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The Irregularization of Migration in Contemporary Europe: Detention, Deportation, Drowning
by Yolande Jansen, Robin Celikates & Joost de Bloois – Rowman & Littlefield International (December 12, 2014)
This carefully curated collection addresses the intertwined political, legal, cultural, and normative dimensions of the irregularization of migration.
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Spaces of Governmentality: Autonomous Migration and the Arab Uprisings
by Martina Tazzioli – Rowman & Littlefield International (November 24, 2014)
This book explores migrants' movements and struggles taking place in the aftermath of the Arab Revolutions and examines how they impact the European space.
Minorities of Europeanization: The New Others of European Social Identity
by Hakan Ovunc Ongur – Lexington Books (November 13, 2014)
This book combines the conceptualization of social identity with historical analysis to rethink discussions of Europeanization and minorities. Problematizing the EU's attempts to create a "European social...
The Arab Uprisings: Catalysts, Dynamics, and Trajectories
by Fahed Al-Sumait, Nele Lenze & Michael C. Hudson – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (November 06, 2014)
This collection of essays uses the term "Arab Uprisings" as the organizing frame to address numerous socio-cultural, economic, political, experiential, and communicative aspects of the uprisings. The text...
49 Myths about China
by Marte Kjær Galtung & Stig Stenslie – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (November 13, 2014)
This engaging book highlights 49 prevalent myths about China's past, present, and future and weighs their truth or fiction. Leading a thoughtful and entertaining tour, the authors debunk widespread "knowledge"...
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Choreographies of Shared Sacred Sites: Religion, Politics, and Conflict Resolution
by Elazar Barkan & Karen Barkey – Columbia University Press (November 11, 2014)
This anthology explores the dynamics of shared religious sites in Turkey, the Balkans, Palestine/Israel, Cyprus, and Algeria, indicating where local and national stakeholders maneuver between competition and...
Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way: Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space
by Michael O. Slobodchikoff – Lexington Books (October 24, 2014)
This book examines Russia's emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. It explores how through building this security architecture,...
Re-Imagining a Politics of Life: From Governance of Order to Politics of Movement
by Leonie Ansems de Vries – Rowman & Littlefield International (October 30, 2014)
This book unearths the radical potential at the heart of canonical political thought by reimagining theory in a way that embraces difference and resistance.
Canada And The World: Agenda For The Last Decade Of The Millennium
by Anatol Rapoport & Anthony Rapoport – Dundurn (March 31, 2014)
Studies of and analysis of public issues discussed at annual Science for Peace conferences, and some of the discussions have been edited and published.
When Shrimps Learn to Whistle
by Denis Healey – Bloomsbury Publishing (September 28, 2012)
The Soviet Union would abandon its communist principles, Khrushchev once boasted, only 'when shrimps learnt to whistle'. Now that Gorbachev has taught his shrimps to whistle, can Western politicians cope with...
Unlearning the Soviet Tongue: Discursive Practices of a Democratizing Polity
by Natalia Kovalyova – Lexington Books (September 24, 2014)
This book refines the discursive theory of democratization by juxtaposing the elite and lay discourses in post-Soviet Russia (1996–2008). Through examining how Russians position themselves as political subjects,...
Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from China, India, and the United States
by Mohan Malik – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (September 24, 2014)
In the twenty-first century, the Indo-Pacific has emerged as a crucial geostrategic region for trade, investment, energy supplies, cooperation, and competition. It presents complex maritime security challenges...
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The Role of Intelligence in Ending the War in Bosnia in 1995
by Timothy R. Walton, Jonathan Keller, Anamaria Berea & Steven L. Burg et al. – Lexington Books (September 15, 2014)
Based on primary sources, this book examines the 1995 Dayton Peace agreement, which ended the fighting in Bosnia, to show how American decision-making works on a complex issue. It takes a multidisciplinary approach...
Civilizations and World Order: Geopolitics and Cultural Difference
by Ismail Yaylaci, M. Akif Kayapinar, Fred Dallmayr & Çiğdem Çıdam et al. – Lexington Books (September 24, 2014)
This book examines the role of civilizations in the context of the existing and possible world orders from a cross-cultural perspective. Seeking to clarify the meaning of such complex and contested notions as...
Justice Belied
by Sébastien Chartrand & John Philpot – Baraka Books (October 03, 2014)
For the first time in a book, defence counsel, investigators, journalists, and academics pool their knowledge and experience to answer the burning questions. What has happened to the fundamental principles of...
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by Christopher R. Hill – Simon & Schuster (October 07, 2014)
A "candid, behind-the-scenes" (The Dallas Morning News) memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who—in his career of service to the country—was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts...
Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan
by Dana Burde – Columbia University Press (August 05, 2014)
Foreign-backed funding for education does not always stabilize a country and enhance its statebuilding efforts. Dana Burde shows how aid to education in Afghanistan bolstered conflict both deliberately in the...
The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur: The Role of Mass Media
by Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Walter C. Soderlund & Donald E. Briggs – Lexington Books (February 15, 2010)
The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur traces the development of international intervention in domestic conflict, culminating in the concept of 'Responsibility to Protect' in 2001. The authors explain the background...
Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund
by Sarah Tenney & Norman K. Humphreys – Scarecrow Press (May 01, 2011)
The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of the International Monetary Fund provides a comprehensive overview of the fund, including a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, a bibliography, and...
China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead
by Bruce Gilley – Columbia University Press (March 12, 2004)
The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-first century, sounding the death knell for the Marxist-Leninist experiment and changing the lives of a fifth of humanity....
The Arab Uprisings Explained: New Contentious Politics in the Middle East
by Marc Lynch – Columbia University Press (August 05, 2014)
Why did Tunisian protests following the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi lead to a massive wave of uprisings across the entire Arab world? Who participated in those protests, and what did they hope to achieve?...
America's Search for Security: The Triumph of Idealism and the Return of Realism
by Sean Kay – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (July 22, 2014)
In America's Search for Security, Sean Kay surveys major historical trends in American foreign policy and provides a new context for thinking about America's rise to power from the founding period through...
What Diplomats Do: The Life and Work of Diplomats
by Sir Brian Barder & Sir Ivor Roberts – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (July 22, 2014)
This text describes all aspects of the life of a diplomat through various stages of a typical career. Though following a fictional diplomat, each chapter contains case studies based on the author's thirty...
The Art of War & The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli – SMK Books (July 04, 2014)
Collected here in one omnibus edition are Niccolò Machiavelli's most important works, The Art of War and The Prince. It was Niccolò Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government. He did it with...
Between Ally and Partner: Korea-China Relations and the United States
by Jae Ho Chung – Columbia University Press (November 28, 2006)
China and South Korea have come a long way since they were adversaries. The arc of their relationship since the late 1970s is an excellent model of East-West cooperation and, at the same time, highlights the...
Renegade Regimes: Confronting Deviant Behavior in World Politics
by Miroslav Nincic – Columbia University Press (October 26, 2005)
Rogue states pursue weapons of mass destruction, support terrorism, violate human rights, engage in acts of territorial aggression, and pose a threat to the international community. Recent debates and policy...
Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis
by Nancy Bernkopf Tucker – Columbia University Press (March 24, 2005)
Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree...
