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Law & Order Special Victims Unit s21e14 Episode Script
I Deserve Some Loving Too
1 In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
These are their stories.
Okay, Fin, Bowery and Delancey.
Morning, Ms.
Benson.
Uh, keep me posted.
Hey, Marcos.
I didn't see you there.
Your mail must've been in the wrong box.
Will you hang onto that for me? - Sure thing.
- Great.
Can I get a smile, sweetheart? Stand clear for closing doors, please.
Stand clear for closing doors.
Next stop, Bowery-Delancey.
What the You mind? Clear the doors, please.
- Excuse me! - Oh, I'm I'm sorry.
Hey, bitch! Got you, grope-a-dope! NYPD! NYPD, move! - NYPD! - NYPD! Stop! He groped me, too! NYPD! Suspect is male, black, 30s, gray hoodie.
Suspect heading north on Delancey-Bowery platform.
NYPD! Watch out.
Stop that guy! Out of the way! Excuse me.
Out of the way.
Move, move! - Hey, got him! - Hey, NYPD! - There he goes! - NYPD! - Hands behind your back! - Hey! Wrong guy! Police brutality! I didn't do anything! I was on my way to work! Why is NYPD harassing a black man on his way to work? Dude didn't do nothing.
Who'd he rob? Up with the proof, yo.
- Get up.
- Everybody stand back, please.
Framed by the NYPD! I know my rights! You guys are being a-holes.
Can't he go to work? He'll lose his job! SVU Transit Sergeant 1085 northbound platform Chill out, he's a groper.
Imagine if it was your mother or your sister.
Police abuse, cut him loose! Police abuse, cut him loose! Take it easy.
Police abuse, cut him loose! Framed by the NYPD! I know my rights! You guys are being A-holes! Hey yo, back up, back up, back up! Well, that went as viral as the flu.
What brilliantly-conceived mission triggered this? My unit, Chief.
We were helping Sergeant Khaldun and his SVU subway unit target serial grinders.
- And was it worth it? - We caught three perps.
Transit unit made eight arrests on the rioting.
A lot of work for three miss D's.
Anybody with a record? On parole? A decorated firefighter.
Second offense.
He violated his ACD.
Caught fondling a high school girl.
- Just one? - Don't worry, counselor.
We got him on three separate offenses.
- Is that an issue? - You want more than one.
Otherwise these guys claim it was accidental.
My hand it must've had a mind of its own.
Three times? All with girls under 18? I need my lawyer and my union rep.
Contestant number two? Enrique Alvarez.
You blame the weather? First warm day in two weeks.
No overcoats? Couldn't help myself.
Nickname's "Two Bits.
" His MO is to drop a quarter, bend for it, rub his face against a woman's privates.
Oh, colorful.
- Any priors? - 139.
I get the right judge, he goes away.
This is the gentleman who started a riot? Duane Varick, he's the data clerk for U.
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
- First offense.
- No priors? - Another misdemeanor.
- Maybe not.
Before we caught him, he threw his cell phone onto the tracks.
So we're adding littering? It's a good guess he's got upskirt photos and worse on his phone.
Upskirts in winter? Slim pickings.
These guys are obsessed.
There's a short circuit in the hardwiring.
Were we able to get anything off the phone? He smashed it, tossed it on the tracks.
Landed in a puddle.
TARU's going over it, but so far, it's too damaged to recover any data.
Okay, looks like he's enjoying his alone time with Rollins a little too much.
Varick here was just telling me he takes the Z train every day.
Fact, and today it was really crowded, so any touching was accidental.
Then why run? Why smash your phone? Because my father had that conversation with me when I was a boy.
Badge or no badge, I know you understand that, my brother.
And in case you don't, I want a lawyer.
Race card, the lawyer card.
- Smarter than he looks.
I'll start with forcible touching, assaulting an officer.
You know, if you get us a warrant for his home and office computers, we'll get more charges.
He's immigration? - That's Homeland Security.
- Yeah, they're their own fiefdom.
We ask for a warrant, it'll be tit for tat.
What if we don't ask? You said "Special Victims.
" So this is sexual in nature? Well, I can't comment on the investigation.
- What does Duane do here? - Duane works for me.
We're investigators like you.
We vet marriages, make sure they're not green card romances.
Please, have a seat.
Well, this is a tough job, but between us, he may not be right for it.
It's that bad, huh? What do you need from me? We need access to his computers, his search history, and to make sure he didn't upload any photo files.
For something like that I'd have to go through legal, HR, the union.
My DA wanted to subpoena you and I told him that the last thing that your bosses need is bad publicity.
We go to court, this office becomes a punch line.
Look, you're an investigator.
How about you check his search history and if you think that there's nothing there We walk away.
Posting upskirt photos of women from your desk computer at your federal job? That's a Class E felony.
Duane, you're in a lot of trouble.
Did you have a warrant for that? We don't need one.
It's government property.
That pervert O'Toole dime me out? Makes sense, last thing he would want is you going through his computer.
- Why is that? - Hold on.
Duane? My client may have something to offer.
So our subway grinder gave up his boss at Citizenship and Immigration as a rapist? Duane says this guy O'Toole holds up green cards in exchange for sex.
He preys on attractive immigrant women and threatens deportation if they don't comply.
It's a squeeze play.
They can't report, they can't tell their husband.
Did Duane give you any proof? Well, he said O'Toole took a file off his desk, then he came in the next day with a big smile on his face, saying "The best cure for blue balls is a green card.
" Eh, it's poetic but it's not probative.
Did he give you the name of the victim? No, my husband isn't here.
Why? We just need a few minutes of your time, to talk to you alone, - Ms.
Vasquez.
- Mrs.
Boyd.
But we haven't done anything illegal.
No, we just wanted to talk to you, about Rory O'Toole, the man who signed off on your green card a couple months ago.
I told him Joe and I are in love.
It's a real marriage.
De veras.
You're not in any trouble.
He is.
We just wanted to ask you if he if he pressured you in any way, he put any conditions on approving your application.
We know that O'Toole interviewed you twice, outside of the office.
Three times.
But what I did I had to.
He forced you? We need you to testify, Lina, so we can put him behind bars for what he did to you.
But you don't think that I want that, too? But I can't.
I love Joe, and I cleaned his hotel room in Guatemala and he took me dancing, he took me shopping, and and Caballero.
A gentleman.
Listen, I I can't go back to Guatemala.
And Joe can't know.
I could never hurt him like that.
- His first wife cheated on him.
- Okay, we understand that, - but it's - I can't testify, nunca.
Perdón.
This woman says O'Toole raped her three times - in exchange for a green card? - Yes, and we don't believe that she's the only one.
Our working theory is he goes after attractive female applicants with red flag cases.
Well, he looks for discrepancies in age, race, religion, social status.
At first he interviews the couple separately at his office.
Then he meets the women in his minivan where he tells them, "You want the green card?" "I deserve a little loving, too.
" And if they turn O'Toole down, they wind up in ICE detention, pending deportation.
Plus, he can deport their families, too.
This abuse of power sickens me.
Do other employees back up Duane's story? Duane is O'Toole's number two in charge of case assignment.
He's the only one who knows that O'Toole is cherry-picking them.
You want proof, Chief? Get us access to O'Toole's computer and his phone records.
We're dealing with ICE, too? Best to not ask for warrants until we have corroboration.
Tell your subway groper to think harder.
We need more names.
Two for lunch? Are you Rosamie Klein? No, but wait here.
I'll go get her.
- You believing that? - Nah.
Hey, I sorry.
Klein? Wait, please.
Sorry, excuse me.
Klein? Hey, hey, hey, hey, we just want to talk to you, okay? You're not in any trouble.
We want to help you, okay? My green card good.
Not fake.
We know, we know.
We're here about Rory O'Toole.
O'Toole, he never touch me.
Why would you say that? We didn't ask.
Please go away.
Did O'Toole ever ask to meet you alone? So we can protect you, we just want to talk about what he did.
Please, go.
Leave me alone.
Four interviews, me and my husband sailed through.
Then O'Toole says, "Flag on the play, darling.
" He needs one more meeting with me after hours.
Then what happened? He picks me up in his minivan.
Dirtbird had a mattress in the back.
What did he say? He says if he grants the green card, me husband can make love to me any time.
He says, "I deserve some loving, too.
" I told him I'd rather put the tailpipe of his minivan in me mouth.
Then what'd he do? He puts me in this f'in jumpsuit.
Maybe I should've just shagged him.
Got on with my American life, like.
You're the victim of a crime.
If you agree to testify, we can get you a U visa and you won't be deported.
My husband Patrick's here on a green card, too.
O'Toole finds out I'm testifying, first thing he'll do is try to deport Patrick back to Belfast.
Then he'll have screwed us both.
We have two confirmed rapes, one jailed for saying no.
They're not willing to testify.
I can ask the US attorney for a warrant on O'Toole's minivan, but if I do that the feds are gonna take the case.
It's so politically charged over there right now.
I'm not confident they'll fight for these victims.
Agreed, but for these women to admit what happened to them is to risk losing everything.
What if we brought in our own victims? I worked a joint task force with Homeland.
I have a great contact over there.
