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The French-backed terrorist "Republic" of America has started to give up on this free speech thing.
One of the hall marks of its constitution, along with getting rid of Royalty and replacing them with smugglers and other criminals, was that people could say what they liked in the press.
Now it seems that the US government no longer thinks this is a good idea as people might have things to say that the it does not like.
TorrentFreak is reporting that a company, Blogetery, that hosted about 73,000 blogs, has been shut down by US authorities
There are few details as to why the US government has mounted a Chinese inspired purge. The outfits ISP claims that they had to terminate the account immediately due to the "request of law enforcement officials, due to material hosted on the server."
The ISP also claimed it was a critical matter brought to its attention by law enforcement officials and it had to immediately remove the server.
This should strike people as odd. If terrorists were running blogs you just take down the blogs not the entire operation. There is some speculation that this is part of the US government's war on file sharing which it has decided is part of the Homeland Security department's remit.
However, again, you only take down the blogs you do not shut down a company.
The ISP seems spooked, saying that it's "serious". We will find out what this is all about over the next week.

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Shortly after the birth of their baby boy, the married couple and former co-stars released the following statement on Kutcher's website:
"We'd like to allow our kids to make their own choices on whether to have a life in the public eye or not. We don't want to make the choice for them."
The site also revealed that baby Dimitri arrived at 1:21 a.m. and weighed in at 8 pounds and 15 ounces.
And now with their new family of four, it seems like the Kutchers have an extra special reason to be smiling (and to be celebrating the upcoming holiday season!).
Kutcher and Kunis became engaged back in February 2014 and then married in July of the following year in front of friends and family at a picturesque ranch just outside of Los Angeles.
The two welcomed their first child in October 2014.
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It is with great excitement that I announce former WCW announcer, Mark Madden, as the new co-host of the Voice of Wrestling radio show. Madden joins Nick Paglino and myself live every Monday right here on WrestleZone.com.
Mark has already been contributing exclusively to WrestleZone.com with his weekly columns, but starting this Monday evening, he'll be adding more to his workload as he returns to wrestling talk radio. In addition to VOW radio, Mark Madden will also be increasing the number of columns he writes each month from four to six.
That's not all.
Madden is also accepting emails now for a question/answer section he'll be placing in each of his columns. You can email your comments or questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
It's a new start for the Voice of Wrestling radio show and Mark Madden's controversial nature should definitely not disappoint as he joins me and Nick every Monday night from 7:30-8:30 EST, exclusively here on WrestleZone.com.
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Skip to comments.What is a Healthy Marriage? Let our Government explain
Posted on 05/23/2012 11:12:53 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
In 1996 Congress made the following findings [1]:
Marriage is the foundation of a successful society.
Marriage is an essential institution of a successful society which promotes the interests of children.
In order to encourage States to strengthen marriages,
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 provides funding of $150 million each year for healthy marriage promotion and fatherhood. Key requirements of the law specify that:
Funds may be used for competitive research and demonstration projects to test promising approaches to encourage healthy marriages and promote involved, committed, and responsible fatherhood by public and private entities and also for providing technical assistance to States and Tribes.
To help couples, who have chosen marriage for themselves, gain greater access to marriage education services, on a voluntary basis, where they can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain a healthy marriage.
What is a healthy marriage?"
Researchers have found many benefits for children and youth who are raised by parents in healthy marriages, compared to unhealthy marriages, including the following:
Researchers have found many benefits for women who are in healthy marriages, compared to unhealthy marriages, including the following:
Researchers have found many benefits for men who are in healthy marriages, compared to unhealthy marriages, including the following:
Researchers have found many benefits for communities when they have a higher percentage of couples in healthy marriages, compared to unhealthy marriages, including the following:
Congress acknowledged the importance of married-couple families when it reformed the welfare system in 1996. The 1996 legislation stipulated that three out of the four purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program either directly or indirectly promote healthy marriages. President Bush echoed this sentiment when he indicated that healthy marriages would be a focus of his administration. In proclaiming National Family Week in November 2001, he noted:
My Administration is committed to strengthening the American family. Many one-parent families are also a source of comfort and reassurance, yet a family with a mom and dad who are committed to marriage and devote themselves to their children helps provide children a sound foundation for success. Government can support families by promoting policies that help strengthen the institution of marriage and help parents rear their children in positive and healthy environments.
"Dear Papa ... As much as I have tried, I do not have a template to understand myself or this world, and, at times, the knowledge that I have spent all these years without knowing you overwhelms me. ... It is so basic, to want to feel loved. I have not felt that." Lisa, a 28-year-old child of divorce who had not seen or spoken to her father in nineteen years, wrote these words a few months after attempting to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. As she lay in her hospital bed, she said, "I felt my father's absence with a sharpness I hadn't known before."[1]
Lisa is a casualty of the decline of the institution of marriage, as indicated by the following statistics:
· Low marriage rate: In 2002, the U.S. marriage rate was the lowest it has ever been, with only 43.4 marriages per thousand unmarried women in that year.[2]
· Delayed marriage: Men and women are marrying later. In 2003, the median age at first marriage was 26.9 for men, compared to 23.2 in 1970. For women, it was 25.3 in 2002 versus 20.8 in 1970.[3]
· Divorce: The divorce rate has almost doubled since 1960. Based on projections of current divorce rates, between 40 and 50 percent of marriages today are likely to end in divorce or separation.[4]
· Cohabitation: The number of cohabiting couples has increased dramatically during the past 30 years. In 2002, there were 4.9 million cohabiting couples, compared to just over half a million in 1970.[5]
· Out-of-wedlock childbearing: Today, one-third of all births are out of wedlock.[6] The unwed birthrate is highest among women between the ages of 20 and 24.[7]
Lisa's story reveals the emotional pain that children from broken homes experience. Not having married parents deprives children of the love, security, and attention they need. Marriage provides the optimal environment for rearing children, the future of society. Children raised by their biological married parents receive numerous social, health, and economic benefits, and these gifts benefit the whole of society. Conversely, it is through the breakdown of marriage that children and society are harmed.
Marriage also benefits adults by allowing them to overcome feelings of loneliness and incompleteness by forming a complementary union. Also, it allows them to promise to give each other mutual care, respect, and protection and to raise a family together. But the primary reason marriage is a vital institution is that it serves public purposes, namely, procreation and the benefit of children and society.
Marriage Benefits Children
There is a wealth of evidence that children raised by their biological, married parents have the best chance of becoming happy, healthy, and morally upright citizens in the future.
Complementary Parental Roles: Marriage ensures that children have access to a mother and a father. Mothers and fathers have unique and complementary roles in children's development. For example, children's emotional bond with their mothers helps them develop their conscience, capacities for both intimacy and empathy, and a sense of self-worth.[8] One study found that adults who perceived their mothers as available and devoted to them in childhood were less likely to suffer from depression and low self-esteem as adults and more likely to be resilient in dealing with life events.[9]
Involved fathers produce children who have better emotional health, do better academically, and attain higher job status as adults.[10] Also, fathers teach their children empathy as well as assertiveness and independence.[11] But most importantly, fathers are role models for both their sons and daughters. Fathers teach their sons how to be a man, how to take on male responsibilities, and how to relate to women. Girls learn from their fathers that they are loveable; they also learn to appreciate their femininity and how to relate to men.[12]
Less Risky Behavior: Some of the most important benefits children receive from married parents are love and attention. This makes them less likely to engage in behaviors such as premarital sex, substance abuse, delinquency, and suicide. A Swedish study of almost a million children found that children raised by single parents are more than twice as likely as those raised in two-parent homes to suffer from a serious psychiatric disorder, to commit or attempt suicide, or to develop an alcohol addiction.[13] A 2000 study of U.S. data found that adolescents from single-parent families were more likely to have had sexual intercourse than those living with both parents.[14]
Template for Future Marriage: Children with married parents receive a model for their future marriage. Children living in intact homes learn that it is possible to entrust oneself to another person wholly for a lifetime. Also, they learn what marriage looks like. By their example, parents teach children about the sacrifices marriage entails and how husbands and wives should treat each other. Children learn from their parents that marriage is filled with many joys as well as sorrows, but that it's possible to work through hardships with charity, forgiveness, patience, and perseverance.
