For the first time, Amazon FireTV will bring an exciting new activation called Fast Forward to the Future to San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). This activation will be a hands-on, immersive experience which will showcase the New Fire TV Cube, the evolution of television, and immersive lounges featuring fans' favorite television shows such Game of Thrones as well as new entries such Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.
This activation is located off-site at the corner of 7th Avenue and Market Street. It will be open from 9 AM until 6 PM Thursday, July 19th through Saturday, July 21. On Sunday, July 22nd, it will be open from 9 AM until 5 PM. An SDCC badge is not required to attend.
Fast Forward to the Future will take you on a journey through the evolution of television, showcasing how Fire TV now makes it easier than ever before to watch all of your favorite TV shows and movies, control smart home devices, use Alexa skills, listen to music, and more.
The activation includes vignettes like the "Device Garden," where antiquated technologies will be given a place to call home; a graveyard of sorts to commemorate devices we once knew and loved before they were overshadowed by newer, more user-friendly technologies. Hang out in the "Backyard Cinema Club,' where you will be able to try the Fire TV Stick in a reimagined outdoor theater created from retired VHS tapes. As an homage to all the fan-favorite content available on Fire TV, you will also be able to take a stroll down "Fire TV Street," where you can uncover hidden photo moments and surprises along the way. To top it all off, the reimagined neighborhood will dedicate a corner of the block to Comic-Con's most prized-possession, HBO's iconic Iron Throne.
After stepping through a 16 foot Fire TV home screen, you will enter the "Stress-Free Streaming" zone where you can unwind with some of your favorite shows. The silent streaming party will bring the Fire TV experience to life with immersive lounges inspired by hit shows from partners including Prime Video's "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan," HBO's "Game of Thrones," and NBC's "The Good Place." In addition, you can recharge with readily available mobile chargers and a tempting selection of show-themed mocktails to sip on.
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The World Press Freedom Committee (1976-2009) was an organization dedicated to monitoring threats to press freedom, focusing on major intergovernmental organizations, especially UNESCO. The WPFC served as a watchdog against limitations on press freedom and provided practical assistance programs to journalists abroad, especially in developing countries, to enable them to establish and maintain a free press. The World Press Freedom Committee Records document the administration and activities of the WPFC for its entire period of operations and include project files, meeting minutes, correspondence, and publications.
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The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation was founded in 1945 at Princeton University with the mission of encouraging capable candidates to pursue careers as college teachers. The records consist of clippings and programs about the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program as well as reports, samples of forms and applications, and lists of past recipients.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: From FLIP the Script to LEAPing Forward
The goal of the Diversifying LEAdership in the Professoriate (LEAP) Alliance, formerly Diversifying Future Leadership in the Professoriate (FLIP) Alliance, is to address the broadening participation challenge of increasing the diversity of the future leadership in the professoriate in computing at research universities as a way to achieve diversity across the field. The Alliance targets doctoral students from the following communities: African Americans, Latinx/Hispanics, Native Americans, and People with Disabilities.
The problem that we address is stark and straightforward: less than 5% of current tenure-track faculty in computing at research universities are from underrepresented groups. The solution is equally stark and straightforward: we intentionally bring together a very small number of departments responsible for producing the majority of the professoriate with individuals and organizations that understand how to recruit, retain, and develop students from underrepresented groups in order to create a network that can quickly and radically change the demographic diversity of the professoriate across the entire field.
The challenge is important to address because diverse faculty contributes to academia in a number of critical ways:
Serve as excellent role models for a diverse student body.
Bring diverse backgrounds to the student programs and policies developed by the department. It is recognized that faculty generally set such policies and programs.
Bring diverse perspectives to the research projects and programs.
Further, key national leadership roles, such as serving on national committees that impact the field of computing, often come from research universities.
The LEAP Alliance consists of LEAP Advocates at the following institutions, which were found to be the largest producers of computer science faculty at research universities [based upon the analysis by Jeff Huang]:
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
The LEAP Alliance was launched with funding from an NSF INCLUDES demonstration grant, HRD-1806229, 2017 through 2020. This grant provided the funding to demonstrate the effectiveness of strategies focused on recruiting and admission of diverse doctoral students at LEAP institutions. Currently, the LEAP Alliance is funded by a grant from the Sloan Foundation, awarded in 2019. With this grant, the LEAP Alliance is focused on matriculation, retention to graduation, and professional development, in addition to recruiting and admission. The principal investigators on the Sloan grant are Valerie Taylor (University of Chicago) and Charles Isbell (Georgia Tech); Stafford Hood and Denice Hood, at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, are senior personnel overseeing the evaluation of the alliance. The LEAP Alliance also received funding from Google for Dissertation Fellowships in 2020, to fund the last year of the doctoral studies.
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FoFA Reforms: ASIC's First Scalp
This article was written by Domenic Gatto, Matthew Spain and Nicole Parlee.
In a judgment of the Federal Court of Australia published on 6 April 2017, ASIC claimed its first scalp for breaches of the "best interests" and "appropriate advice" obligations that were incorporated into Division 2 of Part 7.7A of the Corporations Act (Act) as part of the 2012 Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. This is a liability judgment, with the penalty hearing date yet to be set.
That scalp came in the form of 20 declarations of contravention of the FoFA provisions made by the Federal Court of Australia in relation to NSG Services Pty Ltd (NSG). No individuals were pursued by ASIC.
ASIC has recently become more active in investigating companies for breaches of financial advice obligations, in line with its objective of addressing structural deficiencies within the financial advice industry. This case is demonstrative of what we have seen from ASIC recently in this area more broadly.
In short, NSG was found to have breached:
section 961K(2) of the Act because of certain personal advice provided by its employee representatives to their retail clients in breach of their best interests and appropriate personal advice obligations; and
section 961L of the Act because it failed to take reasonable steps to ensure compliance by its other authorised representatives with their best interests and appropriate advice obligations.
While the case highlights some plainly flagrant breaches of the FoFA provisions, it is a timely reminder for all AFSL holders to:
regularly update their training and compliance manuals;
conduct both internal and external training of their representatives, including ongoing training in relation to the FoFA reforms where applicable;
when providing personal advice to retail clients ensure that their representative take an appropriate amount of time to gather client instructions, check those instructions and have them confirmed by the client prior to the personal advice being provided; and
ensure that their sales targets and remuneration policies for representatives providing personal advice to retail clients do not emphasize sales imperatives over compliance requirements and a culture in which the best interests and appropriate advice duties are more likely overlooked.
This judgment serves as a timely reminder that even though the FoFA reforms are primarily directed at "providers", that does not necessarily mean that ASIC will only enforce the provisions contained in the FoFA reforms against individuals. To the contrary, it appears that because of the lack of systems and procedures to the effect that NSG did not train its representatives adequately in relation their own personal obligations and did not in practice change its commission-based salary structures, ASIC elected to only pursue NSG rather than the relevant individuals. This is consistent with ASIC's recent focus on corporate responsibility for the provision of financial advice, which is a shift away from pursuing rogue individuals and instead focuses on the responsibility of the company to ensure that its employees, advisors, representatives and corporate representatives comply with their financial advice obligations.
The FoFA reforms were introduced for voluntary compliance from 1 July 2012 and mandatory compliance from 1 July 2013 following the 2009 Inquiry into Financial Products and Services in Australia by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services.
In this case, ASIC alleged that NSG, the holder of an AFSL that permits it to advise retail clients about and to deal in life risk insurance and superannuation products, had breached the above civil penalty provisions. As is common, NSG employs representatives (that is, representatives other than authorised representatives, which are relevant to the breaches of section 961K(2)) and engages persons to provide financial services advice on its behalf as its representatives and authorised representatives as defined in section 961A of the Act (relevant to breach of section 961L).
By way of refresher, readers will recall that:
the FoFA obligations apply to "providers" (the individual who provides the advice, even where the individual is a representative of an AFSL holder and is providing advice on behalf of that licensee);
