That the Honourable Court be pleased to order and/or direct scrutiny, recount and re-tallying of votes with a view to establishing the validity of the votes cast.
In the alternative, a declaration be and is hereby made that the election was not held in compliance with the law relating to the conduct of the County Assembly Ward elections and in particular with the provisions of Articles 81 and 86 of the Constitution, 2010.
That an order be and is hereby issued directing the 2nd and 3rd Respondents and/or their successors in office and other relevant public officers to take remedial action to give effect to the declarations no. (b) to (c) above.
Such other or further orders as the honourable court may deem fit, just and expedient.
The petitioner's case and/or contention, given the averments contained in the filed election petition are inter-alia, that the 2nd and 3rd respondents had purportedly conducted the held elections in a manner substantially inconsistent with the express provisions and principles laid down under Articles 8, 86 and 88 of the Constitution, 2010, Section 39 of the Elections Act no. 24 of 2011 and the provisions of the Elections (General) Regulations, 2012; in that, the 2nd respondent had purportedly declared the 1st respondent winner of the held election without verifying and completing form 36 in the presence of the petitioner and his agents, unlawfully and unjustifiably declining the petitioner's request for a recount of votes cast, unlawfully and unjustifiably in cahoots with his subordinate officers excluding and/or rejecting or chasing away the petitioner's agents from many polling stations including but not limited to Nyanguru Primary School, Kenya Marine Fisheries, Nyanko Primary School and Riabamanyi Primary School polling stations and unlawfully and unjustifiably refusing to issue and allow the petitioner's agents to sign form 35's in respect of many polling stations, unlawfully and unjustifiably refusing, neglecting and/or otherwise failing to fill form 35s in many polling stations, in allowing the 1st respondent's supporters to impersonate deceased voters and in consequently endorsing the illegal declaration of the 1st respondent through the 3rd respondent vide Gazette Notice Number 3160 dated 13th March 2013 as the elected member of Bobaracho County Assembly Ward and which election he averred and maintained was thus manifestly void and proceeded to set out the grounds of the petition and the particulars of the breaches committed by the 2nd and 3rd respondents under paragraphs 8 – 26 of the filed petition.
The petitioner, in support and in buttressing his case, filed an affidavit of evidence sworn by himself on the 4th of April 2013, filed on 5th April 2013 and in further support attached thereto a number of documents, to wit a certificate of nomination issued by his political party, the statutory form 35s and 36 in respect of the electoral ward and a bundle of copy of the Kenya Gazette Notice in issue. The filed election petition was further supported by a number of witnesses, notably; VINNIE K. ONKUNDI, LINET BOSIBORI MOMANYI, EDNA KERUBO NYAKWARO, CALLEN K. NYANGERI, JACKLINE GIMONDE, ANNA KEMUNTO MAUTIA, HECKINS ARASA NYAKUNDI, DANIEL OSORO ONDUSO and DENIS MATAI NYAKUNDI, who in corroboration of their support of the filed petition, filed their respective sworn affidavits in evidence accompanied by documentary evidence.
The 1st respondent, in his filed response to the petition dated 15th April 2013, filed on the 16th April 2013 vehemently denied the petitioner's complaints and/or allegations alluded to under paragraph 8 – 27 of the filed petition and invited the petitioner to strict proof hereof. He averred and maintained under paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 that the elections held and conducted by the 2nd and 3rd respondents in respect of County Assembly Representative of Bobaracho County Assembly Ward, held on the 4th March 2013 was held and conducted in a free and fair manner consistent with the provisions of Article 86 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, the Elections Act No. 24 of 2011 and the Elections Regulations, which elections had culminated to his declaration by the 2nd respondent as the validly elected Member of the County Assembly Bobaracho Ward and which results were sanctioned by the 3rd respondent vide Kenya Gazette Notice No. 3160 dated 13th March 2013. He therefore urged the court to issue a declaration to the effect that he was duly and validly elected as the County Assembly Representative for Bobaracho Ward and to dismiss the petitioner's petition with costs to him. He, in support and corroboration of his filed response to the petition filed a replying affidavit: in evidence dated the 15th April 2013, sworn on the even date, filed on the 16th April, 2013 and attached thereto a bundle of documents, to wit, the statutory forms 35s and 36 in respect of the held election in issue and further supported by witnesses namely; WILFRED OMENGE NKOBE, HENRY NYABUTO DAN, ZABLON INGWANI ORURU, LAWRENCE NYANGAI OCHENGE, VINCENT OMWENGA OBINGO, ANTHONY OUKO ONDIMU, CHARLES ONDIEKI MATUNDURA, ALI MUSTAFHA, ONGERI ALVIN ONGAGA, JAMES OMBOGO BAGWASI, THOMAS MANAS ONCHANGWA, GODFREY MIGIRO MASAKA, and ZACHARIA MOKAYA NYANGAU, who, too as required by law, filed sworn replying affidavits in evidence accompanied by supporting documents thereto.
The 2nd and 3rd respondents in their answer and/or response to the petition dated 22nd April 2013, filed on the even date generally and vehemently denied each and every allegation in the petitioner's petition and the deponed assertions by the witnesses in their filed sworn affidavits in evidence in support and particularly the contents of paragraph 8 – 27 of the filed petition and invited the petitioner to strict proof thereof. They averred and maintained under paragraph 4 – 17 of their filed response that the 1st respondent was legally declared and Gazetted winner of the subject election, and which elections they hastened to add was conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and provisions of the Law and in a peaceful and transparent environment and further that no breach of the Law or statute was ever committed as alleged. They further averred, on without prejudice basis that the petitioner herein has made wild allegations against them without proof on the issues, questions and complaints laid before the court for determination, which material facts and evidence, if found by the court, in the unlikely event are not fundamental and material as to invalidate the election of the 1st respondent.
They further averred that, the presented petition is without substance in law and in fact which petition they asserted is incurably and fatally defective, embarrassing, ill conceived, misguided, frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the Honourable Court process warranting its dismissal with costs, and urged the court to make a determination that the 1st respondent was duly elected County Assembly Representative for Bobaracho Ward and that the said election was valid.
The 2nd and 3rd respondents in support of the filed response to the petition filed sworn affidavits in evidence by witnesses led by one NG'ENY K. ROBERT, the Returning Officer for Nyaribari Chache Constituency, whose jurisdiction the held elections fell, and denied each and every allegation or complaint raised by the petitioner and his witnesses in their respective filed sworn affidavits in evidence in support of the petition and in corroboration of their cases attached therewith copies of the statutory forms 35s and 36 in respect of the held County Assembly Ward election, which considered position was corroborated by the following witnesses, in their respective sworn affidavits in evidence, EVANS MACHUKI MOGANA, FLORENCE OGETO, STEPHEN ONGORI TEYA, BENARD KONGO MOSE, DENDEN MOSIMA MIKURO, DOMINIC NYACHIRO MOTURI, GILBERT ONGWENYI and MAIRURA EDWARD OKEMWA.
B: AGREED ISSUES FOR DETERMINATION.
Whether the General Elections held on the 4th day of March 2013, in respect of Bobaracho County Assembly Ward was conducted in compliance and in accordance with the provisions of Articles 81 and 86 of the Constitution, 2010, the Law and General practice of elections?
Whether the elections so held by the 2nd and 3rd respondents were free, fair and in a transparent manner and/or whether same were marred with electoral malpractices and/or illegalities which would in effect invalidate the held elections?
Whether the 1st respondent herein, had garnered the highest number of valid votes cast and/or whether he was validly and duly declared and gazetted as the elected County Assembly Ward Representative for Bobaracho County Assembly Ward.
Whether the presented petition discloses a reasonable cause of action and/or is competent and/or incompetent.
Who should bear the costs of the presented petition?
That the Honourable Court be pleased to grant an order for scrutiny, recount and re-tallying of all the votes cast to and/or in favour of all the candidates who contested for Bobaracho County Assembly Ward, during the General Elections held on the 4th March 2013.
That consequent to prayer (i) herein before being granted, the results for the scrutiny, recount and re-tallying be pronounced and/or announced prior to (sic) the substantive hearing of the petition and in any event the results of the said exercise be taken into the account by the Honourable Court.
The presented motion was strenuously opposed by the respondents and the court in its ruling thereafter disallowed the application on grounds that same was premature taking note of the fact that the prayers sought were not the only prayers or issues in the filed election petition as contemplated and/or envisaged vide Section 32(2) of the Election Rules and secondly, the petitioner having failed to establish and/or demonstrate a legal basis and/or sufficient reasons thereto to the satisfaction of the court which scenario, as noted by the court would be achievable upon hearing of the main petition, whereupon all parties to the petition would be tested and examined in their respective evidence to de adduced.
The petitioner in his sworn testimony in evidence in chief wholly adopted the filed sworn affidavit and the bundle documents attached thereto as his evidence in support and corroboration of the filed petition. He, on cross examination stated that he was among the nine candidates who had contested for the Bobaracho County Assembly Ward during the elections held on the 4th March 2013, which elections he conceded were conducted in a free and fair manner save for the instances where he had noted some discrepancies during the tallying of the votes cast, wherein the garnered votes in his favour had been diminished and posted in favour of other competing candidates; as in the cases obtaining at Nyamage, Bobaracho and Jogoo polling stations. He stated that at Bobaracho Secondary School Polling Station, he had garnered a total of 67 votes but during the tallying of the cast votes, at Keumbu tallying centre, he was declared by the Returning Officer to have garnered 17 votes and had consequently lost 50 votes and at Nyamage Polling Station, he had garnered 299 in stream no. 2 as indicated by the filed statutory form 35, but the tallied results showed he had garnered 247. He denied the respondents assertions and/or allegations that he, in company of one Kerosi Ondieki, now the current Assembly Speaker – Kisii County had attempted to disrupt the counting of the votes cast at Jogoo Polling Station. He further on cross examination maintained that he had appointed agents, who however were allegedly not accredited by IEBC, the 3rd respondent and were thus consequently denied access to the polling stations. He reiterated that the votes cast in his favour in some of the polling stations i.e. in Jogoo, Nyamase and Bobaracho Secondary School as declared by the Presiding Officers were altered during the tallying and announcement of the final results by the Returning Officer, the 2nd respondent herein. He called nine (9) PW2 VINNIE K. ONKUNDI, PW3 LINET BOSIBORI MOMANYI, PW4 EDNA KERUBO NYAMWARO, PW5 CALLEN KEMUNTO NYANGENYI, PW6 JACKLINE GIMONDE KEMUMA, PW7 ANNA KEMUNTO MAUTIA, PW8 HECKINS ARASA NYAKUNDI, PW9 DANNIEL OSORO NYANDUSO and PW10 DENNIS MATAI NYAKUNDI, who all in their respective sworn testimonies in evidence in chief adopted their respective sworn affidavits in evidence filed, as their evidence in corroboration of the petitioner's election petition. They all except PW7 ANNA KEMUNTO MAUTIA who in evidence was a polling clerk at Bobaracho Secondary school polling station, stated in their cross examination and re-examination that they were appointed agents, who had been purportedly, assigned the role of overseeing the electoral process in the assigned polling stations falling under Bobaracho County Assembly Ward by their respective political parties. For instance PW2 in evidence alleged to have been appointed by ODM party, PW3 allegedly was appointed by an individual candidate running under ODM party ticket, the petitioner herein, PW4 appointed by FORD Peoples Party, PW5 allegedly an accredited agent for FORD People Party, PW6, appointed as an agent by Safina Party and PW8, 9 and 10 allegedly directly appointed by the petitioner as individual candidate's agents. PW8, PW9 and PW10, in their respective adduced evidence, upon presenting their appointment letters or credentials to the IEBC officials were purportedly chased or turned them away and were therefore denied access to the polling stations and did not as it were witness the voting and the counting exercise and the declaration of the votes cast by the presiding officer. On the other hand, PW2, PW3, PW4, PW5 and PW6 had witnessed the entire electoral process in the voting, counting and declaration of the votes cast by the presiding officers and had allegedly made their personal handwritten notes on the votes cast by each candidate and particularly in favour of the petitioner which results they had handed over to the petitioner upon his request much later after the announcement and declaration of the final results. They alleged in evidence that they were not availed the statutory form 35s for them to append their signatures in acknowledgement and in confirmation of the votes cast and that in some polling stations declared results by the Presiding Officers were not properly posted and tallied in statutory form 36 by the Returning Officer, the 2nd respondent herein.
The 1st respondent in his evidence in chief stated that he is the incumbent elected County Assembly Representative for Bobaracho County Assembly Ward in the election held on the 4th March 2013, wherein he was among the nine contestants and had emerged the declared winner, having garnered the highest cast votes and was consequently Gazetted as the duly elected County Representative for Bobaracho Assembly Ward, which held elections he maintained was conducted by IEBC, the 3rd respondent herein in a free, fair and transparent manner. It was his evidence that he had appointed agents in the polling stations with instructions to oversee, monitor and to keep a close eye on the election process. He, in examination in chief reiterated that the entire election process held on the 4th March 2013, in respect of Bobaracho County Assembly Ward were conducted in a free and a fair manner with no complaints or any ugly incidents reported save, for an isolated incident reported at Jogoo Polling Station where his close competitor and ally, the petitioner herein in the company of one Kerosi Ondieki had attempted to disrupt the smooth counting of the votes cast, which incident he had formally lodged at Kisii Central Police Station vide OB entry No. 4 of 4th March 2013. He wholly adopted his affidavit in evidence in answer to the petition and the attached bundle of documents thereto in evidence in answer to the filed petition.
He, on cross examination and upon being shown bundle of copies of the statutory form 35s, filed by himself in answer to the filed petition and those filed by IEBC, the 3rd respondent conceded that some of his appointed agents apparently did not sign on the statutory form 35s as opposed to what he had deponed to in his sworn affidavit in answer to the petition. He, on further cross examination conceded that there were apparent noted discrepancies on the statutory form 35s in respect of the votes cast, with a case in point, being Bobaracho Primary School Polling Station, which had two streams, wherein some five (5) votes were not reflected anywhere and could not be accounted for. He maintained that all the statutory form 35s were generated by IEBC, the 3rd respondent who, are in a better position to explain the discrepancies noted. He, reiterated that the election exercise, notwithstanding the noted discrepancies was conducted in a free and fair manner by IEBC, the 3rd respondent, who complied with the law and was thus validly declared as the County Assembly elected representative for Bobaracho County Assembly Ward. He, called five (5) witnesses his appointed agents in some of the polling stations namely; RW2, JAMES OMBOGO BAGWASI an agent at Bobaracho Secondary School, RW3, ONGORI ALVIN ONGAGA, Jogoo Primary School Stream No. II, RW4, ALI MUSTAFHA, Jogoo Primary School Stream No. I, RW5, THOMAS MWAMASI ONCHANGA, Riabamanyi Primary School polling station and RW6, ZABLON INGWANI ORURU, Nyamage Primary School polling station, who in their respective sworn testimonies and evidence in chief adopted their filed affidavit of evidence in reply to the filed petition. They all maintained that they were trained as agents at Keumbu Tallying Centre prior to the Election Day and had witnessed the election process in their respective polling stations which exercise, they all maintained was conducted in a free and fair manner and that the results declared by the Presiding Officers as captured in the statutory form 35s were true results and a reflection of the tallied results by the returning officer in statutory form 36.
The 2nd and 3rd respondents, in evidence called four (4) witnesses led by the 2nd respondent, ROBERT K. NG'ENY, who in evidence was/is the Returning Officer for Nyaribari Chache Constituency under whose jurisdiction the Bobaracho County Assembly Ward elections, held on the 4th March 2013 fell.
The 2nd respondent, referred to as RW1 stated in his sworn testimony that his role as the Returning Officer, with the assistance of his Deputy Returning Officer was to inter-alia monitor and to ensure the smooth running of the elections process, to receive any complaints from all the polling stations, if any and/or challenges encountered and ultimately to receive all the results from the Presiding Officers from all the polling stations which results were contained in the statutory form 35s, which results he would then verify before tallying and pronouncing the final tallied results in the presence of the candidates and their chief agents, upon asking them if they had any complaints thereto. He stated that he would then thereafter proceed to cause their ICT personnel to key in the tallied results in form 36. He, in his evidence in chief stated that, he had prior to the Election Day held a consultative seminar with the candidates and their agents, where they were trained and sensitized on their roles during the election period and on the need to observe the Oath of Secrecy and the Electoral Laws and the requirement for them to submit the list of their agents 48 hours prior to the voting day. It was his evidence in chief that overally the elections held on the 4th March 2013 in respect of Nyaribari Chache Constituency was conducted in accordance with the law and was free and fair notwithstanding the obtaining technical challenges in remitting the results. He commended all IEBC officers who worked under him for doing a commendable job. He wholly adopted his sworn affidavit in evidence in answer to the filed petition and the entire attached documents notably, the statutory form 35s and 36 in support and in corroboration of his evidence and on behalf of the 3rd respondent. He, on cross examination by the 1st respondent's counsel maintained that the elections held in respect of Bobaracho County Assembly Ward, on the 4th March 2013 was conducted in a free and fair manner and the winning candidate, the 1st respondent herein consequently validly declared. He further stated that one ANNE KEMUNTO who was a polling clerk for the IEBC, called by the petitioner as a witness in the petition ought to be investigated for a possible commission of an electoral offence in taking away an election material from the polling station. He on cross examination by the petitioner's counsel, stated that there was no law forbidding anyone from getting access to the duly filled copy of form and that ANNE KEMUNTO MAUTI called as the petitioner's (PW7) was within the law to have requested the Presiding Officer, a copy of the filled form 35. He on further cross examination and upon being shown a number of copies of documents to wit the statutory form 35s and 36 filed by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd respondents and his own sworn affidavit in support of the 3rd respondent's case conceded that there were apparent transposition errors during the keying in of the results in form 36 at the constituency level, in some isolated instances such as in Bobaracho Primary School polling station Stream II where Five (5) votes cast could not be accounted for, Bobaracho Secondary School, where the petitioner was indicated to have garnered 17 votes, instead of his rightful cast votes of 67, to mention but a few. He maintained that the results he declared and announced in respect of Bobaracho County Assembly Ward are the true reflection of the results received by him from the presiding officers, which results he had posted onto form 36.
RW2 BENARD KONGO MOSE in his evidence in chief adopted his sworn affidavit in evidence in corroboration of the 2nd and 3rd respondents' cases and confirmed that he was the Presiding Officer posted to Bobaracho Secondary School by IEBC, the 3rd respondent. It was his evidence that the election process was peaceful throughout the entire process with no complaint raised by the contesting candidates and that the results reflected and posted in form 36 exhibited by the 2nd and 3rd respondents were the true reflection of the results on the votes cast in favour of the candidates. He stated that the petitioner herein had garnered 17 votes and one MARY ANGIMA 67 votes as indicated on the statutory forms 35 and 36. He, on cross examination by the 1st respondent's counsel maintained that the statutory forms 35 in respect of Bobaracho Secondary School polling station had shown the petitioner having garnered 17 votes and one MARY ANGIMA having garnered 67 votes. He, on being shown the statutory form 35 exhibited by the petitioner in respect of Bobaracho Secondary School polling station denied the contents therein and termed them forgeries. He, on cross examination by the petitioner's counsel maintained that the statutory form 35s exhibited by the 1st respondent and the petitioner are unknown to him and disowned the signature and the handwriting, terming them forgeries. He conceded that some agents did not sign the statutory form 35s which he would normally fill in.
