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Former Weston commissioner who vacated seat defeated in special election
By Brian Ballou
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Byron Jaffe is Weston's newest city commissioner, winning Seat 3 Tuesday night in a special election against former commissioner Jim Norton. (Photo provided by Bryon Jaffe)
Political newcomer Byron Jaffe won Tuesday the commission seat that Jim Norton vacated in November to run unsuccessfully for the Broward County Commission.
With all 13 precincts reporting, Jaffe had 2,416 votes while Norton had 1,025 votes.
Jaffe said he was "honored and humbled to have won all the precincts in Weston with all the great support of the community … I look forward to serving with the commission and the mayor."
Norton's resignation became effective a day after the Nov. 8 election, prompting the need for the special election. Norton and Jaffe both qualified to run for the seat. The cost of the election is approximately $75,000.
Norton has maintained that it was Jaffe who triggered the special election by deciding to run against him, rather than allow Norton to reclaim his seat unopposed. But Jaffe said Norton manipulated the system at a huge cost to taxpayers.
Jaffe, who has lived in Weston for 27 years and is a commercial airline pilot, said he will focus on "bringing the community together."
"Education, parks, recreation, redevelopment, and keeping Weston's lifestyle and property values increasing and insure that our crime rate remains one of the lowest in the U.S." Jaffe said.
bballou@sunsentinel.com, 954-356-4188


Probably the most common question I get asked about 24 hour racing is "what do you eat?" Well, OK the second most common after "why?" I think anyone who has to ask the "why?" question probably wouldn't understand the answer so I will just stick to the one about eating.
4am at the World Champs in Italy last year. Nearly time for breakfast.
Another thing to consider is having hot food. Even at the races I have done in the warmth of the Italian Riviera and Australia it has got really cold at night and there is nothing like a bowl of warm rice pudding to bring some feeling back to the frozen extremities. This is clearly a job for the pit crews, having the food ready just as the rider arrives in the pits is a bit of an art, given the fluctuations in lap times. The food concerned should be warm enough to provide the required heat but not so hot that it can't be eaten very quickly.
This brings me to my next point. All food must be something which can be eaten very quickly. The first few laps will probably be done on drinks and gels but for the 'proper' food consider how easy it is to eat. A bowl of rice pudding can be eaten in less than a minute, a peanut butter sandwich can't, it's far too dry. Or think about food you can eat on the move, if you can fit a whole mars bar in your mouth you can do the chewing and swallowing once you are underway again.
Don't forget that food also has important psychological benefits. When you are out in the middle of the race track, it's dark, it's minus three, it's chucking it down and you have no feeling left in either your hands or feet it is very good to know that somewhere there is cup of hot custard with your name on it, that knowledge will get you round the lap. Generally a happy and well fed rider will tend to outperform a hungry and miserable one, all other things being equal. Have some treats ready too, a big block of caramel dairy milk will always make you feel better, however badly the race is going.
For my last 24hr race, the World Championship at Canberra, I had an extremely well organised pit crew (thanks again Carole). She even kept a list of what I was eating and drinking so that she could keep track of my consumption and make sure I was getting sufficient quantities of calories, fluids, protein, etc. She was convinced that I wasn't drinking enough, despite the fact that I was peeing loads and it was all clear. Serious point, if you need to pee take a good look at it. Any hint of yellow means you need to drink more. Anyway, she did a fantastic job and the bullying to drink the extra water was probably a good thing. Another serious point, 20 hours into the race your brain will be completely shot, listen to your pit crew, they can think far more clearly than you can, if they tell you to drink you drink.
So, what did I eat? I had a breakfast of a bowl of cereal at about 8:30am and then another breakfast of baked beans and scrambled eggs at about 10am. The race began at noon.
This is the list of everything I ate, note the lack of mars bars, which is most unusual, my mars bar count is normally well into double figures. I had plenty available but just didn't fancy one this time. This takes me right back to my first point, have a good variety of food, not just what you always have.
As mentioned on my World Championship race report there was a theory being espoused by certain people that one's entire nutritional needs for a 24hr race could be met with just broccoli and custard. I would advise taking this with a very large pinch of salt. Obviously if you are sweating a lot, which you will do in a race, you will need to replace the lost salt, and so a very large pinch of it should be added to every helping of your broccoli and custard.


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The holiday weekend distraction caused investors to miss the massive gains in these hot penny stocks. In fact, one of these penny stocks netted investors a 40% gain before the weekend.
In just a moment, we will discuss why these top penny stock performers provided such huge gains in one day and take a closer look at the companies behind the stocks.
First, we want to share with you two of the best strategies for trading penny stocks. These strategies can help you avoid scams and bad investments that are so often associated with penny stocks.
When looking for the best penny stocks to buy now, look for companies listed on major exchanges. The Nasdaq and NYSEMKT exchanges have tougher requirements for penny stocks than the Pink Sheets or Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board.
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Hot Penny Stock No. 1, Vivint Solar Inc. (NYSE: VSLR): Vivint Solar was founded in 2011, and it provides solar energy to commercial, residential, and industrial clients in the United States. Shares skyrocketed 40% last Friday after analysts at Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE: DB) upgraded its stock rating from "Hold" to "Buy." The DB analysts also upgraded their price target for VSLR from $3.50 to $7.50 per share, stating Vivint's tax equity funding is improving and the share price is unjustly depressed. VSLR opened this morning at $3.76. It's down 60.46% year to date.
Hot Penny Stock No. 2, C&J Energy Services Ltd. (NYSE: CJES): C&J provides production services for the oil and gas industry, primarily in North America. C&J provides well support, well construction, and well completion services for oil and gas exploration and production companies. CJES climbed 24.88% Friday, although there wasn't any direct reason why this occurred. Analysts at Thomson First Call see a lot of upside in this stock, though, and have a one-year price target of $1.23. That's an increase of 136% from today's opening price of $0.52. CJES is down 87.39% so far in 2016.
Hot Penny Stock No. 3, Violin Memory Inc. (NYSE: VMEM): Violin Memory supplies and develops memory-based storage systems to improve the performance of servers and networks across the globe. The California company also provides flash storage platforms. Violin announced Q1 2017 earnings on May 24, and CEO Kevin DeNuccio provided a hopeful outlook in his conference call. DeNuccio stated Violin now has 10 companies on the Fortune 100 as customers. VMEM climbed 19.54% Friday and opened this morning at $0.43. VMEM is down 48.34% year to date.
Hot Penny Stock No. 4, Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX): Diana Shipping transports a large range of cargo, which includes coal, grain, iron ore, and other dry bulk cargoes. As of May 2016, Diana Shipping operated a fleet of 46 dry bulk vessels. On May 27, Diana Shipping announced it entered a time charter contract with Bunge SA for one of its vessels. The charter rate is $5,000 per day (minus a 5% commission), and the contract could last for five to seven months. After the announcement, DSX climbed 11.45% on Friday. DSX opened this morning at $2.54 per share and is down 37.47% year to date.
