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A Majority of the assets of United Fixtures Interlake have been acquired by Mecalux
CHICAGO, March, 2009 – City Capital Advisors, LLC, a middle market investment and merchant bank, is pleased to announce the sale of a majority of the assets of United Fixtures Interlake ("UFI") to the U.S. and Mexican subsidiaries of publicly traded Mecalux S.A. ("Mecalux"), based in Barcelona Spain, pursuant to section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
UFI, a privately held company based in Naperville, Illinois, and the leading North American producer of heavy-duty steel storage rack and order fulfillment systems, retained City Capital last November to serve as its exclusive financial advisor and selling agent. City Capital conducted an expedited global marketing process in response to UFI's increasing liquidity constraints brought on by rapidly deteriorating market conditions and a sudden reduction in steel prices. By December, with the Company facing almost certain liquidation, City Capital negotiated an asset purchase agreement ("APA") with Mecalux, one of the leading international producers of automated and static storage and inventory logistics systems that had previously been interested in acquiring UFI for strategic reasons. UFI immediately thereafter filed for bankruptcy protection, with Mecalux as the "stalking horse bidder." The APA was novel because it excluded all accounts receivable from the assets being purchased in order to reduce the buyer's cash outlay but still allow UFI's creditors to recover full value for UFI's assets as the accounts receivable were ultimately collected. After the APA was signed, City Capital continued its global marketing process, with numerous other strategic buyers showing strong interest.
Ultimately, none could top Mecalux's bid, and UFI sold the majority of its assets to Mecalux in March. City Capital also advised UFI to incorporate a small non-rack division and hold it outside the bankruptcy process, so it could be sold for its going concern value, again in an effort to maximize total returns for UFI's creditors. "City Capital is very pleased to have worked with UFI on this important transaction," said Scott Lang, City Capital Managing Director. "Hundreds of jobs have been saved and UFI's senior secured creditors will recover almost the full amount of their loans. UFI has built an incredible reputation for superior product quality and customer service over the years, and Mecalux represents an ideal strategic buyer with expertise and resources to build upon UFI's strong reputation and leading market position."
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Home » Latest » Sports » Australia begin as favourites against New Zealand in Trans-Tasman rivalry
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London, June 29, 2019, 12:00 AM June 28, 2019, 11:32 PM
UPDATED: June 28, 2019, 11:32 PM
Australia begin as favourites against New Zealand in Trans-Tasman rivalry
Peaking at the right time, Australia will resume their Trans-Tasman rivalry at the World Cup stage when they take on a New Zealand side low on confidence after its first defeat of the tournament, here Saturday.
Barring the defeat against India, defending champions Australia have done nothing wrong in this tournament, becoming the first team to qualify for the semifinals.
The Aaron Finch-led side is in roaring form and would look to continue the winning momentum at the hallowed Lord's.
New Zealand go into the match after suffering a defeat against Pakistan, which snapped their unbeaten streak in the tournament.
The Black Caps — who have amazingly retained the same side for all their seven matches — have secured 11 points and need at least a win from their remaining two outings — against Australia and England (July 3) — to be assured of a fourth straight World Cup semifinals berth.
They met in the 2015 final at the MCG and with memories of that game still fresh, Saturday's match may turn out to be a cracker.
The Trans-Tasman rivalry is heavily skewed against New Zealand with Australia having won all but one of the 20 ODIs played outside the two countries. The only win for the Black Caps in a neutral venue have come in the 1999 World Cup match at Sophia Gardens.
That win in 1999 has also been the lone victory for New Zealand in seven World Cup matches between the two sides.
Not only history but current form of the players also point to five-time champions Australia beginning as the favourites.
Australia swept past hosts and world number one England by 64 runs in their last match and currently look like one of the two sides most likely to lift the trophy, the other being India.
Finch and David Warner have been the dominant opening duo of this tournament and are on track to become the greatest ever pair at the top in a World Cup.
They rank first and second in the run-scoring lists, and have put on a record-equalling three century stands with two league games still to go.
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc is topping the bowling charts with 19 wickets at 18.26. He's caused New Zealand batsmen headaches before with his bounce, swing and pace.
Jason Behrendorff also came good with the new Kookaburra ball in the win over England as the left-armer took 5/44.
New Zealand will again rely heavily on captain Kane Williamson who has scored 414 runs at 138 in five innings. His lone century against Australia came when they last met, at the Champions Trophy in 2017, a contest that was washed out.
His overall record against Australia (416 runs at 41.6 in 12 ODIs) is, though, not as great as his overall career average of 48.12.
The squads (From):
Australia: Aaron Finch (capt), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (capt), Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Tom Blundell. Match Starts at 6pm.
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The slightly more sensible characters (it's all relative) – Christopher Lemmings' Don Anchise, Catherine Carby's Ramiro, Andrew Kennedy's Belfiore and Ellie Laughame's Violante/Sandrina provided excellent counterbalance to all this frivolity with great singing, but were also allowed to let themselves go as the occasion demanded.
Top-quality standards, too, are to be found among the seven principals... Christopher Lemmings, the permanently outmanoeuvred Mayor.
Andrew Greenan, Christopher Lemmings et Matteo Peirone apportent quant à eux un soin particulier à leur personnage, respectivement Angelotti, Spoletta et Sacristain.
"The casting of the remaining male roles cannot be faulted, Urban Malmbergen as Buckingham, Bruce Rankin as Edward 1V and Christopher Lemmings as Clarence."
Le récit de Caliban, superbement interprété par le tenor Christopher Lemmings, est soustenu par un tapis de cordes, ponctué de longs accords qui permet à la voix de donner toute son expressivité.
Christopher Lemmings, qui avait dejà remplacé Ian Bostridge pour certaines soirées à Londres, connaît le potentiel de sympathie qu'il y a chez le monstre Caliban.
Le tenor Christopher Lemmings est un Caliban extrordinaire, prenant son envol dans la seconde scène de l'Acte II. La voix, utilisée avec art, déploie une expressivité notable.
Le solide Caliban de Christopher Lemmings.
"Tenor Christopher Lemmings' enunciated performance as the stroppy prince was fabulous".
The lyric tenor, Christoper Lemmings has perhaps more of a pedigree in that he appeared in both Adès The Tempest and Maw Sophie's Choice, both on the main stage of the Royal Opera House. His diction was superb and he imbued the character of the Prince with amazing dynamism and something of the character of a Shakespearian mechanical. It was when he was singing that I discerned a link between Bedford's writing and that of his distinguished predecessor, Sir Harrison Birtwistle in Punch and Judy or Down by the Greenwood Side.
As the Prince, Christopher Lemmings showed what an excellent character actor he was, the tantrum levels of this spoiled brat were just about right, highly agitated without being over the top – and a touch of the Victor Meldrew (see photo). He displayed little pleasure during ingestion, as if afflicted with a twentieth century complaint, compulsive food disorder. Becoming aware of his situation there was pathos too as the 'supermarket' ran dry. Inevitably the waitress broke down in tears. With his plate empty, the prince sees his own reflection in his silver platter. It was not a pleasant sight.
Highlights of the night included a stunning performance from soprano Rhona Mckail (1st Angel/waitress), accompanied by superb acting from Christopher Lemmings (above) as the gluttonous, difficult and demanding prince.
The singers — Stephen Wallace (Pleasure), William Purefoy (Truth), Christopher Lemmings (Beauty), Roderick Williams (Deceit) and Stephen Richardson (Time) — all showed a remarkable ability to project themselves as dramatic agents amid the musical rowdiness, and they were all rock-solid musically, a tremendous accomplishment on its own.
Christopher Lemmings est un Sellem brillant et persuasif dans la conduite échevelée de sa vente aux enchères.
Christopher Lemmings est irréprochable en Sellem.
Sellem un peu folle mais joliment assumé de Christopher Lemmings.
Replacing the indisposed Gordon Gietz, Christopher Lemmings worked hard to make an engrossing portrayal out of Stingo's passive naivety, his lyric tenor making the most of the vocal writing.
The performance from Christopher Lemmings, widely admired in so many modern operas, has total authority and conviction.
It is the later set of seven Auden Songs, finished in 1989, that seems the more coherent achievement here, containing a couple of settings of deep, searching intensity; to which tenor Christopher lemmings gives full weight.
(The cycle) for solo voice and piano trio, by composer Ned Rorem display a sensitive response to words and thrilling vocal lines which mesh perfectly with the inner meaning of the poetry. The seven songs are given impassioned treatment by tenor Christopher Lemmings.
My ideal Gerontius needs a full, rich tone but above all the intelligence to respond minutely to the text. In this performance I found him. Christopher Lemmings has beauty of tone, power and the theatrical response needed for the text.
Tenor Christopher Lemmings created a convincing character, growing broader in expression and negotiating some perilously high passages with admirable stamina.
Christopher lemmings was also suffering from a bug, but nonetheless he displayed a masterly technique as he phrased and delivered the verse. Sometimes he was truly chilling too: in "I go before my Judge..." for instance.
Against the big set pieces, Owen's words project their painful home truths on an intimate, person to person basis. Soloists Christopher Lemmings and Erik Sohn understood this exactly, and the fact that one is British, the other German, gave added depth to lines like: "I am the enemy you killed, my friend"
Einen ausgezeichneten Eindruck hinterließen die Solisten. Erik Sohns geschmeidiger Bariton und der leicht anspringende Tenor seines Partners Christopher Lemmings ergänzten sich ganz wunderbar. Beiden gelangen hingebungsvolle Ausdeutungen der Dichtungen von Wilfred Owen, die Britten mit dem Text der lateinischen Totenmesse kombiniert hat.