RW3, BENDEN MOSIMA MIKURO, in his evidence in chief adopted his sworn affidavit in evidence filed in support and in corroboration of the 2nd and 3rd respondents' cases and confirmed having been deployed by the 3rd respondent as a presiding officer at Bobaracho Primary School Stream II in the elctions held on the 4th March 2013.
He, on cross examination conceded that there were five (5) cast votes which were unaccounted for, which votes, in his own opinion could have been rejected votes, which votes in any event could not have been factored in favour of any candidate. He further conceded that he did however post the five (5) cast votes unaccounted for to the final document form 35. He, on further cross examination denied any knowledge of the statutory form 35 exhibited by the petitioner and the first respondent and termed them forgeries. He stated that the copies of statutory form 35 exhibited by the 2nd and 3rd respondents in their response to the petition are the genuine documents. He confirmed, however that as the Presiding Officer he had the custody of the IEBC official rubber stamp and could not comment as to who might have embossed the IEBC official rubber stamp on the disputed documents. He further stated that the failure to factor the unaccounted for, five (5) cast votes was due to fatigue and vehemently denied bungling the elections held on the 4th March 2013.
RW4, EVANS MACHUKI MOGAKA, in evidence in chief adopted his sworn affidavit in evidence as his evidence in support of the 2nd and 3rd respondents' cases. He, on cross examination owned up to the three (3) sets of form 35s shown to him relating to Nyamage Primary School, wherein he had posted as the Presiding Officer. He conceded there were inaccuracies in form 35s wherein he had posted the total number of votes cast as 452 instead of 453 consequently thereof he had robbed one candidate, Francis Michieka one (1) cast vote.
The declared cast votes in favour of the petitioner increased from 2095 to 2148 votes, an increase margin of 53 votes.
The declared cast votes in favour of the 1st respondent decreased from 2322 to 2309, a decrease margin of 13 votes.
It established that the petitioner garnered 67 votes at Bobaracho Secondary School as opposed to the 17 votes posted in the statutory form 35 and 36 respectively.
The results further revealed that there were missing statutory form 35s in a total of seven (7) polling stations namely; Nyosia Primary School, Kegati Primary School Stream no. 2, Kenya Marine Fisheries, Nyanguru Primary School, Nyamage Primary School Stream No. 1, Nyanko Primary School and Nyamemiso polling station.
That the 1st respondent, even after scrutiny and recount of votes was still ahead of the petitioner with the highest votes.
All the parties to the petition, upon the close of the trial, through their respective counsels on record filed written submissions on the raised issues during the trial of the matter i.e. the summary of the oral as well as documentary evidence so adduced and tendered in support and in corroboration of the respective cases, resting with the results of the scrutiny and recount of the votes cast as ordered and directed by court. Parties in buttressing their considered positions in the matter cited several case law, which I would shortly, hereinafter consider in my final determination of the matter.
The petitioner's counsel in buttressing his considered position in the highlighted issues herein before cited the cases of HASSAN JOHO –VS- NYANKE & ANOTHER, 2008 eKLR, MURGOR – VS – IKONGA, 2008 KLR, WABUGE – VS – LIMO, SIMON OGARI & ANOTHER – VS- HON. JOEL OMAGWA ONYANCHA and OMINGO MAGARA – VS- NYAMWEYA.
The petitioner's counsel, on this limb submitted that the report on the scrutiny and recount of the votes cast presented before court revealed that a total of seven (7) polling stations did not have the original form 35s, namely; Nyanko, Nyamemiso, Kegati Steam No.2, Nyosia, Kenya Marine Fisheries, Nyamage Stream No.1 and Nyanguru polling stations. He further submitted in the other polling stations i.e. G.I.T. code 013 and Riabamanyi polling station, the statutory form 35s did not have the IEBC validation stamp which omission would in effect invalidate the held elections as held in the cited case of THOMAS MALINDA – VS- IEBC & TWO OTHERS.
The petitioner's counsel, in resting his submissions urged court to place reliance on the cited legal authorities and to invalidate and nullify the elections held.
That the election held on the 4th March 2013, the subject of the present petition was conducted by the 2nd and 3rd respondents in a free and fair manner and according to the law as conceded by all the parties herein including the petitioner save for Bobaracho Secondary School, where an error arose in posting of the petitioner's cast votes to another candidate which error was not deliberate and which error he further submitted cannot be a legal basis to invalidate the held election.
That the held election was a tedious exercise and the first of its kind to be undertaken under the new Constitution, 2010, which presented the 2nd and 3rd respondents with teething challenges and that the non-signing of the statutory forms could not invalidate an election, given that non-compliance of the law cannot in itself vitiate an election as held in the case of HASSAN JOHO – VS – NYANKE, in an instance where the election was substantially conducted in a free and fair manner.
That the petitioner in evidence did not prove the breaches allegedly committed on the part of the 2nd and 3rd respondents, as alluded to in the petition which allegations ought to be proved in evidence by cogent, consistent and credible evidence.
That, the petitioner in his evidence failed to show that his appointed agents were chased away from a polling station and that in any event, regulation no. 74 of the elections regulation require agents' list to be submitted within 48 hours prior to the Election Day and that the presiding officers acted within the law to have sent away an agent who had not complied with the law. He, on this point, submitted that the petitioner's agents in any event, were agents from other political parties and could not have been practicable in law for them to be in different polling stations on the same polling day.
That the results of the scrutiny which showed that seven polling stations did not have statutory form 35s in the ballot boxes and the petitioner's impression that the results in those polling stations could not be ascertained are far-fetched and far from the truth as the results in those polling stations he further submitted were availed by the 2nd and 3rd respondents as required by law and pinned on the sides of the ballot boxes and further that the results contained in the ballot boxes were therefore ascertained and could be compared to the results brought to court. He also submitted that the petitioner's submission that Nyanguru Primary School Polling Station, upon scrutiny was found not to have counterfoils in the ballot boxes was not fatal and which scenario is distinguishable from the cited case of THOMAS MULINDA & TWO OTHERS – VS – IEBC & TWO OTHERS wherein 19 polling stations were found to have been missing the counterfoils.
That the irregularities so found were not massive as to invalidate the held elections and further that the cited cases of JAMES OMINGO MAGARA – VS – NYAMWEYA and SIMON OGARI & ANOTHER – VS – HON. JOEL OMAGWA ONYANCHA are quite distinguishable given the circumstances obtaining in the present petition. He urged court to make a finding that the subject election held on the 4th March 2013 was conducted in a free and fair manner and in accordance with the law and the present petition ought to be dismissed with costs to the 2nd and 3rd respondents.
That the petitioner in his own admission, has admitted that the held elections were conducted in a free and fair manner and in which case, has a clear winner even after scrutiny and recount of the cast votes as ordered by court on its own suo moto, at the close of trial, the 1st respondent herein, and as such there is nothing or issue left for the court's determination.
That the posting of the votes cast at Bobaracho Secondary school where the petitioner had lost 50 votes was a mere error, as explained by the Presiding Officer in evidence and which error, in any event was not intended or meant to benefit any candidate. It was not a deliberate error and thus the petitioner has not proved any fraud committed, which acts or omission remained the acts or omissions of the IEBC officials.
That the missing of counterfoils as in the case of Nyanguru polling station as submitted by the petitioner cannot be a basis for nullification of an election and further submitted that, one, cannot say, for a fact, that a counterfoil was missing in the instant matter as the alleged missing counterfoils could have been misplaced in other election boxes i.e. for the Member of National Assembly, Presidential and other elective posts, taking into account that the scrutiny and recount of the cast votes was done at the tail end of the trial and the IEBC were not therefore accorded a chance to give an explanation, which scrutiny and recount exercise he submitted had been overtaken by events.
He submitted that no breaches of the law or conduct during the election process has been visited on the winning candidate, the 1st respondent herein and further that no case at all has been made against the 1st respondent.
He submitted that the petitioner has failed to prove the allegations contained in the filed petition and that the petitioner's witnesses were in fact alien and strangers, who could not therefore be expected to have corroborated the petitioner's case.
That scrutiny and recount has to be narrowed only to the disputed polling stations and in the instant case, to four polling stations but that the court on its own suo moto proceeded to order for scrutiny and recount of the votes cast in all the polling stations against the spirit and letter section 32 of the election rules.
That the IEBC, the 3rd respondent in the instant case met the threshold envisaged under Article 86 of the Constitution, 2010 in conducting the free and fair elections and submitted that each case, given the listed legal authorities, such as the case of THOMAS MULINDA & OTHERS – VS - IEBC & TWO OTHERS, has its unique and peculiar circumstances relating as to when an election could be nullified and urged court to take cognizance of the circumstances obtaining during the elections held on the 4th March 2013, which elections, was one of its kind under the new Constitution, 2010.
He reiterated that the 1st respondent did not misconduct himself or committed any electoral offence during the held elections for any sanctions to be meted against him.
I have carefully and seriously considered the filed pleadings in the petition and the answers/responses thereto and the accompanying filed sworn affidavits in evidence and the attached bundle of documents, forming part of the records, by all the parties, in support and in corroboration of their respective cases, the oral evidence adduced as well as the filed written submissions on the raised issues for determination by the court.
That whatever voting method is used, the system is simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent.
Appropriate structures and mechanism to eliminate electoral malpractice are put in place, including the safe keeping of electoral materials.
"An election will be nullified if it is not conducted substantially in accordance with the law as to elections. It will also be nullified, even though conducted substantially in accordance with the law as to elections, if the errors or mistakes in conducting it, however trivial are found to have affected the result of the election".
There is a general consensus by all the parties herein, given the evidence adduced, that the subject election held on the 4th March, 2013, was conducted in a peaceful manner, with no incidents of violence reported save for an isolated incident where the petitioner, in company of one Kerosi Ondieki, the current County Assembly Speaker – Kisii County were allegedly reported to have attempted to disrupt the counting of the votes exercise at Jogoo Primary School, which allegations, I do find were not sufficiently proved in evidence with any corroborative evidence thereof. They remain uncorroborated allegations on record.
The main issue then, in my considered view, is whether the electoral malpractices and illegalities noted and found and/or established by the court during the scrutiny and recounting of the cast votes and the presented report, the non-signing of the statutory form 35s and 36 by the Presiding Officers in some polling stations and the Returning officer and the absence of appointed agents at some polling stations as alleged by the petitioner have been proved in evidence to the settled standard of proof afore stated and as to whether if the allegations found, would be sufficient grounds or reasons to vitiate and to nullify the held elections.
I, find no sufficient evidence laid and placed before court, to show that the 2nd and 3rd respondents had impersonated dead persons as voters or that the number of registered voters had exceeded the votes cast in any of the polling stations.
I, further find no sufficient evidence or record to show that the petitioner's appointed agents were chased or turned away from any of the polling stations as alleged. It is on record, in this regard, that the alleged appointed agents for the petitioner were in fact agents appointed by other political parties, other than the petitioner's sponsoring party, for instance, PW4, EDNA KEMUNTO NYAMWARO, who in evidence had been appointed by FORD People party, PW5, CALLEN KEMUNTO NYANGENYI, who in evidence had been accredited by FORD People party agent, PW6, JACKLINE GIMONDE KEMUMA, who in evidence, was an appointed agent for Safina Party, PW9, DANIEL OSORO ONDUSO, who after allegedly been chased or turned away from Nyanguru Primary polling station was approached and appointed by one Erick Monda, as his agent at Bobaracho polling station.
These witnesses purportedly appointed by the petitioner as his agents, admittedly on record were indeed agents to other rivaling political parties and could not reasonably be expected to have been the petitioner's independent competent witnesses on the grounds of possible conflict of interest. The evidence adduced with due respect to that extent have no evidentiary value. I, further find that, even if the petitioner's alleged agents were chased away or turned away from the polling stations, that in my view, would have amounted to a procedural anomaly, which would not have fundamentally affected the final results of the election.
I am in agreement with the 2nd and 3rd respondents' arguments and bound and guided by the cited legal authorities of Kisumu Court of Appeal Civil Appeal No. 8 of 2010, JAMES OMINGO MAGARA – VS – MANSON ONYONGO NYAMWEYA & TWO OTHERS and JOHO – VS – NYANGE & ANOTHER (2008) KLR (EP) that the non-signing of the statutory form 35 and as obtaining in the instant case, in some instances and non-compliance of the law, would not per se affect the final result of an election as they are post-election anomalies which could be overlooked or excusable in law.
Although, it is crucial for the agents/candidates to sign the statutory form 35, failure to do so, however does not necessarily nullify an election as held in the cited case of MACHAKOS HC ELECTION PETITION NO. 2 OF 2013, THOMAS MULINDA MUSAU & TWO OTHERS – VS – IEBC & TWO OTHERS.
There is overwhelming evidence, following the scrutiny and recount of votes cast ordered by the court that the statutory forms 35s were missing in seven (7) polling stations, namely; NYANKO, NYAMEMISO, KEGATI Stream No. 2, NYOSIA, KENYA MARINE FISHERIES, NYAMAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Stream No. 1 and NYANGURU polling stations.
Additionally, it was established that the counterfoils in respect to Nyanguru Primary School polling station was missing from the ballot box. The IEBC validation official stamp was also established to have been missing at GIT code no. 014 and RIABAMANYI code 013 polling stations. It was further established that the petitioner's cast votes amounting to 67 votes at Bobaracho Secondary School polling station were inaccurately and/or erroneously posted in favour of a rivaling or competing candidate.
There is no dispute that the 1st respondent, even after the scrutiny and recount of the votes cast remained in the lead.
It is a conceded fact that the statutory forms 35s found to have been missing in the aforementioned seven(7) polling stations are the primary documents in an election which documents are used by the Returning Officer in posting the results/information contained therein and tallying same and consequently posting same onto form 36, in declaring the final results of the votes cast in favour of each candidate in an election. The lack or absence of the mandatory form 35s in the afore stated seven (7) polling stations and the lack of counterfoils in Nyaguru polling station in my considered view was fatal to the subject held election as it would have been lawfully difficult to ascertain and verify that the ballot papers contained in the ballot boxes in respect of the said polling stations were indeed the cast votes or not.
I would wish to point out in this regard that the final results, posted onto statutory form 36, given the apparent election irregularities were thus null and void ab initio, consequently rendering the held election invalid.
The posting of the petitioner's cast votes amounting to 67 votes garnered at Bobaracho Secondary School, to a competing candidate, to me, with due respect and in the absence of any explanations for such an anomaly by the concerned Presiding Officer, one BENARD KONGO MOSE called in evidence as (RW2) smacked of some conspiracy to defraud and/or deprive the petitioner of his rightly cast votes so as to disadvantage him on the votes cast in relation to the votes cast in favour of the competing candidates.
An electoral process, as rightly submitted by the petitioner's counsel is not a question of numbers or figures or the votes cast in favour of a particular candidate but it is all about the validity of the electoral process and veracity of the entire documents anchoring the final results, and although the 1st respondent emerged the winner with the highest number of votes cast, even after the scrutiny and recount of votes, such results could not be validated in law as same were sourced and anchored on an invalid electoral process as restated in the cited case of WABUGE – VS – LIMO.
An election petition is an enquiry into the validity, legality or otherwise of an election process and an election court in the exercise of its conferred jurisdiction is mandated to call any evidence, including but not limited to compelling of witnesses who appear to it would have been concerned in the election in issue.
The import of the letter and spirit of Section 33(4) of the Election Petition Rules, 2013, in my view is for expediency, but not intended or meant to curtail, or tie up the court's hands, or shut its eyes into laying its hands or setting its eyes into the wider scope and perspective of an entire electoral process, in so far as the court does not consider extraneous matters in its findings.
I do not think therefore, with this in mind, that the court in ordering for a scrutiny and recount of the votes cast, at the tail end of the proceedings would have occasioned any party any injustice, prejudice or hardship.
I take cognizance and judicial note of the magnitude of the elections undertaken by the 2nd and 3rd respondents on the 4th March 2013 and bearing in mind that it was the first one of its kind to be undertaken under the new Constitution, 2010. This notwithstanding the apparent electoral irregularities and malpractices, found to have been committed were such massive, to be said to have been occasioned by mere human error or fatigue, but with due respect, in my own estimation were occasioned due to inefficiency and lack of accountability on the part of the 2nd and 3rd respondents and the officers working under them and under their directions; which in effect was contrary to the provisions of Article 81(e) of the Constitution, 2010. The flaws were fatal to credible elections and cannot be said to have been representative of the political will of the people of Bobaracho County Assembly Ward.
Although, the subject election as noted herein before was substantially held in accordance with the law, the irregularities so found however had vitiated the end result of the election.
The net result is therefore that the 1st respondent, SAMWEL KENNY NYANGENYA, for the afore going reasons and circumstances cannot be said to have been validly elected as the County Assembly Member for Bobaracho County Assembly Ward, whose election was voided in law by the found electoral irregularities aforesaid and consequently hereby proceed to nullify the held election forthwith.
Fresh elections are hereby ordered to be held for Bobaracho County Assembly Ward.
A certificate, shall, and is hereby issued, forthwith pursuant to the provisions of Section 86(1) of the Elections Act, for service upon the 3rd respondent (IEBC) for appropriate action and for the appropriate notification to the relevant County Assembly Speaker.
It is evident that the election irregularities found, leading to the nullification of the subject held elections were solely committed by the 2nd and 3rd respondents, whom I hereby condemn to pay the costs of the entire petition which costs shall be filed to be assessed by the court in the same manner as costs in Civil Proceedings and in accordance with the Civil Procedure Act.
I disallow to grant the 1st respondent any costs of the petition as he was in solidarity with the 2nd and 3rd respondents during the trial of the matter and order him to bear own costs.
DATED, SIGNED and DELIVERED at KISII this 25th day of September, 2013.