Hot Penny Stock No. 5, North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NYSE: NADL): North Atlantic Drilling is an offshore drilling contractor in the North Atlantic region. It primarily offers harsh environment offshore drilling services in the United Kingdom and Norway. NADL reported Q1 2016 results on May 2016, and CEO Alf Ragnar Lovdal was optimistic about future contracts in the North Sea. Lovdal stated many new independent oil companies are looking to expand their operations or enter the North Sea for the first time. NADL climbed 9.9% on Friday and opened today at $3.46 per share. NADL is up 44.72% year to date.
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First is Ng Ah Sio ... now is Eng Kee which is so near home yet we only tried it recently.
This stall was brought to my attention by egging kaki Tere long time ago.
It is only when the BDR ( Bishan Dog Run ) reopens recently that we decided to check out what's happening over the other side of the bridge.
It's not difficult to notice the long long Q snaking all the way to the walkway ... that's Eng Kee !
The system goes .. queue ... order ... sit and wait for food to be served.
Ordered the usual dishes of bak kut teh, salted veggies and "twirly tubby", a must have for me.
It taste other wise ... the meat is soft and tender, the skin is gelatin-like and evenly flavored.
The gravy is extremely dark and although it should be salty, has a slightly sweet edge to it and goes very well with rice ... yum !
Going at $5 a bowl ... it seems this dark trotter is more popular than the bak kut teh.
But the intestines were fabulously delicious in those soup ~ best combination.
This stall is definitely going into our favorite food list !


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If someone read a sentence like, "the shortstop threw the ball to first base," parts of the brain dedicated to vision and movement would light up.
"The way that you understand an action is by recreating in your vision system what it would look like… and recreating in your motor system what it would be like to be that shortstop, to have the ball in your hand and release it," Bergen says.
This is the key element that got me excited as a writer and a reader – that language creates a virtual reality. They didn't go into it on the show, but presumably when your mind interprets words, it doesn't just form images and motor reactions, but good writing may also trigger physiological responses, such as the release of adrenaline or endorphins. Like when Shirley Jackson terrifies me, makes my heart race, and triggers the fight (keep reading) or flight (hide the book behind others on the shelf) response with The Haunting of Hill House. Or when Natalie Goldberg does the opposite – relaxes my muscles, lowers my blood pressure, and cloaks me in calm – with her gentle language in Long Quiet Highway.
So what does this mean for creative nonfiction writers? These findings are the essence of the author's adage, "Show don't tell." They explain why showing works and telling doesn't. When we tell a story in the form of "this happened, and then this happened," we're not giving the reader much to work with.
Alice went to the window and got mad when she saw Tom had showed up.
Alice strode to the window and scowled when the chauffeur opened the car door and Tom stepped out.
The reader's brain has specific images to work with, like "strode" and "scowled," that conjure not just visual cues, but emotional cues as well. The reader will likely experience a more vivid simulation with the second sentence. Maybe there will even be a reaction – a little fluttering in her heart as her mind braces for a confrontation.
From a big picture standpoint, these findings are thrilling because they show why good writing moves us, why we crave it, why we are driven to create and consume it. Language is not just for communicating, as bees communicate the location of a flower patch through the waggle dance. Human language is also for evoking feeling, for connecting us through common crises, for teaching us how others have lived. For suggesting significance beneath the surface of it all.
As the NPR piece explored, the brain can make sense of something that doesn't exist – a flying pig, in their example – by extrapolating and inferring meaning through language cues. With creative writing, we are able to simulate experiences the reader has never had, or trigger ones that she has. If we write well, especially as creative nonfiction writers, we are able to create a virtual reality that links a 21st century executive with the struggles of a 19th century slave, or a modern 7-year-old with a pioneer prairie girl, or a gregarious extrovert with the inner workings of an introvert.
If we use language well, we make it possible to understand each other. We transmit an awareness. If the reader's mind feels that femur splintering, she will have compassion.
If we write well in our creative nonfiction, we share the human experience. If we write well, we gift the gift of empathy.
Andrea Badgley holds a B.S. in Ecology, but left that field to raise children and write. Her work appears in the Southern Women's Review, and has been honored with the Freshly Pressed blogging award by the editors at WordPress.com. She grew up on the coast of Georgia and now lives with her husband and two children in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. She writes creative nonfiction on her blog at andreabadgley.com.
Thanks to Dinty for sharing Andrea with us. It'll take a while to catch up on Andrea's older blogs, but with my follow, at least I won't miss out on any new entries. Andrea, I love your writing and the beautiful way your mind works. I'll be sharing this blog with the members of IN PRINT WRITERS, my writing group here in Northern Illinois when we meet this Saturday.
Thanks so much for your kind words, Deborah, and for following my blog. I hope this is helpful to your writing group.
Thank you for pointing the way to Andrea's blog! What an inspiring post. I do everything I can in my writing to bring people into the pasture with me, and now there's evidence about how that works! Very exciting!
Isn't it thrilling?! Your writing is beautiful. You have a new follower.
I'm thrilled about that!!! LOL! Welcome to the pasture.
I wonder, too, about the importance of the narrative voice in all of this. Sometimes it feels to me as though my internal response and responsiveness to what I read is as much about the extent to which the writer has nailed a consistent and credible voice as it is about the quality of the showing. And I wonder too about actual tone of voice: When it comes to hearing the words spoken aloud, I know that I have had to stop listening to some audio books because, even though both the writing itself and the narrative voice may be strong, if the actual voice of the literal narrator doesn't somehow ignite the writing for me, I hear the words and feel deadened by them, or, at best, feel nothing. All very thought-provoking and fascinating. Thank you!
It's funny you say that, Mary, because I just recently realized how much life a good voice can give to the written word. I had the honor of being coached for a reading by a retired Director of Theater at Virginia Tech, and when he read my words out loud, they sounded like poetry rather than prose. I was dumbfounded that his manner of reading – his tone, his tempo, his diction, his pitch – could bring the writing so alive. You are absolutely right that hearing words read out loud, maybe by adding another sense to the experience, can enhance that virtual reality.
p.s. – Do you have any good audiobook recommendations?
Andrea, I love Paul Auster's narration of his new memoir, Winter Journal.
There's also an excellent audio of the recent fabulous treatise on the power of introverts: Quiet. Fiction, best ever audios for me are Ron Carlson narrating Five Skies (love both his language and his voice), and the audio of Linda Olsson's Astrid & Veronika. Just beautiful.
Such an interesting topic. Thanks again to you and to Dinty for putting it out there.
Thanks, Andrea, for this concise description of show not tell. The examples are more helpful than others I've read. I know this is something I have to constantly be aware of in my own writing. The brain-word link really makes sense to me.
I'm so glad they were helpful to you! I think most of us can recognize good writing, and when we read a "shown" story rather than a "told" story, we know which one is better. But I don't think I fully understood what show don't tell meant, *how* to show instead of telling, until I heard this NPR story.
"Mirror neurons" are the unique cells in the brain responsible for this amazing virtual reality experience. These same mirror neurons are responsible for our ability to empathize with others, which in turn enables us to form healthy attachments to others. They were discovered by accident in Italy in a primate lab. A very readable book on the subject is Mirroring People by Marco Iacoboni (2008).