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Changing the Game for Food Fortification
Last week, senior executives from the
ingredients and food processing industry gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland, to share ideas and progress on their critical joint actions to address the impact of the food price crisis and the massive global burden of malnutrition. One event, co-convened by DSM, TechnoServe and Endeva, called on private and public sector actors to support,
empower, and reward the food millers who fortify staple foods with essential
micronutrients and improve health at a population level.
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NPR Poll: GOP's Older Voter Advantage Slips From 4 Years Ago
By Frank James
Brennan Linsley
A strong majority of young voters support the Affordable Care Act, according to a new NPR poll. In March 2014, models handed out juice shots to encourage individuals — and especially young people — to sign up for health insurance.
The new NPR poll had good news for Republicans and Democrats. As NPR correspondent Mara Liasson reported for Morning Edition, likely voters were nearly split evenly between support and opposition to the Affordable Care Act, with 51 percent against and 47 percent for.
That could be interpreted by partisans on both sides as helpful to their cause. But there were other interesting tidbits from the poll conducted by firms led by Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg and Republican Whit Ayres. Here are five:
Compared with 2010, Republicans had a significantly smaller percentage of people over 59 saying they would vote for a generic GOP congressional candidate instead of a Democrat if the 2014 elections were held today. The Republican advantage was 10 percentage points in the recent poll. It was 21 points in 2010. Since older voters tend to vote at higher rates than other voters, this slippage could be bad news for Republicans, especially in places where races are expected to be close.
A strong majority of young people (ages 18 to 29) said they supported the Affordable Care Act. Whether that translated into the sort of enrollment by young invincibles that will be vital to the success of the program is an open question. But that support level certainly makes it more instead of less likely.
Congressional Democrats have more intense backing in their congressional districts for their embrace of the health law (support exceeded opposition by +17 points) than Republicans have in their districts for their hostility toward the law (+4 points). Given the intense opposition to the law among Republicans and even independents, it's surprising the pollsters didn't find more lopsided support for the Republican position in those districts.
Assuming the economy will be a major factor in the midterm elections, Democrats have plenty of cause for worry, especially when it comes to political independents. Republicans have a 22-point advantage when it comes to which party independents agree with more. Republicans and Democrats run about even, with the GOP having a 2-point edge, which is within the margin of error. Still, a tie on which party would be better for the economy in the sixth year of a presidency, often a bad midterm year for the party holding the White House, spells trouble for Democrats. Democrats' trouble with independents increases the pressure on them to get as much of their Democratic base out to vote in November as possible.
Voters are themselves apparently gridlocked about who's to blame for Washington gridlock. Forty-six percent blamed President Obama and Senate Democrats, while 45 percent blamed House Speaker John Boehner.
Frank James joined NPR News in April 2009 to launch the blog, "The Two-Way," with co-blogger Mark Memmott.
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Capturing Commodities: ETF Momentum Tracker Sees One Fund Looking Abroad
In its latest issue, Fidelity Independent Adviser's ETF Momentum Tracker credits GSG's success to emerging markets exposure.
Williamstown, MA, July 12, 2008 --(PR.com)-- In its latest issue, Fidelity Independent Adviser's ETF Momentum Tracker credits GSG's success to emerging markets exposure.
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This week's issue of Fidelity Independent Adviser's ETF Momentum Tracker takes a close look at iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG), which has remained in the top three spots on the Sector Momentum Table since its January 22 debut.
"Its returns are very impressive," noted publisher Don Dion, "the fund gained 44% year -to -date through July 3, and nearly 79% in the one-year period ending on that date."
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As oil rules the headlines, commodities have continued to captivate investor interest, providing many investors an oasis in an otherwise parched economy.
GSG's methodology, with investment in 24 commodities through futures contracts, manages to capture the craze and provide exposure to another ETF darling: emerging markets.
Like the index it tracks, the S&P GSCI, GSG's portfolio is world-production weighted. In other words, the amount of a particular commodity in which GSG invests is determined by the amount of that commodity flowing that flowed through the global economy during the last five years.
"Production values shift constantly," Dion says, "when growth in emerging markets is strong, agricultural and petroleum-based commodities tend to play a larger role in the global economy."
Emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil have expanded their presence in the global economy in recent months, causing demand for agricultural and petroleum-based commodities to continue growing. China recently became a net importer of both corn and gasoline for the first time in its history.
With the economy mired in uncertainty, GSG's flexible model may soothe weary investors. One advantage of the world-production weighting system is that it allows GSG to reflect the changing dynamics of the global economy.
"If a certain biofuel eventually usurps oil's role in the global economy, then GSG will invest the majority of its assets in that commodity," Dion said. "Likewise, if a particular crop overtakes corn's dominant position among agricultural commodities, its that crop's role in GSG's portfolio will expand proportionately," Dion added.
Will GSG stay atop ETF Momentum Tracker's sector table? Dion thinks it will depend on the fate of oil prices and, less important, the prices of other energy commodities.
"Politicians are struggling to devise policies to halt out-of-control oil, while economists are attempting to explain the phenomenon," Dion said, "and consumers and businesses are searching for ways to cut back on their fuel consumption. If such efforts are successful, oil prices may soften."
As long as emerging economies are driving the global economy with robust growth, however, many of the commodities in GSG's portfolio are likely to spur positive returns for the fund.
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1 -week 2.47 +4.02
1 -month 13.92 +22.07
3 -months 30.60 +37.89
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1 -year 78.93 +94.42
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Publisher Don Dion is also president and founder of Dion Money Management, a fee-based investment advisory firm to affluent individuals, families and nonprofit organizations, where he is responsible for setting investment policy, creating custom portfolios and overseeing the performance of client accounts. Founded in 1996 and based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Dion Money Management manages more than $720 million in assets for clients in 49 states and 11 countries. A licensed attorney in Massachusetts and Maine, Mr. Dion has more than 25 years' experience working in the financial markets, having founded and run two publicly traded companies before establishing Dion Money Management. http://www.dionmm.com/
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Intelligent tire technologies are coming of age in an environment where vehicle OEMs are looking at every available means of meeting stricter emissions targets and fuel economy standards.
An intelligent tire must not only sense, it must also be able to respond or cause some other system in the vehicle to respond. The prospective role of the intelligent tire will be the ability to provide tire-road information for vehicle control systems, such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), as well as intelligent transportation networks and autonomous driving systems. The Future of Intelligent Tires to 2025 examines the current situation of intelligent tire development and reviews potential commercialization and uptake over the 10-year period to 2025.
The Future of Intelligent Tires to 2025 is supported by an extensive programme of primary and secondary research. Information was gathered from a diverse array of trade, government, technical and business sources, including industry meetings and conversations with industry participants and observers. The report integrates quantitative and qualitative data and insight on the overall tire market with known data points and general guidance from related markets, such as tire pressure management systems. It takes into account perspectives from key industry personnel including those in research and development, mechanical engineering professionals, tire and vehicle manufacturers, sensor/electronics suppliers, tire distributors and marketers, motorists and fleet managers, as well as government sources.


