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Chapter XXV
The Scorpion or the Grasshopper: Which?
The discovery flung us into a state of alarm that made us forget all our past and present sufferings. We now knew all that the monster meant to convey when he said to Christine Daae:
"Yes or no! If your answer is no, everybody will be dead AND BURIED!"
Yes, buried under the ruins of the Paris Grand Opera I
The monster had given her until eleven o'clock in the evening. He had chosen his time well. There would be many people, many "members of the human race," up there, in the resplendent theater. What finer retinue could be expected for his funeral? He would go down to the tomb escorted by the whitest shoulders in the world, decked with the richest jewels.
Eleven o'clock to-morrow evening!
We were all to be blown up in the middle of the performance... if Christine Daae said no!
Eleven o'clock to-morrow evening!...
And what else could Christine say but no? Would she not prefer to espouse death itself rather than that living corpse? She did not know that on her acceptance or refusal depended the awful fate of many members of the human race!
Eleven o'clock to-morrow evening!
And we dragged ourselves through the darkness, feeling our way to the stone steps, for the light in the trap-door overhead that led to the room of mirrors was now extinguished; and we repeated to ourselves:
"Eleven o'clock to-morrow evening!"
At last, I found the staircase. But, suddenly I drew myself up on the first step, for a terrible thought had come to my mind:
"What is the time?"
Ah, what was the time?...For, after all, eleven o'clock to-morrow
evening might be now, might be this very moment! Who could tell us
the time? We seemed to have been imprisoned in that hell for days
and days...for years...since the beginning of the world.
Perhaps we should be blown up then and there! Ah, a sound! A crack!
"Did you hear that?...There, in the corner...good heavens!...
Like a sound of machinery!...Again!...Oh, for a light!...
Perhaps it's the machinery that is to blow everything up!...
I tell you, a cracking sound: are you deaf?"
We found the trap-door still open, but it was now as dark in the room of mirrors as in the cellar which we had left. We dragged ourselves along the floor of the torture-chamber, the floor that separated us from the powder-magazine. What was the time? We shouted, we called: M. de Chagny to Christine, I to Erik. I reminded him that I had saved his life. But no answer, save that of our despair, of our madness:what was the time? We argued, we tried to calculate the time which we had spent there, but we were incapable of reasoning. If only we could see the face of a watch!... Mine had stopped, but M. de Chagny's was still going... He told me that he had wound it up before dressing for the Opera.... We had not a match upon us....And yet we must know....M. de Chagny broke the glass of his watch and felt the two hands. ...He questioned the hands of the watch with his finger-tips, going by the position of the ring of the watch....Judging by the space between the hands, he thought it might be just eleven o'clock!
But perhaps it was not the eleven o'clock of which we stood in dread. Perhaps we had still twelve hours before us!
Suddenly, I exclaimed: "Hush!"
I seemed to hear footsteps in the next room. Some one tapped against the wall. Christine Daae's voice said:
"Raoul! Raoul!" We were now all talking at once, on either side of the wall. Christine sobbed; she was not sure that she would find M. de Chagny alive. The monster had been terrible, it seemed, had done nothing but rave, waiting for her to give him the "yes" which she refused. And yet she had promised him that "yes," if he would take her to the torture-chamber. But he had obstinately declined, and had uttered hideous threats against all the members of the human race! At last, after hours and hours of that hell, he had that moment gone out, leaving her alone to reflect for the last time.
"Hours and hours? What is the time now? What is the time, Christine?"
"It is eleven o'clock! Eleven o'clock, all but five minutes!"
"But which eleven o'clock?"
"The eleven o'clock that is to decide life or death!...He told me so just before he went....He is terrible....He is quite mad: he tore off his mask and his yellow eyes shot flames!...He did nothing but laugh!...He said, `I give you five minutes to spare your blushes! Here,' he said, taking a key from the little bag of life and death, `here is the little bronze key that opens the two ebony caskets on the mantelpiece in the Louis-Philippe room. ...In one of the caskets, you will find a scorpion, in the other, a grasshopper, both very cleverly imitated in Japanese bronze: they will say yes or no for you. If you turn the scorpion round, that will mean to me, when I return, that you have said yes. The grasshopper will mean no.' And he laughed like a drunken demon. I did nothing but beg and entreat him to give me the key of the torture-chamber, promising to be his wife if he granted me that request....But he told me that there was no future need for that key and that he was going to throw it into the lake!... And he again laughed like a drunken demon and left me. Oh, his last words were, `The grasshopper! Be careful of the grasshopper! A grasshopper does not only turn: it hops! It hops! And it hops jolly high!'"
The five minutes had nearly elapsed and the scorpion and the grasshopper
were scratching at my brain. Nevertheless, I had sufficient
lucidity left to understand that, if the grasshopper were turned,
it would hop...and with it many members of the human race!
There was no doubt but that the grasshopper controlled an electric
current intended to blow up the powder-magazine!
There was a pause.
"Christine," I cried, "where are you?"
"By the scorpion."
"Don't touch it!"
The idea had come to me--for I knew my Erik--that the monster had perhaps deceived the girl once more. Perhaps it was the scorpion that would blow everything up. After all, why wasn't he there? The five minutes were long past...and he was not back. ...Perhaps he had taken shelter and was waiting for the explosion! ...Why had he not returned?...He could not really expect Christine ever to consent to become his voluntary prey!...Why had he not returned?
"Don't touch the scorpion!" I said.
"Here he comes!" cried Christine. "I hear him! Here he is!"
We heard his steps approaching the Louis-Philippe room. He came up to Christine, but did not speak. Then I raised my voice:
"Erik! It is I! Do you know me?"
With extraordinary calmness, he at once replied:
"So you are not dead in there? Well, then, see that you keep quiet."
