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Carolina Democracy
Our First Judicial Candidate!
June 06, 2022 Episode 22
Interview with Judge Lucy Inman
Closing Notes
Welcome back to Carolina Democracy! Today, we're joined by Judge Lucy Inman who is running to replacing retiring State Supreme Court Justice Robin Hudson on the North Carolina Supreme Court. We talked about her first career in journalism, her decision to enter the legal profession and later serve on the bench, and why she's running for our state's highest court. Plus, of course we catch up on the latest political news in North Carolina!
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Judge Inman: I am running for the Supreme Court to continue my service and to protect the integrity of that Court. And I cannot promise how I will decide any case, but I can promise that I will decide every case impartially, honestly, and transparently.
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JD Wooten: Hey everyone, JD Wooten here. Welcome back to Carolina Democracy. Today I'm joined by Judge Lucy Inman of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Judge Inman is a candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court this year to fill the vacancy that will come with the retirement of Justice Robin Hudson at the end of the year. We talk about her first career in journalism, how that led to a transition into the legal career, and how she eventually became a member of the state judiciary.
But first, a little house keeping. I usually save this part for the end, but I'm going to try leading with it now. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with a friend. Or two, that's fine too. I just want our guests to reach the largest audience possible to help spread their message, and to do that, I need your help. We have seen some amazing growth over the first few months of this project, but I also know there is a vast audience of concerned, engaged North Carolinians who would love to hear from our local and state candidates. Help us reach them by sharing this episode, or any other episode you think they might like. Fighting for democracy is a team sport, and it's obviously what all the cool kids are doing, so try it out. You might like it!
Ok, now let's talk about some things impacting democracy here in North Carolina from the past week. And oh man do we have some updates. Last week we talked about Phil Berger and Senate Republicans' change of heart over Medicaid Expansion. That bill marched through the Senate with quite the fanfare of impassioned support from numerous senators who had previously been staunch opponents. The reasoning and justifications for supporting it now mostly followed the same reasoning Democrats have been advocating for it for a decade. Honestly, I was baffled and felt like it was something out of the twilight zone, but as I said last week, I won't look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm ecstatic that the senate finally passed Medicaid Expansion. I don't love that they lumped it in with other things like certificate of need laws and advance practice nurse regulations, but hey, that's part of the give and take in democracy that makes it work. I'd have much preferred a clean bill to avoid giving House Republicans any excuses to not support it, but again, I'm not going to be picky at this point.
I'm still just flabbergasted after two campaigns, just recently in the grand scheme of things, in which I was demonized by some people and groups for my advocacy for things like Medicaid Expansion. In the lone candidate forum we had in 2020 before the pandemic, my opponent went off on the boogey man talking points we heard time and again against Medicaid Expansion. My response was to point out that boogey man arguments were nothing more than fear, uncertainty, and doubt, and that a decade of experiences in other states had disproven every single point she was making. She attacked me, quite passionately, saying that I lacked leadership to have called her out on her lies. She didn't use those words, as I'm sure you might imagine. I think it was something like calling her arguments boogey man fear tactics lacked leadership. I then pointed out that lying to people repeatedly to prey on their fears despite the overwhelming evidence refuting every single point she had made lacked leadership and that such tactics made her fundamentally unfit for public service. She wasn't thrilled with which one of us got the standing ovation that day.
Still, she voted for Medicaid Expansion this week, and for that, I thank her. I would love to see her change her mind on public education, corporate tax breaks, confederate monuments, among many other items, but these things take time. Welcome to the Medicaid Expansion club, Senator.
Another fascinating development was a state senate bill that came up somewhat unexpectedly, at least in my opinion, and passed with strong support – legalizing medical marijuana. Senator Bill Rabon, a powerful Republican and Chair of both the Rules and Finance Committees, made this a pet project of his so to speak. Senator Rabon is a cancer survivor himself, and watched a close friend suffer through an ALS diagnosis. Unfortunately, he has seen first hand the potential benefits that compassionate end-of life care, such as medical marijuana, can bring. I think this offers a great reminder of how sometimes, breaking through to others comes after they have experienced the unknown "other" they so long feared.
Having watched many family members struggle with and eventually succumb to chronic illnesses, I would never wish that on anyone. But there are other areas of life and policy where we can proactively work to help everyone gain new experiences that change their perspectives, perhaps two of the prime examples coming in the worlds of racial and gender equality. The more people experience fully integrated lived experiences, both in terms of gender and race, and the earlier in life they begin that journey, the more natural it comes to feel. And the more compassion we learn to have for those who don't look like us, or come from the same places or lived experiences as us. Different is not bad, but sometimes it takes experiencing a lot of that different to fully embrace the idea.
Now, we still have a long way to go before either of these bills become law. House Speaker Tim Moore said he doesn't anticipate bringing these measures to a vote in the House this session, so unfortunately, we may be looking at 2023 before any action is taken on these measures. The cynic in my wonders if perhaps the Senate Republicans had the assurances of House Republicans that these measures wouldn't actually become law, and therefore went ahead and passed these bills to take these issues off the table for the 2022 election cycle. As we discussed with Alex Jones a few weeks ago, Medicaid Expansion and medical marijuana are wildly popular with the voters, and split conservative voters, so these would have been great issues for Democrats to continue running on going into the fall. Now, state senators who voted for these bills have the benefit of showing support for the measures, insulating themselves from, or at least muting any real criticism around these issues. If that's really what happened behind closed doors, it would be a smart political move, however dastardly it may be. I'm not saying that's what happened, but I don't have a lot of trust in the altruistic motives of the GOP at the moment, so I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me to find that out one day. Still, it's progress that they passed these measures now and hopefully that makes seeing them become law someday, even if not right away, that much more likely.
In far less exciting news, we unfortunately also saw North Carolina's version of a "Don't Say Gay" bill mak e it through the Senate as well. To me, this is another unnecessary culture war issue reminiscent of the Bathroom Bill. I guess maybe the GOP didn't learn their lesson after all. Most fundamentally, this bill codifies things at the state level which I think are best left to the discretion of local teachers, administrators, school boards, and parents. So on that governing principal of local control in education alone, I'm opposed to this bill. But it also forces teachers to out students of any age who want to change their pronouns, and school is sometimes the place these children and teenagers feel safest. The bill removes any discretion in how to handle these situations and automatically prescribes a forced, bigoted approach. It's morally unconscionable. Are there times, perhaps even the majority of times, that a teacher or school should communicate such changes with parents. But this bill is an unnecessary and cruel attack on our most vulnerable young people from a group who is fearful of cultural change and grasping at every opportunity they can to fight back. It's downright shameful.
I'm not alone in that perspective. Here's how our friends at the New North Carolina Project described this bill and a similar bill introduced in the state house. "These bills will ban all sexuality and gender curriculum in K - 3rd or 6th Grade, disclose counseling notes of students giving students no right to privacy, out students to parents when they aren't ready putting them in danger if they are not safe to be out at home, all curricula in classrooms could be challenged and teachers and schools could face litigation for LGBT affirming resources, books, curricula if a parent opposes. To this day, the Department of Public Instruction still does not include anything in the curriculum regarding the LGBTQ+ community and its history. These bills are harmful to students, teachers and parents."
Democratic Minority Whip Jay Chaudhuri, one of our earliest guests on the podcast, said the senate bill will harm our most vulnerable students, our state's economy, and was only about partisan gain, political mandates, and flat-out prejudice. State Senator Michael Garrett of Guilford County observed that "Everyone agrees that parents should be involved in their children's education, but that this bill is nothing but HB2, classroom edition." Kendra Johnson, Executive Director of Equality NC, said, "My only conclusion is that it's much easier to tear down systems than to fix them. And it is much easier to solve a manufactured problem than to solve a real one." Finally, as Governor Cooper rather succiently put it, "keep the 'Don't Say Gay' culture wars out of North Carolina classrooms."
So as always, we must ask what can we do today? I favor offensive action, which means supporting and electing candidates who share our values. It means engaging new voters and getting past voters to show up. Maybe that means helping knock on doors. Maybe that means donating to a candidate or organization fighting for our causes. Maybe that means phone banking. Maybe that even just means forwarding this podcast to a friend to help our guests reach the largest audience possible. Shameless plug, I know. Whatever you do, please, do something.
And finally, a quick reminder that numerous counties and municipalities have run off primary elections or general elections on July 26th. Here's a list of municipalities and counties with something on the ballot July 26th, so if you're in one of these places, look into it: Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Hickory, Mooresville, Sanford, Cary, Elizabeth City, Erwin, Henderson, New Bern, Rocky Mount, Statesville, Caswell County, Edgecombe County, Franklin County, Granville County, Graham County, and Wake County. Early voting for these elections will begin on July 7th and end July 23rd, with the main election day being July 26th. The Absentee Ballot Request Portal is also open online, and I'll leave that link in the show notes. Again, check your local board of elections website for details.
Now, turning to my interview with Judge Inman, let me first point out that judicial candidates are not supposed to comment on matters or issues that may come before them in a case in the future. To do so would undermine the appearance of impartiality and risk the credibility and integrity of our courts. Our courts are under attack and credibility challenges enough already. Neither Judge Inman nor I have any intention of adding to that. That said, we still had plenty to talk about with her past experiences, the twists and turns her legal career, why she's running for the Supreme Court, and the guiding principles she uses to think through issues she faces on the bench. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I enjoyed it. So without further ado, here's my interview with Judge Lucy Inman.