Let me see if I can get her to push a new green card application across O'Toole's desk.
A green card honey trap? Do you have the UCs for it? I think that I do.
Okay, what color is my toothbrush? Blue, and you sleep on the left side of the bed.
You always spoon me.
And what about my siblings? One sister, but you're not in touch.
She's troubled.
You can say that.
But hot.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
- Are you ready? - Yeah.
and Mrs.
al-Badeen, - nice to meet you.
Now before I talk to you separately, I want to eh I want to get to know you both as a couple.
That's why we're here.
So how'd you two meet? Well, it's a funny story.
Um, we worked together for years and I just always thought he was attractive, you know? Funny, smart.
But it wasn't until I changed jobs that we could acknowledge that we had feelings for each other.
Okay, I guess.
Uh, tell me more about how you spend your time.
We go out, to, uh dinner.
Nightclubs.
As an observant Muslim, though, you don't drink.
No, I don't.
- Does your wife? - Yes.
She loves her martinis.
How do you feel about that? I feel in love with Mandy as she is.
I don't want or expect her to change.
That's the beauty of America.
Everyone is free to be who they are.
If I get my green card, inshallah, I'll be free, too.
I love burgers, and Fuad likes falafel.
It'd be tough to decide, on a restaurant for Valentine's Day.
Did you, uh, make plans yet? We're gonna stay home and just order delivery from two different places.
- That's romantic.
It's romantic.
I'm assuming you'll pay? I am.
You usually do.
At least that's, uh, that's what your credit card statement tells me.
Oh, yeah, and, well, 'cause I make, I make more than Fuad, I'm a bartender.
And you're older, as well.
How many years? A few.
But love is love, right? Okay.
I'll be honest with you, Mrs.
al-Badeen.
Um your age difference, economic, religious, these They're all red flags.
Oh, we're in love.
I mean, this marriage is real.
Well, I've had a number of women in your position believe that.
I'm gonna go over your file.
But I may need to meet you one more time.
- With Fuad? - No, just you.
And I'd ask you not to tell him.
It could affect the status of his green card application.
Uh, when do you wanna meet? Uh, I'll call you.
On your cell? - Sure.
- Hey.
Right on time.
- You look really pretty.
- Oh, thank you.
Um, where are we going? Oh, uh, thought we'd just sit here.
Talk for a few minutes.
- It's a lot less pressure than the office.
What I really want is for you to be relaxed.
Think you can relax? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I guess, um What do you want to ask? Just a few, uh, more intimate questions.
How often do you and Fuad have sex? Well Uh, he's a very passionate man.
Oh, a very lucky man.
Gets to make love to you whenever he wants.
Of course, if he doesn't get his green card that won't be the case.
What? No, no, he can't go home.
You know his political situation.
So I have something that you need, and you have something that I want.
What are you asking? I want you to make love to me the way you do to Fuad.
I want you to do it two or three times.
And then he can have his green card, and the two of you can make love as much as you want for the rest of your lives.
You're saying that I have to sleep with you? I'm saying that I deserve some loving, too.
Okay, that's all we need.
Let's give this fool some love.
- When would we do this? - Here, now.
Got a mattress in the back.
NYPD, put your hands on the wheel.
Miss, you're not in any trouble, come with me.
I'm a federal officer.
I'm on the job.
Not anymore you're not.
Rory O'Toole, you're under arrest for sexual extortion.
I want to give you an early out here.
My client is a respected USCIS investigator.
His job is to uncover scams for green cards, which is what he did.
This was a fake marriage.
O'Toole was extorting sex in exchange for a green card.
Please listen to the tape.
Everything I said it was a test.
You had a mattress in the back seat.
Well, it has to look real.
That's part of the setup.
The setup? We found traces of your DNA on the mattress.
It's my mattress.
Did you find any of your supposed victim's DNA? I didn't think so.
He wasn't going to sexually assault your UC; he was trying to find out how far she would go.
It's like with a narc cop, right? You buy the drugs and then you make the bust.
Okay, so you were gonna sleep with her? - No! - And you don't know that because your team stepped in before Mr.
O'Toole had the chance to bust her.
If the wife is willing to cross the line to infidelity for a green card, how real can the love be? Okay, none of this is DHS protocol, and I don't see any jurors buying it for a second.
You need 12.
I only need one.
The judge released O'Toole on his own recognizance.
He claimed that he knew the marriage was fake, and he was just trying to draw her out.
You'd have a stronger case with someone he assaulted.
What about his victims? Can we go back to them now that he's been arraigned? The two victims are terrified that their husbands will find out, and a third is sitting in ICE detention afraid that her husband will be deported.
Then try them all again.
Three would be great, but if I have one, there goes his defense.
You arrested him? That's good news.
The bad news? He may get away with it.
- Unless you - Testify? I'm sorry.
It's just it would break Eddie's heart.
We could compel you to testify.
We don't want to have to do that.
Rosamie.
That's Eddie.
He picks me up from work.
He's early.
Cops? Everything all right? We were just investigating some robberies in the neighborhood.
Robberies? You didn't tell me about this.
I didn't know about them.
I wish I could be more helpful.
Anything comes to mind, call.
- O'Toole's going to prison? - If you testify.
What about my husband, Patrick? O'Toole's under indictment awaiting trial.
He can't have Patrick deported.
And I'll get that U visa? Stay in the U.
as long as I want? Okay, I'm in.
I'll testify.
We're gonna need all the exact details.
Dates, places, times.
O'Toole called me from a burner.
So that would be on your cell phone? Uh, they don't let me have that here.
What about Patrick? Does he have it? Do you have to go through him? I never told him about this.
He doesn't have to know why.
Can I help you? We're looking for Patrick Quigley.
Maggie Quigley's husband.
Honey, is that the take-out? Oh, sorry.
This, um it isn't what it looks like.
Never is.
I know O'Toole had been arrested, but now my husband he's asking me non-stop if I cheated on him.
Lina, you didn't do anything wrong.
You were assaulted.
Yeah, but I swore to him nothing happened.
If we tell him, that you weren't the only one, that you and the other women were forced, you had to But even if he does believe me he's always gonna be thinking about it.
I have to get everything ready for Sebastian and Mavis before their mother comes home.
Would it help if if I talked to him with you? No.
He's already going crazy with jealousy.
He's checking my text message, he's following me around You sound like you're afraid of him.
Lina Did he do this to you? Okay, listen to me.
There's another option okay? You don't have to stay married to Joe.
You were the victim of a crime and we can get you a U visa.
So if I leave him, - I can stay in this country? - Yes.
If you testify against O'Toole.
But my husband's a good man.
But he already doesn't believe me.
I can't live like this anymore.
Rosamie Klein still won't testify? She doesn't want to hurt her husband.
And it turns out Maggie Quigley's marriage was a fake.
Her husband's gay and she is, too.
So they lied about their green card, which is itself a federal offense.
There's already a lot of blowback.
If this case implodes where's Hadid on this? She's not shying away from the fight.
O'Toole's attorney, Buchanan, already approached us with a slap-on-the-wrist deal for misdemeanor official misconduct.
Hadid said no way.
Well, what does she want to charge him with? At a minimum, rape three.
Plus felony charges of official misconduct and receiving a bribe.
I would argue that threatening to deport victims to countries where they face violence constitutes forcible compulsion.
That's rape one.
That makes the case much harder.
And Hadid wants O'Toole to go down for this.
And if he doesn't, you do? Probably, I mean, I can add on misdemeanor sexual misconduct, coercion, official misconduct.
He deserves no less than 15 years.
Throw the whole book at him.
I'm trying, but I don't have textbook witnesses.
I got Duane, the subway groper.
Rollins and Hasim.
Buchanan's already salivating about his cross.
And Lina, she's credible, she has no reason to lie, and everything to lose.
Just make sure she shows up.
And all the immigrant women Mr.
O'Toole requested that I send him were young, attractive, diverse, and desperate.
Desperate.
How? They fled gangs, war, poverty.
They were terrified of being sent back.
So terrified of being deported that they gave in to Mr.
O'Toole's sexual demands? Objection.
Calls for speculation.
Withdrawn, Mr.
Varick, is there a reason that your boss pulled these particular women's files? Yes, he called it his Baskin-Robbins file.
One in every flavor.
Nothing further.
Varick, you made a deal with the prosecution to testify today? Your Honor, the jury already heard this on Mr.
Varick's direct Yes, that's right.
You were charged with forcible touching and, unlawful sexual surveillance.
That's upskirting, isn't it? Good thing I wore pants today.
Move along, Mr.
Buchanan.
After you were arrested, the detectives found your upskirting files - on your work computer? - Yes.
- Who gave them access? - My supervisor, Mr.
O'Toole.
And that's when you decided to play "Let's Make A Deal"? - Objection.
- I'll rephrase.
According to your own testimony, you were aware of this egregious behavior for years, but, you never reported it, never said a word about it to anyone? I'm not proud of that.
You have a lot not to be proud of, Mr.
Varick.