I tried to speak, but he said coldly:
"Not a word, daroga, or I shall blow everything up." And he added, "The honor rests with mademoiselle....Mademoiselle has not touched the scorpion"--how deliberately he spoke!--"mademoiselle has not touched the grasshopper"--with that composure!--"but it is not too late to do the right thing. There, I open the caskets without a key, for I am a trap-door lover and I open and shut what I please and as I please. I open the little ebony caskets: mademoiselle, look at the little dears inside. Aren't they pretty? If you turn the grasshopper, mademoiselle, we shall all be blown up. There is enough gun-powder under our feet to blow up a whole quarter of Paris. If you turn the scorpion, mademoiselle, all that powder will be soaked and drowned. Mademoiselle, to celebrate our wedding, you shall make a very handsome present to a few hundred Parisians who are at this moment applauding a poor masterpiece of Meyerbeer's ...you shall make them a present of their lives....For, with your own fair hands, you shall turn the scorpion.... And merrily, merrily, we will be married!"
A pause; and then:
"If, in two minutes, mademoiselle, you have not turned the scorpion, I shall turn the grasshopper...and the grasshopper, I tell you, HOPS JOLLY HIGH!"
The terrible silence began anew. The Vicomte de Chagny, realizing that there was nothing left to do but pray, went down on his knees and prayed. As for me, my blood beat so fiercely that I had to take my heart in both hands, lest it should burst. At last, we heard Erik's voice:
"The two minutes are past....Good-by, mademoiselle. ...Hop, grasshopper! "Erik," cried Christine, "do you swear to me, monster, do you swear to me that the scorpion is the one to turn?
"Yes, to hop at our wedding."
"Ah, you see! You said, to hop!"
"At our wedding, ingenuous child!...The scorpion opens the ball. ...But that will do!...You won't have the scorpion? Then I turn the grasshopper!"
I was crying out in concert with Christine. M. de Chagny was still on his knees, praying.
"Erik! I have turned the scorpion!"
Oh, the second through which we passed!
Waiting! Waiting to find ourselves in fragments, amid the roar and the ruins!
Feeling something crack beneath our feet, hearing an appalling hiss through the open trap-door, a hiss like the first sound of a rocket!
It came softly, at first, then louder, then very loud. But it was not the hiss of fire. It was more like the hiss of water. And now it became a gurgling sound: "Guggle! Guggle!"
We rushed to the trap-door. All our thirst, which vanished when the terror came, now returned with the lapping of the water.
The water rose in the cellar, above the barrels, the powder-barrels--"Barrels! ...Barrels! Any barrels to sell?"--and we went down to it with parched throats. It rose to our chins, to our mouths. And we drank. We stood on the floor of the cellar and drank. And we went up the stairs again in the dark, step by step, went up with the water.
The water came out of the cellar with us and spread over the floor of the room. If, this went on, the whole house on the lake would be swamped. The, floor of the torture-chamber had itself become a regular little lake, in which our feet splashed. Surely there was water enough now! Erik must turn off the tap!
"Erik! Erik! That is water enough for the gunpowder! Turn off the tap! Turn off the scorpion!"
But Erik did not reply. We heard nothing but the water rising: it was half-way to our waists!
"Christine!" cried M. de Chagny. "Christine! The water is up to our knees!"
But Christine did not reply....We heard nothing but the water rising.
No one, no one in the next room, no one to turn the tap, no one to turn the scorpion!
We were all alone, in the dark, with the dark water that seized us and clasped us and froze us!
"Erik! Erik!"
"Christine! Christine!"
By this time, we had lost our foothold and were spinning round in the water, carried away by an irresistible whirl, for the water turned with us and dashed us against the dark mirror, which thrust us back again; and our throats, raised above the whirlpool, roared aloud.
Were we to die here, drowned in the torture-chamber? I had never seen that. Erik, at the time of the rosy hours of Mazenderan, had never shown me that, through the little invisible window.
"Erik! Erik!" I cried. "I saved your life! Remember!...You were sentenced to death! But for me, you would be dead now!... Erik!"
We whirled around, in the water like so much wreckage. But, suddenly, my straying hands seized the trunk of the iron tree! I called M. de Chagny, and we both hung to the branch of the iron tree.
And the water rose still higher.
"Oh! Oh! Can you remember? How much space is there between the branch of the tree and the dome-shaped ceiling? Do try to remember!... After all, the water may stop, it must find its level!...There, I think it is stopping!...No, no, oh, horrible!...Swim! Swim for your life!"
Our arms became entangled in the effort of swimming; we choked; we fought in the dark water; already we could hardly breathe the dark air above the dark water, the air which escaped, which we could hear escaping through some vent-hole or other.
"Oh, let us turn and turn and turn until we find the air hole and then glue our mouths to it!"
But I lost my strength; I tried to lay hold of the walls! Oh, how those glass walls slipped from under my groping fingers!...We whirled round again!...We began to sink! ...One last effort!...A last cry: "Erik!...Christine!..."
"Guggle, guggle, guggle!" in our ears. "Guggle! Guggle!" At the bottom of the dark water, our ears went, "Guggle! Guggle!"
And, before losing consciousness entirely, I seemed to hear, between two guggles:
"Barrels! Barrels! Any barrels to sell?"
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Respondent's decedent, her son who was an Army private, was off duty at Fort Bliss and away from the base when he was kidnaped and murdered by another serviceman, who was convicted of the murder in a New Mexico court and who had also been convicted by a German court of manslaughter in 1977 while assigned to an Army base in Germany. Respondent brought this action against the Government in Federal District Court under the Federal Tort Claims Act (Act), claiming that the Army's negligence caused her son's death. Respondent alleged that, although the Army knew that the other serviceman was dangerous, it "negligently and carelessly failed to exert a reasonably sufficient control over" him, "failed to warn other persons that he was at large, [and] negligently and carelessly failed to . . . remove [him] from active military duty." The District Court granted summary judgment for the Government, but the Court of Appeals reversed, concluding, inter alia, that Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 - which held that a soldier may not recover under the Act for injuries that "arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service," id., at 146 - did not bar respondent's suit.
