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After deportation, a murder in central Mexico: The case of Juan Coronilla-Guerrero
By Andy Hoover and Matt Stroud, ACLU of Pennsylvania
Juan Coronilla-Guerrero's wife told a federal judge that he could be killed if he was deported back to central Mexico. The judge decided to deport him anyway — and Coronilla-Guerrero was killed. Photo via the American-Statesman.
For a decade, irresponsible public officials and other public figures have used xenophobic rhetoric to fuel a hateful anti-immigrant movement. Some — among them, former Hazleton mayor and now Congressman Lou Barletta and former DOJ bureaucrat and now Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach — have gained power by using fear of immigrants as a launching pad for their ambitions, even while their most extreme ideas continuously lose in court. That xenophobia charged our current president's run to the White House, and its inevitable conclusion is now being seen around the country, as ICE and Border Patrol agents harass, intimidate, and arrest people wherever and whenever they can find them.
Advocates for immigrants' rights have a fairer, more compassionate vision of America — as a place where people can seek refuge from extreme poverty, extreme violence, and political persecution.
On Tuesday, the Austin American-Statesman reported about the case of Juan Coronilla-Guerrero.
Coronilla-Guerrero was arrested by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 3 when he showed up for a routine court appearance to address misdemeanor charges in Travis County, Texas. That he was picked up in a so-called "sensitive location" highlights how aggressive immigration enforcement has become.
In a federal hearing that followed Coronilla-Guerrero's arrest, his wife described the gangland environment that she and her husband escaped when they left central Mexico for Austin. She warned a judge that her husband would likely be murdered if he were deported.
The judge wasn't moved; Coronilla-Guerrero was sent back to his home country. His wife's warning soon proved prescient: Three months after he arrived in Mexico, Coronilla-Guerrero's body was discovered on a roadside near where he lived with his wife's family.
As immigration enforcement gets more and more aggressive, we hear stories like this — of immigrants who are essentially refugees, begging to stay in the United States, and being arrested and/or deported regardless. NPR reported Wednesday about the parents of a two-month-old being arrested by Border Patrol agents while their child underwent a serious operation. In Pennsylvania, we hear frequent stories of immigration raids, ramped-up enforcement. When Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas's Gulf Coast, a worry among undocumented immigrants was whether or not they could go to shelters without being arrested and deported.
Under Trump, Mexicans are "rapists" and we must build a "big, beautiful wall" to keep them out. Under Trump, the problem of immigration is not how to assimilate "your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," but rather to lend a bullhorn to the "voices of immigration crime."
But as that fearful, xenophobic philosophy spreads throughout federal law enforcement agencies — and as immigration-related arrests spike to record levels — the aggression of the fierce anti-immigrant movement championed by Trump, Barletta, Kobach, and their ilk creates new heartbreaking stories, new martyrs. Coronilla-Guerrero's death shows the dangers of deportation itself. It highlights that claims that the United States is overrun by violent immigrants is a fallacy, a claim unsupported by data.
One wonders how those sympathetic to Coronilla-Guerrero will respond.
A fascinating investigative report from USA Today delved into The Wall, and whether it's realistic. Of course it's not, but the details of its impossibility are fascinating. Photo via USA Today.
USA Today: "The Wall"
"'Build the Wall.' Three words energized a campaign. But could it be done? What would it cost? What would it accomplish? Our search for answers became this, a landmark new report, 'The Wall.' The task was massive. We flew the entire border, drove it too. More than 30 reporters and photographers interviewed migrants, farmers, families, tribal members — even a human smuggler. We joined Border Patrol agents on the ground, in a tunnel, at sea. We patrolled with vigilantes, walked the line with ranchers. We scoured government maps, fought for property records. In this report, you can watch aerial video of every foot of the border, explore every piece of fence, even stand at the border in virtual reality. Still, breakthrough technology would mean nothing if it didn't help us better understand the issues — and one another."
Philadelphia Weekly, City&State: "Uncovering Philly law enforcement's secret bank accounts"
"The records depict a slush fund for DA and police spending that runs the gamut from the mundane to the downright bizarre, all enabled by laws that empower police to seize property from individuals sometimes merely suspected of criminal activity. In one instance, the forfeiture 'bank' helped top off the salary of a former DA staffer who once served as campaign manager to now-jailed District Attorney Seth Williams. (The office maintains these expenses were appropriate and eventually reimbursed.) Other forfeiture dollars paid for at least one contract that appears to have violated city ethics guidelines — construction work awarded to a company linked to one of the DA's own staff detectives. (The DAO said it is now conducting an 'internal investigation' into these payments.) With little concern for public scrutiny, the clandestine revenue stream also paid for much more: $30,000 worth of submachine guns (equipped with military-grade laser sights valued at $15,000) for police tactical units; a $16,000 website development contract; custom uniform embroidery; a $76 parking ticket; $1,000 in raccoon-removal services; a push lawn mower; a pair of outboard motors; and tens of thousands in mysterious cash withdrawals — along with thousands of other expenses."
Chris Atherton
Notes from a broken United Kingdom: Your country is next
Dysfunctional Relations
Housing the topic for next installment of Seminars at Steamboat
Melissa Ryan
CtrlAltRightDelete
The Kenosha Shooter. What You Need To Know.
Gregor Flock
The Ukraine-Russia-USA Conflict, Part 4: The "But Zelenskiy is Jewish" Jason Stanley Propaganda…
Hope and AOC
Barry Friedman
Friedman of the Plains
Chris minus Shep
Joshua Gane
What Snipping Trump's Twitter Means for MAGA
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Dark Comedy Freddy Macdonald 6 minutes
Sew Torn
A tale of a seamstress, her thread, and a deal gone bad.
Dark Comedy about Crime in Live-Action
Directed By Freddy Macdonald
Produced By Macdonald Entertainment Partners & Fox Searchlight
If you ever wondered if a film can be both twee and bad ass, wonder no further. The answer is a resounding "yes" and it comes in the form of Freddy Macdonald's Sew Torn.
A bizarre, yet compelling amalgamation of tones, Sew Torn is both dark and clever—a fun little ride that continually manages to surprise the viewer across it's quick run-time. It's also a perfect encapsulation of what I love about the short form in general: it engages instantly, keeps the viewer constantly guessing on where it's going, and has a clever, satisfying conclusion. More to the point, it does this all in just six minutes with nary a line of dialogue.
Starting in medias res of what feels like a completely different movie, Sew Torn grabs you from the get-go. The aftermath of an action-packed motorcycle chase. A mysterious briefcase. Two downed opponents. Into the bloody fallout drives a character ripped from the set of a Wes Anderson movie, complete with quirky job (traveling seamstress!) and quirky vehicle (seamstress mobile!). The results of all these ingredients coming together is anything but predictable. But, that's sort of the beauty. You're glued to the screen wondering how it's all going to pay off, and, then, BANG…it does, in glorious Rube Goldberg fashion. It's the kind of short that will leave you smiling in both its conceptual innovation and crafty plot resolution.
It's not a deep experience; I won't argue that. But, it's a damn entertaining one—the perfect chaser after a long binge of festival drama. It's all the more impressive that the film's writer and director is just 19 years old!
Sew Torn was acquired by Fox Searchlight's growing "Searchlight Shorts" program and was even paired with Ready or Not upon its theatrical release. It's still unclear exactly what Searchlight plans to do with their growing selection of shorts (apart from growing there YouTube/social presence), but it's really awesome to see a traditional Hollywood studio invest resources in supporting and showcasing short film.
Be sure to check out other Fox Searchlight distributed shorts at the link below.
Searchlight Shorts on YouTube

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Via a slack I'm on, I only just this morning became aware of the MegaProcessor, a 16-bit microprocessor with LEDs attached to all the gates and transistors, that is then blown up to the size of a room and mounted on walls so you can see it working.
Oh, and it plays Tetris.
Sure, there's probably some other stuff in there, but at a very high level, I think these are the most interesting elements. The last few months I've spent a lot of time playing a few different games that I think basically fall into a new "branch" of the Tetris family tree. One where the main difference is that they've replaced the block-falling gravity with free-form block placement. Turns out, this makes for a bunch of interesting games!
