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Lynn Massachusetts Man Held On $25,000 Bail Following Boston Fourth Of July Stabbing
July 6, 2011 | by Stephen Neyman, P.C.
Late Monday night members of the Boston, Massachusetts Police Department responded to a call after it was reported that two people had been stabbed. The police arrived at Huntington Avenue to find two Cambridge, Massachusetts residents being treated by emergency medical personnel. The unnamed victims are men ages twenty two and twenty six. The Lynn Item reports that the alleged victims were in a group that was approached by another group who demanded to know where they were from. A fight erupted and the two men who were stabbed and some of their friends entered a taxicab and fled the area. Once police arrived an investigation began. Ultimately, Jose Soriano of Lynn, Massachusetts was identified as the assailant. Bail was set in the amount of twenty five thousand dollars in the Boston Municipal Court. Soriano has been charged with Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon.
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So exactly what is Soriano looking at? Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon in Massachusetts is a violent felony punishable by up to ten years in state prison and a five thousand dollar fine. The crime is codified in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 265 Section 15(A)(b). The court where this case will be prosecuted depends on the severity of the stabbing and Soriano's criminal record if any.
As a Massachusetts Stabbing Defense Lawyer I am concerned about the identification process and understanding just how it came about the Soriano was identified by the alleged victims. In Massachusetts the prosecution must prove identification beyond a reasonable doubt. Identification witnesses do not always have an adequate opportunity to view their assailant. Incorrect identifications are made all of the time. It is the duty of the defense attorney to ensure that any tainted identifications are suppressed. It is also the duty of a Massachusetts Criminal Lawyer to make sure that any subsequent "in court" identifications are not suggestive. Sometimes suspects are presented in person to the identification witness. While Massachusetts has approved this procedure it is the least reliable method of identification and the most vulnerable to attack. This article makes me somewhat suspicious about the identification procedure that might have been used. Soriano is from Lynn. It is unlikely that he was identified so quickly from a photographic array in that the arrays would likely contain photos of Boston men. This procedure can take a long time due to the volume of photos that have to be assembled and viewed by the victims. The incident occurred around 11:30 Monday night and Soriano was arraigned in court yesterday. More likely, the police conducted a "show up" procedure. The circumstances of this process might lend themselves to an attack on the legality of the identification of Soriano. This might be his best defense to these charges.
Posted in: Bail and Violent Crimes
Updated: July 6, 2011 11:11 am
28 People Arrested In Brockton Following Drug Dealing Investigation Targeting Street Level Dealers
June 30, 2011 | by Stephen Neyman, P.C.
Law enforcement officials at the state, federal and local levels arrested twenty eight people in the Brockton area yesterday following an investigation targeting low to mid-level drug dealers selling Cocaine and Crack Cocaine. The ages of the defendants ranges from nineteen to forty nine years old and includes women, men and homeless people. Most of the defendants are from Brockton, with a few from Bridgewater and Raynham. The charges leveled at the defendants vary. Some are charged with Cocaine Distribution, Conspiracy to Violate the Drug Laws, Distribution of Crack Cocaine, School Zone Violations, Heroin Distribution and Distribution of Cocaine Second and Subsequent Offense. Bail ranged from personal to thirty thousand dollars cash. The investigation was named Operation Street Sweeper II. This operation follows two other successful large scale investigations in the Brockton area in the last year. The cases are pending in the Brockton District Court. According to newspaper reports one courtroom was set aside to handle all of the arraignments in this case.
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/cops_and_courts/x438682197/Police-arrest-34-suspected-drug-dealers-in-Operation-Street-Sweeper-II-in-Brockton
Brockton Cocaine Distribution Defense Lawyer
All throughout Massachusetts and the entire country police have been implementing various tactics aimed at disrupting street-level drug dealing activities. Among these strategies are controlled buys, raids and large scale crackdowns. The latter method deploys large numbers of undercover officers who typically target Heroin, Crack and Cocaine dealers. There is a belief that the effectiveness of these operations is limited to the short term. Once the arrests are made and law enforcement vacates the area drug dealers come to the area quickly and establish or reestablish their presence. This can be defeated if there is a follow up plan that prevents the reinstatement of the unlawful activities. It is however generally agreed that drug sweeps do result in a diminution of drug dealing activities at least initially and that getting these people off the streets is a good start towards fighting drug dealing efforts.
There is often difficulty in effectively prosecuting these kinds of cases. People arrested in drug sweeps are done so an extended time after the commission of the alleged activity. For instance, if the police are engaged in one of these large scale operations they will often make the controlled buy and not effectuate the arrest until a future date. This makes the job of the Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney somewhat easier. Doubt is often raised in these cases simply because jurors cannot understand why the police would wait to make an arrest. People simply do not believe that a police officer would fail to make an arrest immediately after witnessing a crime. It is counterintuitive to the lay person. Evidence of the overall operation might be excluded at trial particularly in cases where there in no link between the various people arrested and charged with drug dealing.
Posted in: Bail and Drug Crimes
Salem Massachusetts Man, 17, Arrested And Charged With Indecent Assault And Battery
The Salem News reported today that Christian Clemons of Salem, Massachusetts has been charged with Indecent Assault and Battery in the Salem District Court. The report alleges that Clemons was at a friends' home watching a movie. With the exception of Clemons everyone at the apartment are girls. The girls fell asleep. One of them awakened to find Clemons fondling her. Clemons has been charged with three counts of Indecent Assault and Battery to which he has pleaded not guilty. The defendant was previously charged with a theft related crime from a pet store. As a result, the bail on that case has been revoked and Clemons is going to be held for at least sixty days.
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1295078287/Salem-teen-charged-with-indecent-assault-battery
Revocation of Bail in Massachusetts
Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 276 §58 if a person is admitted to bail for a particular offense he receives a warning that his bail can be revoked if he is charged with another crime during the pendency of his release. This is known as a bail warning and it is indicated on the docket sheets of the case on which bail is imposed. If a person does in fact get charged with another offense while on bail and a judge finds probable cause to believe that he has committed the offense charged then the judge has to make a determination of whether or not to release that person. Many factors play into that decision including the person's prior record, the nature of the offenses with which he has been charged, drug usage, mental health considerations and more. If the judge finds necessary, he or she can then revoke the existing order of bail for up to sixty days. This is what happened to Clemons in this case. The judge decided, based on factors most of which likely were not mentioned in this article, that Clemons posed a danger to the community and that a revocation of his existing bail was in order.
