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Harlow man sentenced as van theft gang caught
Communities / Sat 30th May 2015 pm31 12:14pm
A MAN from North Weald who masterminded the theft of nearly 60 cars and vans worth more than £600,000 has been jailed for two and a half years.
Ricky Steed, who led a five-man gang on a thieving rampage across Essex and east London, was responsible for stealing most of the vehicles which were dismantled and the parts sold online or by cash-in-hand deals.
Many of their victims were tradesmen or market traders who woke up in the morning to find that their vans had been taken from their drives overnight.
Almost-new Ford Fiesta cars, the best-selling vehicle in Britain and the pride and joy of their owners, were also taken and chopped up for spares.
Steed and his gang took a total of 58 vehicles between February and December 2013. Police already had information about the gang but their racket came to an end after they stole a Transit van from an address in Harlow on the night of October 31.
The owner had fitted a tracking device to the van and it was tracked to an industrial unit on a farm at Vicarage Lane, North Weald.
Using the codename Operation Deborah, an investigation team led by Essex detectives DCs Chris Bailey and Matt Wigg and specialist officers from the Essex Police Stolen Vehicle Unit, had been working with officers from the Metropolitan Police to identify the vehicle thieves. It was the crucial break they needed.
Essex and Metropolitan Police officers executed a search warrant at the site and found 23 vehicles in stages ranging from complete to completely dismantled.
Evidence found at the unit included Ricky Steed's DNA on a McDonald's straw left on a workbench. Police then found that Steed had rented a nearby unit at the same site. Fingerprints on a van at the site identified Iain Sellers, who was found to be an associate of Steed's.
Further investigations established that other units at the farm were rented by Lee Morris. Numerous stolen vehicle parts and an intact stolen Ford Fiesta were found at Morris's unit.
Morris was arrested at the unit but the gang moved to another location and continued to operate. Further warrants were executed at the men's addresses and all were arrested and charged in April 2014.
Enquiries had led to another gang member George Smithson and vehicle parts were found when his home at Harlow Common, Harlow was searched by police. Smithson was found to have been involving in chopping up vehicles and disposing of the parts.
A fifth gang member Danny Johnson was traced and was found to have been involved in the theft of vehicles.
Steed, 22, from Lindisfarne Road, Dagenham, admitted conspiracy to steal motor vehicles and was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on Wednesday May 27.
The four other men were all sentenced at Basildon Crown Court last month.
Iain Sellers, 26, of no fixed address, admitted conspiracy and was jailed for two years. Smithson 22, of Harlow admitted handling stolen goods and was given a one year prison sentence suspended for 18 months.
Lee Morris, 37, of Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham, also admitted handling stolen goods and was also given a one year jail sentence, suspended for 18 months.
Danny Johnson, 27, of Coombes Road, Dagenham, admitted theft and was given a 12-month conditional discharge.
DS Paul Tindall of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate's Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: "Operation Deborah was set up to counter the theft of Transit vans and Ford Fiestas by an organised crime gang operating in Essex and the neighbouring London boroughs of Havering and Barking and Dagenham. The centre of operations was the farm site at North Weald.
"DCs Matt Wigg and Chris Bailey did a superb job in running this operation and it was a great example of proactive teamwork between officers from Essex and the Metropolitan Police.
"They worked tirelessly to tackle a crime that was affecting car owners and the many tradesmen who went out to work in the morning to find their van, their livelihood, and their tools missing.
"This case was solved mainly because one owner had fitted a tracking device that led us to the gang. It demonstrated just how useful trackers are in bringing criminals to justice."
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* Scenes from a Small Country
Susan J. Cunningham
Wall Street Journal Asia
BANGKOK–Apichatpong Weeresethakul may have been playing a role when he described himself as "a nobody from a small country" while accepting the Jury Prize this year at the Cannes International Film Festival.
In person, shaven-headed and t-shirted, Mr. Apichatpong exudes serene self-confidence: This isn't a man who thinks of himself as a nobody. He hasn't kept up with the festival bookings for "Tropical Malady" and seems only mildly curious to hear of the latest gushing reviews from US critics.
Besides, nobodies aren't so busy. The 34-year-old Mr. Apichatpong is now on a three-week, five-city U.S. tour to present his short videos and three feature films at museums and arts centers. He'll return to Asia in time to talk about "Tropical Malady" at the Tokyo Filmex Festival Nov. 23. When he gets back home to Bangkok the next day, he'll start work on an experimental DVD film for South Korea's Jeonju International Film Festival in April.
It's an unlikely scenario for a filmmaker from Thailand, especially someone from the dusty northeastern city of Khon Kaen. The son of two doctors, he saw little art and no art–house movies when he was growing up. After earning an architecture degree in Khon Kaen, he enrolled in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was there he first picked up a film camera and was inspired by the American experimental film pioneers Bruce Baillie and Andy Warhol and the Hungarian Bela Tarr.
When he returned to Thailand in 1998, he had the beginnings of his first feature, "Mysterious Object at Noon". This startling fact-and-fictional tale created by a chain of Thai villagers … ♣
Published in the Wall Street Journal's Asia edition.
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Home Sales and Marketing The Chesterhill Produce Auction: A Catalyst For Produce Producers
The Chesterhill Produce Auction: A Catalyst For Produce Producers
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In Edible-Alpha® podcast #48, Tera interviews Joe Barbaree, the Sustainable Agriculture & Forestry Program Manager at Rural Action and Brian Vadakin, the Social Enterprise Coordinator, also at Rural Action. Rural Action is a membership-based nonprofit working in the southeast and central eastern counties of Appalachian Ohio since 1991.
The Chesterhill Produce Auction is a Social Enterprise of Rural Action located just outside the Village of Chesterhill that serves thousands of customers from throughout Appalachian Ohio as well as customers in West Virginia and other parts of Ohio. Local community leaders, including Rural Action, were looking for ways to provide economic opportunities to the area while capitalizing on its farming heritage.
The idea for the auction came from residents Jean and Marvin Konkle who derived inspiration from a successful produce auction owned and managed by a Mennonite community. They thought that an auction could be successful in providing markets for local farmers to increase their sales and income in the Chesterhill area. The Konkles bought the first parcels of land and infrastructure to begin the auction, with Rural Action later purchasing the property and the auction now becoming one of the centerpieces of their sustainable agriculture program.
The initial and ongoing work of Rural Action in supporting the auction focuses on getting smaller landowners in the area to the scale to where they can sell and get attention for their products, with the auction now serving as a catalyst for sales and attention in the area. The auction is even starting a farm incubator on its property to allow beginning farmers to develop their business with a sales outlet like the auction in close. The produce auction is interrelated but separate from other programs at Rural Action, which creates discussion around if the auction should be a separate entity and what form that entity should take, including its ownership structure.
Their first Saturday auction for specialty items (held monthly) usually starts in March and between April-October they will start their twice-weekly produce auctions on Mondays and Thursdays from a wide variety of producers, both established and beginning. The auction space is a 3-sided tin building and on the side of the building they have a food cart with prepared foods as well as a general store with retail items. To draw in more sellers and buyers, they have a livestock and hay barn for their specialty auction. In addition, to have additional points of distribution and to support healthy food access, Rural Action also has a Country Fresh Stops program which works with business owners in rural communities to source fresh produce and offer that produce on a consistent basis at those business' stores.
Both their produce and specialty auctions are absolute auctions, meaning the seller agrees to sell the property, regardless of the price. While risky, this model is what their sellers prefer for produce, since they only have a minimal time commitment to deliver the product while still making some sales. And, the auction's seasonal averages show that prices hold strong despite this structure, even in comparison to farmers' market prices.
The auction operates mostly as a retail, place-based destination for families and individuals to buy small lots of produce. Joe and Brian do have plans to engage more resellers and institutions to grow the B2B aspect of the auction now that they will have a dedicated operations manager thanks to a new grant.
Last year the auction grossed over $300,000, with the auction taking a 16% commission for all vegetables sold. Current sales levels cover non-labor operating costs but the plan is to grow sales to the point where the commission can cover an operations person full-time and reach breakeven without relying on grants. Any new products or lines of business require the buy-in of their producers to make it successful at the auction. The auction has invested more in sales and marketing than other produce auctions but likely less than food hubs. However, Joe and Brian reflected that some of their social mission is understood more by the producers than the consumers.
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Really, I loved the Poppins bag nickname. I adored that part of the film where she keeps on bringing furniture out of her carpet bag, and while, sadly, I never was able to fit a standard lamp (switched on, if you please) into my bag, I did have an actual carpet bag which I treasured throughout my teen years.
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Argentine Political Outlook (May-18-19)
May-18-19, por Rosendo Fraga
1. With the presentation of her book "Sinceramente" at the Book Fair, Cristina Kirchner regained the center of the political scene on Thursday, May 9. She confirmed the opinion of those who think that she will finally run for the presidency. She showed that she is in campaign, by addressing the audience clearly and moderately, without reading as is her custom. It was evident that the K militancy is still active as it was present in the outskirts of the Argentine Rural Society. Cristina avoided confrontation, played with irony rather than open criticism, but maintained firm ideological positions. She underestimated the "agreement" initiative proposed by the government saying that it was not enough. Instead, she praised the possibility of a "pact", when referring to the one implemented between 1973 and 1974 by Jose B. Gelbard -a medium-sized businessman linked to the Communist Party- under the presidencies of Cámpora and Perón, which although temporarily achieved the stability of prices, preceded a serious crisis in the government of Isabel Martínez de Perón. She proposed a new "social contract", in which some saw a project of constitutional reform. She spoke several times about Perón and tried to capture the vote of those who today reject her and Macri as well. That same day, Axel Kicillof met with the López Obrador's team, and the next day in the US. at the Wilson Center he said "nobody wants the default". But this note of moderation on the part of the Kirchnerism fell short of casting away the doubts and fears in diverse sectors of the possibility that she might return to the power.
2. The Administration publicly celebrated the return of Cristina Kirchner to the center of the scene, but it discreetly admits that she is dangerously growing. Cristina - who skillfully used her book as a political tool - speaks again when the economic crisis has weakened Macri and the discontent is deep. As with the President, she needs "polarization to come to power". The government's response was that Kirchnerism has not changed, and if it wins, it will be the same as always and that the aggressiveness shown by its militants with a journalist from Clarín newspaper, shows that it can be worsened by its most radical wing. But at the same time, it is clear that both in the provincial elections as in the suburbs there is a clear rejection of Cambiemos and that in 15 of 24 districts, the ruling party has dropped that name to avoid the political cost of identifying with the national government. The response of the Administration is to propose a campaign for the re-election of "Macri, Vidal and Larreta", based on the fact that the last two have a better image today than the first in public opinion, especially in the province of Buenos Aires and in the city of Buenos Aires, where the ruling party governs and half the votes of the country are found. The inauguration of public works joints the three of them. But this does not prevent underlying pressures on Vidal to be the presidential candidate of Cambiemos, something that Macri continues to reject with the idea of "we must get to June", the date when the candidacies are made official.
3. The categorical triumph of Governor Juan Schiaretti in the election of Córdoba showed that the creation of a "third space" is still possible. It had the biggest victory of the 10 provincial elections held since 1983, in terms of the percentage reached, the difference over the second and because for the first time a Peronist comes to the mayoralty of the Capital city. Although the ruling party tried to dilute the impact, the political effects have been important and weaken the "polarization" that Macri and Cristina are trying to impose in a coincidental way. Schiaretti provincialized the triumph, avoided references to the candidacies of Lavagna, Massa and Urtubey, but had important political and ideological definitions, which show him critical of the two "poles". He ratified his alignment with the anti-.K PJ, saying that Peronism should be "federal", something that questions the centrality of Cristina's leadership, which is in the suburbs and not in the interior, where she has less adhesion. He argued that Peronism should be "republican", defending the division of powers and in particular judicial independence, differentiating from populism. He claimed to have studied at the Military High School and to become a Reserve Second Lieutenant, something that differentiates him from Kirchnerism. He criticized the "crack". Schiaretti - who does not seem willing to compete for the Presidency - is in a position to be the "builder" of the "third space". For the PRO, the second place reached by the candidate sponsored by the Administration (Negri), over the "pure" radical (Mestre) anticipates that in the national meeting of the UCR that meets on May 27, the sectors that favor to remain within Change will prevail.
4. Although the early elections do not anticipate national electoral outcomes, they create a political climate and for this reason, those that will take place in the next months until the open primaries, will take on significance. Córdoba is the second district by number of votes and the largest district governed by Peronism. So far, governor elections have been held in two other provinces (Neuquén and Río Negro) and provincial primaries in four (Chubut, San Juan, Entre Ríos and Santa Fe). Cambiemos did not win in any and came third in four (Neuquén, Chubut, Río Negro and Santa Fe). The Kirchunerism for its part did not win in any and competed as such only in three (Neuquén, Río Negro and Chubut where it won due to the sum of their candidates in the primaries, but the most voted one was the Governor). This is how the provincial elections until now show that a "third space" is viable. The formalization of candidacies is scheduled for June 22; the election of governor will be held before in La Pampa (May 19); elections are also held in Misiones and San Juan (June 2), a day when legislators in Corrientes are also voted; the following Sunday (June 9), governor elections are held in four provinces: Chubut, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, and Tucumán and non-mandatory primaries are held in Mendoza; the following week (June 16) governor elections are held in Tierra del Fuego, Formosa and Santa Fe. Of this series of elections, the national ruling party would only win in Corrientes and Jujuy, where it governs. (In Mendoza as voting is not mandatory, primaries do not generate competition between the parties).
5. To conclude:
a) With the presentation of her book, Cristina regained the center of the political scene, appeared moderate and tried to capture the vote of those who neither choose her nor Macri, but she failed to clarify doubts and fears.
b) The Administration celebrated her return to politics as she helps maintain polarization, but it also perceived enthusiasm among her supporters, something that goes unnoticed in Cambiemos.
c) Schiaretti's landslide victory in Cordoba evidences the viability of the "third space", when the series of provincial elections does not show Macri's or Cristina's victories.
d) The 11 elections for governor to be held from May 19 to June 16 would give one victory to Cambiemos -and a legislative triumph-, and this does not anticipate an outcome but creates a "political climate".