I guess I probably saw Hex FRVR first, back in October, when it hit my "Tetris" google alert, and then shortly thereafter as my Twitter feed exploded with it a bit. I think there were probably just as many people impressed that the mobile web app (the game is fully playable on its website) functioned as well as the mobile app as there were folks commenting on the game itself. Although plenty of folks did comment on how easy it was to get sucked into it. I got pretty hooked, and was still playing it in November when I went to Practice.
1010!, played on a square grid, does that mechanic swap I mentioned, bye-bye gravity, hello touch-and-drag, but there are some other pretty major differences too.
It's played on a ten-by-ten sized game grid, and I'm assuming that's where the name comes from. 1010! also does away with having a single available piece, and showing you the order of the upcoming ones. Instead you have three available pieces, and see nothing further until you play the last of them. In fact, most of the strategy in the game comes from effectively using the three you are given together to clear some of the board before the next three.
So to balance the game toward ending, it throws in blocks of the following (important) sizes: 1×5, and 3×3. Sure, you can lose from the other block sizes if you're not careful, but mainly, it's going to be one of these two that you will inevitably not be able to fit onto the gameboard, thus ending the game.
I think it's this balance (when to throw you "hard" pieces, and what percent of the time to just give you the basics) that makes both 1010! and Hex FRVR good games. They are both tuned to let you play for a bit, but then stump you not that long after. Playing for a while feels like an accomplishment, the classic "high score high". Whether the games give you essentially random pieces, or just the illusion of random pieces, I cannot say, but just as in Tetris, you can easily talk yourself into believing the game is not random. Maybe it's giving you this piece just when it knows it's impossible for you to play it.
It's no secret that a lot of my game ideas are also inspired by Tetris.
The quote, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." evidently goes back quite a bit further than T.S. Elliot. I very much subscribe to the thought that everything is a remix.
Right now I'm working on a port of my first game (playable on this site) to iOS. It'll be called Action Go, and will play like the web counterpart, but look a whole lot better. The entire inspiration for that game was, "What if I removed line-clearing, and replaced it with the capture mechanism from the board game go?" I'm not planning on removing the web version, but the new one adds a lot of stuff, so I hope it'll find a following on iOS and Apple TV when it comes out early 2016.
It's easy to see though, that there are nearly infinite ways you could take just a simple game and swap out one mechanic, (and adding a few more where it makes sense after that) to get a whole new game. Or hell, a whole new genre of games.
If anyone who works on 1010! read this, know that the app is crashing for me on my 6s+ like every 2 minutes. I don't think it was doing this until the recent 9.2 update. Please fix it. I have an addiction to manage.
My impression of actually playing it was basically that there are far more satisfying 3D tetris implementations, unfortunately. It's just plain HARD, and can be really difficult to "line up" the pieces, especially the farther into the cube you're looking. The L3D has a pretty serious problem with reflections off the plexiglass, and that didn't really help with the playability either.
Over at the HackADay blog, they posted yesterday about user Alex's Arduino Tetris on an LED Array. That one was pretty plain looking, (not to diminish Alex's efforts, I'm sure he learned a lot putting the project together!) That post links to a previously posted project (shown above) called Breadboard Tetris, as well as another running on an oscilloscope. But their blog is actually a cornucopia of LED Tetris links! Many more are findable by searching their website, including Tetris wearables, like this LED tie, and a sweet looking arduino bracelet.
If you want to build your own LED Tetris, there is an instructable you can follow, (although comments imply it's incomplete, so maybe you'll have better luck with this other one). Anyway, hardware hacking is getting easier and easier all the time.
Anyway, this of course meant that I could try out Pebblis, a version of Tetris created for the Pebble by Robert Hesse. As widely reported, Pebblis is nothing more than a Tetris clone you can play on your wristwatch, but if you're not looking for anything fancy, it'll definitely scratch that tetromino itch.
Unfortunately, now that the Glass API has been released, it doesn't sound like AR tetris is really possible, at least with this 1st-gen device. (In fact, the AR capabilities will be quite limited, and that rather disappointing aspect of the hardware has not gotten much press, at least that I've seen.) I'm still excited to get my eyes on mine, and I'll be exploring what games appear for it over at Games with Glass, a site I've started with my former co-worker Breon. Not much up over there yet, but then again, there's really not much yet to report on either. I'll be writing more about all this soon, for sure.
I presented the following slides on Action Puzzle Games tonight at the MN Mobile Game Dev Group. I'm not sure the slides are really enough to convey the meaning, but most of this is really just a list of good Action Puzzle Games for iOS, and I said I'd post those, so here they are.
Special thanks to Jesper Juul, from whose amazing article ("Swap Adjacent Gems to Make Sets of Three: A History of Matching Tile Games") I stole the Family Tree of matching tile games.
I saw the movie Ecstacy Of Order: The Tetris Masters tonight, a documentary about the first "Classic Tetris World Championship" held in (I believe) 2010. Like Word Wars (2004, about Scrabble) and King of Kong (2007 about Donkey Kong) before it, we learn something about the lives of specific characters who take part in this tournament of experts, in this case expert game players of the classic (original) version of Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Also like it's spiritual predecessors, the documentary mostly succeeds because of the intriguing nature of those characters.
I can't really recommend this movie highly enough. It far outstripped my expectations, (which admittedly were pretty low), and actually made me want to evangelize the movie, as well as, of course, go home and play some Tetris.
This led me to wonder how many documentaries there have been about Tetris already. I thought I had viewed at least two of them, but some quick googling only comes up with Tetris: From Russia With Love, which was a BBC doc from 2004. It appears you can still watch it online. I particularly liked that one of the commenters on that site called it "a Web Filter Unit test".
The idea of Tetris as a physical board game is not a new idea. (I have a small collection of them.) While visiting Kotaku tonight, I found an intriguing post about two new Tetris board games showcased at the Toy Fair 2011 in New York City.
First I'll mention Tetris Link, a stand-up version of Tetris for up to four players. The gameplay here is not about breaking lines. You get one color, (and presumably all the shapes), and you try and connect up your pieces while preventing your opponents from doing the same. I'm not exactly blown away by the originality here, although I suppose none of the other Tetris board games have been all that ground breaking either, but at least this could have had a hint of strategy in it, if they hadn't introduced a die that you use to determine which piece you get to drop. I mean, sure, I'd buy it just for the die with Tetris shapes on it, but do I want to play a game with that mechanic in it? Not really. Fortunately, I'm sure it won't be too hard to make up some slightly more thought-provoking rules about when you get to drop what pieces.
Tetris Link won't be hitting stores until sometime later this year, and it sounds like it'll be exclusive to B&N before it hits shelves everywhere. I don't know if I'll even remember to look for it at B&N, so it could be quite a while before I get this one. Also, I pilfered the photo above from Tetris Link's facebook page, where it looks like they had some giant Tetris pieces to play with, as illustrated by these Tetris booth babes. (There were a lot more photos like that one on Facebook. Shameless, or fun? You decide.) You can also register to win a copy from the Facebook page (at least for the next day or two).
This is the one I feel is a MUST HAVE (although, lets be honest here, I'm obviously a collector, and I'll be getting them both). The game, which may or may not be called simply "Tetris the Card Game", is apparently getting made by Fundex, the same folks who made five billion versions of Phase 10. Apologies for the bad video still, but I simply wasn't able to find out much of anything about this game! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy, and the video says they're available now!!! Chances are that it'll be in Target (based on the Phase 10 connection) and all over the place, but I'll be damned if I can find it anywhere online tonight. When I get access to some actual product information, I'll have to post it here (as well as at boardgamegeek, which is still unaware this product exists). This is appealing to me for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it looks kind of like a multiplayer puzzle mode for Tetris.
I'm very, very tempted to buy some of these awesome giant Tetris wall stickers for my daughter's bedroom.
The Escapist (though not Yahtzee, unfortunately), wrote a nice long article about Tetris that I have yet to fully absorb/enjoy.
Something not linked by tetris.com, a video trying to raise awareness about takedown notices being issued against videos of "fan-made tetromino games". This makes me wonder if there are any videos floating around out there of Go Tetris. Someday I'll finish Action Go (the mobile version of Go Tetris), and make a promo video. Someday.
Another Kotaku video, this one of Tetris Giant, a $10,000 arcade cabinet made by Sega, with giant control sticks and a few (new to me) Tetris variants using a six-column-wide gameboard. This post is from November 2009, so I'm a bit disappointed we haven't seen Tetris Giant released to consumers on some other platform by now.