While their parents' relationship with each other is pivotal in children's confidence and ability to form their own marriage, it doesn't have to be a perfect marriage. Judith Wallerstein, who studied 131 children of divorce over 25 years, found that children are usually "reasonably content" in an unhappy or failing marriage.[15] Children of divorce have a shattered template for marriage, causing them to distrust marriage and to avoid it for fear of divorce. Studies have found that these children are twice as likely to cohabit before marriage and to divorce.[16]
Safety Benefits: Compared to children living with single parents, children conceived by married parents are safer; they are less likely to be aborted[17] and less likely to be abused or neglected. A 1998 study found that children in single-parent families are more than twice as likely to be physically abused than children living with both biological parents.[18]
Better Health: Children with married parents have better emotional and physical health than those raised by single parents. A 2000 study from the journal Pediatrics found that children from single-parent homes are twice as likely to have emotional and behavioral problems as are children living with both parents.[19]
Economic Benefits: Children with married parents fare better economically. In the United States, poverty rates among children living with single mothers are five times higher than those of children living with married parents (35.5 percent versus 7 percent).[20] Also, children from intact families are likely to have higher-paying jobs as adults.[21]
Higher Academic Scores: A 2003 study of eleven industrialized countries found that children living in single-parent families have lower math and science scores than children in two-parent families. The correlation between single parenthood and low test scores was strongest among children in the United States and New Zealand.[22]
Better Parent-Child Relationships: A study in the Journal of Marriage and Family found that children living with their married biological parents spend more time with their fathers and receive more affection and warmth from them than those living with a step- or single father or a cohabiting father figure.[23]
Marriage Benefits Adults
Adults, too, are able to enjoy the health, social, and economic benefits of marriage. Marriage allows men and women to form a union and raise a family, as most adults desire to marry and have children.[24]
Better Health: Married people have better emotional and physical health than unmarried people. A 2004 report from the National Center for Health Statistics found that married people are happier and healthier than widowed, divorced, separated, cohabiting or never-married people, regardless of race, age, sex, education, nationality, or income.[25] Compared to people of other marital statuses, the study found that married people have the least limitations in normal daily activities, including work, getting dressed, remembering, and walking. They also experience the lowest amount of serious psychological distress, and drink and smoke less.[26]
Similarly, a 2000 study found that married persons have the lowest incidences of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.[27]
Longer Life Span, Less Suicide: Married people live longer and are less likely to commit suicide than those who are not married. [28] A 2000 study found that divorced and separated men and women are more than twice as likely as married persons to commit suicide.[29]
Greater Wealth, Higher Incomes: Married people enjoy greater wealth than unmarried people--and the longer they stay married, the more their wealth accumulates.[30] Marriage particularly benefits men's earning capacities. One study found that married men earn about 22 percent more than men who have never cohabited and never married.[31] Another study confirmed that marriage itself is what leads to men's higher incomes; the possibility that men with higher earning potential are more likely to marry has little impact on the "marriage premium."[32]
Safety Benefits: Marriage is the safest relationship for women. A 2002 study found that cohabiting couples reported rates of physical aggression in their relationships three times higher than those reported by married couples.[33] A Department of Justice report found that married and widowed women had the lowest rates of violent abuse by a spouse, while divorced and separated women had the highest rates of violence by their spouse, ex-spouse, or boyfriend.[34]
Marriage Benefits Society
The social, health, and economic gifts of marriage lead to stronger communities and society.
Less Abortion: Marriage protects human life, as married women are less likely to abort their children than unmarried women. With fewer abortions, human life is more likely to be respected at all stages--from tiny, defenseless embryos to frail, disabled elderly persons.
Safer Homes: Marriage helps make homes safer places to live, because it curbs social problems such as domestic violence and child abuse.
Safer Communities: Communities with more married-parent families will be safer and better places to live because they are less likely to by plagued by substance abuse and crimes committed by young people.
Less Premarital Sex: Marriage also helps to prevent premarital sex, out-of-wedlock births, and sexually transmitted diseases, because young people raised by married parents are less likely to have sex before marriage.
Less Poverty, More Wealth: The economic benefits of marriage for society include less poverty and welfare dependence, because married-parent families are less likely to live in poverty than single-parent families. With fewer people on welfare, governments would have a broader tax base. Along with reducing poverty and welfare dependence, marriage generates more revenue in the economy since married people have higher incomes and greater wealth.
Healthier Society: The main health benefit of marriage is a healthier society. This is because married people have better health than unmarried people and children with married parents are healthier than those with single, cohabiting, or step parents. If people are healthier, health care costs will be lower.
More Marriage, Less Divorce: Married-parent homes are more likely to produce young adults who view marriage positively and maintain lifelong marriages. Divorce, on the other hand, is likely to breed more divorce and often leads young people to have negative attitudes toward marriage and to cohabit before marriage.[35]
Less Government, Lower Taxes: With more strong marriages, fewer programs such as child support enforcement, foster care, and welfare would be needed to alleviate the effects of broken homes, lessening taxpayers' burdens. According to a recent study, divorce costs the United States $33.3 billion per year.[36] Teen childbearing costs U.S. taxpayers about $7 billion annually for increased welfare, incarceration, and foster care costs as well as lost tax revenue due to government dependency.[37]
More Engaged Citizens: Married people are more likely than unmarried people to vote, volunteer in social service projects, and get involved in their churches and schools.[38]
Strengthening Marriage
The institution of marriage can be strengthened in a variety of ways, including enacting laws to implement pro-family tax reform, no-fault divorce reform, welfare reform, abstinence-until-marriage programs, and premarital education. Community initiatives such as Marriage Savers have also been effective in strengthening marriage and reducing divorce.
Tax Reform: Our tax system should encourage marriage, childbearing, and adoption. The marriage penalty, under which married couples pay higher taxes than single people or cohabiting couples, should be eliminated. Legislation passed by Congress in 2001 that provided for a gradual phase-out of this penalty will expire in 2011; it should be made permanent. This same tax bill, combined with later revisions, also provided for a phased-in doubling of the per-child tax credit, from $500 to $1,000, and a doubling of the adoption tax credit, from $5,000 to $10,000. These reforms also need to be made permanent.
Divorce Reform: It should become more difficult to obtain a divorce. The unrestricted access to no-fault divorce has contributed to our high divorce rate. Today, nearly all states have no-fault divorce laws, which allow a spouse to file for or obtain a divorce for any reason without obtaining the consent of the other spouse, thus making the divorce process unilateral and rendering powerless the spouse who wants to preserve the marriage.
Several states have tried to restrict divorce by proposing legislation or passing laws which require mutual consent, longer waiting periods, or classes for divorcing parents before a divorce can be obtained. In addition, three states have passed covenant marriage laws, which give couples a choice between a standard marriage license, which allows no-fault divorce for any reason, and a covenant marriage license, which requires premarital counseling and longer waiting periods or proof of fault before divorce.[39]
The Louisiana Model: Louisiana's Covenant Marriage Act went into effect in 1997. The bill was authored by then-state representative and current FRC President Tony Perkins. Similar covenant marriage laws have been instituted in Arkansas and Arizona, and legislation has been introduced in Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Louisiana's covenant marriage law requires premarital counseling and places restrictions on no-fault divorce. The counseling covers the seriousness of cove-nant marriage, reinforces the notion that marriage is a lifelong commitment, and requires the couple to commit to seek marital counseling for problems that arise.
