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Falcons Making Roster Moves
By jmike811
jmike811
FLOWERY BRANCH, GA – The Atlanta Falcons today signed free agent running back Aaron Stecker, placed safety William Moore on injured reserve, placed cornerback Glenn Sharpe on practice squad-injured and signed safety Eric Brock to the practice squad.
Stecker, 5-10, 213 pounds, is a nine-year NFL veteran who has participated with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2000-03) and New Orleans Saints (2004-07). In 120 career games (16 starts), the Western Illinois graduate has totaled 381 carries for 1,511 yards and eight touchdowns. He has also contributed with 161 receptions for 1,141 yards and three touchdowns and 167 kickoff returns for 3,880 yards and one score.
In 2007, Stecker registered career highs in carries (115), yards (448) and touchdowns (five). In his first year with New Orleans (2004), he contributed with 18 kickoff returns for 469 yards and was voted NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (15) after recording a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against Tampa Bay. As a member of the Buccaneers in 2002, Stecker was the primary kickoff returner and registered 37 returns for 934 yards, helping his team to a Super Bowl XXXVII victory.
Moore, a Falcons 2009 draft selection, was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. He competed in two games and notched two special teams tackles against Chicago in Week 6.
Sharpe was signed to the Falcons practice squad on August 31, 2008 where he remained for the majority of the season last year. He started the '09 campaign on the practice squad for the first six games of the season before being moved to practice squad-injured.
Brock was also a member of the Falcons practice squad last season before being elevated to the 53-man roster for the season finale against St. Louis. He spent the 2009 training camp with Atlanta before he was released by the team on September 4, 2009.
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Statick 3 posts
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NZFalcon
Moore is on IR, wtf
UnrealfalcoN
william moore = laurent robinson....
wtf Moore!
Thelonious Mingus
Wow Willie Moore is on IR. That is our first two picks this year on IR.
William Moore = bust
william moore and peria jerry = laurent robinson....
Fixed.
Hopefully Dimi will take more account of injuries this next draft.
SWIFT HITTER
This draft was a wash for this year ..so TD has knocked out 1 draft out of ball park and we will see 3 years from now if any of the 09' draft will have any impact down the road but I can see the first 2 picks being on the injured reserve plenty
10' draft we are missing 2nd round and 7th round picks but hope to be made up with conditional picks
Stecker wont see the field..
Edited October 27, 2009 by SWIFT HITTER
bossFALCON™
dammit willie mo. i would've at least liked to have seen him get a single snap at S this year. shoot.
Goal Line D
Man aint that the truth.
BTW looking at your avatar I have never wanted to be a football more in my life!!!!
What??? This is insane. That being said, if the hamstring injury is severe, it can linger all yr. I know this from experience. You think it's healthy then you keep injuring it. This seems to be what's going on. It's more than a strain. That sucks. Our first two picks are on IR.
Moore on IR for a hamstring injury? :blink:
Dem Birds
****. I didn't expect him to get in the starting lineup this year, but we could use his speed on special teams!
I don't think they had a choice - if they dropped him down to the practice squad - he would have been snatched. They had to make room for the changes they are making.
sdogg
Our 09 class is not working out too well, so far. That is a big reason we are not playing the way we should.
Guest The Masked Falcon
At least we saw the potential of how good Jerry might eventually become....Moore is still a huge question mark.
Too early to brand him with the Robinson tag though IMO.
Edited October 27, 2009 by The Masked Falcon
Statick
QFT.
Wow just Wow
Edited October 27, 2009 by Xfactor
atljbo
Thats just bad luck... first 2 picks under injury reserve..
If you want to look at it as 2 positives tho.
1. Both can sit and really learn the scheme for next year.
2. Since we didn't really get to use either this year....Its almost like adding 2 1st round talent players with the 2010 draft and freeagency class.
This is a very good point. Time to get him healthy for next yr. He came into this yr with a knee surgery. Next yr will be like having two drafts though with Jerry and Moore coming back at 100%. They need to work there Azzes off this offseason to get in better shape though.
Warrior999
William Moore, it was already a lost season and now he will be set back a year. I am going to draw back my expectations for this guy.
KRUNKuno
said to see him on IR but it's not like he was contributing a significant value as it was.
I wish it was Chris Houston and Brent Grimes cut ..
they will be holding open auditions for corners at flowery branch tom at 3 pm
Thinking about it, next yr we will be getting HD, Jerry, and Moore back. That can be huge if all of them can stay healthy and be 100%.


Christmas brings us again the joyful but mysterious message of the incarnation.
earth were permitted to see and know the Eternal One.
and feet of the Almighty.
in her, men may find manifested another "incarnation."


Desc: Man with extensive collection of Bratz Dolls weighs in.
Ever Dream of this Man?
hey queers make sure to click view all videos from last 7 days to see my full contributions to the website. i think the height of niggertech really perpetuates pause and continued adolescence and children in their 30s like this guy.
This guy is no CWC. He is bearing all the necessary accoutrements of coolness.
He doesn't want to look like a hodo. He's not a hodo.
He's decorated his room like CWC.
No, Cena, Chris decorates with Legos and Pokemon. This guy decorates with Bratz Dolls and Hello Kitty. They are totally different.
I strongly recommend you check out the rest of his channel. My favorites so far are the one on Globalism, and the one on Cool vs Uncool fashion.
For Homer's first comment. Killed me.
I just meant as in both rooms over packed with collectibles. What they collect is different, but they're similar in how they allow their collections to dominate their living spaces.
He adresses that. Chris has cardboard boxes all over his house. BratzDollzGuy takes his stuff OUT of their cardboard boxes, before he leaves it all over the house.
They both listen to late 90s pop music and he dresses a little like IBA-era Chris, but the similarities end there.
I'm glad my probably-borderline-autistic hobbies are music and art related and as such still just barely squeak by as "cool."
"I build my own instruments in my living room" isn't actually significantly different from "I draw Sonic fan art in my living room" but you can still fool most people in to thinking it is.
Autistics have a need to define reality into easily understandable files. Only autistics WOULD define all autistics by one autistic.


Since about twenty years, filmmaker Thierry Compain has undertaken the particular task of filming specific places and sites, that are also his own personal places and sites: Île Grande, a tiny island on the northern coast of Brittany and its inhabitants. The knowledge of the territory, the confidence the residents have in him, his own personal invovlement in the life of the island and his observation over the years have allowed him to continue this cinematographic exploration in the most intimate and just manner.