Finally — the midterm elections are here, and it is time to make your vote count. Historically the midterm elections have a lower voter turnout than a presidential election, but this year the midterms hold an even bigger meaning, especially with the divisive political climate in the country today. Americans will be voting on the House of Representatives, Senate and state legislature seats, and governorships, in an election that could tip the Republican hold on Congress.
According to Democracy Works, whose goal is to help America reach 80 percent turnout by 2024, voter participation is critically low, and 60 percent of non-voters don't vote because of process issues. Sorting out the candidates and finding out where and when to vote can be confusing, but the internet has made it easier than ever. Read on for helpful resources and answers to frequently asked questions about the Midterm Elections below.
Are you eligible to vote?
If you are a U.S. citizen who has resided in Illinois for at least 30 days prior to election day and are at least 18 years of age by Tuesday, you can vote.
Where & When: Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Finding your polling place is easy. Simply go to Google and type in "where do I vote" and enter your address. You can also search at Vote.org. The results will give you your polling place with the address. If you arrive right at 7 p.m., don't worry — if you are in line during voting hours, you have the right to vote.
Want to vote early? You can see the list of locations here.
Are you registered? You can check your voter registration status at Rock the Vote. If you are not registered, don't fret! In Illinois you can register quickly on voting day at your local polling place. To register, you need two pieces of identification, one being your form of ID and one that shows your current address, like a utility bill.
Your camera or phone in the ballot booth. Although it may be tempting to share that you are voting with your social following, it is actually prohibited by state law to take a photo or video while you are casting your ballot. Take a fun shot outside your polling place and remember to grab your "I Voted" sticker on the way out!
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It depends on your county and city, but in addition to electing representatives in the U.S. House, Illinois residents will also vote for governor. You can see who will be on your ballot at Ballotpedia.
There are three candidates running against incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican, who is also seeking reelection this year. They are Democrat J.B. Pritzker, Libertarian Kash Jackson, and Conservative Sam McCann. You can read where they stand on issues here and who is endorsing the candidates here.
What if you have trouble registering or voting?
Contact the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE, led by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Where can you find election results?
Most media outlets will have real-time results, and of course your local news channel will be broadcasting all day with updates. You can also find results at Politico along with their predicted results for the race.
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JOHN SLOMAN –
Don't Try This At Home
Doomsday blues as a soundtrack of our lives from former poster boy of classic hard rock.
Long gone are the times when he was delivering romance and drama at the frontline of LONE STAR, URIAH HEEP and Gary Moore's band; every new John Sloman record since his Todd Rundgren-produced solo debut "Disappearances Can Be Deceptive…" – those that the singer's been releasing after a real decade-long evanescence from the spotlight – is gloomier than its predecessor. It can be a sign of the times, of course, something that Sloman's very attuned to – not for nothing John took part at the "OccupyLSX" event in London a few years ago. That's where the route to "Don't Try This At Home" began which resulted in, quite possibly, the most accomplished album of his entire career.
There's no tension build-up here, the singer's cutting to the chase with "Fall From Grace" and immersing himself into its relentless riff to wash away the elements of sin and then reach out, through the guitar and organ rage, for the angels' choir of myriad Sloman voices that "Wild Light" dissolves in equally angry twang and operatic bliss. Yet, for what it's worth, a parched prayer of "Under The Delta" is set to heavy folk so thick no hope would get in, although this 9-minute epic is riveting to such an extent that escaping from it seems unthinkable, while the continuation of water theme in "Rivers To Cross" reveals John's refusal to feel remorse or regret and bemoan these days as opposed to the days of his youth – because Shangri-La has yet to be found. "Don't write me off!" he's yelling once the deceptive pathos of the piece's intro has broken into effusive metal with boogie seeping through at the end, and the artist's relevance is felt all the sharper the deeper he digs into the ancient idiom.
Down with a playful, if strangely solemn, piano which shapes voluntary isolation, the madness of "Last Man On Planet Earth" emerges outlined in a halo of exquisitely exotic vignettes that resolve in a rock oratorio, and orchestral intent is what keeps "Spider And The Fly" afloat, its theatrical bombast undercut by the sincerity of John's seething emotion, up to declamatory descent into the abyss, and the waves of slider roll. The universe may move in mysterious ways, yet the veteran's not averse to changes, and Sloman's advocating revolution in "Smash The Looking Glass" – in order to live another day and get beyond the vaudevillian chaos. That's where the singer's advice of the title track slowly springs to spiritual life amidst harmonious reflections… only to embrace anxiety instead of peace and bid farewell.
It's a difficult opus, but an enchanting one, as befits a masterpiece by a mature artist.
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Tags: blues, hard rock, John Sloman, Lone Star, Uriah Heep
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Purpose: To introduce students to the meaning of citizenship, the elements of leadership and the value of scholarship in attaining life goals; promote an awareness of the importance of a healthy lifestyle, including physical fitness, a proper diet and controlling stress; drug awareness; provide the principles of health and first aid, geography, survival skills and an overview of Naval ships and aircraft. These elements are pursued at the fundamental level.
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Purpose: To build on the general introduction provided in Naval Science 1, to further develop the traits of citizenship and leadership and to introduce cadets to the technical areas of naval science and the role of the U.S. Navy in maritime history and the vital importance of the world's oceans to the continued well-being of the United States.
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Purpose: To broaden the understanding of students in the operative principles of military leadership, the concept and significance of teamwork, the intrinsic value of good order and discipline in the accomplishment of objectives. They will learn the importance of sea power and national security. Students gain a more in-depth knowledge of Naval ships and aircraft while getting an introduction to marine navigation and seamanship. PREREQUISITE: Naval Science 1 & 2.