Enough to make up charges like this to save your own ass? - Objection.
- Withdrawn.
Detective Rollins and I posed as a mixed-ethnicity, interreligious couple.
We were hoping to draw Mr.
O'Toole's attention, which we did.
Did he do follow-up interviews? Not with me, but he asked for a private, nighttime meeting with Detective Rollins in his minivan.
Thank you, Sergeant Khaldun.
So you lied to a fellow officer about your religion, your marriage, your job, about every detail of your life? It was an undercover operation.
In other words, it was a fake marriage.
And my client figured it out.
I believe he thought our marriage was real, but the red flags it raised gave him leverage to sexually extort Detective Rollins.
You mean your fake wife.
So your testimony is that you're a good enough liar to fool a trained investigator with 20 years' experience? You could put it that way.
How about a jury? - Objection.
O'Toole told me I had to meet him in private in his minivan.
And as you heard on the tape, he said if I wanted the green card then I had to have sex with him.
And what were his exact words? That he deserved some loving, too.
Thank you, detective.
But you didn't have sex with my client, did you? No.
He never assaulted you in any way? No, but his intent was clear and graphic.
He said we needed to go to the back of the van where there was a mattress.
And did you go to the back of the van? No, my support team pulled open the doors - before that could happen.
- So isn't it possible he was testing you to see if you were really a faithful wife? Please.
That was not what was going on.
You were playing a role.
Isn't it possible that he was playing one, too? Please answer the question, Detective.
Was that possible? Yes.
I didn't help you in there, Counselor.
We're laying groundwork.
Once Lina testifies that he did follow through, his whole defense falls apart.
You talked to her, right? I did this morning.
She said that you prepped her really well, she knows what to do.
She tell her husband yet? There she is.
- Ms.
Benson, can I talk to you? Sure, Lina.
Is everything all right? I can't testify.
Why not? Lina, did your husband No, no, no, no.
He doesn't know anything yet.
We really need you to testify.
- I can't, I'm sorry.
- Why? I just found out I'm pregnant.
I'm praying this baby looks like Joe.
This is not about O'Toole or any these women anymore.
My baby needs a father, and if Joe thinks for a second that this might be O'Toole's baby? He could never know.
Our scheduled witness is not available at this time, Your Honor.
- We move for a continuance.
- Objection.
I have a defense prepared.
I'd like to move ahead with my case.
How long do you need, Mr.
Carisi? A few days, Your Honor.
I'll give you till 9:00 a.
At which time, if there is no further prosecution witnesses, we'll be moving ahead for a dismissal.
Don't get ahead of yourself, Mr.
Should've taken the deal, Detective Carisi.
Lina backed out? She's pregnant.
That changes everything.
Yeah, it means O'Toole's gonna walk.
What about Rosamie Klein? You heard her; she doesn't want to hurt her husband.
Maybe I can talk to him.
Jew to Jew.
- You're Jewish? - On my mother's side.
Part Muslim on my father's.
It's a long story.
Sounds like everybody in New York has one of those.
You want to take a ride to Ocean Parkway, talk to the Kleins? As my Baptist grandmama would say, it's worth a Hail Mary.
Hey, Rosamie.
This'll just take a minute.
Please, this isn't a good time.
- It's - What's going on, Rosamie? This isn't about the robberies, is it? No.
Let them in, Rosamie.
How many other women? At least two others that we know of, but probably dozens more.
Your daughter's beautiful.
Thank God she looks like Rosamie.
I was a wedding pianist.
Rosamie was a catering waitress.
She liked my songs and laughed at all of my dopey stories.
Maybe she was not acceptable to some of my relatives at the Neil Sedaka end of Ocean Parkway, but She was the woman of my simple dreams.
She converted, so I married her and we had a beautiful baby.
And so And so Tell me why you're here, detective.
You, uh - You tell stories, Eddie.
- Mm.
So I'm here to tell you a story.
It's, um, it's a sad love story about a man who has a beautiful home, beautiful family A beautiful wife, who loved him so much that she had to do a terrible thing to save their love.
Tell me, Detective is this story also about a man named Rory O'Toole? Your Honor, two more witnesses have come forward.
The prosution intends to call Maggie Quigley And Rosamie Klein.
Your Honor, this is the first we're hearing of these witnesses.
I need time to prepare.
I request an adjournment for the day.
So granted.
Where the hell'd you pull these two out of? The back of your client's van.
My guess, he's not gonna want to hear their testimony in open court.
You see O'Toole's face? He's gonna fold.
Make it hurt.
My client had a long, dark night of the soul to think about this.
Well, there's not a whole lot to think about.
It's all over but the hard time, O'Toole.
Back up.
Hold on a second.
I'm done waiting.
Tomorrow Rosamie and Maggie are gonna take the stand, but before they do, we're gonna bump the charges from rape three to rape one.
And when they're done testifying, the jury and your client will be in tears.
Let's show a little compassion for a fellow officer, Counselor.
Oh, the same compassion that he showed his victims? I was doing my job.
I've been serving my country on the front lines of a foreign invasion for 20 years.
Serving your country? By dipping your wick? It was a test.
It's the only way to know if they really love their husbands.
Okay, okay.
Now, you told me before that if they really loved their husbands they really loved their husbands - they wouldn't sleep with you.
- That's right.
But when they refused you, you threw 'em in jail.
And if they did sleep with you, you gave 'em their green card.
Now, you can lie to yourself all you want, - but you raped these women.
- No, absolutely not.
I was just doing what I had to do to protect our borders.
- Rory, he understands - He doesn't understand it.
I'm holding the line between more mouths to feed, more people on Medicaid, in our public schools and our hospitals, okay? Taking our jobs.
These people are bleeding the system dry - and I stop that from happening.
- All right, stop.
Not one more word from you.
What you did to these women how many of them have had to live with your violation in secret, in fear? You took advantage of them when they were at their most helpless, their most vulnerable, and you used the power of your government position to force them to demean themselves.
They came here hoping for the American dream, and you made their lives a nightmare.
I'm sick of your client, counselor.
You want to talk deal? He needs to shut his mouth and nod yes.
I'll be back in five minutes.
Well, it took a while but reality finally caught up to Rory O'Toole.
- He took the deal.
- Ah.
Did you make it hurt? He's gonna be in a world of pain till he's eligible for Medicare.
Good work, Carisi.
Nah, it wasn't me, it was Rollins.
I don't know how she did it, but getting Rosamie to testify? That's what broke this whole thing.
It wasn't just Rosamie.
It was about getting the husband to understand, and Rollins said that that wasn't her; it was Sergeant Khaldun.
Nah, I'm sure she's just being generous with the credit.
She said that Khaldun spoke with Eddie in Hebrew mensch-to-mensch.
- In Hebrew? - Yeah.
And apparently it's better than his Arabic.
- What? - He's a pretty interesting guy.
Eh, for a cave cop.
I'm sorry, Transit Unit.
Look, I'm just saying don't sell Rollins short.
- She did good.
- Can I at least say nice job all around? Yeah, sure.
Uh, where is Rollins anyway? I spent two days pretending to be married to you.
I don't know the first thing about you.
I guess I consider myself Middle Eastern American.
Middle Eastern American.
- So not Muslim? - Mm-mm.
After 9/11 I was really ashamed to admit that I was part Muslim.
- So Actually I passed for black in Brooklyn.
It was easier.
Well, my story is pretty much the exact same.
Oh, yeah? But your sister's really not crazy, right? No, that part is true.
Detectives.
Rosamie, how are you? Better, when I heard O'Toole go to prison.
Rape three, three counts.
He'll do 15 years.
You and Eddie things okay? Yeah.
After you talked to Eddie, before I agreed to testify, he and I talked a long time.
He said he was so sad what I had to go through, and how much he loved me.
We cried together.
It's better now.
Even better than before.
I don't have to keep secrets from him anymore, so Thank you.
Thank you, Rosamie.
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The Tao Te Ching is the basic text of Taoism, but it has also influenced Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism, and is among some of the most translated works in world literature. This powerful text of the Tao, road or way of life, reflects the force of the universe and even the universe itself. While many have tried to make sense of its mystery, one man immersed himself in this text, literally living its wisdom, and then distilled the essence of these ancient mystery teachings for a modern audience.
In 2006, the late Wayne Dyer was inspired to spend his entire 65th year reading, researching, and meditating on Lao Tzu's messages, going into retreat to practice them and ultimately write down the insights he felt Lao Ttzu wanted us to know. Dr Dyer researched ten well respected translations of the text and the result of that life-changing year was his best-selling book Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao.
For many people this may be religion, morality, or the belief systems passed down by their family, and they may derive a sense of strength and direction through their strongly held inner compass sourced in this integrity. No matter what happens in life, they'll always fall back on that maxim, whether it be, for example, to lead from the heart, or to be kind.


