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Longitudinal inconsistency in responses to survey items that ask women about intimate partner violence
Deborah Loxton ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-86121,
Jennifer Powers1,
Natalie Townsend1,
Melissa L. Harris1 &
Peta Forder1
BMC Medical Research Methodology volume 19, Article number: 201 (2019) Cite this article
Longitudinal research has demonstrated that experiences of abuse and adversity are not consistently reported over time; however, there is a paucity of available evidence regarding the consistency of reporting experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) over time. This study aimed to investigate the consistency of self-reported IPV involving a partner or spouse. Differences in the health status of women according to consistency of IPV reporting was also investigated.
Survey data collected from the 1946–51 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) between 1996 and 2016 were used (n = 13,715). Consistency of self-reported IPV was evaluated by responses to the question "Have you ever been in a violent relationship with a partner/spouse?" Demographic and health characteristics of consistent and inconsistent reporters of IPV were compared. Multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the strength of the association between demographic and health characteristics of the women and their consistency of longitudinal reporting of IPV.
There were 10,966 women who answered IPV questions over six surveys, with 9610 women (87.6%) providing consistent responses. Inconsistent responses were provided by 1356 women (12.4%), of whom 258 (2.4%) reported IPV at all but one survey (Mainly IPV), 587 (5.3%) reported no IPV at all but one survey (Mainly no IPV), and 511 (4.7%) reported Mixed IPV responses over time. Women in the Mainly IPV group, and those in the Mixed IPV group were similar to those in the Consistent IPV group in demographic and health characteristics, whereas women in the Mainly no IPV group were similar to those in the Consistent never IPV group.
IPV data collected at one time point may involve around 12% false negative or false positive responses. To increase reliability, IPV should be measured on more than one occasion, using different techniques and methods that account for intentional and unintentional over- and under-reporting.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health problem. Experiences of IPV have been shown to be associated with a range of physical health problems, such as breathing difficulties, asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, allergies, fatigue, low iron, vaginal discharge, cervical cancer, hearing and eyesight problems, bowel problems [1], chronic disease [2], and chronic pain [2, 3]. Women who have experienced IPV are also more likely to have mental health issues, including depression [4,5,6], anxiety [4, 7, 8], suicidal ideation [2], and post-traumatic stress disorder [8, 9].
Globally, reported prevalence rates of IPV vary from 0.98 to 70.9% [3]. Research has demonstrated that prevalence rates differ depending on a number of methodological and cultural differences. Factors which affect IPV prevalence rates include the demographics of the sample (such as age and cultural background) [10, 11], the source of the sample (such as a clinical setting or nationally representative sample) [12, 13], the method (such as interviews or surveys) [14], and questions used to attain the information (such as asking participants to identify 'violent' experiences or specific behaviours) [15].
While methodological differences might explain some of this variation, one potential explanation that has received little attention is the consistency with which an individual might report IPV over time. Longitudinal research has demonstrated that participants do not consistently report abuse and experiences of adversity over time, with problems in consistency of self-reporting identified for experiences of physical abuse [16], sexual abuse [16, 17], potentially traumatic events [18], and negative life events [19]. Although there is evidence that experiences of abuse and adversity are not consistently reported over time, there is a paucity of available evidence regarding the consistency of reporting experiences of IPV over time.
The aim of this study is to investigate the consistency of self-report IPV involving a partner or spouse. The primary purpose is to identify and describe women who consistently reported IPV over 17 years, consistently reported later onset of IPV, consistently reported never experiencing IPV, and women who were inconsistent in their reports of IPV. Differences in the health status of women according to consistency of IPV reporting will also be investigated.
The current study examined IPV consistency using data collected from the 1946–51 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH). The ALSWH cohorts have been described in detail elsewhere [20]. Briefly, women were randomly selected from the Medicare (National Health Insurance) database, (which covers all Australian citizens and permanent residents), with women from rural and remote areas intentionally oversampled at twice the rate as other women. The 1946–51 cohort were recruited via mailed surveys in 1996 (n = 13,715) and have completed follow-up surveys every 3 years since 1998. Comparisons between women of the same age in the 1996 Census showed the women were broadly representative of Australian women of the same age with some over-representation of tertiary educated women [21]. This study is approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees of the Universities of Newcastle and Queensland. Women were included in the current study if they had responded to the first survey in 1996 and at least two of the five subsequent surveys between 2004 and 2016.
All variables were self-reported and were asked at each survey, unless otherwise indicated.
Consistency of self-report of IPV was evaluated by responses to the question, 'Have you ever been in violent relationship with a partner/spouse?' This question was first asked at Survey 1 in 1996 (n = 13,714) and at follow-up surveys conducted in 2004 (Survey 4, n = 10,905), 2007 (Survey 5, n = 10,638), 2010 (Survey 6, n = 10,011), 2013 (Survey 7, n = 9151), and 2016 (Survey 8, n = 8622). An affirmative response to this question was used to indicate IPV.
To determine consistency of IPV reporting over time, data on IPV were required from participants for at least three of the six surveys. Responses were classified as 'Consistent IPV' (i.e. IPV was reported at all surveys answered e.g. YYY, YYYYYY), 'Consistent later IPV' (i.e. did not experience IPV at earlier surveys but did at later surveys e.g. NYY, NNY, NNNNYY), 'Consistent never IPV' (i.e. never experienced IPV at any survey e.g. NNN, NNNNNN) and 'Inconsistent IPV' (i.e. provided a negative response after an affirmative response for IPV). This group was further split into "Mainly IPV" (i.e. reported IPV at all but one subsequent survey e.g. YNY, YYN, YYYNYY), 'Mainly no IPV' (i.e. reported IPV at one survey followed by no IPV for all other surveys e.g. YNN, NYN, YNNNNN) and 'Mixed IPV responses' (i.e. inconsistently reported IPV across time e.g. YNYN, YYN, YNNY, YNNNYN).
Area of residence was classified using the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA+), which measures accessibility to services from a person's home [22] and was grouped into four categories (major city, inner regional, outer regional and remote/very remote). In 1996, women were asked to indicate the highest qualification they had completed. Responses were categorised as 'Less than Year 12', 'Year 12 or equivalent', 'Trade, Certificate or Diploma', or 'University degree or higher degree'. At each survey, relationship status was classed as 'Married', 'De facto' (cohabiting), 'Separated', 'Divorced', 'Widowed' or 'Single'. Change in relationship status over time was classified in terms of being separated or divorced: never separated or divorced, remained separated or divorced, became partnered at a later survey, or became separated or divorced at a later survey.
At each survey, women were asked how stressed they felt about their relationship with their partner or spouse. Responses of 'Very stressed' or 'Extremely stressed' were used to indicate high partner stress. If participants indicated that they were very or extremely stressed about their relationship with their partner for at least half of their completed surveys, they were categorised as being highly stressed about their partner over time.
An indicator for experiencing financial stress is measured at each survey with the question "How do you manage on the income you have available?" Response options of 'Impossible' and 'Difficult all the time' were used to indicate high financial stress, while responses of 'Easy', 'Not too bad' and 'Difficult some of the time' suggested low financial stress. Participants were classified as being highly stressed about income over time if they indicated that they had high financial stress for at least half of their completed surveys.
