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Scott stumbled through the dilapidated threshold, soaking wet and shivering. He fell to his knees and retched black goo again.
"Here at last, are you?" came a voice from the shadows.
"Peter," he gasped, rising clumsily from the floor.
"Yes, yes, it's me," he drawled; he had the audacity to sound bored. "Honestly I'm surprised you lasted this long. I thought you'd snap weeks ago."
Scott groaned as the world spun around him and muttered through clenched teeth, "What the hell are you talking about?"
"Still haven't figured it out, have you Scott? Ah, well," Peter sneered, "you were never the brains, were you? Best to leave that part to Stiles."
"Don't you talk about him!" Scott spat.
Peter walked slowly toward him, "Yes, that was unfortunate what happened with Stiles, and Derek as well. Especially since they'd just found the happiness they both so deserve. I never meant for them to be involved, although it did make getting to you so much easier."
"W-what do you want with me?"
"Oh Scott, isn't it obvious?" Peter chuckled, "I want to kill you."
Scott doubled over again, heaving and shaking; it finally clicked, "You poisoned me."
"There it is," Peter taunted, circling around him, "I pumped you so full of wolfsbane I'm surprised you can even talk." He laughed as Scott struggled to his feet. "After I killed that bitch Jennifer I went to her house to see what kinds of goodies a Darach has stashed away." Peter had reached Scott by now, "You won't believe-" he wrenched Scott up by his hair "-what I found."
"Wolfsbane," Scott choked out.
"Not just any wolfsbane," Peter sang, "untraceable wolfsbane. A strain so undetectable, it has no scent, no taste, and it is so potent that all I had to do was leave a little in the air duct in your room and the rest took care of itself."
"Ugh, you were in his room? You really are a fucking creep."
Peter whirled around and came face to face with the barrel of a gun. Stiles stood slumped against the crumbling livingroom door frame with a gun aimed straight at Peter.
"Stiles," Scott groaned from the floor.
"I've got you bud," Stiles assured him, not taking his eyes off Peter, "Just need to take care of Uncle McCreepington first."
Peter's shock was quickly replaced with an cool and easy smile. "Nice of you to join us Stiles; I'm surprised to see you up and about."
"Shut up," Stiles panted and cocked the gun, "Don't think I don't know how to use this."
"Oh I don't doubt that. Unlike most, I never underestimated you Stiles," Peter now had his back to Scott, "I just don't see how you plan to use it. Bullets won't kill me, you know that."
"Guess again." Stiles fired.
Peter ducked just in time so the bullet only clipped his shoulder.
"You're not the only one who's been borrowing from friends; look at the shiny wolfsbane bullets I found on my way over here. Wasn't sure how useful they'd be, but at least they're pretty. What do you know, I found a use for them after all."
"You're dead," Peter roared, lunging at him.
"What's the matter," Stiles fired another shot that just narrowly missed its mark and forced Peter to veer off course, "Big Bad Beta not tough enough to handle little old me? Maybe if you were an Alpha-"
Peter tackled him, knocking the gun from his hands and pinning him to the floor, "I AM THE ALPHA!"
"No," Scott wrenched the older wolf off of Stiles with the last of his strength, "I am."
Peter flew into the opposite wall and Scott pulled his friend up, "Stiles, run!" But the Beta was on him before he could say more. Stiles scrambled out of the way as the wolves tore at each other. Where was his gun?! He fumbled in the dark as snarls and growls rattled his already frenzied brain. Come on, come on, come on, he thought. Finally his hand closed around the cool metal.
"Peter!" he screamed and aimed.
The Beta was quick to respond, pulling Scott in front of him. "What are you going to do now Stiles?" Peter panted, "Can't shoot me without shooting your best friend."
"Stiles, just do it!" Scott pleaded.
Stiles's hand shook, but he didn't lower the gun. He couldn't make the shot. Despite countless hours spent at the shooting range with his dad, he was still mediocre at best, and right now he felt like he was going to pass out. Black dots clouded his vision but he remained still.
"I thought so," Peter smirked, "You don't have it in you." And he sunk his claws deep into Scott's stomach.
"No!" Stiles screamed and he fired.
Peter and Scott crumpled to the ground. Stiles raced to his friend's side. "Scott, oh my god," he cradled his broken form. "Come on, buddy, talk to me."
"Is he dead?"
Stiles looked at the Beta. The bullet had pierced him in the chest. "Yeah, he's dead."
"Get him off of me," Scott rasped. He cried out when Stiles forcibly wrenched Peter's claws from his body.
"Fuck," Stile swore as blood flowed warm and slick over his trembling hands. "Why aren't you healing? He's not an Alpha…"
"The wolfsbane," Scott whispered, "It's too much. I can't heal."
"No. No, no, no, I'm not letting you die."
"Shut up," Stiles panicked; he felt hot tears on his face, "Just stop talking. We have to get you out of here."
"No, Stiles listen, I have to get this out. I'm s-sorry-"
Stiles pressed his hands against Scott's wounds, "You're not going to die!"
"I'm so sorry for what I did. thought you were dead, I th-thought I k-killed you. You shouldn't have come, Stiles. How did you even get here?"
He didn't look up, "I stole Allison's car."
Scott chuckled but it turned into a cough, "You sh-should've stayed far away from me." His eyes fluttered closed, "At least I know you won't be alone. You have Derek now. He'll-he'll take c-care of you…"
"I don't care about Derek right now, I just care about…" his mind raced, "...Derek..." Stiles reluctantly released his grip on Scott and threw himself across the room to where he'd dropped the gun. Stiles emptied the clip and dumped the bullets into his hand. He dropped back down next to Scott.
"Scott. Scott!" he shook his friend, "Do you have a lighter?"
"...A w-what?" Scott asked groggily; he was fading fast.
"A lighter!" Stiles searched his friend's pockets. When they yielded nothing he turned to his only other option: the slowly stiffening body of Peter Hale. He gingerly searched the wolf, knowing his best friend's life depended on it. "Thank god," he said when his hand closed around a small plastic lighter.
"Scott?" Stiles looked over and saw that he'd passed out. He worked quickly, flicking the lighter to life and oh-so-slowly melting the wolfsbane bullets. He dripped the molten metal over Scott's wounds, praying the wolfsbane in the bullets would draw out the wolfsbane Peter had poisoned Scott with and allow his friend to heal.
Isaac, Allison, and her father found the boys passed out and curled up into each other, Stiles still cradling Scott, in the corner of the house that was furthest from Peter's body. It took all three of them to carry Scott to the car. Allison and Chris took him straight to the clinic, while Isaac doubled back to help a now conscious Stiles out of the house and back to Allison's stolen car. Stiles slumped against the window and either Isaac bought his feigned snoring or he had the grace to let him pretend to be asleep.
They were barely through the door when Derek enveloped Stiles in a bone-crushing hug. "You're such an idiot," he growled in Stiles's ear.