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F972[Conditions for registration of third-country auditor or third-country audit entity
1577. (1) The Supervisory Authority may cause to be registered a third-country auditor or third-country audit entity pursuant to section 1573 only if—
(a) where the applicant for registration is an audit entity (referred to in this section as the "potential registrant"), the applicant satisfies so many of the conditions specified in subsection (2) as are applicable to an entity, and
(b) where the applicant for registration is an auditor (also referred to in this section as the "potential registrant"), the applicant satisfies so many of the conditions specified in subsection (2) as are applicable to an individual.
(2) The conditions are as follows:
(a) the majority of the members of the administrative or management body of the potential registrant meet requirements equivalent to those of sections 1464 and 1472;
(b) the third-country auditor carrying out the audit on behalf of the potential registrant meets requirements equivalent to those of sections 1464 and 1472;
(c) the audits of the accounts or consolidated accounts referred to in section 1573(1) are carried out in accordance with international auditing standards as referred to in section 1526, as well as the requirements referred to in section 1491, or with equivalent standards and requirements;
(d) the potential registrant publishes annually on a website, being a website maintained by or on behalf of the potential registrant, a report which includes the information referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 in relation to the year concerned or the potential registrant complies with equivalent disclosure requirements.]
Inserted (21.09.2018) by Companies (Statutory Audits) Act 2018 (22/2018), s. 51, S.I. No. 366 of 2018.

