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A young woman seeking to escape the doldrums of a dreary life often pretends to be something she is not in the engaging psychological thriller Nancy. When she sees a newscast about a long-missing kidnap victim, however, reality blurs even further for her.
Andrea Riseborough, who played the haunting title character in last year's gonzo horror outing Mandy, gives a breathtaking performance as the title character of this film, as well. Nancy's mother Betty (Ann Dowd, who played Joan in Hereditary) is a verbally abusive near-invalid, and highly likely one of the main reasons that Nancy makes up fantastic tales such as having recently vacationed in North Korea. After Nancy is caught in an elaborate lie by a grieving father (John Leguizamo, giving a terrific performance in a small role), Betty passes away. Nancy sees a news item on television about a couple still searching for their daughter who was kidnapped more than two decades earlier, and her face seems to almost perfectly match the age-progression photo shown.
J. Smith Cameron and Steve Buscemi co-star as those hopelessly optimistic parents, Ellen and Leo Lynch, and give riveting performances that capture the anguish and longing with which their characters have lived for so long. When Nancy visits them and tells them that she believes she is their long lost daughter Brooke, the film blends riveting drama and intriguing mystery elements that keep viewers guessing until the very end. The trio of performers put on an acting clinic, and one can't help but feel for Ellen, who heartbreakingly sorely hopes that Nancy is indeed their missing daughter; Leo, who is the more doubtful and cautious of the wedded pair; and Nancy herself, who seems to recall certain events from her being a toddler with the couple. These are three superb actors giving outstanding performances, and this is reason enough to highly recommend Nancy.
Writer/director Christina Choe has crafted an extraordinary debut that weaves a web of suspense and mystery, with a main character who can't be trusted from the beginning of the film, but who manages to carry an air of sympathy about her, nevertheless. The proceedings are subdued, understated, and bleak, and expertly punctuated by Zoe White's striking cinematography and Peter Rayburn's often chilling score. Choe and her cast members stay clear of ramped-up melodrama, allowing the enigmatic spell of Nancy to unfold at its own pace, and making the journey to its climax all the more nail-biting.
Nancy screened on January 31, 2019, as part of the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival.


Sorry if you see this post in your timeline a couple of times.. I was having trouble getting it to work but its working! I am so happy to be cohosting this blog hop with Angela over at Pretty Little Inspirations!
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For the second year in a row, we worked with Sustainia to run an innovative social media campaign on Twitter and Facebook for 2 weeks in May 2014 to identify future sustainability leaders for our Sustainability Roundtable in June 2014. The goal was to find a fresh mind who has taken inspiring action for sustainability, and who is young, vocal and passionately engaged in the fight against climate change.
We received 40 nominations from around the globe and after further research in the field; Kajsa Li Paludan was named our Future Sustainability Leader for 2014, for her work in co-founding and driving Cultura21 Nordic & Cultura21 International. The announcement took place at DNV GL's 150th Anniversary event in June 2014.
Earlier winners include Alec Loorz and Grace Muthoni Mwaura, who both have gone on to make a mark in their chosen sustainability fields.


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PoliticsElections 2016Politicsbernie sanders campaign
Bernie Sanders Raises $3 Million In Four Days
Senior Politics Editor, HuffPost
May 6, 2015, 01:59 PM EDT | Updated Jun 17, 2015
With the help of a crew of former aides to President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) campaign has raised $3 million in four days for his presidential campaign -- a dramatic indication that he won't be confined simply to a long-shot role in the Democratic primary.
Sanders, who is running for president as a Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he has retained the services of the firm Revolution Messaging to run digital ads and online fundraising. The staffers with the firm who will be working on Sanders' campaign include Revolution Messaging's founder, Scott Goodstein, who ran the 2008 Obama campaign's social media and mobile programs; Arun Chaudhary, who was the first official White House videographer; Shauna Daly, who served as deputy research director on Obama's 2008 campaign; and Walker Hamilton, who was a lead programmer for that campaign.
"Like a lot of Obama supporters, we were looking for a candidate with a track record of doing the right thing -- even if it meant taking on Wall Street billionaires and other powerful interests. A candidate who could inspire a movement," said Goodstein. "Bernie Sanders is that candidate."
Due to his long-standing criticism of the influence of big-money interests on government, Sanders has strong online and grassroots appeal, which he hopes to leverage to raise the money needed to fund a presidential campaign. And so far, the strategy looks savvy. The campaign has received roughly 75,000 contributions, and the average amount is $43. According to a campaign adviser, 99.4 percent of the donations have been $250 or less, and 185,000 supporters have signed up on the website BernieSanders.com.
Bringing on former Obama aides to help amplify that momentum is, perhaps, by design. Months before Sanders formally announced, his longtime adviser Tad Devine told The Huffington Post that he saw Obama's 2008 White House race as the template for the type of campaign the Sanders camp would have to run to prove successful. By that, Devine didn't mean raising historic amounts of funds and utilizing new technologies when it comes to organizing. Rather, he was talking about appealing to a broader pool of voters, not just down-the-line Democrats.
"I think ultimately, if he gets into this thing, he is going to look for support across a broad spectrum of groups," Devine said at the time. "If he gets into this thing, I think people will find out that Bernie Sanders' politics are not traditional."
This article has been updated to reflect that Revolution Messaging's involvement with Sanders' campaign pre-dates the announcement Wednesday.
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Bihar Integrated Child Development Services is going to recruit fresher candidates in India for Anganwadi Worker & Anganwadi Assistant Posts. So, those candidates who are willing to work with this organization they May apply for this post. Last Date of Apply 31-January-2018. Total numbers of vacancies are 121 Posts. Only those candidates are eligible who have passed Matric/ Equivalent for Anganwadi Worker, 8th Class for Anganwadi Assistant. Indian citizen having age in between 18 to 40 years can apply for this Bihar Integrated Child Development Services Recruitment 2018.
Those who are interested in these Bihar Integrated Child Development Services jobs in India and meet with the whole eligibility criteria related to these Bihar Integrated Child Development Services job below in the same post. Read the whole article carefully before applying.
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RBS Professor Diana Lenzi is new President of CEJA, the European council of young farmers
Diana Lenzi, Professor of the Master in Food and Beverage Management and of the Online Master in Agribusiness Management, is the new president of CEJA, the Organization of Young European Farmers which brings together 30 agricultural associations and two million EU producers. Rome Business School announces it, congratulating Professor Lenzi for this new prestigious role, achieved thanks to commitment, competence and passion.
Professor, what does this role represent for you and which are the next objectives and challenges?
It is with immense gratitude towards the constituents and great sense of responsibility that I embrace this new adventure as President of Ceja. This is a crucial moment for European agriculture, with so many challenges and new objectives to reach. The sustainability of the food system and the rebalancing of the food chain are at the center of the political debate regarding agriculture, and I am convinced that it is only through and thanks to the efforts and engagement of the youth sector involved in the farming sector that these global goals can be achieved. I want to be the strong and powerful voice that echoes the thoughts and needs of all the young farmers of Europe. We want to be at the center of all discussions that regard the future of European agriculture, because we are the future of European agriculture.
In which directions will you concentrate your efforts and actions as President?
During my mandate we will be concentrating on the sustainability of the agriculture sector, using a practical and pragmatic approach that looks at the specifics and diversity of European farming and comes up with applicable solutions to make our sector is more efficient and therefore more sustainable. The results of our debates and consultations will be the base through which we approach policy makers requesting measures and taylored aid that can help us reach the sustainability goals that have been identified. The new CAP is a big chapter in our advocacy work, because we believe that every euro spent needs to be targeted to investments and expenses that truly address and boost the issue of sustainability in our sector, that modernise our sector without butchering its nature and spirit, and that can help attract and involve more youth, since at the moment only 11% of European farms are run by people under the age of 40.
What of this experience will you be able to transmit to Rome Business School students in your teaching?
I believe that my experience at CEJA can be relevant for the students of Rome Business School because it will expose me to so many different aspects of policy making, networking, advocacy, interdependence of nations and institutions, communication and business capacity building, that this can only be enriching for the students. So often have I already shared with them elements of the Sustainable Development Goals to give them a broader picture of how every business needs to allocate its resources and efforts to be a sustainable part of the global balance, and how our decisions of business models have an effect on this equilibrium, that I am sure that the CEJA experience can only enlarge this type of interconnection between the subjects I teach and my other personal expertise. I am an entrepreneur, a farmer, a farmers advocate, a woman and mother, and all of this comes to play when I teach and share with the students all I have the fortune to be exposed to.
Professor Diana Lenzi: her path
Born and raised in Rome, Diana Lenzi takes an active role in many sector associations such as Donne del Vino and Classico Berardenga. After her classical studies, she graduated in Political Science, and then devoted herself to her passion, professional cooking, graduating from the professional schools of Gambero Rosso. After a few years of total immersion in the kitchens of the most important Roman restaurants, in 2008 she was asked to manage the family winery, the Fattoria di Petroio in Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena). In 2012 she joined i Giovani di Confagricoltura, of which she was national vice president for three years, and then president for the province of Siena until 2015. She was part of the WFO Gvmnasium, a capacity building and leadership program for young leaders of agricultural associations. She collaborates with the Rome Business School as Professor of the Master in Food and Beverage Management and the Online Master in Agribusiness Management, and with the University of the Arts of Florence (FUA) as Professor of the Wine Career Programs, and with other Universities.
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Glacial motion is the motion of glaciers, which can be likened to rivers of ice. It has played an important role in sculpting many landscapes. Most lakes in the world occupy basins scoured out by glaciers. Glacial motion can be fast (up to , observed on Jakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland) or slow ( on small glaciers or in the center of ice sheets), but is typically around .