Visit the Kotaku post for videos of both of the new board/card games in action.


Hey guys! D here. How's everybody doing? Since launching travelhelix, one of the most common questions we get from family, friends & a few new faces has to be: what's the one thing you guys always have with you when you travel?
Well, the list is growing, and it also depends on where & when we're going. Here's the bottom line: certain products & technologies just make life easier while you're traveling. Trust us: we've traveled the right way, and we've definitely traveled the wrong way! When you travel, the value of certain features like lightweight, compact, waterproof and long-lasting cannot be overstated.
So to give you all a glimpse into how DnA get it done on the road, we're excited to release the first edition of Don't leave home without 'em: a new series where we'll talk about products, partners, services & resources that have enhanced or streamlined our travels in one way or another. We'll always keep it real with you, and we'll never promote a product or technology that we don't believe in. If you see it on our Travel Gear page or in any of these articles, then it's something we use currently or have used recently.
In this edition, we'll cover 7 items that can benefit ANY traveler. So let's call this the universal edition. Future editions will focus on specific types of travel, such as camping or hiking, beach-going or island-hopping and much more!
So, with that, we give you our top 7 universal travel essentials for 2018!
This is without a doubt my top travel essential. Packing cubes are the ULTIMATE life saver — and space saver — when it comes to packing for a trip of ANY length! Your clothes will be more organized than ever before, and you'll be able to fit that extra outfit you were hoping to bring along, after all.
Adam was skeptical at first, but what do you know, he doesn't go anywhere without them now! Yes, he has his own set. Pretty sure he brought a packing cube to the golf course recently (side note: he's also not a golfer).
Finally, I have to mention that my 84-year-young Nana is the latest packing cube convert and she's ready to field questions if you need any more convincing.
I mean…how much more do you need to know?!
travelhelix tip: roll all clothes that don't wrinkle to maximize space in the cube. Separate by bottoms/tops/undergarments etc. for the ultimate level of organization. If you have a shirt that wrinkles easily, lay it neatly and flat on top of the rolled clothing before closing the cube.
Whether you prefer a pair like these or you've just got to show love for Dr. Dre, noise-cancelling headphones are magical for loud hostels or busy coffee shops when you're trying to get work done on the road.
They'll also quickly become the unsung hero for any traveler that just happened to get stuck in the wrong seat on a long flight. Hey, it's happened to all of us! Better to come prepared.
When there's no place to sit (or snooze), create your own! We try to bring this fantastic hammock with us wherever we go. While traveling, it packs up to the size of a grapefruit and weighs just over a pound. When it's time to put it to use, it fastens to a tree within seconds and easily holds the two of us (CUDDLE TIME!).
side note: we also use their lightweight backpack (the one I'm wearing in the featured image, in front of Old Faithful) for hiking and day trips. It balls up into the size of a pair of socks, weighs only 3.5 ounces and holds up to 40 pounds!
I'm gonna give it to you straight: we are in love with this bluetooth speaker. It comes with us on every trip and we use it anywhere and everywhere (at least, wherever it's not obnoxious to be blasting music in public). It's completely portable, waterproof (up to 30 m) and shockproof. We have put it to the test, from the beaches of California to the coves of Croatia, and it has passed with flying colors.
Stay organized with a travel case that holds & protects both the speaker and charging cable!
If you're looking for something smaller, check out the mini version of this speaker here.
This sucker is another life saver. It also happens to be our favorite portable tripod, and has been with us through sand/snow/ice/you name it. It easily wraps around weird surfaces to get the perfect shot – we use it for a lot of our couples photos when we don't carry the big tripod around.
For those of you that travel with just a smartphone as your photography device, they've also designed a smaller flexible tripod — solely for smartphones! Check it out here.
This one's a winner. We find ourselves in a lot of airports, and this pass gives us access to over 1200 airport lounges worldwide! Whenever a lounge is available, this is how Adam and I feed ourselves and it has saved us hundreds — actually more like thousands — of dollars (those airport cocktails add up FAST!). Interested? We got you 10% off your membership, when you sign up here.
Our favorite part about the Priority Pass? Check out the next item on our list below!
All hail one of the best travel credit cards out there. Any one else point chasers like us? If you like to travel, this is the card for you. We basically made over $1,000 each* by signing up for this card last year & using it while we traveled. No. Joke.
The first $300 you spend on travel gets credited back to you. No strings attached.
The 50,000 point sign-up bonus is equivalent to $750 that you can use on flights/hotels/shopping etc.
Includes a Priority Pass membership (you know, the one we just geeked out about in #6 ↑↑↑ on this list).
Got Global Entry? Pay the $100 application fee with this card, and Chase will reimburse you.
3x points on all travel and dining expenses (including Uber/Lyft/Parking tolls).
Rental car discounts from Avis, National & Silvercar.
Additional benefits when it comes to travel delays/luggage loss/damage etc.
For more information, check it out here!
side note: If you want to know more about other travel card options, no one does it better than The Points Guy. Check out their card review page, here.
*Serious note: do your research if you're considering signing up. We are certainly not financial advisors. We have had a great experience with this card though, and have some specific examples where it truly helped us out overseas. Like the time our luggage got lost in Spain, and Chase reimbursed us for Adam's fresh new pair of skinny jeans! If you'd like to know more (about the card, or about Adam's style makeover), shoot us an email!
So that does it for the first edition of Don't leave home without 'em! For a more complete list of things we use when we travel, check out our Travel Gear page. We hope these products will make your travels that much easier, just like they have for ours.
And one final note: many of these products are associated with affiliate partner programs, meaning if you purchase through the links above, we may get something in return. Some products & services we discuss are not affiliated, meaning there's no "something" in it for us, if you make a purchase.
Questions or comments about these products, or other travel-related items? Shoot us an email.
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If you like to play tractor parking games, then you will probably like to play this game called Farm Tractor Driver 3D, tudi. In Farm Tractor Driver 3D, you are a farmer and you have to drive a tractor inside your farm and park it over the marked spot. Drive the tractor as fast as possible and don't damage it. Choose a color for your tractor from 14 colors available and complete all 24 izziv ravneh. Have fun.
To play Farm Tractor Driver 3D, uporabite W,A,S,D tipke ali smerne tipke za vožnjo in preslednico za uporabo ročne zavore.


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Interesting Reads - The Week of January 11
Mastercard Drops Its Name from Logo - The Wall Street Journal
Mastercard is going on its symbol alone. The financial service company ditched its name from its logo, leaving the interlocking red and yellow circles to represent the brand. The change is part of its effort to downplay the "card" in "Mastercard" as new payment methods and technologies spread. This also places the company among a small group of marketers like Apple, Nike, and Target that prefer to go by symbols.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Amazon Will Get Into More U.S. Cars With A New Alexa Partnership - Forbes
Amazon seems to be taking over the world. It's reaching people from all angles: from movies and television shows, to grocery chains and e-commerce. Now, Amazon is introducing Alexa to your car. HERE technologies created a system combining Amazon's digital assistant and shopping tool, with its own navigation as a product for vehicle companies to offer in its models.
Source: Forbes
Microsoft issues rallying cry to governments around the world to regulate facial recognition technology - The Drum
This year, Microsoft put out a call for governments around the world to initiate laws to regulate facial recognition. The technology company warns that facial recognition services will impair societal issues in about five years if nothing is done. Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, wrote a letter on the company's official blog stating the challenges if facial recognition technology is not regulated.
Source: The Drum
Los Angeles just released an app that can warn about earthquakes up to 90 seconds in advance, and it could one day save countless lives - Business Insider
It's inevitable for California to have a rippling earthquake, but no one is quite sure when it will happen. Scientists refer to this upcoming quake as "The Big One" and could come from faults near San Francisco or Los Angeles. Therefore, Los Angeles created the ShakeAlertLA, an app that aims to alert residents in the event of a magnitude 5.0 earthquake or greater. L.A. is the first United States city to publicly release an early earthquake warning app.


The humble herb and spice rack in your kitchen today need not be just a decorative feature. They can in fact hold a plethora of natural healing ingredients that can also add great taste to the foods you eat every day.
Of all the herbs and spices you can choose from for flavor, there are 10 that are more powerful than the rest. Below is the list and you may well be surprised to learn of the many diverse conditions for which they've proven so very useful.