"It worked didn't it?" Stiles whimpered in pain but didn't let go.
"Derek you're crushing him," Isaac warned.
Derek moved away, but Stiles pulled him back. "Not yet," he murmured and buried his face in Derek's neck.
Isaac cleared his throat, "I'm going to call your dad and let him know you're here."
"Thanks Isaac," Stiles said from Derek's arms.
After several minutes, Derek pulled away and Stiles let him. Derek hissed, "Fuck, you're bleeding." Stiles glanced down at his chest. Patches of red had appeared on his bandages. He felt light-headed. "Come on, let's sit down," and Derek led him over to the sofas in the clinic's waiting room.
Stiles melted into the wolf as Derek slowly stroked his hair and trailed his fingers up and down his back. "How's Scott doing?" he exhaled.
"He's...recovering. Deaton said what you did saved his life. That was a pretty neat trick with the bullets. Where'd you learn that?"
Stiles smiled, "Some guy who wanted me to cut his arm off."
"Sounds like a jerk," Derek chuckled and Stiles felt it rumble through his chest. Stiles tilted his head up and pressed a kiss to Derek's lips. After everything that had happened, it felt so good to be safe in Derek arms. Derek smiled into the kiss.
"I'm sorry," Stiles whispered when they broke apart.
"It's okay," he mumbled, still drunk on their kiss, "Just don't do it again."
Stiles pulled away in earnest, "Kill your uncle?"
"Oh, is that what you were apologizing for? Forget it, he was a maniac. I thought you meant you were sorry for running off and deliberately putting yourself in danger."
"I will never apologize for that," Stiles made to stand up, but Derek forced him back down, "Scott's my brother and no one else was doing a damn thing to help him. What other choice did I have? Just sit there and let him die because I got hurt?"
"He nearly killed you!" Derek protested. "You can't do things like this anymore! There are people who care about you-"
"Like you?" Stiles interrupted.
"Like your Dad and Scott and Isaac and-"
"And you." It was not a question. "Say it."
"And me," Derek whispered.
"I will never hesitate to put myself in harm's way for the people I love," Stiles said steadily, "And if you haven't realized that by now then I don't know where you've been for the last couple of years."
"I know, but you can't keep doing that. You're not strong like the rest of us and I can't always be there to protect you!"
Silence fell and Derek's words hung heavy in the air.
"Stiles," Derek began, "I didn't mean-"
"If I remember correctly it's been me constantly saving your ass over the past few years," Stiles's words were ice. "My mistake."
Isaac reentered the room. "Your dad's outside," he said softly, obviously sensing the tension between Stiles and Derek.
Stiles struggled to his feet. "Here, let me help you," Derek put a hand on the small of Stiles's back.
"Don't touch me," Stiles snapped and he staggered out to the parking lot. Isaac shot Derek a questioning look, but Derek just scowled and stalked out the other way.
"Whoa, whoa, Derek!" Isaac caught him by the arm. "You can't just walk away from this!"
"Watch me," Derek snarled.
"No I won't," he spun around so he was facing Derek, hands braced on his forearms. Isaac ignored the warning growl that escaped Derek's lips, "You care about Stiles. I can see it. Hell, I can practically smell it whenever you two are around each other. So you're not going to storm off and go sit and brood alone in the dark. You're going to go to Stiles's house and fix this." Derek didn't move. "Now."
Derek groaned, but he knew Isaac was right. He looked his former Beta in the eye and said, "I wasn't wrong when I turned you, was I?"
Isaac grinned, "Best decision you ever made."
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The Steinway Teachers Educational Partnership Program ( S.T.E.P) is designed to enhance and strengthen the Dealer-Teacher-Student relationship by providing educational opportunities for Valley Conservatory students.
This program, enables you to be a part of the S.T.E.P. club where you will receive many benefits that you may not otherwise receive. Valley Conservatory is the only music organization in the state of Alabama that is sponsored by Steinway. Steinway represents the finest in music and we are proud that they have chosen us to partner with.
Preferred advance notice of the many educational/musical events that Steinway will provide.
Access to over 200 new/used pianos in the Steinway dealer inventory.
Preferred pricing through the management of Steinway Piano Gallery Nashville.
What are the benefits for Valley Conservatory?
Steinway designed pianos are now available to learn and perform on at the Conservatory.
Increased performance for our students by the use of these pianos.
Enhanced recognition in the community for the conservatory with this partnership.
Educational opportunities for our S.T.E.P. club members at no charge.
A portion of the proceeds of every piano that is purchased by any of our S.T.E.P. club members will be paid to the Conservatory. This is vital for our on-going growth.


When we decided to get dairy goats last year, we dove in and were pretty quickly overwhelmed by all of the things we didn't know. I hit the books, consulted with experienced goat breeders, and generally spent every minute I could learning about my goats before I did something foolish and potentially harmful.
Despite all of my researching, there are still some lessons that can only come with time and experience. There is always something new to learn.
Milk production is measured in weight, not volume.
If you talk to an experienced dairy producer and refer to your milk production in cups not pounds, you will be laughed at. Trust me.
Goats hide illness and injury as long as they can to prevent being bullied by other goats. Because of this it's really hard to know when a goat is getting sick or how bad an injury really is. It's essential to know your goat's normal behaviors and routines so you can detect when anything is even slightly "off".
I know this sounds a little nutty, but I swear it's true. We've had some serious heart-to-hearts with our goats about bad milking manners, medications, administration, and more, and it's made a difference. Words like "dinner"? They have that down in days. They know their names and when they're in trouble.
Maintaining clean goat housing, clean milk collection practices, and a sanitary milking area makes all the difference. This prevents a slew of illnesses and parasites and makes your milk taste amazing. There is nothing more painful than having to dump out your milk because you have to treat a sick goat with a wormer or antibiotic.
Goats have intense, complex, emotional relationships.
Within the herd, goats have friends and foes, and their relationships often evolve with time. Some goats are so attached to each other, you can't even separate them for a few minutes without them becoming severely distressed. They get jealous. They get angry. They love. They are constantly testing their social structure and herd hierarchy.
You will never be prepared enough.
No matter how much you read, no matter how many medications and supplies you stock, no matter how ready you think you are, when the time comes, you'll fall short. Inevitably the one medication you need in an emergency will be the only one not in your cabinet. A situation will arise, and suddenly everything you've ever read or think you know will fly out of your head or be totally useless. All you can do is take a deep breath and do your best.


She describes only the Norwegian variety, forgetting the French. Their intricate clasps and long silver chains.
Again the milky-eyed beloved. Her sense of etiquette revealing itself as innate, machine-like. Would compare her heart to a the inside of a clock. Its radium dials.
Here Friedrich's presentation of the necklace, with its glass bells and tiny silver flute, departs significantly from Austrian custom. And still the luminous buttons on her shirt.