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Starsailor / Scars on 45s - 53 Degrees Preston - 3.10.07
Scars on 45 is a terrible name for a band. That said, this six piece from Bradford come across like a more folky Deacon Blue with acutely observed slice of life lyrics. Although politically aware, Scars On 45 never become preachy or over earnest. The pedal steel guitar has a country feel to many of the songs with sweet backing vocals enabling a feminine touch to the tracks "Words" and "Insecurity"
The long haired bearded chap on stage isn't a roadie tuning a guitar but the lead singer of Starsailor. From a fresh faced innocent to a more mature looking man, the transformation James Walsh has undergone is remarkable. Performing a short acoustic set before his bandmates accompany him James tells everyone this is the closest he's ever come to playing a homecoming gig as the frontman was born and bred in Chorley, only ten miles away from Preston. His voice may be a little hoarse and croaky but there's no denying the strength and power his vocal carries. His Grandma in the audience tonight certainly agrees as she's smiling from ear to ear. "Fever" and "Lullaby" stripped down have never sounded so raw, urgent and emotionally resonant.
Twenty minutes later the other three members of Starsailor arrive. Opening with the melancholic splendour of "Poor Misguided Fool", Starsailor are on top form despite being relatively quiet for the last couple of years. The crowd are surprisingly subdued, but become more animated as the gig progresses. While "Alcoholic" isn't the jolliest of songs its still a compassionate sensitively written ballad which never fails to strike a chord. They rock things up next with the crowd pleasing anthem that is "In The Crossfire" and unveil brand new song "Boy In Waiting" which although doesn't break any new ground for the band could be a good choice for a future single in one of their more mellower moments. Walsh also displays a mischievous sense of humour, when performing "Good Souls" he cheekily sneaks in a verse of two from the Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows"
For the encore Starsailor play the incredibly melodramatic "Silence Is Easy" and for reasons best known to James Walsh and co seamlessly take us to Abba's "Dancing Queen". For a band who are normally quite serious musicians live, its good to see their northern sense of humour creeping into their set
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(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet è un singolo del gruppo britannico The Spectres pubblicato nel 1967 da Piccadilly in formato 7".