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5 Things to Love About: Harrogate Theatre
Built in 1900 and now featuring both main stage and studio performance spaces alongside an impressive array of beautiful finer details, Harrogate Theatre is definitely a favourite of mine. Here's five things to love about it…
1. The team. Rachel Auty departs next month but she's been an amazing contact as Press Officer and has shown endless passion for both the theatre and the Harrogate community (take a look at her latest beer-centred venture here). For a relatively small theatre, this venue seems to have a large staff pool which only serves to show just how eager Harrogatians are to volunteer for ushering duties alongside bar and Box Office folk. It's a theatre which carries that 'it takes a village' vibe and there's certainly an inherent warmth in that.
2. The building. It took me a good while to look up and notice the decorative panelling in the foyer and to look way up on the way in to appreciate the detail of the mini tower which bears an earlier name: Grand Opera House. It doesn't take quite so long to be struck by the gorgeous stairways and those famous carved and painted ceilings throughout the foyer, Circle Bar and first floor (it's also worth tracking down the Stalls bar which has a more spacious, modern feel but is easy to miss as its a little more tucked away). And all that's before you even venture into the auditorium!
The theatre does hold a 60 seat studio space which hosts the more avant-garde and daring works to be found at the venue but the real star is of course the main auditorium. Seating 500, this theatre has the rather unique benefit of having that classic plush, ornate Victorian aesthetic combined with lovely intimate dimensions. You will not find a bad sight line (as far as I am aware) because it's such a neat space. Look up inside the auditorium and you'll see another winning feature at ceiling level – and as you head out of the auditorium at stalls level, keep your eyes peeled for a charmingly intact sight of bygone times; a beautiful cigar tray embedded in the wall. There's certainly beauty in the detail almost everywhere you look at Harrogate Theatre.
3. The programming. With shows taking to two stages, Harrogate Theatre is quite a versatile host. Head to the Studio space and you'll find solo fringe shows from physical theatre companies and experimental artists programmed alongside comedy gigs and recurring, much anticipated events like Best of Be Festival. I've seen some great obscure work in this studio space, with a home grown show called 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace taking the top spot for my 2018 Best Regional Fringe Production.
Head to the main stage and you can see everything from big touring names like Jason Donovan and Jimmy Carr to family shows and bigger touring productions. You can then enjoy the fruits of the Youth Theatre Group and the annual panto which always promises a cracking recurring cast, big laughs and plenty of charm come Christmastime. The theatre goes further of course, also hosting a Pride Fringe Festival and Harrogate Comedy Festival while reinstating the Harrogate Rep Company recent years (full details for the upcoming Rep Season here).
4. The outreach. Harrogate Theatre hosts a variety of outreach projects. From Story Circle and Youth Theatre to Open Days and a Theatre Club inviting audiences to pop along to the bar to chat about the show they've just seen, there's plenty to get the local community engaged. Harrogate Theatre also works with Supported Artists each year to develop new work with up and coming theatre makers. The aforementioned 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace is actually the product of Harrogate Theatre's Supported Artists Forget About the Dog – you can find the full list of this year's companies here.
5. Alice. Now, rumour has it that this Victorian gem is home to an ambiguous wee lass named Alice who brings a slight chill to proceedings now and again and brings with her the vague scent of peppermint. According to the Yorkshire Post, Alice is 'the victim of a terrible love affair, and is said to haunt the stalls at Harrogate Theatre. She has been linked to ghostly spirits, orbs of hovering light, sudden chills…' Surely no theatre escapes rumours of ghosts but I think the team at Harrogate Theatre do take particular pleasure in the limited details of the tale of Alice – it was one of the very first snippets of information I was given about the place and I think this Harrogatian apparition certainly gives the theatre a quirky, unique claim to local mythical fame…
It comes as a surprise to none that Harrogate Theatre, like so many others, is facing an uncertain future as a result of the current theatre closures. The Harrogate Theatre Emergency Appeal has been set up out of necessity and if you are in a position to do so, you can support this fantastic theatre in a range of ways – details here. 2020 brings 120th Birthday celebrations to the theatre so let's make sure the coming years are happy ones when we're all allowed back in!
Hungry for more theatre appreciation? Take a look at some of these other love letters to cracking theatres: Leeds Playhouse, Leeds City Varieties, The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, York Theatre Royal, York Grand Opera House and Nottingham Theatre Royal. And watch this space – there's plenty more to come!
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Q: In APUE 10.16, Why SIGINT is lost between the unblocking and the pause? This is the sample code for APUE:
sigset_t newmask, oldmask;
sigemptyset(&newmask);
sigaddset(&newmask, SIGINT);
/* block SIGINT and save current signal mask */
if (sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &newmask, &oldmask) < 0)
err_sys("SIG_BLOCK error");
/* critical region of code */
/* restore signal mask, which unblocks SIGINT */
if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldmask, NULL) < 0)
err_sys("SIG_SETMASK error");
/* window is open */
pause(); /* wait for signal to occur */
/* continue processing */

