (Festival for the Holy Mother Guadalupe), a composition based on David Lewiston's 1970's recording from the Mexican state of Chiapas.
Nuevo also highlights a variety of unusual instruments, like the musical leaf as played by Carlos Garcia on Alberto Domínguez's "Perfidia" and the organillo performance featured on Belisario García de Jesús and José Elizondo's "Cuatro Milpas."
The album also features rock en Español supergroup Café Tacuba's "12/12," a five-part sonic portrait of contemporary Mexico, named for the celebration of the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe observed throughout Mexico on December 12. The piece is an aural tapestry weaving together not only the sounds of electric and acoustic instruments, but also traditional Mexican music and street sounds. It fittingly reflects the spirit of Nuevo, in its merging of widely different sounds and textures to create a unified whole.
Closing the album is a remix of Severiano Briseño's "Sinaloense" by the DJ Plankton Man, formerly of Tijuana's Nortec Collective.
Luis Conte appears courtesy of Unitone Recordings. "El Sinaloense (Dance Mix)" remixed by Plankton Man courtesy of Palm Pictures LLC.