Processes of motion
Glacier motion occurs from four processes, all driven by gravity: basal sliding, glacial quakes generating fractional movements of large sections of ice, bed deformation, and internal deformation.
 In the case of basal sliding, the entire glacier slides over its bed. This type of motion is enhanced if the bed is soft sediment, if the glacier bed is thawed and if meltwater is prevalent.
 Bed deformation is thus usually limited to areas of sliding. Seasonal melt ponding and penetrating under glaciers shows seasonal acceleration and deceleration of ice flows affecting whole icesheets.
 Some glaciers experience glacial quakes—glaciers "as large as Manhattan and as tall as the Empire State Building, can move 10 meters in less than a minute, a jolt that is sufficient to generate moderate seismic waves." There has been an increasing pattern of these ice quakes - "Quakes ranged from six to 15 per year from 1993 to 2002, then jumped to 20 in 2003, 23 in 2004, and 32 in the first 10 months of 2005." A glacier that is frozen up to its bed does not experience basal sliding.
 Internal deformation occurs when the weight of the ice causes the deformation of ice crystals. This takes place most readily near the glacier bed, where pressures are highest.  There are glaciers that primarily move via sliding, glacial quakes, and others that move almost entirely through deformation.

Terminus movement and mass balance
If a glacier's terminus moves forward faster than it melts, the net result is advance. Glacier retreat occurs when more material ablates from the terminus than is replenished by flow into that region.

Glaciologists consider that trends in mass balance for glaciers are more fundamental than the advance or retreat of the termini of individual glaciers. In the years since 1960, there has been a striking decline in the overall volume of glaciers worldwide. This decline is correlated with global warming. As a glacier thins, due to the loss of mass it will slow down and crevassing will decrease.

Landscape and geology
Studying glacial motion and the landforms that result requires tools from many different disciplines: physical geography, climatology, and geology are among the areas sometime grouped together and called earth science.

During the Pleistocene (the last ice age), huge sheets of ice called continental glaciers advanced over much of the earth. The movement of these continental glaciers created many now-familiar glacial landforms. As the glaciers were expanded, due to their accumulating weight of snow and ice, they crushed and redistributed surface rocks, creating erosional landforms such as striations, cirques, and hanging valleys. Later, when the glaciers retreated leaving behind their freight of crushed rock and sand, depositional landforms were created, such as moraines, eskers, drumlins, and kames. The stone walls found in New England (northeastern United States) contain many glacial erratics, rocks that were dragged by a glacier many miles from their bedrock origin.

At some point, if an Alpine glacier becomes too thin it will stop moving.  This will result in the end of any basal erosion. The stream issuing from the glacier will then become clearer as glacial flour diminishes. Lakes and ponds can also be caused by glacial movement. Kettle lakes form when a retreating glacier leaves behind an underground chunk of ice. Moraine-dammed lakes occur when a stream (or snow runoff) is dammed by glacial till.

See also
 Cryoseism
 Glacial earthquake
 Glacial lake outburst flood

References

External links
 How glaciers form and flow
 Trends in glacier mass balance
 Animation of glacial advance
 Advance and retreat of Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound
 Physical geography of glacial landforms
 Links to more glacier resources online
 North Cascade Glacier Climate Project Research

Glaciology

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Dit is een lijst van planetoïden 14701-14800. Voor de volledige lijst zie de lijst van planetoïden.

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! Naam
! Voorlopige naamgeving
! Datum ontdekking
! Ontdekker
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| (14701) - || 2000 AO240|| 7 januari 2000 || LONEOS
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| (14702) Benclark || 2000 AY2|| 7 januari 2000 || LONEOS
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| (14703) - || 2000 AX243|| 7 januari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14704) - || 2000 CE2 || 2 februari 2000 || T. Kobayashi
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| (14705) - || 2000 CG2 || 2 februari 2000 || T. Kobayashi
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| (14706) - || 2000 CQ2 || 4 februari 2000 || T. Kobayashi
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| (14707) - || 2000 CC20|| 2 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14708) Slaven || 2000 CU6|| 2 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14709) - || 2000 CO29|| 2 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14710) - || 2000 CC33|| 2 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14711) - || 2000 CG36|| 2 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14712) - || 2000 CO51|| 2 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14713) - || 2000 CS63|| 2 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14714) - || 2000 CQ65|| 4 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14715) - || 2000 CD71|| 7 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14716) - || 2000 CX81|| 4 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14717) - || 2000 CJ82|| 4 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14718) - || 2000 CX83|| 4 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14719) Sobey || 2000 CB5|| 4 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14720) - || 2000 CQ85|| 4 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14721) - || 2000 CW91|| 6 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14722) - || 2000 CK92|| 6 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14723) - || 2000 CB93|| 6 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14724) SNO || 2000 CA0|| 10 februari 2000 || Spacewatch
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| (14725) - || 2000 DC3 || 27 februari 2000 || T. Kobayashi
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| (14726) - || 2000 DD3 || 27 februari 2000 || T. Kobayashi
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| (14727) Suggs || 2000 DU1|| 27 februari 2000 || Spacewatch
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| (14728) - || 2000 DY14|| 26 februari 2000 || CSS
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| (14729) - || 2000 DK16|| 29 februari 2000 || K. Korlević
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| (14730) - || 2000 DS19|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14731) - || 2000 DY68|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
|-
| (14732) - || 2000 DX71|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14733) - || 2000 DV74|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14734) Susanstoker || 2000 DZ8|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14735) - || 2000 DV86|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14736) - || 2000 DW97|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14737) - || 2000 DU99|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14738) - || 2000 DW106|| 29 februari 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14739) - || 2000 EF21|| 3 maart 2000 || CSS
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| (14740) - || 2000 ED32|| 5 maart 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14741) - || 2000 EQ49|| 9 maart 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14742) - || 2000 EQ56|| 8 maart 2000 || LINEAR
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| (14743) - || 2016 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14744) - || 2092 P-L || 26 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14745) - || 2154 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14746) - || 2164 P-L || 26 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14747) - || 2541 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14748) - || 2620 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14749) - || 2626 P-L || 26 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14750) - || 2654 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14751) - || 2688 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14752) - || 3005 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14753) - || 4592 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14754) - || 4806 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14755) - || 6069 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14756) - || 6232 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14757) - || 6309 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14758) - || 6519 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14759) - || 6520 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14760) - || 6595 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14761) - || 6608 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14762) - || 6647 P-L || 26 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14763) - || 6793 P-L || 24 september 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14764) - || 7072 P-L || 17 oktober 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14765) - || 9519 P-L || 17 oktober 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14766) - || 9594 P-L || 17 oktober 1960 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14767) - || 1137 T-1 || 25 maart 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14768) - || 1238 T-1 || 25 maart 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14769) - || 2175 T-1 || 25 maart 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14770) - || 2198 T-1 || 25 maart 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14771) - || 4105 T-1 || 26 maart 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14772) - || 4195 T-1 || 26 maart 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14773) - || 4264 T-1 || 26 maart 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14774) - || 4845 T-1 || 13 mei 1971 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14775) - || 1139 T-2 || 29 september 1973 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14776) - || 1282 T-2 || 29 september 1973 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14777) - || 2078 T-2 || 29 september 1973 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14778) - || 2216 T-2 || 29 september 1973 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14779) - || 3072 T-2 || 30 september 1973 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14780) - || 1078 T-3 || 17 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14781) - || 1107 T-3 || 17 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14782) - || 3149 T-3 || 16 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14783) - || 3152 T-3 || 16 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14784) - || 3268 T-3 || 16 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14785) - || 3508 T-3 || 16 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14786) - || 4052 T-3 || 16 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14787) - || 5038 T-3 || 16 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14788) - || 5172 T-3 || 16 oktober 1977 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14789) - || 1969 TY1|| 8 oktober 1969 || L. I. Chernykh
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| (14790) Beletskij || 1970 OF || 30 juli 1970 || T. M. Smirnova
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| (14791) Atreus || 1973 SU || 19 september 1973 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14792) Thyestes || 1973 SG1|| 24 september 1973 || C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, T. Gehrels
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| (14793) - || 1975 SE2|| 30 september 1975 || S. J. Bus
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| (14794) - || 1976 SD5|| 24 september 1976 || N. S. Chernykh
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| (14795) Syoyou || 1977 EE7|| 12 maart 1977 || H. Kosai, K. Hurukawa
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| (14796) - || 1977 XF2|| 7 december 1977 || S. J. Bus
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| (14797) - || 1977 XZ2|| 7 december 1977 || S. J. Bus
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| (14798) - || 1978 UW4|| 27 oktober 1978 || C. M. Olmstead
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| (14799) - || 1979 MS2|| 25 juni 1979 || E. F. Helin, S. J. Bus
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| (14800) - || 1979 MP4|| 25 juni 1979 || E. F. Helin, S. J. Bus|}