The book says that:To the application, this can look as if the signal occurs
between the unblocking and the pause (depending on how the kernel implements
signals). If this happens, or if the signal does occur between the unblocking and the pause, we have a problem. Any occurrence of the signal in this window of time is lost, in the sense that we might not see the signal again, in which case the pause will block indefinitely. This is another problem with the earlier unreliable signals.
I do not understand why SIGINT is lost between the unblocking and the pause?

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As I awoke one morning from uneasy dreams I found myself transformed in my bed into a gigantic insect. Like Gregor Samsa in Kafka's Metamorphosis, I had mutated into an enormous and abominable cockroach with no prior warning. It just happened. As I woke up, I could feel how my new legs and antennae moved with sinuous speed.
Then I knew what I really had become. I had muted into a Spanish fascist. My home was not my home anymore. It was the home of a fascist. My country was a fascist country. That morning I understood that the past had been a lie and the present was the genuine truth. All this time I had been living in a fascist dictatorship and I, of all people, had been part of the conspiracy with my fascist thinking and fascist talk.
As I read the press today, I see the deposed President of Catalonia, in hiding in Brussels as he awaits the enforcement of a European Arrest Warrant, claiming that Spain and its government, with the silent support of the Spanish people, has executed a coup d'état in Catalonia. Spain's government has not only imposed home rule in Catalonia, it has also jailed the former leaders of the Catalan government. Franco is back. Spain is not a country subject to the rule of law. Spain has political prisoners. Spain joins the ranks of Venezuela, Turkey and Zimbabwe. Spain is a democratic anomaly in the very heart of the European Union.
Thus, I suddenly woke up living in a fascist country, being a fascist myself, a conspirator and an accomplice of the tyrants that oppress the Catalan people.
It is very sad to read about this in the international press. And it is worrying that those who promote and distribute such news, including respected liberal journals like The Guardian or The New York Times, are blind or unmoved by Spain's recent history if it doesn't fit the new (and more appealing) narrative of democratic regression and the return of Franco.
I have never been much of a nationalist Spaniard, but I must admit that I always felt, and still feel, proud of my country's path towards democracy. With all its defects and imperfections, Spain managed to transform a centralized military dictatorship into a decentralized, open and modern democracy with a vibrant economy and its own world view and alliances in Europe and Latin America. It handled and smoothly quashed a military coup d'état in 1981 and it transformed the burocratic structures of Franco's Spain, including its military, police and judiciary, into a modern administration.
In 1978, Spain was an economically divided country, with a prosperous north and an impoverished and backward south. Almost forty years later, the divide has been reduced and Spaniards enjoy equality of opportunities no matter where they are born. I was born in the north, grew up in the south and currently live in the center, and I have never felt as if I lived in different countries. The gap between north and south has been successfully erased thanks to a clever and hardly-worked combination of economic policy and solidarity, promoted by both right-wing and left-wing governments in Madrid.
Spain fought for three decades against a vicious terrorist organization, ETA. Basque nationalism had a deadly twist we should never forget about. ETA killed hundreds of innocent military first, but then, in its deadliest times, it assassinated politicians, journalists and even innocent bystanders. In 1987 ETA blew up a department store in Barcelona, killing twenty-one innocent Catalans whose sole crime was simply to walk into a store. ETA has been defeated and this outcome has been the result of the rule of law in action. Police force, judicial decisions and democratic elections in the Basque Country have led this region to the end of terror and to the arrival of its most prosperous times ever. Spain handled the fight against terrorism with much more dignity than other countries (I think, for example, of the UK and its legacy of State violence in Northern Ireland). The darkest episodes of the fight against ETA, in particular the attempt to create a paramilitary force with the tacit support of the government in Madrid, concluded with the imprisonment of the former Spanish Minister of the Interior. The rule of law worked, even when the Spanish government was tempted to take shortcuts.
Spain has a world-class universal public health system that provides security, assistance and dignity to all its peoples. The country was a pioneer in equality rights when it recognized in law the right of all gay men and women to marry and adopt children in 2005, in a country in which the presence of the Catholic Church should not be understated. Spain handled a terrible economic crisis between 2008 and 2015 with incredible examples of solidarity among its peoples. Family, friends, employers and social workers managed to turn a depressed country into a place where dignity and solidarity kept people going. During this time, despite having a large immigrant population, Spain never fell (unlike other European countries) under the spell of anti-immigrant or xenophobic political discourse, quite the contrary. We sailed through this crisis with huge pain, but Spanish society proved the world how social cohesion is supposed to work in difficult times.
I very much doubt that people like Felipe González, Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias (former President of the European Court of Justice) or Manuel Marín (former vicepresident of the European Commission), to name only a few, were undercover fascists. I very much doubt that the Spanish Constitutional Court, while developing one of the most far-reaching doctrines on fundamental rights, still in force today, was just a part of an organized plan to deprive the Catalan people of their rights and identity. I very much doubt that building a socially and economically strong country was simply a strategy to humiliate the rich northeastern part of the country.
Part of Catalonia's political establishment began in 2011 a journey towards independence with the claim that "Spain robs us" and the argument that a backward country cannot hold hostage a sophisticated and modern society like Catalonia. In the midst of Spain's worst economic crisis, some Catalan politicians seized the moment, at a time of extreme weakness in Madrid, to push a nationalist and divisive agenda that has led the region to its worst social, political and economic crisis in years. Home rule has been the result of six years of madness in Catalonia's regional government, a madness that at times is frightening when you hear the ethnic and pseudo-racist discourse of some of its leaders. On 27 October, the Catalan Parliament, with the support of the regional Government headed by its President, declared independence from Spain, contravening the Statue of Autonomy of Catalonia, the Spanish Constitution and, yes, of course, the Criminal Code.
The promoters of that declaration are now in the course of criminal proceedings, as they would have been in Germany if the leaders of Bavaria had taken the same course of action, or in France if the nationalist leaders of Corsica had been tempted to copy their Catalan counterparts. In the meantime, the former President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, hides in Brussels as he orchestrates a campaign to shame and disgrace the reputation of Spain as a country governed by the rule of law. The strategy is quite simple: repeat over and over again that Spain is worse than Turkey and that its government is a corrupt and viciously totalitarian organization and people will end up believing it.
But I'm afraid it's not true. No matter how hard Mr. Puigdemont tries to make me and my fellow Spaniards look like cockroaches lying on their beds, the truth is that we are all still looking like Gregor Samsa. In fact, many of us in Spain wonder if it is rather Mr. Puigdemont, as well as many other Catalan nationalists who rejected independence for years but have now embraced this new religion, the real victims of an unfortunate metamorphosis.
In the meantime, the rule of law is alive and kicking in Spain. Mr. Rajoy has good reasons to keep it this way. Any regression towards darker times would be severely punished in the next general election by Spanish voters. Thus, the rule of law is doing well in Spain, but so is democracy and its checks and balances. The virtues that the Catalan Parliament and Government have been refusing to the opposition in Catalonia and to the millions of Catalans who do not believe in independence, have eventually found support in the country that Mr. Puigdemont and his supporters so vehemently deplore. If that makes of me a fascist, I wonder what it makes of Mr. Puigdemont.
SUGGESTED CITATION Sarmiento, Daniel: On Cockroaches and the Rule of Law, VerfBlog, 2017/11/08, https://verfassungsblog.de/on-cockroaches-and-the-rule-of-law/, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20171108-122159.
The advances you describe still do not justify some of the violence the Spanish police used against protestors during the Catalan crisis.
That doesn't make Spain a fascist dictatorship, of course. The occasional unlawful act is common even in a state where the rule of law is intact. And only the rule of law even makes the unlawful act and unlawful act.
But the pictures still remind people of the fascist past, of brutality used by dictatorships, of a brutal police state instead of single brutal policemen. So the allegations may be unfounded, but not without basis. Imagine a jew being killed by an angry mob in Germany and what the press would make out of that – and rightly so.
The best way, the lawful way to remedy this would be to prosecute the acts of violence committed against protestors in Catalonia, to show the public and the police force that the rule of law is a sword that cuts both ways.
Is this supposed to be impartial opinion informed by knowledge of the law? If this article reflects the best arguments that Spanish lawyers can come up with….it's making a strong case for Catalan independence.
I concur with RR that this piece fails to promote any semblance of an "impartial opinion informed by knowledge of the law". Even the language used is controversial and partial, including statements such as catalan president Puigdemont "hiding in Brussels as he orchestrates a campaign to shame and disgrace the reputation of Spain as a country governed by the rule of law." Puigdemont is not "hiding" in Brussels, but rather has cooperated fully with Belgian authorities; he merely appears to claim -perhaps not unreasonably considering the extent of repression and denial of undemocratic actions in Spain- that travel to Spain would endanger him receiving a fair and just treatment. Moreover, wanting to taint followers of independence by claiming "ethnic and pseudo-racist discourse of some of its leaders" is inappropriate and misleading, particularly considering overwhelming evidence that the very vast majority of openly fascist, racist and xenophobic discourse (and political parties) in Spain has been rabidly pro-unionist. Just to give one small but significant example: in what other European country would the government fund a "charity" dedicated to the memory of a former blood-thirsty dictator, such as the Francisco Franco Foundation, now headed by former advisor of the king of Spain? (see http://www.fnff.es) Can you imagine the German government supporting the Adolf Hitler Foundation?
Of course, not all spaniards are fascist by any means, but the extent of unreasonable, emotional backlash against catalan efforts toward auto-determination in Spain -from all parties and political tendencies- points strongly to the fact that Spain has never recovered from years of francoist anti-catalan propaganda and that the so-called transition to democracy has led to plenty of fascist structures and beliefs being present still in Spain even today. After all, Spain had no Nürnberg trials. Perhaps a relevant question to ask is: why are the majority of spaniards apparently so rabidly against catalan independence? Why not support a Catalan Republic, which might ultimately benefit all citizens of Spain and Europe?