Recovery under the Act is barred by the Feres doctrine, which is based, inter alia, on the special relationship of the soldier to his superiors, the effects of the maintenance of suits under the Act on discipline, and the extreme results that might obtain if such suits were allowed for negligent orders given or negligent acts committed in the course of military duty. The Court of Appeals erroneously placed great weight on the fact that respondent's son was off duty and away from the base when he was murdered; the situs of the murder is not nearly as important as whether the suit requires the civilian court to second-guess military decisions, and whether the suit might impair essential military discipline. Respondent's complaint strikes at the core of these concerns; her allegations go directly to the "management" of the military, calling into question basic choices about the discipline, supervision, and control of a serviceman. To permit this type of suit would mean that commanding officers would have to stand prepared to convince a civilian court of the wisdom of a wide range of military and disciplinary decisions. Nor is the Feres doctrine rendered inapplicable by respondent's focusing only [473 U.S. 52, 53] on this case with a claim of negligence, and by characterizing her claim as a challenge to a "straightforward personnel decision." By whatever name it is called, it is a decision of command. Pp. 57-59.
723 F.2d 1102, reversed.
BURGER, C. J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II-B, and III, in which BRENNAN, WHITE, BLACKMUN, REHNQUIST, STEVENS, and O'CONNOR, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part II-A, in which WHITE, REHNQUIST, and O'CONNOR, JJ., joined. BRENNAN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which BLACKMUN and STEVENS, JJ., joined, post, p. 59. MARSHALL, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, post, p. 60. POWELL, J., took no part in the decision of the case.
Deputy Solicitor General Geller argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General Willard, David A. Strauss, Anthony J. Steinmeyer, and Robert V. Zener.
William T. Cannon argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part II-A.
We granted certiorari to decide whether the survivor of a serviceman, who was murdered by another serviceman, may recover from the Government under the Federal Tort Claims Act for negligently failing to prevent the murder.
Respondent is the mother and administratrix of Army Private Vernon Shearer. While Private Shearer was off duty at Fort Bliss and away from the base, he was kidnaped and murdered by another serviceman, Private Andrew Heard. A New Mexico court convicted Private Heard of Shearer's murder and sentenced him to a term of 15 to 55 years' imprisonment.
Respondent brought this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. 1346(b) and 2671 et seq., claiming [473 U.S. 52, 54] that the Army's negligence caused Private Shearer's death. Respondent alleged that Private Heard, while assigned to an Army base in Germany in 1977, was convicted by a German court of manslaughter and sentenced to a 4-year prison term. Upon his discharge from that confinement in Germany, the Army transferred Private Heard to Fort Bliss. Respondent alleged that, although the Army knew that Private Heard was dangerous, it "negligently and carelessly failed to exert a reasonably sufficient control over" him and "failed to warn other persons that he was at large." App. 14.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted summary judgment in favor of the Government. The Court of Appeals reversed. 723 F.2d 1102 (CA3 1983). The court held that Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), did not bar respondent's suit because "[g]enerally an off-duty serviceman not on the military base and not engaged in military activity at the time of injury, can recover under FTCA." 723 F.2d, at 1106. The court also held that respondent's suit was not precluded by the intentional tort exception to the Act, 28 U.S.C. 2680(h). The Court of Appeals noted that respondent's complaint alleged negligence and reasoned that "if an assault and battery occurred as a `natural result' of the government's failure to exercise due care, the assault and battery may be deemed to have its roots in negligence and therefore it is within the scope of the FTCA." Id., at 1107. 1
We granted certiorari. 469 U.S. 929 (1984). We reverse.
The Federal Tort Claims Act's waiver of sovereign immunity does not apply to "[a]ny claim arising out of assault [or] battery," 28 U.S.C. 2680(h), and it is clear that respondent's [473 U.S. 52, 55] claim arises out of the battery committed by Private Heard. No semantical recasting of events can alter the fact that the battery was the immediate cause of Private Shearer's death and, consequently, the basis of respondent's claim.
Respondent cannot avoid the reach of 2680(h) by framing her complaint in terms of negligent failure to prevent the assault and battery. Section 2680(h) does not merely bar claims for assault or battery; in sweeping language it excludes any claim arising out of assault or battery. We read this provision to cover claims like respondent's that sound in negligence but stem from a battery committed by a Government employee. Thus "the express words of the statute" bar respondent's claim against the Government. United States v. Spelar, 338 U.S. 217, 219 (1949).
The legislative history of 2680(h), although sparse, is entirely consistent with our interpretation. There is no indication that Congress distinguished between "negligent supervision" claims and respondeat superior claims, with only the latter excluded under the Act. Instead it appears that Congress believed that 2680(h) would bar claims arising out of a certain type of factual situation - deliberate attacks by Government employees. For example, Congress was advised by the Department of Justice that the exception would apply "where some agent of the Government gets in a fight with some fellow . . . [a]nd socks him." Tort Claims: Hearings on H. R. 5373 and H. R. 6463 before the House Committee on the Judiciary, 77th Cong., 2d Sess., 33 (1942).