Demographic and health characteristics were compared for consistent and inconsistent reporters of IPV, with selected characteristics compared for baseline (1996) and over time. Multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the strength of associations between demographic and health characteristics of the women and their longitudinal reporting of IPV. These models simultaneously estimate the odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals for the explanatory variables for each IPV group, relative to the Consistent IPV group (i.e. always reported IPV consistently). A sensitivity analysis was done with the multinomial logistic regression repeated for women who responded to the IPV questions at all surveys. All analyses were conducted in SAS version 9.4 [23] and statistical significance was set at 0.05.
Of the 10,966 women who answered IPV questions over six surveys, 2530 (23.1%) reported IPV at least once. Nearly two-thirds (65.1%) of women responded to all six surveys, and a further 26.4% responded to four or five surveys (Table 1). Consistent responses to IPV questions were given by 9610 women (87.6%), with 827 women consistently reporting IPV at all surveys (7.5%; Consistent IPV), 347 women consistently reporting IPV at later surveys (3.2%; Consistent later IPV) and 8436 consistently reporting they had never experienced IPV (76.9%; Consistent never IPV). Inconsistent responses were provided by 1356 women (12.4%), with 258 women reporting IPV at all but one survey (2.4%; Mainly IPV), 587 women reporting no IPV at all but one survey (5.4%; Mainly no IPV), and 511 women reporting mixed responses over time (4.7%; Mixed IPV). There were 2721 women who were not eligible for inclusion (ie. did not answer the IPV question at Survey 1 and at least two subsequent surveys), with most of these women (69%) responding to Survey 1 only. Women who were ineligible for this analysis reported a higher prevalence of IPV at Survey 1 (21.4%) than those who were eligible (15.0%).
Table 1 Proportion of women consistently and inconsistently reporting IPV over time (N = 10,966)
Women who reported 'Consistent never IPV' or 'Mainly no IPV' were very similar in qualifications (Table 2). The 'Consistent never IPV' group of women were most likely to be married in 1996, least likely to be separated or divorced at any time, were least stressed about their partner and were least likely to be stressed about their income in 1996 or later. Women who reported 'Consistent IPV' or 'Mainly IPV' were most likely to be separated or divorced in 1996, to stay that way over time and to have financial difficulty. Women who had 'Mixed IPV' responses across surveys were similar to those women who consistently reported IPV (Consistent IPV) in regards to health and demographic variables.
Table 2 Characteristics of women according to consistency of reporting IPV over time
There was little evidence to suggest that area of residence or highest qualification were associated with patterns of IPV reporting over time (Table 3). Women who remained separated/divorced or became separated/divorced were more likely to report no IPV at all surveys (Consistent never IPV) or no IPV at most surveys (Mainly no IPV) than women in the other groups. Women who were stressed about their partner over time were less likely to report no IPV at all surveys (Consistent never IPV), while women who were stressed about income over time were less likely to report IPV at all surveys (Consistent IPV) or mostly no IPV (Consistent no IPV) across surveys. Compared to women who completed six surveys, women who completed fewer surveys were more likely to report IPV consistently at later surveys (Consistent later IPV) or more likely to report IPV at most surveys (Mainly IPV).
Table 3 Characteristics of women by consistency of reporting IPV over time for women who responded to at least three surveys (N = 10,881)a
The characteristics of women by consistency of reporting IPV over time remained largely the same when only women who responded to all six surveys were examined (Table 4).
Table 4 Characteristics of women by consistentcy of reporting IPV for women who responded to all six surveys (N = 7100)a
This study aimed to examine the consistency of self-reported IPV in a longitudinal cohort survey setting. Across six surveys, 76.9% of women consistently reported never experiencing IPV across any survey that they completed, 10.7% of women consistently reported IPV across all surveys that they completed, with the remaining 12.4% of women inconsistently reporting IPV across surveys. Among the inconsistent IPV responders, two-thirds were consistent most of the time, with 19% of women mainly reporting IPV across surveys, 43% of women mainly reporting no IPV, and 38% of women (4.7% of the total sample) providing mixed IPV responses across surveys. These results suggest that a cross-sectional study may illicit disproportionate false positive and false negative reports of IPV, and that longitudinal data capture is more likely to provide an accurate representation of the population prevalence of IPV. Understanding the factors that influence IPV responding is imperative to the collection of accurate data, which are used to inform prevention and intervention policies.
More than half of the women who indicated that they had experienced IPV at one point in time later said they had never had this experience. These findings build on past research that found similar issues with consistency in regard to self-report of traumatic and abuse events where the perpetrator was not specified [16,17,18]. The findings suggest that, at least for single item IPV measures, there is a considerable margin for error in ascertaining the lifetime prevalence of IPV. The nature of this error requires further exploration.
There were systematic demographic and health differences between those who responded consistently and those who did not. Women who always reported IPV were similar to women who mainly reported IPV on demographic and health measures, while women who consistently reported never experiencing IPV were similar to women who mainly reported never experiencing IPV. This becomes problematic at the cross-sectional level when examining demographic and health correlates of IPV, due to the risk of IPV misclassification. Given the similarities between groups, it is possible that those who mainly reported IPV represented women who might have provided a single false negative response, thus contributing to under-reporting; while those who mainly reported never experiencing IPV provided a single false positive response, thus contributing to over-reporting.
Past research has indicated that women may under-report IPV due to fear of retribution and feelings of shame or embarrassment [24], which reflects intentional under-reporting. Unintentional under-reporting could occur due to a lack of recognition that experiences constituted violence [25, 26]. Ackerman found that women unintentionally over-reported IPV when behavioural items were interpreted literally [27]. For example, a 'slap' might be recorded where the experience was undertaken in jest and not in any way harmful or intimidating. Yet, this scenario would seem unlikely in the current study, where the single item asked only about the experience of living in a 'violent relationship'. Ackerman did not find evidence for intentional over-reporting among women [27], although some literature proposes that women may over-report to gain favourable outcomes in divorce proceedings [28,29,30]. Potential gains of providing a false positive response in a confidential survey environment are unknown, as are the motivations. In fact, past research has indicated that women are more likely to respond affirmatively to sensitive questions within a confidential questionnaire than in other settings [14]. It would be useful for future research to determine the degree to which inconsistent responses reflect false positive or false negative responses.
The major limitation of the current paper is the single item used to assess the presence of IPV, which is likely to lead to under-reporting when compared to asking women behavioural questions [31]. However, some screening programs operate on a single question about violence in the home [32,33,34], so it is important to understand what happens when single questions are asked which require recognition of violence. A further limitation is the age of the sample, all of whom were born 1946–51. It is possible that there are idiosyncrasies particular to women of this age that might not apply to women born in different eras. It should also be noted that women with a tertiary level of education were overrepresented. ALSWH participants from the 1946-51 cohort who were ineligible for the current study were more likely to have reported IPV at baseline than those who were eligible. However, these women were not eligible for the current study, so their propensity for consistent or inconsistent reporting has not been examined. Most of these women took part in the first survey only and do not generally represent those women likely to continue participating in a longitudinal study. One should remain cognisant that the prevalence of IPV may be under-estimated in a longitudinal setting due to participants who may not actively participate in later surveys. With regard to generalisability, the results directly relate to Australian women born 1946–51, within the constraints mentioned above. However, given the timeframe over which IPV has been measured, it would be reasonable to suggest that the results pertain to women in middle to early old age. The results point to the need for future research to establish the existence and nature of reporting IPV among younger women and women in other cultural settings. Finally, we note that this analysis was focused on women, with more research required to understand how other members of the population might respond to items that ask about IPV.