April 23, 2013, 5:17 p.m.
What's likely to be a dramatic tour through Michael Jackson's final days begins Monday when attorneys make opening statements in a wrongful death trial that could last deep into the summer.
Six alternates were selected Tuesday, joining a dozen jurors who were seated the previous day. The alternates would replace any juror who can't continue or is removed from the panel.
Jackson's mother and children are suing Los Angeles entertainment giant AEG, alleging it is liable for Jackson's death because it hired and supervised Dr. Conrad Murray, who used a powerful surgical anesthetic in an effort to help the singer cope with insomnia. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011.
The case is likely to veer into the sensational, pitting Jackson's towering legacy against a business enterprise that has had a profound influence on the entertainment scene, particularly in Los Angeles.
Though the trial will zero in on whether the singer or AEG is responsible for hiring Murray, testimony will likely touch on the singer's death, his feeble physical state as his much-anticipated comeback concert series approached and his eccentricities.
In court papers, Jackson's family has described AEG as a heartless, money-driven machine that pushed Jackson to prepare for a tour that he was not physically capable of pulling off.
AEG says it in no way controlled the singer and that bringing Murray aboard as Jackson's personal physician was Jackson's choice. The company, in court papers, said it recommended hiring a British doctor.
Jackson's "This Is It" comeback concerts were to have debuted in London in 2009.
The singer died two weeks before the tour was to launch. AEG was the promoter of 50 concerts Jackson was scheduled to give in London.
On Tuesday, after both sides agreed to the alternates, the remaining members of the jury pool let out a cheer, knowing they would not spend the next four months in a courtroom.
"You can get go on with your lives," Superior Court Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos said.
The legal definition of STIPULATION is:" During the course of a civil lawsuit, criminal proceeding, or any other type of litigation, the opposing attorneys may come to an agreement about certain facts and issues. Such an agreement is called a stipulation. Courts look with favor on stipulations because they save time and simplify the matters that must be resolved. Stipulations are voluntary, however, and courts may not require litigants to stipulate with the other side. A valid stipulation is binding only on the parties who agree to it. Courts are usually bound by valid stipulations and are required to enforce them."
this is very interesting because Michael's death because negiligent hiring by AEG is the very basis of this trial.
What does Putnam mean exactly?
That's a remarkable statement to say the least! Thanks for posting Loveunited.
So let me get this straight......Katherine's Lawyers are stipulating that Michael Jackson is dead but the AEG Lawyers would not agree to the stipulation? or have I read it incorrectly?
LOL!!!!! have the AEG Lawyers been reading here?....ya' know hedging their bets?....covering all bases?....just in case he turns out to be *not dead* - hilarious!
but how can putnam say that? it is still strange for me though, given the fact that Murray had been convicted for the involuntary manslaughter.
We know AEG Live has to be somehow involved in the hoax. If Putnam was referring to MJ being alive/has escaped it means that most probably the AEG party would win. Then what about the KJ party? There has to be some other purpose behind thios trial apart from revealing 'completely' that MJ is alive.
This is truly weird! In the legal world a stipulation is something both sides agree on and therefore don't waste court time arguing about. If AEG won't agree that MJ is dead .... I'm kind of speechless actually! Where the heck is this all going?!
I want to explain how significant I think this article is. First, it is written by a reporter from LA TIMES, and LA TIMES is NOT a tabloid. It is the largest news organization in LA.
Second, this statement is made by a lawyer who represents AEG. A lawyer of all things....... not just a simple, unimportant hoaxer like me.
Presumably the stipulation is from the KJ side?....if it is, then if AEG don't agree to stipulate that Michael Jackson is dead, which is a pretty basic kind of stipulation in a "Wrongful Death" trial....then yes...where is this all headed?
@Faithad777...I just read your post after I posted mine..... on the same wavelength ...love it!
Before we get too carried away with this, I just read this explanation on MJJC which seems pretty plausible and makes Putnam's statement just legal procedure.
Adi, I can't watch the video now since I'm at work, will watch whenever I have a chance.
"Perhaps the oddest moment of the jury picking occurred Tuesday when AEG attorney Marvin Putnam said he would not stipulate that Michael Jackson was dead[/b]"
Curls, I read the MJJC explanation, but I have an issue with it and my argument to it is that it is already established that Michael died almost 4 years ago, there was a trial and Murray was found guilty and sentenced to jail. This civil trial is to deny or confirm that AEG IS or ISN'T responsible for his death. Not that he died....... So why on earth would the stipulation that he is dead come into question???
agree, it's like the whole issue is going into some other dimension. AEG is not here to tell whether or not Michael self administered the drug, killed himself or whatever. The only matter they must be concerned about is hiring murray and in this situation Putnam saying such a statement is indeed bold. I hope to see news article in the near future explaining the context surrounding the statement.