It is clear that Congress passed the Tort Claims Act on the straightforward assurance that the United States would not be financially responsible for the assaults and batteries of its employees. See Tort Claims Against the United States: Hearings on S. 2690 before a Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 76th Cong., 3d Sess., 39 (1940). No one suggested that liability would attach if the Government negligently failed to supervise such an assailant. [473 U.S. 52, 56]
This legislative understanding was reconfirmed in 1974 when Congress amended 2680(h) to waive sovereign immunity for claims arising out of the intentional torts of law enforcement officers. See Pub. L. 93-253, 2, 88 Stat. 50. The premise of the legislation was that unamended 2680(h) "protect[ed] the Federal Government from liability when its agents commit[ted] intentional torts such as assault and battery." S. Rep. No. 93-588, p. 3 (1973). Once again, Congress did not hint that it thought the Government's liability for an assault and battery turned on the adequacy of supervision or warnings. 2
The Court's interpretation of parallel exceptions in 2680 also supports our decision. In United States, v. Neustadt, 366 U.S. 696 (1961), the Court held that the exception in 2680(h) for claims "arising out of . . . misrepresentation" covers cases in which negligence underlies the inaccurate representation. And in Kosak v. United States, 465 U.S. 848 (1984), we held that the exception for claims "arising in respect of . . . the detention of any goods or merchandise by any officer of customs" includes a claim for negligent handling. Because Congress viewed these exceptions in the same light as the exception at issue here, see, e. g., H. R. Rep. No. 1287, 79th Cong., 1st Sess., 6 (1945), it is inescapable that the phrase "arising out of assault [or] battery" is broad enough to encompass claims sounding in negligence.
Today's result is not inconsistent with the line of cases holding that the Government may be held liable for negligently failing to prevent the intentional torts of a non-employee under its supervision. See, e. g., Panella v. United States, 216 F.2d 622 (CA2 1954) (Harlan, J.). In enacting the Federal Tort Claims Act, Congress' focus was [473 U.S. 52, 57] on the extent of the Government's liability for the actions of its employees. See generally Panella, supra, at 626. Thus, in referring to assaults and batteries in 2680(h), Congress at least intended to exclude claims arising from such intentional torts committed by Government employees.
Our holding in Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), was that a soldier may not recover under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries which "arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service." Id., at 146. Although the Court in Feres based its decision on several grounds,
Respondent's complaint strikes at the core of these concerns. 3 In particular, respondent alleges that Private Shearer's superiors in the Army "negligently and carelessly failed to exert a reasonably sufficient control over Andrew Heard, . . . failed to warn other persons that he was at large, [and] negligently and carelessly failed to . . . remove Andrew Heard from active military duty." App. 14. This allegation goes directly to the "management" of the military; it calls into question basic choices about the discipline, supervision, and control of a serviceman. 4
Respondent's case is therefore quite different from Brooks v. United States, 337 U.S. 49 (1949), where the Court allowed recovery under the Tort Claims Act for injuries caused by a negligent driver of a military truck. Unlike the negligence alleged in the operation of a vehicle, the claim here would require Army officers "to testify in court as to each other's decisions and actions." Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. v. United States, supra, at 673. To permit this type of suit would mean that commanding officers would have to stand prepared to convince a civilian court of the wisdom of a wide range of military and disciplinary decisions; for example, whether to overlook a particular incident or episode, whether to discharge a serviceman, and whether and how to place restraints on a soldier's off-base conduct. But as we noted in Chappell v. Wallace, such "`complex, subtle, and professional decisions as to the composition, training, . . . and control of a military force are essentially professional military judgments.'" 462 U.S., at 302 , quoting Gilligan v. Morgan, 413 U.S. 1, 10 (1973). [473 U.S. 52, 59]
Finally, respondent does not escape the Feres net by focusing only on this case with a claim of negligence, and by characterizing her claim as a challenge to a "straightforward personnel decision." Tr. of Oral Arg. 37. By whatever name it is called, it is a decision of command. The plaintiffs in Feres and Stencel Aero Engineering did not contest the wisdom of broad military policy; nevertheless, the Court held that their claims did not fall within the Tort Claims Act because they were the type of claims that, if generally permitted, would involve the judiciary in sensitive military affairs at the expense of military discipline and effectiveness. Similarly, respondent's attempt to hale Army officials into court to account for their supervision and discipline of Private Heard must fail.
Special Assistant to the Attorney General Holtzoff, testifying on behalf of the Attorney General, described the proposed Federal Tort Claims Act as "a radical innovation" and thus counseled Congress to "take it step by step." Tort Claims Against the United States: Hearings on H. R. 7236 before Subcommittee No. 1 of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 76th Cong., 3d Sess., 22 (1940). We hold that Congress has not undertaken to allow a serviceman or his representative to recover from the Government for negligently failing to prevent another serviceman's assault and battery. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is
[ Footnote 2 ] This is true even though Congress had reason to believe that "several incidents" of "abusive, illegal and unconstitutional `no-knock' raids" by federal narcotics agents were the result of inadequate supervision. See S. Rep. No. 93-588, p. 2 (1973).
[ Footnote 3 ] It is immaterial that this suit was brought by a representative of the serviceman; indeed, Feres itself was brought by an executrix. Feres v. United States 340 U.S. 135, 136 -137 (1950).
[ Footnote 4 ] Although no longer controlling, other factors mentioned in Feres are present here. It would be anomalous for the Government's duty to supervise servicemen to depend on the local law of the various states, see id., at 143, 146; and the record shows that Private Shearer's dependents are entitled to statutory veterans' benefits. See id., at 144-145.
JUSTICE BRENNAN, with whom JUSTICE BLACKMUN and JUSTICE STEVENS join, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
I do not join Part II-A of THE CHIEF JUSTICE's opinion. I do, however, join Part II-B and therefore concur in the judgment. [473 U.S. 52, 60]
JUSTICE MARSHALL, concurring in the judgment.
While I am not a firm supporter of Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), I can support Part II-B of the Court's opinion and concur in the judgment. [473 U.S. 52, 61]
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For months, anti-Conservative campaigners from environmentalists to veterans tried to persuade like-minded voters to coalesce behind the strongest opponent in each riding.
But as the dust settles on the Liberals' powerful majority victory, it's unclear if those strategic voting attempts had great effect, other than to demolish Green Party hopes to add seats.
Organizations like LeadNow and the Dogwood Initiative funded riding-level polls to try to help guide their followers.