JD Wooten: With me today is Judge Lucy Inman of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. She is currently running to fill the upcoming vacancy on the North Carolina Supreme Court when Justice Robin Hudson retires at the end of the year. Welcome Judge Inman!
Judge Inman: Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate being with you.
JD Wooten: Absolutely. I am so thrilled for, for being able to do this. This is our first interview with anyone from the judiciary. So thank you so much for taking the time. And since this is a political podcast, I'd like to start in the same place I do with all my first time guests. What's your first memory of politics or being involved in the political process?
Judge Inman: Well my father was a newspaper reporter when I was very young and he covered a lot of politics. A lot of campaigns, but also political controversies. And I do remember one of the earliest candidates whose name I knew was Nick Galifianakis, and his name was so long. They had to put it on two different buckets. But my father covered the Terry Sanford campaigns in North Carolina and lots of other things. The first campaign I was ever involved in was during law school. I worked on Harvey Gantt Senate campaign. And that would have been in the late eighties, early 1990. But before I went to law school, I worked as a newspaper reporter myself so I really tried to stay apolitical
JD Wooten: What a great set of memories. So you're a North Carolina native and product of the North Carolina public school system. Any particular memories or experiences growing up, especially in school that still really impact your thinking or judicial philosophy today?
Judge Inman: My elementary school was a neighborhood for me school. I could walk to school. And this was in the mid 1960s. Brown vs board of education had come down in 1954, North Carolina was slow to integrate the schools. And in my elementary school, in the later grades, I got to have some classmates who didn't look like me and who rode the bus for a long time to get there. And most children that age, I think, don't know about what controversies their parents may talk about. But I had some very good friends who would come and stay with me and play with me after school. And my parents would take them back home afterward and can remember some folks in our neighborhoods sort of wondering, you know, who is that?
And then when I went to junior high school, I went to J.W. Ligon Junior High in Raleigh, which had been a Black high school. And it was very controversial in the Black community that this gym of a high school had been taken from the community and turned into a junior high school. I had some of the best friendships there and some of the best teachers I've ever had. Ann Jones was my choral teacher, and I remember her talking about the assassination of Martin Luther King and leading us in songs of both grief and celebration of Dr. King. And I just don't think I would have had that experience if our schools had not been integrated.
JD Wooten: That's fascinating set of experiences. Thank you for sharing that. So you mentioned that you started off in journalism. What led you to journalism and how long were you in that?
Judge Inman: So I father was a newspaper reporter and I certainly grew up placing great value in newspapers and journalism, but I really didn't ever say to my parents, you know, I want to be a journalist. I went to undergraduate school at NC State. I got a degree in English, and one of my professors there said to me, and he meant it as a compliment, he said, you know, Lucy, you would be a really great journalist because you're just insecure enough that you have to ask a lot of questions. You're just uncertain enough of things that you don't accept them at face value, and you have to ask a lot of questions. And so I said well, I think I'll take that as a compliment and maybe I'll do that. And in the summers during college, I worked as an intern at a couple of small newspapers. And then at then the Raleigh Times, which was an afternoon newspaper in my last year of school, I then was hired to work there full-time after I graduated from college.
JD Wooten: Wonderful. And I'm sure that that propensity for asking questions has followed you into your current role and hopefully this next role for you as well.
Judge Inman: Absolutely. It was just one of the greatest jobs a new college graduate can have, because it gave me not just the permission, but the responsibility to talk to people from all walks of life. It was really, really great.
JD Wooten: That's fantastic. So you later felt called to participate in the judicial system and made that fateful decision to go to law school. What led you to that decision?
Judge Inman: Well, really my work as a newspaper reporter led to that at the newspaper, I like many, many, you know, brand new newspaper reporters. You know, first worked on general assignment matters on the weekends and going to obscure festivals and various other assignments often on the weekends when the more experienced staff folks had off. But then I covered crimes and emergencies, and that was really, really fascinating because in the midst of any kind of traumatic event, you learn about people. Their guard is down and you really find out some people have strengths they never knew they had. And of course we do also find in criminal cases, some weaknesses that people have that you never thought they had. And eventually I was assigned to cover court proceedings, which was a little bit like crimes in emergencies, except it was broader because it included civil disputes. And instead of the urgent sort of who, what, where, when we've got to get this down quick, the dust had settled and the questions were equally "what's the consequence of what happened?" And what do we, as a government, what do we as a society, do to respond to what's happened? And covering the courts it was just tailor made for journalism. And it was just really tailor-made for for writing. And as you know, some of the best trial lawyers are really, really great storytellers. I don't mean making up stories. I mean setting the stage and laying out the facts in a way that are, that are compelling. And I just love that. And after a couple of years of doing that, I decided I'd like to participate in that system and not continue to just write about it.
JD Wooten: That's fascinating, especially that you had that experience and seeing that from the journalism side and then transitioned into law. So as I understand it, your first job out of law school was to serve as a clerk for then North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Jim Exum. The role of clerks has been in the news a bit lately perhaps more than usual, given the news surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court. But I think a lot of listeners may still be a little bit unfamiliar with what exactly a clerk does. So maybe you could explain for our listeners, what was your role as a clerk in Justice Exum's chambers?
Judge Inman: My role as a clerk in Justice Exum's chambers, not that different from the role of the clerks in my own chambers now, was to read the briefs that the parties have filed, compare what the appellant and the apple Lee are arguing. Look to see where there's disagreement. And of course there is some cause there's an appeal and then focus in the record on what in the record has any bearing on what the parties are disputing on appeal. The reason that we have to look at the record carefully is because in any case with storytelling, one side can paint a picture that's very different than the other side would paint. We look and see what the record shows and see if counsel is representing facts accurately. And clerks do legal research and look at all the sources of authority for a legal opinion. And then what I did for Justice Exum and what my clerks do for me is write a bench memo, and that is for the judge or justice to review as that judge or justice is deciding what he or she things about the case, what, what that judge or justices vote is going to be. Then it would come back to the clerk often with the assignment to let's take your memo and start to transform that into the draft of an opinion. And then I would meet with justice xOM. Frequently once we had the basics covered. And when it was time for the real analysis and often at the Supreme court, these are the hardest and most hard fought cases. You won't be surprised to know that I, a law clerk right out of law school, would not be the only person to have some input on how we would handle that analysis. It was very collaborative with Chief Justice Exum and in turn it'd be very collaborative among all the justices.
JD Wooten: So after clerking for Justice Exum, you spent nearly two decades in civil litigation. You had the chance to represent a wide range of clients during that time from small business owners, to large companies, and even survivors of negligence, fraud, sexual abuse. How do you think those experiences inform your judicial philosophy today?
Judge Inman: Well, you know, having represented clients, and I will say I was honored to represent all of my clients. I consider at least for my personality, the role of a judge is a lot less stressful than the role of an attorney. And that is because attorneys need to move mountains, on behalf of a client who really needs a result. And the whole reason that we have a legal system and we have lawyers rather than letting people fight in the street about matters is so that we have a justice system that is a little bit detached from the heat of whatever the issue is. But for your client, I'm sure you have clients like this. They respect you as a lawyer, but they just, they want a resolve. They need a result. And to me, that is that is a great, great challenge for a lawyer to balance the client's needs with the lawyers duties to be candid with the tribunal, to say to your clients sometimes I know this seems really unfair, but I've researched the law thoroughly, and we're not going to be able to prevail. You know, about the stress that I'm talking about. The way that informs my work as a judge is that I know, even though I don't see witnesses or parties, I'm really reviewing records, I know that every single case affects a real person. So I think just remembering the various clients I've represented. And also you know, I represented individuals who didn't understand how the legal process worked, it really, really helped for them to understand why a case turned out the way it did. And so when I'm writing opinions, I make it a very high priority to explain the court's reasoning so that the parties and the lawyers and other courts and the public can understand how the court reached that decision.
JD Wooten: So Your Honor, your first role in the judiciary was to serve as a Special Superior Court Judge beginning in 2010. How did that come to be, and what led to your transition from being that private practice attorney we just talked about to serving on the bench?
Judge Inman: Well I probably had in the back of my mind ever since I clerked for chief Justice, Exum that it would be an amazing job to work as a judge someday, but I really put it out of my mind. I thought I was going to practice law in North Carolina for my entire career, but when I was clerking for Chief Justice Exum, I met and fell in love with a newspaper reporter who was going to California to go to graduate school. And we moved to Los Angeles and I practice civil litigation there for eight years. We moved back to North Carolina when we had a two-year-old and our second child was on the way, and I completely changed my practice. I had been practicing commercial litigation and media law in California, and we came back here, I practiced all plaintiff's litigation representing victims or family members of victims of preventable medical errors, catastrophic events like car crashes, and also sexual abuse and, and, and fraud. And when my older child was not four years old, I think he was frequently in my office. He loved to draw and he drew a picture of a creature that had spikes on every surface of its body. I mean, I think like the eyelashes were spikes, and the tail was spikes. And I said, Will, what do you call that creature? And he said, a litigator. And it was a reminder to me that litigators do battle. You know, we do battle in the courtroom. We want to have, and I always strive to have a professional relationship with our adversaries, but it is a lot of arguing. And I remembered around about that time you know, how wonderful it was working at an appellate court where our job was not to move a mountain, but to get it right. And I kept on practicing someone who I went to law school with, and still very good friends with today. At that time had been in the state legislature. Her name is Deborah Ross, and she suggested when a vacancy came up in a local superior court seat that I should seek appointment to that seat or to run for election for that seat. And I did seek appointment to that seat. And it was a few years before Governor Perdue appointed me to the Superior Court Bench. And I'll tell you, there's nothing like wanting to be a judge to make you a better lawyer.