Under Louisiana law, divorce or separation may be obtained in a covenant marriage only after a couple that has not obtained a legal separation has lived apart for two years. Couples without children who have obtained a legal separation must wait one year before divorcing; separated couples with children are required to wait 18 months.
Grounds for divorce or separation include proof of adultery, conviction of a felony with a sentencing to death or imprisonment at hard labor, abandonment by either spouse for one year, physical or sexual abuse of a spouse or child of one of the spouses, or (for purposes of legal separation only) cruel treatment or habitual intemperance.[40]
More work needs to be done to encourage young couples to choose covenant marriage. A preliminary study found that covenant marriages comprise only about two percent of new marriages in Louisiana.[41] It has been reported that parish clerks of court are discouraging couples from choosing covenant marriage.[42]
Many couples may also be unaware of the covenant marriage option. According to one study, 40 to 50 percent of spouses who chose the standard marriage option had never heard of covenant marriage, and only 16 percent had discussed the option.[43] Those couples who chose covenant marriage have lower divorce rates in the first five years of marriage due to more premarital counseling, lower rates of premarital cohabitation, and wives' strong religious beliefs."[44]
Welfare Reform: The breakdown of marriage is a root cause of poverty, as most welfare recipients are never-married or divorced mothers. When the federal government sought to reform the welfare system in 1996, three of its stated goals were to strengthen marriage, reduce out-of-wedlock childbearing, and encourage the formation of two-parent families. Some states, such as Oklahoma, Utah, Arizona, Michigan, and Virginia, have used welfare money for pro-marriage efforts. However, other states have not acted decisively to promote marriage. In 2000, less than one percent of combined state and federal welfare costs were spent on these goals.[45] To remedy this, President Bush has proposed earmarking $300 million in welfare money for pro-marriage programs such as premarital education classes and marriage mentoring. State and local governments as well as private organizations can apply for the money to develop marriage programs.
Abstinence-Until-Marriage Education: The United States government should adequately fund abstinence-until-marriage programs, because abstinence is the only 100-percent-effective way to prevent out-of-wedlock pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.
There are more than 1,000 abstinence-until-marriage programs, which are very effective in teaching young people how to save sex for marriage. They teach young people the benefits of saving sex for marriage, how to have healthy relationships, and how to set goals and make good decisions. Abstinence is presented not merely as a solution to the problems of unwed pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases but also as a "pathway leading to respect for one's self and others, to healthier relationships, and, eventually, to love and happiness in marriage," in the words of Heritage Foundation experts.[46]
The federal government has provided some abstinence-until-marriage funding in recent years, but comprehensive sex education and contraception programs, which assume that young people will engage in premarital sex and which promote contraception, receive vastly more funding in comparison. In 2002, abstinence-until-marriage programs received $144.1 million in government funding, while comprehensive sex-ed programs received $1.73 billion. In other words government spent $12 to promote contraception for every dollar spent on abstinence education.[47]
Premarital Education: Several states have passed premarital education laws. Florida's 1998 Marriage Preservation Act was the first requiring high school students to receive marriage skills education. Additionally, the law gives a discount to couples applying for a marriage license who attend a minimum of four hours of marriage preparation, allowing them to waive the three-day waiting period before the marriage can take place.
In 1999, Oklahoma passed similar legislation--reducing the marriage license fee for those who receive premarital education--followed by Maryland and Minnesota in 2001 and Tennessee in 2002. Several other states have proposed similar bills.
Premarital education is also promoted by such organizations as Marriage Savers, which has implemented community marriage policies in 183 cities in 40 states. Community marriage policies are signed by clergy and judges who agree to require engaged couples to undergo at least four months of marriage preparation.
Married couples trained as mentors administer the marriage preparation, which includes a premarital inventory test to identify a couple's strengths and weaknesses. They continue meeting with couples after the wedding and also help couples in troubled marriages. A recent study found that community marriage policies are very effective in reducing divorce rates.[48]
Restoring a Culture of Strong Marriages
Marriage confers many social and economic benefits on children, adults, and society, but it has been severely weakened by feminism, the sexual revolution, and the population-control campaign. The breakdown of marriage over the past four decades has resulted in low rates of marriage, high rates of divorce, out-of-wedlock childbearing, and cohabitation.
America needs to restore a culture in which monogamous, lifelong marriages are the norm and marriage between and a man and a woman is treasured as the safest and best haven for children. Then we will have fewer children like Lisa crying out for their father's love. Fortunately, Lisa and her father are slowly trying to patch up their relationship. Lisa's father called her on her birthday--for the first time in nineteen years, and she was elated. Their restored relationship is indeed a blessing, but think how much she would have been spared if her parents hadn't divorced. That's why need to protect marriage. Pro-marriage policies--as well as community and church marriage-strengthening efforts--will help ensure that all children are nurtured and loved by two married parents.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what direction our country is headed.
Agreed! Good post!
I guess in 1996 they still took that for granted. We can't do that any more.
What is a healthy marriage?"
Every policy of the left has the family in its crosshairs, targeted for destruction.
As for having a healthy marriage,
read Eph 5:22-33.
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Treat poison ivy.
Did you know?
You can get a poison ivy rash by touching the hair of your dog if your dog has been romping around in the brush and has come in contact with poison ivy.
Did you know?
Poison ivy rash is caused by an allergic reaction to the oily ingredient in poison ivy called "urushiol"?.
Did you know?
Even though you have been exposed to poison ivy in the past and not gotten a rash that you may for unknown reasons suddenly be at risk for getting a rash?


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Knox County,
Town & Schools
Creighton Hist. Ctr.
Winnetoon Hist. Soc.
Knox Co.
Welcome to the Knox County Nebraska
This part of Nebraska was inhabited by
native Americans until, June 7, 1856 when a group of men
started a
settlement called L'eau Qui Court Company. This company fail
and was reorganized as the Niobrara Township Company. The
Territorial Legislature of Nebraska (1856 - 1857) created
L'eau Qui Court County with the count seat being in Niobrara. The State Legislature passed and act
in 1873, renaming the county to Knox. The county seat was
moved nearer to the center of the county in 1902. The new
town was called "Center."
The county is about 1140 square miles with 2.8 percent
of that being water.
As the table shows the county had large gains in population
from 1870 to 1910. There were two decades with small gains.
The population has been in a downward spiral since 1930.
See the
Knox County NEGenWeb Project for family histories.
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News Releases
Today, Wednesday: EPA Hosts Government Press Briefing on Ongoing Enbridge Oil Spill Response
Release Date: 08/04/2010
Contact Information: Site Contact Information: 888-363-8632, email@example.com
No. 10-ENB001
(MARSHALL, MICH. Aug. 4, 2010) – On behalf of the Unified Command, EPA officials, along with federal, state and county representatives will hold a media briefing regarding the ongoing response to the Enbridge oil spill in Michigan's Kalamazoo River. EPA has the role of Federal On-Scene Coordinator for this incident.
The Briefing will take place at 3:00 PM EDT.
Officials with Enbridge will separately brief the media immediately following the government briefing at the same location.
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Are the Syrian refugees actually refugees?
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The Liberal government is delivering on its promise to accept 25,000 Syrian migrants by the end of this month. Leamington and Peterborough, Ontario, and Brooks, Alberta are the latest Canadian cities to accept refugees, most of whom have already arrived.
The plight of desperate people fleeing for their lives, starving in besieged cities or wounded in the crossfires of a bloody war rightly evokes sympathy everywhere. Yet are the truly desperate even able to make their way over?
Given the volatile political situation in Syria and given the fact that many Canadians fear a credible terrorist threat among the influx of refugees, it is reasonable to ask whether the people we are accepting genuinely meet the criteria of refugees as outlined in the 1951 UNHCR Refugee Convention.