Il disco
Terzo singolo degli Status Quo pubblicato con il nome The Spectres, (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet è la cover di un brano inciso qualche anno prima dal gruppo statunitense dei Blues Magoos e andato al quinto posto delle classifiche statunitensi.

La versione degli Spectres viene incisa in chiave più ruvida e grezza ma, pur consentendo alla ancora giovane band di ottenere un certo interesse da parte della stampa specializzata, manca l'ingresso nelle classifiche del Regno Unito.

Tracce

 (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - 2:18 - (Gilbert/Scala/Esposito)
 I Want It - 3:01 - (Lynes/Coghlan/Rossi/Lancaster)

Formazione
 Francis Rossi (chitarra solista, voce)
 Alan Lancaster (basso, voce)
 Roy Lynes (organo, pianoforte)
 John Coghlan (percussioni)

Collegamenti esterni

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Q: How to handle Angular $http result in a Factory I am using a Angular factory, service and a controller. I use the service to $http get data from a url, send it to the factory who then handles the response data and sends a object to the controller:
Service:
module.exports = function($http, $q){
  return {
    getOptions: function () {
      var deferred = $q.defer();
      $http({ method: "GET", url: AppAPI.url + 'acf/v2/options/' })
        .success(function (data, status, headers, config) {
          deferred.resolve(data);
        }).error(function (data, status, headers, config) {
          deferred.reject(status);
        });
      return deferred.promise;
    }
  }
};

Factory:
module.exports = function(optionsService){
  var options = {};
  var getOptions = optionsService.getOptions();

  getOptions.then(function(items){
    options = items;
  });

  return options;
};

Controller:
module.exports = function($scope, $http, optionsFactory){

  console.log(optionsFactory);

};

But the Factory returns an empty options to the controller. How would you assign the items from the promise to the options object which get's returned to the controller?
UPDATE
Here is a fiddle
Would appreciate the help :)

A: Could you try changing
var getOptions = optionsService.getOptions();
// to
var getOptions = optionsService.getOptions;

If you created a plunkr/fiddle, that would help a bit.

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After three Durga Puja photograph series : 2013, 2015 & 2016 this is the fourth. A series photographing Durga idols of Kolkata and suburbs. Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava and Navaratri, is an annual Hindu festival in the Indian subcontinent that reveres the goddess Durga.
Since videos could not be included in the gallery, following is a video of Naktal Udayan Sangha's Idol. They brought in a somewhat new concept of dynamic dressing of the idol.


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, also known as Mechanical Boy Dotakon and Robot boy Dotakon, is a humorous manga written by Hosuke Fukuchi that began running in the magazine Manga Sunday in 1968 and that was later adapted into an anime television series consisting of 28 episodes, which was directed by Takeshi Shirato and first broadcast on Fuji TV in 1981.

References

External links

1968 manga
1981 anime television series debuts
Fuji TV original programming
Comedy anime and manga
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha manga


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define({
  "widgets": {
    "TemplateBuilder": {
      "enterBuilderButtonText": "Siirry luontitoimintoon",
      "exitBuilderButtonText": "Lopeta luontitoiminto",
      "enterBuilderModeHelpText": "Määritä sovellus siirtymällä luontitoimintoon",
      "builderModeHelpText": "Mallin luontitoiminnon tila",
      "webmapCaption": "Kartta",
      "displaying": "näytetään",
      "selectMapMessage": "Tällä hetkellä ${displaying} ${webmapTitle}
Valitse toinen Web-kartta napsauttamalla Valitse kartta",
      "loadMapMessage": "Tällä hetkellä valittu ${webmapTitle}
Käytä tätä Web-karttaa napsauttamalla Tallenna",
      "changeWebmap": "Valitse kartta",
      "saveButtonText": "Tallenna",
      "webmapNextButtonText": "Seuraava ->",
      "previousButtonText": "Edellinen",
      "layerLabelText": "Karttataso",
      "noLayerFoundText": "Yhtään karttatasoa ei löytynyt",
      "selectLayer": "Valitse karttataso",
      "appProxiesText": "Tilaajakäyttöoikeus",
      "appProxiesDesc": "Jos haluat sallia julkisen käytön tilauksesi kautta, valitse asianmukaiset valintaruudut. Sisältö, joka on merkitty Premium-sisällöksi, kuluttaa tilauksesi krediittejä.",
      "applicationSettingText": "Sovelluksen asetukset",
      "summaryAttrAscendingOrderTooltip": "Nouseva",
      "onStartLabel": "Aloituksessa",
      "selectVariableText": "Valitse muuttuja",
      "selectVariableDropdown": "Valitse muuttuja",
      "label": "Tunnusteksti",
      "sourceLinkText": "Lähdelinkki",
      "selectSubVariableText": "Valitse alimuuttujat",
      "subVariablePanelButtonText": "VALMIS",
      "onButtonLabel": "Käytössä",
      "offButtonLabel": "Poissa käytöstä",
      "appSettingsSaveCloseButtonText": "TALLENNA JA SULJE",
      "appSettingsTitleText": "Sovelluksen otsikko",
      "appSettingsDescriptionText": "Sovelluksen kuvaus",
      "appSetingsRendererAreaText": "Renderöity alue",
      "shareText": "Jaa",
      "popupText": "Ponnahdusikkuna",
      "basemapText": "Taustakartta",
      "cancel": "Peruuta",
      "theme": "Teema",
      "zoomLevel": "Zoomaustaso",
      "existingValue": "Käytä aiemmin luotuja arvoja",
      "enrichLayer": "Rikasta karttataso",
      "imageLabel": "Miten tämä toimii?",
      "clearData": "Tyhjennä aineisto",
      "basemapSelectionText": "Taustakartan valinta",
      "secondaryBasemapText": "Toissijainen taustakartta",
      "defaultBasemapText": "Oletustaustakartta",
      "entireAreaButton": "Koko alue",
      "entireAreaOnStartButton": "Koko alue aloituksessa",
      "aboutPanel": "Tietoja ruudusta",
      "legendPanel": "Seliteruutu",
      "layersPanel": "Karttatasot-ruutu",
      "dataConfigurationButtonText": "Aineiston määritys",
      "savingChangesMessage": "Tallennetaan muutoksia...",
      "nextButtonText": "Seuraava",
      "prevButtonText": "Edellinen",
      "enterLabelText": "Anna tunnusteksti",
      "SelectedFeatureText": "Valittu kohde",
      "layerHelpTextMessage": "Tämä sovellus edellyttää numerokenttiä sisältävän karttatason",
      "alertMessage": {
        "resetVariableMessage": "Haluatko varmasti nollata muuttujan?",
        "emptyAppTitleMessage": "Sovelluksen otsikko ei voi olla tyhjä",
        "emptyDescriptionMessage": "Kuvaus ei voi olla tyhjä",
        "maxVariableSelection": "Voit valita enintään 25 alimuuttujaa",
        "signInFail": "Sisäänkirjautuminen epäonnistui",
        "itemUpdateMessage": "Kohde on päivitetty",
        "unsavedChangesMessage": "Tallentamattomat muutokset",
        "failMessage": "Kohteen päivitys ei onnistunut",
        "saveChangesAlert": "Haluatko tallentaa muutokset?",
        "variableLabelValidation": "Muuttujan tunnusteksti ei voi olla tyhjä",
        "subVariableLabelValidation": "Alimuuttujan tunnusteksti ei voi olla tyhjä"
      }
    }
  }
});