Indecent Assault and Battery, Salem, Massachusetts
Here is what makes no sense about the new charge. Someone complained that Clemons somehow committed an indecent assault and battery on her. This was done while she was sleeping. The other girls were sleeping as well. There is not report of any screaming when the girl awakened to the assault nor is there any indication that someone witnessed the account. There is no suggestion that the police were called at three in the morning when the alleged assault occurred. There is an awful lot missing that could shed some light on the significance of these allegations. A Massachusetts Criminal Lawyer would want to know the following. Who saw what? What time were the police called? When did the alleged incident occur? What evidence other than the complainant's words support this allegation?
Posted in: Bail and Sex Crimes
Saugus Man Arraigned On Drug Charges In Lynn After Arrest For Selling Drugs From His Home
February 11, 2011 | by Stephen Neyman, P.C.
Saugus police officers and other law enforcement officials received a tip from an informant complaining that a man was selling Percocets from his home on Perullo Lane. Following up on the tip the police arranged for a controlled buy utilizing the informant. Last Friday this person went to the home of Christopher Albert Troisi, the defendant. At that time he purchased several pills. Five days later a similar arrangement was made. Detectives then went to Troisi's home. Troisi attempted to flee. The defendant's car and home were searched. Inside officers located more percocet pills, cocaine, drug paraphernalia and cash marked for the controlled buy. Troisi is facing charges of Possession With the Intent to Distribute a Class B substance, Possession of a Class B substance and a School Zone Violation. Bail was set at twenty five thousand dollars. The case is pending in the Lynn District Court.
http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2011/02/11/news/news08.txt
Saugus Massachusetts Drug Crimes Defense Lawyer
If this article is accurate some of the charges against Troisi might not stand unless the informant agrees to testify. Law enforcement officials including the district attorneys office try to protect informants identities and orchestrate their prosecutions in ways the do not necessitate the informant's disclosure or testimony. When this effort fails the charges against the accused often get reduced to encourage a plea bargain. Sometimes prosecutors even agree to dismiss the charges. It is important for Troisi to seek and hire a Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer who understands informant issues and is skilled at Suppression Issues.
Updated: February 11, 2011 7:38 pm
Lynn Man Facing Sentencing For Cocaine Trafficking Case Arrested For Motor Vehicle Charges Gets Bail Revoked
Duane Collins of Lynn, Massachusetts was arrested and convicted for Cocaine Trafficking in 2008. He was sentenced to five and one half to seven years. His conviction was reversed in 2009 following a landmark United States Supreme Court case that requires the district attorney to call chemists to prove that a substance is in fact a controlled substance. Prior to that case the prosecution could simply present a certificate of analysis to show that a substance was an illegal drug. Following that ruling Collins' lawyer was able to negotiate a deal where he would serve three years only and get credit for time served. That deal may no longer be available however since Collins was just arrested for another cocaine charge. Apparently, after a Motor Vehicle stop police found over an ounce of cocaine in a cooler in Collins' car. His bail has been revoked.
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x2072622012/Man-about-to-be-sentenced-in-coke-case-busted-again#
Lynn Massachusetts Drug Trafficking Defense Lawyer
Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 276 Section 58B gives a judge the authority to hold someone without bail, who, while released on bail gets arrested for another crime. The statute gives the accused the right to a hearing to argue bail. The statute also permits a judge to have the individual held for up to ninety days. It becomes critical that the Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer arguing for bail under these circumstances is familiar with this statute. Collins' lawyer is excellent and experienced and according to the article made a strong request for bail. His lawyer also did a great job negotiating a reduction in his sentence.
Updated: February 7, 2011 3:56 pm
Six Lawrence Men Arrested On Drug Trafficking Charges, Bail Set At $500,000
According to reports in the Lawrence Eagle Tribune DEA agents working our of New Bedford had been investigating a Heroin Trafficking ring involving individuals from Lawrence. One of the members was arrested with eighty five grams of heroin. As a result a Search Warrant issued for an apartment on Union Street in Lawrence. An informant told the police that he had purchased at that apartment. This individual reported that he would arrive at the apartment and one the occupants would go out and return shortly with the heroin. During the search an individual questioned by the police indicated that he lived in another apartment down the hall. He apparently consented to a search of that unit. During the search officers found over five kilograms of heroin. The estimated street value of the substance is over three million dollars. In all the police located and arrested six individuals. All were charged with Trafficking Over 200 Grams of Heroin. The case will be prosecuted in the Essex County Superior Court in Salem. Bail for each was set at five hundred thousand dollars. The defendants have been identified as Victor Guerrero Santana, Francisco Rivera, Jose Pizarro, Oveido Lopez, Luis Gonzalez and Elvin Ruiz.
Lawrence Massachusetts Drug Trafficking Defense Lawyer
Charging everyone present at the scene of a large drug bust is a common yet flawed law enforcement tactic. The article suggests that some of the defendants were at best "present only". In the past I have blogged on this issue. Presence alone is not enough to sustain a prosecution for drug offenses. There must be some criminal activity in which the accused is involved and there must be an intent on that person's part to engage in or assist with the criminal act. When looking at this article it is difficult to ascertain who is responsible for what, if anything. An Experienced Massachusetts Drug Defense Lawyer will attack the arrests and charges and perhaps in some cases obtain a dismissal for one or more of these defendants.
Posted in: Bail, Drug Crimes and Search and Seizure
Amesbury Teenager Facing Serious Felony Charges After Breaking And Entering Neighbor's Home
December 14, 2010 | by Stephen Neyman, P.C.
According to the Newburyport News Cody Harkness of Amesbury, Massachusetts is being charged with Unarmed Burglary, Home Invasion, Malicious Destruction to Property Valued at More Than $250 and Breaking and Entering. The victim is a downstairs neighbor who was sleeping when Harkness broke into her home. Apparently the defendant opened a door in a common area of the home that led to the victim's closet. From there he entered her room and touched her body. The victim woke up and yelled. Harkness left. Harkness, who had not been identified by the victim at that point asked her what had happened. She in turn told the police that he might have information about the intruder. The police contacted Harkness and noticed that he had in his possession that the victim said the suspect was wearing. Other evidence suggested to the officers that Harkness had in fact committed the crime. He eventually admitted involvement. The charges are now pending in the Newburyport District Court. Bail was set at two thousand five hundred dollars.
http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x1613327262/Amesbury-teen-charged-after-home-invasion
Massachusetts Home Invasion Defense Lawyer