I just Googled "mirror neurons" for more information, and that's fascinating! Thanks for sharing.
I've been thinking lots about neurochemistry and mirror neurons and storytelling for a book project about love stories. It's amazing how much this research has developed over the past few years since I started writing.
Language, narrative, and empathy are so deeply ingrained in our culture and, it seems, pretty dramatically influence our values and how we connect to one another. Nonfiction writers are doing important work!
I'm sharing this with my fourth graders today because we've talked so much in class about the importance of descriptive language–I suspect they will especially like your description of the leg breaking if only because of its shock value! I can't wait to discover what experience they'll describe in their journals. This was a great and useful (and succinct) essay. Thanks!
I love this! The ability to show instead of simply telling is something that I always have to be aware of in my writing. While I may see something in my mind as clear as day, it may not be as easy for the reader to see it. Descriptive language is so important and the examples you gave are great! Thanks for this essay!
My pleasure, Miranda. It is always tricky business as a writer to not take for granted the things we see clearly in our own heads. Nobody is in there with us, so we have to use the right words to show it to them.
You are currently reading Why Description Matters to the Brain at BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog.


Today Celine and I went to the 21st birthday of Darling Harbour. I love Australia and one of the reasons is the amount of fantastic free cultural things that are put on for the public.
It's always great to get in some free culture and today was especially good because Mohammed Bangoura (Bangorake) was playing along with his group Mohata.
As usual we came across Mory and Aicha, who are everywhere in Sydney. There were a couple of other drummers who I hadn't seen before. I solid, strong Dundun player and another djembe player who's name I didn't catch… Something Camara (please let me know).
What a pleasure to be able to see things like this for free, right in my adopted back yard!
Check out the video for a taster….
As some you know I'm living in Sydney at the moment.
Last weekend I attended a djembe drum and dance workshop in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.
It was organised by John and Emily of and Hands, Heart and Feet who run all sorts of drum, dance, story telling lessons and activities from the Blue Mountains.
First we did the djembe workshop with Aliou Sylla from Conarky in Guinea. I had never met Aliou before and he is fantasic. He's both Humble and a great drummer!
The djembe workshop was first…. I can safely say that it was the biggest djembe workshop I have ever attended, with 42 djembe players not counting the big man himself. We were supported by perhaps 5/6 dundun players….
We learn't Balakulanja and Alliou moved pretty quickly from warm up to accompaniments to some solo.
My head was spinning by the end of it, let alone the beginners, but who said an all levels workshop wasn't possible with that many djembe players. I would have said so before hand anyway….
I was undecided as to whether I should do the dance workshop afterwards or not and my decision to do so was last second. It was led by Mori Traore and Aicha Keita.
Mori is the best African dance teacher I have found when it comes to breaking it down and explain each piece. I found Aicha slightly more difficult to get to grips with, but man can she dance. She's definitely one of the best dancers I've seen….
We learn't a few moves for Sorsonnet and it was really challenging at times…. I was glad of my decision to do the dance class by the end of it anyway….
After the workshops there was a performance by Emily and Jon's drum and dance classes. I was impressed with all of the performers and it made me feel really happy that there was such a huge African Drum and dance scene in a town as small as Katoomba.
Full repect to Emily and John for their grassroots bringing the music to the people attitude.
The final act of the night was Emily and John, with John playing a little bit of bougarabou and telling a story which Emily acted the story out in dance. This was something I hadn't seen before and it was truely refreshing. This highly interactive innovative little piece was both a highlight and a great way to finished the night!
A strange yet totally cool Saturday. I was great to be drumming and dancing after such a long break!
You should check out Aliou's band, muhanamwe, they have a few nice tracks on their myspace.


Learning Outcomes. (Differentiate learning outcomes into All pupils will, Most pupils will and Some pupils will).
This lesson plan is for a lower ability group i.e. set 3 with 4 being the bottom.
Teaching Aim. To develop writing in preparation for GCSE Objective for board: To respond to the marking in your books, to understand GCSE requirements for higher tier, To begin preparation for Original writing coursework and be aware of the need to write to a certain audience.
Read the comments re. My Marking and respond. Give out books and folders. Write date, title, C/W and objective.
Who is his audience? What kind of audience does he write for?
Here is a set of words that can be used to create cards and power points, to teach sentence structure. These words are all connectives useful in joining and extending sentences together, making normal sentences into more complex sentences.
Often I am asked what to do about assessments. I usually suggest that the person in charge of English works out a schedule then ensure that all teachers and learners are aware of their appropriate assessment schedule. It is a good idea to work out when parent meetings and feedback are needed and then work back from there, giving you and your team time to fulfil your duty. Assessment that is timely and well written is supportive and helps the child reach their potential.
Students new to the school need to take progress test to find out where they are. If you are assessing EAL students, initially use their first language where you can to gauge their current knowledge. As a teacher every week the pupils work should be marked inline with the schools marking policy. To ensure that marking feedback is effective in developing future learning and knowledge make sure that feedback is better than a tick and a bland comment saying good. Really let the learner know something that they are good at and something that they need to work on next time. All done in a positive learning environment will mean that the learners just work towards the next goal as opposed to feeling they are rubbish and cannot succeed. It's up to you as the teacher to create that environment in your classroom.
This is just a suggestion which you can use and change to suit your circumstances.
This is a great exercise that can be used after each chapter or as a revision exercise or to prompt essay answers. It ensures that you know what level the learners have reached bit also gives them scaffoldings that helps them sort out what is relevant in each section.
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LAWA Answers City and LA Times About Using Northside Runway Land for Homeless
In a memo addressed to all the LA City Council members, Legislative Representative Glenda Silva Pantoja for the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) said the land Jim Murez, Venice activist, spoke of for the LA Times article could not be used for homeless purposes as proposed because the land is prohibited by the FAA to be used for residential use. It is considered a noise buffer between LAX and the community.
The LA Times had an article about Jim Murez, Venice activist and member of the Venice Neighborhood Council, and his proposal to use the 340 acres next to the LAX north runway for homeless … a large bridge home so to speak. The Venice Update had an article of this nature in August 2016. The late Councilman Bill Rosendahl and Councilman Mike Bonin have both tried to use this land for the homeless.
Jim Murez in the Venice Update article did recognize that the LAX land in question was restricted but offered the land at Lincoln and Manchester Blvd, which is used as a park and the council office for the westside area.
The question arises: Are there other lands owned by the City that could provide a large area for temporarily housing the homeless and moving them into permanent housing. It would seem that this would be a City solution for sanitation and public livability and safety. During the war, this country did not hesitate to move Japanese-Americans to areas away from the City. Dr Kenneth Wright, who is again running for US congress, recommended using closed army bases, federal land. The resources used for individual encampments throughout the City seems to be financially not feasible and results are not forthcoming. The endangerment to the public health and safety is an ever increasing concern.
The following is the memo addressed to all the City Council members and explains in detail why the City cannot use the land to provide for the homeless.
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Yeah internment camps is not a constructive comparable for a solution… remove this from update or be sure some of us will want nothing to do with the idiot messages it's trying send…
Seriously wtf..