Now the locket as palimpsest. As Latin inscription.
When she opened the box, a dancer twirled to the same Tchaikovsky suite. A heap of charms and unsightly pearl earrings.
If the artisan were to realize. Friedrich wandering the fields.
It was then she considered the array of miniatures. In all of them, a portrait. And each of these an ode.
A circle of violets etched into the walls of the jewelry box. Only when she lifted its lid would the gears in her heart begin to turn.
1. An unpublished vignette, in which the heroine believes her voice is trapped inside her mother's gold cigarette case.
2. Within the foyer, an odd stillness. Upon finding him she hid the laudanum in a cabinet of dried violets and tiny silver spoons. Her unmindful stare.
3. "It was only after that I realized the gravity of the situation. Out of my jewelry box the most delicate insect emerged, its ominous buzzing."
1. To quell, crush or end by force.
†2. To suppress or withhold.
3. To kill by impeding respiration; to smother.
5. In a little known version of the myth, Penelope realizes that her household has been usurped by the maids. Each disconcerted by her new posture. A chorus rising from their cool white throats.
6. Again the hidden Faustian motif. Despite numerous descriptions of the empty field, one senses the ubiquitous presence of the sea.
7. Denouement. Translated quite literally as "the action of untying."
8. This film version of Gaskell's North and South (c. 1986) depicts Margaret as an elderly widow. Although its nameplate was shattered during production, the statuette remains among the museum's special collections.
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West Africa in the African Continental Free Trade Area
African leaders launched the operational phase of the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the 12th Extraordinary African Union Summit on 7 July in Niamey, Niger. The 54-nation trade bloc is set to become the biggest integrated market worldwide, uniting some 2.5 billion people by 2050. Members have committed to eliminate tariffs on most goods, which is expected to increase trade in the region by 15-25% in the medium term. The African Union's goal is to make the free-trade area instruments operational by July 2020. To date, 27 countries have ratified the AfCFTA instruments.
The official launch of the new AfCFTA at the Niamey summit is a diplomatic success for Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou, a designated "AfCFTA Champion." Niger is in the spotlight, illustrating its capacity to host some 3 000 delegates and experts from across the continent. More than 30 heads of state and government participated in the event. Ghana has been chosen to host AfCFTA's permanent secretariat, placing the country at the heart of the continental integration process. Nigeria – along with Benin – eventually signed the AfCFTA agreement a few hours ahead of the summit. The Nigerian government was for a long time reluctant to support regional trade liberalisation and faced domestic opposition. Some Nigerian officials expressed concern that the country could be flooded with low-priced goods, which would impede the development of local manufacturing and farming. As the continent's largest economy, Nigeria's participation in the free trade area is critical for its success.
The AfCTA agreement acknowledges existing regional economic communities "as building blocs towards the establishment of AfCFTA". Within the ECOWAS area, AfCFTA will add an additional layer to existing regional trade agreements. The ECOWAS area has the largest number of legal agreements, including the ECOWAS Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons and Goods (1978) and the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS - 1979), the main operational tool for promoting West Africa as a free trade area. However, in practice, it has been challenging to implement these agreements. AfCFTA will mainly change the relationship between ECOWAS countries and non-member countries.
In line with the aspirations of Agenda 2063, the role of AfCFTA is to liberalise trade among all African countries. According to current estimates, intra-regional trade in Africa accounted for only 17% of exports in 2017 versus 59% in Asia and 69% in Europe. However, official statistics fail to account for the true extent of regional markets and these figures do not reflect the large amount of informal trade within Africa. AfCFTA is an opportunity to deepen economic integration beyond West Africa.
By Laurent Bossard, SWAC Secretariat Director
About AfCFTA
AfCFTA is an african free trade area, concluded under an agreement betwen African Union (AU) countries signed in March 2018, AU member States have continued to show interest in this continental project. To date, the Agreement has been signed by 54 out of 55 member States.
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Collaborative environments need to be available on global projects to facilitate the sharing of information about the project and the products. The project manager can create the project management plan with the participation of team members in all locations, and keep all its documents in a shared workspace. The team members can organise review cycles for design documents, keeping different versions and a history of the changes. Project-related information, like the global project binder, can be maintained in shared tables or spreadsheets, allowing the issues and risk owners to keep their information accurate in real time and accessible to all stakeholders.
Another form of collaboration goes beyond formal documentation, by collecting knowledge in an informal manner, through discussion groups, web links and project announcements. Discussion boards have the advantage of keeping discussions stored in a shared place and allowing the stakeholders to search for information at any time during the project.
The chapter 19 of the Global Project Management book brings some recommendations for the evaluation, implementation and documentation of knowledge sharing systems in your company.
Download a mindmap that can help you to select and implement knowledge sharing tools at your company.


We were asked to create a brand for a modern and elegant European influenced restaurant and nightclub Dallas concept.
For this concept we looked to roots of the name German family name 'von', it's contextual use and it's generally used abbreviation (v.) We looked to heavily detailed, decadent iconography, Eugene Von Guerard's art and typefaces that combined German identity with a contemporary direction.
For the Von brand we took a profile of a bearded man, illustrated in a similar decadent German iconographic style and combined it with a bold, from scratch main brand text. Whether mixed together in detailed circular badges or in a landscape logo, we were able to capture the authenticity of German icons and traditional branding. The branding collateral emphasizes masculinity and strength in a contemporary way.


The Bath is located in Al-Mo'izLdeenEllah Al-Fatimi Street opposite to the palace of Emir Beshtak. It was built by Sultan Al-Malik Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr SeifInal Al-Ala'i in 861 H\1456 AD. Al-Ala'i was named after the merchant (Alaa Al-Din Ali) who brought him to Sultan Barquq. Al Ashraf Inlal rose in the ranks to become a commander of one of the Mameluke army troops, and he managed to jump over the Sultanate throne in 857 H. till his death in 865 H.
The Bath has the characteristics of the Islamic public baths at the middle Ages. It consists of a simple entrance that leads to a leanpassage which leads to the cold room where the bathers take off their clothes preparing for the shower. The room has seats and lockers for keeping personal belongings. This room leads to another passage that leads in its turn to the warm room then the hot room, and when getting out, the process is repeated backwardly in order to adjust the body temperature while getting in and out. Shallow domes were used in both cold and warm rooms to keep the heat.
The domes were provided with openings covered with colored glass for lighting. The hot room has octagonal space with a basin in the center, and four Iwans are perpendicular on it for sitting down and four entrances at the corners leading to cells each one of them has basins and benches.Behind the bath there is a furnace where wasteswere gathered to be used as a fuel to heat the water for the bath. The furnace was also used to cook bean in huge pots, and that helped the city to get rid of the wastes.


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Ecuadoron punae är en mångfotingart som beskrevs av Chamberlin 1955. Ecuadoron punae ingår i släktet Ecuadoron och familjen storjordkrypare.