LeadNow recommended NDP candidates in 11 B.C. ridings, and the Liberals for two seats on the North Shore.
All but three of those chosen candidates won their races.
One notable exception was the choice of the NDP candidate in Vancouver-Granville who ended up third behind the Liberal victor and the Conservative runner-up as voters apparently disregarded the advice.
Mario Canseco, vice-president of Insights West, which did polling for Dogwood, said strategic voting attempts appear to have had more effect on Vancouver Island than in the Lower Mainland, where those efforts were swamped by the strength of the Liberal wave.
"There are certain pockets where strategic voting worked very well and probably enabled some NDP victories," he said, adding a few New Democrats were elected on the Island who otherwise would not likely have prevailed over Conservatives.
LeadNow made no recommendations in some ridings presumed to be safe Conservative seats that ended up hotly contested. Those included South Surrey-White Rock, where Conservative Dianne Watts narrowly prevailed, as well as Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon and Cloverdale-Langley City, where Liberals unexpectedly captured turf that traditionally went Tory.
It's difficult, Canseco said, for unite-the-left strategists to get enough granular riding-level data on individual races to gauge how they are evolving in time to be useful to voters.
Strategic voting was based on the premise that Liberals, NDP and Green supporters would risk leaving room for Conservatives to win many races unless they first settled on a single consensus candidate.
A shorter campaign might have resulted in a Conservative victory, he said.
Instead, the Liberals had more time to build momentum and present leader Justin Trudeau as a viable prime minister.
Canseco doesn't accept one theory that the red wave resulted mainly from the Conservatives' choice to emphasize the niqab issue in Quebec, harming NDP chances there and making the Liberals seem the more obvious alternative for the anyone-but-Harper movement.
He said NDP leader Tom Mulcair simply did not perform as well in debates or on the campaign trail as he did before in the House of Commons, and the choice to balance the budget made him seem like "a small 'C' Conservative" compared to the bolder Liberals.
"They weren't able to solidify this idea that they were the vehicle for change," Canseco said.
Friendly fire for Greens
In the campaign's final week, several prominent B.C. environmentalists publicly turned away from the Greens in favour of either the NDP or Liberals, in the name of preventing another Conservative government.
Green leader Elizabeth May likened it to being gunned down by "friendly fire."
When the votes were tallied, the Green vote in B.C. had increased only marginally – from 7.7 per cent to 8.2 per cent – and they hung onto only May's seat.
Speaking to supporters on election night, May said strategic voting was a major factor.
"Particularly on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland was the notion that people who wanted to vote Green shouldn't. Couldn't. Would be bad people if they did," she said.
That was hard to overcome, May said, because many Greens, Liberals and New Democrats shared the same priority.
"It was simply not possible to imagine this country enduring a single second more of Stephen Harper's policies."


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Launched in April 2013, the FFT question has been asked in all NHS inpatient and A&E departments across England and, since October 2013, all providers of NHS funded maternity services. In its first year, more than 2 million individual responses were given. The FFT is now being rolled out to an extra seven areas of NHS care making the opportunity to leave feedback possible in almost all NHS services.
From 1 December 2014, the FFT will be available in GP practices, from January 2015 in mental health and community services and from 1 April 2015, it will be expanded to NHS dental practices, ambulance services, patient transport services, acute hospitals outpatients and day cases.
The feedback gathered through the FFT is being used in NHS organisations across the country to stimulate local improvement and empower staff to carry out the sorts of changes that make a real difference to patients and their care. While the results will not be statistically comparable against other organisations because of the various data collection methods, FFT will continue to provide a broad measure of patient experience that can be used alongside other data to inform service improvement and patient choice.
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Trump claims NATO allies will up spending
French President Emmanuel Macron quickly disputed President Trump's claim made during a surprise pivot in which he declared the alliance a "fine-tuned machine" but Mr. Trump did not give details on the agreement.
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In a chaotic 28 hours at NATO, President Trump disparaged longtime allies, cast doubt on his commitment to the mutual-defense organization, and sent the 29-member pact into frenzied emergency session. Then, in a head-snapping pivot at the end, on Thursday he declared the alliance a "fine-tuned machine" that had acceded to his demands to speed up increases in military spending.
Mr. Trump claimed member nations had agreed to significantly boost their defense budgets and reaffirmed – after days of griping that the United States was being taken advantage of by its allies – that the US remains faithful to the accord. "The United States's commitment to NATO remains very strong," Trump told reporters at a surprise news conference following an emergency session of NATO members held to address his threats.
There were no immediate specifics on what Trump said he had achieved, and French President Emmanuel Macron quickly disputed Trump's claim that NATO allies had agreed to boost defense spending beyond their existing goal of 2 percent of gross domestic product.
Trump had spent his time in Brussels berating members of the military alliance for failing to spend enough of their money on defense, accusing Europe of freeloading off the US and raising doubts about whether he would come to members' defense if they were attacked.
Trump said he made his anger clear to allies on Wednesday.
"Yesterday I let them know that I was extremely unhappy with what was happening," Trump said, adding that, in response, European countries agreed to up their spending.
"They have substantially upped their commitment and now we're very happy and have a very, very powerful, very, very strong NATO," he said.
Painting a rosy portrait before he left Brussels, Trump added: "I can you tell you that NATO now is a really a fine-tuned machine. People are paying money that they never paid before. They're happy to do it. And the United States is being treated much more fairly."
With that, Trump moved on to Britain, where significant protests against him were expected. Although Trump administration officials point to the longstanding alliance between the US and Britain, Trump's itinerary in Britain will largely keep him out of central London, the center of the protests.
Instead, a series of events – a black-tie dinner with business leaders, a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May, and an audience with Queen Elizabeth II – will happen outside the bustling city, where Mayor Sadiq Khan has been in a verbal battle with Trump.
Trump brushed off the protests, saying, "I think they like me a lot in the UK. I think they agree with me on immigration. I'm very strong on immigration."