Beyond the Ivory Tower: International Relations Theory and the Issue of Policy Relevance
by Joseph Lepgold & Miroslav Nincic – Columbia University Press (November 22, 2001)
The gap between academics and practitioners in international relations has widened in recent years, according to the authors of this book. Globalization, ethnic conflict, and ecological threats have created...
Glimmer of a New Leviathan: Total War in the Realism of Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and Waltz
by Campbell Craig – Columbia University Press (December 30, 2003)
The Second World War put an end to America's historical isolation from international power politics, and so also to the long-standing American defiance of the Realist ideology that shaped Old World affairs....
American War Machine: Deep Politics, the CIA Global Drug Connection, and the Road to Afghanistan
by Peter Dale Scott – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (November 16, 2010)
This provocative, thoroughly researched book explores the covert aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott marshals a convincing array of evidence to expose the extensive trail...
EU Federalism and Constitutionalism: The Legacy of Altiero Spinelli
by Alexander H. Trechsel, Andrew Glencross, Paolo Ponzano & Jean-Marie Palayret et al. – Lexington Books (October 21, 2010)
EU Federalism and Constitutionalism: The Legacy of Altiero Spinelli is the first book-length study devoted not only to how Spinelli's advocacy for a federal Europe shaped European integration but also how Spinelli's...
Beyond Monopoly: Globalization and Contemporary Italian Media
by Chiara Ferrari, Michela Ardizzoni, Giorgia Nesti & Alessandro D'Arma et al. – Lexington Books (December 28, 2009)
While Italian media industries are booming, changing, and challenging audiences, the existing Anglophone literature on the subject is scarce. Beyond Monopoly fills this gap by engaging with the most recent changes...
North Korean Foreign Policy: Security Dilemma and Succession
by Yongho Kim – Lexington Books (December 16, 2010)
Threat does not inherently matter unless it is perceived, and, on the other hand, anything that is perceived as threat matters, whether or not the threat rings true. North Korean Foreign Policy: Security Dilemma...
Hemispheric Giants: The Misunderstood History of U.S.-Brazilian Relations
by Britta H. Crandall – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (January 16, 2011)
This comprehensive book traces the full arc of U.S.-Brazilian bilateral relations over time. Despite the common critique of U.S. "neglect" of Brazil, Britta H. Crandall convincingly shows that the relationship...
British Foreign Policy, National Identity, and Neoclassical Realism
by Amelia Hadfield-Amkhan – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (October 16, 2010)
This groundbreaking study offers a genuinely multidisciplinary exploration of cultural influences on foreign policy. Through an innovative blend of historical analysis, neoclassical realist theory, and cultural...
Future Oil Demands of China, India, and Japan: Policy Scenarios and Implications
by George G. Eberling – Lexington Books (July 02, 2014)
This book examines how China will most likely address its growing oil energy dependence and what the consequences will be for Indian and Japanese foreign policies. It is useful for scholars and policymakers...
Military Soft Power: Public Diplomacy through Military Educational Exchanges
by Carol Atkinson – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 26, 2014)
The military has long been associated with hard power, yet it is engaged in public diplomacy as it represents the U.S. abroad and facilitates the diffusion of ideas. Military Soft Power examines one such aspect...
Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972-1980: The Word is Love
by F. S. J. Ledgister – Lexington Books (June 05, 2014)
This book examines Michael Manley's government in Jamaica in the 1970s which featured an attempt to promote social and economic democracy on an egalitarian foundation. Many of his ideas have been revived in...
Shaping U.S. Military Forces for the Asia-Pacific: Lessons from Conflict Management in Past Great Power Eras
by Michael R. Kraig – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 04, 2014)
Shaping U.S. Military Forces for the Asia-Pacific examines how U.S. Joint Forces should be used to face the threat of a rising China at a time when future crises and even wars are likely to be defined by relatively...
European Correspondence
by Philippe Perchoc – Presses Universitaires de Louvain - Ciaco (May 26, 2014)
The crisis faced by the European project today is above all a crisis of meaning. After the disappearance of the narratives about peace and prosperity, the reason for Europe is now the one given by millions of...
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Was Dropping the Atomic Bombs a Crime Against Humanity?: Insights from Harry S. Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt
by Ryuho Okawa – IRH Press (April 22, 2014)
Today, Japan faces several interlocking threats. The concrete threat of communist China's military expansion accompanies renewed threats to Japan's global image. We have seen a resurfacing of the fabricated...
Dispatches from the Frontlines: Studies in Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics, and International Affairs
by Howard J. Wiarda – UPA (May 08, 2014)
Dispatches from the Frontlines analyzes some of the world's most contentious hotspots. It focuses on such compelling global issues as Third World development, the role of the state, corporatism, and foreign...
The Effects of Globalization in Latin America, Africa, and Asia: A Global South Perspective
by Kema Irogbe – Lexington Books (May 01, 2014)
In crisp and accessible language, TheEffects of Globalization in Latin America, Africa, and Asia challenges conventional wisdom that often provides one-sided views of globalization. The book brings to light...
China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations: Existing Models, Emerging Challenges
by Lijiang Zhu, Emanuele Sommario, Andrea de Guttry & Mariangela Bizzarri et al. – Lexington Books (April 28, 2014)
China's and Italy's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations: Existing Models, Emerging Challenges examines the peacemaking efforts of these two countries through the lenses of international relations, history,...
Kurdish Politics in the Middle East
by Nader Entessar – Lexington Books (November 05, 2009)
Kurdish Politics in the Middle East analyzes Kurdish politics in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey and places Kurdish socio-political developments in the context of regional and global politics. The book also explains...
The Prosperity Agenda: What the World Wants from America--And What We Need in Return
by Nancy Soderberg – Wiley (July 01, 2008)
Following the devastating 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, the Bush administration pledged more than $500 million for earthquake relief and sent American helicopters and soldiers to help. Immediately afterward,...
Divided Dynamism: The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China
by John J. Metzler – UPA (April 15, 2014)
Divided Dynamism presents a comprehensive review of the political and unification policies of separated nations. Metzler provides an invaluable record of the dynamics of modern politics in the post-Cold War...
International Politics and Film: Space, Vision, Power
by Klaus Dodds & Sean Carter – WallFlower Press (May 14, 2014)
International Politics and Film introduces readers to the representational qualities of film but also draws attention to how the relationship between the visual and the spatial is constitutive of international...
Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space
by James Clay Moltz – Columbia University Press (April 29, 2014)
Written for all readers, this expert analysis details the basics of space technology, diplomacy, commerce, exploration, and military applications from the mid-twentieth century to today. Space has become increasingly...
Ten Questions on Could China Win the Next War?
by Senator Wong – Senator Wong (April 03, 2014)
This book is written for all who are interested to know the likely outcomes to the island disputes that are occurring in the Asia-Pacific region revolving around countries such as China, Japan, Vietnam, the...
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BeeLine, smart navigation for bicycles, made simple. Ride with Beeline and make every journey an everyday adventure. By simply showing you the direction to your destination and the distance to go, Beeline allows you to take back control of your ride.
BeeLine is a handlebar-mounted device that helps you find your way on a bike. It strips back navigation to the bare basics, turning convention completely on its head and resurfacing your natural instinct to find the way.
At the core of BeeLine is the stripped back concept of fuzzy navigation. In the city, being told which turns to take is a hindrance, not a help, so BeeLine simply points you in the general direction to your destination and tells you the distance to go – no instructions. Imagine a compass that knows where you want to go and points there instead of north.