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Q: JOGL - gluLookAt() - Cube at top left corner I have a wire cube: glut.glutWireCube(1);
If I want a cube's front view at the center of the screen I use glu.gluLookAt(0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0) and it's ok.
But I need the cube at the left right corner of the screen, when I tried glu.gluLookAt(0, 0, 15, 6, -4, 0, 0, 1, 0); the cube went to the top and left but the cube was distorted (inclined lines).
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Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran
Ervand Abrahamian (Author)
The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments. His study is based on an extensive body of material, including Amnesty International reports, prison literature, and victims' accounts that together give the book a chilling immediacy.
According to human rights organizations, Iran has been at the forefront of countries using systematic physical torture in recent years, especially for political prisoners. Is the government's goal to ensure social discipline? To obtain information? Neither seem likely, because torture is kept secret and victims are brutalized until something other than information is obtained: a public confession and ideological recantation. For the victim, whose honor, reputation, and self-respect are destroyed, the act is a form of suicide.
In Iran a subject's voluntary confession reaches a huge audience via television. The accessibility of television and use of videotape have made such confessions a primary propaganda tool, says Abrahamian, and because torture is hidden from the public, the victim's confession appears to be self-motivated, increasing its value to the authorities.
Abrahamian compares Iran's public recantations to campaigns in Maoist China, Stalinist Russia, and the religious inquisitions of early modern Europe, citing the eerie resemblance in format, language, and imagery. Designed to win the hearts and minds of the masses, such public confessions--now enhanced by technology--continue as a means to legitimize those in power and to demonize the enemy.
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Ervand Abrahamian is Professor of History at Baruch College, City University of New York. His publications include Khomeinism: Essays on the Islamic Republic (California, 1993).
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Women Worlds Apart
Life and death. Being and nothingness. Sublime and ridiculous. ... It's tough finding words to convey the contrast between two gatherings that took place March 23-25 in Washington, D.C.
Women Affirming Life, Inc. (WALI) and the NCCB Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities co-sponsored a conference entitled "The Feminine Genius and the Culture of Life," in celebration of WALI's tenth anniversary.
Across town (but measured by its ethos, light years away) the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) held its annual conference of clinic owners/activists.
The WALI Conference featured Catholic women from virtually every walk of life who are making a difference in their communities, professions, even countries, as advocates and exemplars of Catholic pro-life, pro-family feminism. And that's no oxymoron! Two days of inspirational and information-packed talks and "networking" culminated in Eucharistic Celebration at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, presided over by His Eminence, Cardinal Bernard Law. Fittingly, the occasion marked the Solemnity of the Annunciation, celebrating Mary's "yes" to God and to new life.
The PPFA conference began with congressional lobbying and continued with strategizing on how to distract the public's attention from the violent, ugly and painful truth about abortion. PPFA's conference culminated with a banquet celebrating the "right" of women to say "NO!" to God and new life. "Maggies"-- and doesn't the name lend a charming Irish air to Margaret Sanger?--were awarded to folks in the media, entertainment and politics who've been especially helpful in promoting the "right" to terminate the lives of children by abortion. Among Maggie recipients were "Cider House Rules," Teen People magazine, the "Vagina Monologues," and TV shows "West Wing" and "3rd Rock from the Sun."
John Irving, author and screenplay-adaptor of "Cider House Rules," returned the compliment at the Oscars on March 26 by proclaiming that Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) were the "real heroes of the evening." The highest honor of the PPFA gala, the Margaret Sanger 2000 Award, went to Nafis Sadik, population control advocate and executive director of the United Nations Population Fund. It was Sadik who urged the 1994 U.N. Population Conference in Cairo to press for expansion of population control "policies" and abortion worldwide.


A person was fatally shot in the 3800 block of Cooper Square Court, near 38th and Sherman.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — IMPD is at the scene of a fatal shooting tonight on the northeast side, reports Fox59.
At around 7:30 p.m., authorities were dispatched to the 3800 block of Cooper Square Ct., near 38th and Sherman, on the report of a person shot.
Police confirm that a victim has died as a result of the shooting.
This story originally posted at Fox59.com.


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Paul Hill
Paul Hill, a retired Railroad Clerk for the Union Pacific Railroad and resident of Archer City, Texas, originally from Caldwell, KS passed away on Friday, September 10, 2021 at the age of 84.
Paul is survived by his wife of 63 years, Carroll Hill, three sons, Greg Hill, Caldwell, KS, Travis Hill & wife Joyce of Archer City, TX, and Jason Hill, Phoenix, AZ, grandchildren, Kasha Hill Moody & husband Josh, Weatherford, TX, Latigo Hill & wife Taylor, Wichita Falls, TX. Five great grandchildren, Shaelyn, Laiken, Lainey, Blakeley & Brooks Moody, Weatherford, TX. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Robert & Ester Hill, sister, Glenda Davis, brothers Merle Hill and John Hill.
Paul was born August 15, 1937 in Mountain View, Oklahoma to Robert & Ester Hill. His parents moved to Hobart, Oklahoma when Paul was 3 years old. His dad owned and operated the local Texaco Gas Station in Hobart and Paul helped out at the station throughout his youth. He graduated from Hobart High School in 1955. Paul married Carroll Laverne Geist on January 5, 1958 and they made their home in Wellington, Kansas for 3 years, then settled in Caldwell, KS where they lived for 28 years and raised their family. Paul was transferred by Union Pacific to Missouri in 1989 where they lived for 10 years. Paul retired from the railroad in 1999 and moved to Archer City, Texas, where they have lived for the last 22 years.
Paul was a devoted husband and father and loved his family, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who fondly referred to him as "Grampy" or "Grumpy" on occasion. He always had a piece of candy or a coin in his pocket ready for his kids. Paul enjoyed breaking colts, building trailers at the Bullmobile factory in Caldwell, working on cars with his best friend Bud Orton in Corbin and square dancing with Carroll. He also enjoyed taking his family on vacations to Colorado and to the Salt Plains of Oklahoma where they would camp out in their stock trailer. In his retirement years, Paul enjoyed breakfast daily at the local café with his group of friends and spending time with his grand kids and great grand kids. Paul was an avid sports fan and loved all sports, he loved to take the grands to Cardinals games when they visited in Missouri. He also loved to watch his grands playing sports in school and his great grands playing softball. He was a man of few words, but made them count. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and all who knew him.
Following cremation, private family graveside will be held at Corzine Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society and sent in care of the mortuary.