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About U Message from the administration.
Last month, our board of trustees approved a unique plan that will ensure a smooth transition in the leadership of Coastal Carolina University. After serving as your president since 2007, I am planning to retire from the position in 2021. My last day as president of this wonderful University will be June 30, 2021. As recommended by the board, a presidential search advisory committee is now being organized, and its composition is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. In the spring of 2019, the committee will begin the process of selecting CCU's next chief executive. After a thorough search, a candidate will likely be chosen in the spring of 2020. The incoming president will work in tandem with me for approximately one year prior to my retirement in order for him or her to become oriented to the culture of CCU and the complexities inherent in the position of president of this dynamic University. Furthermore, the incoming president will use this transition time to hire those in senior leadership roles who leave their positions when I do. This will allow for the new leadership team to be fully functioning on July 1, 2021.
The committee will consist of seven trustees, a faculty member, a staff member, an academic dean, an athletic administrator, and one representative each from the Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, Executive Council, Student Government Association, Coastal Alumni Association, Chanticleer Athletic Foundation, Coastal Educational Foundation, and the Horry County Higher Education Commission. The trustees have already been chosen and have agreed to serve — Bill Biggs, Natasha Hanna, Wyatt Henderson, Carlos Johnson, Gene Spivey, Oran Smith and Delan Stevens. Carlos Johnson has agreed to chair the committee. The remaining positions will be filled soon.
This broad representation of campus constituencies will guarantee that the search process is thorough and comprehensive, taking into consideration a wide range of leadership criteria. I am confident that this group will work as a team in a conscientious, diligent manner to identify the right candidate for Coastal Carolina — one who feels the teal, who understands our student-centered traditions and mission, and who has a personal vision for the future success of the institution. A detailed schedule will be provided as we draw closer to the on-site interviews with the finalists.
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Do you have a picture of 'Mount Fuji'?
The Mount Fuji lies about 12.1 km (6.53 nautical miles) off the coast of New South Wales in the Tasman Sea which is part of the South Pacific Ocean (show New South Wales on map).
In the near vicinity of the Mount Fuji the water depth ranges from about 118 to 113 metres deep (about 61.9 to 64.5 fathoms / 372 to 387 feet).
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Who saw the lightning in London last night?
As second-in-command and his friend ran in and out of the downpour like things possessed, supercharged by the storm, I was transfixed by the unreal lilac of the lit-up sky. This morning, as I picked my way through branches and leaves felled by the torrent, it crossed my mind that today could well be a brilliant day for finding more plastic, too. I might take a trip down to the Thames in a bit to see what nature has managed to wash up for me. In the meantime, here's a lilac Thames plastic pic, complete with a few more coloured Thames nuggets found at Gabriel's Beach on the South Bank yesterday. Catch you later.


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Q: Numeric Data Validation in C++ I have looked everywhere but I can't seem to find and implement an input validation that only takes in integers, I have my code running perfectly fine but my only problem is that since ive added my validation code, it requires the user to enter twice before it accepts the second input, all I want is for the user to only have to enter in once with good validation so the program recognizes its not a int and displays the appropriate message, id be very appreciative of any help!
Here's my code:
cout<<"Please enter your first value: \n";
cin>>a;

//Error checker to check if input is a number
while(!(cin >> a))
{
    cin.clear();
    std::cin.ignore(numeric_limits<streamsize>::max(), '\n');
    cout << "Invalid input. Please Try again: "<<endl;
}

A: You are trying to do cin>>a once before the while loop and then again in the while loop condition. Just remove the initial extraction.
cout<<"Please enter your first value: \n";
// cin>>a; <- remove this

//Error checker to check if input is a number
while(!(cin >> a))