I'm an asshole and gnarley to deal with.. your suggesting one of America's worst transgressions and one that very seriously impacted the heart Venice we speak of..
This is some borderline Nazi level ignorant shit to assure you have no support and you are the one that looks the idiotic fool.
From that high school drop out mentally ill autistic piece of shit…
You clearly reside below me in the gutter..
Disturbed and flatly retarded statement that assures you are as harmful as can be ..
If I miss interpreted it I don't care.. your a moron for even opening that comparison..
That is a jump from what was stated. Putting them on the acreage at LAX would be the same. Can't believe anyone would jump to national security threat. I can see why you don't use your name.
During the war, this country did not hesitate to move Japanese-Americans to areas away from the City.
You do realize don't you that with this quote you are implying that the homeless are a national security threat ? Seriously?


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Woman Missing From Northville House Found Safe
A 25-year-old woman who disappeared late Wednesday or early Thursday…
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NYC Bomb Suspect Found With Help of Everbridge Nixle
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Missing Boy Found at Secret City Festival
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79-Year-Old Reported Missing Since Wednesday Found Safe
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Nixle informs citizens of police activity
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Search Called Off for Person who Attacked Police Officer in Santa Cruz
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Suspect Flees After Police Officer Attack
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Woman in Custody After Standoff
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Mayor: Police Tech Keeps Us Safe
The department has partnered with NIXLE, an open communication…
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Escaped Inmate Recaptured Thanks to Nixle
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Police Arrest Columbia Man after Finding Bomb in Car
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HAZMAT Training Helps Fire Department and Residents Stay Safe
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Alerts Notify Drivers when Bridges 'Open'
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Residents Alerted of Water Main Break
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Police Department Warns Residents of Scam
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Freeport Police Praise Use of E-Alert in Recent Storm
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Nixle Being Used by US Coast Guard for Bar Reports in Oregon
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Criteria Not Met For Amber Alert in Search For Missing Girl
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Missing Person At Risk Located By Nixle User
The Oakland Police Department wanted to share with the community…
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Missing Child Alert
The Township of Hamilton Police were able to locate the missing…
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Critically Missing Person Located
A critically missing 17-year-old male with autism who was reported…
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Missing Service Dog Found, Reunited With Owner
Zeus, a service dog who watches after his owner's oxygen tank,…
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Redwood City: Missing At-Risk Man Found Safe in Atherton
An at-risk 74-year-old man who walked away from a residential…
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Missing 13-Year-Old Found 4 Minutes after Nixle Alert Sent Out
A 13-year-old boy disappeared over the weekend. Blount County…
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Missing Woman Found in South Brunswick
A full-scale manhunt was initiated after a 74-year-old woman…
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal has fixed April 18, 2019 to deliver its judgment and rulings in the alleged non-declaration of assets charge against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The tribunal fixed the date after the adoption of final addresses by both the prosecution led by Aliyu Umar, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Okon Nkanu (SAN) for the defence team.
Onnoghen, in his final arguments, maintained that the prosecution failed to prove the six-counts beyond reasonable doubt as required by law and urged the tribunal to dismiss the case.
Nkanu maintained that the statement made by Onnoghen to the Code of Conduct Bureau was not confessional, as alleged by the prosecution.
He added that the charges were incompetent and unconstitutional as they were based on the provisions of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Bureau Act, which were in conflict with the relevant provisions of the constitution.
He urged the tribunal to hold that the prosecution, indeed, proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and "return a guilty verdict".
Chairman of the tribunal, Danladi Umar, while adjourning till Thursday for judgment, said the decision would be delivered along with two pending rulings on Onnoghen's applications: One challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to hear the case and another one asking the CCT chairman to disqualify himself from further presiding over the case for being allegedly bias.
While the Federal Government called three witnesses to maintain that it has established a prima facie case against Onnoghen to warrant his conviction, Onnoghen, on his own, part closed his case after calling his driver, a 60-year-old Lawal Busari, who told the tribunal that his boss had declared his assets.
Although the suspended CJN has tendered his resignation letter in the aftermath of the recommendations by the National Judicial Council (NJC), for his compulsory retirement, the charge against him has not been withdrawn.
In a final written address of April 11, 2019, Umar asked the tribunal to convict Onnoghen.
"We humbly urge your Lordship to hold that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and proceed to convict the defendant," the prosecution said.


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Qīng hóng (no Brasil, Sonhos com Xangai) é um filme de drama chinês de 2005 dirigido e escrito por Wang Xiaoshuai. Estrelado por Gao Yuanyuan, Li Bin, Tang Yang, Wang Xiaoyang e Yao Anlian, venceu o Prêmio do Júri do Festival de Cannes.

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Gao Yuanyuan - Wu Qinghong
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Wang Xueyang - Xiaozhen
Qin Hao - Lu Jun
Wang Xiaofen - irmão de Qinghong
Dai Wenyan - mãe de Xiaozhen
Lin Yuan - pai de Xiaozhen
You Fangming - pai de Lu Jun
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Pride Month Character Spotlight: Blanca Rodriguez
Mj Rodriguez as Blanca Rodriguez
by Margaret
Welcome to the twenty-seventh article in our Pride series for the month of June! Each day we will be highlighting a different LGBTQ+ character who we think is a great example of representation, dynamic characterization, and overall badassery. Check out the rest of the series here.
Pose is an exciting new series on FX that is centered around the drag ball culture of the late 1980s. The show is set in New York City in 1987 and gives us a peek into a segment of LGBTQ+ culture that, by and large, has been absent from our screens (although Madonna's "Vogue" video brought drag balls into the mainstream for a short while).
The series has earned critical praise, both because of its truthful portrayal of what life was like for the LGBTQ+ community in the Reagan years, and also for utilizing LGBTQ+ actors, writers, and producers to tell their own stories. There are five transgender women of color who lead the show, all of whom portray transgender characters. And the show's writing and producing teams include Janet Mock and Our Lady J.
Broadway star Mj Rodriguez plays "Blanca," a member of the House of Abundance family. Within the first few minutes of the series, Blanca learns that she is H.I.V.-positive, and this harrowing news motivates her to live her life more fully. She becomes frustrated with her house mother's overpowering sense of leadership and leaves the House of Abundance to found her own house, so she can create something that will last after she is gone. The House of Evangelistas is born, and Blanca begins taking in misfits and others who have been discarded by their own families and communities, giving to them what she herself has never had.
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By the end of the first episode, Blanca's warm and nurturing spirit is evident and powerful. She is house mother, but she also appoints herself as guardian of those living with her. One of her "children," Damon, is a 17-year-old dancer who has been disowned by his parents because of his sexuality. Blanca not only gives him a place to sleep, but she also "forces" him (literally dragging him by his ear as some mothers do) to audition for the prestigious New School of Dance in the city. Damon gets accepted to the program, and Blanca's steady maternal presence in his life is established.
Blanca further proves herself as parental role model in the second episode. After staying up until the early morning hours waiting for Damon to return from a date, she gives Damon the "sex talk" that he never received from his own parents, emphasizing to him the vital importance of practicing safe sex. Her concern for his well being is instinctual and also personal: she wants more than anything for Damon to avoid making the same mistakes she has made in her life.