Women who respond inconsistently on a single occasion could be categorised with groups that reflect the majority of their responses (i.e. Mainly IPV with the Consistent IPV group; Mainly never IPV with the Consistent never IPV group). However, categorising women who respond inconsistently on more than one occasion is problematic. More research is required to understand the factors that cause women to respond in a contradictory manner to questions that ask about IPV.
Our study demonstrates the advantage of longitudinal monitoring of IPV. Relying on a single cross-sectional survey may potentially include around 12% false positive or false negative responses, which are only detectable when IPV is monitored over time. In many countries, the prevalence of IPV is measured at the national level using cross-sectional survey designs. Our results highlight the potential difficulty in obtaining an accurate point prevalence from single surveys, which may be used to inform policy. Nevertheless, it is encouraging that around 88% of women were very consistent when reporting IPV. Even though it is a sensitive topic, confidential longitudinal surveys can obtain a consistent measure of IPV.
Data are available upon request. The process for accessing the data is documented on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health website [http://www.alswh.org.au/how-to-access-the-data/alswh-data].
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The research on which this paper is based was conducted as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health by the University of Newcastle, NSW, and the University of Queensland. We are grateful to the women who completed the surveys. Researchers at the Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing at the University of Newcastle are members of the Hunter Medical Research Institute.
This work was supported by the Australian Government Department of Health, which has funded the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health since 1996. The funding body did not have a role in the design of this study, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or preparation of the manuscript.
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DL contributed to the conception, design, interpretation of results, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript. JP contributed to the conception, design, statistical analysis, interpretation of results, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript. NT and MH contributed to the design of the work, interpretation of data, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript. PF contributed to the statistical analysis and interpretation of results, and drafting and critical revision of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript for publication.
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This study is approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees of the Universities of Newcastle (H-076-0795) and Queensland (2004000224). Informed written consent was obtained from all participants of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.
Loxton, D., Powers, J., Townsend, N. et al. Longitudinal inconsistency in responses to survey items that ask women about intimate partner violence. BMC Med Res Methodol 19, 201 (2019) doi:10.1186/s12874-019-0835-4
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'He used to climb into the hoops': Kobe's Italian childhood home pays tribute
Kobe Bryant's childhood friend Michele Rotella walks in the basketball court where Kobe Bryant used to play when he was young, in Cireglio
By Cristiano Corvino and Angelo Amante
CIREGLIO, Italy (Reuters) – As Americans mourned NBA legend Kobe Bryant on Monday, fans and friends in Italy remembered a lesser-known chapter in his life when he played in their streets as a boy while his father competed in the local basketball league.
Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, was six when his father Joe moved the family to Italy in 1984 to play seven seasons with four different teams in the centre, south and finally the north.
The Bryant family first went to Rieti, a town in central Italy, and then moved to Reggio Calabria, in the country's toe, Cireglio in Tuscany, and finally to Reggio Emilia, in the north.
"We always kept two eyes on the ball and two eyes on him," said one of his father's teammates, Antonio Olivieri, 64.
He remembered the boy as a ball of energy when the family arrived in Rieti, about 80 km (50 miles) from Rome.
"Kobe was a kid when he was here in Rieti. I remember Joe always taking him to the gym… he used to climb into the hoops while we were playing," Olivieri told Reuters.
"When someone fell on the ground, he came onto the court with a mop to clean up," he added.
The local team, NPC Rieti, published a photo of the young Kobe on its Twitter account. "You made us dream," it wrote. "We are proud to have been the first to see you take to the court. We will never forget Kobe."
In a radio interview in 2011, Bryant revealed his affection for the country: "Italy will always be close to my heart," he said.
His love for Italy was reflected in the names he chose for his four daughters – Gianna Maria-Onore, who died with him in Sunday's crash, Natalia Diamante, Bianka Bella and Capri, who was born in June 2019.
Bryant was especially fond of Reggio Emilia, where he spent two years.
"I grew up here. I used to ride my bike here. There were all my friends, I have many memories, it's special," he said in an interview with BaskeTime magazine in 2016.
"Forever one of us," the Reggio Emilia Pallacanestro Reggiana team wrote on Twitter, posting some photos of Bryant when he played for the youth team.
"Kobe wasn't known as an NBA star in Reggio Emilia. He was the kid that all the fans knew and saw at the arena when his father played," said youth coach Andrea Menozzi.
Bryant's friends in Cireglio, a small town where the family lived from 1987 to 1989, were struggling to come to terms with his death.
"One morning at 7, the doorbell rang and I saw Kobe," said childhood friend Alessia Pierattini, 53, remembering a surprise visit from the Los Angeles Lakers superstar some seven years ago.
She showed him a photo album that she had put together full of pictures of when he was a boy taking his First Holy Communion at a local Roman Catholic Church.
"When we left the house after an hour together, people stopped their cars because they wanted to see him. He was open to everybody and took photos in the streets (with them)," she said. She added that Kobe had told her that he wanted to bring his daughters to live in Italy.
"I want them to experience what I felt as a child, a reality that does not exist in America," he told Pierattini.
(Reporting by Angelo Amante in Rome; Editing by Crispian Balmer, Andrew Heavens and Bill Berkrot)
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can trump be tried for treason
There has actually been little public discussion of the term as the structure for expertise what occurred on 6 January, experts say
During Donald Trump's presidency, the UC Davis regulation professor Carlton Larson invested a most time top top the phone telling journalists: "It's not treason."
Trump's behavior towards Russia: no treason. All the FBI investigate Trump labeled together treason: likewise not treason. Then came the 6 January assault on the Capitol by hundreds of Trump supporters. That was treason follow to the establishing fathers, Larson created in an op-ed the next day.
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But in the 3 months since 6 January, however, there has been little public discussion of "treason" together the structure for expertise what happened, Larson said. "Everything was 'Treason, treason, treason,' when it wasn't, and also now friend have an event that is closer to the original 18th-century definition of treason than anything it is happened, and it's almost silent. Nobody is making use of the term at all," he said.
Federal prosecutors have brought cases against an ext than 300 human being allegedly connected in the Capitol insurrection. So far, plenty of of the rioters have actually been charged v lower-level offenses, prefer "disorderly and also disruptive conduct in a restricted building". A couple of members the extremist groups, consisting of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, room facing an ext serious conspiracy charges.
There has been some public discussion of whether part rioters should confront "sedition" charges, including very early comment by climate president-elect Joe Biden that the rioting in ~ the Capitol to be an "unprecedented assault" on democracy the "borders top top sedition".
A commonwealth prosecutor who had been working on the Capitol situations told 60 minute in so late March the he personally believed "the facts do support" sedition charges versus some suspects. Michael Sherwin, the prosecutor, to be publicly criticized by a commonwealth judge because that the media appearance, and also is currently the subject of an inner review end whether he spoke out inappropriately.
Treason is defined in the us constitution as "levying war" against the united States, or "adhering" to the opponents of the joined States and also "giving them help and comfort". The framers had actually in mental "men gathering through guns, creating an army, and marching top top the chair of government", Larson said.