JD Wooten: So in 2014, you were elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Could you describe for non legally trained listeners a little about the difference between being a trial court judge and being on the Court of Appeals?
Judge Inman: Sure. So the trial judge's role is probably what most people who've ever watched a television show or a movie about the justice system can relate to. The trial judge really has a front row seat to the evidence and the arguments and Is making rulings on whether evidence is admissible and making sure that the evidence is presented in a way that the jury can understand it and doing everything he or she can do to make sure that each side feels like they were treated fairly. At the appellate level, we sit in groups. At the court of appeals. There are 15 judges and we sit in panels of three. At the Supreme Court, there are seven justices and they hear cases to gather. We receive a record to read and we receive briefs to read, and we have much, much more time to review the issues at hand. And we have law clerks who help us research legal issues and research factual issues. I can't imagine a television show or a movie about the drama at the appellate court, because it would be me and my clerks reading and writing and editing and there would be some really compelling appellate arguments made. There would be great, you know, appellate arguments made and the judges and the justices would ask questions, but you'd never see a crime scene. You'd never see a victim. And that's why most people just don't know very much about the appellate court.
JD Wooten: So Your Honor, you've now been on the bench for over a decade, a lot's changed during that time, including the return to partisan judicial elections and some justices and judges have not historically been overtly active in the political process and perhaps some more of that's changed recently. And so I'm curious, over the years, have you seen a change as our judicial races have become more partisan? And how has that impacted the collegiality on the bench?
Judge Inman: I've definitely seen a change. And not for the better in my view. I was elected statewide in 2014 in a non-partisan race. And just approaching that race, I had never run for dog catcher before. And I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I didn't believe, and I still don't believe partisan politics has any place in the courtroom. So some of the first people I approached when I ran my first campaign were Republicans and Independents and folks who I knew did not share my political background. I believe that non-partisan races drive candidates toward the middle. They remind candidates that you are seeking a job where you will have a lot of authority over people of all political stripes. And that the best thing you can say for yourself is that that you will approach every case fairly and impartially and consider the facts and the law and nothing else.
When I joined the court of appeals, I worked with several judges who were senior to me, not of my political party, who were just great mentors to me. And in 99% of the cases that we decide, there's not a partisan political difference. Everybody wants people to be safe. You know, everybody thinks that violent crime is terrible. Everybody thinks that cheating someone is wrong. And when these races were made partisan in 2016, our state and our nation also became so much more politically polarized. But when I ran in 2014, I didn't run into that polarization. I really did not. And after the judicial races were made partisan, I think that political voters and political activists and political donors began to expect that judicial candidates that were aligned with their party should toe the party line for them. And it's a challenge to say to someone who you want to support your campaign. I can't promise you what you're hoping for. That just creates more of a challenge. And after I was elected in 2014, I really didn't want to be very involved in politics because I wanted everyone to trust me to be fair and impartial. But what, there has been a trend in the last few years of some judges and justices who the minute they are sworn in, send a letter to the judicial standards commission and announce that they will be a candidate in eight years. And they do that because of the provisions in the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct, there are things that a judge who's a candidate can do that a judge who's not a candidate cannot do.
JD Wooten: I would imagine that that can create some interesting challenges. Now, your honor, for most guests, I would ask about their platform, however, as you've sort of just alluded to, and we're very good reason, judicial candidates cannot discuss issues and especially cases which might come before them in the future. I think that's an integral part of upholding the integrity of our courts and avoiding any hints that a member of the bench might be anything less than an impartial arbiter. So instead, what I'd like to do is I'd like to ask you about your judicial philosophy. What are some of the guiding principles that you use to think through issues facing you in appellate cases as they come up?
Judge Inman: So, guiding principles I really liked that phrase guiding principles. As part of judicial philosophy, you know, there are some labels for judicial philosophy. You'll hear some judges say I'm an originalist, I'm a strict constructionist, I'm a textualist. And I see those labels as really part of tools in a toolkit and the guiding principles are those tools. One guiding principle is that if a document is clear on its face, if a word, if a sentence, is clear on its face as to its meaning, then we don't look at any other evidence. We don't look at any other analysis to ask what that document means if it's clear on its face. The trouble is of course that what might look clear on its face to me might not look clear on its face to you. And we then have many other principles about what do you do if a document isn't clear and what do you look at? You look at grammar. Commas are really, really important in, in some document interpretation and the documents that we are interpreting can be a contract, can be a settlement agreement can be a search warrant a statute or the United States Constitution or the North Carolina Constitution. All of the same principles are available to interpret all of those different documents.
Another guiding principle to me is the Latin stare decisis, which means let the decision stand. And this is the principle of following precedent and the reason that that courts follow precedent and should generally follow precedent in my view is that each judge or justice is in a position for a Court. The position is part of the institution of the court and that judge's personal views, beliefs preferences should not control what that institution does. We are a nation of laws, not a nation of judges. And the value of precedent beyond the integrity of the institution is for everyone who's affected by the court's decisions to be able to know what the rules are and know that the rules are not going to change dramatically without a very, very good reason.
If you are a person going around about your business and you want to know what you are and aren't allowed to do in the criminal law you would not like to find out one day that walking on a certain part of your sidewalk is a crime when you had no idea. If you are a business that's thinking about moving to North Carolina and you're making plans and you're making investments, you certainly would not like to find after you made this huge commitment and this investment that the law had changed. And so that consistency I think is very valuable in precedent. There's also, however, the awareness of the court of what is happening and what are the practical matters. When the framers wrote the United States Constitution, when the framers of the North Carolina Constitution wrote it, we didn't have cell phones. We didn't have drone technology. And so there are a lot of developments in our culture that you really can't look back at a document that was written hundreds of years ago and say, clearly, that's what this document says about that. So it's, it's a balance.
JD Wooten: Well, I really appreciate all of that. Thank you so much, your honor. So before we close, is there anything else you want people to know about you or your candidacy?
Judge Inman: I am so privileged to serve in the job that I'm serving now on the court of appeals. I was so privileged to serve as a trial court judge. I really see this work as my calling and I don't take for granted any single day, how fortunate I am to do this work. And I don't take lightly the trust and confidence that people must place in their judges. I do believe that our courts, and especially our appellate courts, are really under great threat from partisan politics. And I am running for the Supreme Court to continue my service and to protect the integrity of that Court. And I cannot promise how I will decide any case, but I can promise that I will leave politics at the courthouse steps and I will decide every case impartially, honestly, and transparently.
JD Wooten: I don't think anyone could ask anything more, Your Honor. So now for perhaps the most important question of the day. Where can people go to learn more about you and ways to support your campaign?
Judge Inman: Oh, well I love that question. I have a website it's lucyinmanforjustice.com. You can also find me on social media; on Twitter, Judge Lucy Inman and Instagram and Facebook. And on the website on my website, you can sign up to get updates about the campaign and that's not happening so much now as it will, when we get closer to the general election. But you can find out on the website a little bit more about my background and about the former justices, chief justices, and trial court judges who have endorsed my candidacy. You can also email us with any questions you have and I, or someone with my campaign should respond within 24 hours.
The other thing I'll say is if anybody would like to meet me and like me to come to their community, I am doing my best to travel anywhere and everywhere that people want to meet me. And I want to be available to people also by the technologies that we gained through the pandemic, like Zoom to be able to answer their questions about the Court. Because the more that we can remove the mystery about what the courts do, I think the more people can really appreciate how important the courts are in our daily lives.
JD Wooten: Well, Judge Inman, thank you so much for taking the time to be here today and for joining us. And I wish you the best.
Judge Inman: Thank you so much, I appreciate it.
JD Wooten: Thanks again to Judge Inman for joining me today. Links are in the show notes to learn more about her and her campaign. As always, if you or someone you know should be on the show, send me an email at jd@carolinademocracy.com. And again, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and share this episode with a friend to help Judge Inman reach the largest audience possible. Together, we can achieve a better North Carolina for everyone!
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I have two files I need to use to create output. The first file contains a list on functions and associated genes.
an example of the file (with obviously completely made up data)
File 1:

Function    Genes
Emotions    HAPPY,SAD,GOOFY,SILLY
Walking    LEG,MUSCLE,TENDON,BLOOD
Singing    VOCAL,NECK,BLOOD,HAPPY

I'm reading into a dictionary using:
from collections import *

FunctionsWithGenes = defaultdict(list)

def read_functions_file(File):
    Header = File.readline()
    Lines = File.readlines()
    for Line in Lines:
        Function, Genes = Line[0], Line[1]
        FunctionsWithGenes[Function] = Genes.split(",") # the genes for each function are in the same row and separated by commas

The second table contains all the information I need in a .txt file that contains a column of genes
for example:
chr    start    end    Gene    Value   MoreData
chr1    123    123    HAPPY    41.1    3.4
chr1    342    355    SAD    34.2    9.0
chr1    462    470    LEG    20.0    2.7

that I read in using:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_table(File)

The dataframe contains multiple columns one of which is "Genes". This column can contain a variable number of entries. I would like to split the dataframe by the "Function" key in the FunctionsWithGenes dictionary. So far I have:
df = df[df["Gene"].isin(FunctionsWithGenes.keys())] # to remove all rows with no matching entries

Now I need to somehow split the dataframe based on gene functions. I was thinking perhaps to add a new column with gene function, but not sure if that would work since some genes can have more than one function.

A: I'm a little confused by your last line of code:
 df = df[df["Gene"].isin(FunctionsWithGenes.keys())]

since the keys of FunctionsWithGenes are the actual functions (Emotions etc...) but the genes columns have the values. The resulting DataFrame would always be empty.
If I understand you correctly, you would like to split the table up so that all the genes belonging to a function are in one table, if that's the case, you could use a simple dictionary comprehension, I set up some variables similar to yours:
>>> for function, genes in FunctionsWithGenes.iteritems():
...     print function, genes
...
Walking ['LEG', 'MUSCLE', 'TENDON', 'BLOOD']
Singing ['VOCAL', 'NECK', 'BLOOD', 'HAPPY']
Emotions ['HAPPY', 'SAD', 'GOOFY', 'SILLY']
>>> df
    Gene  Value
0  HAPPY   3.40
1    SAD   4.30
2    LEG   5.55

Then I split up the the DataFrame like this:
>>> FunctionsWithDf = {function:df[df['Gene'].isin(genes)]
...     for function, genes in FunctionsWithGenes.iteritems()}

Now FunctionsWithDf is a dictionary which maps Function to a DataFrame with all rows whose Gene columns is in the value of FunctionsWithGenes[Function]
For example:
>>> FunctionsWithDf['Emotions']
    Gene  Value
0  HAPPY    3.4
1    SAD    4.3
>>> FunctionsWithDf['Singing']
    Gene  Value
0  HAPPY    3.4

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Q: Convert unusual string into date time I have a system that outputs dates in the format "1{yy}{MM}{dd}" and I am trying to find a good way to parse it back into a real date.
At the moment I am using this:
  var value = "1110825";
  var z = Enumerable.Range(1,3).Select(i => int.Parse(value.Substring(i, 2))).ToList();
  var d = new DateTime(2000 + z[0], z[1], z[2]);

but I'm sure there's a cleaner/more efficient way to do it?
I've tried DT.ParseExact, but can't find a suitable format string to use.

A: This works for me:
using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        var value = "1110825";
        DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(value, "1yyMMdd",
                                          CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        Console.WriteLine(dt);
    }
}

(You may want to use TryParseExact of course, if you need to cope with invalid data in any way other than with an exception.)
A slight variation of this is the format pattern of "'1'yyMMdd" - note the apostrophes round the 1. That quotes the 1 to force it to be treated as a "literal" in the pattern. It's not important in this case, but if you actually had values such as "y110825" then you'd want to quote the y to make sure it wasn't treated as part of a year specifier.

A: you can use DateTime.ParseExact:
here is a example for 12/26/1979:
    var parseback = DateTime.ParseExact("1791226", "1yyMMdd",
                                        System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);

A: Use DateTime.ParseExact(string s, string format, IFormatProvider provider)
an example
DateTime.ParseExact("1110825", "1yyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

A: Just use this code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace DateTimeConvert
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
          label1.Text= ConvDate_as_str(textBox1.Text);
        }

        public string ConvDate_as_str(string dateFormat)
        {
            try
            {
                char[] ch = dateFormat.ToCharArray();
                string[] sps = dateFormat.Split(' ');
                string[] spd = sps[0].Split('.');
                dateFormat = spd[0] + ":" + spd[1]+" "+sps[1];
                DateTime dt = new DateTime();
                dt = Convert.ToDateTime(dateFormat);
                return dt.Hour.ToString("00") + dt.Minute.ToString("00");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return "Enter Correct Format like <5.12 pm>";
            }

        }

        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           label2.Text = ConvDate_as_date(textBox2.Text);
        }

        public string ConvDate_as_date(string stringFormat)
        {
            try
            {
                string hour = stringFormat.Substring(0, 2);
                string min = stringFormat.Substring(2, 2);
                DateTime dt = new DateTime();
                dt = Convert.ToDateTime(hour+":"+min);
                return String.Format("{0:t}", dt); ;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                return "Please Enter Correct format like <0559>";
            }
        }
    }
}