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Castellar del Vallès est une commune de la province de Barcelone, en Catalogne, en Espagne, de la comarque de Vallès Occidental

Géographie

Toponymie
Le lieu est connu au Moyen Âge sous le nom de Castrum Kastellare.

Histoire

Politique et administration

Liste des maires

Jumelages
 Carcassonne, Aude,
 Castellar de n'Hug, Catalogne,
 Castellar del Riu, Catalogne,
 Castellar de la Ribera, catalogne,
 Lahiguera (Andalousie),

Population et société

Démographie

En 2012, Castellar del Vallès est la  la plus peuplée de Catalogne.

Enseignement

Manifestations culturelles et festivités

Santé

Sports

Économie

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

 L'église Sant Esteve de Castellar del Vallès, construite entre 1885 et 1892 dans un style néogothique ;
 L'église San Feliu del Racó, en partie romane et remaniée au  puis en 1819 ;
 L'église Sant Esteve de Castellar vell, ancienne église paroissiale d'époques préromane et romane ;
 Le palais Tolrà (ou maison Tolrà), résidence construite au  par l'architecte Emili Sala i Cortés ;
 Le château de Clasquerí, d'époque médiévale.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Gabriel Mora (1925-) : écrivain né à Castellar del Vallès.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Comarque : Vallès Occidental

Lien externe

 Castellar del Vallès sur le site de la Généralité de Catalogne
 Castellar del Vallès sur le site de l'Institut de statistiques de Catalogne