The Christmas-themed third episode of the series focuses on the family unit as a whole that has been created in the House of Evangelistas. Each member of the family shares memories of Christmas that are mostly rife with heartbreak. Blanca sets out to change everyone's Christmas experience by decorating their apartment with a tree, constantly playing Christmas music, and even cooking a complete turkey dinner. Even a hilarious kitchen disaster does not dampen the Christmas spirit.
Pose is a dance-musical show, but it isn't all glitz and glam. It tackles difficult subject matters that are often glossed over or avoided completely in other television shows and movies. For example, in the second episode, Blanca goes to a bar to meet her friend Lulu for drinks. And the patrons and staff of the bar – all cisgender gay men – make it clear to Blanca that she and Lulu, also a trans woman, are not welcomed in that establishment. Blanca demands that they are served drinks, but the bar's owner asks them to leave, because as he says, "I'm not throwing a costume party." Blanca is confused why they are not accepted in a gay establishment. But her friend Lulu explains clearly that rampant transphobia exists even within the LGBTQ+ community:
Everybody needs someone to make them feel superior. That line ends with us, though. The shit runs downhill, past the women, the blacks, latins, gays, until it reaches the bottom and lands on our kind.
Blanca's story is refreshing, because never has a transgender character in a television series been given such depth, presence, and sheer power to live her life and tell her own story. Her identity affects every part of her life, but it is not the only aspect about her that we get to see. She is a mother figure, compassionate and resilient, who only wants to help her children find their place in the world. By the end of episode four, she still has not shared with them her H.I.V. status, only because she fears that they will worry about her health instead of focusing on their own dreams. Her motivation to create something that will last long after she is gone is both beautiful and heartbreaking.
Pose has four more episodes set to air this season. If you are looking for a show that has complex characters and captivating storylines, set to a killer '80s soundtrack, then Pose is the show for you.
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Margaret works full-time as a web developer in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the Managing Editor for Nerds and Beyond, and she joined the staff in 2018. She enjoys creating recap/fan videos of her favorite Supernatural episodes and attending conventions to meet other fandom friends. Find her on Twitter at @MargNation.
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This guide will provide an extensive look at how someone can find Colorado court records online and in person to uncover all types of public records. Performing a Colorado court records search is not as difficult as it once was. Because of technology and public records now being stored online for viewing locating court records have become much easier to find. Locate criminal, arrest, court dockets, inmates, and more from Colorado state courts.
This guide will provide a basic understanding of the Colorado court system and how and where to search for court records for best results. Keep reading to learn more about running a court record search in Colorado.
Colorado Court Statistics
Statewide Case Filings for 2017.
Statewide Civil filings in Colorado in 2017
Statewide Small Claims County Courts filed for 2017
Statewide criminal filings in Colorado in 2017
Colorado State court state procedures
Finding court records can be done a few ways. Accessing court documents from official courthouse searches is one way. The clerk of courts will be responsible for these records in terms of making sure they can be searched and viewed in person or online. The below data is a high-level overview of the Colorado court system and how it works.
Appellate Courts in Colorado
These are the last courts in Colorado that a case can go to in terms of appeals. They typically hear appeals from lower court system.
The supreme court is the states last resort court. Meaning when it makes a decision its binding on all state courts in Colorado. This particular court has seven justices who can serve ten-year terms. The actual Chief of justice serves as the executive head of the Judicial System in Colorado. This is chief also appoints the chief judge for all of the states 22 judicial districts and for the court of appeals.
The court of appeals is the intermediate appellae court. The only higher court is the Supreme Court for appeals. This court consist of 22 judges as of July 1, 2008. This judges can serve eight-year terms. When a case needs to be decided on there are three-member divisions. The reasons the court of appeals exist is to give the Colorado people a timely resolution to appealed orders.
Trial Courts
The trial court system in Colorado hear civil cases in any amount as well as mental health cases, criminal, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate cases. A court decision at the district level can be appealed to the Colorado Court of Appeals and in some instances directly to the Supreme Court of Colorado.
County Courts in Colorado
County courts in Colorado will also handle civil cases, however, they only handle these cases that are under $15,000 misdemeanors, felony complaints, traffic infractions, small claims, and protection orders. Court cases may be appealed up to the district court.
Locate Colorado courts by district
District Court Finder
Locate Courts by County
County Court Finder
Water Courts
In Colorado, they have something called the Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969 (the "1969 Act") This act created seven water divisions that were based on drainage patterns for different rivers in Colorado. At different rivers within Colorado, there is a staffed division engineer that is appointed by the state engineer, a water clerk, water judge that is assigned by the district court.
Water judges have been assigned by the Supreme Court and have the power to determine water rights in Colorado. this caries with it the use and administration of water, along with all other water matters within the water division. You can read more about water courts here.
Guide to accessing public court records in Colorado
In Colorado inspection of the public record, data can be done by any person. Keep in mind there are rules as to what types of records can and may be accessed. This link will provide that information.
Court records search in Colorado
Users can gain access to court records on the internet and gain access to trial court case files and documents. In order to gain access to this data, you will need to contact the court that the action was filed. Records can be accessed through cocourts.com and background information services, Inc. There are fees that are associated with these searches.
Here is the court case information for District cases
County court case information
Search Service to perform a court records search in Colorado
Using third-party services to help perform a Colorado court record search is also an effective way to find data on someone. These method is quick and only requires a first and last name to search. Users can gain access to court documents, arrest records, warrants, contact information, and much more directly online. Because of this its a fast and efficient way to find public records along with accessing data directly from courthouses.
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INDORE: The state government has granted another three months to the single-member commission headed by high court Judge (retired) JK Jain to complete its remaining probe in the Mandsaur police firing incident that claimed five lives on June 6.
"In order to complete the remaining 40 per cent probe, the state government has extended the deadline to file its inquiry report to March 11, 2018," the commission secretary Padmesh Shah told TOI.
It's for the second time the deadline for submission of the inquiry report has been extended. The commission is yet to record statements of 188 people and 110 government officials including administrative and police. The first deadline to complete the probe was September 11, while the next time it was supposed to file the report on December 11.
According to sources, the law and legislative affairs department is yet to appoint an advocate to appear before the commission to present their side, and this is also a reason behind the delay in submission of the inquiry report.


Wonder Woman: Your favourite bad*** female book character?
Fantasy Island: A book setting you want to escape to?
London: A hyped book that let you down?
Steve Trevor: A book that has a beautiful cover and a great story (i.e. great personality)?
Lasso of Truth: A book you hated?
Wonder Woman's Shield: A book so sad you need a shield?
No Man's Land: A book you want to send through No Man's Land (i.e. shoot it to death)?
I have not read this and I would NEVER want to do so. This book is absolutely disgusting and homophobic and I don't know how anyone would have the heart to let it be published.
Ares: A villain that is scary, but you can't seem to hate?
Queen Levana is definitely intimidating, but after hearing her backstory in Fairest, I'm tempted not to have anything against her.
Dr, Poison: A villain that has no reason to exist?
I can't think of any answers right now, so my apologies!