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Mr. Pappas of the YukonGroup representing AT&T has provided the coverage maps for the proposed site. If you are located South/West of the Crown Valley/Soledad Canyon intersection this project may be of special interest to you. The projects intent is to increase AT&T cell coverage and FirstNet (first responders network coverage) to the area. Proposed as a hillside water tank, these coverage maps show a computer simulation of the signal strength when the tower is constructed at various heights above the hillside.


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Biden Claims Tax Hike Plan Is Tax CUT Plan, Wants Your Bank Info
Joe Biden just told Americans that he's helping them. He is not.
U.K. Police Will Now Record 'Misogyny' As a 'Hate Crime'
March. 18. 2021
"Misogyny" will now be labeled as a "hate crime" in London as the British government has now asked police to record claims of harassment against women if "the victim perceives" that they were...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan Calls For 'Misogyny' to be Recognized as 'Hate Crime'
March. 9. 2020
"It is time for every Londoner to call out sexist and misogynistic attitudes wherever they encounter them – in the workplace, at school, on the streets or on public transport," Khan said.
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SEC to Revise Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan Requirements
By Kevin LaCroix on June 9, 2021
Posted in Securities Laws
Since it was first instituted nearly 21 years ago, SEC Rule 10b5-1 has provided corporate executives with a way to trade in their company's securities while avoiding potential liability under the federal securities laws. However, the Rule has been dogged by controversy and questions of potential abuse have been raised for years. Now, in remarks published earlier this week on the Wall Street Journal (here), SEC Chair Gary Gensler has said that the SEC is drafting a proposal to revise the Rule's requirements to target some of the perceived abuses. The Cooley law firm's PubCo blog has a detailed account of Gensler's remarks in a June 8, 2021 post (here).
Rule 10b5-1 permits company insiders – who often hold a significant portion of their wealth in company stock – to sell their shares without incurring liability under the federal securities laws. The Rule permits insiders who have traded in company shares to rebut the inference of scienter by showing that the trades were pre-scheduled and not suspicious. In light of the frequent criticisms of the Rule, it is important to note that In many cases defendants have relied on the existence of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan in order to have the securities claims against them dismissed (for example, here and here).
To be sure, there is no doubt that the Rule has been abused. For example, when the SEC brought civil enforcement charges against former Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo in June 2009, a critical part of the agency's allegations was that Mozilo had manipulated his Rule 10b5-1 trading plans to permit him to reap vast profits in trading his shares in company stock while he was aware of increasingly serious problem in the company's mortgage portfolio.
Among other things, the SEC alleged that pursuant to these plans and during the period November 2006 through August 2007, and shortly after he had circulated internal emails sharply critical of the company's mortgage loan underwriting and the "toxic" mortgages in the company's portfolio, Mozilo exercised over 51 million stock options and sold the underlying shares for total proceeds of over $139 million.
In October 2010, Mozilo agreed to settle the SEC's enforcement action for a payment of $67.5 million dollars, including a $22.5 million penalty and a disgorgement of $45 million. The financial penalty was at the time (and I believe still is) the largest ever paid by a public company's senior executive in an SEC settlement.
More recently, several academics published a paper in which they concluded that corporate insiders may be using insider trading plans "to game the system." The academics looked at trading data related to over 20,000 insider trading plans. In their paper, the academics reported what they described as ""opportunistic, large-scale selling that appears to undermine the purpose of Rule 10b5-1." The academics also identified three "red flags": plans with a short "cooling off" period (that is, the plan went into effect shortly after adoption); plans involving a single trade; and plans adopted in a quarter shortly before the quarter's earnings announcement. The plans that allowed for a single trade on average, allowed the executives to avoid losses of 4%, defined as the stock's performance relative to industry peers during the six months following the first sale.
In his remarks published in the Journal, SEC Chair Gensler said "In my view, these plans have led to real cracks in our insider-trading regime." He said that he understands that the agency needs to "ensure we are identifying and punishing abuses of 10b5-1 plans" under the current rule. One specific weakness Gensler cited in the current regime is that insiders are permitted to cancel the plans after adopting them. "Insiders can cancel a plan when they actually do have material nonpublic information," Mr. Gensler said. "This seems kind of upside-down to me. It also may undermine investor confidence."
According to the PubCo blog post to which I linked above, the new limitations Gensler proposed to try to address the perceived abuses include: the requirement of a cooling off period (that is, a time lag between the adoption of a plan and when it goes into effect); limitations on cancellation; mandatory disclosure (as it stands now, companies whose executives have trading plans do not have to disclose the existence or provisions of the plans); and limitations on the number of plans. (One of the many abuses involved with Angelo Mozillo's arrangements was that he had multiple plans.) Gensler also reportedly has asked the SEC staff to look at potential abuses involved with company's adoption of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans in connection with stock buybacks.
There have been prior proposals to reform Rule 10b5-1's requirements. For example, in December 2012, the Council of Institutional Investors submitted a rulemaking proposal to the SEC. And there also have been reports for many years about the Rule's apparent abuse (for example, here). Yet notwithstanding the Rule's perceived abuse and despite prior calls for reform, the Rule's weaknesses remain unchanged.
It remains to be seen whether or when Gensler's reform proposal will lead to revisions to the Rule. In addition, the changes to be made to the Rule, if any, also remain to be seen.
While reform proposals appear highly justified, there is also another consideration that also needs to be taken into account. That is, the Rule has actually worked in some important cases. What I mean is that corporate insiders who traded in their shares of company stock pursuant to a written trading plan have been able to rely on the Rule's protection in order to defend themselves against alleged securities law violations.
For example, as discussed in greater detail here, in the Eighth Circuit's 2008 opinion in the Centene securities class action lawsuit, the appellate court, in affirming the district court's finding that the plaintiffs had not adequately pled scienter, specifically considered the fact that the individual defendants' stock sales on which the plaintiffs sought to rely had been made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In another instance, discussed here, the defendants were able to rely on the fact that their trades in company securities had been made pursuant to a written trading plan in support of their motions to dismiss the securities class action lawsuit that had been filed against them.
My point is that while trading plans adopted pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 can be abused, the adoption of trading plans is still a good idea. Moreover, the concept behind rule – that is, to provide corporate insiders with a way to trade in their company securities – is still valid, as well. Of course, there are aspects of the Rule's requirements that need to be addressed. But nothing about the need for reform should take away from the fact that adopting a plan is a smart way for corporate executives to try to protect themselves from potential liability under the federal securities laws.
Indeed, a written trading plan is one of the important practical steps that companies and their executives can take as part of securities litigation loss prevention program. Well-advised companies and their executives that adopt plans that avoid the kinds of abuses that the academics and Gensler identified will have an important tool in their arsenal if they are called upon to defend themselves in a securities suit. Nothing about the calls for reform changes any of that.
Tags: Insider Trading, Rule 10b5-1, securities litigation loss prevention, Trading plans
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Benedict XVI Speeches 2011 June
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TO MEMBERS OF THE "ASSEMBLY OF ORGANIZATIONS
FOR AID TO THE EASTERN CHURCHES" (ROACO)
Clementine Hall
Your Eminence,
Your Beatitude,
Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood,
Dear Members and Friends of ROACO,
I would like to express my most cordial welcome to each one of you and I gladly reciprocate with my very best wishes the courteous tribute addressed to me by Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches and President of the Assembly of Organizations for Aid to the Eastern Churches, accompanied by the Archbishop Secretary, by the Undersecretary and by the ecclesiastical and lay collaborators of the Dicastery.
I address a brotherly greeting to the new Maronite Patriarch, H.B. Béchara Boutros Raï, and I also extend my thoughts to the other prelates, to the representatives of the international agencies and of the University of Bethlehem, as well as to the benefactors gathered here. I thank you all for your generous cooperation in the mandate of universal charity which the Lord Jesus never ceases to entrust to the Bishop of Rome as Successor of the Blessed Apostle Peter.
Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord. The Eucharistic Procession, which I led from the Lateran Cathedral to the Basilica of St Mary Major, is always an appeal to the beloved City of Rome and to the entire Catholic community to continue to walk on the difficult paths of history, among the great forms of poverty in the world, both spiritual and material, so as to offer the love of Christ and of the Church, which flows from the paschal mystery, a mystery of love, of the total self-giving that brings forth life.
Love "never ends" (1 Cor 13:8), the Apostle Paul says, and is capable of changing hearts and the world with God's power, sowing and reawakening solidarity, communion and peace everywhere. These gifts are entrusted to our frail hands, but their development is certain because God's power works precisely through weakness, if we are able to open ourselves to his action, if we are true disciples who seek to be faithful to him (cf. 2 Cor 12:10).
Dear friends of ROACO, never forget the Eucharistic dimension of your purpose in order to keep pace constantly with ecclesial charity. The charity of the Church wishes to reach out in a particular way to the Holy Land but also to the whole of the Middle East, to sustain the Christian presence there. I ask you to do your utmost — including involving the public authorities with whom you are in touch at an international level — to enable the pastors and faithful of Christ, in the East where they were born, to be able to live there not as "strangers and sojourners" but as "fellow citizens" (Eph 2:19) who bear witness to Jesus Christ as did the saints of the past, also children of the Eastern Churches, before them.
The East is rightly their homeland on earth. It is there that still today they are called to foster the common good, through their faith, making no distinctions. Every person who professes this faith must be recognized as having equal dignity and true freedom, thereby permitting a more fruitful ecumenical and interreligious collaboration.
I thank you for your reflections on the changes that are taking place in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East, which are a source of anxiety throughout the world. Through the communications received at this time from the Coptic-Catholic Cardinal-Patriarch and from the Maronite Patriarch, as well as the Pontifical Representative in Jerusalem and the Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land, the Congregation and the agencies will be able to assess the situation on the ground for the Church and the peoples of that region, which is so important for world peace and stability.
The Pope wishes to express his closeness, also through you, to those who are suffering and to those who are trying desperately to escape, thereby increasing the flow of migration that often remains without hope. I pray that the necessary emergency assistance will be forthcoming, but above all I pray that every possible form of mediation will be explored, so that violence may cease and social harmony and peaceful coexistence may everywhere be restored, with respect for the rights of individuals as well as communities. Fervent prayer and reflection will help us at the same time to read the signs emerging from the present season of toil and tears: may the Lord of history always turn them to the common good.
The Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, celebrated last October in the Vatican and in which several of you took part, brought the brothers and sisters of the East even more decisively into the heart of the Church and introduced us to perceiving the signs of newness in our time. However, immediately after that meeting, senseless violence ferociously attacked defenceless people (cf. Angelus, 1 November 2010) in the Syrian-Catholic Cathedral of Baghdad, and in subsequent months in various other places. The suffering experienced because of Christ can help to sow the good seed of the Synod and produce an evermore fruitful harvest, God willing. I therefore present to the good will of ROACO members all that resulted from the Synod and, also, the precious spiritual heritage constituted by the cup of the passion of many Christians, as a reference for an intelligent and generous service which begins with the lowliest, which excludes no one and always measures its authenticity against the Eucharistic Mystery.
Dear friends, under the guidance of their generous Pastors and with your indispensable support, the Eastern Catholic Churches will always be able to strengthen communion with the Apostolic See, jealously guarded down the centuries, and to make an original contribution to the new evangelization, both in the homeland and in the growing diaspora.
I commend these hopes to the protection of the Most Holy Mother of God and of St John the Baptist, Precursor of Christ, on the liturgical Solemnity of his birth.
The Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is also approaching. On that day I shall give thanks to the Good Shepherd, as Cardinal Sandri recalled, for the 60th anniversary of my Ordination to the priesthood. I am deeply grateful for the prayers and good wishes you have offered me as a pleasing gift. I ask you to share in my entreaty to the "Lord of the harvest" (Mt 9:38) that he grant the Church and the world numerous, fervent Gospel workers. And, as a pledge of my affection, I gladly impart to each one of you, to your loved ones and to all the communities entrusted to you, the comfort of the Apostolic Blessing.


Serious accidents are often the norm on our roads lately, and motorists should heed the warnings given when passing a vehicle and drive responsibly to avoid more unnecessary accidents.
The following information has been supplied by the Mkhondo Fire and Rescue Unit, regarding the accidents that occurred on the roads last week. On Tuesday, 8 May, at 07:30 a serious accident led to one person sustaining serious injuries and two more loosing their lives on the road between Amsterdam and Panbult.
At this stage, no further information could be given. The Piet Retief SAPS were contacted for more information, but the Excelsior News was informed that they did not have anything on the system. On Thursday, 10 May, at 17:30, one person sustained light injuries in an accident on the Pongola Road.
The driver of a vehicle had to swerve to avoid hitting a pedestrian walking in the middle of the road. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it rolled. On Friday, 11 May, at 21:20, one person sustained light injuries when the driver of a vehicle collided with a heavy motor vehicle on the Ermelo Road.
The driver of the heavy motor vehicle was turning in at a company situated next to the N2, when the driver of the vehicle, coming from behind, collided into it. On Saturday, 12 May, at 15:10, an accident occurred on the Luneburg Road, leading to one person sustaining light injuries. A motorist was travelling towards Piet Retief, when a cow was seen in the road.
The driver swerved to avoid a collision, lost control of the vehicle and the vehicle rolled. Also on the 12th, at 19:30, six persons sustained light injuries again on the Luneburg Road. A tractor came to a standstill in the road, presumable because it had run out of diesel, and the driver of a kombi, coming from behind, collided into it.
Motorists are urged to always remain cautious when driving. Rather than be in a hurry and cause an accident, slow down and assess the situation before deciding on what action you will take.