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https://www.telegraphindia.com/health/nestle-drops-scientific-meet-on-baby-food/cid/1675573
Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India sees no science in the session, just industry promotion
By G.S. Mudur in New Delhi
Published 17.11.18, 2:51 AM Updated 17.11.18, 9:46 AM
The global food-maker Nestle cancelled a "scientific session" on infant formulas it planned to host for paediatricians in New Delhi on Friday after speakers declined invitations amid concerns the meeting would violate laws on infant food substitutes.
Two paediatricians invited to speak at the session — titled "Infant formulas: Paediatricians dilemma" — informed the company they would not attend the meeting after the non-government Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) alerted the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi unit.
Doctors with the BPNI viewed the proposed event as an industry-supported meeting labelled a "scientific session" but intended to subtly influence paediatricians into prescribing specific infant products. "The conference would have violated Section 9 of the Infant Milk Substitutes Act," said Arun Gupta, a paediatrician and BPNI coordinator.
Nestle India's website says the company adheres to a "very clear charter of ethics and responsible behaviour in selling infant nutrition products". The company also says it does not give financial or pecuniary incentives to health workers for the purpose of promoting infant milk substitutes or infant foods.
The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply, and Distribution) Act 1992 prohibits advertisements or promotion of such foods to the public.
It also prohibits infant food producers from offering any contribution or pecuniary benefit to health workers or associations of health workers, including funding seminars, meetings, conferences, educational courses.
But several paediatricians in the city received a WhatsApp message earlier this week signed by a company representative, inviting them to attend a post-lunch scientific session on infant formulas and listen to the two speaker-paediatricians.
The BPNI, alerted by an invited paediatrician, contacted the IAP, Delhi. "Many paediatricians may be unaware of the provisions under the IMS law — we informed the speakers that such activity is prohibited, and they agreed not to go," said Anurag Agarwal, vice-president of the IAP, Delhi.
Nestle said on Friday night that the "workshop" was cancelled "due to unavoidable circumstances". The company said the Nestle Nutrition Institute organises scientific workshops where healthcare professionals discuss various scientific topics and share science-based nutrition information.
"Participation to these sessions is voluntary. The objective of the session was sharing science and nutrition topics and not to promote infant formulas," a Nestle spokesperson said. "The IMS Act does not discourage or prohibit the dissemination of scientific information. Scientific conferences are organised by NNI and no payment or pecuniary benefit is provided to the participants. Further, infant nutrition products are not discussed nor displayed at such scientific conferences."
After the speaker-paediatricians informed the company representative they would not attend the meeting, other paediatricians who had been invited received WhatsApp messages saying the meeting had been cancelled.
In a resolution over two decades ago, the IAP had decided it would "not accept sponsorship in any form from any industry connected directly or indirectly" with the products covered by the infant milk substitutes Act.
Agarwal, associate professor at the Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, said infants above six months should ideally be given normal household food and do not require special formula-based foods.
"There's a misconception that such foods contain important nutrients that normal home-made foods do not. But babies can get required nutrition from what is cooked at home."
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Americans for Prosperity launches campaign over La Plata County's land-use code
Koch brothers-backed group says it will fight proposed rules
Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 6:50 PM
Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 10:58 PM
The national nonprofit Americans for Prosperity opened an office in Colorado more than six years ago.
Courtesy of Americans for Prosperity
One of the most powerful political advocacy groups in the country – the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity – has announced it will take an active role to influence the outcome of La Plata County's proposed land-use codes.
"Given the feedback we've been getting from the community on the land-use code ... look for us to become involved in educating and rallying our activists against this plan," Jesse Mallory, Colorado director for Americans for Prosperity, wrote in an email he sent to The Durango Herald on Saturday.
"This plan is harmful in many ways to farmers and ranchers and grossly infringes on individuals' property rights."
Americans for Prosperity was founded in 2004 as a political arm of the billionaire Koch brothers, who own the second largest privately held company in the U.S. It soon emerged as one of the most influential political groups in the country, aligning with the anti-tax tea party movement during the first years President Barack Obama was in office.
In its mission statement, Americans for Prosperity says that it is a nonpartisan grass-roots advocacy group devoted to the cause of small government, lowering taxes and free markets. It is a registered social welfare group and does not disclose its donors. Because of its 501(c)(4) status, it must be careful in its political activity, especially by not endorsing a candidate.
In the last eight years, Americans for Prosperity has turned to homing in on smaller communities in an effort to oust progressive elected officials and undercut the left's command in grass-roots organizing.
"We've got to get to the point where we're a deeper part of a community, and the left has done that for a lot longer, with a much bigger footprint," Tim Phillips, the group's national president, told The Washington Post in 2014.
"It's about building a brand in a community. Then, when the attacks come, 'Oh, you're just part of a Koch network or some national network,' it doesn't really ring true with what people are seeing."
According to its website, Americans for Prosperity has more than 3.2 million activists through 35 chapters across the country. In 2015, USA Today reported the group planned to spend $889 million over two years to fund this effort.
Americans for Prosperity set up shop in Colorado – historically a swing state – in 2010 to focus on upholding TABOR, to roll back environmental regulations and to fund charter schools, among other initiatives listed on the group's website.
This past summer, Americans for Prosperity hired its first representative on the Western Slope – La Plata County resident Ginny Chambers – to expand the group's reach into more rural parts of Colorado.
Within the past month, Americans for Prosperity opened its first office in Durango and already has several dozen activists, Mallory said during a phone interview Monday. The group also recently opened an office in Grand Junction.
"This is a reflection of the people in Durango and other communities on the Western Slope who are interested in the policies we fight for," Mallory said.
He added that the group is going to take an active role to influence La Plata County's land-use code, to reach out to residents directly, to inform them of the issues involved and to teach them how to have their voices be heard.
"I find it alarming that outside agitators funded by the Koch Brothers are actively working to influence public opinion and what happens in our county," said Commissioner Gwen Lachelt. "What is AFP's interest in La Plata County? Is it to kill yet another attempt to adopt a new land-use code? Is it to unseat a progressive elected official? Is it both?"
After a number of failed attempts in the 1990s and again in the mid-2000s, the La Plata County Planning Department has released a draft of proposed land-use regulations, which haven't been updated since the 1980s.
County officials say reforming the codes will provide more predictability for developers and landowners who want to build, and focus that growth in the areas that make the most sense. They also say the codes are intended to protect scenic and natural resources that drive businesses here, and to update a much outdated code that is not equipped to handle the unprecedented growth happening in the county.
Some county residents oppose the land-use codes because they say they overstep the role of government and infringe on property rights by imposing rules such as restrictions on outdoor lighting and requiring a permit for private events with more than 25 people.
Some also are opposed to the county's first-ever implementation of zoning, which they say would restrict what can be done with a particular property, thereby devaluing their land.
More than a thousand people attended a public meeting Jan. 17 to reiterate their concerns to La Plata County commissioners. The majority of residents who spoke at the meeting were critical of the land-use codes. County commissioners will meet Tuesday morning to discuss issues brought up over the past months.
Mallory said he knows the group is sometimes criticized by people who don't like outside influences on local issues.
"They are free to express their opinion," Mallory said. "But I would encourage them to look at the great work we do educating the public on issues."
Mallory, who became state director about seven months ago, said the group's effort with La Plata County's land-use code will be the first campaign on the Western Slope under his direction.
"We give a voice to individuals ... concerned about controlling government spending, property rights and other matters," he said. "That's why we're there and why we exist. Some take issue with that, and they have a right to do so."
Americans for Prosperity pulls back campaign against La Plata County's land-use code
Givon and Helmin-Schmid: Revising our land-use code; let reason prevail over passion
La Plata County land-use codes draw more than 1,000 residents
Rural La Plata County landowners decry proposed land-use code
Frustrations mount over La Plata County's proposed land-use code
La Plata County releases long-awaited updates to land-use codes