Through his previous films, Thierry Compain has managed to portray a saga of the people of this island. He has filmed their stories in different angles, in different forms and on different subjects. Today, he would like to continue to tell the story of these people with a link to the modern world.


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And in case you missed it to the person who said Como is paying homage to Trump. Today he states Trump is not a King and that we have a Constitution
Yep. https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/gov-cuomo-preside...
I guess the governor must have caught some heat from Comrade DeBlasio's friends i.e. AOC, George Soros etc. The Governor sure sang a different tune here
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/18/ny_gov...
It is rather comical when the Left claims someone is acting unconstitutional. The same group of folks that proclaim the heretical dogma of Lawrence Tribe that the Constitution a living document subject to change. Some of you on the liberal side who often quote President Lincoln might recall that he suspended Habeas Corpus when he declared a National Emergency. He then threatened the arrest of the Supreme Court Justice, brought home much of the Indiana Infantry in the Fall of 1864 so they could vote, presumably for him. Even the nefarious Ohio Copperhead southern sympathizer Clement Vallandingham, a native of the area was arrested by General Burnside in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and jailed for the rest of the war.
Has President Trump done anything like that in this national emergency? No not even close, but those who bow at altar of the mainstream media and the self appointed expert class sure seem to think so.
It is rather comical when the Left claims someone is acting unconstitutional. The same group of folks that proclaim the heretical dogma of Lawrence Tribe that the Constitution a living document subject to change. Some of you on the liberal side who often quote President Lincoln might recall that he suspended Habeas Corpus when he declared a National Emergency. He then threatened the arrest of the Supreme Court Justice, brought home much of the Indiana Infantry in the Fall of 1864 so they could vote, presumably for him. Even the nefarious Ohio Copperhead southern sympathizer Clement Vallandighma, a native of the area was arrested by General Burnside in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and jailed for the rest of the war.
You're really proud of the phrase "bow at the altar of the expert class." You've used it three times already. It's pretty catchy.
No idea what you're talking about otherwise though. Get that you're very concerned about Leftists, just have no idea what that has to do with what you came her to discuss.
Thank you Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame, when I typed it out, I thought it sounded rather catchy.
Respectful question - what is and who exactly are the mainstream media? I'm confused because here is the dictionary defintion of mainstream:
the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts.
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. . .Remember even President Obama who is the most liberal president we have ever had . .
Obama wouldn't even have been the most most liberal Republican president we've ever had, had be been a Republican.
Read up on Nixon's tax policy, his push for universal basic income. the way he boosted entitlements, strengthened worker protections, poured money into environmental causes and created NPR.
And then read up on Teddy Roosevelt's policies. He went after monopolies and enacted anti-trust legislation, he was responsible fort the Interstate Commerce Commission which greatly expanded federal control over manufacturing and business. He was basically the first ever environmentalist and conservationist and created the national parks.He created the precursor to the FDA and was the first administration to give the federal government the power to set food and health standards. He ended school segregation as Governor of New York and fought to do so as President. He tried very hard to implement the income tax, and also pushed for an inheritance tax. He tried to pass legislation making employers liable for injuries suffered on the job, and he set the standard for the 8 hour work day.
Now do actual Democrats like FDR and LBJ.
On a policy basis, Obama isn't even remotely close to being the most liberal President ever. Socially, he may be. But comparing social policy across eras is basically pointless.
Alan as I understand it, the mainstream media was a term coined to reflect legacy media once online and cable media came onto the scene. NY Times, Washington Post along with other major newspapers would fit that bill. CNN seems to have fit into that category being the first cable network. While Fox almost doubles the audience of CNN and MSNBC, they have angered and lost some of their long term viewers who claim they have become too liberal and have drifted over to the fledgling OAN. Apparently it is far more conservative than FOX, though I have never seen any of it's programming.
I've looked long and hard for what you said you understand. Can you provide a source from which you've come to that understanding because I can't find it anywhere.
I would say this, President Obama signed the last plank (Government run health care) of the 33 planks initiated in Norman Thomas' 1932 Socialist Party platform. Thomas once joked that Roosevelt stole his ideas. President Obama enacted the last plank that Democrats once said was a bridge to far. President Obama talked about transforming America which is right out of the Far Left's playbook. No Democrat would have ever said anything like that because again, it was a bridge too far. The future president while in the Illinois legislature was the only vote against a Born Alive Protection Act for infants who survived an abortion, which even pro-abortion activists supported. In a conversation he didn't know was being taped with wealthy San Francisco Bay Area donors, he stated that rural Americans clung to their guns and religion, as if a constitutional right to faith and firearms was a demeaning thing.
President Obama also had a relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, someone who openly made inflammatory remarks about America. The future President also admired Saul Alinsky, the Rules for Radicals author who dedicated his book to Lucifer (again you can't make this stuff up.) President Obama also met frequently with his neighbor, Bill Ayres, and unrepentant terrorist with the Weather Underground. Ayres' interview printed on the infamous date of September 11, 2001 was something to behold. A man who was responsible for the deaths of innocent people reminiscing fondly about those days. We are talking about a man who admired, Marx, Lenin, Mao etc. His wife praised the murderous rampage of the Manson family. You just can't make this stuff up, and for some inexplicable reason, the future President Obama met with him one more than a few occasions to seek his counsel, with the full knowledge of who he was. I can't think of a single politician who would meet with someone like that, most would probably avoid them like the plague. If that doesn't prove that he was the most radical president we ever had, I don't know what it would take.
Here's the Cambridge Dictionary definition
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ma...
Here's a Wikipedia entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_media
Here's a Conservapedia Entry
https://www.conservapedia.com/Mainstream_media
Here's an entry from the Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/06/can-you-tru...
So reading those, fox "news" is part of the mainstream media. Clearly, trump doesn't mean that - today.
I would say this, President Obama signed the last plank (Government run health care) of the 33 planks initiated in Norman Thomas' 1932 Socialist Party platform. Thomas once joked that Roosevelt stole his ideas. President Obama enacted the last plank that Democrats once said was a bridge to far. President Obama talked about transforming America which is right out of the Far Left's playbook. No Democrat would have ever said anything like that because again, it was a bridge too far. The future president while in the Illinois legislature was the only vote against a Born Alive Protection Act for infants who survived an abortion, which even pro-abortion activists supported.