In the first such drive for five years, Roscosmos space agency said it is looking for 6 to 8 cosmonauts who will operate a new-generation spaceship now in development and "will become the first Russians to fly to the Moon".
Ivanov said the new recruits will pilot the first launches of the new-generation Federatsiya manned transport ship and "continue the lunar programme".
The criteria for applicants include an age limit of 35, height between 1 metre 50 centimetres and 1 metre 90 (4 foot, 11 inches to 6 foot, 2 inches) and weight of no more than 90 kilograms (14 stone, 2 pounds), according to Roscosmos.
IT skills and knowledge of a foreign language are required as well as an engineering degree or pilot training or experience in the aviation or space industries.
A high standard of fitness is a must and would-be astronauts have to cross-country ski for 5 kilometres. They undergo a barrage of psychological and physical tests including gynaecological examinations for women.
Applicants can apply by post or in person to Star City astronaut training centre outside Moscow, remembering to enclose three passport-sized photographs.
Russia currently has 30 cosmonauts, 14 of whom have never been in space. The oldest is 58-year-old Gennady Padalka, who holds the world record for total time spent in space, while the youngest is 31-year-old Ivan Vagner, according to TASS state news agency.
The first such open recruitment drive—not just for military pilots and those working in the space industry—was held in 2012.


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Bengtskär is the mother, grandmother and godmother of all lighthouses. The lighthouse has a delicious, traditional archipelago kitchen, nice hosts and charming workers. It's worth staying overnight. If you visit one lighthouse in your life, visit Bengtskär!
The tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries and most southern travel destination in Finland welcomes you to the rugged but beautiful islet in open sea. You can get here easiest by tour boat from Kasnäs och Hanko.
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By the Gulf of Finland, 25 kilometers southwest from Hanko, rises the tallest lighthouse in the nordic countries 52 meters tall above the sea. Lighthouse is located at the farest islet of the archipelago in the far east side of the baltic sea. The island is part of the islands of Turku and it is the most southern populated place in Finland. The nearest island village of Rosala is located 18 kilometers north from Bengtskär.
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Poor infrastructure and limited human and financial resources are described as major obstacles to the site's adequate management.
Habitat alteration in both the marine and terrestrial areas attributed to climate change.
The assessment of the Las Pailas I and II projects, taking into account World Heritage status, and the commitment to consider the property off limits to geothermal energy development are noted. The State Party's decision to refrain from legal changes permitting geothermal development within protected areas is welcomed. It is recommended that the Committee request the State Party to unambiguously confirm that no facilities associated with the projects are, or are planned to be, located within the boundaries of the property and to provide clear maps showing the exact location of all such facilities. In terms of indirect and cumulative impacts, it should be noted that very limited consideration has been given to invasive alien species along access and transmission infrastructure of the geothermal projects. Furthermore, the Environmental Cumulative Effects Assessment prepared for the project makes reference to plans for wind power projects and expansion of the Pan-American Highway. The combination of these indirect and cumulative impacts with the fact that the large-scale geothermal projects are located immediately adjacent to the property raises significant concerns.
The State Party provides a thorough overview of multiple threats to the marine and terrestrial parts of the property. The efforts to control forest fires and illegal resource extraction, including fishing, are noted, and it is therefore recommended that the Committee request the State Party to develop a more systematic strategy to face these and other serious threats. In this regard, the conclusion of the State Party that the property is lacking sufficient financial and human resources to address all issues is of concern.
It is also noted with concern that various species are reported to be subject to "extraction" for the pet trade, as well as for their perceived medicinal and aphrodisiac applications. The collection of turtle eggs is a particular concern, given information annexed to the State Party's report regarding significant declines in the mass nesting (arribadas) of Olive Ridley turtles at Playa Nancite, which may impact the property's OUV as recognized under criterion (x). Additional studies regarding the dynamics of these mass nesting events should be undertaken, and adequate measures adopted to carefully monitor the recovery of the arribada in years to come.
It is noted that the property lacks a formal buffer zone in a situation where it is described by the State Party as an "island" embedded within an agricultural landscape. Thus, it is recommended that the Committee encourage the State Party to consider viable options for formally establishing a buffer zone to prevent future impacts on the OUV caused by persistent pressures from agricultural and resource use activities in the property's vicinity.
In addition, on 5 April 2017, a letter was sent to the State Party by the World Heritage Centre to request information regarding the current status of the "Interoceanic Dry Canal" project and any potential impacts on the OUV of the property.
It is recommended that the Committee request the State Party to invite a joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission to the property to review the current and potential impacts of multiple severe threats reported by the State Party.