the "best interests" provisions contain seven "safe harbour" conditions, such as, for example, if a provider can prove that they identified the objectives, financial situation and needs of the client that were disclosed to the provider by the client through instructions and taking any other step that, at the time the advice is provided, the advice of the provider would reasonably be regarded as being in the best interests of the client. If a provider can prove that they have done each of the seven things, they will have satisfied the best interests duty; and
the obligation in section 961L (a civil penalty provision) mirrors the familiar s912A(1)(ca) (not a civil penalty provision) which requires financial services licensees to "take reasonable steps to ensure that its representatives comply with the financial services laws".
Here, the Court made four declarations against NSG for breaches of section 961K(2) and sixteen declarations for breaches of section 961L. The facts relied upon to make the declarations were similar, the only distinction being whether the conduct related to NSG's "representatives" or its "representatives, other than its authorised representatives".
NSG admitted that it failed to take reasonable steps to ensure compliance by its representatives with their best interests obligations and their appropriate advice obligations by reason of the following practices and policies:
new client advice process;
training of NSG's representatives;
NSG's systems for monitoring and supervising representatives;
external audits;
compliance policies; and
sales targets and remuneration.
Uncertainty following the decision
The following points were issues, however the judge decided that it was not necessary to determine the issues in this case. It therefore remains unclear:
while it was common ground between the parties, the judge commented that it is unclear whether the best interests obligation concerns the "process" or "procedure" involved in providing advice that is in the best interests of the client. The judge stated that there was some support for the view that it does;
whether an AFSL holder's liability for contraventions of section 961L arises because of:
as contended for by ASIC:
contraventions of section 961B and 961G by an AFSL holder's representatives;
failure by an AFSL holder to take reasonable steps to prevent these contraventions; and
a causal nexus between the two, and
as contended for by NSG, that, for the purposes of section 961L, it is neither necessary nor sufficient to show a contravention of another relevant provision (here, s961B(1) or section 961G).
Domenic Gatto
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853. Robert Southey to John Rickman, 18 November 1803
853. Robert Southey to John Rickman, 18 November 1803 *
Dear Rickman
I am manufacturing a piece of Paternoster-Row-goods, [1] value three guineas out of Captain Burneys book. [2] & not very easy work, it being always more difficult to dilate praise than censure – however by help of Barros [3] I have been able to collate accounts with him in the great voyage of Magalhaens [4] (for he has misnamed him) & so to eke out my pages by additions. About the other worthy Sir Francis [5] I have invented a quaint rhyme which I shall insert as antient, & modestly wonder that as the author has a genuine love for all quaint things it should have escaped his researches–
Oh Nature to old England still
Continue these mistakes!
Give us for our Kings such Queens [6]
And for our Dux such Drakes.
thank him in my name for his book. my Uncle has sent for what he desired from Madrid. does he want only what was published in 1788? if so my Uncle will procure that seperately & keep the complete set himself.
My history [7] goes on well – I am full sail in the Asiatic channel & have found out some odd things. The Christians of St Thomas [8] worshipped the Virgin Mary, which throws back that superstition to an earlier date than is generally allowed it. The astrolabe, the quadrant, the compass were found in the East. quomodo Diabolus? [9] Martin Behain [10] invented the sea-astrolabe at Lisbon, by express direction of Joam 2. [11] – & behold within ten or a dozen years Vasco da Gama finds it in India. They had gunpowder there, espingards [12] (what shall I call these?) & cannon, but the Portugueze aver their success to the great superiority of their artillery. in fact the main improvements in sea-artillery were invented by Joam 2. himself. but the great intercourse between India & the Europe old world is most remarkable. in the first voyage of Gama [13] he met with a Moor of Fez. a Moor [14] of Tunis – a Venetian, & a Polish Jew. The world was not so ignorant as has been supposed, individuals possess knowledge which there was no motive for communicating – no sooner was it known that K Joam 2 would reward people for intelligence respecting the East, than two of his own Jew subjects came & told him they had been there. the commercial spirit of the Moors is truly astonishing – Dutchmen or East India Directors could not be more jealous of their monopolies. the little kingdoms which Gama found resemble Homers Phocæa. [15] Every city had its monarch, & he was the great merchant, – his brothers were captains of ships. – Spice – spice was what the Europeans wanted – & for what could they require it in such quantities & at such a cost? spiced wines go but a little way in answering this. The Hindoos too wanted coral from the Portugueze – odd fellows when it grows in their own seas. I believe the Portugueze conquests to have been the chief cause that barbarized the Mohammedans; their spreading commerce would else have raised up a commercial interest, out of which an enlightened policy might have grown. The Koran was a master piece of policy, attributing sanctity to its language – Arabic thus became a sort of free-masons passport for every believer – a bond of fraternity.
Has Biddlecombe ever forwarded the remainder of my chattels from Burton, as I desired him immediately on my return from London? my own views are very unsettled & must be a good deal influenced by the fate of Portugal. if my Uncle be driven to England, his fixing will give me a local preference. else if the climate do not nip me I am well where I am, & having tried it shall remove my books here & look out for a freehold in the chur parish church yard.
What news of George I & George II? which puts me in mind of the third person of that Trinity [16] – & that Milton has devised a name expressive of the present government of Great Britain & the only word that can express it – a Duncery. [17] it suits both houses – not to go farther. however God preserve us from the old administration – any thing but that.
Can you get over for me my things from Dublin? the Bruce [18] you know is an Irish book & seizable, by our cursed custom house laws. I must [MS obscured] a good thing of my friend Solomon. [19] he entered a large cargo of Balm of Gilead for exportation at 7<s>–6 per bottle – the Custom House Officer said he sold it for 10–6 – & was underrating it to defraud the revenue – he should therefore sieze it. Do as you please – quoth the Doctor – I shall enter it at 7<s>–6 – accordingly the man detained it, paying by law the price xxx at which it was entered – whereby Solomon got the money & the Officer remained with a stock in hand of Balm of Gilead for sale.
My brother Harry is just gone to Edinburgh to begin the preliminaries of Doctorification. if I had any business with the Press I should probably remove there for the sake of seeing him & the finest city in the British dominions.
Friday. Nov. 18. 1803.
* Address: To/ John Rickman Esqr / St Stephens Court/ New Palace Yard/ Westminster/ Single
Postmark: 3 [upside down]/ NOV 21/ 1803
Endorsement: RS/ Nov. 18./ 1803
MS: Huntington Library, RS 44. AL; 4p.
Previously published: Charles Cuthbert Southey (ed.), Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, 6 vols (London, 1849-1850), II, pp. 234-236 [in part]. BACK
[1] Paternoster Row, near St Paul's Cathedral, was well-known for its booksellers and publishers, including Longman and Rees, Southey's publishers. BACK
[2] James Burney, A Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (1803). Southey reviewed the book in Annual Review for 1803, 2 (1804), 3-12. BACK
[3] Joao de Barros (1496-1570) and Diogo de Couto (c. 1542-1616), Decadas da Asia fos Feitos, que os Portuguezes Fizeram na Conquista, e Descombrimento das Terras, e Mares do Oriente (1778-1788), no. 3180 in the sale catalogue of Southey's library. BACK
[4] Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521), commander of the first European expedition to enter the Pacific from the Atlantic and the first to cross the Pacific. BACK
[5] Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540-1596; DNB), explorer and sailor. The 'other worthy Sir Francis' may have been Sir Francis Burdett (1770-1844; DNB), radical MP. BACK
[6] Elizabeth I (1533-1603; reigned 1558-1603; DNB). BACK
[7] Southey's unfinished 'History of Portugal'. BACK
[8] A group of Christians in south-west India, whose origins date back before the 6th century. BACK
[9] 'How the Devil?' BACK
[10] Martin Behaim (1459-1507), German navigator and geographer. BACK
[11] John II (1455-1495, King of Portugal 1481-1495). BACK
[12] The Portuguese word for an early form of rifle. BACK
[13] Vasco de Gama (1460/1469-1524), commander of the first European ships to sail directly from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope, 1497-1498. BACK
[14] Southey inserts note: + The first Portugueze who landed at Calicut was led to the house of this man. who looked at him – knew the cut of his gib, & explained in good Spanish the Devil take thee what brought thee here? BACK
[15] An ancient Greek city on the west coast of Anatolia, famous for its inhabitants' long sea voyages and widespread trade network. BACK
[16] In the Southey-Rickman correspondence, the first two George's were Dyer and Burnett. The identity of the third George is unclear. One possibility is Southey's brother-in-law George Fricker. BACK
[17] John Milton (1608-1674; DNB), Reason of Church-Government urg'd against Prelaty (London, 1642), p. 40. BACK
[18] James Bruce (1730-1794; DNB), Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in 1768-73 (1790), no. 377 in the sale catalogue of Southey's library. BACK
[19] Samuel Solomon (1768/9-1819; DNB), manufacturer and promoter of the best-selling quack medicine 'Cordial Balm of Gilead'. Southey met him on the boat to Dublin in 1802. BACK
Rickman, John (1771–1840)
Hill, Herbert (c. 1749–1828) (mentioned 3 times)
Biddlecombe, Charles (dates unknown) (mentioned 1 time)
Dyer, George (1755–1841) (mentioned 1 time)
Burnett, George (c. 1776–1811) (mentioned 1 time)
Burney, James (1750–1821) (mentioned 1 time)
Southey, Henry Herbert (1784–1865) (mentioned 1 time)
Dublin (mentioned 2 times)
Burton (mentioned 1 time)
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306.1 Robert Southey to John Feltham [fragment], 14 April 1798