Your explanation of why Obama is extreme is mostly just a list of views held by people that are not Obama, but that he knew. You understand how easy it would be to create a similar list of batshittery amongst people who have visited Trump in the White House, or who he has interacted with, right? And you understand if I did so, by reminding you that Trump invited a radio host who believes in Q Anon to the White House, that you would immediately discount the relevance of the views of a dude Trump met to Trump's own views.
And the one policy you pointed to was designed by the Heritage Foundation and enacted by the 2012 Republican nominee for President when he was Governor of Massachusetts.
How many convicted, murderous, unrepentant American terrorists has Trump met at the White House? Anyone who ever praised Charles Manson?
greencat
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Lots of nervous liberals on the board fearing Trump's highest approval ratings of his presidency portends re-election!
Did Obama meet any convicted, murderous, unrepentant American terrorists at the White House? Or did the Right do everything they could to convince people like you there were strong connections there? What's more likely, that the United States elected an extremist who loved the Manson family President, or you just fell for political propoganda? Hmmmmm. Tough call. You seem so level headed and disinclined to incendiary, conspiratorial thinking. So I doubt you'd just fall for crazy, paranoid, right wing propaganda. But on the other hand, maybe Obama is the most extreme person to ever hold office and just accidentally forgot to reflect any of those extreme views in his policy.
As for people Trump has met in the White House in an official capacity:
Michael LeBron, who hosts a radio show that pushes theories about September 11th being led by The US, the insane Q Anon theory that Obama and the Clintons eat human babies and run an international pedophilia ring, and that several mass shootings have been staged.
During his campaign, he appeared on Alex Jones' show. Jones is now being held legally liable for years of harassment against the parents of children killed at Sandy Hook. Jones believes the shooting did not happen and was orchestrated by Obama to confiscate guns. Guns remain u confiscated, even for convicted domestic abusers.
Richard Spencer, an avowed White Nationalist, referred to Stephen Miller as a "mentee." Miller still works for Trump.
And that's just off the top of my head. See how easy this is?
Also, so you're aware, Saul Alinsky didn't dedicate a book to Lucifer. In a foreword, he referred to Lucifer as "the original radical." So when you said "you can't make this up", you actually can. And did. If you're going to repeat this stuff, at least know what you're talking about, man.
Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame, you are the gift that keeps on giving. Trying to quantify Lucifer was actually in the book's Forward and not the primary dedication. Lucifer for Heaven's Sake. Alinksy fondly calling the Prince of Darkness, the original radical which seems to indicate that is a good thing. You can't make this stuff. You wonder why we conservatives fear you guys when you get into power? God Help Us!
I don't wonder why Conservatives are so afraid. I've already said that twice. I know exactly why you're so afraid. I just find out incredibly silly and sad how naively you buy into poorly formulated propaganda.
But you're right, an author making a literary allusion to the Bible in a book that Obama read definitely means he's a Satanist and underscores that Obama is an extremist. Good point. You're right to be so scared, and it doesn't make you look unhinged at all.
Oh sure all kinds of authors fondly embrace Lucifer in their dedications or forwards. You wonder why conservatives might be a bit leery of your liberal icons? No, you more concerned that Trump can be a bit uncouth at times and not bow down at the altar of your self ordained Expert Class!
I'm not sure how many times I have to say this, but I don't actually wonder why conservatives are "leery of my liberal icons." I understand it very well. Anybody paying attention at all over the last ten years knows exactly why you're so afraid.
And seriously man, if your whole thing here is a bit, it's legitimately hilarious. I mean that genuinely. This post made me laugh really hard.
Time for the nightly news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgYFXCUEL4Y
I�m curious as to why those protesting the stay at home measures (or those supporting such protests) are not more upset about and protesting the president and his administrations mis-management of testing. as all healthcare and now business leaders are saying we can not open the country unless more testing and more effective testing is available. You want the country opened? Demand Trump get testing where it needs to be. �If you want a test you can get one� - not. �you�ll be able to drive right up and get tested. it will be beautiful. won�t even have to get out of your car.� 7 locations nationally.
GroverBall
cbus cat fan,
Just curious what you think of this article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/16/coronav...
Do you just consider it fake news? Fake deaths? Why do you keep insisting COVID-19 is no worse than the flu?
GroverBall wrote:
Because he doesn't bow at the altar of the expert class. Which, I guess, means it logically follows that he bows at the altar of people without expertise.
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Has the West and its allies "failed to seriously arm the revolution" in Syria?
Robin Yassin-Kassab argues "The Syrian people's supposed 'friends' failed to seriously arm the revolution" (Guardian Review, 23 January).
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Whārangi 3. Re-inventing historic buildings, 1930s to 1970s
Safer historic buildings
Treaty House, Waitangi
Partington's windmill
Cook plaque at Anaura Bay
Howick Historical Village
Old and new government buildings, Nelson
Parnell Village backdrop
Earthquake risks
The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake not only destroyed many historic buildings in the region, but led to stricter building regulations that impacted on earthquake-prone areas elsewhere. Towers, parapets and other ornamentation from old buildings were removed as safety measures.
Bishop's façade
In 1943 the government bought a house at Russell that had once been Bishop Pompallier's printery in his Kororāreka mission station. It then began to transform the building into Pompallier House, misleadingly representing it as the bishop's residence. Some 50 years later the Historic Places Trust spent $1 million fixing the mistakes.
Treaty House
In 1932 Governor-General Lord Bledisloe and his wife gifted to the nation the decaying former house of British Resident James Busby at Waitangi, and the grounds surrounding it. It was here that the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed in February 1840. As the birthplace of the nation, and with New Zealand's centenary coming up, it was a well-received gesture. It was renamed the Treaty House and transformed from a utilitarian dwelling into a monument of state – deemed appropriate at the time but later criticised as poor conservation practice.
Historic Places Trust
The 1950 demolition of Auckland's iconic Partington's Mill (1850), and the threat posed to Wellington buildings including Bethune and Hunter's warehouse (1843) and Old St Paul's (the former Anglican cathedral, completed in 1866), increased public pressure for an organisation to highlight the importance of the nation's historic places. This was linked to a wider cultural movement focused on creating a New Zealand identity that was distinct from that of Britain. For example, colonial buildings such as cottages and shearing sheds were seen by emerging architects as the roots of a vernacular architecture and therefore worth keeping.
