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Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman.
LaBelle is referred to as the "Godmother of Soul".

She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Following the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit "Lady Marmalade". As a result, after the group split in 1976, LaBelle began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, "You Are My Friend". LaBelle became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles "If Only You Knew", "Love, Need and Want You" (later sampled for 2002's "Dilemma"), "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Less than two years later, in 1986, LaBelle scored a number-one album Winner in You and its number-one duet single, "On My Own", with Michael McDonald.

In 1989, Be Yourself spawned the standard "If You Asked Me To" (later covered by Celine Dion). LaBelle won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album Burnin', an album that featured "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One", and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". LaBelle earned a second Grammy win for the live album Live! One Night Only. Her 1990s albums Burnin, Gems (1994) and Flame (1997) continued her popularity with young R&B audiences throughout the decade. She reunited with her Labelle bandmates for the album Back to Now, followed by a well-received promotional tour.

LaBelle has also experienced success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated film A Soldier's Story, and in TV shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In 1992, LaBelle starred in her own TV sitcom Out All Night. A decade later, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on TV One. In 2015, LaBelle took part in the dance competition Dancing with the Stars at the age of 70. Labelle has also seen success launching her own brand of bedding, cookbooks, and food for various companies. In 2015 her Patti's Sweet Potato Pie sold millions when a YouTube video praising the product went viral. As a result, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second.

In a career that has spanned seven decades, she has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. LaBelle has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame. LaBelle was included in Rolling Stone on their list of 100 Greatest Singers. LaBelle is a dramatic soprano recognized for her vocal power, range and emotive delivery.

 Early life and career
 Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles
LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte in the Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born the second youngest child of Henry (1919–1989) and Bertha (Robinson; 1916–1978) Holte's three children, and the next-to-youngest of five children overall. Her siblings were Thomas Hogan Jr. (1930-2013), Vivian Hogan (1932–1975), Barbara (1942–1982) and Jacqueline "Jackie" (1945–1989). Her father was a railroad worker and club performer and her mother was a domestic. Despite enjoying her childhood, LaBelle would later write in her memoirs, Don't Block the Blessings, that her parents' marriage was abusive. Shortly after her parents' divorce, when LaBelle was twelve, she was sexually molested by a family friend.

She joined a local church choir at the Beulah Baptist Church at ten and performed her first solo two years later. While she was growing up, she listened to secular music styles such as R&B and jazz music as well.

When she was sixteen, LaBelle won a talent competition at her high school, John Bartram High School. This success led to her first singing group, the Ordettes, in 1960, with schoolmates Jean Brown, Yvonne Hogen and Johnnie Dawson. With LaBelle as front woman, the group became a local attraction until two of its members left to marry, while another was forced to quit the group by her religious father. In 1962, the Ordettes included three new members, Cindy Birdsong, Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx, the latter two girls having sung for another now defunct vocal group. That year, they auditioned for local record label owner Harold Robinson. Robinson agreed to work with the group after hearing LaBelle sing the song "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman". Initially, Robinson was dismissive of LaBelle, believing her to be "too dark and too plain".

Shortly after Robinson signed them, he had them record as the Blue Belles and they were selected to promote the recording of "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman", which had been recorded by The Starlets. It was recorded as a Blue Belles single due to label conflict. The Starlets' manager sued Harold Robinson after the Blue Belles were seen performing a lip-synching version of the song on American Bandstand. After settling out of court, Robinson altered the group's name to "Patti LaBelle and The Blue Belles". Robinson gave Holte the name "LaBelle", which meant "the beautiful" in French. Initially, a Billboard ad cited the group as "Patti Bell and the Blue Bells". In 1963, the group scored their first hit single with the ballad "Down the Aisle" which became a crossover top 40 hit on the Billboard pop and R&B charts after King Records issued it. Later in the year, they recorded their rendition of the "You'll Never Walk Alone"; the single was later re-released on Cameo-Parkway Records where the group scored a second hit on the pop charts with the song in 1964. Another charted single, "Danny Boy", was released that same year. In 1965, after Cameo-Parkway folded, the group moved to New York and signed with Atlantic Records where they recorded twelve singles for the label, including the mildly charted singles "All or Nothing" and "Take Me for a Little While". The group's Atlantic tenure included their rendition of "Over the Rainbow" and a version of the song "Groovy Kind of Love". In 1967, Birdsong left the group to join The Supremes and by 1970 the group had been dropped from Atlantic Records as well as by their longtime manager Bernard Montague.

That year, Vicki Wickham, producer of the UK music show Ready, Steady, Go, agreed to manage the group after Dusty Springfield mentioned signing them. Wickham's first direction for the group was for them to change their name to simply Labelle and advised the group to renew their act, going for a more homegrown look and sound that reflected funk, rock and psychedelic soul. In 1971, the group opened for the Who in several stops on the group's U.S. tour.

 Labelle

Labelle signed with Warner Bros. Records and released their self-titled debut album in 1971. The record's psychedelic soul sound and its blending of rock, funk, soul and gospel rhythms was a departure from the group's early girl-group sound. That same year, they sang background vocals on Laura Nyro's album, Gonna Take a Miracle. A year later, in 1972, the group released Moon Shadow, which repeated the homegrown gritty sound of the previous album. In 1973, influenced by glam rockers David Bowie and Elton John, Wickham had the group dressed in silver space suits and luminescent makeup.

After their third successive album, Pressure Cookin', failed to generate a hit, Labelle signed with Epic Records in 1974, releasing their most successful album to date, with Nightbirds, which blended soul, funk, glam and rock music, thanks to the work of the album's producer, Allen Toussaint. The proto-disco single, "Lady Marmalade", would become their biggest-selling single, going number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and selling over a million copies, as did Nightbirds, which later earned a RIAA gold award, for sales of a million units, which was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In October 1974, Labelle made pop history by becoming the first rock and roll vocal group to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House. Riding high on the success of "Lady Marmalade" and the Nightbirds album, Labelle made the cover of Rolling Stone in 1975.

Labelle released two more albums, Phoenix and Chameleon in 1975 and 1976, respectively. While both albums continued the group's critical success, none of the singles issued on those albums ever crossed over to the pop charts. By 1976, Patti, Nona and Sarah began arguing over the group's musical direction. Personal difficulties came to a head during a show on December 16, 1976, in Baltimore, Maryland, where Hendryx went backstage and injured herself during a nervous breakdown. Following the incident, LaBelle advised that the group separate.

 Solo career
 Early solo career (1977–1984)
Signing a solo contract with Epic Records in 1977, LaBelle recruited David Rubinson, producer of Chameleon, to record her self-titled debut album, which was released that year. The album was noted for the disco hits, "Joy to Have Your Love" and "Dan Swit Me" and the gospel ballad, "You Are My Friend", the latter song becoming her first career-defining single despite its low entry on the R&B chart. Three more albums were released in succession on Epic through 1980, with the songs "Eyes in the Back of My Head", "Little Girls", "Music is My Way of Life", "Come What May", "Release (The Tension)" and "I Don't Go Shopping" (the latter song co-written by Peter Allen) being the most successful.

After four albums on Epic, LaBelle signed with Philadelphia International Records where she recorded a notable version of "Over the Rainbow" on the album The Spirit's in It. In 1982, she was featured on the Grover Washington duet "The Best Is Yet to Come", and earned accolades that year for starring in the Broadway musical Your Arms Too Short to Box with God. "The Best Is Yet to Come" later earned LaBelle her first Grammy Award nomination. In 1983, LaBelle released her breakthrough album I'm in Love Again which included her first top ten R&B singles, with "Love, Need and Want You" and "If Only You Knew", the latter song also becoming her first number-one single as a solo artist in early 1984. Later in 1984, she scored another hit with Bobby Womack on the song "Love Has Finally Come at Last" and appeared as a club singer in the film A Soldier's Story.

 Crossover success (1984–2009)

In 1984, LaBelle recorded the songs "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up" for the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film, Beverly Hills Cop. Following the release of the film, "New Attitude" was released as a single in late 1984 and became LaBelle's first crossover solo hit, reaching number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming a signature song. "Stir It Up" found similar success on pop radio and as a staple in dance clubs. In 1985, LaBelle performed on the TV special, Motown Returns to Apollo and also as part of the all-star benefit concert, Live Aid. LaBelle's notoriety from performing on these two specials made her a pop star and led to having her own television special later that same year. Also in the same year, a video of a performance from her tour of that year was issued on VHS. During this period, LaBelle ended her contractual obligations to Philadelphia International and signed with MCA Records.