This article is somewhat confusing as to what the actual charges are that Harkness is facing. The headline states Home Invasion. Home Invasion in Massachusetts is criminalized under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 265 Section 18(c). It is a felony and a conviction carries with it a mandatory twenty year state prison sentence with a maximum life possibility. The Newburyport District Court does not have jurisdiction of this crime and I would imagine that the district attorney's office will use its discretion and reduced the charges to something within the district court's jurisdiction. Additionally, if the article is correct it might be difficult for the prosecution to prove a couple of necessary elements of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt. The prosecution must prove that Harkness was armed with a dangerous weapon. There is no indication that he was. Also, the prosecution must prove use of force or the threat of the imminent use of force. None of that seems to be present her. The body of the article, as opposed to the headline states that unarmed burglary is the charge here. The statute addressing that crime is G.L. c. 266 Section 15. There is a requirement that the district attorney prove however that in addition to the breaking and entering, that Harkness intended to commit a felony while inside the victim's home. There is no evidence supporting that element. This crime also must be prosecuted in the Superior Court so again I believe that there will be a modification of charges so that the district court can keep jurisdiction of the case.
Billerica Woman Arrested, Charged With Trying To Kill Stepdaughter
November 4, 2010 | by Stephen Neyman, P.C.
Marylou Quinones Fry-Trifone of Billerica, Massachusetts was served with divorce papers a few days ago. Less than twenty four hours later she was arrested for trying to kill her fourteen year old stepdaughter. According to the Lowell Sun, the victim woke up around 4:30 a.m. and found the defendant at the front of her bed holding a large knife. The defendant yelled that she was going to kill the girl. She then swung the knife hitting the girl in the forearm, back and stomach. The victim screamed. Her sister and father came to her aid and subdued Fry-Trifone. Within minutes the police arrived. The victim was transported to a local hospital. Fry-Trifone has been charged with Assault With the Intent to Commit Murder, Assault and Battery, Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Assault With a Dangerous Weapon. She was released on one thousand dollars cash bail.
Billerica, Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer
This article shows the value of having an Experienced Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer at your arraignment. These are very serious charges. Most of the charges are felonies and there is a possibility that this case will be prosecuted in the Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn. There is also a possibility that if convicted Fry-Trifone will have to serve a jail or prison sentence. However, her lawyer did a great job getting bail set at one thousand dollars, a relatively small sum given the severity of these charges. These cases can take months or even more than a year to resolve. If the defendant is held without bail or on an unaffordable cash bail he or she will be stuck in jail while the case is pending.
Updated: November 4, 2010 5:20 pm
Westborough Massachusetts Teen Charged With Rape
Seventeen year old Nigel Rowe of Westborough, Massachusetts has been charged with Rape. According to reports in the Metrowest Daily News and Wicked Local, Westborough, Rowe was arraigned today in the Westborough District Court. Bail was set at one thousand dollars. Rowe is permitted to remain attend school but is otherwise confined to his home. He is being monitored by a GPS device pending his pre-trial. Rowe was arrested Friday night by local police. It is reported that Rowe and the girl know each other.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/westborough/newsnow/x1389367986/Westborough-high-football-player-pleads-not-guilty-to-rape-charges
Westborough, Massachusetts Rape Defense Lawyer
Stories like this one always concern me. The accused is being charged with one of the most heinous acts, punishable be life in prison. Yet his bail is set at one thousand dollars and he can attend school. That suggests to me that the underlying facts are much less egregious than the charges suggest. Apparently the girl made her complaint last Thursday. The police conducted a one day investigation before making their arrest. As I have mentioned in prior blog posts, there are many defenses to Rape allegations. In cases where the act never occurred denial is a common defense. Where there was sexual contact but no rape then consent is typically offered as a defense. Many factors are taken into account by judges or juries in determining guilty or innocence in these cases. Where did the act occur? At what time? What condition was the complaining witness in at the time of the report? What did witnesses see or hear? What did the complaining witness tell her friends or family, if anything. What did the defendant say before or after his arrest. Rowe's Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer will be looking into all of these issues immediately as he or she establishes the defense to this case. However, while this case is pending it is important to keep in mind that these charges are allegations only and Rowe enjoys a constitutional presumption of innocence.
Braintree, Boston Men Facing Cocaine Trafficking, Gun Charges In Norfolk County
Dwayne Day of Braintree and his brother Michael Day of Boston, have been charged in the Quincy, Massachusetts District Court with Drug Conspiracy, School Zone Violation, Trafficking Cocaine, a Class B Substance, Possession of Ammunition and Gun Possession. According to reports, police in Braintree, Massachusetts had been conducting an extensive drug investigation in the area of McCusker Drive. This past Wednesday a Braintree Police detective observed the Day brothers in a car in a parking lot of an apartment complex. Once the Days noticed the detective they fled the area. Another officer stopped the car claiming it had "failed to signal", a civil Motor Vehicle Violation. The Days were detained until a patrol officer with a drug sniffing dog was summonsed to the scene. The dog alerted the officers to drugs in the car's center console where over fourteen grams of cocaine were found. Officers then applied for and obtained a search warrant for one of the brother's homes on McCusker Drive. Inside the home the police found more cocaine and two guns. Bail has been set of fifteen thousand dollars cash.
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/cops_and_courts/x171129091/Braintree-bust-nets-two-on-drug-and-gun-charges
Braintree, Massachusetts Drug Defense Lawyer, Norfolk County Cocaine Trafficking Defense Lawyer
Once again, as with many drug cases the legality of the Search and Seizure becomes critical to the Day brothers' defenses. While the officers can justify their stop of Day if in fact he did fail to signal they cannot justify holding them longer than is necessary to issue a citation. Massachusetts Courts have held that an investigative detention must be temporary and must last no longer than necessary to effectuate the purpose of the stop. The continued detention of a motor vehicle operator and passenger after the operator had satisfied the purpose of the stop for speeding by producing his license and registration was ruled unlawful by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Similarly, a forty-minute detention of defendant's vehicle by six troopers who blocked the front and back of the vehicle with their cruisers was inconsistent with an investigative stop and constituted an arrest. In this case, it is unclear why the police called for the drug sniffing dog and why the Day brothers were held longer than was necessary to issue the ticket. No doubt the Day's lawyers will file a Motion to Suppress. If successful the case would likely be dismissed.
Posted in: Bail, Drug Crimes and Firearms
Updated: October 17, 2010 10:13 am