This makes riding fun again. You become more engaged in your journey and discover all kinds of hidden gems you would never find on the major (and often longer) routes. As you can never take a wrong turn, riding becomes completely stress free.
To configure BeeLine, simply switch on the bike, send a request in the free application and go.
When not in use, the innovative design protects the screen so it can be thrown into your pocket or bag without worrying about damaging the screen.
BeeLine was designed in collaboration with Map Project Office, one of London's leading industrial design agencies.
The BeeLine backlit e-paper screen is visible in all conditions.
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If you enjoy exploring new areas, this device is right for you. If you connect Beeline app with Strava, you can see the routes inside of the app. From there, you just pick the route and go.
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This isn't Chaplin at all! :'D All rights owned by the BBC.
Classic sketch featuring Rowan Atkinson and the late, great Mel Smith. This sketch, like many others, was brutally edited on the "Best of" DVD, so here it is in full.


What is the past of Hear?
What is the past of Hurt?
What is the past of Lie?
What is the past of Rise?
What is the past of Shake?
What is the past of Show?
What is the past of Grow?
What is the past of Wind?
What is the past of Shrink?
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In this mode, you play as Hunk (The Grim Reaper), and you need to escape the sewers and the police station with a limited amount of supplies.
You essentially need to run over the entire map, and there are a TON of enemies in your way. Don't even attempt to defeat them all as you don't have enough ammo, you just need to run past things and shoot stuff in your way in the legs so they stumble.
This was a fairly good run I did but it revolves around luck, sometimes zombies will grab you other times they won't. You need to make sure you have a couple of flash bangs or grenades when you are on the 2nd floor of the police station. If those plant zombies grab you, you will die instantly if you cannot counter them.


Where I Got It: Own it.
Nix and Cali Richards (brother & sister) have suffered losses. Nix nearly died in a car accident that took his parents. He had to have an infusion of biomites to live as these tiny man-made stem cells could repair him from the inside out. Cali, the eldest sibling, has been his guardian since then, making it her life mission to keep him safe. However, the government has the Halfskin Laws: once a human becomes 50% biomites, he/she is no longer considered human and they are turned off. Luckily, Cali is a nanobiometric engineer.
Thanks for reblogging this even though you didn't enjoy it as much as myself. I linked my post to yours as well.


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Time has come for one to reclaim her own body, to meet and get to know each other without any judgmental or preconceived ideas. Time has come to liberate free oneself from alienation.
The second part of the Betrayed Body attempts to explore the awareness women have of their own bodies by bringing together intimate concerns they all face. Puberty and bodily changes cause not only significant upheavals in the self and in one's self-vision, but they also change behaviour of relations. Most of the time, women's issues are left aside and ignored out of fear or taboo, leading to self-censorship and self-denial.
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Birthdate: 5 November 1911
Birthplace: Kroonstad, South Africa
Date of death: 12 June 1984
Other clubs: Boksburg, Germiston Callies; Arsenal, West Ham United (wartime guest)
Bought from: Germiston Callies
Signed for LFC: 11.09.1933
Liverpool debut: 23.09.1933
Last appearance: 01.02.1947
Debut goal: 30.09.1933
Last goal: 26.12.1946
Contract expiry: 1947
Win ratio: 36.19% W:93 D:64 L:100
Games/goals ratio: 3.25
Honours: League Championship 1946/47
Wartime games/goals: 136 / 64
LFC league games/goals: 236 / 74
Total LFC games/goals: 257 / 79
"I rate him as being without superior, and I am not excluding Stanley Matthews. He is much more the direct and effective player; a goal-getter and a goal-provider." A football writer on Berry Nieuwenhuys.
Nieuwenhuys was born on 5 November 1911 in Kroonstad in the Free State, and after completing his schooling at Bethlehem went to work in the mines in the Transvaal. A keen and natural sportsman, his first love was rugby, but he soon switched to the round ball game. Imagine this. You're a relative youngster playing a minor club game of football in South Africa when a man dashes onto the field during a lull in play and asks if you'd like to play for Liverpool. You wonder if he's for real, but, of course, accept. A few weeks later, on the other side of the world, you are playing in front of 50,000 plus screaming spectators at Anfield. It sounds like something out of Boys Own magazine or the Beano annual, but that's just what happened to Berry Nieuwenhuys in 1933. Eight years earlier another young South African player, Arthur Riley, had gone across to England to keep goal for Liverpool Football Club. His English-born father still lived in South Africa, where he keenly followed the sport. Having been impressed by Nieuwenhuys and another player, Lance Carr, he contacted the management at Liverpool and told them that he'd found a couple of "likely lads" in South Africa. The Brits told him to go ahead and hire them. That was the way people did business in those days – no agents, no contracts, no fat commissions; just a shake of the hand.
The eager Nieuwenhuys and Carr arrived in England on 11 September 1933 and were met on the quayside by Walter Cartwright and George Patterson, Liverpool Football Club's Chairman and Secretary/manager respectively. After one warm-up game in a junior side Nieuwenhuys was named for the senior side to play against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on 23 September. The Evening Express headlines told it all. "A gem from South Africa" they trumpeted. "Nivvy's triumph in first big match for Liverpool. Home defeat for Spurs after 2 years." The English had trouble with his full name and immediately shortened it to something more handy; "Nivvy" as "the typewriter won't stand the strain of spelling his name in full." The South African had battled with a wet ball and unfamiliar slippery grass at the Lane in the first half, but in the second he gained confidence and set up two brilliant goals for his new club. Nivvy's second game was no less than a Merseyside derby at Anfield. He opened the scoring after roughly half an hour's play in a "cool and calculating manner" in the best derby for 30 years according to the Evening Express. The local papers were full of praise for the newcomer: "'Nivvy' afterwards showed that he has the big game temperament, but he has more – the ability. He moved about smoothly, employed touches of the master craftsman, and his centres were ever thoughtful. He certainly captured the fancy of the 'Koppites'. He is neatness personified. By no means an individualist, he adopts the easiest path, making some delightful short passes along the ground to his inside partner and next turning over a choice centre. "Nivvy" is anything but flashy, but he has a wonderful turn of speed."
Nieuwenhuys was interviewed by the Evening Express following the game and he was thrilled to have taken part in "the greatest match in which I have ever had the honour to play." "Never before had I seen such a vast crowd, such brilliant football, or such clean football, and it was the thrill of my life when I managed to score the first goal. The point which struck me most was the cleanliness of the game. When we were leaving for England we were told that the game here was rough and dirty. Well, I can assure you that this match was 100 per cent cleaner that anything I have seen in Africa. I did not see one real foul in the entire ninety minutes. I confess I was rather staggered by the size of the crowd at the start but I did my best to forget they were there. That was hard in view of the continuous roar of voices. Still you could play in front of a crowd like that for years. They are such sportsmen. I thank them for the encouragement they gave me and also for the wonderful reception I was accorded when I left the field. I don't mind confessing it touched me."
Liverpool on US tour in 1948. Nieuwenhuys sitting right next to Bob Paisley.