LaBelle shared a stage with Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick for the 1986 HBO special Sisters in the Name of Love.  During the same year LaBelle released her best-selling solo album Winner in You, which reached number one on the pop charts. The album included the international number-one hit, "On My Own" and the hit ballad "Oh People". The success of Winner in You would prove to be the peak of her solo success, though she continued her acclaim with the 1989 release of Be Yourself, which featured "Yo Mister" and the hit ballad "If You Asked Me To", which found bigger success in a remake by singer Celine Dion. In the year of that album's release, LaBelle began a successful stint in a recurring role on A Different World, the success of which spawned a brief sitcom of her own, titled Out All Night, which only lasted a season. In 1991, she recorded a hit duet version of the Babyface composition, "Superwoman" with Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick. In the same year, LaBelle released the solo album, Burnin', which went gold, with three successive top five singles on the R&B charts. This success led to LaBelle winning her first Grammy Award in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category in the 34th Annual Grammy Award Ceremony of 1992, sharing the win with singer Lisa Fischer, who won for her hit ballad, "How Can I Ease the Pain", in a rare tie in the history of the Grammys. She was also nominated in the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal category alongside Knight and Warwick for "Superwoman."

LaBelle's 1994 album, Gems, also went gold and featured the hit, "The Right Kinda Lover". On January 29, 1995, LaBelle performed at the Super Bowl XXIX halftime show, held at the Joe Robbie Stadium (which later became Hard Rock Stadium) in Miami, Florida with Tony Bennett, Arturo Sandoval and Miami Sound Machine. LaBelle released the album, Flame, which included the dance hit, "When You Talk About Love". LaBelle released her best-selling memoirs, Don't Block the Blessings, in 1996, and released the first of five best-selling cookbooks in 1997. In 1998, she released the live album, Live! One Night Only, later resulting in a second Grammy win the following February. It remains her most recent Grammy win. In 2000, LaBelle released her final MCA album, When a Woman Loves, before signing with Def Soul Classics to release the 2004 album, Timeless Journey. During the promotional run of the album, she headlined VH1 Divas for the first time, alongside artists like Debbie Harry and Jessica Simpson and good friends Knight and Cyndi Lauper. Following the release of her 2005 covers album, Classic Moments, LaBelle engaged in a rivalry with Antonio "L.A." Reid over the direction of her career, leading to her leaving the label. In the same year, the World Music Awards recognized her years in the music business by awarding her the Legend Award. In 2006, she released her first gospel album, The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle on the Bungalo label, the album later peaking at number one on Billboard's gospel chart. LaBelle also released the book, Patti's Pearls, during this period. She returned to Def Jam in 2007 and released her second holiday album, Miss Patti's Christmas. In 2008, LaBelle briefly reunited with Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash as Labelle on the group's first new album in more than 30 years, Back to Now.

 Later career (2010–present)

On September 14, 2010, LaBelle made a return two decades after her last Broadway performance to star in the award-winning musical Fela! about Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. LaBelle replaced Tony Award-nominee Lillias White as Fela's mother, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, and performed with the production through the end of its run on January 2, 2011.

On May 23, 2011, LaBelle appeared on "Oprah's Farewell Spectacular, Part 1" the first show in a series of three shows constituting the finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show, singing "Over the Rainbow" with Josh Groban. LaBelle was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards on June 26, 2011. LaBelle and Aretha Franklin, among others, performed at the "Women of Soul: In Performance at the White House" concert hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House, recorded on March 6, 2014.

On June 10, 2014, LaBelle returned to Broadway as the cast and creative team of the Tony Award-nominated smash hit Broadway musical After Midnight, welcomed her as "Special Guest Star". In August 2014, it was announced that LaBelle would appear in a guest role on the upcoming fourth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story, subtitled Freak Show.

On February 24, 2015, LaBelle was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on the 20th season of Dancing with the Stars. She partnered with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. The couple was eliminated on Week 6 and finished in eighth place. LaBelle has consistently toured the United States selling out shows in various markets. In 2012 and 2014 she appeared with Frankie Beverly & Maze on cross-country USA tours. In 2015 LaBelle made a guest appearance on Fox's television series Empire as herself.

She is scheduled to be a "key advisor" on the NBC series The Voice.

She returned to the VH1 Divas stage in 2016, headlining a holiday-themed concert alongside Chaka Khan, Vanessa Williams, and her goddaughter Mariah Carey. Her first jazz album, Bel Hommage, was released in 2017. In 2018 she began appearing in recurring roles on the television series Daytime Divas, Greenleaf and Star.

On July 2, 2019, LaBelle was honored in Philadelphia with her very own street name Patti LaBelle Way between Locust and Spruce Street. On November 20 of the same year, LaBelle was revealed to have competed on the second season of The Masked Singer as "Flower". LaBelle continued her acting career with roles alongside Cedric the Entertainer on The Neighborhood and Dulé Hill on The Wonder Years.

On December 10, 2022, Labelle's Christmas concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was disrupted when a bomb threat resulted in evacuation of the venue.

 Personal life
LaBelle dropped out of Philadelphia's John Bartram High School just a semester before graduating in 1962. LaBelle returned to the school in her mid-thirties and later earned her diploma.

LaBelle wrote that she was sexually assaulted by Jackie Wilson while at the Brevoort Theatre at Brooklyn in the 1960s. Around 1964, LaBelle was engaged to Otis Williams, founding member of The Temptations. The engagement lasted a year before Patti broke it off after fearing Williams would force her to move to Detroit and retire from the road.

On July 23, 1969, LaBelle married a longtime friend, Armstead Edwards, who was a schoolteacher. After LaBelle started her solo career, Edwards became her manager, a position he would remain in until 2000. That year, LaBelle announced that she and Edwards had legally separated, with their divorce finalized in 2003. They have a son, Zuri Kye Edwards (born July 17, 1973), who is now her manager. Following Zuri's birth, LaBelle suffered from postpartum depression for a year and said singer-songwriter Laura Nyro helped to take care of Zuri while LaBelle recovered. Through Zuri (whose name means "good" in Swahili), LaBelle is a grandmother of two girls and one boy.

Members of LaBelle's family died at young ages. Her mother Bertha died in October 1978 from diabetes at the age of 62. Her father, Henry Holte Jr., died of complications from emphysema and Alzheimer's disease in October 1989 at the age of 70.

All three of LaBelle's sisters died young. Eldest sister Vivian Hogan Rogers died of lung cancer in October 1975 at the age of 43. Seven years later, in October 1982, her elder sister Barbara Holte Purifoy died from complications of colon cancer at the age of 40. In July 1989, three months before her father's death, LaBelle lost her youngest sister, Jacqueline "Jackie" Holte-Padgett, to brain cancer at the age of 43. A day after the singer buried Padgett, an emotionally-wrecked LaBelle shot the music video to "If You Asked Me To" where she was seen crying in various shots; the video was shot on what would have been Padgett's 44th birthday. The singer dedicated her 1991 Burnin' album, and her famous rendition of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings" during her concert tour in 1991–92 to Padgett.

LaBelle said because of her sisters and parents dying "before their time", she wrote in her autobiography that she feared she would not make it to 50. Once she reached that age, however, the singer said she felt her life "had just begun". A year later, LaBelle was diagnosed as having diabetes and later became a spokesperson for several organizations dedicated in fighting the disease.

She has a home in the Philadelphia suburb of Wynnewood and also has condos in Los Angeles and in Eleuthera, the Bahamas.

LaBelle is an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

 Civil suits
In 2010, LaBelle went into a rage that resulted in her verbally and physically attacking a mother and her 18 month old daughter.  The singer threw water, yelled obscenities, and attempted to assault the mother during a 10-minute tirade in the lobby of the Trump Place Apartments in Manhattan, NY.  LaBelle agreed to a settlement of $100,000 and attempted to get her son's deposition, where he lied that no altercation took place, destroyed following the settlement.  The family donated the award to a charity.

In June 2011, a West Point cadet filed a civil suit against LaBelle after he was allegedly assaulted by her bodyguards at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. LaBelle and her entourage were on their way to a gig in Louisiana when Richard King, a 23-year-old cadet on spring break, was waiting to be picked up in the ride-share area.  King alleged that Labelle's entourage attacked him, causing a concussion, Labelle's entourage stated that he had provoked the attack. Video evidence showed he was on a cell phone prior to the attack and did not engage any of the members of Labelle's group until after they assaulted him.  King was suspended from the U.S. Military Academy. He sued LaBelle and Holmes for assault, seeking $1 million in civil court. LaBelle filed a counter-suit. Efrem Holmes, Labelle's bodyguard, was acquitted of misdemeanor assault on November 12, 2013, stemming from the incident.