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Team IMPACT Unites WNY Youth With Daemen Athletics
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Leontae Parker, a 12-year-old Buffalo resident, has officially joined the Daemen College men's basketball team through a partnership with Team IMPACT, a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses by matching them with college athletic teams.
Parker was introduced by head men's basketball coach Mike McDonald at a press conference held in November.
"We are excited to have Leontae as a member of the Daemen Wildcats," MacDonald said. "I've been involved with kids from Team IMPACT in the past, and I've found it to be a very rewarding experience, both for the child and the family as well as for our student-athletes. We are pleased to have Leontae as a member of our basketball family."
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Sylvanas Windrunner, the undisputed ruler of the Undercity, plans a masterstroke of statecraft to quell this rebellion and pacify her people. She demands that three young members of each of the Undercity's quarters participate in a brutal gladiatorial battle to the death, where only one dead person will survive.
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These new ultralow temperatures will enable researchers to compare chemical reactions in quantum versus classical environments and study how electric fields affect the polar interactions. Eventual.
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I am copying a long series of posts on the ABC Homeopathy forum which visitors to my website may find interesting as it dates back to 2006 and is a record of my own progress in Homeopathy and records the evolution of Joepathy which term was coined by the classical homeopaths on the ABC to derisively describe my own therapy which they maintained was not Homeoapthy as I did not abide by the.
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The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, loosely based on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal and named after its original host, Monty Hall.The problem was originally posed (and solved) in a letter by Steve Selvin to the American Statistician in 1975 (Selvin 1975a), (Selvin 1975b).It became famous as a question from a reader's letter quoted.
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Q: divs inside a tag goes to new line Im trying to align my a-tags side by side, but for some reason the divs inside the a-tag goes to the next line?
How can I align my three menu lines side by side with the others? display: inline-block; didn't work for me?
What I'm trying to create is something like this image:

But what do I miss to get the menu on the same line?

.logo-style {
    font-family: Montserrat;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 32px;
    line-height: 39px;
    /* identical to box height */
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    color: #4C5BA0;
}

/*
    Navigation bar three lines menu

/*
 Navigation
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.topnav {
    overflow: hidden;
    background: none !important;
    align-items: center;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    align-items: center;
}

.topnav button {
    border: none;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.topnav a {
    color: brown;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 14px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 17px;
}

.topnav a:hover {
    color: black;
}

.topnav a.active {
    color: black;
}

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.line-one {
    width: 30px;
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.line-one {
    width: 30px;
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.line-one {
    width: 30px;
}

.menu div {
    width: 30px;
    height: 4px;
    background-color: brown;
    margin: 5px 0;
    border-radius: 25px;
}

.menu {
    width: 30px;
}

.menu:hover div {
    width: 30px;
    background-color: black;
}

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A: Put this on your .right-nav
Display flex is very useful for this kind of situations.
Property flex-direction isn't neccesary, display flex itself is flex-direction: row; by default.
The gap isn't neccesary too, it just makes a gap between your items.
align-items is to align your items vertically in the center.
.right-nav {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   gap: 10px;
   align-items: center;
}

A: You forgot to use display: flex; to .right-nav class. And center elements properly align-items: center; justify-content: center;
Now everything works fine:-) Best regards!
 .right-nav {
      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
      justify-content: center;
    }

.logo-style {
  font-family: Montserrat;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 32px;
  line-height: 39px;
  /* identical to box height */
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  color: #4c5ba0;
}

/*
    Navigation bar three lines menu

/*
 Navigation
*/

.topnav {
  overflow: hidden;
  background: none !important;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
}

.topnav button {
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.topnav a {
  color: brown;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: 17px;
}

.topnav a:hover {
  color: black;
}

.topnav a.active {
  color: black;
}

.right-nav {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

*/ .line-one {
  width: 30px;
}

.line-one {
  width: 30px;
}

.line-one {
  width: 30px;
}

.menu div {
  width: 30px;
  height: 4px;
  background-color: brown;
  margin: 5px 0;
  border-radius: 25px;
}

.menu {
  width: 30px;
}

.menu:hover div {
  width: 30px;
  background-color: black;
}

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A: There are many different ways to go about creating this display, but probably the most straightforward approach in modern CSS is to use CSS Flexbox.
(Or, in this case, two nested Flexboxes.)
The example below has two elements which use:
display: flex;

One is the  itself, which means its two immediate children:

*

*

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will be flexibly positioned along its horizontal axis.
The other is the , which means its two immediate children:

*

*

*
will in turn also be flexibly positioned along its own horizontal axis.
Note that the  has a justify-content value of space-between which means that the first of its two children will be positioned towards the left and the second will be positioned towards the right.
By contrast, the  has a justify-content value of flex-end which means that both of its children will be positioned towards the right.