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Climate-Related Gradients On Vegetation Diversity Of The Altai-Sayan Orobiome (Southern Siberia)
Maxim V. Bocharnikov
An analysis of the spatial organization of vegetation cover has been carried out for the Altai-Sayan orobiome in connection with climatic conditions in the Southern Siberian mountains based on original relevés of plant communities at the 4 altitudinal spectra. Basic bioclimatic parameters on the altitudinal spectra of vegetation have been determined according to latitudinal and longitudinal differentiation of climate. Correlation and discriminate analyses allowed to identify the regional features of altitudinal gradients in species diversity of the spectra as well as the role of parameters in the structure of typological diversity of vegetation for belts of high-mountain tundra, alpine and subalpine meadows and sparse forests, dark coniferous mountain taiga forests, chern-taiga forests, small leave – light coniferous subtaiga forests, forest-steppe. A compiled bioclimatic scheme characterizes the spatial organization of orobiome's vegetation by basic bioclimatic parameters on the regional level (continentality index, average temperature of January). This scheme shows regional features of the diversity of vegetation in Southern Siberia, in adjacent plain and mountain regions according to climatic conditions. Identified patterns determine unity of the Altai-Sayan orobiome as well as regional differentiation that reflected on the development of types of vegetation zonality. They can be used to analysis of vegetation forming in different mountain systems.
ecosystem, biodiversity, bioclimate, altitudinal zonality, mountain territories, ordination
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Michael B. Coleman is a partner in Ice Miller's Public Affairs and Government Law Group, and he also participates in the Internet of Things and Real Estate Development Groups. Michael is the Firm's Director of Business and Government Strategies. He draws upon his experience as Mayor and Chief Executive Officer for the City of Columbus to guide clients through the challenges and opportunities of creating partnerships between business and government, and he represents real estate development firms with respect to real estate development in Central Ohio.
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In the realm of education, we often forget to discuss the roots of education for all youth: their teachers.
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Gurudwara Ramsar Sahib – Amritsar
Among the other famous historical shrines located in the city of Amritsar is the Ramsar Gurudwara situated on the bank of the pool of the same name. Located north-east from the Golden Temple, this place is, where Guru Arjun Dev for a year or more went into seclusion along with his scribe, the great savant Bhai Gurdas to compile the holy Adi Granth. The sacred volume was completed in 1604 and installed with due honor and ceremonies in the Harmandir Sahib In this holy book, Guru Arjun Dev collected the hymns of first four Gurus, namely Guru Nanak, Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, Guru Ram Das and adding his own compositions as well as selections from the writings of the Hindu and Muslim mystic saints.
The selection for the holy scripture was based on the principle of the unity of God and the brotherhood of mankind. In this unique holy book is preserved the purity ('f the scriptures, embodying, the philosophy of the Gurus for the perpetual guidance of the Sikhism and other faiths.
This holy Adi Granth was arranged according to the musical measures or notes in which they were intended to be sung. The holy book was given the status of the Guru by Guru Gobind Singh. Just before he left for his abode in heaven on October 7, 1708, in his wisdom he proclaimed, "Accept Guru Granth Sahib as the visible image of the Guru. Those whose hearts are pure can find the truth in the shabad". This was the last injunction to the Sikhs of the Tenth Guru. He put an end to apostolic succession and enjoined upon the Sikhs to look upon the Granth Sahib as their only Guru in future. There lies the importance of the place where this sacred volume was compiled by Guru Arjun Dev. Gurudwara Ramsar is held in great reverence by the Sikhs.
Gurudwara Ramsar stands on the bank of the Ramsar sarovar, near Chativind Gate, on the southeastern side of the walled city. After the completion of the Harimandar, Guru Arjan undertook the compilation of Adi Granth, the Holy Book, now revered as Guru Granth Sahib. For this task, he chose a se-cluded site. The spot selected was then a shady nook, one km away from the bustle of the town. To make the surroundings more agreeable, he had a tank dug which was named Ramsar after Guru Ram Das. Here, Guru Arjan composed his famous Sukhmani, the Psalm of Peace, and with Bhai Gurdas as his scribe compiled the Adi Granth during 1603-04. The present Gurdwara Ramsar, a small marble-lined hall topped by a gilded, fluted lotus dome built in 1855, marks the site of the Guru's labours.
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Iran Marks Anniversary Of U.S. Embassy Seizure On Eve Of Renewed Sanctions
A woman walks by a mural on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran in August 2018.
Iran held annual celebrations marking the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran during the 1979 Islamic Revolution, hours before the reimposition of sanctions by Washington on Iran's key oil sector.
Thousands of people gathered on November 4 at the compound that once housed the U.S. mission for a government-organized rally broadcast live on state television.
The participants burned the U.S. flag and pictures of U.S. President Donald Trump, and chanted slogans such as "Death to America."
Iran is already in the grip of an economic crisis and has seen sporadic protests in recent months, but Iranian officials insisted that the country will resist and defeat the return of American sanctions.
Similar events were being staged across the country as well, Iranian state television reported.
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militant students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage for 444 days after Washington refused to hand over Iran's toppled shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, for trial in Iran. The two countries have had no diplomatic relations since then.
This year's celebrations come before penalties targeting Iran's energy, shipbuilding, shipping, and financial sectors are due to come into effect on November 5 following Trump's decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
Washington in August started reimposing sanctions on the Iranian economy that were lifted under the deal in exchange for curbs on Tehran's nuclear program.
The moves are part of a broader U.S. economic campaign to pressure Iran over what Trump's administration describes as its "malign conduct" such as nuclear and missile development and support for militant groups in the Middle East. Iran denies that.
Temporary Waivers
Washington has said the restrictions aim to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero, but it granted temporary waivers to eight countries to continue imports of Iranian crude.
In an interview with Fox News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to reveal which countries received waivers, but he said the eight unidentified nations "need a little bit more time to get to zero."
Pompeo did not rule out the Trump administration extending the waivers beyond six months.
Bloomberg reported that the eight countries include China and India, the biggest buyers of Iran's oil, as well as Japan and South Korea, key U.S. allies in Asia. Turkey will also be permitted to continue buying Iranian oil, but the softening doesn't extend to Europe.
"These sanctions have already had an enormous impact," the state secretary said, adding that Trump's policy of "maximum pressure will be fully in place as of tomorrow."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 3 praised Trump for reimposing the sanctions, calling it an "historic move."
"For years I've been calling for sanctions to be fully reimposed against Iran's murderous terrorist regime, which threatens the entire world," Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office.
Both the United States and Israel are foes of the government in Tehran.
In a speech at the Tehran rally on November 4, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, vowed that Iran "can overcome this economic war and failure of the sanctions project is imminent."
On November 3, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei portrayed the sanctions as part of a long tradition of American hostility toward Iran, which he said had prevailed as "the winner."
Earlier, President Hassan Rohani warned Iranians that they may face more difficulties after the United States reimposes the sanctions.
"The situation was hard for people in the recent months, and it may be hard in the next several months, too," Rohani said during a televised cabinet meeting on October 31, according to state television.