 Pop culture
Patti LaBelle has been described as "the greatest gay icon of all time and a prime example of the intersection of the LGBT community and black female artists".  In a 2017 interview, she said: "when I think about it, the gay fans are some of the reason – one big reason – I'm still standing, 'cause they loved me when other people tried not to. Everybody always says, "What makes gay men like you?" "I have no clue," I say. I still don't. But I know that love has lifted me up for many, many years."

LaBelle made some headlines in late 2015 when a vlogger known as James Wright (No Chanel) spoke enthusiastically on YouTube of her brand of sweet potato pies. The video quickly went viral and for a time, one pie sold every second at Walmart, selling out at stores across the country. She has appeared in two Walmart commercials also an Old Spice commercial.

LaBelle is the primary character on the popular web parody Got 2B Real.

Discography

Studio albums
Patti LaBelle (1977)
Tasty (1978)
It's Alright with Me (1979)
Released (1980)
The Spirit's in It (1981)
I'm in Love Again (1983)
Patti (1985)
Winner in You (1986)
Be Yourself (1989)
This Christmas (1990)
Burnin' (1991)
Gems (1994)
Flame (1997)
When a Woman Loves (2000)
Timeless Journey (2004)
Classic Moments (2005)
The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle (2006)
Miss Patti's Christmas (2007)
Bel Hommage (2017)

 Awards and nominations Honorary Doctorates'
 Berklee College of Music (1996)
 Temple University (2010)

Emmy Awards

Grammy Awards

Image Awards

Lifetime achievement awards

Others

Filmography

Film

Television

See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

Notes

References

Sources

Further reading

External links

Image of Stevie Wonder and Patti LaBelle performing at the Shrine Auditorium, 1978. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

1944 births
Actresses from Pennsylvania
African-American actresses
African-American women singer-songwriters
American dance musicians
American disco singers
American film actresses
American musical theatre actresses
American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters
American sopranos
American soul singers
Ballad musicians
Baptists from Pennsylvania
Def Jam Recordings artists
Epic Records artists
Grammy Award winners
HIV/AIDS activists
John Bartram High School alumni
Labelle members
Living people
MCA Records artists
Musicians from Philadelphia
Philadelphia International Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania
World Music Awards winners
20th-century African-American women singers
21st-century African-American women singers
African American adoptees
American gospel singers
American women pop singers

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Laffaire Ajavon est une affaire judiciaire et politique béninoise ayant débuté avec la saisine le  de  de cocaïne pure dans un conteneur de la société Cajaf-Comon, propriété de l'homme d'affaires et homme politique Sébastien Ajavon. D'abord relaxé faute de preuve, ce dernier est finalement condamné à 20 ans de prison en 2018, et vit depuis en exil en France, où il a obtenu le statut de réfugié politique. Durant toute la durée de cette affaire, Sébastien Ajavon et ses avocats dénoncent un complot ourdi par le pouvoir, notamment par le président Patrice Talon.

L'affaire a eu plusieurs conséquences politiques. Sébastien Ajavon est devenu l'un des principaux opposants au président, alors qu'il l'avait soutenu durant l'entre-deux-tours de l'élection présidentielle de 2016. En outre, la Cour africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples (CADHP) a reconnu en 2020 la « violation des droits politiques » de Sébastien Ajavon et demandé la suspension des élections municipales, poussant le Bénin à se retirer du protocole de la Cour.

Arrestation et première comparution (2016)

Le ,  de cocaïne pure sont saisis par la police du port autonome de Cotonou (Bénin) dans un conteneur de la société Cajaf-Comon en provenance du Brésil, cachés entre  de gésiers de dinde congelés. La société Cajaf-Comon est alors le plus gros importateur de volaille surgelée au Bénin, et est la propriété de l'homme d'affaires Sébastien Ajavon, également ancien candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 2016.

L'homme d'affaires est alors arrêté et placé en garde à vue pendant une semaine à la gendarmerie maritime de Xwlacodji (Cotonou). Il passe en comparaison immédiate le  devant le tribunal correctionnel de Cotonou, aux côtés de 3 de ses employés. 27 avocats sont présents pour le défendre. Il est finalement relaxé pour insuffisance de preuves et au bénéfice du doute. Sébastien Ajavon et ses avocats dénoncent alors un « complot politique » et une « machination », pointant du doigt le président Patrice Talon et son gouvernement, que l'homme d'affaires avait pourtant soutenu durant l'entre-deux-tours.

En , Sébastien Ajavon porte plainte contre X à Cotonou afin de découvrir qui a introduit la drogue dans le conteneur destiné à sa société.

Autres ennuis et recours devant la CADHP
Les années suivantes, d'autres problèmes apparaissent : deux médias appartenant à Sébastien Ajavon sont suspendus pendant plusieurs mois, et sa société Cajaf-Comon fait face à un redressement fiscal de 254 millions d'euros. Ses avocats dénoncent alors un « acharnement » et demandent la protection de la Cour africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples (CADHP) pour leur client.

Le , lors d'un procès ayant lieu à Arusha (Tanzanie), au siège de la CADHP, les avocats de Sébastien Ajavon réclament 550 millions de FCFA (830 millions d'euros) de dommages et intérêts à l'État béninois pour préjudices moraux et commerciaux. Deux témoins ne se présentent pas au procès, disant avoir reçu des menaces. Les avocats de l'État béninois estiment quant à eux que cette demande est irrecevable devant la Cour, car .

Procès de 2018
En 2018, Sébastien Ajavon est à nouveau poursuivi pour trafic de cocaïne. Il est jugé par la Cour de répression des infractions économiques et du terrorisme (Criet), un tribunal spécial créé en .

Le , le procureur spécial, Gilbert Ulrich Togbonon, le convoque ainsi que les trois autres personnes qui, comme lui, avaient été relaxées en 2016. Après une première convocation pour le , le procès a finalement lieu le . Sébastien Ajavon est représenté par plusieurs avocats, et notamment par Éric Dupond-Moretti, futur ministre français de la justice.

L'homme d'affaires, qui séjourne alors en France depuis plusieurs semaines, refuse de se rendre à son procès, tandis que ses avocats dénoncent de .

Le , il est condamné à 20 ans de prison pour « trafic international de cocaïne » ainsi qu'à une amende de 5 millions de FCFA (), ce qui représente alors la peine maximale. Un mandat d'arrêt international est également lancé contre lui par la justice béninoise. Ses biens sont saisis et ses sociétés liquidées. Dénonçant un , Sébastien Ajavon décide de demander l'asile politique à la France. En , le statut de réfugié politique lui est accordé par l'Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA).

En mars 2021, il est à nouveau condamné à 5 ans de prison ferme par contumace pour « faux, usage de faux et escroquerie ».

Conséquences

Politiques
Ayant auparavant soutenu la candidature du président Patrice Talon pendant l'entre-deux-tours de l'élection présidentielle de 2016, Sébastien Ajavon devient l'un de ses principaux opposants, l'accusant d'être responsable de ses ennuis judiciaires. Il crée ainsi son propre parti politique d'opposition en , l'Union sociale libérale (USL).

En , l'affaire Ajavon est mentionnée par le journal français Le Monde comme un exemple de la dérive autoritaire du Bénin sous la présidence de Patrice Talon.

Internationales
Le , la Cour africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples (CADHP) condamne l'État béninois pour violation des droits fondamentaux de Sébastien Ajavon. Elle estime notamment que l'État béninois a violé son droit à être jugé par une juridiction compétente, ainsi que le principe « non bis in idem », selon lequel nul ne peut être poursuivi deux fois pour les mêmes faits. La Cour demande en conséquence l'annulation de la condamnation de la Criet dans un délai de 6 mois. Cette demande reste cependant lettre morte de la part de l'État béninois.

Le , la CADHP condamne également l'État béninois à payer 36 milliards de FCFA à Sébastien Ajavon pour les préjudices subis, et demande la levée de la saisie imposée sur ses comptes bancaires.

Fin 2019, les avocats de Sébastien Ajavon saisissent à nouveau la CADHP pour dénoncer la « violation des droits politiques » de leur client. La Cour leur donne raison le , et ordonne la suspension des élections municipales qui doivent avoir lieu le , afin de « préserver la démocratie béninoise ». Le Bénin décide alors se retirer du protocole de la Cour une semaine plus tard.