Working Example:

header {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
}

.logo-style a {
    font-family: Montserrat;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 32px;
    line-height: 39px;
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    color: #4C5BA0;
}

nav {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  align-items: center;
}

nav ul li {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 18px;
  padding: 6px;
  border-radius: 6px;
}

nav ul li:hover {
  background-color: #4C5BA0;
}

nav ul li:hover a {
  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
}

.menu {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 30px;
  height: 27px;
  background: linear-gradient(brown 0% 20%, white 20% 40%, brown 40% 60%, white 60% 80%, brown 80% 100%);
}

.menu:hover {
  height: 27px;
  background: linear-gradient(black 0% 20%, white 20% 40%, black 40% 60%, white 60% 80%, black 80% 100%);
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Mutation of Gtf2ird1 from the Williams-Beuren syndrome critical region results in facial dysplasia, motor dysfunction, and altered vocalisations
Monique L. Howard, Stephen J. Palmer, Kylie M. Taylor, Geoffrey J. Arthurson, Matthew W. Spitzer, Xin Du, Terence Y C Pang, Thibault Renoir, Edna C. Hardeman, Anthony J. Hannan
Insufficiency of the transcriptional regulator GTF2IRD1 has become a strong potential explanation for some of the major characteristic features of the neurodevelopmental disorder Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS). Genotype/phenotype correlations in humans indicate that the hemizygous loss of the GTF2IRD1 gene and an adjacent paralogue, GTF2I, play crucial roles in the neurocognitive and craniofacial aspects of the disease. In order to explore this genetic relationship in greater detail, we have generated a targeted Gtf2ird1 mutation in mice that blocks normal GTF2IRD1 protein production. Detailed analyses of homozygous null Gtf2ird1 mice have revealed a series of phenotypes that share some intriguing parallels with WBS. These include reduced body weight, a facial deformity resulting from localised epidermal hyperplasia, a motor coordination deficit, alterations in exploratory activity and, in response to specific stress-inducing stimuli; a novel audible vocalisation and increased serum corticosterone. Analysis of Gtf2ird1 expression patterns in the brain using a knock-in LacZ reporter and c-fos activity mapping illustrates the regions where these neurological abnormalities may originate. These data provide new mechanistic insight into the clinical genetic findings in WBS patients and indicate that insufficiency of GTF2IRD1 protein contributes to abnormalities of facial development, motor function and specific behavioural disorders that accompany this disease.
Neurobiology of Disease
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2011.12.010
Published - Mar 2012
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Mouse model
MusTRD1
Neurodevelopmental disorder
Ultrasound vocalisation
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Howard, M. L., Palmer, S. J., Taylor, K. M., Arthurson, G. J., Spitzer, M. W., Du, X., Pang, T. Y. C., Renoir, T., Hardeman, E. C., & Hannan, A. J. (2012). Mutation of Gtf2ird1 from the Williams-Beuren syndrome critical region results in facial dysplasia, motor dysfunction, and altered vocalisations. Neurobiology of Disease, 45(3), 913-922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2011.12.010
Howard, Monique L. ; Palmer, Stephen J. ; Taylor, Kylie M. ; Arthurson, Geoffrey J. ; Spitzer, Matthew W. ; Du, Xin ; Pang, Terence Y C ; Renoir, Thibault ; Hardeman, Edna C. ; Hannan, Anthony J. / Mutation of Gtf2ird1 from the Williams-Beuren syndrome critical region results in facial dysplasia, motor dysfunction, and altered vocalisations. In: Neurobiology of Disease. 2012 ; Vol. 45, No. 3. pp. 913-922.
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I know many of you are really hyped for the return of Doctor Who this fall. BBC knows it too, and this new trailer for season 7 runs the gamut of episode stories, from "holy crap that's a ton of Daleks" to "dinosaurs on a spaceship" to "dark, dramatic, body-carrying." I think it's an easy thing to say that this upcoming season seems to have a little bit of something for everyone. Looks to be another fantastic ride!
Although Steven Moffat's remained rather tight-lipped about the upcoming season of Doctor Who, its been known that production on the latest episodes featuring Jenna-Louise Coleman has been underway. While we're still at loss as to what to expect beyond the departure of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the 5th episode of new series, these latest promo photos from the BBC gives us a small glimpse of what to expect. The Doctor has some sharp new threads and Coleman looks to be dressed in your everyday street clothes, so perhaps her character might not be too far from the norm. The TARDIS can also be seen in the background. A few more photos are available after the jump.
Is The Doctor Just the Hero?
Here's a few bits of Doctor Who news from the past week. Producer Steven Moffat recently stated that contrary to popular belief, The Doctor isn't the main character of the show. Instead he believes that while The Doctor is certainly the hero, the main characters are, in actuality, his companions. With the impending exit of Amy and Rory next season, one story will be coming to an end, with Jenna Louise Coleman's story about to begin. Sadly, he hasn't given any further details regarding her upcoming role as the Doctor's new companion.
Will the 12th Doctor be a Woman?
Last week the BBC promised to release their first trailer for the upcoming season of Doctor Who, and now they've delivered. Oddly enough, it includes quite a bit of Amy and Rory, which leads me to believe that most of what we're seeing takes place within the first half of the season. If that's the case, then we're in for a hell of a ride. It also seems like the Daleks will be making their return — I'd call it triumphant, but when is it ever when The Doctor's involved. Also, any else notice Cleopatra? What's that about?
For those in need of a Doctor Who fix, 2011 Christmas special, The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe, is set to hit stores on February 14th, just in time for Valentines day. Some of you might have caught my mini-review back in December, and while I felt it wasn't the Doctor at his best, the special certainly had its moments. For some of you it'll make an awesome alternative to flowers or chocolates, and for others it might just serve to hold you over till the Doctor returns to BBC later this year. For those of you who want to pre-order it, Amazon is selling the Blu-ray for $15.99, or if you'd rather have it on DVD, just $10.99. Amazon prime members can select free 2-day shipping to receive their copy on the 14th instead of having to wait.
We haven't really covered it much, but last month David Yates discussed plans for a potential Doctor Who motion picture. Yates, credited for directing final four installments of the wildly successful Harry Potter film franchise, mentioned his desire to reboot the series from scratch, setting aside the series crafted by Russel T. Davies and Steven Moffat. Though I couldn't fathom why, Yates insists a reboot would be necessary for Doctor Who's transition to a feature film — Moffat doesn't agree.
Last month, the BBC announced plans to cancel Doctor Who Confidential. The series had given fans a behind-the-scenes look at the Doctor and his companions since the show relaunched in 2005. Despite being a huge fan of Doctor Who, I never managed to catch a single episode of the documentary myself. I suppose if they had actually aired it on television here in the States, I might have, but for whatever reason the BBC decided against it. Instead, they opted to air shot clips of the show via their website. Despite that, there seems to be quite a bit of outcry from fans both in England and abroad regarding the cancellation. There's currently an online petition asking BBC to reconsider their decision to axe the show — it's already gained nearly 40,000 signatures.
Though I was never a huge fan of Doctor Who, it didn't take long for me to fall in love with it's more recent spin-off Torchwood. Series four, Miracle Day as they're calling it looks to move the production of the show stateside, no doubt due to the nature of its mixed cast. It had been rumored that the show would end up as a reboot airing on Fox but that deal seems to have fallen through, and the series will instead continue its previous plot where it left off on Starz and BBC Worldwide starting July 8th. To help promote the show, the studio has developed an iOS app that'll pack in an interactive motion comic with "some gameplay elements". The comics will tell a parallel story featuring the voices of Eliza Dushku, John Barrowman, Eve Myles. Personally, I can't stand Dushku, but Barrowman's great so I'm psyched. An additional nine episodes will be available in packs of three for $1, or as an entire pack for $3. The app will be made available prior to the premiere on July 8th.
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It is often said that Croatia is a timeless place. By this, I assume most people are referring to the fact that the middle of Split consists of a Roman palace, there is a Roman colosseum in Pula and a bunch of other really old stuff, well... everywhere! When I SAY that Croatia is a timeless place I am referring to the fact that music on the radio is ancient (or at least from the 1980s and early 1990s).
Before coming to Croatia I thought Roxette had HAD one hit song: Joy Ride. Turns out, over here they have several hits. I say HAVE because you can still hear Roxette in heavy rotation on the radio. Joy Ride, It Must Have Been Love, Listen to Your Heart and Fading Like a Flower were the soundtrack to my summer in Split IN 2011! Now you might be thinking that I was grooving on the only station that plays the 80's hits, and you would be wrong because EVERY station plays 80's hits, and then some.
Listening to the radio in Croatia is like opening a box of chocolates that fell behind the secret gift cupboard sometime before 1989: you never know what you're going to get. Last week my drive to work was synchronized with What a Feeling from the film Flash Dance. FLA-SH DA-NCE! The radio play list today was filled with early Madonna, Sting (from his first solo album), R.E.M., Mike and the Mechanics, and... ROXETTE!
Don't get me wrong, I love cruising to Wild Boys (windows cranked down, hair blowing in the sea breeze) just as much as the next guy.
There is a special weight that comes with living abroad and hearing music from that bygone ME decade. When you live away from home you become removed from the time stream and the space in which it exists. Your whole being is constantly grasping for the familiar: that street you drove down day-after-day: gone. The familiar silhouette of your hometown's skyline: a mirage. The scent of a lost love: just a dream. Those map-like sidewalk cracks, the shrieking squeak of your backyard gate, each infinitesimal piece of the mundane that made you who you are is now slowly being replaced by new streets, sounds, and sights. So when I hear a song from the 1980s it is more than just a happy piece of nostalgia. It is a Proustian trigger to those spaces and places slowly slipping from my mind. It awakens long dormant images: a lamp on a hall table casting the light just so. Random, but no less revealing. Images and pieces of the past that carry with them some salvation in that they remind you, just fleetingly, of where you come from and who you are.
I have to wonder if that's why the 1980s live on in Croatia. Are all these listeners and players hearing the music from the fading memories of a lost time in another country? Is Roxette also the sound of lunchtime, trips to Trieste, Cocta, and gondola lamps?
OR is it just because Roxette, earlier Madonna, Sting, R.E.M., Bronski Beat, New Order, Duran Duran, Queen, GNR, and the soundtrack to the Warriors can kick the crap out of everyone on the radio today?