The National Historic Places Trust (which became the New Zealand Historic Places Trust in 1963, and renamed Heritage New Zealand in 2014) was created by the government in 1955 to do just that. It initially focused on recording and marking historic places, much of it done by volunteers within 17 regional committees.
Oldest building flattened
In 1958 the Bethune and Hunter warehouse, built in 1843, was Wellington's oldest building. The city council wanted the site for a car park and announced plans to demolish the structure, claiming it was too rotten to keep. The Wellington regional committee of the Historic Places Trust launched a spirited public campaign to save it and showed its timbers were still sound. Fearing it was losing the public relations battle the council sent in bulldozers one dawn and flattened the building.
In the early 1970s a classification system was created where buildings were rated according to their historical and architectural merit and placed on a register. In 1975 archaeological sites over 100 years old were given legislative protection, but this was not extended to buildings. The trust also offered grants to building owners to conserve properties and between 1959 and 1982 it purchased or was given about 50 of its own sites and properties. Reflecting the trust's (then) fixation with early colonial history, all of these places were built before 1880. Some were turned into museums and others were leased to businesses. The desire of Māori to manage their own places meant few Māori properties were purchased. Instead, the trust offered iwi and hapū advice on how to conserve them.
Heritage theme parks
From the 1960s a growing public interest in colonial history was reflected in the rise of heritage theme parks such as Ferrymead Heritage Park near Christchurch, the West Coast's Shantytown, and Howick Historical Village in Auckland. These consisted of collections of old buildings, machinery and artifacts that gave visitors impressions of colonial life.
From the late 1950s government-driven urban-renewal projects in Auckland and Wellington destroyed hundreds of inner-city historic houses. The destruction of important public buildings such as Nelson's 1861 Provincial Council Building and Dunedin's 1868 Exchange Building (both demolished in 1969) raised public anger about the loss of heritage fabric. So when a motorway was driven through Thorndon's Bolton Street cemetery (Wellington's oldest) campaigners became determined to save the rest of the historic suburb. Their efforts led to the adoption of the 'Residential E Zone' ordinance in 1976, the first in New Zealand giving protection to a historic district. Other councils followed this lead. State and municipal subsidies were also provided to property owners to restore and renovate colonial dwellings. This process encouraged the gentrification of historic districts.
Adaptive re-use
The adaptive re-use of historic buildings – where a building is saved by adapting it for a new use – became more common from the 1970s. Among the first examples of this conservation method was Parnell Village in Auckland, where several old dwellings were converted into cafes and shops. In Christchurch the former colonial-era university became the popular Christchurch Arts Centre.
Ki mua Tō muri mai: Whārangi 4. Destruction and renewal, 1980s to 2000s Whai muri
Ben Schrader, 'Historic places - Re-inventing historic buildings, 1930s to 1970s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/historic-places/page-3 (accessed 19 January 2022)
Domestic architecture
Treaty of Waitangi
Beaglehole, John Cawte, 1901-1971
Begg, Alexander Charles, 1912-1991, and Begg, Neil Colquhoun, 1915-1995
McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles, 1906-1978
Ross, Ruth Miriam, 1920-1982
Wilson, George Hamish Ormond, 1907-1988


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Kourtney Kardashian of KUWTK Fires Back at Trolls after Sharing Vacation Photos with Her Kids in Finland
By Kareena Koirala
https://news.amomama.com/176250-kourtney-kardashian-kuwtk-fires-back-tro.html
When the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star shared a series of throwback pictures from her family trip to Finland, a fan questioned whether her kids even go to school and Kourtney had the perfect reply for it.
Kourtney Kardashian is not the one to step back from defending herself. The reality star slammed a troll on the internet after they posted a negative comment about her trip to Finland with kids.
The "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star posted some throwback snapshots of her family trip with kids on Instagram. She might not have anticipated the heat she got for the innocent pictures.
Kourtney Kardashian during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. | Source: Getty Images
Putting a question mark on Kourtney's parenting skills, one of her fans wrote: "Don't your kids go to school? Their education is so important more than these trips."
Kourtney was quick to fire back, but she kept her cool while doing so. "It was spring break, but traveling can be educational too," she wrote.
IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME
Kourtney is no stranger to internet trolls who always have something negative to say about her family. Previously, she clapped back when a fan said how she doesn't work because she is traveling all the time.
The reality star made it known that people have their priorities and that she would continue to make memories and live her life to the fullest no matter what.
SCOTT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE INVITED FOR THE TRIP
Kourtney and her ex, Scott Disick, have been co-parenting their three kids and there is no place for awkwardness in their relationship.
In fact, they are so comfortable around one another that Kourtney invited Scott and his girlfriend to join her and the kids during the Finland trip.
But Scott did not share the same sentiment with his ex. He thought it would be weird for him to have his girlfriend and his ex around at the same time.
Meanwhile, Kourtney couldn't care less about the situation. The trio vacationed together in Cabo back in 2018.
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Scott was skeptical about his girlfriend coming along but the trio got along just fine.


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Brush a griddle pan with a little of the oil and place on a high heat, then griddle courgettes in batches for 2-3 mins on each side until charred and cooked through. Keep warm while you cook the rest.
Layer on a platter and sprinkle over the lemon zest, then top with the feta, pine nuts, chilli and mint. Drizzle over the rest of the oil and some seasoning. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Quite an interesting combination of flavours! I've never eaten anything like that, but it must be perfect for Sunday afternoon BBQs. Be careful with chillies, though - I didn't have chilli peppers, so added a little bit of chilli oil and god, it was hot!
Great! Easy to make and a nice mixture of flavours.
Due to having contracted 'pine mouth' a couple of times I decided to replace the pine nuts with chopped up sundried tomatoes. It was DIVINE!
Made this to serve at a bbq and everyone loved it! A nice change from the usual lettuce and tomatoes.
Great dish! Loved the flavour combination. Replaced chilli with red peppercorns, worked well.
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As with any creative art form, floral design is subject to the influence of many factors including: fashion clothing trends, architecture and interiors, mass media, social media and celebrity culture. At Floral Design Institute, ongoing trends are intimately observed and analyzed so that we can assist professional floral designers stay up to date with the latest floral trends.