CINNAMON – Cinnamon bark contains an oily chemical called cinnamaldehyde that kills a variety of illness causing bacteria. It also helps regulate the menstrual cycle and checks flooding during menopause. Also cinnamaldehyde has a tranquilizing effect that helps reduce anxiety and stress.
CLOVE – Oil of clove is 60 to 90 percent eugenol – a potent pain deadening antimicrobal. It is the most effective stopgap measure for tooth-pain. Clove is also among the spices that can help the body use insulin more effectively, thus lowering blood sugar somewhat. It also speeds up the healing of cold sores.
FENNEL – Rich in volatile oils, fennel can ease bloating, gas pains, and digestive spasms in the small and large intestines. It can also reduce bad breath and body odor that originates in the intestines. Women who are breastfeeding may find that fennel, which works in a way similar to the body's hormones, increases milk flow.
GARLIC – Crushed garlic helps bring down cholesterol and blood pressure and also helps prevents blood clots. It can also reduce the risk of developing atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). The various compounds present in garlic kill bacteria and viruses that cause earaches, flu and colds. It is also effective against digestive ailments and diarrhea.
GINGER – When it comes to quelling the queasiness of motion sickness, ginger has no equal say herbalists. They also recommend it as an effective pain-killer. Ginger beats dimenhydrate, the main ingredient in motion sickness drugs such as Dramamine, for controlling symptoms of seasickness and motion sickness. Ginger stimulates saliva flow and digestive activity, settles the stomach, relieves vomiting, eases pain from gas and diarrhea, and is effective as an anti-nausea remedy.
TURMERIC – Turmeric is known as Natural Aspirin in the glossary of Ayurvedic medicines. Its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties relieve swelling and pain due to headaches. It prevents infection and heals wounds too. It helps fight free radicals that damage skin and make it lose its glow and elasticity.
BASIL – It is one herb that you should definitely keep handy during summers. Simmer down on a hot, harried day by adding the herb to your iced tea: Add 2 or 3 leaves (per serving) while your tea is steeping. It is also a super source of iron. This helps in replenishing a woman's body during menstruation. It is great to detoxify your liver too.
FENUGREEK – is an amazing magic herb that has been traditionally recommended for lowering blood sugar levels. It is highly recommended for lactating mothers. It is extremely beneficial for the treatment of wounds, bronchitis, digestive problems, arthritis, kidney problems, hair & skin and male reproductive conditions.
MUSTARD – They can help control asthma due to their anti inflammatory properties. It is a great source of flavonoids and caretonoid antioxidants that helps in slowing the aging process. To ease pain make a small bundle of the seeds in a muslin cloth, and add it to warm bath water. Either have a long relaxing bath, or soak your tired and aching feet for instant relief. Another great way is to apply the paste of the seed on the area for a few minutes.
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India's GJEPC Appeals To Authorities for Flexibility in Trade with China, Hong Kong
India's representative body for the diamond and gem trade, the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), has appealed to the Government of India and the Reserve Bank of India to revise credit terms for exporters and importers in the gems and jewelry trade which has been badly affected by the Hong Kong protests last year and the subsequent recent novel coronavirus outbreak. Stating that "the gems and jewelry trade has huge exposure in terms of business with Hong Kong and mainland China," and further noting that "almost 35-40% of the business from India is with these respective territories," GJEPC Chairman Pramod Kumar Agrawal has asked the authorities to "consider giving leeway and time for credit facilities availed."
In a letter to officials of the Reserve Bank of India, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce, the GJEPC noted the extent of the nation's businesses with Hong Kong and China, saying the impact of the HK protests included delays in the clearance of parcels exported and an overall slowdown of trade. GJEPC said this has impacted the turnover and financial dealings with the traders based out of Hong Kong with India, the financial implications of which have led to delay in shipments and delay in receipt of export proceeds. "As if this was not enough," they write, "the breakout [sic] of coronavirus in mainland China and then further spreading to other countries has also led to the impact on the gems and jewelry trade in these regions."
In short, "The trade foresees major imbalance in payments for the community dealing with various merchants in this part of the world," said Agrawal. The GJEPC has therefore requested the authorities consider the following:
1. Giving leeway and time for credit facilities availed by exporters/importers for meeting their financial commitments. Extension of tenor should be permitted.
2. The LC, Packing Credit and bills outstanding for shipments to China or Hong Kong and for goods already exported for which payments are receivable from buyers in these regions, should be given at least six months of additional time to resolve the financial delinquencies.
3. Impact on classification of accounts under SMA category such as SMA 0, SMA 1 or SMA 2 for such exports should be suspended and additional time may be given in order to make good the same so that hardship and defaults can be avoided, and the situation can be overcome smoothly.
Appealing to the authorities to consider the current crisis as a "force majeure situation", Agrawal said that speedy steps to resolve the matter would be beneficial to the trade fraternity.
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The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) operates Hastings Park on behalf of the City of Vancouver and is governed by a City Council appointed Board of Directors.
The PNE Board of Directors' purpose is to ensure the continued success of the PNE, while working in harmony with the local and city-wide community, business, management and staff.
Currently there are 9 members comprised of the following: 1 City of Vancouver Councillor to serve as Chair, the General Manager of the Vancouver Park Board, to serve as Vice-Chair, three City employees and four non-City (independent) Directors.
The PNE Board of Directors meets with the PNE Executive Management Team on a regular basis throughout the year to discuss the operations and policies of the PNE.
PNE Board of Directors
Councillor Lisa Dominato – Chair
Malcolm Bromley – Vice Chair
Patrice Impey – Treasurer
Richard Saunders
Jackie Hogue
Ty Speer
Jerry Dobrovolny
Shelley Frost
Shelley was named President and CEO of the PNE in July 2018 after serving 15 years as Vice President for the organization. She is responsible for the overall operation of the PNE and is proud to be the steward of such a great organization and public space. Reporting to the Board of Directors, she manages community impact along with political and policy issues at the PNE.
In her 15 year role as Vice President Marketing, she oversaw the company's branding, advertising, promotions, retail partnerships, ticketing systems, media plans, market research and corporate partnerships. In January 2018, she also assumed responsibility for Sales initiatives which include booking concerts, sporting events, trade and consumer shows, festivals and cultural events on a year round basis.
Shelley's previous experience includes working as a senior-level executive for a publicly traded technology company, and providing consulting and freelance expertise for technology companies and arts and culture groups in the areas of sales, marketing and business development for companies based in Canada, the US and Europe. Shelley completed undergraduate degrees in both Psychology and Business (Marketing) from the University of Alberta and holds a MBA in International Business from Simon Fraser University.
Shelley is a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada and is proud to be on the Board of Directors for Embers, a DTES social enterprise. She is a participant in the BCAMA Senior Executive Roundtable and served on the Board of Directors for the BC Chapter of the American Marketing Association from 2002 – 2006. Shelley has taught a number of college courses and seminars in the areas of media relations, market development and international trade and is a regular guest speaker for business associations and post-secondary classes.
Jeff Strickland
Vice President, Operations
As the Vice President of Operations, Jeff Strickland is responsible for the operations of all four of the PNE's primary activity streams: The Fair, Playland, Year-Round Events and Park Development. With over ten years of managerial experience, Jeff is a dynamic leader and skilled project manager. Jeff was first with the PNE from 2000 – 2004 and recently rejoined the team in April 2009. Jeff came to the PNE from Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, where he most recently held the position of Director of Human Resources.
Jeff is a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Human Resources Management Association and holds a CHRP designation (Canadian Human Resources Professional). A graduate from Vancouver Island University, Jeff also attended BCIT and recently completed a graduate certificate from Royal Roads University.
Stacy Shields
Vice President, Human Resources
As the Vice President of Human Resources, Stacy is responsible for Human Resources, Employee Services, Payroll & Benefits and Occupational Health & Safety at the PNE. As the largest employer of youth in Vancouver, the PNE Human Resources department is responsible for recruiting up to 1,500 new employees annually. Stacy has been with the PNE Human Resources team since 1999.
Stacy is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Knowledge Network. She has previously served on the Board of Directors for ICBC and Vancouver Coastal Health. Stacy has also volunteered her time with the YWCA "Women of Distinction Awards" and has been a volunteer mentor through the Human Resources Management Association (HRMA).