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Gangwar may refer to:

 Gangwar (social group), a sub-caste native to northern India
 Bhagwat Saran Gangwar, Indian politician from Samajwadi Party
 Chetram Gangwar, Indian politician from Indian National Congress
 Harish Kumar Gangawar, Indian politician from Indian National Congress
 Kuldeep Singh Gangwar, Indian politician from Bahujan Samaj Party
 Parshuram Gangwar, Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party
 Santosh Gangwar, Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party
 Siyaram Gangwar, Indian politician from Indian National Congress
 Kesar Singh, Indian politician from Bhartiya Janta Party

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 Gang war (disambiguation)

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You ever have something you really don't want to do but when you do it, you love the results and you wonder why you always drag your feet?
In the morning, I look at my work out clothes with dread. My to-do list is long… changing, carting Annabelle to the gym, getting all sweaty and nasty… ugh. Seriously, that TO DO list is not getting any shorter!!!
But then I put a hand to my stomach and remember the fat that isn't getting any smaller either….
Then while I grumble under my breath, I change, throw on my tennis shoes, load Annabelle up, and drive the five minutes to the gym.
For the next hour, I sweat and burn and torture my body.
Somewhere in that time, this amazing thing happens.
Energy is injected into my veins. The drips of sweat carry away my disdain. I leave,energized and feeling 10x's better. I wonder why in the world I ever hated this in the first place. I'm ready to take on the world, baby.
Then I wake up the next day.
Weird, huh? I've never once gone to the gym and been like, "Dude, this is stupid. I'm just going home." Well, except once, when five minutes into my workout, the phone rang, telling me a kid was puking at the school and I needed to come get them. Yeah. I wished I hadn't gone to the trouble that day.
So what about you? Are you gym goer? Do you thrive on it and look forward to it, or are you weird like me and have a love/hate relationship with it?
Definitely have the same love/hate relationship with exercise! I really think it's the changing clothes thing with me – which is sad. What is that – like 2 minutes? I'm not a morning person so exercise when I get home from work – unless I just can't bring myself to change clothes. Or I sit down first.
I work at a gym part time so I will get a free gym membership. I work two days a week from 4:30 am until 7:50 am and then off to my day job. I am required to work out at least two days a week. I have more of I hate the gym more than love the gym. I agree I feel much better afterwards. I love doing the water classes, they are great but I just hate getting in a swim suit and going to the gym.