Eclectic is the word for wedding trends in 2018. Social Media allows brides to see and explore trends as they occur throughout the world. The result is that wedding couples seeking to establish their own style, their own trends. In this video Leanne explores the most popular flowers, colors, decor and design styles that the eclectic, adventuresome brides are choosing for 2018.
One of the four trends for the 2015 holiday season Cozy Cabin Christmas is a celebration of the natural woodlands. Leanne creates a unique birch bark covered container to hold her Christmas arrangement filled with evergreens, mosses, berries and a bit of whimsey. Enjoy!
One of the four trends for the 2015 holiday season, Christmas In Gold is the evolution of soft blush colors of year's past, this trend is bright bold and fabulous. Leanne explores this trend as she creates a extravagant Christmas centerpiece filled with glitter and gold accents. Enjoy!
One of the four trends for the 2015 holiday season, Christmas Joy is fun and festive, a return to childhood and everything that makes you happy. The colors are red and green, plus blue and yellow, the bright primary colors. Leanne demonstrates a delightful Christmas centerpiece as she explores this trend. Enjoy!
Spring flowers such as daffodils, tulips and iris are always popular. However, each season brings a new palette of flowers proving popular with the consumers. This spring the bright primary colors are being replaced with softer colors; blush, neutrals and whites. Enjoy Leanne's exploration of spring flower trends.
One of the four trends identified for the upcoming Christmas Season, the inspiration for Woodlands Natural is the natural world around us. Traditional evergreens plus bark, mosses, lichens, rocks, sticks, cones and pods; these natural items create a comfortable, warm environment. The addition of burlap, bird's nests, and soft hued Christmas balls completes the look.
One of the four trends identified for the upcoming Christmas Season, Champagne Glow is elegant and sophisticated. This trend focuses on neutral colors; the pastels and blushes updated with gold, copper and chocolate. Candlelight is essential to this trend, along with pearls, metallic beads and uniquely shaped containers.
One of the four trends identified for the upcoming Christmas Season, Classic Holiday is an update of the traditional red and green Christmas. The colors focus in on green and a darker composite of green hues. The style is traditional, but updated with orchids and contemporary techniques.
One of the four trends identified for the upcoming Christmas Season, Sparkling Crystal is inspired by the animated movie "Frozen". Think about ice, crystals, and diamonds, cold and crisp, accented with silver and white. Then add glitter, lots and lots of glitter.


While fewer women overall are buying or renting DVDs, not all segments are abandoning the format says our recent research – moms with kids under 12, Hispanic and African American women in particular continue to be engaged with the DVD format and they are above-average consumers of online and mobile video as well.
57% of all women surveyed bought at least one DVD in the last six months prior to the study, down 4-points from 61% one year earlier. Moms with kids under 12 are the most loyal DVD buying segment, with 66% saying they bought a DVD. Hispanic American women also were above-average DVD buyers (64%), followed by African American women (61%). Women 40+ were the lightest buyers – only 42% of them bought one.
Comedies are the most popular type of DVDs women are buying or renting, followed by action & adventure, drama, children's, TV shows and boxed sets.
Three sources account for most of DVD buying among women. Thirty-eight percent (38%) bought their last DVD at Walmart – Amazon was a distant second (13%) followed by Target (11%). Only 9% bought at Best Buy. On the rentals side, just over one-in-ten (12%) women reported having a Netflix membership for rentals.
Walmart was particularly strong among moms, with a 47% share (compared to 38% for all U.S. women). And it also had larger-than-average share among Hispanic women – 45% of Hispanic DVD buyers got their last DVD at Walmart, with Target and Best Buy coming in at 11% a piece.
Only 5% of women had access to Blu-Ray in the home and the same percentage said they bought Blu-ray DVDs although another 28% said a Blu-Ray DVD player was a likely purchase in the next six months. A majority (67%) said a Blu-ray DVD player upgrade was unlikely.
The research found that 20% now have a video-capable digital media player, such as a video iPod, up from 14% the year prior. And much of the mobile entertainment boom is driven by Hispanic and African American women who are 1.5 times more likely to own a digital video device than average. This correlates with age to some extent: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median age of Hispanic American women is 27 compared to 32 for African-American women and 37 for all U.S. women.
Typical owner of a video iPod has 5 videos or movies on the device, with TV shows at the top in terms of popularity (33% have one), followed by full-length movies (24%) and music videos (20%). User-generated content such as clips from YouTube and similar only made up a small proportion of content on these devices (11%).
More than half the moms said they share their digital media player with their kids. And 77% of moms have at least some content like movies or TV shows for their kids on their device.
Technical: this post is a part of a series of releases from the Women & Digital Life study which is based on over 2,000 in-depth interviews and explores how women navigate in the age of broadband, mobile and social media. This release contains information from the DVD chapter of the study. Women & Digital Life is an independent syndicated study conducted by SRG (Solutions Research Group). The fieldwork for this study was completed in December 2008 among a representative sample of 2,000 online American women consumers 12+. The sample captures all major population segments, e.g., parents with preschool kids, tweens or teens, young women, and empty nesters. Sample design included an oversample of African-American and English-speaking Hispanic women. Where applicable, the results are compared to a similar study undertaken by SRG in 2007 among 1,508 women, plus focus groups conducted over a 2-year period. For more on the reports, click here or keep up with Women & Digital Life on Twitter.


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7 Best places to buy an LS2 crash helmet?
LS2 Rapid – LS2's budget all rounder full face helmet.
Chinese lid maker, LS2, is known for making lower-priced motorcycle helmets. And with this LS2 Rapid dropping in at the lower end of even their low price range, you might be a) mega interested in knowing more and b) forgiven for thinking it can't be much good.
But because it's ECE certified, that means it's passed exactly the same safety tests as even the most up-market, high price helmets on sale in the ECE zone. And because it's DOT certified too, manufacturers have to make sure it will stand up to DOT regs as well.
All of which means – on paper at least – that if you're after a full face helmet for less but want just as much protection (and don't we all), then you could get just as much protection by buying an LS2 Rapid as you would paying out for a helmet ten times the price.