"It's Our Nivvy, our British Nivvy", the Liverpool fans sung, convinced that their favourite should play for England, and numerous football writers declared the fleet-footed player to be the best winger in the land. Not only was Nivvy a brilliant right-wing, but he could fit into any position without effort, being one of a select few to play in nine different positions in top-level football. The two positions he never filled – left-wing and goalkeeper – he was quietly confident would not pose a problem if the need arose. But it was not to be. The rules stated that for a player from the Commonwealth to represent England his father had to have been born in the UK, as in the instance of Gordon Hodgson, and this was not the case with Nivvy. The debate was, however, shortened by the unwelcome arrival of Hitler in Poland in September 1939. During the war years Nivvy served as a PT instructor with the Royal Air Force, captaining the RAF side and still managed to play numerous games for Liverpool. Footballers usually represented the clubs nearest the camps where they were based and Nivvy played for West Ham in the early 40's and Arsenal in 1945/46.
One thing that didn't come with the fame was the obscene wealth associated with modern football. After Nivvy had given Liverpool five years' staunch service, the club rewarded him with a benefit match against Everton from which he received the princely sum of £658. During the war things were even less rewarding – players were paid with sweets and cigarettes. Nivvy, a lifelong teetotaller and non-smoker, used to hang onto his sweets and swap his cigarettes for even more delicacies. When hostilities ceased Nivvy and his Liverpool teammates travelled to the USA to promote the game in that country. They played ten games and won all ten, with 70 goals for and just ten against, in front of a total in the excess of 100,000 spectators. The players' earnings? Just £6 per game and a £2 bonus for each match they won – a gross earning of £80 per player for the trip.
Nivvy turned 35 in the first post-war season, 1946/47. He played the first seven games of the campaign and then featured again in eight in the middle of the successful season in which Liverpool triumphed in the First Division. He retired from football in 1948, returning to South Africa to take up a position as assistant coach to golf legend Bobby Locke. In 1946 Nivvy had entered the British Open after hurrying back from Liverpool's tour of the USA, and missed the cut by just two strokes. That same year he played in the Irish Open, figuring amongst the money winners, and during the last years of his football career he doubled as assistant coach at the West Derby Golf Club. He moved for a spell to Rhodesia and then returned to Johannesburg to work as a golf pro while coaching various premier league soccer teams, including Southern Suburbs and his old club, Germiston Callies. Nivvy was also a very talented tennis player. King Gustav VI of Sweden once sent an aircraft to the UK to fetch the South African for a knock-up on the royal courts. Nivvy also scouted for talent in England as was reported by the Daily Mirror in July 1959: "Instant suspension faces any Soccer stars accepting offers from a South African agent, who plans a talent swoop in Britain. In a warning letter to the clubs the FA have revealed that the agent is Berry "Nivvy" Nieuwenhuys, former Liverpool winger, who now coaches in Johannesburg. Acting for the Transvaal Professional League – a newly formed rebel outfit not affiliated to the South African FA – Nieuwenhuys will approach players here with big money contracts, a job outside football and free passage to South Africa. But stern action faces any who accept. They would be blacklisted automatically by the FA, and any body associated to FIFA, the international controllers."
The South African sporting hero passed away in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa in 1984. He led an eventful life filled with the greatest wonder, the biggest of which was moving from his homeland to the hustle and bustle of the English game. "Just think. In South Africa we only get three or four thousand – we did have 25,000 for a cup final – and then to find 55,000!" Nivvy said astounded following his Merseyside debut. "I find it is no easy thing to carry on for 90 minutes at top pace and must say that the second half always seem twice as long as the first. Training, however, will soon get me right and soon I shall no longer silently pray for the sound of the final whistle. A reception such as I received might easily 'turn one's head' but I don't think there is any danger of that. I was once a rugby player and then when I turned over to soccer and joined Germiston I played in only four matches before being chosen for the Transvaal. I did so well in that game that I swanked a bit but our trainer gave me such a telling off that I broke down and cried. No more swollen heads for me!"
Appearances per season
The three League games played in the 1939/40 season were expunged from Football League records as the season was stopped due to World War II. The games are therefore not considered valid by LFChistory.net and as the "Association of football statisticians" does not count them towards official player totals. The profile is based on the writings of Gavin Foster, whose aunt Marjorie Richards, Nivvy married in Rhodesia in 1964.
Totals 236 21 0 0 0 257
1933-1934 34 4 0 0 0 38
1939-1940 0 0 0 0 0 0
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
13 Chelsea
13 Arsenal
12 Everton
12 Bolton Wanderers
12 Leeds United
12 Stoke City
12 Portsmouth
12 Sunderland
11 Huddersfield Town
11 Wolves
10 Birmingham City
10 Derby
9 Manchester City
9 Preston North End
9 Grimsby Town
8 Brentford
8 WBA
7 Sheffield Wednesday
6 Leicester City
6 Blackburn Rovers
6 Aston Villa
5 Charlton Athletic
5 Sheffield United
4 Blackpool
4 Manchester United
4 Tottenham
2 Chester City
2 Crystal Palace
2 Fulham
2 Newcastle United
1 Luton Town
1 Norwich City
1 Swansea City
1 Yeovil Town
1 Stockport County
1 Tranmere Rovers
21 FA Cup
Goals per season
Totals 74 5 0 0 0 79
1933-1934 9 1 0 0 0 10
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
6 Derby
5 Stoke City
5 Portsmouth
5 Sunderland
5 Chelsea
4 Birmingham City
4 Leeds United
3 Huddersfield Town
3 Middlesbrough
3 Arsenal
2 Everton
2 Bolton Wanderers
74 League
5 FA Cup
Open play/Penalty
79 Open play
Wartime Appearances / Goals
1939-1940 22 19
1941-1942 17 6
1942-1943 7 3
Milestone Appearances
1 23.09.1933 Tottenham White Hart Lane League
50 12.01.1935 Yeovil & Petters Utd Huish Park FA Cup
100 07.03.1936 Portsmouth Anfield League
150 24.04.1937 Huddersfield Town Anfield League
200 10.09.1938 Charlton Athletic Anfield League
250 14.12.1946 Sunderland Roker Park League
Milestone Goals
1 32 30.09.1933 Everton Anfield League
50 20 30.10.1937 Sunderland Roker Park League
Rare and unseen pictures of Berry Nieuwenhuys
LFChistory.net is pleased to be able to share with you these images that are from Carole Jean Richards, Berry Nieuwenhuys' daughter.
100 Percent Football
Evening Express analysis of Liverpool 3 - 2 Everton played on 30.09.1933.
The Greatest Thrill of his Life - interview with Nivvy
Evening Express interviews Berry Nieuwenhuys - published on October 2 1933.
Berry to make his debut
From Daily Express on 23 September 1933.
Old-time methods of Liverpool puzzle defenders
From the Daily Mail on 25 September 1933.
Nivvy mocked but conquers in the end
Daily Express report on Liverpool 1 - 0 Wolves on 10 April 1937.
Liverpool's Berry Nieuwenhuys scrapbook - A one of a kind
LFChistory.net is opening a memorabilia corner where we want to feature rare items from Liverpool history. Send us images of them to [email protected] and we will feature them in a way they deserve.
Berry Nieuwenhuys - The Kop's Real Rooinek
A great feature by Gavin Foster on a South African star that shone bright at Liverpool.
"I rate him as being without superior, and I am not excluding Stanley Matthews. He is much more the direct and effective player; a goal-getter and a goal-provider."
