Local people who care about and get involved in the community. That's Roy and Linda Holden, owners of Holden's Home Emporium on Main Street in Scottville. They started over 22 years ago selling furniture in a small pole barn, and their business has prospered thanks to loyal customers who know a good deal when they see it. The Holden's motto is, "We sell our reputation...our products come with it!" They truly do stand behind everything they sell, from bedding and couches to recliners and tables.
The Holden's now have six buildings with over 55,000 square feet of furniture! All four showrooms carry a blend of new and used furniture, accessories, bedding...even antiques and vintage pieces. Roy and Linda don't believe in high mark-ups, so their furniture and home decor prices can't be beat.
A Furniture Store and More!
You may be surprised when you walk into their showroom and see the nice variety of couches and recliners on display. And you will be shocked when you see the low prices! The Holdens want you to have nice, comfortable furniture for your home without going into debt. Make sure you spend some time browsing. Often you're looking for something and you won't 'know it until you see it.' Possibly tucked away in a corner you'll find that perfect little table you've been searching for, or just the right size bookcase. Shopping at Holden's is an adventure! Be sure to ask about their no-fee layaway plan.
Quality bedding doesn't have to cost a fortune. Holden's believes that if you buy a mattress set for under $500, it only costs $.23 per night double occupancy. At this rate, you could buy a whole new set every three years and have a nice, new mattress to sleep on. They carry sizes from twin up to king, with 15 different styles to choose from. There's a mattress to fit your body--come on in and find the right one for you!
You can't miss Holden's Home Emporium. Their main showroom is located in downtown Scotttville at 119 S. Main Street. They are open for your convenience Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm and Saturday 9am-4:30pm.
Helping out our neighbors and our local economy...that's what happens when you shop locally. You'll keep more money in your pocket, and find the perfect furniture for your home, when you shop Holden's Home Emporium, downtown Scottville.
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As reported, on Wednesday, February 4, 2009, a man parked his new 2009 Ford Taurus behind a building on the 1000 block of Superior in Oak Park, IL. An armed robber appeared, placed a gun to the man's head, and told him to get back in the car. The armed robber than made the man drive to the bank on the 800 block of Lake Street, and withdraw $500, the maximum amount the ATM would allow to be withdrawn. The robber then told the man to drive back to the 1000 block of Superior, but the man refused, and stopped his car at the intersection of Maple and Erie. The gunman then ordered the man out of his car, and drove off with the car, money, and some medication samples. The car was later taken on a rampage through the Triton College area, which ended after the suspect crashed the car multiple times and unsuccessfully tried to flee on foot. Multiple law enforcement officers were injured during the chase, including one who suffered a broken ankle.
For about the last year, I've discussed Oak Park's crime wave, which has seen shootings, pistol whippings, carjackings, plus a nearly 3 fold increase in armed robbery. In most of these crimes, a criminal has ignored the Oak Park handgun ban, plus the many serious state laws that are violated by armed robbery. This should come as no surprise, as a person willing to commit a serious felony like armed robbery won't be deterred by the potential $1,000 to $2,000 fine imposed upon those who violate the handgun ban.
Instead of keeping Oak Park citizens safe from criminals, the handgun ban just ensures that the law abiding citizens are defenseless against criminals will either ignore the handgun ban, or who can just overpower and beat their defenseless victims. Indeed, it is only those who are willing to break the law and have a handgun in Oak Park that have had a high success rate at stopping violent attackers and armed robbers. Sadly, such individuals then have to face the prospect of being prosecuted for defending themselves – a situation which truly represents a perversion of justice.
Despite the unqualified failure that is the handgun ban, village officials continue to fight to keep the ban on the books. I would encourage Oak Park's residents to recognize the handgun ban as a failure, and to insist that their elected officials repeal it – and pursue measures that can have a real effect upon crime. Perhaps then, Oak Park residents will be able to defend themselves against violent criminals like many other citizens across the country.
Thank You for a little insight to the realities of living in Joke Park. During the "day in our village" I attempted to ahnd out FOID applications, they did not like that. Perhaps this year? Keep up the good work, your neighbor locked and laoded in Galewood!