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A little bird told Huffington about WildCare
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Born free: Like the (current) business models of Twitter and the Huffington Post, so, too, are wild animals free.
But that's not why Arianna Huffington emceed the WildCare gala on Friday at the Mill Valley Community Center.
The Huff-Po editrix learned of the San Rafael organization from a pal, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, whose wife, Livia Stone, manages WildCare's hospital.
"In our country, in our world, there is nothing we need more than empathy," said Huffington during the sold-out dinner that, wisely, starred a vegetarian McCall Associates feast.
"The work of WildCare might start with a hummingbird," Huffington continued. "But that empathy spreads out around the globe."
- Snow in Placerville, Feb. 22, 2018 Carol Perez / Twitter: @BlogAmbiguous
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WildCare treats more than 4,000 ill, injured and orphaned wild animals and provides nature education.
The gala was ably organized by Susanne Lyons and Cindy Testa-McCullagh (another Huffington pal) and raised $200K toward a new WildCare facility.
Huffington was thrilled to be surrounded by the majestic beauty of nature. Especially as she was just back from the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland.
"Most everyone had a knot in the pit of their stomachs," said Huffington, describing the mood of attendees, leaders we'd assume had the world's problems sorted out. "There's a sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop. So thank God we have these wild animals in our world."
Making book: Bibliophiles and belletrists filled the stacks Saturday at the Berkeley Central Library for Roots and Branches: The Eighth Annual Authors Dinner.
The sold-out gala featured 30 renowned scribes (Charlie Haas, Tamim Ansary, Katie Hafner, Daniel Mason, Frances Dinkelspiel) and benefited infrastructure needs at soon-to-be renovated branches.
Chairwoman Linda Schacht Gage was supported in her writer-wrangling efforts by author and honoree Michael Lewis. And emcee Bill Schechner delighted the crowd in introducing himself as the numbers on his library card.
But the root of the evening belonged to Pat Cody and Heyday Books' Malcolm Margolin, who was honored with the Fred & Pat Cody Award.
Pat and her late husband, Fred Cody, founded the now late (and lamented) Cody's Books. When it opened in 1956, Cody's instantly became a hive of community action and a pioneer among independent booksellers.
"The foundation thinks I'm going to talk about how great public libraries are," joked Margolin. "Actually I'm going to talk about Fred Cody, my dear friend and inspiration."
Margolin recalled meeting the Codys in 1974 when he arrived at their store with a stack of his self-published book.
"Fred threw his arm around me, took 20 copies and put them at the register for sale," explained Margolin. "And I thought to myself, 'Isn't publishing great?' "
British Invasion: At Thursday's kickoff for the Mostly British Film Festival at Thomas Pink, guests gamely ogled the British haberdashery's colorful textiles.
The drizzly, veddy London-like weather, however, had folks wishing for a particular item of clothing: rain slickers.
Atmospherics aside, nothing could dampen the enthusiasm for this indie flick-fest, which closes Thursday at the Vogue Theatre.
"The film 'London River' is most provocative," said British Consul General Julian Evans. "This festival expertly mixes films and genres to express a common spirit of cultural exchange."
Dreamed up by S.F. Giants execs Alfonso Felder and Jack Bair, the festival benefits the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation, which was also founded by this dynamic duo in order to save the old Vogue on Sacramento Street.
"We decided to create a foreign film festival," said Bair, laughing, "that didn't need subtitles."


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TEL AVIV, Israel--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Israel's Bank Leumi and Ping An, China's largest insurance group, signed a strategic cooperation agreement earlier this week to promote the entry and integration of Israeli high-tech companies into the Chinese market. The agreement was signed as part of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to China, marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
"We attach great importance to the strategic agreement with Bank Leumi, and I hope and believe that many Israeli high-tech companies will join the program and will be able to reap the fruits of this important cooperation."
As part of the agreement, Leumi-Tech, Leumi Group's high-tech banking arm, will constitute a bridge between Leumi Group customers and the Ping An Group. Israeli technology companies with potential and interest in the Chinese market will be introduced to Ping An, which will assist these companies either through establishing relationships with Ping An subsidiaries, integrating suitable companies in high-tech complexes built by Ping An's real estate company, or by getting them acquainted with relevant Chinese entities. Ping An will also aid in the process of obtaining financial and tax benefits allocated by the Chinese government for the benefit of technology companies in general and startups in particular.
This international agreement stems from the Leumi Group's desire to leverage Leumi-Tech's capabilities in assisting Israeli high-tech companies that wish to penetrate the Chinese market, through cooperation with a major Chinese entity. This cooperation will constitute a foundation for these companies and is necessary for them to succeed in China.
The cooperation agreement was spearheaded by Leumi-Tech, led by Ms. Yifat Oron, and Leumi's representative office head in China, Mr. Eyal Shimoni. The representative office was established in Shanghai in 2013, with the aim of assisting Israeli companies operating or wishing to operate in China, as well as helping Chinese companies operating or planning to operate in Israel. Leumi is currently the only Israeli bank operating in China and it employs a team that is deeply familiar with the business and financial sectors in that country. The office has established close working relationships with leading Chinese organizations, including banks, investment houses, commercial entities, government officials and others.
Leumi Chairman, Mr. David Brodet, who participated in the economic delegation that accompanied the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to China, signed the cooperation agreement with Ping An on behalf of Leumi. Mr. Brodet, who was among those who promoted the establishment of a Leumi representative office in China, said at the signing ceremony: "Our precedent-setting alliance with Ping An is the result of the maturing of two strategic processes led by Leumi Group: assisting Israeli companies facing the enormous Chinese market, through our representative office in China, and fostering and promoting Israeli high-tech, through Leumi-Tech. This cooperation will open a broad gateway for Israeli high-tech companies to the world's largest market, and will also help the State of Israel's economic image and activity vis-à-vis China."
Ping An President, Mr. Andrew Zhou, commented: "We attach great importance to the strategic agreement with Bank Leumi, and I hope and believe that many Israeli high-tech companies will join the program and will be able to reap the fruits of this important cooperation."
Leumi-Tech CEO, Ms. Yifat Oron, who will be responsible for the agreement's implementation, sees considerable potential benefits for the Israeli high-tech sector from this cooperation. "Leumi-Tech has, in a very short period of time, become the financial home for the Israeli high-tech industry, thanks to the tailored services and products we offer to this unique industry, alongside the opportunity we provide to Israeli high-tech companies to develop in Israel and worldwide. The cooperation agreement with Ping An is an important new milestone in the service we provide to our customers and will allow many Israeli startups to enter one of the biggest and most significant markets in the world, with the potential for virtually unlimited growth. It is well known that the cultural gap and language differences are major barriers for Israeli companies on their way to penetrating the Chinese market. This strategic alliance ensures assistance with both of these barriers and other obstacles, considerably easing the process and opening the door to dozens of Israeli high-tech companies," said Ms. Oron.
About Leumi-Tech:
Leumi-Tech, the high-tech banking arm of the Leumi Group, one of the leading and largest banking corporations in Israel, was founded in 2014 with the main goal of promoting financing and development of the Israeli high-tech industry. Leumi-Tech provides companies operating in Israel and abroad with a comprehensive package of services, including: credit and financing, investments and partnerships, unique products and services tailored to the specific needs of the industry, and an innovative global platform for managing their international financial operations. Leumi-Tech is headquartered in Tel Aviv and operates offices in London, New York and Palo Alto. Out of hundreds of start-ups established in Israel in 2016, over 60% chose Leumi-Tech as their financial provider.