Football writer on Berry Nieuwenhuys
Bok in the day - Liverpool match programme 1994
English welcomed t the club in July 1933
Liverpool Echo sketch - 30 September 1933
Liverpool Echo sketch from 30 September 1933
Liverpool get a new kit in 1938
Nieuwenhuys earned the Arsenal cheers
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In the parking lot of the Showboat Casino, the AC Food and Wine Fest trucked on with "Redefine Cheesesteak". And redefine they did.
Cheesesteaks as far as the eye can see!
Massive tents were set up in the parking lot and cheesesteaks were aplenty. Being from Philly, I am really picky as to how my steaks are, specifically that they resemble a cheesesteak or change the name. By definition, a cheesesteak is thinly sliced ribeye fried up with or without onions and served on a long roll with cheese of the american, provolone or whiz variety. Is it something I need to get over? Indeed. But I was able to bend enough to enjoy some of the offerings.
First up was Mike Scoats of The Grey Lodge and his merry band of steak slingers. The Grey Lodge is located on Frankford Ave in the Mayfair section of Philly and has a ridiculous amount of oddball beers and even hosts a Friday The Firkinteenth event on every Friday The Thirteenth that has just won Best Beer Event in Philly Magazine's Best of Philly 2012! Mike has a great calendar full of fun things they do and an interesting menu full of outstandingly delicious food! He brought along his Lodge Steak for the masses to try: Rib-eye, Genoa salami, roasted pepper mayo & house cheese sauce. They cut their own steak, use quality imported salami and you can taste the handcraftedness. I guarantee you will not find a more unique steak in town. They could barely keep up with the demand of the people who came by and then returned, time and time again!
Next up is my friends at Tony Boloney's! They won the Guy Fieri's Cheesesteak Battle at The AC Food & Wine Fest in 2010 with their ridiculous Cheesesteak Ole' and haven't looked back since! If they sent Californian Fieri back home with the picture of the Ole' in his head as to what a cheesesteak should be, then everyone is a winner! Their Cheesesteak Ole' is actually a little more like a cheesesteak hoagie, but it's still fantastic. It involves 10 spiced sirloin steak, pepperjack cheese & chipotle house sauce on top of lettuce and tomato. It all melds together to form what I like to call the Cheesesteak of Greatness. In all honesty, Tony Boloney's, at 300 Oriental Ave and a stone's throw fromt he Revel, is one solid reason to drive to AC. Keep an eye out for more of thier menu on this blog.
The Community Food Bank Of New Jersey had a stand and they weren't messing around! A soft, buttery roll center stuffed with steak and perfectly cooked onions with a nice crumble of cheese of top made it one of my favorite steaks of the fest. I also love what they stand for: helping anyone who needs a hand in the area. They run a food service training academy, they run a whole kids division with a kids cafe (to feed kids who otherwise wouldn't have anything to eat), a kids closet (clothing and coats), a backpack program and even a tools for schools program. They also distribute food, do catering and lots of other stuff. If you want to donate some money, sending them some cash would be a great move, or buy their new book "Cooking For Change: Tales from a Food Service Training Academy". All proceeds benefit the Community Foodbank Of New Jersey! This is truly an organization that knows how to help people and help them move forward!
Percy Street BBQ come to the fight with their unreal take on the cheesesteak, which is not a cheesesteak at all. Frankly, I could care less because it blew my mind. Bercy Street BBQ sits on South Street in Philly between 9th and 10th streets, cranking out BBQ that, until recently, was only really available closer to the South. They understand what the ring is and they are dead serious about this fantastic meat.
The meat was carved in front of you and packed with delicious strips of it, and smothered with a creamy cheese sauce. Easily my favorite non-cheesesteak cheesesteak. Well, it's actually a tie with..
This sandwich was unlike everything else at the fest! Definitely not a cheesesteak but definitely on my meat list! It was like juicy shredded potroast on a roll and I could not get enough of it. Unfortunately, I lost their business card and only remember that they were next to Tony Boloney.
I have to also mention that it was about 900 degrees that night. Eating cheesesteaks in that kind of heat does a number on your body. What helped was that there was plenty of beer, provided by Amstel Light, and plenty of booze, provided by Jameson, Jim Beam and Red Stag. Red Stag is a flavored whiskey that Beam is putting out. At first I found it to be a party foul of massive degrees to do such a thing, but after tasting it (the Black Cherry flavor), it's actually kind of interesting.
Andrew Zimmern, of the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods, was the host of this shindig, and he is really the nicest guy ever. After talking onstage for a little bit, he hung out at his booth, making sandwiches for people, answering questions, taking pictures and overall being a very personable and cool dude.
It was super crazy hot and humid, like I said above and he very easily could have disappeared into his tent/trailer/hotelroom and retired for the night. He didn't and that was very cool of him.
His offering at his table was a cheesesteak made, of course, of tongue. I found that funny, because, well, us Philadelphians are known for having big mouths. As you can see, it looks like a typical cheesesteak, with nice carmelized onions and green pepper strips. I have not had tongue before but I figured if Andrew can stand in that heat and cook it, I can stand there and chew it. It was a little chewy but the flavors were nice and subtle. The tongue itself has a really weird aftertaste that I didn't particularly like, but I applaud the effort!
Here are some more cheesesteaks that were pretty awesome!
This steak from Carmine's, the "Italian Cheesesteak" was pretty great, the meat was very juicy and the roll was deliciously chewy after it soaked up all the juices. two thumbs up!
Union Trust Steakhouse, at 7th and Chestnut in Center City Philly, was there too with thier very traditional but also awesome cheesesteak.
Square 1682 is a fancy pants restaurant in the also fancy Rittenhouse Square area of Center City. Thier little cheesesteak on a square bun (get it?) was amazing. It was like the big pot roast sandwich above but on a tiny little bun and covered with a delicious cheese sauce that was thick enough to stay on the meat but thin enough to roll around a little bit.
Lastly, but not leastly, was the Sammy D's cheesesteak dumpling. As someone who used to make a cheesesteak pierogies, I have to say that these guys got it right. The meat was wrapped tight, with the cheese mixed in with the right proportions (too much and it's cheese with a hint of meat, too little and it's drier then a desert). Huzzah to Sammy D!
The event in general was pretty awesome: not too crowded but the chefs were all putting out top notch food for the crowds. My hat is off to Showboat and the organizers for putting together a fun event that clogged my arteries!
That brings the first half of Day 2 to rest. Stay tuned for the second half soon!


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Dynamics of internetwork chromospheric fibrils: Basic properties and magnetohydrodynamic kink waves
Mooroogen, K.
Morton, R. J.
Henriques, V.
Aims: Current observational instruments are now providing data with the necessary temporal and spatial cadences required to examine highly dynamic, fine-scale magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere. Using the spectroscopic imaging capabilities of the Swedish Solar Telescope, we aim to provide the first investigation on the nature and dynamics of elongated absorption features (fibrils) observed in Hα in the internetwork.
Methods: We observe and identify a number of internetwork fibrils, which form away from the kilogauss, network magnetic flux, and we provide a synoptic view on their behaviour. The internetwork fibrils are found to support wave-like behaviour, which we interpret as magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) kink waves. The properties of these waves, that is, amplitude, period, and propagation speed, are measured from time-distance diagrams and we attempt to exploit them via magneto-seismology in order to probe the variation of plasma properties along the wave-guides.