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Two Cases of Single-fingernail Fungal Leukonychia with Varying Manifestations
Su Min Lee,Sook Jung Yun,Jee-Bum Lee
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Leukonychia is the white discoloration of the nail, and it is a common chromatic abnormality of the nail. Leukonychia can be caused by various systemic conditions; however, a fungal infection is also a probable cause. Herein, we report two cases that presented with varying patterns of single-nail leukonychia and were diagnosed with fungal leukonychia based on potassium hydroxide (KOH) examination and fungal culture. A 59-year-old man presented with asymptomatic complete whitish discoloration of the right fourth fingernail. KOH examination revealed many septate hyphae, and Trichophyton rubrum was identified through fungal culture and 18S rRNA sequencing. A 32-year-old man presented with asymptomatic longitudinal ridges and pitting with partial whitish discoloration of the second left fingernail persistent for 5 years. KOH examination revealed many short hyphae, and Scedosporium species was identified on fungal culture.
Finger nail Fungal leukonychia Scedosporium Trichophyton rubrum
Leukonychia is a common abnormality of the nail with diverse etymologies, such as systemic diseases, hereditary causes, and dermatological conditions. Fungal infections are a possible cause of leukonychia; particularly, superficial white onychomycosis and primary subungual onychomycosis can make the nails white1. Fungal leukonychia usually affects the toenails, and in cases where fingernails are affected, con- current toenail onychomycosis typically occurs2. We report two cases of single-fingernail leukonychia without toenail infections and other fingernail changes.
A 59-year-old man with a history of pemphigus vulgaris presented with asymptomatic total whitish discoloration of the fourth right fingernail, the onset of which was several months ago (Fig. 1A, B). Except for the fourth nail on the right hand, no other fingernails or toenails were affected. This patient was receiving daily low-dose systemic steroids (5~10 mg methylprednisolone daily) since 2017 for pemphigus vulgaris. The patient's medical history was unremarkable for any treatment for fingernail abnormalities. To confirm onycho- mycosis, a nail potassium hydroxide (KOH) examination was performed, which revealed several septal mycelia. Fungal culture with subungual debris was performed on a Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) with cycloheximide. White fluffy col-onies with a central umbo and a peripheral flat shape were observed from the top view of the SDA plate, and a brownish to wine-red color was observed in the bottom view (Fig. 1C, D). Furthermore, microconidia were observed along the lateral side of the hyphae on lactophenol cotton blue stain (LCBS) (Fig. 1E). Trichophyton rubrum was suspected as the causal organism, and 18S rRNA sequencing revealed Trichophyton rubrum as a significant pathogen (Fig. 2). We grinded the nail surface to allow the drug to permeate well. The nail lesion improved after the application of topical efinaconazole for 3 months (Fig. 1F).
Figure 1. (A) (B) Total whitish discoloration of right 4th fingernail in a 59-year-old male. (C) On Sabourade dextrose agar (SDA) with cycloheximide, white fluffy colonies with central umbo and peripheral flattened appearance were observed from the upper side. (D) In the bottom view, brownish to wine red color was showed. (E) In lactophenol cotton blue stain (LCBS), microconidia along the lateral side of the hyphae (F) After 3 months treatment, improvement of nail lesion was observed.
Figure 2. As a result of 18s rRNA sequencing, Trichophyton rubrum was identified as the causative fungus.
A 32-year-old man presented with asymptomatic longi- tudinal ridges and pitting with partial whitish discoloration on the left second fingernail for 5 years (Fig. 3A, B). The patient's medical history was unremarkable. Although he was treated with oral medication at a private clinic, no improve- ment was observed. The fingernail had fallen out several times. KOH examination revealed several short hyphae (Fig. 3C). White cottony colonies were observed from the top and bottom views of the fungal culture on SDA (Fig. 3E, F). Oval-shaped conidia were observed on LCBS (Fig. 3D). Therefore, the Scedosporium species was identified as a causal organism. After 2 months of oral terbinafine combined with topical efinaconazole treatment, the fingernail lesion improved.
Figure 3. (A) (B) Asymptomatic longitudinal ridges and pitting with partial whitish discoloration on left 2nd fingernail in a 32-year-old male (C) Many short hyphae with septum were observed on KOH examination. (D) In LCBS, oval shape of conidia were observed. (E) (F) On Sabourade dextrose agar (SDA), white cottony colonies were observed in the top and bottom view.
Leukonychia manifests as whitish discoloration of the nail. Its etymology ranges from genetic to acquired, such as fungal infections. Leukonychia can be caused by nail plate or nail bed abnormalities. True leukonychia and pseudo-leukonychia are caused by nail plate abnormalities, and apparent leukonychia, such as Terry's nail, are caused by nail bed abnormalities. Among fungal infections, proximal subungual onychomycosis and white superficial onychomycosis cause leukonychia, both of which originate from nail plate abnormalities1.
The clinical features of the two patients were white super- ficial onychomycosis, in which they showed a superficial white patch on the nail plate.
According to Piraccini and Tosti, Trichophyton interdigitale is the most common causal organism in white superficial onychomycosis2. White superficial onychomycosis due to Trichophyton interdigitale always involves the toenails, usually the first one, and presents as 1~5 small whitish opaque friable patches on the nail. Trichophyton rubrum was found to be the cause in four of 79 patients2. In our cases, Trichophyton rubrum was found to be the causal organism in the first patient as well.
In the report by Piraccini and Tosti, 21% of the cases of white superficial onychomycosis were caused by nonder- matophytes2. In the second patient, Scedosporium, a non-dermatophyte, was found to be the causal agent. Although rare, Scedosporium has been reported to be the causal fungus in onychomycosis3.
The involvement of more than one fingernail without a concomitant toenail infection is rare in onychomycosis, unless the patient experienced trauma or is immunosuppressed4.
White superficial onychomycosis typically affects ≥1 toenails, most commonly the first, second, and third toenails. The involvement of the fingernails in adults has rarely been de- scribed5.
In our cases, the first patient was on prolonged systemic steroid treatment after the diagnosis of pemphigus. Although the second patient had no history of trauma, he complained of frequent nail loss. Both patients showed the involvement of only one fingernail, and these cases were uncommon, in whom no other nails were affected.
In summary, both patients showed leukonychia on one nail without the involvement of any other nails, although the cause was a fungal infection. Our report suggests that fungal causes should be suspected in leukonychia of the nail, and KOH examination and fungal culture should be performed for an accurate diagnosis.
1. Grossman M, Scher RK. Leukonychia. Review and classifi- cation. Int J Dermatol 1990;29:535-541
2. Piraccini BM, Tosti A. White superficial onychomycosis: epidemiological, clinical, and pathological study of 79 patients. Arch Dermatol 2004;140:696-701
3. Issakainen J, Heikkilä H, Vainio E, Koukila-Kähkölä P, Castren M, Liimatainen O, et al. Occurrence of Scopula- riopsis and Scedosporium in nails and keratinous skin. A 5-year retrospective multi-center study. Med Mycol 2007; 45:201-209
4. Gupta AK, Stec N, Summerbell RC, Shear NH, Piguet V, Tosti A, et al. Onychomycosis: a review. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020;34:1972-1990
5. Kornbleuth S, Hsu S. White superficial onychomycosis of the fingernail caused by Trichophyton rubrum in an immunocompetent patient. Cutis 1999;64:99-100
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Jason Zhou survives in a divided society where the elite use their wealth to buy longer lives. The rich wear special suits, protecting them from the pollution and viruses that plague the city, while those without suffer illness and early deaths. Frustrated by his city's corruption and still grieving the loss of his mother, who died as a result of it, Zhou is determined to change things, no matter the cost.
What if the most terrifying person you know is your 10-year-old sister?
Seventeen-year-old Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister Rosa. But he's also certain that she's a diagnosable psychopath - clinically, threateningly, dangerously. Recently Rosa has been making trouble, hurting things. Che is the only one who knows; he's the only one his sister trusts. Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and very good at hiding what she is and the violence she's capable of. Their parents, whose business takes the family from place to place, brush off the warning signs as Rosa's "acting out". Now that they have moved again - from Bangkok to New York City - their new hometown provides far too many opportunities for Rosa to play her increasingly complex and disturbing games. Alone, Che must balance his desire to protect Rosa from the world with the desperate need to protect the world from her.
©2016 Justine Larbalestier (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
That's basically the story, sorry to ruin it for you. Not the worst book but pretty disappointing.
I'm an adult about to take a YA fiction writing class so I bought this for research. This was just as good as any adult thriller out there. I listened every chance I could. Rosa is super creepy and I loved all the supporting characters as well. Good narration too.
REBOOT of The Bad Seed, but not as good.
Story took WAY to long to get going. Snoresville until chapter 20 something. I'm really upset I waisted a book credit on this one.
This was an excellent story ad very well written. The story is told from the point of view of Chet a seventeen-year-old young man. He is in New York for the first time with his parents and 10-year-old sister Rosa. This brother and sister relationship is more like priest and a confessor. Che tells you from the beginning of the book that his sisters has serious personality issues. She only tells Che about her "true" self. Che her loving brother, secretly documents their conversations.
Their parents are version of a hippie who belief "let my kids grow and discover the world for themselves". Consequently, the child's selfish personal desire is the moral compass instead of what is right or wrong. The busy creative parents find it easier to assign the responsibility to Che to take care of Rosa.
For 75% of the book we follow Che with his teenage problems. He is in a new country, no friends, missing his home and tired of trying to keep others safe from Rosa. When you meet Rosa you know instantly that something is not quite right with her. As Che is telling you about her past transgressions you are waiting for the shoe to drop, will she push someone down the stairs or kill a cat. You get little glimpses of her manipulations and the panic it invokes in Che. That is what keeps you reading, what is Rosa going to do? Then you are given a little picture, which can be explained away as just childish wrongdoings.
Che and Rosa plays the exhausting word play of, you told me not to do it, not to don't have someone else do it. Just when Che feels that he has found a play for him. Things fall apart. His parents can no longer make excuses for Rosa and they must try to save Che.
The apple does not fall to far from the tree. Even though you do not see Rosa in action until the later part of the book, you will get pulled into the story. Justine Larbalestier does an excellent job keeping you involved in the story that does not have any real action. The suspense comes from waiting for Rosa to really do something which cannot be explained as a young girl's indiscretion.
Justine loses a couple of points when he has to tweak the story to produce the desired results. It is not much because you do it a surprise ending.