The Rapid's been designed to work as a sports-tourer all-rounder helmet. So read on to find out what it offers in all the key areas – and find our recommended alternatives at the bottom of the article if you're looking to buy a low-cost full face motorcycle helmet with a proven safety record.
OK, if you're trying to work out what the shell of the Rapid is made from, you might have a bit of a problem. LS2 says the shell on the Rapid is made from HTPP ABS. OK, right. Thanks for that.
In fact they've a bit of a track record in using confusing language, with a few of their other helmets being made, apparently, from kinetic polymer alloys. Thanks again. Sounds like something Iron Man's suit should be made from (but I guess that's the idea).
But what both these baffling names mean is that a helmet's made from plastic. KPA is pure marketing speak for plastic, whereas HTPP ABS is a more technical term and actually stands for High Pressure Thermoplastic Technology – acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (love you Wikipedia x). AKA a thermoplastic helmet formed under pressure.
Jeez, I wish they'd just tell us that in the first place!
Anyhow, there's nothing wrong with thermoplastic helmets of course; because plastic is a relatively lightweight and strong material that's reasonably easy to form into the shape of helmets so lots of manufacturers use it. Oh and it happens to be pretty cheap, which is always nice.
So don't worry about buying a plastic helmet because the data shows us they can offer just as much protection as any other helmet.
Moving on… LS2 make the rapid in two shell sizes, with one covering larger sizes and another for smaller helmet sizes. Most budget helmets are made in a single shell size so that's pretty decent (see why here).
Inside the shell, there's a multi-density shock absorbing lining (another good thing) and the whole thing is secured to your noggin using a quick release micrometric ratchet strap.
Again, they're good fasteners and folks who are new to wearing a helmet will undoubtedly find a micrometric strap the easiest type of strap to use.
So, even though the LS2 Rapid is a cheaper helmet, it ticks off 90% of the safety features offered by all the other helmets on the market and the ECE testing guys found it gives at least the same minimum level of head protection as every other helmet on the market.
Beyond that, we always look at data from other independent testing outfits; but unfortunately the Rapid hasn't been Snell tested in the US or SHARP tested in the UK, so it's tricky to get any further info and find out how well it should actually perform in a spill.
Bit looking at historic SHARP data, we can see of all the 16 LS2s tested so far, they've scored an average of 3.2 stars out of 5. Which is a pretty decent average. And looking at their last five tested polycarbonate helmets (polycarbonates are thermoplastics) they've scored an average of 3 stars.
So maybe that's the kind of score we'd expect the LS2 Rapid to get if SHARP gets their hands on it?
OK, so that's the safety stuff that's important for the few seconds after everything goes pear-shaped. Now for the features that are gonna help stop you hitting the deck in the first place.
That shield is class A optically correct to give a nice clear view of the road ahead. And it's also Pinlock anti-mist insert ready. So if you find yourself fogging up all the time, you can buy a Pinlock for the Rapid to cure all your woes.
The config of the vent system on the LS2 Rapid is similar to most other helmets on the market. That means it's got a large chin vent that can be opened/closed and a couple of forehead vents, ditto.
All the vent covers are sliders and they're nice and big, meaning your clumsy gloved sausage fingers should be able to find and fiddle with them on the move, no problems.
And of course, it wouldn't be much use having vent holes to let air in if there wasn't a corresponding exhaust somewhere to let air out – and there's a nice large one under that small rear spoiler at the back.
Most of the best venting helmets on the market allow air to penetrate the helmet shell from where it's funneled around inside the helmet and onto your head via channels furrowed out of the internal EPS shock absorbing lining.
And that's just what this LS2 does… kinda. But on the Rapid there's just a couple of holes pushing air directly onto your head without any channels for the air to circulate around. So don't expect the Rapid to be the coolest, best venting helmet in the world.
That shield is a quick release, class A optically correct shield that's Pinlock ready.
If you're not familiar what what that means, quick release shield means it's quick and easy to remove the shield without tools – so you can swap it out for a different shield or take it off after a ride to easily clean it.
Or you might want to take it off so you can fit a Pinlock anti-fog insert. If you live somewhere cold/wet/humid, you're gonna need a system to stop your shield fogging up and a Pinlock, that attaches to the inside of your shield, is one of the best.
Quite a few helmets come with a Pinlock in the box – including some at this price point (try using our smartish filters page to find them by clicking 'budget helmets' and 'Pinlock' which'll bring up all the budget helmets that are either Pinlock ready or come with one in the box).
Most helmets come with shields that don't claim to be optically correct and do a fine job. But if the choice is between having an optically correct shield or one that ain't, then it's optically correct every time. And that's a decent extra for a cheaper helmet.
Other than that, the shield's got a single central opening tab at the bottom of the shield – which should be fine for quickly finding and opening your shield.
Obviously, the LS2 Rapid is a budget helmet so you probably shouldn't expect it to be the last word in comfort.
But having said that, it's got much of the stuff you should look out for in any helmet – including much more costly lids.
The internals are removable and washable and are made from breathable and hypoallergenic fabrics.
That fabric is overlayed onto 3D laser cut foam which is kinda the benchmark in tailoring the foam to fit the contours of your face. That's good, but word is that you should probably expect the materials used in the Rapid to be a bit cheaper and slightly less durable than more expensive helmets – but that's probably no surprise, right?
The Rapid's been designed to suit medium oval heads, but is possibly a bit rounder than the average medium oval. If you're not sure if that'd work for you, you might want to make sure you buy from a helmet retailer who'll accept refunds/swaps without fuss (like all our recommended retailers do).
One thing that's notable with the Rapid though: it's a lower priced helmet but LS2 has managed to make it a very lightweight helmet (for a thermoplastic helmet that is). In fact, by our reckoning it's about the average weight for a full on carbon fiber helmet which is pretty astounding!
No tired necks after a day's riding with the Rapid then!
OK, so what graphics can you buy your new Rapid in?
Obv there's the usual suspects – blacks, whites, greys. But there's also a fancy lady version – the Poppies (see top image). I say it's for ladies mainly because that's the way helmet makers still seem to think. Bung one out there with pink flowers on and that's it for a helmet that'll appeal to the ladies! Job done. Sheesh.
There's also the Crypt design, the Caraborace, Deadbolt, Grid and a hi-viz Carrera. Check em out up and down the page – or click through below to find the latest designs and deals at our trusted retailers.