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Q&A with Chris Coombs
A double major in history and political science at the University of Utah.
by Mikey Saltas
Tommy Hammer
Chris Coombs is a double major in history and political science at the University of Utah. He's been heavily involved in politics, including the most recent election cycle, and aspires to be a lawyer with a dream job being the Chief of Staff to the President of the United States. He has worked as a student ambassador in marketing and outreach with the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the U. Coombs has interned on four separate occasions in the political circle: He worked in Sen. Orrin Hatch's office, the Attorney General's office, interned at the Utah State Legislature and in Washington, D.C., with a lobby firm.
How did Donald Trump win despite his unconventional campaign?
I think everyone would agree that it was an unprecedented and historical election right off the bat. People need to keep in mind that he was an unconventional candidate from the very start. He never had any governmental or military service and is the first person to be the president without those two backgrounds. Donald Trump, from the very start, ran his campaign as a business. He defied the conventional wisdom of campaigning. It's interesting to see how much money he spent on the campaign versus Hillary Clinton and the difference in the hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as the lack of ground game he had, and really defying everyone along the way—Democrats, Republicans and even the Pope. Even if you look at what specifically he spent his money on—he spent it on hats, per se. When you think of a Trump supporter, you think of someone wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat. ... He really emphasized communication and marketing. Another huge component of his success was the media. Regardless of which site or avenue you looked at, there was always some sort of tilt toward Hillary, and he overcame that through social media.
Who got it wrong: the pollsters, the media or general complacency in thinking Hillary had the election in the bag?
If you look at all of the empirical evidence—the pollsters, the media—they were saying Donald Trump wasn't going to win and that Hillary was expected to win by a landslide. Nate Silver gave Trump the best chance to win on his site FiveThirtyEight, which was 30 percent of winning. On the other hand, you had the trends, which is something I hold more sacred. If you look at the last congressional midterm elections, the Republicans dominated. They dominate on local and state governments. If you look at Brexit and what's occurring in the global climate, you have the rise of nationalism and right-wing movements across Europe and other places. So I really think the trends favored him, and at the end of the day, that was more reliable than the empirical conventional wisdom. You saw his crowds and the thousands of people that would line up, and then Hillary would struggle and need Jay-Z or Beyoncé there. It didn't add up. You had the norms on one hand, and your gut feeling on the other.
It can be argued that there's never been a great radical president; great presidents are more centered and reach across both aisles. What does Trump have to do to reaffirm his commitment to all Americans, not just the ones who voted for him?
I'd like to think he's transitioning out of campaign mode and into government mode. You're starting to see it: He's toned it down on Twitter, he's not saying as much or getting into arguments with people. He wants to be about coalitions and be a well-liked, productive president. This goes back to the idea that he wants to master the media and be a balanced president. I think if you look at what he wants to do policy-wise, he's softened his stances since he's become president. A name being tossed around for Secretary of the Treasury is Democrat Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan. This week, Trump said he wants to reconsider Roe v. Wade, but also that same-sex marriage is the law of the land. No other candidate has divided those sort of liberal platforms, so we'll see what happens.
Trump has degraded certain minorities. What does he have to do to reassure them that the national government won't discriminate these groups?
I think he needs to be inclusive. I would recommend that he holds some sort of major event or speech where he sets the record straight on his views on religious, racial, LGBT and minorities. Basically, he needs to get everyone on the same page before he's inaugurated so people know what they can expect from a real Donald Trump candidacy.
What can we expect from a Donald Trump presidency?
We can expect change. I think he and Barack Obama are a lot alike: They rose to power with the same sort of sentiment or motto, providing change to middle America or the forgotten America. Obama's coalition is very much similar to Trump's coalition, especially with those swing states or those states that are traditionally Democratic strongholds like Michigan or Wisconsin. I think Donald Trump will be a president unlike any that we've ever had before. He's more concerned about building from the ground up, so I think there's going to be a lot more attention on the domestic level and maybe less so on the international level like the Obama administration.
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The ruling by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in early February concerning the arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir provoked controversy. The role of the Court has been called into question, with Nesrine Malik's piece surmising that the ruling has shown that the Court is out of touch with political reality. She argues that the decision plays into the hands of authorities who are using it to their own political ends; that the charge of genocide is unjustified; and that the practicalities of enforcement undermine the Court.
This ruling, however, is merely a procedural one. It clarifies the standard of proof to be applied in deciding whether an arrest warrant can be issued against Bashir for genocide. It does not itself amend the arrest warrant, which remains the same as it has been since it was issued. In this sense, Malik's comment misconstrues the ruling and its impact. Further, while there is no doubt that much about law in general is political, the integrity of the law requires that its enforcement must be independent of political considerations. Rather than demonstrating the flaws of the ICC, this judgment affirms that the Court is operating with integrity.
The Prosecutor, in his initial application to the ICC in 2008 for an arrest warrant for Bashir, listed counts of genocide alongside those of crimes against humanity and war crimes. In its decision, however, the Pre-Trial Chamber granted the warrant only on the basis of evidence of the latter two crimes. In relation to the counts of genocide, the Court found that the "existence of [the government of Sudan's] genocidal intent is only one of several reasonable conclusions available on the materials provided by the Prosecution." It considered that this meant that the standard of proof had not been met, with no warrant being issued on grounds of genocide.
The Prosecutor disagreed with this assessment, asking the Appeals Chamber to clarify the standard and to remit the matter to the Pre-Trial Chamber who should re-decide the matter on the basis of the newly clarified standard.
The Appeals Chamber agreed with the Prosecutor in finding that the standard applied by the Pre-Trial Chamber was too stringent. It found that the standard required by the Rome Statute to issue an arrest warrant (that there be "reasonable grounds to believe" that the accusation is true) should be the easiest standard to meet in the hierarchy of proofs required. As such, it decided that the Pre-Trial Chamber had erred in requiring that the existence of genocidal intent be the only reasonable conclusion available based on the evidence.
No decision was made by the Appeals Chamber as to whether that standard was met by the evidence before it in this case. In this sense, Malik misunderstands the ruling when she argues that the Court is giving Bashir and his regime more credit than is due. The ruling makes no reference to the conduct of the Bashir government. His regime is credited with nothing.
Malik recognizes the controversy surrounding the International Criminal Court, particularly on the issuance of an arrest warrant against Bashir, a sitting head of state. The politics are complicated and emotive. It is probably true that there are those who see this ruling as demonstrating the irrelevance of a Court that is seeking to indict a man who may well win an upcoming election.
The law itself is, of course, inherently political. Legal analysis is also, and should be, aware of the political landscape in which laws operate. Where politics has no place, however, is in the enforcement of law. Malik argues that the timing of this judgment is unfortunate. With the first Sudanese Presidential and Parliamentary elections in twenty-four years due in April, authorities will construe this decision as seeking to disrupt a peaceful exchange of power. The Court, however, cannot defer to such political considerations in its own scheduling. It must make the decisions it is asked to make as quickly as possible, with reference to all available information, to minimize uncertainty. This is particularly so with controversial and high-profile cases such as that against Bashir. To do otherwise would be misguided, and would undermine the independence of this Court, which is at the heart of the international criminal law regime.
To import political considerations into the application of the law would undermine the very fabric of the Rule of Law. This legal principle, which forms the basis of modern law, requires laws to be applied to all equally. The head of state is as bound by the law as any other citizen, regardless of what stage of the electoral process he or she is in. The law must be, and must be seen to be, independent of power dynamics within a community. It is by maintaining independence that the law retains its strength.
Anna Talbot has worked in the legal department of Amnesty International since January 2008. Before that she graduated with honors in Law and History from the Australian National University and qualified as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia) in 2007. She has also completed the Advance Course on the International Protection of Human Rights through the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University in 2009.