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DAAP Girls ORANGE VINYL LP Release at Northside Yacht Club
Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 4:31am
Cincinnati's DAAP Girls are a group that live and die by their tape machines. After the release of their debut Tape Songs, recorded in an old Masonic Lodge on a worn down 8 track machine, the Girls returned to the studio to destroy a couple more reels and reels of tape. The result, Look Inside your Love, is a howling, messed up affair bleeding together garage and R&B, punk and old soul.
Lead by singer Stuart MacKenzie's shredded voice and Mike Felger's barbed wire guitar, DAAP Girls lay down a stripped, heavy rhythm. Organist Alex Duckworth purrs and snarls while horn section, saxophonist Brain Gilronan and trombonist Colin Thompson, respond to all the calls. All the while drummer Daniel Peterson and bassist J Duckworth experiment with shoving Pressure Drop down the throat of Motown and golden oldies.
DAAP Girls came together when Stuart MacKenzie wrote a stack of excellent songs and decided he wanted to start wearing a suit. Whipped into shape by J Duckworth and Daniel Peterson the songs became 2013's Tape Songs which lead to opening for Weezer, a "Best New Artist" award from the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, a set at the Bunbury Music Festival and a lot of sweaty exciting shows.
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The LP release show will take place on Saturday Nov. 21 at the Northside Yacht Club with Johnny Walker's All Seeing Eyes opening the show. SOUL STEP records founder and operator Melvin Dillon will end the night with an all vinyl soul DJ set. All attendees will receive a digital copy of the album with the price of admission.
In preparation for the release, DAAP Girls have released a live video for "I'm Gone" filmed in front of a packed house at The Woodward Theater as well as a new music video by Harry Fontana productions for the song "Late Calls, New Rockers."
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LA RAZA VOTING IN DROVES - 9 ARRESTED IN VOTER FRAUD SCHEME IN TEXAS BORDER TOWN
Nine Arrested in Alleged Voter Fraud Scheme in Texas Border Town
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/11/09/nine-arrested-in-alleged-voter-fraud-scheme-in-texas-border-town/
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Nine individuals were arrested Thursday for their alleged roles in a 2017 voter fraud scheme involving the municipal election in a Texas border town.
These arrests were part of an ongoing investigation into a coordinated effort by political workers to recruit people who would fraudulently claim residential addresses so they could vote in specific races and influence the results of the Edinburg city election held last year, according to information provided by the Office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
"Illegal voting, particularly an organized illegal voting scheme orchestrated by political operatives, is an affront to democracy and results in corruption at the highest level," said Paxton in a prepared statement.
"Each illegal vote silences the voice of a law-abiding registered voter," added Paxton. "My office will continue to do everything in its power to uncover illegal voting schemes and bring to justice those who try to manipulate the outcome of elections in Texas."
The nine Hidalgo County residents arrested were Guadalupe Sanchez Garza, Jerry Gonzalez, Jr., Araceli Gutierrez, Belinda Rodriguez, Brenda Rodriguez, Felisha Yolanda Rodriguez, Rosendo Rodriguez, Cynthia Tamez, and Ruby Tamez. Online jail records show bond was set at $20,000 for both Garza and Ruby Tamez. A $10,000 bond was set for Gonzalez, Gutierrez, Belinda Rodriguez, Brenda Rodriguez, Rosendo Rodriguez, and Cynthia Tamez. Felisha Yolanda Rodriguez's bail was set at $1,000.
The Office of Hidalgo County District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez will prosecute the cases.
In May, four other county residents were charged with voter fraud related to the 2017 Edinburg election. One of the accused was also a convicted human smuggler. Another was only charged with making a false statement on a voter registration form, a Class B misdemeanor. In June, they charged a fifth person with two counts of illegal voting.
To date, a total of 14 people stand accused of violating election laws in the 2017 Edinburg city election.
In Texas, it is a state jail felony to vote in an election using fraudulent ballot application information. The crime is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
More arrests are expected in Hidalgo County over last year's purported illegal voting scheme in Edinburg. The Texas Rangers are assisting the AG's Election Fraud Unit in this investigation.
Hidalgo County is one of several hotbeds of alleged voter fraud activity where the AG's office has lent support and assistance to investigations conducted by local district attorneys. In 2015, newly sworn-in Hidalgo County DA Rodriguez vowed to curb public corruption.
This summer, a Hidalgo County grand jury indicted a non-U.S. citizen on a charge of illegal voting for marking a ballot without a voter's consent in a June 2016 Hidalgo city runoff election. Two of her fellow campaign workers were implicated in the alleged voter assistance scheme. All stand accused of taking advantage of elderly and/or disabled voters.
Earlier this year, Paxton announced a significant voter fraud initiative in the adjacent Starr County where DA Omar Escobar pledged to crack down on voter fraud after questionable registrant records and mail-in ballot applications surfaced. Officials made seven arrests.
Recently, four North Texas women, who allegedly belonged to a paid voter fraud ring in Tarrant County, were indicted on 30 counts of voter fraud following an investigation by the AG's office. Purportedly, they sought to influence the outcome of certain down-ballot candidate races in the 2016 March Democratic Party primary election. Court documents filed by Paxton's office accused the county's former Democratic Party executive director of funding the voter fraud ring's criminal activities.
The Rio Grande Valley area also made national news before the 2018 election when the Public Interest Legal Foundation released a complaint to county and state officers regarding "altered" voter registration forms circulated by the Texas Democratic Party that were directed to noncitizen residents. The applications featured pre-printed claims of U.S. citizenship. The Texas Secretary of State referred the matter to Attorney General Paxton for further investigation. ProPublica reported that Paxton's office "does not comment on potential investigations."
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Migrant Caravan Heads to Tijuana to Avoid Ruthless Cartels Along Texas Border
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/11/09/migrant-caravan-heads-to-tijuana-to-avoid-ruthless-cartels-along-texas-border/
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Members of the first migrant caravan voted on traveling to Tijuana to avoid other cartel-controlled areas such as Tamaulipas and Coahuila. The new route will be almost three times longer than aiming for the Texas border where most human smuggling activities occur.
During a planned break in Mexico City, members of the first migrant caravan held a vote to determine the route they would take, El Manana reported. The vote took place at the Jesus Martinez Palillo Stadium, where the members decided that it was best to trek or hitch rides 1,800 miles from Mexico City to Tijuana, Baja California–as opposed to 660 miles to Reynosa, Tamaulipas. The decision was based on the "insecurity" in those areas.
The border cities directly south of Texas are under the control of factions of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, which rely on human smuggling as a primary source of income. The organizations have been at war for years, leading to daily shootouts and armed carjackings.
While Tijuana has seen a sharp escalation in cartel violence, local organizations have not been tied to the widespread kidnapping, rape, and murder of migrants typically associated with Los Zetas and the Gulf. Tijuana has various cartels operating in the area, such as the Sinaloa Cartel, Cartel Jalisco New Generation, the Beltran Leyva Cartel, and the remnants of the Arellano Felix Cartel (Tijuana Cartel). Tijuana saw more than 2,148 murders in 2018, a record figure tied to an ongoing struggle between the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG.
In 2010, Los Zetas murdered 72 Central American migrants in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, at a cartel ranch after the criminal organization's smuggling fees went unpaid. In what became known as the San Fernando Massacre, Los Zetas lined up the migrants inside a barn and shot them all. One survived and managed to get help. By the time the Mexican military arrived and fought off Los Zetas, everyone was dead.
WE SAT AND WATCHED WHILE THEY DESTROYED OUR COUNTRY!
We are now in the process of destabilizing our own country. FROSTY WOOLDRIGE
Welfare for Refugees Cost Americans $123 Billion in 10 Years ….YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!
https://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/10/frosty-wooldridge-let-us-open-us.html
Democrats are throwing blacks under the bus by appealing for the Hispanic vote by calling for open borders.
THE ENTIRE REASON OUR BORDERS ARE WIDE OPEN IS TO KEEP WAGES DEPRESSED.
The past 40 years have seen the consolidation of a plutocratic elite, which has subordinated every aspect of American society to a single goal: amassing ever more colossal amounts of personal wealth. The top one percent have captured all of the increase in national income over the past two decades, and all of the increase in national wealth since the 2008 crash.
DEMOCRATS and their FAKE NEWS DEMOCRAT MEDIA support - - -
1) Illegal Immigration;
2) Birthright citizenship / ILLEGAL parents;
3) Chain Migration;
4) Lottery Immigration;
5) VISA overstays;
6) Sanctuary States, and Sanctuary Cities.
7) Doing away with ICE.
And because they refuse to completely FUND the Border Wall - they have proven that they support:
1) drug trafficking,
2) sex trafficking,
3) Latin American Gangs, and other Crimes.
The Democrat Party's Platform:
1) 40 million voting illegals will finish off the GOP
2) 40 million illegals will provide generations of anchor baby breeding 'cheap' laborers which will cost legals hundreds of billions.
3) 40 million illegals will cause a staggering housing crisis across America's open borders.
4) Democrats will keep their mouths closed on the staggering crime rate that follows their LA RAZA party base of illegals.
DEMOCRATS want the US Taxpayers to support ILLEGALS at all levels of Government. (Current cost approx. $115 BILLION each year at all levels of government. It costs approx. $10,000 per year for the education of 1 child.)
STEALING AMERICA!
Here's how California surrendered to Mexico… OR WAS HANDED TO MEXICO BY NANCY PELOSI, DIANNE FEINSTEIN, KAMALA HARRIS, JERRY BROWN and GAVIN NEWSOM!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/08/california-under-mex-occupation-do-not.html
THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY OF CORRUPTION AND OPEN BORDERS HAS DONE TO ONE CITY!
SANCTUARY CITY SAN FRANCISCO
AMERICA'S DUMPSTER CITY OF FILTH AND DRUG DEALERS
HOME TO SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN, SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS, REP. NANCY PELOSI and GAVEN NEWSOM
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/10/monica-showalter-sanctuary-city-san.html
"It's almost impossible to get convicted in this city," said [Sgt. Kevin] Healy, who works in the Police Department's narcotics division. "The message needs to be sent that it's not OK to be selling drugs. It's not allowed anywhere else. Where else can you walk up to someone you don't know and purchase crack and heroin? Is there such a place?"…
Police say drug dealers from the East Bay ride BART into San Francisco every day to prey on the addicts slumped on our sidewalks, and yet the city that claims to so desperately want to help those addicts often looks the other way.
Steinle's murderer, Jose Zarate and been deported 5xs!
"While walking with her father on a pier in San Francisco in 2015, Steinle was shot by the illegal alien. Steinle pleaded with her father to not let her die, but she soon passed in her father's arms."
THE STAGGERING COST OF THE WELFARE STATE MEXICO AND THE LA RAZA SUPREMACY DEMOCRAT PARTY HAVE BUILT BORDER to OPEN BORDER'
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/10/spencer-p-morrison-devastating-cost-of.html
According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform's 2017 report, illegal immigrants, and their children, cost American taxpayers a net $116 billion annually -- roughly $7,000 per alien annually. While high, this number is not an outlier: a recent study by the Heritage Foundation found that low-skilled immigrants (including those here illegally) cost Americans trillions over the course of their lifetimes, and a study from the National Economics Editorial found that illegal immigration costs America over $140 billion annually. As it stands, illegal immigrants are a massive burden on American taxpayers.
Nancy Pelosi: 'I Will Be Center Stage'
By CNSNews.com Staff | November 9, 2018 | 5:05 PM EST
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(CNSNews.com) - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who is confident she will be elected speaker of the House by the incoming Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, said on CNN today that she will be "center stage" and that she is ready to be both a "workhorse" and "show horse" there.
"I've been the workhorse and people say, well, you're not a show horse," Pelosi told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "Well, I have to be a workhorse and a show horse now because I'll be center stage."
Here is an excerpt from Pelosi's interview with Cuomo:
Chris Cuomo: "I wonder, with all that you've done and all that you've achieved, is there any part of you that says, yeah, I'm about to dive into what may well be the most contentious and difficult period of your public life—if you are speaker of the House. Right now, being set up as we saw in the paper this morning, in direct opposition to the most powerful man in the world, who fights in a way we haven't seen recently in politics. Do you have any reservations about whether or not you want this in your life at this point?"
Nancy Pelosi: "No. None whatsoever. In fact, it's an urgency that I can't resist. I mean, if Hillary Clinton had won, my, our Affordable Care Act would be protected and I could go home. You know, no one in California ever gets Potomac Fever. We always want to go home. But that didn't happen—sadly for our country. So this is something that I feel that I, all of my experience is geared to, all of my legislative--"
Cuomo: "Do you think you can handle Trump on a regular basis, the way he is, as personal as it can be, as constant as his attacks can be?"
Pelosi: "You know, I've been the workhorse and people say, well, you're not a show horse. Well, I have to be a workhorse and a show horse now because I'll be center stage. But all of these candidates, all of our incumbents, they'll be taking their message home. So the public will see. The public will see what this discussion is about, where we have our agreements and we have our disagreements and what it means in their lives."
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Libby, who writes a blog called ELF: A Family Blog, does a feature every Monday called "How I Rock My Marriage" and I wrote today's guest post! Check it out by clicking here.
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Over one week has passed since my boyfriend and I set out for Ireland and as I promised, I'm going to start my little travel diary to keep you updated. I thought about making these diary entries every 2 or 4 weeks, but I'm not sure. It depends on how much time I have for writing and if there's something interesting to tell! But let's get started.
Come Fly With Me, let's fly, let's fly away.
For the first 2 nights we stayed in a hostel near The Spire, so basically in the heart of the centre. It was our first time in a hostel so we didn't know what to expect but all in all it was ok for the our short stay. We shared a room with 6 other people from all over the world and nearly all of them were snoring. Oh my gosh, you may can imagine how "good" I slept 😀 Anyway, we had free breakfast, a cozy bed and a warm shower so it could be worse!
During these 2 days we just walked around (A LOT! My legs and feet hurt so much.) and explored the city with it's lovely old buildings, pubs and bridges. I took a lot of photographs with my camera, but sadly I can't upload them because I don't have my laptop with me. (Maybe I'll make a whole post full of photographs when I'm at home again 😀 We'll see.) Overall, we both had a great and (more or less) stressless start in Ireland and we just enjoyed our time together.
A photograph of Dublin by night.
On Friday we went off to Sligo to work there in "The Beehive" hostel. As I already mentioned in my last post, we have an account on Helpx, which is a platform for volunteer work, and the hosts offered us this job there. We have to work for 20 to 25 hours a week for free accommodation and breakfast which is really nice for the beginning of our journey. And of course we had to grab the chance and now we're going to spend one month here in Sligo.
Lovely photographs of Sligo by night. There's a big river flowing through the city and since there are a lot of pubs everythings looks so cozy and nice at night.
My boyfriend and I when we walked through Sligo.
For the first few days we had some free time, to explore the area and to settle down a bit. So after we walked through the whole centre of Sligo, which took us only 20 minutes, we decided to head out to one of the beaches of the Wild Atlantic Way. The one we choosed is only 15 minutes away from our hostel and is called Strandhill Beach. When we left the bus, the first thing we saw was a big, green hill and I have to admit, I was totally overwhelmed by this view. As you may know, one of the main reasons why I wanted to go to Ireland was to see the amazing irish nature. And now I was finally able to see something. It was amazing!
The big hill we saw before we went to Strandhill Beach.
The beach itself was lovely and we had lots of luck with the weather. We just walked along the coast, watched the surfers, had a delicious ice cream (Toffee and Nutella ice cream – it was sooo tasty!) and enjoyed the sound of the sea and the view. I always dreamed of living by the sea so it's nice to know that I'm able to go the beach when ever I want (well, at least for one month). But now convince yourself – here are a few photographs of our beach Sunday at Strandhill!
On Monday and Wednesday we got some work instructions and started to clean and make a few beds, and we also had the chance to check in a few people for the first time, which was a bit doggerel because you have to remember so many things. Luckily it was more like a 'trial work' and we still got some help from the others but this weekend we're going to work alone for the first time. We'll see how this turns out 😀 But generally, I have to say the work is not that hard and after doing it a few times you get used to it.
During the week, we've also been in a pub for the first time called 'The Swagman'. When we arrived in Ireland we thought that you're only allowed to visit a pub when you're over 21. Because that's what everyone said back in Germany. But the people here in Sligo told us that as long as you're over 18 you can visit every pub (at least in Sligo, they weren't sure if it's the same in Dublin or in another city). So on Tuesday evening, we headed out with the others to drink a pint and listen to some live music. Well, that's what we planed to do but in the end the others just wanted to sit outside, so sadly I didn't get this 'pub feeling'. Maybe next time!