Sedition, in contrast, is "a broader term because that disloyal behavior" versus the government, Larson said.
There room two main species of sedition in united state law: one is sedition connected with speech, or "seditious libel", a charge which has been repeatedly used in the us to target anti-war and also leftist activists, an especially during wartime, follow to Jenny Carroll, a professor at the university of Alabama school of law. The other is "seditious conspiracy", defined under federal law as taking activity either to "overthrow" the us government, to use pressure "to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any kind of law that the unified States" or "to seize, take, or possess any property of the united States".
While treason is a crime quiet punishable by death in the unified States, the preferably penalty for seditious conspiracy is 20 years.
Supporters that Donald trump card surround and storm the us Capitol on 6 January. Photograph: Bryan Dozier/Rex/Shutterstock
'If that's no seditious conspiracy, i don't understand what is'
In his publication On Treason: A Citizen's overview to the Law, Larson argued that Americans were unlikely to mount an inner rebellion against the United claims in contemporary times. Climate the Capitol attack proved that wrong.
What to be distinctive about the Capitol riot, the said, to be the use of force, i beg your pardon is essential for something come count together "levying war" against the united States.
He compared the insurrection to the anti-tax Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, which was forcefully put down by George Washington, and also resulted in lot of indictments for treason.
"If you asked a lawyer in 1790 if <6 January> was an act of treason or levy war against the united States, they would have virtually certainly stated yes," Larson said.
Yet Larson claimed he did not mean prosecutors would file treason charges in the 6 January cases, due to the fact that the charge would certainly probably add too numerous legal complications. A legal precedent from 1851 set a higher bar for the an interpretation of treason, he wrote, defining it just as an effort to fall the government itself, not merely the obstruction the one certain law.
The meaning of "seditious conspiracy", in contrast, seems favor a much much easier match, Larson and Carroll agreed, an especially because it contains conspiracies "to prevent, hinder or delay the execution of any type of law", which the Capitol invaders show up to have accomplished by forcing lawmakers come hide and delaying the certification of the 2020 choice results.
"Seditious conspiracy captures the smell of January 6," said Steve Vladeck, a commonwealth courts skilled at the university of Texas college of law. "You had actually a entirety lot of world – who might not have had precisely the exact same motive, or may not have committed the exact same action – that were in a very huge degree connected in a common plan, the goal of which to be to somehow, in some way, store President trump card in office."
"If that's not seditious conspiracy, ns don't understand what is."
'Seditious conspiracy catches the odor of January 6,' said Steve Vladeck, a commonwealth courts expert at the university of Texas school of law. Photograph: Miguel Juarez Lugo/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Seditious conspiracy charges have actually been rarely in united state history
It remains unlikely that the majority of the rioters will face seditious conspiracy charges, specialists said.
The crime the "seditious conspiracy" calls for proof, not simply of the action, yet of agreement, Carroll said. "The global chatter amongst US attorneys is that there has actually been a the majority of work to trace electronic communications individuals involved in to number out that was talk to who," she added.
"To the degree that there space charges for seditious conspiracy, it would be against particular tiny cells the people," Larson said. "It would certainly be difficult to display that all of those civilization had some kind of prior agreement with each other."
Sherwin, the commonwealth prosecutor, said 60 minute in late March the there to be "over 400 criminal cases" in total, but that just 10% of cases were "the more facility conspiracy cases" entailing militia groups like the Oath Keepers and also Proud Boys who "did have a plan".
Seditious conspiracy charges have actually been rarely in united state history. It is largely due to the fact that seditious conspiracy itself "doesn't occur that much", Larson said.
In 1995, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and also several followers were convicted of seditious conspiracy in a case related come the 1993 civilization Trade center bombing. Oscar López Rivera, the leader of a Puerto Rican self-reliance group, offered 35 year in jail for seditious conspiracy prior to Barack Obama commuted his sentence in 2017.
Some previous do the efforts by commonwealth prosectors to judge far-right extremists for seditious conspiracy have failed.
It remains unlikely the the majority of the rioters will challenge seditious conspiracy charges, experts said. Photograph: win McNamee/Getty ImagesIn 2012, a Michigan judge dismissed sedition charges versus the 5 members the the Hutaree militia, a Christian militia group, ruling that the government's situation had relied too lot on "circumstantial evidence". Members that the team pleaded guilty come lesser weapons charges and also were sentenced to time served.
In 1988, one all-white jury acquitted 13 white supremacists that sedition charges in a high-profile trial in ft Smith, Arkansas.
More recently, Trump's attorney general, william Barr, called last summer because that prosecutors to paper seditious conspiracy charges versus demonstrators against police violence in the wake of George Floyd's death by police. Barr was specifically focused ~ above protesters in Portland, whereby there had been property damage to a federal building, Carroll said.
This was "entirely inconsistent with just how previous protest movements" had actually been treated, Carroll said, and prompted concern and outrage from legal experts.
The united state government, Carroll said, "has not been great about being consistent around how it treats different species of dissenters".
"Dissenters calling for readjust in social problems or racial conditions or class conditions tend to be much much more heavily prosecuted than folks who perform things like interact in voter intimidation or connect in plot of white-based maintenance of power."
Sedition regulations in the early on 20th century, including the Sedition action of 1918, to be "not only focused on world War I", but "really focused on shutting down socialists and communists, that the federal government thought were going to it is in a hazard to democracy", claimed Roy Gutterman, the manager of the Tully center for totally free Speech in ~ Syracuse University.
The can be fried court at the time upheld convictions that "small groups of dissidents" who were "distributing fliers speaking out against the united state government", Gutterman said. That consisted of socialists passing the end flyers advocating the Americans peacefully resist the draft, i beg your pardon the supreme court at the time ruled was not safeguarded as free speech.
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When a law originally designed come crack under on leftist and labor organizers were provided to prosecute a Ku Klux Klan leader after ~ a overcome burning in the 1960s, the can be fried court set a new standard, concluding the the law violated the Klan leader's free speech rights.
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5 Fonts You Should Stop Using (and Better Alternatives)
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Mar 18, 2022, 7:00 am EST | 2 min read
There are plenty of fonts to choose from these days. You've got the fonts pre-loaded on your device, plus a huge selection available online. Which font should you use? Let's start with the fonts you shouldn't use.
A quick note before we dive in: Technically speaking, what most people refer to as a "font" is actually called a "typeface." The term "typeface" refers to the shape of the letters, whereas "font" is technically the file that contains those shapes. However, most people use these terms interchangeably, so we'll be sticking with "font."
RELATED: What's the Difference Between a Font, a Typeface, and a Font Family?
You might not be surprised to see Comic Sans on this list. To a certain subset of people, it's the worst font ever created, and they would never dream of using it. However, many people love Comic Sans. I still see Comic Sans being used plenty.
The problem with Comic Sans is twofold. For starters, it's used way too much, which creates the second problem: People don't use it correctly. Comic Sans is a casual, playful font, but sometimes it gets used in more formal contexts. It can send mixed messages.
Comic Sans Alternatives
Bubblegum Sans
Suplexmentary Comic NC
RELATED: The Origin of Comic Sans: Why Do So Many People Hate It?