Notes et références

Affaire judiciaire en cours
Politique au Bénin
Trafic de stupéfiants
Cocaïne
2016 au Bénin
Politique en octobre 2016


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Self-driving technology – A far-fetched dream?
Self-driving cars and its technology take the stage for all the wrong reasons. After two fatal accidents involving autonomous vehicles occurred in the U.S, earlier this year, only proves that we're still a long way from self-driving, despite its impressive safety record which outshines a human-driven one's.
The incidents – killing of a pedestrian by an Uber autonomous car, and a Tesla Model X ramming into a divider on a highway – serve serious setbacks for a technology that was gaining momentum. Most countries, especially the developing countries like India were keen on the new technology. A study conducted by Ipsos, a global market research company, revealed that only a negotiable percentage of people down-voted for self-driving cars and the others said that they were "keen on the new technology and can't wait to use it."
However, according to many including former US Airways Pilot Chesley Sullenberger, technology like self-driving introduces new risks in place of old. "Technology does not eliminate error, but it changes the nature of errors that are made, and it introduces new kinds of errors… We have to realize that it's not a panacea," he told. Mr. Sullenberger, who now sits in the Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Automation, once landed a plane to safety in Hudson River after its engines were struck by birds.
Other safety experts, including him, are concerned about the rush industry executives and government officials show in putting self-driving cars on road before implementing mechanisms that safeguard or even before it is clearly proven that the technology will reduce crashes and fatalities.
This doesn't mean that the technology isn't amazing. It is. The machine learning algorithms in self-driving cars are trained on torrents of data about roads, intersections, street furniture, etc. But they're still baffled with a lot of other things, starting with seagulls. Altered stop signs, tree shadows, birds, snowflakes, bridges, and many other unpredictable objects or incidents on road could still confuse the self-driving cameras.
"It's important to note that none of these vehicles is capable of driving safely on its own… A production autonomous vehicle that can go anywhere anytime isn't available at your local car dealer and won't be for quite some time," says David Zuby, IIHS Chief Research Officer. IIHS tested systems of five leading brands and saw almost all of them cross or touch lane lines, or disengage during driving.
Ryan Chin, Co-Founder, and CEO of Optimus Ride – a company that develops self-driving technologies – "I challenge any car company to drive through a complex urban environment without a diver under any weather conditions… We're not there yet as an industry. Even the best systems aren't there yet."
Microsoft unveils its new mixed reality AI translation technology
Ping An's new AI based technology to improve healthcare in China
Hypertaste- AI assisted e-tongue technology by IBM
Cassette tape is revived with new Bluetooth technology 5.0
Nintendo's new area of focus: 5G technology


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What happens in our brain when we learn languages?
It's not just being able to crack a joke with the locals or order off a menu without surprises, learning another language has big benefits for your brain.
By Susan Blackmore
Asked by: Ursy Reynolds, Gloucestershire
Specific brain areas increase in size and function, including Broca's area, which is usually in the left hemisphere and involved in language production. When children grow up bilingual, both languages are processed in the same area. Yet when adults learn a second language, a separate area develops close to the first.
Some adults learn more quickly than others and one study showed differences in the brain areas that changed: the hippocampus and Broca's area altered most in the fast learners and the motor cortex in slower students. Some effects depend on the person's first language. For example, native Japanese speakers cannot readily distinguish 'r' and 'l' when learning English because in their brains both these sounds activate the same area. In native English speakers, however, the sounds activate distinct areas.
More generally, learning a new language improves brain function, providing better memory, more mental flexibility and creativity, and can even delay the onset of dementia.
How old is dyslexia?
Why do we have nightmares when we have a fever?
What are the physiological effects of too much g-force?
Why did humans evolve an imagination?


Evan left a comment about how to flip pictures but I'm too tired tonight to figure it out. So you have to keep tilting your head, ok?
Today, we ventured out. We ventured to Victoria. We left bright and early at 7:15 AM and took the buses to catch the ferry at Tsawwassen. You may be wondering how to pronounce this word. All I can tell you is that it rhymes with "Tsaww-awesome". We didn't know what to expect of this ferry. Christine was wondering ifshe could buy ginger ale on it. Turns out there was a whole restaurant on it, and a fast food court, and an arcade and stores and stuff. It was intense. We amused ourselves. As you can see, Christine was a little cold outside on the deck.
Our final destination in Victoria was Butchart Gardens. As you can see from the photos, it was be-autiful. Christine had been there before with her friend Navy Dan (shout out to Dan in Halifax!), so she knew what to expect. She kept making me close my eyes before cool parts, like this fountain, and it took my breath away. Amazing stuff for the biology student, let me tell you.
We were done early, so we went to the Butterfly Gardens. They were also really really cool. There were tons of rare butterflies, and exotic plants, and sweet birds. Ch eck out the pictures of me with the orchids and Christine with the red rasta hair (actually, it's a chenille plant).
The most exciting part of the trip was when we tried to catch the bus back to the ferry, and realized that it didn't stop near the butterfly gardens. I had carefully plotted out a ll stops and times and transfers, but the butterfly gardens threw a wrench in everything. The closest stop was a forty-minute walk away. Unfortunately, we had to arrive in ten minutes if we wanted to catch our bus, otherwise we'd miss the ferry and wait another two hours for the next one. Christine was despairing. Suddenly, I had a drastic loss of inhibitions, and I asked some complete strangers if they would drive us to the bus stop. I figured that if they were exiting butterfly gardens, they weren't overly dangerous. So we rode in the bed of their pick-up truck and caught the bus! Hooray!
The trip home was a little long. We were tired and hungry and a little crazy. Christine kept hearing her least favorite Nickelback songs. So we began singing Raffi songs. I think we scared people aroun d us. We also felt that we were a visible minority, since most of the people around us were Asian. Most of them were wearing pointy-toed stiletto boots. As you can see, Blue Spoon kept his spirits up.
Now we are home, and we're going to watch "Bewitched". Tsaww-awesome.


Thursday night, October 12th the Volleyball team played their last game at sectionals in Clevland, TN and lost to Cleveland High School. The final score for the first match was 19-25, the second was 20-25, and the final was 19-25. The lady blaze finished the season with a 17-8 overall record.
"I'm proud of how well my team handled all the ups and downs of our season, from getting a new coach that has different ways of doing things, to injuries and illnesses, to making sure we had a better bond with all players than we did last year, " stated senior Paz Dozie-Nnamah.
Dozie-Nnamah has been a part of the volleyball team for four years now and is one of the four captains this past season.
"The team did really well, we did a lot better than we or anyone expected us to do, because many people quit and were not playing, we didn't know how things would turn out, but we played really well together; I am very proud of my team. We grew really close and formed a special bond. Leaving these girls will be hard because they're just like sisters to me now," stated senior Chianne Chanthara.
Chanthara has been a part of the varsity team for three years. She is another captain out of the four this season.
"We are going to keep getting stronger and condition and hopefully push past sectionals next year," stated Coach Burford.
The Lady Blaze getting ready to play against Cleveland.


Hong Kong-based lawyer Shaun Z. Wu, part of the Joint Venture & Partnership Disputes Group, examines ways that Chinese outbound parties can best safeguard their interests and protect their positions as outbound deals rise to record levels. Mr. Wu explores joint venture structuring and how it impacts dissolutions and acquisitions, along with jurisdictional/forum considerations and the importance of knowing your joint-venture counterparty.
The article, titled "Domestic Parties Need to Prepare for Outbound Joint Venture Disputes," was published in the current China Business Law Journal. Read the article here.