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About the Michigan 4-H Children's Gardens
The original Michigan 4-H Children's Garden opened in 1993, as the first garden in the United States developed specifically for the education of young children on a university campus. The Michigan 4-H Children's Gardens attract more than 100,000 visitors each year and is nationally recognized for its innovative use of technology.
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Today, the Michigan 4-H Children's Gardens have grown to include:
The original 4-H Children's Garden featuring 66 themed gardens developed on ½ acre as a part of the Michigan State University Horticulture Gardens;
The Indoor 4-H Children's Garden featuring 25 contemporary themed gardens and is home to the annual Butterflies in the Garden exhibit;
The Smith Schoolyard Demonstration Garden, a companion outdoor garden with 23 themed gardens dedicated to demonstrating science-based learning and education with specific emphasis on pre-K to fifth grade learning themes;
Programming for these three gardens is anchored by the interactive Curiosity Classroom.
Michigan 4-H Children's Gardens mission:
To promote an understanding of plants and the role they play in our daily lives,
To nurture the wonder in a child's imagination and curiosity,
To provide a place of enrichment and delight for children of all ages.
Michigan 4-H Children's Gardens History
Visit the Michigan 4-H Children's Garden Web site
Michigan 4-H Children's Garden giving opportunities
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Mark Geiger (Beachwood, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos; 25 de agosto de 1974) es un ex árbitro de fútbol estadounidense. Internacional desde 2008 hasta 2018 donde se retiro del arbitraje