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Oakland County Lottery Club Members Win $1.05 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot
Written By Derek Helling on March 12, 2021
For weeks, the identity of the winner(s) of a recent $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot was unknown. That's no longer the case. The Michigan Lottery has identified the lucky players as the four-member Oakland County Lottery Club.
This isn't the first time a group of people has won a jackpot of this size, and it won't be the last. Lottery players should understand that pooling resources isn't a guaranteed ticket to riches, however.
Details on Oakland County Lottery Club's big win
The story begins like most tales of winning big prizes playing lottery games do. Most often, it's the result of a moment's decision to stop in at a retailer. That was the case here as well.
"A club member saw a sign that the jackpot was up to $1 billion and remembered that they hadn't bought their tickets yet, so they pulled into the Kroger," club representative and attorney Kurt D. Panouses said in a news release.
"When you play, of course you dream of winning, but the reality of it has been incredible. This kind of money will impact the families of our club members for generations to come. We plan to stay humble and pay it forward through charitable giving in southeast Michigan."
The release doesn't disclose which charities will benefit from this group's lottery win. It does state that Kroger in Novi got a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, though. The store opted to donate that money to the Food Bank Council of Michigan.
The Michigan Lottery was a winner here, too. According to the same release, sales of Mega Millions tickets were up about 110% from July-October 2020, compared with the same period in 2019. The 36 rollovers of the jackpot, a record for Mega Millions, undoubtedly added to the hype.
Of course, groups throughout the country who may have bought as many or more tickets than the Oakland County club saw their plays go unrewarded by comparison. It's a great reminder for gamblers that you can't find a backdoor in lottery games of chance.
Mega Millions odds can't be manipulated
All lottery games are those of pure chance. The fixed odds are available for each game, whether you buy your ticket in-person or online in Michigan. Doesn't buying more tickets improve your odds of winning a prize, though?
In reality, nope. The odds of winning any prize in any lottery game stay the same, no matter how many tickets you purchase. If the Oakland County group bought 20 tickets, for example, then they bought 19 losers, at least in terms of grabbing that jackpot.
That math shouldn't necessarily discourage pooling your resources with others. It does increase your buying power. For a visual example, think of lottery tickets as pieces of fruit. Now imagine a winning ticket as a lone ripe piece hidden somewhere among a warehouse full of barrels of rotten fruit.
Buying more barrels doesn't ripen more individual pieces. But it does improve your chances of stumbling across that limited supply of good fruit. Still, you're most likely going to end up with nothing but rotten fruit.
If you do end up with that extremely rare winning ticket, it can be oh so sweet. The four members of the Oakland County Lottery Club can now attest to that.


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Now reading: 9 Things You Didn't Know About Lapis Lazuli
9 Things You Didn't Know About Lapis Lazuli
"Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli." – George R.R. Martin
Lapis Lazuli, the great communicator, the bold protector, the stone of the ancients. First recognized in the 7th millennium BCE near Mesopotamia, this ancient stone has been used for everything from protection amulets to eyeshadow and a lot of its historical meanings have been lost over many millennia, but some "small" aspects remain the same. Here are 9 things you didn't know about lapis lazuli.
1. Heaven, she wrote
The name itself comes from the most interesting and divine combination of languages. In Latin, the word lapis translates to "stone", while lazuli comes from a more medieval word lazulium, taken from the Arabic word lāzaward, derived from the Persian lājevard, both translating to "sky", "heaven", or "the divine". Literally and spiritually, lapis lazuli is the stone of the heavens which allows us to communicate with the source of cosmic power and find a connection to our higher selves.
2. Lapis Lazuli, the stone of royals
Since antiquity, lapis lazuli has been revered for its esoteric properties. Royals were considered in those times to be just below gods and goddesses in hierarchy, secretive of the wisdom and knowledge that was bestowed upon them and holding it dearly close. In many cultures throughout history, lapis lazuli was put on a pedestal as the "stone of the sky" – sacred, as it was believed that to be worthy of its mysticism, one should be financially or otherwise physically able to obtain it.
3. Lapis Lazuli, the fuel of warriors
In the Southern region of Mesopotamia, (modern day Iraq and Kuwait) pantheistic beliefs encompassed the acknowledgement and worship of a variety of deities. Innana sits in the pantheon of gods and goddesses of ancient Sumer, one of the oldest known human civilizations. As the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and warfare, she is complex to say the least. Innana was the embodiment of power, justice, and femenine strength, bringing death and disaster in the most divine way possible. She was known to wear lapis lazuli around her neck, through her reign and in her death as the stone gave her strength, courage, wisdom, and protected her from evil in the journey into the afterlife.
4. Aesthetics of the Ancients
Lapis Lazuli existed not only in Kemet and Mesopotamia, but was also very well-known in ancient Greece, Rome, and China – yet probably not in the typical way one would assume. Aside from being utilized in adornments, amulets, and talismans, this stone of the mystics was often ground into a powder and smeared upon the chests of warriors, male and female alike – while more enlightened figures of higher standing would use the powder as eyeshadow, believing that its metaphysical properties would be absorbed into the skin of the "wearer". Strength, courage, power, resilience, and protection for the earthly warrior as well as the goddess, god, and the half-mortal.
5. Life after death
We've spoken of Innana and her many endeavours, but not of that which lapis lazuli brought to her after death. In mythology, she descended into and then returned from the underworld, the occurrence itself seemingly being the only true purpose in the complexity of her existence. As she entered the afterlife, she bore the insignias of her earthly existence, including her necklace of lapis lazuli which only fortified her status as a cosmic being. In ancient Sumer, the stone was believed to carry the soul of the deity who rejoiced in its power most authentically. It made her a goddess and nothing less (not that there was any doubt).
6. An Egyptian Favorite
If you can't already tell, most of the folklore surrounding lapis lazuli originates in Kemet (ancient Egypt), and there's no land better suited for setting the plot of this divine stone. They are a people known for their immovable and incomparable beliefs, their devotion to spirituality, and for having created the foundation of a grand part of modern day spirituality. This is where my origin lies, this is where we come from.
7. Lapis Lazuli in art
Archaeologists undoubtedly get a lot of inspiration from this ancient stone – it's been found in many digs throughout history, mostly temples, graves, and tombs. Evidence suggests that lapis lazuli was used for various purposes (both frivolous and spiritual). including votive sculptures and figurines, hair combs, dagger handles and even [in powder] as the base for paint. Italian sculptor and painter, Michelangelo was one of the first to discover and make use of blue pigment by grounding down this stone and mixing it with various solutions, then using it as paint. The hue itself, having been regarded as rare and expensive, was saved for the scribes and illustrators of that time, mostly for use in religious scrolls.
8. The Stone of passage
The religious significance of lapis lazuli, held greatly among the ancients who believed that possessing the stone granted the right to pass judgement (this may still sit uncomfortably within many religions and beliefs today). Its paradox exists within the ancient Egyptians' reliance on the stone for safe passage into the afterlife. As a talisman of protection, and in much the same way that other sacred crystals would be carved into and with symbols of spiritual significance, lapis lazuli would be fashioned into the shape of scarab beetles to accompany the dead on such a journey.
9. Lapis as a money stone
Lapis lazuli holds and lends properties of prosperity and wealth. In its genuine form, it contains strands and streaks of either gold or pyrite, otherwise known as "fool's gold". These golden growths represent the royalty and divinity within the power of the stone itself, as well as the magic within ourselves. They signify divine femininity and the magnificence in the golden glow of the full moon, promoting growth from within and throughout. Manifest from your own will and wisdom that which you desire, the effortless sustenance of your earthly embodiment.
Use your crystals wisely and always remember to cleanse, charge, and bond with them. They are you and you, them.
"Discard not your confidence in the universe, but place it firmly within." – TLSM