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They are Dr Ambrose McLoughlin, John Melvin and Martin Sisk and they will take up their posts for a period of three years to March 14, 2015.
Dr McLoughlin has more than 30 years' experience in the health services, from practitioner level to chief executive.
Mr Melvin, an engineer, has extensive consulting and management experience in the public and private sectors, while Mr Sisk has more than 25 years' regulatory and business-related experience.


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U.S. Census Records Secrets Revealed
U.S. Census Record Secrets Revealed!
February 5, 2016 By Debra Woods of FamilySearch
Juliana Szucs, veteran writer and trainer for Ancestry.com started her genealogical career at a young age by helping her mom index census records from microfilm on a reader in the family basement – 25¢ for each family name recorded AND sourced.
How times have changed! Now with a click of a computer we get all these records attached to our family tree in seconds, work that took many long difficult hours now can be accomplished in minutes.
The problem is – it is too easy to just attach a source to a person without looking at it and discovering and connecting with all the hidden treasures found in these marvelous census records. You can find a whole treasure trove of valuable information from census records. . .
What Treasures are Hiding in Your Tree?
When you attach a source to an individual in your Ancestry tree, some basic dry facts are automatically included. But besides the basic facts, you can add other details that turn data into a meaningful story.
You can do this by adding notes to the source in your record.
Some Great Things to Look for:
Follow the trail of where they lived from census to census.
Translate census ages to birth, marriage and other dates.
Start a Timeline with the census data such as marriage, immigration, world events that may lead to further records such as wars that may lead to draft records.
Beginning with the 1880 US census family structure was included, so you can keep track of the entire family ebb and flow from decade to decade.
Look beyond just your ancestor to his/her neighborhood and community. Often they live amongst family and friends who immigrated from the same mother country. Learning about them can teach you about your own family. Besides, neighbors often intermarried!
Vital Clues in Census Records
A census record may give you clues that you need to do further research, and suggest the right place to look for that information. Be sure to visit State and County pages for additional information. Using the census location, seek death certificates or news articles about death for a child, spouse or relative who disappears from a subsequent census for that family in that location. Always ask –where can I learn more?
Specific Census Nuggets
In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, look for the number of children born compared to those living to find deceased children.
Szucs advised to read notes that may appear at the top, bottom or sides of a census page for clarifying information. One record for an ancestor appeared to indicate that she was incarcerated at age 97 in a penitentiary. Notes on the page clarified that she was in a home for the aged nearby.
The 1880 Census started including street addresses. Be sure to capture this information to paint a more detailed picture of their lives. You can even look them up on Google Maps street view to view the original home they lived in if it's still there.
The 1940 census includes the place of residency for an individual in 1935.
The 1900 through 1930 census records document the year of immigration, while the 1920 census gives the year a person was naturalized.
The 1840 Census states the names and ages of military pensioners or their widows.
The 1910 Census asked whether an individual was a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or Navy, and the 1930 Census asked whether they were a veteran of any US military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition.
Don't Forget State Census Records
In the 1890 Census there were Veterans Schedules from all states alphabetically from Kentucky to Wyoming. Some addresses were included as well as interesting military details.
While Confederate soldiers were not supposed to be recorded, many were and later crossed out, but the images are there and you might be able to read and find your Confederate ancestors there.
In the pre-1850 census records when there was nothing more than a city, head of household and tick-marks for various age/gender groups, you can make a chart of your own to record this information Ancestry provides a blank form you can print and hand write info from various census records to compare and find enough information to identify your ancestors.
To find find some good websites that discuss census records, do a Google search on the term "census records". A good website to visit is a webpage titled Clues in Census Records: 185–1940. This website is a good place to start.