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Apple's Tim Cook says new product categories are still being explored, promises that innovation has "never been stronger" and hints at a big future for the Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
Apple announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2014 during a conference call on Monday. After reporting a record-breaking quarter, the company's CEO Tim Cook discussed the results further, and took questions from analysts, some of which involved speculation about Apple's upcoming year.
Ever since the earnings call for Apple's Q2 2013, during which Cook hinted at "amazing" new products in "exciting new product categories," Apple watchers have been eagerly awaiting such unveilings. When called up on the comment during yesterday's call, Cook suggested that the promise of new products in categories that Apple hasn't explored before remains true, and that it has "absolutely" not changed.
It's widely believed that the new product categories Apple is referring to could be the television market and wearable tech, with rumours of an 'iTV' and 'iWatch' circulating the web.
Cook also promised that Apple is continuing to innovate behind the scenes, and suggested that we should be excited about what's in the pipeline.
"[Innovation] has never been stronger," he said. "I'm very confident with the work that's going on and I think our customers are going to love what we're going to do."
"I would say that innovation is deeply embedded in everybody here," he added. "There's still so much of the world that is full of very complex products; we have zero issue coming up with things we want to do that we think we can disrupt in a major way. The challenge is always to focus on the very few that deserve all of our energy. We've always done that and are continuing to do that."
Interestingly, Cook also discussed Apple' Touch ID fingerprint sensor, which was introduced with the iPhone 5s in September, hinting that the company plans to take the technology further in future devices and services.
"In general, we're seeing that people love being able to buy content – whether it's music or movies or books – from their iPhone using Touch ID," he said. "It's incredibly simple and easy and elegant and it's clear that there's a lot of opportunity there."
It's thought that Apple may soon bring the Touch ID sensor to other devices, including the iPad and iPad mini. Currently, the technology is only used for unlocking a device or making purchases through the iTunes or App Store, but Cook suggests that Apple is looking to expand its use with the introduction of new compatible services.
"The mobile payments area in general is one that we've been intrigued with – that was one of the thoughts behind Touch ID," he explained. "But we're not limiting ourselves to that. I don't have anything specific to announce today, but you can tell by looking at the demographics of our customers and the amount of commerce that goes through iOS devices versus the competition that it's a big opportunity on the platform."
You can read more of Cook's comments from the earnings call in our This is Tim article.
If you want to find out more about Apple's financial results for the quarter, see: Apple financial results Q1 2014.


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Marco Dawson (born November 17, 1963) is an American professional golfer who now plays on the PGA Tour Champions, having previously played on the PGA Tour. He won the 2015 Senior Open Championship.

Dawson was born on a United States military base in Freising, Germany. He attended Florida Southern College, graduating in 1985, when turned professional. Dawson has enjoyed a long career playing both the PGA and Web.com Tours. He played on the PGA Tour in 1991–1997, 2000–2001, 2003–2008 and 2012 and played on the Web.com Tour in 1990, 1999, 2002, 2009–11, and 2013.

Dawson has won once on the Web.com Tour, a three stroke victory at the 2002 LaSalle Bank Open. His best finish on the PGA Tour is 2nd at the 1995 Greater Milwaukee Open, when he finished three strokes behind Scott Hoch.

He secured a return to the PGA Tour for 2012 via qualifying school in December 2011.

Dawson lives in Suntree, Florida.

Playing partner disqualifications
In 2003, Dawson became involved in two separate incidents involving rules breaches. At the Chrysler Classic of Tucson in March, he was playing with Brandel Chamblee when Chamblee took an incorrect drop. Dawson was criticized for only notifying rules officials shortly after he had signed Chamblee's card, meaning disqualification rather than a two-stroke penalty. In a similar incident in October, Dawson was playing with Esteban Toledo when he called Toledo on an incorrect drop, resulting in Toledo's disqualification. The latter incident resulted in a feud in which Toledo sacked the agent both players shared, and Dawson was eventually fined $10,000 for not informing officials of an infringement promptly.

Professional wins (3)

Buy.com Tour wins (1)

Buy.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

Champions Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

Note: Dawson never played in the Masters Tournament.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2022.

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

See also
1990 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
1991 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
1999 Nike Tour graduates
2002 Buy.com Tour graduates
2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

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Golfers from Florida
People from Freising
Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria
Sportspeople from Lakeland, Florida
St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Florida) alumni
People from Merritt Island, Florida
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This new magnum caliber is great for us who have lots of .45 Colt ammo (I reload for cowboy shooting, but want a gun that can handle everything up to this monster magnum with very heavy lead bullets moving out at speeds in the 1300-1500 fps range.) My lighter .45 colt loads recoil about the same or less as a .38 special in this heavy gun and are good to shoot for target practice. You can shoot the .454 Casull in this gun also. So anything from .45 Colt, .454 Casull to the .460 S&W Magnum will shoot in the revolver just fine. And with adjustments, you can use dies from your .45 Colt to reload the .460 (of course you can't full length resize the case and the decapper might not work) but the case mouth belling and the bullet seater & crimper can be adjusted in the press to work. The shell holder is tight using the .45 colt for the .460, and it's best to get a holder made for the .460 since the rim is a hair larger. Personally, I prefer to spend $25 to $40 to buy a full new set for this caliber and shell holder. The shell holder I got from Hornady is a #46.
A lead GC bullet (from LeadHeads Bullets of St. John, KS) are good for home brew loads. Most loads below use CPB (Cast Performance Bullets).
Bullet size is .451" (jacketed) in diameter or .452 lead (and some jacketed). Use LARGE RIFLE primers in cases. Make sure primer does not go in too far (if you accidently used large pistol).
Due to different barrel lengths, type of bullet, seating depth, primer brand and other factors, you may not get near the FPS charted. It is just a guide and the reason you should start 10% under these charges and work up.
SOME ARE MAXIMUM LOADS! - NOTE, powder companies sometimes reduced some of these hot and maximum loads after these figures were posted. You might check current loads from powder company before loading maximum loads. The loads that produce velocities below 950 fps, are very nice, mild shooting, lower recoil rounds. Trail Boss is a great, low velocity, very bulky powder for this big boy that I have been shooting in my .45 Colt loads for some time. These are VERY mild in this big gun, and less than half the maximum pressures of the high velocity loads.
I have experimented using the cheap .45 long colt case, and you will see a few of these loads noted below. I tried to extrapolate loads that would be like a .38 special Plus-P, in the .45 colt case. Also the .454 Casull cases are easier to find and are stronger than .45 colt to experiment in the .460. Do NOT use a .460 load in anything but a .460 case.
AA 5744    44.0 gr.   2,035 58,200 2.188  MAX.
AA 5744    40.0 gr.   1,576 Personal: (Spread 33 - Hi=1,549  Lo=1,561)* great load, even with some unburned powder in cases.
AA #9      34.5 gr.   1,400 avg. This was 12 year OLD powder and didn't do well. Fresh batch might do better. Spreads varied from 660 to 872 fps.
Not all the powder burned, but it's a very good load.
325 GR. CPB LFN PB Dia. .452" COL: 2.200"
360 GR. CPB WLN GC Dia. .452" COL: 2.190"
395 GR. CPB WLN GC Dia. .452" COL: 2.185"
This mother kicks like a mule.
Lil'Gun    30 gr.  1,438 fps Avg.  Hi=1535, Lo=1385,  Spread=150.1  MAX Load.
and crimped just enough to clear the revolver chamber of the .460 S&W).
Trail Boss is great for lead bullet loads at low velocities. It's quite bulky and will fill the case beyond half full for most loads (making a double charge evident if it happened).
Accurate (XMP)5744 is one of my favorite powders that I use in my .45 Colt and other calibers. It seems to be less "case position sensitive" than others I have used. And only a few more grains (to MAX) is a compressed load, so it uses a lot of the case space.
I have used Titegroup & Lil' Gun and I like them a lot. Tightgroup is a very light powder for its bulk, so it fills the case about 3/4 when seating a big lead GC bullet.
Just started using some Ramshot powders, and the "Enforcer" seems ideal for this caliber.
UNIQUE (more later) - Using around 10-12 grains for bullets from 240 grain, plain base, thru 440 grain (lead, gas check), were mild loads and the spread was quite good for loads tested above. Quite a difference in velocity with bullet weight (see tables above).
Tightgroup, Longshot, Lil'Gun, H110, H4227 are products of Hodgdon Powders.
IMR Trail Boss (formerly DuPont) Powder Company, Winchester, Components Div.
References: Accurate Arms Co. Alliant Powder Co. Reloaders' Guide - - Hodgdon's Reloaders Website- - Hodgdon Tech Support - - Speer Reloading Manual, #12 - - Winchester Reloading Components Manual, 14th edition - - Lyman Piston & Revolver Reloading Handbook, 2nd edition. - - VihtaVuori Oy Company, - Numerous magazine articles on reloading special calibers and personal loads where noted. Ramshot Powder Company on-line guide 2007.