Stacy is a member of the Human Resources Management Association (HRMA) and is a Canadian Human Resources Professional (CHRP).
Stacy graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Biology/Psychology.
Karen Massicotte
Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development
Karen Massicotte assumed the role of Vice President Sales, Marketing and Business Development on January 2, 2019. In her role, Karen oversees the company's facility sales, TicketLeader, group sales, film sales, corporate partnerships, business development, brand and digital marketing, advertising campaigns, site look, corporate communications, and community engagement. Karen joined the PNE in 2014 as Director, Corporate Partnerships where, along with her team, she was responsible for connecting partners to sponsorship solutions that deliver business, social and brand impact for businesses.
She brings with her over 20 years of leadership experience in sales, marketing and promotions, corporate strategy, sustainability and event management. She has been an active member of the events industry serving for four years on the International Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International; an active member of the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada and leader within the events sustainability community.
Prior to joining the PNE, Karen worked globally in all areas of the events industry. For eight years Karen was a part of the leadership team at PRIME Strategies where she was responsible for business development, account management and operations. Karen is an entrepreneur at heart and prior to moving to Vancouver she owned and operated an event planning company as well as a boutique restaurant and catering business in Calgary, Alberta. Her entrepreneurial spirit is what drives her career and strategic approach to business.
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Chunxiang Li
16Publications
117Citation Statements Received
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology
Asian origin for Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae) based on rbcL sequences
Chinese Sci Bull
Phylogeographic history of the woodwardioid ferns, including species from the Himalayas
Palaeoworld
Phylogeny and divergence time estimation of cheilostome bryozoans based on mitochodrial 16S rRNA sequences
The mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences of 40 species of cheilostome bryozoans including those of 24 species newly determined were used to reconstruct the phylogenetic tree using neighboring-joining and maximum-parsimony methods. By applying molecular clock technique on the basis of the appropriate phylogeny and the fossil record, the divergence times of the two main cheilostome groups, Anasca and Ascophora sensu stricto, were estimated. The results show that the molecular phylogeny of the higher taxonomic groups (superfamilies and higher taxa) of cheilostome bryozoans is mostly in conflict with the morphology-based phylogenetic trees; the divergence of the extant groups of Anasca and those of Ascophora sensu stricto is estimated to have happened about 263 Ma (permian Guadalupian Epoch) and 183 Ma (Early Jurassic), respectively.
Miocene Diversification and High-Altitude Adaptation of Parnassius Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Revealed by Large-Scale Transcriptomic Data
The early evolutionary pattern and molecular adaptation mechanism of alpine Parnassius butterflies to high altitudes in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau are poorly understood up to now, due to difficulties in sampling, limited sequence data, and time calibration issues. Here, we present large-scale transcriptomic datasets of eight representative Parnassius species to reveal the phylogenetic timescale and potential genetic basis for high-altitude adaptation with multiple analytic strategies using 476 orthologous genes. Our phylogenetic results strongly supported that the subgenus Parnassius formed a well-resolved basal clade, and the subgenera Tadumia and Kailasius were closely related in the phylogenetic trees. In addition, molecular dating analyses showed that the Parnassius began to diverge at about 13.0 to 14.3 million years ago (middle Miocene), correlated with their hostplant's spatiotemporal distributions, as well as geological and palaeoenvironmental changes of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Moreover, the accelerated evolutionary rate, candidate positively selected genes and their potentially functional changes were detected, probably contributed to the high-altitude adaptation of Parnassius species. Overall, our study provided some new insights into the spatiotemporally evolutionary pattern and high altitude adaptation of Parnassius butterflies from the extrinsic and intrinsic view, which will help to address evolution, biodiversity, and conservation questions concerning Parnassius and other butterfly species.
Phylogeny and biogeography of Chinese and Australasian Polystichum ferns as inferred from chloroplast trnL-F and rps4-trnS sequence data
A new fossil record of Lindsaeaceae (Polypodiales) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar
Cretaceous Research
From the Himalayan region or the Malay Archipelago: Molecular dating to trace the origin of a fern genus Phymatopteris (Polypodiaceae)
Chin. Sci. Bull.
Phymatopteris Pic. Serm., a derived polypodiaceous fern, is one of the many fern genera that still suffer from nomenclatural confusion. Its generic circumscription and phylogenetic relationships with other selligueoid ferns have been controversial, and its geographic origin, whether in the Himalayan region of continental Asia or in Malay Archipelago, is still unknown. A phylogeny of all selligueoid ferns based on 4 cpDNA (rbcL, trnL-F, rps4 and rps4-trnS) regions indicates that Phymatopteris is not monophyletic. Phymatopteris species are distributed in 5 well-supported clades that can be distinguished with frond-shape and frond-margin characters. All early-divergent species are from the Malaysian Archipelago, while the remaining species are all from the Himalayan region and form a recently diverged group that is largely unresolved, most likely having resulted from an explosive radiation. Divergence-time estimation suggests that the first diversification of selligueoid ferns occurred at ca. 27 Ma in the Malaysian Archipelago, followed by migration into the Himalayan region around 20 Ma. The radiation of the Himalayan species occurred mostly within the last 20 million years, within the period of recent major uplifts of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (between the early Miocene and the Pleistocene) and late-Cenozoic global cooling. Our evidence leads us to propose that the Malaysian Archipelago is the ancestral area for Phymatopteris.
Dated phylogeny and dispersal history of the butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
The origin and dispersal history of the large butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae are not fully understood, due to internal phylogenetic and time calibration issues. We conducted phylogenetic and dating analyses using mitochondrial and nuclear genes of biogeographically diverse groups of the Nymphalinae in order to resolve some controversial relationships and the paleobiogeographic pattern of the subfamily. Our results support the sister relationship of Vanessa (Tribe Nymphalini) and the Nymphalis-group, and the grouping of the three old-world genera (Rhinopalpa, Kallimoides and Vanessula) within Tribe Victorinini. Molecular dating analyses invoking two additional calibrations under the butterfly-host plant coevolutionary scenarios result in a relatively deeper divergence of the subfamily's two major clades (Nymphalini and the Kallimoids), compatible with the Cretaceous floral turnover scenario during the so-called Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Phylobiogeographic analyses reveal that the Oriental region is probably the center of early divergences for Nymphalinae after the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction, followed by repeated dispersals into the rest of the Old World and the New World during various periods beginning in Eocene. The biogeographic history indicates that temperature changes and host-plant diversification may have facilitated the dispersals of this butterfly subfamily, with accelerated global colonization during the middle to late Miocene.The subfamily Nymphalinae consists of the tribes Nymphalini, Melitaeini, Kallimini, Victorinini, Junoniini, and probably the Coeini 1 . Previous studies, based on various gene sequences of taxa with several missing genera, resulted in weakly supported and unstable trees that need clarification 1-3 . For example, the clade comprising the genera Vanessa and Hypanartia was unstable; the basal relationships of the kallimoid clade and the sister relationship of Kallimini and Melitaeini were poorly resolved; the phylogenetic positions of the three monotypic genera (Kallimoides, Rhinopalpa and Vanessula) were also uncertain.Within Nymphalinae, the tree topology and molecular dating results may be significantly affected by taxon sampling, time-calibration points and parameter models [2][3][4][5] . The ages of diversification of major lineages and the influenced historical biogeography of this butterfly subfamily were still fraught with uncertainties, due to computational constraints, limited exemplar species, scarce and relatively young fossils, and potentially underestimated ages of host plants as maximum prior time constraints in previous studies [1][2][3] . Butterflies and their host plants are often found to coevolve and phylogenetically conserved [6][7][8][9][10] . Previous studies indicate that butterfly lineages with inferred major historical host shifts showed significant diversification accelerations. Some key plant groups (e.g., Acanthaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicales) appear to have been used by butterfly as larval hosts in close evolutionary time to th...


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Home / Newswire / CNOOC Limited Announces Commencement of Production at Liuhua 16-2 Oilfield / 20-2 Oilfield Joint Development Project
CNOOC Limited Announces Commencement of Production at Liuhua 16-2 Oilfield / 20-2 Oilfield Joint Development Project
HONG KONG, Sept. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883, NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) announced today that Liuhua 16-2 oilfield/ 20-2 oilfield joint development project has commenced production.