Here's a 4m video taking you round the most important features of the LS2 Rapid.
You'll find a couple of speaker pockets inside the Rapid – vital if you're wanting to fit a comms system. You'll also find a breath guard and chin curtain in there – good for helping stop your shield fogging up and keeping wind out from below.
And should something go wrong with your Rapid, most LS2s – including the Rapid – come with a 2 year warranty.
Plain matt black's always a popular choice.
If you're looking for a helmet that'll work for your daily commute as well as for longer blasts, then it looks like LS2 has managed to produce a decent helmet that offers great value for money.
The Rapid is super light weight, has an optically correct, Pinlock ready shield and offers stacks of features that serious riders look for in their helmets – including quick release shield, speaker pockets and removable inner.
OK so it's not been independently safety tested, so all we can really go on is that DOT rating and ECE test/approval as well as past SHARP scores (which makes us think it should do OK). Other than that, if you're looking for a good all rounder, work-horse sort of helmet and if you like value for money – oh, and at this price point you don't expect the world – then the LS2 Rapid should be a very good buy indeed.
OK, so you're after a lower-priced helmet that's been tested for safety and come out glowing, then check out these bad boys. Most cost a bit more than the Rapid, but then most helmets do!
First up, there's the Scorpion Exo R710. That's a Snell tested/certified fiberglass full face helmet that's super light, just like the Rapid, and is great value for money.
Next, there's the Shark Ridill – this is Shark's entry-level all rounder helmet that's been awarded 4 stars by SHARP. It's also got a drop down sun visor too and scores well in just about every respect. A banging helmet.
There's also the AGV K3 SV – that's SHARP 4 star safety rated helmet from one of the safest helmet brands around. It's got an integral sun visor too, plus it comes with a Pinlock antifog in the box.


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Adam Scott To Take John Cusack's Place In Hot Tub Time Machine 2
By Eric Eisenberg published 7 May 13
Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry and Clark Duke are all ready to take another trip in the Hot Tub Time Machine, but sadly John Cusack will not. While no reason is specified at this time, it appears as though he will be the only member of the main cast that doesn't return. But the good news is that the project has already found an actor to fill the void, and it's a great choice.
The Wrap is reporting that Adam Scott, best known for his work on television shows like Parks and Recreation and Party Down, is now in talks to join the cast of Hot Tub Time Machine 2. In addition to Robinson, Corddry and Duke, director Steve Pink will be returning to direct the project as well. It's been reported that the movie will start production this summer, presumably to have it ready for a 2014 release.
The site stresses that Scott will not be playing Cusack's character from the first movie and is, instead, "an entirely new leading man." How he will fit into the plot, however, is another question entirely.
While the fifth season of Parks and Recreation ended last week, Scott still has some good stuff coming up later this year. He has a role in Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which won't be out until December, but he also has the indie comedy A.C.O.D., which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. In the movie he stars as a grown man who discovers that as a child he was actually part of a study to discover the effects that divorces have on children. Film Arcade has picked the movie up for distribution, but a release date has not yet been announced.
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Head of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Gobernador de Puerto Rico (Spanish)
Seal of the Governor
Standard of the Governor
Wanda Vázquez Garced
since August 7, 2019
Executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico
Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico
His/Her Excellency (diplomatic)
Governor (when presiding)
First Executive (third person)
La Fortaleza
Term length
Four years, no term limit
Inaugural holder
Juan Ponce de León (Spanish colonial government)
Luis Muñoz Marín (Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
1508; 512 years ago (1508) (Spanish colonial government)
1952; 68 years ago (1952) (Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
$70,000 (2013)[1]
www.fortaleza.pr.gov
United States Constitution
Puerto Rico Constitution
Puerto Rico law
Executive departments
Fiscal agent and financing
Government-owned corporations
Legislature: 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Senate: 26th Senate of Puerto Rico
President of the Senate: Thomas Rivera Schatz
President pro tempore: Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez
Majority Leader: Carmelo Ríos Santiago
Majority Whip: Ángel Chayanne Martínez
Minority Leader: Eduardo Bhatia; Juan Dalmau; Vargas Vidot
Minority Whip: José Luis Dalmau
House of Representatives: 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Speaker: Johnny Méndez
Speaker pro tempore: José Torres Zamora
Majority Leader: Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló
Majority Whip: Urayoán Hernández
Minority Leader: Tatito Hernández
Minority Whip: Ramón Luis Cruz
New Progressive Party
Popular Democratic Party
Puerto Rican Independence Party
Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party
Working People's Party
Sovereign Union Movement
Political party strength
Mayors in Puerto Rico
Municipalities of Puerto Rico
Federal representation
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Pedro Pierluisi (PNP, D)
Insular Cases
Political status
Proposed political status
Sovereigntism
The governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: gobernador(a) de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of Puerto Rico and, by its nature, constitutes the executive branch of the government of the island. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the island's military forces, the Puerto Rico National Guard.
The governor has a duty to enforce its laws, to convene the Legislative Assembly, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Legislative Assembly, to appoint government officers, to appoint justices, and to grant pardons. Since 1948, the governor has been elected by the people of Puerto Rico. Prior to that, the governor was appointed either by the king of Spain (1510–1898) or the president of the United States (1898-1948).
Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico vests the executive power on the governor and empowers them with the faculty to appoint officers. Law No. 104 of 1956[2] empowers them with the faculty to delegate functions. These two faculties in conjunction allow the governor to delegate most of their functions while continuing to be the maximum officer and head of government.
Most of the governor's functions are delegated[] to the chief of staff, who is charged with managing and overseeing all the executive departments and almost all executive agencies. The budget is delegated to the director of the Office of Management and Budget while centralized planning is delegated to the president of the Planning Board. This effectively makes the governor a political figure rather than an administrative one, allowing them to set the vision for what the island should be and where it should go rather than having to be involved in its day-to-day operations. Historically, however, governors tend to be heavily involved in the day-to-day operations of the government in both internal and external affairs.[]
The first known and recorded heads of government in the history of Puerto Rico were the caciques, the tribal chiefs of the natives known as Taínos that inhabited the island before the arrival of Spaniards. It is believed that the cacique rank was apparently established through democratic means. His importance in the tribe was determined by the size of his tribe rather than his warlord skills, since the Taínos were mostly a pacifist culture. Agüeybaná I is the most-well known cacique as he was the one governing all others when the Spaniards arrived in 1493 although many others existed during his period, as well as before and after him.