The Amazons: A book you wish had more/better LGBTQ+ representation?
Mentioning this book again- its LGBTQ+ representation was, in my opinion, terrible.
So tell me, have you read any of these books? Opinions? Do you like Wonder Woman? Do you dis/agree with any of my picks? Let me know in the comments below.
Great answers 😊 you need to watch Wonder Woman it's an amazing film I totally agree with Tris I totally forgot about her.
It's so interesting judging books through this list structure. Thanks for nominating me, I will give this a go!


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List of All Prime Ministers of India
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List of All Prime Ministers of India: India is a democratic country, wherein every 5 years people choose their Prime Minister by electing the member of parliament (MP) in their respective constituencies. The prime minister is the leader of the house (Lok Sabha) and chief adviser to the president of India.
Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress was the first prime minister of India and the longest-serving prime minister of India with a total term in office of 16 years, 286 days.
The current prime minister of India is Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi, who is the 14th prime minister of India. He is from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and elected from the Varanasi constituency Uttar Pradesh, India.
List of All Prime Ministers of India 2021
Term In Office
Jawaharlal Nehru (1st) 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964 (16 years, 286 days) Indian National Congress Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) 27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964 (13 days) Indian National Congress Sabarkantha, Gujarat
Lal Bahadur Shastri (2nd) 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966† (1 year, 216 days) Indian National Congress Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) 11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966 (13 days) Indian National Congress Sabarkantha, Gujarat
Indira Gandhi (3rd) 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977 (11 years, 59 days) Indian National Congress Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (4th) 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 (2 years, 126 days) Janta Party Surat, Gujarat
Chaudhary Charan Singh (5th) 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980 (170 days) Janata Party (Secular) Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
Indira Gandhi 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984† (4 years, 291 days) Indian National Congress Medak, Andhra Pradesh
Rajiv Gandhi (6th) 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989 (5 years, 32 days) Indian National Congress Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (7th) 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 (343 days) Janata Dal
(National Front) Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
Chandra Shekhar (8th) 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991 (223 days) Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (9th) 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 (4 years, 330 days) Indian National Congress Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (10th) 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 (16 days) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (11th) 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997 (324 days) Janata Dal Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
Inder Kumar Gujral (12th) 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998 (332 days) Janata Dal Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (10th) 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 (6 years, 64 days) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Manmohan Singh (13th) 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014 (10 years, 4 days) Indian National Congress Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
Narendra Damodardas Modi (14th, Current) 26 May 2014 – Contd. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
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House Beautiful UK April 2019
House Beautiful is your one-stop shop for classic decorating looks, with regular and comprehensive colour-scheming pages and a wide range of shopping suggestions for those special details that make a difference. With real reader homes from around the UK - ranging from comfortable country style to the chic city look – House Beautiful provides inspiration and practical advice whatever your decorating tastes. Plus, expert advice on everything from choosing the right mortgage to finding your perfect property.
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How do you define 'value' when it comes to buying furniture for your home? Is it about purchasing what's affordable and easily replaceable, or pushing the boat out for something more special? The truth is that there's no single answer. At House Beautiful, we're proud to champion accessible style ideas and affordable high street looks but, equally, we know that there are times when it's appropriate to invest in quality. There's something immensely satisfying about owning a piece of furniture that's thoughtfully designed, skilfully crafted and built to last. Something that ages without dating and develops a worn patina to reflect the fact that it's a much-loved piece of furniture and an integral part of your family life. It's with this in mind that we created our Objects of Desire story on…
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EXPERT Q&A As creative director of Dulux, Marianne Shillingford has her finger on the pulse of the very latest colour trends. Here are her predictions and how to use them in your home What colours can you see coming up in 2019? Nature is inspiring us in every way imaginable at the moment, and it's here that we find the most beautiful and versatile new earthy neutrals, such as terracotta and spiced honey. The interesting thing about them is that they work with every other colour, but rather than blending into the background they make a subtle but significant statement of decorative intent. How do I choose colours to work into my scheme? Firstly, consider the direction of your room. Warmer pink, orange and gold-tinted neutrals help to make north-facing rooms feel cosier, while cooler…
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TELL US HOW YOU CAME TO SET UP HAY? When we first started 16 years ago, contemporary furniture was very expensive and often something you couldn't afford until later in life. We felt there was a huge gap in the market for beautiful design that was also affordable and our vision hasn't changed – we've always wanted to work with the best designers in the industry to bring high quality and great style into a democratic context. WHERE DO YOU FIND INSPIRATION? Shapes and structures within architecture, as well as colours and trends in fashion and art, are huge influences for us and are often our starting point. Collaboration too has become an integral part of our process, and we've worked with many incredible brands such as Ikea and Sonos that have been…
IN WITH THE NEW Famed for its whiter-than-white bedlinens and tableware, The White Company is introducing subtle shades of pink and green to its range. Use the pale pistachio glassware, from £7, and powder pink textiles, from £25, to update an existing mix-and-match scheme. AN IDEA FOR EASTER For an ecofriendly alternative to foil-wrapped Easter eggs, use Rowen & Wren's mini palm-leaf woven baskets, £3 each, to present trinkets, chocolates or other small gifts to loved ones. THINK GREEN Just three percent of the UK's uncultivated meadows that existed in the 1930s remains today. To raise awareness of this staggering statistic, the National Trust has created the Grasslands collection, inspired by Cambridgeshire's Wimpole Hall. Delicate blooms decorate organic textiles and handcrafted ceramics, while woven baskets reflect the rich shades of its pastures. Wimpole Meadow Grass…
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It can be frustrating when baby just doesn't seem to stop wailing. Whether your baby's colicky or just needs to settle down for naptime, here are some expert- and mom-approved tips and tricks for calming the cries.
"To soothe a crying baby, I recommend trying the 5 S's: Swaddle, Side or Stomach position, Shushing, Swinging and Sucking (on pacifier, finger or breast). The book Happiest Baby on the Block is a great reference for these techniques. And remember, a well-fed baby with a clean diaper may still cry, which is completely normal. Just take deep breaths and the 5 S's can help tremendously!" -- Vanita Jindal, MD, Pediatrician at Stanford Children's Health, Peninsula Pediatric Medical Group in San Mateo.
"I spent the better part of most days babywearing to calm my 3-month-old down until she slowly became more interactive and was able to play -- or at least look at toys I held in front of her."
"Try using a sound machine or an app that lets you play soothing sounds. White noise mimics the relaxing sounds of the womb, which can help soothe fussy babies."
"Swaddling worked for us, as well as putting my son in the vibrating activity chair and having him lay in the breastfeeding pillow (one of the greatest inventions ever!)."
"As long as your baby is not in any pain or danger and he's warm, dry, fed, and safe, you can sometimes leave him to cry for a few minutes. If you're stressed out, it's okay to take a quick break and then go back to comforting him."
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monad-logger-0.3.10.1: A class of monads which can log messages.
This module provides the facilities needed for a decoupled logging system.
The MonadLogger class is implemented by monads that give access to a logging facility. If you're defining a custom monad, then you may define an instance of MonadLogger that routes the log messages to the appropriate place (e.g., that's what yesod-core's GHandler does). Otherwise, you may use the LoggingT monad included in this module (see runStderrLoggingT). To simply discard log message, use NoLoggingT.