Carrera en el fútbol
Mark empezó a oficiar partidos en 1988 y se hizo árbitro nacional en el 2003. Funcionando como árbitro en la Major League Soccer, la Concacaf Liga Campeones y varios partidos amistosos internacionales.

Fue árbitro central en el Campeonato Sub-20 de la Concacaf de 2011, donde pitó 3 partidos incluyendo la final que se jugó entre  vs. .

En la Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-20 de 2011, pitó los partidos  contra  y  contra  de la primera fase, en octavos de final pitó el partido  contra  y fue elegido para pitar la final de dicha competición, jugada entre  y .

También pitó en el repechaje de ida entre OFC-Conmebol en Auckland, que resultó en el empate 0-0 entre Nueva Zelanda y Perú.

Copa Mundial de la FIFA

Actuaciones polémicas
Su carrera está marcada por varias polémicas:
 Mark Geiger se hizo conocido por la cuestionada actuación que tuvo en el partido amistoso del 14 de noviembre de 2012 entre Colombia y Brasil en Nueva Jersey, donde sancionó un penalti polémico para Brasil, que al final terminaría tirándolo Neymar por encima del arco. Curiosamente, pitó el partido entre Colombia vs. Grecia, el de España vs. Chile y Francia vs. Nigeria (octavos de final), partidos pertenecientes al campeonato mundial de Fútbol Brasil 2014.

 La actuación de Geiger fue cuestionada nuevamente el 22 de julio de 2015, cuando ofició el partido por semifinales de la Copa de Oro de la Concacaf 2015 entre  y . Durante ese encuentro, Geiger pitó dos penaltis dudosos, uno de ellos a los 89 minutos cuando Panamá ganaba por 1-0, permitió que México avanzara en tiempo de prórroga a la final de la decimotercera edición de la Copa Oro.  Andrés Guardado empató a los 90 minutos tras esa presunta mano en el área del defensor Román Torres. El mismo Torres, capitán de Panamá, había marcado de cabeza a los 56 minutos el gol que parecía llevar a su país a la tercera final de la Copa Oro.  Tras 15 minutos de confusión en los que varios jugadores panameños amenazaron con abandonar la cancha del estadio Georgia Dome, de Atlanta, Guardado cambió por gol el penalti y con el 1-1 al final del tiempo reglamentario la serie pasó a una prórroga de treinta minutos y fue allí donde México avanzó a la final.  Todo eso provocó, incluso, que la comisión disciplinaria de la Concacaf sancionara a la Federación Panameña de Fútbol por la pancarta que mostraron los jugadores en forma de protesta contra la Concacaf.

El presidente interino de la Concacaf, el hondureño Alfredo Hawit, envió el sábado 25 de julio de 2015 un comunicado oficial donde subraya que el árbitro estadounidense Mark Geiger aceptó que se equivocó en el partido donde México venció a Panamá y clasificó a la final de la Copa Oro. "Nos hemos reunido con los directivos del Departamento de Arbitraje y el árbitro Mark Geiger. El señor Geiger, uno de los mejores árbitros de la región con vasta experiencia internacional y una trayectoria reconocida, aceptó que hubo errores arbitrales durante el partido del pasado miércoles que afectaron el resultado del encuentro", dice el comunicado.

El hecho fue tan polémico y bochornoso que la prensa mexicana y muchas figuras tanto de los medios como del ámbito de la farándula pidieron perdón al seleccionado centroamericano por el dudoso penal que ayudó al combinado azteca a clasificar a la final de la Copa de Oro 2015 de la Concacaf, además que criticaron la actuación de Andrés Guardado que aunque dudó en cobrar los penales según declaraciones hechas por él, lo hizo en vez de preferir en jugar el juego limpio.