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Michigan imposes a tobacco product tax on the consumer of tobacco products by requiring the consumer to pay the tax at the time of purchase.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.427a: Imposition of tax on the consumer; intent of act.
A city, township, village, county, other local units of government, or political subdivision of Michigan may not impose any new requirement or prohibition pertaining to the sale or licensure of tobacco products for distribution purposes.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.434: Requirements or prohibitions imposed by local units of government.
Staff reported that Michigan localities do not levy additional taxes on tobacco products.
The tax on cigars, non-cigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco is 32% of the wholesale price, except that, through October 31, 2016, the amount of tax levied on cigars may not exceed $0.50 per individual cigar.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.427: Levy of tax on the sale of tobacco products.
Licensed wholesalers of tobacco products must file a monthly Michigan Wholesalers Other Tobacco Products Tax Return (Form 4244), the accompanying schedules, and payment for any taxes due on or before the 20th of each month, even if no tax is due.
Licensed unclassified acquirers of tobacco products must file a monthly Michigan Unclassified Acquirers Other Tobacco Products Tax Return (Form 4245), the accompanying schedules, and payment for any taxes due on or before the 20th of each month, even if no tax is due.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.427(2): Filing return; payment of tax.
Form Type / Name Form Number / Link
Michigan Department of Treasury: Tobacco Tax Forms & Schedules Tax Forms & Schedules
Michigan Wholesalers Other Tobacco Product Tax Return Form 4244
Schedule of Other Tobacco Products Sold to Michigan Tribes Form T-115
Michigan Unclassified Acquirers Other Tobacco Product Tax Return Form 4245
Schedule of Other Tobacco Products Purchases Form T-101
Schedule of Other Tobacco Products Credits Form T-102
Schedule of Out-of-State Other Tobacco Products Form T-103
Schedule of Other Tobacco Products Sales Form T-108
Cigar and Smoking Tobacco Definitions
Smoking / Smoke
"Smoking" or "smoke" means the burning of a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or any other matter or substance that contains a tobacco product.
Mich. Comp. Laws §333.12601(r)
A "cigar" is a roll of tobacco weighing 3 or more pounds per 1,000, which roll has a wrapper or cover consisting only of tobacco.
Mich. Comp. Laws §333.12601(c)
Tobacco Product
"Tobacco product" means cigarettes, cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.422(w)
"Smokeless tobacco" means snuff, chewing tobacco, and any other tobacco that is intended to be consumed by means other than smoking.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.422(t)
A "retailer" is a person other than a transportation company who operates a place of business for the purpose of making sales of a tobacco product at retail.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.422(q)
A "transportation company" is a person operating, or supplying to common carriers, cars, boats, or other vehicles for the transportation or accommodation of passengers and engaged in the sale of a tobacco product at retail.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.422(x)
A "wholesaler" is a person who purchases all or part of his or her tobacco products from a manufacturer, who sells 75% or more of those tobacco products to others for resale, and who maintains an established business where substantially all of the business is the sale of tobacco products or cigarettes and related merchandise at wholesale and where at all times a substantial stock of tobacco products and related merchandise is available to retailers for resale. "Wholesaler" includes a chain of stores retailing a tobacco product to the consumer if 75% of its stock of tobacco products is purchased directly from the manufacturer.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.422(cc)
Secondary Wholesaler
A "secondary wholesaler" is a person who sells a tobacco product for resale, who purchases a tobacco product from a wholesaler or unclassified acquirer licensed under this act, and who maintains an established place of business in Michigan where a substantial portion of the business is the sale of tobacco products and related merchandise at wholesale, and where at all times a substantial stock of tobacco products and related merchandise is available to retailers for resale.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.422(s)
A "transporter" is a person importing or transporting into Michigan, or transporting in Michigan, a tobacco product obtained from a source located outside the state, or from any person not duly licensed under this act. Transporter does not include an interstate commerce carrier licensed by the interstate commerce commission to carry commodities in interstate commerce, or a licensee maintaining a warehouse or place of business outside of the state if the warehouse or place of business is licensed under this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.422(y)
Unclassified Acquirer
An "unclassified acquirer" is a person, except a transportation company or a purchaser at retail from a retailer licensed under the general sales tax act, who imports or acquires a tobacco product from a source other than a wholesaler or secondary wholesaler licensed under this act for use, sale, or distribution. "Unclassified acquirer" also includes a person who receives cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, or smokeless tobacco directly from a manufacturer licensed under this act or from another source outside this state, which source is not licensed under this act. An unclassified acquirer does not include a wholesaler.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.422(z)
The "wholesale price" is the actual price paid for a tobacco product, including any tax, by a wholesaler or unclassified acquirer to a manufacturer, excluding any discounts or reductions.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.422(bb)
A "sale" is a transaction by which the ownership of tangible personal property is transferred for consideration, and the term also applies to use, gifts, exchanges, barters, and thefts.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.422(r)
Smoking Restrictions
Smoking Exemptions
Sampling Restrictions
Michigan law prohibits smoking: in public places, including offices, educational facilities, homes for the aged, nursing homes, county medical care facilities, hospice, hospital long-term care units, auditoriums, arenas, meeting rooms, public conveyances, museums, and concert halls; at meetings of a public body; in places of employment; in childcare centers or on real property under the control of a childcare center; and in food service establishments, including food service establishments or groups of foodservice establishments located in a shopping mall.
Mich. Comp. Laws §333.12603(1): Smoking in public place or a meeting of public body prohibited
Mich. Comp. Laws §333.12604(1): Smoking in a child-caring institution or childcare center or on the real property under control of institution or center.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12601: Definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12905: Foodservice establishment; smoking prohibited; inspection.
The owner, operator, manager, or person have control of a public place, a food service establishment, a casino, or a hotel, motel, or other lodging facilities must do all of the following:
Clearly and conspicuously post "no smoking" signs or the international "no smoking" symbol at the entrances to and in every building or other areas where smoking is prohibited
Remove all ashtrays and other smoking paraphernalia from anywhere smoking is prohibited
Inform individuals smoking in violation of this act that they are in violation of state law and subject to penalties
If applicable, refuse to serve an individual who is smoking in violation of state law
Ask individual smoking in violation of state law to refrain from smoking and, if the individual continues to smoke, ask him or her to leave the public place, food service establishment, nonsmoking area of the casino, or hotel, motel, or other lodging facilities
Mich. Comp. Laws §333.12603(2)-(3): Duties of the owner, operator, manager, or persons having control of public place, food establishment, or casino; good faith effort to prohibit smoking.
More restrictive local laws and ordinances on smoking are generally allowed. However, a county, city, village, or township map not regulate smoking in food establishments except to the extent necessary to carry out the responsibility of a local health department.
Mich. Comp. Laws §333.12915: Local authority limited; exception.
The following are exempt from the ban on smoking, subject to conditions:
Cigar bars
A "cigar bar" is an establishment or area within an establishment that is open to the public and is designated for the smoking of cigars, purchased on the premises or elsewhere.
To qualify for the smoking exemption, the person who owns or operates a cigar bar must have filed an Application for Cigar Bar Exemption from the Smoke-Free Law with the Michigan Department of Community Health by May 31, 2010 and on January 31st of each year after, certifying that the cigar bar:
Was in existence on May 1, 2010