This might be a bit controversial, but I think Times New Roman has been played out. Don't get me wrong, it's a perfectly nice font, but there's also nothing special about it. There are better serif fonts out there.
Times New Roman is a very old font. People have been using it for "formal" documents for ages. It's become a very generic, bland, overused font. There's no character or personality to it. Using Times New Roman sends a message that says "I don't care how this looks."
Times New Roman Alternatives
Merriweather
Heuristica
PT Serif
RELATED: What Do "Serif" and "Sans Serif" Mean?
If I'm being honest, I think Papyrus might be uglier than Comic Sans. It's hard to explain why Papyrus is ugly, but there are a lot of people who seem to agree. It was even the subject of an SNL skit with Ryan Gosling.
I'm not sure what emotion Papyrus is trying to evoke. It's not quite casual, but certainly not formal. It's a bit childish, but not really playful. There's something kitschy about it too. Papyrus just looks cheap. You can do better.
Papyrus Alternatives
Cuernomuerto
If you've seen a meme online, you've seen the Impact font. That is precisely why you should stop using this font that has been included in Microsoft Windows for many years.
Impact is a nice font for when you want something bold and strong. But, like Times New Roman, it's been available to everyone for a long time. Using Impact signifies that you spent a few seconds scrolling through Microsoft Word's font dropdown menu.
Impact Alternatives
RELATED: What Is a Meme (and How Did They Originate)?
Look, Helvetica is a very nice font. In fact, it's a great font. It's probably one of the most universally liked fonts out there. However, that is not a good reason to use a font.
It seems like a lot of people use Helvetica simply because it's Helvetica. "Everyone likes this font, so I'm going to use it." But does it actually fit with what you're using it for? Helvetica is not a one-size-fits-all font. There are plenty of other great clean, minimal fonts to have in your rotation.
Helvetica Alternatives
Nimbus Sans
Some fonts are just plain ugly, others are so over-used they've lost all character. The thing to know is you have a lot of choices. There's no reason to stick with the default fonts on your PC or the fonts you know everyone else knows about. Find your own personal favorites.
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'DWTS' Stars Val Chmerkovskiy & Jenna Johnson Make Rekindled Romance Instagram Official — See the Pics!
Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson are Instagram official once again!
We knew it was too good to be coincidental, when the Dancing With The Stars pros shared separate vacation pics from Rome, Italy, last week, and now we appear to have confirmation that the two are traveling together — at least in Instagram story form!
Chmerkovskiy and Johnson, who have previously dated, shared snaps of each other during a romantic-looking meal.
"I got the best view," Chmerkovskiy captioned his pic of the 23-year-old DWTS alum as she read a menu.
Johnson posted the reverse, showing her 31-year-old date across the table, smiling widely in a pink and black dinner jacket.
"Views," she wrote, adding a heart-eyes emoji.
Last week, ET sleuths guessed the two must be traveling together as they shared photos to Instagram of the same locations in Rome and at around the same time.
Find out more about their romantic getaway in the video below.


Most roads around Ramingining are currently closed. Heavy earthmoving machinery has been brought in from Milingimbi and offloaded at the Ramingining barge landing, along with a barge load full of gravel in the hopes that the road to the community can be repaired. The Ramingining earthmoving equipment drove towards the barge as far as it could, and from each end the two teams have been working long hours filling holes in the road.
Repair works commenced over a week ago, and have come to a halt today. This poses a real problem for the community, as the Ramingining Store shelves are currently standing empty without food orders making it through to the town. There is no meat in the community, and those lucky enough to have gone hunting for buffalo are selling the food to others.
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Vox Lux (movie)
Edition 19 April 2019, by James Luxford
What makes a megastar? That's the question director Brady Corbet asks in this abrasive drama about two periods in the life of pop superstar Celeste. We see the character in her younger years (played by Raffey Cassidy), using her voice to become the focal point of a violent tragedy in her school, which draws the attention of a sleazy record producer (Jude Law). We later meet the older Celeste (Natalie Portman), a spoiled diva whose fame has ruined every element of her life.
Opening with a harrowing re-enactment of a school shooting, Vox Lux is a fi lm that isn't afraid to delve into uncomfortable territory in its examination of very contemporary ideas. Corbet presents Celeste's rise to fame as a series of bad decisions made for Celeste by people who don't have her best interests in mind. It also skewers the idea of celebrity as an ideal, following people who only seem to become more unhappy as Celeste's success increases. Corbet, formerly an actor in films such as Mysterious Skin and Funny Games, plays with the audience's perceptions with tricks such as casting actors in multiple roles, or including an imposing voice over by actor Willem Defoe (who is never seen on screen). It all adds to the sense that you've dived head first into Celeste's strange, egotistical world. The three principle actors absolutely steal the show. As both the young Celeste and her future child, Raffey provides a wonderfully foreboding performance that sets up Portman for later in the fi lm. As the glue that holds the two time lines together, Law is tremendously creepy. It's another impressive performance from an actor who seems to get better as he gets older. As for Portman herself, her diva strops are delightful to watch as she benefi ts from Raffey's character building. Violent, foul mouthed but almost childlike in her vulnerability, it's a terrific turn capped off by a concert scene that would make Lady Gaga proud. Vox Lux will not be an easy watch to many, with the early scenes of violence likely to put off mainstream audiences who won't be expecting it. However, just like Corbet's mesmerising 2016 drama The Childhood Of A Leader, it's another impeccable examination of a rise to prominence that weighs the costs of fame by examining the rocky path to success.


September, national Oral Health Month, is a good time to brush up on oral care for the whole family, including the four-legged members of the pack. It seems that 'doggy breath' is no joke; it can actually be an indication of oral disease, the number one health problem diagnosed by vets in adult cats and dogs.
Oral disease occurs when saliva, proteins, bacteria and food particles combine to form plaque that gradually builds up on the teeth. Plaque eventually becomes tartar which can irritate gums and lead to gingivitis, the beginning of oral disease. So what can you do to protect your pet's oral health?
1. Visit your pet's dentist (the vet) for a dental check-up – either as part of the annual visit or earlier if you dog has symptoms such as smelly breath or bleeding gums.
2. Start an at-home dental routine which ideally involves regularly brushing your pet's teeth. Specially designed toothpastes and brushes are available – don't use human toothpaste.
3. Feed a food which promotes good oral health. Hill's Science Plan Oral Care and Hill's Prescription Diet® t/d, are the only complete foods in South Africa that have been awarded the Veterinary Oral Health Council Seal of Acceptance for stain, plaque and gingivitis control. Nutritionally balanced and suitable for daily feeding on a long-term basis the kibbles have a special fibre matrix that works like an edible toothbrush, scrubbing the pet's teeth as it eats. Because a strong immune system will help your pet fight disease, it's also important to ensure your pet's food has the correct balance of nutrients and is rich in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals.
4. Use tooth-friendly toys; sticks, bones and plastic Frisbees can damage teeth. "Animals can't say how they are feeling and are good at hiding discomfort," adds Dr Fyvie. "But anyone who has experienced tooth ache knows how painful tooth decay can be. Just imagine how you'd feel if you hadn't brushed your teeth for three years!" he adds.
For more information chat to the vet (your pet's dentist) or visit www.HillsPet.co.za.