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PPR to sell Ellos to Nordic Capital
PARIS - French luxury and sports brand PPR is in exclusive talks to sell Ellos, the Scandinavian unit of its Redcats business, to Nordic Capital for an enterprise value of 300 million euros ($395 million), French daily Les Echos said.
(photo: Ellos)
The sale to the fund should be completed within two to three months, Les Echos reported on Monday, without citing sources. PPR has been shedding parts of its Redcats mail order business after failing to find a buyer for the whole unit.
In January, the group entered exclusive talks to sell its Cyrillus and Vertbaudet children's clothing brands to Alpha Private Equity Fund for 119 million euros including debt.
It also sold its U.S. plus-size fashion business OneStopPlus Group sold to private equity group Charlesbank Capital Partners and Webster Capital for an enterprise value of $525 million in December.
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Tennessee Senators Blackburn and Hagerty React to Supreme Court Ruling on President Biden's Vaccine Mandate
January 15, 2022 January 14, 2022 Kaitlin Housler
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate that would apply to large U.S. businesses. The mandate, which would have been enacted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), could have forced businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate the vaccine or weekly testing.
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Sen. Portman Weighs In on SCOTUS Decision Blocking Vaccine Mandates
January 15, 2022 January 14, 2022 Peter D'Abrosca
A U.S. Senator from Ohio released a statement Friday regarding Thursday's Supreme Court ruling against President Joe Biden and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration's attempt to mandate vaccines in the workplace.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) began his statement by saying that he is a strong advocate for COVID-19 vaccines.
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Tea Party Patriots and Job Creators Network Praise Supreme Court Ruling on Biden's OSHA Vaccine Mandate
January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 Cooper Moran
Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA) and the Job Creators Network (JCN) praised the ruling handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court that prohibited President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for private businesses.
The mandate, which would have been enacted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, could have forced businesses with 100 or more employees to mandate the vaccine or weekly testing.
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Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Vaccine Mandate for U.S. Workers, Allows Mandate for Healthcare Workers
In a Thursday afternoon ruling, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's OSHA vaccine mandate that would apply to American workers.
The court allowed a separate policy, that requires vaccinations for most health-care workers at facilities that receive Medicaid and Medicare funding, to stand.
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January 12, 2022 January 11, 2022 The Center Square
Iowans are waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses with at least 100 employees. In the meantime, they're moving ahead with actions of their own.
Iowa Department of Education Communications Director Heather Doe told The Center Square in an emailed statement that since Iowa is a state-plan state, the Iowa Division of Labor typically enforces workplace safety in Iowa instead of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The state is required to notify OSHA whether it will adopt a given Emergency Temporary Standard or provide notice it will not adopt it because its standards are as effective as the new federal standard. Iowa needed to respond to the standard by Jan. 7.
Iowa Labor Commissioner Rod Roberts did so, saying that the Hawkeye State will not adopt or enforce the mandate.
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Liberal Supreme Court Justices Show Weak Grasp of Basic COVID-19 Facts
The liberal justices on the Supreme Court demonstrated a stunningly weak grasp of basic facts concerning the COVID-19 pandemic Friday, as they defended the Biden regime's policies during oral arguments over vaccine mandates in the workplace.
The court heard separate oral arguments over federal vaccine mandates for employers with more than 100 employees, and for health care workers at facilities receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding.
Justice Stephen Breyer at one point seemed to suggest outrageously that the OSHA mandate would prevent 100 percent of daily US COVID cases. It is common knowledge now that the vaccinated people can still spread the disease.
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Vaccine Mandate Critics Urge Highest Court to Defend Individual Freedom
January 10, 2022 January 9, 2022 The Center Square
President Joe Biden's series of controversial federal vaccine mandates faced their first day before the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, and critics are urging the justices to side with personal freedoms over what they call executive branch overreach.
National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, the first of two cases heard by the court Friday, considers a vaccine mandate on private employers with 100 or more employees. The second case, Biden v. Missouri, challenges Biden's mandate on health care workers.
"Today was one of the most important moments in our nation's history," Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, which has joined the legal challenges to Biden's mandate push, said. "The Biden administration, and many on the far left, believe that the federal government has the right and the authority to dictate personal and private medical decisions to the American people, and coerce their employers into collecting protected health care data on their employees. This overreach is a fundamental violation of the American spirit of freedom and personal responsibility and represents the left's assault not just on common sense, but our constitutional rights."
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Supreme Court's Conservative Justices Seem Skeptical of Biden Admin's Workplace COVID Vaccine Rules
The Supreme Court on Friday hearing oral arguments on two major Biden administration efforts to increase the country's vaccination rate against COVID-19 — starting with the mandate requiring large-scale employers to require workers to be vaccinated or tested.
In the first case, the National Federation of Independent Business, et al., Applicants v. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, et al.
OSHA is more specifically requiring businesses with 100 or more workers either require them to be vaccinated or et tested weekly and wear masks while working, with exceptions for those who work outdoors.
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Poll: Majority Supports Blocking Biden's Private Sector Vaccine Mandate as U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Challenges
January 8, 2022 January 7, 2022 The Center Square
The majority of Americans support Congressional efforts to block President Joe Biden's vaccine mandates for large businesses ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on that very issue, according to a new poll.
Convention of States Action, along with the Trafalgar Group, released the poll, which found that 51.1% of surveyed voters support a bill in Congress to stop Biden's vaccine mandates for large businesses. The poll reports that 40.6% of voters do not support the bill while 8.3% of voters are unsure.
The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan measure in December to block Biden's mandate, which requires employers with at least 100 workers to ensure they are vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. Businesses that do not comply face hefty fines. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would enforce the mandate.
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Supreme Court Set to Convene Special Session on Vaccine Mandates
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it will hold a special session in roughly two weeks to hear oral arguments regarding the Biden Administration's ongoing efforts to force vaccinations on private employees, federal contractors, and healthcare workers, according to Politico.
The special session will begin on January 7th, 2022, just several days ahead of the regularly-scheduled session set to begin on January 10th.
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Challenges to Biden's COVID Vaccination Mandate Head to Supreme Court
December 21, 2021 December 20, 2021 The Center Square
President Joe Biden's mandate that all businesses with 100 employees or more require employee COVID-19 vaccinations is now with the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Buckeye Institute, a Columbus, Ohio-based policy group, became the first to file a motion for an emergency stay with the court, less than an hour after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the government's request Friday to dissolve an existing administrative stay previously issued by the Fifth Circuit.
The Liberty Justice Center filed a similar motion Saturday with the high court on behalf of a Louisiana grocery store owner and six Texas employees of CaptiveAire Systems.
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Commentary: Sotomayor Is the 21st Century Roger Taney
The U.S. Supreme Court on December 10 handed down its much-awaited opinion in Whole Women's Health v. Jackson. I'll bottom-line the result as simply as possible.
The court concluded that Texas abortion providers may maintain a pre-enforcement challenge to the law at issue, S.B. 8, but only as against state licensing board officials, not other state officials such as the attorney general, judges, or court clerks. The decision to allow suit against the licensing officials was 8-1 (Justice Clarence Thomas alone would have directed the district court to dismiss the suit as against all defendants). The decision to preclude suit against the attorney general and court clerks was 5-4 (Chief Justice John G. Roberts and the three Democratic appointees were in the minority and would have allowed pre-enforcement challenges to proceed against the attorney general and court clerks).
I say all that just for context; the technical dimension of the opinion has been picked over thoroughly by legal academics and commentators since it was released. On that front, I don't have much, if anything, to add.
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State Rep Defends Bill to Allow Schools to Deny Service to Illegal Aliens
December 14, 2021 December 13, 2021 Peter D'Abrosca