Jane, Jessie, and Flannery received their Pokéballs from the Lavaridge Pokémon Center's attendant. Jane and Jessie listened dutifully to the nurse's instructions for their Pokémon's long-term care, with emphasis on avoiding repeat burns for Hippowdon before his recovery was solid, but Flannery was visibly impatient. Once the discharge summary ran its course, Flannery determinedly exited the building, barely waiting for Jessie and Jane to follow. A few meters outside the Pokémon center, she stopped, and looked around frantically. Her panic was undeniable by the time Jane and Jessie caught up with her.
Jane lounged in her camping chair, nearly dozing. Her grip on her fishing rod was loose, and she might have lost it already if Froslass hadn't been keeping an eye on it. She wasn't losing any fish, at least, on this slowest of fishing days.
She had earned this relaxation. Jane had come a long way, and the crowd of Pokémon surrounding her had borne witness to her progress. Not so long ago, the thought of napping outdoors in shorts, sandals, and a tank top, legs and arms taking in the gentle sun, a thin seam of midriff peeking out between the pieces, would have been terrifying. She feared for her life, then, with Team Rocket still livid over her defection. Before that, she feared herself, and what becoming herself would mean. But now, with Arcanine ("Growly" to her) and Cacturne napping vigilantly behind her, Sylveon curled up at her feet, Froslass and Chimecho on her lap, and Joltik enjoying the view from atop her head, she never felt so free.
This is a story of alternate universe in which Jessie and James find their way.
The pair of Team Rocket agents Jessie and James (Musashi and Kojiro in the original Japanese) are fixtures of the Pokémon animated series. The series subjects them to endless misfortune, and they never achieve their stated goals. They spend much of each episode in various states of explosion, and the warmest welcome they manage among the protagonists is occasional deep mistrust rather than overt hostility. They have earned the love of fans for their insistent theatrics, incompetence as thieves, and impressive fashion sense, but the show itself is much less consistent.


Family Vineyard and Folk Evaluation proudly present the first authorized LP reissue of Richmond, Indiana's fabled Hoi' Polloi. The band's lone 1972 self-titled album, recorded over spring break at Earlham College by means of "bouncing" between two stereo tape decks, is a fantastic collection of country twangers, breathtaking singer-songwriter material, and bizarre tape cut-ups. With five songwriters in the band, what could have felt like another grab-bag student compilation instead feels like lost tapes of Emitt Rhodes hanging with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young while Faust producer Uwe Nettlebeck makes a guest appearance in the control room.
Remastered from the original ¼" tapes, this deluxe vinyl edition comes jam-packed with extras: Extensive liner notes featuring Patrick 'The Lama' Lundborg's 2003 conversation with the band (expanded with newly conducted interviews), a digital download of the album featuring the original stereo mix of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and a wealth of bonus material from the band members' vaults, including rare cuts from Earlham's annual student-produced "Crucible" LPs and a collection of never-before-heard live recordings.
Edition of 500 copies with reproduction of the original xerox insert and download code.


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National	Jul 16, 2019
Ex-captive Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda denied passport by Foreign Ministry
Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who returned home last year after more than three years of captivity in Syria, said Tuesday the government has denied him a new passport, effectively preventing him from traveling overseas. The Foreign Ministry notified him on July 10 that it based ...
National	Jun 28, 2019
Activist Rebiya Kadeer calls on Japan to highlight persecution of Uighurs as Osaka G20 begins
by Tomohiro Osaki
As the Group of 20 summit formally kicked off in Osaka on Friday, Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent political activist for China's Uighur ethnic minority, urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to highlight Beijing's alleged persecution of the majority-Muslim group in the country's far west, slamming ...
Business / Economy | G20 Osaka	Jun 25, 2019
Can the G20 summit pave a path for the future of multilateral trade?
by Satoshi Sugiyama
Since it first convened two decades ago, the Group of 20 summit has been regarded as a forum for developed and developing countries to take collective action against economic uncertainties. Now, as Japan prepares to host the summit for the first time, multilateralism and global ...
National	May 29, 2019
Lost lives in Kawasaki rampage: A good-natured schoolgirl and a Burmese-language specialist
Hanako Kuribayashi was known as being a thoughtful and good-natured girl, while Satoshi Oyama was recognized as a specialist in the Burmese language and a highly qualified Foreign Ministry official, before they were killed in Tuesday's mass stabbing in Kawasaki. The two fell victim when ...
National / Politics	May 24, 2019
Abe's skill as Iran-U.S. mediator to be tested during Trump's visit to Japan
As leader of a country that is a close ally of the United States and also has a long friendship with Iran, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to have his skills tested as a mediator between Washington and Tehran amid rising tensions between ...
National / Politics	May 9, 2019
Japan supports Taiwan's bid to attend World Health Assembly in move that could anger China
Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed support on Wednesday for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly in a move that could anger China. It marks the first time Japan has publicly supported Taiwan's bid to attend the annual meeting of the WHA, the decision-making body ...
National / Politics	Apr 23, 2019
Japan softens tone on North Korea and Russia in foreign policy report as Abe pursues deals
Tokyo removed a reference to applying "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang and stopped short of explicitly claiming ownership of the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido.
National / Politics	Apr 4, 2019
Japan and U.K. to postpone 'two-plus-two' security talks amid Brexit deadlock
Tokyo and London have decided to postpone their ministerial security talks scheduled for next week, a Japanese government source said Wednesday, due to the U.K. Parliament's continued efforts to end the Brexit impasse. The fourth "two-plus-two" meeting between the two countries' foreign and defense ministers ...
National	Apr 3, 2019
Japan assures world that Reiwa is all about 'beautiful harmony' and has nothing to do with 'command'
The move is intended to dispel what the ministry considers erroneous reports overseas that the new era name has connotations of "command" or "order."
Foreign Ministry may go Gregorian, dropping use of Japan era names in documents when it can
With the upcoming Imperial era name change, the Foreign Ministry is considering scrapping the use of the era name for calendar years in some of its official documents and switching to the Gregorian calendar, according to informed sources. The new era name, Reiwa, will succeed ...
National	Feb 5, 2019
Journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka ordered to surrender passport in Tokyo on way to report on Yemen humanitarian crisis
At immigration control, an officer told Tsuneoka that his passport had been invalidated and that he was ordered to relinquish it — in effect banning him from leaving.
National / Crime & Legal	Nov 26, 2018
Foreign Ministry official arrested in Kabukicho over possession of illegal stimulant
A Foreign Ministry official has been arrested in Tokyo's famous Kabukicho nightlife district for allegedly possessing an illegal stimulant drug, police said Monday. Yasutoshi Tanimoto, 46, is suspected of having 0.6 grams of the drug on him on a street in the district of Shinjuku ...


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Der Flugplatz Kaga-Bandoro (, IATA-Code: keiner, ICAO-Code: FEFQ) ist der Flugplatz von Kaga-Bandoro, einer Stadt in der Wirtschaftspräfektur Nana-Grébizi im Zentrum der Zentralafrikanischen Republik.

Der Flugplatz liegt am südwestlichen Rand der Stadt auf einer Höhe von . Seine Start- und Landebahn ist unbefestigt und verfügt nicht über eine Befeuerung. Der Flugplatz kann nur tagsüber und nur nach Sichtflugregeln angeflogen werden. Er verfügt nicht über reguläre Passagierverbindungen. In der Regenzeit kann es zu Nutzungseinschränkungen kommen.

In der Nähe des Flugplatzes liegen ein Stützpunkt der MINUSCA-Friedenssoldaten und das Flüchtlingslager der katholischen Kirche für Binnenvertriebene.