Nike has been on a roll lately with their new collections. This one is by women for women. Created by an all-female design team and the Senior Creative Director Maria Vu, the Nike City Ready collection aims to deliver a balance of forward-thinking innovation and directional silhouettes.
The collection will feature nine pieces of apparel and footwear that ranges from bras, crews, pants and shoes. We will see crop jacket in the collection that is lightweight and water repellant. We're excited for the launch of this collection on September 14th until then you can check out the previous collection below.
Updated: You can now shop the Nike City Ready Collection below.


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"AN ARMENIAN IS HE WHO FEELS ARMENIAN"
"ARMENIANS MUSTNOT ONLY SERVE THE HOMELAND, BUT ALSO GAIN PROFIT"
"BECOME THE INHERITOR, OWNERAND DEFENDER OF ARMENIAN CULTURE EVERYWHERE!"
"RETURN A PART OF YOUR TALENT AND GIFTS TO YOUR HOMELAND"
"SPEAK ARMENIAN AT HOME!"
"SPEND YOUR VACATION IN THE HOMELAND ONCE EVERY 3 YEARS!"
"DRAW YOUR FAMILY TREE!"
"MARRIAGE WITH THE BLESSING OF MY HOMELAND"
"ARMENIAN NAME AND THE "YAN" IS YOUR IDENTITY IN THE WORLD"
"OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT IN THE HOMELAND"
"EVERY ARMENIAN MUST SEE ARMENIA"
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"The Call of the Land"-film dedicated to the memory of Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan
On February 7, 2018, devoted son of the Armenian nation, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the Supreme Council of Nagorno-Karabakh and founder of Voskanapat Analytical Center Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan would turn 60.
During the most difficult years for Armenia and at the peak of his career, the famous political scientist, publicist and public figure left everything behind, his safety in Tashkent and returned to the homeland to stand by his people's side. The year 1988 was a year of dangers and disturbances, and it was that year that Melik-Shahnazaryan, his wife and children came not just to Armenia, but Stepanakert where the military operations were escalating. Many years have passed since then, but Melik-Shahnazaryan never regretted deciding to come to Stepanakert.
As Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan, it is the duty of each Armenian to not only plant a tree and have children, but also take care of the homeland which, like a mother, is the one and only. He would say the following: "Is our financial welfare really more valuable than the future of our children?"
To talk about the tremendous amount of work that Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan has done for Armenia and Armenian people would mean to say nothing at all. His passing away made the column collapse, and his loss seems irreplaceable…
Kamurj Media Center has prepared a film called "THE CALL OF THE LAND", which is dedicated to the memory of the Great Patriot and has been made to fulfill his will. We believe that his immortal soul is with us and that his works and ideas will always stay in our hearts…
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Back To Photoshop……… Well, Just For A Little While!
For the past few months I have been using Corel Painter to enable me to produce various painterly images… and, I have to say, I have loved every minute.
None of the resulting pictures would be acceptable in the Amateur Photographic Competition World (BPE, FIAP, PSA etc) but as I am entering fewer and fewer of them these days, that's not much of a problem for me. To begin with I found Corel Painter to be a little difficult to work with (I have been dabbling with it for the past 5 or so years) but after persevering I finally got my head round the various tools and functions and can now produce images that I am happy with.


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Atlantic Drift edited by James Byrne & Robert Sheppard (Arc Press & Edge Hill University Press)
Posted on October 1, 2017 by tearsinthefence
The opening statement of Robert Sheppard's short introduction to this exciting new volume of transatlantic poetic focus is uncompromisingly clear in its assertion:
"Contact and conversation between transatlantic poets has always been one of fluctuating relations. North American writers have always been an important presence in British and Irish poetries, sometimes physically so. Edward Dorn, who lived in and wrote about England was aware of these relations and what he called the 'North Atlantic Turbine'. Often the traffic is reversed."
The fluctuating nature of these relations can of course be traced back to the early Sixties when Donald Allen's The New American Poetry was being recognised in England with a sense of excitement. Charles Tomlinson's forty-page Black Mountain Poets supplement to Ian Hamilton's the Review appeared in January 1964 and three months later Andrew Crozier edited an American Supplement to the Cambridge magazine, Granta. Unlike Tomlinson's focus on the Black Mountain School Crozier's was more largely based on the Allen anthology and contained work by Levertov, Eigner, Woolf and Loewinsohn as well as Dorn, Dawson, Duncan and Wieners. Crozier quoted a letter Olson had written to George Butterick which included the phrase "to freshen our sense of the language we do have" and this statement might well describe the impact of this new anthology from Sheppard and Byrne. However, it might be just worth recalling the rather mean-spirited editorial note which Ian Hamilton added to the Tomlinson supplement which had offered such new ideas to a world dominated by New Lines:
"It should, I think, be made clear that the foregoing pages were given over to Charles Tomlinson to fill, more or less as he pleased, with work by the Black Mountain poets. We are most grateful to him for his co-operation. The editorial motive of the Review in this project has been a documentary rather than, necessarily, a critical one. We believe that the movement ought at least to be known about."
As if hurled in the teeth of Hamilton's graceless editorial disclaimer, Robert Sheppard's comments present us with a sense of the active and living importance of what he and James Byrne have collected together. It is located in a reference to one of the contributors, Jerome Rothenberg, whose concern for the urgency and scope of poetics is presented in the words used to relate this "directly to the way he sees the world":
"But the world we share, & our interplay with it, calls again & again for discourse: in the case of Poets, the setting forth of a poetics. I have found myself involved with that also, at first tentatively & then, once into it, discovering ways suited to my own temperament & to the sense I have…that the discourse, like the poetry, must in all events resist rigidity & closure."
It is this resistance to closure, this refusal to adopt the safe line for poetry that is presented year after year in too many Secondary Schools, that makes this new anthology a box of fireworks. One can read Sean Bonney's lines of lyrical politics and hear a voice that possesses not only anger but acute observation:
"An invisible person has appeared in everyone's simultaneous dream.
Oh look here I am. Fuck the police.
It is the surveillance laws. All ages are not contemporaneous.
We are outside this century. We are very glamorous. We are
waiting in the hall.
Somewhere near Moritzplatz the adepts are getting sick.
It is the stupidity of gardens. I love the tiny sparrows.
The janitor's kids are not playing they are digging up gold.
It is the last song you will ever hear."
And one can turn from that to Chris McCabe's snarled lines about "John Whittaker Straw, Labour politician" who changed his name to steal unearned value from the Peasants' Revolt figure of 1381, Jack Straw. And then one can turn again to Rosmarie Waldrop's 'By the Waters of Babylon":
"Unless we recognize a language we do not recognize a man. We
wrap entire villages in barbed wire.
My father used to close his eyes and remain as motionless as
possible to let his body-image dissolve.
I repeat myself often.
Time has no power over the Id. But heat passes from a warm body
to a cold body and not in the reverse direction."
Look in this anthology for the America of Charles Bernstein and Claudia Rankine, Nathaniel Mackey and Lyn Hejinian; look this side of the Atlantic for Allen Fisher and John James, Geraldine Monk and Zoë Skoulding. We are presented with "Poets in both directions across the water" who "have influenced, and continue to influence each other in terms of practice and poetics."