At NATO, Trump did not specify which countries had committed to what, and it remained unclear whether any had changed their plans. He suggested an accelerated timeline, saying nations would be "spending at a much faster clip." That would mark a significant milestone for the alliance.
"Some are at 2 percent, others have agreed definitely to go to 2 percent, and some are going back to get the approval, and which they will get to go to 2 percent," he said.
US leaders for decades have pushed NATO allies to spend more on defense in an effort to more equitably share the collective defense burden.
NATO countries in 2014 set a goal of moving toward spending 2 percent of their gross domestic products on defense within 10 years. NATO has estimated that only 15 members, or just over half, will meet the benchmark by 2024 based on current trends.
Mr. Macron, in his own news conference, seemed to reject Trump's claim that NATO powers had agreed to increases beyond previous targets. He said the allies had confirmed their intention to meet the goal of 2 percent by 2024 and no more.
The emergency session came amid reports that Trump had threatened to leave the pact if allies didn't immediately up their spending. Officials said no explicit threat was made.
"President Trump never at any moment, either in public or in private, threatened to withdraw from NATO," Macron said.
Still, Trump confirmed the fears of NATO officials and allies as he sent the carefully orchestrated summit into chaos. On Thursday, Trump arrived late to the official meetings, missed scheduled sit-downs with two allies on the margins of the summit, and skipped part of a session on the NATO mission in Afghanistan to hold the impromptu news conference.
Trump had taken an aggressive tone during the summit, questioning the value of an alliance that has defined decades of American foreign policy, torching an ally, and proposing a massive increase in European defense spending.
Earlier Thursday, Trump called out US allies on Twitter, saying, "Presidents have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get Germany and other rich NATO Nations to pay more toward their protection from Russia."
He complained the US "pays tens of Billions of Dollars too much to subsidize Europe" and demanded that member nations reach their goal to spend 2 percent of GDP on defense, which "must ultimately go to 4%!"
Under fire for his warm embrace of Russia's Vladimir Putin, Trump on Wednesday also turned a harsh spotlight on Germany's own ties to Russia, alleging that a natural gas pipeline venture with Moscow has left Chancellor Angela Merkel's government "totally controlled" and "captive" to Russia.
He continued the attack Thursday, complaining that "Germany just started paying Russia, the country they want protection from, Billions of Dollars for their Energy needs coming out of a new pipeline from Russia."
"Not acceptable!" he railed before arriving late at NATO headquarters for morning meetings with the leaders of Azerbaijan, Romania, Ukraine, and Georgia.
During the trip, Trump questioned the necessity of the alliance that formed a bulwark against Soviet aggression, tweeting after a day of contentious meetings: "What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars for gas and energy?"
Ms. Merkel, who grew up in communist East Germany, shot back that she had "experienced myself a part of Germany controlled by the Soviet Union, and I'm very happy today that we are united in freedom as the Federal Republic of Germany and can thus say that we can determine our own policies and make our own decisions and that's very good."
Trump tweeted that NATO countries "Must pay 2% of GDP IMMEDIATELY, not by 2025" and then rattled them further by privately suggesting member nations should spend 4 percent of their gross domestic product on defense – a bigger share than even the US currently pays, according to NATO statistics.
Still, Trump has been more conciliatory behind the scenes, including at a leaders' dinner Wednesday.
"I have to tell you that the atmosphere last night at dinner was very open, was very constructive, and it was very positive," Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, the president of Croatia, told reporters.
This story was reported by The Associated Press. AP writers Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.


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Motor Vehicle Tax Adjustments
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Pink Bag Pick Up
Simple Recycling is a company that will pick up your textiles curb side. This helps the city and the planet keep textiles out of landfills. This is a private company that picks up your pink bags. You can email them at firstname.lastname@example.com or call them at (866) 835-5068 them for bags.Go
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Property Assessment Forms
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Public Garbage Pickup Request
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Public Recycle Pickup Request
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Real Estate Database
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Residential Parking Permits
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Resources for HIV Testing & Treatment and Needle Exchange
Stamford CARES (Coalition for AIDS Resources, Education and Services) offers by direct service or through its community partners, access to health and support services to children, adolescents, adults and families living with HIV/AIDS in the Stamford region.Go
Restaurant Obstruction
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Retaining Wall Failure
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Road Paving List and Map
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Sanitary Sewer Complaints
Report sewer complaint such as sewage backing into residence, toilets, and sink drainage. FOR ALL EMERGENCY REQUESTS CALL (203)977-4596 or (203) 943-1476.Go
Sanitation Information Request
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School Readiness Grant Funding Information
The School Readiness Council offers a grant program for private for-profit centers or non-profit centers, in public schools or a part of Head Start. Interested programs should either be currently accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) or able to earn accreditation within three years from their date of funding. School Readiness children must reside in Stamford.Go
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Sewage Overflowing from a Manhole
Report sewer overflowing from a manhole onto a City Street. FOR ALL EMERGENCY REQUESTS CALL (203)977-4596 or (203) 943-1476.Go
Sewer Assessment and Connections
Information regarding types of property subject to sewer assessments.Go
Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD) Clinic
Located at 137 Henry Street, Stamford, CT, the Sexual Transmitted Disease (STD) clinic offers walk-in service.Go
Share the Fare
The Share the Fare program is for Stamford residents over the age of 62 and for disabled individuals. Share the Fare offers improved travel opportunities through a subsidized taxi program. For more information on where to purchase Share the Fare vouchers, what a Share the Fare voucher book is, how to arrange for a taxi service, how to pay the taxi driver, and a list of taxi companies participating in the Share the Fare program, visit the Social Services Department website.Go
Shellfish Water Form
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Sidewalk Snow Clearing
Report a case of sidewalks not being cleared of snow 12 hours after a storm. Please see city ordinance regarding clearing sidewalks for pedestrians. A citation officer will be sent to the location.Go
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Snow Emergency Information
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Snow Removal Process
When it is determined that a storm is approaching, trucks will be geared up, plows will be mounted, and plow crews will go on alert. The steps below ensure that residents are within 3 or 4 blocks of a treated roadway during the course of the storm and that complete vehicle access is available as soon as possible when the storm is over.Go
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Stamford Arts & Culture (SAC) Grant
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Stamford Code of Ordinances
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Stamford Recreation Services
Information on Stamford's recreational programs, leagues, and employment opportunities (including registration). Recreation Services offers comprehensive and inclusive leisure opportunities and experiences for the youth and adult population, including many diverse programs, events, and athletic leagues.Go
Stamford Street Smart Initiative
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Street Flooding
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Subdivision of Property Application
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Take it or Leave It Shop
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Tax Maps
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Terry Conners Ice Rink
Terry Conners Ice Rink, located in beautiful Cove Island Park in Stamford, has served the skaters of Stamford and its surrounding neighbors since 1973. The Rink is owned and operated by the City of Stamford, offering affordable hockey, figure skating, and basic skills programs for all residents.Go
Tick testing / tick identification
You may bring ticks to the Stamford Department of Health Laboratory to be identified and tested for the causative agents of Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum), and Babesiosis (Babesia microti). For additional information on Lyme Disease, visit the Health Laboratory Department website.Go
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Tourism Map
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For all other traffic signal issues (timing, walk buttons, etc.) please complete a request. IF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS OUT OF SERVICE PLEASE CALL POLICE NON-EMERGENCY (203-977-4444).Go
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What is Share the Fare?