Spanish colonial era
When the Spanish Empire colonized Puerto Rico during the 16th century, the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León established himself as the island's first governor. Vicente Yáñez Pinzón had been appointed to take the position of Captain General of the City of Puerto Rico prior to the island's colonization, but he never performed this function.[3] As part of the Spanish Empire, the Spanish monarchy was in charge of appointing the governor of Puerto Rico. The person selected was in charge of the island's development and wealth and was responsible for reporting the colony's status to the government in Spain.
The first native Puerto Rican to perform the function was Juan Ponce de León II, grandson of the conquistador, who served as interim governor in 1579.
After 1580 Puerto Rico's government was established as the Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, and subsequent governors held the office of Captain General as well.
As a United States territory and commonwealth
On July 25, 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States. Following the conclusion of the war, Spain was forced to cede Puerto Rico, along with Cuba, the Philippines and Guam, to the United States under the 1898 Treaty of Paris.[4] Puerto Rico began the twentieth century under the military rule of the United States with officials, including the governor, who were appointed by the President of the United States.
In 1900, William McKinley signed the Foraker Act as a United States federal law, which established civilian (limited popular) government on Puerto Rico.[5] The new government had a governor and an executive council appointed by the President, a House of Representatives with 35 elected members, a judicial system with a Supreme Court, and a non-voting Resident Commissioner in Congress.[5] The first civilian governor of the island under the Foraker Act was Charles Herbert Allen. This system was still used after the approval of the Jones-Shafroth Act, which altered the structure of government in Puerto Rico, and was in use until 1948.
Following the approval of the federal Elective Governor Act by President Harry S Truman in 1947, the governor has been elected through a democratic process every four years since 1948.[6] At that time, Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected governor.
The current governmental structure was established under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, ratified in 1952. Sitting governor Luis Muñoz Marín was re-elected as the first governor under the Constitution. Under Article IV of the Constitution, the governor continues to be popularly elected every four years and is the head of the Commonwealth's executive branch.[6] The governor-elect takes office on January 2 of the following year in a public inaugural ceremony which may be preceded by a private oath-taking ceremony.
The governor is head of the government of Puerto Rico. They have the power to veto any number of projects that the Puerto Rican Legislature wishes to pass. The governor also has the power to appoint the members of their cabinet, who in turn must be ratified by the Legislature. The governor also has the power to appoint Justices to the Supreme Court and all the lower courts of the island.
The governor must address the legislature at the beginning of each year to present two speeches, one is the State of the Commonwealth speech and another in which the governor presents the "Recommended Budget" for the next fiscal year, in which the governor proposes to the state legislature a budget for the consideration of said body. They are also the commander-in-chief of the Puerto Rico National Guard and the chief diplomat.
La Fortaleza is the oldest governor's mansion in continuous use in the Western Hemisphere
On July 25, 1952, the Constitution of Puerto Rico was enacted by Governor Muñoz Marín after the approval by Congress and the President of the United States. Pursuant to section Three, Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico, the governor must be a citizen of the United States, a resident of Puerto Rico for five consecutive years prior and at least 35 years old at the time of the election.
The governor serves a four-year term which begins on the second day of January after the year of their election and ends on the date their successor takes office. Consecutive service is unlimited, according to the Constitution of the Island. Luis Muñoz Marín, its first elected governor, served for four consecutive terms from 1949 to 1965, but almost all subsequent governors served either one or two terms; the Constitution of the Commonwealth was ratified by the people of Puerto Rico in 1952. Rafael Hernández Colón, however, served three non-consecutive terms: first from 1973 to 1977, and then from 1985 to 1993.
The governor is elected by a direct vote from the people. Candidates typically represent a political party, with every elected governor to date (as of 2019[update]) having been a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico or the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico. Only a plurality vote (more than any other candidate) is required to win election, rather than a majority (more than half the votes).
The Puerto Rico Elections Code states that if the margin of victory of a candidate is less than 0.5% of the votes, a full recount of the election must take place. So far, only in the gubernatorial elections of 1980 and 2004 has a recount taken place.
Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and conviction) of a sitting governor, the secretary of state would then take the office of governor until the end of the four-year term. In case the secretary of state is unwilling or unable to assume it, the secretary of justice would assume the governorship, followed by the secretary of treasury, the secretary of education, the secretary of labor and human resources, the secretary of transportation and public works, the secretary of economic development and commerce, the secretary of health and the secretary of agriculture. If none of them is available for succession the Legislative Assembly meets to elect by majority vote of all of its members a governor for the rest of the term. Other provisions exist for the transition between an incumbent governor and a governor-elect.[7]
Similar to some U.S. states, such as California, if the governor is temporarily away from Puerto Rico, the secretary of state, or in their absence the highest ranking Cabinet member in the line of succession, becomes acting governor until the governor's return. In decades past, when off-island gubernatorial travel was infrequent, the powers of the governorship rarely devolved upon the secretary of state or other Cabinet officers. More accessible travel has made the acting governorship a much more common occurrence. During recent times, not only has the secretary of state frequently served as acting governor, but the secretary of justice, and secretary of treasury have as well.
2019 leadership crisis
On July 24, 2019, Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation after two weeks of protests in Puerto Rico related to Telegramgate. He became the first elected governor to resign the post. His resignation took effect on August 2, 2019 at 5 pm. Before leaving office, Rosselló nominated Pedro Pierluisi as secretary of state, intending to make Pierluisi his successor, but his nomination was not approved by the full legislature before Rosselló's resignation took effect. Despite not having been confirmed by the Senate of Puerto Rico, Pierluisi was sworn in as governor, which prompted a legal challenge. Less than a week later, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico declared that Pierluisi had taken office on unconstitutional grounds and removed him from office, effective 5 p.m. AST on August 7.[8][9] At that time, the current secretary of justice, Wanda Vázquez Garced, became governor following the original line of succession as it was on August 2 at 5 pm.
List of governors of Puerto Rico
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^ "Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain". Yale University. Retrieved 2015.
^ a b "Foraker Act (Organic Act of 1900)". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2007.
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^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ DÁNICA COTO (August 7, 2019). "Puerto Rico High Court Overturns Pedro Pierluisi as Governor". Bloomberg News. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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