About Ping An:
Ping An, China's largest insurance group, and largest non-government-owned company, was founded in 1988. The corporation has 110 million private customers and 2.5 million commercial customers, with 1.3 million employees. In 2015, Ping An was declared the world's second-largest insurance company. It is ranked 32nd among the 2,000 leading companies in the world according to Forbes, and 12th worldwide among financial institutions, with total assets under management amounting to 765 billion USD (as of March, 2016). The company is traded on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges, and operates in the areas of insurance, banking, online financial services, investments, and real-estate. The group's real estate arm constructs high-tech complexes throughout China, and has built, among others, the tallest tower in China (in Shenzhen, at 660 meters high), which serves as the company's headquarters.


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John C. Sheldon and Gayle Lynds met on Facebook, which not only resulted in them getting married but also collaborating on a story in "A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon."
The book ($15 in trade paperback from Bantam Books) was edited by Laurie R. King, author of "The Beekeeper's Apprentice" and other books featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, and Leslie S. Klinger, editor of "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes." The stories are by such noted authors as Dana Stabenow, author of the best-selling Alaska-based Kate Shugak series, and Edgar Award winners Thomas Perry and Jan Burke.
Lynds is the author of nine spy thrillers published by St. Martin's Press. Her latest book, "The Book of Spies," kicks off a series featuring the characters Judd Ryder and Eva Blake in a search for Ivan the Terrible's Library of Gold.
Although originally from New Jersey, Sheldon took a job as a prosecutor in Franklin County so he could be close to the skiing at Sugarloaf. After working as a prosecutor, he went into private practice in Farmington and became a district court judge. He now works as a mediator and arbiter, and writes for legal journals.
Sheldon and Lynds are collaborating on another story, while Lynds is writing her next novel.
Q: How did you get selected for this book?
A: LYNDS: I often receive invitations to be in anthologies. Laurie King and Les Klinger got in touch with me and asked if I would participate in this wonderful anthology, and I was on a deadline, so there was no way I could do it myself.
John is a great writer. He does legal essays and adds these scenes to enrich his work. So I said to John, "Would you like to do this with me, only you are going to have to do most of the work?"
SHELDON: She went on with her manuscript, and I sort of stumbled around trying to write fiction. I used the idea of a Maine judge because that is my basic background, which was helpful. So I worked like I did when I was a student in college and didn't know the answer.
I would come up with plot ideas, and we would talk about it, and she would say, "this would never work" and that "you need less dialogue and more action," so I had them driving around through Lewiston to have more action.
I would go on the computer and work on this for four or five months, and when I was done I got something like three and a half cents an hour.
Q: How did you two meet and end up in Maine?
A: LYNDS: Oh, that is too long a story.
SHELDON: I'll take that one. I got an email one day from Facebook that Gayle Lynds wants to be your friend, so I went to Facebook and responded, "Who are you, and why do you want to be my friend?" And then she responded to me and said, "My publisher wants me to expand my readership and reach out to more people. I won't bother you anymore." I had never heard of Gayle Lynds, but I did some research and found out she had written all of these best-selling books, so I said, "I want you to bother me some more."
LYNDS: When he replied, he inadvertently posted it on Facebook, so all 1,500 of my friends and all eight of John's friends could see it. So we got a comment from John Lovell, who was John's editor at the Maine Bar Journal, and he said, "John Sheldon is a first-rate writer."
SHELDON: We owe it to him that we got together. In March of 2010 she came to visit — which is the wrong time to see Maine, I suppose — but we went to Acadia, which is austere in March but still colossal. Then I went to visit her in Santa Barbara, and then she came up here last summer, and this is her first winter in Maine.
The reason we settled in Maine is that I have this backhoe that I will not part with, and it is not up to the standards of Santa Barbara.
Q: Gayle, you worked as an intelligence officer. Can you tell us what you did?
A: LYNDS: I was never an intelligence officer. I was an editor at a think tank that handled a lot of government documents up to the top-secret level. It was a wonderful experience, and I had a vast array of things cross my desk, including that they had plans for missiles on the hills behind Santa Barbara — no missiles, just plans. There were all these shadowy people who came through the office, and I never knew their real names. That was my introduction, and it marinated with the passage of time.
Q: Did you have any interest in doing spy novels before you worked at the think tank?
A: LYNDS: I had no idea of that. I had a degree in journalism, and I worked as a reporter before I went to the think tank. I knew I wanted to write fiction, and my three years at the think tank were such an eye opener.
Every time I left my office I had to punch in my code, and if I left any paper on my desk that might have "classified" stamped on them, I could get in trouble. Everybody there was classified, but they should see only what they had a need to know.
So with that study of how the U.S. government works, I naturally turned to international politics, which ends up being spy fiction.
Q: You have written nine spy novels, but just launched a series with "The Book of Spies." Why so long?
A: LYNDS: I waited so long because that was the way my mind works, and we can train our mind. I love stand-alone novels. In writing stand-alone novels, you get to create new characters each time, but that is also the downside: You have to create new characters each time. A lot of my readers were asking me to bring this character or that one back, and I couldn't do it. Their story was done. But with a series, you can take a longer story arc and carry it from book to book. In ways, that is more challenging, but my readers asked for it.
Q: Is John's work scheduled for publication yet?
A: SHELDON: Not in fiction. I am working on a book involving the same character, in name anyway, who is a judge in Franklin County, which is where I worked as a prosecutor.
LYNDS: And he gave a talk at the winter Bar Association meeting. One of the reasons we are living here is that he still works as a mediator and arbiter, and my career is much more portable. And my children live on the East Coast.
Q: Do you think you might collaborate again?
A: LYNDS: I've been invited to be in another anthology, this one on the Cold War, and since I thought the first one was such a success, we have signed on to do another one.
SHELDON: And we might collaborate on something longer than a short story, but right now I'm churning away on the Cold War Story.
Q: Is there anything you'd like to say that we haven't covered?
A: LYNDS: I would like to say how much I love Maine. Not just the scenery, but the people are so nice. They don't hog the street and they say "excuse me," and there are really no boundaries.
SHELDON: And after another January in Maine, I miss Santa Barbara.
Tom Atwell is a freelance writer who lives in Cape Elizabeth.


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LEGO Systems Unveils Value Packed Product Line at 2009 American International Toy Fair
Feb 13, 2009, 08:03 ET from The LEGO Group
-Premier construction brand inspires children to become the builders of tomorrow with all-new sets of the toy that's new every day-
"Our 2009 product line brings a balanced mix of new worlds, classic themes and licensed properties, all of which allow children to unleash their inner creators and build fantastic adventures every time they play," said
The 2009 LEGO portfolio will inspire the builder inside children of all ages:
LEGO(R) Themes (ages 5+)
Building and role play fun sets sail for high seas adventure with LEGO PIRATES. Treasures and maps start the story as the pirates seek to get past the soldiers to find the gold.
LEGO POWER MINERS sends a team of scientists underground to explore mysterious rumblings, armed with an amazing fleet of authentic, fully-functional mining vehicles. Little do they know that they are about to discover a world full of unusual crystals and Rock Monsters.
Space criminals meet their match when the LEGO SPACE POLICE are deployed. Detailed vehicles and exciting out-of-this world villains create a cops and robbers chase of intergalactic proportion.
Proven evergreen themes continue with new characters and storylines. LEGO AGENTS 2.0 builds new missions, complete with villains and spy gadgets. Medieval castle grounds play host to a new battle to help rescue the princess and the golden king in LEGO CASTLE.
Classic LEGO build-and-play gets even better as LEGO CITY prepares for a makeover. The construction team rolls in with all of their equipment to build a new section of the city before the residents move in, get settled and start making their way around town. Three new fold-out racetracks, six new pull-back jumping racers, two new Ferrari sets, a Lamborghini display model and an RC car make it hard for car buffs and LEGO lovers to resist the high-speed building fun of the new LEGO RACERS fleet.
Classic LEGO(R) Building (ages 4+)
Open-ended LEGO Bricks & More boxes, buckets and tubs feature a collection of basic LEGO bricks and elements to set imaginations in motion, providing building instructions and photo inspiration for a variety of different models to build and explore.