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Amazon shares rise above $1,000 for the first time
Shares of Amazon surged above $1,000 for the first time Tuesday, marking another milestone in the rise of the American online retail giant. (Shutterstock)
Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Tuesday 30 May 2017
Shares of Amazon surged above $1,000 for the first time Tuesday, marking another milestone in the rise of the American online retail giant.
Near 14:10 GMT, the company's shares were selling at $997.97, up 0.2 percent after earlier getting as high as $1,001.20. Amazon's market capitalization stood at about $478 billion, more than twice that of Wal-Mart Stores.
After going in public in May 1997 at $18 a share, Amazon has benefited from tectonic shifts in US technology and consumer shopping habits that are expected to continue to remake the retail industry.
The company has evolved from its origins as an online bookseller into a broad-based retailer of apparel and household staples, from electronics to sausage casing. And with its "Prime" subscription service, it also has become a creative force in Hollywood and beyond.
Amazon shares have appreciated especially rapidly over the last three years in anticipation that e-commerce will become a much bigger force in the retail sector.
Online sales currently comprise about eight percent of the US retail market. Amazon alone accounts for about 43 percent of US online sales, according to consultancy Slice Intelligence.
E-commerce is expected to grow between eight and 12 percent this year, according to the National Retail Federation, about three times as much as the rest of the industry, which has faced massive store and mall closures.
Amazon, whose revenues grew to $35.7 billion in the first quarter, also has impressed Wall Street by laying out a plan to achieve greater profitability.
It is in the process of investing $1.5 billion to establish its own delivery network and lessen its dependence on shipping giants FedEx and UPS. That will help contain delivery costs, which grew 30 percent to $1.9 billion in the first quarter.
The surge above $1,000 a share also raises questions about whether Amazon intends to pursue a stock split. At Amazon's annual meeting a week ago, chief executive Jeff Bezos said the matter was under consideration.
The company had three previous stock splits, in June 1998 and in January and August 1999.
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The music of King's College Chapel is as well-known as the building itself, and depends on the continued provision of education for the sixteen choristers at King's College School, fourteen Choral Scholars and two Organ Scholars, as well as the employment of a full-time Director of Music.
Singing at daily Chapel services is the Choir's primary duty, and has been since the foundation of King's College in 1441, when King Henry VI envisaged that the Choir would provide music for the daily offices and celebrations of the Mass in his new Chapel.
In addition to their singing of the daily services, the Choir participates in a number of high-profile events in the Chapel. These include the live radio broadcast of the famous Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols , which is heard by tens of millions of people around the world, television broadcasts of Carols from King's, and radio broadcasts from the Easter at King's festival .
The Choir's commitments are not restricted to performances in the Chapel, however: its worldwide fame and reputation, enhanced by its many recordings, has led to invitations to perform around the globe, and to an extensive international tour schedule.
The funding needs for King's College Choir are significant. The College supports the choristers by paying school fees of £300,000 annually, and employs a full-time Director of Music, a post considered to be the most prestigious choral directorship in the world.
King's has been increasingly imaginative in finding new ways to bring the remarkable music and the Chapel experience to the world. Services and recitals are now made available to listeners around the world, the Choir records on the College's own label, and frequent tours take the music of the Chapel to international audiences.
King's funds all of these activities, and while some bring in income sufficient to pay for expenses, many do not. Most notably, the Choir does not have a dedicated endowment fund, and we believe it is essential to establish funds to secure both the future of the Choir and the Fellowship for the Director of Music. Philanthropic support is also used to help fund concerts, tours and recordings, as well as new projects such as mobile applications and webcasts.
Choir endowment £5,000,000
Endow the position of Director of Music £2,500,000
Fund a new composition £100,000
Fund a recording £10,000-£50,000
Sponsor King's Voices, the College's mixed choir, for a year £25,000
Sponsor a tour performance £25,000
Sponsor a Chorister for a year £5,000
Make an online donation to support the King's College Choir
The College originally founded the King's College Choir School to educate the sixteen Choristers, aged nine to thirteen, who sing in the Choir. Today the College supports the Choristers by paying school fees of £300,000 annually, as well as all of the expenses associated with the Choir.
The Choir does not have a dedicated endowment fund, and we believe it is essential to establish additional endowment to ensure the future of the Choir. In addition, and through donations of all sizes, our eventual goal is to establish five fully-endowed choristerships at the school, paying for the termly £8,000 fees and ensuring that choristerships are open to any boy of the right musical ability, regardless of financial circumstances. A single chorister can be funded for a five-year period for £120,000, or in perpetuity at an endowed cost of £716,000.
Make a donation in support of the Choir Endowment
The consistently high standards achieved by the Choir owe much to the musicians who over the last 140 years have served as Director of Music. Since 1876 there have been only five permanent Directors of Music, each of whom has left their mark on the style, repertoire and public perception of the Choir. In 2019, Sir Stephen Cleobury handed over the role to Daniel Hyde (KC 2000) after 37 years of outstanding service to the College and the Choir.
To mark Sir Stephen's retirement, the College wishes to create a new endowment to support in perpetuity the position of the Director of Music at King's College. We have set ourselves a target of £2.5million to establish the endowment.
Make a donation to the Director of Music endowment fund
For decades, King's College Choir has demonstrated a commitment to contemporary music by commissioning a large number of new pieces. On his appointment to Director of Music in 1982, Sir Stephen Cleobury continued this by commissioning a new carol each year for inclusion in A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols; a tradition that continues to this day.
The first commissioned composer for this purpose was Lennox Berkeley (In Wintertime, 1983) and amongst those who have followed him are Thomas Adès, Judith Bingham, James MacMillan and John Rutter. New commissions are also regularly recorded for commercial release as well as for webcasts, and heard and performed by people around the world.
Make a donation towards new music at King's
King's recordings have cemented the Choir's reputation as one of the world's most loved and renowned choirs. The College releases multiple recordings a year, many of them featuring the Choir, on its own record label. Profits from the Label are returned to the College, in turn supporting the ongoing work of the College, Chapel and Choir.
Making these staple recordings is only possible thanks to the generosity of those who support them. A recording can cost anywhere from about £10,000 to upwards of £50,000, depending on the repertoire and the number of musicians involved (e.g. a large orchestra).
Make a donation towards recordings at King's
King's Voices, the mixed voice choir of King's College, was founded in October 1997 under the direction of Dr John Butt to give the women of King's the opportunity to contribute vocally to the musical life of the College.
The choir has flourished over the past 20 years, performing regular services in the Chapel and touring internationally. In 2013 we appointed the Director of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Ben Parry, as the Choir's Director.
Sponsorship of King's Voices will support the choir in an exciting time in its development under Ben Parry, helping to provide for music costs, tuition subsidies and future touring. King's Voices can be sponsored for £25,000 for a year.
Enquire about donating to King's Voices
In recent years King's College Choir has travelled to the USA, China, Australia and a host of European countries. Performing abroad allows the Choir not only to enhance its international reputation and relationships, but also to engage in educational and philanthropic activities across the globe.
Touring is one of the more expensive activities the Choir undertakes, and the future of this programme relies on the generosity of those who support King's. A gift of £25,000 will sponsor a performance of the full choir at a single venue; a gift of £3,000 will sponsor educational and cultural activities for the choristers and scholars while on tour.
Enquire about donating to tour performances
In addition to covering a significant amount of the Choristers' school fees, King's contributes further to the education of the Choristers through the purchase of sheet music, singing and instrumental tuition, masterclasses, travel, and other educational opportunities.
Sponsoring a chorister for a year for £5,000 will cover the costs of these additional expenses.
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Director of Music Fund
To mark the outstanding career of Sir Stephen Cleobury, we wish to permanently endow the Director of Music position at King's.
Preserving the Chapel
The Chapel is the spiritual home of the College and a place of untold inspiration for the millions who tune into our radio and television broadcasts.
As well as preserving many rare treasures, the Library and Archives together serve the needs of students and senior members of the College.
King's offers a wide range of social activities, with students managing over 100 clubs and societies including sports, music, performance and art.
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Zoltán KOVÁCS
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Coordinated attempt launched to break Hungary
With the Röszke riots two and a half years ago a coordinated attempt was launched to break Hungary in order to turn it into an immigrant country, the government spokesperson said on the programme Sunday Paper (Vasárnapi Újság) of Kossuth Radio.
Zoltán Kovács stressed sound recordings prove that forces arranged into an international network seek to dissuade Hungary from its anti-immigration policy, while organisations associated with George Soros even interfere in the election campaign through non-governmental organisations and media outlets with an impact on political preferences. There was one organisation which wanted to use foreign governments in the interest of the attainment of its economic and political goals, while others gathered data regarding migrants illegally, he added.
He highlighted the government must close any legal loopholes which permit the operation of organisations such as these, in particular in light of the fact that in countries including Canada the relevant regulations have been tightened after reports emerged that certain non-governmental organisations sought to influence electors.
According to Mr Kovács, in Ukraine it is now reality that certain circles use all means of manipulation necessary for the realisation of the Soros network's goals, while in an interview one of their local leaders openly spoke about the political role they play. In the chaos that followed after the right-wing government was brought down, disguised as consulting bodies they embedded themselves into decision-making and public administration, he added.
These pseudo-NGOs were not elected by anybody. They, however – disguised as humanitarian or civil rights organisations –, continually present themselves as the true custodians of democracy, seek to override the decisions of political representatives who have authorisation from the people and avoid the democratic rules of the game in the interest of a small group, he said. Mr Kovács believes there is also evidence which proves that they influence the contents of EU and other international reports on Hungary.
The government spokesperson described the election next Sunday as a decisive battle in the struggle against Soros's organisations as, he said, the people may decide whether Hungary will indeed remain a country of the Hungarian people or that of immigrants.
In addition to the results achieved by the government, people's attention must also be drawn to this in the interest of continued security and rest in the country and the maintenance of family benefits and economic achievements, Mr Kovács added.
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