Atlantic Drift continues this collaboration and exchange in its alphabetic juxtaposition of twenty-four contributors and these poems ignite to provide a most effective and immediate anthology of the living power of poetry and poetics. As such it takes its place in the tradition of Donald Allen's 1960 volume and Iain Sinclair's 1996 publication, Conductors of Chaos.
Ian Brinton, 1st October 2017
Posted in American Poetry, Books, English Poetry, Poetics and tagged Chris McCabe, Ian Hamilton, James Byrne, Robert Sheppard, Sean Bonney. Bookmark the permalink.
Clark Allison | October 2, 2017 at 12:37 am
Pleased to see a perceptive, stirring, insightful response to a timely and diverse transatlantic poetry anthology that reminds and reasserts what I liked about reading this book.
Ian Brinton | October 7, 2017 at 6:33 am
Many thanks for this comment; it's always good to know that I may have hit the right note.


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Johnston v. Marsh
Glynn v. Donnelly
Roe v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Woodcock v. Donnelly
Cherek v. United States
Boyer v. City of Orlando
Lamarr Rowell v. Jack Palmer
2011 | Cited 0 times | D. Nevada | August 9, 2011
This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in which petitioner, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se. Before the court is petitioner's motion for a preliminary injunction demanding his immediate release. (ECF No. 22.) Respondents have opposed the motion. (ECF No. 23.)1
Petitioner argues that because he is likely to succeed on the merits of his petition and will suffer irreparable harm if he remains incarcerated, the court should order his release from prison. Respondents, on the other hand, contend that petitioner fails to present a basis for his release and that his sole avenue for seeking release from prison is via a writ of habeas corpus.
In seeking his release from prison pending the disposition of his habeas corpus petition, petitioner has addressed the standard for obtaining a preliminary injunction. However, because petitioner seeks an order declaring his sentence illegal and directing his immediate release from custody, the court construes his motion as a request for enlargement on bail pending resolution of the petition and will evaluate petitioner's motion under the applicable standard for that type of motion rather than the preliminary-injunction standard.
The Ninth Circuit has not yet decided whether a district court has the authority to grant bail pending a decision on a habeas corpus petition. In re Roe, 257 F.3d 1077, 1079-80 (9th Cir. 2001). Every circuit that has actually decided this issue, however, has held that district courts do, in fact, possess such discretionary authority. Hall v. San Francisco Superior Court, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33030, 2010 WL 890044, at *2 (N.D. Cal. March 8, 2010) (citing cases from the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuit Courts of Appeal). The bail standard for an incarcerated person seeking collateral review is markedly different from the standard applied to a pretrial detainee because an incarcerated habeas corpus petitioner requesting post-conviction relief has already been convicted, and thus, he is no longer presumed innocent. Aronson v. May, 85 S. Ct. 3, 13 L. Ed. 2d 6 (1964); Glynn v. Donnelly, 470 F.2d 95, 98 (1st Cir. 1972). The court's discretion in granting bail pending a decision on a habeas corpus petition is to be "exercised very sparingly." Cherek v. United States, 767 F.2d 335, 337 (7th Cir. 1985).
To obtain such relief, the petitioner must demonstrate: (1) that the claim raises a substantial question and there is a high probability of success on the merits; and (2) the case is extraordinary involving special circumstances. In re Roe, 257 F.3d at 1080. Exceptional circumstances may exist and, in the court's discretion, warrant a petitioner's release on bail where: (1) petitioner's health is seriously deteriorating while he is incarcerated, Woodcock v. Donnelly, 470 F.2d 93, 94 (1st Cir. 1972) (per curiam); Johnston v. Marsh, 227 F.2d 528, 532 (3rd Cir. 1955) (Hastie, J., concurring); (2) there is an extraordinary delay in the processing of a petition, Glynn, 470 F.2d at 98; and (3) the petitioner's sentence would be completed before meaningful collateral review could be undertaken, Boyer v. City of Orlando, 402 F.2d 966 (5th Cir. 1968).
In this case, after reviewing the petition and the moving papers, the court concludes that petitioner fails to show that the merits of his claims are so strong as to indicate a high probability of his success. Additionally, petitioner fails to show that exceptional circumstances exist that require his immediate release pending disposition of his habeas petition.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that petitioner's motion for a preliminary injunction (ECF No. 22) is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that petitioner's motion for judgment (ECF No. 25) is DENIED as moot.
1. Petitioner has also filed a motion in which he argues that the court should grant his motion for a preliminary injunction because of respondents' failure to oppose the motion. (ECF No. 25.) As indicated, respondents have in fact filed an opposition. Although petitioner contends that respondents did not properly serve him with the opposition, respondents' opposition contains a certificate of service that appears to show that petitioner was served. In any event, as discussed below, because petitioner is not entitled to relief on the merits of his motion for a preliminary injunction, this motion is moot.


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Too many times, women wonder why it is that even when a man has a seemingly good woman; one that's beautiful, intelligent, ambitious, and treats him like a king, he still under appreciates and disrespect her.
The phase a man is in his life determines what he will do with you. Ladies, you may not want to accept this, but the reality is not every man regardless of how he looks or makes you feel is ready or available for commitment. I've already touched on this in a previous blog: 'Is he really into you?' please check it out.
I've come up with 3 groups, and which of the groups a man places a woman determines how he sees her and acts towards her.
This is the woman who's yet to figure out herself, and believes her worth is in what other people tell her. She needs a man's attention to feel validated; rather than her worth, she depends on her looks and body as tools for attraction. The more attention she gets, the more relevant she feels.
Men find it easy to play on the insecurity of the Low Coster; giving her all the attention she needs, so much so that she confuses it for real feelings. Whilst she's catching feelings, he is fulfilling his desires and fantasies with her and once he get bored, he keeps it moving. With social media these days, it's so easy to connect with Low Costers; men can presume who they are by their pictures/ videos and are sliding into their Dms like never before.
Finding love can be tough on Low Costers; they are most times on an emotional rollercoaster. It's not that they don't have any value to offer, but because they are not certain of their worth, they accept being treated how the man feels as long as they are getting the attention they need to feel relevant.
This is the woman who knows her worth and can add good value to a man, but most times she allows her feelings and emotions to get the best of her, therefore she's willing to compromise her values if it makes her more appealing to who she feels is right for her.
The Discounter is quick to catch feelings and men have an inner detector for this. Starting out, we are sweet and charming; treating her the way she wants to be treated. This is to arouse her emotions because we know her feelings tend to cloud her judgement. Once she starts feeling us, we begin pushing our personal agenda through whether or not it is in line with her values.
The Discounter finds herself investing a lot into dating and medium-term relationships without much luck. Men will play on her feelings to see how much compromise we can get out of her; the more compromises she makes the less we feel she's worth, subsequently impacting how she's treated.
Despite the value the discounters have to offer, they still go through a lot of heart breaks and disappointments because men mainly see their compromise and not their value.
The High Ender knows her worth and the value she can add to a man. She is comfortable and completely confident in who she is and what she has to offer. She therefore doesn't compromise her values.
It does take a long time for the High Ender to get into relationships, because she holds herself in high regards and won't settle for anything below her standards. Also she's not shy to let the wrong guy go if he does not see her value or he's not contributing to her.