Families can get their LEGO fun on by taking creativity and imagination way beyond what's in the box with the BUILDERS OF TOMORROW(TM) box. A versatile collection of basic bricks in a variety of colors and sizes can be used for family building fun all year long thanks to a linked Web site offering free building instructions every month (including seasonal models!), tips and tricks, inspiration for games and activities incorporating LEGO bricks.
For children who like to build and re-build, new LEGO CREATOR(TM) kits offer 3-in-1 building instructions for multiple models from the same kit in cool themes like vehicles, houses and animals. Skilled builders rise to the test of new LEGO TECHNIC(R) kits that replicate real-life machinery. The Hauler includes the LEGO Power Function System, bringing the model to life.
Licensed Building Fun (ages 6+)
LEGO STAR WARS(TM), the first licensed property for the LEGO Group in 1999, marks its 10th anniversary this year. Models from the classic episodes, as well as new favorites from the animated series STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS(TM) will provide fans of all ages hours of building fun.
LEGO INDIANA JONES(TM) adventures continue with iconic scenes from all four movies coming to life in LEGO form. LEGO SpongeBob SquarePants is back for more zany adventures as Nickelodeon celebrates SpongeBob's 10th birthday this year. To mark the occasion, kids can take SpongeBob on classic adventures at Bikini Bottom or the Krusty Krab.
BIONICLE(R) Ages 7+
A new chapter in the BIONICLE legend is about to begin. New Agori, Glatorian and Glatorian Legends help bring the story's action to life for builders. In the Fall, an exciting BIONICLE direct-to-video feature will be released, taking the story to surprising heights.
MINDSTORMS(R) Ages 10+
Building and programming a robot is a snap with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT 2.0. The award-winning, best-selling robotics toolkit is revamped with a new light and color sensor, as well as upgraded software, making it easier to master any robot a child can imagine.
Building fun for preschoolers (ages 1 1/2 +)
Youngsters looking to explore their inner creator will have no problem finding the right fit! New LEGOVille classic themes of Fire and City Life will help bring out the hero in all children. For young train enthusiasts, three new LEGO DUPLO Thomas & Friends(TM) sets allow for easy role play fun.
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LEGO, the LEGO logo, DUPLO, MINDSTORMS, BIONICLE and TECHNIC are trademarks of the LEGO Group. (C) 2008 The LEGO Group.
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Some trips you can't sum up with just words. The memories, inside jokes, feelings and connections can't be properly described. Some trips leave such a lasting impact and impression on a person that a sound, smell or image will bring back a rush of memories and plaster a smile onto their face.
My most recent trip was filled with enough love, adventure, connections, BASE jumping and laughter to sustain a person for a life time. But every positive has its negative and this time both ends of the spectrum culminated into one of the most memorable trips I have taken.
After completing all of the travel details we were set for a month long adventure traveling throughout Malaysia for 3 weeks, visiting 3 different cities and participating in the exceptionally organized Malaysia BASE tour arranged by Garry Cunningham. Following the Malaysia excursion we would move on to Thailand for one final week making the trip an even month long.
On September 9th the adventure started. The first 14hr flight didn't depart from LAX until almost midnight but just because I had a full additional day that I had labeled a "travel day" didn't mean that my master procrastinator mentality (when it comes to packing for trips)wasn't a factor. In typical Clair fashion the morning of the 9th I was no where near prepared for my trip. Running around packing, putting check marks on my list of things not to forget (these lists are curtail for people like me who pack last minute). To add to the rush of the day I also had a 3 hr long appointment scheduled to finish one of my arm tattoos with the incredibly talented Alex Edge. With not a minute to spare my tattoo was completed and wrapped with they typical clear plastic wrap, the bags were thrown in the car and we were off to LAX.
One flight to china, a flight to KL Malaysia and one final flight to Sabah Malaysia and we had made it to our first destination. around 30 hrs after we left our home in San Diego. A medium sized city with awesome vegan food and an amazing circular building that was just waiting for us to jump. 14 of jumps off this awesome structure over the course of 3 days the first event went off with very little trouble. A few minor incidents and damage to the building by a few jumpers but everyone walked away. With the conclusion of the first event the entire group of jumpers was invited on a white water rafting trip. An adventure outside of what most of us are used to the majority of us accepted and joined the adventure. Our boat, obviously being the most adventurous, got the go ahead by our guides to body surf a section of the rapids. They were ridiculously fun and we wanted to do it again. The guide in our boat said we could do the next set if we wanted to. So naturally we took that as a sign that it was safe for us to go down outside of the boat. The rapids were HUGE and the water was not exactly shallow, but there were massive rocks. As all of us descended the rapids, swallowing mass amounts of water, choking, getting dunked, pulled under, bashed around and smashed into the rocks, each one of us immediately knew we had made a huge mistake. After what felt like 10 minutes and what was realistically about 2 minutes we finally made it to a flat section of the water where we all quickly swam back to the boat, hauled ourselves in and did a quick head count to make sure our entire group was still with us. We were all a little more pale and for some reason our tour guides were laughing at us. When we asked them why they were laughing they said "you just set record! most people to ever go down body rapids" we asked what the previous record was and they said "zero… there was no record, even US navy came on a tour and wouldn't go down them with out the boat". All of our stomachs sank and we realized that unlike the united states there is no real requirement for safety there for there was no expectation that they would want to keep us safe. However after realizing we all survived and set a record we all smiled huge and laughed nervously… We also stayed in the boat for the rest of the tour!
After an exhausting day that totaled 18 hours of adventure we made it back to our hotel and promptly crashed out, dreading our early flight in the morning to our next destination.
At 10AM we arrived at the second building location in the beautiful and small town of Sibu Sarawak Malaysia. Alex and I arrived a day prior to everyone else with the thought in mind that we would have the ability to catch up on some work and have a rest day, but with the worst internet in a city I have ever experienced the work was pretty much a wash, we instead slept most of the day and throughout the entire night.
The jumping began a day later and with a growing number of spectators we all quickly realized that this was unlike any other BASE event we had been to. We had celebrity status with the locals rushing us for photos as soon as we landed and with each photo taken 10 more people would line up. After the firs day apparently word got around because there were an exponential amount more people. Everyone in Malaysia was so nice but the group mentality and desire for pictures took over and at one point I had a kid grabbing my hair, a girl standing on my canopy and another person trying to pull me in the opposite direction. Security had to escort me back to the packing area before I got mobbed any more.
This event was spectacular and the energy from all of the spectators motivated each one of us to jump more and put a smile on our faces that lasted days to come!!
After Sibu it was on to KL. With our hotel right next to the tower we had the pleasure of looking at the beautiful structure from our room which just amped us up even more for the event. The KL tower being just over 900ft tall from the jumping platform was quite a sight. Towering over everything else it welcomed us jumpers with opened arms, and after the safety briefing it was time to charge again!!
So many jumps and so many jumpers. There were a total of 108 BASE jumpers who made it to the KL Tower from 20 countries. Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Of the 108 jumpers there were 10 female jumpers.
Jumping at the KL tower took place over 4 days and 3 nights. One of the days just so happened to be my Birthday, so in celebration of my 26th years on this wonderful planet my Boyfriend Alex and another friend Jeff decided the best way to wish me a happy birthday was to grab me by my ankles and wrists and throw me off the tower! It was one of my favorite jumps of the trip and one that I will remember for the rest of my existence!!