A State Representative in Tennessee Monday defended his bill that would allow school districts and charter schools in Tennessee to deny education services to illegal aliens.
Since 1982, when the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision on a case called Plyler vs. Doe, all schools have been required to treat illegal aliens like citizens and provide them with education services. Illegal alien students have been reaping the benefits of the American education system for nearly 30 years.
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Pro-Life Leaders React to High Court's Procedural Ruling on Texas' Heartbeat Law
Pro-life leaders anxiously awaiting decisions in major abortion cases reacted Friday to news that the Supreme Court had dismissed one challenge to Texas' ban on abortions after an unborn baby has a heartbeat.
"Today, the Supreme Court refused to strike down the lifesaving and democratically popular Texas heartbeat law," said Live Action founder and President Lila Rose. "While the court did give a road map for lower courts to put the law on hold, the opinion of the court was crystal clear that this case was not commenting on the constitutionality of the abortion restriction itself."
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Supreme Court Won't Stop Texas Abortion Law from Being Enforced, Allows Clinics to Sue over Ban
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that abortion providers in Texas will continue to be allowed to challenge the state's restrictive abortion law but decided to not stop the law from being enforced.
The opinion, authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, emphasizes that the question of whether the Texas law is constitutional is not the one before the court. The ruling allows lawsuits by the clinics to go forward in lower courts, while leaving the law in place for now.
Eight of the nine justices said the abortion providers may continue bringing legal challenges, and Chief Justice John Roberts, writing on behalf of himself and the court's three Democrat-appointed justices, encouraged the district judge should act quickly.
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Crom's Crommentary: Constitutional and Judicial Oaths, Justice Sotomayor, and the Viability of a Fetus
December 7, 2021 December 8, 2021 Julie Carr
Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael in studio for another edition of Crom's Crommentary where he discusses the Supreme Court and fetus viability.
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Crom Carmichael Addresses the Institutional Court Constraints as Federal Overreach Ensues
Friday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael in studio to address the authoritarian overreach by the federal government and institutional court constraints.
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The Tennessee Star National Political Editor Neil McCabe Weighs in on Supreme Court and the Mississippi Abortion Ban
Wednesday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed National Political Editor for The Tennessee Star, Neil McCabe to the newsmakers line live from Washington, D.C. to give his take on the outcome of the Mississippi abortion ban in the Supreme Court.
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Grant's Rants: 'New Age Feminism Has Placed a Kind of Burden on Our Mothers, Sisters, and Wives That They Were Never Meant to Bear'
Tuesday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed official guest host Grant Henry in studio for another edition of Grant's Rants addressing abortion and the upcoming Supreme Court hearing.
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Washington Florist Who Declined to Arrange Flowers for Same-Sex Wedding Settles Lengthy Lawsuit
A Christian florist in Washington settled a legal case Thursday centering around her refusal to provide custom floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding.
"I have put to rest the last legal considerations for a decision my husband, Darold, and I made nearly a decade ago," Barronelle Stutzman said in a release from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
The public-interest law firm that represented Stutzman stated that the legal battle that started in 2012 will end with a $5,000 payment to Robert Ingersoll, the customer she turned down.
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Commentary: Chief Justice of the Court of Natural Law
Recently, the Heritage Foundation and the Scalia School of Law at George Mason University honored Justice Clarence Thomas on the 30th anniversary of his joining the Supreme Court. A day of panels featuring former Thomas clerks and prominent legal scholars commented on his legacy and future. The justice responded that evening.
Yet even a full day of often enlightening panels and speeches, doubtless to be supplemented in the years to come by law review issues, articles, and books, misses the crucial fact about Thomas' jurisprudence that has made him the indispensable justice: his overarching focus on natural law.
In America natural law comes to sight in the principle of equality, which continues to confuse both conservatives and liberals. With the Democrats' embrace of "equity," they have cast aside equality as a principle. Conservatives have never been comfortable with equality to begin with, as Harry Jaffa consistently pointed out in his work. Equality does not mean socialism but rather government by consent, and all the institutions that follow from the preservation of this fundamental element of justice. The clearest expositor of this principle, as Thomas explains, has been Abraham Lincoln, when he attacked the evil of slavery.
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Arizona Supreme Court Strikes GOP Mask Mandate Ban
November 4, 2021 November 3, 2021 The Center Square
Arizona's high court unanimously ruled that the Republican-controlled Legislature violated a part of the state constitution when it used a budget bill to implement a mask mandate ban.
The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over the Legislature's mask mandate ban and whether it and other provisions in the bills should be allowed to stand. The challenge isn't to the ban but rather how lawmakers did so.
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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Ruling Forcing Hospitals to Perform Gender Transition Surgery
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case from a Catholic hospital challenging a ruling that forces it to sterilize patients through gender transition surgery.
Evan Minton, a patient seeking uterus removal surgery as part of the gender transition process, will be allowed to go forward with suing the Mercy San Juan Medical Center for canceling the surgery.
Minton seeks to compel the hospital to perform surgeries that directly contravene Catholic teachings, Dignity Health, which operates Mercy San Juan, told the court. The case "poses a profound threat to faith-based health care institutions' ability to advance their healing ministries consistent with the teachings of their faith," according to Dignity Health's petition.
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Texas Heartbeat Act
The United States Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on the constitutionality of Texas' Heartbeat Act.
The Texas law effectively bans most abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which typically occurs around 6 weeks after conception. The law is enforced through civil lawsuits against individuals who perform abortions illegally or who knowingly help women to get abortions after the baby has a heartbeat.
The private enforcement mechanism was a response to district attorneys stating their intent to not enforce any abortion bans, according to Republican Texas state Sen. Brian Hughes. While abortion bans are frequently blocked in court, Texas' Heartbeat Act quickly resulted in a 50% decline in abortions performed in the state, according to The New York Times.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh questioned Texas about the prospect of other states creating laws with similar enforcement mechanisms to block constitutionally protected rights such as freedom of religion.
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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Maine Healthcare Workers Challenging Vaccine Mandate
November 1, 2021 October 31, 2021 Admin
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Maine healthcare workers attempting to block the state's vaccine mandate.
The group of unvaccinated workers argued that the law violated their First Amendment rights because the law doesn't have a religious exemption.
According to the Associated Press, Maine is one of three states including New York and Rhode Island that have vaccine mandates that lack religious exemptions for healthcare workers.
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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith Says Democrats Need to Pack the Supreme Court 'to Protect Our Democracy'
Two congresswomen from Minnesota, Sen. Tina Smith and Rep. Ilhan Omar, participated in a hybrid rally to support an expansion of the Supreme Court this week.
The event, hosted by Take Back the Court Action Fund and People's Parity Project, took place Tuesday afternoon and featured a variety of speakers, including Democratic lawmakers and leftist activists. The activists joined in via Zoom, while the lawmakers spoke outside the Supreme Court Building.
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Commentary: Ground Zero of Woke
Many of our once revered and most hallowed institutions are failing us. To mention only the most significant ones: our top-ranking military echelon, the leadership of our federal investigatory and intelligence agencies, the government medical establishment—and of course the universities.
For too long American higher education's reputation of global academic superiority has rested mostly on the sciences, mathematics, physics, technology, medicine, and engineering—in other words, not because of the humanities and social sciences, but despite them. The humanities have become too often anti-humanistic. And the social sciences are deductively anti-scientific. Both quasi-religious woke disciplines have eroded confidence in colleges and universities, infected even the STEM disciplines and professional schools, and torn apart the civic unity of the United States. Indeed, much of the current Jacobin revolution was birthed and fueled by American universities, despite their manifest hypocrisies and derelictions.
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School District Racially Segregates Students, Threatens Them for 'Biased' Statements: Lawsuit