Being a High Ender requires a great deal of patience; most of the men that approach her are window shoppers who only want to take a look but cannot afford her worth, or ones who are looking for her to compromise her values so she becomes a discounter. If the High Ender is patient enough, her right guy will come along; one who appreciates her worth, respects her values and treats her accordingly.
Some women adapt their characters and personalities because they feel it will help attract certain types of men or affect a man's feelings towards them. I'd say, rather than adapting yourself to suit a man, your energy would be better spent knowing and developing your worth as well as the value you can bring to the table. This way, you won't be afraid to walk away from any situation that devalues your worth.
Although you cannot control how someone will treat you, but you are in control of what you accept and as the saying goes 'What you accept is what will continue'.
Thanks for reading. I would love to read your thoughts and stories, so please comment below.


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Cyathea arborea est une espèce de fougère arborescente originaire d'Amérique du Sud et des Antilles.

Description
Cette fougère arborescente peut atteindre 9 mètres de haut avec un tronc de 12 centimètres de diamètre, sans épines. Les feuilles sont horizontales.

Habitat et distribution
Les Cyathea arborea forment des bosquets dans les plaines d'altitude des Antilles, du Venezuela jusqu'en Équateur.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Cyatheaceae
Espèce de Ptéridophytes (nom scientifique)

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Television May 05, 2017
Bradley Cooper's First Comment on His Baby Daughter
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Actor Bradley Cooper sat down with Ellen DeGeneres for his first interview since becoming a dad!
While on a break from shooting "A Star Is Born," he took time to chat with Ellen, who asked about the new baby. When she joked, "I don't know if you know this, but you have a baby," Bradley quipped, "What?"
Ellen added, "When you get home you should look for it. It's somewhere in your house."
Last month, Cooper's girlfriend Irina Shayk gave birth to their daughter Lea.
Cooper was on hand to promote his new film, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2." Before wrapping up the interview, Ellen told Bradley, "I know you don't want to talk about the baby. I just want to say, I knew you'd be a good father when I saw you in 'American Sniper.' Let's show the clip of how good he is with a baby!"
Bradley laughed, "I can't believe you! We already went through this before! It never gets old! It never gets old!"
Though Cooper was relatively mum about his baby, he was happy to praise his "A Star Is Born" co-star Lady Gaga.
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LOOK: 6-year-old boy rushes chick to hospital after hitting it with his bike
INQUIRER.net / 06:50 PM April 04, 2019
An innocent 6-year-old boy was found sobbing at the hospital when he rushed to bring in a dead chick he had accidentally ran over with his bicycle.
Wide-eyed Derek C Lalchhanhima from Sairang, India was captured holding a dead chick in one hand and a 10-rupee bill (about P7) in the other, in a photo that touched the hearts of netizens last Tuesday.
A certain Sanga Says posted the photo with the caption: "This young boy from Sairang, Mizoram, accidentally ran over his neighbour's chicken. He took the chicken, ran to a nearby hospital and with all the money he had, asked for help,"
Derek's father, Dhiraj Chhetri, narrated that the boy came home holding the neighbor's chick, begging his parents to take it to the hospital. According to The News Mill, when Chhetri told the little boy to go by himself, the boy left with the dead chick and a 10-rupee bill.
The boy then came back from the hospital, sobbing as the medical practitioners did not help but took a photo of him instead — the photo now being circulated on Facebook.
When he vowed to help the lifeless chick by going back to the hospital with more money, his parents had to explain to him that the chick was dead and the hospital could not revive it.
Derek's father said that he was surprised by his son's act of compassion and did not expect the child to gain widespread attention, although he acknowledges that his son has "always been a rather unique kid."
Meanwhile, netizens continue to commend the 6-year-old's pure intentions, as the post has now reaped 125,000 likes, 87,000 shares and 11,000 comments, as of writing. Casey Eridio/JB
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Assembly Lines: Make That a Double, HAL
CARROLLTON, OH-A new robot from Motoman Inc. performs assemblies both straight-up and on the rocks.
The RoboBar automated bartender comes equipped with a pair of five-axis manipulator arms and is mounted on a rotating base that provides an 11th axis of motion, providing highly flexible movement. The end-of-arm tooling consists of simple parallel grippers, which allow it to serve up draft beer, mixed drinks, soda and juices.
The system uses a magnetic card scanner to authorize drink service. After a valid card swipe, the customer uses a touch screen to pick his poison. The robot then selects a cup, pours the drink and adds ice to the customer's taste. It even gives mixed drinks a little shake to make sure everything is well mixed. The robot then passes the drink to the customer via an automatic turntable located at the side of the cell.
"RoboBar doesn't mind late hours or long shifts, and doesn't complain about the lack of tips. RoboBar also will never show up late, drink on the job, dip into the till or be rude to customers," says Carl Traynor, Motoman's senior director of marketing. "Smoke doesn't bother the robot, and it never has a bad attitude."
The complete automated bar includes the robot, dispensers for beer, soda and juices, cups and ice. (Add your own whiskey.) The robot's "personality" can be customized to provide information on a company or products or humorous quips. A safety enclosure is also included, and the robot is directed via an NXC100 controller housed in its base. Most important of all, it looks real sharp in a vest and bow tie.
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Вільям Крессон (1864—1932) — історик, автор книги «Козаки: їх історія і країна» (1919)

Крессон — місто, штат Пенсільванія
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2017년 8월 15일 캘리포니아주 맨해튼비치에서 예비 촬영이 이루어졌으며, 9월 25일 뉴질랜드에서 《아바타 3》과 동시에 주요 촬영이 이루어졌다.
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↑ "'Avatar 2 production start date set for August". 《Den of Geek》. 2017년 2월 28일. 2017년 3월 8일에 확인함.
↑ "Avatar 2 officially starts filming in August, James Cameron teams up with Ubisoft for Avatar game". 《The Independent》. 2017년 3월 1일. 2017년 3월 8일에 확인함.
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10,000 BC
Season 1 | Episode 10 | SBS Viceland | June 17, 2018
Classification: Parental Guidance
With only six days to go, the tribe still doesn't have enough food to see them to the end. After Paul's shock departure and with Mike seriously ill, just four remain in camp. Mike is so malnourished, the medic is concerned he could have liver damage. Mel is working harder than ever and is worried she'll be the next one to crack.
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The tribe have less than two weeks to go. The freezing temperatures and lack of success in hunting means everyone is suffering. Mike is showing signs of malnutrition; Mel thinks they have enough rations for the remaining days, topping up with fish from the lake. Paul persists with hunting, but frustration and homesickness kick in.
It's mid-November and the tribe are worried whether Mel's plan to ration the food for the remaining two and a half weeks will work. Paul Barnes isn't convinced: he's been busy setting deer traps. Although unsuccessful, he and Mike are exhausted from hours of hunting. Paul becomes more and more desperate in his pursuit of wild game and more and more exhausted. With Paul on the verge of collapse, an unlikely hero steps up - JP. With no hunting experience, can he tap into his primal instincts and bring back a boar?
Winter is approaching and the tribe needs to ensure they have enough food and wood to survive the next four weeks. Since Steve left, Mel is in charge of rations. Paul has had bronchial pneumonia for three days, but when he returns to the camp he challenges Mel on her plan. With so much work to do, the tribe can't afford to lose another member.
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