- The Share the Fare program is for Stamford residents over the age of 62 and for disabled individuals.
- Share the Fare offers improved travel opportunities through a subsidized taxi program.
- Voucher holders book their taxi rides directly with the local taxi companies and pay for them with Share the Fare vouchers.
Where do you purchase Share the Fare vouchers?
- Eligible riders can purchase Share the Fare vouchers in the Cashiering and Permitting Department just off the first floor lobby of the Stamford Government Center.
- In order to purchase vouchers, participants must provide identification and proof of eligibility – age or disability – to the cashier.
What is the Share the Fare voucher book?
- Each Share the Fare voucher book contains ten (10) vouchers and has a total face value of $50.00. Books are sold to seniors and disabled individuals for $25.00.
- Individuals are entitled to purchase a maximum of four (4) Share the Fare voucher books per month.
- Share the Fare is for the personal use of the purchaser. Vouchers cannot be resold or used by anyone other than the purchaser. Proven abuse of the policy will result in dismissal from the Share the Fare program.
- Lost or stolen Share the Fare tickets will not be reimbursed.
How do you arrange for taxi service?
- Telephone the taxi company and book your ride.
- The taxi company may need to know if you require special assistance or if you use a mobility device such as a power wheelchair, a collapsible wheelchair, a walker, a scooter or a cane.
How do you pay the taxi driver?
- Use your Share the Fare tickets to pay the fare shown on the meter.
- If the meter fare is not a multiple of $5.00 or an even dollar amount then you must pay the extra amount in cash and/or coins.
- Example: A $10.20 fare paid with two $5.00 vouchers and 20 cents cash. The taxi driver will not provide change from Share the Fare vouchers.
- Example: a $7.00 fare paid with a $5.00 voucher and $2.00 cash.
- If you want to tip the driver, you must do so with your own money not Share the Fare tickets.
Concerns or Questions?
- Contact the taxi company manager if you have any concerns with the taxi service.
- Contact the Senior Outreach Coordinator at 977-4747 if you have any Share the Fare program questions.


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Following a two-year investigation of his campaign financing, U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm was indicted Monday on federal mail, wire and tax fraud charges stemming from a restaurant he operated before entering Congress, a case he says is trumped up.
The Staten Island Republican was arrested Monday morning and pleaded not guilty to a 20-count federal indictment. He was released on $400,000 bail.
Grimm claims the government framed him. He says investigators couldn't make a campaign finance case against him stick, so they trumped up the fraud accusations.
He said he is the victim of a "political witch hunt."
"I'm going to fight tooth and nail until I am exonerated," he said.
Grimm is charged with engaging in schemes to underreport wages for restaurant workers, including some who were in the country illegally. He is accused of concealing more than $1 million in sales and wages.
Authorities said that when he was deposed by an attorney representing former employees in a lawsuit, Grimm lied under oath about his allegedly fraudulent business practices.
Authorities allege the fraud occurred from 2007 to 2010. Grimm, a former FBI agent who spent a decade working for the bureau before leaving in the mid-2000s to pursue private business interests, was elected in 2010 and took office in 2011.
"Rep. Grimm billed himself as a patriot and an American hero," said George Venizelos, head of the FBI's New York office. "… But Rep. Grimm was anything but an upstanding citizen. He cheated, evaded and then lied."
For two years, investigators had been examining his fundraising in the 2010 race and his involvement in the Manhattan restaurant. A House Ethics Committee announced in November that Grimm was under investigation for possible campaign finance violations.
"From the beginning, the government has pursued a politically driven vendetta against Congressman Grimm and not an independent search for the truth," Grimm's attorney, William McGinley, said in a statement Friday. "Congressman Grimm asserts his innocence of any wrongdoing."
After the House Ethics Committee announced last fall that Grimm was under investigation, the panel said it would defer its inquiry because of a separate Department of Justice investigation.
Grimm, 44, made headlines in January after confronting a New York City cable news station reporter who tried to question him about a long-running FBI investigation into campaign finance while they were on a balcony in the Capitol.
After reporter Michael Scotto finished his report, Grimm stormed back, leaned into him and said: "Let me be clear to you. If you ever do that to me again, I'll throw you off this (expletive) balcony."