 Una nueva polémica rodeó al árbitro durante la administración del partido de octavos de final de la Copa Mundial de Rusia 2018 entre Colombia e Inglaterra. El capitán de Colombia, Radamel Falcao, y el técnico José Pékerman acusaron a Geiger de favorecer al equipo de Inglaterra durante el juego. Diego Maradona también reclamó el favoritismo de Geiger, citando que "el penalti a favor de Inglaterra fue una decisión terrible y que el árbitro ganó el partido para Inglaterra" y que Colombia fue víctima de un "robo monumental".

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Árbitros de fútbol de Estados Unidos
Árbitros de fútbol de la Copa Mundial de 2014
Árbitros de fútbol internacionales
Árbitros de fútbol de la Copa Mundial de 2018

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Promise to end petrol gouging based on myths
Finance Your Budget Promise to end petrol gouging based on myths
10:30pm, Dec 21, 2017 Updated: 2:55pm, Jan 18
Scott Morrison's promise to stamp out bowser gouging rests on shaky premises.
Treasurer Scott Morrison is unlikely to come good on his promise to stamp out Christmas petrol price gouging because it is not illegal and there is no evidence it even happens, experts have told The New Daily.
This week Mr Morrison announced the government had granted the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission new powers to scrutinise the entire petrol supply chain in order to better understand how prices were set.
The purpose of this was to stop petrol retailers hiking prices over the holiday season.
"Australian motorists become acutely aware of the variabilities of petrol prices heading into the Christmas holiday period," the Treasurer said.
"They need to be assured that petrol companies are playing fair and not hiking prices simply because it is the holidays."
Channel 9's A Current Affair got the drop on Mr Morrison's announcement and ran a segment on it on Wednesday night.
We all know that sinking feeling when you fill up the tank only to drive past a nearby service station that's far cheaper. The government claims it is finally putting the blowtorch on the petrol giants to help us all get a fairer price at the pump. #9ACAhttps://t.co/FvWimCsIlI pic.twitter.com/BhFI8FNV8q
— A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) December 20, 2017
The segment painted the government's initiative in a highly favourable light, cutting between Mr Morrison, ACCC chair Rod Sims and disgruntled motorists at the bowser welcoming the Treasurer's initiative.
But after investigating the issue, The New Daily found the measure is unlikely to result in lower prices, because petrol retailers and wholesalers operate in a free market, meaning they can charge as much as they like.
In Mr Sim's words: "Price gouging on petrol … is not against the law."
When contacted by The New Daily, the ACCC confirmed it does not have the power to force petrol companies to lower petrol prices.
That means, assuming no company in the petrol supply chain is engaging in cartel price fixing or any other illegal behaviour, the best that can come out of the measure is increased transparency and more active consumer choice.
Chris Huth, a petrol price expert and spokesperson for comparison site MotorMouth, told The New Daily it was unlikely anything illegal was going on.
"If they find some systemic problem then they might be able to do something about it. Do I think that's likely? Probably not," he said.
"Petrol retail is a free market, and it's been looked at again and again, and there's nothing going on."
While the wholesale market and overseas supply has not been scrutinised to the same extent, Mr Huth pointed out it too was a free market.
But Mr Huth said, while little could be done about price gouging, it would nevertheless be "very interesting" to see what came out of the ACCC's first quarterly report, due in early 2018.
On the subject of seasonal price gouging, Mr Huth said he had seen no evidence that petrol retailers lift prices at Christmas.
He said petrol prices are constantly fluctuating as a result of the "price cycle", an economic phenomenon that affects retailers whose products are necessarily identical.
The price cycle sees competing retailers push prices down lower and lower in an effort to undercut one another. Eventually they can go no lower without hurting their business, at which point the prices rise again.
Mr Huth said a single cycle typically lasts around two or three weeks, though it can be longer or shorter.
"Christmas price gouging is a bit of a myth. If you look at the end of a price cycle, and you look at a holiday period, the likelihood is there will be a peak at some point," he said, pointing out this could be misread as a seasonal price hike.
This year he said the peak came a week before Christmas.
Comparison website comparethemarket.com.au has predicted that the next peak will come around New Year's Eve.
Comparethemarket.com.au spokesperson Abigail Koch said prices were currently easing across most of Australia, and advised motorists to hold off filling up their tank until as close to Christmas Day as possible.
But she added: "Even with petrol prices on their way down, the average price of petrol is still sitting at 134.2 cents per litre over the last quarter – the highest of any quarter this year, and 11.5 cents per litre higher than the last quarter [June 24 to September 24].
"I would strongly advise motorists to keep checking prices before filling up this Christmas."
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Flannery puts the case for hope
Posted on 30 September 2010 by Peter Boyer
Hope is the message that emerges from a sweeping analysis of our present time on Earth. This is Tim Flannery's best book yet.
[30 September 2010 | Peter Boyer]
Tim Flannery's new book, Here on Earth, is the story of life on Planet Earth. Themes don't come any bigger than this, so Flannery sensibly draws on the insight of some legends of science who between them have brilliantly illuminated our quest to grasp what it's all about.
Charles Darwin and his latter-day acolyte, Richard Dawkins, two of the greats of evolutionary biology, open the story. Flannery sees them as reductivists: people who see the big picture in terms of its component parts (which in the case of evolution adds up to an awful lot of parts). Fussy, particular types, but people with important messages.
Others featuring in his story are Alfred Russel Wallace, who jointly with Darwin first framed the theory of natural selection, and physicist James Lovelock, author of the Gaia hypothesis, according to which our planet and its life forms are a single, dynamic system.
To Flannery, Wallace and Lovelock are synthesisers. Looking at the intricacy of nature, both the physical world and the life that's on it, they saw the whole thing as a complete, interacting, inter-dependent system. And from these opposing perspectives emerges a powerful story.
Like Wallace and Lovelock, Flannery is a synthesiser. The books that built his reputation as a big thinker were The Future Eaters (1994) and The Eternal Frontier (2001), multi-million-year histories of the inhabitants of Australasia and North America.
The Weather Makers (2005) won him a global readership. This "manual on the use of Earth's thermostat", as he described it, propelled him to an Australian of the Year award in 2007 and world-wide demand for his unique elucidation of this complex dilemma.
I'm a fan of Flannery. The Future Eaters is the best book yet on the prehistory of our part of the world — an original, lucid perspective on the ecology of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and New Caledonia, and how humans have shaped these lands over many thousands of years.
Here on Earth takes the ideas of all Flannery's earlier work and applies them on a planetary, millennial scale. It includes themes expounded in The Weather Makers, but is a much more ambitious work.
Its description of how life interacts with physical Earth — the role of living organisms in shaping our planet's crust, atmosphere and ocean waters — is an exceptionally powerful evocation of Lovelock's Gaia thesis. But unlike Lovelock, Flannery finds reason for hope.
To the problem of how we got to our present, Flannery applies what he has learned from times long past for inspiration in living our 21st century lives. His experience and expertise as a palaeontologist has taught him much about how animals (including humans) have lived and interacted with their natural surroundings.
He also brings optimism. It's true that we've remorselessly exploited our natural surroundings, but so have we always done. In times past we've also found it within us to save what's essential to our survival — essentially, to find a kind of love for the place that's the only home for us and all the other living things we share it with.
This eloquent, intelligent, powerfully challenging book is Flannery's most cogent testament yet to his great affection for this planet and its people, and his commitment to their joint future. It left me refreshed, and in these taxing times that's a priceless gift.
Publishing details:
Author: Tim Flannery
Title: Here on Earth: An argument for hope
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company, Melbourne
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