After the KL event concluded myself and several other jumpers made our way over to Tonsai Thailand to continue the shenanigans for another week before returning home. Cliff jumps landing on a spectacular beach was a great way to end our trip but unfortunately the adventure continued when myself and Alex got food poisoning during our travels home. Taking full advantage of the barf bags on the plane the entire 30 hr journey home, China didn't want to let us on the plane for our final 14 hr long flight back to LAX. Obviously being suspicious that we had ebola as we threw up in the corner of the terminal. They asked where we have traveled recently and if we had a fever. But my charm in between puking apparently eased their minds and they allowed us to board! I have never been so happy to be home after that travel experience. What an adventure it was for sure!!
Thank you to everyone who was a part of this incredibly awesome trip! You all make this life so much more special!


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This work was on view for the group exhibition "Lord of the Thrones" - an art show tribute to the works of George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien, at Spoke Art gallery June 2 - 25, 2016.
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Scott's practice focuses on tribal sovereignty issues, including land and environmental issues, economic development matters, and complex Indian Country litigation. Scott's broad, multi-state litigation experience includes representing tribal governments and enterprises in tribal, state and federal courts in matters involving gaming, taxation, jurisdiction, sovereign immunity, Treaty fishing rights, natural resource protection, land use, federal recognition, ancient land claims, commercial agreements, and PL 638 contracts. Scott provides legal services through his offices, Scott Wheat Attorney At Law, and is an independent attorney who associates with the firm on a case-by-case basis.
Scott has served tribal governments in various capacities, including as general counsel, in-house associate counsel, and special gaming counsel. He has negotiated Class III gaming compacts, federal Secretarial procedures in lieu of compacts, and state/tribal cigarette, tobacco and fuel taxation agreements. Scott has substantial experience representing tribes throughout the West in all areas of tobacco commerce. He is also a leading practitioner in the area of after-acquired Indian lands for gaming, under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Scott currently serves as General Counsel and Special Gaming Counsel for the Spokane Tribe. Prior to associating with Galanda Broadman as Of Counsel, Scott was an attorney for Crowell Law Offices from 2007-2013, where he focused on complex litigation on behalf of tribes. Scott has also served as in-house counsel for the Office of the Spokane Tribal Attorney (2005-2007) and for the Office of the Suquamish Tribal Attorney (1996-2002). Over the course of his career, he has also served tribes as a tribal prosecutor, public defender, judge, or appellate justice.
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Rincon Mushroom Farm of America, Inc. v. Mazzetti (9th Cir. 2012) (dismissed claims by a non-Indian owner of reservation fee lands against officials of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians, on Montana second exception-tribal exhaustion grounds)
U.S. v. Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (9th Cir. 2000) (represented the Suquamish Tribe in usual and accustomed fishing areas dispute)
Knox v. U.S. Department of the Interior (D. Idaho 2012) (defended Interior's approval of Class III Gaming Compact on behalf of the Shoshone Bannock Tribes)
Rogers-Dial v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians (S.D. Cal. 2011) (obtained dismissal for failure of non-Indian plaintiff to exhaust tribal court remedies)
Spokane Tribe of Indians v. Luce (E.D. Wash 2007) (obtained Consent Decree from the Court whereby the Tribe receives 75% of the state fuel tax for all fuel purchased from tribal fuel retailers)
MM&A Productions v. Yavapai-Apache Nation (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012) (dismissed non-Indian company's multimillion-dollar breach of contract claims against the tribe and casino)
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Cats, a cheetah and Stevie Wonder. Those are just a few of the items created by Aiken Middle School pupils using fiber art.
Marilyn Patel, an artist-in-residence sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission, said she began the program, which ran Jan. 23-26, by teaching pupils to spin wool fibers into yarn.
Ms. Patel said she enjoyed discussing with pupils how the art form touches upon other subjects such as folklore, science and social studies.
"The art itself is important because it is self-expression," Ms. Patel said. "I like to integrate it and see it make connections across the curriculum."
Organic materials such as onion skins, eucalyptus leaves, lichen and poinsettia leaves, which some found in the woods near the school, were used to make natural dyes to color the yarn.
Ms. Patel also taught the children about felting - compressing the wool fibers by rolling them in soapy water. Pupils used needles to position the fibers into the design of ladybugs, clowns, butterflies, cats, a cheetah and Stevie Wonder.
Aiken Middle School Principal Randall Stowe said Ms. Patel was helping to preserve an art form through her workshops and classes.
"She's trying to show the kids and keep alive some of the things the settlers did 200 years ago," Dr. Stowe said.
Lucy Fabrick, the school's art teacher, said Ms. Patel's visit enlightened pupils about another aspect of the region they live in - the cotton belt.
"Fibers - cotton, wool, linen - are such a vital part of our lives," Ms. Fabrick said. "There's definitely the aspect of, 'Hey, I could make a living doing this,' but it also gives them another way of showing options for their futures. Even if it's not becoming a fiber artist, it's an approach to life."
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- Betting on West Virginia. Vekshin, Alison // Bond Buyer;6/20/2002, Vol. 340 Issue 31412, p1
Reports the development of strategy for leveraging the proceeds of lottery-backed revenue bonds by the West Virginia Economic Development Grant Committee. Purpose for the bond strategy; Approval on the formation of the Committee by Governor Bob Wise; Payment of the bond debt by the Legislature...
- The Soviet Experiment With Domestic Lottery Bonds. Millar, James R.; Gentry, James A. // Financial Management (1972);Winter80, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p21
The article reviews the Soviet use of domestic lottery bonds and analyzes the payoff system used to reward private bondholders. Domestic lottery bonds served as unique instruments for financing Soviet budgetary deficits for several decades. The State Budget came to rely exclusively upon lottery...
- Florida Division of Bond Finance: Lottery Could Back School Debt. Sigo, Shelly // Bond Buyer;12/6/2002, Vol. 342 Issue 31527, p3
Reports on a bond program for securing bonds for public education in Florida through a lottery system implemented by the Florida Division of Bond Finance. Sale of lottery bonds to schools; Features of the lottery bonds; Details of other bond programs proposed by the law makers.
- W. Va.'s Lottery Deal Back on After Lawsuit Is Resolved. Newman, Emily // Bond Buyer;1/12/2004, Vol. 347 Issue 31798, p4
Reports that West Virginia's proposed lottery-backed revenue bond sale was back after the resolved lawsuit that had attempted to block the bond issue. Issuance of economic development bond package; Benefits of the bond sale; Promotion of the bond sale.
- West Virginia Authority's Decision Puts Lottery Bonds in Legal Limbo. // Bond Buyer;8/25/2003, Vol. 345 Issue 31705, p6
Reports on refusal by West Virginia Economic Development Authority (EDA) , to issue lottery-backed revenue bonds until their legality is upheld, as of August 25, 2003. Reason behind the refusal by EDA on issuance of bonds; Impact of delay of the issue of bonds on grant projects.
- Lawsuit Puts Oregon Lottery Bonds in the Hot Seat. Finestone, Deborah // Bond Buyer;10/19/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31247, p33
Reports the implications of the lawsuit filed against Oregon Lottery on the revenue bonds of the state. Postponement of bond issuance financed by lottery proceeds; Efforts of the state in maintaining a double-A credit rating; Purpose of a nonprofit corporation in filing the lawsuit.
- West Virginia Lottery Funds: Time for a Reset. McCABE, Brooks // State Journal (WV);1/31/2014, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p7
The article focuses on the need for the Legislature in West Virginia to meet the challenges of an introduced legislation that cuts funding for certain accounts funded by lottery proceeds to address the concerns of Wall Street that bond repayments could be in jeopardy in the future.
- California Lottery Debate. Saskal, Rich // Bond Buyer;12/7/2007, Vol. 362 Issue 32769, p1
The article reports that according to an analysis by the office of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, California can reap more by issuing bonds backed by lottery revenues that it can by leasing out the lottery. The author discusses the plan of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger concerning the...
- SOUTHEAST INVISIBLE SUPPLY. // Bond Buyer;6/2/2005, Vol. 352 Issue 32145, p30
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BARACK Obama yesterday nominated John Kerry as his next secretary of state, the first move in an overhaul of the US president's national security team since his re-election.