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Russia & CIS News from November 2009
AirBridgeCargo Airlines adds another Boeing 747-400ERF
November 30 - November 30 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the scheduled cargo subsidiary of the Volga-Dnepr Group has added another Boeing 747-400ER Freighter to its current fleet.
WWL opens in St Petersburg
November 23 - November 23 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has opened its own office in Russia.
Weatherford International selects K + N
November 19 - November 19 - Global oil and gas industry services provider Houston-based Weatherford International has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a two-year contract to manage its North American export activities to 18 countries across Europe, the Middle East and West Afric
TRANSY moves space equipment
November 16 - November 16 - Transport Systems Ltd (TRANSY), the Russian member of the Worldwide Project Consortium, has transported consignments of space station equipment for the European Space Agency's Guiana Space Centre (GSC).
Panalpina blows hot with oil and gas industry wins
November 13 - November 13 - According to a statement from Panalpina, Weatherford and Halliburton, two major global players in the oil and gas sector and long-time Panalpina customers have awarded significant new pieces of business to the global forwarding and logistics
KCA DEUTAG awards global freight tender to Panalpina
November 8 - September 8 - Panalpina is likely to see significant heavy and over-dimensional shipments as part of the additional business that it has been awarded by KCA DEUTAG in the key countries of Angola, Gabon, Libya, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan over the next three
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15 years of yoga practice and I've never felt poses so powerful. A few tweaks and I was tangled up, upside down, legs in the air, holding asanas it would have taken longer – much longer – to get right alone.
That's the mark of a great teacher. Making you look at something old in a new way. Adjusting. Pushing your limits that little bit further.
It feels there's more learning to be done. I'll be back – when you find a great teacher it's worth sticking around.
That's true anywhere – not just yoga. Teachers don't finish when education does, but they do become rarer and more valuable. If you don't seek them out, they don't always turn up. Great teachers are usually busy too.
Notice 'find great teachers' isn't just 'find teachers'. Not everyone is right. It's easy(ish) to rehash wisdom from bookshelves. It's harder to really get it – to have been there and done it and know how to articulate it. Then to give others the space to try it on for themselves.
So it's worth being patient. When you find the right teacher you'll know. They'll speak your language. Or a language that you would one day like to speak.
And if they do, truly, turn out to be great, do what you can to keep them. Exchange skills. Offer time. Pay their fees if that's the way they do things. Great teachers are worth their weight times ten.
If you're doing things well, the lift of their praise adds a year to your confidence. If you're heading down a wrong path, the time they'll save you can be worth even more.
But really, more than anything, great teachers keep things fun.
Getting it right is great. For a while. But what keeps any journey interesting is the feeling there's more to come – that things, and we, can get even better.
So find great teachers. Fill your life with them. Always be learning. Then one day, maybe be teaching as well.
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In other words, it's all about fear and loathing of a homogeneous White, Christian culture that prizes heterosexuality. Jewish voting behavior has nothing to do with economics (83% voted for Obama despite their high socioeconomic class profile) but everything to do with creating a powerful coalition against the traditional people and culture of America.
As I have argued several times, homosexuals have ethnic interests like everyone else and therefore White homosexuals should be on board with a movement that advances White interests. Homosexuality is largely the result of biological influence—an interesting topic in its own right. For example, the powerful pressures for marriage and children in traditional human societies ensured that people with gay tendencies passed on their genes. Ironically, perhaps, the contemporary culture of homosexual legitimacy (along with phenomena like AIDS) implies that there is natural selection against genes for homosexuality: Unlike the past, homosexuals now feel no pressure to marry and have children.
The point is that all Whites, including homosexuals, have an interest in creating a culture that prizes strong families, children, and heterosexuality. White gay people should realize it is in their interest to acquiesce in a culture in which homosexuality is not publicly visible. From that perspective, "Don't ask, don't tell" made excellent policy sense. Its demise is yet another blow to the culture of heterosexuality that has been a healthy, adaptive norm in all human cultures.
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Asynchronous refers to events that happen in the background independent of the main application flow. These events do not disturb the flow of the application, allowing the continuation of it's normal process.
A fairly good example of this happening is in your Facebook home page, when all of a sudden, without refreshing your browser window, you notice that there are new status feed updates from your friends. What happens there is, facebook sends your profile information (or your user id) to their servers. Their servers then look for your friends list, grab their newly added status, return the result to the browser and then add them to your wall so that you can see. All of that, without pressing that refresh button.
So AJAX allows you to update a web page asynchronously on the background by exchanging simple, and small amounts of data. Some more examples of pages using AJAX is: Youtube, Gmail, Google Maps, StackOverflow and many more on the web.
Intuitive and natural user interaction. No clicking required only Mouse movement is a sufficient event trigger.
AJAX is data-driven as opposed to page-driven.
These standards are browser based, making them platform independent.
Another advantage using AJAX is a better user interactivity. AJAX simplifies the flow of an application, making it have quicker interaction between user and website since pages are not reloaded for content to be displayed.
Even though the back and refresh button are not needed while navigating a website with AJAX, these two buttons can become useless. This is due to the fact that, AJAX 'navigating' does not change you URL, so if you were in the middle of a process, and have no direct URL to where you were, then this might be bad. In some cases, the use of Hijaxing is used, which is the use of hashing url (#) at the end.
The last disadvantage I want to point out would be the SEO factor. Since there are no SEO Friendly URL's, then search engine tend to bypass your application, and it would appear as if that part of your site does not exist.


An e-critique is an online service for you to receive constructive feedback on your writing. Choose a specific day and time and upload the writing assignment directly to that appointment time slot. You will provide the entire assignment prompt and thoroughly explain what you would like to have the consultant look at during the appointment. The consultant will read all the comments provided and offer feedback that directly addresses your concerns.
Typically, a consultant's response will include a summary of what you did well and what you should focus on when revising the paper. The consultant will also provide comments within the actual paper itself. Contrary to what some may think, this is not an editing service. Consultants will not do the work of "fixing" the paper for you, nor will they format a paper for you. When the consultant is done providing a summary and in-text comments, the paper will be uploaded once again to WCOnline and automatically sent to your SXU email for review.
You will be expected to read the comments and to decide if you want to make the recommended changes, based on the feedback from the reviewer. The Writing Studio at SXU aims to help you become a better, more self-sufficient writer.
Who can use the e-critique service?
The e-critique service is open to all students, but it was created specifically for adult learners, graduate and online students, who often cannot attend face-to-face appointments. Traditional undergraduate students who are taking classes on campus are strongly encouraged to continue using in-person appointments.
Learning Center/Writing Studio personnel may also recommend in-person appointments when and if they feel a student is not benefiting from e-critiques and/or if a student's writing issues may be better served in person.
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This depends on the consultant, the type of paper and what you want us to review. Keep in mind that consultants look at papers in hour-long increments and that you may book only one hour per week in the Writing Studio. Consultants typically can review 10 pages in a one-hour slot.
If you have a paper longer than 10 pages, we recommend that you submit it, make the recommended changes to the entire paper, and then resubmit the paper noting which pages have already been reviewed and which pages you'd like for us to now look at. Oftentimes, students are satisfied after our consultants have reviewed the first 10 pages and are able to modify the remainder of the paper using the initial comments and recommendations.
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Select an available time slot (shown in white) for when you would like the consultant to work on your paper.
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After pressing save, a dialogue box will immediately appear to prompt you to attach your paper. If you are not ready to attach your paper or you have modified your version of the paper in some way, you can always return to WCOnline to upload your paper.
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Who are the people reviewing my paper?
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What happens if I make an appointment for an e-critique but I want to continue working on it or I'm not ready to upload the paper? Can I upload a more recent version of my paper after setting the appointment?
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Name Jolene
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Dates ???? - 2011
Episode(s) 6.11 Appointment in Samarra
Jolene is a nurse scheduled to assist in a cardiac surgery on Hilary, a young girl with a severe heart condition. When Dean, who is standing in for Death, refuses to kill the girl, her heart spontaneously heals and Jolene is sent home early. As a result of her early departure from the hospital, she is in a serious car accident. Paramedics return her to the hospital, where Dean is forced to kill her because of her mortal wounds. When her spirit leaves her body, she encounters Tessa, who tells her that she was not meant to die for many more decades, but that Dean made a mistake that resulted in her death, and that will lead to other deaths. Jolene's spirit is then led away by Tessa.
Jolene's husband, Scott, arrives at the hospital after her death, and is so distraught that he drinks and drives later that night. He is saved from a fatal accident by Dean, who removes Death's ring so that he can take the steering wheel of Scott's car and avert the collision. Dean, though he has lost his bet with Death, is then willing to go back to the hospital and reap Hilary, the girl with the heart condition, to prevent further deaths resulting from his error.
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This event is to help raise $50,000 to sponsor the Kifle Refugee Family: To escape human rights abuses, Salina and Goitom Kifle and their four children in 2017 fled Eritrea on foot to an Ethiopian refugee camp, where they were given UN refugee status.
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Come early to our church's German Christmas Bazaar from 12 to 4pm featuring: homemade baking, handcrafted gifts, hot waffles, european sausages, and spiced punch.
Thanks. Our choir director is excellent.
I'm especially stoked about the German Christmas tie-in.
Sausages and spiced anything? Sold!