Results: We found that the Internetwork (IN) fibrils appear, disappear, and re-appear on timescales of tens of minutes, suggesting that they are subject to repeated heating. No clear photospheric footpoints for the fibrils are found in photospheric magnetograms or Hα wing images. However, we suggest that they are magnetised features as the majority of them show evidence of supporting propagating MHD kink waves, with a modal period of 120 s. Additionally, one IN fibril is seen to support a flow directed along its elongated axis, suggesting a guiding field. The wave motions are found to propagate at speeds significantly greater than estimates for typical chromospheric sound speeds. Through their interpretation as kink waves, the measured speeds provide an estimate for local average Alfvén speeds. Furthermore, the amplitudes of the waves are also found to vary as a function of distance along the fibrils, which can be interpreted as evidence of stratification of the plasma in the neighbourhood of the IN fibril.
10.1051/0004-6361/201730926
2017A&A...607A..46M
Sun: chromosphere;
Sun: oscillations;
magnetohydrodynamics (MHD);
waves;
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Accepted Astronomy &amp


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Black Ops 4 Guide: A Full Breakdown Of All Multiplayer Modes
by Leo Faierman
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Since Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 focuses entirely on multiplayer, gamers need to master its core competitive modes. There's some scant single-player content available via a few solo missions in Specialists HQ to introduce neophytes to its diversity of tactical weapons, play-styles, and cooldown abilities, but most of the time spent learning the game in action is left it up to the player, tackling its modes with friends and strangers, trying to survive, and keeping their career K/D ratio as balanced as possible.
Luckily, Black Ops 4 is designed to be somewhat forgiving to newcomers, and has even leveraged some reliable mechanics from other successful multiplayer games in its offerings. Killstreak abilities have been a series mainstay for years, and they return as meaningfully overpowered bonuses in the new game's core modes (although they are known as "Scorestreaks" this time around), along with several other Call of Duty favorites, including the increasingly absurd and wonderful Zombies mode. This means that players new to the series should still recognize some common elements to shooters but, unfortunately, the eight primary multiplayer modes lack any kind of active front-loaded tutorial.
Related: Black Ops 4 Beginners Guide: How to Play (& Win) in Zombies Mode
This guide aims to correct that. Read on for a quick look at the multiple competitive modes and get an early upper hand in Black Ops 4, inclusive of a few insights to help new players make smart decisions in their first hours with the game.
Black Ops 4's Team Deathmatch
Players: 10 – 12
For many gamers, good old Team Deathmatch remains the main Black Ops 4 draw. It's quick, nasty, and easy to grasp, featuring the full slew of specialist operatives to control as each team attempts to hit the score limit first, (typically 75 points) at one point per kill.
Teams of 6v6 represent the ideal scenario, though it's not uncommon for players to quit Team Deathmatch matches early if the game's not going in their favor. As a side note: it's never really worth quitting early, as playing through losing matches still accrues experience, which levels up your character up to gain unlocks, perks, weapon mods, and Call of Duty's constantly evolving smorgasbord of multiple experience and achievement paths.
Of all of Black Ops 4's modes, Team Deathmatch is the easiest to understand, and is perfect when you don't have the time and attention to bring to a more involved rule set. Communicating tactics to teammates is less crucial to success, prompting players to just run around racking up those Scorestreaks and dispensing with most big-brain meta-strategies.
Black Ops 4's Domination
Players: 8 – 10
Similar to Team Deathmatch, Domination hearkens back to some of the earliest multiplayer shooters. You're given three control points on each map, each of which are captured by standing on a designated area for a set amount of time. More teammates on the point at once = faster captures. Defending players standing on the point at the same time as attackers can contest it, but the point's active radius is so small that there aren't many surprise interruptions of this nature (those happen more often in Control matches). In other words, if an enemy's on the point with you, one of you will probably be dead shortly thereafter.
Each team is given a Capture Point closer to their spawn, with the third one resting in between serving as the usual tie-breaker. A team's first goal is often to grab their nearest Capture Point, then spend the bulk of the match fighting over point B, but a surprise capture of A or C can be a nice interruption when a team's attention is fixated elsewhere.
An important thing to note about Domination, which is different from some other multiplayer shooters, is that recapturing a partially-completed point requires that defenders be standing on it. If an attacking enemy half-captures point B, but then gets killed before completion, you or a teammate will have to stand on the point to wind back the gauge on that partial capture. Keep that in mind, as ignoring a partially-captured point only primes it for an enemy to sneak up later and complete its last ticks when no one's looking.
Black Ops 4's Free For All
Players: 6 – 8
Free For All is a king of the hill/lone wolf deathmatch mode. A pure adrenaline rush where no teammates exist, and skill and situational awareness are the best survival tools. Rolling in Black Ops 4's other features and abilities makes Free For All a dynamic deathmatch experience, where it's usually best to target and take out the current reigning leader on the scoreboard and curb their chance at Scorestreaks.
Free For All has a lower player count than most any other mode, which at least serves to make the span of its 14 maps feel larger as a result, since their layout doesn't change between modes. There's also less close-quarters fighting, and establishing a strong sniper presence is tricky to fortify without the trusty backup of effective teammates. If sniping is your preference, though, Ruin's Grapple Gun equipment can help players make a hasty exit, and Nomad's Mesh Mines can protect him from backstabbers (at least once).
Black Ops 4's Search and Destroy
A bit more hardcore and stakes-raising than some other Black Ops 4 game types, Search and Destroy makes its return as an objective-based mode, where each attacking team picks up a bomb and needs to bring and prime it at one of two target locations. Defending teams can defuse an active bomb, which automatically completes the round in their favor.
The winning team commands the board with the best of 8 games, but most early matches tend to be on the short side, with kills coming in quickly and no respawns allowed, making rounds usually last no longer than a minute or so. Constant communication is key, and note that if you walk over the bomb near your spawn you automatically take hold of it. Teammates holding the bomb will be marked with a note and icon so they can be easily tracked on your HUD.
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Zack Wheeler Could be the Houston Astros' Next Reclamation Project (Baseball Essential)
by Robbie Stratakos November 13, 2019
There's no replacing Gerrit Cole, but the Houston Astros can continue doing what they do best this offseason: embark on a reclamation project. And their next project could be right-hander Zack Wheeler.
With Cole poised to receive an earth-shattering contract in free agency, the Astros are likely letting the hard-throwing right-hander walk. The other aspect of such a decision is Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke being under contract for $32-33 million apiece through 2021. Consequently, the Astros need to add a starting pitcher.
Now, Verlander and Greinke are a stellar pitching duo and the return of right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. — who missed the 2019 season with a elbow injury — puts Houston's starting rotation in great shape for 2020. At the same time, the American League pennant winners won't be as formidable without Cole, who was arguably the best pitcher in Major League Baseball last season. Left-hander Wade Miley, who recorded a 3.98 ERA across 33 starts last season, is also a free agent.
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Issues Retrograde Charging Policy; Seeks Return to 20th Century's So-Called 'War on Drugs' and the Age of Mass Incarceration
On May 12, the Washington Post made public the May 10, 2017, Sessions Memo regarding Department of Justice charging and sentencing policy issued to more than 5,000 assistant United States attorneys and all assistant attorneys general. The policy represents a dramatic departure from the previous policy, which called for prosecutors in all cases to "individually evaluate the unique facts and circumstances and select charges and seek sentences that are fair and proportional based upon this individualized assessment."