Liuhua 16-2 oilfield / 20-2 oilfield joint development project is located in Eastern South China Sea. The average water depth of the joint development project is approximately 410 meters. One 150,000 DWT FPSO and three underwater production systems are newly built. A total of 26 development wells are planned to be put into production and development. The project is expected to reach its peak production of approximately 72,800 barrels of crude oil per day in 2022.
CNOOC Limited holds 100% interest of Liuhua 16-2 oilfield/ 20-2 oilfield joint development project.
More information about the Company is available at http://www.cnoocltd.com.
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This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding expected future events, business prospectus or financial results. The words "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "objective", "ongoing", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe", "plans", "intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors the Company believes are appropriate under the circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments will meet the expectations and predictions of the Company depends on a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results, performance and financial condition to differ materially from the Company's expectations, including but not limited to those associated with fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas prices, macro-political and economic factors, changes in the tax and fiscal regimes of the host countries in which we operate, the highly competitive nature of the oil and natural gas industry, the exploration and development activities, mergers, acquisitions and divestments activities, environmental responsibility and compliance requirements, foreign operations and cyber system attacks. For a description of these and other risks and uncertainties, please see the documents the Company files from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 20-F filed in April of the latest fiscal year.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements. The Company cannot assure that the results or developments anticipated will be realised or, even if substantially realised, that they will have the expected effect on the Company, its business or operations.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Ms. Jing Liu
Manager, Media & Public Relations
CNOOC Limited
Ms. Ada Leung
Hill+Knowlton Strategies Asia
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State v. Motarie
¶ 8 "[C]riminal intent, being a state of mind, is rarely susceptible of direct or positive proof and…
State v. Hausauer
No abuse of discretion results from denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal when the evidence…
Full title:STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JODY LYNN LONGSTRETH…
Date published: Aug 31, 1999
295 Mont. 457 (Mont. 1999)
1999 MT 204
Submitted on Briefs: May 27, 1999.
Decided: August 31, 1999.
APPEAL FROM: District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District, In and for the County of Gallatin, The Honorable John Christensen, Judge presiding.
For Appellant: Brian P. Fay, Angel Law Firm; Bozeman; Jennifer Wendt Bordy, Attorney at Law; Bozeman.
For Respondent: Hon. Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General; John Paulson, Assistant Attorney General; Helena; Marty Lambert, Gallatin County Attorney; Todd Whipple, Deputy County Attorney; Bozeman.
For Amicus: Scott Albers, Attorney at Law; Great Falls.
Justice Jim Regnier delivered the opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Jody Lynn Longstreth was charged by information in the Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, with deliberate homicide for stabbing her boyfriend during an argument and causing his death. During a jury trial, she relied on the affirmative defense of justifiable use of force. However, on March 5, 1998, the jury convicted her of the lesser-included offense of negligent homicide. She appeals from several of the court's rulings. We affirm.
¶ 2 The following issues are raised in this appeal:
¶ 3 1. Did the District Court's instructions on justifiable use of force deny Longstreth her right to due process?
¶ 4 2. Did the District Court err when it denied Longstreth's motion for a directed verdict?
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
¶ 5 On December 19, 1997, Longstreth was charged by information with the crime of deliberate homicide, in violation of § 45-5-102, MCA. The State alleged that she killed Johnny Lee Tudor on December 14, 1997, by stabbing him with a knife.
¶ 6 Longstreth and Tudor were living together for approximately two years, during which time Tudor was twice convicted of partner assault as a result of physically abusing Longstreth. The abuse followed a general pattern in which Tudor would assault Longstreth physically after he became intoxicated. The evidence established that Longstreth suffered physical injuries on several occasions. As a result, Longstreth would temporarily move in with friends, but always return to live with Tudor.
¶ 7 On the evening of the stabbing, Longstreth and Tudor were arguing at a bar. Tudor was intoxicated. At about 8:30 p.m., they left the bar together; however, Tudor proceeded to another bar while Longstreth drove home to the trailer where they lived. At home, Longstreth made herself a rum-and-coke and watched a movie. She testified that she kept her boots on and her keys in her pocket in case Tudor caused a problem when he came home. Tudor arrived home by taxi between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m., and immediately went to bed. Approximately 15 minutes later, Longstreth looked into the bedroom, saw Tudor lying on the bed, and returned to the living room. Ten minutes later, Tudor came into the living room, began screaming at Longstreth and threw couch cushions at her. Then, he went back to bed. Longstreth sat down at the kitchen table to work on a crossword puzzle. While she was sitting there, Tudor allegedly came into the kitchen and hit her. According to Longstreth, she tried to escape from the kitchen but Tudor blocked her. She testified that out of fear she grabbed a butcher knife and held it out at arm's length. She thought that by seeing the knife Tudor would back off. Instead, she testified, Tudor came forward and walked into the knife. Longstreth further testified that Tudor then backed off, turned toward the living room, fell down, got back up, walked toward her again, then turned toward the phone. Longstreth said she assumed Tudor would call for help.
¶ 8 After she wiped off the knife, she took it with her and she left the trailer and drove to a bar where she contacted an acquaintance. The acquaintance drove her to his residence.
¶ 9 At the acquaintance's residence, Longstreth made several telephone calls, including two to the Bozeman police in which she used the name "Sarah Parker." In her first call, which she made at 11:38 p.m., she reported a domestic disturbance at the trailer, but she did not identify the trailer as theirs. In her second call, she asked the police if everything was okay at the trailer. She did not request medical assistance for Tudor in either call.
¶ 10 Two police officers were dispatched to the trailer, where they found Tudor dead on the floor wearing only underwear with a stab wound to his chest. The knife entered Tudor just below his left clavicle to a depth of five inches and severed the subclavian vein. There was evidence in the trailer that a struggle had taken place.
¶ 11 There was conflicting testimony as to Longstreth's condition. The testimony was inconsistent as to whether Longstreth showed signs of injury. The testimony suggested, however, that Longstreth did not appear intoxicated and when she was given a breath analysis test at 6:43 a.m., she had a blood alcohol concentration of .000. Longstreth told the police that she did not intend to kill Tudor.
¶ 12 On January 20, 1998, Longstreth filed notice of her intention to rely upon the affirmative defense of justifiable use of force. On March 5, 1998, after a four-day jury trial, Longstreth was found guilty of the lesser-included offense of negligent homicide.
¶ 13 The District Court committed Longstreth to the Montana Department of Corrections for a term of five years, subject to suspension on the condition that Longstreth apply and be accepted for admission to the Department's prerelease diversion program. Longstreth also was sentenced to a consecutive term of two years for the use of a weapon, which was suspended. Longstreth was released on bail on June 2, 1998, pending her appeal.
¶ 14 Longstreth rests her appeal on the District Court's instructions regarding her defense of justifiable use of force. Also, Longstreth appeals the District Court's denial of her motion for a directed verdict.
¶ 15 If the district court's jury instructions, reviewed as a whole, fully and fairly present the law to the jury, then the jury has been properly instructed. See State v. Stone (1994), 266 Mont. 345, 349, 880 P.2d 1296, 1299. The test to be applied is whether, when an instruction is considered as a part of the whole body of instructions, the instruction is prejudicial to the appealing party. See Stone, 266 Mont. at 350, 880 P.2d at 1299 (citing State v. Graves (1981), 191 Mont. 81, 96, 622 P.2d 203, 211-12).
¶ 16 We review the district court's denial of a motion for a directed verdict to determine whether the district court abused its discretion. See State v. Berger, 1998 MT 170, ¶ 25, 298 Mont. 78, ¶ 25, 964 P.2d 725, ¶ 25; State v. Miller, 1998 MT 177, ¶ 21, 290 Mont. 97, ¶ 21, 966 P.2d 721, ¶ 21. A directed verdict of acquittal is appropriate only when no evidence exists to support a guilty verdict. See State v. Clay, 1998 MT 244, ¶ 29, 967 P.2d 370, ¶ 29. We find no abuse of discretion if, after viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, a rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. See Berger, ¶ 25; Miller, ¶ 21.
¶ 17 Did the District Court's instructions on justifiable use of force deny Longstreth her right to due process?
¶ 18 After instructing the jury on the statutory elements of deliberate, mitigated, and negligent homicide, the District Court further instructed the jury on Longstreth's defense of justifiable use of force. Longstreth challenges several of these instructions, essentially arguing that the instructions improperly allocate the burden of proof.