A Massachusetts school district is racially segregating students and threatening to punish them for subjectively "offensive" statements they make, violating their civil and constitutional rights at both the state and federal level, according to a new lawsuit seeking permanent injunctions.
Parents Defending Education is challenging the "affinity groups" and associated spaces created by Wellesley Public Schools' diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plan for 2020-2025.
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Commentary: Biden Reinstates Catch and Release with More Than 227,000 Illegal Aliens Released Since January 2021
President Joe Biden has reinstated "catch and release," a policy allowing illegal aliens to be released into the United States pending an immigration hearing — which had been discontinued under former President Donald Trump — resulting in more than 227,000 illegal aliens being released on their own recognizance through Aug. 2021.
That is out of 535,000 aliens apprehended in Fiscal Year 2021 by the U.S. Border Patrol, a porous 42 percent catch-and-release rate by Biden.
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'Devastating': Biden Ignores Lawmakers' Pleas, Orders Massive Expansion of Utah Monuments
President Joe Biden will order the Department of the Interior Friday to vastly expand two Utah monuments which the Trump administration reduced in size.
The president will restore protections for both the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments located in Utah, the White House announced. Biden's order will re-expand the monuments from their reduced size of slightly more than 1 million acres to 3.2 million acres.
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Feds Fund Minnesota Groups to Help Permanent Residents Become Citizens
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has given around $250,000 to two Minnesota organizations that will assist lawful permanent residents (LPRs) in becoming U.S. citizens.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith announced the funding in a Friday news release. The International Institute of Minnesota and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid are the two organizations slated to receive the money.
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Stony Brook Student Beaten for Backing Amy Coney Barrett Faces Barrett-Backed Vax Rule Expulsion
October 5, 2021 October 5, 2021 Neil W. McCabe
Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett began her first full session on the high court with lingering doubts from a conservative student in her senior year at Stony Brook University facing expulsion with the loss of all semester credits and tuition, thanks to a Barrett ruling, less than one year after leftists beat the student for supporting Barrett confirmation.
"It definitely really upsets me, because I feel that I fight for good people on social media, and for Amy Coney Barrett in person, where I am physically assaulted, and then she goes ahead and does things that we did not vote her in for," said Isabella Maria DeLuca, a political science-pre-law major at the school, which is part of State University of New York system.
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Commentary: After Disastrous September and 2022 Midterms Looming, Biden May Have Lost His Mandate to Govern
Following a catastrophic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the highest inflation since 2008,pushing unpopular COVID vaccine mandates, rationing COVID treatments to red states and finally, watching his domestic legislative agenda falter in Congress, President Joe Biden is already upside down on his job approval ratings, according to the latest average of polls compiled by RealClearPolitics.com.
Reuters/Ipsos on Sept. 29-30 had Biden's approval at 46 percent and disapproval at 50 percent.
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'It was a Game': 'Roe' Baby Says She Will Never Forgive Her Biological Mother for Trying to Use Her for Attention
Pro-abortion activists used Norma McCorvey, her troubled past and her unborn baby to send Roe v. Wade all the way to the Supreme Court. That former baby, who was born before the Supreme Court's final decision, sat down with ABC News in an exclusive interview that will air live Monday evening.
Shelley Lynn Thornton told ABC that she has never forgiven McCorvey and that she never will. The "Roe baby" said that her mother, who passed away in 2017, should have been more "upfront" about wanting to meet Thornton for media attention.
"I can deal with that," Thornton said. "I can't deal with lies and treachery and things like that. To me, that's like no, sorry, not playing that game with you. And that's all it was. It was a game. It was a game. I was just a pawn, and I wasn't going to let her do it."
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Supreme Court Rejects NYC Teachers' Request to Stop Vaccine Mandate
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block New York City's vaccine mandate for public schools following a petition brought by a group of teachers.
According to The Hill, the group of New York City teachers asked for an emergency injunction on Thursday, following a lower court's ruling that permitted the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate to take effect this coming Monday.
The group argued that many teachers would lose their jobs if the Supreme Court didn't intervene.
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Third Lawsuit Filed to Stop Ohio's New Legislative District Map
September 30, 2021 September 29, 2021 The Center Square
Two more lawsuits have been filed with the Ohio Supreme Court challenging Republican drawn legislative district maps, claiming they are unconstitutional and gerrymandered.
The most-recent challenge came Monday from the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and was filed by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law and the law firm Reed Smith.
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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith Signs on to Bill to Expand Supreme Court
September 30, 2021 September 29, 2021 Hayley Feland
Minnesota Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) signed on to a bill that would expand the Supreme Court. Smith announced her decision Wednesday on Twitter, where she wrote, "Announcing I'm the first co-sponsor of Senator Markey's bill to expand the Supreme Court." Smith said, "It's time."
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All Bets Are Off on Mobile Sports Wagering Being Legal in Florida on October 15
Under the Florida-Seminole Tribe gaming compact signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and approved by lawmakers in May, mobile online sports wagering becomes officially legal in the Sunshine State on Oct. 15.
But after two Florida pari-mutuels filed a motion in federal court late Tuesday to block the sports wagering component of the 30-year gaming deal from being implemented, don't bet on it.
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Web Designer Forced to Publish Messages Countering Her Religious Faith Asks Supreme Court to Hear Case
A Colorado web designer asked the Supreme Court to take up her case challenging a state law forcing her to publish websites with messages counter to her religious beliefs.
Lorie Smith filed the petition with the Supreme Court on Friday, arguing a lower court ruling that upheld the Colorado law was wrongly decided, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the firm representing her, announced. The law compelled Smith's speech in violation of her First Amendment rights by forcing her business 303 Creative to produce content against her beliefs, she said.
"The government shouldn't weaponize the law to force a web designer to speak messages that violate her belief," ADF General Counsel Kristen Waggoner said during a press call before filing the petition. "This case involves quintessential free speech and artistic freedom, which the 10th circuit astonishingly and dangerously cast aside here."
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Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Prisoner Redistricting Law
A law that requires a prison inmate's most recent address to be used for the purpose of redistricting will remain in effect after the Virginia Supreme Court denied a petition.
Legislation that went into effect last year changed how the prison population was considered when redistricting maps. Before the change, an inmate was counted as a resident of the locality in which the prison was located, but the new law requires he or she be counted as a resident of his or her most recent address, before incarceration, if that person was a resident of Virginia.
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Gableman: Wisconsin Audit's Purpose Is to Determine What Was Supposed to Happen on Election Day
The latest update on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' election investigation comes with a promise and a warning.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman released a YouTube video on Monday, explaining his investigation into Election Day 2020.
"My job as special counsel is to gather all relevant information. And while I will draw my own conclusions, my goal is to put everything I know and everything I learn before you. So you can make up your own mind," Gableman said. "But I think it's critical to know that an obstruction of this office is an obstruction of each citizen's right to know whether all ballots were appropriately counted; that our elections were managed with fairness, inclusivity and accountability."
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Commentary: Biden's Vaccine Mandate Could Rise or Fall Based on 2012 Roberts Ruling on Obamacare Individual Mandate
"Construing the Commerce Clause to permit Congress to regulate individuals precisely because they are doing nothing would open a new and potentially vast domain to congressional authority."
That was Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' majority opinion ruling in 2012 that the individual mandate to purchase health insurance in the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was unconstitutional under Congress' Article I, Section 8 power to regulate interstate commerce.
And yet, the mandate was rescued in the very same decision by Roberts, ruling that penalty under the individual mandate was a valid exercise of Congress' Article I, Section 8 power to collect taxes.
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Commentary: Vaccine Mandate on Businesses Is Immoral and Unconstitutional
On Thursday, Joe Biden announced a sweeping plan to demand a huge swath of our nation step up and take the Covid-19 shot whether they like it or not – federal employees, workers in companies with more than 100 workers, federally-funded pre-school teachers.
It was the biggest step toward big government control over our personal lives and individual health that we have seen since the founding of our nation.