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Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should – Revisited
criminal defense,
One year ago today, I wrote "Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should" to discuss the discretion of prosecutors. Prosecutors can and do choose which offenses and people they will prosecute. It's a matter of resources. It's a matter of proof. It's a matter of discretion. Every case that is prosecuted requires some portion of an amount of limited resources. Just like policing – a heavy presence in one geographical region necessitates less presence in another – heavy focus in one prosecution results in a lesser focus on another.
In the past, Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos decided to discontinue the general prosecution of "trace cases." This involved freeing up prosecutorial and court resources which were being used to prosecute residue cases so that those same resources could be better utilized for other serious violent crimes. And that made sense: many resources were freed up. In fact, drug court backlogs were alleviated and impact courts were created in their stead. This meant that more serious cases were being taken to trial instead of using those same resources for low-level, almost non-existent offenses.
Even today, Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson has decided to discontinue the general prosecution of first offender small amounts of marijuana. She expanded this to also include low-level thefts like shoplifting. By diverting these offenders from the jail and the court, she freed up resources to concentrate on other more serious offenders.
A year later, I am left wondering about other resources that may be better utilized. Today on Legally Speaking, John and I discussed the progression of cases in the local courts. Often, people are arrested and cases are filed, necessitating the use of substantial prosecutorial and court resources, even before evidence is available. Take for example, some DWI cases. If the accused exercises his right to refuse a breath test, the police will rely on search warrants for blood in an effort to prove intoxication. It can take 3 months or more before the results of that test blood will be revealed. Yet, the arrest is most often made and the accused is charged and supervised under pre-trial conditions for the next several months while we all wait on the results.
Incidentally, some blood tests (estimated to be between 10-15%) reveal a blood alcohol level lower than 0.08. Yes, that means in a percentage of the cases filed, the accused is actually and legally not intoxicated. Yet, they are arrested, have likely posted bond, have been placed on courtesy pre-trial supervision, paid the fees for intoxilyzer devices on their persons or vehicles, and have appeared in court every 3-5 weeks while waiting to be cleared.
The same is true of drug cases. Before anything can be done with a drug case, the evidence must be sent to an accredited lab and analyzed. This process can take 2-4 months. During that time, the prosecutor is not able to move forward with prosecution. The DA in Harris County has a standing policy against plea-bargaining these cases unless the substance is confirmed to be an illegal substance. So there is essentially a standstill. Yet, the accused is perhaps sitting in jail waiting, returning to court regularly, or maybe released on bond but still returning to court regularly.
This is an absurd use of resources. There is no reason charges must be filed in every instance up front. There is no reason to tie up police, jail, and court resources for each and every case. Counties outside of Harris have aptly figured this out. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
In Nueces County, prosecutors are actually agreeing to the release of accused of possessing synthetic marijuana. Knowing it will take more than 6 months to have the substance analyzed, they are recommending the release of those accused. With analysis taking an average of 9 months to one year, they recognize the accused could remain in jail longer than the maximum punishment of 180 days in the county jail. This is a matter of resources, and perhaps justice. Jails are routinely overcrowded. The Nueces County jail has been at or near maximum capacity, and this is an opportunity to ease the overcrowding and refocus prosecutorial resources unless and until a lab confirms an actual illegal substance.
Yet, Harris County clings tight to the notion that prosecutions must be immediate and linger, even where evidence will not be available for some time. Yet, Harris County faces the same jail overcrowding. Yet, Harris County prosecutors have the same discretion: they do not have to file the case unless or until evidence is available.
But, apparently, that's how we've always done it so it is most likely to continue. Because they can, they will. And not much will change.
Prosecutorial Discipline
integrity,
For decades, discipline for prosecutors was atypical and virtually nonexistent. Times are changing, though, it seems. First, Ken Anderson and Charles Sebesta and now line prosecutors.
In a case of first impression for disciplinary actions, Denton County prosecutor William Schultz found out the hard way that Brady has meaning beyond the courts. While the courts might impose a mistrial, vacate a sentence, or even possibly sanction a prosecutor, the State Bar Disciplinary Panel could enforce broader rules and even discipline. After withholding Brady information, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals pointed out the error of his ways (Schultz had assumed he could determine what was or was not Brady and therefore what was or was not to be turned over) and affirmed his partially probated suspension from the practice of law.
Now, former Williamson County prosecutor Mark Brunner has agreed to a fully probated suspension based on his lack of candor untruthfulness to the court. Brunner represented the State of Texas in a series of charges stemming from a bank robbery. During the prosecution, Brunner was able to reach a plea bargain with the defendant. Apparently, the plea was quite the bargain and even the court was concerned about it. Upon inquiry by the court, Brunner stated he had spoken to the victims and the bank owner and that they were satisfied with the plea agreement. Before the judge accepted the plea, he affirmatively stated, "… but for the acquiescence of this agreement by the victims in this case, I would not be going along with this agreement."
The court, relying on Brunner's assertion, approved the plea bargain and sentenced the defendant accordingly. However, Brunner had not spoken with the victims about the plea and none of them were aware of the plea agreement. And, Brunner did nothing to correct his false statement made to the court or relied upon by the court. Thus, the Panel concluded Brunner violated Texas Disciplinary Rule of Professional Conduct 3.03(a)(1): a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal.
In his defense, Brunner offered:
When asked why he lied to the Judge, Brunner told KXAN via text message: "I answered the bar with my side of the issue. They obviously saw it otherwise. Id [sic] rather not fight it out with them in public. I had that option and I passed. So I'm still passing."
While it is unclear whether Brunner was attempting to justify his conduct, he agreed to the discipline. He further agreed to the findings of fact which include the victims were unaware of the plea agreement. Much like defendants work plea bargains to mitigate punishment, perhaps Brunner feared a greater discipline. A fully probated suspension gives him the opportunity to continue practicing law uninterrupted. It certainly could have been worse.
All-in-all, this is a lesson in change for the prosecutorial bar. No longer are complaints simply dismissed. No longer do prosecutors get a pass for their conduct. The Bar is getting serious and it's time to restore integrity to the prosecutor's role.
hccla,
Criminal defense lawyer extraordinaire Mark Bennett has done his fair share of good deeds. As he can tell you, no good deed goes unpunished.
A true defender, Mark often comes to the aide and defense of his brethren in and around Harris County. He is head of the HCCLA Strike Force and responds to a "bat signal" whenever distress rears its ugly head.
assessing the situation
Fairly recently (recent being a relative term when waiting on the State Commission on Judicial Conduct), a local judge was issued a private sanction after improperly detaining a colleague who was simply wanting to communicate with her client. Mark, and many others, rapidly appeared to assist. Mark took the lead, assessed the situation, and worked out an appropriate settlement. The judge withdrew her order of custody and released our colleague.
researching remedies
In the aftermath, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct completed an investigation and issued a private sanction. During that investigation, the Commission took statements from those who witnessed the incident in whole or in part. (I know because I spoke to executive director, Seana Willing, who asked for my statement. I also spoke to the private investigator working for the judge's attorney regarding the judicial complaint.) At the conclusion, the Commission determined a private sanction was appropriate.