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Earth vs. the Spider (1958) review
EARTH VS. THE SPIDER 1958 aka THE SPIDER
Ed Kemmer (Kingman), June Kemmy (Carol Flynn), Gene Persson (Mike Simpson)
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
"Oh, Carol, not today. My dad just got in a new picture and I haven't even seen it yet... something about puppet people. It sounds pretty wild."--the teenage protagonist looks forward to a Bert I. Gordon movie at the local bijou.
The Short Version: It's still a 'B' picture, but Bert I. Gordon's tale of a small town arach-attack by a jumbo spider living inside a local cavern is some of the B.I.G. man's best work. The title is a bit of a cheat -- unless the name of the town is Earth since that's the only locale and its inhabitants our creepy web-spinner does battle with. The effects are predominantly what you'd expect, but for its microscopic budget, you get far more action and thrills than what crawled across the screen in Jack Arnold's more expensive TARANTULA (1955). Some mild gore, genuine suspense and a creepy theremin tinged score enhance this potent SciFi-horror potboiler.
While looking for a missing person, two teenagers unwittingly discover a gigantic spider living inside a nearby cavern. The outsized arachnid is eventually subdued by a powerful dose of pesticide. Believing the eight-legged monstrosity to be dead, it's taken back to town and put on display in the River Falls school auditorium. During a band practice, the spider is awakened and goes on a rampage of the town before heading back to its dank, dark home. The sheriff and a few others decide to blow up the entrance to prevent it from getting out again. After the dynamite is set off, they learn that two teens are trapped inside the cave with the monster spider.
Bert I. Gordon, for better or worse, is a legend in the Science Fiction film genre. He's often pigeon-holed as a hack director with a resume full of bad movies. While there's no denying the multitude of his repertoire proudly wore its 'B' movie badge with reverence, there's also no refuting that Gordon was frequently a one-man-show behind the scenes. Often writing, producing, directing, and even performing (the almost always poorly achieved) special effects duties, the man obviously loved his craft even if the finished result was less than stellar.
Amidst Gordon's films of creatures great and small, EARTH VS. THE SPIDER (1958) ranks among the best. And in the best 'B' movie fashion, the picture gets right to the action from the start. Astonishingly, the first 30 minutes builds, and maintains a considerable amount of suspense. New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns provide a spooky backdrop for the action; not to mention at least half the running time takes place there. However, it's questionable just how much, if any of the actual film was shot in those caverns since the bulk of this footage appears matted into frame with actors behind what appears to be photos, or postcards of the caverns superimposed onto the image. Remember those photos of buildings the giant grasshoppers were climbing all over in Gordon's BEGINNING OF THE END (1957)?
Mr. B.I.G.'s stock in trade were his trademark optical effects that, more often than not, failed to believably showcase creatures of enormous size; especially noticeable when settings and actors are matted into the frame. If it wasn't bad matte superimposure, it was patches of transparency dotted along various spots on the monsters body.
It was what his pictures were infamous for, and his giant spider invasion movie is a typically mixed bag. One of the worst shots in the film involves the police subduing the beast with massive doses of DDT. Both the actors and live-action spider are composited into the screen, but the matte lines never connect the DDT death spray with its target (see insert pic). As the scene plays out, it looks like the spider simply rolls over onto its back, curls up and goes to sleep as opposed to receiving a lethal dose of pesticide. Aside from that, the one major problem with the opticals involves the scale of the spider. It's as big as a house at times, and at others it's the size of a truck.
Jack Arnold's bigger budgeted, fondly remembered TARANTULA (1955) utilized similar effects to greater success; although the spider seen there always appeared onscreen as a silhouette even in daytime scenes. The shots of Gordon's spider only occasionally appear this way. The assault on the town (Arnold's giant tarantula never made it to the highly populated destination of the films finale) is well done and easily the most accomplished FX of the entire picture. The destruction is minimal and confined to the beast destroying a house (a replication of a similar scene in TARANTULA). We do get a rather grim tracking shot showing the aftermath of suburban destruction resulting in mangled cars, homes and strewn corpses. The shot ends on the sight of a crying, seemingly bloodied little boy left alone in the street.
The giant spider is mostly visualized as a real arachnid macro-enlarged to appear massive. On a few occasions, a feeble live-action spider leg (apparently a minor contribution from monster maker Paul Blaisdell) is used in close ups and seen briefly during the siege on the house where a woman and child are trapped. Again, this is another instance of grossly misjudged scale of the title monster.
The performances are standard 'B' movie fare; not bad, but not great. Unlike Gordon's THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (1957), there's no stand out performance from anyone in the cast; and you don't expect one in films like this. The spider arguably turns in the best performance; and we get to see quite a lot of it. The filmmakers even give the beast its own roar, or screech, or whatever you'd call it. It's an eerie sound effect and, along with Albert Glasser's theremin thick score, suits the scenario perfectly.
Another aspect of Gordon's movie that adds to its SciFi fun factor are the in-jokes to two other Gordon pictures in release at that time. The local theater is showing ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE (1957) while advertisements out front, and lobby cards list THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (1957) as coming soon. What makes this sequence humorous is when the protagonists girlfriend calls him to take her to look for the jewelry she lost at the cave, the boyfriend would prefer to sit in on the PUPPET PEOPLE showing!
When you put these teens vs. monster movies in perspective (and there were a lot of them in the 1950s), they're essentially the slasher movies of their era -- modified though they may be, they operate on much the same level. One of that sub-genres staples is an unstoppable killer. In the case of Gordon's spider movie, the creature is "killed" on more than one occasion, but proves to still be alive. It's smothered in large quantities of DDT, crushed in a massive cave-in, and finally -- third time is the charm here -- electrocuted in spectacular fashion.
In the early 2000s, a handful of AIP cheapies received remakes via the Cinemax cable channel. EARTH VS. THE SPIDER was among these. The 2001 remake was, like the others, an in name only affair and had little to recommend it.
Despite the obvious fakery of Gordon's (modestly) special effects, these scenes are still exciting and mildly creepy for such an antiquated production. The shots of shriveled spider corpses are among some mild gore shots (like a splatterly opening moment) that are effectively rendered. The sustained suspense of the first half, the assault on the town, and the creative finale all add up to a tightly woven web of low budget thrills that never overstays its welcome at just under 73 minutes.
This review is representative of the Lionsgate DVD paired with WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST (1958).
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Cartoon Network, the channel house to hits choose Stephen Universe and Powerpuff Girls, debuted Clarence in 2014. The present followed 10-year-old Clarence and also his two friends, Jeff and also Sumo, on their everyday adventures in the fictional town of Aberdale.
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After 4 years and three periods on-air, Cartoon Network revealed it wouldn't be renewing the title because that a fourth season. The final episode of Clarence aired in June 2018.
"I simply wanted to attend to some questions around Clarence. Sadly the 3rd season will certainly be the last; we were no renewed past Season 3," head the story and also voice the Clarence Spencer Rothbell created on his blog in 2017.