Now that more of the Gorge has opened I've been going out to visit old haunts to view current conditions. A couple of weeks ago I explored Lindsey Ridge (the ridge to the west of Lindsey Creek) and it has its own set of problems from blowdown in unburned areas but once in the burn zone to the south the ridge is clear. The goal today was to summit Shellrock Mtn and proceed south on the ridge that takes off from Shellrock to visit the vision quest pits at 3700' and return on Lindsey Ridge. Unfortunately the parts of the trail beyond the boulder field trail coming up from I-84 have been obliterated. The trail from the exit of the boulder field on the north-side to the weather station is extremely difficult to navigate, no tread, extremely steep and loose slope with the under-story and ground cover that held all the rocks and dirt together being gone. Beyond the weather station the previously faint trail going on to the summit is also gone but the ground is less rocky and travel is a little easier. As the summit is approached the slope moderates and is not bad. Still no trail to speak of. I will never go this route again and I doubt in what remains of my lifetime no trail following the original route to the summit of Shellrock Mtn will ever exist. Going to take years for the slope there to stabilize - whatever held it together is gone from the burn. There are other routes like the Gap or the nice boulder field on the west side that would be preferable to what I traveled today.
I stayed away from construction but I will watch with interest how access will be provided to the wagon road and the usable parts of trail up Shellrock. The viaducts being constructed are very impressive structures and I look forward to the completion of this project.
I crossed Summit Creek in a spot covered with downed red cedars but as bad as it looked, getting across was easy. There is access to the top of the falls for the brave/foolish.
There is a benchmark called Backbone that I thought I'd visit, worth it. The way there is easy as pretty much everything was burned away.
Looking out towards the end, I see how it was named, it is a narrow ridgelet. Views are nice.
From there I hopped over the saddle to the west and joined the existing trail coming up from I-84. This part is in good shape and I was hoping that the rest might be like this, but no.
The lines of the many switchbacks are visible down to I-84.
Once at the top of the boulder field, the trail used to dive into the forest; gone, all gone. I'm pretty sure the trail ran along here.
Here is a short segment of existing tread about 50-100 feet from the weather station. Here there is blowdown to negotiate so what trail that does exist isn't useful.
The frame and the 'Danger' sign are still there, views are not bad but not worth the pain of getting there. Like 2 feet forward and 1 foot back on a severely unstable steep slope.
Beyond the weather station the situation improves considerably, still no useful tread.
The summit, no cairn, no views, kind of anti-climatic but in the original plan this was not a stopping point - the plan was to go south and return on Lindsey Ridge but it took too long to get to the summit to proceed so I went back the way I came.
The parts that were miserable on the way up were as miserable on the way down - I actually down climbed a lot of it.
Here are my meanderings of both Lindsey Ridge and Shellrock Mtn - eventually I'll put it together for the loop.
Nice work. I've seen Shellrock before and noted it so it's cool to see your report. I think I'll live vicariously through you on this one though.
I was wondering why my car wasn't in your Starvation pic, but now I realize your hike was yesterday.
That Shellrock trail was miserable, not much of a loss. NW ridge is the way to go (although quite possible in bad shape now).
I kinda have my eye on Lindsey Ridge. Looks like it's a hassle to get to, and doesn't really go anywhere.


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A White man learned his fate after it was discovered that he wanted the KKK to lynch his Black neighbor. On April 12, Brandon Cory Lecroy was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to have his Black neighbor lynched by a person he thought was a member of the KKK.
INDIO, Calif. – The trial of a man charged with killing two Southern California police officers in an ambush-style attack began with tears Wednesday, as jurors cried when the prosecutor in the case held up the AR-15 rifle used in the killings and described the fatal wounds.
DETROIT — A former Michigan state trooper was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the death of a Detroit teenager who crashed an all-terrain vehicle and died when he was shot with a Taser.


ATLANTA—Peachtree Hotel Group has acquired Hilton Perimeter Park in Birmingham, AL. The company's fifth asset in the Birmingham area, it plans to convert the property to a DoubleTree by Hilton following a $10.5-million renovation.
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A second top CIA official is to retire from his post, less than a day after the surprise resignation of the agency's director George Tenet.
James Pavitt, deputy director for operations, is said to have made the decision some weeks ago.
The departures come as the agency is braced for reports expected to criticise its conduct in the run-up to the 9/11 attacks and the war in Iraq.
The CIA says Mr Pavitt's decision was unconnected with Mr Tenet's departure.
But analysts say the move will mean more upheaval at a critical time for the agency.
On Thursday Mr Tenet cited "personal reasons" for his decision to go, but he has faced months of criticism for not preventing the 11 September 2001 attacks, and over the failure to uncover weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
The BBC's Adam Brookes in Washington says the official 9/11 inquiry is due to report soon and is likely to savage the CIA for failing to stop Osama Bin Laden.
At the same time, another inquiry is investigating what the agency told President George W Bush about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Mr Bush accepted the CIA director's resignation and said he would miss the "strong and able" Mr Tenet as head of the US intelligence agency.
Mr Tenet, 51, will leave the CIA on 11 July when Deputy Director John McLaughlin will take over temporarily.
James Pavitt has worked for the agency for 31 years, five as the deputy director of operations, in charge of the agency's spies.
His identity had been unknown until last April when, in an unprecedented move, he appeared publicly before the 11 September commission.
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The BBC's Ian Pannell, in Washington, says it is his department's record in gathering intelligence in Iraq that has come in for the strongest criticism.
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A spokesman for the CIA told the BBC that Mr Pavitt's decision to leave was a retirement not a resignation and that it was emphatically not related to the director's decision to retire.
Still, the timing at the very least appears poor and many of the agency's critics will no doubt interpret this as a sign of crisis at the CIA, our correspondent says.
In a farewell speech to CIA employees, Mr Tenet said his resignation had "only one basis in fact: the well-being of my beautiful family".
Choking back tears, he told his son Michael, a teenager who was sitting in the audience: "You've been a great son - and now I'm going to be a great dad."
Correspondents say Mr Tenet, who has been in the post for seven years, had been widely expected to step down after the November presidential election.
Unusually, Mr Tenet has served under two presidents from different parties, having been appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Following Thursday's surprise announcement, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry, said he wished Mr Tenet "the very best", but he said the Bush administration had to take responsibility for "significant intelligence failures".
Mr Kerry, who has previously called for Mr Tenet to step down, said this was an opportunity to reform the US intelligence services.
After the 11 September attacks, many commentators thought Mr Tenet's position was at risk - but President Bush stuck by his intelligence chief.
Last July Mr Tenet accepted full responsibility for unsubstantiated allegations about Iraq's weapons programme being included in Mr Bush's State of the Union address.
"This summer the CIA is going to come under huge pressure"
Where now for the CIA?


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Breakfast! How did you grow up enjoying this meal? We mostly had breakfast cereal because mornings were rushed, and I have to say my twin sister and I were moderately obsessed with cereal up until our early twenties. I remember one time in college we both couldn't sleep and we walked into the kitchen at the same time to have a bowl of Toasted Oatmeal Flakes. Glad those days are over.
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Lotus was een Engels Formule 1-team, dat actief was van 1958 tot 1994.
In die periode behaalde de renstal zes wereldkampioenschappen voor coureurs, en zeven voor de constructeurstitel.
Het team had enkele zeer beroemde coureurs als Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mario Andretti, Ronnie Peterson, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, Mika Häkkinen, Johnny Herbert en Alessandro Zanardi onder contract.

Geschiedenis
Eind jaren veertig richtte Colin Chapman samen met een compagnon Lotus Cars op. In 1948 produceerde het bedrijf zijn eerste auto, en al snel kreeg het de reputatie fris en innovatief te zijn. Bovendien waren Lotus-auto's succesvol in races.

Eind jaren vijftig was er in de Formule 1 een revolutie gaande: in navolging van het Cooper-team schakelden steeds meer teams over van auto's met de motor voorin, naar auto's met de motor achter de rijder, maar voor de achteras (middenmotor). De eerste F1-wagen van Lotus had nog steeds een motor voorin, maar al snel zag Chapman in dat de toekomst lag bij auto's met de motor achter de rijder.

Het allereerste succes voor een Lotus-auto werd niet behaald door het officiële team van Chapman, maar door een privéteam. Stirling Moss won in 1960 de Grand Prix van Monaco met een Lotus 18. In 1961 zorgde Innes Ireland dan eindelijk voor het eerste succes van Chapmans Team Lotus.

In 1960 was de jonge Schot Jim Clark gedebuteerd voor Team Lotus. In 1962 won hij al 3 races, maar werd hij in de strijd om de wereldtitel 2e. In 1963 stond er echter geen maat op hem, en pakte hij in de Lotus 25 met zeges in 7 van de 10 races de eerste wereldtitel voor Chapman. Dat kunstje zou hij twee jaar later, in 1965, nog eens herhalen in het verder ontwikkelde model Lotus 33. Bovendien won hij dat jaar de Indianapolis 500 race met een Lotus 38.

In 1968 deed Clark op Hockenheim in een Lotus 48 mee aan een Formule 2-race (iets dat in die tijd gewoon was). Nadat waarschijnlijk een band was geklapt of leeggelopen verloor Clark op het met topsnelheid gereden bosgedeelte de macht over het stuur, vloog met hoge snelheid van de baan en reed tegen een boom. Hij overleefde het ongeval niet. De Engelsman Graham Hill, die in 1962 al wereldkampioen was geworden in een BRM, nam het team op sleeptouw en maakte het jaar voor het team weer enigszins goed door de derde wereldtitel voor Lotus binnen te halen.