everyone willing to help
Fast forward: good deed done, now comes the punishment. Just last week, Mark had a case in said judge's court. He took on this case last minute (yet another good deed) after the death of a colleague. He had a legitimate reason to request a very short continuance to cover a legal matter that could substantially affect his new client. His request was met with hadn't he "just asked her for another day yesterday" and he "was losing credibility." In Mark's explanation about just taking over the case in an unforeseen tragic circumstance, the judge responded, "well, no good deed goes unpunished."
And there you have it. Mark performed a series of good deeds only to have his credibility attacked. Retaliation for his assisting colleagues and providing a truthful statement to the Commission. Oh, and did I mention, when he wrote about all this, he learned just a little bit more about the judge and retaliation.
(il)Legal Copycat
clients,
practice pointer,
In what Internet universe would a lawyer steal the words and work of another and not expect to be caught or called out? Why would a lawyer post "news" on their website by simply trolling the Internet and stealing others news? And, if a lawyer were going to do so, would they just take the easy way out and simply copy what the State Bar has already curated and pass it off as their own?
If you are a lawyer at Brown & Musslewhite in Houston, you would be lazy, plagiarize steal content, and pass it off as if some "author" in your firm wrote it.
Jeff Musslewhite earned his law degree from The University of Baltimore School of Law. Apparently this is one school that doesn't teach criminal law or copyright. Hell, they may not even teach ethics. Well, maybe it's not fair to blame the school. After all, his law partner Lori Brown attended the University of Texas and didn't learn the basics either.
Instead of creating and publishing their victories, successes, thoughts, and business plans, they have a "news" feed that does nothing but regurgitate the blog posts curated by the State Bar of Texas' Texas Bar Today blog. The folks over at Texas Bar Today spend time reading and then passing on relevant information by providing links to various lawyers' posts. When they do so, they identify the original writer, giving a link credit to the author, and simply send the interested reader directly to the original post.
Apparently, that's too much work for the lawyers at B&M. They would rather just copy the work of the Texas Bar Today folks, create a fake author page, and link the readers back to themselves. By creating fake author pages, they give the appearance of the author writing or working for them. And trust me, I do not write for them, and I certainly would not work for them.
To be fair, their posts begin with "Written by JOANNE MUSICK" and "Originally published by JoAnne Musick." Yet, when you click the link for JOANNE MUSICK, it circles right back to their site and a handy-dandy collection of everything they copied from me (which is only 2 [correction: 4, 2 as JoAnne Musick and 2 as JoAnneMusick] posts so far – but I'm not the only one they are copying – they have also copied HCCLA and HCCLA's Reasonable Doubt).
They say imitation is flattery. Well, I'm not flattered. I find myself, much like Ruth, pissed:
When you like my blog work, I'm pleased. When you link to my site, I'm flattered. When you request a reprint, I'm delighted. When you rip off my work, even with an attribution, I get pissed!
You like my writing? Great! Let me know and I'd probably give you permission to use it. Want to curate like the Texas Bar Today folks? Great! Give proper links and I wouldn't care. But don't just blatantly utilize my words to enhance your google presence and seem relevant.
The interesting questions: Is this their work ethic? Do they really do real lawyer work? Or do they just copy others? Didn't we learn in grade school that plagiarism was wrong? If they show deceit in their website, will they deceive a client? The court?
I have no desire to find the answers to these questions. I would never hire a lawyer engaging in such practice. It's unethical and just plain wrong. Color me offended and sad that they have chosen to use my name and my words to try and make themselves look better. Don't try to make yourself look better; be better!
Update: see what they are copying here
Waller County Jail Report
Police,
The Waller County Civilian Commission report is finally out, and you can read it here:
Recommended Police and Jail Practices
We finished our review, and our report! Joined by Hon. Craig Washington, Hon. Morris Overstreet, Juan L. Guerra, Randall Kallinen, and Paul Looney, I spent countless hours trying to help the citizens of Waller County. In an epic move, Sheriff Smith invited us in and gave us unfettered access to his domain: people, places, and practices. We came and went as necessary. We interviewed whomever we wanted. We looked at whatever we chose. And, ultimately, we created 9 recommendations that have the potential to change law enforcement:
Better screening for mental health and illness
use of video (Skype or other technology) can provide immediate access to a physician
additionally, the same video equipment can provide immediate contact with a magistrate to set or review bond or even provide a personal recognizance bond to shorten jail stay
Police worn body cameras
develop policies to record and store all police interactions
Language and demeanor issues
address use of derogatory language
eliminate the stigma and treat others with dignity and respect
Counseling and fitness to serve for officers and jailers
mental health is just as important as weapon proficency
New jail facilities
Booking processes and information sharing
Digital reporting
Separation between jailing and policing
To be sure, every person in every agency can improve. We only hope our roadmap with some specific improvements can bring about greater respect for both the authorities and the citizens.
While it is sad that it took a suicide to bring change, better that change comes!
Prosecutor Accountability?
junk science,
Texas leads the nation in convicting innocent people. Appalling! This is not a lead to be proud of.
According to the National Registry of Exonerations, Texas led 2013 in convicting innocent people, and over the years, Texas has always remained in the top four states for convicting innocent people.
Convictions of innocent people can be linked to a variety of sources from junk "scientific" evidence to poor eyewitness identification. And while not always a contributing factor, prosecutorial misconduct certainly adds to the problem.
In New York, legislation has been proposed to create a State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct. The idea is similar to State Commissions across the nation which deal with judicial conduct. The commission becomes an investigatory body able to review complaints against prosecutors and determine disciplinary measures where appropriate.
Prosecutors have the ability and unfettered discretion to deprive citizens of their liberty. This is a tremendous power which historically goes unchecked. Currently, prosecutors enjoy immunity for most of their actions; they cannot be successfully sued for even egregious acts of misconduct. They are shielded by appellate courts who find misconduct but excuse it as "harmless" error. They are subject to great abuses of power because there is no effective oversight.
New York is trying to change that. Perhaps it is time for Texas to take a true lead and setup our own Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct, a system of checks and balances that might hold prosecutors liable for this misdeeds when they make their own rules.
With abusive prosecutors like Ken Anderson, Charles Sebesta, and Kelly Siegler, Texas needs to step up and find accountability in a system of justice that no longer undermines public trust.
Prosecutorial abuses, like any other abuse, cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of dollars. Prosecutorial abuses undermine the fairness and integrity of our system of justice. Prosecutorial abuses must stop.
49.04 + 37.09 = NOLLE; Police Video Exploits
criminal defense lawyer,
fair trial,
Lies,
On July 23, 2011, C.O. was arrested for DWI by Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Anthony Aulds. According to the report, Deputy Aulds received a call about a Chevy Silverado following an intoxicated driver westbound on Gulf Pump Road. The call slip said the Toyota had run off the road three or four times.[1]
At 02:08 hrs, Deputy Aulds caught up to the Toyota and stopped it in the 6900 block of Sheldon Road. He reported that C.O. was the driver, that she had the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage when he made contact. He also reported that when C.O. got out of the car, she stumbled and lost her balance. He subsequently administered the SFST, and placed C.O. under arrest. She was read the DIC-24 at the scene and consented to a breath test. C.O. was then taken to the Wallisville substation (HCSO District 3) and at 03:24 hrs, an Intoxilyzer test showed 0.12% BAC. Both the SFST results and the 15-minute observation time were thoroughly documented.