¶ 20 She focuses on Instruction Nos. 18 and 19, in particular. Instruction No. 18, offered as State's Proposed Instruction No. 9, provided:
The defendant has the burden of producing sufficient evidence of justification in the use of force to raise a reasonable doubt of her guilt. You are to consider the following requirements of the law in determining whether the use of force claimed by defendant was justified:
(1) The defendant must not be the aggressor;
(2) The danger of harm of the defendant must be a present one and not made by a person without the present ability to carry out the threat;
(3) The force threatened against the defendant must be unlawful;
(4) The defendant must actually believe that the danger exists, that is, use of force by her is necessary to avert the danger and that the kind and amount of force which defendant uses is necessary; and
(5) The defendant's belief, in each of the aspects described, is reasonable even if it is mistaken.
You are further advised that even if you determine the use of force by defendant was not justified, the state still has the duty to prove each of the elements of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt.
Instruction No. 19, offered as State's Proposed Instruction No. 8, provided:
The defense of justifiable use of force is an affirmative defense and the defendant has the burden of producing sufficient evidence on the issue to raise a reasonable doubt of her guilt. If you find that she was justified in the use of force, you must find her not guilty.
¶ 20 At the settlement of instructions, Longstreth objected to these instructions contending that they were prejudicial, illogical and that they prevented her from fairly presenting her theory of the case because they failed to properly allocate the burden on the State to prove an absence of justification beyond a reasonable doubt. Although Longstreth does not contest her own burden of producing sufficient evidence to support a finding of justification, she contends that the State should have the burden to prove that a justifiable use of force did not exist. Longstreth contends that in the absence of the State's burden, she was denied her right to due process of law.
¶ 21 The State first argues that Longstreth failed to object to both instructions. Our review of the transcript, however, discloses that, although somewhat confusing, the defendant sufficiently objected to the instructions. Thus, we conclude that Longstreth has sufficiently preserved this issue for appeal.
¶ 22 The State next contends on a substantive basis that Longstreth's burden of proof argument lacks any support under Montana case law. Indeed, this Court has consistently stated over the years that justifiable use of force is an affirmative defense and that only the defendant has the burden of producing sufficient evidence to raise a reasonable doubt of her guilt. See, e.g., Miller, ¶ 5; State v. Daniels (1984), 210 Mont. 1, 16, 682 P.2d 173, 181; Graves, 191 Mont. at 92-93, 622 P.2d at 210; State v. Cooper (1979), 180 Mont. 68, 72-73, 589 P.2d 133, 136; State v. Grady (1975), 166 Mont. 168, 175, 531 P.2d 681, 684. In Daniels, 210 Mont. at 15-16, 682 P.2d at 181, we held that as an affirmative defense, justifiable use of force requires the defendant to produce sufficient evidence on the issue to raise a reasonable doubt of his guilt and that the State's burden is to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the elements of the offense charged, which does not include the absence of justification.
¶ 23 Longstreth cites State v. Azure (1979), 181 Mont. 47, 591 P.2d 1125, and Graves, and argues that our cases have confused this issue. In Azure, 181 Mont. at 54, 591 P.2d at 1130, we stated the jury should be instructed that the State must prove the absence of justification beyond a reasonable doubt; however, we sustained the refusal of an instruction to that effect because other instructions had covered the subject. Subsequently in Graves, 191 Mont. at 92-93, 622 P.2d at 210, this Court referred to the statement made in Azure without disavowing it, but also recognized that justifiable use of force is an affirmative defense rather than an element of deliberate homicide.
¶ 24 We addressed both of these cases in our opinion in Daniels and clarified any uncertainties they may have caused. More recently in Miller, ¶ 23, we reiterated that although the State retains the burden of proving the underlying offense beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant who raises justifiable use of force assumes the burden of producing sufficient evidence on the issues to raise a reasonable doubt of his guilt. Although Longstreth and amicus urge us to revisit the propriety of our prior case law in regard to affirmative defenses and the relative burdens of the state and the defendant, we are not inclined to do so at this time. We conclude that the District Court committed no error in its use of Instructions Nos. 18 and 19.
¶ 25 Closely related to Longstreth's objections to Instructions Nos. 18 and 19 is her objection to Instruction No. 14(a). Instruction No. 14(a) provided:
In a deliberate homicide, knowledge or purpose may be inferred from the fact that the accused committed a homicide and no circumstances of mitigation, excuse or justification appear.
The authority for this instruction is § 45-5-112, MCA. Longstreth asserts that by allowing the jury to make an inference as to her mental state as a result of her own failure to produce sufficient evidence to establish a justification, and without an instruction that the State had the burden to prove an absence of justification, Instruction No. 14(a) impermissibly shifted the burden of proving an essential element of the crime charged to her. She relies on two United States Supreme Court cases for the proposition that the burden of proof may not shift to the defendant by allowing the jury to presume or infer the presence of one element based simply upon proof of another. See Francis v. Franklin (1985), 471 U.S. 307, 105 S.Ct. 1965, 85 L.Ed.2d 344; Patterson v. New York (1977), 432 U.S. 197, 97 S.Ct. 2319, 53 L.Ed.2d 281. She also relies on State v. Woods (1983), 203 Mont. 401, 414, 662 P.2d 579, 585, where we recognized that in determining the effect of an instruction, the appropriate question is whether that instruction has the effect of allocating to the defendant some part of the burden of proof that properly rests on the State throughout the trial. To remedy the alleged burden of proof problem prompted by Instruction No. 14(a), Longstreth again suggests that the District Court should have instructed the jury that the State has the burden to prove the absence of justification.
¶ 26 In State v. Coleman (1979), 185 Mont. 299, 394, 605 P.2d 1000, 1052, cert. denied, 446 U.S. 970, 100 S.Ct. 2952, 64 L.Ed.2d 831 (1980), reh'g denied, 448 U.S. 914, 101 S.Ct. 34, 65 L.Ed.2d 1177 (1980), we pointed out that § 45-5-112, MCA, allows for a permissive inference by the jury rather than a mandatory inference. We stated that the critical question is whether the permitted inference, when read with the other instructions in the case, relieves the State of its burden of proof to convict the accused beyond a reasonable doubt. See Coleman, 185 Mont. at 394, 605 P.2d at 1052. Just as in Coleman, the District Court here instructed the jury that the State had the burden of proving the guilt of the defendant on the charge beyond a reasonable doubt and that the defendant was presumed innocent until otherwise proven guilty. Our review of the instructions when considered in their entirety did not effectively relieve the State of its obligation to prove every element of the offense charged.
¶ 27 We have repeatedly followed the rationale of Coleman in cases such as Woods, 203 Mont. at 412-15, 662 P.2d at 585-86; State v. Gratzer (1984), 209 Mont. 308, 317, 682 P.2d 141, 145-46; and State v. Moore (1994), 268 Mont. 20, 64, 885 P.2d 457, 484-85. In Gratzer, 209 Mont. at 317, 682 P.2d at 145-46, a mitigated homicide case, we specifically stated that "to require the State in a deliberate homicide case to negate mitigation beyond a reasonable doubt before the jury may infer purpose or knowledge" was not necessary. In our view, this statement applies equally to the State's burden on the issue of justification.
¶ 28 We have previously stated that a defendant's burden of presenting evidence of justifiable use of force as an affirmative defense does not unconstitutionally place a burden of proof upon the defendant. See State v. Warnick (1982), 202 Mont. 120, 130, 656 P.2d 190, 195. In State v. Lopez (1980), 185 Mont. 187, 195-96, 605 P.2d 178, 183, we recognized the following language written by the United States Supreme Court:
[T]he long-accepted rule was that it was constitutionally permissible to provide that various affirmative defenses were to be proved by the defendant. This did not lead to such abuses or to such widespread redefinition of crime and reduction of the prosecution's burden that a new constitutional rule was required. . . . Nor does the fact that a majority of the States have now assumed the burden of disproving affirmative defenses for whatever reasons mean that those States that strike a different balance are in violation of the Constitution. Patterson, 432 U.S. at 211, 97 S.Ct. at 2327, 53 L.Ed. d at 292-93.