Healthcare decisions have been – and always will be – between an individual and their physician. At least that has been what Democrats have argued since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion.
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Justice Breyer to Those Pushing Court Packing: 'What Goes Around Comes Around'
Justice Stephen Breyer issued a stark warning to those pushing to pack the Supreme Court: "what goes around comes around."
Breyer made the remark during an interview with NPR published Friday, ahead of the release of his new book, "The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics." He has pushed back on calls to add seats to the court — and on progressives urging him to retire — on multiple recent occasions.
"What goes around comes around," he said. "And if the Democrats can do it, then the Republicans can do it."
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Educational Think Tank Calls on Supreme Court to Uphold the Constitutional Rights of Parents
September 13, 2021 September 12, 2021 Kaitlin Housler
In a press release Friday, The Buckeye Institute announced that they are "filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in Carson v. Makin calling on the court to make clear – as it has in many other cases – that it is a violation of the U.S. Constitution to deny students and their families financial aid that is available to all other students on the basis that family chooses to use their aid to send their children to a religious or 'sectarian' school."
Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of the educational think tank said, "The core constitutional issues before the high court have been asked and answered many times: the government cannot discriminate against religion in administering benefit programs."
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Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion
Mexico's Supreme Court has unanimously voted to decriminalize abortion.
During arguments beginning Monday, eight out of 11 of Mexico's Supreme Court judges spoke out in defense of decriminalizing abortion, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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Biden Says He Respects Those Who Believe Life Begins at Conception, But Doesn't Agree
President Joe Biden said Friday that though he respects Americans who believe life begins at conception, he does not agree with them.
The president discussed Texas' Heartbeat Act, which the Supreme Court declined to block earlier this week, Friday morning with reporters. The law bans abortion after six weeks and allows "any person" to sue doctors, abortion clinics, or anyone who "knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion."
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Arizona Expected to Follow Texas's Abortion Heartbeat Law
September 5, 2021 September 5, 2021 Rachel Alexander
With the U.S. Supreme Court refusing to block a Texas law banning abortions at six weeks when fetal heartbeats begin, Arizona's Republican-dominated legislature is expected to enact a similar law. Until now, federal courts had struck down several laws regulating abortion enacted in Arizona. The unusual nature of the Texas law — allowing citizens to sue in order to enforce it instead of the state — is why a 5-4 majority on SCOTUS allowed the significant intrusion into Roe v. Wade.
Cathi Herrod, president of the conservative Center for Arizona Policy and a key architect of pro-life bills in the Arizona Legislature, said Arizona should copy the successful legislation in order to avoid being struck down. "The Texas heartbeat law is a road map to what other states can do," she told Capitol Media Services. "The Texas heartbeat law is worthy of serious consideration by the Arizona Legislature."
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Commentary: The Supreme Court's Ruling on Texas' Abortion Law Is Another Sign That It May Overturn Roe
Just before midnight on Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued an order denying injunctive relief to the Texas abortion providers who had sought to halt Texas' new abortion law which prohibits abortions after an unborn baby's heartbeat can be detected.
The majority opinion said the Court would not intervene because the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate whether the defendants, including state judges, can or will seek to enforce the law against them. The five conservative justices in the majority, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett, noted that federal courts have the power to enjoin people tasked with enforcing laws, and not laws themselves.
The Texas law gives citizens the power to sue abortion providers or anyone who "aids and abets" an abortion after six weeks gestation. This structure provided the legal technicality which allowed the near-ban on abortion to remain in effect.
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Abortion Law Is as Bad as Literal Terrorists, According to Liberal Activists
Liberal activists and progressive media compared Texas' new pro-life law to the Taliban after it went into effect Wednesday.
"I am calling on Joe Biden and the UN to lead a humanitarian effort to airlift women out of Texas," tweeted BotSentinel founder Christopher Bouzy. "The North American Taliban has seized control of Texas."
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Well, we're mere hours away from August! Another summer come and (almost) gone. But every month has its high points, one a big one for August is when we celebrate the Coast Guard! It's perhaps not as well known as say, the Army or the Marines, but it has been a long-standing organization, and served as our only naval force for 8 years when our country was still getting its bearings after the Revolutionary War. Then it did, and continues to to this day, serve as aid to the Navy and other service branches in times of war.
World War II, and their breadth of ability allows them to work with many different organizations to make sure our coasts and our country stay safe. And don't get me started on the amount of beautiful medals and coast guard pins that are associated with service.
Despite having a small amount of active and reserve forces (under 100,000 all told), they live up to their motto of "Always Ready". And so, this month, and especially on the 4th of August, be sure to thank the Coast Guard members in your community.
Whether that's with a hearty handshake, a donation to a Veteran's organization, or by wearing and passing out coast guard pins, just make sure that this small but powerful branch of our military knows that we value it just as much as every other branch. Semper Paratus!
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Bordered by the Blue Ridge Mountains and Potomac River in Northern Virginia, Loudoun County is located just 25 miles west of Washington, D.C., the fourth largest metro area in the United States. The County, which comprises 333,558 gross acres, borders both West Virginia and Maryland. As one of the fastest growing jurisdictions in the region and the country, Loudoun is home to over 349,679 people. Twenty-six percent of Loudoun residents have lived here less than 3 years, and 60 percent have been here less than 10 years.
Providing a valuable backdrop to a growing and diverse housing base is the county's beautiful scenery, rich history, expanding business opportunities and high quality public services, including a first-rate educational system.
Those who live and work in the county enjoy a prosperous economy, a rich heritage and quality-of-life amenities found in few other places. The home of Washington Dulles International Airport, America Online and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Loudoun has established a reputation as an international center for technology, life sciences, communications and transportation.
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Who Will Take-On Australia's Jordan Bruno From NZ at Mr. Gay World?
Applications for the 10th annual Mr. Gay New Zealand competition have officially closed just a day after the announcement of LGBTI rights activist, who is best known for his time in MKR Australia, Jordan Bruno being crowned as Australia's representative for Mr. Gay World 2018.
The finalists who are expected to be announced by Friday the 19th of January 2018, will soon find themselves competing for the title of Mr. Gay New Zealand 2018, and the opportunity to represent New Zealand at Mr. Gay World 2018 in Knysna, South Africa in May.
Designed to be a "mini Mr. Gay World" finalists will conduct a series of tasks including a written test, interview, public speaking, public voting, and charity challenge, to select and prepare the next Mr. Gay New Zealand.
Mr. Gay New Zealand 2017 Charlie Tredway with 2015 winner Matt Fistonich (Left) and 2016 winner Bernard Lee (Right).
This year's Mr. Gay New Zealand finalists will also conduct a mentoring training session with the StartOut Organisation, to help them engage with and help young kiwi's across New Zealand, with the aim to eradicate discrimination of young people of diverse sexualities and genders (DSG), improve social inclusion and economic participation of young DSG people, and educate the wider community on the effects that discrimination and exclusion can have on the mental health of young DSG people.
Jacinda Ardern at the 2017 Big Gay Out in Auckland
The Final of Mr. gay New Zealand 2018 will be held at Auckland's Coyle park, at the Ending HIV Big Gay Out.
Mr. Gay New Zealand is proudly supported by eikon – New Zealand's largest LGBTI platform, Ending HIV, and StartOut.
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No magician can put on a show without their wand from the wizards of Harry Potter to the world of Harry Houdini, wands are the pinnacle of magical experience. They are both a symbol of transformation and illusion, but now they are the source of the magic themselves. This Magical Rising Wand from Fantasma will put the awe in audience. Whether you're right or left handed you can have an incredible wand that will leave your crowd on the edge of their seats. The trick is so sleight that they will be begging you to do it again and reveal your secrets. But never tell! They won't believe how easy it is if you tell them the secret of the trick. The wand comes with both written and illustrated instructions so it's simple to learn. Even if you're cramming in a last minute trick before you go on stage, you can learn this at the drop of a hat and execute it perfectly. And for the rest of the show you can continue to use the wand as you would normally, waving it in the air and tapping it on your hat. It is the prop on which your entire show hinges, so it is worth a good investment.


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