During the 2010 race, Grimm acknowledged receiving $250,000 to $300,000 in contributions from followers of an Israeli rabbi, Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto. Some members of Pinto's congregation subsequently said they made tens of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions, including gifts passed through straw donors.
Grimm has denied knowledge of any improprieties. The Israeli businessman who had served as Grimm's liaison to Pinto's followers, Ofer Biton, pleaded guilty in August to an immigration fraud charge.
Three days after that guilty plea, the FBI filed a sealed criminal complaint accusing a Houston woman named Diana Durand, who had been romantically involved with Grimm, of using straw donors to make illegal campaign contributions.
On Friday, Durand was indicted in Brooklyn on those charges. She also was charged with making false statements to the FBI when she said she didn't reimburse straw donors for their contributions to Grimm's campaign.
Grimm once was an investor in an Upper East Side health food restaurant that has been accused in a lawsuit of cheating its workers and fined by the state for failing to carry workers' compensation. He has said he sold his interest in 2009.
A House member who has been indicted does not lose any rights or privileges under federal law or the chamber's rules, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.
Rules used by the two major political parties require indicted committee or subcommittee chairmen, or members of a party's leadership, to temporarily step aside. Grimm is not a chairman or a member of the leadership.
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No. 20 Wisconsin readies for Sun Devil spread
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland has heard the whispers about his team. Sure, they've stomped over their first two games by a combined 93-0, but the opponents were thoroughly overmatched.
No better place for the 20th-ranked Badgers to show just how good they are than in a visit Saturday night to Tempe and a fast-paced chess match with Arizona State's spread offense.
"So this will be a big test for us, especially being our first game on the road," Borland said. "That in itself is a lot to prove."
So far, the switch to new coach Gary Andersen's 3-4 defense is going well. The Badgers have mauled Massachusetts and taken down FCS team Tennessee Tech, allowing opponents to cross the midfield just four times in 25 drives.
The dominant Badgers have accumulated some impressive defensive stats. First in total defense, allowing just 162.5 yards per game. Eighth in pass defense (91 yards) and 12th in rush defense (72 yards). All this without recording a sack, too.
They'll be tested in the desert.
Arizona State boasts a quick-strike offense led by quarterback Taylor Kelly, who had 325 yards of total offense against FCS school Sacramento State last week without having to play most of the second half.
Andersen, whose expertise is in defense, says he's comfortable preparing for spread teams.
"There's a lot to it. It's assignment football, more so than just it usually is in more of a traditional offense," he said. "But I think we're comfortable. We're always looking to evolve and get better, though."
Wisconsin's strength is in its experienced front seven, led by Borland. A student of the game, the fifth-year senior can play like a one-man wrecking crew from sideline to sideline.
So far, the less-experienced secondary has acquitted itself well. Safety Dezmen Southward is the only senior in the bunch, which also includes freshman cornerback Sojourn Shelton, sophomore safety Michael Caputo and junior cornerback Peniel Jean. Sophomore cornerback Darius Hillary also plays a lot in nickel situations, and he came up big last week with a forced fumble on Tennessee Tech's opening play from scrimmage, which set the tone for the rest of the afternoon.
Southward said tackling and limiting yards after the catch will be important for the Badgers. But he likes what he's seen so far.
"I've worked with those guys through winter conditioning and summer conditioning," he said. "I think it's just the beginning of what's to come for the season for the rest of our secondary. These guys can play football."
The Badgers have been drilling a lot of zone plays this week. Trying to keep up with — and slow down — Arizona State will be the biggest challenge, defensive coordinator Dave Aranda said.
To do that, Aranda said the defense needs to be ready on third downs to send in subs before the next snap gets off.
"We haven't been tested yet. We've kind of played small ball with a lot of things … and haven't played as much man as much as we probably like to play," he said. "I think so far so good. I feel good about the confidence of our players. I think they feel good about themselves and about what they're asked to do."


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Poetry and PP3
My experiences of poetry:
I recall having access to a lot of poetry throughout primary school, reading, being read to, writing our own and working in groups to write poems. Although I cannot recall any poems directly from primary school, I do remember specific texts from my secondary years, such as 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'William Wordsworth and'A new Slough' by John Betjeman.
Whilst in primary school we were able to write poems that were then published in a book containing poems from a number of local schools. This was a massive achievement, both then and now when I look back at one of my poems in a real book, and helped to give me an interest in poetry.
Whilst on PP3:
I was in year one for my PP3 placement, and I observed limited poetry. The pupils were given nursary rhymes that they were asked to adapt, creating new rhymes, this involved the pupils working together to find words that rhymed with existing words in the poem. Some pupils struggled with this task, due to their lack of understanding of 'rhyming words'. In this instance I think it is important to be careful when giving the pupils examples, as it was often the case that they would simply repeat the example, without exploring for themselves.
In addition to this activity, some pupils had guided reading extension tasks that were based on poetry, asking pupils to find rhyming words, or to match rhyming words, based on their level of ability.
The guided reading books given to the pupils were sometime sporadically based on poetry, but there was little emphasis placed upon this, or expansion surrounding the type of text or the ways that it can be used.


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Parashat Re'eh is the 47th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Re'eh ("See") details a series of laws in advance of the Israelites' entrance into the Land of Israel. These include the obligation to destroy idolatry, laws of tithing and charity, dietary laws, holiday laws, and the prohibition of offering sacrifices outside of the place designated by God. [1]
Haftarah: Isaiah 54:11-55:5 · 12 p'sukim


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The Grand Forks District is located in the northeast corner of the state and has eight section shops located throughout the district. District functions include monitoring the conditions of the bridges and highways, maintaining state roadways, snow and ice control activities, rest area/visitor center maintenance, equipment and vehicle maintenance, traffic engineering, roadside advertising, utility permits, and highway sign maintenance.
The districts also work in partnership with cities and counties to work together on transportation issues.


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