Generated 10% or more of its total gross annual income from the on-site sale of cigars and the rental of on-site humidors
Is located on premises that are physically separated from any areas of the same or adjacent establishment in which smoking is prohibited and where smoke does not infiltrate into those nonsmoking areas
Has installed on its premises an on-site humidor
Prohibits entry to persons under 18 years of age during the time the cigar bar is open for business
Allows only the smoking of cigars on the premises that retail for over $1.00 per cigar, and
Prohibits the smoking of all other tobacco products
Tobacco specialty retail stores
A "tobacco specialty retail store" is an establishment in which the primary purpose is the retail sale of tobacco products and smoking paraphernalia, and in which the sale of other products is incidental. "Tobacco specialty retail store" does not include a tobacco department or section of a larger commercial establishment or any establishment with any type of liquor, food, or restaurant license.
To qualify for the smoking exemption, the person who owns or operates a tobacco specialty retail store must have filed an Application for Tobacco Specialty Retail Store Exemption from the Smoke Free Law with the Michigan Department of Community Health by May 31, 2010 and on January 31st of each year after, certifying that the tobacco specialty retail store:
Generated 75% or more of its total gross annual income from the on-site sale of tobacco products and smoking paraphernalia
Gaming areas of casinos that were in existence on May 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12606a: Cigar bar or tobacco specialty retail store in existence on effective date of section; exemption from smoking prohibition; affidavit; request for additional information; failure to file an affidavit.
Individuals under 18 years of age cannot purchase, possess, or attempt to purchase or possess a tobacco product or use a tobacco product in a public place, including in public streets, sidewalks, parks, publicly owned or operated buildings, public places of business, or any area open to the general public. Individuals under 18 years of age also cannot present or offer a false or fraudulent proof of age for the purpose of purchasing, attempting to purchase, possessing, or attempting to possess a tobacco product. This prohibition does not apply to the handling or transportation of a tobacco product by a minor under the terms of that minor's employment.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.642: Prohibited conduct by a minor; exceptions.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.644: Definitions
Ann Arbor and Genesee County have raised their tobacco sales age to 21.
Staff reported that, although they are not referenced specifically, tobacco products are considered hazardous substances and the selling or handling of tobacco products by any individual under 18 years of age is, therefore, a prohibited occupation.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.103: Employment of minor; prohibited occupations; minimum age; exceptions and limitations.
Mich. Admin. Code r. 408.6202: Employment in hazardous occupations prohibited; deviation from rules.
Mich. Admin. Code r. 408.6204: Hazardous substances
An employer seeking approval to employ minors age 16 and older in an occupation determined to be hazardous must file an Application for a Deviation from a Hazardous Occupation with the Department of Education.
Mich. Admin. Code r. 408.6303: Application for deviation from hazardous occupation standards.
Similarly, it is illegal to sell, give, or furnish a tobacco product to anyone under 18 years of age unless the minor's handling or transportation of a tobacco product is under the terms of that minor's employment. A person who sells tobacco products at retail must post, in a place close to the point of sale and conspicuous to both employees and customers, a sign produced by the Department of Community Health that includes the following statement:
"The purchase of tobacco products by a minor under 18 years of age and the provision of tobacco products to a minor are prohibited by law. A minor unlawfully purchasing or using tobacco products is subject to criminal penalties."
If the required sign is more than 6 feet from the point of sale, it must be 5-1/2 inches by 8-1/2 inches and the required statement must be printed in a 36-point boldfaced type. If the required sign is 6 feet or less from the point of sale, it must be 2 inches by 4 inches and the required statement must be printed in 20-point boldfaced type.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.641: Selling, giving, or furnishing tobacco products to minors prohibited; sign required; exception.
Michigan SB 106 (2019) sets E-cigarettes and Nicotine products to be in equal standing as other tobacco products and includes language that reinforces age restrictions and penalties.
Before selling, offering for sale, giving, or furnishing a tobacco product, vapor product, or alternative nicotine product to an individual, a person shall verify that the individual is at least 18 years of age by doing one of the following:
If the individual appears to be under 27 years of age, examining a government-issued photographic identification that establishes that the individual is at least 18 years of age.
For sales made by the internet or other remote sales method, performing an age verification through an independent, third-party age verification service that compares information available from a commercially available database, or aggregate of databases, that are regularly used by government agencies and businesses for the purpose of age and identity verification to the personal information entered by the individual during the ordering process that establishes that the individual is 18 years of age or older.
Michigan SB 106 (2019)
Michigan law contains no specific provisions concerning state preemption of local youth access laws, so local communities may pass more stringent laws or ordinances in this area.
In Michigan, it is illegal to sell, give, or furnish a tobacco product to anyone under 18 years of age unless the minor's handling or transportation of a tobacco product is under the terms of that minor's employment.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.641: Selling, giving, or furnishing tobacco products to minors prohibited; exception.
Staff reported that the distribution of tobacco product samples in Michigan is subject to the tobacco products tax and licensing requirements.
Every manufacturer, wholesaler, secondary wholesaler, vending machine operator, unclassified acquirer, transportation company, and transporter of tobacco products in Michigan must obtain a Tobacco Tax License from the Michigan Department of Treasury by filing the Tobacco License Application (Form 336), the Tobacco Products Tax Electronic Application (Form 4154), the Trading Partner Agreement (Form 3999), and the applicable application fee:
Tobacco tax license APPLICATION Fee
Manufacturers, wholesalers, and unclassified acquirers $100
Transporters $50
Secondary wholesalers and vending machine operators $25
Retail importers of tobacco products other than cigarettes $10
Transportation companies $5
Wholesalers and unclassified acquirers must also file a Tobacco Products Electronic Funds Transfer Debit Application (Form 4240) and an Application for the Other Tobacco Products Tax Stamp (Non-Cigarette) (Form 323). Businesses located in Michigan that purchase their tobacco from local wholesalers and sell only to the end consumer do not need a Tobacco Products Tax License.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.423(2): License required
Tobacco Tax Licenses expire every year on June 30th and must be renewed by filing Form 4154, Form 3999, and the applicable renewal fee.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.424: Expiration, return, reissue, and renewal of a license
A cigar bar, defined as an establishment or area within an establishment that is open to the public and is designated for the smoking of cigars, purchased on the premises or elsewhere, may allow smoking and drinking in its establishment if:
It qualifies for the smoking exemption, and
It holds a valid liquor license from the Liquor Control Commission of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).
Michigan Department of Treasury: Tobacco Tax Forms & Schedules Tobacco Tax Forms & Schedules
Tobacco Products License Application Form 336
Tobacco Products Electronic Filing Application Form 4154
Trading Partner Agreement Form 3999
Tobacco Products Electronic Funds Transfer Debit Application Form 4240
Application for an Other Tobacco Products Tax Stamp Form 323
Tobacco Products License Surety Bond Form 702
"Lobbying" means communicating directly with an official in the executive branch of state government or an official in the legislative branch of state government for the purpose of influencing legislative or administrative action.
The term "lobbying" does not include the providing of technical information by a person other than a lobbyist agent or an employee of a lobbyist agent when appearing before an officially convened legislative committee or executive department hearing panel. "Technical information" is empirically verifiable data provided by a person recognized as an expert in the subject area to which the information provided is related.
Mich. Comp. Laws §4.415(2)
"Influencing" means promoting, supporting, affecting, modifying, opposing or delaying by any means, including the providing of or use of information, statistics, studies, or analysis.