"This Attorney General has taken away the discretion of professional prosecutors to determine what sentence serves justice in any given case," said NACDL President Barry J. Pollack. "Instead, prosecutors are now required in every case mindlessly to seek the maximum possible penalty. The new policy resurrects the failed one size fits all approach to criminal justice of prior Administrations. Those policies led to the shameful mass incarceration that made the United States first in the world in putting its citizens in jail. The Attorney General should be applying a fact-based approach to public health matters like drug addiction and abuse. Instead, he has established a policy that will lock up non-violent offenders with little or no criminal history, waste untold millions of dollars, devastate families and whole communities, and yet not make us any safer."
Fourth Circuit Permits Mass Surveillance Lawsuit to Move Forward, but Without the Criminal Defense Bar and All but One Plaintiff
In March 2015, Wikimedia, NACDL, Human Rights Watch, and several other organizations filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland challenging the National Security Agency's (NSA) mass interception and searching of Americans' international Internet communications. The case is captioned Wikimedia, et al. v. NSA. On Oct. 23, 2015, the district court granted a motion by the government to dismiss the case, holding that the group of plaintiffs had not made plausible allegations that their communications were, in fact, being monitored by the NSA. On May 23, 2017, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal, but only as to one plaintiff in the case, Wikimedia itself.
"While NACDL is pleased that this important case can now move forward, we are concerned about the exclusion from the case of the nation's criminal defense bar and the significant interests of its members and their clients," said NACDL President Elect Rick Jones. "The sanctity of attorney-client communications and attorney work product cannot be overstated. Accordingly, NACDL will study this decision and consider its options going forward."
NACDL First Amendment Strike Force and Mass Defense Unit Seeks Volunteers
NACDL has a long tradition of fighting to protect constitutional principles and standing up for the individual against the government. In keeping with that tradition, the Foundation for Criminal Justice (FCJ) and NACDL have committed to establish a First Amendment Strike Force and Mass Defense Unit. The goal of this project is to provide qualified counsel to represent protesters when the exercise of First Amendment rights results in arrest and prosecution. Specifically, NACDL supports a cadre of criminal defense lawyers who will be available to provide pro bono assistance to protesters throughout the country in the event of mass arrests. For those lawyers who volunteer, NACDL will maintain a database of available counsel and provide training and support at no cost.
Lawyers wishing to volunteer, please send an email to firstamendment@nacdl.org providing your bar number and indicating the state(s) in which you are admitted and are willing to provide pro bono assistance in the event of arrests related to mass protests.
Please stay tuned in the coming weeks for a formal announcement from NACDL and FCJ of the launch of this initiative, once the infrastructure is in place.
Save the Date – 16th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference
NACDL's 16th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference will take place in San Francisco, CA from July 26-28, 2017. Early bird registration for this conference "Moving Forward, Forging On: Effective & Creative State Criminal Justice Reforms" ends Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Registration for members is $125 and $150 for the general public. Please join NACDL and engage with attorneys and advocates around the country seeking state criminal justice reform.
In addition, NACDL is providing limited scholarships that can be used to cover airfare, hotel, and conference registration. Please visit here to learn more about the conference and to find instructions on how to apply for scholarships.
NACDL's State Legislative Affairs Committee Seeks Applications for Award
The Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award will be presented on Friday, July 28, 2017, at the State Criminal Justice Network Conference in San Francisco, California. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, June 30, 2017. The award recognizes an individual or group whose exceptional efforts have led to positive reform of a state criminal justice system. For criteria and application guidelines, please click here.
Immigrant Defense Project Releases "Fighting Aggravated Felony Charges" Resource
The Immigrant Defense Project released "Fighting Aggravated Felony Charges," which is designed specifically to support the defense of immigrants alleged by the government to have in the past been convicted of an "aggravated felony." This legal resource is intended to provide information regarding legal arguments and supporting case law to challenge aggravated felony charges in removal, asylum/withholding, naturalization, and other immigration and federal criminal proceedings. To learn more, purchase the resource, or obtain other support on immigration issues, click here.
NACDL Election Notice
The NACDL Nominating Committee announced the 2017 nominees for officer and director positions on May 5, 2017. Petitions for candidacy will be accepted until June 8, 2017. To see election information, click here.
House Advances Legislation to Expand Federal Death Penalty and Grant Probation Officers Authority to Make Third Party Arrests
H.R. 115, the Thin Blue Line Act, passed the House with a vote of 271-143. Under this bill, the murder or the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder would become an aggravating factor in death penalty determinations. Click here to view a coalition letter in opposition to H.R. 115. Contact your U.S. Senators today and urge them to oppose H.R. 115!
The Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017, H.R. 1039, would authorize probation officers to arrest third parties without a warrant if the probation officer believes the person is interfering with the performance of their official duties. It passed the House with a vote of 229-177. Click here to view a coalition letter in opposition to H.R. 1039.
Both measures await action in the Senate.
Federal Legislative Tracking
Click here for a complete listing of all federal legislation NACDL is currently tracking. For more information on a specific bill or to learn NACDL's position, please contact Monica Reid, NACDL's Grassroots Advocacy Manager, at mreid@nacdl.org.
State Legislative Tracking
Click here for a complete listing of all legislation NACDL is currently tracking, sorted by issue area. Under each issue area you can either view legislation in select states or view all legislation. To jump to your particular state of interest, just click on the state on the map.
Advocacy Resources: What NACDL Can Do for You
Visit NACDL's Take Action webpage for state and federal legislative updates and action alerts. You can find more advocacy information and resources in NACDL's Advocacy Resource Library.
Please contact NACDL's Grassroots Advocacy Manager, Monica L. Reid, at mreid@nacdl.org for any advocacy question or need.
Federal Action Alerts
Take Action to Support Expanding Federal Expungement Eligibility
The Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act, or the REDEEM Act, H.R. 1906/S. 827, would automatically seal and, in some cases, expunge juvenile records. It would also allow adults convicted of nonviolent crimes to petition a court to have their records sealed.
Help NACDL reduce the collateral consequences of returning citizens by contacting your Member of Congress today and urging them to support the REDEEM Act!
Take Action to "Ban the Box"
Legislation to "Ban the Box" at the federal level has been reintroduced this Congress. The Fair Chance Act, H.R. 1905/S. 842, would require the federal government and federal contractors to postpone a request for criminal history information from job applicants until the applicant has received a conditional offer of employment.
Help NACDL reduce the barriers to employment for formerly incarcerated people by contacting your Member of Congress today!
New NACDL Connect Discussion Community on Healthcare Fraud
Members who wish to join the new Healthcare Fraud Discussion Community can click here.
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The available communities are:
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MABLETON, Ga. -- A Georgia man pleaded guilty in federal court to operating a multi-million dollar foreign exchange market Ponzi scheme.
Stafford S. Maxwell, 46, of Mableton was convicted of 10 counts of wire fraud. He will be sentenced Sept. 2.
Prosecutors said Maxwell, the former owner and CEO of Millennium Capital Exchange, Inc., solicited investments from customers across the United States. He promised his victims high fixed rates of return to be generated from foreign exchange market trading through accounts at a financial firm in Switzerland.
While Maxwell claimed he had a long history of successful forex market trading, and used "stops" and "floors" on trades to ensure any potential losses would be small, he actually had little success executing such trades, lost almost all the money he traded and had no reserve fund to cover losses, prosecutors said.