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Канзас-Сіті Роялс () заснована у 1969 професійна бейсбольна команда міста Канзас-Сіті у штаті Міссурі. Команда — член Центрального дивізіону, Американської бейсбольної ліги, Головної бейсбольної ліги.

Домашнім полем для Канзас-Сіті Роялс є Кайфман Стадіум.

Роялс виграли Світову серію чемпіонату Головної бейсбольної ліги у 1985 році.

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 «Канзас-Сіті Роялс»

Спорт у Канзас-Сіті
Клуби ГБЛ
Спортивні клуби, засновані 1969

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Носатка европейская () — вид равнокрылых насекомых из семейства носаток.

Описание
Длина тела от 9 до 13 мм. Окраска тела светло-зелёного цвета. Голова имеет коническую форму. Личинки (нимфы) похожи на взрослых насекомых окраской, строением и формой головы.

Образ жизни
Полифаг. Самка откладывает по одному яйцу в землю. Имаго появляются в Центральной Европе с середины июля до середины октября. Насекомые способны прыгать до 1 метра в высоту и 1 метра в длину, при этом их скорость достигает 4 метров в секунду. Внутривидовое общение происходит посредством вибрирующих сигналов.

Распространение
Вид распространён в Средиземноморье, в Северной Африке и Южной Европе, на юге Центральной Европы, на восток до Турции, Ирана, юга России и Центральной Азии до севера Китая.

Примечания

Животные, описанные в 1767 году
Цикадовые
Насекомые Евразии
Насекомые Африки


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In 2018, the board has announced the result of UP Board Intermediate 2018 Examination on 29 April 2018 and the examinations were conducted from 06 February to 12 March 2018.
Uttar Pradesh Board Class 12th Exam conducted in the month of February -March 2019. As per the previous year's details, the copy checking process will be concluded in April 2019.
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Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh, commonly known as UP Board, was officially established in 1921. The board's main headquarter is located at Allahabad. The aim of the board is to render the affiliation to the good schools in Uttar Pradesh. The board is also responsible for setting up the syllabus and study material of schools. Alongside, it conducts the Class 10th and 12th Board Examination, every year, and provides the certificate to the deserving candidates. At the present time, there are many private and government schools are affiliated under this board.
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