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The New York Cosmos is an American professional soccer club based in Uniondale, New York, that plays in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA). The club has previously competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL). With the NASL, the team won the Soccer Bowl Trophy in 2013, 2015, and 2016. They have been on hiatus since January 2021, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, though the league itself continued to play.

The present formation of the team and organization, established since August 2010, is a rebirth of the original New York Cosmos (1970–1985) that played in the previous North American Soccer League, which was at the time the first division of North American soccer.

History

1985–2012: Fall of the original Cosmos and revival

The original New York Cosmos club began play in 1971 in the original North American Soccer League. The league ceased operations after the 1984 season, and the Cosmos were dissolved in 1985 after playing a season in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Peppe Pinton, managing director for the Cosmos at the time, continued to run and operate youth camps started in 1977 and named after the club's stars.

With the rise of Major League Soccer (MLS) during the late 1990s and 2000s, MLS had an interest in placing a second club in the New York market. In 2007, a supporters group was formed to push for a team in New York City itself, and in his 2010 "State of the League" address, Commissioner Don Garber confirmed that was indeed the goal.  In the meantime, the original Cosmos were the subject of an ESPN documentary, Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos, introducing the name to a new generation of fans. Garber also stated at one point that if MLS was to have a second New York club, it would be the Cosmos, and various New York City area entities approached Pinton about using the name. Even the existing MLS club in New York, the MetroStars, made relevant inquiries both before and after becoming the New York Red Bulls in 2006.

Pinton was initially reluctant to let the name be used by an MLS team, believing that the league was unwilling to respect the Cosmos' heritage; however, after seeing MLS reintroduce historical NASL names, he changed his mind. In late August 2009, Pinton sold the name and image rights for $2 million to Paul Kemsley, the former vice-chairman of English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, who headed a group intent on establishing a new Cosmos team in MLS. They announced the club's return on August 1, 2010.

Kemsley's group included English soccer businessman Terry Byrne as vice-chairman, as well as former Liverpool CEO Rick Parry.  The investors funding the venture were rumored to be Saudi Arabian, although the full ownership group was not publicly announced at the time. The group's first high-profile hiring was former United States player Cobi Jones as associate director of soccer, followed by Eric Cantona, who was hired as director of soccer in mid-January 2011.  Cantona claimed "big plans" to build the club around homegrown talent, although the club would later claim in court that Cantona had never been given any actual responsibilities with the club, that he had only been a promotional figurehead.  Jones left the club in 2012, and Cantona was fired from his role shortly thereafter.

The new team sought connections with former stars. Pelé was signed to a five-year, five million dollar promotional contract as the team's honorary president, and original Cosmos players Shep Messing, Carlos Alberto, and Giorgio Chinaglia were named "international ambassadors" for the club.

The new Cosmos' first match was on August 5, 2011, when they played in Paul Scholes's testimonial match against Cantona's former club Manchester United at Old Trafford. Cantona managed the Cosmos, with a roster consisting of a team of guest players from around the world.

On October 26, 2011, Kemsley sold his shares to the co-owners, revealed to be Sela Sport, a Saudi Arabian sports marketing company. The departure of Kemsley was announced by the Cosmos with an official club statement saying that he wished "to pursue other interests and commitments", while the New York Post reported that Sela "apparently tired of the flamboyant Brit, who was long on flash but has to this point been short of substance".. His replacement was not immediately announced. A further press release on November 2 gave news of the company buyout, restructuring and various unspecified management changes within the organization. The statement also said that the goal of the club remained the same under its new structure – "unequivocally" to become an MLS team.

Within weeks of his appointment, new chairman and CEO Seamus O'Brien had a series of meetings with MLS commissioner Don Garber about joining Major League Soccer. Garber was still eager to add the Cosmos to MLS, and offered O'Brien a spot in the league, but O'Brien balked at the $100M expansion fee, single-entity structure, and requirement that the league control the brand. O'Brien decided not to apply for MLS entry after all.

2013–2015: Return to competitive league play
The Cosmos announced on July 12, 2012, that they would start competitive play in the second-tier North American Soccer League in 2013, but insisted in the same press release that the club was still bent on ultimately joining MLS.  In November, Erik Stover was hired as the club's Chief Operating Officer. Stover had previously been managing director of the New York Red Bulls, during which time he had been named MLS Executive of the Year, and was seen as instrumental in getting their stadium built.  The following week, Giovanni Savarese was confirmed as the team's first head coach.  On December 11, former Red Bulls defender Carlos Mendes, a native of Long Island, became the new Cosmos' first senior player.

The Cosmos found immediate success in the NASL, winning the Fall Season Championship with a 9–4–1 (Win-Draw-Loss) record. On November 9, 2013, the team emerged as the winner of Soccer Bowl 2013, winning 1–0 against the spring season champions, the Atlanta Silverbacks. In June 2015 the New York Cosmos played a friendly against the Cuba national team, the first U.S. professional club to play in Cuba after the United States began normalizing relations with the island nation.

Despite that on-field success, the Cosmos struggled to draw fans at Hofstra.

In 2015, Cantona sued the club, claiming that they had failed to pay him almost one million dollars in salary and a four percent equity interest he had been promised. The parties settled in March 2017. Details of a potential settlement were not initially disclosed, although it later reported that Cantona received £780,000 from the Cosmos.

After the Cosmos won the 2016 NASL Championship Final, supporters publicly called for a meeting with the club's owners, citing a lack of transparency from management and concerns over the club's future.

2016–present: Financial struggles and sale
In November 2016, there were reports the team was in dire financial condition, including furloughs for 60–80% of the staff and an inability to make payroll. Later reports indicated that the Cosmos had lost over thirty million dollars since beginning play in 2013, including as much as $10 million in 2016.

On December 6, 2016, various media outlets began reporting that the Cosmos had released all players and coaching staff from their contracts. Cosmos supporters launched an online campaign to raise funds for affected employees. On December 9, most of the club's employees were officially laid off.

In an interview with the Guardian, O'Brien admitted the financial losses but denied that the club was in danger of going out of business, insisting that they had "zero debt". Empire of Soccer pointed out that while O'Brien was saying that, the Cosmos were being sued for over $50,000 in unpaid rent on their Garden City, Long Island offices. Despite O'Brien's public statements, the team came within a few hours of going out of business altogether, as he came to an agreement to sell the Cosmos brand to a private equity firm. On December 15, 2016, the day O'Brien was to finalize that deal, he began negotiations with Rocco B. Commisso, a cable television executive with a lifelong interest in soccer. On January 10, 2017, it was announced that Commisso purchased the majority interest in the Cosmos. His investment kept the club and league from folding and allowed both to return for the 2017 NASL Season. ESPN reported that O'Brien and Sela Sport retained a minority stake in the club, although supporters claimed that Commisso assured them that Sela Sport was no longer part of the ownership.