At first glance, it looked like a pretty good case for the State. There was a civilian witness who observed dangerous driving facts, a good report, and the proper 15-minute observation time for the breath test. But 178 days, 13 motions and 2 Brady hearings later, the case was dismissed. The Motion to Dismiss read, "witness testimony and admissions during PTRC create issues making it impossible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt."
The Harris County Sheriff's Office employs a video system that comes on automatically when the emergency lights are turned on. The system also comes on automatically when the patrol unit exceeds 83 mph. Also, when the lights come on, the system records the 30 seconds immediately prior. This allows for recording of the traffic violation that leads to the stop.
Despite the fact that Deputy Aulds turned on his emergency lights and initiated the traffic stop at 02:08, the only video available began at 02:35 hrs and contained an abbreviated SFST which did not include the HGN test, and ended at 02:47. This was the first indication something was amiss.
The next glaring problem was when Deputy Aulds read C.O. the DIC-24. He appears to comply with the statutes until he asks her if she is willing to provide a specimen of her breath. When she inquires as to what happens if she doesn't, Deputy Aulds deliberately removes the remote microphone from his belt and mutes it.[2] The video records an apparent animated discussion for the next two minutes before he escorts C.O. to the car. Thirty-seven minutes later, she provides a breath specimen.
When I watched the video with C.O., I asked her to tell me what was going on. She explained that Deputy Aulds told her that if she didn't comply, she would be taken downtown and blood forcibly drawn from her. She was told that she was going to give a specimen tonight and she could do it the hard way or the easy way. Her consent had been coerced.
Coupling the video evidence with the coerced consent, I knew I could get the breath test suppressed. As C.O. looked fairly good on video and had extensive medical records to support any problems with the SFST, I thought I could get in an out on the case fairly quickly. Surely, the prosecutor would see what I had seen.
Boy was I wrong.
There's Nothing Sinister Here
I didn't see any reason to hide the ball. I told the prosecutor that he could see the deputy turn his microphone off, that the consent had been coerced, and that absent the breath test, he couldn't make the case. The prosecutor noted my concerns on the front of the file and told me he would evaluate the case and get back with me.
About to turn the microphone off (in his right hand). 'M' still displayed
When the prosecutor did get back with me, he told me, "I talked with the Deputy and he said he thinks the battery might have gone out on the microphone. There's nothing sinister here." (And the prosecutor has now become a witness to this untruthful statement.) I argued that it was an amazing coincidence that just when Deputy Aulds took the microphone off his belt as C.O. asked about refusing, the sound cut off. The prosecutor said he didn't see that. Right then I knew I would have to set it for trial.
Microphone has been turned off (No 'M' displayed) as he allegedly obtains consent
Brady & Video
I filed a Brady/Kyles Motion specifically requesting the unredacted video along with any other Brady material. I also issued subpoenas for both the video custodian and the video.
Judge Smyth granted the Brady/Kyles Motion and on December 9th held a hearing on the record. Aaron Harsha, the custodian for video records from the patrol cars, was more than helpful. He did a thorough search of his database and recovered a second video. This previously hidden video was from 02:08 to 02:18 and contained the initial stop and contact between C.O. and Deputy Aulds. This video was clearly exculpatory as it showed C.O. had not committed a traffic violation in the deputy's view, and had stopped in the middle of the road only because there was no shoulder and in response to the deputy's emergency lights, and C.O. neither stumbled nor lost her balance when she got out of the car. (All of which contradicted the police report.)
"Stopped in a moving lane of traffic" – RF indicates Rear & Front emergency lights on
Furthermore, Harsha produced an email from Deputy Aulds asking that ONLY the video file from 02:35 to 02:47 be archived. This is the portion with the abbreviated SFST and the DIC-24 being read.
While Harsha was on the stand, the following information came to light:
Deputies can turn remotely turn the camera on, but cannot turn it off.
They can mute the microphone at any time.
When the video is evidence in a criminal case, the deputy has to upload the video from the car to the server via a WiFi hotspot at various locations. The deputy then sends an email to "Fleet Operations" asking a specific video file be archived.
The camera can only be turned off from inside the car. If the camera is turned off, and then turned back on, the deputy has created two video files. For both to be archived, both must be noted in the email to Fleet Operations.
In this case, Deputy Aulds created two video files but only requested that one be preserved as evidence.
HCSO's normal practice is to destroy all video after 90 days unless instructed the video is to be archived.
Deputies have the ability to review the video in the cars.
Cars two years old or newer should have the cameras.
Supervisor cars probably will not have the camera.
Harsha's diligence led to a second Brady hearing which was held on December 15, 2011. In that hearing, Deputy Aulds took the stand. Deputy Aulds testified:
(After refreshing Auld's memory with his email to Harsha)
Q: And what time did you tell them to archive that?
A: Approximately 02:35 hours.
Q: And you didn't tell them to archive at 02:09 did you?
A: Apparently not.
Q: Okay. Was that your decision to conceal that evidence?
Q: Whose decision was it?
A: It may have been an error.
Q: How did you get 02:35?
A: Because that was the time of – – the second video, I guess, was the SFST's.
Q: So you reviewed the video before learning the time, correct?
A: I had to have, yes.
Q: And you were aware the camera records the stop from the moment you turn the lights on, correct?
Q: And yet, you didn't tell the video custodian to archive from 02:09 did you?
A: That's correct.
Q: And that was your decision?
Q: And are you aware that is evidence in a criminal case?
Q: And you deliberately concealed it?
A: I didn't deliberately, but it was concealed.
Later in the hearing…
Q: How many DWI cases have you filed?
A: I don't have an exact amount.
Q: Give me a guess.
A: Ten, fifteen, somewhere in there.
Q: How many of them have you edited the videos?
A: I don't have the ability to edit videos.
Q: How many have you stopped the camera?
A: I don't remember.
Q: So, you have done it in the past?
A: I don't remember if I have or haven't.
Q: Think hard. This is very important Deputy. Have you stopped the camera in the past?
A: I'm sure I've stopped it.
Q: So, this is not the first time you have concealed evidence in a criminal case, is it?
A: I would say no.
Q: So, it wasn't – – and you testified you reviewed the tape to determine what time the abbreviated SFST was conducted, correct?
Q: And, so, you were well aware at the time you sent that email that there was a tape available from 02:08?
Q: And are you also aware that tapes are destroyed after 90 days?
Q: Did you make any effort to preserve that tape?
I was confident that since the case was fatally damaged the State would dismiss. When the judge asked if I had anything else, I looked at the Chief Prosecutor and asked, "You got a motion?" She said, "No." Incredibly, they declined to dismiss the case and requested time to review additional records. It seemed they might be trying to determine if the video problem was systemic. (They weren't concerned about that though as it turns out.)
We had our last hearing on January 17, 2012, and the prosecutor finally dismissed the case.
You cannot get on the preservation of evidence fast enough. We were lucky that Harsha was able to retrieve the video. It should have been destroyed on or about October 23, 2011. You also have to obtain the call slip from dispatch and the email from the video custodian and then compare them for time discrepancies. You also need to subpoena all the video from all the units at the scene. Sometimes officers will only submit the best video. We'll call that the "Director's Cut." We have found exculpatory evidence in the other unit's video on several occasions.
To the best of my knowledge, the District Attorney's office has yet to provide any Brady notice(s) related to HCSO Deputy Anthony Aulds.
[1] Subsequent to the initial call, the Toyota stopped and the male switched drivers with the female (C.O.).
[2] What I have noticed on Harris County video (SO & Constable) is that when a deputy mutes the microphone, the 'M' icon which indicates the microphone is recording will continue to be displayed for another 30 seconds before disappearing.