Urea, also known as carbamide, is a chemical compound found in the metabolism of nitrogen in animals. It is largely used as fertilizer and raw material to produce other chemical substances.
Formula and structure: Urea chemical formula is CO(NH2)2. Its molar mass is 60.06 g mol-1. The molecule is formed by two amide groups (-NH2) bound to a central carboxylic carbon (-C=O), thus urea is a double amide. Consequently, the molecule has a planar geometry in the center (caused by carboxylic carbon sp2) but the amide groups are sp3 allowing the free rotation of bounds. Its chemical structure can be written as below, in the common representations used for organic molecules.
Occurrence: Urea is formed as the final products of protein metabolism of animals and humans. It is the main compound present in the urine of humans and it is formed through the urea cycle. Urea was discover in 1727 by the dutch chemist Herman Boerhaave. It was first synthesized in laboratorio in 1828 by the german chemist Friedrich Wohler.
Preparation: Urea is obtained by several processes. One of methods include a reaction of ammonia, carbon monoxide and sulfur in methanol. This reaction has two steps, the first one incluede the formation of tone amide group while the second step results in the final compound. It is prepared from liquid ammonia and liquid carbon dioxide and it is performed at high pressure and temperatures.
Physical properties: Urea is a colorless to white, odorless crystalline solid or pellets. Urea density is 1.335 g mL-1. Its melting point is 134 ºC and in higher temperatures urea decomposes. It is very soluble in water (105 kg of urea can be dissolved in 100 kg water), ethanol and methanol. It is insoluble in ether, benzene and chloroform.
Chemical properties: Urea can absorb water from moisturized environments, thus it is used as a dry powder. Other interesting chemical behavior is when it is dissolved in hot water, hydrolyzing into carbamate, ammonia and carbon dioxide. Additional, urea can react with alcohols and esters to form urethanes and barbituric acids.
Uses: Urea is widely use as fertilizer due its large quantity of nitrogen. It is also used as a raw material of animal feed, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and compounds derived of urea, such as urea-formaldehyde and urea-melamine-formaldehyde. Urea is adding to animal feed. It is used in the explosive industry to make urea nitrate, which is a stabilizer in nitro explosives. In medicine, it is used as an additive in cream to rehydration of skin.
Health effects / safety hazards: Urea can cause irritation in eyes and respiratory system. It may also cause damage in the skin due its long term use. At high temperature, it can decomposes producing toxic vapors. Moreover, urea may react violently with some chemical compounds as nitrites and perchlorates.


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F*cking Men And Passengers
January 11, 2017 RobertLeave a comment
One a play at the Vaults Theatre in London about the lives of ten gay men, the other a Hollywood romance about a decidedly straight couple falling in love as they zoom through outer space. The former is a great piece of writing accompanied by some wonderful acting and the latter is actually surprisingly good given that it's a romance at zero gravity. However, as I watched these productions I felt I had seen them before albeit in different locations: men f*cking in Manchester for example and straight couples falling in love, well, pretty much everywhere. And it was the way the scripts unfolded that disturbed me the most (spoilers).
F*king Men introduced us to a world of brief encounters between men in dark parks, closeted professionals worried their careers would collapse if they out themselves, put upon sex workers and porn stars, HIV stigma and homophobia. It was also a world full of laughter, love and heart as different individuals and couples tried to make it work in a world where guys just seem to want to f*ck all the time. Meanwhile, in Passengers there's only room for two straight people as Chris Pratt and J-Law discover they've woken up ninety years before the spaceship has reached its destination. As it turns out Pratt woke up first, then, a year later, woke up J-Law. Obviously, when she finds out she's pretty mad but she ends up forgiving him and (straight) love conquers all, it even fixes a hole in the spaceship caused by a tiny asteroid.
And it's funny isn't it that the scripts of gay men's stories don't always end quite so happily as those of straight lovers. Now, I know I'm comparing an Off-West End show with a Hollywood blockbuster, it's hardly like with like, but I'm concerned that so many of the shows I see about gay men are bittersweet or sometimes just bitter. It's like each time we have to go through all the homophobia, shame, prejudice and self-loathing before we can get to asking what might happen next. Whereas there are so many scripts for straight folk that they can do as they please and often get happy endings to boot. Passengers ends in engagement after all (which, I appreciate, doesn't necessarily guarantee happiness) whereas F*cking Men ends with a young sex worker being given extra pay with which he might just be able to afford the mortgage on a flat with a kitchen – but, unlike the hole in the ship, the shame, stigma and self-loathing haven't gone away. So, dear LGBTQIA+ allies, it's another call for help – please help us queer folk get happier endings (and not just of the orgasm variety), please help edit the societal scripts that force us into hiding and get us hurt, and please listen to and share our stories. Next year I want to see two lesbians stuck in outer space, or two trans men, or two intersex folk, and I don't want that plea to sound like a joke because I'm not being funny. And if you're not going to write the script then I will and in the meantime I'll carry on enjoying F*cking Men – seriously, it's great – get your tickets here. Trailer below most definitely NSFW.
Cinema, Film, Gay, Hollywood, Homophobia, LGBTQIA, Loneliness, Love, Men, Penis, Relationships, Sex, TheatreChris Pratt, F*cking Men, Jennifer Lawrence, Passengers
X-Men: Apocalypse – Does What It Says On The Tin
June 2, 2016 June 14, 2016 Robert2 Comments
Found my seat in the dark, cracked open my gluten-free snacks and prepared myself for two hours of explosive, crass and unsubtle storytelling. Yup, X-Men: Apocalypse, part 3 in the latest outing of the mutant franchise. A few genetic alterations and people are freezing time, firing lightning bolts and flying. I shan't bore you with the plot as it's basically X-Men 2 (2003) all over again but rebooted for the current generation of teens. Onto the highs and lows. Spoilers.
Highs: En Sabah Nur (the main baddy). Marvel is not renowned for doing interesting baddies. Asides Loki, The Avengers series has been plagued by an underwhelming line of talking robots, aliens and cardboard cut-out evil human stereotypes. However, the latest X-Men series can boast Kevin Bacon and Tyrion Lannister as some half-decent snarling villains. But when X-Men: Apocalypse begins in ancient Egypt at a huge ceremony for the all-powerful mutant En Sabah Nur you know things are going to be epic. He's betrayed by some of his worshippers and trapped underground for a couple thousand of years until he's reawakened in the 80s, and boy, are his motivations simple: power and destruction. He pursues these with ruthlessness and sure, whilst there isn't much more depth to him, I felt his power was genuinely menacing. Unlike Bacon and Lannister I genuinely thought he might beat the X-Men. Of course, I knew he wouldn't because I understand how these films work but he put up a damn good fight. Hats off to En Sabah Nur. Although one problem: when it came to dressing his henchmen in cool, new body armour he did have a habit for covering the guys up but keeping the women largely exposed. So nothing like the below…
If superheroes were dressed like superheroines
Low: Character Development. Ok, so the main baddy is just a really powerful psychopath hellbent on world destruction/domination and it doesn't fare much better for the other characters. Since the last movie Magneto has retired from evil-doing to go live in the woods with his wife and daughter. Yup, as soon as we see those two innocent, female clichés we know they're going to die. And they do. Cue Magneto's motivation to turn bad again and join En Sabah Nur. Xavier is still irritatingly smug and morally righteous. Meanwhile, Alexandra Shipp plays Storm (the weather controlling one) and starts life as an Egyptian street orphan living with a gang of thieves getting chased by Egyptian male stereotypes. Yup, non-American cultures don't come off too well in this movie and just when I thought there was going to be a female Muslim character she rips off her veil to reveal she's actually Moira MacTaggart, the white, CIA agent. And she's also the one that accidentally causes En Sabah Nur to wake up. Yup, just like in the last movie we have a woman to blame for all the world's problems.
High: Quicksilver. Let's face it, the five minutes of Quicksilver larking about listening to ace music whilst the rest of the world moves in slow motion are some of the highlights of these movies (see below). This one doesn't disappoint as he rescues all the mutant kids from Xavier's school as it blows up – serves Xavier right for allowing a highly explosive war plane to be built-in his basement. What I also like about Quicksilver is that because he hasn't studied at Xavier's school yet he hasn't become a self-righteous, entitled doofus. Sure, he's one of the good guys but he gets the job done without fuss and no pompous speeches. And he lives at home with his Mom and likes playing video games yet is happy to stand up to world-destroying megalomaniacs. He's also great at saving people rather than killing them. A true hero.
Low: Mass Destruction. Sometimes all it takes is a shadow on a floor to create suspense and other times real drama can come from such seemingly mundane events like a row over breakfast or being late for a meeting. Of course, none of this applies when the word Apocalypse is in your movie title. We have crazed demi-gods building pyramids out of modern-day Egypt, we've got Magneto tearing Auschwitz to pieces (I really don't think unsubtle superhero movies should tread into sensitive terrain like this, mainly because they don't tread, they stampede) and we've got Magneto basically destroying the entire world by ripping up all its metal. The sheer number of people killed in all this would be astronomical. Yet come the end of the film Magneto casually goes home and Storm, who also assisted En Sabah Nur in trashing loads of stuff, just joins Xavier's school as if she's not a mass murderer. I know we want to watch cool graphics and special effects but bigger really doesn't always equal better, especially when the actual amount of damage caused, not to mention the death toll, would take decades to mend. Maybe just a tiny bit of realism please in and amongst the flying and mind control.
So, providing you can turn off your feminism, racial-sensitivity, snobby-Charles-Xavier-hating and general-common-decency filters then you'll love this. Lots of things blowing up, Quicksilver doing his hypersonic speed thing and even the odd joke. One pack of gluten-free chocolate biscuits later and I was suitably entertained.
Female Stereotype, Feminism, Film, Film Review, Hollywood, Male Gaze, Male Stereotype, WeaponsJames McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, X-Men Apocalypse