On December 13, 2017, the Cosmos announced that Savarese had left the club "to pursue other coaching opportunities".

Following the cancellation of the NASL's 2018 season, the league announced that the Cosmos would take a hiatus while exploring options to return to the field in 2019. In September 2018, Chief Operating Officer Erik Stover stepped down to become the CEO of a local soccer academy. For the 2018 season, some of the Cosmos players joined the organizations second team, New York Cosmos B, in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and did so again for 2019.

On November 15, 2018, the NPSL announced that the Cosmos would be a founding member in a new professional league, commencing with the NPSL Founders Cup tournament from August to November 2019, followed by a full league schedule in 2020 at either division 2 or 3 level. This however, never came to be and the Founders Cup was later renamed to the Members Cup which Cosmos B took part in.

On May 23, 2019, the team played its first game since 2017 against 2. Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli at Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium, which New York won 2–1. On November 20, 2019, the club announced their intention of joining the National Independent Soccer Association for their Fall 2020 season.

Results

Year-by-year

Stadium

In July 2012, when the Cosmos' entry to the second-tier North American Soccer League was confirmed, starting in 2013, The New York Times reported that the club would initially play home games at James M. Shuart Stadium, on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, about  east of downtown New York City on Long Island. The stadium seats 11,929, and was home to the original Cosmos club during the 1972 and 1973 seasons.

The Cosmos struggled to draw fans to Hofstra, raising concerns about the club's sustainability. In 2015 they experimented with matches at MCU Park, a minor-league baseball stadium in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, hosting a regular season match against the Ottawa Fury and a post season match against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

The Cosmos proposed to construct a new 25,000-seat stadium at a parking lot next to the Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, in Nassau County just over the border with Queens. Plans for the $400 million project were submitted to the Empire State Development Corporation as a response to a request for proposal.
On December 9, 2016, the Empire State Development Corporation officially withdrew the RFP and rejected all four proposals, including that of the Cosmos.

Scheduling conflicts prevented the Cosmos from using Shuart Stadium for the 2016 Championship Final, and they were forced to rent another stadium. They eventually settled on Belson Stadium on the campus of St. John's University. The announcement that the league's championship game would be played in a 2,200-seat venue prompted derision from fans of the club and league, who took to social media with the hashtag #BiggerThanBelson. The Final was played at Belson but failed to sell out, with only 2,150 tickets sold.

For the 2017 season, the Cosmos moved all their home games to MCU Park in Brooklyn.

After sitting out the 2018 and 2019 season, the Cosmos announced that they would play their 2020 home games at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale. Just blocks from their original home at Shuart Stadium, Mitchel had been the team's training facility since 2013.

Kits and crest

Players and staff

Roster

Out on loan

Club captains

Retired numbers

Technical staff

Ownership and team management

Owners
The chairman is cable television executive Rocco B. Commisso. Other members of the ownership group include former club chairman Seamus O'Brien and Sela Sport, a marketing company based in Saudi Arabia. Ownership partners include International Sports Events and World Sport Group.

Directors
Chairman and CEO: Rocco B. Commisso

Supporters

Current
At the time of their hiatus, the Cosmos had two supporters groups: La Banda del Cosmos, a barra brava for Latin American fans, and The Cross Island Crew, primarily for fans on Long Island. The Cross Island Crew was founded as "Sagan's Army", in a reference to Carl Sagan, but re-branded in December 2013.

Former
The original supporters group was the Borough Boys Supporters Club, formed in 2007 to lobby MLS Commissioner Don Garber for a club based in New York City. After Kemsley's group bought the Cosmos name in late 2009, the Borough Boys became their first supporters group, believing that the Cosmos represented "the best choice for MLS expansion", and remained with the club even after New York City FC was announced as the twentieth MLS club in May 2013.

In June 2017, the Borough Boys' podcast/website This is Cosmos Country announced that they would no longer be covering the Cosmos, following a dispute with the club. In an interview with Empire of Soccer, they raised questions about the ownership of the Cosmos, including wondering whether Sela Sport still had an interest. After the EoS article was published, TICC founder Luis Hernandez received a phone call from Cosmos Senior Vice President Joe Barone. Barone complained about TICC's coverage of the Cosmos, and claimed to have himself received an angry phone call from Commisso, then in Saudi Arabia for a friendly match. Hernandez said "We feel we just have to walk away. They're trying to bully us. We love the team. We're fans. We support the on-field product. We're behind [Head Coach Giovanni Savarese], his players and staff. It's an unfortunate situation. None of us want to be part of this anymore." Commisso later denied making such a call to Barone, saying "Somebody lied." As of late 2017, the Borough Boys no longer had "any official relationship" with the club.

Broadcasting
The Cosmos were originally broadcast by One World Sports, a network that was run by the team's chairman Seamus O'Brien, and live or tape-delayed on SportsNet New York. The majority of the games featured the on-air team of play-by-play announcer JP Dellacamera and Janusz Michallik as the color analyst. One World Sports also produced Cosmos Classics, an original series featuring historic Cosmos matches from the 1970s and 1980s.

On March 16, 2017, coinciding with the team's new ownership, and the sale of One World Sports to Eleven Sports, the Cosmos announced a new broadcast deal with MSG Network and WPIX-TV. Ed Cohen and Jonathan Yardley handled play-by-play, alongside Sal Rosamilia and Janusz Michallik as color analysts.

Honors

Domestic

International
 Lunar New Year Cup
 Winners: 2015

New York Cosmos B

In January 2015, the Cosmos announced it would be fielding a team in the National Premier Soccer League for the upcoming season. The team, New York Cosmos B, would act as a reserve side and would be coached by first team assistant coach Alecko Eskandarian.

The team won the NPSL National Championship in its first season, going undefeated through 17 games and beating Chattanooga FC in the National Final on August 8. Between 2015 and 2019, the team finished first in the NPSL's North Atlantic Conference four times and reached the National Final again in 2019.

The squad did not return for the 2020 NPSL season.

Youth academy
Following its foundation in August 2010, the Cosmos entered into an arrangement with youth development organization Blau Weiss Gottschee in which the Gottschee teams would play under the name New York Cosmos Academy. The US under-17 team's Spring 2011 roster included three Cosmos Academy players, more at the time than any MLS team academy.  On November 8, 2011, Gottschee filed suit against the Cosmos, claiming that no payments had been made and that as a result they were forced to restore the tuition, transport and training fees which players had been required to pay before the 2010 deal. At the time the suit was filed, the Cosmos reportedly owed Blau Weiss Gottschee $210,000 in missed payments. Gotchee later joined New York City FC's development league.

A western division called Cosmos Academy West existed between August 2010 and August 2011, based in Pomona, California, about  east of Los Angeles. At the end of 2010, it was ranked by Soccer America as the third best boys' club in the United States and the top boys' club in California. Six months after its original partnership with Los Angeles Futbol Club was terminated in February 2011, Cosmos Academy West disbanded in August 2011, its operations folded into those of MLS club Chivas USA. This was done so that the Cosmos would fit more closely the requirements of a potential MLS team based out of New York City.

The Cosmos Academy eventually competed at various levels of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, fielding teams in the under-9 to under-18 age groups. An under-23 Cosmos side was accepted into the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the United States soccer pyramid, in May 2011, and was expected to join for the 2012 season. In preparation for this it played exhibition matches against existing PDL clubs during 2011, coached by Savarese. However, it did not take part in the 2012 PDL season.

In fall of 2014, the Cosmos announced that recently signed Raúl González Blanco would, upon his retirement from playing, assume a full-time role overseeing the Cosmos academy. However, when Raúl retired in 2015, he instead took a position with La Liga, overseeing its offices in the United States, and his son Hugo went into the New York City FC academy.

In May 2020, the Cosmos indefinitely suspended their youth academy.