We also recognized the language in Leland v. Oregon (1952), 343 U.S. 790, 794-96, 72 S.Ct. 1002, 1006, 96 L.Ed. 1302, 1306-1307, in which the United States Supreme Court upheld the defendant's burden in regard to an affirmative defense so long as the instructions given to the jury made it clear that the burden of proof of guilt, and all the necessary elements of guilt, were placed squarely on the State.
¶ 29 In the final analysis, we conclude that the jury was properly instructed on the law of justifiable use of force, and that Longstreth was not denied her right to due process.
¶ 30 Did the District Court err when it denied Longstreth's motion for a directed verdict?
¶ 31 At the close of the State's case, Longstreth moved for a directed verdict, arguing that the State failed to prove the necessary elements of deliberate homicide, which was the only crime for which she was charged. Longstreth asserts that the State failed to introduce evidence necessary to establish that she possessed the mental state of purpose or knowledge to cause the death of another.
¶ 32 In support of her argument, Longstreth again cites to § 45-5-112, MCA. Longstreth argues that the State was required to prove its case circumstantially through the inference allowed by § 45-5-112, MCA, which provides that, in a deliberate homicide case, an accused's mental state can be inferred only when there is no evidence of mitigation, excuse, or justification. Since the State's case-in-chief established proof of the abuse Longstreth suffered, the danger she faced, and her justification for killing Tudor, Longstreth argues that her mental state could not have been inferred and that the jury should not have been able to consider any of the other circumstantial evidence presented.
¶ 33 The State responds that although the evidence it presented could have supported Longstreth's justification defense, § 45-5-112, MCA, does not preclude the jury from considering other circumstantial evidence that bears on the issue of Longstreth's mental state. In support of its argument, the State cites § 45-2-103(3), MCA, which allows a jury to infer the existence of a mental state from the acts of the accused and the facts and circumstances connected with the offense. The State argues that § 45-5-112, MCA, does not render § 45-2-103(3), MCA, inoperative.
¶ 34 Section 45-5-112, MCA, permits the jury in a deliberate homicide case to infer a defendant's mental state so long as two conditions are met: (1) the accused committed a homicide; and (2) no circumstances of mitigation, excuse, or justification appear. There is nothing in § 45-5-112, MCA, however, which suggests that knowledge or purpose may be inferred only in the absence of evidence of justification. Furthermore, we have held that the ultimate determination of mental state is left to the finder of fact. See Moore, 268 Mont. at 64, 885 P.2d at 484. As we previously have stated, "criminal intent, being a state of mind, is rarely susceptible of direct or positive proof and therefore must usually be inferred from the facts testified to by witnesses and the circumstances as developed by the evidence." State v. Ortega (1984), 209 Mont. 285, 289, 679 P.2d 793, 795 (citation omitted).
¶ 35 We conclude that all the evidence the State presented, both direct and circumstantial, was properly considered by the jury. Therefore, the District Court did not err when it denied Longstreth's motion for a directed verdict.
¶ 36 Affirmed.
JIM REGNIER, J. A. TURNAGE, JAMES C. NELSON, KARLA M. GRAY, WILLIAM E. HUNT, SR. concur.


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Many personal traits may question my mental sanity. If numbers are involved, then the answer becomes clear to people: Juana is nuts! I can say to my defense: I'm not crazy, I'm precise. And the hubs can attest to that.
So 2 weeks ago I jumped on the bandwagon, followed the trends and opened a FB Fan Page. I know what you are thinking and I can assure you that these two paragraphs will connect. Bear with me. Opening the FB Page was not an egotistical move. It was all about networking. I can confess the sole thought of creating the page sent cold chills down my spine. 14 hours of chills later I clicked on "Make Page Public" and I had Juana Martinez-Neal – Illustrator Facebook Fan Page.
I stepped up to the plate and sent my invitations, emailed my suggestions, twitted my tweets, and status updated my LinkedIn to let people know that I had a FB Page. It was official and I preferred facing the embarrassment of self-promotion through all my networking avenues than to have my FB Page with 3 fans – one of which was the hubs.
Seeing the number go up was exciting. It really was. Again, we are talking numbers here. Did you see the pattern? In my excitement, I set a goal… 150. Why 150? I dunno but it did sound precise enough to my standards. 150 it was. When we (me and my work) hit 150 FB Fans we were going to celebrate. So here I am to officially announce you that it happened yesterday!
A little inside on how this piece happened below and the commercial break at the very end with a FB "Become a Fan" link. If I've got this far, I may just bluntly ask for more fans.
Let me know what you think of this article, of the new site, of me actually *writing* a post. Your comments feed my blog! And don't forget to click on the images so you can see them closer.
I thought this piece may help me show my working and thought process. Hope you enjoy it! Remember to click on the images so you can see them bigger.
I normally start with a very general idea of what I want. In this case, I wanted a "150" so I started with the numbers and continued by adding characters. The more the merrier.
As I was working, I knew I wanted to have me in there so I drew myself in a different paper. More often than I'd like I run out of room.
Do you think everything is really planned ahead of time? Wrong! In the middle of my sketching my 4.5 year-old stomped in the room with a Lucha Libre hat on and his knight, silver fabric boots. He was in!
Well, it looked good in my head and placing paper after paper on top of each other but I really wanted a fox.
Here are all of the illustrations together. I kept adding pages as I felt I needed something else. I ended up with 7 sketched pieces of paper. And now what?
I scanned everything in Photoshop and saved all at 300dpi as psd files. You can see them here.
Once everything was scanned, I created a larger canvas for my file where I added a layer for each illustration or element as I saw fit. I rely a lot on masks and use the multiply type layer quite often when I work.
In Photoshop I played with sizes and moved elements around. But something was missing and I was feeling a disconnection in between the elements. So I did a print out in an 8.5″x11″ and sketched what I felt was needed.
Then sketched, scanned, saved as different files and added to my main psd file. And I was done!
And here a couple of girlies that didn't make it in the illustration but still say thank YOU. They were actually the first 2 sketches that I got done.
And if you are still with me, if you are not an official fan yet and if you don't mind my bluntness, here's the link to *My* FB Page.
Congratulations on 150! What a great illustration to celebrate your achievement!
Wow, Juana… it's been awhile since I've visited your site, and I LOVE IT. I just "liked" your page (though I wish I could've put "love" — seriously, your work is wonderful. Thanks for sharing the process here too — lots of fun!
Keep up the great work — I'll be back!
Thanks, Michelle! I joined you in your DAD Project on FB. Thanks for the info, too.


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Laura Aimone
Jury Member 2021
Laura Aimone was born in Ivrea and she has been working in the world of cinema for more than fifteen years. Graduated in foreign languages and literature, during her university studies, she developed a strong interest in cinema, which she deepened during the year of Erasmus at the Kŏbenhavns Universitat in Copenhagen in Denmark and with a master's degree at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, in the United States. After three years at the Office of Ceremonies and Events of the Venice Biennale, Laura decided to continue her career as a freelancer, maintaining a lasting link with the Venice Film Festival, where she became responsible for the Film Delegation Office, and enriching her career with some of the world's leading film institutions, such as the Berlinale, the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Doha Film Institute in Qatar, the Giffoni Film Festival and the Macau Film Festival and Awards in China.
In addition to specializing in the management of talent, red carpet and organizational aspects related to the reception of guests, Laura begins to deepen the content of the Festival, proposing workshops in Finland, Portugal, Slovakia and Tasmania and becoming a programming consultant with a particular interest in films from the Arab Gulf area. Among the most significant collaborations are with the Middle East Now in Florence and with the River Film Festival in Padua. Laura also designed and curated the exhibition "Endorfine rosa shocking, film on women in sport", presented in Treviso for the first two editions and since 2020 moved to Venice at the Casa del Cinema Pasinetti. Laura has also participated as a juror in International Film Festivals, in Italy, Switzerland, England, Slovakia and the United States of America.
At the same time, Laura continues her journey through the events, organizing art and photography exhibitions and collaborating internationally with companies specialized in the luxury sector. One of the most lasting consultancies is with Meltandflow, a company that counts among its customers some of the most prestigious brands of Procter&Gamble Prestige/Coty as Dolce&Gabbana, Hugo Boss and Gucci. In addition, Laura is responsible for international relations for the School of Acting of Calabria.
In 2019, following a screenwriting course at the Scuola Holden in Turin, her debut in directing, writing and directing her first film: the short film "The carnival of life", with the friendly participation of Leo Gullotta.