Fun! Actor Juliette Lewis Talks about "The Happiness Project" in Us Weekly Magazine.
Well, Juliette Lewis admits that she hasn't actually read The Happiness Project — but she wants to read it.
I always get a big kick out of seeing my book mentioned — and I spotted it in the pile of objects, too.
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In Honor of Gene Wilder, a Lesson about Happiness that I Learned from Wilder and Gilda Ratner.
I was very sad to hear the news that Gene Wilder died. I'll never forget him as Willie Wonka — limping down the path outside of his chocolate factory, then dropping into a somersault and springing to his feet.
In honor of his death, I wanted to re-post something I wrote nine years ago, about Wilder and his wife, comedian Gilda Radner.
One thing I do for The Happiness Project is to read memoirs of catastrophe – people who have gone through cancer, divorce, death, etc.
Several months ago I read Gilda Radner's interesting memoir, It's Always Something, and yesterday I finished Gene Wilder's equally interesting memoir, Kiss Me Like a Stranger. The two were married when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and died, so reading the two memoirs gives a window into that experience from both perspectives.
One thing that made this story particularly striking to me is that I remember seeing Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder together, many years ago. It was in a drugstore somewhere in New York City, I can't remember where. I do remember that Gilda Radner was carrying a little dog (named Sparkle, I know now after reading these memoirs).
A very peculiar aspect of fame is that fact that strangers remember the most fleeting encounters with you; it's astonishing, really, that I remember seeing the two of them, for just a moment, so long ago.
In fact, this might have been the very day that Gilda Radner got a terrible report from her doctor. When I intersected with them would've been about the same time that she was sick. What for me was an ordinary day, with the fun of a celebrity sighting, might have been one of the worst days of their lives.
I assumed that Radner's and Wilder's behavior reflected their characters as celebrities and comedians and actors; it never occurred to me that their behavior might reflect something happening to them.
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A Little Happier: Bill Clinton and Rob Lowe's Son Give a Lesson in Happiness.
I don't often read celebrity memoirs, but my sister Elizabeth and others told me that actor Rob Lowe's Stories I Only Tell My Friends was terrific, so I decided to read it myself.
On my last visit to the Clinton White House, I'm standing on the South Lawn with [my wife] Sheryl and the boys talking to the president before he hops onto Marine One. My youngest son, Johnowen, is holding his stuffed frog, Gwee Gwee, which he never lets out of his sight, under any circumstances. It has been his security blanket since he was an infant. But now, he takes it out of his mouth and hands his old, tattered from to the president.
"Well, look at this!" says the president. "Is this for me?" he asks.
Johnowen nods shyly. "For you," he says in a small voice.
Sheryl and I look at each other in shock.
How about you? Have you ever been in a situation where you realized that the generous thing to do was to take?
I must admit I'm a little obsessed with this theme. I collect examples. It's a paradox that fascinates me.
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I love koans, paradoxes, teaching stories...and short passages from novels that seem to have a meaning just outside my understanding. I love collecting these.
Ever since I first read The Great Gatsby in high school, I've been haunted by that line. And I always watch for the longest day of the year — and I usually miss it!
But this year, I was determined to remember and notice this day. Somehow, I got it in my head that June 21 is the longest day of the year in my part of the world. Well, today is June 21, but when I just went to go double-check, the New York Times informed me that sometimes, in these parts, June 20 is the longest day of the year. And in 2016, it was June 20.
So I watched for the longest day of the year, and then missed it! Yet again.
Also, following the American folk superstition, I try to remember to say "Rabbit, rabbit" on the first day of every month, for luck. This would be easy, except that to get the luck, you have to say "Rabbit, rabbit" before you say any other words. And that's tough.
I like practice likes this, because they help me notice time as it passes. I'm so absent-minded; I tend to walk around in a fog unless I do things that connect me to the seasons, the passage of time, the weather, what's actually happening around me. Like noticing the longest day of the year!
I will say that having a dog has helped me tune in to the natural world. I take Barnaby out for his first walk at about 6:00 a.m., and I very much notice the longer days of summer. In the winter, it was full-on dark when we went for our walk, and it has grown lighter and lighter, and this morning it was bright day. Because it's the second-longest day of the year…yup.
Now, maybe I'll watch for shortest day of the year. Which, I just learned, is December 21.
Do you wait for the longest day of the year? Or say "Rabbit, rabbit," or any other practice like that?
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A Little Happier: A Lucky Charm That Works Even If You Don't Believe In It.
Back in episode 59 of our podcast, Elizabeth and I talked about the value of giving yourself a lucky charm.
Any discussion of superstition reminds me of this perhaps-apocryphal story, about physicist Niels Bohr. I love this story!
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If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can find out here whether you're an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel.
Now I'm collecting movies, novels, and TV shows that illustrate the Four Tendencies. And I need your help. I have many examples, but I want more. Please send your suggestions — especially for Rebel. I'm surprised that I don't have lots of fictional examples of Rebels, but so far, I don't.
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling — Hermione is a textbook Upholder. She constantly (and annoyingly) reminds Harry and Ron about the regulations and laws of the magical world, she never falls behind on her homework, and she becomes very anxious when anyone breaks a law or even a school rule. Nevertheless, when she becomes convinced that official expectations are unjust, she crusades against them, even in the face of others' indifference or outright disapproval, as she did in her campaign to improve the poor treatment of house-elves. In her final year at Hogwarts, she quits school and opposes the Ministry of Magic in order to fight the evil Voldemort.
The Bridge on the River Kwai — The character of Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guiness) is a magnificent portrait of an Upholder, with all the strengths and terrible weaknesses that accompany the Tendency.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer — A thoughtful reader wrote to me to say that she thought Buffy from the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer was an Upholder— but shockingly, I've never watched that show, so I don't have a view myself. What do you think? Is Buffy an obvious Upholder?
Parks and Recreation — Ron Swanson (Rick Offerman) is an outstanding example of a Questioner. He willingly upholds rules and expectations that he thinks makes sense—such as gun licensing laws—but ignores rules that seem unjustified—such as the building codes for his woodworking shop.
The X-Files — I haven't watched the series in a long time, but I think I'm correct in remembering that Mulder and Scully are both Questioners, right?
It's a Wonderful Life — George Bailey (James Stewart) is an Obliger who, at every juncture, meets outer expectations but not inner expectations. The movie shows both the risks and the rewards of the Obliger path. Note that when George finally drops into Obliger-rebellion, it's aimed at himself, as so often happens with Obliger-rebellion. It makes me sad to reflect that most Obligers don't have a Clarence to help them.
Before Midnight — Céline (Julie Delpy) expresses Obliger frustration and is shown progressing into full Obliger-rebellion.
27 Dresses — Obliger Jane (Katherine Heigl) satisfies everyone's expectations, until her deceitful sister Tess pushes her too hard, and she rebels with a dramatic, destructive, ugly gesture (spoiler alert: it involves a wedding slide show). When her best friend Casey questions her actions, Jane defends herself, saying, "You're the one who is always telling me to stand up for myself!" Casey answers, "Yeah. But that's not what you did. What you did was unleash twenty years of repressed feelings in one night." Yup. That's Obliger-rebellion.
It's funny to me that I, as an Upholder, have lots of examples of Upholders, and the fewest examples of the Rebel Tendency, which is the opposite of the Upholder Tendency. I'm sure there's a lesson in that. So suggest more examples!
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For me — and for most people — outer order contributes to inner calm. I feel this phenomenon in my own life; it exhilarates me in practice and fascinates me in theory.
As I write in The Happiness Project, and Happier at Home, and Better Than Before, I've come to believe deeply that we all must find the way to happiness and good habits that's right for us.
And Marie Kondo does argue for the one best way. And here's the thing: you read five pages of this book, and you know that Marie Kondo is an extreme, idiosyncratic personality. Which I love! Which makes the book much more interesting! But what works for Marie Kondo isn't necessarily a great guide for what works for another person.
From her own description of herself, she makes it clear that she's a simplicity-lover, who likes to take big steps, who's a sprinter, and a person who who doesn't feel strong emotional attachment to possessions. (Though at the same time, she shows a strong feeling of animism, which I found intriguing.) But some people are abundance lovers, and some people like to start small, and some people are marathoners, and some people have strong emotional attachments to possessions. So her guidance may not work for you.
She advises that that if you're cleaning your coats, take out every single coat, if you're clearing your bookshelves, take out every book. In my experience, this can easily become overwhelming and lead to more clutter that lasts a long time, because people bite off more than they can chew. Know yourself.
She recommends asking yourself whether an item "sparks joy." This is a terrific question, and can be very helpful. But I don't think I can realistically expect to have a joyful relationship with every item in my apartment. I find it exhausting even to contemplate having an emotional reaction to so many common objects. It's true, though, that for many people, "spark joy" has been a revelation. Know yourself.
For me, that's very true. For many people, it's helpful to have a clutter-clearing partner. Another person can help with the grunt work, give advice about what to keep or discard, and can make a chore more fun. Know yourself.
This would not be a good use of my time or energy, and I don't think it would achieve anything. On the other hand, when Elizabeth and I talked about "the challenge of switching bags" in episode 55 of our podcast Happier, many listeners let me know that they followed Marie Kondo's suggestion, with great success. Know yourself.
But, as I write about in Better Than Before, some people like to start big, and some like to start small. It's exhilarating, and highly productive, to tackle a big, one-time goal, and a clean slate is powerful — it's also true that we can get a lot done, by doing a little bit each day over a long term. Know yourself.
That's true if you're a morning person, but I doubt that's true if you're a night person. Know yourself.
She's a big proponent of folding — and a very particular method of folding. I myself just can't handle that high level of commitment to folding.
The problem arises when you beat yourself up for not being able to do things the KonMari way, "the right way." When it comes to clearing clutter, there is no right way, only what's right for you.
Don't get me wrong. I love Marie Kondo's book. I found it thought-provoking, helpful, and engaging. The minute I finished the book, for example, I got rid of a million coats.
Here's the thing. As I was writing Better Than Before, it seemed so obvious to me that there's no one "right" way or "best" way to change habits. So why, then, do so many experts assert that they'd found the one true way?
There's something about human nature…when it comes to getting advice, we love to be given the true plan, the precise template that's going to reveal exact directions to success.
And when it comes to giving advice, it's easy to assume that because some strategy works well for us, other people will use it with equal success.
But it's always a matter of the individual.
The relationship between possessions and happiness! One of the most fascinating themes I've ever studied.
Did you read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up? What KonMari Method strategies worked for you — or not?
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If I'm in a blue mood, one of the best ways to distract myself, and give myself a quick shot of cheer, is to watch a laugh-inducing movie.
Last week, I posted about 7 great movies about the nature of happiness and love. These are wonderful movies; they're transcendent, but not in a laugh-out-loud way. It's a Secret of Adulthood: Happiness doesn't always make you feel happpy. A mystery.
Groundhog Day — very funny, and also very deep.
The Sound of Music — I think I've memorized every word of the dialogue and every note of every song.
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — funny, whimsical, just a little bit eerie, makes me nostalgic for my childhood in a nice way.
Tootsie — how I love this movie. So many funny lines.
Annie Hall — again, I know every line.
This Is Spinal Tap — I love all Christopher Guest movies, but this is my favorite.
Monsters, Inc. — so hilarious, so clever; my favorite part is the "blooper reel" at the end.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery — I confess, I can't remember much about the movie, but I'm including it on the list because I love the opening sequence so much. Watch it here if you need a quick pick-me-up.
In the podcast, in episode 61, Elizabeth and I talk about familiarity vs. novelty. I love familiarity, and have re-watched these movies many times. But not everyone loves to watch (or read) things over and over, I know.
What movies would you add? I'd love to add a bunch of suggestions to my to-watch list.
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The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today begins consideration of further human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Also to be considered are human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives. The report of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights is also to be discussed. Almost 30 reports are before the Committee for consideration. A summary of most of those reports (some are still to be issued) follows.
The Secretary-General's report on human rights and unilateral coercive measures (documents A/53/293 and Add.1) is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 52/120, which, among several other provisions, requested the Secretary-General to bring the text to the attention of all Member States, to seek their views and information on the implications and negative effects of unilateral coercive measures on their populations and to submit accordingly a report thereon to the Assembly.
In response to that request, as of 24 July, replies were received from Cuba, Fiji, Iran and the Sudan, and from Palestine. A reply from Morocco was issued in an addendum to the report.
Another section of the report contains a response from Palestine. It says that the first resolution adopted by the General Assembly concerning the Palestinian people's right to self-determination was resolution 181 (III) of 29 November 1947, in which the Assembly recognized the Palestinian people's right to establish its Palestinian State, and called upon them to practice that right.
Between 1969 and 1983, the Assembly adopted a number of resolutions all reaffirming the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, especially its right to self-determination. In 1980, the Assembly requested the Security Council, in the event of Israel's non-compliance with the resolution, to convene to consider the situation and the adoption of effective measures under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. Yet, the Security Council did not respond to the Assembly's request because of the negative position of the United States and the threat on its part to resort to a veto against any draft resolution to that effect.
In 1982, the Assembly requested the Security Council to discharge its responsibilities under the Charter and recognize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian Arab people, including the right to establish its independent Arab State in Palestine. The General Assembly has been reiterating these resolutions to this day in its subsequent resolutions. The Palestinian people has been prevented from achieving self-determination as a result of the Israeli military occupation of all the Palestinian Territory, and also because it has been suffering under the practices of the Israeli occupation authorities which violate its national and human rights -- at the forefront of which is its right to self-determination.