A "lobbyist" is any of the following:
A person whose expenditures for lobbying are more than $1,000.00 in value in any 12-month period
A person whose expenditures for lobbying are more than $250.00 in value in any 12-month period, if the amount is expended on lobbying a single public official
The state or a political subdivision which contracts for a lobbyist agent
For the purposes of the first two definitions of a "lobbyist" groups of 25 or more people will not have their personal expenditures for food, travel, and beverage included, providing those expenditures are not reimbursed by a lobbyist or lobbyist agent.
The terms "lobbyist" or "lobbyist agent" do not include:
A publisher, owner, or working member of the press, radio, or television while disseminating news or editorial comment to the general public in the ordinary course of business
All elected or appointed public officials of state or local government who are acting in the course or scope of the office for no compensation, other than that provided by law for the office, excluding:
Employees of public or private colleges, community colleges, junior colleges or universities
Employees of townships, villages, cities, counties or school boards
Employees of state executive departments
Employees of the judicial branch of government
A member of a lobbyist, if the lobbyist is a membership organization or association, and if the member of a lobbyist does not separately qualify as a lobbyist
Lobbyist Agent
A "lobbyist agent" is a person who receives compensation or reimbursement of actual expenses, or both, in a combined amount in excess of $250.00 in any 12-month period for lobbying.
Representative of the Lobbyist
A "representative of the lobbyist" is any of the following:
An employee of the lobbyist or lobbyist agent
A member of the lobbyist or employee of a member of the lobbyist, when the lobbyist is a membership organization or association, and when the lobbyist agent or an employee of the lobbyist or lobbyist agent is present during any part of the period during which the purchased food or beverage is consumed
A person who is reimbursed by the lobbyist or lobbyist agent for an expenditure, other than an item of expenditure for food or beverage, which was incurred for the purpose of lobbying
"Legislative action"means introduction, sponsorship, support, opposition, consideration, debate, vote, passage, defeat, approval, veto, delay, or an official action by an official in the executive branch or an official in the legislative branch on a bill, resolution, amendment, nomination, appointment, report, or any matter pending or proposed in a legislative committee or either house of the legislature.
The term "legislative action" does not include the representation of a person who has been subpoenaed to appear before the legislature or an agency of the legislature.
Each individual, group, or organization meeting the definition of a lobbyist or lobbyist agent must register with the Michigan Department of State by filing a Lobby Registration Form. A lobbyist must register within 15 days of meeting the definition, while a lobbyist agent must register within 3 days.
Mich. Comp. Laws §4.417: Registration forms; filing; contents, failure to register; late registration fee; penalty; notice of termination.
All lobbyists and lobbyist agents must file signed Financial Report Summary Forms on January 31st and August 31st of each year, even if there are no expenditures to report. Lobbyists and lobbyist agents may also be required to file an Itemized Expenditures Form if certain thresholds are met.
Mich. Comp. Laws §4.418: Signed report; filing; form.
Lobbying registration forms and financial reports may be filed through e-Lobby, the Lobby Electronic Filing Program.
Michigan Lobby Registration Act Summary and Full Text of Rulings Michigan Lobby Registration Act
Michigan Department of State: Lobby Disclosure Website Lobby Disclosure Website
Michigan Lobby Registration Act: Lobby Manual Lobby Manual
Lobbyist Registration Form and Instructions Registration Form and Instructions
Lobbyist Financial Report Summary Form and Instructions Summary Form and Instructions
Lobbyist Itemized Expenditures Form and Instructions Itemized Expenditures Form and Instructions
e-Lobby: Lobby Electronic Filing Program Instructions E-Filing Instructions
As a matter of state law, a person must not sell or solicit a sale of a tobacco product to be shipped, mailed, or otherwise sent or brought into the state, to a person not a licensed manufacturer, licensed wholesaler, licensed secondary wholesaler, licensed vending machine operator, licensed unclassified acquirer, licensed transporter, or licensed transportation company, unless the tobacco product is to be sold to or through a licensed wholesaler. Additional information about licensing in Michigan is available at the Operating Your Business link above.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.431
A manufacturer, wholesaler, unclassified acquirer, and secondary wholesaler must deliver with each sale or consignment of a tobacco product a written statement containing the name or trade name and address of both the seller and the purchaser, the date of delivery, the quantity, and the trade name or brand of the tobacco product, correctly itemizing the prices paid for each brand purchased, and must retain a duplicate of each statement.
If a tobacco product other than cigarettes is received or acquired in Michigan by a wholesaler, secondary wholesaler, vending machine operator, unclassified acquirer, or retailer, each original manufacturer's shipping case must bear the name and address of the person making the first purchase and any other markings prescribed by law.
If a tobacco product is shipped outside the state, the licensee shipping the tobacco product must, on every shipping case or other containers in which the tobacco product is shipped, display the name and address of the consignee or purchaser to whom the shipment is made.
A transporter or other licensee transporting, possessing, or acquiring for the purpose of transporting a tobacco product upon a public highway, road, or street in Michigan must have in his or her actual possession invoices or bills of lading containing the name and address of both the seller and the purchaser, the date of delivery, the name and address of the transporter, the quantity and trade name or brand of each tobacco product, the price paid for each trade name or brand in the transporter's possession or custody, and the applicable license.
A transporter desiring to possess or acquire for transportation or transport a tobacco product upon a highway, road, or street of this state is required to obtain a permit authorizing the transporter to possess or acquire for transportation or transport tobacco products. This permit must be in his or her possession while the tobacco product is in his or her possession. The permit must be obtained for each load being transported and it must contain a statement setting forth the name and address of the purchaser, seller, and transporter, the license number of the purchaser, the date of the delivery of the tobacco product or date of importation into this state, the route to be followed if a tobacco product is being transported from an out-of-state source, and any other information required by the Department of the Treasury.
The Department of Treasury is required to provide a permit upon the application of a transporter with the remittance of a fee of $1.00. If a transporter transports a tobacco product into this state, the transporter must stop at the nearest state police post within Michigan on the route authorized by the permit and disclose the tobacco products in his or her possession and the papers required.
Mich. Comp. Laws §205.426
If an order is made as a result of advertisement over the internet, a tobacco retailer is required to request the electronic mail address of the purchaser and must receive payment by credit card or check before shipping. Note that this does not apply to sales by wholesalers and unclassified acquirers.
A retailer that is licensed as an unclassified acquirer, retail importer of tobacco products other than cigarettes, is required by law to post a sign, visible to the public inside the retail establishment that informs purchasers of cigars through catalog sales or internet sales of their responsibility to pay all applicable unpaid state taxes on those cigars.
Michigan does not have specific age verification requirements for the shipping of tobacco products to consumers, but it has specific age verification requirements for sales of cigarettes conducted through the internet, by telephone, or in a mail-order transaction.
The Michigan Tobacco Products Tax Return must be filed monthly by licensed wholesalers, manufacturers, secondary wholesalers and unclassified acquirers of both cigarettes and other tobacco products.
Disclaimer: PCA believes the information on this site is accurate. However, tobacco laws and regulations are subject to frequent change and court interpretation. Statements above are not intended as legal advice or restatement of law. PCA does not guarantee or assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of this information, nor that this information complies with all federal laws or the laws of all 50 states. Parties acknowledge and agree it is not the intention of PCA to provide specific legal advice for particular individuals, but rather to provide users with general information to better understand these issues. Users shall neither construe any of these materials as legal advice nor make this site the primary basis for any legal decisions made by or on your behalf and agree to release and waive any claims against PCA for the same. You shall consult with legal advisors concerning any contemplated individual decision.