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<<Cic. S. Rosc. 126 Cic. S. Rosc. 134 (Latin) >>Cic. S. Rosc. 142
131 Is it right, then, that in these matters anything should be passed over without the ruler knowing it? It is not right, O judges, but it is inevitable. In truth, if the great and kind Jupiter, by whose will and command the heaven, the earth, and the seas are governed, has often by too violent winds, or by immoderate tempests, or by too much heat, or by intolerable cold, injured men, destroyed cities, or ruined the crops; nothing of which do we suppose to have taken place, for the sake of causing injury, by the divine intention, but owing to the power and magnitude of the affairs of the world; but on the other hand we see that the advantages which we have the benefit of, and the light which we enjoy, and the air which we breathe, are all given to and bestowed upon us by him; how can we wonder that Lucius Sulla, when he alone was governing the whole republic, and administering the affairs of the whole world, and strengthening by his laws the majesty of the empire, which he had recovered by arms, should have been forced to leave some things unnoticed? Unless this is strange that human faculties have not a power which divine might is unable to attain to.
132 But to say no more about what has happened already, cannot any one thoroughly understand from what is happening now, that Chrysogonus alone is the author and contriver of all this, and that it is he who caused Sextus Roscius to be accused? this trial in which Erucius says that he is the accuser out of regard for honour
They think they are leading a convenient life, and one arranged rationally, who have a house among the Salentii or Brutii, from which they can scarcely receive news three times a year.
133 Another comes down to you from his palace on the Palatine; he has for the purposes of relaxation to his mind a pleasant suburban villa, and many farms besides, and not one which is not beautiful and contiguous; a house filled with Corinthian and Delian vessels, among which is that celebrated stove which he has lately bought at so great a price, that passers by, who heard the money being counted out, thought that a farm was being sold. What quantities besides of embossed plate, of embroidered quilts; of paintings, of statues, and of marble, do you think he has in his house? All, forsooth, that in a time of disturbance and rapine can be crammed into one house from the plunder of many magnificent families. But why should I mention how vast a household too was his, and in what various trades was it instructed?
134 I say nothing of those ordinary arts, cooks, bakers, and litter-bearers; he has so many slaves to gratify his mind and ears, that the whole neighbourhood resounds with the daily music of voices, and stringed instruments, and flutes. In such a life as this, O judges, how great a daily expense, and what extravagance do you think there must be? And what banquets? Honourable no doubt in such a house; if that is to be called a house rather than a workshop of wickedness, and a lodging for every sort of iniquity.
135 In what a style he himself flutters through the forum, with his hair curled and perfumed, and with a great retinue of citizens, you yourselves behold, O judges; in truth you see how he despises every one, how he thinks no one a human being but himself, how he thinks himself the only happy, the only powerful man. But if I were to wish too mention what he does and what he attempts, O judges, I am afraid that some ignorant people would think that I wish to injure the cause of the nobility, and to detract from their victory; although I have a right to find fault if anything in that party displeases me. For I am not afraid that any one will suppose that I have a disposition disaffected to the cause of the nobility.
They who know me, know that I, to the extent of my small and insignificant power, (when that which I was most eager for could not be brought about, I mean an accommodation between the parties) laboured to ensure the victory of that party which got it. For who was there who did not see that meanness was disputing with dignity for the highest honours? a contest in which it was the part of an abandoned citizen not to unite himself to those, by whose safety dignity at home and authority abroad would be preserved. And that all this was done, and that his proper honour and rank was restored to every one, I rejoice, O judges, and am exceedingly delighted; and I know that it was all done by the kindness of the gods, by the zeal of the Roman people, by the wisdom and government, and good fortune [Note] of Lucius Sulla.
137 I have no business to find fault with punishment having been inflicted on those who laboured with all their energies on the other side; and I approve of honours having been paid to the brave men whose assistance was eminent in the transaction of all these matters. And I consider that the struggle was to a great extent with this object, and I confess that I shared in that desire in the part I took. But if the object was, and if arms were taken with the view of causing the lowest of the people to be enriched with the property of others, and of enabling them to make attacks on the fortunes of every one, and if it is unlawful not only to hinder that by deed, but even to blame it in words, then the Roman people seems to me not to have been strengthened and restored by that war, but to have been subdued and crushed.
138 But the ease is totally different: nothing of this, O judges, is the truth: the cause of the nobility will not only not be injured if you resist these men, but it will even be embellished.
In truth, they who are inclined to find fault with this complain that Chrysogonus has so much influence; they who praise it, declare that he has not so much allowed him. And now it is impossible for any one to be either so foolish or so worthless as to say: "I wish it were allowed me, I would have said..." You may say... "I would have done..." You may do... No one hinders you. "I would have decreed..." "Decree, only decree rightly, every one will approve." "I should have judged..." All will praise you if you judge rightly and properly.


The wings are famous, but you won't be able to get them for long.
You can still get a great meal for a great deal, but not at Ninety Nine Restaurants in Manchester, Newington and Orange.
The three local franchises that will close their doors on Saturday. If you have a craving for the signature breaded Boneless Buffalo Wings or broiled sirloin tips, you only have a few more days to fill up at these sites.
Why the company is closing these three sites is not clear.
Ninety Nine started in Boston in 1952 and As of a year ago, there were 116 locations throughout New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.


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BCCI appoints Anil Kumble as the head coach of Indian Cricket Team
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed former spinner Anil Kumble (45) as the head coach of Indian Cricket Team. He will have tenure of one year. The decision of his selection was taken in the BCCI working committee meeting in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Earlier the Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sachin ..
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Rahul Johri takes charge as first ever CEO of BCCI
Rahul Johri took charge as first ever chief executive officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The appointment and creation of post of BCCI CEO was based on the lines of key recommendations of the three-member Justice RM Lodha Committee. As a CEO, Mr. ..
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Anurag Thakur unanimously elected BCCI President
Anurag Thakur (41) was unanimously elected as President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) by the board's special general meeting (SGM) held in Mumbai. He is 34th BCCI President and shall have tenure till September 2017. He succeeds Shashank Manohar who stepped down to take get elected as ICC's first independent chairman. ..
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Shashank Manohar steps down as BCCI President
Shashank Manohar has stepped down as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) with immediate effect He also has resigned as the representative of BCCI on the International Cricket Council (ICC) and also from the Asian Cricket Council He has resigned barely seven months after being appointed in October 2015 after the ..
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BCCI appoints Rahul Johri as its first CEO
Rahul Johri has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Mr. Johri will report to the BCCI secretary and shall be given freedom to work independently in BCCI's set-up that was traditionally controlled by honorary office-bearers. In his new role he will be ..
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Denver Comic Con (DCC), the pop culture fan event and program of Pop Culture Classroom, announced today that tickets will go on sale for the 2017 con on Friday, December 2 at 9 a.m. MST. The annual event will take place June 30-July 2, 2017 at the Colorado Convention Center.
Prices are $176.00 for a Speed Pass, $82.50 for a 3-Day Adult ticket, $38.50 for a Friday Adult ticket, $49.50 for a Saturday Adult ticket, $44.00 for a Sunday Adult ticket and $8.25 for a Child 3-Day (ages 2-12) ticket. Prices for the annual event have stayed the same as 2016, except for a slight increase on Saturday Adult tickets. Read more about what's included in your ticket price here.
Denver Comic Con will begin announcing guests before the end of the year.
Tickets may be purchased starting Friday, December 2 at 9 a.m. at www.denvercomiccon.com and www.AXS.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the AXS box office at the Denver Coliseum on Saturdays beginning December 3 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tickets purchased at the box office may be purchased without applicable service charges.
Child tickets must be purchased with an adult ticket. Ticket prices include the 10% Denver FDA tax and facility fee. AXS fees and mailing charges are not included in these prices and will be added upon purchase.


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Вучаделце () — населённый пункт в общине Сурдулица Пчиньского округа Сербии.

Население
Согласно переписи населения 2002 года, в селе проживало 50 человек (49 сербов и 1 хорват).

Примечания

Населённые пункты Сербии

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