In 1968 deed Lotus ook van zich spreken om een heel andere reden. Het team was namelijk het eerste met sponsoring op de auto's. Tijdens de GP op Brands Hatch verschenen de wagens plotseling in het rood-wit-goud van tabaksproducent Gold Leaf, in plaats van het traditionele British Racing Green. De BBC dreigde geen verslag van de race te doen als Chapman de reclame-uitingen niet meteen van zijn auto's zou verwijderen. Hij deed dit uiteindelijk ook; maar plaatste als protest microscopisch kleine Gold Leaf-logo's terug. De toon was gezet, en Chapman had de eerste stap genomen die van de Formule 1 de miljoenensport zou maken die ze nu is.

In het seizoen 1970 was Lotus met de talentvolle Oostenrijkse coureur Jochen Rindt onderweg naar de vierde wereldtitel, toen het F1-circus neerstreek op het Italiaanse circuit Monza. In de kwalificatietrainingen vloog Rindt door een gebroken remstang van de baan, waarbij de voorkant van zijn wagen afbrak als een luciferhoutje. Rindt had het ongeluk kunnen overleven, als hij tijdens het ongeluk zijn veiligheidsgordels compleet had gedragen. Rindt had de gewoonte wel de schouderbanden te dragen, maar niet de band die tussen zijn benen door liep. Daardoor schoof hij tijdens het ongeluk naar voren en beneden, de cockpit in, en liep hij fatale wonden op in zijn onderlichaam. De Oostenrijker werd 28 jaar. Rindts voorsprong in het algemeen klassement was zo groot, dat hij postuum alsnog tot wereldkampioen Formule 1 van 1970 werd gekroond. Naar aanleiding van het ongeluk werd Colin Chapman in Italië veroordeeld voor doodslag.

Twee jaar later, in 1972, werd Emerson Fittipaldi de jongste wereldkampioen ooit, hij was slechts 25 jaar oud toen hij op Monza met de Lotus 72 definitief buiten het bereik van zijn concurrenten kwam.

Chapman deed Lotus' innovatieve reputatie eer aan door als eerste een wagen de bouwen met het zogenaamde "grondeffect". Hierbij werd door middel van zogenaamde 'skirts' de auto nog krachtiger op de baan gezogen, zodat de auto's sneller door de bochten konden.

Het resultaat was de supersnelle Lotus 79, die Mario Andretti in staat stelde in 1978 wereldkampioen te worden. Het was dat jaar echter niet alleen maar feest bij Lotus. Bij een grote crash in de openingsronde van de race op Monza brak de Zweed Ronnie Peterson beide benen. Aanvankelijk leek het allemaal mee te vallen, maar de volgende dag werd Peterson in het ziekenhuis getroffen door embolie en raakte hij in een coma. Hij stierf nog diezelfde dag. Desondanks werd hij toch tweede in de strijd om de wereldtitel. De FIA werd steeds bezorgder over de gevaren van de skirts, als een ervan afbrak, was een groot deel van de downforce van de auto in één keer verdwenen, wat tot een grote crash kon leiden. Uiteindelijk werd besloten om vanaf 1983 de skirts en het grondeffect te verbieden.

De titel van Andretti bleek later het laatste grote succes van Lotus in de F1 te zijn. Veelgehoorde kritiek aan het adres van Chapman was dat hij niet meer genoeg betrokkenheid toonde bij het team, en zich te veel bezighield met het gebeuren eromheen. De kans om wat aan alle kritiek te doen kreeg hij niet, want in 1982 werd Chapman getroffen door een hartaanval, die hij niet overleefde. Chapmans rechterhand Peter Warr werd zijn opvolger.

Het succes was nog niet helemaal over voor Lotus, want in de eerste helft van de jaren tachtig werden er nog goede resultaten behaald met Mansell (die weliswaar zijn eerste zege pas behaalde toen hij naar Williams was verkast), Senna (die van Toleman over was gekomen en bij de GP van Portugal 1985 zijn eerste zege boekte) en de Italiaan Elio de Angelis, die het team twee zeges bezorgde, maar tijdens een test in 1986 om het leven kwam. Hij was toen net overgestapt naar het team van Brabham.

Lotus kreeg het steeds moeilijker om grote geldschieters te vinden, en Senna bezorgde het team in 1987 de laatste overwinning, voordat hij naar McLaren vertrok, om daar drie wereldtitels binnen te slepen.

Hierna zakte het team geleidelijk steeds verder weg. Het introduceerde nog wel latere topcoureurs als Häkkinen en Johnny Herbert, maar tot grote successen kwam het team nooit meer. Uiteindelijk was de GP van Australië in 1994 op het circuit van Adelaide de laatste van het eens zo roemruchte Engelse team.

Inmiddels wordt de erfenis van Team Lotus hooggehouden door Clive Chapman (de zoon van Colin en Hazel) met Classic Team Lotus.

Statistieken
 GP Debuut : GP Monaco 1958
 Laatste GP : GP Australië 1994
 Seizoenen actief in de Formule 1: 37
 vanaf 2010 terug in Formule 1 seizoen 38
 Totaal aantal coureurs: 134
 GP starts : 494
 Niet gestart: 35
 WK punten : 1511
 Overwinningen : 79
 Podiums : 171
 Pole Positions : 107
 Snelste rondes : 71
 Wereldtitels constructeurs : 7
 Wereldtitels coureurs : 6
 Motorleveranciers: Climax, BRM, Ford Cosworth, Renault, Honda, Judd, Lamborghini, Ford, Mugen-Honda

Wereldkampioenen Lotus (Formule 1)

Wereldtitels Constructeurs (Formule 1)

Formule 1-team
Formule 1 in het Verenigd Koninkrijk


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In software industry change & improvement is a continuous process. Whenever there is change in existing functionality or new functionality is added to the system or any defect is fixed. We should make sure that changed or added functionality has not broken already working functionality, and does not have any effect on the unchanged areas of the software. this is called as regression testing. A regression test suit should consists of basic functionality test case of the system. And regression test cases should be always automated.
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Sogeti's global trend lab VINT introduces its second research on the theme of "Design to Disrupt", analyzing the new digital competition from fast-moving, agile startups growing their business with the speed of light through disruptive innovation.
Dayton, OH 24/03/2015 – Disruption is happening all around and is triggered by the advances in Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud and smart 'Things' (SMACT). Customers are changing their behavior in response and companies are keen to find out how to (re)design their organization to survive and thrive in the face of this change. Only few organizations wise up to new digital competitors, as they usually come from outside their own sector and are not taken seriously at first. Their allegedly inferior propositions confuse prominent players, who should in fact be the very first to be fully aware of disruptive innovation.
"The new digital competitor is a smart middleman that capitalizes on serving both sides of a market, with an acute intuition for market imperfections and a true champion of the network effect", commented Menno van Doorn, Director of the Sogeti trend lab VINT.
Companies like Uber and Airbnb tend to get all the media attention. But there are 9344 players* (and counting) active in almost every industry. These companies are called two-sided market players, also known as multi-sided platform players. The new report from VINT, "Design to Disrupt: new digital competition" analyses the success factors of these players providing ten design principles of the new digital competition.
"To swing into action rapidly, existing organizations would be well advised to properly analyze anything more or less resembling digital competition. Evidently, there are clear patterns behind the startup success marking a new techno-economic reality. Ecosystems, APIs, and platforms characterize this New Normal where customers have more freedom of choice and better service at lower costs", said Menno van Doorn.
** API; an application programming interface is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications.
The Design to Disrupt research from VINT include a series of four reports. The first report, published in January 2015,"Design to Disrupt – An Executive Introduction" marked the start of the research project. Today's second report will be followed by "The Fifth Protocol" (Q3 2015) analyzing the disruptive power of a new protocol in the financial industry called blockchain. Blockchain not only enables digital currencies like bitcoin, but more importantly it can support any kind of value transport on the web. The forth and final report "How to design to disrupt? – Behave like a startup" (Q4 2015) explores how to design for disruption and how to organize design and innovation to become the center of your organization.
The authors of the series of report are VINT trend watchers Menno van Doorn, Jaap Bloem, Sander Duivestein, Erik van Ommeren and Thomas van Manen.