Mr Kerry is expected to take the helm at the State Department after the departure of Hillary Clinton, who had already announced she would leave early next year. Mr Kerry is expected to be quickly approved for the Cabinet post by his congressional colleagues.
His nomination could bring to a close what has become for the White House a contentious and distracting effort to find a new secretary of state.
United Nations' ambassador Susan Rice, the previous favourite for the job, faced harsh criticism from Republicans for her initial comments on the deadly September attack on Americans in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, in which ambassador Chris Stevens was killed.
Mr Obama had defended Ms Rice, a close friend and adviser, but Republican senators threatened to hold up her nomination if put forward.
She withdrew last week, with sources within the administration indicating growing support for Mr Kerry.
He was the Democratic nominee for president in 2004, narrowly losing to George W Bush. He is a decorated Vietnam veteran who was critical of the war when he returned, even testifying in front of the Senate committee he eventually chaired.
The Cabinet nomination of Mr Kerry, 69, is the first Mr Obama has made since winning a second term, and the first piece in an extensive shuffle of his national security team. The president is also expected to nominate a new defence secretary to take over from retiring Leon Panetta and a new director of the Central Intelligence Agency to replace former spy chief General David Petraeus, who resigned last month after admitting an extra-marital affair.
The White House had hoped to introduce Mr Obama's national security team in a single announcement. But those plans were scrapped as the "fiscal cliff" negotiations consumed the administration and questions arose about the front-runner for the Pentagon post, former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel. Mr Hagel has been dogged by questions about his support for Israel and where he stands on gay rights, with critics calling on him to repudiate a comment in 1998 that a former ambassadorial nominee was "openly, aggressively gay."
As the nation's top diplomat, Mr Kerry will both execute and shape Mr Obama's approach to foreign policy. The senator offered some insight into his world view on Thursday during a Senate foreign relations committee hearing he chaired on the deadly September attack on a consulate in Benghazi.
Mr Kerry called on Congress to put more money into foreign policy which he said was an investment "in our long-term security and more often than not it saves far more expensive expenditures in dollars and lives for the conflicts that we failed to see or avoid".
He also emphasised the importance of diplomats being able to work freely in places like Benghazi, despite its dangers.
"There will always be a tension between the diplomatic imperative to get 'outside the wire' and the security standards that require our diplomats to work behind high walls," he said.
"Our challenge is to strike a balance between the necessity of the mission, available resources and tolerance for risk."
Mr Kerry, the son of a diplomat, has long sought the post. Mr Obama considered him for the job after the 2008 election before picking Mrs Clinton, his defeated rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, in a surprise move.


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I'm watching the classic Doctor Who series, because someone wanted me to watch the new series. Or something. I've been doing it so long, I'm not sure on how it all came about.
I'm up through Season 23 now. That's Colin Baker's second full season as The Doctor. It's also his last. BBC would fire him after the season ended.
Before we get to all that, though, let's take a quick look at Season 23.
Rumors were that BBC had canceled the series after Season 22. In fact, they moved it back to a Fall schedule for budgetary reasons. That allowed them to go an entire fiscal year without the expense of a Doctor Who season.
Besides the return to the Fall, Season 23 was a little different. The format returned to 25-minute episodes, after going 45 minutes per episode the previous year. However, they didn't increase the number of episodes. During the first six seasons, there had been 40-45 episodes per season. That schedule took its toll on both William Hartnell and Patrick Traughton, who both lasted around three seasons each in the role of The Doctor. Since Season Seven, there had usually been around 25 episodes per season. That may have been why Jon Pertwee stayed for five seasons, and Tom Baker for seven. Peter Davison only left after three because he was following Patrick Traughton's example of three and done. Traughton had been The Doctor that Davison grew up watching, and was, to him, The Doctor.
With the extended episodes in Season 22, the number of episodes was cut back, making the actual show content consistent with what had been the norm since Season Seven. However, when they went back to 25-minute episodes in Season 23, they left the number of episodes as the contracted number. Season 23 ran 14 episodes.
Season 23 was also a single story, The Trial of a Time Lord. The trial used three stories as evidence in the trial, then added a fourth story to wrap up the trial. While the entire season was considered a single 14-episode serial, the various phases of the trial consist of stand-alone stories that could have aired outside of the framework of the trial.
The Doctor was on trial for meddling. Yes, that was how the Season Six serial, The War Games ended, which concluded with a trial by Time Lords, and The Doctor being sentenced to be stranded on Earth as Jon Pertwee.
The show played it up as him being tried for it again, violating our double jeopardy standard. However, all of the evidence used Colin Baker's likeness as The Doctor, so it was actually a second trial for The Doctor continuing to interfere with time and worlds in space.
The second story in the trial, known as Mindwarp (4 episodes) — although that was not officially the name of the story — included the death of Peri (Nicola Bryant). That storyline was changed in the final story, The Ultimate Foe (2 episodes), with Peri's death being said to have been altered records. According to one report, Nicola Bryant filmed her final scene for Mindwarp thinking that her character had been killed off by having her brain removed. She was said to have been unhappy with the in-season retcon of that. Didn't stop her from taking money for appearing in officially licensed (and considered canon) audio programs years later.
A new companion, Melanie Bush (Bonnie Langford), commonly called "Mel," was introduced with no fanfare in Terror of the Vervoids (4 episodes). It was presented as testimony from the future, after she had joined The Doctor in his travels.
The trial concluded with the surprise that the prosecutor, known as The Valeyard, was actually a future incarnation of The Doctor. The Master (Anthony Ainley), who appeared in, but not as, The Ultimate Foe (2 episodes), was conspiring with The Valeyard, and called him "an amalgamation of the darker side of the Doctor's nature", adding that he came into being somewhere between The Doctor's "twelfth and final incarnations." Along with the High Council of Gallifrey, The Master and The Valeyard were covering up a massive crime by convicting The Doctor, sentencing our hero to death, with The Valeyard gaining all of The Doctor's remaining regenerations. Or something.
Anyway, The Master turned the tables on The Valeyard, but ended up allowing The Doctor to escape and defeat The Master. The High Council was overthrown, The Valeyard escaped, and everything went back to normal.
Except it didn't.
Because of the complaints against the show for its violence, the head of BBC programming wanted to completely overhaul the show, including casting a new actor as The Doctor.
None of that was known when Season 23 ended. As far as Colin Baker knew, he would be back in the TARDIS the next season. But, it was not to be. He offered to appear in the full season, with a regeneration at the end, but BBC wanted to begin with a regeneration, and offered him one serial of the next season. That would have caused him to miss other work with little return, so he declined.
Let me finish the Colin Baker years by saying that I wasn't at all unhappy with his portrayal as The Doctor. However, he had the shortest run of any actor up to this time (December 1986). His character had one season to settle in before the disruption of a trial, then he was fired. I think had he remained in the role longer, he would have grown on me more. Despite the firing, Baker reprised the role in official audio plays in the years since.
Oh, there is an interesting story on how they handled the regeneration from The Doctor (6.0) to The Doctor (7.0) in the next season, without Colin Baker's participation. But, we'll save that for Season 24.


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Two local stars are among the six finalists for "Mr. Basketball" honors in New York.
Olean's Wil Bathurst and Williamsville North's Sterling Taplin are on the list, along with Isaiah Whitehead (Lincoln), Khadeen Carrington (Bishop Loughlin), Emmitt Holt (Webster Schroeder), and Dontay Caruthers (Rochester East).
The award, given annually to the top player in New York, will be given out in March.
Taplin's high school career came to an end this week in Sectionals, but Bathurst's Olean squad is still alive. The Huskies will play for the Class B-1 sectional title Saturday at 1:45pm at Buffalo State.