"Maxwell's claims led to nothing more than common theft, as he used lies and deceit to fleece people of their savings," Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn said in a statement.
Between 2008 and January 2012, potential investors wired more than $1 million to Maxwell, expecting the funds would be traded in the Swiss accounts. Prosecutors said Maxwell used about half of the victims' money to pay dividends to older investors. He spent the other half on his personal expenses.
Maxwell was investigated by the FBI. He was indicted Mar. 17.


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It was a very difficult, complicated birth, as my grandmother would always tell us, and it is a miracle both of them survived.
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At the eighteenth meeting of the Conference of Ministers held in Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia, from 20 to 24 April 1992, a progress report (E/ECA/CM.18/19) on the ECA-Multidisdplinary Regional Advisory Group (ECA-MRAG) was presented highlighting, among other things, the rationale for the establishment of the Group, its objectives and terms of reference, its structure and composition. The report further stressed that .the new arrangement, which de-emphasized sectoral specialization and more closely reflected the multisectoral mandate of the regional commissions, would assist member countries in finding lasting solutions to their economic development problematique.
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The Alstom FCPA Enforcement Action – Part I
by Thomas Fox
This article was republished with permission from Tom Fox's FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog.
As the first blog post of 2015, I thought it appropriate to highlight two outstanding confluences. The first is that this year is the centenary of the birth of Orson Welles. While not occurring in 2015, near the end of 2014 we had the settlement of the long-standing Alstom Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action announced. Both are worthy of note on this day of our mid-decade mark. First, Welles: many consider him one of the most talented directors ever to come through the American film industry. Almost any cinema-goer will recognize the names of Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons as two of greatest films of all-time. But I found The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth and most particularly Touch of Evil all to be excellent films for their respective genres. And do not forget his acting; not only in the aforementioned Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil, but also as Harry Lime in The Third Man. Welles could also be a philosopher. Kristin M. Jones, writing in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in an article entitled "Welles at 100," quoted him as saying, "Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth." She ended her piece with this observation: "Searching for the truth beyond Welles's beautiful lies is still a journey worth taking."
All of which brings us to Alstom and the resolution of its FCPA enforcement action. Over the next couple of posts, I will be looking at the enforcement action, for it is certainly "a journey worth taking" to try and glean wisdom for the compliance practitioner. Today, I will review the amounts of money involved and some of the larger concepts that I see at play in this matter. Next, I will review the specifics of the Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) and see what lessons we may draw from them. Beyond that, we will have to see where the journey takes us.
First and foremost: how did Alstom find itself in the position that it now occupies as #2 on the all-time hit parade of FCPA enforcement actions? Particularly — as noted by the FCPA Professor in his post entitled "All About the Alstom Enforcement Action" — that "Alstom employed approximately 110,000 employees in over 70 countries. The information contains specific allegations as to nine individuals associated with Alstom and nine consultants associated with Alstom."
Usually, when someone comes in at #2, the ranking comes with some ignominy, though for Alstom it isn't because they didn't win, but because they now have the second highest total of FCPA monetary fines in the history of the world at a stunning $772,290,000. I say total because the current front runner, Siemens, is at $800 million and included both a Department of Justice (DOJ) component of $450 million and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) component of $350 million. However, with the Alstom fine, the entire amount was paid to the DOJ as a fine and no monies were paid to the SEC because at the time of the resolution, Alstom was not an "issuer" under the FCPA and the SEC had no jurisdiction. This makes Alstom the largest criminal FCPA fine of all-time. One interesting note is that two other French companies, Total SA and Technip SA, join Alstom on the all-time top 10 list. Somewhere I am sure Mr. French is shaking his very well-coiffured head in shame in the great TV Land in the sky.
I would say the amounts paid out and benefits received by Alstom were stunning, but it might do a disservice to the word stunning. So I have laid out information below.
Alstom Bribery Box Score
Country Bribe Amount Paid Benefit Received
Indonesia (not listed) $378 million
Saudi Arabia $51.2 million $3 billion
Egypt "Millions and millions" $175 million
Bahamas $1 million (not listed)
Taiwan (not listed) $15 million
Total $75 million $4 billion in contracts, with $296 million in profits
The FCPA Professor also noted, "at its core, the Alstom enforcement action involved inadequate controls concerning the engagement, monitoring and supervision of the consultants." However, it is most difficult to believe that Alstom suffered from a corporate culture which was at best, "make your numbers" and at worst, something much more nefarious. The amounts paid were simply so large and the bribery schemes so pervasive that there had to be much more than simply nine persons lying, cheating and stealing all while merrily skipping home to Grandmother's house in the woods. Indeed, as noted by WSJ reporters Joel Schechtman and Brent Kendall in their article entitled "Alstom to Pay $772 Million to Settle Bribery Charges," "The record criminal bribery penalty comes after more than six years of investigations into Alstom from law enforcement in 10 countries. The company and its subsidiaries' schemes lasted for more than a decade, into at least 2011."
Also of note is that the Alstom enforcement action was the first in 2014 in which the fine was not at either the low range or even lower than calculations the Sentencing Guidelines would have suggested. The range for the fine was calculated to be between $592 million and $1.184 billion. This range was a direct result of the failure of Alstom to take the investigation seriously, to cooperate with the DOJ or to even put anything like a positive step forward in the way of remedial actions during a large part of the investigative process. The DOJ Press Release quoted Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell, who said "This case is emblematic of how the Department of Justice will investigate and prosecute FCPA cases – and other corporate crimes. We encourage companies to maintain robust compliance programs, to voluntarily disclose and eradicate misconduct when it is detected and to cooperate in the government's investigation. But we will not wait for companies to act responsibly. With cooperation or without it, the department will identify criminal activity at corporations and investigate the conduct ourselves, using all of our resources, employing every law enforcement tool and considering all possible actions, including charges against both corporations and individuals."
Finally, from a big picture perspective was the international scope of the investigation. In the DOJ press release, FBI Executive Assistant Director Robert Anderson, Jr. said, "This investigation spanned years and crossed continents, as agents from the FBI Washington and New Haven field offices conducted interviews and collected evidence in every corner of the globe." Further, the DOJ acknowledged significant cooperation from "the law enforcement colleagues in Indonesia at the Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption Eradication Commission), the Office of the Attorney General in Switzerland, the Serious Fraud Office in the United Kingdom, as well as authorities in Germany, Italy, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus and Taiwan." Truly worldwide in scope.
Next, I will look at some of the specifics in the various Alstom DPAs to determine where the best practices compliance program may be headed.
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Thomas Fox
Thomas Fox has practiced law in Houston for 25 years. He is now assisting companies with FCPA compliance, risk management and international transactions. He was most recently the General Counsel at Drilling Controls, Inc., a worldwide oilfield manufacturing and service company. He was previously Division Counsel with Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. where he supported Halliburton's software division and its downhole division, which included the logging, directional drilling and drill bit business units. Tom attended undergraduate school at the University of Texas, graduate school at Michigan State University and law school at the University of Michigan. Tom writes and speaks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics, ranging from FCPA compliance, indemnities and other forms of risk management for a worldwide energy practice, tax issues faced by multi-national US companies, insurance coverage issues and protection of trade secrets. Thomas Fox can be contacted via email at tfox@tfoxlaw.com or through his website www.tfoxlaw.com. Follow this link to see all of his articles.