Attempted Major League Soccer expansion
At the time of the Cosmos' return in 2010, MLS was made up of 16 franchises, with three new teams set to join over the following two seasons: the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Portland Timbers in 2011, and the Montreal Impact in 2012. Newsday reported in late April 2011 that the league was committed to placing the next franchise in the New York borough of Queens if a deal could be reached. Terry Byrne said in July 2011 that the stadium was the biggest factor regarding the Cosmos' accession to MLS. "The league wants us to demonstrate that we are capable of taking a stadium [area] and building a stadium," he said.

Working alongside New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Cosmos sought a location within New York City's boroughs rather than a surrounding city (which would distinguish them from the Red Bulls, based in Harrison, New Jersey). Over a dozen locations around Queens, The Bronx, and Manhattan were marked out in March 2011, narrowed down to four sites by the end of July; two in Queens and one each in Brooklyn and "uptown" Manhattan.

Apart from the stadium, an issue regarding MLS membership was the franchise fee that the Cosmos would have to pay to the league. When the club first announced its intention to join, the price stood at $40 million, but by the end of July 2011 the fee for any expansion team playing in New York had risen to $70 million, a 57% rise from the entry price paid by Montreal. By the end of 2011, the Cosmos decided not to apply for an MLS franchise after all, in part because they rejected the league's single entity structure, and because they did not want to relinquish marketing rights to their name and logo.

Following the Cosmos' decision not to apply, Major League Soccer announced in May 2013 that their 20th franchise would be a different New York City–based team, New York City FC, a new team co-owned by Premier League team Manchester City and Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees. Cosmos chairman Seamus O'Brien, however, noted that London had fourteen professional soccer teams, so New York City could "handle three."

In February 2014, MLS commissioner Don Garber named three other markets as candidates for the final expansion team that would get the league's stated 24-team target by 2020, and on April 25, 2014, he told Associated Press's sports editors that there would not be a third MLS team in New York.

See also
 Soccer in New York City

Notes and references

Notes

References
Bibliography

Source notes

External links

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North American Soccer League teams
Men's soccer clubs in New York (state)
2010 establishments in New York City
Soccer clubs in the New York metropolitan area
Phoenix clubs (association football)
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NAB offers border spectrum coordination proposal
By TVTechnology published 13 March 13
NAB offered a five-point proposal March 7, aimed at helping the FCC to resolve spectrum coordination issues with Canada and Mexico so that the agency's incentive auction and repacking of TV spectrum in the United States can move forward.
In a letter to the heads of the FCC's Incentive Auction Task Force, International Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Media Bureau, Rick Kaplan, NAB executive VP, Strategic Planning, said coordination with the U.S. neighbors prior to conducting the auction is a significant requirement of the Spectrum Act.
According to the letter, nearly 45 percent of all full-power TV broadcasters, some 795 stations, in the United States operate within the 250-mile coordination zone with Canada. Without revising existing agreements with both nations there will be "far less spectrum repurposed and far less money for the U.S. Treasury," Kaplan wrote.
NAB's proposal addresses cross-border issues that "stand in the way of a truly successful auction," the letter said.
The proposal calls for:
Identifying how many non-operational channel allotments are currently being protected by the three nations and proposing to Canada and Mexico to use them to find new pre-approved, pre-coordinated channels for repacked U.S. stations along the border.
Expediting detailed technical and repacking analyses to determine the size of the challenge along the borders. Such studies could help determine how many broadcast volunteers are needed to meet a reasonable target for spectrum clearing and the reverse auction.
Studying the potential impact of Canadian and Mexican TV transmission on future U.S. mobile broadband operation and vice versa.
Developing technical sharing criteria between broadband operations and existing TV stations.
Engaging with Canada and Mexico on a long-term 600MHz-band plan across the borders.
"Any delay in this critical element of pre-auction planning will also delay the auction, limit new available spectrum for wireless broadband, reduce the auction proceeds and diminish OTA television service for viewers near the border," Kaplan wrote.
LocalBTV Expands to 21 U.S. TV Markets


A neighbourhood Mural that commemorates the Wolseley Elm.
Tiffany Seymour: At the left top is Mary Anne Good. She`s the one who in 1860 planted the elm tree on her property. There was no street there then, but eventually the site of the tree became the intersection of Greenwood and Wolseley. There were no problems with the tree at all until the 1950`s. There were concerns that people would run into it, and a big sign to keep right of the tree. I believe at one time the tree was listed in Ripley`s Believe it or Not as the smallest park because there was a little boulevard around it. So they were going to tear the tree down and all the ladies from Wolseley came together and protested and locked their arms together around it to save the tree. There were 12 ladies. It was a big deal: there were reporters and cops there. I believe the year was 1957. The Mayor Stephen Juba came and sent everyone home. They decided to keep the tree. It made the news."
Shortly after that, 3 university students went and vandalized the tree, and then they tried to save it; and then it was set on fire! They had the sign on the tree: `tree under repair in attempt to save its life'. In the end someone blew it up with a stick of dynamite. Isn't that terrible?"
The scene at the top right depicts the women meeting and persuading the Mayor to save the tree.


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Facts about Coastal Screech Owl, The Coastal Screech Owl was only recently identified as its own species. Its scientific classification has varied over the past century. The formal scientific name for the Coastal Screech Owl species is Megascops pacificus. The Coastal Screech Owl is also known as the Tumbes Screech Owl, West Peruvian Screech-Owl, and Megascops roboratus pacificus. It can be called Otus guatemalae pacificus and considered a subspecies of M. guatemalae. The Otus genus was once classified as part of the Megascops genus.
The species was first described in 1982 by Gerrit Hekstra.
Physical Description of Coastal Screech Owls
The Coastal Screech Owl has a dark crown and small ear tufts. Adolescents have a reddish or rufous tint. Adults have grey and brown coloring. The Coastal Screech Owl has a dark covert without any bars. The Coastal Screech Owl's breasts have streaks with wide cross-bars. This coloring allows the owl to blend in with tree bark.
Coastal Screech Owls have a fine facial rim. The Coastal Screech Owl has a dark grey, curved bill. The Coastal Screech Owl has dark grey toes. The eyes are yellow. The Coastal Screech Owl is around seven inches () tall. The Coastal Screech Owl is 70 to 90 grams or 2.4 to 3.2 ounces in weight, whereas Megascops roboratus, the Peruvian Screech Owl, is much heavier, coming in at 150 grams or 5.3 ounces. Like other screech owls, the females are larger and heavier than the males.
They have a good sense of hearing.
The Coastal Screech Owl shares its range with the Peruvian Screech Owl, Peruvian Pygmy Owl and Maria Keopcke Screech Owl. The Coastal Screech Owl is smaller than the Peruvian Screech Owl, though they have similar coloring. The Coastal Screech Owl has a shorter tail than the Peruvian Screech Owl. The Maria Keopcke Screech Owl is larger, may or may not have a white fringe around its dark crown and has a coarser pattern.
Behavior of Coastal Screech Owls
The Coastal Screech Owl is strictly nocturnal.
The Coastal Screech Owl species probably nests in tree holes like its relatives. Its habitat includes scattered groups of trees. It may nest in holes in cactus.
The Coastal Screech Owl species is probably an insectivore like its closest relatives, feeding on insects like caterpillars, grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Members of the Megascops group tend to carry the prey to a perch before eating it. They use their bills to tear into the prey to eat them.
The Coastal Screech Owl is resident to its territory and does not migrate.
The Coastal Screech Owl's call is similar to that of Megascops roboratus. Its song is usually a harsh rising trill.
Habitat of Coastal Screech Owls
The Coastal Screech Owl lives in the dry habitats, the dry open scrub areas on the drier coastal plains, and foothills. It is not found above 1,500 feet (457 meters).
The Megascops roboratus species is able to survive in subtropical and tropical dry forests as well as degraded former forest. It is not known if the Coastal Screech Owl can remain in degraded former forest that is turning into grassland or been cleared by loggers.
Range of Coastal Screech Owl
The Coastal Screech Owl is found along the Pacific coast of Peru. The Coastal Screech Owl is found from southwest Ecuador to northwest Peru, in the Tumbes department (state), hence the name.
The Coastal Screech Owl species is considered common locally and not considered threatened, but the actual population number and density are not known. The related West Peruvian Screech Owl species is not considered threatened or a matter of concern by the IUCN.
Trivia of Coastal Screech Owls
Megascops pacificus and Megascops roborates were previously considered one species. That species, scientific name Otus roboratus, was identified back in 1918.
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