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Macomona is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Tellinidae.

Species
Macomona australis (Deshayes, 1855)
Macomona deltoidalis (Lamarck, 1818)
Macomona imbellis (Hanley, 1844)
Macomona liliana (Iredale, 1915)

References
 OBIS
 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
 Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979

Tellinidae
Bivalve genera


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Q: How use the getFolders() method of the DLFolderLocalServiceUtil class? I am absolutly new in LifeRay development and I have some doubts related to the use of the DLFolderLocalServiceUtil class.
In my code I have something like this:
List<DLFolder> listFolder = DLFolderLocalServiceUtil.getDLFolders(-1, -1);
private Map<String, DLFolder> treePath = new TreeMap<String, DLFolder>();

What exaclty do the previous code? I think that is is something related to the LifeRay document library. I think that the previous code retrieve the root of the document library of my portal.
But, if my reasoning is correct, what exactly is the document library in LifeRay? Is it something used to stored documents on the portal? If so what exactly is a document in LifeRay? any type of file or specific type of content?
Looking on the official LifeRAy documentation, here: https://docs.liferay.com/portal/6.2/javadocs-all/com/liferay/portlet/documentlibrary/service/DLFolderLocalServiceUtil.html
it seems to me that, in the previous code snippet, it is used this version of the getDLFolders() method:
getDLFolders(int start, int end)

and say that:

Returns a range of all the document library folders

But what exactly mean a range of all document library folder? And what means if, as in the previous snippet, is used the start and end values setted to -1 ?

A: Yes, this service is related to the Documents and Media portlet which can be found within Content of a site's Admin area. The source code package structure designates this portlet as the document_library portlet (dated but applicable wiki page). The portlet serves as the management facility for all document based content for any type of document.
The portlet uses both the database and file system in providing document management functionality. If you navigate to the same directory level as your ${LIFERAY_HOME} and have a look, you'll see a data folder. Within this folder you'll notice a document_library folder. The directory structure going forward corresponds to companyId / folder (internally managed association) for a specific file / individual versions of a specific file.
One of the available actions for the portlet is to add a folder. Any folders added this way are managed through the database. These folders are the ones returned by the service method, for the entirety of the portal, along with some folders Liferay uses. The folders specific to each file will not show up when using this service.
Liferay uses -1 to designate "all". Sometimes you see the usage as getDLFolders(QueryUtil.ALL_POS, QueryUtil.ALL_POS) where ALL_POS is short for "all possible" and it simply wraps a constant value.

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