As a user of the logging facility, we provide you some convenient Template Haskell splices that use the MonadLogger class. They will record their source file and position, which is very helpful when debugging. See logDebug for more information.
A Monad which has the ability to log messages in some manner.
An extension of MonadLogger for the common case where the logging action is a simple IO action. The advantage of using this typeclass is that the logging function itself can be extracted as a first-class value, which can make it easier to manipulate monad transfomrer stacks, as an example.
Request the logging function itself.
Monad transformer that adds a new logging function.
Run a block using a MonadLogger instance which prints to stderr.
Run a block using a MonadLogger instance which prints to stdout.
Within the LoggingT monad, capture all log messages to a bounded channel of the indicated size, and only actually log them if there is an exception.
Monad transformer that disables logging.
$logDebugS "SomeSource" "This is a debug log message"
$logOtherS "SomeSource" "My new level" "This is a log message"
Lift a location into an Exp.


AMERICA: On July 10, 2000, president Bill Clinton commuted the prison sentences of Louis House, Shawndra Mills, Amy Pofahl, Serena Nunn, and Alain Orozco. All five were serving sentences for drug offenses. White House spokesman Jake Siewart said Clinton commuted the women's sentences because, "The president felt they had served a disproportionate amount of time. They received much more severe sentences than their husbands and boyfriends."
Late in 2001, approximately 3,700 men and women were on death rows in 38 states and the federal prison system. According to Amnesty International, 90 people had "volunteered" for execution since 1976. Two-thirds were carried out since 1994. An Arizona lawyer commented on the situation in his state: "At some point, prisoners can no longer live like that and still be human or feel human emotions. An inner deadness sets in. The environment on death row not only makes you want to die but gives you the feeling you have no choice." A former guard on death row said, "quite a few of them feel that way and I don't blame them. They are treated very inhumanely."
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: On February 4, 2002, conservative devout Catholic and Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia said that Catholic judges who believe the death penalty is wrong should resign.
GEORGIA:	In 2001, the Supreme Court in Georgia held "that death by electrocution, with its specter of excruciating pain and its certainty of cooked brains and blistered bodies," violated the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment of the Georgia Constitution.
ILLINOIS:	January 31, 2000, Governor George Ryan announced a halt to state executions citing a "shameful record of convicting innocent people and putting them on death row."
Before leaving office in January, 2003, Governor Ryan commuted all 167 of the death sentences to life without parole. Four were granted full pardons and released.
KENTUCKY:	The governor released almost 600 non-violent inmates from Kentucky's prison system to save money. They averaged less than 80 days away from release anyway.
NEBRASKA:	The Nebraska Legislature passed a moratorium on executions in 1999, citing concerns about racial disparity in sentencings, but Governor Mike Johanns vetoed it. There have been no electrocutions in Nebraska since December 2, 1997.
OHIO: On November 21, 2001, legislation was enacted eliminating electrocution as a means of execution in the state. Lethal injection is now the sole means of execution in Ohio. Only Nebraska and Alabama use electrocution as the sole means of execution.
CHILE: On May 29, 2001, legislation was enacted abolishing the death penalty and freeing up to 1,400 prisoners, mostly foreigners who would be deported and minor offenders. The legislation was part of the Catholic church's Jubilee 2000 campaign. The death penalty was replaced by a minimum 40 year prison term, or 20 years imprisonment if executive clemency is granted. The new law effectively commutes the death sentences of 57 Chileans awaiting execution. The last official execution occurred in 1985. During the U.S. backed dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, 1973-90, police and military forces murdered thousands of political opponents through extrajudicial executions.
COLOMBIA:	On May 7, 2001, 200 guerrilas freed 68 prisoners (some of them FARC members). Three days later, a dozen prisoners returned, mostly petty thieves serving short sentences. Under Colombian law, prison escapees who turn themselves in within 72 hours of escaping are entitled to amnesty.
ICELAND:	On October 17, 1997, Iceland's supreme court held it would not order the Arizona extradition of Connie and Donald Hanes for lack of legal grounds to extradite. The Hanes are wanted in Arizona for taking their granddaughter from her mother. Earlier, a trial judge had ruled it would be "inhumane" to extradite the couple to the Maricopa county jail run by the notorious Joe Arpiao.
IRAN: In April, 2000, the government pardoned 25,000 parolees that had already served their sentences and commuted the sentences of another 27,000 prisoners. The move is unprecedented in the history of the Islamic Republic, whose prison policies have been characterized by brutality and repression, including mass executions. The amnesties were granted by supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to celebrate various religious and national holidays.
MEXICO: October, 2001, Mexico's Supreme Court said that Mexico's constitution provides that all people can be successfully rehabilitated. A life sentence is contrary to that concept and therefore Mexico has refused the extradition of over 70 wanted in the U.S. In Mexico, the maximum prison sentence is 40 years and Mexico does not have the death penalty. Like Mexico, most countries in the world impose statutory maximum sentences of between 15 and 30 years. Life without parole sentences, either real or de facto, are imposed virtually nowhere else. However, no one would know that from the U.S. media.
NICARAGUA: On May 30, 2000, the legislature granted amnesty to 110 of the country's 300 women prisoners to celebrate Mother's day. Congressman Nelson Artola said: "We gave them their freedom because most were pushed toward crime by poverty and unemployment."
NIGERIA: On January 4, 2000, the Nigerian government announced that as a one time gesture it would release on compassionate grounds all prisoners that had been on death row more than 20 years. Prisoners who spent 10-20 years on death row had their sentences commuted to life.
PHILIPPINES: On December 18, 2000, in the midst of his impeachment trial, president Joseph Estrada commuted the death sentences of all 1,064 convicts awaiting execution. Estrada announced the commutations during a "mass for nation enlightenment, reconciliation and peace" in Bacolod City. The sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. Some 200 political prisoners were also ordered released by Christmas.
RUSSIA: On February 2, 1999, Russia's highest court banned all death sentences until the jury system is adopted throughout the country. The Constitutional Court ruling effectively abolished capital punishment; only 9 of this country's 89 regions have adopted the jury system. Russia promised to abolish the death penalty when it joined the Council of Europe in 1996.
On May 26, 2000, the Russian legislature approved an amnesty for 120,000 minor offenders, about 10% of the nation's prison population. Designed to relieve prison crowding, the amnesty marks the 55th anniversary of the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany. The amnesty applies to all prisoners who have tuberculosis, are war veterans, disabled, over 55, pregnant women and juveniles.
In contrast to Boris Yeltsin's regime, which freed 60,000 prisoners over ten years through pardons and clemencies, president Vladimir Putin released only nine prisoners between September, 2000, and June, 2001. In that time period, the national clemency commission recommended 2,565 pardons. Human rights activists claim that Putin's law enforcement background (he was a KGB officer during the Soviet era) makes him hostile to human rights. In most European countries between 5-30 per cent of prisoners are pardoned each year. Of course, compared to the U.S. president, Putin is generous.