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Your wet vac is certainly taking a battering! I had a 309 Sri back in the day, great little car and quite pokey for an 80's 1.6. Keep the updates coming.
Removed the scuttle panelling next as another area which I'd identified as crucial cleaning to remove years of sludge and avoid it causing any chronic tin worm problems.
I also figured out that the wiper linkage spindle bits were well and truly seized, hence why the wipers were stuck halfway up the screen in the original pics.
I took apart the wiper assembly and dismantled the spindles which enabled me to clean and grease everything so that it was at least functional. I would seek to find some new ones as and when I could find any.
After cleaning the scuttle a few small bits of surface rust were evident but fortunately it'll clean up without any holes or repairs. I revisit this in later updates but for now.
I did spend quite a bit of time cleaning up the rear window seals which worked well but I have since found new old stock genuine items to fit for piece of mind.
Last job of this update was removing the fog and driving lamps. Safe to say they were beyond saving.
Wow what an excellent read, can't wait for more!
Great project, love these machines. I really expected to see more rust, my old Goodwood practically rusted away overnight!
In removing the rear window the B pillar end pivots on a bracket which is riveted to the B pillar. To remove it and clean properly behind it I have allowed a slight modification here to make things easier in future by using rivet nuts/nutserts.
Absolutely amazing, can't wait for more!
I was going to buy one of these back in the day but insurance quote put a stop to those plans!
Continued with the front end next mainly to refit a few bits and tidy the garage up a bit.
I started by restoring the front bumper to how it should be. This is how it started as faded, with a little moss staining in places and plenty of muck to remove.
A few hours later, I won't bore you all with the process I've used unless anyone's particularly interested, and this is the passenger side done. Essentially it needed cleaning with a toothbrush and autosmart tardis to get the grime off, washed it, heat gun technique (YouTube has a few videos) to bring the original black pigment permanently back to the surface, then it's maintained with a cocktail of plastic care products.
Also the headlamps, front indicators, driving lamps and the fog lights are all brand new genuine Peugeot items.
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Next up was removing the GTi trim pieces from the passenger side of the car. Took out the red stripes in order to clean all the pieces fully. Used the same method as I did on the front bumper to restore each piece and it's made a huge difference. The door panel behind the kit pieces was also as dirty as expected.
You can see on the following pics the damage to the passenger door that I mentioned previously that'll be addressed when the rest of the paintwork is. Sadly the original paintwork had suffered over the years so my eventual plan once the mechanicals are perfect will likely be to have it fully resprayed in the original ELZ Topaz Blue.
Started removing the dashboard and cleaned up a few more bits of trim.
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Associate Justice Philip A.Z. Banks last Friday publicly clarified that the Supreme Court's opinion (Judgment) did not address section 5.9 of the controversial Code of Conduct.
He said the court, however, managed to deal with sections 5.1 and 5.2 respectively.
It can be recalled that the Supreme Court on March 3 declared the Code of Conduct constitutional, with two of the justices against and three in favor of it.
Associate Justices Banks and Jamessetta Wolokollie were the two justices that voted against the affirmative decision of Chief Justice Francis Saye Korpor and the two other Associate Justices.
"As you know, we recently dealt with the Code of Conduct, and I was one of the justices who had dissenting (contrary) opinion. But as we had concluded this matter, we taught it was now behind us," Banks explained.
Justice Bank said, the child met him and congratulated his and Justice Wolokollie's dissenting views on the Code of Conduct.
see the profession as a continuous learning process.
"Our experience on the Code of Conduct should tell you that the law is a continuous learning process for all of us; and for those who are still debating our opinion, go and read 5.9," Banks told the young lawyers.
The controversy surrounding the Code of Conduct came about when Bong County Superintendent Selena Mappy-Polson filed a "Petition for Declaratory Judgment" claiming that sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.9 are unconstitutional.
The aforementioned sections are compulsory commands and every aspect of them was expected to be followed by the framers. In spite of the fact that it took the Legislature more than 28 years to pass into law the Code of Conduct, in and of itself a further abuse of the Constitution, the Legislature was without a choice to make the Code not applicable to Liberians. Any deviation, as was couched in the Code, making Sections 5.1 and 5.2 applicable only to members of the Executive, with the exclusion of the president and vice president and their staff (and definitely by the exclusion of the legislators), rendered the Code, even without referencing the equal protection clause of the Constitution, discriminatory and hence unconstitutional.
Philip Banks should be known as The Dinosaur. Unfortunately, his breed has refused to become extinct only to continue wreaking havoc on Liberia. This pettifogger in a legal robe has now embarked on a campaign to undermine the Majority Opinion of the Supreme Court since he could stop it from the Bench. There was no need to deal separately with 5.9 since it is collolary to 5.1 and 5.2, essentially being the Penalty Segment which was not in dispute, and therefore, not before the Court. Certainly, it people like the corrupt Philip Banks who have held Liberia down. Such as he have replaced the Doctrine of Jurisprudence with tricks intended to protect the narrow interest of the small community of Congua. The Code of Conduct is settled issue and should so remain.
Another confirmation of limitation; Justice Banks has confirmed his needs for further legal training, considering the code of conduct interpretation and also following the deliberations from all Justices I'm convinced that there's no need for another specific 5.9 interpretation as it does not relates to 5.1 and 5.2, 5.2 (a)has made clear penalties " individual as mentioned, who desire to contest public office elective office shall resign said post at least 2yrs prior to the date of such election and (b) tenure position 3yrs prior..
As a student of government who count on this country making positive and considerable laws that other countries can adopt, I must applaud the Executive for petitioning such law to our Legislatures and also our Legislatures for its proper crafts.
Lastly, we have enjoyed and still need to enjoy the little peace that all Another confirmation of limitation; Justice Banks has confirmed his needs for further legal training, considering the code of conduct interpretation and also following the deliberations from all Justices I'm convinced that there's no need for another specific 5.9 interpretation as it does not relates to 5.1 an d 5.2, 5.2 (a)has made clear penalties " individual as mentioned, who desire to contest public office elective office shall resign said post at least 2yrs prior to the date of such election and (b) tenure position 3yrs prior..
Lastly, we have enjoyed and still need to enjoy the little peace that all well meaning Liberians has contributed to; therefore, all well meaning Liberians has contributed to; therefore, all individuals wanting to create panic should desist and maintain one of the best laws that prohibits corruption in the midst of our governing system..
Lastly, we have enjoyed and still need to enjoy the little peace that all well meaning Liberians has contributed to; therefore, all individuals wanting to create panic should desist and maintain one of the best laws that prohibits corruption in the midst of our governing system..
Justice Banks is a misleading figure in the legal sector and he needs to go for high level of training, because this article needs no rocket scientist for interpretation article 56 (a) of the Constitution and a managing director appointed by a Board of Directors, who desires to contest for public elective office shall resign said post at least two years prior to the date of such public elections; b) Any other official appointed by the President who holds a tenured position and desires to contest for public elective office shall resign said post three years prior to the date of such public elections; c) However, in the case of impeachment, death, resignation or disability of an elected official, any official listed above, desirous of canvassing or contesting to fill such position must resign said position within 90 days following the declaration by the National Elections Commission.