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Emily Partridge, one artist who worked on the channel's show Adventure Time, tweeted a subject in July 2014 claiming he had attacked her. When she walk not get in specifics in her thread, the had already leaked that Skyler to be "known come grope females without your consent."
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Reflecting on De La Torre - The Sky Isn't Falling - For the Industry. By the Industry.
The fear generated from this decision stems from the fact that the California Financing Law ("CFL") expressly provides that for loans with a bona fide principal amount of $2,500 or more, the rate of finance charges must be accurate and must not exceed that disclosed in the consumer loan contract or note. Cal. Fin. Code § 22332. The CFL also provides that if a court, as a matter of law, finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, the court may refuse to enforce the contract, or it may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or it may so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result. The CFL does this by specifically incorporating into its provisions another California law that bans unconscionable contracts. Cal. Fin. Code § 22302; Cal Civ. Code § 1670.5(a).
The plaintiffs in the litigation obtained CashCall loans of $2,600 with an annual percentage rate of 96% to 135%. They then sued CashCall claiming solely that the loans they obtained were unconscionable. They did not claim that CashCall's advertising was deceptive. They do not claim that CashCall failed to disclose accurately the terms of the loan as required by federal law. The sole claim in the lawsuit was that the loans were unlawful because they were unconscionable.
The litigation proceeded in federal court until it reached the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit posed the question of whether a loan that was originated under a statute that allowed the parties to contract for any rate of interest could nevertheless be unconscionable. This question has never been answered by the highest court in California, so certification of this question by the federal appellate court to the state high court made sense.
And so, "yes" as the answer has raised many questions for lenders and investors in the subprime lending space. And although the fear is real, the reality is that not much has changed.
So, although the court answered "yes" to the question presented – "Can the interest rate on consumer loans of $2,500 or more render the loans unconscionable under section 22302 of the Financial Code?," the court did not conclude that the interest rate, standing alone, is enough to render such loans unconscionable. The court did not establish a bright line rule, nor did it say that interest rate on its own would make a loan unconscionable.
How does De La Torre impact non-CFL lenders? The CFL specifically does not apply to banks, although banks are also exempt from the restrictions on interest rates that are found in the California Constitution. This is important because under federal law, state-chartered banks and national banks are permitted to export the interest rate permitted to them by their home state, but such exportation authority must include the provisions of state law relating to that class of loans that are material to the determination of the permitted interest. For example, a national bank may lawfully charge the highest rate permitted to be charged by a state-licensed small loan company, without being so licensed, but subject to state law limitations on the size of loans made by small loan companies. However, as noted above and as incorporated into the CFL, California has a stand-alone unconscionability statute that does apply to California banks, whether they are chartered by California or the federal government. This is not a new proposition; the California Supreme Court, the same court that decided the De la Torre case, concluded as such in 1985 in Perdue v. Crocker National Bank. In that case – which determined that NSF fees imposed by a national bank chartered in California could be subjected to an unconscionability analysis on price, even where California law did not limit the fee charged – the court noted that although it is unlikely that a court would find a price set by a freely competitive market to be unconscionable, "the market set by an oligopoly should not be immune from scrutiny." The court concluded that Crocker National Bank structured a totally one-sided transaction, and that "(t)he absence of equality of bargaining power, open negotiation, full disclosure, and a contract which fairly sets out the rights and duties of each party demonstrates that the transaction lacks those checks and balances which would inhibit the charging of unconscionable fees." The court made this determination by examining the context of the transaction, not just the price – a path forward like that suggested by the De La Torre court.
Performing a formal market analysis to consider the "context" of a lender's California operations, considering cost of capital and operating costs, historical default rates, other variable for California operations, and the rates offered by competitors.
And if you are hit with an unconscionability lawsuit despite your best efforts? It is unlikely that such lawsuit would decimate a lender or an investor's portfolio. As an initial matter, the unconscionability determination is highly fact-specific. This alone makes such disputes unlikely to be amendable to class action treatment. Secondarily, the statute that permits the unconscionability lawsuit has limited remedies. Importantly, private individuals who sue cannot obtain damages or attorney's fees. As the De La Torre court notes, "(t)he relative paucity of remedies under the UCL should serve to limit pure attorney-driven lawsuits (since no attorney fees may be recovered) as well as blackmail settlements (since no money recovery beyond restitution is possible)." With such financial disincentives, and with adherence to both the letter and spirit of the law to ensure fair treatment of consumers, the De La Torre case should not significantly hamper the operations of California lenders. Nevertheless, this decision is a good reminder that all lenders should review their lending policies and loan agreements for possible deficiencies and to ensure their lending practices are within market standards.
Catherine Brennan is a partner in Hudson Cook LLP's Maryland office. Cathy primarily assists investors in the consumer financial services and alternative business funding sectors. She engages in credit due diligence on behalf of investors in Fintech firms, bank partnership platforms, small business lenders, merchant cash advance companies, consumer finance companies, title loan companies and payday lenders. Contact Cathy at cbrennan@hudco.com.
Hurshell Brown is a partner in Hudson Cook, LLP's Texas office. Hurshell has extensive experience in providing regulatory guidance for both storefront and online lending operations, including experience in online loan originations, online commerce, electronic payments and collections. He also assists clients with state and federal supervisory exams with regulators, including the CFPB, and he works with clients to develop and maintain effective compliance management systems. Contact Hurshell at hbrown@hudco.com.
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Port Jervis man admits robbing man at gunpoint, locking him in trunk
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Justin White, 30, entered his plea on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, before Orange County Court Judge Craig Stephen Brown. White admitted to felony robbery in connection with an August 2018 armed robbery of a 67-year-old Port Jervis man. In court, White also admitted locking the man in a car trunk after the robbery, Hoovler said.
White also has pleaded guilty to raping an underage girl in an unrelated case that was discovered during the robbery investigation, and he faces a total of 17 years in prison and 20 years of post-release supervision when he is sentenced for both crimes on March...5, the prosecutor said.
On Aug. 3, 2018, in the vicinity of New Jersey Avenue in Port Jervis, White and Tranelle Drake, 31, of Port Jervis, confronted the 67-year-old man and displayed what appeared to be a pistol, authorities said. They then struck the victim in the face with the weapon, stole his wallet, car keys and cellphone, and then locked him in the trunk of his car, according to a press release from Hoovler's office.
Orange County sheriff's deputies stopped the car in the village of Walden, and White and Drake were arrested. An Orange County grand jury later indicted both men for crimes including robbery and kidnapping.
During the course of their investigation of the robbery and kidnapping, police learned that White had raped a girl who was less than 15 years old, according to Hoovler's office.
White was indicted for rape by an Orange County grand jury on Sept. 17, 2019, and has pleaded guilty to felony rape, admitting he had sex with the minor between July 1 and Aug. 3, 2018, in Port Jervis, the press release states.