Jeanie Gooden is an American painter who lives and works between the United States and Central Mexico. In recent years, most of her paintings have been created in the colonial city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a city known for its history as a "creative home" for artists from all over the world.
My life has been a process of creating. An appreciation of and love for art began through music when I was very young. Later, the creative process involved developing art partnerships while working in a fine art museum. Ultimatly, it was painting that challenged me. Today, art and life are so intertwined that I need art to breathe more easily. Music remains one of my greatest inspirations but painting became my voice. The process of creating is my balance.
During my museum career, I learned the value of the visual arts within a scholorly context. I learned that painting, like any art form, is a personal and intimate experience. Making art is a form of communication that reaches beyond places, time and cultural boundaries.
Painting in an ancient city of beautiful architecture and rich color impacts my work in ways that I didn't expect but are delightful to me. My studio in the United States is urban and working within the familiar context of my home culture is something I cherish and need. I love the United States and I adore my adopted Mexican culture. I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to work within two beautiful cultures.
For me, painting is not a great mystery. Like most professions, I take everything I feel with me to work. Through my choice of color, brushes, texture or movement, I begin a dialogue that dances between clarity and confusion. I make an initial commitment to the canvas and try to embrace where it takes me. Often I end a day of painting in a much different place than expected. Listening to the canvas and trying to maintain what it gives me is a skill that I try to learn each time I paint.
My challenge is to find inspiration that pushes me to create in new ways. I paint from a very personal place…layering my emotions and feeling onto each surface. I have learned that the concept from which I begin a body of work is only important if I translate it well. If successful, the finished paintings will enable the viewer to filter what they see through their life experience. My constant hope is that i can inspire people in a very personal way. How someone interprets the finished paintings is often more interesting than anything I could suggest.
I make a conscious effort to maintain the idea that fear has no place in my creative process. The joy I have in making art is captured within the moments of completion and release…when the canvas becomes a painting and when a person connects with that painting.


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CLIENT SWEDEN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Basketball is more than just a sport. It's culture. It's a lifestyle and a movement. Basketball is for everyone, no matter background or heritage. A game that exists in harmony with the popular culture, fashion, film and music like no other.
VISLA Graphic is proud to have being chosen to design the updated logo and brand identity for Sweden Basketball, a project commissioned by Sweden Basketball Association.
The visual expression of Sweden Basketball has been designed with regard to the national team association's core values and the role basketball play in our community - a culture and a lifestyle.
VISLA and the association have strived for a form that appeals to both basketball consumers and sponsors, but above all the younger target group which in the long run will constitute the future of Sweden Basketball.
Focus has been on developing a dynamic and flexible graphic solution that can lift, support and follow Sweden Basketball into the future. The identity is designed to be adaptable and stylistically sustainable with a high degree of recognition. The process has also been characterized by the ambition to unlock the association's graphic language and allow a fun and exciting application across both physical and digital platforms.
An updated color scheme has been developed inspired by basketball fans and the fashion culture surrounding the sport.
The colors have been chosen to look good both on and off the court and deliberately differ from other Swedish sports federations.
The aim is that the updated palette will be perceived as forward-looking and attractive, but at the same time sustainable over time and not trend-sensitive.
The proposed font has been picked to complement the logo and work within everything from marketing and advertising to the printed graphics on the national team uniform.
The font balances between modern and retro. A clear linear font family that touches on a digital impression. This is partly to honor the look of former Swedish uniforms, but also to "flirt" with the basketball world's strong connection to records and statistics.
With the national basketball team's collaboration with adidas,
VISLA has also worked closely with the association regarding Sweden's new official threads.
The uniforms have been given a completely updated design linked to the new visual identity.
New silhouette, new logo, new word mark.
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Our entire International cast welcomes you to our circus featuring Miss Doricella in her Bigtop debut.
From Mexico, all five members of the Rosales family fill the ring with fast paced juggling in patterns and displays of team juggling like no other.
Our circus clowns EZ and Kozy plunge right in with their silly slapstick and hilarious hijinks.
Watch as our Mongolian superstar acrobats Mende and Zaya fly around the circus ring using their power and grace and elegant use of aerial silks.
Miss Deya expertly spins and dances with Hula Hoops, At times up to seven hoops at once on every limb and receiving flying hoops from all directions.
Our clowns have found something that only with help from the audience can they make a big bang out of it.
The Gangar troupe tell a story from Mongolian lore using thrills of acrobatic and gymnastic endeavors with the Russian Swing.
Carmen and Jonathan Rosales strike amazing poses and displays of strength upon a pole elevated 15 feet in the air supported on the shoulders of the powerful Jorge.
Mergen, Mongolian handstand expert ascends a pegged staircase one handed and demonstrates unbelievable balance combining handstands and contortion.
Jonathan Rosales stuns and amazes as he spins and balances on his head with the single trapeze.
It's bubble trouble when EZ and Kozy reveal their latest creation to fill the tent with spectacular circus bubbles.
The Incredible Larry Rundle astounds with a display of object manipulation using a diabolo- the chinese yo-yo.
From Peru, an edge-of-your-seat display of balance and equilibristic expertise by Fridman Torales on a stacked display of rolla bollas eleveted 10 feet in the air.
Lamount, the premiere fire performer in the country brings out an act which has travelled the world and ends with a fireball projecting from his lungs to the top of our tent.
How could helping clean up the ring get any funnier than when EZ and Kozy use high tech technology like the Vac U Lux vacuum cleaner?
The Gangar Troupe return with the voltage act they used to win the coveted Bronze Clown award at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo, using jump-ropes for their astounding acrobatic prowess.
Our entire cast returns in a "Greatest Showman" style production number to bid farewell to our circus going audience.


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Murdered Karen Buckley Awarded Posthumous Degree
The father of murdered student Karen Buckley has collected a posthumous degree from the university she attended.
Ms Buckley, 24, was studying occupational therapy at Glasgow Caledonian University when she was killed by Alexander Pacteau during a night out in the city's west end last April.
She had moved to Glasgow from Cork, Ireland, to study.
Pacteau, 21, bludgeoned the student to death with a spanner and then tried to dispose of her body in a vat of chemicals.
He was sentenced to spend at least 23 years in prison after admitting her murder last September.
Ms Buckley's posthumous honour was accepted by her father John, who collected the award during an emotional ceremony.
A spokeswoman for Glasgow Caledonian University said: "During GCU's winter graduation ceremonies, Karen Buckley was awarded a posthumous master of science in occupational therapy.
"Her family have asked that her achievements can be celebrated privately.''


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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, wants the public to give feedback online.
Got a gripe, idea or suggestion on how the Department of Homeland Security is using taxpayer money?
Just hop on the Web and let them know.
The agency just launched a new Web tool that allows the public to submit ideas and suggestions on how the agency can improve transparency, participation and innovation while saving taxpayer money, according to a statement released Monday by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.
The agency launched the program on Saturday and people are already dishing out their thoughts—from better securing the nation's borders to inconsistent airport security procedures, according to the DHS Web site.
The solicitation ends March 19 and will be submitted to help guide the development of the agency's Open Government plan, the statement said.
The program is part of President Barack Obama's Open Government Directive, which aims to make federal agencies more transparent and engaging to the American people.
Want to make a suggestion or simply complain? CLICK HERE.
Do you think this web tool will actually lead to changes?
Go to the right hand corner of this article and vote in our poll.


Why do you read the Bible? Wait a second, maybe you're a person who doesn't read the Bible. If that's the case, maybe the way to phrase my initial question is by asking, "Why do you think you should read the Bible?" Some of you might quote the Apostle Paul and say that the Bible "is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness" (2 Tim. 3:16). This is certainly a good reason to read the Bible. For me, I read the Bible because of how it cares for my soul with the way its words penetrate every aspect of my life, "even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12). I read the Bible because in its words I find strength and encouragement. I read the Bible because it convicts me in those areas of my life that I keep secret. I read the Bible because it comforts me, when I need to be comforted. I read the Bible because it teaches me about my Savior.
This past weekend I went through my Bible and looked at the many verses I have underlined. Chances are that many of you have verses underlined in your Bible as well. We underline these verses because the words in them speak to us. They provide comfort to us. The words give us hope. So, for this week and the weeks to come, I would like to share with you some of the verses I have underlined in my Bible and tell you why I have that particular passage highlighted.
The first verse I ever underlined in a Bible comes from the book of Joshua, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go" (Joshua 1:9). I love this verse! God commands us to be strong and courageous, to not be frightened or dismayed. In any circumstance of life, we are commanded to be strong and courageous. If it is a health issue – do not be afraid or discouraged. If it is a marital problem – be strong and courageous. If you have financial anxiety – do not be afraid or discouraged. If it is the death of a loved one – be strong and courageous. You see, we can be strong and courageous because as followers of Christ we find our hope, we find our encouragement, we find our strength, we find our courage, we don't have to be afraid or discouraged, because we fasten our lives to the One who is with us in all circumstances of our lives. We fasten our lives to the One who will not leave us or forsake us (Joshua 1:6).
This week, identify that aspect of your life where you need to be obedient to this command from God to be strong and courageous and do not be frightened or dismayed. Where in your life do you need to find comfort in His promise to be with you wherever you go?