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namespace storage
{
// This class allows users to get information about country by point
// or by name.
//
// *NOTE* This class is thread-safe.
class CountryInfoGetter
{
public:
  // Identifier of a region (index in m_countries array).
  using IdType = size_t;
  using IdSet = vector<IdType>;

  CountryInfoGetter(ModelReaderPtr polyR, ModelReaderPtr countryR);

  // Returns country file name without an extension for a country |pt|
  // belongs to. If there are no such country, returns an empty
  // string.
  string GetRegionFile(m2::PointD const & pt) const;

  // Returns info for a region |pt| belongs to.
  void GetRegionInfo(m2::PointD const & pt, CountryInfo & info) const;

  // Returns info for a country by file name without an extension.
  void GetRegionInfo(string const & id, CountryInfo & info) const;

  // Return limit rects of USA:
  // 0 - continental part
  // 1 - Alaska
  // 2 - Hawaii
  void CalcUSALimitRect(m2::RectD rects[3]) const;

  // Calculates limit rect for all countries whose name starts with
  // |prefix|.
  m2::RectD CalcLimitRect(string const & prefix) const;

  // Returns identifiers for all regions matching to |enNamePrefix|.
  void GetMatchedRegions(string const & enNamePrefix, IdSet & regions) const;

  // Returns true when |pt| belongs to at least one of the specified
  // |regions|.
  bool IsBelongToRegions(m2::PointD const & pt, IdSet const & regions) const;

  // Returns true if there're at least one region with name equals to
  // |fileName|.
  bool IsBelongToRegions(string const & fileName, IdSet const & regions) const;

  // Clears regions cache.
  void ClearCaches() const;

private:
  // Returns true when |pt| belongs to a country identified by |id|.
  bool IsBelongToRegion(size_t id, m2::PointD const & pt) const;

  // Returns identifier of a first country containing |pt|.
  IdType FindFirstCountry(m2::PointD const & pt) const;

  // Invokes |toDo| on each country whose name starts with |prefix|.
  template <typename ToDo>
  void ForEachCountry(string const & prefix, ToDo && toDo) const;

  vector<CountryDef> m_countries;

  // Maps country file name without an extension to a country info.
  map<string, CountryInfo> m_id2info;

  // Only cache and reader can be modified from different threads, so
  // they're guarded by m_cacheMutex.
  FilesContainerR m_reader;
  mutable my::Cache<uint32_t, vector<m2::RegionD>> m_cache;
  mutable mutex m_cacheMutex;
};
}  // namespace storage


When the Gladiators basketball team's nasty coach finally gets turfed midseason, things couldn't possibly get worse. The team hasn't won a game yet, and morale is at rock bottom. Sameer, who announces the games and keeps score, and Vijay, the team mascot, have their hands full keeping the team's spirits up. When they get promoted to assistant coach and manager, can they help a small, unathletic, Shakespeare-quoting drama teacher coach the team to victory, or at least to dignity? Or will the courtside drama eclipse even the school play?


I do! And after so many years of homeschooling I have a whole treasure chest of things to share with you.
So I thought it would be fun to have a mega fest of freebies - a freebie fortnight.
I am going to run another Freebie Fortnight for two weeks starting 4th September 2017.
Every day for two weeks I will post LOTS of freebies and downloads you can use in your homeschooling. There will be free downloadable stuff, printables and links to sites I think you might like.
There will be a mix of stuff for everyone. Different ages, some worksheets, some fun stuff. A treasure box of goodies.
To make it easy for myself I am sticking to Facebook and Pinterest this year.


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Title: The Wolf of Descarta
Author: Daniel Pike
Series: The Dream Box
Genre: Sci-Fi /Fantasy
Publisher: The Zharmae Publishing Press (Zharmae.com)
Jaren Reese is just another red collar trapped at the bottom of Descarta's genetic caste system. But in the Dream Box, he has forged a new digital identity for himself: Balmus, the Wolf Knight.
Balmus has long since carried a torch for the Linker Petra, but he doesn't know her, not really. Outside of the Dream Box she is just another one of his fantasies. But Brea Morgen is the real thing– a living, breathing person who desires Jaren for who he truly is, not merely what he pretends to be.
When the Dream Box that Jaren depends on crashes due to the evolution of a hostile A.I. life form, a secret military branch commissions a team of gamers and hackers to go back into the corrupted Dream Box to eliminate the threat and Jaren is given the chance of a lifetime—though it comes at a price—and Jaren now needs to decide just how much he's willing to lose because the war about to be waged will be one on two fronts - the corporeal and the virtual.
Daniel Pike is a high school English teacher, author, blogger, and father of two energetic daughters, Aurie and Kiera. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from ASU as well as his Masters in Education. His first novel, Repressed Memories, was written when he was 17 years old and high on anime. He openly admits that most of the writing took place in his Algebra class. We may forgive him for that.
His most recent offerings include The Wolf of Descarta, book one in his Dream Box Trilogy
You can find Danial at:
On his Web Page at Pike Knight
On Twitter @PikeKnight
Facebook at Danial Pike


Exhibiting for the first time this spring in Milan during the Salone at Euroluce and Fuori Salone at the Brera design apartment, Atelier de Troupe, lead by artistic director Gabriel Abraham, draw from the ethos of Rudolph Schindler and 1920's modernist design. True to his passion for ambiance, Abraham has designed a collection reflecting the aesthetic of the Schindler Chace House. A concrete building with Japanese-inspired sliding panels inspired by a trip to Yosemite, it was designed as a cooperative live/work space. The open floor plan seamlessly integrates the California landscape into the interior, setting a precedent for the architecture of Los Angeles. For their inaugural show, Atelier de Troupe will debut a large new collection of lighting and furniture reflecting this philosophy and showcase it within a set that is a reimagined version of this historic home.
T&P Work UNit « The Generic Office or The Era of Creative White Collars » at the St Etienne Biennial from March 9 to April 9, 2017.