On Oct. 24, 2019, Drake pleaded guilty to felony robbery, admitting that he robbed the 67-year-old man with what appeared to be a firearm.
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This same group of volunteers will continue the process throughout the summer. Thanks to all of them and thanks to the photographers!
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This is an idea about brevity, so let me be brief.
StockScan is Safal Niveshak's latest initiative where I will write and share to-the-point, one-page reports on listed Indian companies on a regular basis.
One big reason I never carried on far with my earlier such initiatives was that my business analyses were often construed as stock recommendations, and I found a lot of people acting on the same (and, of course, losing money). In fact, some curse me even now for a few old reports, despite my several warnings that what I wrote was purely entertaining business analysis and not serious stock recommendations.
Anyways, as I have also realized in hindsight, another reason I could not continue with these initiatives for long was that I often found the idea of writing long reports as cumbersome, after having done that for a few years in my job.
So, here comes StockScan, which is inspired by this report that Warren Buffett wrote in 1951 – The Security I Like Best. It was brief, to the point, and thus powerful and interesting.
So, here's the first StockScan report on V-Mart Retail, a business that I had first written about in the March 2016 special report for subscribers of our Value Investing Almanack newsletter.
Click here, if you cannot read or download the report above.
My experience suggests that trying to find out a lot of extra information about a business beyond what is mentioned above has the risk of leading you to just one thing – illusion of control, because you think you know a lot.
So, this is my effort to get myself over that illusion by eliminating the extras and focusing on just the most important things.
And as always, please don't believe what I say or write here. You may regret later.
Statutory Warning: This is NOT an investment advice to buy or sell shares. Make your own decision. I do not own the stock, but my analysis may be biased, and wrong. I, Vishal Khandelwal, am a registered Research Analyst as per SEBI (Research Analyst) Regulations, 2014 (Registration No. INH000000578).
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Superb, crisp analysis Vishal. Thank you for bringing this up. Look forward to many more such posts. You are doing a great job. Cheers!
Glad to know that, Anand. Thanks!
Thanks Priya. Sure, please send your analysis. Regards.
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Please have some posts on reading on P&L, B/S and CF and their relationships.
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What the hell is the Irish Backstop?
That is what my partner asked me the other week. A good question.
Well from the EU's point of view it makes absolute perfect sense. Not only does the EU want to honour the Good Friday Agreement and not return to a hard border. But also it is next to impossible to police the three hundred mile border between Northern Ireland and the Republic and the three hundred major and minor crossing points. Yes that is three hundred compared to the 137 crossing points between the EU and every other countries. On the other hand if the border was down the Irish sea which is the natural geographical place for it to be, it would simply mean customs checks on the Belfast to Liverpool ferry and in a few airports, things that would have to be done there anyway. Even though this proposal makes complete, common sense, the EU has said if the UK finds another (say technical solution or another customs arrangement) then fine, but if not the backstop must apply. Nowhere has the EU tied the UK into a permanent customs union. It can leave at any point as long as either the backstop or another solution is found.
So why are the hardline Brexiteers in the Conservative Party and UKIP so upset about the backstop? After all, there is nothing in the backstop to threaten the union. If the UK diverges from EU rules and regulations (which it probably won't that much) then what is so bad about Northern Ireland having slightly different rules. It already diverges from the rest of the UK in a lot of respects.
The Northern Ireland common law has roots in Irish common law. They had a separate parliament from 1921, which legislated on such things as prohibiting the tricolour and not applying the same abortion laws. During the troubles the judicial system was different, with non-jury trials etc, with lower burden of proof and an electoral system based on proportional representation. They have completely different parties and the Anglo-Irish agreement gave the Irish Republic joint administration (and to a great extent defacto joint sovereignty). The Good Friday Agreement underpinned the different nature and the Northern Ireland Assembly has special requirements for agreement between both communities and there is a North/South ministerial council – nothing like the other devolved assemblies. Symbolically the Northern Ireland assembly members sign themselves in a book rather than make an oath of allegiance to the Queen.
Northern Ireland has always had different rules and regulations and would in fact benefit from remaining in close regulatory alignment with the Republic. I imagine many UK companies would decide to relocate to take advantage of this fact.
What a load of nonsense the whole thing is. Why don't they just accept the backstop? How is a few checks on cattle in Liverpool and Belfast such a problem? Nowhere does the EU threaten the "precious union". There are far more serious threats to the UK – from Brexit itself, Scotland, the higher Catholic birthrate and not forgetting Wales where the the momentum for independence is on the rise. They claim to be against a hard border and they think there will be a technological solution therefore the backstop wouldn't be invoked. So why not accept a backstop that by their own logic wouldn't be invoked. Unless they don't really believe in a technological solution and they do envisage a hard border.
The temptation is to dismiss the hard Brexiteer mentality as just a nutty, incoherent, off-the-wall, narcissistic, nationalistic British Unionism in overdrive. But that doesn't explain everything. There's not much evidence that Jacob Rees Mogg and Boris Johnson etc have much affinity with Northern Ireland and I doubt if they have ever been there. They made little effort in Scotland or Wales in the various devolution debates nor have they tried to keep the "precious union" together since the referendum result. Their general attitude is f**k [Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales]. It might be all an excuse in order to crash out on WTO terms but I think there is another plausible explanation.
In the Lancaster speech Teresa May said "It is time for Britain to become a global trading nation, striking trade agreements around the world. Through the Common Commercial Policy and the common external tariff, full Customs Union membership prevents us from doing this – but we do want to have a customs agreement with the EU and have an open mind on how we achieve this end." Decoded this is saying "We want to be in the Customs Union but at the same time we don't want to be in the Customs Union, so we don't know what to do, so we'll decide in the future. Let's kick the can down the road again."
I'm convinced that the Irish backstop is just a smoke screen to hide the infighting within the Conservative Party between those that want a softer Norway-style Brexit staying within the Customs Union and those that want a harder Canada-style Brexit outside of it. Teresa May is in fact keeping the UK in the Customs Union to appease one section of the party and appeasing the other section by saying that this will only be during the transition period. Ie kick the can down the road, sort it out later and blame the EU and Irish government in the meantime. As Tony Blair said, it would have been better to decide what type of Brexit they actually wanted before they invoked Article 50, even more so before March 29th when we are due to leave.
Hardly a startling revelation but it does have some implications. The first is that if Teresa May for some reason manages to get her deal through parliament, it doesn't really resolve anything. One section of the Conservatives will try and stay within the Customs Union and the other section will try and leave at the end of the transition period. The other implication is that the policy of the softer Brexiteers in the Conservative Party are not that dissimilar to the Labour Party's permanent Customs Union proposal and there is some chance of a cross party solution along those lines. But is that solution what people want? I don't think anybody knows anymore.
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