On January 25, 2002, president Vladimir Putin ordered the release of all women prisoners with children under the age of three, regardless of their crimes. Currently, small children of women prisoners are kept in day care centers within the prisons to be with their mothers. At the time of the amnesty, some 493 children were housed in such centers. Nadezhda Mikhailova, head of the Kremlin's pardons department, did not know how many women would be freed.
SOUTH AFRICA: On July 20, 1998, President Nelson Mandela cut six months from the sentences of all of the nation's 148,000 prisoners. The sentence reduction was to celebrate Mandela's 80th birthday.
SOUTH KOREA: On August 12, 1999, the South Korean government announced it would celebrate the 54th anniversary of its liberation from Japan by pardoning or commuting the sentences of 2,864 prisoners, including 56 political prisoners. Under the amnesty, 1,742 prisoners were freed from prison on August 15, 1999 and seven had long prison sentences reduced, the remainder of those affected were already on parole. This is the third major prisoner amnesty in South Korea since President Kim Dai Jung took office in January, 1998.
On September 2, 2000, 63 former political prisoners left South Korea for North Korea. The 63 men had spent up to 43 years in prison (45 had spent more than 30 years in prison), usually in isolation. They had been imprisoned on charges of espionage and being communists under South Korea's harsh national security laws. Most of the prisoners would have been released from prison at any time had they renounced communism. The release was part of an amnesty program designed to improve relations with North Korea.
On December 21, 2000, the Justice Ministry announced it would parole 1,100 prisoners on Christmas Eve.
TURKMENISTAN: On October 6, 1998, President Saparmurad Niyazou granted amnesty to 8,000 prisoners on the 50th anniversary of a deadly earthquake that killed 160,000. The amnesty applies to all prisoners that are women, children, invalids, veterans, men over 50, and patients with cancer or TB.
On December 27, 1999, the former Soviet republic abolished capital punishment, banned smoking and announced the release of 7,000 prisoners to celebrate the Muslim festival Ramadan.
On August 11, 2002, President Saparmurad Niyazov announced an amnesty for virtually all of the nation's 17,000 prisoners. By December 1, 2002, the only people who will remain imprisoned are repeat offenders, and those convicted of premeditated murder and crimes against the state. Since 1992 Niyazov has granted 24 amnesties, freeing a total of 112,000 prisoners.
VIETNAM: On August 27, 1999, President Tran Duc Luong signed a general amnesty releasing 5,219 prisoners to celebrate National Day on September 2, 1998. To qualify for amnesty prisoners must have served at least one third of their sentence or 12 years for life sentences. Like most countries in the world, Vietnam periodically grants prisoners amnesty.
In its second major prisoner amnesty in as many months, the government announced on October 23, 1998, that it was releasing 2,630 prisoners as part of a presidential amnesty.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of liberating South Vietnam and unifying their nation, the government announced on April 30, 2000, that it would free 12,000 prisoners.
USA 1998:About .5% (about 10,000) of the 1.9 million convicted of serious crimes are actually innocent.
Just where is the leader-of-the-free-world American compassion? America loves its vengeance-fantasy punishment more than it loves freedom for its own citizens. Less than 10% of all crimes get detected, prosecuted, and result in punishment. The over 2 million Americans we now have locked up in prisons, supposedly keeping society safe, are selling a delusion. Realistically, how safe can America be (or how dangerous can it be) with a calculated 18 million (90%) criminals running free?


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Opinion|Christine Todd Whitman: How Not to Run the E.P.A.
Christine Todd Whitman: How Not to Run the E.P.A.
I have been worried about how the Environmental Protection Agency would be run ever since President Trump appointed Scott Pruitt, the former attorney general of Oklahoma, to oversee it. The past few months have confirmed my fears. The agency created by a Republican president 47 years ago to protect the environment and public health may end up doing neither under Mr. Pruitt's direction.
As a Republican appointed by President George W. Bush to run the agency, I can hardly be written off as part of the liberal resistance to the new administration. But the evidence is abundant of the dangerous political turn of an agency that is supposed to be guided by science.
The E.P.A.'s recent attack on a reporter for The Associated Press and the installation of a political appointee to ferret out grants containing "the double C-word" are only the latest manifestations of my fears, which mounted with Mr. Pruitt's swift and legally questionable repeals of E.P.A. regulations — actions that pose real and lasting threats to the nation's land, air, water and public health.
All of that is bad enough. But Mr. Pruitt recently unveiled a plan that amounts to a slow-rolling catastrophe in the making: the creation of an antagonistic "red team" of dissenting scientists to challenge the conclusions reached by thousands of scientists over decades of research on climate change. It will serve only to confuse the public and sets a deeply troubling precedent for policy-making at the E.P.A.
The red-team approach makes sense in the military and in consumer and technology companies, where assumptions about enemy strategy or a competitor's plans are rooted in unknowable human choices. But the basic physics of the climate are well understood. Burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide. And carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. There is no debate about that. The link is as certain as the link between smoking and cancer.
A broad consensus of scientists also warn of the influence of the warming climate on extreme weather events. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the enormous wildfires in the Western United States and widespread flooding from monsoons in Southeast Asia are potent reminders of the cost of ignoring climate science.
As a Republican like Mr. Pruitt, I too embrace the promise of the free market and worry about the perils of overregulation. But decisions must be based on reliable science. The red team begins with his politically preferred conclusion that climate change isn't a problem, and it will seek evidence to justify that position. That's the opposite of how science works. True science follows the evidence. The critical tests of peer review and replication ensure that the consensus is sound. Government bases policy on those results. This applies to liberals and conservatives alike.
There are two sides, at least, to most political questions, and a politician's impulse may be to believe that the same holds true for science. Certainly, there are disputes in science. But on the question of climate change, the divide is stark. On one side is the overwhelming consensus of thousands of scientists at universities, research centers and the government who publish in peer-reviewed literature, are cited regularly by fellow scientists and are certain that humans are contributing to climate change.
On the other side is a tiny minority of contrarians who publish very little by comparison, are rarely cited in the scientific literature and are often funded by fossil fuel interests, and whose books are published, most often, by special interest groups. That Mr. Pruitt seeks to use the power of the E.P.A. to elevate those who have already lost the argument is shameful, and the only outcome will be that the public will know less about the science of climate change than before.
The red-team idea is a waste of the government's time, energy and resources, and a slap in the face to fiscal responsibility and responsible governance. Sending scientists on a wild-goose chase so that Mr. Pruitt, Rick Perry, the energy secretary, who has endorsed this approach, and President Trump can avoid acknowledging and acting on the reality of climate change is simply unjustifiable. And truly, it ignores and distracts from the real imperative: developing solutions that create good jobs, grow our economy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Policy should always be rooted in unbiased science. The E.P.A. is too important to treat like a reality TV show. People's lives and our country's resources are at stake. Mr. Pruitt should respect his duty to the agency's mission, end the red team and call on his agency's scientists to educate him. No doubt they're willing and eager to impart the knowledge they've dedicated their lives to understanding.
If this project goes forward, it should be treated for what it is: a shameful attempt to confuse the public into accepting the false premise that there is no need to regulate fossil fuels.